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Mr. Bloomberg said the city had planned to reopen the park on Tuesday morning after the protesters' tents and tarps had been removed and the stone steps had been cleaned. He said the police had already let about 50 protesters back in when officials received word of a temporary restraining order sought by lawyers for the protesters. He said the police had closed the park again until lawyers for the city could appear at a court hearing later in the morning.It's a legal matter, baby, a legal matter from now on.
Bloomberg's point is that the occupiers prevent other people from using the park. They're hogging the whole park. I sympathize with that position, having seen how the Wisconsin protesters last winter occupied the Capitol rotunda in a way that kept other people out. Now, the rotunda is a prime attraction in Wisconsin. Visitors to Madison continually wander into the space and, on normal days, gaze up into the dome. Children typically lie on the marble floor for the purpose of staring contemplatively upward.
Zuccotti Park, on the other hand — who'd even heard of it before? In fact, it's the Occupy Wall Street protesters who've made it famous, and if it's a tourist attraction, it's because of the OWS branding. And yet New York City parks are not mostly about attracting tourists. The people who live and work near a park are the ones with the most interest in access.
And now that the protesters have lawyered up and gone to court in an attempt to nail down legal rights to occupy the space, it changes the character of the interaction with the mayor, and it's quite understandable that he would take a hardcore stance in response.
ADDED: The description of the battle against the police is tucked further down in the linked NYT article. Snippets:
The protesters rallied around an area known as the kitchen, near the middle of the park, and began putting up makeshift barricades with tables and pieces of scrap wood....It's turning into "Les Miserables"... Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade/Let them come in their legions/And they will be met/Have faith in yourselves/And don't be afraid/Let's give 'em a screwing/That they'll never forget!
[As the police entered the park], dozens of protesters linked arms and shouted "No retreat, no surrender," "This is our home" and "Barricade!"
ADDED: A reader emails:
I just finished playing a high school production of Les Miserables... and I was informed that the director of the musical (an alumnus of the high school) had specifically used Zuccotti Park and the OWS movement as a rallying point for the show. He was basically telling the kids that the OWS struggle, and the struggle leading up to the June Uprising, were one and the same.

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The information provided above is only a generalized description of street prostitution. You must combine the basic facts with a more specific understanding of your local problem. Analyzing the local problem carefully will help you design a more effective response strategy.
Police are not solely responsible for addressing this problem. In addition to criminal justice agencies, the following groups have an interest in the street prostitution problem, and you should consider the contribution they might make to gathering information about the problem and responding to it:
The following are some critical questions you should ask in analyzing your particular problem of street prostitution, even if the answers are not always readily available. Your answers to these and other questions will help you choose the most appropriate set of responses later on.
There are many ways to enlist community members in the task of gathering information to document the problems scope. [23] These include using handheld video cameras to record activity, taking guided walks with police to identify areas where residents feel unsafe, highlighting trouble spots on neighborhood maps, and using data collection forms to record the date, time, and nature of events they witness.
The Raleigh (North Carolina) Police Department conducted a problem-solving project using this guides first edition. Refer to Weisel (2004) for an excellent example of adapting the processes described here to local conditions. The report also contains useful sample survey tools for prostitutes and clients.
You should take measures of your problem before you implement responses, to determine how serious the problem is, and after you implement them, to determine whether they have been effective. Measurement allows you to determine to what degree your efforts have succeeded and suggests how you might modify your responses if they are not producing the intended results. There are various ways to quantify the size and scope of the problem to establish a baseline. You could track the total number of police contacts with prostitutes in the past 12 months, the number of prostitutes regularly seen or cautioned in an area, or the average number of women working on any given night. These data will be useful for different purposes: to estimate social service needs, as a point of reference for enforcement operations, or as a measure of police effectiveness. [24] For more detailed guidance on measuring effectiveness, see the companion guide to this series, Assessing Responses to Problems: An Introductory Guide for Police Problem-Solvers.
The Deter and Identify Sex Trade Consumers database, accessed by 36 police agencies across Canada and the United States, provides information on prostitutes and clients to support police investigations [Vancouver (British Columbia) Police Department Vice Unit 2002]. To be most effective, as many jurisdictions as possible need to use and receive information from multijurisdiction databases. In addition, data fields must be sufficiently detailed and data entry must be monitored for quality control.
The following are potentially useful measures of the effectiveness of responses to street prostitution:
Depending on the response strategy, arrests (and rearrests) of prostitutes and clients may increase initially. Over time, if the responses are effective, you should observe a reduction in the number of arrests.
Responses that reduce the number of prostitutes working in an area tend to drive prices up, whereas responses that reduce the number of clients soliciting in a particular area tend to drive prices down.
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Abstract: Organizations are met with increasing demands for being in strategic control. According to conventional managerial wisdom, clearly defined tasks, uniform processes, thorough documentation and strategic oversight are all perceived as part and parcel of making large and unwieldy organizations manageable, transparent and efficient (Johnson, Scholes, & Whittington, 2008; Kaplan & Norton, 2008). To live up to these demands, numerous efforts have been undertaken, including the design and implementation of management information systems. These systems, as epitomized in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, seek to bring the organization under strategic control by creating a unified infrastructure for collecting and analyzing data from virtually all fields of organizational operations to enable planning and monitoring of activities (Kallinikos, 2006). Expectations of these systems at all levels of the organization are high as they are expected to create organizational transparency and oversight for decision making (Hanseth, Ciborra, & Braa, 2001). In this paper, we explore how ERP systems are used and impact local practice in a specialized unit within The Danish Defense. Specifically, we ask what role SAP R/31 plays in enabling and constraining everyday local practice and the handling of complexity and uncertainty at the organizational front‐line. We draw on a case study conducted in a special operations force unit within the Danish Defense, "The Frogman Corps". The case illuminates the difficulties of using ERP systems for management control in organizations experiencing complex operational conditions, including tension between centralized control and uniformity on the one hand and unpredictability and need for decentralized decision making on the other hand. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8364
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October 2, 2011
1994: Don Shula's Dolphins Beat David Shula's Bengals in Father vs. Son Matchup
The October 2, 1994 game between the Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals had a special distinction, not because of the action on the field, but due to the family relationship of the two head coaches. It was the first-ever father vs. son coaching matchup in pro football history – indeed, in any major professional sport.
For the visiting Dolphins it was Don Shula, who had started his NFL head coaching career in 1963 with the Baltimore Colts and, since 1970, had been head coach and general manager in Miami. Along the way his teams had reached the playoffs 17 times, won a pre-merger NFL title, five post-merger AFC championships, and two Super Bowls. In 1993, he had passed George Halas as the winningest head coach in league history and, with a 3-1 start in '94, had an overall record of 330 wins, 159 losses, and 6 ties (309-143-6 in the regular season, 18-15 in the playoffs). His place in pro football history was secure, to say the least.
Son David Shula of the Bengals was in anything but a secure situation. Having started out as an assistant to his father with the Dolphins in 1982, he had gone on to become offensive coordinator of the Cowboys before being hired as head coach in Cincinnati for the 1992 season. The Bengals went 5-11 and 3-13 in the first two years under the younger Shula, and were off to a 0-4 beginning in '94 for an overall tally of 8-28. QB David Klingler was proving to be a first-round bust, the defense was poor against the run, and overall, the organization under Vice-President/GM Mike Brown failed to devote needed resources to scouting. There was much speculation as to how much longer the third-year head coach would last if the situation didn't begin to turn around.
It was an uncomfortable situation leading up to the contest. Father and son met at a barbecue the day before the game at David's house in which the talk was about family, not football. There was an awkward staged media event at midfield prior to the kickoff.
"Please, Dad Not 0-5," said a sign hanging from the upper deck at Riverfront Stadium. David Shula had lambasted his team at midweek, and the winless Bengals came out looking pumped up and upset-minded. Cincinnati scored first, on the third play of the game, thanks to a 51-yard pass play from Klingler to WR Darnay Scott, who blew past a hobbled Miami CB Troy Vincent.
