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H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moonSecretary GeneralUnited NationsNew York
I wish to address yesterday's consultations and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) briefings at the Security Council regarding the provocative attack by Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) against an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) unit. As I noted yesterday in my letter to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council, the IDF unit - having notified UNIFIL well in advance of its plans - was conducting routine maintenance of the Technical Fence south of the Blue Line.
Since yesterday's briefings and consultations took place hours after the incidents in question and were based only upon initial reports, the facts have become more evident, as reflected by, inter alia, statements by UNIFIL representatives. A UNIFIL spokesperson stated today: "UNIFIL established … that the trees being cut by the Israeli Army are located south of the Blue Line on the Israeli side."
Due to the severity of this attack by the LAF, Israel expects DPKO and UNIFIL to promptly conclude their briefing in an informative and comprehensive manner in order to share with the Security Council all of the available facts regarding this serious event. As the Security Council approaches the consideration of the mandate of UNIFIL, such a briefing will serve the Council in its important discussions in order to help prevent a reoccurrence of this grave incident.
In order to fully address this matter, I wish to inform you that this identical letter has been sent to H.E. Mr. Vitaly I. Churkin, President of the United Nations Security Council, and H.E. Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.
Allow me, Excellency, to renew to you the assurances of my highest consideration.
Yours trulyDaniel CarmonAmbassadorCharge d'Affaires, ad interim


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ODIN is a major god in Norse mythology and the ruler of Asgard.
His role, like that of many of the Norse gods, is complex. Odin is a principal member of the Æsir (the major group of the Norse pantheon) and is associated with war, battle, victory and death, but also wisdom, Shamanism, magic, poetry, prophecy and the hunt. Odin has many sons, the most famous of whom is Thor.
He was descended from one of the earliest gods, BOR and the giantess, BESTLA. From his throne, HLIDSKJALF, in the hall's high tower, Odin could survey all nine worlds of Norse mythology.
His ravens, HUGIN and MUNIN, brought Odin news. He gave his food to his two wolves, GERI and FREKI, for Odin needed nothing but the sacred Mead of nourishment. Odin's eight-legged steed was called Sleipnir. Gungnir was Odin's spear.
On his arm Odin wore the marvelous ring Draupnir, from which dropped 8 other rings ever 9 nights. When he rode into battle he wore an Eagle helmet and armour. When he wandered peacefully on Earth (as he often did) Odin wore a sky-blue cape and a broad brimmed hat.
Odin had only one eye asr he gave his other to Mimir in exchange for wisdom. Odin would compose poetry for he had drunk the Mead of Poetry.
Odin was also thought of as a magician for he was a master of the magic songs known as GALDBRAR. He knew the secrets of the RUNES which he had obtained by hanging himself from YGGDRASIL, the World Tree. For this reason he is sometimes called Lord of the Gallows.
Odin had another palace named VALHALLA where he entertained heroes who had fallen in battle and who would help him fight the Jotun at Ragnarok, the end of the world. But Odin and most of his warriors would be killed at Ragnarok – Odin by the monster-wolf Fenrir.
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Wolf ~ Faol ~ (pronounced Foil) ~ Intuition, Learning, The Shadow
The card shows a wolf stalking in the forest near the source of the river Findhorn in Scotland. It is the time of Faoilleach, the Wolf-month, the last fortnight of Winter and the first of Spring, generally corresponding to February. In the foreground we see snowdrops, the flower of the Druid festival of Imbolc at the beginning of February.
Faol brings a strong sense of family, faithfulness, inner strength, and intuition. But Wolf brings learning too. Sometimes you need to cross barriers, to take risks, to go beyond the limited compass of "normal" behaviour in order to learn and grow, although crossing these boundaries may seem unattractive, even painful. You need not fear the inner power and strength you feel when you spend time alone. Come to know your deepest self and even in the darkest places you will find courage and spiritual companionship.
Art and info from The Druid Animal Oracle:Working with the Sacred Animals of the Druid Tradition
Author: Philip & Stephanie Carr-Gomm
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Today (May 10), beginning at sundown, marks the first day of the month of Thargelion.
The first day of every month is a holy time, sacred specially to Selene, Apollon Noumenious, Zeus Ktesios and Herkeios, Hermes, and the other Household Deities
"Whenever Mene with slender horns shines forth in the West, she tells of a new month beginning: when first her rays are shed abroad just enough to cast a shadow…" ~Aratus, Phaenomena
May this month be blessed for all of you. May the Gods grant your homes wealth, protection, fertility, and mirth. May their eternal light guide your lives always
Emerald Rose – Freya, Shakti
May Goddess enlighten your path. Brightest Blessings)0( & Enjoy the music! An invocation to the Goddess in her many forms and faces throughout the world.
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Noone would have suspected a path here.
From a distance, if someone saw you on the path they would think you just wandering in the woods.
But there is a direction, a journey, a destination here.
Never let people tell you you are not in the right place – just because they don't see your path, it doesn't mean you are not exactly where you are meant to be and headed in the perfect direction.
Blessings in Shadow and Light
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Truth with a smile. Some of us have been there and some of you will be. Just smile.
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Charon is the grumpy old Ferryman who transports the souls of the dead into the Underworld by taking them across the River Acheron or the River Styx. Don't thank him quite yet: this was not a free service our man Charon was offering. You could only hitch a ride with the Ferryman if you had an obolus (a coin) to give him. Otherwise, you had to wait on the banks of the River Acheron for a hundred years until Mr. Grump would take you across. Make sure you bring exact change! You also weren't welcome on Charon's boat if you hadn't had a proper burial: in that case, you'd be doomed to wander the earth as a ghost, which the ancient Greeks thought was a fate worse than death. But the Greeks wised up: they were pretty obsessed with proper burial, and – don't forget about the fee – they would always place a coin under the tongue of the recently deceased.
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Sacred Space is:
Any Space designated specifically for the interaction of Individuals and The Divine Forces of this Cosmos, including but not limited to Sites for Celebrations, Individual's Personal Altars, and other Physical, Mental and Spiritual Spaces.
Sacred Space can be as small as the breath taken in during prayer, as large as a cathedral or as expansive as an ocean view.
Unless you already have a special peaceful place set up in your home I suggest you challenge yourself to create a "sacred space" somewhere within your living area. Perhaps you are fortunate enough to have an extra room you can use to retreat to when you need some time to yourself. When it is time for a child to leave the nest consider converting the newly evacuated bedroom into a sacred space rather than making it into a guest room that is only used occasionally. Do not feel as if you must wait until you have a spare room to create this space. Consider opening up any corner and building an altar there, or empty a closet of its clutter and toss a couple of pillows upon the floor for use in quiet prayer or meditation.
Once you have chosen the space, clear the entire room where your sacred space will exist (even if only a corner is being used). A fresh coat of paint on the walls might be nice. Incorporate household rules as to who is and who is not allowed into this space. Is this to be your space alone or can other family members use it when you aren't using it? Select pleasing visuals, kinesthetics, sounds, and scents for your Sacred Space surroundings.
Once your space is in place you will likely want to honor it by doing some type of ritual, be it Wiccan, Native American, casting a gypsy spell, giving a prayer of gratitude, or blessing it in whatever way best aligns with your belief system. You will soon find yourself drawn to this sacred space more and more as you seek the solace and restfulness it provides. You begin to wonder how you ever lived without this Sacred Space that offers much healing, comfort and warmth.
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Freya the Norse Goddess
Find out more about Freya Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war, wealth, divination and magic.
