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Coming up with a good name for your band is crucial. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but it's hard to imagine Coldplay becoming the vanilla-rock powerhouse it is today as Pectoralz. That said, if one of the world's most famous bands started out with a name that godawful, then there's ho ... More >>
Kristin Dennis of electro-pop outfit Née slides a Stiegel Radler across the Fortune Teller Bar's wood rail and recounts, "Sam Coffey and I were just walking down the neighborhood alleys, really hot and wanting to swim really bad. We had no pool. And no money." It's an introduction that mirrors an u ... More >>
The 2014 Riverfront Times Music Showcase will be held this year on June 7 in the Grove! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music will be making our cases for all 140 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year ... More >>
The 2014 Riverfront Times Music Showcase will be held this year on June 7 in the Grove! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music will be making our cases for all 140 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year ... More >>
Charlie Brumley (of the Educated Guess) and Chris Phillips of (Bear Hive) move through Memorial Presbyterian Church as though eyes are on them. "I can't walk through his hallway by myself," says Phillips, as he checks behind and around Brumley and himself. "It seems like it is haunted, but I've wo ... More >>
In this week's print edition, we make the case that the St. Louis music scene is more than just alive and kicking -- it's absolutely thriving. Local acts are grinding out shows and creating brilliant tunes that music lovers around the world would dig. For just one timely example, check out "Christma ... More >>
We often wonder if every St. Louis musician made some kind of blood oath on Dec. 31, 2012, promising to grind out a gazillion shows and EPs over the next twelve months. Their joy over surviving the Mayan apocalypse is the only way we can explain how 2013 was even more fan-freaking-tastic than usual ... More >>
It's Thanksgiving on Thursday, so plan accordingly! Née and Middle Class Fashion host a post-holiday spectacular to make the most of the weekend. Throughout the week, plenty of fun awaits including the next Tower Groove Records split 7" release, a CD release party for Noisy Boyz and a the Lion's Da ... More >>
It takes twenty stomps to ascend the white staircase to David Beeman's Native Sound Studio. Only after one navigates a bar in the midst of construction are the stairs visible. Two confused, yet affable builders stare bemused. The bespectacled nods left and says, "You just go up those stairs. Don't t ... More >>
At first glance, Jungle seems like an appropriate title for Middle Class Fashion's new CD. On the band's two previous records - a self-titled EP and 2012's Girl Talk - lead singer/pianist/songwriter Jenn Malzone proved to be an expert at evoking tangled, awkward situations. So Jungle is supposed to ... More >>
A Philadelphia native who has taken root in St. Louis, singer-songwriter Jeremy Joyce has released more than his fair share of wax in the first half of 2013. For his debut full-length Sleeping with the Devil, Joyce took his roots-driven story songs to David Beeman, the Old Lights leader who is becom ... More >>
The Fortune Teller Bar opened late last year, offering a quirky watering hole for Cherokee neighborhood frequenters. The food menu contains a small selection of hot sandwiches accurately touted as "melty slabs of satisfying snackitude." Oh, and the pickles. Our review of the Fortune Teller Bar, alon ... More >>
May 1, 2013: The time was 11 p.m. the first night I saw Chrono Man. Aimed for St. Charles, it blasted through the night in search of a cozy little domicile called the Milk Shed. Situated a stone's throw from Lindenwood University, the Milk Shed is the home of Eric Peters. At 22, Peters is still th ... More >>
It's been another steller year for live music in St. Louis, whether you were looking for the most legendary living pop artist or the quiet birth of a powerful local band. We've racked our brans and come up with our twenty favorite shows (they're listed below), but what tops your list? Was it The Ur ... More >>
Last night, Die Antwoord shifted reality for a room full of screaming Midwesterners. Arms were reflexively clutched in elation. Hands were thrown into the air. Voices were raised in a garbled mix of Afrikaans, English and swears. How have they captured our American hearts so completely? It's all abo ... More >>
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With a catchy and captivating take on electro-pop and enough smarts to marry buzzy hooks with a kitschy/glam style, Kristin Dennis turned her Née project into a must-watch act on the rise. Her first EP, The Hands of Thieves, presented a gridwork of synths and drum-machine patterns, but Dennis was s ... More >>
"I was trying on my outfit earlier [for the video release party], which is why I have on a crazy outfit right now. This is not my day wear," Kristin Dennis of Née reassures me about her purple one piece jumpsuit with gold buckled belt as we walked into Native Sound Studio. Dennis is lively as her m ... More >>
