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Jamie Carragher has welcomed Rafa Benitez's new contract with Liverpool.
"We all have our own issues, at different times, with contracts so we understand what the manager's been through, but hopefully it is sorted now and we can move on for the rest of the season and for future years," Carragher told Sky Sports News.
Asked if uncertainty over Benitez's future was distracting for the players, Carragher said: "No not really we all have our own issues at times even now there are different players probably not sure what they are going to do this season or next season so that's just part of football.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones' comeback at Sunday's Tony Awards was all razzle and dazzle!
The actress made her first award show appearance last night in New York at the theater world's biggest night, her first since announcing her courageous battle with bipolar II disorder in April.
The 41-year-old Welsh actress, who stunned in a red sequined gown, presented Tony Awards to Mark Rylance for the play "Jerusalem" and Norbert Leo Butz for the musical "Catch Me If You Can."
The Oscar winner for the big screen version of the musical "Chicago," took home a Tony last year for the revival of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music."
Last week, Catherine's husband Michael Douglas gave Access Hollywood an update on his ladylove and her numerous projects in the works.
"Catherine is doing 'Rock of Ages' down in Miami. She's doing a rehearsal for it now and doing the dancing stuff [and] coming back tonight," he told Access. "She's doing great. She just finished a couple of pictures in Louisiana. So, it's all good."
"Rock of Ages," which also co-stars Tom Cruise, Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin, is slated to hit theaters on June 1, 2012.

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$2M In Grants Fund Key Initiatives In Shirley-Mastic-Mastic Beach
State Senator Lee M. Zeldin (R-C-I, Shirley) hosted a meeting today of the Tri-Hamlet Renaissance Project. The gathering at William Floyd High School discussed progress on the Project's proposals, including $2 million in grants to fund key initiatives in Shirley, Mastic and Mastic Beach.
The Tri-Hamlet Renaissance Project released its initial report on April 29, 2012, following several months of community meetings and proposal development. Since then, elected officials and community leaders have been working together to implement the Project's proposals.
The $2 million announced today will be used for the following Tri-Hamlet Renaissance projects:
$1.3 million for a new sewer treatment plant at the Calabro Airport in Shirley;
$50,000 for "attraction" signs and two dozen "trailblazing" signs for local attractions in the Tri-Hamlet community;
$50,000 for capital improvements at Bayview Park in Mastic Beach;
$50,000 for capital improvements at Legion Fields in Mastic Beach,
$50,000 for capital improvements at Airport Field in Shirley;
$500,000 for the planning and development of a Nitrex Nitrogen Removal System for Neighborhood Road in the Village of Mastic Beach.
At today's meeting, Senator Zeldin also presented Project participants with legislative resolutions, which were passed by the New York State Legislature.
The Tri-Hamlet Renaissance Project has been focused on the mission to enhance the Tri-Hamlet area. Six workgroups continue to focus on the areas ofInfrastructure, Economic Development, Real Estate, Quality of Life, Public Safety and Marketing.
"The Tri-Hamlet community can and will improve with the dedicated work of the members of the Tri-Hamlet Renaissance Project and the residents of Shirley, Mastic and Mastic Beach," said Senator Zeldin. "This funding will go a long way toward making necessary improvements and developing these local projects. I would like to thank Supervisor Ed Romaine and Deputy Supervisor/Councilman Dan Panico for their coordinated help to secure this funding from New York State. I commend all of the Renaissance Project members, volunteers and elected officials who continue to give their time, talent and energy to this effort."
Brookhaven Town Supervisor, Ed Romaine, said, "We are extremely lucky to have a State Senator such as Lee Zeldin who was able to reprogram this critical funding for the Town of Brookhaven. This grant will accomplish many of our immediate priorities and improve the quality of life for our residents in the Tri-Hamlet area. The new sewer treatment plant at the Calabro Airport in Shirley is an especially important project. The development of a Nitrex Nitrogen Removal System for Neighborhood Road in the Village of Mastic Beach is also essential, as are the capital improvements in Shirley and Mastic Beach and the signage throughout the Tri-Hamlet. I am extremely supportive of Senator Zeldin's efforts and want to thank him for all his hard work on the Town's behalf."
"Senator Lee Zeldin and I grew up in the same community and share a personal connection to the area and the residents," commented Brookhaven Town Deputy Supervisor/Councilman Dan Panico. "This grant, and the individual projects which it will fund, will go a long way toward improving the quality of life and environment for everyone in the area. I thank Senator Zeldin on behalf of our mutual constituents and am proud to call him my friend."


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Hi There,
I am not able to perform any operation on Domains after adding the appliance to WAMC.
1. I logged in to WAMC ( NO LDAP logIn , a different user that I created for WAMC)
2. Added appliances
3. Selected domains of appliance and clicked on other Actions.
4. The options are DISABLED. NOT ABLE to click on any of the action.
I am using 184.108.40.206 Firmware version.
I guess, it is NOT the problem with firmware version but with the USER ID that I am using to access DP boxes.
On DataPower box - I log in using LDAP IDs.
WAMC version - Release: 2012-09-25
Build Number: 20120925-0943 - it is latest version.
In Nutshell - I need to carry out various actions on Domains, but those options are disabled.
I have provided the WAMC user - solution Deployer access as well.
Kindly suggest, what I am missing.
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Updated on 2012-12-07T11:41:26Z at 2012-12-07T11:41:26Z by SystemAdmin
Re: WAMC : not able to perform Actions on Domains from wamc2012-11-27T14:17:57ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.Hello,
This could be a problem with the model/type of appliance that you are managing with WAMC. The options available in the dropdown menu are enabled or disabled based on the user role that you are currently logged in as but also based on information retrieved from the appliance. The Solution Deployer should have access to all of the functions in the 'Other Actions' menu on the Domains page and as you say you are logged in as a Solution Deployer this is probably not the problem. This leaves the information from the appliance and we can check this by enabling WAMC trace:
1) Stop your WAMC server
2) Find the 'logs' directory in your WAMC install directory. Delete or move away the existing log files (depending on if you need/want to keep them)
3) Find the 'config' directory in your WAMC install directory. Rename the file trace.disabled to trace.xml
4) Start your WAMC server again
If you then log in as the Solution Deployer, go to the Domains page, select the problem appliance and click the 'Other Actions' menu that will cause enough trace to be generated that we can debug the problem further. If you then zip your logs directory and send that to email@example.com the development team will be happy to investigate further.
Re: WAMC : not able to perform Actions on Domains from wamc2012-12-05T19:43:40ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.
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Well, it was a typo. I am able to use 'Other Actions' on Added DP boxes after correcting the spelling.
Well, This is what I understand, kindly correct if I got it wrong -
1. DP box has only user 'admin1' and no other user
2. WAMC has user 'wamcAdmin' - which has 'solution Deployer' Access.
3. 'wamcAdmin' user can add/modify domains/services on DataPower box.
If that is true - then user,who could not clear RBM policies, would still be play with box ?
Re: WAMC : not able to perform Actions on Domains from wamc2012-12-07T11:41:26ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.
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Glad to hear that you resolved your problem and that you are now able to access the other actions.
Your understanding of the current permissions model in WebSphere Appliance Management Center is essentially correct. All communication with the DataPower appliances is done using the same user ID and in order for actions in the management center to work this user will need admin level access to the appliance. As you say, the current roles in WebSphere Appliance Management Center will allow a user with, for example, the Solution Deployer role to create and modify domains and services on an appliance that he/she may not normally be able to modify. We recognise that this is not always desirable and we have requirements on our backlog to make improvements in this area.
One of the requirements is for a more fine grained set of permissions. This would mean that instead of the current Solution Deployer role being able to quiesce/unquiesce/create/modify domains and services, you could define separate user roles allowing some users to quiesce and unquiesce and a different set of users create/modify. The other requirement is for these permissions to be specified at the appliance or domain level so that you could give a user permissions to create domains on development appliances but prevent them from modifying production appliances.
Please note that these are just two of the many requirements on our backlog and we can't make any definite statement about when or even if we will be able to implement these features. If you are interested, you create new requirements and vote up existing requirements in our backlog here http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/?PROD_ID=498 by selecting WebSphere Appliance Management Center for WebSphere Appliances from the drop down menu.
If you have any further questions about WebSphere Appliance Management Center please don't hesitate to ask. The development team regularly check these forums and we can be contacted directly using our email address email@example.com.
Ashley Earl (WebSphere Appliance Management Center development)


