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June 8, 2012
We have all seen the terms "contains natural ingredients", or "All Natural Ingredients" proudly displayed on food labels. This applies to our pet food labels as well. In spite of the large print placement and prominent display on the label, all natural doesn't actually mean anything. It is nothing more than a marketing term. There are no standards organizations to help define it or enforce it or support it. Often times, people looking for an organic item who are not familiar with what the organic standard provides, will think that all natural is the same thing, but it is not.
The definition of Organic, according to the USDA National Organic Program Website:
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Organic is a labeling term that indicates that the food or other agricultural product has been produced through approved methods. These methods integrate cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity. Synthetic fertilizers, sewage sludge, irradiation, and genetic engineering may not be used.
How Do I Know if My Food Is Organic?
Look at the label. If you see the USDA organic seal, the product is certified organic and has 95 percent or more organic content. For multi-ingredient products such as bread or soup, if the label claims that it is made with specified organic ingredients, you can be confident that those specific ingredients have been certified organic.
A complete listing of the Organic Regulations can be found here. Use of the organic label and definitions apply to pet food labeled Organic as well...
One other important label to look for is Certified Humane®. Certified Humane® is the gold standard for animal welfare because it requires humane treatment of farm animals from birth to slaughter.
It is more important than ever to read your food labels as well as your pet food labels. Buying organic ensures there will not be any pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, antibiotics, hormones or Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's) in the food. Certified Humane® ensures the animal is treated well throughout their life.
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Even though our work in Baytown is done We will maintain this website as a record of Baytown's experience with the failed red light camera experiment.
You can see the latest updates for the camera issues in Texas at www.citizensforsaferstreets.com and you can share information about how camera tickets are largely unenforceable across Texas at www.trashyourticket.com
Please remember this issue at election time and hold your politicians responsible for their support of the camera programs.
WARNING! Credit Card Scam going around Baytown! We have received calls indicated that people posing as the DMV are calling people telling them they have outstanding camera tickets and want you to pay over the phone. THIS IS A SCAM to get your credit card info. Please report any calls to the Police department or harris county sherrifs department.
See who chose camera company profits over the safety and rights of Baytown citizens on our Hall of Shame page.
Baytown caught with another illegally short yellow light at red light camera location. Details on our press release page located HERE
Baytown Red Light Camera Monitored Intersections show dramatic increase in all types of accidents.
These stats were confirmed by chief of police in my presentation to city council on 8-24-10. See the video on my media page HERE
Accident Type |
2009 report |
2010 report |
% change |
Total accidents |
50 |
70 |
+40% |
Red Light Related Accidents |
18 |
20 |
+12% |
Injury Accidents |
8 |
14 |
+75% |
Red Light Related Right Angle Accidents |
11 |
15 |
+37% |
Rear End Accidents |
23 |
42 |
+83% |
Total Injuries |
13 |
18 |
+39% |
See full details on our Press Releases page here
Baytown City Official suppresses lawful red light camera protest. Read about it in our press release page here
Camera company sues Baytown to stop vote! Oppose red light cameras? You might be a racist!
read about it HERE
Baytown Red light camera company front group calls Baytown Police department prepared red light camera accident report data "misinformation". Claims certain accident type increases of as much as 400% merely a "modest uptick". False personal attacks on veterans continue. Read full details on our links and resources page
Thanks to the voters in Baytown that saw through the scam ATS and their dangerous cameras have been removed. This site will remaim active so other people can be inspired by what Baytown was able to accomplish.
Baytown Council sells your election to Camera Company.
In court filings BRLCC discovered that the Baytown City Council negotiated a proposed judgement with the red light camera vendor suing Baytown. The proposed judgement asks Judge Mike Miller to sign off on a judgement saying our election last November is "void" and "without any legal effect" You can view the actual proposed judgement signed by Baytown city attorney and the attorney for ATS, the red light camera vendor below
Please take the time to contact Judge Miller's clerk to ask him not to sign away our election. Judge Miller is an elected Judge up for re election in November 2012.
Mike Miller
11th Civil Court
201 Caroline
Gabriela DeLaRosa 713-368-6020
Baytown Council settles camera lawsuit.
Tonight the Baytown city council voted to pay off ATS with $1 million to remove the red light cameras and stop further litigation against the city. Read more on our press releases page.
Texas Legislature fails to protect Texans, refuse to enact camera ban.
Despite a red light camera ban being on the republican platform this year and several bills introduced in the 82nd legislature the pro camera senate transportation committee blocked every bill by not letting it out of committee. It is no coincidence that the camera companies stepped up their lobbying money this session. Contact EVERY Texas senator and let them know you want a REAL camera ban. Tell them to stop taking camera money. Here is a link to all Texas senators, please take the time to call their office.
See the Senators that have not taken action for a statewide ban in our press releases page. Phone numbers are also listed for each Senator's office.
New Texas website for statewide camera issues.
Accidents down after red light cameras voted out in Houston!
Camera Company files another suit against Baytown, alleging insufficient ticketing.
The litigious camera company files a breach of contract suit against Baytown. According to the suit the camera company and Baytown had an agreement based upon the anticipated number of violations at intersections. Since Baytown has not issued as many violation notices as before this is a basis for a breach of contract.
Baytown Red Light Cameras no longer flashing!
We have confirmed that no red light camera tickets have been issued since 11-26-2010. You may have noticed that the cameras are not flashing anymore. With no new tickets issued the revenue from the cameras for old tickets should dry up soon. While this is good news the cameras are still up and are able to be turned back on at any time. There is a pending lawsuit against the city of Baytown scheduled for November. Most likely the judge for the Baytown case is waiting for the Federal judge for the Houston lawsuit to issue an opinion. We urge you to support our fellow camera activists at www.nocamerashouston.com their fight is our fight. While our cases are different what happens there could effect Baytown too.
We plan on pressuring the Texas legislature to implement a statewide ban on red light cameras. With the HCRP and Texas GOP adopting a camera ban as part of their platform and two votes against the cameras the time will never be better. Please contact your representative to urge them to take up a statewide ban. You can see your senator HERE You can see your house representative HERE
Inspired by our efforts and others around the country citizens in Port Lavaca and Humble are working on a vote on the cameras in their cities. So far votes against the cameras are 15-0. Hopefully this trend will continue.