While Cincinnati attempted razzle-dazzle and tried for big plays in the first two series, they were unable to score again and the tally remained 7-0 after one period of action. In the second quarter, Dolphins QB Dan Marino completed six passes on a possession that led to a 28-yard field goal by Pete Stoyanovich.
Miami followed up with an 80-yard drive in nine plays for the go-ahead touchdown with 1:14 left in the first half. Marino fired the 11-yard scoring pass to FB Keith Byars running a slant and the Dolphins took a 10-7 lead into halftime.
Early in the second half, Marino audibled and tossed a four-yard TD pass to WR Mark Ingram that gave Miami a ten-point margin, allowing the senior Shula to play conservatively. Stoyanovich kicked field goals of 27 and 32 yards in the fourth quarter as the Dolphins coasted to a 23-7 win.
The performance by the Dolphins was workmanlike and it was apparent there would be no effort to run up the score on the hapless Bengals. As an example, up by 20-7 and with a third-and-nine situation at the Cincinnati 15, Miami opted for a shovel pass to set up a field goal attempt rather than try for the end zone. At one point, Ingram, TE Keith Jackson, and WR Irving Fryar were seen behind the bench slamming their helmets in frustration at not trying to put more points on the board.
Miami outgained the Bengals (345 yards to 246) and had more first downs (21 to 14). The Dolphins also didn't turn the ball over, while Cincinnati suffered five turnovers. It was a relatively ordinary day for Dan Marino, who completed 26 of 35 passes for 204 yards and two touchdowns. David Klingler, by contrast, was successful on just 16 of 30 throws for 188 yards and was intercepted three times, as opposed to the one early TD pass.
Irving Fryar might have been discontented with the conservative play of the Miami offense, but he still caught 8 passes for 89 yards; Keith Byars added 6 for 54. RB Steve Broussard was the top receiver for the Bengals, with 7 catches for 43 yards, and his 16 yards on six carries put him just three behind the team's leading ground-gainer, RB Derrick Fenner, with 19 yards on four attempts (RB Bernie Parmalee led the Dolphins with 73 yards on 18 carries).
"This is all team. You can't ever think about anything individually," Don Shula said afterward. "My responsibility is this football team and Dave's responsibility is his football team. He does the best job he can and I try to do the best job I can. We were just the better team."
"Once the game began, there was no thought that Dad was the opposing coach," the younger Shula commented. "There were too many other things to think about."
Cincinnati reached 0-8 before finally winning two straight games. The Bengals again ended up at 3-13 to place third in the AFC Central. David Shula was retained as head coach and the club improved to 7-9 in '95, including a second meeting against the Dolphins and Don Shula that Miami won by a much closer (26-23) score. However, following a 1-6 start in 1996 he was replaced by offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet. His overall record ended up at 19-52.
The Dolphins went on to finish atop the AFC East in 1994 with a 10-6 record, winning in the Wild Card round of the postseason but losing by one point (22-21) to San Diego at the Divisional level. Following a disappointing 9-7 season and earlier exit from the playoffs in 1995, Don Shula was forced into retirement by owner Wayne Huizenga in favor of Jimmy Johnson, formerly of the Univ. of Miami and the Dallas Cowboys. He ended up with 347 career wins (328 regular season, 19 postseason) and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
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August 8, 2012
Yet another reason to boycott the Olympics?
A spectator is seeking an exoneration after he claims he was arrested for "not smiling" during the 2012 London Olympic Men's Cycling Road Race.
Mark Worsfold, 54, a martial arts trainer who suffers from Parkinson's disease, wants a "letter of exoneration" after what he claims was a gross overreaction on the part of Surrey Police.
Worsfold explained to the Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, "I was sitting minding my own business…Before I knew anything the police grabbed me off this seven-foot wall, threw me to the floor and cuffed me so all I saw of the cycle race was between the feet of people from the pavement."
Due to his degenerative disorder, Worsfold says his face can seem expressionless.
According to the Guardian, Worsfold says Surrey police "questioned him about his demeanor and why he had not been seen to be visibly enjoying the event." They arrested him on charges of "breach of the peace" saying Worsfold's behavior posed a "caused concern."
The Guardian reports Worsfold as having been detained for two hours, but The Advertiser says it was more like five: "Mr Worsfold was detained for five hours, and his wife only found out where he was after reporting him missing when he did not turn up for his daughter's birthday party."
Surrey police defended their actions, claiming, "The man was positioned close to a small group of protesters and based on his manner, his state of dress and his proximity to the course, officers made an arrest to prevent a possible breach of the peace."
The Chief Superintendent remarked that the arrest was "In the interests of public safety," and that officers were forced to act "quickly and decisively based on the information available to them."
The Advertiser notes Worsfold sought the charges dropped to protect his reputation as a martial arts trainer: "He told the Advertiser he now sees the funny side, but as he was wearing his logo on his uniform he worries it may effect his reputation and has asked for a letter of exoneration from police."
Police later stated they found several knives on Worsfold, but that one was legal and the rest were rubber knives which were used for display.
The Advertiser says the officers that made the arrest apologized, but a still-shaken Worsfold expressed his disbelief: "It could have been done better. I was arrested for not smiling. I have Parkinson's."
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Angel Heart
A New York private eye (Rourke) is hired by a mysterious man (De Niro) to locate a missing crooner named "Johnny Favourite." But as every new piece of the puzzle falls into place and voodoo works its magic -- things get more dangerous and unnerving.
Alan Parker (Pink Floyd's The Wall) directs a film on a tight-wire, fusing Raymond Chandler with the world of the Faustian supernatural. With simple, but confident strokes, he brings such gravity to a tale that becomes otherworldly. Taking many liberties from the source material novel Falling Angels by William Hjortberg, Parker's screen adaptation expands the scope of the reality, while doing justice to the way people really speak in the Big Apple and the Big Easy.Continue Reading
In Julian Schnabel's intimate portrait of an artist, Jeffery Wright exploded on the film scene as Jean-Michel Basquiat, a graffiti artist turned international painter. The story is about his rise and fall amidst the New York elite, his friendship with Andy Warhol, and the women he loves.
After a successful painting career, Julian Schnabel (Oscar nominee for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) made his feature debut as a writer-director in this tribute to the life of his friend. His screenplay is simple, but efficient and his direction is gentle and compassionate -- bringing out wonderful performances from a brilliantly cast group of actors. He also does a great job of incorporating the music to define the times and emotions of the moment.Continue Reading
Copland (The Director's Cut)
Garrison, New Jersey is a pleasant place to live. Just over the Hudson River from New York City, this calm suburb is home to many NYPD police officers. These men who spend their days fighting crime on the streets of the Big Apple built this community in order to provide a safe haven to raise their families. But thing are not always what they seem, when the cops are corrupt and the law in Garrison is whatever they deem it to be.
The story kicks off on the George Washington Bridge. Officer Ray Donlan (Kietel) decides it's best to fake the death of his nephew, Murray "Superboy" Babith (Rappaport), to avoid what could be seen as a racially motivated murder at the hands of a cop. That decision begins the spiral what will unfold, spilling over into their humble little community.Continue Reading
Cradle Will Rock
Cradle Will Rock belongs to that class of movies that don't particularly offend anyone or bomb big enough to become a notorious flop; nor was it greeted with a ton of enthusiasm. Considering the talent involved with the film—Tim Robbins, Bill Murray, John and Joan Cusack, and Susan Sarandon, to name but a few—the mild applause the film seemed to generate upon its release was kind of like damning with faint praise. I never understood this because I find Cradle Will Rock to be a whole lot of fun, while at the same time serving as a pointed critique of the political apathy prevalent in art today.
