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It's clear that L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is working hard to build his legacy on successfully expanding public transportation in and around the City of Los Angeles.
He has just over a year to do it—before term limits usher him out of the Mayor's Office.
It is also clear that cementing his legacy as L.A.'s "transportation mayor" hinges on finding the money to implement his vision. And finding it fast. Villaraigosa knows it. As the prospect of federal funding grows ever dimmer, the Mayor has turned to Plan B.
U.S. & World
With laser-like focus (or, some would say, unyielding tunnel vision—given the financial straits Los Angeles is facing), he's pushing a proposal for the November ballot, to extend Measure R, approved by voters in 2008.
That could set up a conflict between the Mayor and fellow Democrat, Gov. Jerry Brown.
Measure R established a half-cent sales tax increase to fund public transit, roads and transportation improvements through 2039.
Villaraigosa wants to continue the tax indefinitely, enabling officials to accelerate funding for projects such as a Westside subway extension and Metrorail to LAX, by issuing bonds against future revenue.
It makes sense politically for Villaraigosa to push for a November vote. Polls indicate that the Presidential general election, with its higher Democratic turnout, would likely deliver an electorate more amenable to the Mayor's proposal.
His measure, which would require a 2/3 vote to pass, could benefit from an Obama campaign GOTV operation targeted to bring out Democratic constituencies that largely dominate LA politics.
But there are downsides to that timetable, too.
There are lots of hurdles that have to be cleared before Villaraigosa's proposal can reach the ballot. It needs the approval of L.A. County's Board of Supervisors and the Metropolitan TransitAuthority.
The legislature needs to pass a bill to give the MTA Board of Directors and L.A. Countythe authority to put a Measure R extension before county voters. That bill then requires the Governor's signature.
Villaraigosa, a former Assembly Speaker, could likely navigate the bill's passage through the legislature in time to meet ballot deadlines.
Brown, however, is aiming to put his own tax plan before the state's voters in November and has been working hard to clear the field; he's worried that too many tax plans on the ballot would overwhelm voters and bring all the proposals down.
That's not an idle concern. There are still several tax initiatives floating around—including the well-funded "Tax for Education and Early Childhood Programs" initiative, whose primary advocate, civil rights attorney Molly Munger, has already poured well over $3 million into the campaign.
In addition, last month the Los Angeles School Board voted to place a $298 per year parcel tax on the November ballot, to help cut the School District's $390-million budget deficit.
Might the Governor balk at loading the ballot up with another competing tax plan and deny Villaraigosa his authorizing legislation?
Critics grimace at giving politicians what looks like a blank check to make spending commitments for generations to come.
But given previous election results and the voters' appetite for transportation improvements, odds are that the Mayor will prevail—if he's able to get the measure on November's ballot.\
It remains to be seen whether Mayor Villaraigosa's persistence in pushing his transportation goals will run headlong into Governor Brown's persistence in pursuing his budget goals.
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe is senior fellow at the USC Price School of Public Policy and the political analyst for NBC4.
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Dr. Christopher Calapai, DO, is an Osteopathic Physician board certified in family medicine, anti-aging medicine and chelation therapy. Proclaimed as the "The Stem Cell Guru" by the New York Daily News, Dr. Calapai is a leader in the field of stem cell therapy in the U.S.
His stem cell treatments have achieved remarkable results in clinical trials on patients with conditions as varied as Alzheimer's, arthritis, erectile dysfunction, frailty syndrome, heart, kidney and liver failure, lupus, MS and Parkinson's.
Dr. Calapai started his practice in New York City in 1986 and for over 25 years he has hosted nationally syndicated radio shows, including his two weekly call-in shows on WABC 770-AM, where he offers health and medical advice. He has a show on Saturday morning 8-9am and Sunday evening from 6-7pm. He has consulted with numerous high-profile individuals including Mike Tyson, Chris Noth, Mickey Rourke, Steven Seagal, and Fox series Gotham's, Donal Logue and worked as a medical consultant for the New York Rangers hockey team as well as various modeling agencies.

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Country Fried
And I ran today. Twice. Day 51.
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Nice. Running the day after the marathon does kind of suck. I remember struggling through my mile the next day, and you ran twice??
Getting better and better with each day.
Getting better and better with each day.
That's great Trent -- when do you start the big push for the 100 miles?
I just did. Sunday was my first long run...
Funny -- that's why I am considering switching to the full next weekend in Vegas. It will kick start the training for my first 50k in March. Good luck to you!
Very nice. And twice again the next day, I notice. I'm trying to run twice occasionally, like I did yesterday. But not the day after a marathon. I did run slowly the day after my ultra last week. Once. Slowly. I think I even tried to make it like 30 hours later.
Keep rolling Trent. We're with ya. It's nice watching your plan unfold.
So I guess training for the Ultra officially began with Monkey. I actually ran Monkey without any taper and ultra style (legs were tired, I was trying to direct the race, etc) with a lot of walks on the steep uphills. I ran without any Gu, taking just gatorade and water. The last few miles were my strongest.
The prior 50 days were just to get my legs moving again. At the beginning, 2-3 mile runs were tough. Now I can easily run at least 8 as a bread and butter daily run.
The next big change will be to throw in long runs, at first probably once every 2 of 3 weeks, with a medium run in the middle of the week. After a month or so of that, I get to start with the really high mile long runs (20-40 miles, once or twice in a weekend, with every other week to recover). So one week I may run 30 Sat, 20 Sun, the next week either no long run or a single long run, then the next week a 40ish miler. I will do that Jan-midMarch, then taper...