First Punch Film Productions has been busy rolling tape the last few months (well, rolling digital data). The local film company releases two new videos tonight: one from local band Née and the other for Colombian rap group, Los Calvos. Filmed simultaneously in different parts of the world, the vid ... More >>
The 2012 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is two weeks away. And if that is our own St. Louis Music holiday, then consider this the season: Throughout May, we've been making our cases for all 125 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year, introducing the nominees from one or more o ... More >>
Local music fans in the know spent last night at KDHX's massive party at the City Museum, Midwest Mayhem -- I myself had to wash my eyeballs this morning to try and purge them of the things I saw at the skatepark burlesque show. The whole event was huge, weird, fun and extremely exhausting, but ther ... More >>
Yes, these three songs, all released last week, come from Native Sounds studio. So consider this, in some very small way, an introduction to the work being done there. But much, much more important is the music itself, which speaks volumes about three bands we sincerely hope to hear lots more from i ... More >>
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Kholood EidDavid Beeman and Kit Hamon of Native Sound (and Old Lights).There comes a time when growth for some musicians means giving back to the community. For David Beeman, Kit Hamon and John Joern -- bandmates in Old Lights -- this means helping their fellow St. Louis musicians find a reco ... More >>
Welcome to the weekend. The heat wave's broken and there is no shortage of excuses to leave the house. Including Rum Drum Ramblers' vinyl release at the Gramophone tomorrow night. Stick around for the late show at the same venue for London Calling's five year anniversary party. Taylor Swift ... More >>
Welcome to Girl Walks into a Bar, a weekly Gut Check feature that spotlights local bars and bartenders. This week Robin Utz profiles the Royale's David Mueth. Below is a Q&A with Mueth followed by the recipe for Mueth's Sazerac.Robin UtzMueth strains the whiskey into a chilled glass to make a Sazera ... More >>
Cold Cave plays in the dark. Photo by Kiernan MaletskyCold Cave/Née/Half Gay The Luminary Center for the Arts May 19, 2011 You'd have thought it was the second coming of Morrissey last night: The crowd at the Luminary Center for the Arts was, by turns astounded, weirded out, perplexe ... More >>
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In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer wrote a feature on Old Lights. (Photo above by Jennifer Silverberg.) The band's limited-edition vinyl LP, Every Night Begins the Same, is available today on St. Ives. (Order here.) Schaeffer describes the band's sound thusly: Old Lights' ascent is first an ... More >>


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Award-Winning, 100% Organic Food for Babies & Kids that's Good in Every Sense
While camping with his kids, Paul Lindley needed delicious, nutritious, and convenient foods to satisfy his picky eater, Ella.
Driven by the desire to show Ella and her brother, Paddy — along with their generation – that healthy food can be fun, tasty, and cool, he came up with the idea of Ella's Kitchen. Soon after, Lindley left his deputy position at Nickelodeon to focus on his mission.
Ella's Kitchen – which now holds several awards – takes 100% organic, simple ingredients and packages them in a way that connects with babies and kids (ages 4 months to 4 years). Everything from the bright colors, easy-to-grab pouches, and product names attract little ones and help them develop healthy eating habits from the start.
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There are no additives (not even water!) — just pure, organic ingredients.
And, in addition to making good food, Ella's Kitchen does their best to be good in every sense, including supporting a healthy environment and giving back to communities.
Today, we're offering 20% off your next Ella's Kitchen order (and free 2-day delivery for orders over $35!). Simply sign up for PlumDistrict.com, and then head over to Ella's Kitchen on the Diapers.com website to place your order. At checkout, enter the discount code EKDIAPERS (code expires 5/30/13), and please note that there is a limit of 1 code per household, and a max discount of $20. Happy eating, little ones!
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22nd annual Great Falls Balloon Festival
This 3-day hot air balloon festival is one of the largest in northern New England with live stage entertainment, carnival rides, craft and trade vendors and more. Location: Lewiston/Auburn
8/15/14 — 8/17/14
315 Lisbon Street Lewiston, ME US 04240
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The Great Falls Balloon Festival is hosting its 22nd annual celebration August 15–17, 2014, in Lewiston/Auburn, Maine, with a pirate-themed weekend called "Swashbucklin' in the Sky".
From Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston, Maine, enjoy the sight of dozens of hot air balloons as they take to the skies over the Androscoggin River and the rocky Great Falls. This year, Pegleg Pete and Sunny Boy are the special shapes headlining a weekend of hot air balloons, food, entertainment and fun for all ages.
Admission to the festival is free, though some activities may require a fee. Launches are scheduled for 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., Friday–Sunday, weather permitting. When the balloons aren't overhead, there is still plenty to do: food booths serve everything from fried dough to taco salads—including pancake breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday—all run by volunteers from local nonprofits. Craft and trade booths invite browsing and a children's area entertains everyone from toddlers to tweens. A variety of live music can be enjoyed throughout the day and night on stages at Simar-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston and Festival Plaza in Auburn. Carnival rides, a parade and lots of activities round out the weekend's events. And don't miss Family Fun Day on Sunday with free face painting, balloon twisting and more!
FMI: visit www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org, follow the festival on Facebook and Twitter, or call (800) 639-6331.
Balloon launches are scheduled for 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday (weather permitting).
Festival hours are: Friday 4 p.m.–10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.–10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
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She has a young daughter.
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She wrote a ridiculously adorable book called Baby Penguins Everywhere (Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers, 2012), inspired by said daughter and hat.
In it, a lone penguin finds a hat adrift among the ice floes. Out of it pops a baby penguin and, in sequence, another and another and another until there were baby penguins everywhere.
I didnt really know this story was about my becoming a mom until after it was done, Melissa explained at an author event at Books of Wonder in New York (at which she shared the topper that inspired this book). And to your child it wont be. To your child, it will be a whimsical charmer about a great big fun-loving family.
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Whether his success was generated by a Friday morning visit from Alabama assistant coach Lance Thompson or a heated halftime sermon from his Signal Mountain coach, Reese Phillips responded.
The senior quarterback blazed the Eagles' comeback trail in a 28-18 victory over Polk County.
"I was on his hide at the half," Signal coach Bill Price said. "The type player he is, I expect a lot, and he performed in the second half like I expect."
Phillips, who committed to Kentucky back in the summer, agreed to an unofficial Alabama visit when the Crimson Tide host Mississippi State, and it's likely that he'll take sophomore tight end Harrison Moon with him.
"I'm still committed to Kentucky and I might not talk with someone else, but we're talking about Alabama. I'm honored they are even talking to me," Phillips said.
The 6-foot-3, 220-pounder overcame a handful of drops to complete 21 of 32 passes for 256 yards and a touchdown and ran for two scores, all as the Eagles overcame an 18-7 halftime deficit.
"He's a good player," Polk coach Derrick Davis said. "He's the kind that can throw it in there even when you know it's coming, and that's what separates great quarterbacks from good quarterbacks."
The District 7-AA team scissored Polk County's win streak at five games. The Wildcats lead District 5-AA and return to league play in a big game against Sequoyah.
"Their depth hurt us, but they did a better job than we did," Davis said of the Eagles. "We fought hard and they just have too much depth."
Eagles fullback Elijah Turnage ran for 61 yards and his first high school touchdown. A defensive lineman most of his career, the senior was filling in for James McClellan, who suffered a hip injury early in the first quarter.
Polk big-played its way into the 11-point halftime lead on a 68-yard pass from Josh Silas to big fullback Zach Miller and two scoring runs from Miller, a 6-1, 225-pound junior who finished with 125 rushing yards and double digits in tackles.
"That was really a typical game for him. He's our go-to guy," Davis said.
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. — As re-enacted war raged several miles away, tourists strolled a commercial strip of Gettysburg to survey T-shirts, hats and other trinkets to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War's pivotal battle.
More than 200,000 people — including thousands of re-enactors — are expected to visit this small south-central Pennsylvania town through Fourth of July weekend to mark the milestone.
And it's a prime opportunity for vendors to make some money.
