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Real Estate At A Glance: Summit single-family home sales
February 23, 2013
A whole lot fewer single-family homes sold for a whole lot more in January. Average price jumped by 33 percent while the number sold dropped by 33 percent from the previous January. The large decline in sales can be partially blamed on the far-fewer number of homes for sale in the past couple of months. Single-family homes continue to lead the market recovery.
The total number of properties for sale has climbed back above 1,500 this week for the first time in more than two months.
$883,700 … average single-family home price to date in 2013
$992,500 … average single-family price in 2009, the record year for Summit home prices
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Colton Haynes & Steven R. McQueen: Abercrombie & Fitch's '"The Making of a Star'" Spring 2014 Campaign Party
Colton Haynes and Steven R. McQueen buddy up at Abercrombie & Fitch's "The Making of a Star" Spring 2014 Campaign Party on Saturday (February 22) in Hollywood.
The guys were joined by fellow campaign faces Debby Ryan, Christa B. Allen, and Kylie Bunbury. In case you missed it, check out their campaign photos!
Also in attendance were Teen Wolf's Zelda Williams, Melissa & Joey star Taylor Spreitler, Awkward's Greer Grammer, The Lying Game star Alexandra Chando, and Switched at Birth's Max Adler.
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An initial $8 billion bid by Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) founder Richard Schulze to regain control of the struggling consumer electronics giant may be lowered to better reflect the company's falling stock price, according to a Reuters report.
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Since the former CEO and chairman's August bid of between $24 and $26 a share, or between $8.16 billion and $8.84 billion, Best Buy's stocks have fallen some 24% to around $15.
While a final decision on the offer price has not been determined, sources close to the matter told Reuters that the recent drop in the stock price could influence Schulze to lower the bid below $24 a share.
Schulze is also expected to take a 30-day extension, which means he may wait until mid-December before submitting a final proposal to Best Buy's board, according to the report. Best Buy declined to comment.
The Richfield, Minn.-based retailer has been struggling to revamp sales in light of rapidly intensifying competition from online retailers like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).
In an effort to keep pace this holiday season, Best Buy has pledged to match online prices.
Schulze stepped down earlier this year from his position as chairman after failing to disclose an alleged affair between ex-CEO Brian Dunn and a female subordinate.
Granted the chance to conduct due diligence in August as part of his effort to take Best Buy private, Schulze has said that there is an "urgent need" for Best Buy to reinvigorate growth.
Shares of Best Buy ticked about 1.05% higher Friday morning to $15.42.


