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Posted on 12/24/2001 4:49:53 PM PST by dlt
BEIT SHEMESH (December 25) - The organization that administers Orot school in Beit Shemesh issued an apology yesterday for publicly burning a copy of the New Testament a student received from Christian missionaries.
"Everybody knows we made a mistake," said Jordana Klein, spokeswoman for Sha'alei Torah. "We wouldn't do it again. We don't think it's the right thing to do."
The book-burning took place in the school courtyard the week before Hanukka, after a teacher in the boys' school found that one of his sixth-grade students had brought in a Hebrew copy of the New Testament.
The student received it from local missionaries who, according to Klein, have been active in proselytizing Beit Shemesh children.
"The teacher said: 'God sent it and He gave us the privilege, and we'll be able to burn the New Testament," said Ariel Lesnick, 11, who is in the class.
The teacher consulted with the principal, Rabbi Yair Bachar, said Klein. After receiving approval, the teacher - whose name Klein refused to divulge - took his class outside.
Then, Lesnick said, "We took a few sticks and we burnt it." The teacher emphasized that the book-burning was an anti-missionary activity and not an anti-Christian one, Lesnick said.
After receiving calls from angry parents, Bachar reconsidered the decision, which Klein described as "too hasty." He consulted rabbinic authorities on the issue and decided to appoint Rabbi David Spector - rabbi of the Givat Sharet neighborhood of Beit Shemesh - as a permanent rabbinic decision-maker for the school.
Spector ruled that missionary material should be burned, but it is the sole responsibility of the owner to burn it and the burning should take place in private.
"It was appropriate to burn the New Testament in private," wrote Spector in his ruling. He cited traditional and modern rabbis, including Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, who wrote that he had burned missionary texts, which he called "books of incitement and brainwashing." Such burning is permissible even if the texts include the name of God, Spector said.
The teacher said that if missionary material were found in the school again, it would be thrown into the garbage rather than publicly burned, said Lesnick.
The Education Ministry was not aware of the incident, said spokeswoman Orit Reuveni.
"In principle, the ministry condemns book-burning as an educational act," she said. "We are not aware of this incident, but we will investigate the matter in depth."
Wayne Firestone, director of the Anti-Defamation League here, said the apology is a positive reaction to the school's "inappropriate" decision.
"The issue of conversion obviously is a sensitive one, and school officials are entitled to make requirements to try to protect their students from inappropriate materials entering the school," he said.
"At the same time, the symbolic and actual imagery of burning any books is really an inappropriate reaction to any offensive material. We're encouraged to hear that the school has issued an apology, and we hope that from the apology, they can send a better message to their own students about tolerance of other religions."
Since the burning, Bachar has addressed teachers, parents, and students - particularly the sixth-grade class - about the issue. He emphasized that the school is not against Christians but against Christian attempts to convert Jews, said Klein. The school is also planning programs to increase tolerance, she said.
The student who brought the New Testament in is not the only one missionaries have targeted. After the book-burning, one of the other students in the class said missionaries came to his home and hung a crucifix behind the mezuza, said Lesnick. The family told the missionary they didn't want the crucifix and returned it, he said.
"We obviously have a missionary problem," said Klein. "We weren't even aware of how big a problem it is in our school."
The students that missionaries approach are generally among the native Israelis and immigrants who make up about 40 percent of the student body and tend to live in old Beit Shemesh, said Klein. That section is poorer than the newer section populated mostly by Anglos, who comprise 60 percent of the student body.
The Anglo-Israeli divide may have contributed to a difference in the approach to burning the New Testament. Lesnick, whose family immigrated from New Jersey four years ago, saw that distinction among the boys in his class. "The Israelis thought it was the right thing to do, but for the Americans, you're used to seeing [non-Jews] every day, and you don't do that to somebody that's just a little different than you," he said.
His father, Marc, also noted the difference nationality may have made in the decision. The teacher, he said, is an Israeli who has never left the country. But as an American, he said, "This is not the type of education I want my kids to have. In America, they let you practice your religion, you let them practice their religion, and you kind of coexist."
Book-burning may also invoke different images for Anglos than for Israelis. "The idea of burning in general in our minds has to do with Kristallnacht and the KKK and so on," he said.
But once he brought the issue to the attention of the school, said Marc Lesnick, it "very quickly took the matter really seriously and dealt with it properly afterward."
Lesnick found out about the burning when Ariel came home from school. "My son got home from school that night, and he actually said to me, 'Dad, you know what we did today? Well, we burned the New Testament.' I said, 'You're joking,'" said Lesnick.
He discussed it with the teacher, and a few days later Bachar came to his home to talk about the incident. Lesnick is glad that they have told him they would "definitely not do this again."
Rev. Ray Lockhart, director of the Jerusalem-based Israel Trust of the Anglican Church, said burning the New Testament so publicly was "going over the top somewhat." Lockhart, whose organization focuses on ministry to the Jews, added that it's preferable to get a signed statement from parents before giving Christian scriptures to a minor.
"Clearly no Jewish person would want to see the Tanah being burnt, and would feel that whoever did it, it was an affront to their beliefs," he said.
But the school's apology, said Lockhart, mitigates the offense. "I think it shows that it's sometimes good to have second thoughts, and to recognize that we can all make mistakes in the way we make a response off the cuff without really thinking through all the implications."
There is a big, big difference between Christians sharing the gospel and homos trying to sodomize your kids. I am not saying that you should neccesarrily like christian missionary work, but it is certianly not intolerant.
In all, I just don't get what you are so upset about. If a Jew came to my door and tried to convert me, it wouldn't upset me at all. Why does it upset you so much that Christians try to convert Jews?
Undeserved? You remind me of this conversation I had with this guy from Austria a month ago. He is a firm believer that Protocols of Zion is not a fake. His main argument is that Jews got a rough deal in history and there has to be something to justify it. Like I said, pull up crime statistics if you want to support your claim of Odessa being crime central.
Yeah, I'd like to see the stats, but whenever a story breaks out about "Russian" mafia, most of the time there are Jewish names. But they could be not from Odessa, LOL!
Oh? Russia mafia in russia? Or russian mafia in USA?
What if they came to your door daily? Why not just leave people alone with their beliefs? Why not actually try tolerating other people's belief instead of trying to change them?
Do you know of any source? You haven't explained why Odessa was famous for gangsterism. For no reason?
Oh? Russia mafia in russia? Or russian mafia in USA?
