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LOS ANGELES -- At least three people were shot during Halloween celebrations that became unruly in Hollywood late Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m. local time (1 a.m. ET) near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Whitley Avenue, Los Angeles police Sgt. Andrew Chao told City News Service.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest and leg, and taken to the hospital in critical condition, Chao told CNS. A 14-year-old boy was shot in the foot and a 25-year-old man was struck in the buttocks, Chao said. The pair was transported to the hospital.
It was not immediately clear whether the shooter or shooters were apprehended, though aerial footage of the scene showed at least two people being detained by LAPD officers.
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Officers were already deployed in the area due to Halloween celebrations. Unruly crowds began to form up and down Hollywood Boulevard throughout the night, and it appeared that as soon as officers stabilized one area, another area would erupt in violence. Early reports suggested revelers were fighting and throwing bottles.
Dozens of cops in riot gear started responding to Hollywood and Highland shortly after 10 p.m.
Largely-costumed crowds spilled into traffic, ran in between cars and confronted officers starting as early as 9:30 p.m.
A skirmish line of mounted officers was briefly stationed at the intersection of Hollywood and Wilcox. Throngs of officers on mounted patrol, bicycles and motorcycles descended on the area. Several LAFD crews were also on scene.
Halloween celebrations in Hollywood pale in comparison to those in adjacent West Hollywood, where some 400,000 people were expected to attend the annual Costume Carnaval.
Still, Hollywood has become an increasingly popular spot for Halloween revelers and hundreds lined the streets Wednesday night.


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The reality TV viewer numbers for Sunday and Monday are in.
On Sunday, the season finale of Real Housewives of New Jersey, as well as Joe and Teresa Giudice's sit down with Andy Cohen, attracted 2.502 million viewers. The season average thus far is 2.398 million.
Keeping Up with the Kardashians suffered a considerable drop – with only 1.799 million fans tuning in – following its four week hiatus. Season two of Hollywood Exes continues to disappoint. 581,000 viewers watched this week.
On Monday, 653,000 devoted fans watched Joanna and Romain's awkward sexy times on Real Housewives of Miami this week. RHOM lost 400,000+ viewers since mid-September and 700,000+ since the season three premiere.
Basketball Wives, which garnered 1.816 million viewers, and RHONJ were the only two shows to see an increase this week. The relationship drama on Teen Mom 3 attracted 1.213 million viewers. That's down from last week's 1.429.

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In these days, countertop ovens are the basic necessity in any of the kitchens. Some of you might be looking out for a new oven while the others may need to replace their old ones. In either case, there are few points to be considered so that you can select the best counter top oven.
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Recently, convection ovens are preferred over the conventional types because of their wide range of advantages. They circulate hot air across the food thus facilitating even heat distribution and cook food quicker. It sears the juices into the food making it taste more delicious without the addition of fat; the need for defrosting is also eliminated. Keeping all these advantages and much more in mind, it is recommended to go in for a convection type countertop oven.
Next, decide on the size of the oven depending up on your needs, amount you are willing to spend, and features that you are looking for. After all these are decided, you options are narrowed. Select the right brand by checking out some of the reviews from consumers.
Options to be Considered
Some of the best counter top ovens to be considered are-
- Breville BOV800XL countertop convection oven
- Hamilton Beach 31197R countertop oven
- Cuisinart TOB-195 oven


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FORT MEADE, Md. -- A retired Marine Corps colonel denied Tuesday that a three-star general directed the harsh pretrial confinement of an Army private charged with passing reams of classified documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks.
Daniel Choike was installation commander of the Quantico, Va., Marine Corps base during Pfc. Bradley Manning's nine months of confinement there from July 2010 to April 2011. He testified at a pretrial hearing for Manning.
Manning is seeking dismissal of the case, alleging he was illegally punished by conditions that included being locked up alone at least 23 hours a day, being forced to sleep naked for several nights and being forced to stand naked at attention one morning.
His lawyers contend the conditions were directed by Lt. Gen. George Flynn, who was commander of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command at Quantico at the time. Confronted by civilian defense attorney David Coombs with a series of emails that included Flynn and Choike, Choike testified he kept Flynn informed about the situation but that Flynn never influenced the decision to keep Manning on maximum security and prevention-of-injury status.
"Gen. Flynn was not in the decision-making chain," Choike said. "Gen. Flynn never once influenced anybody."
Instead, Manning's custody status was determined by the brig commander, he said. That position was held during Manning's confinement by Chief Warrant Officer 4 James Averhart and then by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Denise Barnes.
Choike defended the brig commanders' decision to keep Manning classified as maximum-custody detainee who posed a threat of injury to himself or others. The classification was contrary to the recommendation of mental-health workers who examined him.
Court recessed for the evening after more than five hours of testimony from Choike.
Choike acknowledged that Flynn had expressed interest in Manning's confinement due to the nature of the charges and international media attention to the case. Choike said Manning was under suicide watch when the soldier arrived at Quantico from Kuwait, and Flynn wanted assurance that everything was being done to keep him safe. Another prisoner had committed suicide in the brig the previous December.
Choike said Manning's custody status was determined in part by his odd behavior, including licking the bars of his cell, "erratic dancing" and lifting invisible weights. Coombs suggested that the bar-licking occurred during sleepwalking and that the other behaviors were merely exercise.
Choike said Manning's jailers took away his underwear at night starting March 2, 2011, after he made what they regarded as a suicidal comment: "I have everything I need right here to be able to harm myself. The waistband of my underwear can do this." Coombs suggested the comment stemmed from Manning's frustration at being kept on injury-prevention status.
A day later, Manning was forced to stand naked at attention for morning inspection by a guard who told him he wasn't allowed to cover himself with his blanket, Coombs said. Choike denied any knowledge of such an order. If the guard gave it, "That would be wrong," Choike said.
"And why would that be wrong?" Coombs asked.
"It serves no purpose," Choike said.
Before the hearing Tuesday, about two-dozen Manning backers held up signs of support outside the post. Then they attended the proceeding, many wearing black T-shirts with the word "Truth" in white lettering.
The U.S. government claims the disclosures attributed to Manning endangered lives and security. Manning supporters say the leaks exposed war crimes and triggered pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East.
Judges can dismiss all charges if pretrial punishment is particularly egregious, but that rarely happens. The usual remedy is credit at sentencing for time served, said Lisa M. Windsor, a retired Army colonel and former Army judge advocate now in private practice in Washington.
In a 1956 case, U.S. v. Bayhand, a military appeals court ordered all charges dismissed against a soldier who had been forced during his pretrial confinement to do hard labor alongside a sentenced prisoner. The court ruled that the soldier had been given an illegal order.
Since then, there have been few, if any, cases in which pretrial punishment has led to dismissal of all charges. Lt. Col. Eric Carpenter, chairman of the criminal law department at the judge advocates school in Charlottesville, Virginia, said he couldn't find one but he couldn't say for sure that the remedy hasn't been granted.
Manning has also offered to take responsibility for the leak by pleading guilty to reduced charges. The military judge hasn't yet ruled on the offer and prosecutors have not said whether they would still pursue the charges against him.
The military contends Manning's treatment at Quantico was proper, given his classification as a maximum-security detainee who posed a risk of injury to himself or others. He was later moved to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he was re-evaluated and given a medium-security classification.
A United Nations investigator called the conditions of Manning's time at Quantico cruel, inhuman and degrading, but stopped short of calling it torture.
The 24-year-old faces possible life imprisonment if convicted of aiding the enemy, the most serious of the 22 charges.
He is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified Iraq and Afghanistan war logs and more than 250,000 diplomatic cables to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks while he was working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad in 2009 and 2010.
The materials Manning is suspected of leaking include sensitive reports on foreign governments and leaders, Iraq and Afghanistan war logs and a 2007 video clip of a U.S. helicopter crew gunning down 11 men later found to have included a Reuters news photographer and his driver. It was the video that garnered the most worldwide attention from the leak. As for the video clip, the Pentagon concluded the troops acted appropriately, having mistaken the camera equipment for weapons.