Freyja – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse the "Lady") is a goddess associated with love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death. Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, owns the boar Hildisvíni, possesses a cloak of falcon feathers, and, by…
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Good morning everyone well the moon is new and it time to start new project and rejuvenate old one. A time to say goodbye to The crone and welcome the Maiden, A time to celebrate and dance. So under the dark of the new moon may new light be created in all your endeavours Brightest Blessings Draco )o(/|\
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Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill. She was the favorite child of Zeus. She had sprung fully grown out of her father's head. Her mother was Metis, goddess of wisdom and Zeus' first wife. In fear that Metis would bear a son mightier than himself. Zeus swallowed her and she began to make a robe and helmet for her daughter. The hammering of the helmet caused Zeus great pain in the form of headaches and he cried out in agony. Skilled Hephaestus ran to his father and split his skull open and from it emerged Athena, fully grown and wearing her mother's robe and helmet. She is the virgin mother of Erichthnonius.
Athena and her uncle Poseidon were both very fond of a certain city in Greece. Both of them claimed the city and it was decided that the one that could give the finest gift should have it. Leading a procession of citizens, the two gods mounted the Acropolis. Poseidon struck the side of the cliff with his trident and a spring welled up. The people marveled, but the water was as salty as Poseidon's sea and it was not very useful. Athena's gift was an olive tree, which was better because it gave the people food, oil and wood. Athena named her city Athens.
Athena's companion was the goddess of victory, Nike, and her usual attribute is the owl. Athena possessed the Aegis.
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Symbols: Lamp, Light.
Characteristics: Day of creative think…1st Moon Day info:
Symbols: Lamp, Light.
Characteristics: Day of creative thinking, it's holy and magical, but sometimes it last just a few minutes. It is the first day of a lunar month, the beginning of a new moon cycle. This is a very clean (pure) day. All personal dreams and thoughts that we think on the first lunar day, good or bad, have the potential to become reality, sometimes without our further intervention.
Recommendations: Analyzing the past and your place in the world, forgiving everyone will help clean soul and get rid of many mental problems. All thoughts have to be perfectly clear. Good for thinking, planning, and visualizing final results of what we want to achieve by the end of this lunar cycle. Meditation on burning candle flame, prayers and mantras, creative visualization of what's desired as the final result, work with mental energies and thought forms is essential.
Precautions: Avoid personal contacts and group events. Physical strain and stress, exhaustion and fatigue, especially on brain and face. Be careful of what you think and make plans of, negative thoughts may have disastrous consequences. Beginning new and important actions (business) is not recommended. Just thinking, planning and visualization. Alcohol and hot, spicy food is not recommended. Sex should be avoided.
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A day for making plans and 'symbolic beginnings'. Do not push forward…Moon Day 1
A day for making plans and 'symbolic beginnings'. Do not push forward too actively in a new direction while the Moon is still invisible in the sky. Instead, try to prioritise the activity which you know will be important for you during the coming month.
Sit down at the table and work out what needs to be done. Draw up a plan and take the very first step forward. There will be other days for everything else.
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My girlfriend and I left the library together and someone shouted at us "Ohhhhh lesbians!" My girlfriend (much braver than me) shouted back "Yup!"
He responded with "need a man?"
Because our existence couldn't possibly be valid without a man it.
Myself and my brother (both of us afab trans people) were sitting at the bus stop when an older man from across the street shouts "Such pretty ladies shouldn't have such wild coloured hair! You'd look more beautiful without that." We tell him we're not ladies and he laughs at us. A few minutes later he starts crossing the street toward us, so we leave the bus stop just in case it escalates.
Walking up James Street with my brother, wearing a sweater and headscarf. A group of old men hanging out in front of the flower shop start shouting, "Hey it's not that cold out, why don't you wear t-shirts?" and "Take a little bit off, huh?" while the rest of them snicker at us. Made me wonder why they're so obsessed with seeing my arms, why should my skin be public property?
the cannon street bike lanes were poorly designed for cyclist safety, as the painted lines don't pass thru intersections and you are disguised as a flower pot in key locations where you want to be known as a bike, not a planter… On top of that i've been harassed by men on bikes a few times on my daily commutes. they ride beside you in the bike lane and swerve in to harass you. I was nervous that one man might hit my bike with theirs as they tried to pick me up en route, so i shouted 'in front or behind me those are your options!' Of course I was called stuck up and no fun and rude and a cunt for asserting my safety there. one had an issue when i passed him. He threatened me 'you better watch out!' i hurt his manliness feelings? just let me ride!
I was out running when three guys walked out of a building on John North. One of them gave me a suggestive "helloooooo sunshine" so I stopped and turned back and asked if he was talking to me.
He took a step forward, like maybe I was going to thank him, and smiled and said yes.
"That's disgusting," I told him. "I don't want to be harassed by you while I'm out running."
"Harassed? I call you sunshine and you call that harassment?"
"Yes I do. I'm just out running. I don't want to be harassed by dirtbags."
"You think it's harassment?"
"It is harassment. For you to comment on me like that when I'm just out trying to live my life, it's fucking disgusting."
"Sorry…" (he looked shocked, if not sincerely apologetic)
"Thank you. Don't do that to women. Don't do that to girls."
And I jogged away.
My Neighbours are part of the stalking I experience in my area of town. People are always leering at me, following me. I am meant to be surrounded. Police labelled me "paranoid when I report the stalking. have no trust in the Hamilton police.
I'm being stalked by my brother who is linked to my manager, Sarah, at my workplace. Sarah destroyed a coworkers life. Its my turn now. Her axe is in my back – she made threats about people. I am one of those. And I'm afraid.
I have been dealing with a guy for almost a calendar year.
He seems to have started a 'war' when I would not cheat on his GF with him. We have never had any kind of relationship.
Every time they have a serious fight, (I assume this is the reason-?)I start seeing him a lot in passing. (stalking) I have also been cyber stalked, & group stalked.
I don't respond & right away his idiot friends start calling me, "SLUT!", give me the finger, & sometimes obscene gestures.
I also get 'drive-bys', when he or they will slow down or stop, stare @ me & then drive away.(sometimes with an obscene gesture)
They are frequently driving a few cars behind him. He goes past me, all straight faced, & then his buddies start in when I pass them.
The main idiot (leader of the pack) lives on Main St. W. opposite Whitney. He is Very tall, 30 to 40 years old, & usually has a a beard. He used to drive a very large, white older model car.
I have heard that other women have complained about him.
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Goofy Defeats Regular at GvR!
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Team Goofy destroyed Team Regular at the second annual etnies GvR of Skateboarding yesterday. Congrats to Jereme Rogers for winning, to Ronnie Creager for winning Team Goofy MVP and to Chris Cole for winning Team Regular MVP.
Final Results
Team Goofy
Jereme Rogers
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Ronnie Creager – MVP (etnies)
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Be sure to catch all of the action from the etnies GvR of Skateboarding on Fuel TV. Check the etnies site for show times and additional details.


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Continue ReadingPi Day: March 14, also 3/14, marks the day the world celebrates pi, the mathematical constant that defines the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. The number hovers around 3.14 (hence the date chosen to honor it), but its decimal places go on infinitely. Mathematicians have been chasing after π 's exact value for thousands of years, to no avail.
Obviously, something so mysterious must be heralded. Here are four ways people are celebrating the holiday around the United States.
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Welcome to Life First Training Center
Life First Training Center offers a variety of health and safety related courses including CPR, EMT, First Aid, ACLS, PALS and many more. LFTC is an approved American Heart Association Training Center. We have been serving Stockton, Lodi, Modesto, Manteca, Tracy and the surrounding areas of the northern and central California valley for well over 10 years. Classes are offered regularly at our training center, as well as, off-site locations per request. Courses are offered for all ages and are approved by OSHA and EMSA.
Our company is based on the belief that our customers' needs are of the utmost importance and our entire team is committed to meeting those needs. We accomplish this by offering high quality training and customer service at a low price. As a result, a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals. We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best service in the industry.
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Will the company also look for opportunities to invest in projects abroad?