"Russian" mafia in USA, of course.
Doubtless, your English is flawless as a rule but I think the word you're looking for here is "choice", not "chosen". =)
I've known Odessa to be famous for its sense of humor and that it had a lot of Jews.. I haven't heard about it being stereotyped for gangsterism.
"Russian" mafia in USA, of course.
Ok. Simple. Vast majority of russian speakers in USA being Jewish..naturally there would be more russian speaking criminals who are Jewish, then not.. Proportions.. Go back to your america's most wanted, and do a search for "russian", see how many come up and then tell me that Jews are disproportionately criminals.
Which newspaper was this? And if you dont' care how we use dating systems between ourselves, then what's all this stink on this thread?
You're comparing the spreading of the Good News that is the Christian liberation from inexorable pagan fate to the normalizing of anal sex between men and boys?
Correct me if I'm wrong, please ... because otherwise I'll suspect such a hateful and awful statement could only come from someone lacking in the charity and peace associated with loving obedience to God's will.
Daily? That would piss me off.
Why not just leave people alone with their beliefs? Why not actually try tolerating other people's belief instead of trying to change them?
Witnessing for Christ is a fundamental tenant of the Christian religion. Christians are commanded by the Lord to spread the good news. Therefore, you are the one who is intolerant of other people's beliefs and trying to change them, by demanding that they renounce a fundamental tenant of their religion.
No it didn't, actually. In fact, we have continued our conversation, and the record clearly shows that. So you might want to apologize to the above poster for lying. The fact is that you say it is intolerant for Christians to practice their religion, which includes missionary work, and you refuse to defend that statement.
Daily? That would piss me off. Reasonable.. and then:
Therefore, you are the one who is intolerant of other people's beliefs and trying to change them, by demanding that they renounce a fundamental tenant of their religion.
Mmmmmm... and you just say that if someone did the same to you you would get pissed off.. mmmm..
Lol. I never considered you to be someone to appreciate literature, spotlighter. But I'll concede the point that you'd probably be much more comfortable burning Jews than burning literature, particularly if the "literature" was old Carto rags :).
So, how goes the site? Selling any colon-cures? And what IS "the Synagogue of Satan"?
1. What does Mmmm mean? Before you said Mmmm Nambla. Now its Mmmm before and after every sentence.
2. There is a difference between knocking on someone's door every single day and what is being discussed here.
My original question was "What's real tolerance?". Unfortunately, Christianity as you described it is not tolerant. I was horrified to learn from the mouth of the american women who were rescued from Taliban prisons, that they did indeed do missionary work in Afhganistan, even though everybody knows that its illegal to do so there.. It is also illegal to do missionary work with children in Israel.. nobody is saying anything about these missionaries breaking laws.. and anyways.. Look, I am not saying that Christians want to convert Jews out of malice or whatever. But no matter what the intent is, I do hope that you can see how it might piss somebody off. Specially went people wont' stop at anything and create such cults as Jews 4 Jesus - that's the worst.
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December 11. 2012 11:23PM
Sophomore Val Martin led Pinkerton of Derry with a career-high 20 points, and the Astros cruised past host Dover in Division I basketball action Tuesday night.
Pinkerton had four players in double figures, including Colleen Fortier (14 points), who sank three 3-pointers. Brandi Bonneau added 11 points and Samantha Breslin 10 as the Astros improved to 2-0. Katie Boyatsis netted 14 points to lead Dover (1-1).
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Programs written in s-expression JavaScript are called sjs programs and should be saved in files with the extension sjs. AllegroServe has been extended so that when a file of type sjs is requested, the file is translated, and the corresponding JavaScript is returned.
JSGEN maps all operators and keywords defined in ECMA 262 to s-expressions. One approach to translation is to develop rules for transforming verbose s-expressions to more concise JavaScript. For example the translator could remove parentheses based on operator precedence or perform transformations such as (= i (+ i 1)) -> i += 1. Another approach would be to make sjs into a separate language that has more in common with lisp than JavaScript. However, since there will be a need to match JavaScript code to s-expression code in the debugging process, the approach taken by JSGEN is to avoid these types of transformations and strive for a direct mapping from the s-expression code to JavaScript. Users can selectively deviate from the mapping through the use of user-defined extension macros. In fact, users can use the extension macros to create a whole new language. JSGEN predefines a set of macro extensions for situations where the mapping from JavaScript to s-expressions is rather clumsy.
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Albertina "Tita" Quintanilla, 73, of Hood River, Ore., and Cardenas San Luis Potosi, Mexico, passed away on July 26, 2012, at home with family by her side. Albertina was born on June 6, 1939, in Cardenas San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to Nicolas Garcia and Marcelina Martinez de Garcia.
Albertina married Guadalupe Quintanilla on June 3, 1962, in Cardenas San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and together they raised three rambunctious children. Albertina lived in Cardenas, San Luis Potosi, Los Angeles, Calif., and Hood River, Ore.
She worked for 27 years in the fruit industry for local packing houses and retired in 2001. After retirement, she became a "snowbird" and spent winters in her home in Mexico, and summers with her family in Hood River.
During her life she enjoyed cooking and was famous for her "gorditas" as it was common for her to make 40 to 50 at a time to make sure family and friends could enjoy them fully. She also enjoyed gardening and caring for plants and trees she and Guadalupe had planted together.
Albertina enjoyed playing board games and was known as the "No Te Enojes" champion, her version of the popular game "Sorry." Her grandchildren seldom were able to beat her and it was not uncommon for her to visit friends and show up with her board to play the game at their home as she needed new challengers.
Albertina was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on Dec. 20, 1969, and remained an active minister until the time of her death. She enjoyed sharing with others the promises of God's Kingdom that are found in the Bible. She will be remembered for her faithfulness in always being present for congregation meetings and regularly sharing in the door to door ministry. Her example in faithfulness was truly a gift for her family and friends.
Albertina is survived by her son Eugenio "Pepe" (and his wife, Nancy); daughter, Ludivina "Ludy," son Ismael "Ish" (and his wife, Macy). She initially requested 18 grandchildren but eventually concluded she was content with seven of them as they all became dear to her. She is survived by all seven grandchildren: Mychal, Jonatan, Edmundo, Jordan, Jacob, Nicholas and Nora.
Surviving her are her brothers Eugenio, Enrique, and Raul, and also her sisters and close companions Maria de Jesus "Chuy," Antonia "Toña,", Noelia "Nela" and Oralia "Lalo."