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A top quality rustic style country villa with stunning views set in the picturesque mountain village of Calvia. The well laid out accommodation comprises of a large fully fitted kitchen/breakfast room, lounge with dining area, both with doors out to the large terraces leading to the pool, Jacuzzi and gardens; cloakroom, office/study and three double bedrooms all en suite with doors out to the terraces and pool area. A grand entrance hall with sweeping staircase leads to the master bedroom en suite with terraces and views. Extras include large underground garage with workshop, parking and air conditioning hot and cold.
Joan Miró painted here. Frederic Chopin composed here. Robert Graves wrote here. Here is Mallorca, part of Spain's Balearic Islands. The Balearic isles, an autonomous archipelago, are clustered in the Mediterranean. Mallorca is the largest of the four main islands, followed by Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera.Подробная информация о роскошных домах: Майорка


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Many of you may not realize that Bill Stachowiak, Chief Engineer for JOY FM, and all of Townsquare Media Buffalo's radio stations is blind. Bill will tell you…"radio is an audio medium, why do I need to see".
September is National Guide Dog Month and CW23's 'Wingin' It' featured Bill and his guide dog Piper in this morning's segment. Piper came from Freedom Guide Dogs and was a serious change for Bill, allowing him more flexibility, and independence.
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I think French women are also enchanting, but I haven't felt up to studying French...Your language seems too much complicated (as Japanese ). Every noun has sex? Come on...
However that's true that I find most accents quite cute.
I think French women are also enchanting, but I haven't felt up to studying French...Your language seems too much complicated (as Japanese ). Every noun has sex? Come on...
French is a bit complicated, but in everyday's conversation we use only a small subset of the grammar. Many tenses are archaic anyway. As for the gender, as long as you're not in a classroom it's not a big mistake to use the wrong one, and that contributes to the charm of the non-natives indeed ;)
Is French vocabulary similar with Deutsch? I had a hard time learning Deutsch not only because of sex but something like der/dem. It's fun though. 8) :D
I suppose these languages are somewhat similar, in terms of difficulty.
I've been trying to memorize how to write a, i, u, e, o (the Fifty Sounds) in Japanese for almost a whole month! I wish I were Taka. 8)
FRC, is there any funny way to practice retroflex 'r' in your language?
Yeah, it's roughly the same sound as when you clean your throat (without water, otherwise it will make a gurgling sound).
I'd rather sleep now than clean my throat.
Good night(yawn)! Have a nice day there. :wink:
I think Chinese characters are much more difficult to remember. And I wouldn't even try to remember all those different kinds of accent of "ma" in Chinese (I don't know exactly how many kinds there are...) :)Originally Posted by blacknomi
Yeah right, Taka. Each of Chinese character has 5 different tones.
ma1==> mother
ma2==> numb
ma3==> horse
ma4==> curse
ma5==> question mark '?'
Where's the original poster? :D


