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|16-01-2007, 05:34
Opmerkelijk nieuws in de Haaretz vandaag:
Het heeft dan wel geen juridische waarde, maar toch.... zou dit het begin zijn van vrede tussen de twee landen? Of is dit een waardeloos iets, want Syrie die zich los zou laten van Hezbollah en Iran........erm? Ik kan wat hier onder staat niet geloven, maar hoop dat het waar is. Wat denken jullie?
Secret understandings reached between representatives of Israel, Syria
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent
In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria.
The main points of the understandings are as follows:
# An agreement of principles will be signed between the two countries, and following the fulfillment of all commitments, a peace agreement will be signed.
# As part of the agreement on principles, Israel will withdraw from the Golan Heights to the lines of 4 June, 1967. The timetable for the withdrawal remained open: Syria demanded the pullout be carried out over a five-year period, while Israel asked for the withdrawal to be spread out over 15 years.
# At the buffer zone, along Lake Kinneret, a park will be set up for joint use by Israelis and Syrians. The park will cover a significant portion of the Golan Heights. Israelis will be free to access the park and their presence will not be dependent on Syrian approval.
# Israel will retain control over the use of the waters of the Jordan River and Lake Kinneret.
# The border area will be demilitarized along a 1:4 ratio (in terms of territory) in Israel's favor.
# According to the terms, Syria will also agree to end its support for Hezbollah and Hamas and will distance itself from Iran.
The document is described as a "non-paper," a document of understandings that is not signed and lacks legal standing - its nature is political. It was prepared in August 2005 and has been updated during a number of meetings in Europe.
The meetings were carried out with the knowledge of senior officials in the government of former prime minister Ariel Sharon. The last meeting took place during last summer's war in Lebanon.
Government officials received updates on the meetings via the European mediator and also through Dr. Alon Liel, a former director general at the Foreign Ministry, who took part in all the meetings.
The European mediator and the Syrian representative in the discussions held eight separate meetings with senior Syrian officials, including Vice President Farouk Shara, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, and a Syrian intelligence officer with the rank of "general."
The contacts ended after the Syrians demanded an end to meetings on an unofficial level and called for a secret meeting at the level of deputy minister, on the Syrian side, with an Israeli official at the rank of a ministry's director general, including the participation of a senior American official. Israel did not agree to this Syrian request.
The Syrian representative in the talks, Ibrahim (Abe) Suleiman, an American citizen, had visited Jerusalem and delivered a message to senior officials at the Foreign Ministry regarding the Syrian wish for an agreement with Israel. The Syrians also asked for help in improving their relations with the United States, and particularly in lifting the American embargo on Syria.
For his part, the European mediator stressed that the Syrian leadership is concerned that the loss of petroleum revenues will lead to an economic crash in the country and could consequently undermine the stability of the Assad regime.
According to Geoffrey Aronson, an American from the Washington-based Foundation for Middle East Peace, who was involved in the talks, an agreement under American auspices would call for Syria to ensure that Hezbollah would limit itself to being solely a political party.
He also told Haaretz that Khaled Meshal, Hamas' political bureau chief, based in Damascus, would have to leave the Syrian capital.
Syria would also exercise its influence for a solution to the conflict in Iraq, through an agreement between Shi'a leader Muqtada Sadr and the Sunni leadership, and in addition, it would contribute to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the refugee problem.
Aronson said the idea of a park on the Golan Heights allows for the Syrian demand that Israel pull back to the June 4 border, on the one hand, while on the other hand, the park eliminates Israeli concerns that Syrians will have access to the water sources of Lake Kinneret.
"This was a serious and honest effort to find creative solutions to practical problems that prevented an agreement from being reached during Barak's [tenure as prime minister] and to create an atmosphere of building confidence between the two sides," he said.
It also emerged that one of the Syrian messages to Israel had to do with the ties between Damascus and Tehran. In the message, the Alawi regime - the Assad family being members of the Alawi minority - asserts that it considers itself to be an integral part of the Sunni world and that it objects to the Shi'a theocratic regime, and is particularly opposed to Iran's policy in Iraq. A senior Syrian official stressed that a peace agreement with Israel will enable Syria to distance itself from Iran.
Liel refused to divulge details about the meetings but confirmed that they had taken place. He added that meetings on an unofficial level have been a fairly common phenomenon during the past decade.
"We insisted on making the existence of meetings known to the relevant parties," Liel said. "Nonetheless, there was no official Israeli connection to the content of the talks and to the ideas that were raised during the meetings."
Prior to these meetings, Liel was involved in an effort to further secret talks between Syria and Israel with the aid of Turkish mediation - following a request for assistance President Assad had made to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
That attempt failed following Israel's refusal to hold talks on an official level - and a Syrian refusal to restrict the talks to an "academic level," similar to the framework of the talks that had preceded the Oslo accords.
Bureaucracy is the death of any achievement.
|16-01-2007, 08:33
De essentie in het Nederlands:
"'Akkoord na geheim overleg tussen Israël en Syrië'
TEL AVIV - Israël en Syrië hebben twee jaar lang in het geheim vredesoverleg gevoerd, dat heeft geleid tot een ontwerpvredesakkoord. Dat schrijft de Israëlische krant Haaretz.
olgens Haaretz is Israël bereid zich terug te trekken van de Golanhoogte tot achter de grens van 1967. De Syrische president Bashir Assad was initiatiefnemer voor het overleg, dat in september 2004 is begonnen."
Ach meid, hij komt heus wel over je heen..!
|16-01-2007, 08:51
Bureaucracy is the death of any achievement.
|16-01-2007, 09:05
|16-01-2007, 09:15
Gatara was here! De W van stampot!
|16-01-2007, 10:33
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child." - Dan Quayle
|16-01-2007, 22:35
Bashir staat trouwens in het hele Midden-Oosten bekend als een uitermate zwak leider en wordt zelfs qua intellect vaak vergeleken met Bush, weinig mensen hechten hier dan ook veel geloof aan.
Het stukje over de Alawieten zegt eigenlijk genoeg.
It also emerged that one of the Syrian messages to Israel had to do with the ties between Damascus and Tehran. In the message, the Alawi regime - the Assad family being members of the Alawi minority - asserts that it considers itself to be an integral part of the Sunni world and that it objects to the Shi'a theocratic regime, and is particularly opposed to Iran's policy in Iraq. A senior Syrian official stressed that a peace agreement with Israel will enable Syria to distance itself from Iran.
J'ai vu l'orient dans son écrin, avec la lune pour bannière
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TALLAHASSEE — After a personal appeal by Gov. Charlie Crist, a Senate committee approved his two appointees to the Public Service Commission, but not until committee members grilled both nominees and complained about a lack of racial diversity in their choices.
