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Blue Ridge, Houston
Blue Ridge is a community in Houston, Texas, United States that used to be a distinct unincorporated area in northeast Fort Bend County. The community, which was also known as Hobby, is located on a ridge of Oyster Creek, 16 miles (26 km) east of Richmond.[1] The section of Blue Ridge within the Houston City Limits is known as the Fort Bend-Houston Super Neighborhood #41.
The area now known as Blue Ridge was a part of Stephen F. Austin's first colony. The site itself began to be permanently occupied in the late 19th century. As an independent community Blue Ridge did not have any post offices. The W. Allen Robinson family arrived in Blue Ridge in 1894, and in the 1890s the family established a ranch headquarters. Oil was discovered near Blue Ridge in 1919, and a salt mine opened shortly afterwards. In 1925 gas was discovered in the area. As resources were discovered, banks and gambling houses opened and the Handbook of Texas stated that Blue Ridge became a "boomtown".[1] In 1936 the 4,348-acre (1,760 ha) Blue Ridge State Prison Farm incorporated the area, and most Blue Ridge residents were staff members at the facility.[1] Blue Ridge acted as a satellite work camp for the Central Prison Farm.[2]
In 1958 the Texas Department of Corrections voted to sell the prison lands to private developers.[1] The houses were developed in the 1960s and 1970s. Parts of the area were annexed by Houston in the early 1970s.[3] The first population figure for the community was of the year 1970, when the community had 50 residents and no businesses.[1]
The Houston Fort Bend Super Neighborhood has its boundaries as Beltway 8, Fondren Road, Hiram Clarke Road, and McHard Road. Its area is almost 8 square miles (21 km2).[4] Many churches of various ethnic groups and religions are supported by the Blue Ridge community.[1] Carol E. Vaughn of the Houston Chronicle said that the 5-acre (2.0 ha) area, before the formation of the super neighborhood, "has considered itself a stepchild of sorts in the past, an area unwittingly passed back and forth between parents."[3] Half of the community has a Missouri City zip code (77489) west of Chimney Rock - a majority of residents still refer to this section as Missouri City even though it is not located inside the Missouri City city limits. Residents who still use the Missouri City designation are known as Missouri City by Choice residents.[citation needed]
Blue Ridge is within Houston City Council District K.[5] Prior to 2011 it was a part of city council district D.[6]
In the final Mayor of Houston election before 2002, over 6,000 people voted for Lee P. Brown.[3]
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) operates public bus services.
In 1990 members of the Ridgegate and Briargate subdivisions protested proposed bus services from METRO.[7]
Primary and secondary schools[edit]
Blue Ridge is within the Fort Bend Independent School District. The community is within the East Division, controlling school board slots 5 through 7.[8] As of 2008 the board members in the slots are Laurie Caldwell, Steve Smelley, and David Reitz, respectively.[9] As an independent community Blue Ridge did not have any schools.[1]
Zoned schools include:
- Blue Ridge Elementary School
- Briargate Elementary School
- Ridgegate Elementary School
- Ridgemont Elementary School
- Christa McAuliffe Middle School
- Willowridge High School
Blue Ridge Elementary School was occupied in August 1969. Ridgemont was occupied in August 1973. Briargate was occupied in the fall of 1977. Willowridge's phase one began construction in February 1978 and opened in September 1979. Ridgegate was occupied in January 1981. McAuliffe was occupied in the northern hemisphere fall of 1986. Phase two of Willowridge was completed in the summer of 1992.[10]
Public libraries[edit]
The Stimley-Blue Ridge Library of the Houston Public Library is located at 7007 West Fuqua in Blue Ridge.[11] In 1997 the library was named after Sherman Stimley, the first African-American law associate of the firm Vinson & Elkins. In 1985 Stimley started the first consulting company exclusively dealing with tax-exempt bond law that was headed by an African-American in Houston.[12]
Parks and recreation[edit]
The Blueridge Park, operated by the City of Houston's Parks and Recreation Department, is in Blue Ridge.[13] Fort Bend County operates the Post Oak Park. The 23-acre (93,000 m2) park includes three baseball fields, one concession stand, one softball field, and one toilet facility.[14]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Blue Ridge, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online - Retrieved on July 17, 2010
- ^ "Texas correctional officer killed in 1936 recognized at memorial ceremony Archived February 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. May–June 2007. Retrieved on May 1, 2011.
- ^ a b c Vaughn, Carol E. "Neighborhood councils recognized / Fort Bend to develop identity." Houston Chronicle. Thursday June 20, 2002. ThisWeek 1. Retrieved on October 27, 2011.
- ^ De Mangin, Charles. "Neighborhood charts its course." Houston Chronicle. Thursday November 14, 2002. Retrieved on October 27, 2011. Available from the Houston Public Library website, accessible with a library card number and PIN
- ^ City of Houston, Council District Maps, District K Archived 2012-12-24 at the Wayback Machine.." City of Houston. Retrieved on November 5, 2011.
- ^ "City of Houston Council District "D"." City of Houston. April 3, 2003. Retrieved on November 7, 2011.
- ^ Roth, Bennett, "Suburban dream coming to an end?/Ridgegate residents battling buses." Houston Chronicle. Monday April 26, 1990. A11. Retrieved on October 26, 2011.
- ^ "2007-2008 Operating Procedures Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine.." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on December 8, 2008.
- ^ "Contacting Your School Board Members Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine.." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on December 8, 2008.
- ^ "FBISD History Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine.." Fort Bend Independent School District. Retrieved on April 4, 2010.
- ^ "Stimley-Blue Ridge Neighborhood Library Archived October 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.." Houston Press. Retrieved on December 8, 2008.
- ^ Siegel, Joshua. "Celebrating Black History Month Engineer-turned-lawyer Sherman Stimley." Houston Chronicle. February 9, 2011. Retrieved on July 11, 2011.
- ^ "Our Parks A-F Archived 2010-06-20 at the Wayback Machine.." City of Houston. Retrieved on October 9, 2009.
- ^ "Leased Parks." Fort Bend County. Retrieved on October 11, 2009.
External links[edit]
- Blue Ridge, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online


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A hazmat situation forced the evacuation of a home in Ellington Thursday evening, according to officials.
Three people, inside the home on Middle Butcher Road, reported feeling sick after a bottle containing a household solvent or cleaner spilled.
According to a next door neighbor, the homeowner collects several antique bottles.
A spokesman from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said no one was transported to the hospital and the incident appears to be minor.
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Cross-Platform Data: Where Sound Bites Meet Research RealityTuesday, September 15, 2015, 6:53 am 5 Comments
The idea of "truly 360-degree measurement" is not new, and attempts to get closer to it are always appearing; but they bump up against hard, cold realities.
Interviewing The New ARF President: Changing Media Habits & Rules For Brand BuildingSunday, June 2, 2013, 10:36 am 4 Comments
On June 10th and 11th, The ARF will hold its Audience Measurement conference in NYC. To fully grasp the Sea Change that we are facing and why this event is so critical, I interviewed Gayle Fuguitt, new President of the ARF.


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The NFL competition committee will recommend significant changes on kickoffs and instant replay at the owners meetings next week in New Orleans.
The committee's proposal includes moving the kickoff up to the 35-yard line from the 30 and bringing a touchback out to the 25 (instead of the 20). The result would be fewer kickoff returns, which is a departure from past efforts to limit touchbacks.
If the replay rule is passed, all scoring plays will be subject to an automatic booth review without the coaches needing to throw a red challenge flag — just like the rules for all replays in the final two minutes of each half.
The competition committee also will propose the elimination of all forms of the wedge block on kickoff returns and require players on the kickoff coverage unit to line up between the 30- and the 35-yard lines. The goal of the various changes is to reduce injuries on kickoffs.
"The injury rate on kickoffs remains a concern for us," competition committee chairman Rich McKay told reporters.
McKay said the average kickoff was fielded at the 5.5-yard line in 2011, so not all kickoffs would automatically reach the end zone under the proposed rule change. He also said the average starting position for teams was the 27.6-yard line, so a 25-yard line start would be closer to that average.