Right now we have given the mandate to the company to look at opportunities in the domestic market. But will also explore opportunities to invest abroad.
Has the recent sharp depreciation of rupee impacted costs in the renewable energy space affecting its competitiveness?
Let us understand that import component in wind power generation is mere 10-15 % so actual impact of rupee depreciation on cost s here would be restricted to a mere 5-10%. But as far as solar goes, there would a larger impact as 60-70% of components are largely imported. We should understand that rupee depreciation has added expenditure for conventional power projects as cost of imported coal has also gone up. In solar the cost of module is going down and this would further reduce pressure from a depreciating rupee.


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Russeks was founded in the early 1900's in New York City as a fur store. Later the store evolved into a department store on fashionable Fifth Avenue selling furs and women's clothing. The Russeks store which was located at 1448 Woodward in Detroit was owned by Robert Grier and was part of the Russeks stores of New York. The president of the New York stores was a partner in the Detroit store with Grier, however after Grier bought him out, he authorized continued use of the Russeks' name.
According to a Russeks' ads that ran in Detroit, they carried "exquisite I. Miller footwear, accessories, gowns, fine furs, coats and millinery." The store was considered to be one of the elegant women's stores, and was comparable to Himelhoch's, B. Siegel, and Sax Kay.
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Since Google's Hummingbird update, we look a little more sane when voice searching through our devices.
Have you noticed fewer people angrily repeating "keywords" into their phones? Maybe, you've gradually gotten more specific with your text searches without even realizing it.
You can thank Google Hummingbird, the silent algorithm revision launched before their 15th anniversary back in September 2013.
What is Hummingbird? Google Search Then and Now
Think of it this way: Google used to pile results into bags of links labeled using "keywords", and the eight to ten most popular were right within grasp on the first page of results.
We then blindly reached in and sorted through each grouping until we got the information we really needed. The Caffeine update in 2009 was the last major algorithm change, affecting the sorting speed and integrating social signals into ranking results.
Example: Foodies like myself may have searched "best brunch" and gotten recipes, blogs, or a few restaurants in the first page of results. (Not so helpful when you're looking for a premium pancake experience.)
Along came Google Hummingbird in September 2013, named for the speed and precision with which it delivered results. To the frustration of SEOs everywhere, this was in conjunction with keyword referral data being phased out of analytics.
This doesn't mean carefully curated content has gone to waste.
The Hummingbird algorithm uses more semantic signals to match queries with web copy. Instead of a blind grab bag of results categorized under wide "keyword" labels, Hummingbird selects specific options based on combinations of in-text clues like verbs, previous searches you've made, or even your current location.
Combined with conversational search, this update is a big signal that a world of wearables isn't far off.
Example: "Where is the best place to get brunch?" returns a list of highest-rated restaurants serving brunch in your area. Your location is implicitly derived from your account information. Google realizes you're looking for a restaurant from the word "get".
Gearing Up for Tomorrow's Mobile-Dominated Landscape
Smartphone penetration in 2014 is expected to rise from 65% in 2013 to 75% this year. Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt announced, "Mobile has won."
[Tweet ""Mobile has won." - Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google"]
This was a major driver of the Google Hummingbird update. As technology shifts towards wearables, we are interacting more with our devices via voice. How should this affect the ways you work to get your content viewed, and company found by clients? According to CopyBlogger, it's now a lot more important to know your customer.
Speaking Your Customer's Search Language
A few intense hours of brainstorming, some focus groups, or customer empathy exercises will really be worth the investment. Follow these steps to bring your strategy up to speed:
- Think about unique things your company provides, and call it out. Make a list of your unique value propositions. Maybe you make some bomb chicken and waffles. Would someone craving them be able to find your business?
- Determine what the word on the street is about your company (literally). How would someone refer to your products in a conversation? As Google's algorithm gets smarter, people will speak to search like they would a friend. It's a little creepy to consider.
- Discover new ways to establish thought leadership. What kind of questions would people would ask that could lead them to your site? What could they want to know about your products and services?
- Create narrowly focused content around these insights formerly known as "long-tail phrases", or the lists you've compiled so far. The more specific to your target audience and company voice, the better.
Social Conversation Signals
Service businesses – ratings and reviews are now your best friend.
Do you serve the best damn blueberry pancakes in town? There had better be a bunch of people who publicly agree.
Get people talking online about the benefits of brunching with you over your competitors, your friendly service, or selecting those stars as frequently as possible. Google Hummingbird evaluates ratings from many sources, like Urban Spoon and Yelp, so diversify your social assets accordingly.
Talking the Talk
Trends toward voice search are a result of technology becoming increasingly integrated into everything we do.
Algorithms that learn our speech patterns and adjust to deliver more accurate results accordingly make it easier for us to find what we need to know online. The key takeaway for marketers is that we should integrate ourselves into customer conversations by speaking their language. Make it easy for everyone else (aka Google) to discover what makes you unique, and reap the benefits of increased visibility.
Read more about the future of search: Google Patented Pulling Search Results from Our Conversations
Read about Pew's recent findings on how social media connect people and brands: Six Social Conversation Structures


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Could someone, when they get a chance, try to do a solar system align during the day and see what happens? Boot as normal, when SS asks for input, scroll through align options until you get to solar system. Choose the moon or a planet. Press enter. Does it slew to where it thinks the target is or not? Try it with your old hand controller next. Does it work?
I can state unequivocally that the old NexStar controllers on my CGE and CGEM DX both behave as you're asking. They will slew the telescope to where the solar system object is expected to be. I do this all the time when I set up for solar viewing.


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JULIA ROBERTS' uses superstar legal muscle to muzzle late sister NANCY MOTES' grief-stricken fiancé – sources.
THEY'RE the messages and tapes Julia Roberts tried to hide. Since her sister's fateful demise, sources claim the actress has been on a mission to silence the one person who could potentially blow the lid off the private persecution of her sister – Nancy's fiancé, John Dilbeck, The ENQUIRER has learned.
Behind the scenes, Julia has gone to great lengths to ensure the public doesn't get to peek behind her cheery public façade, one source adds. Julia used her star power – and multi-million dollar fortune – in a desperate attempt to contain the damage by hiring a high-powered Hollywood attorney.
The legal team dragged John into court in an effort to claim ownership over Nancy's personal belongings, the source says.
They were successful.
The ENQUIRER can reveal that Julia and her mother, Betty Lou Motes, obtained an emergency order appointing Betty Lou as an administrator of Nancy's estate. A subsequent court order prohibited John from releasing a trove of information said to be in his possession.
They reportedly include dozens of emails, voice messages and writings during which Nancy branded her superstar sibling a "mean girl."
When the Los Angeles coroner declared Nancy's death a suicide, and not an accidental overdose, John went public and claimed it served as "proof that Julia was manipulating the truth" and her emotion had only been "crocodile tears."
He said Julia "persisted that this was just a drug overdose and that Nancy was a drug addict. I want everyone to know Nancy was not a drug addict." John has also claimed Julia and the family had Nancy's body cremated without inviting him to the funeral.
When approached for her thoughts about the findings of The ENQUIRER's investigation, Julia chose not to comment.


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th Two ICRC employees were abducted on the 13 of November when a humanitarian convoy returning from delivering food to the ICRC Grozny was stopped by masked armed men on the road to Ingushetia via the Garagorsk border crossing. After 5 days the hostages were released following intervention by the Chechen authorities. In the two weeks following the incident, the ICRC limited its operations to those considered as life saving, while undertaking discussions concerning security with the relevant authorites. As of December 9, the ICRC intends to fully resume its activities across the North Caucasus.
The ICRC again expresses its thanks to those authorities involved in the release of its staff, who were reunited with their families in good health. However, the ICRC remains concerned with the fate of two other humanitarian workers abducted earlier this year – Nina Davidovich and Arjan Erkel. The ICRC urges for their immediate release.