The Senate Communications, Energy and Utilities Committee voted 8-1 to confirm the appointment of Benjamin "Steve" Stevens and David Klement to four-year terms on the panel that regulates the state's utilities. Only Sen. Chris Smith, a Fort Lauderdale Democrat, voted no.
"Both gentlemen are fine gentlemen," Smith said. "Their attributes will be a positive influence on the PSC." But he voted against their confirmation, he said, because he wanted to send a message to Crist that it's not acceptable to leave blacks off the panel.
Six nominees were sent to the governor by the PSC nominating council in October. Three, including chairman Matt Carter, were African Americans. Two — Klement, former chairman of the Bradenton Herald editorial board, and Stevens, former chief accountant for the Escambia County sheriff — had no previous ties to the PSC. Both are white.
Standing at the front of the packed committee room Wednesday, Crist said they are "men of great integrity" and said the PSC does "very good work and I believe these two men are dedicated to just that."
Committee Chairman Alex Diaz de la Portilla acknowledged after the meeting that racial diversity will continue to haunt the nominees, which still must be confirmed by the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee and the full Senate.


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The online retailer's same-store growth fell to 9.7% in July according to the report, down from 12.3% in June. Auctions fell -8.2% in the month, while fixed-price sales grew 12.8% and Motors grew 8% in July.
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Charter Hall Retail REIT's portfolio value fell 1.2 per cent, or $25.1 million, during the first half of fiscal 2013 on a $17.9 million fall in the value of the trust's European properties. Its Australian portfolio value rose by $0.4 million. The gain was wiped out by $6.8 million of acquisition costs during the period, with increasing underlying income growth pushing its capitalisation rate from 8.17 per cent to 8.22 per cent.
A retail asset in the centre of Brisbane has sold for $7.6 million. The 26 Felix Street asset was sold by Ray White Retail's Mark Greer and Andrew Andam. The property sits below the Felix apartment tower and was bought by a Papua New Guinea-based investor on a 7.5 per cent initial yield.
Barwon Investment Partners founder Rob Morrison has joined the board of Ingenia Communities as a non-executive director. He spent 21 years specialising in property at AMP.
NSW Leagues Club has listed two Sydney CBD properties. The 166 and 167 Phillip Street properties are strata lots. The club plans to sell the 3979 square metre strata holding comprising the top floors of the site, which is the 86-room Travelodge Hotel, owned by Mirvac and the NRMA and run by Toga. The other strata lot is levels three to five of the buildings and basement parking. Colliers International has been appointed to sell the assets.
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Current Trends Ectopic Pregnancies -- United States, 1979- 1980
Since 1970, CDC has maintained surveillance of hospitalized patients with ectopic pregnancies and deaths associated with ectopic pregnancies. Data for 1970-1978 have been reported previously (1-3). This report updates information on ectopic pregnancies through 1980. Over the 11-year surveillance period, the rate of ectopic pregnancy in the United States increased almost threefold, from 4.8 per 1,000 live births in 1970 to 14.5/1,000 in 1980 (Table 1).
During 1979, 49,900 ectopic pregnancies were reported. The number increased to 52,200 in 1980. The number of ectopic pregnancies increased annually an average of 11.5% from 1970 to 1978. The average annual increase from 1978 to 1980 was 11.0%. From 1970 to 1980, the rate of ectopic pregnancies per 1,000 reported pregnancies increased more than twofold, from 4.5 to 10.5. During the same period, the death-to-case rate decreased almost fourfold, from 3.5 per 1,000 ectopic pregnancies to 0.9 per 1,000 ectopic pregnancies (Figure 1). Reported by Pregnancy Epidemiology Br, Research and Statistics Br, Div of Reproductive Health, Center for Health Promotion and Education, CDC.
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Editorial Note: CDC obtained data on ectopic pregnancy incidence from the National Hospital Discharge Survey of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Information on ectopic pregnancy-related deaths was obtained from death certificate data from NCHS before 1979. CDC began active surveillance of ectopic pregnancy-related deaths in 1979.
The overall death-to-case rate fell dramatically from 3.5 per 1,000 ectopic pregnancies in 1970 to 2.0 in 1972; thereafter, the rate dropped more slowly, reaching 0.9 in 1978. Since then, there has been virtually no decrease in the death-to-case rate. An explanation for the reported increase in ectopic pregnancies may be better diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy cases. This increase from 1970 to 1980 may also be due, in part, to a rise in pelvic inflammatory disease, which has occurred during the past two decades in the United States (4).
Preliminary analysis of groups at risk of ectopic pregnancies and of deaths from ectopic pregnancies suggests that trends observed from 1970 to 1978 remained essentially unchanged after 1978. Rates of ectopic pregnancy per 1,000 reported pregnancies were highest among women aged 35-44 years. Rates were higher for black women in all age groups. The rates of ectopic pregnancy were highest in the Northeast and lowest in the South, although the largest number of ectopic pregnancies occurred in the South. The death-to-case rate was highest in the South and lowest in the West. Details of the ages and racial and geographic distributions will be available in a forthcoming issue of CDC's MMWR Surveillance Summaries.
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A wheelchair user going out to celebrate her 30th birthday had a lucky escape on Saturday after her chair was hit by a car when it struck a central reservation.
Kate Hilliar, who has cerebral palsy and is a resident at Agnes Court care home in Warwick Road, Banbury was going out for lunch with a friend.
As the pair crossed the traffic lights at the junction between North Bar and Castle Street at about noon, a car turning into North Bar from Castle Street collided with a second vehicle before ploughing into the railings on the central reservation and knocking Miss Hilliar's wheelchair onto its side, damaging it beyond repair.
Miss Hilliar, who was taken to Banbury's Horton Hospital with just cuts and bruises, said: "If the railings hadn't been there I could have been on the bonnet because they hit another car before they hit the railings. I'm quite lucky."
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Emotional Decision? After Gov. Bill Richardson signed the bill to repeal the death penalty, he told reporters he had spent a good chunk of the day touring Level VI (aka the supermax) at the Penitentiary of New Mexico. He said he wanted to see the conditions and looked in on Robert Fry, one of two men currently on death row.
The next day, Michael Astorga—the accused cop killer profiled by SFR the morning of Richardson's decision—gave word to SFR that he also had been visited by Richardson. According to Astorga, Corrections Department Secretary Joe Williams came to the door of his cell and told him he had a visitor. Astorga says the governor looked at him with teary eyes and moved on.
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Manny for Gold: Now that former State Senate President Pro Tem Manny Aragon has been sentenced to 67 months in prison for his role in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courthouse scandal, how will he find the $1.4 million he owes in fines and restitution?
Here's an idea: Aragon should talk to the Unclaimed Property Office at the Taxation & Revenue Department.
