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When the Bayfield Lions Club announced, during the worst economy in recent memory, that it was launching a fundraising campaign to buy the hall it had rented for decades, a lot of people, me included, wondered if they could pull it off.
This is an occasion when I am happy to be proved wrong. The Bayfield Lions Foundation, formed to create a 501(c)3 nonprofit that would make peoples contributions tax-deductible, closed on the hall in late 2012, after raising about $135,000, almost $65,000 of that from Bayfields 2,300 residents and businesses.
Three men started the campaign, Ken Gaherty, Mike Clark and Ron Dunavant, after the Colorado Grange, which owned the hall, where the club has met for decades, announced it was going to sell the building. The Grange gave the Lions first right of purchase if members could raise the money by the end of 2012.
They did, and the hall will continue to be a community gathering place for decades to come.
About 200 people made $100 donations, Gaherty said, several businesses chipped in, and grant writer Kristin Hartzell applied for and won all four grants they identified as being possibilities. The club also held several fundraising dinners, and the town turned out in force to support its efforts.
On Saturday, the club served a free chili dinner to thank the Bayfield community, with about 100 people attending. Except for one member who was recuperating from back surgery, the entire club made a pot of red, baked cornbread or cookies and showed up to feed their friends and neighbors.
This hall isnt just where the Lions themselves meet, they provide a gathering place for 4-H clubs, Girl Scouts and the American Legion as well as other civic-minded groups.
And when a member of the Bayfield community experiences a tragedy or medical crisis, the Lions Hall is where the town generally comes together to raise money, with the Lions contributing not just the hall, but often some much needed funds as well.
In fact, during the last three years, the Lions Club has donated more than $20,000 to good causes, about 87 percent of which stayed in the Bayfield community.
Buying the building was the first step of what will probably be another three-year project to raise the funds to make much-needed repairs. The banquet the club created as a fundraiser for the capital campaign will continue to help raise that money, and Gaherty tells me the 2013 event will be held April 6.
Another goal is to build an outside pavilion, perhaps with a fire pit, for the party-rental crowd, and to make the clubs annual Pancake Breakfast a little easier on members. They serve about 800 people every Fourth of July.
Many congrats go out to the Bayfield Lions Club.
Getting their geek on for their birthdays are Dona Anderson, Barbara King, Jim Bolen, Sally Bradley, Carol Martin, Scott McCool, Mike Sarti, Jacquie Caldwell, Aurora Rose, Pauline Murphy, Carol Wallace, Elijah Spaeder, Randy Paskas, Luis Marquez, Don Anderson, Denise Krispin, Regina Roark, Charlie Wilmoth and Holly Englund.
These days, more and more people are surviving breast cancer good news that comes from a concerted effort and years of raising money to fund research. One local survivor is Cathy Cat McClure, and she has taken her creative juices and applied them to designing and making one-of-a-kind bras. She calls them Mardi Bras, which is a great trademark and reflects the Carnival flavor of some of her lingerie.
At 2 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion, as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, local beauties will be modeling some of McClures creations, which will then be auctioned off. Or perhaps I should say some local beauties and Ralph Dinosaur, whose appreciation for the ladies lingerie item has become a standard part of his act. Hes apparently on tap to model the bra in the grand finale.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door, and they are available at 360durango.com or by calling McClure at 799-0251. The American Legion is located at 878 East Second Ave.
One of the highlights in January is always Trails 2000s dinner and auction. In its 24th year, it was held Jan. 23 at Old Tymers Café, which has got this fundraiser down to a science thanks to longtime staff member liaison Corel Miller and new general manager Mike Shepherd.
Guests arrived to appetizers of calamari with lemongrass aioli, whipped brie de beaux and California and spicy tuna rolls by East by Southwest before sitting down to Sunnyside Meats ribs prepared by chef Tony Blankenship with a hoisin glaze served with an Asian slaw and coconut rice pudding. Bread donated potato-sage rolls. And then dessert, a scrumptious plate of truffles from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory alongside a crème brûlée kiss especially made for Trails 2000 by the folks at Bread.
More than 300 silent auction items from individuals and businesses were donated, and organizers created 45 live-auction packages from the bounty. Calvin Story once again came out on a cold winter night to keep the bidding spirited.
One special item was a bike ride on the Animas River Trail led by Olympian Travis Brown and Parks, Open Space and Trails Manager Kevin Hall, with lunch at Shawn and Tamra Candelarias home catered by Zia Taqueria. Lucky purchasers Melissa Youssef and Julie Levy are going to be getting calls from all their friends hoping for an invitation to that one.
The auction committee, led by Shanan Orndorff and made up of Katri Annast, Laura Bohachevsky, Moira Compton, Connie Gordon, Pam Glasco, Connie Wian and Tracy Wilde, is taking a deep breath and celebrating raising more than $40,000 for a cause that affects the lives of everyone who enjoys the great outdoors here.
Trails 2000s volunteers donate more than 3,500 hours a year to build and maintains our trail network. To learn more, and to sign up for the e-list and upcoming trail work days, visit www.Trails2000.org.
This group not only has an inordinate amount of fun at its parties, members greatly enjoy working together out on the trail, too.
My thanks to correspondent and Trails 2000 Executive Director Mary Monroe, who is one of the best ever at noticing the details I like to include in an item.
Pulling out their pocket protectors and 1980s fashion statements for their Snowdown anniversaries are Howard and Karen Preston and Hans and Lanette Hartman.
Heres how to reach me: firstname.lastname@example.com; phone 375-4584; mail items to the Herald; or drop them off at the front desk.


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Man arrested for public intoxication in Orange
One man was arrested for public intoxication in Orange this weekend after he fell asleep in a church parking lot.
According to the police report from Officer Jonathan Baggett, he was on patrol near Community Church and School in the 3400 block of FM 3427 in Orange on Saturday, Feb. 23 at approximately 2:43 p.m. when he spotted a black Lexus in the parking lot of the facility. Officer Baggett approached the vehicle and observed a man sleeping in the driver's side of the car. The man identified himself as 43-year-old Ruben Becerra of Alvin. The officer reported he smelled a strong odor of some unknown alcoholic beverage and that the man's speech was slurred beyond understanding. Baggett reported that upon speaking with the suspect, Becerra told him he believed he was in Houston. At that point, the officer requested the man exit his vehicle. When Becerra stumbled while trying to get out of his car, Baggett stated he felt the man was a danger to himself and others. Becerra was placed into custody for public intoxication and transported to the Orange County Jail.