Sightseers can pick up one of the many incarnations of "150th Anniversary" T-shirts at stores along about a two-block stretch of one of the main drags in town, Steinwehr Avenue, less than a quarter-mile from the Gettysburg National Military Park. One store, in between two shops that promote ghost tours, had "Army of the Potomac" and "Army of Northern Virginia" athletic department shirts among offerings hanging on its porch.
A few visitors said they aren't comfortable with the consumerism in town.
"I don't like the commercialism. I think they can do a lot less of it," said Richard Gow, 65, of Binghamton, N.Y. Dressed sharply in a gray uniform, Gow was portraying noted Confederate Gen. Lewis Armistead outside the American Civil War Wax Museum.
Then Gow — himself a U.S. Army veteran who served during Vietnam — looked toward the battlefield, just down the road. That is where the self-proclaimed Civil War buff, who said his family ties trace back to Confederate Major Gen. John Gordon, said visitors can find what's really important.
"It's the grounds," he said reverentially, referring to the fields and hills where up to 10,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War's pivotal conflict. "It's an honor to be here."
Federal forces turned away the Confederates during fierce fighting on July 1-3, 1863, ending with the South's ill-fated Pickett's Charge across an open field against Union soldiers.
But making money on Gettysburg isn't new. In fact, profiteers went out to scour the battlefield, after the fighting was over, to search for relics to sell, said Peter Carmichael, professor of history at Gettysburg College.
Soon after the war, a brothel was established on Little Round Top, the hill that was the sight of key fighting later made famous in the 1974 Pulitzer Prize- winning novel, "The Killer Angels," and the 1993 movie "Gettysburg." That's long gone, too, with the National Park Service overseeing the land now.
"The battlefield in many ways is much less commercialized than it once was," Carmichael said Saturday.
George Lomas, owner of The Regimental Quartermaster store on the busy commercial strip said he's been gearing up for this week for months. His business primarily attracts re-enactors looking to buy period military jackets, shirts and belts along with bayonets and muskets.
Smaller tables near the front door carried 150th anniversary T-shirts and more kitschy items like a pen shaped like a mini-drumstick inscribed with "Civil War."
Re-enactors have been streaming in this week, Lomas said, but he also sells items for tourists.
When asked about people who may think Gettysburg is too commercialized, Lomas said, "That happens. That's business. I don't think it's over-commercialized. Of course, I'm prejudiced."
He noted how a stretch of road along the actual battlefield actually became less commercialized. He was referring to the Park Service's efforts in recent years to rehabilitate major areas of the battlefield to make it better resemble the territory soldiers encountered 150 years ago.
One of the changes involved removing a motel that that once stood across the street from a monument for Ohio soldiers. The rehabilitation process grew out of a master plan in 1999 that didn't set the 150th anniversary as a deadline — though park officials say it was a welcome and timely coincidence.
The Killer Angels, written by Michael Shaara, and the Gettysburg movie have been credited with increasing interest in the war in recent decades. Shaara died in 1988.
His son, Jeff, himself a bestselling author whose "Gods and Generals" was the 1996 prequel to his father's classic, was signing books at the wax museum Saturday morning. He said he saw commercialism as a way to help the community pay for the taxes that in turn paid for infrastructure.
Shaara said other scenes in and around Gettysburg this anniversary week had to be taken into account, like lines of Boy Scouts eagerly going through the National Park Visitors Center; or dedicated history buffs wearing wool uniforms on a sunny summer afternoon marching in detailed formations to recreate the fighting.
"There are a myriad of draws of why people come here. The commercialism? We're a capitalist society. You're free to open a store and sell whatever it is you want to sell," he said. "But to me, it doesn't destroy what's here. It's sort of a necessary part of it."
Many other visitors said modern Gettysburg strikes the appropriate balance between capitalizing on its notoriety and paying reverence to the conflict: No amusement parks, no roller coasters.
"This kind of brings history alive," said Dave Gish, 54, a pastor from Wilton, Conn., who took photos of a re-enactment between Union and Confederate cavalry featuring hundreds of horses. "It's the kind of thing where this is pretty much what you're coming for."
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — An opening volley of musket fire ushered in the start of the milestone commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg on Friday, 150 years after the Union Army turned away a Confederate advance in the pivotal conflict of the American Civil War.