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- 43.90% is the gross profit margin for COCA-COLA BTLNG CONS which we consider to be strong. Regardless of COKE's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, COKE's net profit margin of 0.47% is significantly lower than the industry average.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $17.81 million or 50.61% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing the cash generation rate to the industry average, the firm's growth is significantly lower.
- The debt-to-equity ratio is very high at 3.64 and currently higher than the industry average, implying increased risk associated with the management of debt levels within the company. To add to this, COKE has a quick ratio of 0.66, this demonstrates the lack of ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
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You could change it back but this is how I came to my conclusion:
"Seeking the answers, the Krenka shaman have spent the last month performing rituals, ceremonies and meditations, often with the use of mind-altering magic and substances. One such shaman, Forgol, recently saw, through a haze of hallucination, a vision of a scarab beetle scuttling into a cavernous chamber somewhere underground." It looks like he is just one of many Shaman.
"Furthermore, as the follower of one of the lesser Barrens creature (the beetle), Forgol thinks that succeeding in this challenge will prove his worth and move both him and his totem spirit up in the hierarchy." If he was the "leader" already there wouldn't be anywhere else to move up. Rolandius (talk - contr) 04:12, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
It was only speculation. But that seems to be valid evidence the speculation was wrong.Baggins (talk) 04:13, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I was trying to say it was not confirmed nor even speculated that he was the leader. If there was something in the RPG that speculated he was the leader I would have left it there. It just looks like he is a Shaman...whom may be an important class of the tribe. Rolandius (talk - contr) 04:21, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
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Pulsing out of an invisible electro-chemical reaction, a thought originates deep inside the skull and flutters through a seemingly chaotic labyrinth of synapses. Then there is the innate tendency to impose structure on this boiling, gurgling randomness -- to refine a thought and cast it into the tangible constructs put forth by the long-gone originators of accepted wisdom.
Musically speaking, it is difficult to use the various implements of rhythm and tone without standing on the shoulders of others. Even if the musician ignores tradition and ventures into experimentalism, the art in question is often viewed as a commentary on established formulas, not an act of creativity in itself. It's a tricky balancing act trying to link both sides of the chaos/order fence into a single organic whole.
Otion, a Denver-based instrumental trio that fuses rock, jazz and ambient, manages to tread the line between established structure and experimental chaos, embracing both while not getting too cozy with either. Composed of drummer Nate Weaver, keyboardist Mat Muha and bassist Sean Inman, the band obviously doesn't operate in a musical vacuum, but it's hard to divine a label that fits. The players mate the raw pulse of rock with the icier fractals of electronic and progressive. The music sounds at once familiar and alien, following a route that mirrors electrochemical reactions inside the brain.
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Weaver, who studies percussion performance at Metro State, provides a solid rhythmic foundation that's inventive and precise. Muha's keyboards then layer on structures and progressions that have a very visual, geometric feel to them, riffing out shapes of varying symmetry. Finally, Inman punctuates these dense tiers of synthesized sound with frenetic experimental jabs and crowns of fuzz, his methods messier but strangely appropriate.
"We keep it in some realm of standard musical structure, but in other ways, we're not following that," explains Weaver. "Some of the notes don't always add up...and some songs are just verse-chorus, verse-chorus." As far as genre goes, he adds, "Heavy metal to jazz to country to hip-hop, anything -- it all has its good points." It follows that Weaver is not afraid to incorporate any sort of beat he picks up at school -- or anywhere else.
"I've always thought our very, very basic core was very jazz-oriented," says Inman, adding that Otion's philosophy embraces bits and pieces of other styles, a mentality that would probably alarm a jazz purist. ("Rules are for suckers," he adds, summing up Otion's experimental tendencies.) On stage, notes Inman, the degree of improvisation employed varies from performance to performance.
Mixing and matching each member's inclinations without committing to a specific genre translates to "jazz in theory," according to Weaver. "It's the idea of experimentation and a lot of exploration. We tune to scale degrees that don't even exist at times and rarely hit major chords. Musically, there's just a lot out there that I don't think people have hit on."
A typical Otion tune is something of a journey -- constantly twisting and turning, shifting gears, then reversing, expanding and contracting. Although there are only three players involved, the sound is surprisingly dense and textured, and some of the smaller clubs at which the band has performed -- such as the Lion's Lair -- seem overwhelmed by the sheer size of Otion's music. The song "Red Moon" is a good example of what Weaver describes as Otion's "big sound." After a snarl of distortion, a driving series of tones emerges, and progressions are underpinned by his rocket-fuel beat. Inman scribbles with feedback throughout the song, which is halted by a few distorted stutter-stops before the structure evaporates into a swirl of hums and synthetic squeals.
As the band's moniker implies, there's often an ebb-and-flow feeling to Otion's songs. In "Free Stuff," a dark, unsettling opening gives way to an anthem laced with a sense of discovery. The song builds, then recedes into a more delicate transition before devolving back into the murk. Like a tide, it cascades once more into anthem territory before coming to an end.
While Otion often elicits comparisons to prog-rock bands such as Rush (maybe it's the power-trio thing), the band sees such analogies as an easy answer to a difficult question. "A lot of people are trying to associate us with something they're fairly familiar with," says Weaver. "Overall, we get pretty decent reactions, although people don't always respond so well to no guitar player and no singer."
Sound emanates from Otion's three instrumentalists, but the band actually has a silent fourth member: Bird, who produces its eye-grabbing visual backdrops. After experimenting with a slide projector and Super 8 film, Bird moved toward digital technology and computer animation. Today, armed with a laptop and a projector, he casts fitting scenery onto Otion's live performances: Abstract and surreal imagery intercut with stylized shots of time-lapse traffic, obscure found footage, car crashes, circuitry and eyeballs.
"It's just a multimedia clusterfuck," says Bird. "I've always been attracted to the whole audio-visual aspect of it, especially because Otion was an instrumental band. They didn't have the frontman that most bands have to help lead the way."
Muha, Inman and Weaver all see the visuals as integral to the band, something that became clear to them recently, when Bird returned to Denver after a short stint in Madison, Wisconsin. "Having Bird back is a huge jump start," says Inman. "It really gave me a huge kick of energy."
"We're not good dancers," jokes Weaver, explaining why the visuals are an important piece of Otion's stage act. "When I see Bird's interpretation of the music, it looks like what I think our music looks like. Overall, we just want to create an overwhelming audio and visual experience."
Otion's origins date back to 1999, when Muha returned to Denver from New York and bumped into high school pal Weaver at the 15th Street Tavern. The pair began collaborating and enticed Inman, who grew up with Weaver and Muha in Littleton, to join the fray. Inman, who was studying animation in Savannah, Georgia, at the time, came back to Colorado to man the bass for the group. Otion started practicing at Soulciety, a north Denver warehouse/art collective that Bird then called home, and soon saw the potential of a visual component rounding out its presentation.
The band has also utilized vocals in the past. Amy Fisher (no relation to the same-named tabloid denizen) lent her potent pipes to the project for a spell earlier this year, before "creative differences" became apparent. But trying to integrate lyrical content into abstract instrumental forays is a difficult business anyway, as the inherently concrete nature of words and melodies tends to defy the band's sonic aspirations. In the context of Otion's music, vocals should function as "just another instrument," says Inman.
In fact, echoes Weaver, "at times, the vocals can take away from it. There's so much going on that [lyrics] would just be a distraction."
Otion has worked with other musicians in the past and hopes to keep tinkering with arrangements on certain songs, using guests to spice up the mix. But finding the right people isn't easy. "We've had a couple of guitar players who have come down and played," says Muha. "They tend to get frustrated because of the tonality that fills so much space. The guitar player either has to be right on or just lose his mind."
"Between Matt and I, we really don't have that much room," adds Inman. 'To come try and jam with me, it's like, 'What the fuck are you doing?'" (To the imaginary guitar player in this scenario, Inman laughs and retorts, "I play guitar on my bass! What the hell are you doing? I've made your instrument obsolete.")
Otion's songwriting process is collaborative, says Muha. "We all come from very different musical backgrounds. Now I think we're just conjoining those ideas and making something happen. Any presented idea always gets changed. We're all pretty open to taking suggestions from each other. We never butt heads or anything like that."
Everyone in the band agrees that different moods contribute to the eclecticism of the Otion playlist. Bird's visual accompaniment heightens the sense of emotion that is a significant part of the songwriting. But rather than impose their emotions on listeners, the bandmembers hope to spark something "that's already inside them," as Bird puts it. Adds Muha, "I'd like to amplify whatever they're already feeling."
Otion seems uniquely equipped to tap into the more nebulous aspects of its audience's psyche. Beyond Bird's excursions into experimental film, Otion has a prodigious well of artistic talent that extends beyond the aural: Inman and Muha both dabble in visual arts. "I think it's really exhilarating to watch a lot of the underground art that thrives in Denver," says Weaver. "I don't think it gets much attention, and I think that's pretty sad." To this end, Otion has integrated gallery openings and interpretive dance with its performances.
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The band is currently putting the finishing touches on an enhanced four-song CD (in this case, enhanced means that it includes Bird's video work) and hopes to embark on a West Coast tour at some point in the future. "We've been talking to a few friends in San Francisco," says Weaver. "I'm trying to hit that scene with a vengeance."
Not that Otion has grand aspirations of broad commercial success. The players view the brand of music they unleash as an acquired taste, knowing all too well that it's hard to please the masses when you're diverting from the beaten path.
"If I'm not playing the national anthem at an Avalanche game, I'm not going to be upset about it," says Muha. "We do what we do, and that's the most important thing."