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It is extremely important for members of NCSF constituent communities to understand the laws that may affect us.
The law is interpreted – sometimes to our favor, and sometimes not. For example, while the NCSF firmly believes that consensual SM activity between adults is legal, there are those that have a differing opinion and will intentionally interpret the law in an unfavorable way. Therefore, it is extremely important for the SM-Leather-Fetish communities to have an understanding of the laws that may affect us. Knowing relevant laws will greatly assist our communities in safely organizing and maintaining SM-Leather-Fetish activities and functions.
There are numerous laws, ordinances, and regulations at all levels of government - federal, state, regional, county and city. It's not easy to locate all of the laws that may affect us, but it's very important. You should make every attempt to thoroughly research your laws if your activities may come under the scrutiny of law enforcement or local authorities. In addition, NCSF recommends that thorough legal research should include consultation with a knowledgeable attorney, state Attorney General, local prosecutor, or other legal authority, familiar with the current interpretation of the law for the jurisdiction in question.
Obviously, it is impossible to provide a comprehensive list of every law and its interpretation for every jurisdiction, so this material is designed to give the reader a basic understanding of legal research and the tools to get started.
Research Realities
The question "Is SM legal in my state?" is not an appropriate research question. What we call "SM" includes a wide variety of behaviors, attitudes and acts without common legal terminology. For example, a state may not specifically prohibit "bondage" or "mummification", but every state has laws against holding someone against his/her will. The key term is not "SM" but rather "consent." Therefore, the better question to research might be "What types of consensual sexual expression are allowed under state and local laws?" or "How is consent defined by statutory and case law in the state?"
In many jurisdictions, only procreative consensual intercourse between married heterosexual couples in the privacy of the home is "legal." Therefore looking at all laws pertaining to sex may be a good place to start. Of course, sex laws are usually selectively enforced. And they can be contradictory: a local jurisdiction may recognize gay couples, but the state makes sodomy between people of the same sex a felony, then again, it doesn't enforce the law against anyone.
Finally, remember that if "they" want to get you, they'll look through everything including if your dog has the appropriate license or they will dig up laws that haven't been enforced in 30 or 100 years.
Statutes and Case Law in our Legal System
When people talk about "what the law says" or "what the law is," they are typically referring to statutes (sometimes called codes). When disputes arise over the meaning of statutes, state and federal courts issue court opinions that interpret the statutes -- this is "case law." In addition, numerous federal and state agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the IRS and the various Secretary of State's offices, issue regulations that cover the legal areas that the agencies control (such as environmental law, federal taxes and corporations law).
Researching Federal vs. State Statutes
States make the law in most of the areas related to alternative sexual practices, such as child custody, marriage, divorce, public indecency, assault, kidnapping, weapon violations, etc. A few areas now involve both state and federal statutes, including employment regulation. (Note: state laws usually give way to federal laws that address the same issue.)
Finding Relevant Statutes
There are two main ways to find a particular state or federal statute: (1) at a library or (2) on the web. We recommend using government websites to locate the applicable laws, where and when available, and as a preliminary research method. This should be followed up with hardcopy research at the library. You can locate relevant statutes on the internet by doing a keyword search or by browsing the table of contents. Not all states allow you to do a keyword search, but for the ones that do, you simply enter a few terms that relate to the subject you're looking for.
Searching Statutes
To do a good search you need to anticipate the words used in the statutes you are searching. Example: if you are looking for a statute that defines weapons in reference to the transportation of weapons on public highways, you might choose to use the search term "transport." If that search pulled up hundreds of statutes, you may try narrowing the search. You could try adding the words "weapon" and "public." Or, if your search doesn't pull up any statutes, you can try to broaden the search by using fewer or more common search terms.
Browsing Statutes
Browsing the table of contents of statutes is often a better way to find laws on your subject because it lets you look first at the general subjects (Titles, or sometimes Divisions). From there you can move to particular topics (Chapters, or sometimes Articles), and then to the precise statutes you need (Sections). By browsing, you also get a general idea of all the statutes there are on a specific subject.
Read Related Statutes / Ordinances
If you are interested in a particular area of the law (for example, adult entertainment regulations), you need to read all relevant statutes on that subject. If you don't, you may miss an important statute that contradicts the law you have found.
Example: A regulation may not specifically prohibit flagellation on the premises of an adult business, but a different regulation prohibits flagellation in instances where the adult business serves alcohol. Once you find a relevant statute/ordinance, you should continue searching until you are convinced that you've found every statute/ordinance that may affect that particular issue.
Understanding Statutes / Ordinances
Some statutes are clearly written, while others are very difficult to understand. Exceptions to the statute, "whereases" and cross-references to other statutes can make it very hard to understand what a statute means. Here are some rules to use when interpreting a statute:
• Read the statute several times.
• Pay close attention to all the "ands" and "ors." The use of "and" to end a series means that all elements of the series are included, or necessary, but an "or" at the end of a series means that only one of the elements need be included.
• Assume all words and punctuation in the statute have meaning. It's tempting to skip words you don't quite understand and ignore awkward punctuation. Don't do it.
• If the statute is but one of a number you are studying, interpret it to be consistent with the other statutes if at all possible.
• Interpret a statute so that it makes sense rather than lead to some absurd or improbable result.
• Track down all cross-references to other statutes and sections and read those statutes and sections.
Making Sure the Statutes are Up to Date
Many state statutes on the web are not up to date, but the state website will usually tell you the year that the collection was last updated. If the statutes are out of date, you'll need to find out if any statutes you're interested in were amended or repealed by the legislature since the posting date. You can do this by doing a search of all the bills passed in the state since the posting date. These bills should be available on the state legislature's website.
The Importance of Case Law
When disputes arise over the meaning of statutes, judges are called on to interpret the statutes. Judges' interpretations of those statutes -- called "opinions", "decisions", or "cases" -- are as important to understanding what the law is as the words of the statutes itself. So once you find a statute that seems to address your situation, consider taking the next step and see how the courts have interpreted it.
The U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the country, and its opinions are the final word on what the law means. The Supreme Court can decide what a legislature meant when it wrote a law, or it can even overturn (revoke) a federal or state statute if it finds it unconstitutional.
Recommended Topics to Research
There is no common legal terminology for "SM" per se because SM includes a wide variety of behaviors that have not been categorized. So look for laws governing sexual behavior generally, including prostitution, rape, sexual assault, sodomy, etc. Other terms such as "flagellation" and "sadomasochistic abuse" may bring up some statutory, regulatory or case law, particularly when searching a large, cross-referenced database. Here are some keywords that may assist you in your research:
Adult Entertainment
False Imprisonment
Selected Basic Legal Terms:
Annotated Codes - Publications that combine statutes with cases that interpret the statutes.
Bill - What a statute is called when it is introduced in Congress or a state legislature prior to becoming a law. An assigned number is used to refer to a bill. The number has two parts: HB (House Bill) or SB (Senate Bill) depending on where it was introduced, and the number that identifies the particular bill. Example: SB1137
Case Law – is an opinion from the state and federal courts that interpret statutes.
Chapter - A term that identifies a group of related state or federal statutes that have been gathered together within a particular Title or Code. Example: Virginia Statutes, Title 18.2, Chapter 4 is "Crimes Against the Person"
Citation - Is a reference to a statute that describes where it is published. Example: the federal citation "42 USC 1021" tells us that this cited federal statute can be found in Title 42, Section 1021 of the United States Code
Code - In general, "Code" refers to the main body of statutes of the jurisdiction. Example: the Arizona State Code
Ordinance / Regulation – A law at the local (city or county) level.
Statutory Schemes – Are groups of statutes that relate to one particular subject. Example: all of the federal statutes that make up Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (which forbids employment discrimination and sexual harassment) are known as a statutory scheme because they are all related to each other
Title - In the federal system and in some states, "Title" is used to denote a collection of state or federal statutes by subject matter, as in Title 42 of the U.S. Code for civil rights statutes.
Recommended Websites – Places to Start
ACLU's Legal Research Resource
Cornell Univ. Legal Information Institute's Law References Page
Georgia State Univ. Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
Guide to Internet Legal Research
Recommended Websites – Specific Topics
ACLU's State & Local Laws Protecting Lesbians and Gays Against Workplace Discrimination
Alternatives to Marriage Project
Dr. Bernardo Attias' "Sexuality, Consent, and the Law in the US"
Policy Emphasis
1. NCSF recommends thoroughly researching your local laws and ordinances including alcohol beverage regulations.
2. Each situation is unique - there are no blanket rules or tactics that will work in every situation. Decisions concerning law enforcement related issues must be decided based on all available information at the time.
Disclaimer: The material presented is not offered as legal advice. Many options are suggested for dealing with law enforcement and other authorities. The best course of action for you to take in a given situation is dependent on that situation and is entirely up to the parties involved. No single option is always going to work. Remember that situations, laws, and attitudes will vary from place to place and from time to time.
@ NCSF 2001-2002 3-10-02 www.ncsfreedom.org


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Dateline April 22, 1920 (22 Kwietnia 1920 r.) — In the waning days of World War I, Jozef Haller's army had to get from France back to Poland.
Once back in Poland, they were able augment their forces with Polish Volunteers. That should not be a surprise. But did you know that Polish women too volunteered to fight in Haller's Army?
They were part of the forces that fought and defeated the Bolsheviks at Warsaw during the Russian-Poland Border War that followed World War I.


