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When we refer to an artist's blood, sweat and tears, we usually mean it figuratively. But not for Nick Kushner. The Los Angeles-based painter has gained quite a reputation for using "the most personal pigment" in his art: his own blood.
Kushner's solo exhibition, "Aceldama," opened for a public viewing on Friday, Feb. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the JungleScience Gallery and Art Laboratories on Court Street and will be on display until April. The exhibit featured original works by Kushner, all created with his blood. His paintings, both beautiful and chilling, adorned the walls to be appreciated by students, local artists and community members.
Kushner's paintings, which feature a unique blend of dark and surrealistic imagery, have been published and exhibited around the world. His rise in the artistic community has been marked by a show in downtown LA with celebrity guests including Marilyn Manson, an interview on A&E and mentions on Playboy Radio.
Kushner first began using blood in his work when he was 15, as a "statement of intent" to assert his identity. Over time, his work evolved, and blood became his full-scale art medium. However, working with blood isn't easy.
"Blood is a somewhat volatile and fragile medium; its application must be done gradually and delicately in order to portray subtleties," Kushner said. "A base coat must be laid down and allowed to set before applying additional layers in order to build and develop the different tones and extremes in shades. The style of painting I use can be compared most closely to watercolor."
Getting blood, though, isn't as easy as buying paint. Kushner uses professional tools to pull the blood from his body.
"At first, I began by creating a wound and milking the blood directly from the source," Kushner said. "As my use of blood evolved, I've used phlebotomy tools such as butterfly needles and blood storage vials."
Each painting requires two to six vials of blood. Although the blood storage vials are efficient for long-term works, Kushner still uses a portion of blood fresh from the wound in each of his paintings to maintain his direct artistic connection.
"The philosophy I've most closely associated with is alchemy, where the creation process of each piece is a transformative process," Kushner said. "Because I transmute a literal piece of myself into my work, each painting becomes a living part of myself and each its own independent entity."
Under titles such as "Angel Lust" and "The Devil Has Four Legs," each piece is uniquely absorbing and intricately detailed, with clear attention to texture and color value. Kushner's stunning self-portrait "The Immoralist," named for an André Gide book of the same title, creates a nearly three-dimensional-looking effect from the expertly layered blood.
"I was impressed to see the range of tones he was able to get out of the blood," said Derek Smith, a senior majoring in Arabic. "I feel like it's a pretty original concept."
Kushner was amicable and approachable, taking time to speak with anyone and everyone that wanted to learn more about him and his art.
Having the exhibit in Binghamton made it all the more personal for Kushner, as much of his artistic and family legacy is located here. "Aceldama" was dedicated to Kushner's grandfather, Walter Luckert, a Binghamton native and artist who showcased his work throughout upstate New York, including a solo show at Binghamton University in 1979.
"Binghamton has always been important to me," Kushner said. "It has rich cultural influences beneath the surface, from punk rock to Rod Serling. And although it has this innate element to it, growing up in Binghamton rather than a large city lends itself to a certain isolation. And this I think is important because it allows an individual to have enough space to hone his or her identity, without being inundated by what may be in vogue or going around them in a larger area."
Kushner's mother, father, half-sister and fiancee were all in attendance at the exhibition. Ashley Chello, Kushner's sister, reflected upon her initial reaction after learning of her brother's chosen medium.
"It was kind of different. I wouldn't say surprising but definitely different," Chello said. "The way he took it, the way it has morphed into this fantastic art form is awesome … I'm really proud of him."
Though the process of extracting blood is painful, Kushner finds it both cathartic and creatively significant.
"Art has always been something which I felt should be meaningful and powerful, more than just a hobby," Kushner said. "Dependent upon intent and pursuit of the artist, it can be used to portray a concept aesthetically pleasing on simply a surface level or it can have the power to change thought and affect the world."

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Driver's window went off track in 2010.
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ISLAMABAD: The Special Committee of the National Assembly on Karachi and Balochistan decided on Thursday to meet the estranged Baloch leaders, some of whom are living abroad, to seek their support for restoring peace in the province.
Talking to reporters, the chairman of the committee, Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khursheed Shah, said the meeting had decided that members of the committee would visit Quetta next Thursday to meet members of parliament and the provincial assembly, ministers, tribal sardars and members of the civil society and the Baloch leaders who were not willing to talk to government's representatives.
He said nationalist leaders Khair Bakhsh Marri and Ataullah Mengal and all others who had been refusing to meet anyone belonging to the government would be welcome to meet the committee in Quetta.
The committee was briefed by the Balochistan home secretary and Frontier Corps chief on the law and order situation in the province and steps taken by law-enforcement agencies.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik attended the briefing for some time but did not take part in the discussion.
Mr Shah said the committee would later visit Karachi to assess the situation there before preparing its recommendations for parliament.
Replying to a question, he said leaders of the parliamentary groups would be asked to nominate their representatives for the proposed oversight committee on the implementation of the resolution of the all party conference.


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Wiens, Jacob Bernhard (1898-1975)
In 1899 the family moved to Ladekopp, Molotschna, where Jacob's father was a teacher. Then in 1910 they moved again to Neu-Halbstadt where Bernhard Wiens was appointed principal of a teachers' training college. It was in Neu-Halbstadt that Jacob received most of his initial formal education -- high school and five years of college. Two of Jacob's college years were in pre-medicine, which prepared him, following his conscription, for his work in the medical corps of the White army. It was at this time, especially as a result of the influence of his teacher of religious studies, Benjamin H. Unruh, that Jacob accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior and was baptized on Pentecost in 1917 in Neu-Halbstadt. He remained a member of that congregation until he and his family fled the Ukraine in 1924.
When the Wiens family emigrated to Canada they settled in Vineland, Ontario. The Vineland(General Conference Mennonite) congregation nominated Jacob as their minister on 16 August 1925. Circumstances, however, made it necessary for the family to move to Waterloo, Ontario where Jacob H. Janzen ordained Jacob as associate pastor of the Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church on George Street. He served that congregation for twelve years.
In 1937 Jacob received a call from the Mission Board to be pastor and counselor of the newly formed First Mennonite Churchin Vancouver, British Columbia. He and his wife also became house parents of the Mary Martha Girls' Home, a home for girls who were searching for work as domestic servants. This small congregation (originally eleven members) grew to over 450, notably as a result of emigration from Europe after World War II. In 1942, Jacob was nominated as bishop and his father-in-law, Jacob H. Janzen, presided over his ordination. Jacob served this congregation faithfully for 32 years until his retirement on 1 September 1969.
In addition to his responsibilities as pastor, Jacob was chairman of the Peace Committee for twenty years, and for many years was chairman of the Mission Committee and the BC Conference of Ministers. During World War II he acted as representative of the Church on behalf of many conscientious objectors. He also continued with theological studies throughout these years.
Jacob was a man of faith and conviction and as such projected a serious dedication to his calling. But he was also light hearted and jovial, especially around his family. He loved their laughter and he loved humor, believing that his God is a happy God. His motto, throughout his ministry, was "No Other Truth." He remained steadfast in his faith and true to his motto until his death in 1975.
GRANDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, 6.06 ed. Fresno, CA: California Mennonite Historical Society, 2011: #477240.
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TEL AVIV (Aug. 23)
The Israeli Association of Air Traffic. Controllers joined last night the Israeli Association of Pilots in dissociating themselves from the interception of the Lebanese airliner on Aug. 10. A letter to this effect was sent to the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' main office in London.
The letter requested that the Air Traffic Controllers Association's stand be made known to all members of the Federation. The letter also stressed that while it subscribed to all international resolutions condemning air hijacking it obviously could not have prevented the Israeli action over Beirut 14 days ago.


