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FRANKLIN — After a narrow vote Wednesday night, the next basketball season will likely be the last for the Franklin Flashes.
The school board in Franklin agreed in a difficult 4-3 vote to join a high school sports co-operative with nearby Waverly. If the agreement passes in Waverly July 9, the Flashes and the Waverly Scotties will unite under a new mascot beginning with the 2015-16 school year.
Many of the roughly 70 community members who attended spoke out against the co-op during Wednesday's meeting, but Franklin Superintendent Andy Stremlau maintained that with time, the districts can come together and create a new, vibrant tradition.
"The students will be the ones that make the mascot live and breathe," Stremlau said Thursday. "It will be a new generation with a chance to build upon the previous Flashes and Scotties tradition that came before."
Stremlau said that for every one person who spoke in favor of the proposal, the board heard from three people opposed to the co-operative.
After 45 audience testimonies, the board narrowly passed the agreement with Martin Marr, Karen Wallbaum, Willie Smith and Curt Reznicek voting "yes." Jennifer Lindgren, Rachael Jones and Laura Pearson voted "no."
"It's the basketball traditions at Franklin and Waverly, and those were the key fixtures for those schools athletically," Stremlau said of the opposition. "That's evident by the emotion and the passion expressed last night. When you make a decision about the students, it's great to have that kind of attendance."
Waverly had approved a co-op in January, but the Franklin board voted down the initial agreement in February. The co-op came back before the board Wednesday with a revised proposal featuring an increase in games played at Franklin and a cohesive approach to academic eligibility. Franklin was also named the co-op's fiscal agent.
Rick Smith, athletic director at Franklin, said he expected a close vote, but going into the meeting Wednesday night, he wasn't sure which way it would go. If the measure passes in Waverly July 9, he's confident that he and Waverly athletic director Shane Gray can build a solid program for both communities.
"It's not like we haven't co-opped before," Smith said. "It will be a change. It will take time like anything else does."
Gray said Franklin's reluctance has caused come concern in his community, but he believes the board will pass the revised co-op. Both districts serve a little more than 100 students, and with numbers that low, Gray said collaboration is essential to the success of both sports programs. The schools already collaborate on every sport except cheerleading and boys basketball.
Programs like track and field and volleyball wouldn't be able to survive without the outside support, he said.
"Every one of those programs they've stayed competitive and successful," Gray said. "It gives our kids in our district the chance to look forward to the future under something new."
Should the co-op pass in Waverly, both schools will develop a new mascot during the upcoming school year. Stremlau believes the unified mascot will form a sense of pride and tradition for both school that may help the communities overcome the loss of the Scotties and the Flashes.
"It's student success, perseverance and failures that bring the mascot alive," Stremlau said. "Our community will see our students forge a new identity with new traditions."
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Rain, more rain, then mud, then snow
A Week in Farm Photos January 13th - 19th
Rain, more rain, then mud, then snow
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- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2013 at 8:17 PM
Oh my, you did have a lot of rain---look at your boots! Hey---what are those baskets for in the photo with the ducks? Aww, love the pic of your kitty. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I put cabbage and greens in the basket for the ducks. I found that shepherd's crook at the dump believe it or not! They just love it and it keeps their treats out of the mud for the most part.Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2013 at 8:29 PM
Awesome idea! I've been trying to think of ways to put cabbage in our chicken coop. A metal basket would be a great idea! Love the shepherd's crook too, it's so perfectly decorative. :)Delete
Beautiful eggs! Although I don't like mud, your pictures are still lovely.ReplyDelete
I love the photograph of the brown and green pastures, the fence, the shadows with the un-melted snow.ReplyDeleteReplies
I just love when it does that. So pretty.Delete
LOL - I feel your pain! And if it wasn't bad enough on the farm we live on, I had to take some eggs to my friend 80 miles away and her mile-long driveway runs up the side of a mountain - - all ice, snow and mud... and a few fallen trees. Kids thought it was a blast to go "4-wheeling." Glad we don't get this too often. Our mud room is really living up to its name right now!ReplyDelete
Sorry about the rainy muddy mess...but you did get some great shots! :)ReplyDelete
Wonderful pictures!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2013 at 10:33 PM
Now THAT's some serious mud! Good thing you have your wellies on! I'm so glad you came by to share on Weekly Top Shot #66!ReplyDelete
I've never left a comment, but I wanted to say that we've had the same kind of weather this week. Our roads look like yours, and we've had some icy weather as well. I also love your new header, and the pictures of your ducks are a reminder to me that we need to get some more ducks. My youngest son has one lone duck who travels all around the farm with a goose!ReplyDelete
Yes get more ducks! I just love that the ducks are happy no matter what the weather!Delete
Glad those wellies kept you high and dry! The last photo is absolutely stunning! Love how you capture the moment!ReplyDelete
Great photos, Lisa! How does your cat keep those paws perfectly white in all that mud? ;-) Yesterday, the weather was actually beautiful here. I think it's supposed to be either snowing or raining on Monday though. 'Tis the season. -Marci @ Stone Cottage AdventuresReplyDelete
Our week was about the same as yours rain, rain, and more. Then the call for snow, everyone around us got pretty nice snowing; while our grass was bearly covered. I'm so glad to see this sunny sunday.ReplyDelete
Lovely shots. Those eggs are gorgeous, and the barnyard birds a delight!ReplyDelete
Great pictures!!ReplyDelete
do you live in virginia because you just described our weather for the past week lol...beautiful images!ReplyDelete
Great pics! Makes me want to live on a farm myself! And your cat is just adorable!!!ReplyDelete

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Streaming Analytics Use Cases on Apache Spark™
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On raising a son on the autism spectrum, progressive politics, pop culture, and coffee addiction.