With regard to the replay proposal, McKay said the goal is to take some of the burden off coaches, who don't always get a good look at replays. The committee doesn't want slow the pace of the game but believes the tradeoff of greater accuracy on game-changing plays is worth it.
All proposals will be voted on by the owners at next week's annual meeting.


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Microsoft yesterday launched it's latest retread of the Xbox 360 games console. The Xbox 360 Elite has a mammoth 120GB hard drive, and HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) connector for HD TV playback. This positions the Xbox closer to Sony's PlayStation 3, although that console is more expensive.
Available in the US for a recommended retail price of $480, the Xbox 360 Elite is not yet officially available in the UK, although some offshore websites are shipping it to UK customers. In anticipation of demand in the US, many retailers are charging a premium.
Our first impressions of this new iteration of Microsoft's two-year-old game console are generally positive - particularly with regard to the dramatically improved integration of the optional Xbox HD DVD Player, and the improved image quality offered by HDMI (the differences are there, albeit not as striking as one might expect).


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For a man with impeccable style and taste, it seemed only a matter of time before Lenny Kravitz unveiled his own fashion line. To do so, Kravitz is teaming up with California-based designer Fred Segal on a collection called Fred Segal x Kravitz Design, reports Fashion Times.
The collection will feature about ten unisex pieces ranging from clothing items, travel and fashion accessories and even a custom-made motorcycle. Prices for smaller pieces start at $100 and spike to $100,000 for the high-ticketed items.
"I grew up shopping at Fred Segal and have always felt connected to the brand and what it stands for – a vibe of laid-back luxury that resonates far beyond Los Angeles," Kravitz told WWD, via Fashion Times.
Of course, Kravitz is no stranger to design. The stylish musician founded his own company Kravitz Design in 2003 that specializes in commercial and residential design projects. Most recently, his company created and decorated the set of the revived Queen Latifah Show.
This collaboration marks the first in 50 years for Fred Segal, and all pieces are imagined up by Kravitz himself. Kravitz's pieces from the Fred Segal line are expected to hit stores sometime around spring 2014, with ten items to roll out over the course of the year.


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Born out of a rebellious spirit that prized continual inventiveness, modern dance is now more than 100 years old and possessed of a canon of classics that modern companies seem conflicted about performing for today's audiences. The ballet world, however, with its reverence for tradition and dearth of fresh choreographic talent, seems eager to take on modern-dance masterpieces. As the classically trained troupe from Lyon so beautifully illustrates, the technical strength of ballet dancers, properly coached in contemporary styles, combined with the bright-eyed quality that comes from embodying unfamiliar vocabulary may be exactly the right formula for compelling re-creations of valued modern dances.
Launching the evening with a crystalline rendering of Merce Cunningham's 1991 jewel "Beach Birds," the company brought a warmth and subtle sense of wonder to the piece's postmodern formalism. More literal than many Cunningham works, the dance sports strikingly designed body configurations and stage compositions that do not appear inspired by avian movement (with the exception of one thematic vibrating leg action). Rather, we feel we are watching classic Cunningham vocabulary performed by birds. Marsha Skinner's costumes are ingenious: white unitards topped by a band of black that completely covers the arms and hands, making them look winglike. But it is largely the increased use of head movements—both independently and as extensions of body tilts or turns—that accounts for the magical birdlike effect.
Following Dorothée Delabie and Amandine Francois' luscious performance of William Forsythe's uninterestingly mechanical 1996 duet "Duo," the program closed with Maguy Marin's "Grosse Fugue," a clever 2001 quartet set to a fierce Beethoven score. While the dance begins with furious pedestrian moves that match the aggressiveness of the music, as the vocabulary evolves it takes on more-refined form, demonstrating how the everyday transforms into artistic expression. Eventually, the dancers stop moving, exhausted. They want the performance to end, but the Beethoven plays on ferociously, forcing them back to work. Making art can really be a chore.
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An Irishwoman of advanced age visited her physician to ask his help in reviving her Husband's libido. "What about trying Viagra?" asks the doctor. "Not a chance", she said. "He won't even take an aspirin".
"Not a problem", replied the doctor. "Give him an Irish Viagra. Drop it into his coffee. He won't even taste it. Give it a try and call me in a week to let me know how things went".
It wasn't a week later that she called the doctor, who directly inquired as to progress. The poor dear exclaimed, "Oh, faith, bejaysus and begorrah! T'was horrid. Just terrible, doctor!" "Really? What happened" asked the doctor?
"Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee and the effect was almost immediate! He jumped hisself straight up, with a twinkle in his eye, and with his pants a-bulging fiercely! With one swoop of his arm, he sent the cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me clothes to tatters and took me then and there, making wild, mad, passionate love to me on the tabletop! It was a nightmare, I tell you, an absolute nightmare!"
"Why so terrible?" asked the doctor, "Do you mean the sex your husband provided wasn't good"? "Oh, no, no, no, doctor, the sex was fine indeed! 'Twas the best sex I've had in 25 years! But sure as I'm sittin' here, I'll never be able to show me face in Starbucks again."
The Texas Republican Party must keep Tom DeLay's name on the November ballot, even though the former congressman has dropped his re-election bid, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
DeLay, the former House majority leader who resigned June 9 and is under indictment, won the Republican primary for his district in March but decided against re-election a month later.
He is awaiting trial on money laundering and conspiracy charges connected to the financing of Texas legislative campaigns in 2002 with alleged illegal corporate money.
Which probably means the real republican candidate will have to run as independent in that district… but it's sure fun to watch DeLay go down…
Eager Norwegian whalers didn't do much to boost the image of their country's tourism industry this week, when they gunned down a whale before the eyes of tourists out on a whale-watching expedition.
Norway's whaling industry has sparked international protest over the years. This week, the protests came from the whalers' own hunting grounds.
Around 80 tourists had paid to go out on a whale-watching boat from Andenes, in northern Norway. Called "whale safaris" locally, the whale-watching has become an increasingly popular tourist attraction in recent years.
While the tourists were admiring one of the great mammals of the sea, however, a Norwegian whaling boat approached and shot the whale in front of their eyes.
Leontien Dieleman from the Netherlands was among those who was shocked by the slaughter they suddenly and unexpectedly witnessed.
"This really wasn't what we came to see," Dieleman told local newspaper Andøyposten.
As if the shooting wasn't enough, the tourists were also treated to the sight of another whaling boat hauling one of their own dead whales up on deck.
I have no sympathy at all. If you go out whale-spotting in Norway, I expect you to be fully aware of the role Norway has in whale hunting as well.
Myself, I would decloak my Klingon Bird of Prey directly over the whaling ship, then beam the whales up into a specially prepared tank so I could bring them back to the 23rd Century to communicate with an alien probe and repopulate the species.
Two goals worth a million words. In Arabic, English, Chinese, Portuguese and yes, German.
Italy's 2 goals against Germany, from 8 different commentators, one of them being Diego Maradona.
College students don't turn down much that's free. But when it comes to online music, even free hasn't been enough to persuade many students to use such digital download services as Napster, Rhapsody, Ruckus and Cdigix. As a result, some schools have dropped their services, and others are considering doing so or have switched to other providers.
To stop students from pirating music, more than 120 colleges and universities have tried providing free or subsidized access to the legal subscription services over campus networks in the past few years. About 7% of all four-year schools and 31% of private research universities provided one of the legal downloading services, according to a 2005 survey of 500 schools by the Campus Computing Project, a nonprofit that studies how colleges use information technology. Universities typically pay for the services, some with private grants and others through student fees. While a typical monthly subscription to Napster is $9.95, the schools have been able to cut special deals, funded in part by record companies.
Purdue University officials say that lower-than-expected demand among its students stems in part from all the frustrating restrictions that accompany legal downloading. Students at the West Lafayette, Ind., school can play songs free on their laptops but have to pay to burn songs onto CDs or load them onto a digital music device.