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The 2014 White House budget sent to Congress by the Obama administration Wednesday essentially prevents horse slaughter operations in the U.S., a move supported by many animal welfare groups.
The latest proposal does not include any money budgeted for inspection of horse slaughtering facilities. The lack of funding would prevent those facilities from legally operating.
A blog for the Seattle Post Intelligencer says some senators may challenge the lack of funding, but it would be a hard sell with so many other budget cuts and few Americans asking for horse slaughter plants in the U.S.
A release by The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) strongly supports the lack of federal funds for horse slaughter plants.
The USDA has received at least five applications for horse slaughter facility inspection services including small towns in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Tennessee and Iowa.
The news will come as a letdown to Valley Meat Co., a New Mexico company expected to have a horse slaughter plant up and running this summer.
Oklahoma also had plans to open a facility to process and export horse meat. A 50-year-old ban was lifted on March 29 to allow a horse slaughtering facility in the state.


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TEL AVIV (Dec. 29)
"The Israeli Government will consider its reply to the Security Council's cease-fire order when it is officially received in Tel Aviv," it was officially announced here tonight.
The announcement also stated that the only fighting now going on in Palestine is against the Egyptians and denied reports of fighting with Iraqi troops. It added, however, that if the Iraqis followed their Premier's order to attack the Jews, "they will get their reply on the field." The announcement warned that "several Israeli Army commanders would greatly welcome an Iraqi attack."
The remarks about the Iraqi situation came on the heels of a report from Baghdad that Iraqi Premier Nuzahim Amin Pachachi had announced that his forces in Palestine had resumed fighting. He also said that he had refused a request from Brig. Gen. William Riley, U.N. chief of staff in Palestine, for a permanent truce.
The Israeli authorities also denied allegations that Jewish troops were in the area of El Arish, and reiterated that all fighting was taking place on Israeli soil. Some air action, however, was against targets in Egyptian territory, it was stated. Authoritative sources also denied reports published abroad that the Israeli Army has captured the Arab cities of Gaza, Refa, and Faluja, in the Negev. No attempt has been made to capture these cities, it was revealed here today by eyewitnesses who have just arrived from the Negev battlefront.
The objectives of the present battle in the Negev have apparently been achieved. The Egyptian forces have been out up into several pockets. At present military operations are in the mopping-up stage. Israeli military authorities are not inclined to prevent the Egyptians from evacuating the Negev, although militarily they are able to do so.
Several high ranking Egyptian officers have been captured. En route to a prisoner of war camp, one of the captured Egyptian commanders was interviewed by a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent. "I was captured in a surprise operation deep in the Negev," he said. He was accompanied by 11 high-ranking Egyptian officers, who formed the headquarters staff of a complete field unit. He said he was well treated by the Israeli military authorities and expressed amazement at the success of the Israeli military operations.
The Israeli government has not established contact with Egypt regarding its offer of armistice negotiations to the Egyptian authorities, a Jewish spokesman told newsmen here today. "We are still waiting, and our offer still stands," he said. He added that the position of Gaza and Rafa, in the Negev, "is not very safe."
(In London, a spokesman for the British Foreign Office today disclosed that the British Government received a note from the Government of Egypt stating that Egypt is ready to abide by the armistice resolution of the United Nations Security Council and will take steps to carry out the resolution there days after the Israeli Government complies with the U.N. order of November 4 and withdraws its troops in the Negev to the positions which it held on October 14.)


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i like the guys silly expression n how happy the gal on the right w/the hood is :3 they r kawaii hehehe


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Rev. Chad B. Clark came to Bluffton, IN in July 1999. His family includes his wife Melissa; son, Caleb (24) (not pictured); daughter, Brooke (19); son, Mitchell (14); son Isaac (21).
Pastor Chad is an ordained Elder with the International Conservative Holiness Association.
He has been in the ministry for 20 years, pastoring in Otwell, IN for two years prior to coming to Bluffton, IN.
Pastor Chad graduated from Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA with a Bachelors of Science degree in Religion/Biblical Counseling with Magna Cum Laude honors. Pastor Chad graduated with a Master of Arts in Theological Studies in May of 2014 from Liberty University Theological Seminary. Melissa graduated from
Purdue University May 12, 2010 with an Associate of Science in Nursing (RN), from Purdue University Fort Wayne IN Campus. She currently works at Christian Care Retirement Community in Bluffton, IN.
Three of the Clark's four children have graduated from Wesleyan Heritage Academy. The youngest ,
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VIDEO: A. Tom Collins Releases 'Hospital' Music Video
A. Tom Collins celebrated the national release of their debut full length album, Stick & Poke. The 10-song album was recorded and produced at Absinthe Studio by the legend, the mystery, Bob Ferbache, and A. Tom Collins. It was released by Greater Than Collective, the non-traditional Denver-based label founded and run by Pete Turner (Illegal Pete's) and Virgil Dickerson (Suburban Home Records). Watch the music video for his single "Hospital" below!
A. Tom Collins and his band are an act hard to pigeon-hole, navigating the murky swamps of New Orleans R&B and '60s Soul, and following the cues of diverse influences from Tom Waits and Cab Calloway, to The Stooges and Sam Cooke. A. Tom Collins drops anchor with an impressive crash at each and every port, transfixing bewildered audiences with its strange brand of old time futurism that is as familiar as it is refreshing. Expect wild horns, surprising rhythms, catchy gang chants, and one hell of a live show led by piano-man Aaron Collins, whom Denver's alt-weekly Westword called 'one of the city's best front-men.'
In its short history, A. Tom Collins has been a featured headliner the Denver Post Underground Music Showcase in 2011/12/13, made appearances at SXSW 11/12/13, Denver's Westword Music Showcase 2010 to 13, Snowball Music Festival 2012 in Vail, the world famous Red Rocks Amphitheater, Bohemian Nights Festival in Ft. Collins, New Belgium's Tour de Fat, and toured the European continent this past summer with dates in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, and the UK. They have shared bills with notable acts such as Alabama Shakes, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Sally Ford And The Sound Outside, March Fourth Marching Band, Nathaniel Rateliff, and the late, great T-Model Ford.
This fall of 2013, the band hits the road in support of their debut full-length 'Stick & Poke', produced by the legendary Bob Ferbache(Slim Cessna's Auto Club/16 Horsepower), is available now on CD, 12" Vinyl, and digitally everywhere. South West and West Coast dates TBA soon.
Tour Dates:
Nov 22 The Golden Light Cantina - Amarillo, TX
Nov 24 The Lost Leaf - Phoenix, AZ
Nov 25 Soda Bar - San Diego, CA
Nov 26 TRIP - Santa Monica, CA
Nov 27 The Bistro - Hayward, CA
Nov 29 Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA
Nov 30 Fox & Goose - Sacramento, CA
Dec 01 Burt's Tiki Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
Dec 28 The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs, CO w/ Reverend Horton Heat, Old Man Markley
Dec 30 The Oriental Theatre - Denver, CO w/ Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Dec 31 The Oriental Theatre - Denver, CO w/ Slim Cessna's Auto Club