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Microsoft staff members writing on the Kinect for Windows blog have confirmed that the company is releasing an official SDK for the motion-sensing controller extension to its Xbox 360 gaming console. Although there are no consumer applications officially available from Microsoft just now, the release of the forthcoming SDK is generally agreed to be a positive step forward for developers interested in targeting the Xbox platform.
Microsoft points out that it has chosen a hardware-only business model for Kinect for Windows, which means that it will not be charging for the SDK or the runtime; so these will be available free to developers and end-users, respectively. Independent developers, IT managers, systems integrators, or ISVs can (so says Microsoft) "innovate with confidence" knowing that they will not pay license fees for the Kinect for Windows software or the ongoing software updates.
"Although we encourage all developers to understand and take advantage of the additional features and updates available with the new Kinect for Windows hardware and accompanying software, those developers using our SDK and the Kinect for Xbox 360 hardware may continue to use these in their development activities if they wish," said Craig Eisler, general manager, Kinect for Windows.
Eisler does, however, point out that non-commercial deployments using Kinect for Xbox360 that were allowed using the beta SDK are not permitted with the newly released software.
"Non-commercial deployments using the new runtime and SDK will require the fully tested and supported Kinect for Windows hardware and software platform, just as commercial deployments do. Existing non-commercial deployments using our beta SDK may continue using the beta and the Kinect for Xbox 360 hardware; to accommodate this, we are extending the beta license for three more years, to June 16, 2016," he said.
Kinect has reportedly sold more than 18 million units in the past year gaining it a Guinness World Record for the "fastest selling consumer electronics device ever". Microsoft makes no secret of the fact that it is attempting to align the use of Kinect for Windows and Windows 8 into the "PC in every living room" dream that has been pursued by both Gates and Jobs alike for many years.
The company is building the Kinect for Windows platform in a way that it hopes will allow other companies to integrate Kinect into their offerings in a "dependable and scalable" manner. Reports on MSNBC suggest that Microsoft could be working with as many as 200 third-party companies in order to fuel interest in this software development stream and help maximize the creation of applications in this space.
Microsoft's Eisler finishes by saying, "We expect that as Kinect for Windows hardware becomes readily available, developers will shift their development efforts to Kinect for Windows hardware in conjunction with the latest SDK and runtime."


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Protecting People, Property and Our Way of Life
Flood maps will impact community
By: Xerxes Wilson, HoumaToday.com
June 14, 2015
Furor over flood insurance reform has temporarily subsided, but local officials continue to negotiate with FEMA to map the future of development in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
"It will determine the economic future of our community, not just people, the community," said Windell Curole, head of the South Lafourche Levee District.
Curole is part of an advisory committee comprised of local government and flood protection officials and others working with the contractors who build the maps for FEMA in an effort toward accuracy.
Terrebonne and Lafourche are part of a pilot program along with 23 other communities, five of which are in Louisiana, developing more accurate mapping procedures though community collaboration.
Before the process started, both parishes appealed FEMA's preliminary maps, saying they contain inaccurate elevation estimates and fail to account for levees and other flood control measures.
Those maps required elevations of about 14 feet in Golden Meadow and places like Montegut and nine feet near a recently built levee in Houma.
Local governments spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on technical consultation even before the collaborative program was announced.
"We need to reflect reality in planning. We have seen overstated flooding risk in some areas and understated flood risk in other places. Accurate maps leads to better decisions," said Curole, who oversees a levee system that has spared south Lafourche from hurricane storm surges since the system was closed in the late 1980s.
Those levees are perhaps one of the largest points of contention for local officials who have blasted FEMA's previous policies of ignoring local levees. The structures fail to meet standards required for Army Corps of Engineers certification but, local officials say, provide some level of flood protection.
Levees are increasingly a vital component of living close to the Gulf of Mexico. Terrebonne is spending hundreds of millions in local tax dollars on levees as it seeks billions from Congress to upgrade the Morganza hurricane protection system to repel larger storm surges.
Officials in both parishes acknowledge the levees are infallible and that a major hurricane could still result in serious and widespread damage to homes and businesses. But while the risk of flooding will always exist, the levees do provide some protection, they argue.
"A levee's mere existence does impede the flow to some degree," said Terrebonne Parish Manager Al Levron said.
FEMA has agreed to have the levees reflected in the maps, though it's unclear to what extent. It's a complicated process with questions like:
– Does the levee have to be built to a certain standard of engineering?
– Must it be armored to prevent scouring?
– Would there need to be engineering reports that verify a certain standard of soil composition?
– How bad would it flood inside the system if the levees are overtopped?
In addition, accurately plotting how a Gulf storm surge would roll through swamps and marshes is a highly complicated task, and local officials say FEMA has so far failed to come up with accurate models.
The first step is establishing benchmarks for elevation, which is difficult amid miles of open water, ancient ridges sinking land and eroding marshes between the Gulf and populated communities.
One problem is that FEMA's computer models are mostly based on river flooding, which is far different than a moving hurricane with variable winds pushing water in different directions across the marsh, said North Lafourche Levee Director Dwayne Bourgeois, who has led the technical blitz on flood insurance issues in recent years.
It's unclear how close to reality mappers can model. The local committee has met a few times, but the effort remains in its early days.
"Our goal is to make the models and the maps reflect reality. I don't want to overestimate the problem or underestimate the risk. Just get it accurate," Curole said. "I don't know what the result is going to be. I don't know if it is going to do a lot of good or little good."
FEMA's rules dictate the maps should be updated every five years, but before Katrina in 2005, local communities went nearly two decades without an update.
Meanwhile, the marshes and barrier islands that once buffered inland communities from storms have continued to erode, land has continued to sink and seas have risen. All of this has increased flooding at the same development of homes and businesses continues.
"Without mapping more frequently, in some cases you are understating the risk," Levron said. "You have land loss, you have subsidence, and you are still using maps form 15 years ago. By the same token, if you have improved your levee system, you are overstating the risks."
Critics say one reason for the failure to accurately map communities here and across the country has been a lack of funding for such efforts.
Last year, the nonprofit investigative news agency Pro Publica reported that Congress had cut funding for updating flood maps by more than half since 2010, from $221 million down to $100 million.
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said FEMA's current proposed budget decreases the amount budgeted for mapping by some $11 million, which he is pushing to restore.
"The very best process of mitigating the risk of flood and therefore the necessity for NFIP to pay claims would be an accurate map," she said Friday during a flood insurance symposium in New Orleans.
Currently, flood maps hold most sway over new construction, dictating how high a home or business must be elevated to get permits. But many in Congress still wish to tie current homeowners' flood insurance costs to new maps as they are updated.
That means if a home was built to FEMA's prescribed elevation in 1992, it could be found below the new benchmark on updated maps and be subjected to a so-called punitive flood insurance cost increase. Local officials fear such a change would devastate the local economy by sucking value from the local real estate market and tax base.
Congress is expected to renew debate over flood insurance costs when the program comes up for reauthorization in 2017.
Until then, local officials say getting flood maps that reflect reality is vital.
"If it reflects the true risk, you can have informed decisions about building," Bourgeois said. "Then you can prevent flooding in the first place."