There's also the problem of compatibility: The services won't run on Apple Computer Inc. computers, which are owned by 19% of college students, according to a 2006 survey of 1,200 students by the research group Student Monitor. In addition, the files won't play on Apple iPods, which are owned by 42% of college students, according to the survey.
Money transfer agencies have delayed or blocked thousands of cash deliveries on suspicion of terrorist connections simply because senders or recipients have names like Mohammed or Ahmed, company officials said.
In one example, an Indian driver here said Western Union prevented him from sending $120 to a friend at home last month because the recipient's name was Mohammed.
"Western Union told me that if I send money to Sahir Mohammed, the money will be blocked because of his name," said 36-year-old Abdul Rahman Maruthayil, who later sent the money through UAE Exchange, a Dubai-based money transfer service.
In a similar case, Pakistani Qadir Khan said Western Union blocked his attempt this month to wire money to his brother Mohammed for a cataract operation.
"Every Mohammed is a terrorist now?" Khan asked.
They'll be glad to send money for you to someone with a nice Anglo name, such as Timothy McVeigh.
Annual Report from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
It is my duty, in this Annual Report, to present a solemn and urgent warning to every Member of Parliament and Senator, and indeed to every Canadian:
The fundamental human right of privacy in Canada is under assault as never before. Unless the Government of Canada is quickly dissuaded from its present course by Parliamentary action and public insistence, we are on a path that may well lead to the permanent loss not only of privacy rights that we take for granted but also of important elements of freedom as we now know it.
We face this risk because of the implications, both individual and cumulative, of a series of initiatives that the Government has mounted or is actively moving toward. These initiatives are set against the backdrop of September 11, and anti-terrorism is their purported rationale. But the aspects that present the greatest threat to privacy either have nothing at all to do with anti-terrorism, or they present no credible promise of effectively enhancing security.
The Government is, quite simply, using September 11 as an excuse for new collections and uses of personal information about all of us Canadians that cannot be justified by the requirements of anti-terrorism and that, indeed, have no place in a free and democratic society.
Why doesn't the United States have a Privacy Commissioner?
And this:
A popular response is: "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."
By that reasoning, of course, we shouldn't mind if the police were free to come into our homes at any time just to look around, if all our telephone conversations were monitored, if all our mail were read, if all the protections developed over centuries were swept away. It's only a difference of degree from the intrusions already being implemented or considered.
The truth is that we all do have something to hide, not because it's criminal or even shameful, but simply because it's private. We carefully calibrate what we reveal about ourselves to others. Most of us are only willing to have a few things known about us by a stranger, more by an acquaintance, and the most by a very close friend or a romantic partner. The right not to be known against our will – indeed, the right to be anonymous except when we choose to identify ourselves – is at the very core of human dignity, autonomy and freedom.
If we allow the state to sweep away the normal walls of privacy that protect the details of our lives, we will consign ourselves psychologically to living in a fishbowl. Even if we suffered no other specific harm as a result, that alone would profoundly change how we feel. Anyone who has lived in a totalitarian society can attest that what often felt most oppressive was precisely the lack of privacy.
Great stuff.
I have been participating in the Brennan Center's Task Force on Voting Security. Last week we released a report on the security of voting systems.
From the Executive Summary:
In 2005, the Brennan Center convened a Task Force of internationally renowned government, academic, and private-sector scientists, voting machine experts and security professionals to conduct the nation's first systematic analysis of security vulnerabilities in the three most commonly purchased electronic voting systems. The Task Force spent more than a year conducting its analysis and drafting this report. During this time, the methodology, analysis, and text were extensively peer reviewed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology ("NIST").
The Task Force examined security threats to the technologies used in Direct Recording Electronic voting systems ("DREs"), DREs with a voter verified auditable paper trail ("DREs w/ VVPT") and Precinct Count Optical Scan ("PCOS") systems. The analysis assumes that appropriate physical security and accounting procedures are all in place.
Three fundamental points emerge from the threat analysis in the Security Report:
- All three voting systems have significant security and reliability vulnerabilities, which pose a real danger to the integrity of national, state, and local elections.
- The most troubling vulnerabilities of each system can be substantially remedied if proper countermeasures are implemented at the state and local level.
- Few jurisdictions have implemented any of the key countermeasures that could make the least difficult attacks against voting systems much more difficult to execute successfully.
There are a number of steps that jurisdictions can take to address the vulnerabilities identified in the Security Report and make their voting systems significantly more secure. We recommend adoption of the following security measures:
- Conduct automatic routine audits comparing voter verified paper records to the electronic record following every election. A voter verified paper record accompanied by a solid automatic routine audit of those records can go a long way toward making the least difficult attacks much more difficult.
- Perform "parallel testing" (selection of voting machines at random and testing them as realistically as possible on Election Day.) For paperless DREs, in particular, parallel testing will help jurisdictions detect software-based attacks, as well as subtle software bugs that may not be discovered during inspection and other testing.
- Ban use of voting machines with wireless components. All three voting systems are more vulnerable to attack if they have wireless components.
- Use a transparent and random selection process for all auditing procedures. For any auditing to be effective (and to ensure that the public is confident in
such procedures), jurisdictions must develop and implement transparent and random selection procedures.
- Ensure decentralized programming and voting system administration. Where a single entity, such as a vendor or state or national consultant, performs key tasks for multiple jurisdictions, attacks against statewide elections become easier.
- Institute clear and effective procedures for addressing evidence of fraud or error. Both automatic routine audits and parallel testing are of questionable security value without effective procedures for action where evidence of machine malfunction and/or fraud is discovered. Detection of fraud without an appropriate response will not prevent attacks from succeeding.
The report is long, but I think it's worth reading. If you're short on time, though, at least read the Executive Summary.
"Nothing important happened today."
–King George III of England, written in his personal diary on July 4th, 1776
This afternoon, drinking a cup of coffee while sitting in the Jesse Brown V.A. Medical Center on Chicago's south side, a Veterans Administration cop walked up to me and said, "OK, you've had your 15 minutes, it's time to go."
"Huh?", I asked intelligently, not quite sure what he was talking about.
"You can't be in here protesting," officer Adkins said, pointing to my Veterans For Peace shirt.
"Well, I'm not protesting, I'm having a cup of coffee," I returned, thinking that logic would convince Adkins to go back to his earlier duties of guarding against serious terrorists.
Flipping his badge open, he said, "No, not with that shirt. You're protesting and you have to go."
Beginning to get his drift, I said firmly, "Not before I finish my coffee."
He insisted that I leave, but still not quite believing my ears, I tried one more approach to reason. "Hey, listen. I'm a veteran. This is a V.A. facility. I'm sitting here not talking to anybody, having a cup of coffee. I'm not protesting and you can't kick me out."
"You'll either go or we'll arrest you," Adkins threatened.
"Well, you'll just have to arrest me," I said, wondering what strange land I was now living in.
On Independence Day, Lady Liberty was born again.
As the congregation of the World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church looked on and its pastor, Apostle Alton R. Williams, presided, a brown shroud much like a burqa was pulled away to reveal a giant statue of the Lady, but with the Ten Commandments under one arm and "Jehovah" inscribed on her crown.
And in place of a torch, she held aloft a large gold cross, as if to ward off the pawnshops, the car dealerships and the discount furniture outlets at the busy corner of Kirby Parkway and Winchester that is her home. A single tear graced her cheek.
It was not clear if she was crying because of her new home, her new identity as a symbol of religion or, as the pastor said, America's increasing godlessness. But although big cheers went up from the few hundred onlookers at the unveiling, and some people even wore foam Lady Liberty crowns bearing Christian slogans, she was not universally welcomed.
Most of the customers at the Dixie Queen food counter near the church viewed the statue as a cheap attention grab, said Guardia Nelson, 27, who works there.