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Good Friday morning everyone,
I hope you are having a great week, we are doing well
This afternoon, I will make sure to enjoy the last rays of sunlight with Nate because we are expecting thundershowers in Montreal this Saturday. No Barbecue (BBQ) or DIY projects for us this weekend, just lazy days watching movies and eating popcorn.
Friends, I asked Larry, a great blogger friend of mine, to write a guest post for us and I'm glad he accepted. This is not one of my usual DIY or recipe posts, it's a funny family related post that I believe you will all delight in.
Now …
MEET my blogger friend LARRY
Larry is a high school English teacher in Brooklyn, NY who writes a family blog over at memyselfandkids. He's a good friend of mine who I would like you all to meet. Our blogs might differ in style and content but his blog is highly enjoyable. If you are a parent, I'm sure you will be able to relate and if you're not I'm sure you will still enjoy his writings.
Welcome Larry
Thank you very much Larry for sharing this with us
Enjoy your weekend everyone and hope you visit Larry's blog too!
Larry is a husband, father to two boys, a freelance writer, a blogger and for the last 10 years a high school teacher in Brooklyn, NY. He shares his stories as a parent and as a high school teacher on his blog memyselfandkids
Thanks again for stopping by!


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Rated 5/5, now that I'm finally back at home on my real computer.
Awesome draw with the greatest color and shading -- 5 H
Black Rock Shooter, that's who she is right? I love Black Rock Shooter! xD Her obsidian ponytails and her azure eyes look beautiful. :p Better late than never huh? :p I like her school-like outfit and the dark bg. :D Happy Drawing Day! :) 5/5 hearts.
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Can I Pipe Grass/fur W/ Cream Cheese Frosting?
Decorating By proudmama4 Updated 18 Apr 2011 , 10:26pm by Coral3
my husband requested a simple bunny cake for Easter, but demands cream cheese frosting. I bought the duncan hines cream cheese frosting. Will this go thru the grass tip enough to make some fur?
The canned frosting will not hold up as well as homemade , but it should work......
It will go through the tip, but my experience with cream cheese frosting is that is doesn't hold a peak like BC does, so it may not look as much like grass as using BC. The canned stuff might be a little stiffer, I have not tried piping with it.
I have not used the canned frosting for grass but I use homemade cream cheese frosting for my carrot cake and pipe grass with it. The trick for me) is to keep it cool. If it starts getting warm put it away for awhile. You can see my bunny cake in my pics. Both of those are with cream cheese frosting.
^Agree with the keeping cool thing. I've piped (home made) cream cheese frosting through grass tips many times, it worked fine. Success would depend on the frosting consistency though.


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Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center presents a seven-night series of short films from Eurochannel. Each night features a different theme and films from across Europe. Friday opens with stories about childhood, including the Irish film Frankie (pictured) in which a young boy dedicates himself to being a good father. Subsequent showcases include comedies on Saturday and Eastern European films on Sunday. Tickets $7 general admisson, $6 students/seniors, $5 Zeitgeist members. — Will Coviello
March 25-31
European Short Films
7:30 p.m. Friday-Thursday
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc.net


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Entry for the Winery Photo & Description of Your Favourite Wine Challenge
Last week in the 40 degree heat, we visited Boynton's Feathertop Winery on the Great Alpine Road in Porepunkah, Vic.
Established in 1989 by Kel Boynton, Feathertop remains a family owned business.
Their wines capture the essences of nature and the beauty and crispness of the Alpine Valleys.
The name Feathertop is derived from Mount Feathertop which is the commanding feature in the region, Alpine Valleys.
The mountain shelters the valley and influences the air currents. It has defined the soil structure in which the grapes are grown and provides fresh Alpine spring water for the vines.
In 2005 they started a wine club, and have only recently named it 'Summit Cru'. Summit referring to the pinnacle of Mount Feathertop and the quintessence of their wines, and Cru "the best of the vintage". Cru, as in crew, also carries a double meaning as Kel (the winemaker) has a rowing history.
…and after tasting their selection ~ we joined Summit Cru !
My pick on the day was the 2006 Feathertop Merlot. Not normally a favourite for me, as I usually like fuller bodied wines, I was really surprised with this wine. With a lovely plummy nose and a wonderful berry finish, it was a sure winner for me.
But I am looking forward to when my wine club case comes, there is a $70 reserve Shiraz in there which I haven't tasted yet!!
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Mount Buffalo in the distance overlooking the vineyard.
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Some information referenced from Boyntons Winery Website
I appreciate you taking time to view my work, and I really enjoy reading your comments.
Thanks for visiting :-)
Boynton's Winery also features in my Australian Travel Photography & Writing piece Victoria's Alpine Region – Summer and on my Photography Blog
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Build a full-sized or model igloo (with or without snow!) and learn more about insulation and the physics of snow.
The snow acts as an insulator, that is, something that is a poor conductor of heat or electricity. So the heat in the igloo, from body temperatures, candles, etc., can't escape through the snow walls. But what about the cold air? After all, the temperature must be below freezing (32° F) in order to build an igloo! That's where the sink hole comes in. First, since it's lower than the rest of the igloo's floor, cold air settles into it while warm air rises, filling the rest of the igloo. This occurs because warm air is less dense than cold air since its molecules are more spread out than those in cold air. Second, the angle of the sinkhole means that wind can't blow straight into the igloo like it would if the entrance was level to the rest of the igloo. All these factors work together to make the air inside an igloo as much as 40-50 degrees warmer than the ambient temperature. The small hole in the top of the igloo allows the hottest air to escape, which is why the igloo doesn't melt completely.
Read more about insulation with this Baked Alaska edible science project that shows how ice cream goes in the oven without melting!
You'll need around 50 ice cubes in various sizes. Make half the ice cubes full sized. The other half should be an assorted sizes made from filling the ice cube trays half and three-quarters full.
The salt works as an adhesive by melting the ice cube where you dipped it. The melted part then "sticks" to the frozen cubes below. The salt works by lowering the freezing point of the ice cube. Freshwater freezes at 32° F, but saltwater freezes at 28.8° F. In order for the salty ice cube to stay frozen, the side with the salt on it would need to be below 28.8° F. Since room temperature is often around 70° F, the ice melts.
*This project adapted from www.scifair.org.
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If you're in the US, and you've ever thought of listening to Alisha and upgrading to a Lite, next month would be a good time to do it. A listing for the black/red DS Lite with an included copy of Brain Age 2 has shown up on Gamestop for $149.99, which is unfortunately not a price break at all. It also doesn't come with a carrying case like the Canadian bundle does.
We're confident enough in the awesomeness of the Brain Age 2 edition DS Lite that we can recommend it even against future color schemes. We always wanted the Boktai GBA SP, and now here it is as a DS! It may even fit in the Boktai coffin case.
[Update: The listing appears to have been removed! The same thing happened last time with Futureshop. You're just going to have to trust us. We totally saw it. It's totally real.]