Monday the 15th the Baytown Council officially adopted the ordinance contained in proposition 1. The ordinance requires a peace officer be present at the time and location of the violation in order for a red light camera ticket to be issued. The city has indicated that they do not have the resources or inclination to post officers to witness these violations. Starting at 12:01 am on November 26th the city will no longer issue citations unless they comply with the ordinance. Since the city will not post officers at the locations the tickets will cease and the revenue will cease. With no profit motive the camera company that owns the cameras should remove them shortly after that.
Yesterday the voters in Baytown, Houston and three other cities decided to vote out photoenforcement! Thank you to Baytown and Houston voters for siding with safety and our constitution and not the red light camera lawyers and the political elite that decided to side with the financial interests of the camera company over the interests of the citizens. Our fight isn't over. Everyone needs to contact their council member and the Mayor to tell them they need to follow the will of the people and BRING THE CAMERAS DOWN! You also need to contact your state representative and tell them we need a statewide ban this legislative session.
Red Light Camera Facts;
Baytown red light camera coalition successfully gets over 1700 red light camera tickets in League city dismissed or refunded! That's over $130,000 out of the pockets of the red light camera company!
See the story HERE
This shows what dedicated citizens and good officials can do when they work together to fix a problem. The question is, if League City can make things right in a couple of weeks by dismissing these tickets and issuing refunds why won't Baytown? They told us they could not refund tickets already paid as the violator already admitted guilt! Apparently this is possible. If you are wanting help with how to determine if your city has illegally short yellow lights or want to start your own effort to remove cameras in your town please contact me for details on how to help.


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French Multi-National Corporation EDF Chooses Rapiscan Systems and HTDS
December 10, 2009 Torrance, CA
Rapiscan Systems, a leading supplier of security inspection systems, today announced that its French-based distributor, Hi-Tech Detection Systems (HTDS), has been selected by EDF Energy, one of Europe's top energy companies, to secure the entrances of multiple EDF power plants using Rapiscan Systems' advanced x-ray security screening equipment.
During the first phase of the contract, Rapiscan Systems will replace EDF's older, legacy equipment with multiple advanced Rapiscan 620XR checkpoint x-ray scanners and 627XR large parcel x-ray inspection systems. The Rapiscan Systems equipment will be used to scan bags, parcels and other items at the entrances of EDF plants in France. The contract also includes a multi-year service, warranty and maintenance agreement. The total value of the contract is approximate 2 million euros.
The Rapiscan 620XR is an advanced checkpoint parcel security system designed for protection of critical infrastructure as well as aviation, defence and law enforcement applications. The Rapiscan 627XR features a 1 meter by 1 meter tunnel size, which makes it ideal for screening large parcels and small cargo. Both systems are built on a modular platform that makes it easy to install and maintain, and come with features such as dual-energy detection, a streamlined, ergonomic design, and Rapiscan's feature-rich OS600 system software. Both systems are capable of detecting organic and inorganic threats and come with Rapiscan's advanced Threat Image Projection (TIP), which inserts digital threat images at configurable frequencies into the regular flow of bags to facilitate operator training.
EDF Energy specified that the equipment deployed should meet the standards established by French regulator, STAC. The installation of the Rapiscan 620XR and 627XR systems has enabled HTDS to meet this requirement. In addition to meeting STAC standards, the 620XR and 627XR have been approved for use by international regulatory agencies worldwide.
Guillaume Auffret, commercial manager, HTDS, said, "Providing systems that had STAC certification was very important to EDF Energy as it guarantees the equipment for use. We were able to recommend the Rapiscan 620XR and 627XR not only because they meet this criteria, but also because they perfectly address EDF's needs on a functional level. Rapiscan's wide and reliable product range has helped it succeed in the French market and makes it suitable for deployment in many different environments and applications."
Ajay Mehra, President of Rapiscan Systems, stated: "This important contract win demonstrates Rapiscan's growth in the commercial sector, where we are increasingly supporting multi-national companies such as EDF." Mr. Mehra continued: "This contract also illustrates the unique ability of Rapiscan and top security companies such as HTDS to develop solutions tailored to customers' requirements."
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Re: Import Contacts into K-9 app
Well, maybe I used the wrong word! I'm talking about the built in list of email addresses for the people I might send email to. Every email program I've used has had a list like that and at least some of them have called it the Contacts List. Maybe someone else will chime in with a better answer.
Bill - 03-16-2013, 01:49 AM #4
Re: Import Contacts into K-9 app
Excuse me if this sounds stupid, I'm trying to be helpful... You realize that when you enter (or import via vcard, csv, etc.. ) your contacts in Gmail on a computer, then you add that same Gmail account to any Android device, all of your contacts will be available on that device.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2 - 03-16-2013, 05:43 PM Thread Author #5
Re: Import Contacts into K-9 app
No I didn't realize that! In my case I didn't know that Gmail had anything to do with this. I guess I'm missing an important concept here. My actual mail box is on FastMail.fm and I have my home PC set up to retrieve the messages from there using POP3. I was expecting to set up something similar to that on my tablet. I hope you can explain the tablet's real world to me.
Bill - 03-18-2013, 11:43 PM #6
Re: Import Contacts into K-9 app
Gmail should also integrate with your fastmail account. Basically, get yourself a Gmail account, then go into your email settings & you can see how Gmail will start getting all your fastmails.
You can then reply from a computer, tablet, or your phone using Gmail, and the recipient sees your address as your fastmail account.
I believe you can port over up to 5 different email accounts for each Gmail account you have.
If you do this, and start putting all your contacts into Gmail, you'll be on easy street from here on.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2 - 03-19-2013, 11:34 AM Thread Author #7
Re: Import Contacts into K-9 app
Thanks for the explanation and the suggestions. My tablet is the Wi-Fi only kind and I want to be able to retrieve messages from my FastMail account when Wi-Fi is available and then read them and maybe write replies when Wi-Fi is not available. I should explain that I use the tablet for email only while away on a trip. So, I need an email app that can use POP3 to retrieve my messages and then allow me to read them later. From what you have explained, it sounds like there may not be any email apps that have their own Contacts lists. I've used Enhanced Email and I'm actually wondering what the K-9 email app's capabilities are.
If anyone knows of an email app that is best suited for my application, please let me know.