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The fact that the choice of the prom dress, prom dresses under $100 must be approached with all the responsibility, you know perfectly well without us. Question: which dress should you choose to prom to feel like the queen of the ball and slay all? There is no definite answer to it. But it is absolutely certain that you should find such a dress that will add femininity to you, for example, prom dresses under $100, emphasize the advantageous sides of your figure and hide possible flaws. Important: this is not necessarily an elaborate dress of flashy color, studded with rhinestones, feathers, and other tinsel. So, prom dresses under $100!
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In the summer of 2020, evening dresses in ruffles and lace, or prom dresses under $100 are in fashion. Moreover, these elements of elegant dresses can be absolutely on everything – on the hem, as a decoration or straps.
For prom dresses, models with long skirts are relevant, as well as dresses with elegant drapes.
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For prom dresses, prom dresses under $100, designers recommend choosing light and airy fabrics – chiffon, silk, crepe tulle, organza, satin, taffeta. When choosing the fabric for the dress you need to focus on your desires, then the prom dress is a winning addition, a second skin, and not the disappointment of the whole evening. Choose the prom dresses under $100!


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Eric Jaffe
Eric Jaffe is the former New York bureau chief for CityLab. He is the author of A Curious Madness and The King's Best Highway.
New York's MTA just released an app called "Subway Time" that lets riders know when the next train will arrive (provided you're riding the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or S line). In honor of the app, New York magazine lists nine questions New Yorkers will never have to ask again. Some only apply if you take the subway to your wedding and/or a bank robbery. For most of us, Number 9 — which should probably be Number 1 — has a little more relevance:
Do I have time to go to the bathroom, or should I just hold it?
The question begs the question: How come New York subway stations — or so many American subway stations in general, for that matter — lack facilities? At the World Toilet Summit from 2007, Robert Brubaker and Carol McCreary of the American Restroom Association reported "a general lack of available restrooms for users of public mass transit" in the United States [PDF]:
There is no such protection for the right of passengers to use the toilet despite the mandate of the Department of Heath and Human Services to protect public health.
Judging by the condition of the few transit bathrooms that do exist, officials are arguably doing a bigger public health service by not letting people in them — but we digress. Brubaker and McCreary give a few general reasons for the shortage of open facilities: security concerns and budget constraints being the primary two. Restrooms do exist for transit employees, and many systems have a policy of opening them to riders upon request, but the public commonly complains that such requests are denied.
A closer look at the restroom situation in four major American cities suggests security and money do play the biggest roles.
Chicago. The Chicago transit system built stations with public restrooms until the 1950s, but stopped including them beginning with the Congress (or Blue) line, in 1958. In the 1970s the facilities that did exist began to close to the public. While most of the 144 rail stations do have restrooms today, they're for employees only, according to a 2007 report in the Chicago Tribune. (Station managers are supposed to grant use to riders with medical conditions or if there's both no public bathroom within a half block and three transit employees are present.) One Chicago Transit Authority spokeswoman makes it clear the decision was based on finances: "The CTA does not have the resources to update, maintain and monitor the facilities."
San Francisco. Thirty-two of the 44 BART stations have functional public bathrooms, making a total of 64 facilities when you count women's and men's rooms. The others, located in high-traffic downtown areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, have been locked for security concerns since Sept. 11 — and some believe they'll stay that way forever. One BART board member has suggested to news media in the recent past that the closures have less to do with security than with money: "it's just that they don't want to pay to clean them," he told the Bay Citizen in 2011. Back in 2007 the Chronicle reported that BART spent $13,000 a month maintaining the bathrooms, which comes to $200 apiece for the open ones.
Washington. Public restrooms were not designed into the original D.C. Metro system "due to construction costs, maintenance costs, and safety and security concerns," according to a 2003 press release by WMATA. Employee-only facilities are supposed to be available to customers in emergency situations, or to children and the elderly or disabled, though the station manager must escort riders there and can refuse for a number of (ostensibly legitimate) reasons. A 2006 internal audit [PDF] of the system's bathroom situation found that during 94 secret visits, only seven requests were refused, and all but one of those was for "acceptable reasons." There is at least one public self-cleaning toilet in the Metro system — at the Huntington Station — and it costs about $14,400 a year to service.
New York. Back in 1940, with Fiorello LaGuardia running the city, there were 1,676 functioning toilets in subway stations throughout the system — and all of them received weekly inspections. That figure has since dwindled significantly. Most reports now believe that 77 stations citywide have working public bathrooms (28 in Manhattan), mostly at major transfers or at the end of the line. A survey of the Manhattan facilities conducted by New York magazine in 2006 found most of them either impossible to locate or closed for "construction." (The rest were just gross.) A citywide survey, done by AM New York in 2010, found that 60 of the 129 total restrooms were locked or being used for another purpose, such as storage. (The rest were still pretty gross.) The MTA cited "criminal activity" as the main reason for the closures.
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Together with Spire Little Aston Hospital, the centre provides a fast and complete, high-quality cancer service for patients from Warwickshire and Staffordshire, including Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Derby and Wolverhampton.
Patients benefit from access to a range of leading cancer specialists, with specific expertise in various cancer types, dedicated and free parking spaces, free Wi-Fi access and prompt appointments, where possible, at a time to suit.
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From Stafford and the north
Leave M6 at junction 12, join the A5 (signposted Brownhills). After the village of Great Wyrley pick up the A452 (Brownhills) and continue south. Turn left at the Ferrari garage onto the A454 (Sutton Coldfield) and the hospital is situated approximately one mile on the right at the brow of the hill.
From central Birmingham
Take the A38 north (signposted Lichfield). At Erdington turn left onto the A452 (Brownhills) and continue north. Turn right at the Ferrari garage onto the A454 (Sutton Coldfield). The hospital is situated approximately one mile on the right at the brow of the hill.
From Lichfield and Burton-on-Trent
Take the A38 south following signs for Walsall (not Birmingham). At the A5 roundabout join the A5127 (Sutton Coldfield) for approximately two miles. Turn right onto the A4026 (Blake Street) and right again at the traffic lights (Little Aston Lane). At the next junction turn right onto the A454 (Aldridge Road). The hospital is situated approximately 800 yards on the left on the brow of the hill.
Birmingham New Street is the nearest mainline station to Spire Little Aston Hospital. From there, take another train to the hospital's closest station, Blake Street.
The 366 bus between Walsall and Sutton Coldfield, stops at the end of the hospital's drive.
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A) If Adam was the first man then when and how were all of the different races created in the Bible?
B) What race was Adam?
C) Is there any Orthodox scholar who asserts that the creation story is not literal but rather a parable (or something to that effect)?
Well does this really matter? Can't we leave some things to our imagination? Do we really need to know all about how God created the world?
I am not sure how "Orthodox" my answer is, but at an OCF meeting a few years ago, I remember this question being posed to Abouna Mikhail, and he stated that at the occurrance of the Tower of Babylon, in addition to the mixing of language, there was a physiological change as well. Perhaps Cleveland could shed some light on this subject, as he is familiar with Abouna Mikhail. By the way, I hope no one reads in my post that I am questioning Father Mikhail's legitimacy as a priest. I have a lot of respect for him. I am not sure whether this is a Coptic understaning, or universally accepted as Orthodox. On my own, I have not been able to find the answer to this question.
Did not the Nubians who were a race of color of the upper Nile predate the tower of Babylon?JoeS
Bp. Alexander of South America (ROCOR) of blessed memory had some non-literal* articles on his site; The Six Dawns (Part 1) (Part 2) by Alexander Kalomiros might also be of some interest (Fr. Seraphim Rose responds to some of Kalomiros' thoughts here). * This is assuming that a "non-literal" view would be something other than a young earth, literal 6 days of creation, view.
Thanks guys for all your responses. This is a fascinating topic and these are great bits of info. I will begin to read the links today. A non-literal approach has always appealed to me but coming from a protestant background it is considered heresy to not take the Bible literally. Thanks again!God Bless,T
What about the Darwins law of adaptation? Maybe humans who inhabited regions that were constantly very hot and sunny develop a darker skin and those of northern regions because of the snow and cold weather develop almond shaped eyes to deflect the reflection of the snow. Ahhhh, Im not sure of any of this but its a thought. BWDIK.
Many/most Orthodox theologians don't hold that the Genesis accounts of creation are meant to be understood literally.
"Race" is actually a social concept, not a scientific one. With the mapping of the human genome it has been discovered that genetically speaking there is only one human race.
Your claim is more political then it is scientific.
It's not my claim.It is the claim of Dr. J. Craig Venter, head of the Celera Genomics Corporation which mapped the human genome, and other experts.http://www.augsburg.edu/education/edc210/race-myth.html
"There's no scientific evidence to support substantial differences between groups," [Dr. Eric Lander] said, "and the tremendous burden of proof goes to anyone who wants to assert those differences."
it should also be noted that Chimpanzees share 99.4% of our genome with us. If .6% genetic difference difference is enough to create a distinction in not only species but genus (though there has been some debate as to whether Chimps should be in the same genus as humans, though certainly not species), surely there can be enough variation in .1% of genetic material to justify a differentiation by race, which is a subgroup of a species.
Don't believe everything you think.
The more I know, the less I know.
Actually, some scientists do contend that chimpanzees should be considered the same species or a subspecies of human. Others argue that they should at the very least be part of the genus Homo. It seems that others appear happy with the status quo.
"Adam is neither the biological nor the historical forefather of mankind, but the first-made ontologically, not only of mankind, but of all creation. He is the root of the universe we see and know today. He is the man chosen by God to recapitulate in his person all of creation as God had formed it so it could survive the angel Satan's assault and its consequences. "
Actually, some scientists do contend that chimpanzees should be considered the same species or a subspecies of human. Others argue that they should at the very least be part of the genus Homo. It seems that others appear happy with the status quo.
If we came after them, wouldn't we be a sub species of chimps, and not vice-versa?
If man came from apes, why are there still apes?
There was a common ancestor 6 million years ago.
What is our common ancestor, then?
Hey,Now that we're on the subject I have two questions:1. Did an Adam and an Eve exist, or did they represent a couple of human beings that existed?
2. Did male come before female? How can we interpret the "ribs" issue of Eve out of Adam?
I found this interesting website on ribs, and wondering if someone can comment on it:http://www.bible-quotes-science-info.com/art/human-evolution-timeline.htmComments?
The closest hominid species that we know of to our common ancestor, and perhaps one of our common ancestors, is the recently discovered (2002) Sahelanthropus tchadensis:This species was named in July 2002 from fossils discovered in Chad in Central Africa (Brunet et al. 2002, Wood 2002). It is the oldest known hominid or near-hominid species, dated at between 6 and 7 million years old. This species is known from a nearly complete cranium nicknamed Toumai, and a number of fragmentary lower jaws and teeth. The skull has a very small brain size of approximately 350 cc. It is not known whether it was bipedal. S. tchadensis has many primitive apelike features, such as the small brainsize, along with others, such as the brow ridges and small canine teeth, which are characteristic of later hominids. This mixture, along with the fact that it comes from around the time when the hominids are thought to have diverged from chimpanzees, suggests it is close to the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees.