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Franck Martin <franck(at)sopac(dot)org> writes: > I would greatly appreciate if someone could guide me through the > methodology to build an index for a custom type or point me to some > readings where the algorithm is explained (web, book, etc...). The Programmer's Guide chapter "Interfacing Extensions To Indices" outlines the procedure for making a new datatype indexable. It only discusses the case of adding btree support for a new type, though. For other index classes such as R-tree there are different sets of required operators, which are not as well documented but you can find out by looking at code for the already-supported datatypes. > I plan to use 3D geographical objects... That's a bit hard since we don't have any indexes suitable for 3-D coordinates --- the existing R-tree type is for 2-D objects. What's more it assumes that coordinates are Euclidean, which is probably not the model you want for geographical coordinates. In theory you could build a new index type suitable for indexing 3-D points, using the R-tree code as a starting point. I wouldn't class it as a project suitable for a newbie however :-(. Depending on what your needs are, you might be able to get by with projecting your objects into a flat 2-D coordinate system and using an R-tree index in that space. It'd just be approximate but that might be close enough for index purposes. regards, tom lane
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LOUDON, N.H. - A lot of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers will spend their upcoming off week fishing. Others will simply have some much needed family time.
Jeff Gordon, however, is going away for a couple days ... to Africa.
Over the last couple of years, Gordon has partnered with former President Bill Clinton and other humanitarians to raise money and awareness of health issues in Rwanda. One of the initiatives was the building of a state-of-the-art cancer center, and Gordon leaves Monday to attend the ribbon cutting.
"I'm able to be a part of something that is groundbreaking in East Africa," Gordon said Friday during his press conference at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. "This is the first of its kind cancer center. When they look at the projections in a developing (area) like East Africa, cancer is on the rise there and can be very curable and treatable in many cases.
"It's just not happening. This is a big step, and I can't wait to get there to be part of this event."
Clinton will be in attendance, as well as Rwandan President Kagame, for the opening of the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence. In recent years, Gordon has worked with the Clinton Global Initiative and Partners In Health to tackle the issue of health care in Africa. Gordon spent an off week last year on a similar trip, his first to the region.
Gordon starts eighth in Sunday's Lenox Industrial Tools 301 (1 p.m., TNT).


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It's impossible to beat Alfred Hitchcock at his own game. Nobody could remake Dial "M" for Murder as a movie and make it work. But Frederick Knott's 1950s crime play still crackles oddly on the stage. And Hunger Artists' stylish production, though intermittently absurd, translates film-noir technique gracefully to the theater.
The story concerns a spoiled, mean-spirited English ex-tennis champion who married for money and discovers that while he led the selfish libertine life on the tournament circuit, his unhappy wife had a brief fling with an American mystery writer out of sheer desperation. As the play opens, we learn that Tennis Tony has been a model husband for a whole year--ever since wife Margot discovered a letter from her ex-lover, Max, missing from her purse. The rest of us put two and two together quickly, but Margot can't get past "three"--the triangle she created and now regrets. Too late, sister.
Jealous, cruel and shrewd, Tony masterminds an imaginative plot to have his wife murdered by an old acquaintance who went bad in grammar school. But the lady proves to have more guts than brains, and she foils her assassin. With the help of the ex-lover's letter, Tony extemporizes a frameup, and his wife is convicted of the murder of the would-be assassin. How will Max and the police inspector assigned to the case liberate the lady from this mess?
In the Fifties, people still believed that crime doesn't pay. So those wonderful old crime stories always ended with the bad guys getting caught (or killed). Since you already know how villainy will be rewarded, the fun lies in watching the writer work out the convolutions--how the clever miscreant will be outfoxed by the law.
All the Hunger Artists actors have trouble with the English accent--it wasn't necessary and probably should have been dropped altogether. But aside from that unfortunate distraction, some of these performances are complex and involving. Phillip Luna gives Tony a slippery charm that comes across as moral idiocy. According to the crime genre of this period, the cleverer the criminal, the more distorted his entire value system, and Luna makes us feel that distortion.
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TJ Geist sails through Margot's urbane housewife-mistress bit like a champ, turning fragile and hysterical at the appropriate moments and finally brave and bright at the end. Matt Cohen easily persuades us that Max is both a mystery writer and a cool love interest. Stephen Kramer as the murderous Captain Lesgate reeks with thinly disguised decadence, and Curt Pesicka is appropriately cold and calculating as the Inspector.
Of course, Dial "M" is still a museum piece, and, interestingly enough, what saves this show from being hopelessly dated is its highly dated design. All that extremely ugly Fifties furniture with its bizarre angles represents troubled states of mind. The costumes plunge the viewer back to the postwar era quickly and thoroughly. Thanks to Jeremy Cole's inventive lighting, the characters cast huge shadows--shadows that loom spookily over the whole set. As the characters become agitated or depressed, the lighting changes subtly to conform to their emotional states. One doesn't need to suspend one's disbelief at all to enjoy the stagecraft here.
As old-fashioned and clunky as it is, Dial "M" still twists the knife effectively.