She is also survived by many nieces and nephews of whom she was very fond of and those whom she considered her "spiritual family."
She was preceded in death by her parents, Nicolas and Marcelina, husband, Guadalupe, and sister Guadalupe.
A memorial service is planned for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, at Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, 1619 Tucker Road, Hood River.
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The decline represents a "knee-jerk reaction" to rising rates, which may bring share prices down to more realistic levels, said Robert Curran, a managing director at Fitch Ratings in New York.
"This is the market adjusting itself," Curran said in a telephone interview. "There was an over-reaction on the upside and there was something of an over-reaction to the news on the interest rate. At some point, further out this year, there will something more of a normal balance."
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It's time to pull out the red, white and blue and join with other Islanders for Independence Day festivities.
Edgartown plays host tomorrow to a Fourth of July parade and fireworks display. If you want to join the holiday fun, read along for details about the day.
With festivities beginning in the afternoon, folks have plenty of time to soak up some beach time or grill out in the morning hours.
Of course, Island businesses will be open throughout the day. Ice cream and souvenirs will not be in short supply. Fella Caterers will also set up camp in the yard of the Dr. Daniel Fisher home next to the Old Whaling Church from 3 to 7 Wednesday afternoon. Typical picnic fare with Fella Caterers flare can be purchased at the stand, for the benefit of the Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust.
Not far away, volunteers from St. Elizabeth's Church will be selling lobster rolls on the church lawn from noon to 6 p.m.
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Edgartown selectman and parade grand marshal Fred B. Morgan Jr. will be lining up parade participants well before they begin the march. Uniformed veterans will lead the parade as usual, followed by Island firefighters and police. Antique cars and floats galore will begin parading through downtown Edgartown at 5 p.m. Historic tour companies will direct a group of men, women and children adorned in revolutionary garb. Of course, the crowd's perennial favorite - Camp Jabberwocky - will be there in Independence Day style.
Mr. Morgan estimates that some 20 floats will participate this year. Without a formal reservation system for participants, he said, it's always possible that number could be more.
"There are people who've been coming for years who just show up," Mr. Morgan said.
Leaving from the Edgartown School parking lot promptly at 5 p.m., the veterans will lead the parade down Pease's Point Way, loop toward the Harbor View Hotel, then head down Water street to Main. The parade will head west on Main street for the home stretch and a score from the parade's judges, who will be positioned in front of the Old Whaling Church.
When the veterans turn on Main street, the last of the parade will be stretching down Pease's Point Way.
After the parade and before the fireworks, both the Edgartown Fire Department and the American Legion will host open houses. Refreshments will be served, and, of course, little and big kids alike can admire the fire engines.
As day begins to turn into night, the crowds will flock back to the main streets of Edgartown to secure a good spot to view the fireworks display over the harbor. Most of Water street will be reserved for standing room.
With a strict ban on fireworks on the Island, the only opportunity to see the sky explode with a colorful array of firecrackers is to attend the Edgartown display.
The Edgartown fire department sells commemorative T-shirts all season from a fire truck parked near the harbor to raise funds for this fireworks display.
Fire department representatives work with a private company to launch the fireworks from a barge near the Edgartown lighthouse. Boats in the harbor will enjoy a prime viewing location.
With much of the Island's population flooding into Edgartown for the nighttime display, police advise spectators to carpool, bike and use public transportation to avoid being stuck in lines of traffic. Beginning at 4:30 p.m., Main street, beginning at Veterans Memorial Park, will be shut down to vehicular traffic, as will most of the streets on the north side of town. Parking restrictions in those areas begin at 3 p.m. Look to signs for specific information.
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Just when you thought the Amiga world was finally getting its act together, finally making things a little less obtuse for outsiders, this happens. So, we have the AmigaOne X1000 coming up, a brand-new PowerPC computer, running the real deal - AmigaOS 4. In the meantime, Commodore USA - the one with the sketchy website - has apparently secured rights to the Amiga hardware brand, and is planning to release Amiga-branded computers running AROS. In the meantime, Hyperion, the Belgium company behind AmigaOS, who is working with A-eon on the AmigaOne X1000, claims this is a clear violation of the settlement between them and Amiga Inc., and has notified its US lawyers.
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Native Hawaiian Center at UH medical school awarded $973,000
At least nine jobs to be created at Native Hawaiian Center of ExcellenceUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Tina M Shelton, (808) 692-0897
Dir of Communications, Office of Dean of Medicine
Dr. Nanette Judd, (808) 692-1030
Director, NHCOE, Native Hawaiian Health, JABSOM
Dir of Communications, Office of Dean of Medicine
Dr. Nanette Judd, (808) 692-1030
Director, NHCOE, Native Hawaiian Health, JABSOM
Posted: Dec 16, 2009
The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has received a $973,825 award to fund the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence (NHCOE) through June 2012.
The new funding will create at least six faculty and three staff positions to carry out initiatives aimed at the recruitment and retention of Native Hawaiian students in medicine and other health professions in Hawai`i.
The NHCOE, established more than 15 years ago, is part of the UH medical school's Department of Native Hawaiian Health (DNHH).
The funding, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, will support research, faculty and student development, cultural competency training, informational resources and networking.
The NHCOE also allows the medical school to pursue endowment funds which may spin-off additional projects and funding.
"Native Hawaiians are highly underrepresented in health professions careers, particularly in medicine," said Dr. Nanette Judd, Director for JABSOM's NHCOE and Director for the Imi Ho'ola Post-Baccalaureate Program. "The vision of the Center of Excellence is to promote the physical and mental health of all Native Hawaiians by improving the recruitment and retention of health professionals of Native Hawaiian ancestry."
Dr. Judd recognized the assistance of Former NHCOE Director Benjamin Young, MD, in seeking the new grant. "We couldn't have done it without him," said Judd.
The Native Hawaiian COE will link with partners which help prepare students to enter health professional schools. The partners included in the affiliation agreements include:
- 'Ahahui O Na Kauka—Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians
- Kipuka-Native Hawaiian Student Center—University of Hawai'i Hilo
- Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity—University of Hawai'i Mānoa
- Papa Ola Lokahi—Native Hawaiian Health Organization & Native Hawaiian Scholarship Program
- Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work—University of Hawai'i Mānoa
The purpose of the Centers for Excellence Program, as set out in the Public Health Service Act, is to provide support for health professional schools which serve underrepresented minorities, including Native Hawaiians.