The film tells the story of one of the most mythologized theatrical events of the 20th century. No surprise that Orson Welles was directly involved then. We're in New York in 1937 and the city seems to be the epicenter of a massive upheaval in society at large. There is labor unrest, growing unease about global fascism, and a gnawing sense that capitalism has failed the common interests of the average citizen. (Hey, maybe the film is due for a critical re-appreciation after all…)Continue Reading
When it was announced that Exorcist director William Friedkin and Serpico star Al Pacino were teaming up to make a gritty, New York police thriller in 1980, nothing grabbed the attention of cinema-goers more than the idea of Cruising--especially America's gay community at the time. Immediately considered grotesque and too dark for middle America, and exploitative, and wholly offensive to everyone else with its seeming portrayal of gay men as nothing more than leather chap-wearing, bushy mustache-sporting, sadomasochistic party animals, Cruising was quickly buried in the studio vault shortly after its quick life-span in theaters. But today the film can finally be viewed and appreciated for what it is: an over-the-top, campy, cult classic with a surprisingly engaging story, and an ambiguous twist ending that will linger with you for hours afterwards.
Al Pacino stars as Detective Steve Burns, who receives an assignment to go undercover after a serial killer starts preying on New York City's gay, S&M community. Dawning tight leathers and various colored handkerchiefs in his back pocket, Burns takes to the streets and investigates the underground clubs of Manhattan's Meatpacking District (really--no pun intended). As the detective comes closer to finding his target, he starts questioning his own sexuality and violent urges--making him a loose cannon with the police department, and an enigma amongst the sub-culture that occupies his new daily life.Continue Reading
Eyes Of Laura Mars
Written by the ice-cool John Carpenter and released about two months prior to Halloween, this metaphysical serial murder mystery falls gently in the middle of the writer's spectrum of work, lying somewhere in between The Fog's biblical-styled justice from beyond the grave and the dystopian realism of Escape From New York. Also on board is soon-to-be-Empire Strikes Back-director, Irvin Kirshner. The pairing of these two talents ends up giving the film that classic 1970s American paranoid vibe with a zesty twist of the paranormal.
I watched this in the midst of a Faye Dunaway kick and she doesn't dazzle, but isn't disappointing in the titular role. Laura Mars is a controversial fashion photographer. Laura has her fair share of critics, as well as devotees. Depicting female models in strikingly violent city landscapes nonetheless brings her fame. (Icon Helmut Newton provided the actual photographs.) Out of the clear blue sky, she gets a psychic flash and witnesses a grisly murder from the killer's point of view. Wait, she knows the victim! Terrified, shocked, and confused she ends up falling into cahoots with Detective John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones). The visions continue (Laura knows each victim) and the two run through the picture adding up the clues. All the colorful characters are suspect, including Raul Julia who is unpleasantly excellent as Laura's ex-husband. Rene Auberjonois is also fabulous as Laura's assistant. The ending, we'll say, is classic Carpenter.Continue Reading
Hannah And Her Sisters
Many consider Hannah And Her Sisters to be the third and best installment in Woody Allen's realistic New York "dramadies" (the other two being Annie Hall and Manhattan). While not as stylish as the previous two, and perhaps even slightly marred by some distinctly 1980's hair and wardrobe choices, the film is one of the director's most mature and dense with ideas while still balancing his knack for comedic writing.
As indicated by the title, the multiple-storied movie focuses on the love lives revolving around Hannah (Mia Farrow) and her sisters Lee (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne Wiest). Hannah's husband Elliot (Michael Caine) is torn by his romantic feelings for Lee, eventually leading to an uneven affair that also has Lee re-evaluating her life with ex-professor and current lover Frederick (Max Von Sydow). Meanwhile, Hannah's ex-husband Mickey (Woody Allen) is a worsening hypochondriac who starts questioning the meaning of life after receiving news he might have a potential brain tumor. He also develops an interest in Holly, who is feeling secure and confidant in anything except her career or love life.Continue Reading
It Came From Kuchar
I'm not sure how to begin this, so I'll try to make it linear, though the documentary is nothing but. George and Mike Kuchar are two twin brothers, born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx. I can imagine their birth to be extraordinary; a lighting bolt striking their mother and producing these two electrifying individuals. That didn't really happen, but that's how it plays out in my imagination. At the age of eleven, the two were given consumer-grade 8mm cameras as gifts, but what would later become of those tools is nothing short of spectacular.
This documentary spans across generations of filmmakers and artists, mainly in the New York and San Francisco underground scenes. The interviews consist of those from the two brothers and the various "stars" of their B-movie delights, as well as people like John Waters and Christopher Coppola (brother of Nick Cage), who claim that the Kuchar brothers and their films were their first sources of inspiration. Other clips include archive footage of New York and San Francisco from the '50s to present day, as well as photos and/or interviews of various influential artists, such as Andy Warhol, Guy Maddin, and cartoonists Bill Griffith and Robert Crumb.Continue Reading
Love at First Bite
Dracula. Disco. Delusional dufuses. That's right folks, you get the whole package with this ridiculously funny and well-dialogued farce of Dracula.
The year is 1979, and things have certainly changed in 700 years. Count Vladimir Dracula (George Hamilton) and his bug eating servant Renfield (Arte Johnson) are evicted from their castle in Transylvania to make way for government training grounds. Distressed by the notice, he and Renfield try to decide where to live. The only contact that Dracula has had with the modern world is through women's magazines, which he collects to get a glimpse of Cindy Sondheim (Susan Saint James)—a model whom he believes is his soul mate and a reincarnation of women he was fond of centuries ago. In order to pursue her, they travel to New York where she lives, where he will try to win her heart.Continue Reading
Mad Men
Set on the cusp of the advertising revolution in 1960s Madison Avenue, Matthew Weiner's Mad Men follows the exploits of the admen at a mid-level firm as its old-fashioned ways are being challenged by the popular onset of the counterculture. Advertising is America's subterranean cultural history and most of the drama from Weiner's show comes from contrasting our collective marketed images with the personal reality of his characters as this distinction begins to dissolve. As lead adman Don Draper (Jon Hamm) sits on a train confounded by the new Volkswagen Beetle ad from Doyle Dane Bernbach, you can feel the Age of Schizophrenia coming on. It was no accident that the Beetle became a signifier of the hippies.
William Bernbach's major innovation was using the anti-consumerist rhetoric of fifties pop culture critics to sell more stuff. Where ads had previously promoted the supposed benefits of some object to the viewing subject, the new advertising began to redefine the subject through the object, emphasizing what that object says about its owner. As the potential buyer began to define himself by the connoted images of his desiderata, homo economicus gave way to homo consumens, man as consumer. That it has become nigh impossible to extricate ourselves from Madison Avenue's Mephistophelean bargain can be seen by the way product placement serves to make the critique possible. Does it matter if the use of the VW Bug functions as sponsorship or objective correlative? The Marxist critique of capitalism has been reduced to comedic effect by this point – only, we're the butt of the joke.Continue Reading


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At the 2013 edition of the annual Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Track Invitational, the Blue Devils hosted most of their Inter-Ac League peers and a collection of other small school squads last Saturday. There was bright sunshine along with gradually warming temperatures throughout the event, which traces it origins back to the old Chestnut Hill Academy Relays.
There are now some field events and two open footraces on the program, but relay races are still at the heart of the gathering.
As expected, the Inter-Ac schools (all attended except Malvern Prep) excelled in the 4 x 400 meter contest, which is still the only relay race run in official league meets.
Penn Charter, which claimed a total of 10 gold, silver, and bronze medals on Saturday, won the four-by-four out of what was supposed to be the slower of the two heats. The Quakers finished in three minutes, 30.7 seconds with the foursome of James Biggs-Frazier, Charlie Hoyt, Tre Williams, and Daryl Worley, and coming in second overall out of the same heat was Haverford School. Third place overall went to Germantown Academy (Nelson Floyd, Earl Edwards, Sam Ritz, and Andrew Simon) and right behind the Patriots in the second heat were the host Blue Devils of SCH (Mac Concannon, Phil Giovinazzo, Graham Allen, Jamil Poole).