More than 500 people attended the performance of the comedy group "KVN" (popular student's theatre group) initiated and staged with the support of the ICRC on the 12th of November in the house of culture in Staropromislovsky district of Grozny. An amateur team of 10 young men performed a 2 hour performance, which presented a satirical view of everyday hard life in Chechnya and the ICRC and its mandate. In addition to comedy, popular local bands played for the university students on hand for the performance. Local television broadcast the KVN performance to the broader public. In conjunction with KVN, the ICRC is considering further such production in the future.
In November the ICRC undertakes the registration of Chechen IDPs in regions neighbouring the Chechen Republic. As part of the shift of its assistance activities into 2003, the ICRC indeed is planning to assist this population with non-food items, thereby complementing the work being done by other humanitarian organisations. Based on the IDPs lists provided by the communities, the ICRC will conduct house to house visits to collect the necessary information on the future beneficiaries' profile and verify their physical presence in Dagestan.


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I remember the first time I heard his music. I was in college, and I was sweeping my dorm room after another random night of partying. My mind was focused on the stickiness of a syrupy substance on the floor, which I'm guessing was Grenadine. I took a small break, and pulled the CD out of my bag.
The words, "Ayiti Leve" caught my attention when I first saw the cd on my parents' dining room table. My mother saw me staring at it, and she quickly told me that I would like his music. I learned that he was from our hometown, Petion-Ville, and that he is the new voice of Haiti.
Just like anyone in their late teens would, I casually borrowed the cd from my mom without her knowledge. Just by looking at the title of the album without having listened to the songs, I knew I would like him. He just seemed different from the other artists I was used to.
I inserted the disc in the player, a small boom box I had because even then, I was still not cool enough to own an ipod docking station. Hey! It got the job done, right? After I pushed play, I returned to my sweeping and organizing on the apartment. That's when I fell in love! In love with his music, and in love with his lyrics. I decided to play the song, "Ayiti Leve" on repeat. The song probably played a total of ten times before I returned to reality and realized that I was tearing up.
When I heard that he was playing again this March at Lycee Francais, I knew I wouldn't miss it for the world. That would be my second live performance I would attend. Belo is the artist I will always buy an album from. He's the artist I will always purchase a ticket for a show or concert from. He is the artist I will always try to support no matter what. Why? There are many reasons, and here are the obvious: not only is he talented, he is selfless, he absolutely loves his country, and he loves his people. You can hear and feel every emotion in his songs.
His show at Lycee Francais was very interactive and of course amazing. Some of the children at the lycee got to perform with him on stage. The entire auditorium fell in love with his music, whether they were Creole, French, or English speakers. He has the ability to connect with people in the most genuine way, and that is what makes him special. Belo is my favorite Haitian musician.
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I saw him live in Boston last Fall and it was amazing. I bought both cds.
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I have been struggling since the beginning of the month. It is hard to get back on track after the holidays. I tracked everything I ate and exercised every day, but her I am on 1/11 and I still find myself struggling to totally get back on track completely.
I feel like I need to bunker down for the Winter, fatten up for the long haul to keep warm and eat my comfort foods. But the thing is, my comfort foods aren't comforting me and deep down I don't want to fatten up like I have every winter. Spring and Summer will be here in no time at all and I want to be healthier and feel like I look better when it is time to wear shorts and t-shirts/tank tops again.
So why am I struggling? I think two many sweets and more fatty foods over the holidays helped to derail my plan. I think the couple pounds I have gained and have had struggled to take back off again have thrown me off my game. I think when I mess up and eat something I know I shouldn't, I use it as an excuse to eat something else I know I shouldn't.
Don't get me wrong, I haven't derailed completely, but just enough that I have lost my momentum and am stalled. Kind of like a car with bad fuel. I know the right thing to do, but I don't quite understand why I mess up every couple of days when I really want to succeed. I wasn't even having trouble sticking to my plan until the last couple days of last year, so why is it so hard for me to get back in the swing of things? I'm still exercising every day, but my food choices are inconsistent day to day and it seems difficult for me stay on plan more than 2-3 days.
Maybe I need to spend a little time reviewing my goals, saying some positive affirmations and refocusing on that I still need to continue to put myself first this time. I know as my knee has steadily improved post operation, my day to day responsibilities are greatly increased and I have fallen back into old habits. Perhaps it is time to make some new habits to replace those old ones so that I can get back on track. I know I don't want to look back in a month or two and still feel this way so I need to do this now.
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I think you're thinking along the right track -- that you need to focus on you no matter what's going on around you. It's not selfish - it's smart! Pick one thing to focus on and then just do it for several days ....then if you think you need to, move on to another or just focus still on that one thing til it's more of a habit. (but I've found and perhaps you have too...those things that are 'good' for us tend to be tentative habits at best!)
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October 3, 2008 - Joselyn King
After Thursday night's debate, you have to wonder how Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is going to handle those "filters of the main stream media" through the election -- and after if she wins.
The pundits talked about her after the debate,and they'll continue to discuss her in the coming days, months and years probably.
She's just going to have to learn to deal with it like a grown up politician.
When I fill out my tax return, I don't change the questions asked on the form. Iinstead of reporting gross income, I don't instead list the price of the dream house I inspire to down the road.
I don't substitute for the question the words, "It's my American dream. I hope to achieve it."
Is it really too much to ask elected leaders in government to answer a few pointed questions and be responsive to a public that pays taxes?
Palin wants to take her message directly to the people. Didn't she do that last week in two interviews? People heard her directly answer the questions. There were no filters.
And her responses became fodder on Saturday Night Live.
Jumping back to Thursday night's debate, she suggested that the role of the vice president be expanded. I wonder if as the potential president of the Senate, if she might not want to unplug those pesky C-SPAN cameras?
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The United States has rejected a UN treaty under consideration at a global telecommunications conference in Dubai, arguing that this could lead to state censorship and regulation of the internet.
"We've made clear that we will not accept any treaty text that includes provisions related to internet regulations," the State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily news conference yesterday as the US representative attending the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai announced the country's decision not to sign the telecommunications treaty.
"We have strongly supported efforts to expand international telecommunication services. So we very much regret that instead of working on that latter dossier, instead of focusing on promoting innovation and market growth in the telecom space, this conference has gone in the wrong direction," Nuland said.
During his intervention at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai yesterday, Ambassador Terry Kramer said the United States cannot support an ITU treaty that is inconsistent with a multi- stakeholder model of Internet governance.
"As the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) has stated, this conference was never meant to focus on internet issues; however, today we are in a situation where we still have text and resolutions that cover issues on spam and also provisions on internet governance," he said.
The United States, he said, continues to believe that Internet policy must be multi- stakeholder driven.
"Internet policy should not be determined by member states but by citizens, communities, and broader society, and such consultation from the private sector and civil society is paramount. This has not happened here," Kramer said.
The US decision was welcomed by lawmakers.
Senator Claire McCaskill, who led a bipartisan effort in Congress to keep the Internet free of foreign regulation, welcomed the decision.
"I'm proud of our delegation. They stood up for the idea that the Internet a crucial tool for the spread of freedom and the expansion of the global economy shouldn't be controlled by international organisations or foreign countries. It's unfortunate that other nations couldn't make the same commitment, but that shouldn't affect our resolve," he said.
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I prefer methods that don't give the impression that I think the stays are mostly loaded in tension. I do like the wraped method on traditional frames I see.
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Athens, GA - Amber McDermott of Mill Creek, Wash., and Maddie Locus of Sugar Land, Texas, have signed national letters of intent with Georgia, head swimming coach Jack Bauerle announced on Wednesday.