JABSOM's DNHH is the only medical school department in the U.S. dedicated to the health of a native population. Initial financial support for the department came from The Queen's Health System. The department educates students from diverse backgrounds to become physicians who will work with medically underserved communities in Hawai'i and the Pacific region; it conducts scientific studies, trains researchers and provides clinical teaching and patient care in Hawai'i. Key areas of research include multi-million dollar studies funded by the U.S. government addressing health disparities, such as why diabetes and cardiovascular disease are more prevalent among Native Hawaiians, and how to best combat those diseases.
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LONDON — Prosecutors are weighing whether to press charges over a royal hoax call that preceded a nurse's apparent suicide, police said Saturday.
Two Australian DJs impersonated Queen Elizabeth II and her son, Prince Charles, as they phoned London's King Edward VII hospital in the early hours of Dec. 4 to ask about the condition of the Duchess of Cambridge, formerly Kate Middleton, who had been hospitalized there after suffering from acute morning sickness stemming from her pregnancy.
The DJs' shaky upper-crust accents were apparently enough to fool 46-year-old nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who put them through to a colleague who in turn described the details of Kate's condition.
The call — complete with the DJs' laughter at their luck — went viral and was broadcast the world over. But the incident took a darker turn after Saldanha's body was found hanging in her room three days after the prank.
The DJs, 2DayFM's Mel Greig and Michael Christian, apologized for the prank in emotional interviews on Australian television, saying they never expected their call would be put through. The show was taken off the air and the DJs have been suspended.
In a statement, London's Metropolitan Police said that they had submitted a file to Britain's Crown Prosecution Service "to consider whether any potential offenses may have been committed by making the hoax call."
It's not clear what charges, if any, prosecutors were considering. The force said they would be making no further comment.
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Vegan baking
Anyone here into vegan baking?
The recipe for basic bread is vegan: flour, water, leavin, salt. What would you like to know about it?
Chloe's Vegan Desserts is currently. The book got some good reviews. Her twitter account with her website is here, https://twitter.com/ChloeCoscarelli
This site has world wide participation so I'm sure we have all kinds of bakers-even vegan! The site is more geared to bread baking but sweet breads and other yeasted breads and pastries do come under the dessert heading. Feel free to ask a question or just stroll through the forum and review past posts.There is a Baking for Special Needs forum and also a Cakes,Cookies and Pastries forum so have fun and ask away!
Welcome and bake some delicious fun!
Hi sufdawg
I've been a breadmaker for almost 40 years, a teacher of breadmaking for over 20 years - and I've been vegan for the last 8 years. All the bread I make for my own consumption is vegan - both savoury and sweet - and most of the bread I make with my students is vegan.
Much to the surprise - and horror, I might say, sometimes, of other breadmakers - eggs and dairy products are quite superflous to requirements when it comes to making a dessert bread. If bakers wish to include these ingredients in their bread, it is of course, their right to do so, but they are not at all necessary - IMO! :)
As Ford says, "The recipe for basic bread is vegan: flour, water, leavin [levain?] and salt". If you want to make that into a dessert bread, then adding any combination of the following - some form of sweetening, fresh or dried fruit, nuts, chocolate in all its forms, sweet spices, jam, etc - will do the job. (I'd leave the salt out of a sweet bread, but salt's a personal thing, IMO.)
Here's my blog, with many vegan dessert breads - plus there are several vegan cakes on there as well:
I've also got some pretty good savoury bread recipes on there, including a fantastic pizza recipe!
Cheers, Paul


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While Beyoncé and Jay-Z opted for a more modern nursery for daughter Blue Ivy, it looks like Jason Bateman and wife Amanda Anka have decided to take a more traditional approach to their newest arrival's baby room.
The new parents — who welcomed daughter Maple Sylvie on Feb. 10 — enlisted the help of Carousel Designs's Nursery Designer tool to create a classic set of all-white coordinated custom fabrics.
"Jason and I were so happy to find Carousel Designs. We were able to customize our crib bedding and drapes so easily," Anka tells PEOPLE. "They are so pretty and exactly what we wanted."
But Maple won't just be snoozing in her beautiful crib space. She'll also be drifting off into dreamland in so-ro's Cradle ($800), an award-winning wooden rocker that is designed to gently sway your baby from front-to-back instead of side to side.
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The San Joaquin Valley cotton crop looks good for June. "Unfortunately, it's July," said independent pest control advisor Jim Hall of Kerman, Calif., at a recent mid-season University of California Cooperative Extension cotton production meeting held in Fresno County.
The 670,000-acres SJV crop is behind historical norms. Heat unit data verify what everyone already knows. It was one of the latest starts over the past decade. According to Fresno County Farm Advisor Dan Munk, heat units should total about 1,000 for the end of June. They were running 30 to 40 heat units behind that norm on July 1, 2003. This season is comparable to 1998 and 1995, both under par seasons. Munk says 2003 has been most similar weather-wise to 1995, "a terrible year for pests — aphids and lygus." Fortunately the pest pressure has not been as great as it was almost 20 years ago.
Variability is great among fields. Some are less than a week behind normal. Others are two to three weeks or a month behind. Fields in the northern part of the valley are generally in better condition than the rest of the valley because most in Merced and Madera counties were not planted under adverse, cool weather early in the planting season. However, all fields are catching up fast under generally ideal weather conditions. Growers have been aggressive in protecting the crop they have in hopes of nearing last year's excellent crop that averaged 1,440 pounds for Acala and 1,332 pounds for Pima. Those averages were at best a long shot at mid-season.
Fruiting later, higher
Munk says his research at the University of California Research and Extension Center at Five Points, Calif., shows cotton fruiting later and higher on the plant this year.
Growers have been vigorously protecting crops against pest losses. Some are stressing the plant, forcing it to set. Others are using more nitrogen.
Munk's recommendation: "Don't rattle the cage" by promoting excessive vigor. That can collapse yield potential by shading out lower crop. Excessive stress can also reduce yield potential. Second irrigation stress to promote fruit set should be minimal.
And, he reminded producers and pest control advisors that a flower after Aug. 20 to Aug. 25 will not likely develop a harvestable boll in the central San Joaquin Valley.
One of the debates this year will be whether to go for a top crop. Independent PCA Nick Groenenberg of Hanford, who consults primarily in Western Kings and Fresno counties, said he expects producers to try for that top crop. "That is where growers on the West Side get yield — in the top."