Friday, April 01, 2011
When autism speaks to me
When autism speaks in my life most powerfully, when autism speaks directly to my heart, autism speaks to me through Brooke, and Miss M, and GP, and Andrew, and Nik, and Ben, and Oliver, and Charlie, and John, and Sam, and Charlotte, and Isaac, and Rooster, and Foster, and Dev, and Rocco, and Fluffy, and Evan, and Boo, and TH, and Kyan, and Buddy Boy, and India, and N., and Leo, and Nat, and Megan, and RM, and Caleb, and Rhema, and Jesse, and Elizabeth, and Ray, and Jaysen, and Sweet M, and Christopher, and Connor, and Keegan, and Katie, and Kate, and Ian, and Brian, and Brandon, and Adam, and three Jacks, and two Henrys, and so, so many others, who have touched my life in indelible ways.
When autism speaks in my life, it speaks to me through Bud.
That's why I love this video from Rethinking Autism.
It's also why I'm lighting it up blue tomorrow for World Autism Awareness Day.
To me, their goals are not mutually exclusive.
And to quote my friend Jess (again), "Awareness is not the goal, but the means by which we will achieve it."
Happy Autism Awareness Month, friends. Thank you for bringing your children into my life. Thank you for helping them speak to me.
16 comments:
- Alysia said...
that was beautiful. all those names... thank you for being in my life.
- April 01, 2011 2:16 PM
Beautiful. Thank you, my friend.
- April 01, 2011 2:26 PM
- Kim said...
Love this.
- April 01, 2011 2:33 PM
me, too. forever touched, changed, by these amazing children.
thank you.
- April 01, 2011 3:33 PM
- Boy Wonder's Mom said...
simply beautiful. like our kids.
- April 01, 2011 3:51 PM
- Niksmom said...
Nik can't wait to get the chance to meet you. He's a kisser, too! ;-)
On a more serious note, I don't know that I would be where I am today (writing, fighting for my child, advocating for others) if it weren't for the way you and your son spoke to my heart all those years ago. Love you. Lots.
- April 01, 2011 5:34 PM
- Stimey said...
This is perfect.
- April 01, 2011 8:24 PM
- cheairs said...
Beautiful post...just beautiful
- April 01, 2011 9:30 PM
Well said. Thank you for sharing.
- April 01, 2011 9:47 PM
- Ami said...
Because you share... Because those other parents share... *I* am more aware.
And kids like Gabe and Mark come to me in my work, and I care deeply for them and about them.
Because I have more understanding of how much they accomplish every single day in just living that NT kids take for granted.
So I appreciate the sharing that so many of you have done.
And while I may work with only 20 kids or so who have autism in the future... my life will be better for it and I can promise you, theirs will be, too.
- April 01, 2011 9:58 PM
You're wonderful.
- April 02, 2011 5:51 AM
- Dana Commandatore said...
Thanks so much for posting the video! Happy World Autism Day to all of you.
- April 02, 2011 3:04 PM
Thank you for your heartspoken words! I am glad to come across your blog- I hope it's okay, I've added you to my blogroll
hugs - Daleth
- April 02, 2011 6:08 PM
- KAL said...
I will never forget the day I discovered your voice and Bud's. Love to you both. xo
- April 02, 2011 6:25 PM
- jess said...
yes, yes, yes.
- April 02, 2011 10:52 PM
- BoosMom said...
Lovely....so many names, so much potential to change the world!
- April 08, 2011 12:31 AM


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You must be a 2011 USATF member to enter the Championships. If you do not have a 2011 membership, please complete a membership application first. You must also meet the eligibility requirements.
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All entrants will receive a commemorative championship Nike Dri-Fit shirt.
The entry fee for the Championships is $40. There is no additional fee for teams. Late entries incur an additional $25 late fee per athlete.
Online entries must be paid for by credit card ("Visa - the only credit card accepted by USATF") or electronic funds transfer ("electronic checks"). On-site entry fees may be paid at packet pick-up at the Meet Headquarters Hotel on Friday. Faxed and day-of-race entries will not be accepted. All fees are non-transferable and non-refundable.
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According to Chief Deputy Bryon Satterfield, the Macon County Sheriff's Department was made aware that Indiana murder suspect David R. Lawrence, age 31, could possibly be in the area just days before his capture.
Officers began investigating Lawrence's whereabouts with assistance from the Indianapolis Police Department and were notified last Thursday afternoon that the suspect had been identified in the Peggy's Market parking lot.
"Macon County Sheriff Mark Gammons, with assistance from deputies and the Westmoreland Police Department, was able to apprehend Lawrence without incident," Chief Satterfield stated. "He was then booked into the Macon County Jail on a Fugitive from Justice warrant and is awaiting extradition to Indiana to face charges."
During their investigation, local authorities also recovered a vehicle on the west side of the county that was stolen out of Indiana and was connected to Lawrence.
Sheriff Gammons would like to thank his deputies, 911 dispatchers and the Westmoreland Police Department for their hard work and dedication in apprehending this extremely dangerous fugitive.
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Series Keywords: coupon, ticket, entry, attendance, event, discount
The tickets and coupons are a nice way to announce an event, describe a discount, or convey VIP status. The series example shows a way to use a coupon when it is not really a coupon. The tear-apart tickets can be used as a complementary graphic when talking about attendance. With a little imagination, there can be many uses for these graphics.
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BOSTON – Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an amateur boxer who had hoped to fight on the U.S. Olympic team, a man who said he had no American friends. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrestled at a prestigious high school, won a scholarship from his city and went on to university.
Two brothers, one dead, one alive. In the hours after grainy video of two men in baseball caps was released by police Thursday, a portrait gradually emerged of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing.
They had come to the United States about 10 years ago from a Russian region near Chechnya, according to an uncle, Ruslan Tsarni of Montgomery Village, Md. They had two sisters. As kids they rode bikes and skateboards on quiet Norfolk Street in Cambridge, Mass.
But their lives appeared to take different turns — at least until this week, when a video caught them together on Boylston Street, moments before two bombs unleashed terror at the finish line of America's most famous race.
Tamerlan, believed to be 26 when he was killed overnight Friday in a shootout, dropped out after studying accounting at Bunker Hill Community College for just three semesters.
"I don't have a single American friend. I don't understand them." he was quoted as saying in a photo package in a Boston University student magazine in 2010.
He identified himself then as a Muslim and said he did not drink or smoke: "God said no alcohol." He said he hoped to fight for the U.S. Olympic team and become a naturalized American. He said he was studying to become an engineer.