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Convinced of the dignity of each individual, St. Peter Claver Catholic School tries to develop each child according to his or her ability. The total school program provides for the spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, and social growth of each student. Today, over 110 years since the school opened, the school accommodates students in the Early Childhood Program through grade eight. It is the oldest African-American school in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, and the oldest African-American school still functioning not only in Hillsborough County, but also in the state of Florida.
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Vector graphics combined with iconographic motifs from the rural tradition. This is the graphic appearance that the Bishan project presents to the world. This project is an artistic and social experiment created by Chinese intellectuals in the village of Bishan, Anhui Province, in eastern China. The goal of the project: to build bridges between the urban culture of new China and the traditional culture of rural China.
The idea stems from artist, writer and curator Ou Ning, presented for the first time on paper, within the pages of a Moleskine notebook, on the occasion of the Detour exhibit in Shanghai.
Intellectuals, avant-garde artists, architects, musicians, writers, directors, designers, students from large Chinese metropolitan areas, and rural artisans and artists have all been involved in the project. Ou Ning brings them all together at the Bishan Harvestival, the traditional harvest festival, in order to create new cultural connections and influences.
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Find out how to get the best shots of the Sun during Venus's transit.
Skygazers across much of the globe are looking forward to the upcoming transit of Venus. Parts or all of the transit will be visible in most of the Western Hemisphere on June 5th and most of the Eastern Hemisphere on June 6th. If you're planning to photograph the transit, I strongly encourage you to use the next week or two to practice your technique, so you'll be ready to go when Venus crosses the Sun's fiery disk. Here are some pointers.Submit your photos to our Photo Gallery.
Fortunately, you don't need to be a highly experienced astrophotographer to take great shots of the transit — taking outstanding pictures is relatively straightforward. First, make sure to bring some kind of safe solar filter to put at the front end of your camera lens or telescope, and make sure it's securely fastened. There are many different brands, but one that received very high marks in an S&T Test Report is the solar filter material from Baader. A good source for solar filter material in the U.S. is Astro-Physics. I recommend Density 5 Visual material because it's fine for photography and visual use. Avoid the temptation to stretch this material tightly over your lens — it works best when it appears a bit wrinkled.
Next, decide what kinds of shots you want to take. Do you want to take wide-field shots of the Sun that include some of the surrounding landscape? Or are you planning to zoom in on the Sun through a telescope? Take photos around the same time of the day that the transit will be visible from your location. If you're using a digital camera, make sure the batteries are fully charged and that you have lots of memory. Bring plenty of film if you prefer this older but still viable medium.For wider-angle shots using only a camera lens, experiment shooting the Sun with different lenses, exposure lengths, and ISO settings. My guess is that you'll mainly want to use a telephoto lens. Adjust the focus until sunspots (an excellent proxy for Venus in transit) or the solar limb (the visible edge of the Sun) come into sharp view. Once you decide upon the best exposure length, set your camera to take a variety of exposures on either side of that (a technique known as bracketing).
If you want to record the entire disk of the Sun with a full-frame camera, use a telescope of 2,000 mm focal length or slightly less. For DSLR cameras with APS-size chips, use a telescope or telephoto lens with a focal length of 1,300 mm or less.
For zoom-in shots of the transit with a telescope, you can use a scope with an effective focal length of up to 4,000 mm (13 feet) or more. Focus on sunspots or the solar limb until they appear as sharp as possible. Once you achieve optimum focus, use adhesive tape on the lens's focus ring or telescope focuser to prevent it from moving during the transit. (The same logic applies for camera zoom lenses.) But keep rechecking your focus as the transit progresses.
If you want to shoot video of the transit with the intention of stacking multiple images for the sharpest possible picture, I suggest recording only 10- to 20-second clips. Because Venus is visibly moving across the Sun throughout the transit, longer videos will blur the planet's dark silhouette or any solar details when you stack the individual frames.Try to use a portable mount that's easy to set up and break down in case you want to move during the event. Consider using rubberized footpads to dampen vibrations. To reduce shaking, operate the shutter lock-up feature with a long cable release or use the camera's delay timer. Try to find a location sheltered from the wind.
For observers in much of North America, the transit will last a little over 2 hours. Be prepared at the outset, since the most exciting time will be the first 18 minutes, when Venus makes first contact with the Sun's limb and begins to cross inside the solar disk. See if you can record the infamous black drop effect, or a ring of brightness around Venus's limb (an aureole) around ingress. And be ready to take pictures if Venus comes near any sunspots, since that should provide dramatic views. The planet's silhouette will be pitch black, providing interesting constrast with somewhat-brighter sunspots.
Finally, as you're shooting the transit, remember to take time to enjoy it with your own eyes. The next transit of Venus occurs on December 11, 2117. I don't know about you, but I don't expect to be alive on that momentous day 105½ years from now. Unless modern medicine comes up with a miracle in the next few decades, this will be your final opportunity to enjoy one of nature's rarest spectacles.
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Ask any marketer about trends for 2011 and you'll undoubtedly hear the phrase "location-based services." However, among Foursquare, Facebook Places, SCVNGR, Gowalla and many others, marketers have a lot to choose from.
In this article we'll cover the two major players—Foursquare and Facebook Places—and see how they stack up.
What are location-based services?
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Welcome to Diploids Resurgent!
I'm Mike Huben, gardener, botanist, hybridizer, and all-around plant fanatic. (That's Magnolia ashei, a big leaf magnolia behind me.)
I've named my site "Diploids Resurgent" because I'd like to encourage others to appreciate the diploids too, rather than simply follow the tetraploid fashions. There's a world of daylilies out there besides southern-bred eyed and edged tets, and the most diverse are the diploids. Oh, I've got southern-bred tets in my garden: some are fantastic, and I wouldn't put them down. But here in the north (Arlington, MA -- near Boston) we have different needs that the southerners can't or don't breed for.
Every year I breed a thousand seedlings at my 1/5 acre. This small breeding program is carefully envisioned generations in advance, and focused on just a few goals.
(1) Near-white rebloomers with qualities like Stella De Oro. Ever since I first saw the "Re" in a daylily description, I wanted rebloom in my garden. But even SDO balked at reblooming in my garden. It took 4 generations, thousands of seedlings, and 10 years, but I've succeeded. Improvements and diverse, clear colors are also on the way.
(2) Tall-and-small near-whites like Golden Chimes. I want that graceful, airy look to the tall scapes, clean white trumpets (or "butterfly" open flowers), and perhaps black scapes to contrast with the white flowers. I've now got 2nd and third generation seedlings, including a cream with dark scapes, very clear white trumpets, and 50 inch white trumpets.
(3) Tall-and-small sunfast reds like Golden Chimes. My pet name for this project is "Fountain Of Blood". In my first generation, I have a 44 inch blood red with a green throat. It is perhaps the most sunfast red I've yet seen, and I've seen a lot of reds. Even more exciting is that it has long rhizomes like fulva. Perhaps I will breed something as persistant and spreading as fulva, which could be a "Niagra Of Blood".
I also allow myself a fair number of fun crosses to experiment with new ideas.
This year (2006) I won my first Honorable Mention award for Early And Often. It didn't win for its face: it won for performance. Let's hope that's a trend!
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FORT HOOD, Texas, March 21 (UPI) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas cannot plead guilty because he faces the death penalty, a judge said Wednesday.
Col. Tara Osborn also said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be tried in Texas, rejecting a defense request to move his court-martial, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Osborn's ruling on a guilty plea repeats the one made by the previous judge in the case, Col. Gregory Gross. Both said military law bars guilty pleas in capital cases.
Hasan faces 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 of attempted murder for the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood. He was allegedly inspired by Anwar Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who became a leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and was killed by a U.S. drone.
Osborn said the trial will begin July 1 with selection of a military jury starting May 29.
Hasan, 39, the son of Palestinian immigrants, spent eight years as an Army enlisted man. After graduating from college, he was accepted at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Before his transfer to Fort Hood, he spent eight years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
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NHIAA Roundup: McCown, Central girls tip Memorial in OT
April 30. 2013 11:09PM
Jordan McCown scored three goals, including the game-winner in overtime, as Manchester Central defeated Manchester Memorial, 14-13, in a girls' lacrosse match at Livingston Park in Manchester Tuesday.
Sarah Thompson led the Little Green with seven goals while Maggie McGovern had two. Central evened its record at 3-3. Memorial (0-7) was led by Caitlin Petro with four goals.
Goffstown 16, Timberlane 5: In Goffstown, the Grizzlies (3-2) toppled the Owls (2-5) behind Faith Francouer (4 goals, 1 assist). The winners also received goals from Ellie Sudak, MacKenzie Chu, Sydney Gagnon, Bri Proulx, Anne Steckowych, Katy Kalevitch, Sarah Cuddy, and Sydney Dubois.
Bishop Guertin 12, Winnacunnet 9: At Hampton, Kristin Cameron and Callie Santos scored hat tricks in a well-played Division II contest. Mia Vecchione caused three turnovers and collected three ground balls for the Cardinals (5-2). Winnacunnet dropped to 5-2.
Souhegan 18, Concord 4: At Amherst, the Sabers established a 10-goal lead by halftime, and Mickenzie Larivee finished with six goals and four assists. Madison Learned and Jesse Jay each had four goals for Souhegan (8-1). Lexi Erickson scored twice for Concord, which fell to 2-6.
Hanover 21, Keene 3: In Keene Monday, Hanover remained unbeaten at 8-0. Ellen Malloy led Keene with two goals.
Portsmouth 20, Goffstown 9: In Portsmouth Monday, MacKenzie Chu led Goffstown with three goals. Sydney Gagnon had two goals and two assists. Courtney Caron, Sydney Dubois, Lexi Foster, and Katy Kalevitch each notched a goal.
Nashua North 20, Nashua South 6: At Nashua, Kara Upton and Jexi Williams each scored four goals as the Titans dominated at Stellos Stadium. Nashua North (4-4) didn't allow a goal in the second half. Colleen Rottman led winless Nashua South with three goals.
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Bedford 17, Oyster River 6: At Bedford, Dan Colella scored five goals and teammate Taylor Wallace added two goals and two assists for the Bulldogs (9-0). Aidan Conrad tallied two goals for Oyster River of Durham, which dropped to 2-4 in Division II.
Derryfield 21, Monadnock 1: At East Swanzey, Matt Milne piled up seven goals and four assists as Derryfield School of Manchester improved to 8-0. Jake Poulin scored in the first quarter for host Monadnock (5-3).
John Stark 10, Milford 4: At Weare, Colbey Decotis led the John Stark offense with five goals, while Matt Richard added two goals and one assist. The Generals (4-3) were led defensively by Cooper Bourque and goalie August Colburn, who recorded 12 saves.
Goffstown 18, Spaulding 5: At Rochester, Goffstown's Brad Chapdelain zipped three goals past Spaulding goalie Colton Castonguay and assisted two more goals as the Grizzlies improved to 5-1. Mitch Cusson also had a hat trick, and Goffstown goalie Andrew Chretien made eight saves.
Windham 14, West 13: At Windham, Anthony Gallo scored six goals, and Jaguars goalie Ben Gallo made 17 saves in a back-and-forth battle in Division III. The Jaguars improved to 4-5. Joe Clement led West with five goals, while Zach Ziemba had four goals and two assists. West fell to 1-7.
Franklin 5, Newfound 2: In Bristol Monday, Franklin (1-6) won its first game of the year behind Craig Lebrun's 10 strikeout performance. Lebrun allowed four hits and helped his cause with two hits on offense. Myles Lynch (three hits) gave Franklin the lead with a two-run double in the sixth inning.
Monadnock 3, ConVal 2 (9 innings): In Peterborough Monday, Jeff Williams of Monadnock pitched all nine innings and out-dueled Ivon Clough who pitched seven frames for ConVal (4-3). Monadnock is 5-1.
Bedford 8, Concord 5 (11 innings): In Concord Monday, Nick Angelini had a two-run double for the Bulldogs. In the 11th inning, winning pitcher Ben Philibrick singled in a run and A.J. Spagnuolo squeezed home another runner. Andy Lalonde sent the game into extra frames with a two-out, RBI hit in the sixth inning for Bedford (5-3). Cody Ferns of Concord (6-2) collected two hits.
Pinkerton 12, Keene 0 (5 inns): In Derry, Kaylie DeCosmo collected three hits and drove in four runs. Kelly Fitzsimmons and winning pitcher Sam Hennequin each drove in two runs for the 4-5 Astros. Steph Varno had the lone hit for 0-7 Keene.
Gilford 9, Winnisquam 1: In Gilford Monday, the Eagles (6-1) were led by Sydney Strout who allowed three hits. Lisa Osborne, Caitlin Houston, Abby Harris (two) and Sarah Lachapelle each had RBI hits.
Timberlane 4, Nashua North 1: At Nashua, starting pitcher Madison Bishop earned the win, and reliever Kate Hoadley struck out five of seven batters to close out the win. Kayla Durkee led the Owls offense with two RBIs. Timberlane of Plaistow improved to 10-0, while Nashua North dropped to 1-7.