SCH earned a bronze medal in the sprint medley relay, in which the four legs are (in order) 400, 200, 200, and 800 meters. Here, the Devils sent out Poole, Concannon, Jordan Johnson, and Allen. Haverford won this one in 3:36.6, with second place going to Charter (Williams, Biggs-Frazier, Worley, Hoyt). Springside Chestnut Hill also had Johnson, a freshman, finish second in the 100-meter dash, which was won by Khiry Twyman of Girard College in 11.1 seconds. Tying for third place were another runner from Girard and Jhaloni Johnson of Springfield High School.
The Springfield Spartans were a force in the sprint relays, winning both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200. In the shorter race, a time of 44.3 seconds gained the gold for Kyree Carmichael, Khalil Hopkins-Bey, Kyle Wyche, and Johnson, and in the 4 x 200 winning quartet (1:32.4) was almost identical, except that Max Barnes was the runner on the third leg instead of Wyche.
Girard was second in the 4 x 100, and GA was third with Simon, Devon Goodman, Floyd, and Edwards, while in the 4 x 200 Girard was runner-up once more and Penn Charter claimed the bronze medals thanks to Biggs-Frazier, Judah Jamison, Julian Johnson, and Worley.
Springfield was second in the 4 x 800, where the winner was Julia R. Masterman School (8:18.9) with its foursome of Robert McGarry, Kai Heen, Julian Roessler, and Julian Degroit-Lutzner. PC was in third with Etienne Dumas, Hans Stedman, Matt Sullivan, and Ed McLaughlin.
Masterman's McGarry was the individual victor in the open 1600, crossing the line in 4:39.5 ahead of two Penn Charter runners, David Koch and Scott Mason.
The distance medley relay featured legs of 1200, 400, 800, and 1600 meters. Taking the lead in the final lap, Episcopal Academy won it in 11:23.2, courtesy of Ryan Quinlan, Tim Pope, Michael Quinlan, and Steven Lucey. In second was GA (Ben Ritz, Matt Miller, Dan Chen, Sam Ritz), with Masterman third.
Four field events were included in the meet, and these yielded a total of four medals for the PC Quakers. Notre Dame football signee Mike McGlinchey's toss of 48'11.25" won the shot put, and his teammate Naazhim Suluki-Johnson was runner-up ahead of a Haverford thrower. Silver medals were won by Charter's Abdul-Kareem Muhammad in the high jump, and by Ryan Burnett in the triple jump.
Springfield's Chris Stone won the high jump by clearing the bar at 6'4", and he took third in the long jump, as well. Girard's Twyman, a senior who had already won the 100-meter dash, also struck gold in the long jump as he traveled 22'1.5", breaking a meet record that had been established in 2007 by Phil Thomas, of the old Chestnut Hill Academy. The winner of the triple jump, with a distance of 41'3.75", was Haverford's Reggie Harris.


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Why buy property in bodrum Turkey
Property buying and investment go hand in hand in Bodrum, with the peninsula being popular for many years with a variety of international visitors from across the globe, arriving by air, land and sea.
By far the current hotspot property investment area in Bodrum is the elite area of Yalikavak with the exclusive Palmarina attracting the rich and famous, therefore, commanding extremely high rental yields for any investors money.
The peninsula offers many other resorts, peaceful fishing village like Gundogan to highly popular lively area such as Gumbet all within a short drive from the airport and Bodrum town, also making Bodrum an ideal area for anyone thinking of relocating to Turkey for a complete lifestyle change, with ample local amenities of international schools, shopping centres and hospitals etc.
Whatever your reason for buying a new home in Bodrum, investment, personal holiday home or a permanent home for all year living. the area offers everything, nightlife, beaches, excellent restaurants, nature, history, diverse culture and of course a wonderful Mediterranean climate.
Property for sale in BODRUM Turkey
Gumusluk is a coastal village and fishing port that is located on the Bodrum peninsula in south-west Turkey.
The village sits on the old ruins of the ancient city Myndos, which can be seen through the clear water in the centre of the bay, perfect for snorkelling where you will see the ruins more clearly, with the ruins creating a pathway through the water to the nearby Rabbit Island and dividing the areas Beach and harbour areas.
Much of the hillsides that surround the village are protected against development, therefore, the village will always keep its natural beauty and charm with quaint flower-decked houses lining the streets, and speciality fish restaurants at the waterfront which is where most of the villages visitors head for to sample the tasty fresh fish and seafood dishes.
Amenities in Gumusluk are limited to local shops and restaurants though the busy Bodrum town is just a short 30 minute drive where you will find everything you need, from restaurants to building supplies, schools and hospitals, making Gumusluk an ideal idyllic location for a laid back year round lifestyle.
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With building restrictions being quite strict in Gumusluk there are pleasingly no high rise buildings, there for wherever you buy property in Gumusluk, Turkey your views will never be spoilt, which is pleasing to the ear especially as the locals say that Bodrum's best sunsets are to be seen in Gumusluk due to its south-west facing position.
Being one of the oldest settlements in the Bodrum area you will see many traditional pretty stone houses lining the streets of central Gumusluk, and the surrounding hillsides are where you find the more modern accommodation for sale in Gumusluk, often surrounded by the lush green landscapes with amazing views out to sea and across the Rabbit Island.
Gumusluk property for sale can be found in both modern and more traditional styles and at very competitive prices compared to some area that sit around the peninsula, with 2 bedroom sea view apartments starting in the region of £65,000 and amazingly enough you pick up a traditional style 3 bedroom sea view villa in a complex with a large shared pool at staggeringly low price of £80,000.
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Gumusluk and its low prices are excellent for first time investors in Bodrum, a chance to get a foot on the Turkey real estate ladder at an affordable price, with investment accommodation in Gumusluk, Turkey with sea view or sea front locations offering excellent rental yields from Gumusluk lovers.
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Malaria severity not determined solely by parasite levels in blood
Although malaria kills some 600,000 African children each year, most cases of the mosquito-borne parasitic disease in children are mild. Repeated infection does generate some immunity, and episodes of severe malaria are unusual once a child reaches age 5. However, the relative contributions of such factors as the level of malaria-causing parasites in a person's blood—parasite density—to disease severity and to development of protective immunity are not well understood.
To clarify these issues, researchers from the United States and Tanzania regularly examined 882 Tanzanian children beginning at birth and continuing for an average of two years. No simple relationship between parasite density and malaria severity emerged. For example, 253 children had a total of 444 infections characterized by high parasite density and mild symptoms. Of the 102 children who did develop severe malaria at least once while enrolled in the study, almost two-thirds (67) had high parasite density but only mild disease either before or after the episode of severe malaria.
Moreover, data from this study suggest that one or two mild episodes of malaria are not sufficient to eliminate the risk of severe malaria; a finding contrary to predictions made by some mathematical models. The researchers note that this prospective study is the first to provide direct evidence that severe malaria risk is stable over several infections. The findings suggest a new approach to malaria vaccine development based on naturally acquired immunity. Such a vaccine would prevent severe disease and death in children, without necessarily reducing exposure to the malaria parasite.
The research team was led by Patrick E. Duffy, M.D., of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.


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Many of us crafters just returned from Maker Faire with the woes of air travel fresh in our minds. So what about that, huh? Can you bring scissors? Crochet hooks? Knitting needles? How are you supposed to get your craft on on long flights with the fear that your favorite tool might be confiscated by the TSA? The regulations are confusing and sometimes can appear contradictory. Here I will try to clarify what the TSA says on their site and share my crafty air travel experience. I'll focus on the USA, so if you're from another country and want to share your experience or the local regulations, please comment below.