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Callie Brodt necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 24 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
The Farmer's Daughter
Hello, my name is Merritt Brodt and i live on a dairy and own a small country store in Ferndale California. Our store is everything a farmers daughter would want and more. We carry western clothing such as Cowgirl Tuff, Farmgirl and Farmboy clothing, and Justin Boots. Also we carry many sweatshirts, candles, western jewlery, signs, farm related gifts, western belts and John Deere merchandise. We started out as primitive store and now we are updating to target our local community, since i am a farmers daughter and work on the dairy i thought this would be the perfect name and fit well in our small town.
Our target audience would be tourists and our community. Our community consists of many dairy farms and beef ranches, so we sell alot of merchandise to our locals. Lets just say there are more cows than people in our town.
We want our logo to be an updated western look, no cartoonish embellishments. We love all of the Farmgirl brand clothing logos at Farmboybrand.com. We would like it some what old fashion but yet up to date. Not so cutsey but simple so we can use it on our bags, labels, business cards, sign, etc. The colors we like our brown, black, and off-white or white. We like old fashion feed sack designs and possibly the distressed look.
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~Humor is the affectionate communication of insight—Leo Rosten
- Arrogant people who park in 2 parking spaces are the same people who go home after work and kick the dog. Assholes.
- Thelma & Louis were total idiots. Why didn't they book that hotel room with Brad Pitt for at least a week before they committed suicide?
- I despise when I clean out the litter box, spray it with Lysol, sprinkle it oh-so-sparsely with baking soda & then the cat decides to take a big shit.
- When I saw that Snookie had a book out at Barnes & Noble, my immediate reaction was "Well, this is truly the end of civilization as we know it." Damn, the last book this chick read was probably "Green Eggs & Ham."
- Don't you just hate when you're talking to someone who has a string of saliva dangling at the corner of their mouth?
- Or how about when you observe a woman with a mustache… I've thought…. "Don't you know you have a mustache? Hasn't anybody told you?" wtf.
- My hands sweat when I walk into Target.
- Hell would be a place without poetry & lipstick.
- Triple Hell would include reruns of Big Bang Theory blasting all day.
- Eyebrows fascinate me. Especially when women draw them on with charcoal- black pencil. So-utterly Joan Crawfordy–Bette Davisy–Creepy.
- The word "Tolerate" makes me cringe. One may as well by exclaiming,
"Nope. Don't like ya. In fact, I can't stand ya. But myself being the good humanitarian I am, I'll tolerate ya!"
- I've realized when one eats an abundance of chocolate chip cookies, one's ass becomes abundant.
- Why do the words Menopause & Menstruation have "Men" in them? That is totally fucked up.
- If more than one mouse is "mice," then why isn't more than one goose "gice?"
- Doesn't a gorgeous woman such as Angelina Jolie royally piss you off?
- Dear Gaga, Madonna called…She wants her identity back.
- Dear Casey Anthony, Karma called….She's coming to get you.
- Random Acts Of Kindness Day ticks me off. Does that mean that one should be kind only one day out of the year?
- Wouldn't you absolutely loooove to be best friends with Oprah? Damn you, Gail.
- Dear Kim, Bridget Jones called… She wants her underwear back!
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The environment has a text editor which is designed specifically to make writing Lisp source code easier. By default it emulates the GNU Emacs text editor, and you should refer to the LispWorks Editor User Guide supplied with your software, for a full description of the extensive range of functions and commands available. It can also emulate a Mac OS style text editor.
The Editor features a comprehensive set of menus, as well as a number of different views, and its interface is consistent with the other tools in the environment. This chapter gives a complete description of these aspects of the Editor, as well as giving you a general overview of how the Editor is used. If you have not used Emacs before, this chapter tells you all you need to know to get started.
The Editor is integrated with the other tools and offers a wide range of operations. The most commonly used of these can accessed using menu commands. The full range of editor commands is accessed via the keyboard commands described in more detail in the LispWorks Editor User Guide . These operations range from simple tasks such as navigating around a file, to more complex actions which have been specifically designed to ease the task of writing Lisp code.
By becoming familiar with the menu commands available, you can learn to use the Editor effectively in a very short space of time, before moving on to more advanced operations.
Like many other tools, the Editor offers a number of different views, which you can switch between using the tabs at the top of the Editor window. Unlike other tools, one view in particular is used more often than any other.
You can create an Editor using any of the following methods:
Ctrl+X Ctrl+F
. Type in the name of a file that you want to edit. If the file is not in the current directory, enter the full pathname.
Note: the keystroke sequence
Ctrl+X Ctrl+F
is a standard EMACS command. If you use Mac OS editor emulation, many EMACS keys (those which do not coincide with standard Mac OS commands) are still available to you, though you will find it more natural to use standard Mac OS keys - in this case, the keystroke
You can always discover which key to use for a particular editor command, or conversely which command is invoked by a particular key. See Help with editing for details.
A further way to edit a file is to drag it (using the mouse) from another drag and drop enabled application such as the Finder, and drop it into the an Editor tool.


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One of Mike's ancestors was baptized by Father Chaumont. He wrote a comment last time and sent me the document.
Hello Pierre,
Thank you for your quick response.
My sister and I have been doing a fair amount of searching in regards to our family history and know how each piece of a puzzle can make a great difference in such searches. I am sending you a scan of the document. Our family has traveled much over the years between Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.
I am attaching the document for your information. I would love to see the article once you have finished it.
Thank you again
Here is the document in question…
Each time someone writes me a comment, there is something extraordinary that comes out of it.
Remember Doris Chaumont…
Well she is the person responsible for having this English version of my blog on genealogy.