According to records requested by SFR, the Unclaimed Property Office is holding 20 shares in the mining company Anglogold Ltd. (worth $744 as of March 20) and a $121.25 dividend from Anglogold for Aragon. Of course, Aragon might be accused of trying to further profit off the backs of others: Human Rights Watch has tied Anglogold to atrocities committed by militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Blockgate Reopens: Long before Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block Jr. was caught lying about using public campaign money to pay his buddy's country band, SFR conducted an in-depth investigation into his court history. That's when we discovered he'd lied about his criminal record and also had ignored several child support hearings.
At the time, the lawyer for his baby's mama, Kimberley Gonzales, told SFR her client had been unable to find out Block's income, how many houses he owned and where he actually lived. But now that he's a PRC commissioner, his salary is public knowledge: $90,000 per year, and Quintana Griego, his other baby's mama, is taking him to court for a piece of that pie.
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A 70-member black Jewish community here is preparing to emigrate en masse to Israel and is also prepared for the possibility of being rejected there, according to its leader and spokesman, Rabbi Ahel Respes of the community's synagogue, Adat Beyt Moshe. Rabbi Respes, who taught himself to speak and read Hebrew, believes his followers might be rejected in Israel because, in his opinion, the white Jewish community here has questioned their credentials as Jews. Rabbi Respes said that white Jews are constantly demanding that black Jews prove their ancestral identity, but that he believes there is no reason for one to display evidence beyond his conviction that he is Jewish. He said he would allow his seven children to attend a white yeshiva but would be afraid of the harassment they would be subjected to because of their color. Nevertheless, the 50-year-old rabbi and 12 congregants plan to make an exploratory trip to Israel in the fall to get information beyond their present "second-hand" knowledge of the country. "If we are rejected." he said, "we won't argue." The black congregation observes the traditional rites of Judaism but does not consider itself Reform, Conservative or Orthodox. Rabbi Respes claims that many times he has been the object of divine inspiration, with voices and angels delivering commands and messages. He acknowledges, however, that traditional Judaism denies the possibility of divine revelation.


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One hundred years ago in Paris, the lights went up on the premiere performance of The Rite of Spring. In Stravinsky's music and Nijinsky's choreography, every note, every step cried out for revolution. Celebrate a masterpiece that changed music and dance forever, in this performance that unites the full Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Richmond Ballet. Richmond Ballet will be performing the version created in 1993 with choreography by Salvatore Aiello. Opening the evening is the famed Stravinsky/George Balanchine masterwork, Duo Concertante.
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The City of Johannesburg has defended its decision to reject the ANC Johannesburg caucus' call for m.
AN ANSWER I gave to a journalist's short question about remarks by Nedbank chairman Reuel Khoza opened a flood of attacks from newsrooms.
This is despite an agreement between Khoza and I to meet and explain to each other, and not to exchange apologies.
Typical of South African sensation-driven journalists, they did not seek clarity as it is in their nature to know it all. Their purpose is not to make the public appreciate the disagreements between Khoza and I, but to use any opportunity to attack the ANC leadership.
These journalists also seek to confirm their gloomy predictions immediately after the ANC's 52nd national conference that the country is heading for a disaster. We have not yet seen the disaster in the fifth year of the current term.
An opportunity must now be used to prove that there is a disaster waiting to happen. This response earned me the Sunday Times' prestigious award . I appreciate it.
One of the honourable media gentlemen gave a brief, distorted history about transformation at Eskom. He didn't bother to check how the process was driven. He has no clue about the "Save Eskom campaign". He has no idea who was on the transition board that changed the demographics in management from 4.3% of black managers to more than 54% in a decade. This gentleman will not remember the first black executives in Eskom.
It is this lack of basic research that makes it easy to credit one individual for the progress made.
The same line is taken on the Nedbank story. For convenience of the attack, no credit will go to a leader of the rescue team, whose background is in the Natal Building Society. In four years and four months, this ANC leadership has never met any team fromNedbank.
The leadership of Old Mutual - Nedbank's controlling shareholders - has engaged us continuously. This explains Old Mutual's appreciation of our hard feelings about its decision to list on the London Stock Exchange a few years ago.
Old Mutual explained their desire to consolidate Nedbank into a strong international bank. When two deals fell through, details were given, not by Nedbank, but by Old Mutual. Any business leader who behaves like an analyst is in the wrong profession.
Any view expressed in the Nedbank annual report is based, at best, on the sympathy one has with those who throw stones at the ANC. At worst, it is based on proximity to the ANC and factional preference one has. A business leader cannot make the best judgment when they have not even spent five minutes with the political leadership.
All companies that are serious about the country's future and the need to take its governance and economy to a higher level have met the ANC irrespective of what they think of its leadership. They do so despite some of them having good memories about the past.
Many mining companies and banks have engaged the ANC. Many companies with serious intentions have grabbed the opportunities created by government business trips and concluded serious business deals.
Business people standing aloof will never have the sense of what is happening. And political leaders who take no interest in what is happening in the business sector will sulk and disengage.
As a developing country, South Africa cannot afford a schism between the governing party and economic players, of which business is one.
When business develops unpatriotic tendencies through reckless pronouncements, their sentiments are used by potential investors to measure the wisdom of investing in a country where its leadership is openly attacked by their nationals . Bad-mouthing the country affects its competitiveness globally .
The ANC also has views about business leadership. Some of them may be positive or negative, but we will never use any platform to castigate its leadership publicly. If we think their conduct is undermining business confidence, we will engage in constructive discussion and give our views on what we believe are preferred alternatives. We won't impose our views.
South Africa, like any other country, is competing to attract investment to stimulate economic growth. This requires a national effort by all domestic economic players.
We take exception to business leaders who wittingly and unwittingly hurt the country. Credit-rating agencies will come down like a ton of bricks if South Africans tell the world that we are led by a bunch of clowns. It may be fashionable in our country, but insulting the political leadership in annual reports is stretching it too far. Even in developed countries where there is a deep crisis, business is trying to find solutions. Solutions could include seconding the best brains to economic rescue teams put together by governments.
We have never received such an offer from business. Instead, we receive a bouquet of insults.
The business community have all the space to engage the political leadership of this country and the ANC in particular. As some major companies can attest, the space to engage, particularly the ANC, remains open. We all have the responsibility of building our country and our economy. Misleading society is as dangerous as suppressing the freedom of speech and expression.
To limit these rights to everybody who attacks the ANC, and assume that it has no right to react, is another threat because those who hold the view that the ANC must have no views on any matter want the ANC to govern in silence. Doing so would be tantamount to being elected and thereafter outsourcing the right to govern.
The business community must engage, not howl. If it wants to raise any further issues, the invitation is open so that we do not only talk to umbrella bodies like Business Unity South Africa when there is a threat of a split by black business. We will seek an audience with Old Mutual as the company that talks to us.