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J Mays, a native of Oklahoma, studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. He did work for BMW, Audi and Volkswagen before coming to Ford in 1997. His planned Jan. 1 retirement from Ford was announced Nov. 5. Click through our gallery to see photos of his work.
The Volkswagen Concept 1, one of Mays' early designs, became the basis for the Volkswagen New Beetle. It debuted at the 1994 Detroit auto show.
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High School: Earned five letters in golf, two in soccer and one in bowling at the McCallie School ... helped lead the golf team to three regional championships and the state championship as a senior ... received the team's newcomer of the year award and the Jim Phifer Award for outstanding achievement in golf as a senior ... served as a team captain for his senior season when he was named the Chattanooga Area Golfer of the Year ... won the 2010 state tournament with a a score of 72-68--140 ... also won the 2010 Father Ryan Invitational.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Local organizations such as Stamford's Palace Theatre have lost some state funding in budget cuts announced Wednesday by Connecticut's budget office.
The state is facing a $365 million budget shortfall, and Wednesday's cuts total about $170 million, the budget office said in a statement.
"Many of these cuts are very difficult to make, especially now when so many residents continue to struggle in a tough economy," Ben Barnes, secretary of Connecticut's Office of Policy Management, in a statement.
"And we should all remember that as difficult as some of these reductions are to make now, there are more, even tougher choices ahead," he said.
The Palace Theatre stands to lose about $15,000 in state funding. Norwalk's Stepping Stones Museum for Children loses only about $1,700. Click here to see the complete list of cuts.
The state Legislature's plan to make up the rest of the shortfall is due in December, Barnes said.
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A Moment of Torah: Vayetzei
November 23, 2012
Watch this week's Moment of Torah, Vayetzei, with Jody Hirsh, Judaic Education Director at the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center.
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The price of coffee plummeted 3.7 percent Friday on expectations that bountiful harvests in Brazil and Central America will add to already ample global supplies.
Coffee for March delivery fell 5.8 cents to end at $1.506 per pound. The price has fallen nearly 34 percent this year, largely on predictions that Brazil's harvest will be robust.
Crop development in Brazil has been good while Central America's harvest is getting under way, Jack Scoville, vice president at Price Futures Group, said in an email.
Investors have begun selling their holdings to lock in profits, Vision Financial Group commodities analyst Boyd Cruel said.
Meanwhile, political wrangling over the "fiscal cliff" pushed prices lower for most commodities. Many investors are staying out of the market until they have a better idea about whether the Obama administration and Congress can agree on a new budget by the end of the year.
Automatic government spending cuts and steep tax increases will take effect Jan. 1 unless an agreement is reached. Economists believe that could push the U.S. back into a recession, which would cut demand for commodities.
Gold for February delivery fell $16.80 to finish at $1,712.70 per ounce. March silver dropped $1.152, or 3.3 percent, to $33.279 per ounce and January platinum fell $14.90 to $1,604.60 per ounce. March copper rose 4.45 cents to $3.65 per pound and March palladium rose 75 cents to $688.20 per ounce.
Benchmark oil rose 84 cents to end at $88.91 per barrel, heating oil was essentially flat at $3.0413 per gallon, wholesale gasoline fell 2.56 cents to $2.7614 per gallon and natural gas dropped 8.7 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $3.561 per 1,000 cubic feet.
In March agricultural crop contracts, wheat fell 22 cents, or 2.5 percent, to end at $8.635 per bushel and corn dropped 6 cents to $7.5275 per bushel. January soybeans fell 9.25 cents to $14.3875 per bushel.


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There must be something wrong with the Universe, something really wrong I tell you... You see, I'm a very unlucky person. Oh well let me explain that, I'm the luckiest person because of the wonderful people that surround me, because I live in a great place, because I love what I do and because so many other little things. But when it comes to games, winning things or just general Murphy's Law stuff, I'm pretty much as unlucky as you can be. Until now... read on, it's almost scary!
It all started last week, when I was coming home from the beach and I bumped my toe on something in the sand. Being the clumsy creature I am bumping into things it's not new, but bumping into a cute small mp3 player, now that was a first!
But the best part was that it came packed full with great music! I couldn't believe it!
A couple of days later I went into the dentist and while I had my mouth full of those strange tubs my dentist kept talking about how he would like to now how to bake and if I wanted to exchange the cost of that treatment for some recipes. I sayed yes (well I made a sound because you can't really talk with those things in your mouth), but obviosly thought he was joking.
But no! When I went to pay, his assistent told me that it was free, but the doctor was waiting for the recipes! I looked arround trying to find the candid camera, but apparently it was true. Now you know how much does a dentist appointment costs?
Translation: Recipes for a cool smile
At this point I was allready thinking that this was very strange, but today when I received a message from the Zen Chef himself telling me that I had won a cookbook from his giveaway, I knew something was really wrong! This is so not tipical of me! Of course I was beyond happy! Merci beaucoup Zen, I can't wait to start cooking!
Now a strange thing... Have you noticed the mp3 name? Zen! And who gave me the cookbook? Yep, Zen! I'm still trying to find some conection between my dentist and "zenniness". Maybe he's into yoga and likes to be called Zentist! I'll have to ask him!
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to leave you to buy a lotery ticket!


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Welcome to the German International School Washington D.C.
Located in Potomac, MD, the German International School has been teaching children from preschool through twelfth grade for almost 60 years.
We pride ourselves on our challenging German curriculum. The academic program has a strong focus on German, foreign languages and a science curriculum taught in state-of-the-art facilities, for grades four through twelve.
The diplomas granted at the end of twelfth grade are the German International Abitur (DIA) and the U.S. High School Diploma. They provide our students access to universities in Europe, in the U.S., and all around the world. Our alumni have been accepted to top universities worldwide.
Beyond the curricula being German, we speak German at the school and live the German culture. Our student body is comprised of families from German-speaking countries who temporarily reside in the area for professional reasons as well as local families with or without a German-speaking parent.


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MOSCOW, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An appeal of the two-year sentenced handed members of the rock band Pussy Riot will be filed next week, a member of their defense team said Tuesday.
"Today we received the copy of the court judgment, we will study it and appeal the verdict. We definitely won't be able to complete it this week because of the large volume of the document and the number of violations it contains. We will analyze it in detail and make [an appeal]," Nikolai Polozov told RAPSI, the Russian Legal INformation Agency.
The three members of the all-woman band were convicted Friday of holding an anti-Kremlin "punk prayer" in a Moscow cathedral in February.
They have already spent five months in detention, which Russian law says is equal to 10 months in prison.
Earlier in the day, the Web site for the Russian court where members of the band were convicted was attacked by computer hackers.
A message calling for the release of the band members was posted on the site for the Khamovnichesky Court, RIA Novosti reported.
The hackers posted the band's new single, "Putin Ignites the Fires of Revolution," that has been posted on YouTube, as well as a music clip with homosexual content by a Bulgarian pop-folk singer.
Some of the sections on the site were also renamed with expletive-laden epitaphs.