Doris wrote me yestesday. She went to Louisiana and she met descendants of the Chaumont family that was living in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines back in the 1800's.
Our e-mails exchange was so funny, but I can't tell you about it unless Doris agrees to do so.
So where this story will take us to, I don't have the slightest idea.


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Thank you Ronan (and Nick) for pointing me to some useful software.
And Jean-Benoit for writing it.
I agree about -clv- . It identified a single factor as the best
representation, but also suggested a possible second
factor, based on two scales with a higher than average
correlation. All with the simplest possible format.
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Ronan Conroy <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
Date Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:48:26 +0000
>>On 2011 Samh 16, at 18:15, Cameron McIntosh wrote:
>> Hayton, J.C., Allen, D.G., & Scarpello, V. (2004). Factor Retention Decisions in Exploratory Factor Analysis: a Tutorial on Parallel Analysis. Organizational >>Research Methods, 7(2), 191-205.http://orm.sagepub.com/content/7/2/191.full.pdf+html
>A very well worthwhile article. The authors make the point that "Specifying too few factors results in the loss of important information by ignoring a factor or >combining it with another (Zwick & Velicer, 1986). This can result in measured variables that actually load on factors not included in the model, falsely loading >on the factors that are included, and distorted loadings for measured variables that do load on included factors. Furthermore, these errors can obscure the true >factor structure and result in complex solutions that are difficult to interpret (Fabrigar et al., 1999; Wood, Tataryn, & Gorsuch, 1996)."
>I really like Jean-Benoit Hardouin's -clv- command in this context, giving a splendid visual display of the structure of the items. It has revealed important >features of data, such as factors-within-factors, that would have been far harder to spot in the output of any factor analytic command.
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More than 60 people found the offer of a chop-shop that would let them report their car stolen too good to refuse, including an employee of the Dept. of Homeland Security, an NYPD officer and a director of a city hospital. Unfortunately for them, the shop was run by the city police as part of "Operation Disappearing Act," which sounds like something out of a James Ellroy novel. The sting netted 70 vehicles worth approximately $1.7 million.
Cars included the police officer's Dodge Charger (hopefully, not an unmarked cop car), Bimmers and Escalades. At least one of the lawyers is claiming that this amounts to entrapment, saying "the police department and the Queens district attorney proactively went out and induced people who otherwise would not commit a crime to commit a crime." It's a fair point, but it won't hold up if the people actively sought out the chop shop and not the other way around. [NY Times]


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College Basketball Player Jack Taylor Goes Off For 138 Points In One Game! (Breaking NCAA Record)
Jack Taylor, a 5'10 sophomore guard of Grinnell College shattered the NCAA record books with a 138 point performance versus Faith Baptist
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 31, 2012 / 02:45 pm MT (CNA).-
Bishops from North, Central, South America and the Caribbean denounced the "horrors" suffered by immigrants throughout the Western hemisphere.
"Poverty forces thousands of people to emigrate and seek their daily bread outside their native countries," they said.
"As long as this causal structure is not resolved, even though immigration laws are made stricter, the flow of immigrants will continue with the consequences that have repeatedly been pointed out."
The bishops released their statement at the end of the 2012 Regional Bishops' Consultation on Migration, held May 28-30 in Santo Domingo.
In their remarks, they also denounced the situation faced by many immigrants from Central America who cross Mexico to reach the United States and endure terrible suffering not only at the hands of false guides but also of organized criminal gangs.
"Across Central America and Mexico, the members of organized crime take immigrants as prisoners especially through the crime of kidnapping in order to extort their families," the bishops said.
"When these immigrants refuse to cooperate or do not come up with the entire ransom money, they are brutally tortured and killed, as demonstrated by the events related to the massacre of 72 immigrants in San Fernando Tamaulipas, the discovery of hundreds of bodies in clandestine graves and the latest massacre of 49 people killed in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon," they noted.
The bishops also denounced the continual increase in sex trafficking and slave labor, especially involving children, in order to reap "criminal profits."
They also expressed concern for immigrant children who travel unaccompanied and separated from their families, as well as the drastic increase in deportations from the United States and Mexico, which has led to more family separations."
The current U.S. government "has broadened the role of the State in the application of immigration laws, which leads to abuses of fundamental rights," the bishops said.
"Unjust laws in states like Arizona and Alabama, which are the result of a fear of immigrants, lead to xenophobia and are an attack on the Church's right to serve immigrants," they continued.
The bishops also denounced the suffering of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic.
"Amid this scene of pain and suffering, we thank God for the innumerable gestures and acts of solidarity offered to immigrants" by local support groups and shelters and for efforts to achieve more just immigration laws, they said.
The bishops also expressed their commitment to promote specific initiatives, including comprehensive immigration reform in the United States that respects the rights of immigrants, avoids separating families and reduces deportations, and approval by the Mexican Senate of a transitory visa that grants protection and safety to Central Americans who are passing through on their way to the US.
Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas, told CNA the issue of immigrants moving from Central America to the United States is complex. "What happens here (in the Dominican Republic) is very different from what happens on the border between the United States and Mexico," he said.
The president of the Committee on Human Mobility of the Bishops' Conference of Cuba, Bishop Marcelo Gonzalez Amador of Santa Clara, expressed his satisfaction for the chance to meet with other bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean and share their experiences involving immigrants, "whose sufferings, sorrows, concerns, and hopes as well, we make our own."
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Jury selection begins in U.S. terror finance case
MIAMI (AP) — Jury selection began Wednesday in the U.S. for the trial of an elderly Muslim cleric and a son accused of funneling about $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban terror group.