It's an attempt not just to get rid of the seperation of State and Church, but to redefine State as synonymous with Church. Check out the statement of purpose on its website:
3. To reveal to the world that the God of the Bible has always been the God of America.
4. To demonstrate that the God of the Bible and Him alone is to be worshipped.
11. To redefine the Statue of Liberty to include spiritual liberty that precedes complete liberation.
14. To promote godly values and restore America's Biblical Judeo-Christian foundation.
15. To reconnect patriotism to Christianity.
17. To denounce the worship of idols and all other gods.
How silly. Don't they know Justice and Liberty are lesbian?
Bridgestone and Microsoft have been granted exclusive contracts to be the sole suppliers, of tires and ECUs respectively, of Formula 1 beginning in 2008.
The announcement was made following this Wednesday's meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris.
The move to a single tire supplier and standardized ECUs (Electronic Control Units, responsible for a car's engine management) is part of the FIA's radical cost-saving package announced earlier this year for introduction in '08. Both Bridgestone and Microsoft will supply F1 through 2010.
To complete your application of the brakes, you will have to restart your engine. Would you like to restart now?
The real point of this exercise is to get Microsoft software in production automobiles, but mostly in entertainment subsystems. Technology developed or refined in F1 and other racing leagues often makes its way down to consumer vehicles (antilock brakes, stability control systems, variable valve timing, hydraulic clutch, …). Microsoft wants new engine control technology developed on and tied into WinCE. When the time comes to transfer that to the production world, WinCE will come along with it. Someone at F1 shook hands with someone at MS on the golf course, a suitcase of money went to F1 (Bernie Ecclestone NEVER met a dollar he didn't like) and as a result, F1 engine technology just took a massive step backwards.
Hollywood has the answer. Kim Jong-il is obsessed with films. He talks about himself as "a director". He treats his countrymen like underpaid extras and uses WMD as stage props.
Isn't he the man who abducted a dozen Japanese film stars and directors because his home-grown movie industry was lacking talent?
When Ms Albright visited the Dear Leader in 2000 he was keen to talk more movies than missiles.
So here's my idea. Invite him over for face-to-face talks about the stuff that matters and sweeten the diplomacy with a guided tour of Universal Studios, lunch with Stephen Spielberg and a life-long subscription to Netflix and Blockbuster.
The missile crisis will be over and North Korea will become a fabulous location for Mission: Impossible 4.


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Genus Leptomyxa Goodey, 1915, emend. Smirnov et al., 2016
Diagnosis: Amoebae of various shape, from limax-like to branched, expanded, reticulate plasmodia like organisms. Low-mobile or non-mobile cells can adopt expanded, comet-like shape. Various numbers of nuclei – from one to several thousands.
Ultrastructure: In the SSU rDNA sequence remarkable deletion of ca. 35 nucleotides starting from the position 252 and insertion of ca. 15 nucleotides starting from the position 730 (in the sequence AF293898 Leptomyxa cf. reticulata) against sequences of Flabellula spp. and Rhizamoeba spp.
Type species: L. reticulata Goodey, 1914.
Ecology: free-living and widespread in soil, fresh water.
Remarks: This genus closely resembles the genus Rhizamoeba. The main difference is the absence of a limax form in Leptomyxa.
Key to the species:
Nuclei with a single, more or less central nucleolus
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Nuclei with one to three irregularly shaped nucleoli
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Investigators: Victim's fractured hip hindered him
By Cindi Nobles
LONDON - Officials confirmed the drowning Wednesday of a Russellville man in Lake Dardanelle.
Pope County Coroner Leonard Krout said Roy Dowdy, 66, died after falling into Lake Dardanelle at the Mill Creek Bridge boat ramp near U.S. Highway 64.
Krout said he believed Dowdy ran into trouble after launching his boat into the lake.
"We suspect his boat got stuck and he got out with his rope to try to pull it away from the edge. It looks like he may have slipped and fractured his right hip, stumbled and couldn't recover," Krout said. "We are classifying his death as an accidental drowning."
Pope County Sheriff Aaron DuVall said two men fishing in the area called 911 from the location at approximately 11:15 a.m. to report finding what they believed to be a body in the water near the bank.
London Police Chief Joann Demmitt was first on the scene.
DuVall, Pope County deputies, Krout and Pope County Search and Rescue teams responded.
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The Owls have been invited to Pittsburgh to compete in the biggest hockey tournament ever to be played on outdoor ice. The open-air tournament is to be held in the massive Heinz Field arena, home of football's mighty Pittsburgh Steelers. But almost as soon as the tournament begins, Travis suffers a serious concussion, just like the injury that sidelined Penguins' superstar Sidney Crosby. Travis is confined to his hotel room so his injured brain can recover. His memory is patchy, and he's having some weird dreams. And when he stumbles upon an outrageous plot to steal hockey's most coveted trophy, he can't be sure if his mind is playing tricks or the danger is a terrible reality.
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Roy MacGregor was named a media inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012, when he was given the Elmer Ferguson Award for excellence in hockey journalism. He has been involved in hockey all his life, from playing all-star hockey in Huntsville, Ontario, against the likes of Bobby Orr from nearby Parry Sound, to coaching, and he is still playing old-timers hockey in Ottawa, where he lives with his wife Ellen. They have four grown children. Roy is the author of several classics in hockey literature. "Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey" was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Literature. "Home Game" (written with Ken Dryden) was a bestseller, as were "Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL," "The Seven A.M. Practice," and his latest, "Wayne Gretzky's Ghost: And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey." He wrote "Mystery at Lake Placid," the first book in the bestselling, internationally successful Screech Owls series in 1995. In 2005, Roy was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.


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Old-School Harris Hits the New Season Hard
Published: Mon, March 29, 2010 - 10:11am ET
By Randy Lange
Lange is editor-in-chief of newyorkjets.com. He covered the Jets for 13 years for The Record of Hackensack, N.J.
File Under: David Harris, LaDainian Tomlinson, Sal Alosi, strength and conditioning program, Bart Scott
change font email article 03/29 It's often been said everything old is new again, and that's true of the Jets' offseason strength and conditioning program, which began Week 2 this morning. Just ask David Harris.
There is strength coach Sal Alosi's program itself. "Sal does a great job keeping the workouts new and different," said the fourth-year Jets linebacker. "He tries not to stay in the same routine of just lifting and running. We're always doing new workouts, new exercises, which helps, I think, prevent injuries. That's one of Sal's main goals, to find new workouts, new things that keep us from getting injured and keep us on the field longer."
Then there are some of Harris' first-time teammates, such as the new No. 21 in town.
"I'm still making the rounds meeting the new guys," he said, "but I met LaDainian Tomlinson a couple of times. He's a real genuine guy. You can sense that the first time you meet him. He's real humble. I think he's a great addition to our team."
Also new is the season. And for the equally humble Harris, that means perhaps one last nod to what the defense and the team accomplished a few short months ago but then a full stride forward into the 2010 season. What stood out the most for him about last year?
"Just the way we stuck together as a team," he said. "We had an up-and-down-and-then-a-back-up season. It spoke a lot about the character in the locker room, the veteran leadership on the team. We exceeded a lot of people's expectations but we came up one game short of ours. It just shows us how close we are to making that next step.
"We have that same hunger and passion to get back and go further, but it's a new season, 0-and-0. Last year doesn't matter. We've got to go in this year with the same attitude to get better every day and try to get to the Super Bowl."
With all the newness around, it's good to have some of that same old David Harris in the middle. He led the defense in tackles for the second time in his first three seasons, with 142 stops according to the coaches' video breakdown and 126 by pressbox stats compiled by the league. Both numbers are second-highest by a Jet since 2003, trailing only Jonathan Vilma's league-leading 173 tackles in 2005.
Harris really enjoyed getting off and flying for his first season teamed up with Bart Scott in the middle of that defense.
"It was a real good start," he said. "Bart's like my brother. I think we have real good chemistry together. We push each other on and off the field and try to make each other better. We're just two good players in a great scheme."
And Harris still doesn't mind if Scott does most of the talking for the dynamic duo.