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[UK Reform] Loads of Activity!
Hey there!
First of all and again, I would like to thank everyone that voted for butjam in the election several days ago. It is an amazing achievement for us to have come so close to victory, despite not actually being in the top 5, although a lot of support came from other parties. In addition, we would like to thank The Unity Party, Guardians of United Kingdom and the People's Communist Party for supporting butjam. We would like to congratulate Richard Feist on his narrow but hard fought victory on Tuesday and I'd like to wish him the very best of luck in the month ahead.
You can be certain that the UKRP is definitely an active party, if not one of the most active parties in the UK. The forums are buzzing with activity, IRC is a hive of discussion and the in-game feeds are constantly swarming with interaction between members.
Okay, I'll stop with the references to bees
We have been recording our activity since the 29th of December and have been vying to beat the records:
Peak activity on #UKRP: 27
Peak activity on #UKRP.private: 17
The only time the UKRP private channel remains asleep is during the British night time but as I speak, there is a discussion about throwing trees.
Post count on the 29th of December: 39818
Post count on the 8th of February: 41057
Over 41 days, the UKRP has been so active as to do a total of 1239 posts within our own discussion area on the UK forums, meaning an average of 30 posts per day assuming activity remained constant.
Peak primary poll activity: 24 (January 2013, 21 votes for butjam and 3 votes for "no support")
This is an astounding response from the party after activity nearly doubled. This exceeds our activity nearly when we were the largest party in the UK...
An image looking at our activity from October to last week, with PP elections used as a comparison. Rapid growth can be seen as pp election voting turnout nearly doubles over a three month period.
A trending topic within the UKRP is the subject of Alcohol with many discussions on IRC revolving around Scotch. A topic about alcohol was created to satisfy the beer craving desires of Pat Harper, which ended up with over 50 posts in a few days after its creation. The discussion forum itself, which was created at the beginning of the year, has managed to reach 450 posts in total. Other trending topics include personals, politics and Game of Thrones. Horse burgers are a well mentioned joke.
Final words
So yeah, why not join us in our activity? We pride ourselves on being not only a party but a community. We enjoy the game but we also have fun while we're at it. Many community projects are running within the party and it would be worthwhile coming to join in on our own unique community.
If you are interested, come join the UK Reform Party here and join in on all the action and activity.
To join us on our public IRC channel, simply type "/join #ukrp" whilst on the Rizon server. You may also join us by clicking this link: http://mibbit.com/#ukrp@rizon
To join us on our forum, you'll need to register to the UK forums and request access here: http://tinyurl.com/UKRPaccess
Thank you for reading,
pretty good news, I think. Nice to see you guys remaining solidly active!
UKPP weren't on the ballot when we had the vote... Not our problem if you're incapable of informing us of your candidates.
As Alfa is on the poll you can tell rfeist hadn't candidated at that point.
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A DISABLED motorsport marshal who lost a leg following a 100mph crash that claimed two lives has set a new world record by driving a mobility scooter the furthest ever distance in 24 hours.
Steve Tarrant, 53, from Poole, completed his record-breaking challenge on Sunday at Chichester's Goodwood Motor Circuit.
He achieved a world-record distance of 190.2miles (306.1km) by driving through the night and completing more than 1,800 laps of a 167 metre circuit, only stopping briefly for battery changes.
Steve lost a leg to above the knee and suffered multiple injuries in 2000, when a Lotus F1 car driven by John Dawson-Damer collided with him while he marshalled the finishing line at Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The driver and another marshal, Andy Carpenter, were killed in the accident.
Speaking after his latest world-record run, Steve said: "This is the second time I have attempted the record and this experience has once again been a test of endurance.
"After now completing the furthest distance ever for the second time, I am done with this world record. In the words of Steve Redgrave, 'if you ever catch me near one of these things again, shoot me' – only joking.
"I now intend to focus on continuing to talk, present and educate regarding motorsport and disability, whilst potentially planning a new world record attempt in 2015 – John O'Groats to Land's End in the shortest time ever.
"I am currently looking for commercial sponsors so I can develop my plans further that ultimately are designed to raise awareness of disability and enhance equality."
Steve smashed the existing record of 170.63 miles on a TGA Breeze S4 GT mobility scooter.
He also completed the course with purposely-punctured tyres – after driving over a bed of nails on the start line – to demonstrate the effectiveness of TGA's new sealant system.


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time for foobar to brighten up the default config (...) and get all those ex-winampers
It's been a while since I last logged in here. It so happens that I see this news.
foobar already offers more flexibility than any other player. you have a blank canvas to do whatever you like. [...] everything else is down to the individual.
what other players do you consider to be beautiful?
It seems that Winamp Heaven site no longer has old versions for download.
Quote from: greynol on 22 November, 2013, 08:05:59 PMIt seems that Winamp Heaven site no longer has old versions for download. There's a pretty neat archive here, up to the latest version.
There's a petition going with 13000 signatures so far. It asks AOL to either continue development or release the source.
The best thing of winamp: the 5 second skip (right arrow key)I really miss that in a lot of modern music (media) players.


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Moscow (Jul. 12)
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A survey of conditions prevailing in the Jewish colonies affected by the bad crop in the Ukraine and Crimea will be undertaken by Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, head of the Agrojoint, to determine the extent of the relief required.
Dr. Rosen, accompanied by S. E. Lubarsky, his assistant, is proceeding to the districts of Cherson, Krivoy Rog and Zaporozhje, from where reports of serious conditions have been received. The Agrojoint and the Ica are seriously considering purchasing bread in Siberia for the Jewish colonies, if the government will permit its transportation.
The problem is complicated, because it would be difficult to provide bread only for the Jewish colonists, white the whole peasantry in the neighborhood is suffering.
In the Odessa district, the Jewish colonists are temporarily suspending their intensive development and land work, although the situation there is better than in Cherson and Krivoy Rog.
Semi-official information emanating from the government states that the Crimea crop averages sixty per cent good and that the Jewish colonists there are comparatively well off. The same source states that field mice invaded 150,000 hectares in the Jankoy region, threatening the crop.
In an interview with the representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, D. Rosen replied to charges made by the "Emes," Yiddish Communist daily that the Agrojoint refuses to maintain the Jewish schools in the Crimea and to reorganize the transmigrants home at Jankoy, which is dirty and unsuitable.
Dr. Rosen stated that the Jankoy house was always maintained by the Ozet. the Russian Jewish society for settling Jews on the land and there was no reason why it should not continue to maintain it. The schools were only built by the Agrojoint, but maintained by the government and there was no reason for a change in the system, he said.


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Acadiana Graduates/Military Enlistees Recognized
Acadiana-area high school graduates who have decided to enlist in the United States Military were recognized today for their patriotism.
"Our Community Salutes" of Acadiana held the 2nd Annual High School Enlistee Recognition Ceremony at the Petroleum Club of Lafayette, which included guest speakers, a mock 'swearing-in' ceremony, and a luncheon.
"Our Community Salutes" of Acadiana is a program to publicly recognize graduating high school seniors who "answered the call" by making a voluntary commitment to enlist in the United States Military upon graduation from high school.
Today's guest speakers included Representative Charles Boustany; Rudy Bourg, Sr, US Army Retired; Staff Sergeant Heath Stoute, Louisiana Army National Guard; 1st Sergeant Todd Tourville, US Army; Major Greg Saloom, US Army Reserves; and Mary Nuss, President, Blue Star Mothers of America, Louisiana Chapter.
Congratulations to all of these future veterans, and thank you for your pending service to our country!
If you would like more information about joining the United States Military, contact the Lafayette Recruiting Company via Facebook or by calling (337) 233-7163


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ASDAN Co-operative Studies introductory workshop
The Co-operative College and ASDAN are offering two free introductory workshops, in Southampton and Manchester, on the structure and content of the various ASDAN awards and how to get the most from the accreditation opportunities. The workshops will look at a brand new way to accredit co-operative curriculum activities within a range of ASDAN programmes and qualifications, including the Certificate of Personal Effectiveness. The ASDAN Co-operative Studies approach will enable students to gain recognition for their activities through the different Key Stages.
The workshops will take place at Upper Shirley High School in Southampton on 30 November and the Co-operative Group in Manchester on 13 December.
For more information please see flier below.
To secure your place and register please contact email@example.com.
For more information on ASDAN Co-operative Studies, see www.co-op.ac.uk/schools-and-young-people/co-operative-schools/asdan.


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I went from 360 to 180 in 3 years. I letteraly went from one extreme to the other. I had alot of hanging skin and I could not fit it in a girdle anymore.
I had a few consults with other surgeons and they all wanted me either to loose more weight or suggested to have a full body lift. When I went to Dr. D he said I did not need all that and he can will be able to get the look I want by having a tummy tuck.