So where is the common ancestor today?
Extinct...or perhaps more accurately it evolved with its offspring eventually becoming either chimps or humans depending on enviromental factors, while those offspring that did not evolve to better adapt to their enviroment were at a disadvantage for resources and survival in general, and hence died out...natural selection.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its final decision on the wholesale price for access to Chorus' unbundled copper local loop (UCLL).
The new geographically averaged price is $23.52 per month per line and comes into effect on 1 December 2014. This change equates to a 3.85% reduction on the prices set in 2007, which geographically averaged is $24.46.
Updated urban and non-urban UCLL monthly rental prices of $19.08 and $35.20 respectively have also been set. The updated urban and non-urban prices come into effect immediately.
The UCLL price applies to the local copper lines between homes or businesses and an exchange. Retail telecommunications companies rent UCLL from Chorus to provide voice and broadband services to end users.
The Telecommunications Act requires that the UCLL price is set by international benchmarking, that is, by comparing and matching prices in New Zealand to countries likely to have similar costs to us.
"Due to the lack of countries that have similar networks to New Zealand and similar cost conventions, it has been a difficult process to establish relevant benchmarks. We have, however, now updated our benchmarks, and conclude that the relevant costs in New Zealand are likely to have dropped since 2007. But the effect of this drop has been largely offset by inflation," said Dr Stephen Gale, Telecommunications Commissioner.
"That is why we have adopted a small decrease in the wholesale price relative to 2007."
In May this year, the Commission released its draft decision which proposed a price drop of about 20% for the UCLL service. The draft decision reflected the Commission's view at that time that the price for the UCLL service should be less than the network average, because the lines are shorter than the average. This view was generally shared by the industry and interested parties.
Following feedback, submissions and a conference in September on this topic, the Commission and most parties now agree that there is no clear evidence that the shorter lines cost less and that it is preferable that all UCLL lines be priced the same regardless of length. This is the approach the Commission has adopted in its final decision.
The change in the UCLL price flows through to the prices of the unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service (for broadband services), the unbundled copper low frequency (UCLF) service (for voice services), and the sub-loop service (SLU).
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As environmentalists and scientists debate the effects of global warming and sea ice melting in the Arctic, shipping experts are quietly weighing how quickly — and how dramatically — international commerce might see a silver lining.
The Arctic has become a lighting rod of debate as Arctic nations, including Russia, Denmark, Canada and the Untied States, jockey to take advantage of highly lucrative natural resources beneath the fast-melting ice. About 90 billion gallons of oil and 1,670 trillion cubic feet of natural gas are buried underneath ice north of the Arctic Circle, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
But melting sea ice would open new, previously treacherous and non-navigable passageways over Asia and North America, shortening some routes by thousands of miles. For example, access to the currently blocked Northwest Passage over North America would reduce a trip from Yokohama, Japan, to Rotterdam in the Netherlands to just 5,618 miles, according to Scott Borgerson, an ocean governance expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, a New York-based think tank.
That's a far cry from the popular 11,209-mile trip that requires ships to pass through the Panama Canal.
"It's not a matter of if but when," Borgerson said last week. "It's going to be sooner than later."
Scientists predict at some point over the next century ice will disappear from the Arctic during the summer, opening new passageways. Borgerson has said that could occur within the next several years. Walt Meier, a research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo., predicts 2025 at the earliest. Both acknowledge the extreme difficulty of predicting those patterns, however.
Estimates released around 2000 claimed the Arctic would see ice-free summers near the end of the century, but nearly all scientists now acknowledge warming has accelerated much faster than they predicted then, Meier says. It would also be nearly impossible to reverse that trend soon. Ice melting is a long, gradual process. Vast swaths of sea ice reflect solar heat back into space, but as the air temperature rises and that sea ice begins to thaw, the melting process speeds up, Meier says. With less sea ice reflecting heat, the ocean temperature rises, and the ice melts faster.
"Even if we stopped emitting CO2 today, which is quite unreasonable … what's already in that atmosphere will continue warming," Meier says.
Shipping companies aren't ready to redirect their fleets, says Joe Cox, president of the Chamber of Shipping of America, which represents shipping companies in the United States. The industry has established reliable routes through the Suez and Panama canals, for instance, and even if ice was completely gone tomorrow, the Arctic wouldn't be set up for easy navigation, he says. There are few working lighthouses, ports and data about treacherous obstacles and satellites haven't been used for commercial navigation there.
Ships might still face dangerous chunks of ice, requiring them to strengthen the hulls of their ships, Cox says. Those ships might also need to be insured at a higher cost, and despite the shortened distance, the trip might still not be economically feasible — and all that for a region that would only be ice-free for several months each year.
"There's a lot of questions about the Arctic, OK?" Cox says, chuckling. "I think companies will begin to take the risk of transiting the Arctic when they're assured they aren't going to be hitting any ice. … What point will there be an assurance that there's not going to be any non-navigable ice in the Arctic? And that, I bet a lot of scientists aren't going to be able to help."
Borgerson essentially agrees.
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I took over a thousand photos via instagram in 2011. That is quite ridiculous and I'm only a tiny bit embarrassed about that, but I was surprised at how accurate these snapshots portray my year. From moving to Boulder to starting Oh, Sweet Joy! full time. From craft shows to conferences. From long days at the studio to long days at anthro & outfit schmoutfits. From frigid winter temps to beautiful Colorado summer weekends spent in Almont.
Sometimes words just don't do it.
((and let's be honest, if a picture is worth 1,000 words - then we'd be in trouble time-wise. you do the math)) They're kind of tiny, so feel free to click to enlarge.
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Sega Japan press conference vid shows Bayonetta, End of Eternity, more
Sega Japan's released a YouTube movie of its 2009 press conference last week, as you can see after the break.There's footage in there of Bayonetta and End of Eternity, among others, and apparently this marks something of a watershed from a Japanese publisher, who aren't overly inclined to embrace this whole internet "viral" thing in […]
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Microsoft's offering a trip to E3 and a car in this competition, but you can only enter if you're American. Which is great and rubbish, all at the same time.Here's what you can win: A trip for two to LA to attend the Microsoft E3 Press briefing $3000 cash (1k for travel and 2k for […]
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Rumour: Nintendo to show "old franchise" revival this week
This Gamekyo story claims that Nintendo's going to show an old franchise update at its press conference this week. Like, dur. From the piece:Nintendo seems to be hiding some more surprises for its upcoming Japanese press conference next Thursday. Everyone is talking about a new model of the Nintendo DS that includes a camera, but […]
Level-5: "Shocking announcements" next week
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Nintendo press conference confirmed for October 2
Good news. According to this NSJ piece – translated by Kotaku – Nintendo is to hold a Japanese press event on October 2.It's called, fittingly, "Nintendo Conference Autumn 2008." The firm is to show "new products," apparently. These may be the "core" games you're looking for, trooper.More through the Kotaku link.
Microsoft E3 press conference begins at 6.30pm UK time
It's here. We're shaking. It's the Xbox megaton. Microsoft's E3 2008 press conference will begin at 6.30pm UK time, and we'll be bringing you all the news and announcements as they happen. Hit this for all details of live video streams. If you're not excited you're dead inside, despite the fact about 99 percent of […]
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Gothenburg, 29 September 2015: SKF will supply Geely Auto with wheel hub bearing units and MacPherson suspension bearing units for their future car lines.
Stephane Le Mounier, President, Automotive Market, says, "Working with Geely Auto on this new platform is evidence of our ability to translate global capabilities into efficient ways of working at a local level. We deliver value by contributing to an optimized application design and speed in execution. I am truly happy to see the team's result coming alive in such a successful way."
SKF's wheel hub bearing units with low friction grease and anti-corrosion coating have been specifically developed to meet Geely Auto's demands on performance, weight reduction, stiffness and low fuel consumption. The MacPherson suspension bearing units are designed to provide a smooth and silent handling of the car with a robust, high performance design. Overall, these solutions contribute to a more comfortable driving experience.
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The Delinquent Property Tax Sale: is generally held in May of each year and administers the sale of properties that are in their 5th year of delinquency.
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It Is All About BTC, LTC, ETH, ZEC mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
We are closely watching the Coin Magi (XMG) development as for the moment it is still pretty much the most actively developed alternative crypto currency that continues to be mineable with CPU only and there is no GPU miner for it available. The developers just recently announced the release of MagiPay, a Standalone Payment Gateway for Coin Magi. The ongoing development as well as the wide accessibility due to CPU mining is important as it allows pretty much anyone to be able to mine XMG on his own computer, though based on the processor used the results in terms of performance can vary. Still the ability to mine the coin on every computer and the fact that you can still mine it even though the current reward per block is lower (variable between 0.0001 mining fee and 50 XMG) that it was initially is what makes the coin attractive to a wider audience. Also the fact that the Coin Magi is traded on some big altcoin exchanges such as Bittrex and it has a pretty stable exchange rate does help to keep the users interest in the coin. There are currently five pools where you can mine XMG directly and a multipool where you can get paid in XMG.
To test what hashrate we are going to be getting on a modern high-end CPU we have tested the highest performing CPU miner available for mining XMG from Wolf0 on an Intel Core i7 5820K processor running with 12 threads on this 6-core CPU with Hyper Threading support. We have tested all the various optimized binaries of the miner on that processor to see what results we are going to get with each one and which one hash the highest performance, you can see the results below and you can also download the miner to try out on your processor from the link below.
Hashrate on Intel Core i7 5820K:
minerd-x64-athlonfx.exe – 115.68 KHS
minerd-x64-avx.exe – 116.98 KHS
minerd-x64-avx2.exe – 116.10 KHS
minerd-x64-avx-i.exe – 117.48 KHS
minerd-x64-bdver2.exe – crash
minerd-x64-btver2.exe – 117.72 KHS
minerd-x64-core2.exe – 116.92 KHS
minerd-x64-corei7.exe – 117.65 KHS
minerd-x64-generic.exe – 117.79 KHS
minerd-x64-haswell.exe – 116.26 KHS
minerd-x64-ivybridge.exe – 117.68 KHS
minerd-x64-nocona.exe – 116.31 KHS
minerd-x64-sandybridge.exe – 117.63 KHS
minerd-x64-SSE2.exe – 117.53 KHS
minerd-x64-westmere.exe – 117.70 KHS
Interestingly enough the difference in terms of performance between the lowest performing and the highest hashrate version is in the range of just about 2 KHS which is not that much. Another interesting find is that apparently the generic version of the miner does manage to get the best results on the 5820K CPU (Haswell-E) processor.
– To download the Coin Magi (XMG) wolf m7m v2 cpuminer compiled for 64-bit Windows OS…