Hall is going to recommend to his growers "that they don't chase that dog into the woods" because it would be risking delayed harvest and in the case of Pima, significantly reduced income from lower grades.
Use of the plant growth regulator Pix has become almost automatic for most SJV producers, but UC cotton specialist Bob Hutmacher believes it may have become overused.
Vigor index use
He recommends using a vigor index to determine if Pix should be used and if it is warranted, what rate to use. He likes to use the internode difference approach to make a Pix application decision. It was developed by Deltapine.
Using delayed irrigation to stress the plant into fruiting and combining it with Pix is too much stress. "My impression is that people are combining the two and hitting the plant too hard," warned Hutmacher.
From almost the very beginning of this season, the fear of high pest pressure, especially from fruit-robbing lygus has been paramount on the minds of growers and consultants. The late spring rains not only delayed planting, but created weedy habitat for lygus.
Veteran West Side consultant Galen Hiett who works in the Three Rocks and Cantua Creek areas said he has experienced "lousy square retention" at very low lygus counts, even with Temik. Counts only occasionally have reached five, six or seven per 50 sweeps. Typically, it has been zero to only two.
"However, I also have fields with good retention at the same low lygus counts. I have not been able to pin down what is going on," said Hiett.
Hall also has seen low lygus counts, but reported no problems with square retention. He was concerned about the late start and ordered treatments at a two to three count. He has used a new DuPont product, Steward, which he says is a "softer material" to bring low lygus counts under control before they get out of hand.
Worm pressure high
Groenenberg said "the smart money this year was to control mites early." Lygus in the fields he monitors has been sporadic. Worms have been a "constant problem."
Halls says worm pressure has been "horrendous" in his fields.
Aphids and silverleaf whiteflies are the next pest in line to invade fields. UC entomologist Larry Godfrey says aphid problems and a late crop, unfortunately, go hand-in-hand. Aphids can create sticky cotton.
Godfrey said growers who used pyrethroids for lygus control have the potential for later aphid outbreaks. High nitrogen also attracts lygus. Hairy-leaf Pima also attracts more aphids.
Hall is so concerned about late-season aphids; he has recommended to his growers that they reduce nitrogen use by 20 percent this year.
Whiteflies are being picked up now in Kern County in the southern end of the valley, said IPM advisor Pete Goodell. "The crop is late and so are the silverleaf whiteflies, but they are coming."
The valley is struggling with a sticky cotton image among textile mills after problems with the 2001 crop. California Cotton Ginners and Growers Associations have spearheaded an aggressive anti-stickiness campaign with UCCE being the point agency to bring the pest under control.
Goodell warned once again that just because a crop has been defoliated, that does not make it immune from high populations of silverleaf whitefly depositing honeydew on lint.
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Charlie Stenholm remains a powerful voice in Washington. Some six months after he lost his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives he continues to stump for the benefit of U.S. farmers, now as an agricultural consultant with a Washington D.C. law firm.
In that capacity he recently addressed a group of old friends, members of the Texas Cotton Association, at their annual meeting in Austin.
Stenholm said the U.S. agricultural industry faces significant challenges, both from legislators at home who would cut deeply into farm program budgets, and from international trade competitors who would dismantle U.S. farm programs that have helped keep producers viable for decades.
He says the recent WTO panel ruling in favor of Brazil's claim that the U.S. cotton program unfairly undermined that country's ability to compete in the international market made little sense.
"When Larry Combest (former U.S. House member and chairman of the House Ag Committee) and I put together the 2002 farm bill, we dealt with the problems of agricultural trade (in a way that was) permissible with the WTO and legal under WTO. It met the criteria for trade."
He said he and Combest worked for two years to craft a farm program that adhered to the dictates of the last trade round agreements. He said he has little sympathy for a Brazilian farmer with 250,000 acres claiming to be part of a developing agricultural economy.
Stenholm said he "used to believe in free trade," but has come to the conclusion that countries will always be involved with trade and with agricultural trade issues. "Those who believe that government should get out of our (agriculture's) business are impractical," he says. "If our government is not willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with our producers we have to be prepared to lose industry to governments who will stand with their producers to protect their industries."
He said the cotton industry could lose the Step-2 program under the recent WTO panel ruling.
U.S. farmers face threats from home, as well. Stenholm said. The last U.S. farm bill came through a bi-partisan effort that focused on compromise and "bridge-building." He said that kind of consensus no longer exists in the U.S. Congress. "I see the worst political environment in Congress I've seen over the past 26 years," he said. "There is no bridge-building across the aisles. There seems to be no trust in D.C. today."
Stenholm said agricultural region representatives in the past were able to count on bi-partisan support to craft legislation that was good for farmers and good for the country. "We have 285 million people in the country," he said. "We have less than 2 million farmers. We are not a major political power block, but in the past we were able to take those minority numbers and turn them into a majority." That was because of cooperation across party lines.
And those programs helped more than farmers, he said.
"Those 285 million people are all involved in agriculture because they all eat," he said. But he's concerned that farm state legislators will find tough going to convince urban counterparts to fund agricultural programs. "Without Chambliss (Saxby of Georgia) and Cochran (Thad of Mississippi) the recent budget cuts would have been worse than they are," he said.
He said growers must continue to support their own associations through various check-off programs.
"If we are not willing to help ourselves it will be hard to convince Congress to provide assistance."
Stenholm said current administration economic policies threaten the stability and future of U.S. industries, including agriculture. "I don't believe the current economic game plan that creates the largest deficit in history can be good for the economy," he said. "It will hurt agriculture and cotton. I don't think this level of debt is sustainable and economists don't think so either. Alan Greenspan said recently that the deficit is a problem and we had better deal with it."
Stenholm said part of the urgency for dealing with the growing national debt is that China and Japan hold a large number of U.S. loans.
Stenholm said TCA and other cotton associations face significant challenges as legislators begin looking at a 2007 farm bill. "Participate politically. A big priority is to get all agricultural organizations involved," he said. "Think outside the box. Never forget history; learn from it and don't repeat mistakes."
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MIAMI (AP) — Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and the Bee Gees made some of their most famous records, has died after a long illness. He was 89.
His daughter Bebe Emerman said Tuesday that her father died of complications from pneumonia at the Miami Jewish Home for the Aged, where he had lived since his health began failing in 2004. The Criteria studio, which he opened in 1959 in North Miami, has been operated by the Hit Factory since 1999.