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La Jolla lifeguard tower rife with cost overruns
Baby bird, seal-pupping, and bad waste pump blamed for budget surprises
Matt Potter 4 p.m., Sept. 21
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Our two red-meat dishes didn't fare as well, which was mainly an ingredients issue. The "black and bleu" steak (a spin-off of a regular menu steak entrée) offered a New York loin with blackening spices and a scattering of Gorgonzola cheese. It might have been good but for the meat itself. Ordered rare, the steak was thin, so the borders were all well done, the interior closer to rosy medium-rare than true red. The beef itself was quite tough — probably Sysco's USDA Select, your basic supermarket grade. A pity, because the treatment deserved better meat. The regular menu's Veal Piccata, with lemon juice and loads of those big, lively capers, also suffered from drab meat.
For a red wine for the entrées, we'd been fiddling around with the list of California Pinot Noirs. But Sideways be damned, I really don't think the California versions hold a candle to even the least-uppity French Burgundies. Laurie suggested the Mont Pellier Merlot, a fine idea. Not only is Merlot the probable best choice with duck, but I think California vintners do better with it. This proved a tasty, affordable food-wine, nothing memorable, but good drinking for a nice price.
The house signature dessert is Bananas Foster, but it's nothing like the flamboyant flamed-at-table rendition served at Brennan's in New Orleans (which claims to have invented it), made with banana liqueur. This lighter version, made with white wine, couldn't flame unless you sprayed it with propane. You get tender fingers of sautéed banana in a light, not-oversweet sauce topped with a load of whipped cream. Have to admit, I prefer this to the cloying original. The bananas rather than the liqueur get to star here.
Crown Bistro has been open for 18 years. Before leasing it from the hotel, Jerry Tovar cooked at the Town and Country Resort (which also sent him to several hospitality-management courses at Mesa College) and then at Mr. A's (before Bertrand Hug took it over) — where one of his colleagues was the father of his assistant chef, Lyle Valencia, who cooked our meal so skillfully. While the concierges at Coronado hotels send customers its way, keeping it alive in winter, before the summer invasions of Zonies and other tourists, Coronado residents seem to be keeping it a secret. (It's won local restaurant polls numerous times, but those polls don't seem to reach the mainland.)
I found myself liking Crown Bistro very much. The food is good, often better than good, and the service practices could be a lesson to many a higher-end restaurant. Bread is delivered as you read the menu, before you order — trusting that you have not come there to steal a crust and then flee like Jean Valjean. No waiting for icy butter to soften, no begging for extra spoons for a shared soup.
It brings to mind the time before American small towns were surrounded by identical excrescences of strip malls and casual-dining chains along their highway exits. Crown Bistro seems more from the era when those highways were scenic two-lane blacktops and every reasonably prosperous town had its nice restaurant serving Continental cuisine to tables full of appreciative neighbors. Coronado is, of course, a rather special small town. There's more money there, and more residents who are better-traveled and culinarily sophisticated. At breakfast the bistro is slamming, but at night, when it's quiet, this little gem recreates an atmosphere of charm, unpretentious grace, and modest, easy pleasure.
Burger Boom
Last year's fad was upscale sliders. This year, it's the full-size item, garnished to the max. Is it the recession or just a reversion to the classic American teenage taste for Chuck Berry's "hamburgers sizzlin' on the open grill night and day"? Well, you don't need to hit Route 66 to get your fix — suddenly, everybody's fixin' burgers, from a burgeoning of new burger joints to top-end restaurants.
At Avenue 5 in Banker's Hill, every Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to closing is Bodacious Burgers Night. Accompanied by a crisp salad, truffle fries, and dill pickle spear, each plump burger is made with Bread & Cie challah buns, homemade spreads, and quality cheeses, meats, and seafood. Ranging from $10.75–$15 (plus $2 for each addition, such as avocado, bacon, mushroom, fried onions, fried egg, jalapeño), basic choices include Angus beef, Australian lamb, Scottish salmon, and portobello mushrooms, with a wide variety of toppings that run from Spanish chorizo to Brie cheese.
Mille Fleurs in Rancho Santa Fe offers burgers nightly, 6:00–9:30 p.m., Monday–Friday through June. Choices run from USDA Prime cheeseburger to smoked salmon with lemon, horseradish, and leek confit (gimme that!). A full burger meal for $25 includes a small salad or fries and a glass of wine or upscale beer.
Renowned chef Carl Schroeder of Market Restaurant and Bar (and before that, Arterra) has opened his new casual-gourmet city venue, Banker's Hill Bar + Restaurant on the site of the old Modus (2202 Fourth Avenue, 619-231-0222; bankershillsd.com). And guess what one of the biggest draws is? His burger is served on a brioche bun, with aged white cheddar, and you get fries with that, for $13.50.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that Wienerschnitzel has introduced a Double Chili Cheeseburger. (I once ate two bites of one of their chili dogs; that's my review of the chili.) Do these come with a side of Lipitor, an Alka-Seltzer slushee, and perhaps a soupçon of Metformin to deal with that glutinous load of corn syrup?
A more varied entry in that sizzlin'-grill spirit in Hillcrest: At Terra's summer BBQ 'n' Blues series, Thursdays 6:00–9:00 p.m., Chef Jeff Rossman features a rotating menu of barbecue on the patio, including chimichurri-grilled skirt steak, St. Louis–style ribs, jerk pork, or hoisin-glazed salmon, accompanied by local blues musicians Robin Henkel and/or Ben Powell. Price is $18 with two side dishes. ■
Crown Bistro
★★1/2 (Good to Very Good)
520 Orange Avenue, Coronado, 619-435-3678; crownbistro.com
HOURS: Breakfast seven days, 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.; lunch and dinner Monday–Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., 5:00–9:00 p.m.
PRICES: Soups, small salads, appetizers, $6–$12; pastas circa $15; entrées, $20–$28; desserts, $6.50. Most prices slightly lower at lunch. Breakfasts, $5.50–$13.
CUISINE AND BEVERAGES: Revolving menu of comfortable Continental (French-Mediterranean) fare with an American accent. Succinct list of mainly affordable California wines, and beers. (Wine list being revamped and expanded for summer.) Corkage $15.
PICK HITS: Smoked salmon carpaccio; duck breast; Shrimp Pietro; Bananas Foster. Popular favorite: braised lamb shank in wine sauce.
NEED TO KNOW: Small, hospitable restaurant fronting a boutique hotel. Heated patio tables available, slightly off-street. Reservations advised at dinner; breakfast reservations taken only for groups of six or more, but call as you leave home to be placed on waiting list for first available table. Dinner entrées come with soup or salad. Happy hours with light bites on patio planned for summer.