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We all love short animated films, but creating short film is very hard task. Putting whole story in 5 to 10 minutes is not easy. Can you imagine? Few films produced after working hard more than 6 years! Here we collected 15 dazzling animated short films for your inspiration. You can find different genres in these movies like heart-touching film One life, frightening film The Passenger.
I bet you will love these short animated movies, do let us know your favorite one, also feel free to share your favorite short film if it's not present in the list.
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Oscar-nominated film of 'Granny O'Grimm', directed by Nicky Phelan, produced by Brown Bag Films, and written/voiced by Kathleen O'Rourke.
Oktapodi (2007)
In Oktapodi, these two cuties help each other escape the clutches of a tyrannical restaurant cook. But, even once they are out of the kitchen, their battle to stay together is not over.
This Side Up – A Short Animation by Liron Topaz
A naive music-lover's patience is tested on his quest to download music online, as his perspective on technology completely changes.
Oxygen tries to make friends on the playground. Unfortunately for Oxygen, he is unaware of the many things that can go wrong when trying to interact with his other elementary kin…
"Heavenly Appeals" a short film by David Lisbe
After many millennia of being tortured in Hell, Raymond K. Hessle has finally earned a chance to appeal his sentence of Eternal Damnation. Upon arriving at the "appeals" gate of Heaven he is greeted by the angel who will preside over his case. As Raymond waits at the edge of paradise, he will finally have a chance to prove just how worthy he is.
Marcelino and Bartolomeo: Bye Bye!
Marcelino and Bartolomeo are playing pong at the office when they are not supposed to. Unfortunately their boss shows up and makes a harsh call.
Bunny Animation
The Passenger
The Passenger is the result of about six years spent in a bedroom with a computer.
GetOut – Best Animated Short Film
Alma is Rodrigo Blaas' first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Rodrigo Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years, in Spain and in the United States.
Pigeon: Impossible
A rookie secret agent is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
Replay – Amazing Animated Short Film by Talantis
In a destroyed world, the only glimpse of hope is the memory of a forgotten past. But be careful not to let your dreams control your mind…This is Replay an amazing animated short film.
One Life – Amazing Animation by Corey Hayes
This animation will make you think about your life. The song is "old man" by Neil Young Animation by Corey Hayes.
The Last Knit
When knitting becomes an obsession. Directed by Laura Neuvonen, Country Finland.
Do penguins fly?
A collective of French artists braves the current glut of penguin films and even a flooding air conditioner to create this excellent film seeking the truth about those tuxedo-clad Antarctic birds.


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- Beautifully luxury handmade silk sleep cap
- Super soft and smooth
- Allows your expensive permanent or hairstyle to glide over the pillow and not get all matted up
- Reduces your bed head
- Stops your hair from drying out
- Perfect gift ideal for any occasion or treat yourself
- Material: 100% Silk
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The dark and the light-colored silk clothing should be washed separately .The silk clothes with sweat should be washed or soaked with water immediately , and avoid to the use of hot water above 30 degrees ; Requests for special washing detergent, No alkaline detergent, soap, detergent or other detergent. Do not use disinfectant .
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The preferred method is hand laundered in lukewarm water with mild soap or detergent using a gentle hand movement. Do not soak too long. Rinse in cool water, in the last rinse water, you can add several drops of vinegar, which is helpful to keep the vivid color of the silk. Roll silk in a towel to remove excess water. Never wring water from silk.


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Double-outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a rare heart defect. In a normal heart, the blood flows in from the body to the right atrium. It then goes into the right ventricle. Next, the blood travels to the lungs through the pulmonary valve. Here, it picks up fresh oxygen. The blood returns to the left atrium and goes into the left ventricle. The blood moves out to the rest of the body.
Normally, the aorta, which is the largest artery in the body, comes from the heart's left ventricle. But when DORV occurs, the aorta and the pulmonary artery are attached to the right ventricle.
Another heart defect called ventricular septal defect (VSD) usually occurs with DORV. VSD is a hole in the wall between the right and left ventricle. DORV can be categorized into several types depending on the position of the VSD.
Along with these conditions, the pulmonary valve may be narrowed. DORV is a serious condition that requires care right away.
Risk Factors
For many heart defects, the risk factors are unclear. Some risk factors for DORV may include:
- Family history of congenital heart defects
- Certain chromosomal disorders
Symptoms may vary depending on where the VSD is located. Symptoms may include:
- Bluish skin color
- Poor feeding/slow weight gain
- Fatigue
- Sweating
- Rapid breathing
- Shortness of breath
You will be asked about your child's symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. During the exam, the doctor may also detect a heart murmur.
Images may be taken of your child's bodily structures. This can be done with:
Your child's heart activity may be measured. This can be done with electrocardiogram (EKG).
Talk with the doctor about the best treatment plan for your child. Often, surgery is needed right away. Treatment options include:
Surgery can be done to correct DORV. The goal of surgery is to connect the aorta to the left ventricle. Surgery can range in complexity. The doctor may insert a shunt or create a new tunnel to connect the left ventricle to the aorta through the VSD. Pulmonary artery banding may be used to limit blood flow to the lungs. Depending on other abnormalities, a more complex surgery may be needed to change the position of the large arteries and reconnect other vessels.
Lifelong Monitoring
Your child will have regular exams from a heart specialist. In some cases, your child may need antibiotics prior to some medical or dental procedures. This is to prevent an infection in the heart.
There are no current guidelines to prevent DORV because the cause is unknown. Getting appropriate prenatal care is always important.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Karri Kassir, MD
- Review Date: 06/2016 -
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro is getting its own Trump Towers.
A consortium headed by the Trump Organization says construction on the first two of five planned towers will begin in the second half of next year.
The 38-floor towers will go up in Rio's dilapidated port zone, which is currently undergoing a massive facelift as part of a bid to turn it into a business hub.
The two first towers are expected to be finished ahead of the 2016 Olympic games, which Rio is hosting. The timetable for construction of the other three towers will depend on the market, officials behind on the project told journalists at a news conference Tuesday.
The consortium also includes Brazilian construction company Even. It did not reveal the size of the investment.


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Basketball Wives: LA Draya Michele's Sex Tape is With Chris Brown
A couple of weeks back Draya took a preemptive strike against her sex tape being released (Basketball Wives: LA Draya Michele's Sex Tape?).
It appears now the owner of the sex tape is shopping it around and the gentlemen in the sex tape is Chris Brown. A bit anti-climatic consider Breezy and Draya dating for a few months.
I will assume that Draya allowed a "friend" to see it and now the friend is trying to get paid. Allegedly they want $50k for the tape.
Here is a little idea of what is going on in the video.
The video, which we were only shown a SNIPPET of, was EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. The couple took turns holding the camera while they performed SEX ACTS on each other.
The proper move for Draya is to just leak it herself and take the power away from the person trying to profit off of her (feel free to send it to me first). It is called the "8 Mile Theory" (go watch the movie to understand).
Vivid Videos I am sure would offer big bucks for a sex tape with Chris Brown in it, much more than $50k.
Considering Draya has been arrested, naked pics released (Draya Michele Naked Pics Hit the Net), been accused with sleeping with 3 NBA players in an hour and is former stripper I don't think a sex tape is going to hurt her reputation. In the Matrix world that we live in, it will probably just make her more famous than she already is.
She is developing a bit of an ego issue similar to Astro on the XFactor but it is to be expected with the massive amount of attention she is getting.
Don't worry when I get the Sex tape you will be the first to see after me.