The TSA site says "Scissors – metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches" are allowed in carry-on luggage. I've brought the red scissors pictured here (which have pointed tips and blades under four inches) through security in four different airports without a problem (PHX, AUS, PDX, SFO), except once when I buried them in my bag and the agent wanted to take them out to measure them. The three other times, I took them out of my laptop bag and placed them in the bin next to my shoes; they didn't even get a second glance from the TSA.
However, TSA writes "Our Security Officers have the authority to determine if an item could be used as a weapon and may not allow said item to pass through security," and are therefore authorized to deny your scissors if they want. On the special TSA page about knitting needles and needlepoint, it says "scissors must have blunt points," which contradicts the regulation on the main prohibited items page.
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Knitting and crochet
I've never had a problem getting knitting needles on a plane in the US, but here's what the TSA has to say: "Circular knitting needles are recommended to be less than 31 inches in total length," and "We recommend that the needles be made of bamboo or plastic (Not Metal)." That first one has me puzzled. Sure, circular needles pose less of a stabbing threat than straight ones because of their short rigid sections, but why recommend a maximum length? If it's strangulation they're concerned with, I'm sure a 24-inch set of circular needles would be more than ample for choking somebody. There's no restriction on other lengthy strong things, like rope or wire. Again, it's up to the agent to determine what makes it through. Go non-metal if you can for brevity's sake. If you're ok with feeling like a criminal, just stick your plastic or wooden needles in your pocket when you go through the metal detector; they'll never find them unless you get a pat-down.
It's recommended to bring a self-paid mailer with you in case the TSA won't let you through with your needles, that way you don't lose them permanently. Crochet hooks are referred to as "crochet needles" by the TSA, in case you're wondering what to search for. Based on what I've heard from crocheting travelers, the raising of their eyebrows seems to be inversely correlated with the size of the crochet hook; the smaller the hook, the more "dangerous" it is perceived to be. It seems silly, especially since pens are universally allowed. I wonder if they'd look twice at one of these pens designed to double as a weapon.
At the checkpoint
How you act at the checkpoint can sometimes make a difference in how your items are perceived. The agents are trained to evaluate entire situations, not just one item at a time in your bag. If your bag gets taken aside for search, you should have your craft project already started. A portion of a sock arranged on three double-pointed needles looks less suspicious than the needles by themselves. Think about the context. Store that tiny, pointy crochet hook in a plastic bag with the lace blanket edge work you're working on. When they TSA pulls it out to look at it, don't be afraid to say "I'm working on that for my niece." TSA agents are people too, not robots. I was once bringing a frozen Tofurkey to visit family where it's hard to get one, and when the agent opened my bag and knew he had to swap the box with his particle detection cloth, we both broke out laughing.
If an agent does take your tools, remain calm. They're just doing their jobs, and they deserve our respect. It can't hurt to print and carry the regulations on the TSA site to share with the agent as a bargaining tool. Bring a back-up entertainment plan so you don't panic when your only thing to do on that five hour flight is taken away. Magazines, books, computers, and mp3 players are all considered safe by the TSA. When all else fails, you can draw little mustaches on the people in the safety diagram with that pen you're allowed to bring on board. Happy flying!
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A quick note about the recent launch of Popup Cantonese (http://popupcantonese.com), a new website devoted to learning Cantonese online. Like our sister site for learning mandarin (http://popupchinese.com), Popup Cantonese has a mixture of free Cantonese audio lessons, a Cantonese dictionary (under development) and an assortment of extra study tools. We're currently releasing 2-3 new podcasts each week.
Most of the lessons up are fairly basic now -- but we're working on more intensive dialogue-centric and advanced lessons. So I wanted to post a notice and share the news. If you're learning Cantonese and looking for a good resource, please keep us in mind. If you're learning mandarin and want a fast introduction to the differences, I think it will be useful too. And if you already speak Cantonese and have suggestions or feedback, please let us know.
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Online master's program in sport management among top in U.S.
Overall academic excellence, course offerings, and return on investment were three of the factors that placed Liberty University Online's Master of Science in Sport Management degree program among the top 20 in a national ranking released recently by TheBestSchools.org.
Liberty Online, ranked No. 12, was in some rather prestigious company with Texas A&M, Drexel, Washington State, and Northeastern, the top four schools listed in the survey on the online education information website.
"We've worked really hard over the past three years to develop and deliver the best master's-level training in sport management in the country," said Dr. Clark Zealand, an associate professor and director of graduate studies for Liberty University's Department of Sport Management. "This ranking is one of many good signs that our work is paying off."
In a previous ranking, Liberty Online was named the No. 1 Online Christian College in America. Liberty has pioneered distance education since 1985 and is now the nation's largest private, nonprofit online educator. More than 90,000 students from all 50 states and 90 countries around the world are enrolled in more than 160 programs of study.
Liberty's sport management curriculum covers sociological, psychological, ethical, financial, and legal aspects of the discipline. Students choose from four cognates: General, Sport Administration, Outdoor Adventure Sport, and Tourism.
"The Sport Administration cognate is centered on the management of traditional or mainstream sport and is the mainstay of our program," Zealand said. "The Outdoor Adventure Sport cognate prepares students to position themselves for a successful future within the rapidly growing $646 billion outdoor industry where we are seeing a merging of adventure/action/extreme sport with traditional outdoor recreation. The Tourism cognate helps students to understand the intersection of sport management with sport and event tourism."
The program prepares graduates for a variety of careers in the field, including sports broadcasting, athletic facility management, and athletic marketing and public relations. Graduates are also qualified for jobs in advertising, administration, and communication, with areas of specialty including event and ticket operations, fitness and health management, outdoor recreation and park planning, and resort management.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates certain areas of the sports industry — which will generate $470 billion in revenues this year in the United States alone — will continue to experience a 22-percent growth in jobs available through 2020.
Zealand said globally, the travel and tourism industry accounts directly or indirectly for 1 in 12 jobs and generates more than $21 billion in Virginia alone.
Liberty's residential undergraduate program in sport management is fully accredited by the Commission On Sport Management Accreditation and the department is currently seeking the same accreditation for its online graduate program.


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I was touched by Sarah's interaction with Trig and with another boy with Down Syndrome (a member of her extended family). It made me cry and it made me think about this post by Andrew Sullivan criticizing Sarah Palin for combining motherhood and a career in national politics:
Anyone one who genuinely cared about the privacy of her kids would have either said no [to the vice presidential nomination] or been extremely careful to release the information as soberly as possible....Think of how the press — including you — regards those daughters as off-limits but goes after Palin's daughters.
[S]he parades a special needs infant in front of the press, dangles him half-naked in front of book tour crowds, uses him constantly as a rhetorical campaign prop, and cites him at almost every speech to appeal to pro-life voters....
What Palin has done with her young children is unprecedented. Think of how Obama strictly protects his daughters, and how George W. Bush did the same.
What Palin has done is use her children, having failed to actually rear them. She is still doing it on her reality show. That she has gone so far as to use and thereby abuse a child with Down Syndrome whose interests are clearly in seclusion, careful nurturing and care, and constant parental attention, tells you a huge amount.Seclusion? Is that right, tucking those kids away from the rest of the society? Why not be out and proud?


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Army evicts dozens from Shenandoah
Original post made on Sep 19, 2008
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 19, 2008, 12:00 AM
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a resident of North Whisman
on Sep 19, 2008 at 3:16 am
Is Shenandoah military housing the condominiums on the NW corner of Middlefield Road and Moffett Blvd. with the big empty field in front? I always wondered why that field has not been turned into a big city park and just noticed on the city map recently that the lot is not incorporated as part of Mountain View. I wonder if there are any plans to incorporate it in the future since that part of town could use a nice park.
a resident of another community
on Sep 21, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Well here we go again showing that no one CARES..
It would be nice if our "local" politicians care about the local situation.