McDermott is considered the nation's No. 1 prospect, according to CollegeSwimming.com. She competes for Cascade Swim Club and is coached by Tom Pardee. McDermott is the country's top senior in the 200, 500 and 1,000 freestyle and the 200 backstroke. She also is ranked No. 2 in the 400 individual medley. McDermott represented the United States in the Junior Pan Pacific Games last summer.
"We couldn't be happier about having Amber join our program," Bauerle said. "She's one of the very best swimmers coming out. She's a great young lady with a great attitude. She will help us a lot. I expect to see her competing for many national teams."
Locus attends Fort Bend Dulles High School. She swims for First Colony Swim Team and is coached by Allison Beebe. Locus won the 5A state title in the 50 freestyle and came in second in the 100 freestyle. Locus was the National Club Swimming Association junior national champion in the 50 freestyle and was named to the NCSA All-Star Team. She is a two-time High School All-American and a three-time Scholastic All-American.
"Maddie is a great prospect who will be able to help us out in so many ways," Bauerle said. "She's also an exceptional student. We are looking forward to having her represent Georgia in the classroom and in the pool."
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In 1999 when Black Rob stormed onto the scene as one of the new voices of Bad Boy records who would have thought that BR would define himself through the cult classic "Whoa" from his Platinum debut album Life Story. To this day the song is still a heavy club banger.
Black Rob's latest installment, The Black Rob Report, is full of what else...BR's life stories. BR starts off with "They Heard I Got Life." Some of us heard the rumor that sparked the making of this song. It was said that BR had gotten life in prison because of his run-ins with the law and obtaining his fourth felony a while back. Evidently the rumors weren't true.
BR then blazes another tight joint with "Watch Your Movements" featuring Akon, who has seemingly become the master hook man in recent months. Shining with everyone from Styles P to Young Jeezy and making nothing but hits. This song should be no different. It's very melodic and catchy. It's simply made to sing along too. Then BR hits us with some classic sounding BR material, "I'm A Star In Da Hood" The track borrows an old Wu Tang/Cappodonna sample and BR spits about fallen soldiers, drug money and being a star in the hood. BR spits, it's all good now Dre wanna produce me/ I turned up the heat and got'em sweatin' profusely/... I only got myself to blame/ fam if u was locked down in '89 then you felt the pain/ shit HDM was no party/ I did four straight came home and ain't tell on nobody/ what am I- I'm a Star In The Hood/.
BR even returns with funny skits reminiscent of his first disc. In one scene BR is pulled over by a racist officer and when he tells the officer "Im Black Rob" the officer replies "I'm White Cop." Well, White Cop is back harassing BR again and all BR is doing is trying to find the Bypass on "Where Da Bypass At."
The banger "Ready" is in heavy rotation as of now in video and radio outlets and once again BR gives u nothing but raw notes and listening to this track shows us why Diddy refuses to let him get away from Bad Boy. Black Rob tones it down a little bit on "B.L.A.C.K." but he also keeps the song full of hood stories laid over a smooth piano filled track.
"When You Come Home" featuring Rhea is another testament to BR's love and hate for his woman who was with him through all of his crazy life stories, jail stints and other complications. Rob spills his guts on this track and shows that thugs can love too. "You Know What" features The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan on the hook. BR could have given this one a little more in-depth verbal juice to match the words of the Minister. "Y'all Know Who Killed Him" features Biggie on the hook, which is a good thing, but the track just doesn't have enough life for the notes that BR spits.
The surprise of the album comes in the form of former Da Band member Ness on "Fire In Da Hole." Ness and BR trade verses over a simple, bouncy track which does nothing for the club or dance floor, but makes you want to analyze the lyrics.
Former Da Band members Chopper and Ness pop up again on "Team." Chopper is officially a problem. This kid has stepped up his lyrical game so much that he is definitely next to blow from the Bad Boy camp. Mark my words this kid is going to tear the game up. Everyone shines on this one but Chopper steals the show hands down.
BR closes out the disc with "Help Me Out," "Long Live BR" and "The Verdict" and from me the verdict is that this is a great return for BR, but don't expect a shiny Rolex in the air in the traditional Bad Boy sense because BR is not that type of cat. No shiny suits for this dude at all. He is Black Rob and you either love him or hate him but he will be a Bad Boy for life so don't get it twisted. He's here to stay.


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A series of controversies, among them the enlistment of a reserve officer with a criminal history, has some Bainbridge Island residents wondering if they can trust their Police Department.
On Jan. 5, 2008, the Bainbridge Island ferry dock was thick with Seahawks fans reveling in a blowout win over the Redskins when a burly man in a Lofa Tatupu jersey bulled his way through the crowd.
The man, Charles Arntz, 36, had been drinking before, during and after the game.
He bumped Bruce Zwicker, a passenger in his 50s. "Move it, old man," Zwicker heard him say.
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Moments later, Zwicker was on the ground. Arntz told police he shoved Zwicker and he fell. Zwicker said Arntz picked him up — "three feet in the air" — and slammed him down, so hard he lost a filling.
Zwicker felt like he'd been "run over by a truck," according to police reports. Blood showed up in his urine. He aggravated a back injury and wound up having surgery.
One witness later told Bainbridge police that, as a stunned Zwicker got to his feet, Arntz grabbed his collar and said, "You want me to do it again?"
Three years later, the same Bainbridge police enlisted Arntz as one of their own — granting him a badge and authority to carry a gun as a volunteer reserve officer — despite a criminal history that included a misdemeanor assault charge for what happened on the ferry dock and an earlier weapons charge.
Arntz's hiring last summer is one in a string of controversies that have undermined the island community's trust in its small Police Department, with some residents questioning its personnel practices and the behavior of officers.
The state Supreme Court last year rejected an attempt by the Bainbridge police guild to keep the public from seeing records related to an officer's alleged misconduct. Before that, the guild's president was accused of harassing a City Council member.
Arntz's law-enforcement career lasted just two months. He quit after his background was leaked to city officials.
Among the revelations: When Arntz was hired, his wife was Police Chief Jon Fehlman's secretary.
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Bainbridge holds a reputation, as islanders joke, as "Mayberry with Audis."
The idyllic landscape and short ferry commute to downtown Seattle make the island a magnet for the affluent and educated. Novelist David Guterson, author of "Snow Falling on Cedars," and Russell Johnson, the actor who played The Professor on "Gilligan's Island," live there. So does Jay Inslee, the congressman now running for governor.
"It used to be all lawyers and carpenters," says Bainbridge resident Tom Hillier, the chief federal public defender for Western Washington. "Now it's all lawyers and writers."
Bainbridge is as white as Spokane, nearly as liberal as Seattle and more moneyed than Bellevue.
The Bainbridge Island Police Department has 21 full-time officers, with a budget of $4 million. Fehlman, the chief since 2009, came from the Santa Rosa and Laguna Beach police departments in California. In Laguna Beach he was a decorated officer who got hurt so often — hit head-on by a truck, leg broken by a flying bumper, grazed by a ricocheting bullet — that the Los Angeles Times called him "calamity cop."
The Bainbridge department's second-in-charge, Cmdr. Sue Shultz, was hired in April 2007 from the Bremerton Police Department. Five months earlier, Bremerton paid $12,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused Shultz of making a false report and using law-enforcement resources to check up on her then-husband's girlfriend.
An internal police investigation found insufficient evidence to sustain the allegations, but two Bremerton officers questioned Shultz's conduct, including one who said her actions didn't pass "the smell test."
Some residents say there's a divide between the department and community that didn't exist before.
Last spring, on her Facebook page, Officer Michelle Vollmer referred to an emphasis patrol for traffic offenses and wrote: "We rained terror on the island and no one was taken alive." City Council members were so taken aback that, according to City Manager Brenda Bauer, they dropped their pursuit of federal funding for a school-resource officer.
"They were not happy," Bauer says.
"It was a joke," Vollmer says. The city "made a mountain out of a molehill."