"I'm still the same guy. I think nobody can reach Bart's level of ... outgoingness," he said. "He's cool. He keeps the locker room and the guys loose. He keeps everything fresh around here."
If the Jets' defense is going to be fresh and new and even more dominating than it was throughout the best season of "D" in franchise history, it's going to take some of that old-fashioned Hitman Harris exerting his will again. It's still early in his career but with a couple of more seasons like 2009, he'll already be in the top 10 among all-time Jets tacklers.
He added 7.5 sacks last season, if you count the two early thumpings of Peyton Manning in the AFC Championship Game. He was a second alternate in the AFC Pro Bowl voting and was named the Jets' Ed Block Courage Award winner by his teammates.
I asked David if he feels as if he's carving out a niche alongside the franchise's top LBs, Kyle Clifton, Mo Lewis, Marvin Jones, Greg Buttle, Lance Mehl, Al Atkinson, Larry Grantham.
"I guess you could call it that," the modest young man from Grand Rapids, Mich., said. "I love playing out here in the New York area. We have very passionate fans, as everybody knows, and they're not afraid to let you know it. I just try to go in every day with my lunchpail and get to work. That's how my parents raised me and it's no different now, really.
"I've been living out my dream, so there's nothing better than that."
Unless it's starting work on newer, bigger, better dreams, which Harris and his teammates are already doing.
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Nice read - thanks
i love the quote about scott being like his brother.
with a new OLB our linebacking core will be dominant and elite.
Probably my second favorite player on defense, right behind Revis and ahead of Ellis.
Such a great draft that was in 2007.
Cool read. I just got my Harris authentic jersey in the mail yesterday. Please, please extend him Tanny!
"I love playing out here in the New York area. We have very passionate fans, as everybody knows, and they're not afraid to let you know it. I just try to go in every day with my lunchpail and get to work. That's how my parents raised me and it's no different now, really.
Love this guy. This quote says it all about what type of player he is and for those who think that Hard Knocks will affect the play on the field, think again. Easily becoming my favorite player on the team and will be my favorite once the Big Katt hangs em up.
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Rays crowned AL East champions
Club clinches division after Red Sox lose to Yanks at Fenway
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
After taking a 6-4 loss to the Tigers on Friday night in front of a crowd of 39,617 at Comerica Park, the Rays were crowned division champs early Saturday morning after the Yankees defeated the Red Sox with a lopsided win at Fenway Park.
"[It] would have been nice to have won it on the field," Cliff Floyd said. "But any way you get in, you get in. You don't back in with 96 wins. We're here. Nobody wants to play us in the playoffs."
Few could have expected this outcome, which has seen the team go from worst to first. The highest finish the Rays had prior to this season came in 2004, when they won 70 games during a fourth-place campaign.
Tampa Bay turned in its green uniforms and changed its name from "Devil Rays" to "Rays" prior to the 2008 season. And ultimately, it changed the face of the franchise by being cast in the winner's circle.
The Rays' Division Series playoff opponent will shake out in the final weekend of the season. Winning the AL East assured the Rays they will begin the playoffs at home against the winner of the AL Central -- either the Twins or the White Sox -- while Boston, the Wild Card winner, will head to Anaheim to play the Angels, who will finish with the AL's best record. The Angels chose Wednesday to begin their series against the Red Sox, meaning the Rays will open on Thursday.
The Rays dug themselves into an early hole Friday night when Magglio Ordonez laced a two-run double and Gary Sheffield belted a solo home run in the first inning to put the Tigers up, 3-0.
Ramon Santiago, who hit two home runs against Tampa Bay on Thursday, added a two-run homer in the second off Rays starter Andy Sonnanstine, giving Santiago four home runs on the season while staking the Tigers to a 5-0 lead.
"Very [disappointing]," said Sonnanstine of not being able to nail down the clinching game. "I felt like I let the team down, in a sense, today, and [I'm] just thankful that I'll have another game to pitch at some point in the postseason."
The Rays got on the scoreboard in the third when Jason Bartlett scored on a fielder's choice. They scored again in the fifth on Pena's RBI single to cut the lead to 5-2.
B.J. Upton hit his ninth home run of the season in the seventh off former Rays left-hander Bobby Seay to pull Tampa Bay to within two. The Rays were unable to cash in on a golden opportunity in the eighth, when they loaded the bases with two outs, but Pena's liner to center field couldn't find a hole, ending the threat.
"You know what, that's something I noticed today," Pena said. "We swung the bats pretty well, we really did. We didn't catch the breaks. Not only my ball -- I hit that ball on the screws -- there were a few balls that could have dropped that did not, that was the story. We talk about momentum. When you've got the momentum shift, those balls start dropping. It was shifting toward the end, but we just came up a little short."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Here is an intermediate build.
Finally I could try this build and here are the results:
The names are now correct and I can select all seasons - great!
The only thing I miss are pictures for the seasons as there is only a placeholder picture shown. Is this a bug or a feature? (By the way: there was no picture in the market version, too, if I remember correctly)


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Ada County Flooding Emergency: What to do
Do you have an evacuation plan in place?
According to KTVB, Governor Otter has issued a warning to Idahoans about potential flooding disasters.
So, what exactly should you do to prepare for a potential flooding emergency??
Well, Ada County has published a 'Pre Evacuation Checklist' to prepare you and your family in case such emergency should arise.
Here are some items on that checklist that to take into consideration:
- Register for the CodeRED emergency notification system – you can do so by CLICKING HERE.
Create a notification and communications plan with family members
Ensure every family member has a 72-hour kit that includes special medications or dietary needs, personal items, and infant needs if necessary
Make transportation arrangements and make sure you have a full tank of gas in all vehicles used to evacuate.
The full checklist can be found HERE.
City and County Officials are doing their best to keep you informed, in fact, they have released a 'Boise Flood Warning – FAQ' sheet….you can check that out HERE.
Here are some of the questions you can find answers to on that page:
- How many large dams are on the Boise River, who regulates them, and what is
their combined storage capacity?
If my home is in or very near the 100-year floodplain, what's the risk?
- What can I do to protect myself from flooding?
- Who's in charge of flood response?
Also on the FAQ…contact information to different agencies that are responsible for flood response around Ada County.
For additional information on where to get sandbags (and how to properly use them around your property), current flooding conditions, and more visit the Ada County website.
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Safe Humane Chicago (SHC) has also turned its attention to rescuing animals who are victims of abuse or neglect. The program begins in the courtroom, where SHC volunteers monitor criminal cases in which animals are involved — dogs, cats or other pets. Some, including Pit Bulls or "bait animals" trapped in the world of dogfighting, have been actively abused; others were simply seized by police when their guardians were arrested on charges involving illegal drugs, weapons or other criminal activity.
Court advocates watch these cases closely, sending letters and petitions to judges and offering a silent presence in court. The goal is to encourage judges to pass maximum sentences on animal abusers. However, as a related benefit, the program alerts SHC to pets who are being held as evidence at the city pound.
In the past, once a court case was adjudicated, "about 2 percent of those dogs made it out alive," according to SHC founder Cynthia Bathurst. "Now, we have a dog trainer (Triptow) who assesses them and figures out what resources they need." The dogs are put through extensive temperament and behavioral testing; about 52 percent pass, and are placed in foster care. Eventually, they are adopted.
The other 48 percent, Bathurst said, have severe health issues or uncontrollable aggression, either toward humans or other animals. Bathurst wishes she had the resources to save those animals as well. "We do as much as we can," she says.
Since it began in January 2010, the program has saved more than 130 dogs from euthanasia and has received support not only from Chicago Animal Care and Control, but also from 15 local animal rescue groups who offer to foster dogs. SHC volunteer Callie Cozzolino vividly remembers taking in her foster dog, Swindle.
"He was found in a hot shed with seven other Pit Bulls — no food, no water," she says. "I don't really know much else about him." Four of the seven dogs passed their temperament testing and made it into the foster program. Cozzolino was quickly taken by Swindle's affectionate personality, and decided to adopt him. He since has adapted to his new life, and is content and happy, Cozzolino reports.