Wearing period uniforms, thousands of Civil War buffs gathered on a private farm outside the actual battlefield to take part in the battle re-enactment considered the pinnacle of the hobby. The sights and sounds of faux warfare are also a big draw for visitors — about 200,000 people are expected to descend on the small, south-central Pennsylvania town during a 10-day period that started Friday.
"Troops moved correctly, scenarios were done as designed, with only a few flaws," Terry Shelton, the Confederate "commander" said in a confident voice befitting of a general. "There was a lot of planning."
It was one of two re-enactments planned to commemorate Gettysburg, the war's bloodiest conflict with up to 10,000 killed and 30,000 wounded July 1-3, 1863. The National Park Service's official ceremonies begin Sunday.
The events are years in the making after being jointly planned by the Park Service and a host of community organizers and volunteers. It's a lot of work to welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors to a town of 7,500 people.
The Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau set up five temporary welcome tents around town in addition to its two permanent facilities. Satellite parking areas and shuttle bus service are in place for the expected crush of drivers. Cellphone coverage is expanded to accommodate social media enthusiasts.
And don't forget the portable toilets.
"There are literally hundreds in this community," said visitors bureau vice president Stacey Fox.
So far, so good.
"Today, Day 1, seems to be going off very, very well," Fox said. "Everyone seems to be happy."
The Blue-Gray Alliance re-enactment group opened the schedule Friday with its first of three days of battle re-creations. Organizers expected about 10,000 participants to take part.
They began with a detailed, three-hour re-enactment of the battle's first day, when Union cavalry looking for the enemy encountered Confederate infantry. Other re-enactors took part in living history presentations, such as the demonstration of a Confederate field hospital at the Daniel Lady Farm.
Across the street, in a field doubling as the parking lot, Michael Sipes took care of his brown horse, Dale, before pulling on his gray wool cavalry topcoat to get lunch. He's portraying Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early — it says so on his business card. Sipes, 61, a gun shop owner from Hanover, does living history appearances regularly, too.
First, though, he had to finish a chore.
"Who thought a general would be cleaning up his own horses," he asked while shoveling waste out of the trailer.
Sipes, a descendant of a Confederate veteran, said he prefers smaller-scale re-enactments, though welcomes the opportunity at Gettysburg this year to teach history.
"If you don't know your past, you won't know your future," he said. "If you forget about your past and you don't know where you came from, you won't know where you're going."
Wearing a white smock over his dark vest and white dress shirt, Henry Trippe relished his role as a Civil War surgeon and answering questions about treating injuries and amputations.
Trippe, 59, a sales clerk from Ypsilanti, Mich., brought his own collection of scalpels, knives and anesthetics including powdered morphine.
Or at least, white power made to look like morphine.
"I do not have a drug permit," he joked to visitors. "Do not report me to drug enforcement."
The Park Service programs begin with a Sunday night ceremony. Another re-enactment held by the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee is scheduled on a farm north of town July 4-7. Re-enactments are held on private properties.
Apps mix history and technology
PHILADELPHIA — At the 150th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Gettysburg, many Civil War re-enactors will eschew the use of modern technology, but scores of tourists will embrace it.
More than 5,700 Foursquare users have checked in at sites in the historic borough; more than 16,000 Facebook users have liked it. And in the weeks leading up to the anniversary, apps that offer maps and information about key battle spots have surged in popularity.
Garry Adelman has been a licensed Gettysburg battlefield guide for 19 years and has recently moved his high-energy tour into the realm of the smartphone. The project was initiated four years ago by the Civil War Trust, a nonprofit battlefield preservation group where Adelman is the director of history and education.
The group has since released 11 free Battle Apps for the iPhone and Android. Guides like Adelman appear in videos in the apps, telling the stories behind the historic sites where smartphone users are standing.
Old photos show how a landscape looked during the war. And when a tourist points a smartphone camera toward some history, virtual signs appear to show what's what.
"In-person historical interpretation, where you can answer people's questions, will always be superior to a touring product on your phone," Adelman said.
The problem, he said, is there often aren't enough tour guides to serve the number of Gettysburg visitors.
For a week like the upcoming celebration, Adelman said, "it's not even close."
National Park Service rangers and guides will offer many tours of the battlefield this week. Otherwise, before smartphones, visitors to Gettysburg could hire a private guide, take a bus tour or drive the battlefield on their own guided by an audio tour from a CD.