Some 250 gold or platinum singles and albums were recorded at Criteria, which became known as Atlantic Records South when Emerman formed an alliance with producer Tom Dowd.
The records include "Layla" by Clapton's group Derek and the Dominoes, James Brown's "I Feel Good," ''Eat A Peach" by The Allman Brothers Band and parts of huge 1970s hits such as "Saturday Night Fever" by the Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" and "Hotel California" by the Eagles.
Things went downhill for Emerman in the 1980s. His daughter said he continued buying equipment and expanding studios at Criteria even as the music industry hit a slump. Emerman eventually sold Criteria to a local investor in 1988 and three years later he was forced out.
Bebe Emermen said her father suffered from depression for years afterwards.
"Eventually, however, he recovered and began recording again, on a small scale," she said in an email.
Maxwell Louis Emerman was born in 1923 in Erie, Pa., and later began playing the jazz trumpet while attending Duke University. With his wife and two daughters, he came to South Florida in 1953 to work in his father's candy business in Hialeah, but his daughter said he began recording live jazz and then set up a studio in his garage, running cables into the family living room where the musicians performed.
"The same family station wagon he used to haul saltwater taffy for his father by day was packed with audio gear at night as he moved from club to club, perfecting his recording technique," said Bebe Emerman.
He built Criteria with a loan from his father and opened it in 1959 as Miami's first world-class recording studio. Other musicians who recorded there over the years included Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Gloria Estefan, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Lenny Kravitz, Lynyrd Skynyrd and R.E.M.
Emerman his survived by daughters Bebe Emerman, of Pasadena, Calif., and Julie Goldman of Miami, as well as two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
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Former Auburn Tiger Demond Washington has been named the Canadian Football League (CFL) Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the league announced on Tuesday.
Washington, who played at Auburn from 2009-10, recorded a game-high seven tackles with stop special teams stops, a sack and a fumble recovery as his Winnipeg Blue Bombers knocked off the Rough Riders, 25-13, in the Banjo Bowl.
Washington was able to hop on a fumble forced by teammate Pierre-Luc Labbé and return it two yards, which led to a touchdown that gave the Blue Bombers a 23-13 advantage. He is second on the Blue Bombers this season in tackles (47), tied for first with interceptions (1) and fifth in sacks (2.0).
The Tallassee, Ala.-native is in his second year in the CFL with the Blue Bombers. Washington has totaled 77 tackles, four interceptions and two sacks in his CFL career.
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South American duo HIIO (pronounced H2O) have arrived in 2013 with their attempt at creating a classic house tune. There's definitely some classic house vibes here in the synths, the Planet Perfecto influence is pretty obvious. But this track is much slower than anything Planet Perfecto ever put out, and as a result it's not… View Article
BT is a legend of Trance production, Nadia Ali is a legend of Trance vocals. Any team up between these two is bound to be good, but when you throw in relative newcomer but excellent producer Arty into the mix as well, are we witnessing collaborative genius or are too many cooks spoiling the broth?… View Article
Who is Kirsty? We don't know either, but this looks like her attempt to crack the commercial dance scene and she's enlisted the help of Afrojack who provides remix duties. Apparently Sander Van Doorn said "supporting!" and David Guetta said "huge!" Although we'd question how much thought they gave to their answers when questioned. The… View Article


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State president Rodney Erickson admonished students who wore costumes and held offensive signs in photographs circulated on the Internet, but said in a campus-wide letter Thursday that the school won't pursue disciplinary action.
The letter didn't specifically reference the photos or name the Chi Omega sorority, which has apologized. But Erickson said it became clear in recent days that some students "celebrated Halloween in costumes that offended others" and acted contrary to university values.
One sign in the photo of sorority sisters says "will mow lawn for weed + beer." Two women holding signs are wearing fake mustaches. Others in the photo wore sombreros.
Erickson said the "disturbing behaviors" were protected by free speech rights. He said he was disappointed and dismayed, but hoped that lessons would be learned from the case.
"The simplest of those lessons is that costumes that include blackface, or that parody or imitate a person or groups of people, are always offensive to someone," Erickson said. "They convey either a lack of awareness about the human condition and human sensitivities or, worse yet, disdain for the thoughts, feelings, histories and experiences of others.
"It is that belief that calls upon all Penn Staters, wherever they may be, to reflect for a moment on the value of diversity in the university and the broader communities we inhabit," he added.
Also Thursday, a posting on the Chi Omega national chapter's website said the Penn State sorority has been placed on probation. The posting cited members "portraying inappropriate and untrue ethnic stereotypes at a social function."
Chi Omega's Memphis-based national office said it was working closely with Penn State and the school's Panhellenic Council to "implement corrective educational directives for the chapter."
"I am disappointed in the choices made by our Nu Gamma Chapter members and we regret any pain caused," Chi Omega national president Letitia Fulkerson said in the statement. "Chi Omega does not condone behavior that violates our organization's policy on human dignity."
Erickson letter: http://live.psu.edu/story/63089
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What if Tinkerbell Were HIV Positive? Women Speak From USCA 2010
September 22, 2010
This article was provided by the Positive Women's Network of the United States of America.
Over 2,000 people attended last week's U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) held in Orlando, FL. The PWN facilitated a couple of workshops and hosted a roundtable on human rights. In addition, along with twelve other organizations, we helped release a Gender Monitoring Report that grades how well the Strategy addresses the needs of women affected by HIV. Women documented their experiences at the conference by blogging on issues important to HIV-positive women and covered workshops, roundtables, and institutes. Below are some thoughts, perspectives, and insight on USCA and it's coverage of key issues affecting women. Visit USCA 2010 Reports or click on the summaries below to read more. Want to blog for PWN on Women & HIV issues? Contact email@example.com.
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Stigma and Discrimination in Disney World
By Barb Cardell
Night falls, I sit in my room, Orlando Florida, looking out over the horizon and I see it, the Cinderella Castle, the dreaded Magical Kingdom that Walt Disney built, the House of the Mouse and so on ... I sigh deeply and close the drapes to shut out the pixie dust and fireworks.