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SanDisk readies Rhapsody-branded music player
Anti-iTunes, Zune manoeuvre
SanDisk will today announce a digital music player that not only supports RealNetworks' Rhapsody song subscription service, but is branded to match the RealNetworks' offering, it has been claimed.
According to an Associate Press report, the player, dubbed the Sansa Rhapsody, is a co-branded version of SanDisk's e200 player line. SanDisk's players are offered with 2-8GB of Flash memory, but it's not yet clear what song-storage capacity the Rhapsody-branded version will have. The Sansa Rhapsody is also expected to ship with hundreds of songs from Rhapsody's subscription package.
The deal follows a similar tie-up between RealNetworks and network music system maker Sonos, which last week announced a software update for its Digital Music System that adds direct support for Rhapsody's anti-piracy technology. Earlier this year, SlimDevices added Rhapsody support to its Squeezebox networked music player.
In each case, RealNetworks makes its iTunes-rival available on more hardware, and the device suppliers get to support another music format whose DRM technology might otherwise prevent playback.
For SanDisk, the deal strengthens its position against Microsoft now the software giant is entering the digital music market as a player as well as a technology supplier. SanDisk's players have long supported the Windows Media format, but with the imminent arrival of Zune, it finds itself competing directly with Microsoft. While Apple's iTunes Music Store remains a closed shop, SanDisk has little choice but to start its own online music service - as Samsung is doing, for instance - or partner with one.
The Rhapsody deal is advantageous as it creates some tie-in. The success of iTunes indicates many consumers really don't care too much about being tied into a single music platform - an assumption that clearly informs what Microsoft is doing with Zune. ®
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When you buy a new smartphone, TV, or laptop there's a good chance that you'll be offered an extended warranty. In-store sales staff often push extended warranties hard for consumer electronics. Is it because they fear you'll damage your device and be left without coverage, or is it because extended warranties are hugely profitable for them? We decided to ask an expert.
"Our reader surveys have shown time and again that extended warranties are not a good deal for most consumers," says Glenn Derene, electronics editor for Consumer Reports. "Many products are reliable and don't break during the period covered, and the plans cost as much as you'd pay for a repair that might never be required."
But there are instances when you might want one.
Some people feel more comfortable knowing they are covered. If you feel it's likely you'll need extra support or cover for accidental damage, then some extended warranties or coverage might be a good deal for you.
"It's worth considering Apple's extended warranty/service plan if you want phone or online support for more than the standard 90 days. Apple consistently stands out in our surveys for offering the best computer tech support in the business." explained Derene. "Though we generally don't recommend extended warranties, you might want one for a computer, especially if it covers accidental damage."
What about smartphone insurance?
We've seen various studies over the years suggesting that anywhere from 30 to 50 percent of smartphones fall victim to some kind of accident, from a simple scratch on the screen or body to a dunking in the toilet or a cracked display after a fall.
"Surveys have shown time and again that extended warranties are not a good deal for most consumers."
The high cost, and low likelihood of encountering a problem you can actually claim for, are not the only reasons to avoid phone insurance or extended warranties.
"If you do make a claim, don't expect a new version of your old phone. Insurance plans might replace your phone with a refurbished, equivalent model," Derene explained. "We say keep your old phone, that way you'll have it to use as backup in case your newer phone breaks or is lost or stolen."
How about PCs, TVs, and cameras?
The chances that you'll actually require a repair are fairly low. According to Consumer Reports survey data, they break down like this:
- PCs (laptops, desktops, notebooks) have a 24 percent repair rate
- TVs have a 7 percent repair rate
- Point-and-shoot cameras have a 5 percent repair rate
- SLRs have an 8 percent repair rate
Another important issue to keep in mind is that, even with an extended warranty, you may not be covered for the issue you encounter, and the repairs people actually get often leave them feeling unsatisfied.
"Only 15 percent of products in our survey were covered by the manufacturer's regular warranty when they broke, and about 10 percent were under a service contract or extended warranty," says Derene. "People who had a service contract or an extended warranty weren't any happier with their repairs. They actually were more likely to have had repairs done incorrectly the first time around and waited at least two weeks for the repair than people who didn't have those contracts."


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Smithsonian Invites Votes for Inclusion in "Art of Video Games" Exhibit
Voting starts today at Artofvideogames.org, and will run through April 7. Users can vote for 80 choices out of 240 games chosen for their artistic achievements. The voting is categorized, divided by era, genre, and platform. The results will be announced in May, and the chosen games will be displayed as screen shots and short video clips.
"I want this exhibition to include the collective voice of the video game world, which is not limited to the developers, designers and artists but also the game players," said curator Chris Melissinos in the press release. "It is important to me that when gamers visit the exhibition, they find the experiences that most matter to them."


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sqlscan Error: sqlscan.py:8: DeprecationWarning: the sets module is deprecated
Backtrack Linux is full of really great tools including SQLScan which is a SQL Scanner that provides the ability to query Google for vulnerable hosts and extract MD5 hashes from the results. Unfortunately sqlscan.py was written for Python 2.3 or Python 2.4 and has not been maintained to be compatible with Python 2.6 which is the current version of Python installed on Backtrack Linux 5 R3. Backtrack 5 R3 is based off of Ubuntu 10.04 which had a release date of April, 2010 so needless to say some packages are out of date. It should be noted though that there is a lot to be said for stability in your operating system versus bleeding edge capabilities and I am sure when the time is correct the Backtrack team will be releasing a new version of Backtrack based on a newer version of Ubuntu.


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yeah, since his hot start the first few weeks, he has not looked good at all.
No way he should be a 1st round pick. But he probably will be... let's just hope the Jets can stay away from him.
Wat h him in the New Era Bowl (now) ......he 's showing why he should not be our next Qb.
Can't read simple college d 's. On the other hand. Smith of Syracuse might be of interest as an rb. Oh well!
yeah, since his hot start the first few weeks, he has not looked good at all.
No way he should be a 1st round pick. But he probably will be... let's just hope the Jets can stay away from him.
Don't judge him on one game in poor conditions. He's got some real nice tools, look at the throws he's made to the outside, those translate well to the types of throws you need to make in the NFL, throws Sanchez couldn't make...
It's hard to really attack a defense when your offensive playbook concludes of 95% screens and gimmick short passing plays.
I wouldn't mind drafting one of his WRs.
Under no circumstances do I want a QB in the 1st. Especially of Rex Is the coach.
he's the best QB in the draft, which isn't saying much. I'd take him or nassib in the 2nd round though
Just got back from the game. Smith has ZERO pocket presence and does not extend the play at all. This caused not one, but two safeties that were his fault. Seriously, when does anybody get two safties in a game, let alone one? Nassib and Texas Tech's Seth Doege are the highest upside QBs in this draft IMO
Just curious what people think of tyler bray for a late rounder? 6ft6 twohundred something lbs. Ran a nfl offence at tenn.kinda like a bigben imo
He has the physical ability, but there's apparently a lot of baggage there.
Looks like this year really sucks for QBs. I wouldn't be shocked to see in a few years that none of these guys develop into much more than borderline starters.
How would you all feel if we moved back five or six spots, pick up some much needed extra picks and draft Aaron Murray provided he declares?Undersized at 6-1 212 but he seems NFL-ready to me. Of course there is the possibility that Murray stays and challenges Manziel for #1 overall in 2014, but who knows.
I may jump ship if we take this joker.
The guy had a bad game in a snow storm, he is still the top QB in the draft and the Jets should sprint to the podium with his name on the card if he is available. Size, athletic, good arm, accurate, quick release ... sounds good to me.


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The recently released Portal Pack 2.0 has a new feature called Eventing StoryBoard.The Eventing StoryBoard feature in Portal Pack 2.0 simplifies the task of creating portlet application that uses JSR-286 eventing. It provides a simple drag drop feature to link the portlets involved in eventing. Automatic code generation functionality in the storyboard adds the necessary interfaces, methods and xml elements needed during eventing.
Here's a tutorial contributed by Sriram K, which explains about JSR 286 eventing using Eventing StoryBoard
There is also a screencast available for the same. Thanks to Hemadri, Anjana, Sriram for their help for this screencast