It was just like the Navy Exchange/Service Station at Moffett. No one CARES and people have other plans.
It would be GREAT if our (?) politicians would step up and support the Armed Service Community (Active Duty, Guard, Reserve and Retirees). Be it SAVING HANGER ONE or get us a new Base Exchange/Service Station or a modern Commissary or LEAVING BASE HOUSING ALONE.....
I get the feeling the Bay Area Congressional Delegation does not care about the Armed Service Community (Active Duty, Guard, Reserve and Retirees).
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8th The Honorable NANCY PELOSI
450 Golden Gate Ave. - 14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
9th The Honorable BARBARA LEE
1301 Clay Street Suite 1000
North Oakland, CA 94612
12th The Honorable JACKIE SPEIER
400 S. El Camino Real, Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402
13th The Honorable PETE STARK
39300 Civic Center Dr, Suite 220
Fremont, CA 94538
14th The Honorable ANNA ESHOO
698 Emerson Street
Palo Alto, California 94301
15th The Honorable MICHAEL HONDA
1999 South Bascom Ave, Suite 815
Campbell, CA 95008
16th The Honorable ZOE LOFGREN
635 N. First Street, Suite B
San Jose, CA 95112
The Honorable SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN
One Post Street, Suite 2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
The Honorable SENATOR BARBARA BOXER
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
a resident of Shoreline West
on Oct 5, 2008 at 5:31 pm
This is one of few military housing communities that had allowed retires to live in it. Military housing communities are meant for active duty personnel. It is great that when the area had excess homes that they were able to make them available to retirees who choose to live in the area. But military housing communities are designed to provide affordable housing to active duty military personnel who are forced to locate to high cost areas, such as the SF Bay Area, where housing costs on the market exceed the housing allowances that military personnel received. If more active duty are coming to the area, the retirees should leave. I bet when the same retirees, who do deserve a thanks for their service to the nation, were on active duty, they would have been just as upset if they came to this area and could not find affordable military housing, because I retiree was taking up the house that was built for the active duty person's use.
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Casting the Coens—There will be an open casting call for the new Coen brothers film No Country for Old Men this Sunday, April 23, at the Student Center Ballroom on the Highlands University Campus in Las Vegas from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Coen brothers (makers of such fine entertainment as Fargo, The Big Lebowski and Raising Arizona) will shoot the film in Las Vegas, Santa Fe and Albuquerque beginning on May 24. Casting directors are looking for strong characters, including bikers, Native American, Hispanic and Anglo. The casting call will also be on the lookout for cars built before 1980 (the year in which the film is set). No Country for Old Men is based on the recently published novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy and concerns a rural sheriff hunting for a suitcase full of money and a demented killer. If you go, be sure and tell Joel and Ethan that The Dude sent you.
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The Sin Fronteras Film Festival
The Sin Fronteras Film Festival was started four years ago by SOLAS, the University of New Mexico's Latin American Studies group. "The festival was pretty small and mostly focused on sociopolitical concerns," admits Dorothy Baca, who has signed on this year as the festival's new director. Baca, who also serves as director for the Arts of the Americas Institute at UNM's College of Fine Arts, hopes 2006 will be a breakout year for the festival, reaching out of the campus and into the community.
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Competent documentary offers cowboys for Christ
For me, professional bull riding ranks somewhere between Olympic curling and women's billiards on the list of all-time favorite sports. In fact, like people who only go to church on Christmas, I'm one of those people who really only watches sports on Super Bowl Sunday. So, it's pretty safe to say that the new documentary Bullrider is not aimed at me.
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"What About Brian?"
Despite a number of extremely popular TV series, ABC is proceeding with the sort of reckless abandon of a third-place network. Their new fall schedule is crammed with new shows, and mere weeks away from May Sweeps network executives are still running premieres. Earlier this week, for example, ABC unveiled the newest effort from overachiever J.J. Abrams (who, in addition to cranking out "Lost" and the recently returned "Alias," is also directing the latest installment of the Mission: Impossible series).
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The Week in Sloth
"The Great Quake" (National Geographic 7 p.m.) One hundred years ago, San Francisco had one hell of an earthquake. This year, the city is celebrating (if that's the word), the anniversary of this earthshaking (literally) event. Here, National Geographic Channel gives us a history of the 1906 San Fran earthquake featuring lots of recreations. (Sadly, I'm picturing a Mack Sennett one-reeler with dudes in bowler hats falling down a lot.)
"Decoding the Past: The Other Nostradamus" (History 7 p.m.) Fringe-dwelling Christian/New Age prophet Edgar Cayce allegedly predicted World War II, the Great Depression and the deaths of several presidents (all conveniently revealed anecdotally and after the fact). Of course, Cayce also predicted that 1933 would be a "good year" (it was, in fact, the worst year of the Depression), that scientists would discover a "death ray" from Atlantis in 1958 (still waiting on that one) and that China would convert entirely to Christianity by 1968 (ditto).


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Two very important bills that impact conservation are languishing in the lame duck Congress.
The first is the Farm Bill. Generally, Congress authors a new farm bill every five years. The current bill expired in September. If Congress doesn't renew or rewrite the law, it will revert at year end to the "permanent law" written before WWII. That won't be fun for anyone except the Amish[1].
In recent decades, the Farm Bill has contained modern conservation provisions like the Conservation Reserve Program, Wetlands Reserve Program, and the Wildlife Incentives Program. These programs and others are instrumental in protecting and maintaining diverse wildlife populations across our country. Just one planting season without the programs in place will set land and wildlife conservation back 25 years.
The Farm Bill is critical to many bird species including the Greater Sage Grouse, the Sandhill Crane, and migratory waterfowl.
The Sportsmen's Act of 2012, the second bill, would continue critical habitat investment in programs like NAWCA and the Neo-tropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. The Act is a compilation of 19 bipartisan bills important to conservation of habitat and wildlife.
Although the bills enjoy broad, bi-partisan support, a few cantankerous members are holding them up to make partisan points. Congress, heralding a new era of cooperation, can send holiday greetings across the land by passing both of these bills before they call it a long winter's night!
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CEO of your company decides to terminate the data storage development project due to technology advancement as he thinks solution already available for same. Software development part of this project was outsourced to a company located in Bangladesh. As the project manager, what is the best thing for you to do next?
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B.Set up a meeting with the CIO and the account manager from software firm in an attempt to save the current project.
C.Initiate contract closeout with software firm.
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The annual National Catholic Educational Assocation convention is not just about professional and spiritual development.
It's also about school supplies.
The exposition hall, a must stop for the 10,000 delegates at this year's convention in Boston was filled with traditional student supplies: uniforms, markers, books and art supplies. But vendors also were selling what schools need such as software, SMART boards, scoreboards and desks.
Many of the booths lure potential buyers with free candy or other giveaways. The school fundraising vendors — especially those promoting candy bar sales — naturally draw a large crowd with bowls of samples on display.
Part of the success for vendors at the convention follows the real estate maxim: "location, location, location."
Some vendors on the periphery of the hall, for example, felt they did not get enough foot traffic.
The range of products on display illustrates the immense role these educators have. There were tools for making handwriting easier and others for electronically keeping track of students' volunteer hours. There were plenty of previously mentioned fundraisers in all shapes and sizes — promoting sales of free-trade coffee, organic products, candles, cookie dough and gift wrap — to name just a few.
Several booths offered religious items such as rosaries, holy cards and books but others highighted religious programs such as service opportunities, religious orders, missions and theology programs.
By the convention's end two booths had a particular appeal not for their location or their giveaways. One was selling comfortable footwear and the other offered nap mats.


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Just because idiots exist within the field of law, does not mean this is the level that one should aspire to.
I get what you are trying to say, but do you need to take such a long and irrelevant route? I have seen many people represent themselves in court, civil and criminal, and ALL of instances have been a disaster to the self represented. Not once have I seen it go well for them. I saw one poor guy loose his apartment because he didn't know when and what to object to, meaning the plaintiff introduced here say. Had he, he'd probably still be living there.