Bill - 03-22-2013, 12:36 AM #8
- 03-22-2013, 08:59 AM Thread Author #9
Re: Import Contacts into K-9 app
Thanks for all the details Polish Prince. I will do most of that and give it a try. However, there are a few differences with what you outlined. I almost never log into my FastMail account. At home I use Thunderbird on my laptop to manage my email and it uses POP3 to retrieve the messages from my FastMail account, so all my contacts are in Thunderbird, not FastMail. I will export them from there. You suggested that I just use Gmail to read all my email but one of my objectives is to be able to read emails while not online! That is why I'm asking questions about the K-9 app. As I said earlier, my tablet is a Wi-Fi only tablet so I want to be able to get to a Wi-Fi connection (like in a resturant) and download all my messages and then read them later as I have time while not at a Wi-Fi connection.
I will transfer my contacts into Gmail and then see how it goes.
Thanks for the help.
Bill - 03-24-2013, 04:09 AM #10
Re: Import Contacts into K-9 app
If that's the case it sounds like K9 is the simplest way to go. Export your contacts from Tbird & import them into a Gmail account using a computer.
Add that same Gmail account to your tablet & all your contacts will then sync to your tablet.
Install K9 on the tablet & set it up for your Fastmail account.
Then, you will be golden.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2 - 09-29-2013, 11:16 PM #11
Re: Import Contacts into K-9 app
Yes, anything stored on a server like Google's gives Google and the NSA access.
Downloading your emails via pop3 and deleting them from your mail server makes them private and not accessible except by search warrant or subpoena.
You can use a program like MyPhoneExplorer to sync your Thunderbird contacts with your Phone contact list (NOT your Google/Gmail list) and your contacts will not be stored on a server anywhere, only on computers and phones you control.
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I'm traveling to Albufeira at the end of June/early July with a group of friends - we are all eighteen - for a post exam holiday. We have heard that the Strip in the New Town is best for nightlife and so we are trying to find a hotel that is located there. So far we have only found hotels which are closer to the Old Town which is obviously quite far from the strip.
Are there any hotels which you would recommend that are located in the heart of the night life?
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Vila Nova Apartments are actually on the 'strip' as is the Hotel Aldeia. Any hotel or apartment hotel with the word 'Oura' in it will not be more than 5 minutes walk.
The Old Town is only 1.5 miles from the strip but perhaps a bit too far to walk after a really good night given that the whole area is very hilly. A taxi to anywhere here would not be more than 5 Euros.
One thing, do find a place with a safe for your valuable and leave the smartphones, Ipods, surplus cash etc in it when you go out for the night. if you must have a phone with you at all times, buy a £20 one you can afford to lose.
I'm not saying that it is a particularly dangerous area, but there are far too many tales of tourists being robbed of stuff they really don't need to have with them!
Take care and enjoy your trip.
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Every time i go to Albufeira o stay at Clube Praia Da Oura, why not look it up, its not far from the stip, only down the hill and the beach is next door, has a big pool. sauna, Jacuzzi, everything you need, their sister hotel oura praia is at the top of the hill slighly closer to the strip, if you want somewhere could to eat try donaldo's on the stip, and lili's snack bar which is further round past the oura praia hotel does the best green sangria :) few jugs of thats and you dont care about anything lol
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WHEN will council officials stop hiding behind the advice of expensive outside consultants (The Press, March 12)?
They are admitting they are not up to doing the jobs they are handsomely paid to do. Statements such as, "We need to supplement our in-house capacity to communicate progress" and we need to "utilise external expertise with value for money in mind" are straight from the book of public-service gobbledygook.
These words from one of the council's directors are prime examples of the mind-set of public officials who are not in the real world because of their indulged positions.
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Everyone is focused on getting the health exchanges working well (or criticizing those who failed to get them working). But the greater risk and opportunity long term is the ability to manage change. With software you often get one chance to get it right – that initial design and architecture needs to be well conceived. Adding features, patches, and fixes, particularly under pressure, often creates hard problems down the road.
So think of the vast number of changes that await. Modifications to various rating systems within 100s of benefit and risk levels; revised procedures and laws that allow brokers to enroll – not to mention the small business health options (SHOP) programs, and improvements to back-end functions to support on-line and off line processing. And these are changes to the Act itself. Changing demographics, ramping customer experience demands, and advancing mobile opportunities also will drive change. My biggest fear, as we pull the bus out of the ditch, is whether hastily applied extensions to deal with the initial crisis will make it difficult to adapt going forward. Hence, the real challenge is whether Healthcare.gov has been built to handle the incredible number of inevitable changes with this transformational law.
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Kellet screamed and the man ran off, but she chased after him as he ran down Dewey Street toward Calef Road. She lost him when he outran her and went behind 419 Calef Road.
Kellet walked back to her car where she found a blue bottle of Polo cologne on the ground and surmised that was what struck her in the back of the head, police said.
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Hello! Is it OK! to join the party'
The surprise is not that Hello! is launching in India which it is this weekend but that it has taken the glossy magazine with its focus on celebrities so long to get round to doing so. After all, its rival, OK!, started its Indian edition in summer last year.
I must say I am impressed that Elizabeth Hurley, who agreed to an exclusive deal apparently worth, at least, £1 million with Hello! over her wedding coverage, managed to prevent sneak pictures from leaking out from either Umaid Bhavan or Mehrangarh Fort. The Hurley-Nayar wedding, Part One, had 57 pics, if you remember, in last weeks Hello!
I now have before me World Exclusive Part Two, which features the Indian celebrations, with 96 pics, mostly from Jodhpur Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar. In India for a week of spectacular celebrations at their very own Monsoon Wedding.
The dominating colour is red that of Hurleys wedding sari and possibly Hello! bank balance.
Make what you will but Gaj Singh, erstwhile Maharajah of Jodhpur who was banned from carrying his mobile phone, is conspicuous by his absence.
Juliet Herd, features editor of Hello!, says the glossys UK circulation of 412,807 doubled when it featured photographs of Angelina Jolies new baby. It expects a repetition with Hurley.
Juliet tells me: The Indian issue launches this weekend with the Elizabeth Hurley Indian wedding on the cover and including the English wedding inside. It will have a print run of 25,000 and go on sale in Calcutta, Mumbai and New Delhi as a monthly. It is being published in partnership with BBC Magazines. We are very excited about our latest launch, which is our 10th territory, including Spain and the UK.
In the current issue of Hello!, Hurleys friend, William Cash, has acted as the embedded reporter, as he did last week.