Hafiz and Izhar Khan of Miami are charged with providing material support to terrorists. Each count carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
The men say the money they sent overseas was for innocent purposes. They have pleaded not guilty.
The Pakistani Taliban is linked to al-Qaida and has played roles in several attacks against the U.S., including a December 2009 suicide bombing at a military base in Khost, Afghanistan, that killed seven U.S. citizens, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors also said Hafiz Khan founded a religious school in Pakistan that was used by the Taliban to train and indoctrinate children in fighting Americans. The Pakistani army shut down the school in 2009.
Defense attorneys say the money wired to Pakistan was for family members, not to buy weapons for terrorists, and that the school was not a terrorist training center.


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Benjamin Britten Complete WorksDecca celebrates 100 years since the birth of England's greatest 20th Century composer, Benjamin Britten, with a unique limited edition 65-CD box containing his entire canon of works. Britten and Decca enjoyed a unique relationship with the composer recording most of his key works for the label. Decca's 1963 set of the War Requiem remains one of the fastest-selling classical releases of all time.
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For the past four years, the Emerald Coast has been growing and new businesses have sprung up along the coastline. This is when Chuck Hinson and Jeff McDowell decided to answer a need and opened H & M Tent and Party Rentals.
We offer a full line of chairs, tables, tents, lighting, staging, dance floors, arbors and party equipment for that special occasion. At H & M Tent and Party Rentals we can set-up for a child's birthday with 10 children, or a lavish reception or gala for 500.
Not only do we offer a full line of services, we are also able to make changes to an order in half the time it takes for our competition, since we are local and located on the beaches of South Walton. This saves time, money and most of all gives a sense of comfort to our clients.
H & M Tent and Party Rentals has done various events along the Florida Emerald Coast including festivals, concerts, weddings, home owners meetings, gala openings, grand openings, celebrity receptions, fund raisers, just to name a few. No event is too small or too large.
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The city has released the schedule for the next few dates for what they call "e-cycling" where you can take your old electronics, batteries, personal documents for shredding and household hazardous waste: things like cooking oil, pesticides, cleaning fluids and such.
You have to go to the Fort Totten Trash Transfer Station, they won't pick them up from your house, but it's free! Read on for more info.
DPW Offers Options to Dispose of HHW/E-cycling/Personal Documents for Shredding in April 2016Check www.dpw.dc.gov for 2016 drop-off, document shredding schedules.
(Washington, DC) The DC Department of Public Works announced today the April 2016 schedule for disposing of household hazard waste, e-cycling and personal documents for shredding at the Fort Totten Transfer Station*.
Weekly, Saturday HHW and e-cycling drop-off schedule: April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 26 between 8 am and 3 pm.
Monthly, weekday HHW and e-cycling drop-off: Thursday, March 31. Every month, weather permitting, DPW will accept HHW and e-cycling the Thursday before the first Saturday between 1 pm and 5 pm.
Monthly, Saturday personal document shredding is April 2 between 8 am and 3 pm. DPW will accept personal documents for shredding the first Saturday of the month only.
District residents may bring HHW items such as cooking oil, pesticides, pet flea control and cleaning fluids to Fort Totten, along with e-cycling items such as computers, televisions and other unwanted electronic equipment. For a list of all household hazardous waste and e-cyclables accepted by DPW, please click on this link www.dpw.dc.gov, and navigate to Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off. DPW does not accept latex paint, which can be disposed of in the trash. Paint must be dried out by adding an absorbent, such as kitty litter or sawdust, to it before it goes in the trash.
On the first Saturday of the month only, residents may bring no more than five boxes of personal documents to be shredded. No business or commercial material will be accepted. Personal documents to be shredded will be accepted only on the first Saturday (except holidays) because these documents cannot be protected until the shredding contractor arrives on the first Saturday of the month.
DPW reminds residents that certain batteries (lithium-based and batteries greater than 9 volts) should be taped before being brought to Fort Totten. Lithium-based batteries are most commonly found in cell phones, digital cameras and laptops. Also, hearing aids, watches and keyless remotes typically use button cells that contain lithium. To safely dispose of batteries with lithium or batteries of greater than 9 volts, put clear, masking or electrical tape on the batteries' terminals. Flat button batteries can be sandwiched between two layers of tape. Examples are pictured at http://dpw.dc.gov/node/414902. Place these batteries in a separate container from other batteries that don't require being taped, e.g., A, AAA, C, D, 6-volt and 9-volt batteries.
Under the residential use requirements for Ft. Totten, vehicles with commercial license tags will not be allowed access. Additionally, tag-a-long trailers; stake-body trucks; trucks or rental vehicles longer than 14 feet; and vehicles with side boards, and/or ladders/ladder racks will not be allowed access.
*Directions to Fort Totten, 4900 John F. McCormack Drive, NE: Travel east on Irving Street, NW, turn left on Michigan Avenue, turn left on John F. McCormack Drive, NE and continue to the end of the street. Directions from additional locations can be found at http://dpw.dc.gov/node/414922.
The Department of Public Works (DPW) provides essential city services in two distinct program areas: environmental services/solid waste management and parking enforcement. Both contribute to making our District streets and public spaces clean, safe, attractive and accessible for all residents, businesses, commuters and visitors.


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Clear Mountain Organic Rooibos Tea is only cultivated in the Cedarberg Mountains about 250 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. Towards the end of the 19th century the people living in the area discovered that the fine, needle-like leaves of the bush Aspalathus Linearis made a refreshing hot drink.
Over time we have discovered that Rooibos Tea is a healthy substitute for ordinary tea, since it is caffeine-free and very low in tannin. It is rich in the "metabolic minerals" such as Iron, Zinc, Sodium, Copper and Potassium as well as the "bones minerals" Calcium and Manganese. It also contains fluoride in just the right amounts for children's teeth.