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VFW: Sequestration Must End!
VFW says inadequate military resourcing will cost lives — American lives Continue reading
Mike DeRosa Receives Prestigious Award At VFW National Convention
The Burger King Franchise Operator with the Big Heart has spurred his restaurants and fellow franchise operators on to raise over 2.6-million dollars for VFW's Unmet Needs Program. Continue reading
VFW Says: Boycott Mexican Products Until Tahmooressi Is Released!
"This is about politics, and if my government won't do anything, then I guess we need to let the power of the purse take over. No products, no travel, a total boycott … then maybe a dialogue will start." -VFW CIC Bill Thien Continue reading
VFW Washington Weekly – March 18, 2011
In This Issue: 1. Retroactive Stop-Loss Payments End Today 2. Military Tricare Hearing 3. VBA Budget Hearing 4. Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day 4. Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans: The U.S. Senate declared March 30 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day," agreeing unanimously to a resolution introduced by Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. On March 30, 1973, U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam under the terms of the Treaty of Paris. The Senate is encouraging everyone this March 30 to recognize Vietnam veterans for their service and sacrifice. For the senator's remarks, go to http://www.veterans.senate.gov/rankingmember/ranking-press-releases.cfm?action=release.display&release_id=5406b369-9d62-4ce8-9b33-217abc5ed373. Continue reading Washington Weekly
Bachmann Removes VA Budget Cut Suggestion
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 4, 2011 — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) posted a statement on her congressional website today that she would remove from consideration a $4.5 billion suggestion that would have affected payments made to disabled veterans. Continue reading
VFW Will Defeat Bachmann Plan
COMRADES AND SISTERS: This is important that we all become pro-active, contact your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator concerning no cuts to America's Veterans
VFW Announces Legislative Priorities for 2011
As a new decade begins, VFW is more determined than ever to fight for key veterans' issues.
"We've set some fierce objectives in this year's Priority Goals, and we're determined to see it through for our veterans," explained Raymond Kelley, VFW Legislative Director. "But we need a lot of support to get the job done." Continue reading
January-February 2011 CheckPoint Magazine
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Sri Lanka book Champions Trophy semi-final place
Sri Lanka joined England in the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy after recording their second victory against the Australians. In doing so, the Sri Lankans subjected the holders to a group stage elimination.
Qualifying for the semi-finals was always going to be difficult for Australia - they were required to chase their target of 254 in just 29.1 overs to do so - and in the end this was too much to ask.
India now await Sri Lanka in a semi-final in Cardiff on Thursday. Had they managed to bowl the Australians out for less than 164, they would have topped the group and faced Group B runners-up South Africa.
Knowing they needed a large margin of victory, Australia invited Sri Lanka to bat in the hope that they could skittle them quickly and chase down a modest total in double quick time.
However, a superb innings of 84* from 81 balls from Mahela Jayawardene laid the foundations for Sri Lanka's victory as they posted a defendable 253-8 from their 50 overs.
Man-of-the-match Jayawardene passed 11,000 ODI runs during his knock and anchored the innings from number five after a poor start for his team, who lost Kusal Perera and Kumar Sangakkara early to the excellent Australian openers Mitchell Johnson and Clint McKay.
An important period of recovery followed for the Sri Lankans, with Dilshan (34) and Thirimanne (57) occupying the crease but failing to score with any urgency.
A partnership of 65 between Jayawardene and Dinesh Chandimal provided Sri Lanka with impetus going into the closing stages of their innings and clever exploitation of the gaps from their top scorer led them to a respectable 253.
This score was enough to make Australia's chances of qualifying largely academic. It required that they score at more than 10 runs per over and without their injured skipper Michael Clarke and suspended opener David Warner this always looked unlikely.
Shane Watson slapped the first ball of Australia's innings through the covers for four as they looked to play on instinct and hit anything that was there to be hit. Watson's poor run of form continued, however, as he was dismissed for just five, attempting to cut a straight delivery from Nuwan Kulasakera.
Glenn Maxwell, promoted to number three, was never going to die wondering and he provided the crowd with some entertainment and the Australian innings with some impetus as he reached a merry 32 before being undone by a classic Malinga yorker.
At 59-3, the target looked a long way off for the Australians and things only got worse when their captain George Bailey suffered a moment of madness and was run out by Kulasakera. Bailey was just trotting mid-pitch attempting to steal a leg-bye when the throw clattered into the stumps.
By now, Australia's innings was following an all too familiar pattern for those fans battle hardened enough to have followed them in 2013. Almost half way through the year, Australia have failed to win an international match in any format away from home.
Adam Voges (49) and Matthew Wade (31) provided a decent rear-guard but once these two had fallen the Sri Lankans sensed victory was close. However, some obdurate and stubborn batting from the last wicket pairing of Clint McKay and Xavier Doherty slowed the victory party further. Having chipped away at the total, a final twist looked possible for the tail enders as they edged themselves to within 20 runs of an unlikely victory that would have eliminated Sri Lanka and sent New Zealand into the semi-finals. Dilshan's outstanding return catch off McKay put paid to these thoughts, however, and Sri Lanka marched onwards.
Bailey remained proud in defeat once again: "Our goal was to do it in 29 overs, but we never got going. But it was good to see the last two fight it out."
Australia were left to rue the rain that intervened when they were well set against New Zealand five days earlier but will now set about preparing for the Ashes campaign that begins in Nottingham on July 10th.
Sri Lanka, meanwhile, look in good shape, especially in the bowling department where Kulasakera and Herath looked particularly well suited to the conditions. They will face their sternest test yet in the form of the unbeaten Indians on Thursday.
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Under the Dryer: The Posh Business of Hair
How much do we really know about the hair extensions we purchase to give ourselves a fresh new look each month? As one can presume, the business of hair is lucrative and is constantly evolving to suit the needs of the growing market of women from different ethnicities who apply rows of extensions daily. The Under the Dryer team sat down with Orlando-based creators of the Posh Loxx Premium Quality Hair, Brigitte Gordon and her daughter Satique Hodges. By explaining her product line, Gordon enlightened us on the business aspect behind the creation and distribution of hair extensions. "What makes our line different is that, unlike most of our competitors, all our products are not only processed and wefted by hand, but are made from 100 per cent human hair with no synthetic fillers or dyes," she explained.
Gordon, who is a chartered accountant by profession, resigned from her company to start her hair business. "One day it just hit me just how much I spent on purchasing hair for my daughters per year. Finally I got so frustrated with cleaning up all the hair that they shed around the house, I decided to do some investigating on how to create a better and more cost-effective product," shared Gordon. She then went to a training seminar with Hodges, a graduate of the Paul Mitchell School of cosmetology, to learn more about hair extensions.
Though both were familiar with hair products and styling, the process alarmed them. According to their research, some hair manufacturers not only acquire the hair by questionable means, but process and package the product with misleading information. One of the first things they discovered was that many brands that are legally allowed to label their products as 100 per cent human hair actually use synthetic fillers. Another alarming discovery was that not all non-synthetic brands are human. (please insert picture of Yak here) Virgin Yaki Hair, for instance, is actually extracted from herds of Yak (an animal from the cow family that lives in the hills of Asia). The belly of the animal produces several inches of thick black hair that is processed and dyed in a variety of colours to meet the growing demand for hair extensions. Another popular belief is that all hair labelled as Peruvian or Malaysian is produced in the named countries. Gordon challenged readers to pay closer attention to the labels, as they may be surprised that the hair was either made in China or India. Gordon stated that this explains why the pricing index for products labelled '100 percent human hair' ranges so significantly -- from affordable to a luxury item.
The Posh Loxx Premium Quality Hair, like most 'Grade A' Remy hair extensions, last for at least a year once it is taken care of. "A client of mine has even had her extensions for almost two years without any damage or signs of shedding," shared Gordon. The hair can also be curled, washed, oiled, bleached and coloured like your natural hair. She went on to share that "the line is only three years old and the first two years were primarily for research and development to prefect the product."
How is Posh Loxx Sourced?
The Posh Loxx Premium Quality Hair directors use Grade A and Grade B human hair from India, China and Russia. The Indian hair in particular is collected during the Hindu religious ceremony of Tonsuring. Thousands of women gather in Southern India to cut their hair as an offering to Lord Venkateshwara as a sign of gratitude and respect. According to a report done by Times of India, in 2007 Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams sold human hair worth 450 million Indian rupees. Their Chinese distributors also get hair from women who willingly cut their hair for cultural or economic reasons. "The Russian hair we get is hair that is naturally blonde," explained Hodges.
How is Posh Loxx manufactured?
Once the hair is purchased in bundles, the small company processes then wefts the hair for consumer production. Their personalised service, which is now exclusively offered in Jamaica at the House of NeahLis on Ardenne Road, also includes services such as custom colour blending and texture blending.
What is next for Posh Loxx?
Currently the product is wefted and can be applied by bonding, sewing or clipping in the extensions. It can also be purchased in bundles, which may allow stylists to apply the hair in a variety of ways. The company currently has its sights on expanding the business to the Caribbean and broadening its span in North America.
How can I purchase Posh Loxx?
Posh Loxx Premium Quality is currently distributed in Jamaica by Lisa McIntosh-Aris of the House of Neahlis. It can also be purchased directly from the company via their website.
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One of the worst calls of the preseason came when Steelers cornerback Cortez Allen was flagged for a late hit on Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, even though Allen was trying to avoid Smith as Smith ran out of bounds, and only made contact because Chiefs tight end Anthony Fasano blocked Allen into Smith.
Players on the Steelers have some of the most vocal opponents of the NFL's ongoing efforts to crack down on illegal hits, but the Steelers have been mostly quiet about that particular bad call. Still, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin did hint after the game that he thought that bad call was one of several bad calls that led to his team being penalized nine times for 98 yards in the game against the Chiefs.
"Obviously, we were highly penalized," Tomlin said. "In my opinion, some of those calls were suspect, but such is life in August."
Referring to the call against Allen as "suspect" is putting it nicely. That particular call was a joke.