But is he wise to reveal that in the cricket match played on the floodlit lawns of Umaid Bhavan, unfortunately the groom was bowled out for a golden duck'
May be Arun Nayar was practising to take over from Sehwag.
Friend, not foe
Jagmohun Mundhra feels he is no longer the target of a (metaphorical) shoot on sight order in Delhi. The director had a special screening of his film, Provoked, at the I&Bs Mahadev Road auditorium where guests included Manmohan Singhs wife, Gursharan.
She loved it, says Jag modestly.
So apparently did Meira Kumar, minister of social justice and empowerment, who even spoke a few words in support of Provoked.
The film is based on the real life drama of a Sikh wife in Britain, Kiranjit Singh Ahluwalia, who torched her abusive husband in bed, was given life for murder, but was eventually released after a heroic campaign by the Southall Black Sisters. Her case led to a change in the British law on provocation which now shows greater understanding of victims of domestic violence.
Kiranjit is played in what I think is her best role by Aishwarya Rai, who will be in London on April 3 to launch Provoked, prior to its UK release two days later.
Jag is amused that even lawyers, who had earlier threatened to kneecap him (metaphorically speaking), when he had wanted to make a biopic on Sonia Gandhi (she came to India for the love of a man but stayed for the love of a country etc etc), shook his hand.
I like Jag and am glad that for the time being, at least, his legs seem safe. This summer he starts filming Shoot on Sight, a tale of a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard who has to open fire on a Muslim terrorist, who happens to be his own newly arrived nephew from Pakistan. Naseeruddin Shah will, I am sure, do an excellent job in the lead role, which Amitabh Bachchan considered but turned down.
Do unto others
It is worth comparing and contrasting the attempts to extradite Ottavio Quattrocchi and Maninder Pal Singh Kohli.
The latter is wanted for questioning over the brutal rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl, Hannah Foster, who was abducted near her home in Southampton on March 14, 2003. He was arrested in India in 2004 and has appeared in court 100 times since then but his extradition to the UK seems no nearer. Though the evidence against Kohli certainly seems strong enough to justify extradition, Hannahs distraught parents, Hilary and Trevor Foster, have had to travel thrice to India in a vain effort to expedite the Indian legal process.
In comparison, Quatrocchis alleged misdemeanour taking a Bofors kickback worth a few million dollars appears relatively minor. Malaysia turned down an extradition request for lack of evidence. The Italian government, too, is not impressed and intends defending their national in Argentina where he is currently out on bail. Lets also not forget that at Indias request, his London accounts were unfrozen last year and immediately cleared out. The Bofors business is legally dead and buried, however much the BJP wants to use Quattrocchi as ammunition against Sonia Gandhi.
Although Argentina does not have an extradition treaty with India, its government will want to be helpful. However, in the absence of a smoking gun, its courts will have no option but to let Quattrocchi go. Perhaps he will appear in court 100 times.
The CBI team, now in Buenos Aires on government expense, should drag out its stay for the city of Maradona is one of the most agreeable in the world. It so happens I know it well, having spent nearly a year there, covering the Falklands War, and then returning when the Indian ambassador-cum-author, Lakhan Lal Mehrotra, wangled an exclusive interview with the new president, Raul Alfonsin. This is also the city where Tagore, when he fell ill, was looked after by fellow poet, Victoria Ocampo I bumped into her great-granddaughter who told me the two had become close.
More to the point, the shopping in Avenida Florida, a short walk from the Sheraton (where Quattrocchi stayed briefly), is especially good for leather. And as V.S. Naipaul notes in The Return of Eva Peron, the restaurants in the fashionable locality of Recoleta exude a rich decadence. The beef in baby onions is not to be sneered at I am assuming they wont be orthodox Hindus when travelling abroad.
Buenos Aires is indeed seductive and we must all be sympathetic if the CBI fellows tell their bosses back in Delhi: Sir, we need a few more months to sort this out and would you please wire us some more money'
Women on top
Mira Nairs brilliant The Namesake, which has opened the Tongues on Fire Festival in London, is being advertised on the London Underground before its March 30 release.
Deepa Mehtas excellent Water also gets a release, thereby illustrating that Indians make the best films provided the directors are women and live abroad.
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After Pakistans defeat by the West Indies in the World Cup opener, an agency here had added insult to injury: Inzaman: Batsmen could not Haq it. Haq for hack, get it' The question is, is this the worst pun of the year'


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Subsequent to the resource update, Alexandria announced step out drill results from the West Zone (See Press Release, April 9, 2013), including 81.65 m grading 0.53 g/t Au + 0.30% Cu (1.04 g/t Au Eq ) in DDH IAX-13-232 and 41.00 m grading 0.22 g/t Au and 0.16% Cu (0.50 g/t Au Eq ) in DDH IAX-13-234, located 50 m down-plunge from and 100 m west of, respectively, the resource. Both holes show that the gold-copper zone continues below and to the west of the resource.
Of the holes reported here, assay results from IAX-12-218, 219 and 235 were not included in the resource update and represent significant results from step-out targets. Highlights include the following (see Table 1 at end of this release for greater detail):
IAX-12-218 136.70 m grading 0.17 g/t Au and 0.15% Cu (0.43 g/t Au Eq), including 10.50 m grading 0.30 g/t Au and 0.48% Cu (1.13 g/t Au Eq), at a vertical depth of 250 m, located 100 m east of the West Zone resource;IAX-12-219 178.50 m grading 0.27 g/t Au and 0.25 g/t Cu (0.70 g/t Au Eq), including 156.00 m grading 0.29 g/t Au and 0.27% Cu (0.76 g/t Au Eq) at a vertical depth of 420 m, 100 m below the resourceIAX-13-235 87.40 m grading 0.15 g/t Au and 0.13% Cu (0.37 g/t Au Eq) and, separately, 29.30 m grading 0.17 g/t Au and 0.16% Cu (0.44 g/t Au Eq) at a vertical depth of 320 m, 100 m west and 100 m below the resource.
Together, these three drill holes extend the West Zone to the east and west at depths below 250 m.