We will not turn our back on Nedbank if they want to engage. An issue that must be discussed in earnest is whether banking with an institution that sees you as foolish and insane makes any sense. As we intensify our collective effort to ensure the second transition becomes a success, economic patriotism will reign supreme.


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Intrinsic options have strike prices that are in-the-money. If the December gold futures contract is trading at $690 per ounce, the December gold $670 call option is in-the-money, or intrinsic for $20. If the $670 call is trading at $32, $20 is the intrinsic value and $12 is the premium. The $12 also is what the December $670 put is trading for. Using the same month and strike, the call, the put, and underlying futures price have a definite relationship to price. If any of the three is out of line, there would be an arbitrage opportunity for a trader to take advantage of and lock in a profit no matter where the market goes. This is called reversals and conversions. If you are planning to enter a position on a futures contract and want to buy protection from unlimited losses with the purchase of an option — which would be two trades, two commissions, two entries and two exits — the same can be accomplished with the simple purchase of an intrinsic option.
If you are bullish you would buy a December '07 gold futures contract at $690 and buy a December '07 gold $670 put for $12. If right, this strategy can obtain unlimited profits minus the $12 paid for the put. If wrong and the market goes down, the most you can lose is $32: $690 - $670 = $20 loss on the futures, and $12 on the cost of the put equals $32.
If the market goes to $740 on expiration day; you would make $50 minus the $12 paid for the put, which is $38. If you exited before the expiration day with the market at $740, you would sell the futures and make $50, and you would sell the put for what it is worth (the more time until expiration, the more value) for let's say $2. So you paid $12 and sold at $2, lost $10 — the $50 profit from the futures minus the $10 loss on the put equals a $40 profit.
If the market goes down to $680 at expiration, you lose $10 on the futures and $12 on the put for a total loss of $22. If before expiration and you sell the future at $680 and sell the put for lets say $14 (the more time until expiration, the more the premium for the put) you would lose $10 on the futures and gain $2 on the put for a total loss of $8. If the market is below $670 on expiration, the total loss is $32 (futures loss of $690 - $670 = $20, plus the $12 paid for the put equals a loss of $32. The intrinsic option mirrors that. Whatever results the above strategy of buying a futures and buying a put yields, the result of the intrinsic option strategy will be the same.
Instead, buy a December $670 call for $32 (it has $20 intrinsic value and $12 premium) with one entry, one exit and one commission. An intrinsic option will act just like a futures contract minus the premium paid if you are right the market. If wrong, you can only lose the amount paid for the option no matter how much the market moves against you. At $740 the December $670 call is worth $70: $70 - $32 paid equals a $38 profit, which is the same as above. If below $670, the most you can lose is the $32. If it's before expiration, it would be the same profit or loss as the long futures with a put strategy.
The time decay of the premium inside the intrinsic option and the put option held to protect the futures contract is the same at the same strike. The loss of this premium and intrinsic value is usually less than the loss incurred if you used a stop on your futures position, and it buys you the time for a turnaround without the worry of further loss. This is well worth the expense. Instead of trading a future with a stop, where there is no guarantee you will be stopped out at your price in a volatile market, you gain better risk management and retain more opportunity. Intrinsic options will act more like a futures contract with more profit as you are right, and act less like a futures contract and lose less money in relation to a futures contract if the market goes against you.
There are many tradeoffs using options and all must be considered to determine the best strategy for each trade idea. The positive on this strategy is that the option acts more like a futures contract and manages time effectively. It allows you time to see if your idea is going to work or not with a known risk. The tradeoff is the premium paid on the option for protection. The risk of being stopped out, the built-in discipline, and the luxury of time with known risk, is well worth paying the premium in most cases.
Note: A full sized gold futures contract and its option is 100 oz. Every $1 is $100 in value: 100 oz x $1= $100. If the option costs $32, that is $3,200. If the futures make or lose $32, that is $3,200.
Howard Tyllas is currently a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and registered with the CFTC as a floor broker and CTA. He's a member of the NFA and a veteran trader of 31 years. He has traded options on futures since their inception. www.howardtyllas.com.


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After reconsidering my previous post...I've decided to do some updates to this channel. At least upload the title track to my First Album and maybe more from there!
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AMON AMARTH - Fan-Filmed Video Of Complete Los Angeles Show Online
February 17, 2014, 3 years ago
On February 15th, AMON AMARTH performed at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA. Fan-filmed video of the complete show is available below:
The setlist on the night was as follows:
'Father Of The Wolf'
'Deceiver Of The Gods'
'Death In Fire'
'Live For The Kill'
'As Loke Falls'
'Coming Of The Tide'
'Runes To My Memory'
'Varyags Of Miklagaard'
'The Last Stand Of Frej'
'Guardians Of Asgaard'
'Shape Shifter'
'Warriors Of The North'
'Destroyer Of The Universe'
'Cry Of The Black Birds'
'War Of The Gods'
'Twilight Of The Thunder God'
'The Pursuit Of Vikings'
Amon Amarth recently released a brand new lyric video, for 'As Loke Falls', from their latest album Deceiver Of The Gods.
Deceiver Of The Gods was recorded at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, UK, and produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap (OPETH, MEGADETH, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE). The cover art was, once again, completed by Tom Thiel and depicts a mythical battle between the Norse Gods Loki & Thor.
Deceiver Of The Gods tracklisting:
'Deceiver Of The Gods'
'As Loke Falls'
'Father Of The Wolf'
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On The Verge Of Destruction: wildflowers threatened by poor roadside management
June 3rd, 2013
By Lorna Howarth
Lorna Howarth reports on how councils throughout Britain are accused of destroying vital wildlife habitat……
This is like putting Monsanto in charge of organic farming
At last we have emerged from a long cold spring into early summer. We certainly haven't had the worst of the weather here in the south-west, but the fields, hedges and verges have been pinched, barren and brown for what seemed like forever.
As March froze into April, I often wondered what the blackbirds and thrushes were living on as the hard earth yielded so little in the way of invertebrates. Along the A39, one of the main roads from Devon into Cornwall, what bothered me most with the verges laid bare, was the amount of plastic litter that had accumulated: silage wrap like startled crows caught in the hawthorn; plastic bottles blowing like tumbleweed along the windswept sward…
I looked forward to the time when the sap would rise and cover this detritus, so it could no longer offend me – out of sight, out of mind – and eventually it did: first the alexanders, wild daffodils, primroses and violets and then the riot of wild garlic, red campion, bluebells and the spires of foxgloves standing tall.