More recently, Tamerlan — married, with a young daughter — became a more devout Muslim, according to his aunt, Maret Tsarnaeva. She told reporters outside her Toronto home Friday that the older brother had taken to praying five times a day.
Tamerlan traveled to Russia last year and returned to the U.S. six months later, government officials told The Associated Press. More wasn't known about his travels.
According to law enforcement records he was arrested, in 2009, for assault and battery on a girlfriend; the charges were dismissed.
On a YouTube channel, he recently shared videos of lectures from a radical Islamic cleric; in one, voices can be heard singing in Arabic as bombs explode.
"My son, Tamerlan, got involved in religious politics five years ago," his mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, told Russia Today television in an interview from Dagestan, the Russian republic bordering Chechnya where she and her husband are living. "He started following his own religious aspects. He never, never told me he would be on the side of jihad."
His younger brother, who was widely known as "Jahar," may have followed in his footsteps. "He talked about his brother in good ways," said Pamala Rolon, who was the residential adviser in the dorm where Dzhokhar lived at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. "I could tell he looked up to his brother."
Dzhokhar was described by friends as well-adjusted and well-liked in both high school and college.
"I'm in complete shock," said Rose Schutzberg, 19, who graduated high school with Dzhokhar and now attends Barnard College in New York. "He was a very studious person. He was really popular. He wrestled. People loved him."
In fact, Schutzberg said, she had "a little crush" on him in high school. "He's a great guy," she said. "He's smart, funny. He's definitely a really sweet person, very kind-hearted, kind soul."
Dzhokhar, 19, attended the prestigious Cambridge Rindge and Latin school, participating on the wrestling team.
He was currently attending the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Mass., university officials said Friday. He lived on the third floor of the Pine Dale dormitory. Harry Danso, who lives on the same floor, told the AP he saw him in a dorm hallway this week. "He was regular, he was calm," said Danso.
The school would not say what he was studying. The father of the suspects, Anzor Tsarnaev, told the AP his younger son was "a second-year medical student," though he graduated high school in 2011. "My son is a true angel … ," he said by telephone from the Russian city of Makhachkala. "He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here."
Dzhokhar's page on the Russian social networking site Vkontakte says that before moving to the United States, he attended School No. 1 in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a predominantly Muslim republic in Russia's North Caucasus that has become an epicenter of the Islamic insurgency that spilled over from Chechnya. On the site, he describes himself as speaking Chechen as well as English and Russian. His world view is described as "Islam" and he says his personal goal is "career and money."
Deana Beaulieu, 20, lives two blocks away from the suspects' home on Norfolk Street, went to high school with Dzhokhar and was friendly with his sister.
Beaulieu says she didn't recall Dzhokhar expressing any political views.
Florida Addy, 19, of Lynn, Mass., said she lives in the same college dorm with Dzhokhar this year and was on the same floor last year. She called him "drug" (pronounced droog), the Russian word for friend, a word he taught her.
Addy said she saw Dzhokhar last week, when she bummed a cigarette from him. They would occasionally hang out in his room or at the New Bedford apartment of Russian students he knew. He generally wore a hoodie or a white T-shirt and sweatpants, and spent a lot of his time with other kids from Russia.
She described him as down to earth and friendly, even a little mysterious, but in a charming way. She had just learned that he had a girlfriend, although she did not attend the university.
"He was nice. He was cool. I'm just in shock," she said.
Tamerlan was more defined by athletics, and clearly proud of his boxing prowess. USA Boxing spokeswoman Julie Goldsticker said Tamerlan registered with the group as an amateur boxer from 2003 to 2004, and again from 2008 to 2010. He competed as a heavyweight in the National Golden Gloves competition in Salt Lake City on May 4, 2009, losing his only bout.
Portland Boxing Club owner Bob Russo, who coached the team that Tamerlan was a part of, said on Friday that he barely remembered him, other than he seemed somewhat distant and kept to himself.
The Washington Post contributed to this story.
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NOTE: This help page applies to both LifeTopix (and other classic LightArrow apps) as well as to LightArrow Organizer for iOS and Mac. So, the screenshots and directions may vary slightly based on the app you're using.
This help page will show you how manage bookmarks using our LightArrow Organizer App. Bookmarks allow you to save the address (URL) of a website or web page so that you can easily re-visit the page at a later time. In your LightArrow app, bookmarks also allow you to manage usernames and passwords for sites that require this information, such as sites for banking, shopping, photo sharing sites, and others. This way, you don't have to memorize a variety of passwords.
1. From the modern dashboard view scroll down until you see the the "Digital Contents" card. Then tap the "Bookmarks + Lockers" tile.
3. From the "Bookmarks" list view tap the '+' button. When you find a web page you want to bookmark tap the "Save" button.
4. From the "Bookmarks" list view if you tap the bookmark and then tap the "Configure" button. From the bookmark view you can enter your username and password. From this view you can also associate this bookmark to topic items that were created in our App and/or contacts. Then tap the "Save" button.
5. After saving tap the bookmark and then tap the "View" button. To view the username and password tap the lock button.
6. Next you'll be prompted with a prompt to enter you PIN (If you do not have your pin setup you can do that by navigating to Settings -> Secure Your Data). Next you'll see your login and password appear.
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A recent briefing by the aerospace company for investors and financial analysts has some observers wondering if that will happen. Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, was pressed at that event on whether Boeing would sell its military helicopter product line before defense budgets start to dip. (Integrated Defense Systems includes Boeing's Rotorcraft Div.) He said any rumors to that effect "are not true." He was then asked if, given the booming commercial market, Boeing would leverage its rotorcraft expertise to re-enter the civil market. Noting that the 10-year non-compete clause in its sale of the old Hughes Helicopter line to MD Helicopters is about to expire, Albaugh said, "Certainly, when we go through our strategic planning process, those are things that we revisit, and as this 10-year non-compete comes to an end, it's probably time to really look at that hard." For related news


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Shared Print
The University of California Libraries' Shared Print collections consist of information resources jointly purchased or electively contributed by the libraries. Such resources are collectively governed and managed by the University Librarians for the purpose of maximizing access to the widest audience of current and future members of the UC community.