Vollmer was reprimanded for the message and later resigned over an incident in which she surreptitiously tape-recorded a meeting between Bauer and the police guild.
To improve relations, the City Council has formed a committee to gather residents' views. The council also hired a police-accountability expert to evaluate the department's procedures for handling citizen complaints. The expert found them wanting — noting, for example, that one complaint form threatened to prosecute for false reports, which could discourage people from coming forward.
For his part, Fehlman invites residents to meet with him personally and attend a Citizens' Academy that covers the intricacies of police work. He's upbeat — "I think we have an excellent relationship with the community … I think I have great cops here" — but says he's always looking for ways to improve.
A mystery commenter
After a budget meeting in October 2010, City Council member Kim Brackett drove to council colleague Bill Knobloch's home for tea with him and his wife.
The next afternoon, someone using the online name "Hunter" posted a comment on the Kitsap Sun's website, saying: "I am told that Kim Brackett went straight to Bill Knobloch's house after the council meeting. No doubt to commiserate and plan the attack to try & sway or undo the council decisions."
"Hunter" posted the same information on the Bainbridge Island Review's site.
Brackett suspected "Hunter" was Officer Scott Weiss, president of the Bainbridge police guild. When word of her suspicions reached Bauer and Fehlman, they asked the Washington State Patrol to investigate.
"Hunter," it turned out, was indeed Weiss. He told troopers he had seen Brackett's car in front of Knobloch's house while on routine patrol.
Over two months, troopers interviewed council members, city employees and police officials. Brackett told investigators: "It makes me feel like I have to look over my shoulder. … I think he's harassing me. … And he was on duty that night. That creeps me out."
As an anonymous commenter, Weiss was prolific. Some comments were silly. (On a story about two people being mooned: "Did this happen at the crack of dawn?") Some insulted city officials. (Of an interim city manager: "I don't think he changes underwear unless the council … gives him the thumbs up.") Many criticized the Police Department for being top heavy. (The number of lieutenants? "Ridiculous.")
Authorities decided Weiss' actions didn't constitute stalking or harassment. But Fehlman suspended him for a month, saying he'd damaged the department's reputation and the trust of elected officials.
Fehlman was already upset about a rumor he blamed Weiss for spreading, city records show. That rumor — the county might be taking over policing on the island — was "complete garbage," Fehlman said.
The chief also lit into his lieutenants for buying into the rumor. "This message went to the troops and sent their spirits spiraling downward," Fehlman wrote to them. "Why did you not find out the truth? If morale is in the toilet, look in the mirror and see where the problem starts."
Last year four officers were the subject of internal investigations — and three were disciplined, Fehlman says.
"When issues are brought up, we act," he says. "That may be hard, but it's different than it's been done in the past."
Bauer, the city manager since 2010, adds: "In the brief time the two of us have been here, we have responded appropriately to everything that's come to our attention, taking it seriously and moving immediately toward best practices."
The Police Department now faces another issue. In October 2010, a Bainbridge officer, Jeff Benkert, shot and killed Doug Ostling during a welfare check at his home. Ostling, who was mentally ill, was holding an ax when Benkert fired.
In a pending lawsuit against the city, lawyers for Ostling's family learned that Benkert's former employer, the Los Angeles Police Department, planned to fire him based upon a finding of dishonesty.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled decades ago that prosecutors must disclose information that could be used to impeach the credibility of their witnesses, including police officers. But Bainbridge had not alerted prosecutors to Benkert's background, so prosecutors had not alerted defense attorneys in cases where Benkert might be called to testify.
This month the state Court of Appeals, in a case out of Grant County, confronted a similar set of facts and wrote that findings of dishonesty by police must be disclosed. After learning of that decision, Fehlman brought up Benkert's background with Kitsap County Prosecutor Russ Hauge.
Hauge said he plans to review Benkert's LAPD records this week. It's possible, he said, that prosecutors will avoid having him testify in future cases. Based upon what the LAPD records show, Hauge might also notify defense attorneys in some past cases where Benkert testified, to see if they want to challenge any convictions.
"People make mistakes"
After Bruce Zwicker was hurt on the ferry dock, Charles Arntz was charged with misdemeanor assault.
Arntz signed a two-year diversion agreement. He stayed out of trouble for two years, and in May 2010, a Bainbridge judge dismissed the charge.
This was not Arntz's first run-in with the law. In August 2000, Arntz, then 29, was accused of tracking down a car after someone in it flipped him off, according to Kitsap County sheriff's reports. Witnesses said Arntz pulled a .45-caliber handgun and held it to the throat of an 18-year-old, demanding to know who had given him the finger.
Arntz told police he pulled the gun after being confronted by young men carrying pipes.
He was charged with felony assault; in a plea deal, he was convicted of a misdemeanor weapons charge. He was sentenced to 240 hours of community service in a Bainbridge park, according to Department of Corrections records.
In May 2010, days after his assault case was dismissed, Arntz successfully petitioned Kitsap County Superior Court to vacate his weapons conviction and to seal that court file.
Arntz, an employee in Bainbridge's Public Works Department, applied to be a reserve officer in early 2011. He passed a background check and graduated from an academy for reserve officers, winning the "Patrol Partner" Award from his classmates. In July he was sworn in as an officer.
Arntz's background surfaced in September, when an anonymous source began circulating a dossier of his criminal history.
"As you can imagine, Council is very, very concerned about this," then-Mayor Kirsten Hytopoulos emailed the city manager after receiving a copy.
" 'Alarming' is an understatement," wrote council member Brackett.
Arntz quit the force that same month, "because I was asked to," he wrote in an email to The Seattle Times.
He disclosed his full criminal history during the application process and passed a polygraph test that took almost four hours, Arntz wrote. The Police Department saw "that people make mistakes and that things aren't always as they appear," he wrote, adding: "I wouldn't have resigned if I knew it was going to be spun like that and made it look like I withheld information."
In response to the episode, the city retained a contractor to review the Police Department's hiring practices. Bauer, the city manager, also emailed the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office and asked it to investigate Arntz's hiring to "determine where it broke down." The report is expected soon, she said last week.
Bauer told the Sheriff's Office that Arntz's background check did not include the police reports detailing the weapons charge.
Arntz's wife is no longer Fehlman's secretary. She took a job with a police department in Eastern Washington, Fehlman said.
"Charlie was hired based on the information we got on the background check, not based on any relationships," Bauer said.
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Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] orte-restart and PATH
From: Josh Hursey (jjhursey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-03-14 05:14:47
It looks like I did not add the prefix path to the binary name before
fork/exec in orte-restart.
There is a string variable that you can use to get the appropriate prefix:
It's the same one that Ralph mentioned that orterun uses.
If you add that on there then you should be ok. You might want to check the
app-files produces use the prefix as well when referencing opal-restart.
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> That's what the --enable-orterun-prefix-by-default configure option is for
> On Mar 12, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Adrian Reber <adrian_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > I am using orte-restart without setting my PATH to my Open MPI
> > installation. I am running /full/path/to/orte-restart and orte-restart
> > tries to run mpirun to restart the process. This fails on my system
> > because I do not have any mpirun in my PATH. Is it expected for an Open
> > MPI installation to set up the PATH variable or should it work using the
> > absolute path to the binaries?
> >
> > Should I just set my PATH correctly and be done with it or should
> > orte-restart figure out the full path to its accompanying mpirun and
> > start mpirun with the full path?
> >
> > Adrian
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With all of Baseball's problems lately (steroids,the list,how much they are spending on players,the length of the season,losing to japan, depression of the cubs year in and out)
Has Football become America's Sport?
I know football is far from perfect..
I was just curious what others thought..
(I think football has taken over)
Iowa State: Anyone who's a true college basketball fan needs to see a game at Hilton Coliseum. Nice is in the DNA of Iowans and the fans here are particularly gracious -- even when the home team loses but gives a great effort, they are appreciative.