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Oh, Germany. You Make Our Job Easy.
Dr. Marie-Catherine Klarkowski has taken a unique approach to renovating her Relax & Smile dental practice in Munich, Germany. It's been converted into an "Alpine-style" clinic complete with wooden benches, antlers on the wall, and a fireplace. But more importantly, boobs. Dr. Klarkowski and her ten nurses now wear dirndls, the cleavage-bearing dresses often seen at Oktoberfest. Business at the Relax & Smile clinic has risen by a third, all of the new patients being men who are clearly fans of wooden benches and fireplaces. Connoisseurs of the Alpine style, obviously. The doctor justifies the new uniforms, pointing out that the sight of cleavage distracts patients from pain. And yet when we flash people at the hospital to distract them from their pain we get arrested. So unfair.
A radio station in Germany offered a Mini Cooper worth $32,000 to the listener who suggested the craziest stunt they'd be willing to do to get the car. Andreas Muller, 39, was the winner with his offer to have the word mini tattooed on his penis while a female DJ from the station watched. One contest organizer stated, "There were a lot of crazy stunts put forward by listeners, but Andreas won by a short head." I see what you did there. During the tattooing, Muller commented, "Once I'm sitting in the car, it won't matter anymore. Then the pain will be gone and it'll be all right." Yeah, things could be worse. He could have found out afterward that he only won 100 Grand.
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Google no longer autocompletes search terms related to file sharing. If you type in the word bittorrent, for example, you can search for it as usual, but if you type in bittorren, Google no longer gives suggested search terms, nor does Google Instant show any results. It's not surprising that they would stop giving suggestions about something that could be used illegally, but by that logic they should stop autocompleting several other search terms. A blogger at Techi noticed they still autocomplete searches for kidnapping a child, making mustard gas, stealing from Walmart, cheating on your taxes, threatening the president, making meth, and building a bomb. Because downloading "Play That Funky Music" by Vanilla Ice is worse than kidnapping kids. Actually, they may have a point there.
- Dental staff at an "Alpine-style" German clinic wear dresses reminiscent of Oktoberfest to distract patients from the pain. (Metro)
- German man tattoos "Mini" on his penis to win a Mini Cooper from a radio station. (Arbroath, possibly NSFW)
- Google won't autocomplete search terms related to file sharing, but here are seven horrible things they will autocomplete. (Techi via BoingBoing)
- In a study conducted by Maria Elizabeth Grabe and Lelia Samson at Indiana University, 400 subjects watched one of two mock news broadcasts read by the same woman. In one she wore plain clothes and no makeup; in the other she wore a tight outfit and red lipstick. Women remembered more of the headlines when read by the sexier version of the anchor, while men remembered significantly fewer headlines when distracted by an "Alpine-style" anchor. (Newslite)
- Police have taken surveillance video of drug smugglers using a catapult to launch 4.4 pound bales of marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico border. Wile E. Coyote sought for questioning. (ABC, with video)
- 400 Rabbis agree: Glenn Beck needs to stop referencing the Holocaust. (GOOD)
- The number of internet users worldwide just passed the two billion mark. The number of mobile phone subscriptions has grown to 5.38 billion. (France24)
- Between 2000 and 2010 the number of internet users worldwide grew from 361 million to just under 2 billion. LOLcat stock at an all-time high. (VisualLoop)
- In a survey of 755 Internet users, 65% reported paying to download or access content on the internet, with the most common purchases being music, software, and apps. Only 2% reported buying adult content. Wait, that's not free? (Mashable)


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An interesting piece posted on Slate.com yesterday called attention to the results of a NIMH study that might help rank existing antidepressant medications in order of effectiveness.
The study, which goes by the awkward moniker of STAR*D (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression), focused "on the common clinical question of what to do next when patients fail to respond to a standard trial of treatment with an antidepressant medication," according to the study's website. The study, the website continues, aimed "at defining which subsequent treatment strategies, in what order or sequence, and in what combination(s) are both acceptable to patients and provide the best clinical results with the least side effects."
STAR*D began in 2001 with a sample of 3,000 depressed patients. The patients were started on Celexa, and those who didn't experience full remission of symptoms on Celexa alone were moved on to other treatments or had their Celexa regimes augmented with additional agents.
Papers on the prelimiary results have appeared recently in the Journal of Psychiatric Research (Issue 40, pages 59-69), and the New England Journal of Medicine (Issue 356, pages 1231-1242 and 1243-1252).
You can also access the NIMH's March 23 press release about the study, with links to a number of STAR*D-related pages, here.
The author of the Slate article, Sarah E. Richards, argues that the STAR*D study "underscores the need for more comparative data–not just for mental-health drugs, but in all areas of health care."
Comparative studies of drug effectiveness, she says, are often nonexistent or difficult to come by, since drug companies are not required to prove to the FDA that a proposed new product is more effective than a product already on the market.
Dr John Grohol, a psych blogger, offers a counterpoint to the mainstream press's breathless enthusiasm about the STAR*D results, here.