Strategic Direction
"The overall aim of [shared print collections] is to further optimize the management of information resources for students and faculty by reducing unnecessary duplication, leveraging shared assets (such as regional library facilities), and expanding the information resources available systemwide, while meeting the information needs of library users at each campus." Systemwide Strategic Directions for Libraries and Scholarly Information at the University of California [PDF] University of California University Librarians. April 2004 Section 4.1, p.12.
UC Shared Print 2013-2018 Strategic Plan [PDF]
UC Shared Print RoadMap 2014-2018 [PDF]
Goals & Objectives
The overarching goals for Shared Print collections are:
- To facilitate the development of more comprehensive and diverse research collections available to UC library users throughout the system through efficient collaborative methods for the prospective acquisition of research resources.
- To accelerate the development of shared collections to provide substantial opportunities for campuses to avoid costs or to reallocate RLF and campus library space for other uses.
- To integrate UC Shared Print collections with broader regional, national and international shared collections.
- To preserve the scholarly printed record, where print remains the archival medium of choice, at the lowest possible unit cost.
- To ensure UC library users can readily discover and access shared print collections held within UC or by other libraries.
- To facilitate collaborative, holistic collection planning for physical resources in conjunction with broader collection planning among UC Libraries.
In addition, specific goals for the development of shared print monograph collections are:
- To develop and maintain a significant print collection of record to support the UC mission of teaching, research and patient care.
- To provide robust, efficient access to UC users to the formats (print and electronic) that best support research and teaching.
- To create an ecosystem of monograph collections and cooperative partnerships within which users can readily access shared, retained print monographs, and library staff can make local collection management decisions in a UC systemwide, regional or network-level context.
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|Alison Wohlers
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|(510) 987-0095
|Anna Striker
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- "Here you are, Agnes. See, not forgotten, are you? And your son's sent an owl saying he's visiting tonight, so that's nice, isn't it?"
- —Healer Miriam Strout[src]
Agnes, a patient in the long-term Janus Thickey Ward at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, had a son who intended to visit her over Christmas in 1995. When the Healer told Agnes of the owl he had sent informing them that he would be coming, her only reply was to give several loud barks.[1]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
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Nation & World
Brazilians, angry at cost, in a sour mood as World Cup opens
On the eve of international soccer's once-every-four-years celebration of the world's most popular sport, 65-year-old Caetano De Carvalho is in a prime location, or so it would seem. This working-class suburb of Sao Paulo, where he has lived for 22 years, offers an easy walk to the modern new soccer stadium where the World Cup's opening match between host Brazil and Croatia will be played Thursday.
Like many Brazilians, he worships the sport and relishes any chance to talk about it. "You know, I came out of the womb a Corinthians fan," he said, referring to one of Brazil's most popular professional teams, which will make the new stadium its home when the World Cup ends.
Yet De Carvalho's mood is sour. He admits he won't be attending any World Cup matches. "Someone is going to have to pay for this," he complained, meaning all the construction that went into hosting the tournament. "We are going to have pay for the stadiums." By "we," he means Brazilian taxpayers.
Brazil has done more perhaps than any other nation to feed international soccer's popularity. It's sent its best players to Europe's top professional leagues, where their frenetic play-making helps drive interest in places as far off as Bangladesh and China. So many here saw it as just when world soccer's governing body, FIFA, in 2007 awarded Brazil the rights to host this year's World Cup.
Now, however, the euphoria is gone, as Brazilians begin to think that the country has missed a huge opportunity to address its most serious problems. "If you go two kilometers beyond the stadium, you'll see all the needs Brazil has," De Carvalho said, mentioning in particular inadequate schools and health care.
He is not alone. A Pew Research poll released earlier this month found that 61 percent of Brazilians think hosting the World Cup is bad for Brazil, believing that it takes money away from schools, health care and other public services. A survey in April by Brazilian pollster Datafolha found support for hosting the World Cup was just 48 percent, down from 79 percent in November 2008.
Driving that dismay is the cost of hosting the tournament _ teams from 32 countries playing 64 games around the country. Brazil is spending $11.6 billion on stadiums in 12 cities and hundreds of other projects. Except for $2 billion, it is all publicly financed. American geographer Christopher Gaffney, who studies soccer and its impact on society, says the cost of Brazil's World Cup is the highest ever _ $6,023 per seat, up from $5,299 for the 2010 cup in South Africa.
"This entire project is to benefit the Brazilian elite. That comes at the cost of the poor," said Gaffney.
Adding to the ire is a lack of information on who is making money off the spectacle. "Contracts were never made available," said Gil Castello Branco, the head of Contas Abertas, or Open Accounts, a group that promotes transparency.
The entire organization of the World Cup, Branco said, "is a mystery, and this generates a lot of suspicion" among the public.
Indeed, Brazilians have mostly scorn for FIFA, the Geneva-based organization that runs the games. "They are a mafia," said De Carvalho. "They do whatever they want."
FIFA head Sepp Blatter proved that point this week with his stay at one of Sao Paulo's most exclusive hotels, accompanied by a security detail that many heads of state would envy. Local news media reported that when he left the hotel this week, officials closed off the entire street, denying passage to an ambulance.
"Total arrogance" is how 37-year-old Ana Paula Manca, also a Vila Carmosina resident, describes FIFA, adding, "They don't have the least concern for the country."
Many Brazilians also feel let down by their government, which pledged in 2007 that the cost of the stadiums and other improvements would be privately financed. "There will not be a single cent of public money," said Orlando Silva Junior, then the minister of sports.
Not only did that turn out to be untrue, but many projects that would have improved the lives of average Brazilians remain unfinished, like the monorail that is supposed to connect the Sao Paulo airport with the city's extensive subway system.
Making matters worse, entire neighborhoods of mostly poor people were forced from their homes to make way for the projects, including scores of residents of an area that was cleared to make way for a parking lot at the legendary Maracana Stadium, where the tournament's championship game will be played July 13.
The biggest irony, for some, is the possibility that the World Cup will in the end jeopardize soccer in Brazil, where many teams, especially smaller ones, are already struggling financially.