And then they were gone – before they even had a chance to be pollinated and set seed, whole swathes of valuable habitat was shorn back to plastic and bare earth overnight. I was, and am incensed: hasn't the district council heard about the plight of the bees and the decline in 60% of the UK's wildlife? I tweeted in silent rage to my district council, but didn't get a response.
According to Plantlife, 'the charity speaking up for the nation's wild plants' they get more calls on this subject than any other, from members of the public distraught and angry that cowslips and orchids are being mown-down in the name of neatness, good management and road safety. According to Plantlife there is approximately 238,000 hectares of roadside verge habitat, but only 85,000 hectares of flower-rich grassland left in the UK. In Devon and Cornwall alone, along the A30 and A38 there is over 1,000 hectares of valuable wild-flower verge-side habitat with one junction home to six orchid species, including bee orchids and 1,100 greater butterfly orchids.
The area of lowland meadow in England and Wales declined by 97% between the 1930s and 1984 devastating the habitat of some of our rarest species of flowers and insects, rendering roadside verges an incredibly valuable repository of biodiversity, containing some of the country's largest populations of pyramidal orchids, the rare bastard balm and long-leaved helleborine which are among 33 wayside flowers faced with extinction, as well as the largest population of rockrose which attracts the scarce brown argus butterfly.
As if to confirm the public's concern about this gratuitous destruction of precious habitat, the RSPB has just published a Report called The State of Nature which states that 60% of the 3,148 species surveyed have declined over the past 50 years, and 31% have 'declined strongly'. Dr Mark Eaton, a lead author of the Report said, "We are losing wildlife at an alarming rate. Once common species such as the lesser spotted woodpecker, barbastelle bat and hedgehog are vanishing before our eyes".
What came across clearly from this ground-breaking Report is the importance of protecting valuable habitat: "the threats to the UK's wildlife are many and varied, the most severe acting either to destroy valuable habitat or degrade the quality and value of what remains." So, ensuring that our councils rethink their over-zealous practice of mowing roadside verges is key to redressing this loss of habitat.
I decided to look a little further into the matter. Arguments have been made in favour of mowing for reasons of pedestrian and driver safety issues. Scottish Natural Heritage's report on 'The Management of Roadside Verges for Biodiversity' indicates that roadside verges are designed "to facilitate emergency stopping" and "provide a refuge or route to pedestrians, and this requires that any trip hazards - e.g. drains, inspection covers - are visible". They go on to note that "most verges are designed to allow motorists to see as much of the road, or roads as possible - both in front and behind. This function or requirement has a significant influence on management regimes".
This being said, however, Dorset County Council's 'Natural Environment Team Guidance Sheet' claims that "There is evidence in the UK and abroad that suggests that increasing forward visibility may encourage traffic to speed up. Increased speed can result in more accidents". Further to this, driving-test-success.com claims that 0.4% of all road traffic accidents in the UK are caused by a driver's vision being affected by "vegetation" though no explanation of what 'vegetation' constitutes is offered. It seems therefore that not only can verge-mowing increase the possibility of accidents, but that only 0.4% of accidents that do happen are attributed to driver visibility being affected by vegetation. It seems a huge price to pay in terms of loss of habitat and wildlife to prevent accidents, when in fact quite the opposite outcome is more likely.
Aside from the above findings, I could glean no correlation between grass length, verge cultivation and road traffic accidents. I did find one instance of a roadside verge being an integral part of a legal case taken up against West Sussex County Council, in which the "judge had been entitled to find that a highway authority was in breach of its duty of care under the Highways Act 1980 s.41(1) to a driver who had lost control of her car after driving on to the verge of a road which had not been properly maintained" (russell-cooke.co.uk). However, the reason that the driver ended up on the verge was because of her negligence in driving too fast for the conditions.
According to Plantlife, the following councils are working to protect their roadside verges: Bracknell Forest, Warrington, Bath and North East Somerset, Derbyshire County, Exeter, and South Gloucestershire. When I contacted my district council to find out what their policy on verge mowing is, they told me they had nothing to do with the cutting and mowing of roadside verges and suggested I contact the county council. I had high hopes on contacting Exeter council as they are one on the list who are supposedly working to protect verges.
Rather than being able to speak to someone on the matter however, I was only able to obtain a copy of their PDF policy document. This stated amongst other things that "the timing of the cuts [. . .] should take account of local flowering and seed climax". This is certainly not the case in North Devon where the verges were mown down in mid-May just as they were coming into full flower; that "operatives are encouraged to use their initiative in avoiding the destruction of fine stands of wild flowers". In my experience, this is like putting Monsanto in charge of organic farming.
A couple of years ago, I was riding my electric Powerbyke out towards the beautifully-named village of Woolfardisworthy. I stopped in awe at the sight of a large, heavenly-blue stand of scabious. I never did work out whether it was 'sheep's-bit' or devil's-bit' scabious, but no matter – because the very next day, the council dumped a load of chippings right on top of them. To add insult to injury, there was a big lay-by, just yards away. So, our council's statement that "The need for delay after flowering until seeds are set is impressed upon supervisors and operatives," has obviously fallen upon deaf ears.
Finally, "Devon County Council requires its contractor to remove litter from areas of verge and visibility splays during grass cutting operations." Somehow, I don't think that allowing the plastic to pass through the blades of the mower and being chopped up into little pieces really constitutes the removal of litter, even if it's a little less visible.
If, like me, you are devastated every year by your council's abject failure to protect the precious habitat of roadside verges, then please participate in Plantlife's Road Verges Campaign. You can upload 'Before' and 'After' photos of verge habitats that are destroyed, rate your council's practices, sign their petition and get involved in lots of other ways too.
Lorna Howarth is a writer and environmentalist. She is a contributing editor to Resurgence & Ecologist magazine and the founder of a small independent publishing agency:
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I am importing data from a simple ASCII file w/ no time information (simply displacement values) and I want this to display on a Yt chart. Currently the Chart displays a small dot on the Yaxis- that moves up and down, but will not diplay along the x-axis. How do I fix this so it will display along the whole chart?!
I have included a file with this simple part of my program I am having problems with and the file I am trying to import from.
At 2 samples / second, you shouldn't be using the Y/t Chart. That displays a block of data at a time, and your block size is 1.
Use the Chart Recorder, and it will plot all of the data correctly.
You can change the sample rate in the Read Data module dialog, if you want to generate data faster than the 2 Hz in this worksheet.
Thank you!
Does the XY Chart display in Time blocks as well or does that work like the chart recorder?
The X/Y chart is block based - you define the number of blocks that will be plotted, but each block is plotted as it is received.
The Chart Recorder is one of the most flexible displays, allowing data of varying block size and sample rate to be plotted. It is time based, and plots each block as received. It does need at least two points to draw the line.