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I am 21 years old, 5'8, and 122 pounds with a small frame and size 30DDDD breasts. As you can tell, this is not at all proportional to my body, and it is nearly impossible to find bras with a band of 30 and a cup of DDDD so I usually end up settling for 32DDD. My questions: Am I a good candidate for a breast reduction since I can't really lose any weight and still be healthy? Will insurance pay the full costs? Is the first step a consultation? Any tips for talking to my parents about this?
Age 21, 5'8, 30 DDDD. Am I a Good Candidate for a Breast Reduction? Thank You in Advance for Your Help and Advice.
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Breast reduction
Clearly by your height and weight you are not in need of weight loss and it not likely to make a significant change in your breast size even it you did. With that size breast I would expect you to qualify for a reduction if you have the usual symptoms of back and or neck pain, shoulder strap grooving or skin rashes under your breasts. A consultation with a surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery would be your next step.
Breast Reduction Candidate?
Thank you for the question.
Based on your description of body type and breast size/symptoms, you may be an excellent candidate for breast reduction surgery; this operation tends to be one of the most patient pleasing operations we perform.
Unfortunately, online consultants will not be able to definitively state whether any specific insurance will cover your procedure. You will need to check with board-certified plastic surgeons in your area. Ask to see lots of examples of their work and learn about the potential risk/complications associated with breast reduction surgery as well.
When dealing with health insurance companies, there will be some some "hoops" to jump through. The more documentation you have (for example, from your primary care doctor, physical therapist, chiropractor etc.) the better when it comes to obtaining insurance "authorization" for the procedure. This documentation and letter/pictures from your plastic surgeon will help you obtain authorization. Prepare to be persistent.
Hopefully, communication with your parents will be a easier matter. I would suggest an open/honest communication of the physical and/or psychosocial problems your disproportionately large breasts have caused you. Let them know that you have been researching breast reduction surgery, pros/cons of the procedure, and timing of the procedure as well.
I hope this helps.
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It certainly sounds as if you are a very good candidate for a breast reduction if you are in good health. The procedure would be covered under most insurance policies if you have accompanying symptoms (back pain, etc.), although some policies have exclusions for any breast reduction. Obtain a consultation with a BC plastic surgeon following which you should be better prepared to discuss with your parents.
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Breast Reduction
It sounds like you would be a good candidate for a breast reduction. Most of my patients in their 40's and 50's who have the surgery routinely say they wish they had done it earlier. The only way you can know for sure about insurance coverage is to consult a plastic surgeon for evaluation and then have his office contact the insurance company for authorization.
Breast reduction
It is impossible to give you advice without seeing photos. 30DDDD cup size means a lot of different things to different people. You should consulta plastic surgeon to determine if you are a good candidate for the procedure and he or she can help you through the pre authorization process with your insurance company.
Breast Reduction
Large breasts can restrict your lifestyle and cause a variety of medical problems. Even drastic weight loss won't result in more than negligible shrinkage. Breast reduction surgery removes excess breast tissue and reshapes the contour of the breasts so that they are smaller and perkier.
I commonly use a minimal incision technique (Le Jour), eliminating the need for large scars while providing a pleasing breast contour and shape that is proportionate to the patient's body. Your surgeon knows exactly how much tissue he or she is taking out, because it is weighed after removal. The good news is that this procedure can be performed under local anesthesia and twilight sedation instead of general anesthesia, but some doctors still use a general anesthetic. And breast reduction comes with an added bonus: the extracted breast tissue is always sent to the lab and examined by a pathologist for signs of cysts or cancer. Having smaller breasts can take years off your appearance!
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Enough! We're on our way to Britain
Economic strife and hate are driving French Jews abroad in record numbers
Strasbourg-born banker Myriam Amsellem lives in a thriving French Jewish community.
She attends a shul filled with her compatriots, while her three children attend a local Jewish primary school filled with French culture.
But Ms Amsellem does not live in Paris or Lyon - her home is in South Hampstead, north-west London, 100 miles from France.
She is one of the thousands of French immigrants who have made their home in the UK.
Although there are no official figures, it is thought that around 6,000 French Jews currently live in Britain. The number comes from Simon Tobelem, French businessman and trustee of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation.
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289% - Year-on-year increase in French aliyah
5,000 - Estimated total immigration to Israel from France in 2014 — a ecord
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He said: "If you have 60 million people in France, one per cent are Jews so that is roughly 600,000. Then, if you have 600,000 French people in London, at least 6,000 of those are Jewish."
According to Mrs Amsellem, London is a safer, freer place to be than France. "We feel a lot more comfortable here," the 34-year-old said.
"If you work in France, you can't be Jewish. You cannot take off chagim from work and you cannot leave early on Shabbat. I look at France now and I know I would not want to be there."
Ms Amsellem is a long-time immigrant, having first moved here 14 years ago to study at the London School of Economics, where she met her French husband. She said she had recently noticed a spike in French Jews coming to the UK.
According to Marc Meyer, the Paris-born chairman of Hendon Synagogue, there are two factors driving this trend.
"Like so many non-Jewish French people, they are drawn by huge tax advantages," he said. "The financial and employment climate is a lot more attractive in London. But the second and growing factor is the rampant antisemitism in France. It's more obvious than it ever was before. I know people who come here because they just can't stand being there any more - not when you read about what happens to those who walk around in France with kippot on their heads."
Student Alex Beloousov agreed. The 20-year-old Parisian followed his brother to London to study at University College two years ago in the wake of the 2012 Toulouse shootings.
He said: "We grew up as Orthodox Jews in an Orthodox school. What people always say about France is not a myth. They said it would get worse, but I never believed it. Now I am so happy that I am not there.
"The next stage is working out how to get my parents out. In some ways, I really feel like they are in danger."
Mr Beloousov regularly meets fellow young nationals at Jewish Learning Exchange Friday-night dinners, and at Wembley United Synagogue.
"My Judaism helped me so much when I came here, because there are so many welcoming communities and organisations."
A spokesperson for the Anshei Shalom congregation, which worships at St John's Wood Synagogue, said it had seen a dramatic increase in French membership since 2011, with 65 per cent of their 200 members coming from the country, including the Amsellem family
Monthly shiurim are now held in French, with an average turnout of 70 people.
At the Centre for Jewish Life in central London, there has been an influx of 947 young French members in the past three years.
"If we have 300 people at our Friday-night dinners, normally 65 or so are French," the centre's rabbi, Yosef Vogel, said. "We have dinners for French people, where they can meet people and bring friends. They integrate very well in the community."
Simon Tobelem is launching the monthly French Business Club with UJIA next month to provide young professionals a "louder voice within the UK Jewish community".
Proof of the growing French presence is perhaps most evident in Jewish schools. Naima Jewish Preparatory, in Maida Vale, has had a large increase in French families since 2012, while the voluntary-aided North-West London Jewish Primary School in Willesden now caters for 56 French pupils out of a total roll of 285.
French signs are posted around its premises, and the school newsletter is regularly printed in French and English. The Gallic presence has enriched the school, said head-teacher Rabbi Daniel Kerbel. "We have good communication with the French parents and the school has only benefited," he said.
But for all the advantages of living in the UK, there is one area of life that French Jews say is superior across Channel - food.
Ms Amsellem said: "A lot of us order our kosher meat from France. It is much better - and the cakes are much better, too."
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John Mahama was announced winner of Ghana's presidential election this weekend. Take a look at what the election could mean for the nation.
A roundup of world events from the past week. Ghana's president dies and Oprah is called ignorant in India.
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The Board of Higher Education of New York today voted 15 to 4 to exonerate Prof. William E. Knickerbocker of charges of anti-Semitic discrimination against a student. The Board's action repudiated the findings of a City Council committee which charged the former head of the Romance Languages Department of City College with being guilty of "reprehensible and unworthy" conduct.
The Board's resolution declared that the Council report advanced no new material concerning alleged anti-Semitism in the Romance Languages Department and that the Board's original decision on the case in 1946, clearing the instructor, was still valid. The City Council report was written after a ten-month inquiry.
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Maybe this is a stupid question - I'm a total beginner at this stuff, but this makes me wary
Not stupid at all.
Judge Kendall has denied Chicago's MTD, which was based on the changed laws at the time the motion was filed. They have since changed even more.
What the Judge is saying is that from the Judicial standpoint, when a legislative body changes the law to moot a case, that the Courts will take at face value that the changes are made in good faith.
However, the plaintiffs have said that the changes are still in effect, a ban on gun ranges.
So the Judge is saying that it is on the plaintiffs to show that while these changes are designed to appear to mitigate the damages, they are still far short of the protections guaranteed by the 2A (as made obvious by the 7th Circuit). She is saying, "Show the court that these guys are just playing games and not acting in good faith."
They can do this in one of two ways: (1) challenge the constitutionality of these restrictions by filing an amended complaint as part of this case; or (2) file a new case attacking the same restrictions.
This is actually Judge Kendall holding out an olive branch to Alan Gura. The Circuit Court spanked her and she is now going to make nice.
I suspect and expect
to file an amended complaint to show in specifics that Chicago is not willing to play nice.
Alan Gura can now charge Chicago for this litigation up to the point of the injunction, which will be issued shortly.
If he files a new case, then he is back to square one. By continuing this case with an amended complaint, he increases the likelihood of further wins
amount of money he can charge Chicago.
There is also the idea that should Mr. Gura prevail and show that Chicago is acting in bad faith, a Special Master can still be appointed by Judge Kendall. Chicago will have to pay for that, also.
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As you drive into the thermal town of Zalakaros in western Hungary you can smell the faint whiff of sulphur in the air. It's a small town whose economy is almost entirely dependent on the warm waters that rise from beneath it, with numerous hotels and the Zalakaros furdo at its centre.
Despite its small size, the town and the baths can be quite confusing experience if you have never been there before and if you're not careful you might come out more stressed than you went in. Unless you are staying in a hotel in Zalakaros itself, you'll need to use the pay and display parking in front of the Men Dan Hotel and the tourist information centre. The main entrance to the Zalakaros furdo is just behind the car park, but this is sometimes closed and you will instead have to walk about 200m down the main road to find the entrance through an insignificant looking door behind some bushes at the end of the complex.
There are numerous ticket options but if you don't speak Hungarian then they'll sell you a day ticket to all areas of the complex for about 2550Ft. When you get into the changing rooms you will also need 1000Ft as a deposit for a locker and they will give you rather a awkward plastic tube with the key to hang around your neck. Don't put any money in this as it is not watertight!
The complex indoors feels a bit like a cross between a local authority swimming pool and a hospital, so it's not the best place for a luxury spa break. It is a patchwork of facilities that have developed with no coherent style or layout, so if you want to make the most of the complex than you will need to have your explorer's hat on.
The main thermal pool area is housed inside a wooden dome that seems somewhat like the inside of a hobbit house, though nothing like as cosy. There are three pools at 33°C, 36°C and 38°C. The atmosphere is very subdued however and some visitors appear to be going a bit stale in the murky green waters. There is also an outdoor thermal bath surrounded by sun terraces and a bar area. The pool can become very crowded, as is the case with most of the pools at Zalakaros and the lifeguards are more there to wag their fingers if you're being naughty than to actually save your life.
Far on the other side of the complex is a more conventional indoor thermal pool, indoor and outdoor warm fun pools with a lazy river and bubble jets and a large indoor swimming pool, all of which are reasonably well maintained. If you go in peak season then you will also have access to the large park behind the complex which contains a range of additional outdoor fun pools and swimming pools, which really makes this a very substantial complex. Sadly, if you go at any other time of the year though, these pools are closed and the park is fenced off.
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There are a number of saunas and steam rooms that you can use, as well as a few bars and restaurants, though exactly what will be open would depend on the time of the year.
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Zalakaros furdo is a very large complex when it is all open and has plenty to keep you busy for hours.
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The Zalakaros furdo is really a case of quantity over quality. There is an excellent range of pools and facilities to enjoy, especially in peak season when all of the outdoor pools are open, but it is very poorly designed and needs a lot of modernisation.
RatingSetting: 3/5 Architecture: 1/5 Ambience: 2/5 Facilities: 3/5 Value: 3/5 TOTAL: 12/25 (one star)
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4aSC5. Study of the acoustic-to-articulatory transformation for vowels and fricatives.
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After 6+ years on the CLR Debugging services, I'm going to be headed over to the Dynamic Language Runtime (think IronPython, Jim Hugunin, + co). (I'm the anonymous dev that John Lam refers to here)
I've had a great time on the CLR. The main reason I'm moving is for variety. (Although my wife thought changing from CLR to DLR was hardly much of a change.)
I know we've still got some work cut out for us on the CLR Debugging services, but I'm proud of what we've accomplished on the CLR debugging services during my watch. We have some very cool things in the works there.
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Some people were present at the snooker club situated in the building owned by Mian Muhammad Ali Shafiq when the roof of a portion caved in.
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The issue is when I write 192.168.0.6 in the browser it loads the pm.bnv.local by default. I want to have Apache test page when someone types the IP in the browser.
I don't think this would be a problem if this was the only site in your conf but since you have multiple virtual hosts, it's going to direct to the default and use the ServerName defined. Why would the name make any difference? Most associate names better than IP Addresses..
Another idea (and the one that I use) is to just give the second virtual host a different private IP address. Then there aren't any issues.
Add a third virtual host before all others and let that point to the apache testpage. Although it's not guaranteed (as far as I know) that it will use that one, the chances are good that it will use it as the default.
Thanks Guys,
Wim your proposed solution worked for me. Thanks for help.
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Bipartisan calls for firing of Afghanistan oversight official
- By Josh Rogin
Josh Rogin covers national security and foreign policy and writes the daily Web column The Cable. His column appears bi-weekly in the print edition of The Washington Post. He can be reached for comments or tips at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Previously, Josh covered defense and foreign policy as a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly, writing extensively on Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay, U.S.-Asia relations, defense budgeting and appropriations, and the defense lobbying and contracting industries. Prior to that, he covered military modernization, cyber warfare, space, and missile defense for Federal Computer Week Magazine. He has also served as Pentagon Staff Reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, Japan's leading daily newspaper, in its Washington, D.C., bureau, where he reported on U.S.-Japan relations, Chinese military modernization, the North Korean nuclear crisis, and more.
A graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Josh lived in Yokohama, Japan, and studied at Tokyo's Sophia University. He speaks conversational Japanese and has reported from the region. He has also worked at the House International Relations Committee, the Embassy of Japan, and the Brookings Institution.
Josh's reporting has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, CBS, ABC, NPR, WTOP, and several other outlets. He was a 2008-2009 National Press Foundation's Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow, 2009 military reporting fellow with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the 2011 recipient of the InterAction Award for Excellence in International Reporting. He hails from Philadelphia and lives in Washington, D.C.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-OK, became the second senator to call for the ouster of Arnie Fields, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, whose office received a failing grade in a new report on its investigations into the use of billions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funds.
"The recent findings of the independent review of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) are appalling and confirm that there is clearly a lack of competent senior leadership in this agency," Coburn said. "Fraud, corruption and wasted resources are placing our soldiers and the mission in Afghanistan in danger. The president must take swift action and replace the Inspector General and his top staff and immediately appoint an aggressive and independent watchdog who will oversee the billions of dollars the United States is sending there."
Earlier this week, the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), which serves as an oversight board of all inspectors general in the U.S. government, issued a scathing report on the work of SIGAR, which came after months of congressional angst over what certain lawmakers see as the organization's shoddy work product.
"In our view, the safeguards and management procedures in this organization did not provide reasonable assurance of conforming with professional standards in the conduct of its investigations from the inception of SIGAR to April 16, 2010," the panel wrote.
Fields responded in a letter that funding delays had prevented him from "building the capacity necessary to address my investigative mandate," and said he had already taken measures to address the panel's concerns.
Coburn had requested the review, along with Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, and Susan Collins, R-ME. McCaskill called for Fields to be fired on the day the report was issued.
On Tuesday, The Cable caught up with McCaskill and she said she wanted to see the entire SIGAR office reorganized and folded into its sister organization, the Office of the Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR).
"We need one inspector general that covers all crisis situations so we can have some accountability and consistency in this mission," she said.
SIGIR head Stuart Bowen has suggested a Special Inspector General for Overseas Contingecy Operations (SIGOCO) as a minor part of its lessons learned project, although his office has not been involved in the current imbroglio regarding SIGAR.
On a separate track, his office has been shopping around town his idea for a new U.S. government agency that would manage all reconstruction efforts in areas where the military is deployed. He calls it the U.S. Office for Contingency Operations.
"It assumes that over time, contingencies will occur," Bowen told The Cable last November, "It's sort of like FEMA. FEMA is set up to address disasters, but disasters aren't continuous. The history of the last 50 years, with 15 contingencies or so, indicates that the next 50 years will probably have more contingency operations."
The SIGAR office Tuesday declined to comment on Coburn's statement.