Adelman said products like the Battle Apps fill the space in between, and that's proving to be a big space. According to Michael Bullock of NeoTreks, the company that develops the apps with the Civil War Trust, downloads of the Gettysburg iPhone Battle App have recently surged.
"Gettysburg has always had strong downloads in the past," Bullock said, "but it's increased significantly in the last month or two."
When Jim Percoco, a now-retired high school history teacher, brought his class to tour Gettysburg using a Battle App in October 2011, the reactions from students were mixed, he said.
"For these kids, they need a person to interact with," he said. After the tour, Percoco's sense was that some of his students would "rather interact with a warm body than a phone screen." Other students, though, seemed to engage with the app's multimedia features.
"It can bring the experience to a whole new level, if you're into that sort of thing," Percoco said.
Adelman noted that new technology was a big part of the Civil War itself. He cited the mass production of photographs and weaponry as examples. But whether visitors are following Adelman through the battlefield in person or through their handheld devices, he said, "We're getting people to say, 'Aha! That's what it was like."'
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"Released FBI documents reveal plans to assassinate Occupy Wall Street Leaders With Snipers
Jason Leopold, an investigative journalist for Truth-Out, has obtained FBI documents through the Freedom of Information Act relating to Occupy Wall Street. Most of the pages in the documents are redacted, and show concerns of cyber threats against the financial sector. However, there are questions of assassination plots against Occupy activists in Houston, Texas. Because the documents have redactions, it is not clear who or what group was planning the assassinations.
On page 61, the section reads: An identified [redacted] of October planned to engage in sniper attacks against protesters in Houston, Texas, if deemed necessary. An identified [redacted] had received intelligence that indicated the protesters in New York and Seattle planned similar protests in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin, Texas. [Redacted] planned to gather intelligence against the leaders of the protest groups and obtain photographs, then formulate a plan to kill the leadership via suppressed sniper rifles. - (Deadline Live)
If we judge progression so far by using the German time-line, then this would probably be 'the reign of terror' - assasination of all opposition.
Snipers on the roof has been a tactic used in the other theatres of war and was a large feature of the Libyan terror zone - but there, they targetted ordinary civillians in order to lift the terror level in the population to a fever pitch.
Such assasinations in the USA would cause the pandamonium needed to begin round ups - it all depends on who has the label 'tewawist' stuck on them.
Its dreadful, isnt it? The march towards world domination continues apace - but will this sort of terror 'save the planet'?
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Iran Outlaws Nobel Laureate Human Rights Group
Human rights groups are calling on Iran's government to immediately reverse its decision to outlaw the Center for the Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), an organization co-founded by 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi. According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Ministry of the Interior issued a statement on August 3 defining CDHR as an illegal organization, saying that the group had never obtained the proper permit. The Ministry stated that "violators will be prosecuted accordingly," according to Amnesty International, which has also condemned the Iranian government's action.
UN Considering New Multilateral Agency for Women
A position paper advocating the development of a multilateral UN Agency for women was submitted to a UN panel last week. The position paper, entitled "Gender Equality Now or Never," was written by Paula Donavan senior advisor on women's and children's issues in the office of Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa.
Woman Sentenced to Six Years for Attempted Clinic Bombing
A Louisiana woman was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for leaving an incendiary device outside of a clinic in Shreveport, Louisiana last December. Patricia Hughes, 25, pleaded guilty last month to leaving an ignited Molotov cocktail bomb near the entrance of the Hope Medical Group for Women. The bomb consisted of a bottle filled with gasoline, a rag, and a candle. It caused minimal damage to the clinic and did not interrupt the clinic's services.
The maximum sentence Hughes could have received was 40 years in prison. Because of her guilty plea, she was able to reduce that sentence. Hughes' boyfriend, Jeremy Dunahoe, 19, pleaded guilty to being an accessory to the crime. He is scheduled to be sentenced today.
Minimum Wage Bill Falls Four Votes Short In Senate
Democrats in the Senate were successful in blocking the minimum wage-estate tax break bill from coming to a full vote in the Senate. Republicans had tied a $2.10 minimum wage increase over three years to a permanent decrease in the estate tax and a tax break package that would have given bonus tax cuts averaging $1.3 million to the 8,000+ richest estates in the country. The bill fell four votes short of the necessary 60 to end debate and move to a full Senate vote, where it only would have needed to pass by a simple majority.