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Serving Suggestions: Rooibos teas are traditionally consumed hot with milk. If sweetening is required, we recommend a teaspoon of Honey. To pleasantly freshen the flavour, add a slice of fresh lemon. For maximum flavour, allow brewing for 3 to 5 minutes before removing the tea bag. Reduce brewing time for a milder flavour.
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Segula from Reb Chaim of Volozhin
Today, 14 Sivan, is the yartzeit of Reb Chaim of Volozhin ZY"A, talmid muvhak of the Vilna Gaon ZY"A. Every day I try to learn a little from the seforim of the tzadikim whose yartzeit it is. This morning I was learning Reb Chaim's famous sefer Nefesh HaChaim and learnt this famous piece from him. It can be found in Shaar 3, Chapter 12.
Reb Chaim of Volozhin says it is an "Inyan Gadol V'Segula Niflah" to erase and cancel "harsh judgements" if one implants in his heart that Hashem is the True G-d andאֵין עוֹד מִלְּבַדּוֹ (Devarim 4:35) – there is no power except for Hashem. If one does this, Hashem may help him through "natural" means are supernatural means, as the Gemara (Taanis 25a) says that Rebbi Chanina ben Dosa wife didn't have oil to light the Shabbos candles, but had vinegar, which miraculously stayed lit, to which he said: "the One who tells the oil also told the vinegar to burn".
There is a well known story of the Brisker Rov, a descendant of Reb Chaim Volozhiner, who concentrated on the words "Ein Od Milvado" and was able to escape the Nazis y's in this manner. Only when he lost his concentration was he noticed by the Nazis. As soon as he regained his concentration, he turned "invisible" again.
I was actually thinking of this a few weeks ago in connection with the article I wrote on the Degel Machane Ephraim. There it is mentioned the concept of imagining that when serving Hashem, it should be as if there is no one else but you and Hashem. I understand this as being the same as what the Nefesh HaChaim is saying. Nobody else in the Degel can mean absolutely nothing else – no other person, power or anything else - only Hashem. Also mentioned was the concept of Hashem being "One", which is the letter "Aleph" and also stands for "Alufo Shel Olam". There is a fascinating connection here. The letter "Aleph" spelled out in Hebrew is אלף, which has a numerical value of 111. The first letters of א׳ֵין ע׳וֹד מִ׳לְּבַדּו also equal 111.
There is much more to write but time doesn't allow for it now. No sefer needs by recommendation, but I have gained much from the little that I have learnt in Nefesh HaChaim and Degel Machane Ephraim and would encourage everyone to learn these Seforim HaKedoshim.
May the merit of
Reb Chaim ben Reb Yitzchok
protect us and all of Klal Yisroel.


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Today is Monday, April 8, the 98th day of 2013. There are 267 days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On April 8, 1913, the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for popular election of United States senators (as opposed to appointment by state legislatures), was ratified. President Woodrow Wilson became the first chief executive since John Adams to address Congress in person as he asked lawmakers to enact tariff reform.
On this date:
In 1820, the Venus de Milo statue was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos.
In 1913, the Republic of China's first parliament convened.
In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Relief Appropriations Act, which provided money for programs such as the Works Progress Administration.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a freeze on wages and prices to combat inflation.
In 1946, the League of Nations assembled in Geneva for its final session.
In 1952, President Harry S. Truman seized the American steel industry to avert a nationwide strike. (The Supreme Court later ruled that Truman had overstepped his authority, opening the way for a seven-week strike by steelworkers.)
In 1963, "Lawrence of Arabia" won the Oscar for best picture at the Academy Awards; Gregory Peck won best actor for "To Kill a Mockingbird" while Anne Bancroft received best actress honors for "The Miracle Worker."
In 1973, artist Pablo Picasso died in Mougins (MOO'-zhun), France, at age 91.
In 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's record.
In 1988, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart resigned from the Assemblies of God after he was defrocked for rejecting an order from the church's national leaders to stop preaching for a year amid reports he'd consorted with a prostitute.
In 1993, singer Marian Anderson died in Portland, Ore., at age 96.
In 1994, Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in Seattle from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound; he was 27.
Ten years ago: U.S.-led military strikes in Baghdad hit a hotel housing hundreds of journalists and an Arab television network, killing three journalists. Kidnapper-rapist John Jamelske, who had imprisoned five women and girls, one after another, as sex slaves inside a makeshift dungeon in his DeWitt, N.Y., home, was arrested. Connecticut won its second straight NCAA women's basketball championship, defeating Tennessee 73-68.
Five years ago: The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Army Gen. David Petraeus, told Congress that hard-won gains in the war zone were too fragile to promise any troop pullouts beyond the summer as he held his ground against impatient Democrats and refused to commit to more withdrawals before President George W. Bush left office in January 2009. American Airlines grounded all 300 of its MD-80 jetliners amid safety concerns about wiring bundles; the carrier ended up canceling more than 3,000 flights over the next four days. Tennessee captured its eighth women's NCAA championship with a 64-48 victory over Stanford.
One year ago: A U.N.-brokered plan to stop the bloodshed in Syria effectively collapsed after President Bashar Assad's government raised new, last-minute demands that the country's largest rebel group swiftly rejected. The U.S. and Afghanistan signed a deal giving Afghans authority over raids of Afghan homes, resolving one of the most contentious issues between the two wartime allies. Bubba Watson saved par from the pine straw and won the Masters on the second hole of a playoff over Louis Oosthuizen (WUHST'-hy-zen).
Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shecky Greene is 87. Actor-turned-diplomat John Gavin is 82. Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh is 76. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is 75. Basketball Hall-of-Famer John Havlicek is 73. "Mouseketeer" Darlene Gillespie is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer J.J. Jackson is 72. Singer Peggy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 72. Songwriter-producer Leon Huff is 71. Actor Hywel Bennett is 69. Actor Stuart Pankin is 67. Rock musician Steve Howe is 66. Former House Republican Leader Tom DeLay is 66. Movie director John Madden is 64. Rock musician Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad) is 62. Actor John Schneider is 53. "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch is 52. Rock musician Izzy Stradlin is 51. Singer Julian Lennon is 50. Rock singer-musician Donita Sparks is 50. Rapper Biz Markie is 49. Actress Robin Wright is 47. Actress Patricia Arquette is 45. Rock singer Craig Honeycutt (Everything) is 43. Rock musician Darren Jessee is 42. Actress Emma Caulfield is 40. Actress Katee Sackhoff is 33. Actor Taylor Kitsch is 32. Rock singer-musician Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) is 29. Actor Taran Noah Smith is 29. Actress Kirsten Storms is 29.
Thought for Today: "A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence." - James Brander Matthews, American author and educator (1852-1929).
(Above Advance for Use Monday, April 8)
Copyright 2013, The Associated Press. All rights reserved.


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Sunday, September 26, 2010
I've got a quick card using what I have to say is my new most favorite Tiddly Inks image evah! This little cutie is an homage to and namesake of the amazing Donna and how can you not love her just as much as Miss Three Umbrellas herself?! She has such charm and tells such a great story... what can I say, she melts my heart a bit. :)
I couldn't resist coloring her up as I imagine Donna may have looked in her childhood days and it was so much fun creating a whole little scene for her to live in. Then I just grabbed a mix of October Afternoon paper scraps within my color scheme and finished it all off with, what I hope, is a clever sentiment for the image. Oh, and the little dots on the umbrella and down by her feet are tiny little gems that look kinda like raindrops when the light hits them... not so much in the photo unfortunately. Oh well, I hope I did Donna proud with this one! :)
Ok, so be sure to check back tomorrow when I will have a new Sweet November spotlight to share that will kick of sneak peeks and candies starting on Tuesday! Woot woot!
Smooches! Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon
digi stamp- Tiddly Inks (Donna)
stamp- Paper Trey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
Creative Cafe felt flower
tiny gems
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E21, E13, E00, R20
hair- T3, T5, T7, T9
clothes- Y15, Y19, Y17, YG03, YG25, YG95, E40, 0
umbrella- BG32, BG34, BG18, C3, C5, C7, C9
background- YG93, YG95, W00, W1, W3, BG000, BG01, 0
29 comments:
- Kellie said...
OH wow I have to have her, how adorable is she! But as always your colouring and gorgeous cardmaking just brings her to life!
Kellie xx
- September 26, 2010 at 5:14 AM
- Renkata said...
Hi Amy, she is so cute, just make me wish to go walk with her, hihihihi
Love her.
- September 26, 2010 at 5:17 AM
- ♥ Kristy Woods ♥ said...
Oh wow!! So adorable and fabulous! Im sure Donna will think this card is FABULOUS!!! Love it!
Kristy xx
- September 26, 2010 at 5:46 AM
- Nancy Thomas said...
That is a cute image - lovin' all the cheery yellows.
- September 26, 2010 at 5:52 AM
- Tonje said...
She's absolutely adorable, and I love the sentiment. so cute!
- September 26, 2010 at 6:04 AM
- Tracey said...
So cute! An adorable card Amy!
- September 26, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- Rhonda Miller said...
This is so cute. TFS.
- September 26, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- Shannon Erskine aka e3stamper said...
LOVE how you did the rainy background and grass Amy!! Fabulous card!!
- September 26, 2010 at 7:55 AM
- Shaela said...
this is adorable!! I'm a sucker for umbrella images, so naturally I love this one :)
- September 26, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Leanne said...
O wow this is the sweetest scene! I adore that stamp and when Donna sees it she's going to be just as jazzed about it. Great card and great scene Amy. Perfect sentiment. I really need to start adding some TI to my list. TFS!!
- September 26, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- ~* steph :) *~ said...
so adooorable, amy! what a sweet sweet image! i love that little one with the umbry with the froggie handle! wonderful mix of papers and colors! cute sentiment. thanks for sharing and have a great sunday! *hugs* steph :)
- September 26, 2010 at 9:13 AM
- Stamping Cafe said...
Donna will love this, Amy!! What a sweet card with the sweetest scene, and your coloring is always perfect!!
I just got the image the other day, I love this little cutie too... how can you not?!! LOVE your card!!
- September 26, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Maria Therese said...
Aaaaaaaaawwww so sweet!!!
- September 26, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- gobeagirl said...
AMGoodness Amy, this is so adorable! I love every bit of it. SHe is just wonderful with her cute little books and coat and her little frog umbrella. I love these papers and everything. I really, really love how you have colered her ground and grass. Brilliant! Hugs, Lisa
- September 26, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Mimi said...
So adorable! I'm sure Donna would be thrilled! Who wouldn't?? Sweet card and great coloring! ;)
- September 26, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- chrilvian said...
o gossie what a sweetie
- September 26, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Shirley N said...
Ohhhh Amy! this is just soooo adorable, Donna will love this! Love the rainy scene you created and your raindrop gems. This is so very SWEET!!!
- September 26, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- donna mikasa said...