The Y/t Chart and the X/Y chart are less flexible, and are optimized for speed, plotting a full block or blocks as received. The Y/t Chart has some additional features - Fast Recorder and
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Song Kang Ho Cast in His First Historic Movie ′Physiognomy′
Actor Song Kang Ho has been cast in his first historic movie.
The movie Physiognomy centers around a man who travels Korea learning physiognomy (assessing a person's character and personality by his or her face) after his father dies for opposing the king. He becomes Joseon's most renowned physiognomist, able to tell a person's mental state, habits and personality from just looking at a person's face.
His talents bring him to the royal courts where he becomes involved in a dispute between the powerful Kim Jong Seo, a high-ranking loyalist to King Taejo (founder of the Joseon Dynasty) and Prince Soo Yang (who is the grandson of King Taejo and son of Sejong the Great and later on in life becomes King Sejo).
Physiognomy is directed by Han Jae Rim who previously directed Song in the 2007 movie, The Show Must Go On and is expected to premiere in 2013.
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I have a Hornady LnL Case Prep Center and it has turned out to be a very useful tool, now I want to make it even better so I can turn necks on my 308 brass.
I've purchase a shellholder driver adapter from 21st Century and it has a stem that fits into a drill, however I think it will work much better if I can screw it into my Case Prep Center because it is a nice slow speed.
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Comic Fiesta 2014 @ KLCC
Got a chance to visit the Comic Fiesta 2014 with colleague, the event was held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. Bought a Day 1 ticket for RM 20, shocked me when i saw hundreds of peoples already queuing up there as we reached on 09:10 morning. It was my fist time to join comic/anime related […]http://www.bearincity.com/2014/12/31/comic-fiesta-2014-klcc/


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Michelman Names Smith And Hoesl To Management Positions
July 11, 2005
Michelman, Inc. recently announced the promotions of Tom Smith, to strategic accounts manager, and Don Hoesl, to commercial manager. Smith will take on a more active role in managing corporate level activities and special projects, in addition to market management and international opportunities, while Hoesl will be responsible for all Performance Coatings commercial sales in North and South America.
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online banking is temporary unavailable since 02/21/2014 what is " temporary" means to you guys??? 6 momths or a year??? You know this is realy bad with a company such as yours!!!! If you cant find someone to fix it give me a call!
I just got off the phone with a representative that had me re-register my account. We could not use the same username.....
I had to basically start over with my account setup. What is going on over there??
This is smells like a breach.
Well, at least it's just not me. I have been unable to log on as well to my retirement account. It tells me to reregister and then doesn't recognize my credentials.... I'm going to talk to the HR dept tomorrow and see what's going on.


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I'm mainly posting this for myself because it's happening right now and I have no idea what to do. I've never done acid before, but this spice is not the same. I've been smoking Diamond Dove for a while now, but with it's main three ingredients banned in our state, I was surprised to still see it on the shelves.
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The Indian Government has issued a 15-days notice to Google, ambulance ask Skype and RIM (BlackBerry) over making their data readable. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of Government has issued a notice stating that these internet companies should make all their data available to the security agencies and the format should be readable.
This deadline comes from the DoT to improve the security situation in India due to increasing threats of terrorism. Skype provides terrorists a perfect platform to communicate at long distances clandestinely – since their data is encrypted.
"DoT will call the representatives of Research In Motion (manufacturer of Blackberry devices) and Skype and ask them to ensure that the content going through the telecom service providers is in readable format. They have to ensure that this is implemented within 15 days failing which services that do not allow lawful interception on a real-time basis would be blocked/banned."
– Government of India Notice
It is important to take note that RIM (Research In Motion) denied requests from the Government of India to track data from the 26/11 terrorists Blackberry. This seems an action to improve internet security, salve sick which I wonder- it will help or not.
If Govt. of India bans Google for even 5 minutes I expect a huge uproar from the masses, so I doubt if the companies would bend to work with the new procedures of the Government.


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He then goes on to write that he would likely boycott Walgreen's (a former client of his) if the company moves to Switzerland to avoid US taxation.
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Six Disney park attractions will be closed for at least part of March while crews undertake projects during the traditionally slower season.
Five projects are concluding this month on attractions at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. The major Big Thunder Mountain Railroad renovation, costing at least $4 million, will continue until the fall. An opening date has not been announced.
The "Disney Junior – Live on Stage" show will reopen on March 22 with new scenes at the Disney California Adventure theater. The mostly puppet show is based on TV shows from Disney Junior, aimed at the preschool set. The new segments are from "Doc McStuffins" and "Sofia the First."
Also in Disney California Adventure: The Silly Symphony Swings ride is undergoing routine maintenance and will reopen on March 15.
At Disneyland, the Monorail and Autopia are closing Tuesday through Thursday for routine maintenance. Crews are replacing the canopy above Autopia, which runs under the Monorail tracks.
Goofy's Playhouse, a kids' recreation area in Mickey's Toontown in Disneyland, will reopen Friday after maintenance.
Mark Twain's Riverboat, in Disneyland, is getting a new deck and will reopen March 28.
A new area of Fantasyland in Disneyland is also opening this month: The new Fantasy Faire, featuring princess greetings and shows, officially is opening March 12, although restricted previews will be held beforehand.
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If ever there was an appropriate venue for the story of the "Phantom of the Opera" then the Pantages is the theater. Gothic, ornate and spectacular, walking into the Pantages for the first time is enough to make your jaw drop at the splendor of it all.
I still remember the first time I saw "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. "Phantom" opened on May 31, 1989 starring Michael Crawford and Dale Kristien. My mother-in-law purchased tickets as a Christmas present for my husband and I to see what had become a "must-see" event in Los Angeles.
I was spellbound. I had never seen theater like this before. The music, the story, the set and the special effects redefined musical theater.
Only "Wicked" has touched me as profoundly as "Phantom." I returned again and again to see "Phantom." I racked up seven visits and experienced three different actors in the role of the Phantom - Crawford, Robert Guillaume and Davis Gaines.
In 1993 "Phantom" closed in Los Angeles and moved to San Francisco.
In true "theater-geek" fashion my husband and I flew to S.F. one weekend to see the "Phantom."
That was the last time I was moved by "The Music of the Night" until "Phantom" opened last week in Los Angeles.
John Cudia brings the sex appeal of Crawford, the anger of Guillaume and the passion of Gaines to his interpretation of the Phantom.
Trista Moldovan as Christine Daae is picture perfect as the young woman under the "Phantom's" spell.
Kim Stengel as opera diva Carlotta Giadicelli is perhaps the best Carlotta I've ever seen.
The theater managers, Bruce Winant as Monsieur Firmin and D.C. Anderson as Monsieur Andre are fun, witty and a joy to watch. Those are the high points of this production which remains faithful to the original in all but a few small, insignificant ways.