The following previously unreleased gold-copper intersections in drill holes from the West Zone, drilled prior to the resource update, indicate that the shallow, disseminated gold-copper mineralization is much wider than reported in the resource update:
IAX-12-202 203.70 m grading 0.28 g/t Au and 0.17% Cu (0.58 g/t Au Eq)IAX-12-204 67.20 m grading 0.32 g/t Au and 0.13% Cu (0.56 g/t Au Eq)IAX-12-211 94.00 m grading 0.27 g/t Au and 0.21% Cu (0.64 g/t Au Eq)IAX-12-212 102.90 m grading 0.27 g/t Au and 0.18% Cu (0.59 g/t Au Eq)IAX-12-214 94.00 m grading 0.48 g/t Au and 0.36% Cu (1.11 g/t Au Eq)IAX-12-215 116.50 m grading 0.43 g/t Au and 0.24% Cu (0.85 g/t Au Eq)
In addition, two holes, DDH IAX-12-205 and 206, were drilled 100 m and 200 m east of the presumed eastern edge of the West Zone, and the latter, in particular, established that grades and widths above potential open pit cutoff exist to the east, in between the west Zone and the Akasaba Mine area. Furthermore, review of copper contents from drill holes along the main Mine Horizon have also established that open pit widths and grades extend beyond current open pit resources.
The Company is currently in progress with the compilation of more than 70 years of historic data on the broader Cadillac Break group of properties. As a result of this ongoing process the company has delineated a number of drill targets on the property package over and above the high priority area around Akasaba, and expects to delineate more as this process nears its completion.
Program design, management, and Quality Control/Quality Assurance are governed by Alexandria's exploration group of which Peter Legein, P.Geo, and Eric Owens, P.Geo, are the Company's Qualified Persons. Mr. Legein and Mr. Owens reviewed the results in this press release. All exploration work on the property is conducted under the direct supervision of Emilie Batailler P.Geo. The QA/QC program is consistent with NI 43-101 and industry best practices and has been previously addressed in the NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Cadillac Break properties (February 2008) as well as in subsequent NI 43-101 reports found on the Company's website or on www.sedar.com.


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@NolesWin, you're pretty uneducated.
Those are not true facts at all. They come from some crazy religious base that your perversed way of thinking comes from.
By the way, my god is a loving god, not an angry one that you believe in.
Go follow your child mole$ter leaders that you seem to think are in the right.
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Mike, I'm surprised that you have no comments on this yet in 2012. I just tried to leave one but got this error message: "You may have clicked an expired link or mistyped the address. Some web addresses are case sensitive." What I wanted to say was that this uber-creative visual cries out for a caption, e.g. "I can't decide which tongue to speak in."
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How to make 3d covers for Cover Manager
You will need a program called IMANDIX Cover Professional. The version I am using is 0 .9.2.1. I know this version allows you to export the .png image with a transparent background.
- Find the flat layout of the cover you want to create.
A couple of sites I use are
- Open Cover Professional and then choose Rotating! Single Cover Presentation
- Browse the explorer tree and locate your cover, after you select it, a new window will open. Click create presentation.
- The cover tab should now be open. Make sure cover type Blu-Ray Viva case is selected.
- Case color; click edit to change the cover of the case, hit apply. The art in the window should now look something like you want to display in Cover Manager.
- Click the Export tab at the top. The new output size should be 852 X 639, then click preview.
- Next, click the button in the bottom right corner of the right window named PNG Export. Choose the location and name of your cover then click save. In the box that pops up enter 852 X 639. This part is what makes the background of your cover transparent.
- Now you have your new cover. Be sure to rename it to game titleid followed by .PNG. (extension must be capitalized) If you dont know your games titleid, open the game folder then open the file PS3_DISC.SFB with notepad. It will be similar to BLUS30264.


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Proposed EU radio reshuffle could mean more spectrum for 5GHz Wi-Fi
Expanding license-exempt bands is one option the European Commission is looking at to make radio spectrum use more efficient
IDG News Service - Expanding the radio spectrum available for license-exempt applications such as Wi-Fi is one of a number of options the European Commission is considering to drive wireless innovation and make the use of radio spectrum more efficient, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Growth in mobile and wireless data traffic has led to a shortage of available bandwidth, although new technologies are making it possible to share radio spectrum amongst several users -- for example, by providing wireless broadband services in between licensed TV frequencies, in the so-called white spaces.
Other new wireless technologies are designed to share bands for which no license is required. In the European Union, at least 40 million smart wireless devices are sold each year that use the harmonized 863-870MHz license-exempt band alone.
Although the are no concrete proposals to increase the number of license-exempt bands for the moment, Commission Digital Agenda spokesman Ryan Heath said that reducing license restrictions is worth considering.
"For example, there is the possibility of additional harmonized license-exempt spectrum for [Wi-Fi-type networks] in the 5GHz band. The success of the Wi-Fi model explains why such an approach merits examination."
Wi-Fi devices operate in the 2.4GHz band (for 802.11b/g devices) and in the less-congested 5GHz band (for 802.11a and some 802.11n devices).
"These and other frequencies used for short range devices might be expanded depending on the outcome of technical sharing studies and the potential for congestion," he said.
Extending license-exempt bands is just one strand of the Commission's plan to make spectrum use more efficient. The other involves persuading licensed users to share their spectrum.
On Monday the Commission called for national E.U. regulators to encourage spectrum sharing, without compromising the incumbent license holders' rights to use the frequencies. According to the E.U.'s Digital Agenda Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, national spectrum regulation often does not reflect the new technical possibilities, "leaving mobile and broadband users at risk of poor service as demand grows."
New regulatory approaches need to give different users, including current holders, guaranteed rights to use a given frequency band on a shared basis with guaranteed levels of protection against interference, the Commission said in a statement.
But on Tuesday Heath clarified: "Forcing incumbents to share spectrum through regulation is not the aim of this Communication."
"Exclusive license holders have usually paid a significant premium to obtain their license, and may have had to invest significantly to provide ubiquitous coverage," he said. Therefore the Commission is looking for incentives to encourage incumbents to share their spectrum.
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OMG Davy! I am devastated... he was my dream date, serenading me in my room from a scratchy record player. I am so sad - a little piece of my teen heart is gone.
During the 80s, there were these "60s revival" tours that would have several vintage bands playing in one night. I went to one that had the Monkees in it and the girl I was with cried when they sang Daydream Believer.
I never really got the Monkees much, but then I never was a teenage girl.....those teenage girls probably didn't get whatever it was I was listening to at the time either...RIP Davy...