Just got my internet back and I DO love your card! You did Christy proud, too! Love how you flipped the image and your raindrops are awesome! ♥ ♥ ♥
- September 26, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Holly T. said...
I love this card. The coloring is awesome and I love the image you used. Do you have any good advice for digi-stamps? printer, ink etc? I havent dove into the digi stamps yet and I would love some good advice. Take care
- September 26, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- ♥Rach♥ said...
This is too adorable, love the fab colors and rain!
- September 26, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Loz said...
too cute! love your cards ♥
- September 26, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- Tasha said...
This is so cute! Love the colours you put together and fun prints! Awesome layout
love tasha xx
- September 26, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Unknown said...
Awww so so cute ... love the papers too, so fresh xxx
- September 26, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Bumbles and Fairy-Tales said...
Awww, what a sweet lil girlie! I love the lil frogs and her bob-like hair! Such a fun scene! Beautiful job :)
hugs, margie
- September 26, 2010 at 7:05 PM
- WickedPixie said...
Oh, Amy! You put the perfect papers with the cutest images to make such Wonderful cards! This is another beauty! :-)Traci
- September 26, 2010 at 10:41 PM
- Larisa said...
WOW!! It is adorable)) So nice image! ))) The papers are fine as always) Love this image so much)))
- September 27, 2010 at 5:23 AM
- Christy/Tiddly Inks Digitals said...
Okay, that is seriously adorable...I love how you just throw some scraps on there and it looks fantastic!!! :)
Many sprinkles of happiness to you. :)
- September 27, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- Alice said...
i adore Donna, too! both the image and the real person!! =) LOVE your sweet card!
- September 27, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Mary said...
Love the card, very sweet image.
- September 28, 2010 at 6:40 AM


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A group of mothers and daughters in Honduras recently shared with us a special technique they use to craft environmentally friendly curtains and jewelry from thorns and seeds!
Check out our interview with 10-year-old Tania, a CFCA sponsored child, who describes how she helps her mother make interesting and eco-friendly designs.
I'll never forget the day I was sponsored because it was my birthday. I was turning 6 years old.
My name is Tania, and since that day I have become part of the beautiful and loving CFCA family.
I help my mother make curtains and bracelets by opening the little holes in the seeds and stringing them together.
I like to make the bracelets, but I don't like to make the curtains because it takes too much time, and I get bored.
I want to invite my sponsor to come to my community. I would love to meet her and teach her how to make the bracelets and necklaces.
DIY thorn and seed curtains and jewelry in 3 steps:
- The first step is to look for the thorns, which we call "cachitos" or bull's horns. This is the most difficult part of the process because a large number of stinging ants live inside the thorns and sting our hands.
- Next we have to get seeds. We use a seed called "Lágrimas de San Pedro" or Saint Peter's Tears. These seeds are usually brought over from another community. We try to use any kind of seeds we can find in our community. We paint the seeds so they are colorful.
- Once we have collected all the necessary materials, we start to make our products. First, we make holes in the seeds and thorns. Next, we create a design and use fishing or metal string to make the curtains and other kinds of jewelry.
Read the full story about mothers making eco-friendly curtains in Honduras


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Item Description
Photograph, John Gill Pratt and his wife Olivia Evans Pratt
Author: No authors specified.
This photograph of John Gill Pratt and his wife Olivia was taken in a room in a building in Wyandotte County which had been part of the Delaware Mission School. John Gill Pratt was a Baptist missionary to the Delaware Indians and served as superintendent of the Delaware Baptist Mission. He had some training as a doctor and worked as a printer at the Shawnee Manual Labor School. He was involved in some of the treaty negotiations during the territorial period.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: B Pratt, John Gill *3
Item Number: 101472 Number of images: 1
Keywords: American Indians (see also Native Americans); Baptists; Card photographs; Delaware Indians; Missionaries; Native Americans; Photographs and Illustrations; Pratt, J. G. (John Gill), 1814-1900; Pratt, Olivia Evans; Treaties; Wyandotte County, Kansas Territory
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Asset Protection: Reducing Risk, Promoting Peace of Mind
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Beware of Living Trust Scare Tactics!
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Charity Begins at Home
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Estate Planning Basics For Families With Young Children
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Family Farm: The Next Generation
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Family Wealth Trust: Calculating the Benefits
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For surviving family members, the hours and days following a loved one's death is no time for weighty decisions. For many Americans, however, this will be the first time they think about the preparations for their loved one's funeral.
Getting The Most Out of Your Life Insurance: The Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust
If you own life insurance, congratulations. Sadly, most of us put off this critical element in our family's financial planning, which may have devastating consequences on the loved ones left behind.
GRANDPARENTS' GUIDE TO SECOND GENERATION PLANNING: Why Your Adult Children Need an Estate Plan
The question of what will happen to your children without you or their own partner will be answered someday. In preparation for the unexpected and the inevitable, it is important to set up a proper estate plan.
Keeping Up With the Ever Changing Estate Tax
Why create an estate plan? As 2013 started, the estate planning world had a new law: The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), enacted January 2, 2013.
Living Trusts: Calculating the Benefits
Chances are you've already heard a lot about the attributes of Living Trusts: avoiding probate and legal quagmires, sometimes lowering estate and/or income taxes and protecting privacy.
Peace Of Mind: Planning For All Of Life's Contingencies
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The first of meeting in the El Classico between Barcelona and Real Madrid couldn't have come at a proper time. Both sides had their walking wounded hale and healthy for the match so no side can claim that they were at a disadvantage. In recent weeks, Madrid had claimed the top spot from the defending champions with four wins out of five matches while the latter could only account for two wins in five of their own. Yet only one point set them apart in the Primera Liga standings 28-27.