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GAINESVILLE — The afterglow of Saturday's blowout win against overmatched Florida International didn't last very long. The game may have been a nice break for No. 1 Florida, particularly its starters, but from here on out it's back to business.
Rival Florida State is coming to town Saturday, along with the ESPN GameDay crew and thousands of fans who want to be a part of Florida QB Tim Tebow's last home game.
But most of all, coach Urban Meyer said, the hype surrounding the game is primarily because it's Florida-Florida State. Plain and simple.
"It's the world," Meyer said of the rivalry. "It's what makes this job the best job in college football. It's what makes this stadium the best stadium in college football. (It's) senior day at Florida. It's going to be a special week."
Meyer will play up rivalry week with his team the way he has in years past, but he said the most important factor will be the practice and focus the team comes with this week.
"We have a plan and the plan is to practice really hard on Tuesday," he said. "That's our plan. There are no secret handshakes, just go as hard as we can on Tuesday, then come back and go again on Wednesday."
For the players, a keen awareness of what's at stake surrounds every conversation.
"That would pretty much make their season if they beat us," senior LB Ryan Stamper said. "We still have to accomplish a lot of goals, so I don't think it'll be a problem, us going hard, with all the things like senior day going on."
RAINEY'S EVOLUTION: With two of its biggest games upcoming, Meyer is hoping he can get more out of sophomore RB Chris Rainey similar to Saturday's performance against FIU. Rainey combined for 91 yards rushing and receiving and had two touchdowns.
"I thought he was tremendous," Meyer said. "I wouldn't mind if he did it against an upper-level SEC team. I tell him all the time, feel free to make a couple of guys miss once and awhile and go. And he will. He's getting stronger, he's getting better. That was a tremendous effort."
JUST PLAIN FUN: Whether the FIU game offered any value in preparing for Florida State and then Alabama in the SEC title game is debatable, but the Gators said it was a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon, helping relieve the pressure that has surrounded the season.
"I think it was good," Tebow said. "I think it was good for momentum, I think it's good to get some guys playing time. You really see a lot of what you're going to see next year, and then also for some guys you get them a little bit of rest. I think for the most part we stayed pretty healthy. You want to get guys a little bit of rest and get guys ready for a tough two weeks. So that's something also nice about a game like this."
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i used all my account savings for college to repairing my dads old houses that had been falling apart even going hungry to make sure our environment seemed peaceful.threats were going online and on the news.
i made rent at the building cheaper to accommodate people who would be peaceful because the wealthy would encourage more theft and stealing of items leading to senseless violence over property.
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Just reading the Press Release for 8.3 http://cvs.pgfoundry.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/press/pr/releases/8.3/en/release.txt Few thoughts spring to mind - Just in time background writer changes are nice, but since we already mention the load distributed checkpoints (a closely related feature), it seems we are saying too much at the expense of other features. - Asynch Commit is a seriously important feature, not necessarily for existing users but definitely for people used to MySQL's speed and lack of robustness with myisam tables. It's an important message that we can get the speed of myisam and at the same time the robustness of Postgres. I don't suggest that we specifically mention mysql, but it is a feature that will alter many people's perception of Postgres, so we should talk about it somewhere. So I suggest we swap Just-in-time for Async Commit. (To forestall any negative comment, I would add: Yes, I did write that code, but I wrote it *because* of its importance to a wide range of people that might now consider PostgreSQL. No, I'm not asking for my name in brackets anywhere.) Lastly, the press contacts listed are all on the North American continent and within a few hours of each other. I don't think we gain much by having a 3rd contact from that part of the world. There are English speaking countries all around the world in almost every timezone, obviously England, but also South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and many more. If we mention only North America, it detracts significantly from the "Global Presence" message we would wish to convey. That is a point all by itself, I guess. The total European market size is the roughly the same as the North American market in terms of people, money etc. South Pacific market is also large and probably further into open source than some parts of Europe. It really is high time we got the idea across that open source and Postgres, in particular, is not solely a US project. I mean no disrespect at all to any of my fine colleagues, but the geographical location of the chair in which we sit has very little to do with our mission, goals, teamwork, communication channels or whatever. The same isn't true of our external communications, which definitely are affected by local issues, markets and definitely by timezones. So I suggest we have a press contact in either England or Australia listed, instead of one of the three contacts. In time, I hope that we would see an American, European and Australasian contact on the list, so we have a much wider distribution of support. Or others. If other languages want to have global representation that would be good also, for example Spanish-speaking contacts in the Americas and Europe. (I haven't checked). I don't see any reason why a country has to speak a particular language for it to be represented either. For example the Japanese press release might reasonably wish to have a European contact also, since many businesses and their leaders speak Japanese, even if the countries in which they operate do not. The same thinking might apply to a range of other languages. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com
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Day 2: Morning game drive at Nairobi National park (the World only park close to the city). After the game drive have lunch (at own arrangement) and thereafter a city tour in the afternoon. Overnight and Dinner at Fairview Country Club Hotel (Half Board).
Day 3: Drive to Sagana for white water- rafting, approximately 100 km from Nairobi. Return to the Nairobi city in the evening for dinner and overnight at Fairview Country Club Hotel (Half Board).
Days 4 – 8: Charter flight to Chyulu Hills, approximately 350 km from Nairobi. The Campi ya Kanzi is also called "the camp of hidden treasure", maybe because it brings guests to the real Africa. This is a highly Eco-rated, friendly camp that is situated in an exclusive 400 sq m wilderness that has found harmony between wildlife conservation and the local community, the Maasai people. From its luxury tents, the guests enjoy a panoramic view of Africa's tallest mountain, the Kilimanjaro. In the conservation area, the guest will see the lion, elephant, giraffe, cheetah, and many more game and several bird species.
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Activities: Game drives in an open Land Rover with a professional guide, escorted game walks, forest walks, Chyulu National Park excursion, bird watching, cultural visit to the Maasai villages, bush breakfast and bush dinner, visit Maasai wilderness conservation trust projects, private excursion around Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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SUPPORT GROUP FORMING: WITCHES FOR JESUS. The previous post should indicate that I don't have much patience for the people who think any books with sympathetic witches and wizards must be anti-Christian. Sure, fantasy books can be implicitly anti-Catholic, like The Spellkey, a book that is great on many levels but cliched and annoying in its attempts to portray the Church as a conspiracy of the vile. And I haven't read Harry Potter, so I can't comment on what's up with those books. But there are two different questions here: Should kids read books with magic spells in them? and, Should kids read books with anti-Christian worldviews?
My opinions are strongly colored by my own experience: The ideas I was introduced to in fantasy books were ideas that are mostly discredited in mainstream American kid culture. Honor, sacrifice, chivalry, and awe (C.S. Lewis points, rightly, to the Piper at the Gates of Dawn in The Wind and the Willows) are not much in abundance in this culture, and if you don't believe in any of them, I'm not sure you can believe in Christ. Could you even find Him relevant? There are many places to find these ideas; but fantasy books tend to do a pretty good job with them. I'm willing to put up with a little propaganda for contraception in order to introduce my kid to complex, realistic portrayals of honorable characters.
I don't mean to downplay the dangers. I did the usual half-assed futzing around with Wicca (although I really think that was more influenced by "nonfiction," like the fake history of The Magic Cauldron, than fantasy). That's very sketchy and very dangerous, and I'm glad that the priest who guided my catechism asked about it and exorcised our whole RCIA group. (That's not as weird as it may sound, by the way. We weren't unusually demonic or anything. I think.) Moreover, there are books whose worldviews are deeply anti-Christian. Here's a very good essay on Philip Pullman, who's declared his intention to write anti-Christian kids' books. I'd also point to Susan Price, whose "ghost" series is, I kid you not, the only nihilist children's series I know of.
But Price's novels also contain some of the best, most vivid and powerful writing in children's lit. Does that make them better (great art always contains beauty, and therefore some goodness) or worse (attractive evil)? I think that in the most "utilitarian" sense, the beauty of her writing will spur kids to seek other authors, who will counterbalance her nihilism. On a deeper level, I do believe that kids can intuit many aspects of the nihilist worldview–the possibility that suffering is meaningless, or that the only thing that happens after death is putrefaction. It's better to have all the consequences of that worldview made plain, than to allow those beliefs to seep, unnoticed, into the soil of a child's mind.