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Free Legal Aid for Citizens in BiHMar 7, 2013
The opening ceremony of the Free Legal Aid Agency of the Canton Sarajevo took place today in Sarajevo. The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister of the Government of Canton Sarajevo Mr. Suad Zeljkovic, the Minister of Justice of Canton Sarajevo Ms. Velida Memic, Director of the Free Legal Aid Agency Mr.Velija Nuhanovic and Ms. Amela Cosovic-Medic, UNDP Justice and Security Sector Coordinator.
For this purpose, the Govenment of Canton Sarajevo ensured adequate premises while UNDP Access to Justice Project: Facing the Past and Building Confidence for the Future provided infrastructural support in terms of renovation of premises and provision of furniture and equipment. In addition to provision of support to development of the Law on Free Legal Aid of Canton Sarajevo and setting up of Free Legal Aid premises, the Project aslo provided necessary IT and communication equipment, developed an electronic legal aid database for processing of cases and a web site. The Agency will be fully operational starting June 2013 pending finalisation of procedure for appointment of the Agency employees.
The establishment of the Agency shall ensure the right to free legal aid and human rights protection of socialy and economically disadvantaged categories of population including poor citizens, children without parental custody, civil victims, persons with disability, victims of family and gender-based violance and other vulnerable categories.
"It is important to emphasise that the Goverment of Canton Sarajevo, acting in difficult economic and sensitive political enviroment, recognized actual trends and in cooperation with other actors and international partners, undertook concrete measures toward creation of the system to ensure minimum standards in the area of free lega aid and equal access to justice for all citizens in this Canton", emphasized Ms. Amela Cosovic-Medic, Justice and Security Sector Coordinator.