I ponder what it must be like to live in a magical world, a place where every princess has a prince and every story has a happy ending. A magical place where a fairy's death can be rescinded when people clap enough and hope enough and (flashback to early childhood) when they cry enough. Damn I hate Tinkerbell!!! See, in my life, on this bumpy road of HIV for 19 years, there is very little "happily ever after." My friends have died, and stayed dead, no matter how hard I wish it weren't so. But rather than imposing her world on mine, what if my world moved into hers. What if Tinkerbell were HIV+?!
A Reflection on USCA's Coverage of and Dialogue on Transgender Issues
By Dee Borrego, PWN Founding Member
As an HIV+ Transgender Woman, the 2010 U.S. Conference on AIDS provided the opportunity to continue the lessons learned from last year. I was fortunate enough have the opportunity to speak at the Opening Plenary for the conference where I highlighted the need to create community and unity with our transgender sisters (and brothers) especially those infected and affected by HIV. There were a number of workshops and institutes this year that were trans-focused. However, at every workshop and institute I attended the transgender community was well represented.
HIV Criminalization
By Vanessa Johnson, J.D., Executive Vice President, NAPWA
Part of my USCA responsibilities included facilitating a round table discussion devoted to HIV criminalization. If I am not mistaken, it may have been the only session at USCA focused on this important topic. Below I reflect on my motivation to discuss HIV criminalization and how this motivation shaped my role at the USCA roundtable: HIV Criminalization.
Why is a session on HIV criminalization important? Because as a person living with HIV (PLWH/A), I am keenly aware that my HIV status, at anytime, could cost me more than just my health.
How Violence Can Lead to HIV
By Kat
There are many issues that HIV-positive women have been talking to each other and their allies about for years. We are often talking about many of these issues before the medical professionals ever have any clue about them. First background, this week I am at the U.S. Conference on AIDS in Orlando, Florida. There are so many possible sessions to attend -- one two hour block had 27 different options. I find that I cannot possibly attend all the sessions on topics that I am interested in. But, HIV+ women and their susceptibility to partner violence is something that I have understood on a personal basis for a long time.
Your Silence Will Not Protect You
By Dr. Shondrika Moss-Bouldin
"Your silence will not protect you" is a powerful statement written by Audre Lorde, a powerful writer who was a famous advocate for gender rights during her life. The words kept coming to mind today at my first ever USCA conference. I was struck by how powerful each person's story from the panelists and audience members challenged the silence that they often encounter or encountered in certain communities. How empowering it is when we challenge the silence and dare to speak!
Access to Care: the ADAP Crisis
By Acintia Wright
... Coming from San Diego, CA, our ADAP crisis has not reached the plateau of many states. Some states have waiting lists. Some people have lost their ADAP due to income levels, some people have lost their jobs. these many factors have a lot to do with the lives of individuals infected with HIV/AIDS.
While at the conference there were workshops talking about ADAP and even one of the luncheon plenary sessions was geared toward ADAP. This is a serious problem in our countyy, we are talking about eradicating the spread of HIV, however without proper medication how can we prevent this?
Building a Bridge From Vienna to Orlando: The International AIDS Conference Theme "Rights Here, Right Now," Continues on to the U.S. Conference on AIDS
The PWN and ally organizations helped build a bridge from Vienna and the International AIDS Conference's theme "Rights Here, Rights Now," to the U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) this year in Orlando. Numerous sessions were held at the 14th Annual USCA that reflected on the integration of human rights principles -- government accountability and transparency; equality and nondiscrimination; meaningful participation; and indivisibility & interdependence -- into HIV/AIDS policy and programming.
Report Outs on Workshops, Roundtables, and Institutes at USCA
Report on an Institute: Developing 2010-2011 Latino HIV/AIDS Federal Policy Recommendations and Ensuring That the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Meets the Needs of Latinos
By Sonia Rastogi, PWN Communications Action Team Coordinator
Co-chaired by the National Latino/Hispanic AIDS Action Agenda (NLAAN) and the Latino Commission on AIDS, this all-day institute reviewed epidemiological data on the epidemic, discussed the needs of the Latino/a community, and analyzed future recommendations and priority policy items for federal, local, and state government in reaction to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
My Thoughts on "The Other City"
By Sonia Rastogi, PWN Communications Action Team Coordinator
September 12th, 2010, the first day of the U.S. Conference on AIDS 2010, closed with a film screening of The Other City, a documentary film that puts a face to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, DC. It was only within the last couple of years that the District of Columbia identified its HIV rate to be 3% -- a generalized and severe epidemic is defined as anything greater than 1%. In comparison, DC's out of control epidemic is higher than parts of Asia and Africa.
Workshop: Testing and Linkage to Care Plus (TLC+): Implications for Women and Families
By Sonia Rastogi
This workshop focused on increasing understanding of TLC+, the term, the term's history, and the NIH research study, while sparking discussion on implications in the community and the role of TLC+. In his presentation, Walt Senterfit, "activist-epidemiologist" from the LA County Department of Public Health and CHAMP, highlighted the need to understand the history of TLC+ and its different terms. TLC+ is both a term for a prevention and care strategy with many sub-meanings depending on who you are talking to, and a term for a 3 year NIH research study set to start in early 2011 in Washington, DC and the Bronx, NY.
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Title: The Manga Guide to Electricity
Author:Kazuhiro Fujitaki
Illustrator: Matsuda
Producer: TREND-PRO, Co., Ltd.
Translator: Arnie Rusoff
Publisher: No Starch
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Rereko is a bit of a dunce, and that is rather unfortunate, since she lives in the futuristic city of Electopia. Her punishment for being so obtuse? A sentence of cramming in the backward city of Tokyo! Will Rereko be able to crack the books and ace her makeup exam with the help of Hikaru Sensei?
I really enjoy the concept of this series of textbooks published by No Starch. They actually make tough topics and scientific theory fun. The illustrations and concepts are presented in a light-hearted and non-threatening way, all the better to pave the path to learning. Rereko is a loveable nitwit, and Hikaru is a sincere and very messy scientist. Hikaru takes Rereko's sudden appearance in stride, and enthusiastically begins tutoring her in the mysteries and wonders of electricity.
The format of the book is as follows: Each chapter begins with illustrated sequences of Rereko and Hikaru discussing different concepts in electrical science. Hikaru patiently explains such subjects as electrical circuits, how electricity works, and creating electricity. Then, prose sections delve further into the topics, explaining them in greater depth. Useful illustrations accompany the descriptive sections, and all of the information is presented in clear and easy to understand language.