The process does take time, says SHC volunteer Kathleen Budrean, who is also foster program and adoptions coordinator for Friends of Chicago Animal Care and Control, a nonprofit rescue organization.
"Some of the dogs may never have even been in a home; they may have been in a crate in a basement, or locked in a shed," she says. "Going into a home, [they] may be like, 'Oh, what do I do now?' Sometimes, total freedom is not what the dogs need."
When dogs with this background go into foster and adoptive homes, Triptow often recommends letting the dog live in a smaller room, then "graduating" him to a bigger room. At the same time, people may need to work with the dog on basic housetraining and obedience skills — something abused dogs are rarely taught. As Bathurst notes, "You can't just take a dog who has been in an abusive situation and assume that two weeks later, you can start going to the dog park. You have to realize what their life has been like, and the habits they've developed. We need to put dogs in situations where they can succeed, not fail."
Chicago animal activists hope that the work they're doing will take root in communities where animal abuse and neglect are more common. "As animal lovers, we tend to have a lot of anger against people in these communities," Maxwell says. But not all are criminals, and many benefit from education and support.
"There's a lot working against these guardians," she says. "We, as animal service providers, need to step up and fill the gaps."
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Chicago resident Anthony Pickett, 45, a former dogfighter, now spends his days counseling young people, particularly boys, about keeping their dogs out of the ring. Pickett is a full-time community outreach worker for Pets for Life.
As a young man, Pickett had been walking his Pit Bull when some young men approached him from behind and challenged him to fight his dog against theirs. Pickett agreed, but his dog came back bloodied and scarred. Pickett took the dog to his mother's house, where he recovered for a month. At home, his twin 3-year-old daughters were heartbroken.
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Through a new program tailored especially to them, Los Angeles young people are learning firsthand about animal rights, animal safety and spaying and neutering from an attorney who specializes in animal abuse cases.
Bob Ferber, a prosecutor with the Los Angeles City Attorney's office, goes to a school site each month to teach and interact with students, as well as assign community service projects that they'll work on throughout the semester. Companion animals accompany Ferber on these school visits. The program is sponsored by After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles, an after-school program provider, and Voice for the Animals, a nonprofit animal protection organization.
"Inner-city youths [see] stray animals on a daily basis," says Ferber. "Sadly, [they] form many of their opinions based on the behavior of these antisocial (actually defensive) strays, as well as the guard- or junkyard dogs they pass on their way to school each day. I view this [program] as a way to potentially end animal abuse and euthanasia by educating children in the communities where the majority of it originates."
In December, After-School All-Stars students had an opportunity to visit Los Angeles Animal Services' South Central Shelter, where they saw strays and unwanted animals who were waiting for homes.
"We need as many people involved in this as possible—as many people willing to help," Ferber says. "You will find that the students do care about the animals, and maybe through empathizing, they will fully understand their part in [affecting] the outcome through prevention."
In 2001, with support from Los Angeles city attorney Rocky Delgadillo, Ferber created the LA City Attorney Animal Protection Unit, which specializes in animal welfare. He has also implemented a wide range of animal welfare projects, including humane education programs, legislation, serviceanimal protection programs and systemic changes in law enforcement to successfully enforce animal welfare laws.
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Zucchini-Poppyseed Bread/
Zucchini bread is a sleeper when it comes to summer treats. Everyone is all against carbs these days, but, if you put down your carb fence for a second and just give this loaf a try, you will not regret it. Doesn't matter how hot it is out, zucchini is a delicious treat at any time of the day.
Here's what you need.....
3 large eggs
1 cup veggie oil
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 tablespoon molasses
3.5 cups grated zucchini
2 cups flour
2 cups rye flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup poppyseeds
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (not necessary)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 bread pans. Whisk together the eggs, oil, vanilla, and molasses in a large bowl. Throw in the zucchini and stir away.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flours, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and poppyseeds. Pour these dry ingredients into the zucchini mixture and stir until just combined. Add the nuts if using, then divide the batter evenly between the two loaf pans.
Bake for 45 minutes to an hour, or until the bread is still moist in the center but just cooked through.
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CARLISLE TWP. — Heat from a Monday afternoon garage fire may have actually aided in putting the fire out.
Flames became so hot in the garage, which was connected to a home in the 39000 block of Ester Drive, they melted a bracket that was holding a household fire extinguisher. The extinguisher fell several feet before exploding on the ground and spreading its chemicals over much of the fire and snuffing it out.
When firefighters arrived a few minutes later, about noon, they only had to douse a few errant flames in the garage to extinguish the fire.
A couple who was home at the time was notified of the fire by a neighbor who called 911. No one was injured, and the garage, which did not have anything of value in it, was salvageable. A minivan owned by the homeowners that was parked in the driveway did sustain heat damage.
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September 7, 2005[From CNET News.com]
Oracle has hired a Chief Open Source Evangelist, named Omar Tazi, who vowed that Oracle would be contributing more to the open-source community.
The creation of the position reflects Oracle's plan to boost its involvement in open-source projects, Tazi said.
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Need a bit of advice on net books.
Want a netbook with a long battery life for traveling. Storing photos, watching mp4 video coversions of mtb vids. Flashgot and the like and surfing the net. And hopefully not to expensive.
Was looking forward to the Apple Ipad and i could cope with paying a small premium for an apple. It looks nice size and weight is low, the the storage is awful apart from the top model but i have ruled it out completely due to no usb or sd reader.
Recommendations for other net books and views greatly appreciated.


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"What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this difference is genetic and dates back to the hunter-gatherer societies, when the men had to be quiet as they hunted, lest they scare away the bison and then everyone starved to death and it was all their fault." — Jenna McCarthy
Last Sunday my wife and I got together with some friends for coffee and dessert at one of their homes. You know, one of those spur-of-the-moment invitations. "Hey! What are you doing this evening?" And since we were all retired, everyone showed up and no one seemed in a hurry to leave.
As we made ourselves comfortable around the table, one of the wives got the conversation going by raising a health issue, and everyone chimed in. It's evident that health has supplanted making a living that was our number one concern when we were starting our families.
With one ear glued to the discussion, the other half of me drifted off to my childhood days and all the letters I wrote that began with, "How are you?" I don't recall whether I really cared to know about anyone else's health besides mom and dad's back then. And I never worried about my own health as I left it to my mother to work her magic when I got sick. Aches and pains? I considered them symptoms of old age.
Someone in the group brought up how they are coping with the water shortage. Everyone had something to say, like reducing the number of showers they take and watering their lawn and shrubs by hand a couple times a week to prevent the landscape from drying up completely.
Since my front lawn has turned burnt umber, I wonder how some neighbors are managing to keep their lawns green during this dry spell.
To conserve water, I took my van to a service station to have it washed. Although the van looked washed, I became a little queasy after reading the sign saying they use recycled water. To me that seems like getting into the tub right after a stranger bathed in it.
I reckon water rationing is the price we all have to pay after having enjoyed fair weather for most of last winter — in case you forgot.
No discussion is complete without talking politics and sports, and we covered both. It took all of five minutes to say what we had to say about the state of affairs around the world when the thought came to my mind about a sure fire way to attain world peace.
Invite all the world leaders to one of their homes for coffee and dessert. Everyone must dress casually and be accompanied only by their spouse.
During the evening anyone may say what they like and others may offer their thoughts, but no one may refute what's been said.
During the social hour, only niceties will be exchanged, and hugging will be encouraged when the gathering comes to a close.
Such meetings should be held regularly and no one couple is expected to host a second event until every leader has had his/her turn.
Sound totally unrealistic? Well, other ways have been tried to attain permanent world peace for eons and we are still experiencing turmoil, so what's to say that won't work? After all, it's the best way I know for ordinary folks like us getting to know others and for them getting to know all about us, as Richard Rogers coined it. And every living thing starts with a seed, so I'm told.
Time was when sports was exclusively a guy thing, but that's no longer true, at least around my house. I watch a sporting event and turn it off when my team falls behind. Not my wife — she'll stay tuned to the bitter end. So who's the real sports buff?