"The bill was a wolf in sheep's clothing," said Alice Cohan, political director of the Feminist Majority. "The Republicans are trying to pass a tax give-away to the wealthy as a trade for barely increasing the minimum wage."
Democrats Block Teen Endangerment Act from Reaching Conference Committee
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) used a procedural move yesterday to block the recently passed Teen Endangerment Act from being sent to a Congressional conference committee to reconcile the House and the Senate versions of the legislation. Sen. Durbin is concerned that Senate Republicans who were sent to serve on the conference committee would be likely to pass the House version of the legislation, which is considered much more restrictive than the Senate version. The House version would penalize physicians who perform an abortion on a minor, knowing she did not comply with parental notification/consent laws.
South Dakota Law Could Identify Abortion Providers as Murderers
A new memo released by a South Dakota State Medical Association (SDSMA) lawyer concludes that under the changes to the state's homicide laws in 2005, abortion providers could be charged with murder should the recently passed abortion ban take effect.
On Shirley M. Tilghman
Shirley M. Tilghman, President of Princeton University, is quite unlike her peer presidents at other Ivy League universities throughout the country. As a woman scientist, Tilghman has advocated expanding the student body at Princeton to include students who might not have had the opportunities that over 50% of the current student body has but have still managed to excel and seeks to change the system of the Eating Clubs to alter their homogeneous selections. Furthermore, she opposes the Academic Bill of Rights.
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Portugese Court Charges Doctor and Women for Illegal Abortions
Between 20,000 to 40,000 illegal abortions are performed annually in Portugal, and over 1,000 women were hospitalized in 2003 as a result of complications from back-alley abortions.
On Tuesday, Portuguese Court of Appeals charged a doctor and his assistant with providing illegal abortions. Three women were also charged with obtaining illegal abortions. Abortion is illegal in Portugal, with few exceptions, including endangerment of the mother's life and other specified conditions.
Tuesday's ruling is a reversal of a 2004 ruling where the doctor, assistant, three women, and twelve others were acquitted of the charges based on lack of evidence. The five convicted on Tuesday were found guilty on evidence from gynecological exams that was not admitted in the 2004 trial. The doctor was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, his assistant was sentenced to 16 months, and the three women received sentences of six months each, according to Today Online.
The Dutch organization Women on Waves traveled to Portugal in 2004 to bring attention to the nation's punitive abortion policies. Though the Women on Waves boat was never allowed to enter Portuguese waters - in fact, it was blocked by Portugal's Navy - the trip succeeded renewing the debate in Portugal about the country's restrictive abortion policies. A poll conducted shortly after the trip found that three in five voters in Portugal wanted to liberalize Portugal's abortion laws and nearly 77 percent wanted to hold a new referendum on abortion. The Feminist Majority Foundation traveled with Women on Waves to Portugal to provide security assistance.
Improvement for LGBT Workers in Fortune 500
The Human Rights Campaign has released a report on Fortune 500 companies, finding that 51 percent offer full benefits to domestic partners. In addition, 430 (86 percent) of the organizations include sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies, which is a tenfold improvement compared with 2001. The report also highlights individual state victories, such as the seven states (CA, IL, ME, MN, NM, RI, WA) that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression in the private as well as the pubic sectors.
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There is some good news for planet-hunters this week: The proposed K2 mission extension for the Kepler Space Telescope has been been approved by NASA. The approval, based on a recommendation from the agency's 2014 Senior Review, means that the Kepler mission will have at least two more years to continue its search for exoplanets, after having already found thousands of planetary candidates and nearly a thousand confirmed planets to date.
Exoplanet bonanza: Kepler confirms more than 700 new worlds
There was more exciting exoplanet news this week from the Kepler mission: the space telescope has confirmed 715 new exoplanets! This brings the current total number of such worlds to 1,766, of which 961 have been found by Kepler. There are still also 3,601 other Kepler planetary candidates awaiting confirmation.
Cassini sees meteor impacts in Saturn's rings
Meteors flashing across the sky are a common sight here on Earth, but of course they are not limited to only our planet; these bits of rocky debris, smaller pieces of asteroids and comets known as meteoroids, can be found just about everywhere in the solar system (becoming meteors when entering and burning up in the atmosphere). Now, the Cassini spacecraft has observed similar impacts occurring in another very different and far-away place: the rings of Saturn!