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Lahore/Islamabad: Nawaz Sharif was poised for a record third term as Pakistan's Prime Minister with his PML-N party on Sunday taking an unassailable lead in parliamentary elections, which was welcomed by India with whom he pledged to restart the peace process.
During the campaign, 63-year-old Mr Sharif had vowed to revive the Indo-Pak peace process which was interrupted in 1999 by the then military ruler Pervez Musharraf who ousted him in a bloodless coup. Mr Sharif had started the peace process with then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
In Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated Mr Sharif for his "emphatic victory" in the elections. (Full text)
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid welcomed the outcome of elections in Pakistan and hoped India will continue to have good relations under Sharif's leadership.
Counting of votes was progressing at a slow pace with trends indicating that Mr Sharif may marginally fall short of absolute majority but will be able to make it up by getting the support of independent candidates and smaller rightist parties like the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam which was ahead in 11 seats. (Read)
Trends from 264 of the 272 parliamentary seats that went to the polls yesterday showed that the PML-N was set to bag in excess of 125 seats. Mr Sharif needs 137 seats for a majority.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), about which there was considerable hype, lagged behind with trends showing it leading in just 34 seats.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which had a tally of 124 in the 2008 elections and ruled the country for five years with the support of the MQM and the Awami National Party, was ahead in only in 32 seats.
Mr Sharif is set to return to power at a time when Pakistan is facing several major challenges, including growing extremism, a strong Taliban presence in the country's northwest, rampant corruption, uneasy relations with the US ahead of the withdrawal of foreign forces from war-torn Afghanistan and an economy that has virtually been in free fall for the past few years.
The PML-N is returning to power at the national level after millions of Pakistanis braved Taliban threats and violence that claimed some 50 lives to vote in the landmark general elections that marked the first transition from one civilian government to another in the country's 66-year history, which has witnessed numerous military coups.
Mr Sharif proclaimed victory for the PML-N while addressing a group of jubilant supporters at his home in Lahore last night and asked people to pray that the final results would deliver an "absolute majority" for his party so that he would not have to lead a weak coalition.
"The results are still coming in but we almost have confirmation about one thing - that the PML-N has emerged the largest party in this election. I ask you to pray that the results that come in the morning will show that the PML-N can form government without outside support, so that the PML-N doesn't have to seek support from anyone," he said.
Conceding defeat, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan from his hospital bed said, "I have seen many ups and downs in my life. But I forget the pain of this defeat when I see the enthusiasm of the youngsters."
"I want to thank the electorate for coming out in such large numbers. This is significant for Pakistan. The people have decided that they will play a role in forming the future of Pakistan through their vote," the 60-year-old PTI chief said.
Analysts said it was possible that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, leading in 12 seats, could back Mr Sharif in forming the government.
To win a simple majority, a party or coalition would have to bag 137 of the 272 National Assembly seats for which polls were held.
Mr Sharif served as premier during 1990-1993 and 1997-1999 but was ousted from office before he could complete his term-once on corruption charges and later because of the coup led by Musharraf.
Heavy turnout of voters was seen on Saturday. Elections in Pakistan have traditionally registered low turnouts and only 44 per cent of the electorate voted in the last polls in 2008.


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Gentle enough for my husband!When my husband had a skin cancer removed from his skin, I insisted that he start wearing SPF daily. He didn't want something greasy or perfumed, and it had to not aggravate his old acne problem. This Eucerin product filled the bill, and I use it also. It's very soothing as well. A terrific product at an excellent price! — 9 years, 8 months agoHelensDaughter | 3 reviews
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The United States and British delegations have greed to sponsor a resolution in the U.N. Security Council, certifying the Palestine fighting as a threat to world peace, it was learned here tonight from a U.S. delegation source.
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It was indicated here that the resolution would be introduced after Count Folke Bernadotte had made his report to the Council tomorrow. (See earlier Lake success story on Page 3.)


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Huge eighth propels Astros blowout
Huge eighth propels Astros blowout
Fortunately, Huff chose to swing away instead.
He drove a pitch from Shouse off the left-field wall to plate the go-ahead run in that eighth inning, when the Astros scored seven times during their 10-3 win in front of 32,981 at Minute Maid Park.
"I can't remember the last time I got a hit off the guy," said Huff, who was 2-for-10 against Shouse entering the game. "Honestly, he's been on me my whole career."
But not Tuesday, when the Astros stretched their winning streak to four games and moved within four games of the .500 mark.
The only downside of this win was that Willy Taveras was unable to extend his franchise-record 30-game hitting streak. He was plunked twice by Brewers starter Tomo Ohka -- once on the neck -- and finished the game 0-for-3.
"I didn't get the opportunities because I got hit," Taveras said. "I only got one ball. It was a little frustrating to get hit twice like that. I would like to have had some clean at-bats. It was really strange for me, but the good thing was we won."
For sure. The Astros pulled off this win after right-hander Roy Oswalt relinquished a 3-0 lead in the seventh.
No worries, though, because the Astros rallied against the Brewers' bullpen in the big eighth inning. Craig Biggio drew a leadoff walk from Shouse, and Lance Berkman followed with a single to left.
Huff then strolled to the plate thinking bunt.
Well, on second thought ...
"If I bunt this and pop it up, I'm just going to kill myself all night over it," Huff said, "so I'll just take my chances."
Good choice. He maintained his composure, Huff said, and got a pitch he could handle to score Biggio.
"I got that hit to open things up a little bit," Huff said.
Actually, the floodgates opened from there. Luke Scott, the next batter, was hit by a pitch from Shouse to load the bases, and Adam Everett lined an RBI single to center off Dan Kolb, who relieved Shouse.
Next up was Brad Ausmus, who walked, before pinch-hitter Jason Lane launched a grand slam off the facade in left to give his club a seven-run cushion.
"It felt great," Lane said. "I'm not worried about results as much as just having good at-bats. I think I'm starting to get a few more results of late."
Lane isn't back in that starting role now, but he's hitting .295 (13-for-44) over his last 19 home games.
That's a nice transition from the .190 mark he was at two-plus months ago.
"I think there's always something to prove," Lane said. "Obviously, I had a decent year last year and got off to a slow start this year. It just shows you that you always have to prove something every day or someone's going to be there in your spot."
Even if he doesn't win back a full-time spot this season, contributions like the one he gave on Tuesday will be key to propelling the Astros into the postseason.
Taveras is one player who's kept the Astros near the top. In the eighth, he was rewarded with one final at-bat against reliever Derrick Turnbow.
Unfortunately, Taveras struck out. He still earned a standing ovation despite his streak's halt.
"That was nice of our fans to recognize what he accomplished," manager Phil Garner said. "A 30-game hitting streak's not easy to do."
Neither is a five-game winning streak for the Astros -- this season, at least. Their four-game winning streak is their sixth different one this season, and the Astros are 0-for-5 in attempts to stretch it to five.
Perhaps, this night's late offensive charge is that needed spark to put them over the hump.
"Whenever you score seven runs in the eighth inning like that, that's great," Everett said. "It was definitely very encouraging."
Kevin Yanik is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.