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Establishing or Rebuilding Credit Tips
There are multiple reasons why people may want to establish new credit. They may be new entrants into the world of credit, or are perhaps trying to reestablish credit after a financial hiccup. Either way, there are some do's and don'ts that consumers should follow that will make the road to credit much smoother.
The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) suggests that consumers consider the following tips when applying for credit:
- Do obtain a copy of your credit report from www.annualcreditreport.com.
This is particularly useful if you are trying to rebuild your credit, as you'll want to review what existing debts you need to satisfy before moving forward.
- Do open checking and savings accounts.
Even though this activity is usually not reported to the credit bureaus, lenders may inquire about the presence of such accounts on credit applications, thus it can count in your favor.
- Don't apply for too much credit at once.
This can appear as though you're desperate for credit and perhaps make lenders less inclined to extend credit to you. Further, too many credit inquiries can have a negative impact on your credit score.
- Do apply for a variety of credit types.
Credit scoring models value having different types of credit. Therefore, having some revolving accounts (typically credit cards) and some installment fixed payment loans (such as a car payment) can improve your score.
- Do research the type of card that is right for you.
Each issuer has different lending standards (yes, a credit card is a loan), so you'll only want to apply for cards from those whose lending profile you fit.
- Don't fall for a credit repair scheme.
Why pay for something that you can do for yourself for free? If rebuilding credit, know that time is your friend, as the farther you move away from the financial distress, the less negative impact it has. Follow with responsible behavior with your new credit, and you'll soon have a solid credit file.
- Do consider a co-signer.
Obtaining a loan in the absence of any credit history can be difficult, sometimes requiring a co-signer to guarantee payment. The loan is usually structured where the primary borrower is expected to make the payment, with the pay history reported in both names. If the borrower defaults, the lender will approach the co-signer, and missed payments will be reflected on both credit files. There is somewhat of a risk to the co-signer, but if handled responsibly, co-signing can be an effective way to help another person obtain and build credit.
- Do consider a secured credit card.
This type of account is secured by a deposit made to the financial institution issuing the card. For example, if you wanted a card with a $500 limit, you would deposit that amount with the bank offering you the card. Know, however that secured cards can have fees attached to them, and typically have a higher interest rate. The account activity is reported to the credit bureaus each month, and after responsibly making payments on a secured card, the issuer often offers the borrower an unsecured card.
- Do take out a small loan.
A personal loan from a bank or credit union can serve to establish credit. You may be asked to put up collateral, but it will be worth it in order to build your credit.
Whether just starting out or rebuilding credit, if you need financial advice, consider reaching out to an NFCC Member Agency. To find the one closest to you, call toll free to (800) 388-2227, or go online to www.debtadvice.org. For Spanish, call (800) 682-9832.