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Reading Helps Cultivate Empathy
Reading a book is a unique opportunity to see the world from another person or thing's perspective. When a child reads a book, whether it is a fantastical story about an object come to life or a very real article about a neighboring country, he or she becomes a part of that world and sees life, however briefly, through the eyes of another. Children are uniquely able to accept and invest in the reality created in what they are reading. Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco is one book that can help cultivate empathy. In this book, Polacco shows how friendship can cross racial and generational lines, as she reminds us to always strive for truth and justice for ourselves and others.
By reading varied stories and texts from diverse authors, our children are exposed to the unique points of view of many different people and learn to empathize with people in situations contrasting greatly from their own. Another wonderful book for thinking about empathy is Roni Schotter's Mama, I'll Give You the World. In this lovely story a girl wants to give her mother a very special gift. As stories like this one demonstrate, empathetic people are kinder to others and listen more carefully to those around them. It is a wonderful gift books can give.
Reading Gives Children a Sense of Community
Great children's book authors recognize that children have extraordinary power to shape their own worlds. Through reading, you can give your child a sense of his or her own power in shaping and creating a powerfully loving community. A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams can help children to think about how important kindness and generosity are in a community.
Whether it is in the family, at school, in the larger communities of sports or friendship, stories show your child that he or she does not have to wait to become a grown-up to impact the world. Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston shares the story of two little girls who become friends and how one teaches the other to read. This small gift makes a big difference in both their worlds. There are so many wonderful stories that help our children understand their own capabilities and also appreciate the communities of which they are a part.
Books Indulge Children's Imaginations
Imagination is a powerful force. It can give our children the power to transcend their environments, invent new ideas, develop breakthroughs, and believe in miracles. Books invite us to indulge our imaginations. They help us to cultivate them and they allow imagination to take a place of esteem and respect. Dream Carver by Diana Cohn, a story of a little boy who is inspired to create new toys based on what he imagines, will encourage children to be inspired by their imaginations and not let others discourage them.
As a child reads a truly remarkable story, they are picturing that world in their mind's eye and flexing their imaginative muscles to create a world of their own. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson allows children to enter another child's imaginative world, while reinforcing the value of their own creativity. Imaginative books nurture our children to grow into people who invent and innovate, who conceive and create.


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• The Explore the Bible lesson for July 21 focuses on Ecclesiastes 1:1-4, 12-14; 2:1-3, 12-14, 24-26.
This lesson begins a new unit covering the book of Ecclesiastes. A book of wisdom sayings, Ecclesiastes is perhaps the most skeptical book in the Bible. Because of this, Ecclesiastes is not read often by contemporary Christians. Instead, readers simply quote a few lines here and there, missing the main message of the whole book.
Like the book of Job, Ecclesiastes is concerned with the mystery of human existence, but it explores this topic in a much different manner. The author of Ecclesiastes is "the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem" (1:1). Many readers assume Solomon is the writer, although he is not mentioned by name, and the other titles could refer to someone else or be honorific altogether.
The Teacher
Because of this, scholars prefer to use the word for "Teacher," Qoheleth, as the title of the book's author. Nonetheless, whether one sees Solomon as the author is a minor issue that does not significantly affect interpretation of Ecclesiastes.
For generations, human beings have puzzled over the meaning of life, and these questions are not simply intellectual. That is, they involve our deepest sense of who we are as creatures in the universe and individuals in relation with others. In our contemporary context, these questions are played out in several arenas, including self-help books, music, film and scientific study.
Because concern for our purpose always is in the back of our mind, we immediately empathize with Qoheleth when he states at the beginning of the book, "Meaningless! Meaningless! Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless" (v. 2). Later, he will add one more clause—"a chasing after the wind" (1:14; 2:11), which gives us a mental picture of a genuinely futile effort to grasp the ungraspable. This statement, which is the theme for the entire book, tells us questions about life's purpose and the meaning of existence affect everyone equally, even ancient writers within Scripture.
Trying several paths
Qoheleth does not simply declare everything to be meaningless. Rather, he follows an empirical method, trying out several paths of life to see if one leads to a deeper meaning of life. He begins by embracing wisdom, or knowledge, for living well. After pursuing this life of study and following God's ways, he observes those who are foolish, discerning no difference between them: "I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind" (v. 17).
Next, Qoheleth pursues pleasure, that is, anything that makes life enjoyable, specifically laughter (2:2) and wine (2:3). He also finds them to be lacking, so he broadens his investigation into pleasure to include financial success. He acquires wealth, property, building projects and businesses, stating, "I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure" (v. 10).
Certainly this is hard work dedicated to achieve greater possessions or status. Once again, though, the final judgment is the same: "Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun" (v. 11).
Part of Qoheleth's examination involves measuring whether a particular aspect of life provides some benefit, the ultimate gain being escape from death. Yet his observations reveal wisdom does not change one's fate—everyone dies (vv. 12-16). This leads him to conclude even work is meaningless because the fruits of that labor would eventually be passed on to someone who may squander them.
This too is meaningless
Surely this is a sentiment many people even today feel: "What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless" (vv. 22-23).
Qoheleth's ultimate conclusion from his tests is one should "eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil" (v. 24). In other words, while his quests for pleasure involved pursuing what he gained from work, he has realized there is joy in work itself. These simple and everyday activities—eating, drinking, working—highlight the fact that genuine meaning and happiness in life is not centered in the extraordinary aspects of life. Instead, the ordinary aspects of life, those often taken for granted, are the focus.
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Perspectives on law enforcement: Students organize Law & Justice Day at Rowan
Perspectives on law enforcement: Students organize Law & Justice Day at Rowan
A helicopter lands, a car crashes, the SWAT team shows up and the bomb squad is coming. That isn't a scene from the latest action movie. Instead, those police activities—and more--are planned for Law and Justice Day at Rowan University on Thursday, Oct. 7.
Students in Alpha Phi Sigma, the law and justice honor society, decided to organize the event to bring together some of the most intriguing components of law enforcement. Law and Justice Day is co-sponsored by Rowan's Department of Public Safety.
"We really want this event to show the campus community the different opportunities that are available with a degree in law and justice studies," said Alpha Phi Sigma President Nicholas Mueller, 21, from Lanoka Harbor, a senior dual major in law and justice studies and economics with a concentration in Honors . "This event will be both educational and entertaining."
Altogether, 17 police agencies will be represented at the event. They include the N.J. State Forest Fire Service, Gloucester County Special Weapons & Tactics Team, Gloucester County Sheriff's Department, Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office, Gloucester County Emerald Society and police departments from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Students will be able to witness live demonstrations from these groups and interact with the law enforcement officials who carry out these tactics in the real world.
The daylong event is open to the Rowan and outside communities. At 9 a.m., the NJSP Pipes and Drums Band will start the day, followed by Rowan senior music major Jessica Rose Cohn, who will sing the national anthem.
New Jersey Senator Fred H. Madden, Jr. a Rowan law and justice studies alumnus and former lieutenant colonel with the New Jersey State Police, will give the opening remarks. A helicopter landing on the Rowan intramural sports field will begin a series of demonstrations by a K-9 unit, SWAT team, bomb unit and forensic unit.
The final demonstration, slated for 2 p.m., will be a crash investigation analysis of a mock vehicular homicide. A car will drive into a pedestrian traffic dummy, creating a crime scene. Investigators will explain the how different aspects of the crime scene are used to determine the cause of the accident. Math, physics and engineering help investigators by providing information about speed, road surface and other factors that impact the crash, according to Nadine Connell, assistant professor of criminal justice and advisor to Alpha Phi Sigma.
"Last spring, the students were talking about how they wanted to do an event that would involve the whole campus community," said Connell. "They wanted to do something that would showcase the complexities of the field of criminal justice, highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the field and be a lot of fun for everyone involved."
According to Connell, Alpha Phi Sigma is dedicating Law & Justice Day to the memory of the recently deceased K-9s Rocky, who served in Mantua Township's K-9 unit, and Brixx, who served in Clayton's K-9 unit.
For more information contact Connell at email@example.com or (856) 256-4500, extension 3536.