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Seclusion and privacy, beside the pristine rapid-filled headwaters of Christmas Creek - Wongari is an intimate romantic retreat bordering World Heritage Lamington National Park and only 90 minutes from Brisbane and the Gold Coast. If lazing in a hammock under the rainforest canopy, or reading a book or watching the birds, swimming in the private rapid-filled rock pools of the creek or roasting marshmallows on a fire under the stars is how you see yourself relaxing and unwinding, then Wongari Eco Retreat fits the description.
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First there was AT&T and then Verizon and then Apple even threw Sprint an iPhone.
Now Apple's smartphone is landing on a discounted prepaid carrier for the first time in the U.S.
Cricket wireless announced Thursday that it will sell the country's first prepaid iPhone without a contract.
But the freedom will come with an upfront cost.
Cricket users will have to pay $500 for a 16 gigabyte version of the iPhone 4S and $400 for the iPhone 4.
In comparison Verizon, Sprint and AT&T charge $200 for the 16 GB iPhone 4S and $100 for the iPhone 4 with a new two-year contract.
But Cricket will have something AT&T and Verizon no longer offers iPhone users: The discount carrier says it will provide unlimited talk and text for $55 a month.
Cricket says it will also offer unlimited data but it will begin to throttle that service when users consume more than 2.3 gigabytes in a billing cycle.
The nationwide provider says its estimates that the average iPhone customer pays $2,775 under contract over two years.
It estimates that its new iPhone customers will pay $1,719 over the same period.
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Cricket Wireless to offer prepaid iPhone.
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I'm having a hard time finding inspiration for an Urban adventure set in a fantasy world. I have always run wilderness adventures or dungeon crawls.
The adventure I'm designing is based in a Port city with a fairly large population. Merchants, Sailors, Pirates, and a very bureaucratic Port Authority are some of the aspects that I plan on including in this adventure. What I'm asking for is a list of adventures (published, home brew, or 3rd party) that could help me overcome my writers block. They don't have to be d20, I can always adapt the mechanics to fit my campaign. Ideally, I would like it to be a skill-check for my players.
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God is God of all of us if there is one and if he had to send a message it had to be in one of human languages and to one of the people that most suited his purpose.
First, you should know by now that I do not believe in the existence of a god, any god.
Just because arabs were given the final message in arabic does not make it foreign for the rest of the human world.
How convenient that god happened to give the final message to the Arabs.
Not a novel idea, other religions did the same long before the Arabs.
However if people choose to confuse each other and want to keep hurting and killing each other that is their own choice which has nothing to do with God because God is telling them not to do so and sensible people and enjoy life together as a proper human community.
Oh, come on! Really?
Here is Quran 8:60 Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever ye spend in the way of Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not be wronged.
What is the primitive illiterate Beduin in the 7th century to understand here?
How about Quran 9:111?
But enough of this.
There are 57 Islamic states according to OIC.
Each and every one of them is dysfunctional, constant war with their neighbors and with internal unrests, poverty, lack of education, and you want this mess all across the planet?
Do you realise what would it take to drag 7th century Islam (1.6 billion Muslims) into the 21st century? Could it be done at all?
I do not think that anyone on this forum takes your efforts seriously.


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'Pujan' is a Sanskrit word that means to worship of God and in 'Pujan' we Believe Buyers are next to God.


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COLUMBIA - A new electrical plan could open up one of the largest commercial areas in Columbia. The Columbia Water and Light department held a meeting Tuesday to share the Discovery Park development with all residents in Columbia, especially those who own property adjacent to or near the project area.
The large development plan would provide more electrical capacity and reliability to the commercial, residential and retail area located from Grindstone Parkway to the Discovery Park development at Ponderosa and Discovery Parkway.
Columbia Water and Light electrical engineer, Dan Clark said this area has the potential to be one of the biggest commercial areas in Columbia.
"It has multiple uses, residential and retail. It probably going to be at least as big or even bigger than the Columbia mall when it is all built out," he said.
Although there seem to be many positives to the underground electrical system, Clark said the plan would be quite expensive.
"It's probably going to cost around $700,000 to do this work which seems like a great deal of money but then again when people pay their electric bill every month that seems like a lot of money to them and this is what that money is used for to build new power lines and provide reliable service." said Clark. "We don't anticipate that this would be controversial in any way but still it is a lot of money. We want people to know how the funds that we collect from their electric bills are being spent."
The potential underground electric feeder would take the new electrical circuit from the grindstone substation and bring it to the Discovery Park development. From there, it would back up what currently serves Father Tolton Catholic High School.
If the space remains how it is now, Clark said the problem will still be there.
"There will definitely still be a problem, it's not reliable enough to serve such a large development. Currently there is only one electrical line circuit that serves the catholic school nearby the development," said Clark.
Having the electrical lines underground could be safer during severe weather. Clark said even though the lines may be safer, there are still potential problems.
"Underground lines are pretty much impervious to ice storms. They are not maintenance free, you can still have cable failures. So you do have to pay close attention to that underground power line just as you would the overhead power line but you don't have the sames kinds of problems," said Clark.
The Discovery Park development is still in the planning stages. The route could change due to suggestions at Tuesday's meeting. Columbia Water and Light will make a report to the city council. If approved, construction can begin. They hope to have the electrical line built by spring.


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Huzur based his Friday Sermon today on the Divine attribute of Al Hadi (The Guide) and explained that according to the lexicon the word signifies that Being that teaches His people ways of spiritual knowledge until such time that they begin to acknowledge His Rububiyyat (Divine grace of forming, nurturing and sustaining all creation, by virtue of which God is 'Rabb' – Lord – of all the worlds). These ways and means are taught by God at a time when people have rejected Rububiyyat. This manifests in different ways. Man assumes to be all-powerful, some claim divinity, others prostrate before graves, worldly powers consider themselves invincible. In short there is immense and apparently never-ending disorder in the world. This is when God manifests His Power and shows the world that He is the Lord of all the worlds.
Huzur cited several extracts from the noble writings of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) to expound the subject. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said that there are times when people forget the status of man and have no concept of the station of God. It is as if darkness falls all over. This is when the Gracious God sends an Imam to this world so that he may identify the satanic forces to people. The Imam is triumphant over those who oppose him and remains an Imam of those who are rightly guided.
Allah, Who is The Guide, brings His attribute of Rububiyyat into action and makes these signs of triumph evident to the enemy by helping those who are rightly guided and diminishing the rising power of those who create disorder. Indeed, at the time of the advent of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) Christianity was successful in its onslaught so much so that the Muslims of India were influenced by it. The Christian missionaries had dreams of being triumphant in India but with the advent of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) they were forced into a retreat. The Christians were also making headway in the continent of Africa but after the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) they admitted that Ahmadiyyat had slowed them down and had disrupted them.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said that the prophethood of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) had tremendous power of beneficence and in following it one may be rewarded with the blessing of the love of God. When this obedience and compliance attains supreme excellence, a stage where no deficiency remains, then Allah speaks to individuals and openly grants them knowledge of the unseen. This may, in other words be called prophethood and all Prophets are agreed upon this. How could it be that the Ummah (people) about which it is said in the Holy Qur'an that they are '…the best people raised for the good of mankind;' (3:111) and who are taught the prayer of 'guide us in the right path, the path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy blessings' (1:6-7) remained deprived of this lofty station and from among them not a single person could attain this blessing? What the Muslim world needs is to look outwardly, they need to focus their thoughts externally and come out of the sheaths they are encased in. They need to free their hearts of the enmity for the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and then say this prayer, it will gain acceptance and they should then pray for guidance.