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Maynard James Keenan Tells Fans to Expect New TOOL Album in 2019
Tool singer Maynard James Keenan has finally set expectations for a release date for his band's long-awaited fifth studio album.
In a pronouncement that confirms (albeit vaguely, as is Keenan's style) the suspicions/fears of many fans, the singer indicated Monday that Tool's new album will arrive in 2019.
"Thank you very much, appreciate it," Keenan said after receiving Metal Hammer's Golden Gods Icon Award. "Wouldn't be here without you guys, so thank you very much for all of that. A lot of work's being done, a lot of work's been done. I'll go on record now and say – you're gonna see some new music next year."
The most recent update to come from the band itself was Sunday when Tool's official social accounts shared a photo of bassist Justin Chancellor's in-studio rig.
Drummer Danny Carey began recording in March, so it would appear the band is taking its time putting their new songs to tape.
Guitarist Adam Jones (who is active on Instagram) has shared several photos from the studio over the past few months, though none of himself recording. It's safe to say Jones' parts probably will not be laid down for several more weeks.
That means Tool will have a short window in July for Keenan to being tracking vocals. Keenan is currently on tour with A Perfect Circle in support of that band's new album, Eat the Elephant, its first in 14 years.
While fans have long blamed Keenan for delays surrounding new Tool music, it's pretty clear given the pace at which the band is recording, that if the singer was dragging his feet at all, he wasn't the only one.
Carey, Chancellor and Jones have all said the new album would be released this year, but most of those statements came before the new APC album, and Keenan undercut many of those statements, joking via Twitter at one point that since his bandmates took 12 years to complete the music, he should have as least half as long for his vocals.
In theory, Keenan will have a few weeks this summer before he has to return to his winery in Arizona in August for the harvest. He'll be back on tour with A Perfect Circle in October.
Even if the album is all done by the fall, it's hard to imagine a band of Tool's stature would releasing an album while its singer was on tour with another band.
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A History Lesson Plus Tips For Building A Safer Car
There is no such thing as a safe racecar. Racecars are designed to go as fast as possible within the limits of the applicable sanctioning rules and the laws of nature. There will certainly be safety problems that come with that whole scenario. What we can do is try to make our cars as safe as possible and hope for the best. We can always have a safe-er racecar.
Some of the material presented here you might have seen before, but as in many aspects of racing technology, we need to be reminded often about areas of special concern, and safety is a very special area. We will concern ourselves with the higher priority items, ones that can be fatal.
While there have always been fatal accidents in racing, there are certain periods that stand out. The '80s in Northeast modified racing saw quite a few fatalities until someone caught on that the framerails were way too stiff. Although I don't know the exact cause of death in each instance, one can assume that Basal Skull fracture was associated with many of those because of the many head-on impacts involved.
The years 1999 through 2001 saw numerous driver fatalities from impacts with concrete walls. Of course, the most well known involved Dale, Sr. That one event caused the ground to shake in every racing community, stock car especially. I do believe Dale's tragic end was a catalyst that might well have saved many lives since. Many sanctions and tracks now require head and neck restraints and some tracks now have soft walls installed.
Looking at the possible causes of the problem, there was a reason why all of a sudden, drivers were not able to withstand the force of impact for each of these periods. Something changed along the way that caused the impacts to affect the driver more severely.
In the time since 2001, we might have suffered more deaths in stock car racing, as well as other forms of automobile racing, had events not unfolded like they did. Everyone inside and outside the sport of auto racing had come to realize that something needed to be done to make this sport safer for the drivers. And they did.
Before 2001, talk centered on soft walls. Most of the talk about making stock car racing safer had been centered on designing a soft wall technology and virtually no one was mentioning the construction of the cars as a possible cause-until February 20, 2001, two days after Dale's crash. That day a story was published in the Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal paper by Godwin Kelly, the paper's motorsports editor, that shed light on the root of the problem.
In that article, experts pointed out that it was possible that the cars had become too stiff whereby the forces from near instant deceleration were transferred excessively to the driver. The weak point is the base of the skull and that is the only part of the body that holds the head from moving forward. In sudden deceleration, the tendons and muscles are not strong enough to counter those huge forces and they break. When they do, massive damage is done to the spine and base of the brain causing death.
As a result of that period, racers have come to understand the risk they take in all forms of racing by not protecting the head from sudden forward motion. And so the Head and Neck restraint was developed by several companies to assist in controlling the violent forward motion of the head in a crash.
The use of head and neck restraints since that time has become almost the norm among drivers. We have, for the most part, eliminated basal skull injuries among those drivers who religiously wear the devices.
I witnessed a crash in 2006, where I am certain there would have been serious injury or death, in a Late Model practice. It was at the high-banked and fast I-70 Speedway during an ASA Late Model Series practice session. A driver blew a right front tire and impacted the wall with the front of the car. He hit so hard, he was knocked out. The car rebounded off the wall and was sitting in the middle of the track, facing traffic. Another car, going very fast, hit him head on again. This second impact was as bad, or worse, than the first.
His helmet was crushed at the inside front, leading experts who examined it to speculate that the combined impacts were well in the fatal range. The driver was wearing a Hans device and survived to race again. It is situations like these that drive home the argument that we need these kinds of safety equipment every time we get into a racecar.
he article previously mentioned suggested that we might need soft cars instead of soft walls and told how the construction of stock cars has evolved over the years. Many stock cars are not able to crush sufficiently in order to absorb the impacts with concrete walls. As a direct result of that story, a lot of attention has been directed toward understanding the problems associated with the construction of chassis.
The problem with stiff cars wasn't just a "big league" problem, it had become an industry-wide stock car racing problem. In certain years, too many short track drivers lost their lives from either basal skull fractures or massive head injuries, as described in the news accounts of those events.
The injuries seem to point toward chassis that were too stiff. These horrible losses are not acceptable and tell us clearly that the whole of the industry needs to take a good look at how the cars are constructed and the car builders and teams need to make changes where necessary.
The stiffness associated with the construction of the cars and trucks in all stock car divisions, tended to evolve over a period of more than 15 years. In mid-1980s, major-league stock car teams were allowed the use of a rear suspension system called the "Truck Arm" system. It is essentially a copy of a mid-60s Chevrolet C-10 pickup truck rear suspension. It was strong, it had some good performance characteristics, but this system basically upset the balance of the racecars so that the setups were harder to develop and driving the cars was more difficult than even some of the older designs.
In order for a stock car to handle correctly through the turns, it must have a balanced setup. We know now, due to technological advancements, that the term "balanced" means that both ends of the car will desire to do the same thing in the turns at high speeds. The setup in a stock car is correct when both ends are made to want to do the same thing.
Because stock cars were becoming more difficult to balance, the culprit was thought to be chassis flexing, or compliance as referred to by some of the top Cup engineers of that period. In order to "fix" the problem, designers of the chassis started to stiffen the cars from the right front to the left rear. This really didn't help much, but it did get out of hand. The real culprit was the basic design of the suspension systems, but that escaped most of the engineers.
From approximately 1995 on, the teams and car builders have continued to make changes to reduce the amount of flex in the chassis. The primary part of the cars that presented the biggest flex problems was the right front corner. As time went on, the right front corner became stiffer. The problem we are faced with is that in many cases, the first part of the car to contact the concrete wall is the right front of the car.
Brain injuries started to appear in the period between 1997 and 1999 when we saw several well-known drivers suffer serious brain-related injuries. The problems associated with the stiff chassis were beginning to show on a scale that was definitely noticeable. Then in 1999, teams were allowed to increase the wall thickness in the tubing that is a part of the front of the chassis. This further increased the stiffness of the front ends. It is obvious, with the tragedies we have seen, that today, the excessive amount of g-force transmitted to the drivers' bodies make crashes less survivable.
Many factors need to be addressed when considering the redesign of the cars. As we add structure and components to the cars in order to assist in dissipation of energy on impact, we need to also consider the effects each change has on the way the cars are setup and how those changes will affect the performance of the cars. For example, adding weight to the front of the car affects the weight distribution, which directly affects the handling and the way we set up the cars.
If we decide to raise the framerail on the front of the cars to increase the angles formed by the tubing, we might alter the geometric layout that is so critical for camber control and roll center location. These two effects play a significant role in allowing the front tires to work the way they should. Correct designs for front geometry have evolved over many years and we don't need to destroy all of that work by overreacting.
As compromises to the above, it may be possible to move the engine back a little farther in order to compensate for the increase in weight to the front of the car to offset the effect of the added weight of the crush components.
We could angle the tubing at the front of the car in such a way that the geometry we have carefully designed into the cars remains the same. These are good examples of considerations that must be made during this process of change. Each proposed change must be carefully examined before implementation.
Changes are needed and we don't know exactly how far away we are from the solution to this problem. It is fairly safe to say that the more input the sanctioning bodies get from places like Detroit and other safety industry sources familiar with these kinds of problems, the sooner we can all breathe easier.
A lot of people are curious as to exactly what is wrong with the cars, how difficult it could possibly be to change them and exactly what are some of the proposed changes. Here are some thoughts and a bit of information that might help in understanding this complex predicament.
Stock cars need crush zones, period. Stock cars have traditionally not been designed with distinct crush zones. The crush zones should be built into areas of the car that have a good chance of coming in high-speed contact with the wall or other obstructions. The crush zones should collapse in a controlled way in order to slow the car and extend the time it takes to stop the car.
The way some stock cars collapse (or don't collapse as the case may be) makes it easy to understand why drivers can get hurt. The nose area of the car is supported with minimal structure and will provide little resistance when the car crashes into a concrete wall. As the nose is pushed back, the wall contacts the end of the front clip, or frame of the car.
The front clip, or frame portion of the front end is the part that has become overly stiff over the years. The speed the car is traveling when the actual frame reaches the wall is much the same as before the nose contacted the wall. Therefore the car stops in a very short distance and transmits excessive g-forces to the driver, just like what would happen to a stunt person if we were to take away the air bag in a 10 story fall.
Ultra-straight front framerails will be a thing of the past in the near future as chassis designers move to design a more crush friendly chassis. Some of the current designs provide little protection for frontal impact and increase the liability for the car builder.
What we know from past research is that the cars need to crush with a constant resistance over a predetermined distance. That distance is directly dependant on the speed at which impact is made and the amount of g-forces the human body, or in our case, a driver's body with helmet attached, can withstand without serious injury.
Using the g-force limits and the maximum vector speeds (not necessarily forward speed but speed perpendicular to the wall), it has been written that we need a crush zone distance of between 2.2 and 3 feet. Coincidentally, in most racecars, there is almost exactly three feet between the front of the bumper and the front of the engine. The engine is considered by many to be the ultimate limit for how far the car will crush, as it will move very little on impact.
Within the overall crush zone there are two distinctly different areas to design for. The first is the area from the front edge of the bumper to the front of the framerail. Within this area, we could design a collapsible steel or aluminum structure similar to those that many production cars have.
All production cars are designed to crush like an accordion and they offer constant and equal resistance throughout the entire range of the crush zone. This reduces the g-forces transmitted to the occupants of the car.
A design that has been mentioned would be to place some material, similar to foam, between the front bumper and the framerails to absorb some of the impact. The properly designed system must provide adequate and constant resistance.
The second area is the actual main frame. Once the car crushes back to the point where the ends of the framerail are, then the frame must take over and continue the resistance until the required crush zone design distance is used up. Too little resistance of the first zone and too much for the second zone equals high g-forces upon impact.
The most important elements in crush zone design are the amount of resistance of the crush zone structure and the ability of the structure to provide constant and equal resistance all during the crash, just like the stunt air bag.
If we could move the engine back farther from the front bumper, then we would have more room for the crush zone with an additional safety margin. That would increase the time of impact which would reduce the g-forces. This helps cars that are already front heavy and reduces the need to place lead weight in front of the driver, another bad idea.
Head restraints for lateral movement that are built into the seats for super speedway cars have evolved into much stronger and efficient designs. The better devices offer an extended range of protection while enabling the driver to see to the side of the car. Limitation of lateral head movement is a safety goal of those who manufacture racing seats.
The sanctioning bodies and track officials for all of stock car racing need to act now. They need to fully understand how we have come to this point, how important it is to quickly evaluate their own particular safety situation and then put together a list of changes that will be responsible and effective. If they can do that, then once all is said and done, the losses we have suffered as a community will not be in vain.
Do your individual part by buying and using a quality head and neck restraint, a modern, well-designed seat, a highly-rated fire suit and racing approved helmet, and above all, a car that will dissipate energy in a hard crash. Let your car builder know that you are concerned about your safety. Create your safe-er environment today.