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I have a guest post up today over at Eric Dondero's blog, Libertarian Republican. It features four main areas of analysis concerning President Obama's appointment of Judge Sotomayor to our nation's highest court. These are:
1. It was a cynical, racial pick calculated to prevent any real, legitimate, non-racial debate about how she would perform on the Supreme Court, because anyone who opposes her will be painted as racist whether it's true or not.
2. Judge Sotomayor herself expressed extremely racist and sexist sentiments in her now-famous 2001 quote, and we shouldn't take any chances on putting a racist on our nation's highest court.
3. Judge Sotomayor, it would appear, is not even very legally competent, certainly not legally exemplary, and most certainly not qualified for the SCOTUS.
4. Judge Sotomayor has an abysmal record on upholding our basic freedoms as enumerated in the Constitution. She is a friend of affirmative action and an enemy of gun-rights, free speech, free markets, private property, and most of all- empathy!
Here's my article. Check it out and please browse around Eric's site. He's got some great coverage up there (especially most recently- regarding Obama's "Chryslergate scandal").


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Above you see a detail of one of my latest works, called 'Monsieur Porte Bonheur'.
The title means 'Mister Good Luck' in French. The work is a compliment to Hieronymus Bosch's piece 'The Wayfarer', mixed with a theme from a french Victorian postcard. The postcard, one from my own collection of vintage cards, displays an enumeration of French good luck charms. For example, the number 13 represents longevity, the pig means prosperity, the hands with 'horn' gesture stand for fortune, 'paix' (fish) symbolizes peace, 'argent' (magnet) is a symbol for money, etc.
My Mister Good Luck is a peddler that can not be trusted. He's more of a huntsman, out to catch good luck in order to sell it.
More snapshots below, click on the images to zoom in. For more information please visit the Roq la Rue website.


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You know, I often think that if we normal people would just ignore all things Kardashian, the family would slowly fade into obscurity. Of course, I realize the irony of me wishing this would happen while blogging about them. I also realize it is never going to happen if non-normal (read: wacky celebs and "news correspondents") people keep giving them the time of day.
That said, I have an announcement to make. I am now watching Good Morning America for the first time ever. I don't know why I waited this long as I think George Stephanopoulos is hot, and I adore Amy Robach. The TODAY Show is dead to me. I'm sorry, Al Roker. I'll always think highly of you, as I know the show stripped you of extra time with your best pal Ann Curry, but to Matt Lauer (I blame you for Ann!) and the rest of the morning show's cronies, I say, for shame. (P.S. I still heart you, Willie Geist!)


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Neve Holzhausen of Perry was taking her usual way home on M-52 around 6:30 p.m., Thursday, when she heard a loud bang on the side of her car. At the same time, Holzhausen says a 'dark colored' car was passing her.
"I turned and I was like 'what an idiot'," said Holzhausen. "I thought it was teenagers trying to be funny or something."
It was not until the next day that she found a bullet hole in her hood. Holzhausen says, she thought it was a stray bullet from a deer hunter.
"The man at the local store, he told me there was a random shooting and my heart sank," said Holzhausen.
More than a dozen reports of vehicle shootings have been reported in Ingham, Shiawassee, Livingston and Oakland Counties since Tuesday.
Preliminary reports by the Ingham County Sheriff's Office show Holzhausen is the sixth victim of the random vehicle shootings that took place in the county, north of Webberville on Thursday.
To make sure the shooting does not happen again, Ingham County Sheriff's Deputies are stepping up patrols on M-52 and I-96.
"The purpose of the patrols is to have a uniformed presence on the highways and roadways so motorists see we're out there and can feel safer," said Sgt. Jeff Weiss of Ingham County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office is also forming a task force with other counties as well as Michigan State Police to try and catch those involved in the shootings.
All so people like Neve Holzhausen do not have to worry about their safety on the road.
"I felt like I'm not safe in my car driving down the road," said Holzhausen.
Investigators are still looking for those involved in the shooting.


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HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Houston-area high school was evacuated on Monday and a student taken into custody after police found a suspicious device initially thought to be a bomb but later determined to be a homemade weapon.
There were no injuries at Seven Lakes High School in Katy, a western suburb of Houston. The school has about 3,800 students who were evacuated to a football field and later allowed to go home.
"We have been informed that a student suspect is in custody," the school district said on its website without providing further information.
Officials found what they described as a "zip gun" during a search of the building by school police with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Harris County Sheriff's Office bomb squad.
The device had been "altered to propel an object designed to cause harm," the school district said on its website without providing further information. No bomb was found.
(Reporting by Andrea Lorenz and Erwin Seba in Houston; Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama, Meredith Mazzilli and Lisa Shumaker)


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President Khator's Letters to the Houston Community Tier One Victory
June 1, 2009
I want to share some very, very good news with you today. After all of our hard work in letter writing, testifying, visiting legislators in Austin, and earning community support, we can declare victory in our efforts to secure a pathway for the University of Houston to attain Tier One status.
Late last night, the Texas Legislature passed two historic bills – the Constitutional amendment that creates the fund needed to finance top-tier research by UH and all the state's emerging research universities, and the enabling legislation that provides a pathway to access those funds. The enabling legislation still awaits the Governor's signature before it becomes law.
The Constitutional amendment will be put to a state-wide vote in November 2009, and we plan to engage the support of our alumni, our community leaders, and the UH System family in a drive to educate voters on what additional Tier One universities will mean in terms of economic growth for Texas. We are hopeful voters will pass the amendment.
My admiration and gratitude go to members of our UH System Board of Regents, most notably Chairman Welcome W. Wilson, Sr., and Regent Nelda Luce Blair, who devoted many hundreds of hours of their own time to be in Austin at crucial times during the session. I also want to congratulate our legislative team in Austin – Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations Grover Campbell and Assistant Vice President Laura Calfee – for their steadfast commitment, brilliant leadership, and considerable talents in presenting our case before our legislators.
And I especially want to thank our legislative delegation. They stood strongly with us and provided invaluable leadership and support that made passage of these two key bills possible.
Building upon this constitutional and legislative foundation, the University of Houston will be in the strongest position ever to complete our Tier One journey.
I want to thank all of you who wrote our legislators, or called them, or helped in any way. I am proud of you and your efforts. Now, let's set our sights on getting the constitutional amendment passed next November.
Warm regards,
Renu Khator


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The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.
1. Facebook's yearly revenue growth up 45%, but down from last quarter (AllThingsD)
2. Netflix ends the first quarter with nearly three million more streaming clients (NYT)
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4. Fact or myth? Targeted web ads always work (AllThingsD)
5. Study: Millennials worry how connectivity will affect their lives (Mashable)
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Estate planning is the process through which one is able to make certain his or her property and health care wishes are met in the case of death or incapacitation. Estate planning involves making decisions concerning the transfer of one's property at death as well as various decisions concerning health care, retirement, and other personal matters.
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Children of the Star
Noren, who has grown up in a primitive society, embarks on a journey of protest against the Scholars and Technicians who oppress his people by restricting their access to knowledge and technology. He is condemmed by his fellow villagers and convicted of heresy for his ideas. Noren is determinded to discover the truth at any personal cost, but is unaware of what this will mean for him....
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New hardcover edition of 1971 Newbery Honor book, published by Walker, 2001. ISBN 0802787649. To Georyn, the woodcutter's son hoping to rid his world of a fearsome dragon, the mysterious girl Elana is an enchantress with magical powers. To Jarel, junior medical officer of an interstellar expedition planning to colonize Georyn's world, she is even less comprehensible. But in reality, Elana is just an inexperienced student who has involved herself in her ...


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Americans' Generational Race Gap Gets Wider
Demographic Divide Between Older Whites and Younger Minorities Is Growing, According to Census Bureau Data
The demographic divide between older white Americans and younger minorities grew wider last year, according to Census Bureau data released Thursday, highlighting a long-term shift that might alter the interplay between generations.
In 2013, nearly 79% of people 65 and older were white, but for those younger than 15, the share of whites was just over half. In 2000, those proportions were nearly 84% and almost 61%, respectively.