After expensive stadium renovations, "the public that used to go to games at Maracana is not the same public that now attends games at Maracana," said Branco of Contas Abertas. "Today they cannot afford to buy tickets."
Corinthians' fans like Caetano De Carvalho may also face difficulty going to their new stadium.
"I don't know if Brazilians have the ability to go to three to four games per month paying two to three times more in price," said Rafael Plastina, a Sao Paulo-based sports consultant.
That will change the view of soccer as every man's sport as emblematic teams like Corinthians " have to bring new people into the stadium, people with more financial acquisitive power," he said.
"I don't have any doubt about that," Plastina said.


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First Strike Finisher
First strike will often allow you to kill a monster you couldn't otherwise beat. Cast it just before the final blow, and the monster gets no retaliation hit.
- Keep in mind that you still take a retaliation hit if the monster has first strike as well.
Fireball Softener
Hitting a monster with fireball before combat will often reduce the number of hits it takes to kill it. Can be used with first strike to take on otherwise dangerous foes without taking any damage.
Level-up Steamroll
With very few experience needed to gain the next level, you can fight a tough monster, and then when you can't fight any more, kill a low-level monster in order to level up. This will restore your health and mana without healing the tough monster. You can then go back to killing the tougher monster with full strength. It is possible to level up more than once during a single fight. This usually requires the player utilizing the "Experience Catapult" strategy first (see below) so that he has a lot of low-level monsters to kill. Nonetheless, keeping track of how many experience you can get from the available monsters is always a wise thing to do.
Battle of Attrition
If you have enough attack to do more damage in one hit than your enemy is able to regenerate in the time it takes you to regenerate the damage that he does with a single hit, you can heal between attacks and still be able to have a net effect of his health decreasing.
- Even if you heal slower than the enemy does, sometimes exploring one or a few blocks mid-battle can regenerate your HP/MP for additional hit/spell so that you can deal enough damage to kill the enemy.
Slow Poison
Attacking an enemy and then poisoning it and exploring (or using the LEMMISI glyph) allows you to take on enemies that would otherwise outlast you in a fight. If attacking with magic you can use this technique to beat a foe that would otherwise kill you with one hit.
- This technique relies on either of two abilities. You can last as long as you can survive a single hit, so if your HP or resistance are as high as possible, you will be able to outlast harder hits.
Death of a Dozen Flames
- Cast BURNDAYRAZ.
- Cast APHEELSIK.
- Explore until you have enough mana to cast both again.
- Repeat as needed.
Persistent Martyr
- Cast CYDSTEPP.
- Explore until you have enough mana to cast APHEELSIK.
- Attack monster until CYDSTEPP protects you from a fatal blow.
- Cast APHEELSIK.
- Explore until you have enough mana to cast CYDSTEPP.
- Repeat as needed.
Double Deadly Blow
Used mainly on high level monsters that are barely killable. First Strike encouraged.
- Cast CYDSTEPP.
- Explore until you have enough mana to cast another CYDSTEPP.
- Attack monster until CYDSTEPP protects you from a fatal blow.
- Cast the second CYDSTEPP and attack again.
- Finish with First Strike.
Experience Catapult
Depending upon the hero's class and which glyphs and items are available, there are different ways that a low-level character might be able to take out a quite high level character. When such an opportunity arises, it is beneficial to follow through when your hero is at the lowest possible level. The experience formula greatly rewards going after creatures above your level.
- For example, a level 1 hero killing a level 9 monster gets 81 experience, and will suddenly catapult to level 6.
- A level 2 hero killing the same level 9 monster gets "only" 65 experience, and will wind up at level 5.
Single-Use Glyphs
If you know early on in the game that you will be worshipping Taurog, you can still get limited use from some glyphs. The effects of CYDSTEPP, BYSSEPS, and GETINDARE will persist after you convert them, and those effects activating will not anger Taurog (or Binlor, for that matter), so it can be very beneficial to pick up and activate these glyphs (especially CYDSTEPP for non-Fighters), before beginning worship, then convert them afterwards for piety and the racial effect.
Gold "rollsover" between plays, and you can carry a maximum of 70 gold. It's very helpful to play a few runs with a Thief (33% more items on screen) and "gold farm" that 70 gold. Then, on your next playthrough, you can afford any items you may come across (whether it be potions, or the +5 damage sword.)


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Ever wondered if those ad posting jobs are for real or not? A lot of them are not. There are so many scams sifting around the internet that unfortunately you will only find about 10 out of each 1000 online opportunities to be 100% legitimate. Either something has a catch, they cost money, they say they're free but they're really not or something else. Then you do all this work, follow the program to a "T" and end up making ziltch. I've been there and tried that. The great news is, you can always rely on bloggers to tell you like it is. We have the experience online to tell you what's real and what's not. In just the past few years I have tried at least 40 different programs and I truly put my heart and soul into them as well. I can tell you that some of the greatest reveared opportunities can end up being not necessarily a scam, but a major downer and disappointment. Let me tell you something, part of it has to do with your own mind and how you perceive working from home. If you expect the world, you will always be let down. You have to have a realistic expectation of any online endeavor no matter what promises you are told. There are actual opportunities out there that do work if you put your heart into them and just trust the process. A lot of people give up too soon because in the back of their mind that little person on your shoulder is telling you, "This is never gonna work" and oh i'm never gonna make money doing this. You have to put those feelings aside and just do work, even if you have not had any success. Success comes when you least expect it and I've learned this time and time again.
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8. Mini combo (3 packages in one)
9. Super combo (5 packages in one)
10. Franchise (They build you a website, this ones pays mega bucks)
They have a few sister sites, so some sites will not have all the same packages. Only one has the copy & Paste and basic typist pack, but the others pretty much offer the same thing. It's hard to choose which website is better, so i'll just send you to any one of them because they are all great and run by Sari Balhi. Also, note that this is a real business entity registered with the State of California, so their businesses are 100% legal (unlike a lot of other online work from home opps)
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Links
National Organizations/Resources
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, is the leading national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students. Established in 1990, GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. GLSEN seeks to develop school climates where difference is valued for the positive contribution it makes to creating a more vibrant and diverse community .