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Photo included in each weblog entry is postcard from the future. Nobody know the story behind the image except you.
Life as a carbon-based life form; a journey of building on success and learning from mistakes.
Photo included in each weblog entry is postcard from the future. Nobody know the story behind the image except you.
Creating an entire generation of information addicts.
The greatest gift to someone is time together. Because they are an important part of your life.
A reason for being.
Life tastes better when you discover freedom.
First day at Dutch school. Report from her teacher says she'd good social skills but often not willing to share toys. The result of no sibling rivalry.
Gift to the amazing lady in my life.
We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.
Courage. Success in life is about managing risks, don't remove every obstacle from their path.
I'm not a big fan of investors, I think they are just a bunch of greedy liars, they had mastered the art of making money from fancy words. The truth is there is no shortcut to any place worth going.
I paid off the principle home mortgage first then travel the world. Once I return in 3-5 years I will decides whether I want to grow the property portfolio or living a semi-retired lifestyle at 40s.
We are happier when we focus less on buying stuffs we don't need and more on the things that really matters.
Happy birthday princess, you are four year old today.
Amsterdam always have the smell of cannabis in the air.
The best time to be in Netherlands is New Year Eve when random firecrackers exploded in every direction. King's Day (27 April) is spectacularly spontaneous involved lots of beer, bar hopping and dancing with strangers on the street.
You won't remember much of what happen the next day.
I will send my daughter here for a year as the rite of passage.


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Varvsstaden Malmö
Analysis and urban plan for the former development plan of the City of Malmö.
Landskap: LAND Arkitektur
Varvsstaden is a strategically important city development project where Kockums, a former industrial area, is converted into an attractive sustainable neighborhood. The design proposal aims to activate and develop Varvsstaden's cultural history and local significance in a new urban context.
The design approach seeks to find solutions that are highly tactile and attentive to the human scale. It aims to create multiple distinctive places, building typologies, parks and streets for a variety of residents, activities, and urban lifestyles. Paths and scale shifts create transitions between unique spaces where views over the water and the buildings play a central role in the experience of the neighborhood.