I was swept away by Phantom's signature number "The Music of the Night" and by the duet "All I Ask of You" by the two lovers, Christine and Raoul (Kyle Barisich). However, when all was said and done, I was left wanting more. More passion, emotion, heart and soul.
The cast of this production is accomplished and don't miss a note or a bit of business. Stagehands peeking out from the wings and a subtle sense of "hurry up and let's get this over with" marred what could have been a perfect production.
That said, "Phantom" is always worth the price of the ticket just for the special effects, the fog, the candles rising from the floor, the boat that skims across the stage and that magnificent chandelier!
The night I attended "Phantom" I was thrilled to run into other theater-goers from the Santa Clarita Valley.
That's the beauty of productions at the Pantages. It's only a 30-minute drive from the SCV (and truth be told, I made it from my house in Canyon Country to the parking lot of the Pantages in 26 minutes - and on a Friday night).
The Pantages can be reached from the SCV by taking the I-5 or highway 14 south from the SCV to the Hollywood Freeway over the Cahuenga Pass, exiting at Vine. The Pantages is only a few blocks away on Hollywood Boulevard.
After "Phantom" takes flight from the Pantages the theater will play host to "Rent" March 3-8; "Grease" March 10-22; "Rain" (a tribute to the Beatles) March 3-April 5; "Mama Mia" April 7-19; "Dirty Dancing" May 8-June 14; Topol starring in "Fiddler on the Roof" July 23-Aug. 9; "Legally Blonde" Aug. 12-Sept. 6 and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Nov. 10-Jan. 3.
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Anti-corruption laws a good start but missing important component
Judith Collins has introduced anti-corruption measures in a new law brought before the parliament.
unfortunately it doesn't include provisions for the creation of an Independent Commission Against Corruption, something sorely needed with electoral act breaches going uninvestigated by police, mis declared donations and pecuniary interests and the like.
I think the law could be strengthened by putting such a provision in and perhaps they could get a good judge like Judge Tony Adeane to handle it.
Justice Minister Judith Collins has unveiled a range of law changes to crack down on corruption, organised crime and bribery in New Zealand.
The minister tabled the Organised Crime and Anti-corruption Legislation Bill in Parliament this afternoon.
It includes requirements for banks to report international transactions, new identity theft offences, and harsher penalties for private sector bribery and corruption offences.
Mrs Collins said the changes would give law enforcement agencies more power to deal with organised crime and corruption, and would help New Zealand fulfil its international obligations.
"New Zealand is consistently regarded as one of the least corrupt countries in the world. However we cannot afford to be complacent — we must remain vigilant," she said.
If the bill passed into law, banks and financial institutions would have to help Government detect money-laundering by reporting all international wire transfers of more than $1000 and all physical cash transactions of more than $10,000 to the police's Financial Intelligence Unit.
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Nørresundby Town Hall
The building stands out from the other buildings of the provincial town for its size and the location at the end of the town square. The building has restrained classicist features, which are in particular noticeable in the facade composition, in the cornices around windows and doors and in the yellowish grey, rendered facade.
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You may have heard the buzz or seen the paparazzi scrambling for the hottest shots, but yes, The Ladies and I went out for a night of fun during Philadelphia Restaurant Week.
My new all time all time favorite place to eat is Le Bec Fin. Here's how the night went down:
The ladies and I
beat traffic and arrive and hour early are whisked away for a quiet cuppa coffee. We sit in Starbucks and chew the fat act fabulous.
We stroll fabulously to Le Bec Fin.
We are greeted adoringly by staff: Hello, Welcome, Good Evening, Thank you for coming, My aren't you fabulous, Hello, Hello, Welcome,
Please don't touch anything. You know, the usual…
The inside? Off white ceilings, floors, walls, table coverings. Spectacular chandeliers!
The Suit shows us to our table and pulls out my chair. I try not to fall off of it.
The Suit places our napkins on our laps. I try not to
pass gas dump the contents of my purse on the floor.
Another suit (the sommelier maybe?) provides Charlotte with the wine list. We
fistfight decide between a lovely Reisling and beer something drier.
Sommelier brings out the
Maddog 20/20 Reisling and allows Charlotte to chug from the bottle taste it. She approves. Sommelier pours a round.
Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and I quietly
fight discuss what we'll choose.
Carrie chooses the fancy schmancy something something salad. The roll guy
rolls a blunt brings rolls.
Miranda chooses the same thing as Carrie. Is offered
Grabs a roll.
Surprisingly, Charlotte and I order the same thing:
Burger and fries Pate with a burgundy colored squiggly sauce on a plate. Grab a couple rolls from the next table roll guy.
Blah blah blah we are fabulously talking about fabulousness as we drink our fabulous wine. Glass is never allowed to get empty.
Appetizer comes. Mine looks
what the heck was i thinking? tasty! Gonna need to pee more wine.
First course is cleared away in time for The Suit to bring the Main Course
Carrie and Miranda get the
runs scallops with brown stubby little things.
Charlotte and I get the pan seared Salmon. Ours is cooked medium cuz I
slipped The Suit a fiver asked The Suit if I could. It was served with teeny weeny beanies pieces of celery and surrounded by bubbles. Looks fabulous!
Halfway through my salmon I
pass gas realize I'm gonna need more wine cuz being fabulous makes one fabulous thirsty. I order a single malt liquor glass of a dry Chardonnay.
Sommelier (yay!) brings me the bottle to
chug examine. I burp approve.
We continue to laugh and drink and eat and be fabulous when The Suit announces its time for
the sex dessert.
I order key lime pie, Miranda and Carrie order the creme brulee, Charlotte orders the brownie. We
whine and complain ooh and ahh about how beautiful it all is. Then we chow and wash dessert down with coffee.
We are then
asked to leave sit around and allow others to partake of our fabulousness. I check out the bar and the ladies room.
Then the bill comes. The Suit begs us to
leave let him pay for our meal because our beauty outshone the chandeliers.
Reluctantly, we realize the place is packed and the next seating is prolly waiting outside to get in. crying. prolly.
We sashay towards the door.
Everyone asks for my number I do not knock anything over.
st umble out the door am sad to leave.
We fabulously make our way to Max Brenner for drinks . The chocolate smell is
disgusting overwhelming. They sell syringes full of chocolate!
At the bar we are drinking and talking and laughing and being fabulous when a woman next to me
asks for my number bumps me. I clock her with Carrie's high heel shoe smile at her.
this is what i
wish i wore.
It was a fabulous night. Thanks Philly for a memorable evening!
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I know it's been a while, and the opening of a new building is its own special kind of time suck, but the DMCI IS ALIVE. We still have funding for the second half of the program (we weren't sure well into the start of the Fall 2014 semester). So here's the deal. You all got the first half stipend/grant and if you would like to rekindle your ideas and produce the finished project, there is funding for the second half.