Personally, electricity is one of my favorite scientific advancements. It allows me to Twitter, blog, and spend too much time on the interwebz. It feeds my air conditioner in the summer, keeps me dancing away at DDR, and illuminates my home so I can read all night long. What is not to like about electricity? While reading the book, I discovered that there is a lot about electricity that I didn't know. Learning along with Rereko was painless, and was even engaging and fun. The topics are covered with enough detail to make you feel like you are learning new and useful material, but not so deeply that you come away confused and overwhelmed.
As a textbook, I found the Manga Guide to Electricity to be engaging, organized, and easy to understand. The comic book portions stay on topic, and other than the most basic of departures, concentrates on the topics at hand. The sequentially illustrated portions serve to highlight the upcoming text explanations, yet still manage to give the characters personalities as they follow along with the science of electrical theory. This is a great concept, and I wish material had been presented in this fun and entertaining way when I was in school.
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I live in a place where finding cake decorating ustensils is very difficult or very expensive, so I usually prefer to use imagination rather than money. Imagination is much cheaper I tell you! So for a "Wilton style" cake decorating turntable, I use a regular cake stand on top of my walnut plate. Cool, hein?
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Today we will benchmark Kingston 's UltimateX 100X 32GB SDHC. As its name denotes, the card is in the Class 10 100x range aimed at the enthusiast. It comes in capacities of 8GB, 16GB and 32GB and we will test the 32 GB version. Kingston quotes speeds of up to 15MB/s write and 20MB/s read, meaning that the SD card should be fast enough for storing HD video.
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11/22/2008 8:43am,
The Alnwick taekwon-do school produces a level of martial artists that General Choi would be proud of, unfortunately it also produces a few sloppy and lazy taekwon-doists that dont have the heart, drive or spirit for the martial art. This is mainly due to the idea that all people can learn martial arts, whilst this may be true, it is not true that all can understand and grasp martial arts at a masterful level. I am no master, but i know i have the potential to be one someday. This is largely down to the instructor having an open heart. I personally believe there is no such thing as too nice, but i also believe such a thing has no place in martial arts when the stufdents are of a timid nature. The club itself suffers from the oppression of health and safety nuts whom insist that are real life training be as risk free as possible. But how can it be real life if it is risk free? The equipment is of a high satandard all purpose gymnasium equipment that is designed to serve a large array of activities, from martial arts and gymnastics to tennis and football (soccer,a.k.a real football) whilst this is cost effective and easy to use, it is not as ergonomically forward towards martial arts as is needed. You may ask why a leisure centre should cater for a small martial arts club when it is set to allow over 20 activities a week. But Taekwon-do is not the only martial art available. It also has classes in Shotokan Karate, Chinese Kickboxing, MMA, DFM Kickboxing, Aikido and other independant schools. This is well over 170 people. Striking instruction is one of two primary focus points for the club(the other being patterns), as a result is is of a high standard on average. We dont concentrate on flashy kicks that have a very big wow factor but will most likely get you knocked out or seriously hurt in competition or worse on the street. Power and speed isnt the only area of training it also concentrates on striking danger areas and technique. The school is alive as a lot of traning is hands on and movement is paramount, this ties in with the atmosphere of the club. grappling is of a low standard as this is not a main focus area for Taekwon-do until much higher ranks. Weapons training is taught on occasion and is tied in with the self-defence focus. Unfortunately there is another martial arts school taking place during the same hours and have often copied our moves, stertches techniques, even our patterns. The only time it occurs is when the other class is canceled or we can find a barrier between us.


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sianlee wrote:wow omg .... I knew that Jim doesnt smoke pot or drink, but I hoped that he never tried drugs I know it would have been hard not to, I suppose nearly every celebrity has tried it, but i guess I feel a little dissapointed. Netherless I still love Jim now that he has stopped XD. BTW... does Jim even smoke? I know ive seen him in some movies like the mask smoking... but does he do it in real life?
I feel for you. I knew he tried drugs during his comedy lub days because he said he went on stage high once. And he used to smoke but he doesn't anymore. I was reading the EW article he did back in the mid 90's and they said he was chain smoking during the interview but in the 2004 Playboy interview he said he didn't smoke or drink. Although y'all did post that article saying he and his co-stars went to a gay bar and he was drinking. (Was he really and if so he must have gone off his 'thing' again; maybe he just drinks on occation.)
And cotton, may you send me the TV guide cover too? And the article if you have that as well, plz.
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Nov 20 - France is in talks with Google over an ongoing tax audit and payment of back taxes, the country's budget minister said on Tuesday, adding the administration had "convincing" proof to back up its claims.
Tax authorities are examining whether Google's practice of charging French advertisers via its European headquarters in Ireland led it to underpay taxes in France.
Jerome Cahuzac said the company has been asked to regularise its tax affairs, adding that if talks fail the issue could go to court.
Cahuzac was speaking at a press conference on fiscal fraud in which he referred to the Google situation without citing the company by name, instead referring to a "search engine."
European Union rules on freedom of trade within the bloc generally allow firms to freely sell into one EU market from another.
Key to proving that Google should pay more taxes in France would be to show that enough work is done by French staff on French soil to merit that more of the revenues and profits be declared in the country, according to tax experts who are not involved in the Google case.
Without giving specifics, Cahuzac said that "evidence shows a business activity based in France that is uncontestable."
Google, the world's No 1 Internet search engine, has been investigated by the French tax authority since June 30, 2011 when its three offices in Paris were searched and computers and documents seized, according to court documents reviewed by Reuters.
Google sought to have the results of the searches thrown out, arguing that the tax authorities misrepresented themselves, but a court ruled against the search engine in August 2012.
Earlier this month, satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine reported without citing sources that the government had demanded 1 billion euros ($1.28 billion) in back taxes from the company. It later reported that the back taxes could be up to 1.7 billion euros, again without citing sources.
Google has denied repeatedly that it had received such a tax claim from the French authorities. [ID:nL5E8LV7MO]
"Google conforms with the tax laws in all the countries where the company operates," said a spokeswoman in an emailed statement on Tuesday.
"We co-operate with local authorities and we work with them to answer their questions about Google France and our services."
Google France reported sales of 68.7 million euros in 2010, the most recent period for which accounts are available. In that year, the company paid French income taxes of 2 million euros on its 4.4 million euros of income.
France, along with Britain and Germany, are intensifying efforts to clamp down on loopholes that allow big international companies to minimize their tax bills.
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