ESPN.com picked Hilton Coliseum as the "Hot Arena" in the Big 12...coaches in the league noted that, "regardless of talent, the Cyclones have a home court like no other."
Without football, life just isn't the same.
Growing up, I'd have to say baseball.
Within the last 15-20 years it seems that football has taken on a life of its own. Maybe I'm just more aware of it now. Still, I'd say football.
I know there are plenty out there that disagree.
What ever happened to truth, justice and the American Way?
Originally Posted by ISUFan22
Without football, life just isn't the same.
Agree, I can live very easily without baseball, but football that is something totally different.
TwoNine Brand
Originally Posted by nsv24
You should be banned for saying such a cursed thing.
Side note: I hate soccer with a passion and if I ever have kids they will NEVER touch a soccer ball!!!
Originally Posted by isufbcurt
Side note: I hate soccer with a passion and if I ever have kids they will NEVER touch a soccer ball!!!
At least not with their hands.
Originally Posted by isufbcurt
You should be banned for saying such a cursed thing.
Side note: I hate soccer with a passion and if I ever have kids they will NEVER touch a soccer ball!!!
Amen!! My 15 month kicked a ball yesterday and I immediately said, "no no!!"
I voted with my heart and voted for baseball, but to be honest, football is the number one sport right now.
The only way you should play soccer is if you're going to be a PK for ISU.
Today? Easily football. Not even close IMO.
Baseball is a distant second.
Basketball and hockey just fill time.
(I'm speaking mostly of the pro game here. I love college basketball above all)
Originally Posted by iowastate41089
Amen!! My 15 month kicked a ball yesterday and I immediately said, "no no!!"
It is ok to let them do a little soccer at a young age to let them improve their overall athletic skills. Just make sure they know what shape of ball is more important in the end.
I prefer basketball - but judging by how many in the US pay attention to the Superbowl, and how many pay attention to the World Series, I'd have to say football is America's sport. I honestly don't even know when the baseball season begins or ends, and I don't know until the WS is all over who was even playing. It's just not interesting anymore.
Throwing seven different kinds of smoke!
10 years ago I would have said baseball, but all the problems in MLB have really soured me on the sport. I would probably vote for football, but only for college football, I'm not really a fan of the National Fieldgoal League.
I think baseball is a better game, but there's no doubt that football is the most popular sport at the moment.
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(WUSA9) -- Two men pleaded guilty on Friday for their involvement in an online foreclosure rescue scam, according to U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride.
Forty-nine-year-old Mark S. Farhood, formerly of San Diego, Calif., and 37-year-old Jason S. Sant pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with the scam -- that went by several names, including Home Advocate Trustees and Walk Away Today, and used several websites, including walkawaytoday.org and sellfastusa.com -- to deceive hundreds of homeowners into surrendering their properties to the company.
MacBride wrote in a press release:
"According to court records, Farhood and Sant owned Home Advocate Trustees, which also went by the names Walk Away Today, First Equity Trustees, Home Security Consultants, Sell Fast USA, Short Sale Buyer, USA Sell House Fast, and USA Rental Housing. They marketed the businesses nationwide as purchasers of distressed real estate and a means by which vulnerable homeowners could avoid foreclosure and the accompanying negative effects on their credit. The companies told homeowners they were in the business of negotiating with lenders to purchase mortgage notes at a discount and falsely claimed to have been in business for seventeen years, to have experienced a 90% success rate in purchasing such notes, and to be the nation's largest volume buyer of short sale and over-leveraged real estate."
Sant and Farhood admitted Friday that the businesses were a fraud, no such negotiations with lenders ever took place, and the scheme was only a way to take possession of hundreds of homes at virtually no cost and then make millions of dollars by renting the homes to others.
According to MacBride, the men also admitted that they submitted fraudulent loan modification applications to mortgage lenders under the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Home Affordable Modification Program in the name of homeowners, without the homeowners' knowledge or consent. Then, they used the applications to stall foreclosures and for which no mortgage payments were being made and to maximize the time period during which they could collect rental income. "The homes purportedly sold to Home Advocate Trustees and its related entities ended in foreclosure, harming the participating homeowners and commonly resulting in eviction of the tenants," according to MacBride.
MacBride says Farhood and Sant each face a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison when they are sentenced on August 2 and August 9, respectively.


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The Maine men's basketball team finishes up a three-game home stand on Thursday night as the team hosts, Division I and America East newcomer, UMass-Lowell, at the Cross Insurance Center. The Black Bears look to snap a four-game losing streak and win its first game at home since Jan. 5 against Binghamton, when they play the River Hawks at 7 p.m.
Ethan Mackey crushed his former career-high in points, scoring 24 against the Great Danes, but Albany's Gary Johnson dominated in the paint as Maine fell, 85-78 in Memorial Gym, Saturday afternoon. With the loss Maine falls to 3-14 and 1-4 in conference while Albany snaps a two-game losing skid and improves to 9-9 and 3-2 in America East play.
Both the Great Danes and the Black Bears featured players who recorded new career-high in points as Johnson bested his previous high of 16, scoring 28 while Mackey bested his previous point total of 10, with 24.
Mackey was nearly flawless from the field, scoring 11-of-12 and chipped in 2-of-4 from the charity stripe, while Johnson made the Black Bears pay from the line going 10-of-14 in free throw chances. Johnson added nine field goals (9-of-11) to bring his total to 28.
Both team's recorded impressive shooting percentages as Albany edged Maine by one-tenth of a point, 52.8-52.7. The Black Bears also reversed a season-trend, outrebounding the Great Danes, 34-23 in the losing effort.
The River Hawks have been a surprising upstart in America East opening conference play with three-straight wins. UMass Lowell defeated UMBC (59-54), Binghamton (71-59), and Albany (70-66, OT) to shoot up the conference standings. The River Hawks suffered their first loss of conference play falling to Stony Brook on Jan. 18 and then losing to Hartford 69-51 earlier in the week to fall to 3-3.
Akeem Williams and Antonio Bivins both pace the UMass Lowell offense, as the two average 14 points per game. Chad Holley is second on the list as he averages 10.9 points per game.
Kerry Weldon takes care of the rebounding duties for the River Hawks as he takes down 5.2 boards per game. Meanwhile Holley dishes out the most assists per game as he is averaging 3.2 helpers per contest.
UMass Lowell maintains a double-figure scoring deficit, as opponents have scored, on average, 70.7 points per game while the River Hawks score 59.6 per contest.
The Black Bears and River Hawks have a short history to look back on as the two teams have only played twice dating back to the mid-1980's. The first meeting came in the 1984-85 year when the Black Bears defeated UMass Lowell, 86-63. The River Hawks extracted revenge in the 1987-88 season when UMass Lowell defeated Maine in overtime, 75-73.
RANKING THE BLACK BEARS (As of Jan. 19)
NCAA Rankings
• Shaun Lawton is now ranked 47th in the nation in steals per game with a 2.06 mark.
• Lawton is ranked 75th in the country in total steals with 33.
• Lawton is also ranked 87th in assists per game averaging 4.6.
• Zarko Valjarevic is nationally ranked in most 3-point categories:
• 3-pointers per game – 47th
• 3-point FG percentage – 19th
• Total 3-pointers made – 55th
• Maine is now 45th in the country in steals per game with 7.8 per contest.
• Maine is 66th in the country in the assists per game category with 14.6.
• Black Bears are 62nd in Division I basketball in total steals with 132.
America East Rankings
• Maine is the No.1 scoring offense in the conference with 74.9 points per game.
• Lawton is both 2nd in the AE in assists (4.6) and first in steals (2.3).
• Valjarevic is the conference's deadliest 3-point shooter ranking first in 3-pointers per game, 3-point percentage and 3-pointers made.