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August 31, 1979
To: Deans, Department Chairs Heads of
Administrative Units
From: President Gail Fullerton
Subject: "Chain of Command"
This letter supersedes my memorandum on the same subject of August 21, 1978, P78-11.
The two Vice Presidents of the University are of equal rank, but it is necessary to designate one of them to make decisions for the University on those occasions when I am away from the campus. I am again asking Academic Vice President Bert Bums to be the responsible administrative officer in my absence.
In order to insure that there will be no doubt as to the administrative officer in charge empowered to make presidential decisions, in the event of the absence of both myself and Vice President Bums, the following order of devolution of these responsibilities will be in force, effective immediately:
- President
- Academic Vice President
- Executive Vice President
- Dean of Student Services
- Associate Academic Vice President
- Associate Executive Vice President
This memorandum will serve as the designation of both authority and responsibility to the above named administrators to make decisions on behalf of the President in emergency situations when I am not available. It is not intended to alter the normal responsibilities of any of the administrators indicated nor should it be so interpreted.
Chancellor Dumke
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As they steamrolled across northern Iraq, Sunni militants had important help from an old power in the country — former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party and his army.
One retired air force colonel said he is a member of a newly formed military council overseeing Mosul, the large city captured last week by ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and its allies from Sunni Arab armed factions.
He spoke in a phone interview from Mosul and agreed to talk only on the condition that he not be named. He said he was worried about being targeted. NPR confirmed through acquaintances that he had served as colonel in the air force during the rule of Saddam, who was ousted in the U.S. invasion of 2003.
The former officer said there were multiple armed Sunni Arab factions that feel marginalized by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shiite-led government.
"They [ISIS] are not in charge. They are not responsible [for] everything," the officer said.
He described ISIS as one of five armed factions opposing the government. The others are made up of people like himself who previously belonged to the military or the Baath Party.
One of the biggest factions is the Naqshbandi, ostensibly an order of the mystical Sufi sect but in essence a collection of Baathist holdovers. It's led by Saddam's former crony Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the King of Clubs on the U.S. military's deck of cards ranking former regime targets.
Other support for ISIS comes from forces loyal to the Baathist former Gen. Mohamed Younes Ahmed, who for years has helped the Sunni insurgency, reportedly from Syria. Assistance is also coming from smaller groupings of Saddam loyalists from the old military and security apparatus — men who are valued for the tactical experience and intelligence-gathering they perfected under Saddam's iron-fisted rule.
"They have got good skill, good experience. They have good training ... and they have good weapons and that's why they got a victory [so] fast."
A key component of the militants' strategy is state-building, not just military victories, he said, adding that he's a member of the ad hoc council that's trying to restore basic services to Mosul.
And although black ISIS flags now fly over the city and ISIS has issued laws based on its extreme ideology, the ex-colonel claims that it is former Sunni military officers, not ISIS, who have been left in control of the city.
"Everything is OK and our people, they decided to continue their operation to Baghdad to change that government," he said.
The goal, he said, is to remove Maliki and take over the country. ISIS may share that goal, but it's not clear which group would ultimately be more powerful.
Others outside his movement, including a former Iraqi interior minister, Falah al-Naqib, agree that ISIS is just the tip of the spear, perhaps no more than 15 percent of the anti-government forces.
"Mainly it's the ex-military commanders, the army, the ex-army which have been dissolved," Naqib said.
Paul Bremer, who led the U.S. occupation of Iraq after the invasion, dissolved the Iraqi army and put hundreds of thousands of men out of work. Many analysts say that move gave birth to the Sunni insurgency that persists today.
Naqib said that the Sunni groups agree on their military goal, but they don't agree on the tactics. He referred to mass executions that ISIS has boasted about online. He claimed some 500 people were executed by ISIS around the city of Tikrit, angering former officers who are trying to pressure the group to stop.
Naqib is in northern Iraq furiously trying to help find a solution, because he's afraid of what will happen if the Sunni fighters reach the capital, Baghdad.
But the former colonel in Mosul said it's too late for dialogue and Shiite militias are already mobilizing.
"They are killing the people just because he is Sunni in Baghdad and then in Mosul they kill them. Why?" said the ex-colonel.
With the Iraqi army foundering, the government is now calling on Shiite paramilitaries to take part in the fight to defend the state.
ISIS has been boosted with help from an old Iraqi power - Saddam Hussein's Baath Party cronies and the former regime's officer corps. NPR's Leila Fadel talked to a Saddam-era colonel who is part of a Sunni faction in Mosul, a key city ISIS and its allies took over last week. He spoke with Leila by phone.
UNIDENTIFIED COLONEL: I'm a retired colonel from the era Iraqi army.
LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: That is a retired colonel who only talked to us on the condition that we don't use his name. He's worried about being targeted, but we confirmed through acquaintances that he is indeed a colonel from Saddam's Air Force and he says he's a member of a newly formed military council overseeing Mosul. In a phone interview, he describes the other groups fighting to take Baghdad. They're armed Sunni Arab factions that feel marginalized by abuse and neglect from the Shia-led government. ISIS is just the face, he says.
UNIDENTIFIED COLONEL: They are not in charge. They're not responsible about everything.
FADEL: The colonel says ISIS is only one of five armed factions. The rest are people like him - former officers and Baath Party members. One faction is led by Izzat Ibrahim from Saddam's old inner circle, and King of Spades in the U.S. military's famous deck of cards of most wanted regime figures during the 2003 Iraq invasion, military men, the colonel says. [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: A previous audio version of this story incorrectly referred to Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri as the King of Spades in the U.S. military's deck of cards. Douri is the King of Clubs.]
UNIDENTIFIED COLONEL: They have got a good skill, good experience, they have good training - even that people they have been - more than two years. They got the good training, they have got the good weapons and that's why got the victory too fast.
FADEL: A key component of the strategy is state-building, not just military victories. And the colonel says he's a member of the ad hoc counsel that's trying to restore basic services to Mosul. Even though the city is peppered with ISIS flags and it issued medieval laws to govern the city, the colonel claims that it's former Sunni officers, not ISIS, who've been left in control of Mosul.
UNIDENTIFIED COLONEL: Everything is OK. And our people, they decided to continue their operation to Baghdad, to change all bad government.
FADEL: The goal - to kick Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki out of office and to take over. But it's unclear if they can control a group like ISIS. Others outside his movement, including a former Iraqi interior minister, Falah al-Naqib, agree that ISIS is just the tip of the spear, maybe 15 percent of the force.
FALAH AL-NAQIB: Mainly it's the military, the ex-military commanders - I mean, the army, the ex-army which have been dissolved by Mr. Bremer.
FADEL: He refers to Paul Bremer, who led the U.S. occupation of Iraq after the invasion and who made the decision to dissolve the army and put hundreds of thousands of men out of work. What many historians and analysts say is the move that gave birth to the Sunni insurgency that persists today. But Naqib says while the groups agree on their military goal, they don't agree on the tactics. He refers to mass executions that ISIS has boasted about online. He says some 500 people were executed by ISIS around the city of Tikrit and it angered former officers who were trying to pressure the group to stop. Naqib is in northern Iraq furiously trying to help find a solution because he's afraid of what will happen if the fighters reach the capital, Baghdad. But the colonel in Mosul, who fits the profile of the type of people that Naqib describes as part of the fighting, says it's too late for dialogue, especially, he says, since Shia militias are mobilizing.
UNIDENTIFIED COLONEL: Never, never. That's enough, you know? They have done everything, they are killing the people with no reason. Just because he's Sunni in Baghdad and been in Mosul - why? Why?
FADEL: And with the Iraqi army foundering, the government is now using Shia militias to face ISIS and its allies like these former officers. Leila Fadel, NPR News, Erbil. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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You can't imagine how annoyed I am because of this. At least they didn't call this DMC5, since this is a reboot and that makes no sense.Why they did a reboot? I don't get it.
Heads up: I am not, nor have I ever been, a person with good taste.To me all the bitching about Dante's new look is really silly. The original Dante looked like he just walked off the stage of a Japanese boy band. Honestly, while I'm not a huge fan of either the new design looks better to me.I'm still not going to buy the game, though.
it's the big fucking CHANGE in Dante's design that bothers most.
Haha Dante pulls a Steve Martin at some point in his life I guess; just got the early white hairs I guess.If the game is good, wonderful (didn't a lot of people like Heavenly Sword??)
He smokes now? Westerners giving him dirty habits, terrible.
Quote from: Starmongoose on September 15, 2010, 09:59:15 PMHe smokes now? Westerners giving him dirty habits, terrible.A lot of Japanese people smoke.Honestly... I'd just want to say this did not get a good impression amongst a number of people.