Citing verse 40 of Surah Al Mu'min 'And your Lord says: 'Pray unto Me; I will answer your prayer…' (40:61)Huzur said we daily experience acceptance of prayers made for all sorts of reasons, how could it be that a prayer (1:6) made for spiritual development is not accepted by God. Huzur said when this prayer is made earnestly and keeping in mind Allah's promise then indeed He listens and sends a guide. If a prayer made in this way was not accepted, such a situation would be tantamount to making an allegation against Allah. The state of the religion of Islam is terrible, how could it be that despite the dire-straits and the prayers and supplications of the Muslims Allah would not send down a guide? Indeed the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) declared many times that generations upon generations of Muslims will pass away praying but there will be no guide, no Mahdi, no Messiah except him.
Huzur said the Muslims need to reflect on their condition and rather than persecute Ahmadis they should seek guidance with sincerity. The persecution of Ahmadis continues in all sorts of ways but they cannot eliminate Ahmadiyyat no matter how hard they try. Their new persecution ploy involves children. They have - God forbid – alleged that Ahmadi children [in Pakistan] have written the name of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) on toilet walls and have thus caused offence. Huzur said these people are deprived of any spiritual insight. Maybe it is them who can stoop to such an action for they have no knowledge of the station of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) but let alone the fourteen to fifteen year old Ahmadis on whom the allegation is made, even young Ahmadi children cannot ever do such a thing for they have been given teachings about the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) by the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) of the level that they cannot even imagine.
Next Huzur said that he wished to clarify a matter that was raised in a question at the Lajna UK Refresher Course [at the weekend]. It was said that the non-Ahmadis agree on everything with us but stop short of accepting the Promised Messiah's (on whom be peace) status as a Prophet of God. Huzur said Ahmadis are simple that they accept what others say. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) has stated that he was a prophet of God in the same way as the early prophets of God. Huzur said if one was to dismiss this it would lead on to doubts about whether he was the recipient of Divine revelations or not and so on and so forth. Ahmadis should not falter from their stance. Huzur said could we present a Mahdi contrary to the prophecy of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) just to increase our numbers? If the claim of the Promised Messiah to prophethood ends so does his claim of being the Messiah. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) had said that there was to be no prophet between him and Isa, son of Maryam, meaning the Mahdi and the Messiah. If it is accepted that Hadhrat Isa (on whom be peace) has passed away and the Messiah is to be from the Ummah then he is a Prophet of God. The Ahmadis who do not have full knowledge of this matter should be clear that once they deny one aspect they will also have to give up other standpoints. Therefore we should make our beliefs be known about what the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) had prophesied without any fear or any inferiority complex. Ahmadis have been given the glad-tiding that they will illuminate the world with truth. If these people do not wish to accept then we cannot deny the truth just to make them happy.
Huzur read out two extracts from the august writings of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) – from the 'Revealed Sermon' (Khutba Ilhamiya) and from 'Our Teaching' (Kishti Nuh). In these he explains the decisive message of the Holy Qur'an regarding the Messiah to be from the Ummah and throws light on the prayer of 'guide us in the right path' (1:6) and establishes the excellence of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) and Islam over the earlier prophets and religions. As the Shariah (religious law) of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) as well as his spiritual beneficence is to continue till the end of time, the Mahdi too had to come from his Ummah. Therefore there is no option but to accept the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace).
Reading from the Promised Messiah's book 'Zaruratul Imam' Huzur said that just as in worldly civilization one is governed by one ruler, similarly the prayer of 'guide us in the right path, the path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy blessings' (1:6-7) has been taught for spiritual betterment seeking to be blessed with the paths of those on whom the most excellent spiritual blessings have been showered by God. The verses signify that one should follow the Imam of the age. The words Imam of the age are applicable on Prophets and reformers but those who are not commissioned by God to guide people – no matter how pious they are – cannot be called Imam of the age. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) then declares, 'I am that Imam of the age'.
Huzur said it is not that he simply made a claim and people believed, indeed there were heavenly signs to support his claim. Huzur said the prayer of 'guide us in the right path,' (1:6) gains acceptance when made with complete sincerity of heart regardless of the religious beliefs of a person. If God can guide non-Muslims through this prayer why would He not guide Muslims? Huzur said this is because their intentions are not good, whereas purity of heart is essential in order to be guided. Allah states: 'And as for those who strive in Our path — We will surely guide them in Our ways…' (29:70).
Huzur said recently a Muslim scholar phoned in regarding a MTA programme in which Imam sahib and Momim sahib had participated and said that some ahadith had been misquoted in the programme and he had something to say to us. Our person went to see him and recorded his views. Much was said against us and will be responded to in a future programme on MTA. Huzur said Muslim scholars interpret the [Arabic word and Quranic term] 'Raffa' (to raise/exalt) as being raised bodily/physically whereas we consider the word to have spiritual meanings. From among what this person said one point that was new for Huzur was that he maintained that we wish to establish the death of Hadhrat Isa (on whom be peace) because in it lies the 'life' of Ahmadiyyat. Huzur said the fact is that the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said that it is the life of Islam that is inherent in this fact. Huzur said Ahmadiyyat's life is the life of Islam, we assert that we do whatever we do in the name of Islam for Ahmadiyyat is nothing else but the true Islam. The death of Hadhrat Isa (on whom be peace) is the pivotal point for the Christians who come into Ahmadiyyat. Once they accept that, the rest is evident to them. Huzur said if this sahib also prays with sincerity it is possible that Allah will guide him.
Citing verse 29 of Surah Al Fath 'He is it Who has sent His Messenger, with guidance and the Religion of truth; that He may make it prevail over all other religions…' (48:29) Huzur said Allah revealed this to the Promised Messiah as a revelation and Allah explained it to him that it was through him that Islam would be triumphant. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said Allah sent him with two aspects; one was the ability to guide people. He was granted spiritual insight as well as such knowledge which is given without any effort on part of the recipient. His heart was illumined with visions and revelations and he was thus given the title of Mahdi. The second aspect was to grant healing to the spiritually ailing through the 'Religion of truth' and thus he was given the title Isa. Both these aspects are cited in the verse.
Such is the station of the one commissioned by Allah who is the Mahdi and Messiah who was sent for the revival of Islam. May Allah enable the world to accept the Messiah and may He enable us to continue to put his teachings in practice, may we never stumble from the path that we tread and may we continue to walk towards the destination which leads to the pleasure of God.
Next Huzur announced that he would be leading a few funeral Prayers in absentia. The deceased included Khatam un Nisa sahiba who passed away at the age of 78. She was dedicated to Lajna work, was a simple lady who led a content life. She leaves behind two daughters and two sons. Her sons are both Waaqfeen e Zindagi.
Saleema Begum sahiba passed away at the age of eighty eight. She was the mother of Abdul Manan shaheed. She had borne the passing away of her son with great fortitude. She was the daughter of Dr. Hashmat Ullah sahib, the physician of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace).
Afifa sahiba who was from Indonesia passed away at the age of 65. She suffered from a disease of the lungs. She was a Moosia, was a very prayerful person. She leaves behind two daughters and two sons, may Allah keep them firm on piety.
Mirza Akram sahib from Pakistan who had just joined Ansarullah passed away during a robbery at his shop. He was shot several times and in this sense was a martyr. He was a fearless Tabligh worker, was at the forefront of financial sacrifices and generally served the Community a lot. He leaves behind a young family with children from the ages of 15 to 7, may Allah grant them steadfastness. Huzur prayed for the elevated station in Paradise for all the deceased.
The Jumu'ah (Friday) prayer is one form of congregational worship in Islam. It takes place every Friday. Regular attendance at the Jumu'ah prayer is enjoined on the believer. According to a Saying of Muhammad(sa) this congregational prayer is twenty-five times more blessed than worship performed alone. (Bukhari)
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"… (He who) offers the Prayers and listens quitely when the Imam stands up for sermon, will have his sins forgiven between that Friday and the next" (Bukhari)