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Prior to launching Work It, Mom! Nataly was a Managing Director with an early-stage venture firm based in New York City. She focused on investing in digital media and software start-up companies, had her share of great successes and dismal failures, but most importantly, learned one thing – she wanted to build companies rather than invest in them.
Nataly is a mom of a three year-old daughter and she has struggled to juggle work and family since her daughter was born. Some of the most useful advice she has gotten came from other working moms but she found that she had precious little time in her busy schedule to actually meet many of them in person. Work It, Mom! was born to allow professional moms to connect with each other online and share their ideas, stories, and real-life advice with each other.
In her prior career life Nataly worked in operations and business development at several early-stage technology companies, some of which even managed to survive through the dot com bust. She began her career as an analyst with McKinsey & Company in New York. Along the way she started a publishing company together with her husband, eventually selling the book series they published to Perigee, an imprint of Penguin, and wrote a book for women that was published by Hyperion in 2006.
Nataly has recently moved to Boston with her husband and daughter, but she remains a New Yorker at heart.
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The president of Texas A&M University cautioned Tuesday that colleges and universities need to develop their own campus security plans that suit their particular needs.
"One size does not fit all,'' Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, A&M president, told a Department of Homeland Security advisory committee.
Loftin, who sported his trademark, maroon bowtie, cited as an example his experience in 2008 when, serving as president of Texas A&M University-Galveston, Hurricane Ike came roaring inland. For safety reasons, 2,500 students and faculty had been relocated to the main A&M campus in College Station. Loftin said such a precautionary step would not have been possible if the campus population had been larger.
Schools with a large student population and a popular football program produce large crowds, which represent a potential target for terrorism, said Loftin.
"In the fall, we have several weekends where we have 100,000 people in one spot," said Loftin. "We should look at resiliency, not simply addressing collateral positioning by other targets or natural disasters only, but looking at specific targets, mass terrorism directed at universities who have that occasional ability to bring together a lot of people at one very small place."
He noted that the College Station campus faces many safety challenges on football weekends when the stadium, Kyle Field, can hold close to 100,000 people.
Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano responded: "How do you evacuate a stadium of 100,000 people in less than 10 minutes?"
Loftin replied: "You don't.''
Napolitano said DHA has worked with the NCAA on security for football stadiums and security for the "March Madness" basketball competition. "I think if we could create some modules for that, that could be used around the country or accessed online … I think that would be a helpful thing," she said.
Loftin is one of 20 members of the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC) selected by Napolitano. The committee is comprised of individuals who serve as presidents, chancellors and CEOs of universities, colleges and higher education associations. He was nominated to chair the subcommittee of campus resilience.
In an interview, Loftin suggested that his university had the potential to develop a close relationship with the Department of Homeland Security.
He listed the Bush School of Government and Public Service, the Texas Engineering Extension Service and the university's research programs as some units of the Texas A&M University System that could be used as resources for the Department of Homeland Security.
"I think A&M is a very large institution with a lot of components that really relate to DHS's mission."
The next meetings will be held in Washington on July 10 and October 24, and there will be four meetings in 2013 with dates to be determined.


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There are very few writers, even those with published work on the shelf, who can say that they earn a living wage solely from that writing. A few articles, the novel-in-progress or in my case the fund-raising anthology don't pay the mortgage. Very few websites or books advising would-be authors suggest you throw up employment before you see how far your work will take you. I was made redundant almost two years ago now, and if it hadn't been for a husband on an average to good salary and a couple of freelance administration jobs I couldn't even have afforded the proverbial garret to starve in.
A poem I love, but which I find a little troubling at the same time (possibly because I don't understand it well enough, or am not a middle-aged slightly alcohol dependent man) is Aubade by Philip Larkin and most particularly the last lines:
The sky is white as clay, with no sun.
Work has to be done.
Postmen like doctors go from house to house.
Although the poem involves wider themes, these lines so perfectly express that feeling we get as we wake, perhaps too early as Larkin has done in this poem, knowing that the day ahead may be like every other till it becomes too late for us to make any change to it.
For years (well since 1997 anyway) I have worked in economic and community development on the research side, pulling together the documents necessary to make bids for funding to government and develop the strategies necessary to deliver the projects on the ground. I sat in Brighton, one day using statistics to show that the City was a wonderful place to relocate a business because of its enthusiastic and skilled workforce and the next using the same source to highlight shocking levels of long-term unemployment. Most recently I have focused on social exclusion, the voluntary sector and on evaluating projects given grants to support disadvantaged groups. It isn't always interesting, it is frequently frustrating (generally when you see one new government initiative after another fail to support those most in need to the money handed out) and with tight deadlines it is occasionally stressful. Going freelance again also meant having to market myself at a time when funding was being cut from every direction. Frankly it is quite obvious to anyone to see where local economies are heading at the moment.
Recently though I was lucky enough to be involved in the evaluation of a project that genuinely surprised me. Local government money was available to support small creative businesses in Somerset to ensure that at a time when the local economy is shrinking what is still a vibrant sector can take their products – be it film, painting, sculpture, music, photography, writing or a myriad other creative skills – out to a wider audience, within and beyond the county boundary. These are businesses which interact well with young people, can inspire and promote excellence and can, quite simply, make a local area a nicer place to live. A sector of small businesses, they can and do take on apprentices and offer learning opportunities to those who can then pursue similar careers for themselves.
Now workplace or life coaching is something I probably need but would never pay for. From self-help books and a general willingness to engage with psychotherapy and counselling I know what I should do in order to get my life in order and working in project management highlighted all the steps necessary to ensure I know how to remain focused, motivated and aware of any risks I might choose to take in my business. IT savvy, spreadsheet aware and with a postgrad diploma in business research I have no excuse for any inability to engage with the market.
However, many creative people may never have been thrust into offices where process and IT was more important than the imagination and the nature of 'beauty'. If they have they probably left them precisely because they couldn't graft without the freedom to work on their own terms from their own ideas. Looking at the objectives set by the participants lucky enough to be offered 'Creative Coaching' as part of the project, designed and delivered by Becky Wright at New Leaf Life Design, it was obvious that many felt that the only way to get their work known to a wider market was to stop avoiding social media and IT in general and embrace them as a means to ensure their business survived. If they hadn't 'given up the day job' completely they could look to doing so as sales and commissions took off.
I know from the time I spend on Twitter and on Facebook, as well as the growing communities on LinkedIn and Google+ that the really successful writers and artists, photographers and designers are finding support and business opportunities amongst like-minded people. These people produce things that enhance the lives of others on these networks, those that don't perhaps have the time or inclination to be so creative but who love to be surrounded by inspiring, interesting work.
I have just undertaken the main evaluation and produced the final report for New Leaf, which you can read here New Leaf Creative Coaching. It is clear that from the one-to-one sessions and mentoring made available to the participants even those cynical about the value of such coaching have to admit that it has been very successful. Artists are inspired, work has been exhibited and networks established that simply weren't available to them before. It might not mean that 18-hour working days are a thing of the past for some of them just yet, but it is undeniably a step towards a sustainable and vibrant business and more of such businesses is just what Somerset needs. Tourists still drive through the county on the way to Cornwall and Devon without a thought to the beauties it contains. Somerset Arts Weeks, run by Somerset Art Works (SAW) , and local arts festivals and craft fairs are vital to showcase not just the art work but the county as a destination worthy of at least a short break stay.
This is beginning to sound a little like a tourist brochure or, God forbid, the local council propaganda paper which drops through our doors in an attempt to convince us the local authority is cutting services to do us all a good turn. However, this project was funded by Somerset County Council and I hope it will not be a victim of the next round of cuts creeping up on us all.
The Creative Industries employ around 1.5 million people in the UK and latest figures available showed that its share of the nation's Gross Value Added actually increased slightly even in these tough times. It is a sector that often sets out to give people pleasure, enjoyment and yes, perhaps, escapism; not just for the audience but for those that work in it. I seek to be one of those lucky people and good luck to us all….