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The Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church – forerunner of the United Methodist Church – along with material and monetary assistance from citizens of Washington County and the surrounding region, established Emory & Henry College in 1836, thus making it the oldest institution of higher learning in southwest Virginia. The foundation for the main building was laid on 30 September 1836. The board of trustees hired Charles Collins (1838-1852) as the institution's first president, and classes began in the spring of 1838 with 60 students enrolled.
Over the years the College has endured both good times and bad. The College closed its doors in April 1861 when the Civil War erupted. Although the Confederate government commandeered the campus in December 1862 and used the main building as a hospital, the College suffered no serious damage as a result of the war. In fact classes resumed just four months after Lee surrendered at Appomattox.
Under the leadership of its 18th president, Dr. Charles W. Sydnor Jr. (E&H class of 1965), the College began making great strides towards becoming a premier liberal arts college. During the Sydnor years (1984-1992) Emory & Henry tripled the size of its endowment and completed a major overhaul of its infrastructure which included the renovation and expansion of the Van Dyke Center. Sydnor also hired some of the most accomplished faculty the institution has ever seen (three of our six Virginia "Professors of the Year" are Sydnor hires), increased the size of the student body, and wrote the plan that modernized the College's board of trustees.
Even though it is more than 40 years old, the most comprehensive history of the College remains the late Dr. George Stevenson's Increase in Excellence: A History of Emory and Henry College (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1963). Although no longer in print, copies are available through one's local public library via interlibrary loan. Those wishing to purchase a copy may do so by using www.bookfinder.com. It will direct one to those booksellers that have used copies for sale.
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THURSDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Urinary levels of several phthalates are associated with an increased odds of diabetes in women, according to a study published online July 13 in Environmental Health Perspectives.
To explore the association between urinary phthalate metabolite concentration and diabetes, Tamarra James-Todd, M.P.H., Ph.D., from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues used data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-analyzed urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites and self-reported diabetes from participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001 to 2008 (2,350 women aged 20 to <80 years).
The researchers found that, compared with women with the lowest levels, women with higher levels of phthalates (mono-n-butyl phthalate [MnBP], mono-isobutyl phthalate [MiBP], mono-benzyl phthalate [MBzP], mono-(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate [MCPP], and Σ di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate [ΣDEHP]) had increased odds of diabetes. Compared with women in the lowest quartile, women in the highest quartile for MBzP and MiBP had almost twice the odds of diabetes (odds ratio, 1.96 [95 percent confidence interval (CI), 1.11 to 3.47] and 1.95 [95 percent CI, 0.99 to 3.85], respectively). There were positive associations for MnBP and ΣDEHP. The association with MCPP seemed to have a threshold effect. There was a positive correlation between certain phthalate metabolites and fasting glucose and insulin resistance.
"These findings suggest the need to further explore the association between phthalates, insulin resistance, and diabetes," the authors write. "If future studies determine causal links between phthalates and diabetes, then reducing phthalate exposure could decrease the risk of diabetes in women."
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This computer simulation of a hydrogen atom shows an electron cloud sculpted to read the word "optics," a feat that is within the realm of possibility in the near future by using lasers to manipulate electrons within atoms.
According to quantum mechanics, electrons often don't occupy a single definite position but a cloud of possible positions around the nucleus. Only until the act of measurement does the electron assume a definite position. Until then, each point on the cloud represents a place where you might find the electron after measurement.
Shining an ultrashort UV laser pulse and lower-frequency electromagnetic waves on an atom can send one of its electrons to a high-lying "Rydberg state," in which it no longer exists as a cloud of charge enshrouding the nucleus but instead becomes a "wavepacket" that circles the atomic nucleus like a planet around a sun. Applying a series of pulses can create a set of wavepackets that combine with each other like water waves and cancel each other out at specific places to form patterns around the atom, such as the word "optics," in which points on each letter correspond to possible places for finding the electron after measurement.
Although neither this feat, nor the act of accurately measuring such spatial patterns, can yet be achieved technologically, Carlos Stroud of the University of Rochester and Michael Noel of University of Virginia point out that an electron in an n=50 Rydberg state (49 energy levels higher than the lowest state) has 2,500 possible states of angular momentum, and have shown that the states can be combined in many ways.
In recent computer simulations, researchers formed the word "optics" by calculating the electron cloud for a specially prepared n=50 state. In the image above, the intensity of the letters represents the relative probability for finding the electron at that place, and the color denotes the phase (relative point in the cycle) of the electron wave associated with that point in the cloud. (Image courtesy Carlos Stroud, University of Rochester, and Michael Noel.)
This research is described by Carlos Stroud and Michael Noel in the April 1999 issue of Optics and Photonics News.


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Alien Buddies – Preschool Learning Activities
iPhone/iPod touch (iPad compatible)
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- Optimal age level to introduce this the app to your child. Please note that this is just approximation, based on our reviewers' knowledge and experience. Please refer to the General Guidelines page for more details.
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themes: counting, letters, numbers, stickers, dot to dot, aliens, space
languages: English
What it is: a set of educational activities (matching puzzles, dot to dot, stickers) with the 'aliens' theme.
What you do with it: please see our video review.
What we liked: the concept, nice graphics, animations and sounds. The app is very well put together and easy to play with. Covers broad range of skills, especially for younger kids. It has a high fun factor, especially for the little aliens fans.
What we didn't like: we had a real problem finding the appropriate age bracket for this app. Visually it would suit younger kids but some of the tasks will be just too difficult for them (numbers up to 50). The app could include even more spoken clues (e.g. names of the colors in the matching activities). We would expect a little more variety in some activities and more puzzles.
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Bakersfield and Kern County are home to some of the largest agricultural and energy producing facilities in the country, if not the world. Additionally, urban development, both residential and commercial, has changed much of the area from a rural, unpopulated area to one where the impact of humans has become very visible.
One problem associated with all of this development is the loss of habitat for certain animal species. The habitat loss has become so severe that some animals have been declared endangered by either the U.S. government or California or both. As a result, developers, business persons, and residents must take care if these animals are encountered.
Here is a list of 5 endangered animals once common to the Bakersfield and Kern County areas that can now only be found in limited areas.
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Tebowmania grabs headlines from Brady
Associated Press
Posted Jan 13, 2012
The talk leading up to the the matchup between the Broncos and the Patriots is all about Tebow. If you only read the headlines, you'd think the Denver QB is the one with three Super Bowl rings. The Tebow hype has the nation's attention, but it doesnt' seem to be affecting the players.