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John Mearsheimer - Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics
International relations scholar John Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago discusses his new book, Why Leaders Lie, a comprehensive examination of the strategic lies told in international politics.
Mearsheimer uses historical examples to explain why world leaders lie, the types of lies they tell, the circumstances that make each type of lie more or less likely, and the domestic and foreign policy costs of telling such lies.
Presented by Park University. Co-sponsored by the International Relations Council – Kansas City and the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.


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In reaction to the unusually high number of high profile sexual abuse cases involving Pagans, Jason from the Wild Hunt and Brendan Myers have pushed a movement for all Pagans to help draft and sign a universal ethics statement in regards to sexual abuse.
I'm not usually one to copy and past from another blog, but in this instance, I feel it is necessary for the good of the Pagan world that this be spread as quickly and completely as possible. So here's the original post from the Wild Hunt:
An Ethics Statement: How to Start
I'm going to stray a bit from my normal routine, and propose an actual initiative for our community to undertake. Considering recent cases within our community concerning the sexual abuse of children, and the larger context of news-making abuse cases within non-Pagan faith intuitions, I feel that a voluntary statement of ethics put forward and enforced by Pagan leaders, groups, event organizers, media outlets, and organizations could go a long way towards fostering an atmosphere that would support victims, discourage would-be abusers, and potentially avert some cases of abuse. I understand that any undertaking that attempts to gain the support of any sizable percentage of the larger Pagan community can be fraught with drama, dissent, and backlash, but I feel this is something worth the effort, and the process will have The Wild Hunt's support at every stage.
Every stage of this process, so long as I am a part of it, will be opt-in and voluntary. No group, individual, or legal entity will be strong-armed into participating, or demonized if they feel they can't sign on to the finished product. Coalitions that bring lasting change aren't built by guilt or coercion, but by bridge-building and compromise. We will gladly stand by and partner with those who opt to develop alternate faith or group-specific ethics platforms, so long as they are created in the same spirit of protecting the innocent. Further, the finished statement will exist as its own entity beholding to no single faith, group or individual, and anyone will be able to "sign" or "opt-in" to it at any time so long as they support its tenets.
Stage One: Crafting a draft statement. We will start with a relatively small group working together, with ongoing input from the larger community, to create a first draft of the ethics statement. Pagan author and professor of philosophy Brendan Myers has volunteered to host and help guide this stage of the process. If you are interested in being a part of this process, please join his message board, and take part. I urge folks from various faiths, traditions, professions, and walks of life, to participate. I thank Brendan for stepping forward to shepherd this initial step.
Stage Two: Feedback on draft. Once a rough draft of the statement is complete, it will be posted here, and at other Pagan media outlets, for feedback. All constructive input will be listened to, and responsive changes and revisions will be made accordingly.
Stage Three: Posting of draft, and creation of ethics statement web site. Once complete, the final ethics statement will be posted at its own web site, and all who wish may then sign on to the statement. All participating organizations and events will be prominently listed, web badges and printable materials will be made available, and an outreach committee will be formed to encourage wide adoption of the statement. The site will remain politically neutral, and will not advocate for or against any tradition, group, or individual in a conflict.
That is my suggestion for moving forward. If you want to discuss this, and get on board with this process, please visit Brendan Myers' site to get things started. I hope this will be the start of a productive and proactive step to address this issue within our interlocking communities.
Though it is only in its planning stages, this seems like a key issue at the moment. We as Pagans need to step up and take responsibility for protecting the children of the world, and especially those at our own events. We need to make it one of the core Pagan values, and as such, making it simple to make such a public pledge should help to strengthen organization leaders' efforts in making Paganism child-friendly, and more importantly, child-safe.
While any attempt at unity in the Pagan world seems futile due to the huge divisions inherent to our beliefs, this is something that all respectful and responsible Pagans can unify under and uphold.


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dichotomies wrote:There is one experiment im looking forward to: the Holometer at Fermilab which is attempting to identify the "pixels" of reality over the next year or so. So some people are free thinking enough to be capable of taking it seriously.
I read a little about it and the concept is not that farfetched. They are trying to measure the "graininess" of time and space with the idea that if the universe is made of digital "pixels" the resolution must have some limit and so at some point they should be able to see one individual pixel.
Kranter wrote:I've got no idea what you people are talking about. But it sounds interesting.
The question is: What is our reality and could it be a "virtual" reality that has been created by some higher form of intelligence or by "God" with it's own set of rules that are more or less arbitrary, but fits together logically so it makes sense to us (accept at the quantum level).
Personally, I think the human perspective is just like looking through a pinhole and drawing conclusions from what we see. We have accepted our reality without question, reminds me of how we accept the dream reality, until we wake up of course. I think it's healthy for us to start questioning the nature of our reality, even if we don't understand it.


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WATERLOO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 16-year-old student in southern Michigan was arrested Friday after authorities said he threatened a teacher in an online posting, the latest clampdown on unruly students in the wake of last week's Connecticut school massacre.
The Jackson County sheriff's deputies arrested the Chelsea School District student Friday morning at home in Waterloo Township, about 60 miles west of Detroit, MLive.com reported. The sheriff's department said students and teachers weren't in danger.
The posting made "a very specific threat to a specific teacher in the district," the sheriff's department said in a statement.
Earlier in the week in suburban Detroit, a 16-year-old Fraser High School student was charged with making a false threat of terrorism after he told classmates Tuesday he would bring a gun to school on Friday, The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens reported.
Both cases are being handled in juvenile courts.
Many students were subject to increased police and security patrols at school on Friday, one week after the Connecticut shootings that left 20 students and six faculty members dead. In Michigan, more security was planned in the Brighton and Saginaw areas.
Officials in Jackson County earlier in the week increased patrols following a threat about a potential shooting at Springport Community Schools. In that case, a 17-year-old student was arrested and charged with making a false report or threat of terrorism.
In Oklahoma, meanwhile, the Caney Valley district in Washington County and Locust Grove district in Mayes County have canceled classes because of threats. Bartlesville schools canceled classes Wednesday following a threat and a separate report of a man with a gun near the school.
Dozens of Michigan schools canceled classes this week for thousands of students to cool off rumored threats of violence and problems related to doomsday scenarios based on the Mayan calendar. Friday is the day when some people believe ancient Mayan calendars predicted the world would end.