I wonder what my late mother and her friends talked about when they got together like we do. Since they came from the old country and many were young picture brides who more often married men much older than them, quite a few women were in their sixties and seventies when they became widowed.
My mother turned 61 when dad passed away.
It would be interesting to hear what my grandson has to say about our generation when he reaches his golden years!
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coordinating NIS and LDAP
Hello all,
I've got a number of Linux/Mac OS X/UNIX/Windows machines I would like to authenticate in a consistent way. Currently some of them use NIS, though, and some have outdated OS's.
LDAP is clearly a good way moving forward, however the question is: if I want to have NIS and LDAP with the same user info, is that possible? Is it possible to keep them in sync via some sort of an established procedure? Has that been done? How?
Any help would be much appreciated.
I suggest that you should standardize on one or the other, and not attempt to keep them in sync.
Obviously, if you do find it necessary to use both, you need to designate one of these two as being "the (one and only...) authority." You will need to find an appropriate mechanism by which updates to one are immediately slaved to the other, such that only one of the two must be maintained. Obviously, there are compelling advantages in not having to do that.
LDAP (nee Open Directory) is a very widely accepted standard, and I would suggest going to the necessary effort to getting all of the computers in your shop to conform to it. Even "older" OSes should offer LDAP support. You might have to reconfigure some things, but this should be very manageable without "throwing the baby out with the bathwater."
I suggest that you should step back, look at all of your systems' present state, and determine exactly what would need to be done to each one to bring it up to standard. (You'll also need to reconcile the various "authorities" to be certain that they do, in fact, convey "one, and only one 'truth.'") Then, look for ways to deploy the necessary configuration changes to as many systems as possible "automagically," i.e. (to quote a really dreadful country song...) "this ain't no thinkin' thang." Carefully develop a conversion project-plan, troubleshoot it before beginning, then execute it.
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What was your first job in a kitchen?
My first kitchen job was when I was 13, bussing tables and serving coffee at a local diner. I was told I was too young to work in the kitchen, so I would go into work early and watch the kitchen for a few hours before my shift started. Sometimes they would let me help if they got backed up. That is when I knew I was meant to be in this industry.
What is the first dish you ever mastered?
Tandoori chicken on a homemade smoker that I made. I was just playing around and had an idea that might just work...and it did.
What is your signature dish?
Rack of Lamb
Any stories of triumph from the kitchen? Disaster?
My greatest triumph was becoming a chef, overcoming all the negative feedback I got from family and friends. After graduating culinary school, I packed a bag and moved to Asia and worked for a hotel where I was the only female amongst 79 males. This was hard, but instead of making them accomodate me, I accomodated them. I took a lot of crap, a lot of talking behind my back, but I proved myself through my hard work and dedication. And what started off as what I thought was the worst disaster of my life became one of the best experiences that built the foundation of my career. Something I will always remember.
Who was your first cooking inspiration?
I don't know if I really had one. I just knew from a very young age that I loved to cook, even before I knew what a chef was.
What's the one piece of advice you took away from Hell's Kitchen?
Apart from all the drama and the cameras, if you are focused and dedicated you will learn a lot. I went into the competition really wanting to make it as far as I could. A lot of the time, I forgot it was a show. For me, it was a challenge to myself. Made me stronger and made me realize that the choices I have made in life are the right ones.
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Delay in Employer Health Mandate Estimated to Cost $12 Billion
August 2, 2013
The Obama administration's move to delay a mandate on businesses to provide health coverage will mean $12 billion in lost tax revenue and additional costs. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said 1 million fewer people will get employer coverage in 2014 as a result of the postponement, and half of those will turn to new government health insurance exchanges or Medicaid for coverage, says the Wall Street Journal.
Earlier this month, the Treasury Department said it was delaying for one year the enforcement of penalties that could be charged to employers with 50 or more people for not providing adequate health insurance in 2014. The department also delayed various reporting requirements.
The Obama administration said the delay was meant to give businesses more time to comply with the law. Final rules directing employers on how to comply haven't been released and computer systems haven't been configured to handle data from employers on which of their employees had health insurance.
- The CBO, in a letter sent to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and other lawmakers, said the delay of the employer mandate would result in the loss of a projected $10 billion in employer penalties that would have been assessed in 2014 and collected in 2015.
- Costs for insurance exchanges that will allow people to sign up for health insurance starting in October will increase by $3 billion, according to the CBO, because some people will turn to the exchanges if they can't get coverage from their employers.
- The CBO said about $1 billion of the total cost increase will be offset by things such as a greater overall amount of taxable compensation, since fewer people would be getting health insurance through their jobs, where it is paid for with pretax dollars.
Overall, the CBO has projected that the 2010 Affordable Care Act would have a positive impact on the federal government's budget deficit during the next decade, partly because of a reduction in Medicare spending.
Some Republicans and conservative groups have said there was little to stop people from reporting a lower income to qualify for subsidies to pay for health insurance. Under the health law, people with incomes up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level (or about $94,000 for a family of four) will be eligible for tax credits to help buy health insurance. Enrollment for insurance coverage starts Oct. 1.
Source: Jennifer Corbett Dooren, "Delay in Employer Health Mandate Estimated to Cost $12 Billion," Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2013.
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To read a detailed overview, click here.
The Space Foundation has been publishing The Space Report since 2006. This year's version has 20 additional pages and new features:
The Space Report 2009 is the result of extensive research by the Space Foundation and its team of independent research organizations, thoroughly examining the state of the space industry. The methodology, which is refined every year, involves identifying, gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing data from publicly available sources, as well as industry publications and reports. The Space Report 2009 can be purchased at www.thespacereport.org/store/. You can buy it in hard-copy book format ($79.95), CD-ROM ($79.95), downloadable PDF($69.95) or a combination package.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's annual pro day is set for Wednesday. The gathering, which is closed to the public, will give NFL scouts a closer look at several former Utes. Measurements and lifts are scheduled for the Alex Smith Strength and Conditioning Center, while running and agility drills will take place in the Spence Eccles Field House.
Players expected to participate include: Quade Chappuis, Anthony Denham, Sean Fitzgerald, Phil Hinson, Vyncent Jones, Soni Kinikini, Keith McGill, Jake Murphy, Thretton Palamo, Tenny Palepoi, Trevor Reilly, Jeremiah Tofaeono, Tanqueray Towns, LT Tuipulotu, Michael Walker, Karl Williams and Kelvin York. Tyree Mills and Fatu Moala of Southern Utah are also scheduled to participate.
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From: "Emmert Bittinger" <>
Subject: RE: Nininger
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:27:06 -0500
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Dear group:
Does any one know anything about this man, his parents, wife or children,
where he lived at, etc.
Olympia, Wa
Brethren At Work June 19, 1883 page 7
Christian Nininger departed this life, May 17th, 1883. He was born Dec. 8th,
1808, in Virginia, but lived for a number of years in Kansas. For the last
three years he has been a resident of Oregon. He come to this place nearly
one year ago, where he lived up to this death. He had complained for a day
or two of feeling ill, but was not so sick but he could be about the house as
Wednesday night, about one o'clock, he complained of feeling chilly, and
got up to start a fire. Sitting down on a chair, he suddenly fell forward,
and when his wife had lifted him into the chair, she found that his spirit
had fled to Him that gave it. He was buried on Friday.
In his short stay here he had gained many warm friends, who regret his
sudden death. He leaves a family of several children and a dear companion to
mourn their loss; but they mourn not as those who have no hope. May the lord
cheer them on their way. E. R. Wimer
Dennis, The Brethren Nininger family was established in the Roanoke Virginia area, but I am not sure which county. Maybe Franklin or Roanoke County. Members of the family remain Brethren to today. A Mr. Nininger was chairman of the Bridgewater College Bd of Trustees, for many years, and a building on the campus is named Nininger Hall. Beyond that, I do not have any details on the background of this family. However, the Niningers of Roanoke area would have more information. Emmert.