The winds still blow in thin but active Martian atmosphere
For any future astronauts who land on Mars, there is one piece of advice that shouldn't even need to be said: keep your helmet on! Mars has an atmosphere, like Earth, but it is much thinner than ours (and mostly carbon dioxide), and so is unbreathable by humans. However, evidence has continued to grow that Mars' atmosphere was once a lot thicker than it is now, early on in the planet's history. Recent findings from the Curiosity rover have added to that evidence, as well as showing not only how Mars has lost most of the atmosphere that it once had, but also that the atmosphere which remains is still very active.
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You may be familiar with the phrase "follow the water" when it comes to the search for life on Mars, and for good reason – any place on Earth where there is liquid water, there is life. So, logically, the best places to look for evidence of past or present life on Mars would be where there has been liquid water in the past (or perhaps even still is, underground). But now there is also another approach being taken, in terms of possible present-day habitability in particular: follow the salt.
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The Dawn spacecraft left behind the giant asteroid Vesta last September, and is now en route to the even bigger dwarf planet Ceres, but scientists are still busy studying all of the data that was sent back to Earth while it was orbiting Vesta for over a year. And as often happens while exploring these new worlds, they have made a surprising discovery: long, sinuous gullies on the walls of geologically younger craters.


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I'm quite sure I have no way of capturing the medal ceremony at the Children's Miracle Network annual "Celebration" in words.
The day is full of contradictions: amazing miracles and tragic deaths; stories of life and of loss; newfound hope and continued frustration. Maybe the most staggering contradiction of all is the people. Frail, disabled, ill children full of vitality, excitement and pride, stand next to the healthy, successful, accomplished businessmen, visibly shaken by the realness of personal vulnerability, a lack of control and the fragility of life.
The medal ceremony recognizes each of the 167 "Champions" from each of the Canadian provinces and each of the United States individually. In theory, the presenters read each child's name aloud, and the Champion walks on stage to the applause of over 1,000 spectators, shakes hands with the presenters, receives their medal and smiles brightly for the cameras. This happens about half of the time. Some of the Champion children are so excited, they miss the presenters altogether and literally run to be adorned with their medal. Some turn cartwheels; some have crutches; some have wheelchairs. All are beaming.
Some of the children, like the young lady from Hawaii, follow the process exactly as instructed. My memory of Arrianna is of a graceful, excited and happy young lady, smiling brightly for the camera…even though she relapsed a few short weeks earlier, and her brain cancer is back. MacKenzie wasn't there. The little girl who was Maryland's Champion passed away a month before the event. Her mother received the medal in her daughter's stead – to a standing ovation. I will venture to guess there was not a dry eye in the audience. But the most challenging medal winner for me to watch was the Champion from Kansas, a dear little girl named America. I have never seen a child be so happy and try so hard to smile – but be too weak and exhausted to do so.
Another poignant contradiction was the heartbroken families who are full of gratitude. "We're the luckiest family here," Those are the words of Sam, the Champion Child from Texas. "They tell us that everyone thinks they're the luckiest…but we actually are." What an amazing outlook. He does not complain about being dragged around to doctor after doctor while they were trying to diagnose him after waking up one day and not being able to feel his leg. He doesn't whine about the pain he still feels or the treatments he's had to ensure. There is no self-pity, impatience, jealousy or anger present in Sam's stories about the time he spent at the Children's Hospital. This boy is simply thankful for every way the nurses and doctors help him. I was moved.
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The medal ceremony may be the most emotional event I have ever – or will ever – experience. It was certainly not the saddest, nor was it the happiest; it was definitely the most confusing. There were times I wasn't sure if I was crying tears of joy or tears of sadness. But I was crying. And so was every other adult in the room.
In fact, I am still full of mixed emotions from the trip, but I choose to focus on the positive ones. I'm proud to be part of an industry which embraces the people helping people philosophy by wholeheartedly supporting these children. I am thankful I get to spend my days helping the credit union movement become even more involved in this wonderful cause. I am excited to help us invite our members to join us in Credit Unions for Kids endeavors. I am eager to share my experience with fellow credit union believers.
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