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THE ORDERING PROCESS and the items that are currently available will always appear on the home page. The website really is a gallery of items that I have painted and most of which has already sold. With that said there is always a chance that I can recreate an item that you may have fallen in love with so it never hurts to ask. There are items like "The Little Colored Girl" line that I will always replicate. "The Knotty Heads" line is another line that I will replicate. Then there are those items that cannot be duplicated. Custom orders for ceramics are available if the blank shapes are available from my suppliers.
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Born in Paterson New Jersey in 1951, Rose has spent most of her adult life in the bay area, she discovered her passion for art in 1996 and has been painting on mostly ceramics ever since. Rose received national recognition in the fall of 1999 after appearing on the Oprah Winfrey show, and later her work was featured in "O" Magazine. Rose Stumbled across her artistic interest and talent over 20 years ago when she and her younger sister Maxine Jones a former member of the female R&B recording group En Vogue started an ethnic line of bath and skin care products in California. Rose has long collected retro African American artifacts and inspired by her collection, began sketching designs for her own label, she soon found herself hooked on painting the nostalgic images. Soon after opening their retail shop in Novato CA, a reporter wrote about some of her ceramic pieces and the other items sold in their store. It wasn't long before Gayle King, well known as Oprah Winfrey's best friend, commissioned Rose to paint a set of plates for Oprah. Rose is well aware that the images she paints can be painful reminders of oppression and abuse, however she insists although this imagery is controversial it is still a part of our culture. Lisa Woolfork, Assistant Professor of English at UVA says "In terms of literary and cultural study, there's a tradition of black women artists trying to reclaim things that could be considered racist, It's a commendable strategy to seize the reins of interpretation," says Woolfork, "to put racists on notice that they don't get to control the terms of conversation or inquiry of debate." Rose agrees that her art can only be created by a black person, African Americans will never trust whites to do this imagery. Rose has recently returned to the bay area after spending 10 years in Charlottesville. VA where she became a resident artist at the McGuffey Art Center. During her time in Virginia Rose and a fellow artist friend, Lindsay Michie Eades created an art program for inmates that were incarcerated in the Central Virginia Penal system. They taught art classes in the local regional jail and in three different prisons to both male and female inmates, the art program was hugely successful and is the work she is most proud of.
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by MICHAEL CARUSO
My season of classical music performances got underway last weekend with a triple play. I caught the Opera Company of Philadelphia's production of Puccini's "La Boheme" in the Academy of Music Friday night, heard Choral Arts Philadelphia (including seven local singers) perform Sergei Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil" at the Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul Saturday night, and rounded out the weekend in Chestnut Hill with the first Choral Evensong of the season at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
When Queen Elizabeth I of England established the Church of England as a reformed body separate from the Roman Catholic Church, she commissioned the writing of the "39 Articles of Faith" to set forth the doctrines and practices of the new church. Of these, Choral Evensong was and remains the most popular.
The glory of Evensong has always been its musical settings. Zachary Hemenway, music director of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, has become a master of fashioning a reflective musical experience at the highest level, one that may be unmatched in Greater Philadelphia.
Sunday afternoon's Choral Evensong for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels was splendid. St. Paul's choir of more than 50 singers, mostly volunteers, gave superb interpretations to Michael Sitton's "Locus Iste," Charles Villiers Stanford's Anglican chant setting of Psalm 103, Herbert Howells' "Magnificat" and "Nunc Dimittis," and Percy Whitlock's "Be Still, My Soul."
The choir's diction was so crisp and clean that the listener didn't have to read the printed program to know the text. The overall sound of the ensemble was seamless and strong, but that produced by the soprano section was particularly admirable. Hemenway presided over a chorus that rivals any in the region.
Most classical music lovers think of either the piano or the symphony when they hear or read the name of the late 19th and early 20th century Russian master Sergei Rachmaninoff because he composed some of the most beautiful piano and orchestral scores in the standard repertoire. Yet long after he left his homeland, Rachmaninoff never forgot the Russian Orthodox Christian liturgies he grew up hearing, and he lavished his considerable melodic and harmonic gifts on that liturgy never more evocatively than in his "All-Night Vigil."
Its musical color starts in darkness but transforms into lightness, conveying a mysterious spirituality. Its slow-moving harmonies for unaccompanied choir should be heard in a cathedral, where the reverberation time approaches or even surpasses three seconds.
Center City Philadelphia boasts only a few churches that feature such a long reverberation time, the best of which is the Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Saturday night's concert by Choral Arts Philadelphia was the first of its 2012-13 season. Local members of the chorus include alto Amey Hutchins, soprano Laura Nagle, soprano Ellen O'Brien, and tenor Dylan Steinberg, all of Chestnut Hill; bass Ryan Sheaffer of West Mt. Airy, alto Jennifer Smith of Germantown and bass Bill Woods of Roxborough.
Music director Matthew Glandorf led the choir in an expressive rendition of the "All-Night Vigil" Saturday night before a large and supportive audience. Although Choral Arts is approximately one-third the size is was when the late Sean Deibler led its previous performance of the score two decades ago, Glandorf elicited a full-bodied choral sound that filled the Cathedral's open space, setting off its reverberation. All that was missing was more heft from the bass section and a few Russian Orthodox and Gregorian chants as a prelude to the "All-Night Vigil" to make for a fuller musical evening.
Friday night's opening of the Opera Company of Philadelphia production of "La Boheme" drew an audience that filled the Academy of Music's nearly 3,000 seats and gave the performers round after round of hearty applause. Conductor Corrado Rovaris elicited exciting playing from the OCP Orchestra and dramatic singing from his cast, which included the Chestnut Hill-based Pennsylvania Girlchoir.
The evening's biggest success among the cast was tenor Bryan Hymel as Rodolfo, the struggling poet whose love for the seamstress Mimi isn't sufficient to save her from consumption. Hymel sang with tonal beauty and a depth of characterization that was breathtaking and heart-wrenching. The applause following his individual arias and at the curtain rocked the old house. Only soprano Norah Amsellem disappointed as Mimi. She failed to cut the figure of not-quite-so-innocent youth the role requires, and her singing had a hard edge that was most unattractive.
"La Boheme" continues Oct. 5 and 7 at the Academy of Music. Opening night's performance will be broadcast on a large screen Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. on Independence Mall. Visit www.operaphila.org for more information.