We, the parents, families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, including those of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Only with respect, dignity and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively. PFLAG welcomes the participation and support of all who share in, and hope to realize this vision.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) amplifies the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively. By ensuring that the stories of LGBT people are heard through the media, GLAAD promotes understanding, increases acceptance, and advances equality.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 W. 13th St., New York, NY 10011
(212) 620-7310
The Center offers dozens of cultural, recreational, political, and mental health events, activities, and services for the queer community .
The Audre Lorde Project
85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 596-0342
The Audre Lorde Project (ALP) is a Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, and Transgender (LGBTST) People of Color Communities. Call for program information and schedule.
Gay Men's Health Crisis
119 West 24th Street (btwn. 6th & 7th Ave), NY, NY 10011
(212) 367-1000
Hotline: (212) 807-6655 or (800) 243-7692
GMHC provides HIV/AIDS-related services including education, print and video materials, women's initiative, peer counseling services, support groups, financial advocacy, recreation and meal programs, legal services, and seminars.
Identity House
39 W. 14th St, Suite 205 (btwn. 5th & 6th Ave.), NY, NY 10011
(212) 243-8181
Identity House provides peer counseling and therapy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and all other adults who are struggling with issues of sexuality, alienation, relationships and family. They also sponsor groups, workshops, and other events.
Metropolitan Community Church of New York
446 West 36th Street (btwn. 9th & 10th Avenues), NY, NY 10018
(212) 629-7440
Church of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community; holds worship services and Sunday school, offers counseling, holy unions, a food pantry and other services.
Michael Callen-Audre Lorde Community Health Center
356 West 18th Street (btwn. 8th & 9th Ave.), NY, NY 10011
(212) 271-7200
General medical, dental, and mental health services; transgender and youth programs; STI and HIV Testing.
NYC Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
240 West 35th Street, Suite 200 (btwn. 7th & 8th Ave), NY, NY 10001
(212) 714-1184
HOTLINE (24 hour) (212) 714-1141
AVP serves lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and HIV-positive victims of violence and others affected by violence, by providing therapeutic counseling and advocacy within the criminal justice system and victim support agencies, information for self-help, referrals to practicing professionals, and other sources of assistance. Services are free and confidential.
Safe Homes Project
fax: 718-369-6151
Safe Homes Project is a Brooklyn-based domestic violence organization that provides services to the LGBTQ community. Safe Homes Project advocates assist in making safety plans, obtaining orders of protection, legal representation, relocating or entering shelter, as well as providing referrals for needed benefits and other services. Most importantly, counselors and advocates will listen and offer unconditional support. All services are available in both English and Spanish and are free of charge.
SAGE (Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders)
305 7th Ave., 16th floor (btwn. 27th & 28th St.), New York, NY 10001
(212) 741-2247
Services and support for elders. Rap groups, language classes, exercise classes, and much more. The SAGE Group Services Office is located at the Center and the SAGE Drop-in and various groups are scheduled at the Center. Clinical Services are located at their main office.
Transgender Health Program
Below is a website that has MANY great selections for trans-folks, friends, family, practitioners, etc. It contains many excellent handouts:
Gay and Lesbian National Hotline
(M-F 4pm-12am, Sat 12-5pm) (888) 843-4564 or (212) 989-0999
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline provides telephone and email peer-counseling, as well as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States. All of our services are free and confidential. We speak with callers of all ages about coming-out issues, relationship concerns, HIV/AIDS anxiety and safer-sex information, and lots more!
The Trevor Project
(866) 488-7386
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing 24/7 crisis and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth
Trevor Lifeline : (866) 488-7386 . A crisis intervention and suicide prevention phone service available 24/7
Trevor Text: Text "Trevor" to 202-304-1200. Available Monday through Friday between 3pm -10 pm EST/Noon-7pm PT. Standard text messaging rates apply.
Trevor Chat: Online instant messaging with a trevor counselor. Available 7 days a week: between 3pm-10pm ET/Noon-7pm PT
Trans Lifeline
(877) 565-8860
A non-profit dedicated to the well being of transgender people. The hotline is staffed by transgender people for transgender people. We're available 7am-1am PST / 9am-3am CST / 10am-4am EST.
HIV Law Project
15 Maiden Lane 18th Fl., New York, NY 10038
Phone: (212) 577-3001
The HIV Law Project provides free civil legal services to HIV-positive residents Manhattan and the Bronx, and homeless New Yorkers.
Immigration Equality
40 Exchange Place, 17th Fl., New York, NY 10005
(212) 714-2904
Works to end discrimination in U.S. immigration law against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive people, and helps obtain asylum for those persecuted in their home country based on their sexual orientation, transgender identity or HIV-status. Meets at the Center, 3rd Monday of every month, 8:00PM
Lesbian & Gay Law Association of Greater New York (LeGaL)
799 Broadway #340, New York, NY 10003
(212) 353-9118, (212) 459-4873
A Bar Association of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) legal community in the New York metropolitan area that provides a free, walk-in legal clinic at the Center every Tuesday at 6:00PM. For referrals to an attorney, leave a message stating the nature of the matter and your name and phone number.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
120 Wall Street, Suite 1500, New York, NY 10005
(212) 809-8585
A national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
322 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001
(212) 337-8550
Fax: (212) 337-1972
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender nonconforming low-income people and people of color.
Rainbow Roommates
124 West 60th Street #23E, New York, NY 10023
(212) 627-8612, (212) 757-2865
172 Allen Street (Btwn. Stanton & Rivington)
(212) 777-6028 www.bluestockings.com
Bluestockings is a radical bookstore, fair trade cafe, and activist center in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Oliver Staffing
(212) 634-1234
350 Lexington Avenue, Suite 401 (Corner of 40th & Lexington) New York, NY 10016
Rainbow Staffing
(212) 685-9304
295 Madison Avenue
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Nothing drives GOP operative Dick Wadhams crazier than hearing someone describe Colorado as a Republican-leaning stronghold that has suddenly gone blue.
"A review of Colorado political history going back 42 years shows a very competitive state that has tilted Democratic in statewide elections for governor and U.S. senator," said Wadhams, former Colorado Republican Party chairman.