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I have been looking a little bit at some of the WebSite Status top 10's. I have heard about some abuse in the tutorials forum with bad tutorials, have only seen a few myself though. But anyway I just looked at 'FakeBoy' 's profile and seeing that his has been viewed 23,000 some odd times this is obvious abuse of holes and the such in the top 10's. I read the first thread that introduced the counter system into user's profiles, and it worked good at the time. But something must obviously be done to prevent abuse of the system. It is obvious that 23k of AO's members suddenly did not just decide to view 'FakeBoy' 's profile, and that he just suddenly started refreshing the page or just made a simple program that accessed just the counter of his profile multiple times.
Anyway, something must be done to stop the abuse of viewed profiles | the abuse of tutorials written. The rest have already been abused before, such as the AO points, and post #. We have seen this happen in the past and have done things to prevent it from continuing. And now we must do it again to these two new features.
As for what exactly to do, the tutorials forum could be monitored slightly more, and have any posts with bad, or small tutorials deleted, and also have member profiles only count the # of members that viewed it, instead of the # of times it has been viewed. If it was changed to the # of members that have viewed the profile, it would then prevent not only someone from upping there own viewed #, but also from creating a new account and then upping their viewed #.
That is all that I have to rant about, but I would like the site to be changed or updated the next chance you get please.


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Bedford meets with state on Route 101
Levine said the plan right now is to widen Route 101 by at least two lanes, with a possibility of widening by three lanes, allowing a divided median with turning lanes. Levine further said that work could begin by 2015 or 2016. Much depends on funding which is currently earmarked for the project. But the start date also depends on on other factors such as moving utilities and lamp posts, securing rights of way and negotiating with abutters.
Another factor is the extension of sewers from Nashua Road to Wallace Road, and that work needs to be done before road widening can begin. �We want to coordinate that so we install the sewers before highway work begins� said Levine.
Levine also said the town of Bedford will also push for aesthetic improvements to the road including sidewalks and landscape work, trying to increase capacity and improve traffic safety issues while improving the look and feel of the town�s center.
A public informational meeting is set for Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m., in the town meeting room at the BCTV studios, 10 Meetinghouse Road. The Department of Transportation is seeking input from the public about where they feel are the main trouble spots that should be addressed in the widening project. They are also seeking input from abutters.
Route 101 is a state highway and was placed on the Department of Transportation�s 10-year plan for improvements in 2005. But because of budget shortfalls, the widening of Route 101 was removed from the list. Since then, local business and community leaders fought successfully to make the project a priority again.
�Route 101 is such an important business corridor� said Levine.
Traffic from Wallace Road and Route 114 is often heavy, impacting residents, businesses and commuters passing through.
The meeting will be carried live by BCTV.


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About Raffi Kalenderian
Raffi Kalenderian paints disaffected portraits of his young, ambivalent-looking friends against an ultra-flat two-dimensional space, the patterns on clothing and furniture forming elaborate abstractions. "The social aspect is incredibly meaningful to me," he has said of his practice. "Technology can be so isolating, so sitting with a friend for a few hours and observing them, talking, is a great way to slow things down." His work attempts to capture a total moment, not merely the sitter in isolation from their environment but the complete psychological framework in which they exist (sometimes depicting a doppelganger alongside his subjects to this end). In Matt Lydon (2008), an abstract network of patterns and lines surround the figure; a circle defines a rug and pillows emerge from small strokes of color. The sitter appears to struggle to break into three-dimensional form from the flat background, imbuing the work with a sense of angst and tension.
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By Brittany Pieper – email
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) –When Hurricane Katrina hit the national media interviewed many of the survivors. Sitting in her office, at the 411 call center in Shreveport, Bessie Tyler took the calls and heard the stories of many who would not make it out of the city alive.
"A lot of them were people who were up on their roof tops that wanted us to try to get somebody to rescue them," said Tyler.
She said the most difficult and haunting calls came from those who had accepted their inevitable fate and just wanted someone to talk to.
"She said I'm in a nursing home, and it's flooded. All the staff has left, and the water is up on my bed. I am bed ridden. I know I'm going to die. She said, will you pray with me, and so I prayed with her," said Tyler remembering one call.
Tyler took down information of where people were to try and get them help, but for the most part all she could do was listen.
"To hear the panic and the hurt in their voices just gave me nightmares. I left work and I had to stop on the side of the road and cry. When I got home I cried, and I can't watch Katrina film without thinking about all the many people that I talked to and wondering how many for them made it out alive," said Tyler.
The untold stories of those whose lives were washed away in Katrina's flood waters replay in Tyler's mind. Their faith strengthened her own, and on this anniversary weekend, they are not forgotten.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Wine for rain, wine for sun
I had never thought about it before, but there is something about the delicious minerality of a Puligny-Montrachet that goes well with the rain.
The other night I ran out with not one but two umbrellas (well, I was using one, and one had been loaned to me on some other rainy day, and I was returning it to its rightful owner, who would be on hand). Finally, despite wearing new shoes that kept wanting to remove themselves from my feet and go flying into a puddle, I managed to turn up at the set destination: a wine restaurant.
Once wet things had been cast off to some coat area, it was time to have a seat and ponder the wine list.
As the rain splashed lightly against the front window, a few minutes later, the sommelier opened a bottle of
1985 Carillon Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "Combettes" - Well, as Tina Turner did not sing, I can stand the rain. In fact, the sound of cold patter on concrete was a great backdrop for this deceptively simple and increasingly enthralling wine. There's a term the French use that I like a lot: évidence. It indicates something's "of-course-ness." There was about this wine an ease of being, a raciness, a stony, high-handed purity, an évidence. It was youthful (not a drop of oxidation to its brisk yellow body) and a little shy until maybe a half-hour in. Then it bloomed. Blossoms under the rain.
A few days later, the sun was out. It was warm. A bunch of us decided to gather in the park, and I threw a slightly chilled bottle of López de Heredia into my bag, reasoning that the ambient temperature would warm it.
2002 López de Heredia Rioja "Viña Cubillo" - all part of my enthrallment with Riojas from this producer. Interestingly enough, I had had a bottle of this same, younger-drinking cuvée a week earlier at a wine bar: there, it was more austere, harder around the edges, tighter and more tannic. Here, under the sun, with a dog slobbering around (Peanut would eventually eat the Rioja cork) and people nibbling cut sausage, it was lighter in color (maybe the wine bar had been too dark), lighter-bodied, fresh and earthy. God, I said to myself as I cosseted it, it was such a pleasure of a wine to sip on a breezy, warm day. A wine for sun, clearly, with all its broodiness cleared away, replaced by a daringly rustic backwardness to it that had immense charm.
6 comments:
- Samantha Dugan said...
Lovely, an absolutely lovely set of notes that make me long to be in Paris with salty cured meats, the smell of wet street and a glass of wine.
- April 21, 2009 at 8:38 AM
- Vinotas said...
Oooh, that Lopez was great.
- April 21, 2009 at 11:59 PM
- Joe said...
People have told me that the Cubillo in that vintage is variable, but it's never shown me anything but a smile.
- April 22, 2009 at 6:56 PM
- Brooklynguy said...
Me too - I had the 2002 last night with brined pork chops and it was deLICious. fresh fruit, earth, all yum. people at the restaurant were fighting over the last bit.
sadly, the 2002 is basically gone here. is the 03 any good I wonder, or does it suffer from the same 03-itis that everything else seems to suffer from?
- April 24, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- Sharon said...
I was just going to ask Joe if he'd had the 2003 yet...
- April 24, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- Joe said...
Not me, sorry.
- April 25, 2009 at 5:38 AM
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