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HARKER HEIGHTS — The Parks and Recreation Department recently launched an Adopt-A-Spot program to get residents involved in the beautification and cleanup of designated areas in the community.
The program was developed in response to recommendations made by the Exploring New Heights II focus group in 2007, Parks and Recreation Activities Director Heather Cox said.
"Part of the main goal goes back to Exploring New Heights II … we asked the citizens what they wanted in a community, and they said quality of life, beautification, trails. This falls under the area of beautification."
Individuals, organizations and businesses that adopt a spot in the city commit to cleaning up their areas at least six times per year and providing beautification for at least one year.
In return, the volunteers are given materials to help them with the cleanup and Adopt-A-Spot signs with their names are posted. "We provide them trash bags, safety vests and gloves," Cox said.
Two student organizations from Harker Heights High School — Texas Association of Future Educators and Family, Community, Career Leaders of America — became some of the first groups to step forward and adopt spots after teacher Jennifer Lee approached Cox about volunteer opportunities.
"TAFE and FCCLA are student-led organizations, so they are the ones who wanted to participate in the program," said Lee, who sponsors the two groups. "Many of our members enjoy volunteering and look forward to serving our community together."
TAFE had its first Adopt-A-Spot cleanup Sunday at Carl Levin Park trails in Harker Heights. The first cleanup for FCCLA is Saturday at the Purser Dog Park, Lee said.
The Harker Heights Lions Club adopted two areas in the city — the Community Garden in Carl Levin Park and a spot near Sonic Drive-In on Indian Trail. But there are plenty of other areas up for adoption, Cox said.
"We have 12 or 13 more spots including Kern Park, Skipcha Park, Community Park and Summit Soccer Complex."
Additional areas in Carl Levin Park and Purser Dog Park are available.
For more information about the Harker Heights Adopt-A-Spot program, call Cox at (254) 953-5493.


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ESPN Ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer took some time to weigh in about Saturday's "College Football GameDay" telecast at the Cotton Bowl. Here's Ohlmeyer's take on what happened before kickoff:
ESPN's "College Football GameDay" kicks off festivities on Saturdays in the fall. It's a well produced examination of the day's key matchups, with informative features and pertinent interviews. The knowledgeable, amiable hosts dispense facts, insights and opinions live from campuses around the country, while capturing the excitement and enthusiasm that surrounds the games.
The Oct. 17 telecast preceded the Texas-Oklahoma game and was hosted from a set on the sidelines in the Cotton Bowl. While a celebrity guest provided his predictions for the day's game, the band -- no more than 50 feet away -- was playing "The Star-Spangled Banner." No one on the set seemed fazed by this. But the viewers who wrote expressed anger and outrage over what they perceived to be blatant disrespect for the national anthem and a profoundly unpatriotic act. Evidently, there was no embarrassment or contrition on ESPN's part, as that night's "SportsCenter" replayed a clip from the interview with the anthem as its musical accompaniment.
There was a time when there was universal respect, even a reverence, for "The Star-Spangled Banner." It has long been standard operating procedure for sports telecasts to either present the anthem in its entirety, or take great care to show a commercial or some other prerecorded material instead. In another era it was ingrained into production teams that, when trapped by a surprise playing of the anthem, all would respectfully rise to their feet and fall silent, even during rehearsal.
Proper conduct, according to U.S. Code (Title 36/Chapter 10, Patriotic Customs), is as follows: "During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in [military] uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart."
Disregard for "The Star-Spangled Banner" is becoming more common. It has happened previously on ESPN and on other networks. Viewers write about their perception of ESPN and announcer "arrogance." Perhaps GameDay's reaction to the anthem exemplifies some of the behavior that engenders that feeling. The implicit message the audience hears is a not-so-subtle "the importance of what we're saying right now far outweighs your quaint patriotic custom."
In speaking with ESPN representatives, we learned that the anthem was played 2 minutes earlier than scheduled, catching the production team and announcers off guard. Their reaction was inaction. The "SportsCenter" clip can only be explained as a lack of attention to detail. Said Mark Gross, ESPN's senior vice president and managing editor of studio production: "None of this should have happened. There are no excuses. It's embarrassing, and we apologize. Now we have to make sure it never happens again."


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It's the kind of save Reto Berra's teammates have to reward him for by pulling out a win.
It didn't happen.
Instead of paying back their netminder with an all-out-every-shift performance after an early stop that will be in contention for the NHL's save of the season, the Calgary Flames only managed a 20-minute effort in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on a long, cold Wednesday night.
"I don't think it was the most exciting game," said head coach Bob Hartley in a massive understatement. "They scored early, and it seemed they would be happy to go home with a 1-0 road win. We kept plugging. I felt in that third period, that's where we skated the best. We generated some good pucks at the net. We had decent looks out there.
"But the bottom line is it's pretty tough to win when you only have one line going. Matt Stajan's line was, by far, our best line. We didn't get enough from the other three."
The Flames (7-11-4) haven't won consecutive games for more than a month.
On a night meant for hibernating, the Flames spent two periods looking yet again like a team ready to follow the bears to the caves for a long winter.
Even a potential save-of-the-season from Berra in the early-going couldn't inject some spark.
While the Flames were shorthanded and the game scoreless, Blue Jackets defenceman Jack Johnson stepped in from the point for a glorious chance thanks to a cross-ice pass from Ryan Johansen. Berra slid across, pads stacked and kicked up his right foot in time to deny Johnson when everybody in the Saddledome figured he would open the scoring.
"Never give up," Berra said. "I was too far out, and I thought he was gonna shoot, and then he passed it, so I was way too late (across). There was nothing else I could do. I just tried to bring something from my body there, and it hit me right on my, I think, skate. It was luck, too."
Teammate Joe Colborne said of Berra's save, "We should be watching that one for years to come."
But the netminder didn't care too much about the 10-bell save.
"I'd rather want two points — that's for sure," Berra said.
The momentum didn't change, and minutes later, the hosts fell behind, in front of the announced crowd of 19,289 fans at the Dome, when Nick Foligno opened scoring.
Colborne finally gave the Flames — and the Sea of Red — the much-needed jolt of energy early in the third period when he snapped his goal-scoring drought at 12 games. The first on home ice for the Calgary product came on a sweet breakaway move thanks after a nifty pass from teammate David Jones.
"It was awesome," Colborne said of living a moment he'd spent his life dreaming about. "It was an unbelievable play by Jonsey there to draw a guy into him and dish it off to me. That's a top-level play by him."
Still, the Flames couldn't find the winner with the ice tilted in their favour in the third period and paid for it when Jackets blueliner Nikita Nikitin finished a crazy scramble that saw Berra make a couple of his 16 saves before the puck went in.
"We knew that they didn't have the effort they wanted (Tuesday in a 7-0 loss to the Edmonton Oilers), so effort wouldn't be the problem for them," Colborne said. "We have to give them credit — they played a good, solid game. But we failed to assert our will until the end. It's big to get that one point coming from behind, but we need every point we can get."
Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for the Blue Jackets (8-11-3).
The Flames' three-game homestand continues Friday against the Florida Panthers (7 p.m., Sportsnet West/Sportsnet Fan 960).
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July 15, 2008, 04:41 PM
I have a p22, rem 700 in .222, marlin 891T in 22lr and soon to have Mini 14 in .223. I am under the impression these can all use a modifier meant for a .22. I am also under the impression that although the bullets are all very close to .22, they are not exactly the same. Whats the deal? Can they all use the same modifier/silencer?


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