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Sunday School – 10:00 am
Worship Service – 11:00 am
Bible Study – 12:15 pm
Wednesday Bible Study - 6:30 pm
12859 Martin Road Spur
Northport, AL 35473
Watering the Tulips
February 27, 2013
"…to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved" – Ephesians 1:6
There is no greater need of man than to be accepted by God. To state it plainly, mankind is simply unacceptable to God. There is not a person that has ever lived (apart from Jesus Christ) who has been acceptable to God on his or her own merits. Perhaps an explanation is in order.
The Lord couldn't have been plainer when He inspired Paul to say, "…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). So, we, of our own will and volition, choose to sin on a regular basis. However, our sinfulness goes back further than that. Romans 5:12 says, "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned". We fell in the Garden. Adam was the root of the human tree and we were the branches. When Adam ate of the forbidden fruit, the axe was laid to the root of the tree and the entire tree fell.
The world stands guilty before God today. Every one of us is a sinner and our sin must be dealt with. God is holy and righteous and sin is a stench to Him. There is a gap between our God and us that simply cannot be crossed. Left to ourselves, each of us will die, stand guilty at the judgment and be sentenced to eternity in the Lake of Fire. God being righteous can accept no less of a penalty for sin.
However, in His infinite wisdom, God had another way. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). In Christ alone, we can stand before God as righteous. Though Jesus was sinless, He was made to be sin on Calvary's cross. We deserved to be where He was. And yet, God's love for His own put His one and only Son on the cross to bear the sins of many (Hebrews 9:28).
Though today's world would have us believe there are many ways to God, there is but one. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6). Reconciliation with God can only be found in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. No other religion and no other plan can make us acceptable to God. As our text verse plainly says, "He has made us accepted in the Beloved". God Himself accepts sinners on the basis that Christ paid their sin debt.
Our hope today is that you are trusting in Christ alone as your only Hope for Heaven. If you are, it is "to the praise of the glory of His grace…".
Watering the Tulips is brought to you by Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Northport, AL. For more information, please visit www.sovereigngrace.net. "Your App to the Gospel" is available the iTunes app store as well as Google Play. Please download it today!


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a girl rocking one at the Look Show, and as much as I'm against replicating someones styling, I pretty much NEED the shirt and gilet!
This A/W I'm on the hunt for the perfect faux fur jacket! I'd ideally like one that comes mid thigh, not too big in a nice rich chocolatey brown colour. A girl can dream right? I shall be trawling round all the charity and vintage shops over the next coming months! Last year there was this beautiful coat in the Topshop A/W lookbook, and I checked everyday to see if it was on sale, But no luck. I ended up buying two from a charity shop instead, but they weren't quite right! I always find lovely vintage coats, but they turn out like 3 sizes too big for me. I also really want a nice Mongolian fur gilet, probably a black one that comes to the waist, We have one in New Look at the moment which is cute, But its not quite what I'm looking for! Fur will be trickling into stores from now on I predict, Fingers crossed for that Topshop jacket!
Id never wear real fur, I know I wear leather but personally I think fur is a bit different, I was once offered this real fur jacket, and it was beautiful, in pristine condition and they said I could have it for £20, I just couldn't do it, It kinda creeps me out really! Theres something about fur that I just simply cannot agree with. I think alot of people nowadays wouldn't wear fur, The whole real fur/faux fur is a MASSIVE debate in fashion, But I wouldn't hate someone or think less of them if someone else wore it. I know the Olsens are big real fur fans! Like I said I'd never wear it myself!
What are your thoughts? Are you going to be wearing some faux fur this autumn winter, or even real fur if your that way inclined? Let me know your feelings!


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DZone brauchte ein neues Bannerwerbung Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 41 Designs von 18 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
DZone Refcardz (http://www.refcardz.com) has become the world's most popular series of free cheat sheets for developers and designers. We need some hot new banners to help spread the word to more people! Logo art and other resources at http://wiki.dzone.com/x/AoAJAQ
DZone Refcardz - (http://refcardz.com)
Update: Design resources at http://wiki.dzone.com/x/AoAJAQ
Launched just one year ago, DZone Refcardz have now become the world's largest and most popular collection of tech cheat sheets for developers and designers. More than a half-million Refcardz have been downloaded by 100,000 users in over 200 countries, and we're just getting started!
We want to launch a new banner campaign to promote this successful series of cheat sheets and take it to the next level. We're looking for fresh creative concepts and implementation. The target audience is especially disinclined to clicking on banners at all, so you'll need to have something really good to get them to respond.
You should submit a group of 2-3 sets of banners. Each banner set should include the following sizes:
- 300x250
- 728x90
- 120x600
- 160x600We have logo art, thumbnails of Refcardz and other materials available to help. Feel free to contact email@example.com by email or IM on AIM/Jabber with requests for supporting materials.
- Fresh, eye-catching design and clever campaign concept
- Quick delivery of core message, get directly to the point
- IAB.net standard sizes (300x250, 728x90, 120x600, 160x600)
- Both animated and static versions preferred, static required
- Original Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks and/or Flash files required with delivery
- No canned banners from tired templates
- No banners that exceed IAB specs for total download size
- No "whack the monkey", or similar aggravation
- Nothing garish, excessively blinky or obnoxious
- No long-running banners that move too slowly


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Take precautions before you hit the road
Checking mirrors and seat belts every time you get in your car might seem overly cautious, but driving experts say that what you do before you turn on the ignition may mean the difference between life and death.
"So many accidents can be traced back to bad decisions before you even get behind the driver's seat," said Jeff Purner, a professional driving instructor for Porsche Cars North America.
Routine maintenance is critical to your safety. For example, under-inflated tires are the primary cause of tire failures and can adversely affect your car's handling and fuel mileage. Check your tires, including your spare, at least once a month.
You should check your wiper blades monthly as well. Worn blades impact visibility and create glare on the windshield, even when they are not in use.
What you bring with you into your car could be the most critical decision of your day. Cell phones are one of the most dangerous items to use in your car. Anytime you're talking, texting or using GPS applications, you're not paying attention to the road. Purner said that using cell phones while driving, especially to text message, is as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Do yourself a favor, and turn your cell phone off, he said.
After switching off your cell phone, you should check and adjust your seat belt. The lap belt should rest low across your waist, and the shoulder strap should come over your shoulder and across your chest. Never put the shoulder strap under your armpit. Before turning on the ignition, adjust your rear-view and side-view mirrors. According to Purner, too many drivers set their mirrors to reflect the outside of their own car instead of the road.
"You already know where your car is; you should be concerned about where the other cars are so that you can avoid them," Purner said.
When positioning your hands on the steering wheel, hold the wheel at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock. In this position, you can turn the wheel the furthest without your hands crossing over. This hold also allows for a better "feel" and faster response time.