Tebowmania grabs headlines from Brady
For his latest trick,
Tim Tebow
is making three-time Super Bowl champion
Tom Brady
disappear from the headlines.
Now, with Tebowmania in full force, the
Denver Broncos
hope to make the
New England Patriots
vanish from the playoffs when they meet Saturday night.
Photos of the devout, much doubted Denver sensation kneeling on the turf in prayer are a weekly occurrence. There are plenty of shots of him with arms thrust in the air after a scoring play.
But where are those pictures of Brady posing with supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen or with the Patriots title trophies?
That's what happens when Tebow leads the Broncos to four overtime wins in one season, capped by last Sunday's wild-card victory over Pittsburgh. For Brady, coming off one of the best of his 12 seasons, greatness is expected and not often celebrated.
''I'm never surprised at what gets talked about anymore,'' Patriots left tackle
Matt Light
said with a smile. ''I think I saw a seven-minute (video) piece on a girl that ate M&Ms while doing a handstand. That was interesting. I mean, I got into it for a while.
''I think it's just any time there's anything new - he's obviously new (and) he's done some incredible things this season. I think the hype is justified.''
If Tebow can stun the odds makers who have made the Broncos 13 1-2-point underdogs, the attention will grow heading into the AFC championship game. Forecasters are predicting the coldest day of the winter with temperatures in the single digits Saturday night.
Denver Broncos fans hold a sign in reference to quarterback Tim Tebow (15) (not pictured) against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second quarter of the 2011 AFC wild card playoff game at Sports Authority Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE
Tebow, who played four seasons at
, hasn't been in many games below 20 degrees.
''I'd say probably a handful,'' he said, ''not as many as Mr. Brady has, probably.''
The Patriots, winners of eight straight games but losers of their last three in the playoffs - the last two at home - beat the Broncos on Dec. 18 in Denver, 41-23.
New England (13-3) gave up 167 yards rushing in the first quarter and trailed 16-7 early in the second. But three Denver turnovers in that quarter were costly. Defensively, the Broncos controlled receiving stars
Wes Welker
Rob Gronkowski
, but were hurt by the Patriots' other tight end,
Aaron Hernandez
The Patriots gave up the second-most yards in the league this season, but, with Brady, they scored the third most. So pass rushers
Von Miller
Elvis Dumervil
must get to him early and defensive backs must cover as long as necessary.
Tebow won't have leading receiver
Eric Decker
, who hurt his left knee against Pittsburgh. But
Willis McGahee
ran for 1,199 yards and Tebow added 660 this season on the NFL's top rushing team.
''We can learn a little bit from our last game against them, but this is a whole new deal,'' Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. ''They're a tough team to prepare for. They give you a lot of looks on both sides of the ball.''
Tebow brought the Broncos (9-8) back from a 1-4 start all the way to the playoffs despite completing 46.5 percent of his passes with a flawed motion and losing the last three regular-season games.
But the hype soared after last Sunday's playoff victory.
On the very first play of overtime, Pittsburgh had no deep safety. All
Demaryius Thomas
had to do was catch Tebow's 18-yard pass over the middle and run the rest of the way for an 80-yard touchdown and a 29-23 win.
Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (15) warms up before the start of the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Sports Authority Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE
That cranked up the Tebowmania volume on postgame shows but not among his teammates.
''For the most part, it's not like it's something that you ask for,'' Tebow said. ''You care about going out there and trying to get better every day and trying to be a great teammate.''
And his teammates don't focus on the hype.
''It's nowhere in the locker room,'' safety
Quinton Carter
said. ''Everybody else outside of here can have fun with that. We're here to work. We're here to win. We don't think about it.''
Tebow also has gotten plenty of attention for displaying his religious views by Tebowing - the description for his kneeling - and referring to his faith.
Patriots special teams captain Matthew Slater also is deeply religious.
''I think he's doing the right thing,'' Slater said. ''I think that he's challenging other believers across the league to maybe be more open about their beliefs as well.''
Brady rarely discusses his personal feelings. He prefers to focus only on football. But there are similarities in how he and Tebow began their careers, both facing doubts about their NFL prospects.
The Patriots didn't draft Brady until the sixth round in 2000 and he became a starter in the third game of 2001 after Drew Bledsoe was injured. Tebow won two national championships and the Heisman Trophy at Florida but wasn't drafted until the 25th pick in 2010 and started just three games as a rookie amid doubts about his passing skills.
''I think everybody has a story to tell. Every player who has made it this far has had to overcome some adversity,'' Brady said. ''It could be injuries or a lack of opportunities or you're stuck behind someone else. There are very few people that get brought to the NFL ushered in on a red carpet.
''I think everybody has to fight through some things, which really, you can see kind of someone's strength of character and what they're made of when they're faced with adversity.''
Then there's the parallel between each quarterback's first playoff game.
Ten years ago, on Jan. 19, the Patriots beat the
Oakland Raiders
16-13 in the ''Tuck Rule Game.'' Brady appeared to lose a fumble with 1:43 left, but officials ruled the replay showed his arm going forward. That made it an incompletion even though Brady appeared to be trying to tuck the ball into his body.
Adam Vinatieri
then tied the game with a 45-yard field goal in the snow with 27 seconds to go in regulation and won it with a 23-yarder midway through overtime.
Unlikely? Definitely.
''That was a long time ago,'' Light said. ''I think that where we are now is drastically different than where we were then.''
But more unlikely than Tebow's 80-yarder to Thomas?
Another similarity: both quarterbacks strive to be just one of the guys, unselfish players who blend in.
In 2005, Brady posed for GQ Magazine holding a baby goat. His teammates razzed him.
And now, Tebow says his teammates tease him about his fame.
''Hopefully, they see you as a friend and as a teammate,'' he said. ''The rest of it is something that we laugh at and, sometimes, they make fun of you for.''
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"I HAD to think long and hard before deciding to give this interview. The experience is still very painful. But 1 felt that it might help other priests in similar situations."
Last year, Fr Michael finally admitted to himself that he was an alcoholic the essential first step, the experts say, on the road to recovery. lie then agreed, reluctantly, to undergo the catchall residential programme for priests and religious in difficulties run by the Servants of the Paraclete at Brownshill near Stroud in Gloucestershire.