So what is the "second half"? Generally, it is your final project in a form that can be displayed on the Media Wall in the new Information and Technology Convergence Center (ITCC), or a resource that will help students, faculty, and staff in using the ITCC facilities. If you're not familiar with the Media Wall it is a mostly silent video display on the 2nd/3rd floors of the ITCC. The intent is to display your project in a form that demonstrates what the ITCC will be helpful in creating. Some of you have projects that are more resource oriented, but we'd like to have a video that brings attention to your resource (when finished).
We have been slow in getting all the facilities up and running in the building, but I'm confident as we begin the Spring 2015 semester that most of the state-of-the-art equipment will be available for use to complete your projects – if you so choose to move forward with it.
I'd like to meet with any or all of you to see if you're still interested. For those of you who are interested, we can have meetings to orient you to the ITCC facilities.
I apologize once again for the lack of communication. With budget issues, it was touch and go as to whether we could move forward – and then there was the ITCC. The deadline should be around the end of the semester (before commencement), but I'll double check to make sure. Again, let me know how you feel, and we'll go from there.


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[Forward Movement] How do you practice your faith at home? Is worship of God a Sunday-only event, or can you make it more? Forward Movement announces a new online resource for families that invites daily, faithful practice as a community of disciples. The project, Grow Christians, led by editor Nurya Parish, will launch the week of Ash Wednesday.
"There are wonderful organized programs for Lent, but this isn't one of them," said editor Nurya Parish. "Grow Christians is more like a virtual kitchen table where we can tell stories about how faith works in our own lives, day to day. The site is meant to be a community of ordinary people who are committed to living the gospel and willing to share some of how they do it in their real lives. That's formative for everyone—writers and readers.
"Parents, grandparents, godparents—we all need information and inspiration. I hope we can encourage one another in deeper discipleship," said Parish, an Episcopal priest who serves in the Diocese of Western Michigan.
Issuing an invitation to come and learn from one another, the site will help readers explore how to deepen their life of faith at home, and how help little ones to grow as Christians too. Writers from around The Episcopal Church will offer their stories on engaging faith in the home, covering topics such as family prayer, reading the Bible, how to talk about the cross, using music, art, cooking, and more.
To learn more or to sign up for GrowChristians.org, visit www.growchristians.org.
Forward Movement is a ministry of The Episcopal Church located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 1935, we have produced resources to inspire disciples and empower evangelists around the globe.


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Edinburgh Castle - Argyle Tower - PHOTOGRAPHER COMMENT
Panorama taken inside the Argyle Tower at Edinburgh Castle
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Edinburgh Castle - Argyle Tower - Edinburgh visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Edinburgh Castle - Argyle Tower' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Lothian.
Argyle Tower rises above the Portcullis Gate of Edinburgh Castle, which forms the separation between the Lower Ward and Middle Ward of the castle. Inside the tower is a model of the castle and some other exhibits. The tower is accessed via Lang Stairs which leads up from near the Castle Gate and the Argyle Battery to the Upper Ward of the castle, near to Forewall Battery and the Mons Meg Gun.
Argyle Tower was built in the 1880's during works carried out by Hippolyte Blanc and funded by William Nelson, a publisher. At the same time the Great Hall was restored, having been used as a barracks for many years, and in 1886 Portcullis Gate, under the tower, was rebuilt for the fourth time. The original Portcullis Gate was built to replace Constable's Tower which was destroyed during the Lang Siege (1571-73). The Gate was rebuilt in 1584 and then again in 1750.
Edinburgh Castle
Bus: 24 to Lawnmarket.
Walk: Edinburgh Castle is at the western end of the Royal Mile, which leads down east to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. This is about 15 minutes walk from Waverley Station and the Tourist Information Centre.


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the law and the war---
Here in the Great State of Taxisota or mosquitoland, a while back I was miffed when the DNR started to recommend that harvested deer be transported out of sight. All of my life I have enjoyed seeing what other hunters were taking home.
Their reasoning was that our world is divided into three groups; pro-hunting, anti-hunting, and the largest group being neutral -neither pro nor anti. To survive politically we did not want to move those in the neutral group to the anti group. It had nothing to do with right or wrong. It had nothing to do with what was legal and what was not. Because things are decided by the ballot box, don't get people excited against you. From my perspective, perhaps it is not a bad idea to back off on the open carry. We can win a battle or two but we need to win the war.
I'm glad for the laws permitting open carry, I'd surely hate to be busted for someone spotting the bottom edge of my holster and then claiming i was "flashing". What if exception was taken to a gun "printing"?
This thread is probably more appropriate for the concealed carry forum, since it appears to me you're raising the "concealed vs. open carry" argument.
In Georgia, with the proper licensing, one may carry either openly or concealed, so we have no "printing" or "brandishing" concerns to deal with.
I carry for one reason: that of my own personal safety and that of those I care about who might be with me. I prefer to be anonymous and unidentifiable as being armed, and therefore I carry concealed.
If one chooses to open carry, I support your right to do so, but you are giving up the element of surprise. To those who might be put off by seeing an armed person, I say "get over it." The carry community is comprised of highly responsible and lawful citizenry, and as ambassadors of the Second Amendment the ones I have been around have been excellent role models.
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- Flatten garlic cloves with flat side of a heavy knife, leaving skins on.
- Pull off leaves from stems of the fresh rosemary.
- In a jelly-roll or large baking pan toss the potatoes with the remaining ingredients and roast them in the middle of a pre-heated 400-degree oven, stirring every 15 minutes, until browned and crispy (approximately 45 minutes).
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On a stage decorated with cherry blossoms and whale fins, the dancers of Tanztheater Wuppertal explore with empathy and humour the sounds, sights, joys and paradoxes of modern Japanese culture. Ten Chi appears as though a series of postcards from Japan, incorporating images of food, birds and fish, Japanese hand gestures, kabuki, kimono, bonsai, samurai, Polynesian dance movement and even Japanese horror film.
The month-long season of international co-productions performed by Tanztheater Wuppertal at Sadler's Wells and the Barbican in summer 2012 marks a fitting celebration of the Olympic and Paralympic year's global focus. Seven of the 10 works are UK Premieres. For Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012 Sadler's Wells has, in association with Cultural Industry and the Barbican, with thanks to Wuppertal, North Rhine Westphalia and Arts Council England, commissioned the first ever continuous season of productions by the late Pina Bausch and her company.
Running from 6 June to 9 July 2012, the season features 10 international co-productions exploring 10 global locations; India, Brazil, Palermo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Budapest, Istanbul, Santiago de Chile, Rome and Japan. UK Premiere: A co-production with Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Arts Foundation and Nippon Cultural Center, Japan.