Team Quick Hit Rankings:
• 1st in assists per game (14.9)
• 1st in total assists (345)
• 1st in 3-pointers per game (7.2)
• 2nd in assist turnover ratio (0.98)
• 2nd in steals per game (7.8)
• 2nd in total steals (132)
• 3rd 3-point field goals per game (6.8)
• Play a full 40 minutes: So far in conference play, Maine has gotten off to a favorable start, taking leads into halftime three out of five games yet only has a 1-4 record to show for it. The Black Bears outscored opponents in those three America East games, 120-94, which leads to a 40-37 per first half average between the Black Bears and its opponents. That number shoots up in the second half as that margin swings to the opponent as conference foes have outscored Maine 131-103 in those three games. Likewise opponents shooting percentages have been held to an average of 40 percent through the first frame in three games while that percentage jumps up to 50 percent in the second frame. That trend holds true throughout the entire season, as Maine has been outscored by only 77 total points, in the first frame while that increases to 116 in the second half. That consistency from half-to-half needs to be there in order to turn the tide.
• Temper Turnovers: To begin the year the Black Bears have been one of the better possession teams in the conference but since hitting conference play the Black Bears have averaged 18 turnovers per contest through five games and has reached the 20+ turnover plateau in two of the last three games The turnover numbers in themselves haven't been the jolting part but opponents turnovers in the last four games have drastically dropped. Against UMBC the Black Bears only forced four giveaways, while against Hartford they only took the ball away nine times. While the Black Bears forced 19 against Vermont, the advantage still was in the Catamounts favor. In its latest game against Albany, Maine lost the turnover battle giving it away 15 times to Albany's 11. Black Bears need to protect the ball better than it has in the past handful of games.
• Did We Mention Rebounding Before?: While its no secret Maine has struggled to come away with boards, the Black Bears need to refocus as the rebound margin has begun to creep back up to double-digits. Maine won the rebounding battle for only the third time this season, against Albany on Saturday, taking down 34 to the Great Danes' 24 boards. While the Black Bears weren't able to come away with the victory that trend needs to continue as two of Maine's three wins have come when patrolling the glass more effectively than its opponents.
For only the third time this season the Black Bears won the rebounding battle, a stat that hasn't been kind so far this year. Maine tallied 34 boards and limited Albany to just 23. Unfortunately the Black Bears weren't able to come away with the victory but the rebounding total is a good sign for a team that has struggled in that category as it shows defensive growth.
So long as nothing unusual happens Zarko Valjarevic is on the cusp of starting his 20th straight start and playing his 30th straight game against UMass Lowell on Thursday. Valjarevic's streak is currently the longest starting and playing streak on the team. Dimitry Akanda-Coronel is second in line as he has started 11-straight contests and played in 17-straight games. Ethan Mackey is third on that list as he has played in 16-straight contests.
While junior Xavier Pollard reached the 500 point plateau earlier this year Zarko Valjarevic, Maine's deadliest 3-point shooter, is just 90 away from 500 career points with 9 games remaining. Valjarevic currently averages 12.5 points per game so if he stays healthy he has a shot to hit that mark this year. So far he has scored a career-high 212 points, after registering 185 his sophomore season and 13 in his freshman campaign.
Sophomre Ethan Mackey played against his hometown team on Saturday afternoon and gave the Great Danes something to think about. The Voorheesville, N.Y., native (which is just outside of Albany, N.Y.) scored a career-high 24 points against Albany. He bested his previous career-high 10, which he also recorded this year against Geroge Washington (Nov. 19). Mackey has set new career highs in every category this year as he received ample playing time. Mackey also took down seven rebounds, one block and one steal in the game.
The Black Bears have been one of the better possession teams in the conference for most of the year but in its last five games in conference the Black Bears have begun to turn the ball over at an alarming rate. The Black Bears have turned it over 88 times, an average of 17 giveaways. While that number isn't necessarily scary, they've only forced 43 turnovers, which average out to 8.6 through those three games. The Black Bears need to reverse that trend if they want to contend in America East.
Zarko Valjarevic continues to rank prominently on the national stage when it comes to 3-pointers. The junior from Serbia has made his living from beyond the arc for his career and this season is no different. Coming into the week he was nationally ranked in just about every 3-pointer category including 19th in three-point field goal percentage and 47th in three-pointers per game. He is also ranked 55th in the country in total made three-pointers. In the conference he ranks first in all three of those categories.


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Reconciliation is okay because someone wrote a letter for Byrd saying so
I'm sure this will have the Senators in tears. Maybe the way to pass cap and tax is to take the next House bill that renames whatever is left in WV not already named after Byrd and then "fix" it via reconciliation to include cap and tax. And of course all the President's claimed "fixes" in his "plan" will either reduce income or increase expenses, | Read More »


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In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
There's something completely captivating about the strumming of guitar strings all by themselves. My mind paints a potential picture of what is next to come, and what does is not disappointing. The vocals are somewhat quirky, but very sincere and emotional. I also enjoy hearing the trumpet standing in the background. Enjoy!
In The Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
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Yeah, I really enjoy this song. The trumpet solo is pretty cool to listen to; it's also fun and pretty easy to play.
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hi iam using selenium rc 1.0.3 (java client). If i want to upgrade to WebDriver, will there be backward compatibility? Will it be like simply using webdriver jar and methods will be same? Or, Will it be like writing from scrap?
You can use
This way your existing selenium functions need not be written and new functions can use
The following info is available at this link
Allows for the WebDriver and Selenium APIs to live side-by-side
Provides a simple mechanism for a managed migration from the Selenium RC API to WebDriver's
Does not require the standalone Selenium RC server to be run
Does not implement every method
Some methods may be slower due to underlying implementation differences
As per my experience it was worthwhile to move from Selenium RC to WebDriver. While moving to WebDriver I also refactored my automation framework to make it more user friendly, robust, maintainable and scalable. The kind of tools, strategies and patterns I used are explained in detail at Web GUI automation tools strategies patterns


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The Burton Family Tree Fishcuit Snowboard builds on the legacy of the legendary Fish by shrinking the package to ramp up the fun factor. Using Nug Raduction technology, you're able to downsize 4-8cm from your regular board, and still have way more float than a lot of old-school powder sleds. Next time it dumps, head to the trees on the Fishcuit and see what you've been missing.
The Fish introduced the world to Burton's S-Rocker camber profile, and it's no surprise that the same profile finds its way to the Fishcuit. It's cambered until you reach the front binding, at which point the nose kicks up to provide effortless float. The float is bolstered by the Boat Hull Nose, which is spooned for extra float. The camber profile is complimented by an aggressive 35mm taper, so the nose is over an inch wider than the tail. When combined with the mini swallowtail, this shaping means that the back end will sink, the nose will stay afloat, and you'll enjoy a surfy ride next time the white stuff stacks up deep.
The Pro-Tip keeps the nose and tail nice and light, so the Fishcuit is easy to throw around. It's built from triax fiberglass so it's not a noodle, even though it has a comfortable flex, and the carbon fiber I-Beam gives you extra pop. And the base is Burton's WFO sintered base, which holds a bunch of wax to keep you flying down the mountain. Next powder day, you'll be psyched. As for your friends who got stuck trying to follow your line? Well, just wait and see.
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Super fun board. Floats like crazy. Fun in the trees and open bowls. Easy to stomp pow landings.
The soft nose stays above the snow thanks to S-Rocker and combined with the short tail and taper make for a really surfy feel.
Haven't used it as a no-board and probably never will. Only downside is some of the foam padding is coming off. The grey logo on the mat is actually diecut foam and parts of the grey family tree logo have fallen off.
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So wicked hope this thing goes on sale!
EST goes all the way for any stance really, Remove 4 screws and you got a SNURF! The backcountry video shows the foam deck.
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