For eight and a half years he had endured what he came to regard as an inner crucifixion, trying on the one hand to fulfil his priestly duties, while at the same time sinking further and further into a clandestine life of drinking. He even used parish money to satisfy his craving.
But at Stroud came his resurrection. He does not claim a total recovery. "I will always be an alcoholic," Fr Michael acknowledges. Yet, he says, he emerged a new man and, for the first time, a true priest.
"1 feel I came to birth at Brownshill. I made a choice there that I wanted to live. I was properly ordained there, if you like."
Fr Michael had entered the novitiate of a missionary society at the age of 22 more as a means of escaping from himself and his family than wanting to serve God, he came to realise afterwards. There had been no family history of alcoholism but he suffered verbal, physical and even sexual abuse at home. Not surprisingly, he embarked upon adult life as someone with little self-esteem and many emotional scars.
"I felt anxious, dirty, afraid and evil. For a lot of my life I just wanted to die. I even attempted suicide twice as a teenager".
Despite harbouring an image of God as someone waiting to catch him out and then deliver appropriate retribution, he made it through to ordination. His first posting was Africa.
At seminary, he explains, he had relied upon drink for confidence, but considered himself a "social drinker". Once in Africa however, he hit the bottle as he found that he couldn't cope with life as a priest.
"I still don't know to what extent people were aware of my drinking. Some would have seen
me drunk on the altar but I don't know how many would have seen it as a real problem.
"When I wanted to drink more than normal, I would make sure that I got drink into my room. If I drank in the public part of the house, 1 would do it while no one was around."
He says he became not only secretive but also angry, a cheat, someone whose value system was turned upside down. He would drink anything he could get his hands on.
Yet he refused to face up to the consequences of his actions. "I had no problem as far as I was concerned," he reflects. "Throughout this time, I had built a facade of a beautiful priest. The fact that I was a shambling drunk never entered my head."
In December 1989 he finally admitted to a fellow priest that he had a problem. Thus far he had received "gentle hints" from his superior about his condition but nothing more. Eventually, after a drinking spree that he hoped would give him the courage to kill himself, he approached his superior.
"I had gone as far as 1 could go. He told me to go home on the first available flight. 1 was asked if I would go to Brownshill. I immediately said no. I said that I only had a problem with my nerves. I refused to face that I was an alcoholic."
In the end however, he was persuaded to go to Stroud. Denial continued up to the last minute. On the train going down there, he recalls trying to convince himself that he wasn't an alcoholic. It was only after a couple of days at Brownshill, that he finally faced up to the extent of his problem. "It was such a relief to be able to be honest; to discover that I wasn't evil but sick."
The Servants of the Paraclete have been working with priests and religious experiencing difficulties in their vocation since 1947. Our Lady of Victory, Brownshill, was established in 1959. Since then hundreds of clergy from Britain, Ireland and other parts of the world have sought help.
The specially trained staff operate a stress programme and a chemical dependency programme, based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Fr Benedict Livingstone, Father Servant, says that there has been an increase in those seeking therapy in recent years. This didn't necessarily indicate a growing crisis in ministry, he stresses. "But there does seem to be a greater problem of alcoholism amongst the Catholic clergy compared to nonCatholics."
Initially for Fr Michael the programme was very painful. "I was forced to confront myself. I was afraid that there would be nothing left of me if 1 let the treatment work."
Gradually he began to develop a new way of looking at himself, the world and God. And he discovered how to come to terms with the pain of his childhood, though, he says, he sometimes still cries over it.
"I liked the man that walked out of Brownshill. 1 was still very much afraid. But I could face my problems in life without a drink."
Often he says, parishioners see priests as plaster saints above any kind of weakness. "Every problem in society is there amongst priests. And if you have a problem, the fact that you are a priest can make it worse," says Fr Michael.
He knows that somewhere out there are other priests in need of help to free them from the bottle; men enduring hidden agonies. His story, he hopes, may inspire these men to face their condition and seek therapy.
"I'll always be an alcoholic. As apart of my recovery I go to AA meetings twice a week. These give me strength and keep me sober.
Saying that I'm an alcoholic doesn't bother me now. I no longer sec an alcoholic as someone sitting in tatters on a park bench."


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Given that he has three outfits, I just exponentially increased my work. Two poses x three outfits x coloring each one.
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A Voice For The Innocent is an organization to allow people to share their stories of sexual abuse and rape to a listening ear who won't judge them and will still allow them to be as anonymous as they choose to be. There are far too many people who are out there suffering or holding in their own horrific stories for fear of judgment or shame. These people need to know that they have self worth. They aren't dirty. They aren't unfit for positive, functioning relationships. And they certainly aren't alone.
With the funds raised through this campaign, we aim to formalize A Voice for the Innocent by registering as a 501(c)3 organization, printing marketing materials to spread the word about the organization, and building an online support community. The website will include access to free or discounted counseling services, information about local law enforcement, and a list of phone numbers and websites to further help those who need it. We will also provide statistics to help inform people of this extremely prevalent problem and hope that they can then educate those around them.
We will also be hosting local events in our hometown of Cincinnati, OH and really trying to get our name and cause out into the communities. Once we make a strong presence locally, we hope to begin growing throughout the region and the rest of the country. When people start talking, this is when true change can actually happen. As a victim myself, it is extremely important to me to hear the raised voices of these people. I want to turn ashamed victims into proud survivors.
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Peach Crisp
Perfectly sweet, this crisp is the best possible way to savor the dog days of summer.
If there's anything better than absolutely ripe, juicy peaches, we don't even want to know about it. This crisp pairs the sweet gems with a warm, homey crust, which is a fairly unstoppable combination. Top with a scoop of Vanilla Frozen Yogurt and be ready to slip into a glee-induced coma.
Serves 6
What You Need:
1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon + 1/8 teaspoon salt, divided
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup pear or apple juice concentrate
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
6 peaches, pitted and sliced
1/2 cup dates, roughly chopped
1/2 cup almonds, roughly chopped
What You Do:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon salt, and slowly pour in 1/4 cup of oil. Set aside.
2. In an 11x7 baking dish, stir together remaining 2 tablespoons oil, vanilla, ginger, lemon juice, juice concentrate, sugar, cornstarch, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt. Add peach slices, and toss to coat thoroughly. Stir in dates. Sprinkle in almonds, without stirring, and then top with oat mixture.
3. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until browned and bubbly. Let rest at least 10 minutes before serving.
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