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Note: Cover photo credit here.
There are 850 posts on Dessert Comes First (DCF), and this, the 7th Anniversary Post, is the 851st.
At that rate, I've written 141 posts a year on the average, a very small number compared to more prolific blogs. It takes me at least 3 hours to write a post in white heat, edit it in cold blood, compile and caption the accompanying photos before I press "Publish." This is the exacting standard I've set for myself however, as a food writer trained in the craft of the written word.
7 years ago today, on May 2, 2005, I began DCF and embarked on a tremendous journey. It ascends to giddy highs and heart-wrenching lows with plenty of stops at stations filled with home bakers who make memorable sweets, chefs stamping their imprint on the local restaurant landscape, and food purveyors who've improved the quality of food available to us. I'm grateful to all these people and fortunate to document such delicious times!
And of course thank you to YOU, the readers of DCF! Some of you have been with me from the very beginning and have read every post. To those whom I've met at restaurants, at events, and in the checkout line at the supermarket (!) thanks for coming up to me to tell me how much DCF makes you drool. I'm ever grateful.
A read-through of DCF's other birthdays provides a glimpse at how far we've come, how things have changed and how some have stayed the same. DCF's 1st birthday chronicles the rush of the initial year, including the first post, first restaurant, and first home baker featured. The 2nd birthday commemorates DCF's first award and the glee of a new camera, while the 3rd birthday captures me in a pensive state. Then there was the rapture of DCF's 6th Anniversary which I marked with a huge to-do.
On DCF's 7th anniversary, I thought you might want to take a peek into the backroom and see the numbers that make up this little food blog of mine.
The Landmark Posts
These are the ones that are alternately famous and notorious. Do you still remember some of them?
Post with the most comments (135): Caramel Apple of My Eye.
DCF readers, on the whole, are a lurker lot. They're very intelligent but reticent; only a few will take the time to voice out their opinion. This post – about apples on sticks, for goodness' sake! – showed that sometimes, it's quite the thrill to talk back.
The "Breakthrough" post: The 10 Best Desserts In Manila And The Vultures Who Eat Them.
Rather notorious this one, since it got me "fired" from a magazine, but it's what put DCF on the map and got me noticed.
Most popular post of ALL-TIME: 5 of The Best Chocolate Cakes in Manila .
It's chocolate. It's cake. It's a no-brainer as to why this post endures as the most viewed post on DCF. I should really update this one however, a post on My 10 Favorite Chocolate Cakes, perhaps. (See related mention below in the Home Bakers section).
Most controversial post: Want Steak? Go To Myron's and its rejoinder post How I Review Restaurants (Addressing That Myron's Post).
These two posts were controversial just like the caramel apple post above, but in a different way. The conflict stemmed from some readers' astonishment at the stark difference between my experience at Myron's and theirs. It got to a point that the restaurant owners asked to meet with me to work out the hullabaloo. The craziest rumor I heard about the effects of this post was that the issue was used as a case study in a business seminar, where it was stated that the post generated sales of P 1M for Myron's. Unfounded, but mind-boggling nevertheless.
Post that almost got me thrown out of a restaurant: Cantonese Kitchen.
It's commonplace now to take food photos in restaurants but you must remember that I started DCF back in 2005 when this was not the case. Plenty of people didn't even know what a blog was, and taking pictures was seen as imitation, and worse, imminent competition. Oh, how times have changed since then, and thankfully, we food bloggers can snap away at will, within certain boundaries of course.
Posts & interesting numbers about Homebakers
Oh, how I love homebakers and their efforts to enliven Manila's dessert landscape! They are part of the lifeblood of DCF. Many of the homebakers that I've featured have become my friends and I follow their careers, cheering for them at every turn and including my favorites in video and in my contributions to magazines. Sadly, some of the homebakers I've featured on DCF have closed shop, but most, I'm happy to report, have made quite the name for themselves; some have even opened their own stores.
Number of Homebaker posts on DCF: 100
Age of youngest homebaker featured on DCF: 16. Ange de la Cruz of The Sweet Life by Ange back in 2007.
First homebaker featured on DCF: Kristine Guerrero of KG's Kitchen. Tragically, her post seems to have disappeared from the DCF database!
Most featured homebaker on DCF: Karen Young. I've written 7 separate posts on her.
Type of dessert most featured on DCF: Cake. Chocolate cake, to be exact. Whether it be flourless, mousse, or meringue, as long as it's got chocolate in it and it's a cake. The runners-up in this category are cheesecake and then ice cream.
Some random facts:
Number of restaurants featured on DCF: 200 (The Restaurant category is the most populated database on DCF!)
Number of emails I receive weekly asking to be featured on DCF: 4 (on the average).
What I wish more homebakers would offer: Pie.
Number of 8-ounce glasses of water I drink while working on a post: 3. I forbid myself to eat while working.
Number of facelifts DCF has had since 2005: 4
Number of facelifts I've had since DCF's inception: 0
Okay DCF readers, onwards we go to year 8! In honor of DCF's 7th Anniversary, if you've got a question you'd like to ask me, stick it in the Comments section!


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Photographer's Note
We had a three-day weekend and took this opportunity to go back to the North-west of Cameroon and visit the Fon palace of Bafut, one of the largest traditionnal palace in the country close to Bamenda.
We first visited the local museum displaying various statues, clothes, pieces of furnitures the past Fons (kind of Emperor ruling a large area) had. This museum was surprisingly well set and we learnt many things about the Bafut people. These people came from Tikari in the Adamawa province 400 years ago and progressively conquested the area of Bafut and the people around. They were involved in the slave trading in the 19th century.
Then, we had a look at the drum house, the courtyard and the palace called "Achum". That palace is the highest building in the compound and is only accessible to the Fon and the old people from the village. Today, about 300 people are living in the palace, mainly Queens (about 30) of the Fon, Prince and Princesses. Behind the palace, there is a large sacred forest with which the Fon is communicating.
Few times a year, large ceremonies take place in the palace, gathering people for traditionnal events. In the museum, I could see photographies taken by the German in the early 20th century with the Fon surrounded by his Queens on the steps of the "Achum". There were also additional picture from a ceremony in tribute to the father of the actuel Fon which took place in 1968. Queens from the Fon were gathering toward the dead Fon for a large ceremony.
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kwekwekan (1078) 2008-02-23 10:39
Hi Steven,
What striking architecture, very beautiful. Nice POV too, the building to the right leads the eye nicely into your main subject.
parbo (11092) 2008-02-23 12:22
Hi Steven,
Wonderful shot, excellently detailed notes. A great history as you shot that included a splendid scene. I like reddish field and old facade with form of high hut a lot and you already add life with the visitors. Congratulations.
Friendly Regards,
Photo Information
- Copyright: Steven Le Vourc'h (Curioso) (9271)
- Genre: Lieux
- Medium: Couleur
- Date Taken: 2008-02-10
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon 17-40/4L USM, Digital RAW, Hama UV 77 mm
- Exposition: f/7.1, 1/400 secondes
- More Photo Info: view
- Versions: version originale
- Date Submitted: 2008-02-23 9:36