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Plenty of Hope
Here we are. Memorial Day is out of the way as is the unofficial start of summer.
Always felt Memorial Day was a good yardstick for the status of the Phillies. Just my view, not an official view. And, nobody ever asked for my opinion including GMs John Quinn, Paul Owens, Bill Giles, Lee Thomas, Ed Wade, Pat Gillick or Ruben Amaro. Their view is the view that counts.
Anyway, how do the 2012 Phillies stack up as Memorial Day has come and gone?
The strength of the team was supposed to be the starting pitching rotation. Doc went 3-0 through the first 10 games of the season and hasn't won since. Now, today is a day for him to see the doctor about his ailing right shoulder. A lot of people have their fingers crossed.
Cliff is winless since last September 26. Cole, the No. 3 starter, has vaulted into the No. 1 left-handed starter in the league. Vance is on the DL, Joe-B has been hot and cold and KK is coming off his first big league shutout after some shaky early starts.
The bullpen has been inconsistent which can also be said of the offense. Yet, the offense is having a solid month. It just seems as if the offense can't produce enough runs. Defensively, this team still excels.
The Phillies have questions but so does every other team.
Every team in the NL East has a winning record, unmatched in MLB. So, for all their troubles, the Phillies are just four games out of first place. Idea is to hang in there until the injured become healthy.
Major League Baseball has expanded the wild-card berth from one to two teams per league. As it stacks up today, the two NL wild-cards would come from the NL East, meaning three teams from the division would be in the post season.
Yes, it has been a troubling season. Yet, there is plenty of hope and a long way to go.
Down On the Farm
**Lehigh Valley lost its fifth in a row, 9-8, allowing six runs in the bottom of the ninth at Gwinnett. RHS David Bush (4-3) had his 21 consecutive scoreless innings streak end when he was tagged with three runs (two earned) in the sixth inning. RHR Michael Schwimer (2-1) gave up the six-run ninth on four hits and a walk.
**Reading was an 8-0 winner at Harrisburg with RHS David Buchanan (2-5) tossing a nine-inning shutout, his first in pro ball. Seven Phillies had two hits each, including C Sebastian Valle, a triple and his fifth home run.
**Clearwater was idle.
**Lakewood lost for the sixth time in their last seven games, 4-3, at West Virginia. CF Kyrell Hudson, 2-4, 20th stolen base.
Check it out as there are three new features now on the alumni page and a vintage photo of Mike Schmidt's emotional press conference.
The Curt Simmons story is a very interesting one. He's being honored in his hometown of Egypt, PA, this Saturday. If you are in the area, stop by for the events that begin with a 10 a.m. parade down Main Street.


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Samsung 2233RZ is the 120 Hertz (120 fps) monitor that is being sold as a bundle with the GeForce 3D Vision glasses in the European market and as a standalone LCD display of course. Even if not using it in 3D stereo mode you can still set the monitor at 120 Hz refresh rate and have a better and more responsive LCD display than all other models currently available on the market (ViewSonic VX2265wm is the other similar product). But lets get to the technical specifications of the display in order to see what it actually offers in both 2D mode and in 3D when used in conjunction with 3D Vision glasses.
Samsung 2233RZ is a 22-inch monitor with widescreen aspect ratio of 16:10 (not the recently popular 16:9) and resolution of 1680×1050 (again not Full HD as the new 16:9 22″ displays already available). The display is using a TN panel with maximum brightness level of 300 cd/m2 (the high brightness is very important when in 3D mode), contrast ratio of 1000:1 and 20000:1 dynamic (unusable in 3D mode) and response time of up to 3-5 milliseconds (3ms for gray-to-gray and 5ms for black-to-white transitions). The viewing angles are quite good at up to 170º horizontal and 150º vertical at contrast ratio of more than 10:1 which you'll notice when you see the display, and I should note that there is no glossy and mirror-like filter in front of the display, but a matte one which is probably better when used with 3D Vision. The display has only Dual-link DVI-D display port for connection to a PC and you need Dual-link cable in order to provide 120 Hz refresh rate over the DVI interface at 1680×1050 resolution, otherwise you'll be limited to 60 Hz over a single-link cable. The thing that differentiates Samsung 2233RZ and the monitor apart from their external design of course is the lack of integrated speakers here as opposed to ViewSonic's solution. One other thing that I noted in the specifications is that the Samsung 2233RZ typically uses of up to 50W per hour as opposed to up to 45W in the case of ViewSonic VX2265wm FuHzion. Also it seems that the ability to use the additional dynamic contrast is only available on Samsung's display, but you should note that it should not be used when playing in 3D mode with the shutter glasses. When you enable the 3D Stereo mode it seems that Nvidia's stereo driver automatically sets the brightness to the maximum level and it disables the ability of the user to lower it through the menu of the monitor.
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how the piss do they manage that considering how long it took ffxii to come out? ;-;;
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how the piss do they manage that considering how long it took ffxii to come out? ;-;;
well, FF13 has been in prduction for ahwhile. i read an artile about it when i was in 10th grade (i am going inot 12th)
[Hidden link. Register to see links.]Originally Posted by Alice Wonderbra
final fantasy 13 being in production was not announced until E3 this year. anything before that was just a rumor.
Nah, not the whole game, but "scenario work" whatever that is.
basic plot and settings?
this may be just rumor so dont get up in my ass about it but i heard they were redoing alot of things like making the setting different and making the main character a boy
the main character of FF13 is a girl. it's been confirmed.
the main character of FF versus 13 is a boy
k thanks for clearing that up
Maybe they had been working from different departments or something, like one working on XII and the other on XIII
Somehow i doubt it`s 80% complete. Considering this is the first time its been at E3 i suspect we`ll see it for the next two years at least before it`s released.
I wouldn't be too sure. They usually have gotten a pretty fast rate on their games, but they seem to have slowed down for FFXII, yet concerning the development rate FFXII went through at the points where progress was occuring and the many points in time where development was at a full fledged standstill, I'd say that much of FFXIII and FFXII were being developed simultaneously. I would say that 80% would be a gross exagerration, but 60-70% probably wouldn't be... Although my own opinion is that the game is probably between 25-40% on the programming side, 60-90% on the story side, and 20-30% on the production and development side. This estimate applies only to the first FFXIII game. I don't think the other two games are quite as far along yet.
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My question is: How can they be 80% done with a game for a system that isn't even out yet?
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they have developer kits. they get a PS3 "beta version" long before the public does.
I heard you can move jump and do alot of crazy ass $)(!7
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook.
It isn't 80% complete. If you actually bother to read the artical, it says the scenario is 80% done. that's like the script. its how they want to tell there story, and how they want things to look. they said they've barly even started the game.
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they imply that "scenerio work" means more than just story:
I do agree that "scenerio work" is odd phrasing and if not in that context could just refer to story.Motomu Toriyama, director of the main FFXIII title for the PS3, revealed to Gaimaga that scenario work for his project is 80% complete, <b>with the game's visual engine, running on actual PS3 hardware, being nearly finished.</b>
I'm still waiting for XII to hit Oz... ha ha. I wonder how truthful that is though... or *being cynical* is it a ploy to hint at a PS3 launch title to boost Sony's camp? Hmm...
where do you get those awesome pics?
Wow I didnt even know 12 was out yet. Guess thats what happens when you go to war. damn bush end the war. nuke the "small-Blanket Heads" for all i care just get it over with. any hoot whats up yall. if you've found this to be abusive in any shape or form than i apologize. but put yourself in my shoes. I was shot at over the last 9 months. i never did anything to those people. I had no problem with withdrawing. AND NO I DIDNT KILL ANYONE (I shoot to stop not to kill) except this one time i shot this guy in the shoulder and he blew up. later it was found he had enough C4 strapped to him to level our compound if he made it in. well thats my story any way I got alot of catching up to do so take it easy
I know Dark Knight / Paladin aint the best choice but I will do it anyway. although DRK/WAR or SAM is a more ideal choice. its how i play the game and what my character is like. Destructive yet loving
it's only out in japan
They are fucking rushing it.
Mr Bunniesworth, do you know would be really funny? If FFXIII hits Aus shelves before FFXII ^^
I wonder if there will be TV commercials this time. i was suprised when I saw those X-2 clips last time round.
why? there were some for 8 (i think). not sure about 9 or X. i don't remember seeing any. i loved seeing the X-2 commercials.Originally Posted by KaMoDiAn
what i was surprised at was the fact that there were commercials for Advent Children
i'm not sure exactly what it means, but i'm guessing it means getting character design, settings, plot and general stuff down on paper. Which would also means the 'actual' game has not been started (ie no coding or 3d models)Originally Posted by Sarah
Parts of the game have probalby been started, but many of the specifics of the story are just now begining to take shape on the story board.


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