Rick Palacio, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party, made a similar observation after the Rothenberg Report recently moved Gov. John Hickenlooper's re-election bid next year from "Safe" to "Democrat favored."
The latest source of ire for Wadhams came from the Daily Beast's Tina Brown, who wrote after observing Hickenlooper last week that if Hillary Clinton runs in 2016 she should tap him as her running mate.
"After decades as a Republican-leaning stronghold, Obama won the state twice and the State House and Senate are now controlled by Dems," Brown wrote in a piece that Wadhams described as a "love affair for Hickenlooper."
"When one considers elections for Governor and U.S. Senator, Colorado has not been a 'Republican-leaning stronghold' since 1972!!!!" Wadhams wrote in an e-mail after I posted Brown's piece on The Spot.


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BERLIN — Small-town brewery Burley Oak has been invited to next month's Beer Advocate's Extreme Beerfest in Boston, confirming for owner Bryan Brushmiller his brewery's outside-the-box approach to crafting beer is on the right track.
With half a dozen beers being showcased at the festival, Brushmiller said that he's excited for people outside of Delmarva to taste what's being brewed in Berlin.
"It feels like someone is paying attention to us and it is definitely some validation," he said.
Burley Oak has always taken an "experimental" approach to brewing, said Brushmiller, which he believes resonates with event organizers.
"Beer Advocate tries to push the envelope of the industry and I think they kind of hooked up with us because we're trying to do the same thing," he said. "We don't want to just make the same boring beer. We're always trying and we're always experimenting."
Having six beers included in the two-day Extreme Beerfest is unbelievable for a brewery like Burley, according to Brushmiller.
"We're the youngest brewery invited," he said. "We're definitely the smallest brewery invited. But it's cool because they respect what we do."
Brushmiller said going to Boston will be a dream come true for him and his team of brewers.
"That's a huge thing to have these six beers and showcase them…it's like us making an independent film and getting invited to the Oscars," he said.
Going to Boston will allow Burley to put its "brand on a national level," added Brushmiller, and will let his team meet and mingle with industry brewing icons.
"We're being seen by all of the other brewers that we idolize," he said.
Besides other brewers, Extreme Beerfest will showcase Burley Oak to a huge number of beer drinkers.
"They sold over 2,000 tickets," said Brushmiller of the festival. "Tickets were sold out in seven minutes."
Brushmiller compared Burley Oak to a lab where the local community is able to taste test and influence the direction of the beer. Unique components are always a focus, he said, with non-traditional substitutions like orange peel instead of hops or mixing foreign yeasts and hops with local ingredients commonplace.
"We're always going to try something different," said Brushmiller.
For example, brewer Shawn Sasscer confirmed that Burley oak will be doing a special Belgian-style line of beers, including making original "Rude Boy" beer with Belgian yeast.
"We'll kind of do an educational piece for our consumers to see how big of a player the yeast is in the production of beer," said Sasscer. "It'll be a completely different beer."
The flexibility needed to experiment with such a wide and uncommon field of beers comes a lot from the brewery's small size, said Brushmiller. "Everything here is done on such a small scale. A lot of the beers we make might be one-time only; we might never make them again."
But more importantly it is the community's willingness to drink the beer and play the part of the faithful test subject that Brushmiller said allows Burley Oak so much freedom in how it brews.
"The community is what made this place," he said.
While Extreme Beerfest will put the Burley brand on the national radar, Brushmiller said that it will also bring more attention to Berlin.
"I get to take Berlin, Md. and put it on a national level, a national stage," he said.
Should the Extreme Beerfest prove to be a launching point for Burley to reach a wider market, Brushmiller promised that Worcester County and especially Berlin will always be the brewery's top priority.
"You don't forget the girl who brought you to the dance," he said.


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LIVE VIDEO (click here)…Tour of Council
Council Members
City Council Calendar
Codified Ordinances
Council Minutes
"Macedonia City Council is instituting a new program where council members will be available for face-to-face discussions before each council meeting beginning Thursday, February 22, at 6:30. Vini J. Ventura and Jessica Brandt will be available for the first-to-face. Please come meet them to discuss any topic related to the city! Thereafter available council members will rotate each week (on weeks when there is a council meeting – second and fourth Thursdays. The face-to-face will be at 6:30pm on those evenings)."
CLICK HERE – 2017 OFFICERS and COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
The City of Macedonia is a Charter city under a Mayor/Council form of government. Council represents the legislative side of government and the Mayor represents the administrative side.
Council consists of five members elected at-large. Municipal elections are held in November of odd-numbered years. The term of office is 4-years. Terms are staggered so that three seats are up in one year followed by two seats in the next odd-numbered year. Council's duties include adopting the annual budget, known as the annual appropriation; enacting legislation; confirming the appointments by the Mayor as well as establishing policy.
Council offices, Council Chambers and the office of the Clerk of Council are located on the first floor, east wing of Macedonia City Center, 9691 Valley View Road.
Council's regularly scheduled meetings are on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 7:30pm in Council Chambers. Special meetings, committee meetings and work sessions of Council are scheduled as needed. In addition to these meetings, Council may hold public hearings on such subjects as zoning. All meetings are opened to the public. Persons wishing to speak during regular meetings may do so during the public comment portion of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to five minutes.
The legislative record and minutes of Council are maintained in the office of the Clerk of Council.
An agenda regarding council meetings is posted online (www.macedonia.oh.us) and outside the office of the Clerk of Council 48-hours prior to regular meetings.
Official action by Council may take the form of an ordinance, a resolution or a motion. An ordinance is a municipal law which can only be amended or repealed by the adoption of another ordinance. A proposed ordinance requires three separate readings, on three separate days unless Council waives its own rules. A resolution may be used to express City policy, direct certain administrative or legal action or express a public statement. A motion is verbal instruction of a desired action.
Click on the link below to contact Macedonia City Council or Council Clerk Josephine Arceci
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Reviewed by Liam P. (age 9)
I really loved the surprises in this book. I loved the illustrations because it looked like he used a mix of crayons and paint together. I really liked this book because you have to turn the book over to see a full page illustration of the Empire State Building. I liked the part where she wouldn't stop talking because that is the same thing I would do.