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The states most powerful legislator has cast his lot and the states cash with supporters of the abandoned Belmont Learning Complex project. State Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa disclosed, in a Sunday interview with the Weekly, that he will ask the Legislature to pay for completion of a safety analysis of the site. Villaraigosa said he wants to settle "once and for all" whether the half-finished school, which sits above a shallow oil field, can be made safe at reasonable cost. About $170 million has already been sunk into the project.
"The school board made its decision to stop the project before all the environmental studies were complete," said Villaraigosa. "The school district should complete the study so that we have the evidence on which to make an informed decision as to the completion of Belmont."
Although Villaraigosa had expressed such sentiments previously, hes now gone further essentially offering the L.A. Unified School District a chance to finish the scientific analysis free of charge: "I want to remove any impediment that we have to fully reviewing this matter so that we can put this issue to rest. I will be making the proposal this week."
Villaraigosa, who represents the Los Angeles area, is a leading candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, and its not clear how his decision will play out politically. A new school board majority was elected last year on a platform that was anti-Belmont. But the importance of Belmont in voters minds apparently declines as political distance from the school district increases. City Council member Jackie Goldberg won the Democratic primary for a state Assembly seat last month despite her opponents attempt to exploit her early part in Belmont as a past member of the school board. And Assemblyman Scott Wildman, who played a prominent role in first investigating and then opposing the Belmont complex, lost his bid for the state Senate against fellow Democratic Assemblyman Jack Scott.
The learning complexs oil field site is plagued by pockets of methane gas, which is explosive, and scattered hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic. Finishing a study on the extent of the hazard and how best to mitigate it would take about four months and could cost close to $1 million, according to officials with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). And while thats a lot of money, said Villaraigosa, "You gotta finish the study so we can decide what to do with Belmont in the future. How do walk away from a $170 million investment without doing that? Its irresponsible in my mind."
The state appropriation would be available in the fiscal year starting July 1. But the school district doesnt have to wait that long, said Villaraigosa, who is confident that his proposal will be approved. The district could resume the study immediately, then file for reimbursement later.
While Villaraigosas gambit will be cause for celebration among Belmont supporters, some school-district officials are not likely to share the elation. Just two months ago, five of the seven board members thought they knew enough already about Belmont to cancel the project without further study. Recently hired Chief Operating Officer Howard Miller recommended abandoning the project because of lingering safety concerns and because he saw no prospect of further state funding for the project.
"The school board and Howard Miller are engaged in the first serious strategic planning to deal with classroom overcrowding and the educational needs of the Belmont attendance area as a whole," said David Koff, a union researcher who has long campaigned against the Belmont project. "Now theyre encircled by political camps that continue to rain mortars on their heads. That is not productive and that doesnt help the kids." He added that the DTSC estimate of a four-month time frame for the study "is as problematic as every other projection of what it would take to get Belmont finished. Its no more grounded in fact than anything else in the history of Belmont."
The late January school board vote was supposed to be the final nail in the coffin for the Belmont complex. And for a majority of school board members, the casket was still tightly sealed and six feet under as of late last week. Of the five Belmont opponents, two school board members, Julie Korenstein and David Tokofsky, have consistently opposed the project from the beginning. Two others, new members Caprice Young and Genethia Hayes, made voter disgust over Belmont a centerpiece of their recent campaign victories. The fifth "no" vote was Valerie Fields, who has made it clear that she would fear for her life if she ever had to step foot in the Belmont complex.
On the face of it, that anti-Belmont voting bloc looks unassailable. But it is surely being tested, and not just by Villaraigosa, but also by a coalition of community members and politicians. This coalition is aided substantially by the powerful law firm of OMelveny & Myers, which used to represent the school district on Belmont-related matters. L.A. Unified is now suing OMelveny for malpractice, and a pro-Belmont campaign is a central part of the firms attempts to limit potential liability.
On March 3, the Los Angeles City Council voted to hold up city approval for school projects unless Belmont was reconsidered. This action had little teeth, however, because the school district needs no city permits for nearly all of its projects.
Then last week, a similar resolution came before the outside committee that oversees the spending of local school bonds. Although the bond oversight committee has no actual authority over the school system, school board members are loathe to oppose it having an oversight committee was a key component of the 1997 campaign to pass local school bonds.
After a combative discussion with district officials, committee members on Thursday tabled their punitive resolution, while also offering a carrot. They pledged to consider sanctioning the use of bond funds to pay for completion of the Belmont safety study. In doing so, the committee undermined the prior reasoning of COO Howard Miller, who had concluded that the committee would never provide bond funds for Belmont. Miller has repeatedly stated that he cant support going forward with Belmont if the project has to be paid for with general operating funds the money that would otherwise pay for teachers, books and other education costs.
At the Thursday meeting, Miller was taken aback by the aggressive posturing of oversight committee members. "At the moment Im feeling like General Custer, and I dont want to stay on the hill," he commented. He added that the he had no unilateral authority to undue the school boards vote.
Rising from the audience, county Supervisor Gloria Molina then did the oversight committee one better. She promised to use $1 million of her supervisorial districts discretionary funds either in the form of a loan or outright grant to fund the study.
Oversight committee chair Steve Soboroff immediately seized on the offer, challenging school board member Caprice Young, who also was in attendance, to accept the deal on the spot.
"Im never one to turn down a million bucks," said Young, haltingly. Still, Young, who had voted to cancel Belmont, was clearly reluctant to revisit the issue. What about underfunded child-care services and other county needs, she responded.
"Its not your money, its my money," shot back Molina.
"Its taxpayers money," countered Young, adding that its time to move beyond Belmont.
Interviewed after the meeting, Molina said that she would not simply hand $1 million to L.A. Unified. But if district officials made a formal request, she is prepared to sponsor an emergency resolution to make the money quickly available.
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"I want to take away the issue of money as a reason for not doing the study," Molina told the Weekly.
For Steve Soboroff, the chair of the bond-oversight committee, the Thursday meeting was a tide-turning event. "I cant fathom that the new school board the reform board a proactive board will not allow this study to be done, especially in light of the fact that it doesnt cost them anything and it might save them $100 million to use on other schools." (Soboroff, like Villaraigosa, is a candidate for mayor of Los Angeles.)
Soboroffs logic did not win immediate acclaim from board member Julie Korenstein, who also attended Thursdays meeting.
"I dont know why people dont seem to know what the information is on Belmont," said Korenstein, referring to environmental reports and testimony going back more than 10 years. "Obviously the DTSC report is going to come back asking for mitigation. The big issue for me is the cost of mitigation. What if it were $25 million to mitigate? Do we put $25 million back into that project? I want a 100 percent guarantee that our students and faculty will not have any health problems. I dont think anyone will guarantee that. I dont think anybody can." She added: "I understand how desperately people in that neighborhood want a school. But a school should not have been built on that site -- period."


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From: Rick Arnold <>
Subject: [DNA] good diagnostic markers in ftdna 38-67: DYS 481 in R1b1c
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:01:12 -0800 (PST)
DYS 481 is a good R1b1c7 marker. Overall, the R1b modal is 22, while the R1b1c7 modal is a tight 25, with a few 26s and 24s. Almost every R1b found with 25 or 26 is R1b1c7 - 36 of 38 in Ron Scott's database, if one allows for both SNP confirmed and non-SNP'd haplotype matched cases.
Interestingly, one of the two non-R1b1c7 25s is an R1b1c6. In fact there are two R1b1c6s in ysearch who have DYS 481 results listed, and both are above the R1b modal, the 25 just mentioned, and a 23.
Within the 30 R1b cases of 481=24, there seems to be an abundance of English, Scots and Irish results (seemingly more than the British Isles bias of the database would be expected to produce). But, these do not make a very convincing cluster, with GDs in the 20ish range over 67 markers. Perhaps there is a pattern within a subset of these cases, but I can't identify it.
Would be interested to read comments on this marker or similar observations concerning others of the newly available markers.
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