I recommend this book to people who like surprises because there is a lot of them.


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Seagram Building
National Historic Place
New York City Landmark(1989)
In anticipation of the celebration of its one hundredth anniversary in 1958, the Joseph E. Seagram and Sons Corporation began planning from 1954. They selected site between 52nd 53rd streets on the east side of Park Avenue. Phyllis Lambert , daughter of Seagram board chairman Samuel Bronfman (1891-1971) request the Museum of Modern Art for advice for monumental headquarter building. Phillip Johnson who was about to leave the position in the museum nominated many famous designers. Lambert and Johnson indicated Mies van der Rohe finally.
Park Avenue was used for railroad pass in the 19th century. By 1880s, the trains ran into an open cut below grade to the Grand Central Depot, and there are many one or two story shops and residences. The 1916 zoning resolution designated the portion of Park Avenue north of East 50th Street as residential, but by 1929 major owners on the avenue succeeded in having the area between East 50th and 59th streets rezoned to permit commercial use. With building boom after World War II, there were some office buildings near the site in the 1950s. The site was occupied by the twelve-story Montana Apartment Building on park Avenue, a nine-story apartment building on East 53rd Street, and a five-story tenement and row of four-story buildings, all on East 52nd Street.
It is the tallest steel frame office building so far. Structural and mechanical innovations abounded in the design. It has very high defined material with highest detail. Cladding material, bronze, is most unique in this building. Façade curtain wall is all products of pioneering efforts of research and fabrication. Also, it makes building looks good as it aged.
It created public space offered by office tower in the city. This innovative plan effect on Zoning Code. It was in accordance with the viewpoints of several New York architectural firms such as Kahn & Jacobs, which had been urging Parks Commissioner Robert Moses to propose a revision to the zoning regulations, in order to replace full-site ziggurat towers with large buildings surrounded by open spaces. This changed urbanscape and skylines of New York City.
It is pure expression of modern skyscraper. It was the ultimate manifestation of a machine-made, modular aesthetic. The tradition of glass tower was began from after World War I by Expressionist architects such as Bruno Taut. Mies designed Glass Tower in 1921 and it represent the new era by steel and glass. He strongly inspired steel frames before they were covered with all that masonry. Image of this buiding means external expression of its hidden structure. In addition, this building reflects Mies's logical modular plan as well as his attitude to the modern material and structure. It also succeeded to create light urban space with high-rise buildings. Mies made balance minimalist structure with pure volume and negative space. Set back and floated above the massless volume of the building plays off against the plaza's negative space, achieving unities.
Mies's visionary modernism was realized in postwar America. Glass tower was a ideal of Mies from 1920s and he think this type of architecture expressed the epoch. America's industrial technology and good economy after World War II made it possible. At that time American corporations were rushing to line up their head quarter skyscrapers on the Park Avenue.
Also, it was an example of a new type of urban form inspiring the development of privately owned public places. Relationship between a building and the city that was unique in New York at the time of its construction. Also, It was the first bronze-clad skyscraper in the world.
Sanborn Manhattan land book of the City of New York, Weehawken, NJ : TRW REDI Property Data, Northeast Region, 1975-76
New York City. Department of Bulidings, Manhattan. Plans, Permits and Dockets. [Block 1307, Lot 1].
Drexler, Arthur. The Mies van der Rohe Archive Vol 16. New York: Garland, 1986
New York Landmarks Preservation Commission. Seagram Building, Including the Plaza, Oct. 3, 1989, Designation List 221, LP-1664
New York Landmarks Preservation Commission. Seagram Building, First Floor Interior, Oct. 3, 1989, Designation List 221, LP-1665
New York Landmarks Preservation Commission. For Seasons Restaurant, First Floor Interior, Oct. 3, 1989, Designation List 221, LP-1666
National Park Service, Seagram Building, Feb. 24, 2006, 06000056 NRIS (National Register Information System)
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October 19, 2011 11:24 am ET
In a blog post celebrating the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Rachel Decter Abrams, a board member of the Emergency Committee on Israel, advocates for the extermination of Palestinians, including children. Abrams is married to former Assistant Secretary of State Elliot Abrams, and is the half-sister of Commentary editor John Podhoretz and step-daughter of Norman Podhoretz, founder of the neoconservative movement.
He's free and he's home in the bosom of his family and his country.
Celebrate, Israel, with all the joyous gratitude that fills your hearts, as we all do along with you.
Then round up his captors, the slaughtering, death-worshiping, innocent-butchering, child-sacrificing savages who dip their hands in blood and use women-those who aren't strapping bombs to their own devils' spawn and sending them out to meet their seventy-two virgins by taking the lives of the school-bus-riding, heart-drawing, Transformer-doodling, homework-losing children of Others-and their offspring-those who haven't already been pimped out by their mothers to the murder god-as shields, hiding behind their burkas and cradles like the unmanned animals they are, and throw them not into your prisons, where they can bide until they're traded by the thousands for another child of Israel, but into the sea, to float there, food for sharks, stargazers, and whatever other oceanic carnivores God has put there for the purpose.
In an ad last week, Abrams' group accused Occupy Wall Street protesters of hateful rhetoric.
Copyright © 2010 Media Matters Action Network. All rights reserved.


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Microsoft has been focusing on Windows 8 for all of past year and the OS has definitely turned out to be great. Microsoft just released the Consumer preview of Windows 8 (Download Windows 8) to the public after the press conference at MWC 2012.
If you install the Windows 8 Consumer Preview using the installer provided by Microsoft, you will not require a product key. However, if you create a installation media and start your PC from media and then install Windows 8 consumer preview, you will require a product key.
The product key for installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview is:
Once again, you will only require this if you are using the ISO file and creating a bootable installer and installing Windows 8 using a USB drive or DVD.
If you install Windows 8 Consumer Preview using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Setup program, you won't need to enter a product key—the setup program automatically provides the product key. If you create installation media, start your PC from the media, and then install Windows 8 Consumer Preview.