After coming on from a largely ineffective Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Catalans' answer to the galactico wave from their blood rivals when he was signed from Italian champs Internazionale in the off-season, proved his million-Euro worth by smashing home a volley from a Dani Alves cross in the 56th minute. That was preceded by a superb stoppage of a Gonzalo Higuain strike and the Catalans went on a quick counter. But the celebration had to be quickly tempered as Barcelona were reduced to ten men when midfielder Sergio Busquets was sent off six minutes later for a handball and the challengers renewed their pace.
Barca's Pep Guardiola then brought in Lionel Messi for Henry and the move created some chances. Cristiano Ronaldo, sidelined for nearly two months almost got the equalizer in Camp Nou but he fired straight at Victor Valdes who was brilliant in front of the net. French internationalist Karim Benzema replaced the Portuguese striker with 25 minutes left ad had two chances but misplayed them.
Messi, back from a thigh injury, nearly scored a second goal for Barcelona, but like Ronaldo before him, blasted straight at Iker Casillas.
All told, Barcelona looked more impressive as they dominated possession for 62% of the match only to see their fortunes change although not direly when Busquets was booked and sent off. The 1-nil win gives them 2 points ahead of their rivals in the standings and sent a strong message that they own their rivals thus far. And what pains Madrid's press and their fans is that defiant Catalan cry, "Madrid, cabron, saluda al campeon."


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After I babbled incoherently about how he's the only straight man AfterEllen.com would ever interview and he nodded politely (possibly making a mental note to ban me from next week's set tour of Dollhouse), I pulled myself together and asked him about the Buffy/Satsu story line in the Buffy Season 8 comic.
Buffy and Satsu
Joss was also there to talk about his upcoming Fox series Dollhouse, starring Eliza Dushku, which will premiere in early 2009.
Whedon (left) and Dushku at the Fox party
Given Joss's history of including wonderful lesbian/bisexual characters in all of his projects, I have no doubt that we'll have something equally delicious to look forward to in Dollhouse. (Really, no doubt. Hint.) Next week — as long as I'm not ejected from the press tour for my fannishness — I'll try to dig up more info during our visit to the set of Dollhouse.
I'll just have to manage to not trip over anything in the vicinity of Eliza Dushku. It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it.
— by Malinda Lo


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Flares, Fears, and Forecasts: Public Misconceptions About the Sunspot Cycle
Kristine Larsen
Presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the AAVSO, October 8, 2011; received December 28, 2011; revised February 22, 2012; accepted February 24, 2012
Among the disaster scenarios perpetrated by 2012 apocalypse aficionados is the destruction of humankind due to solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). These scenarios reflect common misconceptions regarding the solar cycle. This paper (based on an annual meeting poster) sheds light on those misconceptions and how the AAVSO Solar Section can address them.


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International news
21th February 2015.
We are very pleased to announce to you that the Club of Budapest Switzerland is going to be officially launched in the next few weeks.
This new Institution and collaboration will be officially announced and welcomed for the first time by the Mayor of Lugano, Switzerland, on the 21st February during the One Earth Choir's online video streaming transmission, starting at 10.30 a.m. GMT / UTC - 21. February - One Earth Choir Day -
One Earth Choir 2015 - 4° Edition -
more than 3.500.000 persons on the Earth, from 55 Countries, from their cities, sing, listen, play the same Music at the same time, in one unique Symphony which affirms: "many native languages and one only human language, one only humanity"
Empathy and Social Trust as Pillars of Culture
We are deeply honored that one of the greatest scientists, philosopher and systems thinker on the Earth, Ervin Laszlo, accepted to be the Conductor of the Choir of the Earth.
We gladly invite you to follow the transmission in streaming and to join the One Earth Choir on www.OneEarthChoir.net. We kindly invite you to announce and involve your local communities in the One Earth Choir and to subscribe (on the project's website) to this "Choir of Citizens of the Earth".
Looking forward to meeting all of you on the 21 February in Symphony.
Warmest Regards,
Anna Bacchia and the One Earth Choir Team
For a Civilization of Oneness with Diversity on Planet Earth
Article on the Fuji Declaration in the Kosmos Journal
Upcoming Inauguration Event: Celebrating The Fuji Declaration May 17 2015.
The Fuji Declaration Inauguration Launch at The Symphony of Peace Prayers May 17th 2015.
Fuji Symphony of Peace Prayers Live Webcast
In the Spring of 2014, The Goi Peace Foundation sought background studies in four spheres (the economy, politics, media, and business) to show how its goals for humanity, as expressed in the Fuji Declaration, at that time provisionally entitled, "AWAKENING THE DIVINE SPARK IN THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY: For a Civilization of Oneness with Diversity on Planet Earth" can be achieved. The Declaration points to the possibility of a worldwide shift in consciousness, from materialism-centered sustainability to full-spectrum flourishing.
Four research studies on the implementation of the declaration have been carried out by teams in Denmark, Hungary and US with the help of The Goi Peace Foundation.
General project director Ervin Laszlo created an overview document with an assessment of the findings and the conclusions for their application:
A report on practical steps for achieving the goal stated in the Declaration by Ervin Laszlo
1) The Business Sector Path Towards a Civilization of Oneness with Diversity
Authors: Lori D. Kendall, USA; Ignacio Pavez, Chile; Lili Bao, China; Advisor: Chris Laszlo, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio: United States of America
Research Study for the Goi Peace Foundation in conjunction with the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value at the Weatherhead School of Management.
Contents: How business has contributed to the problem; The theory behind an awakened business; The stages of business evolution towards oneness; How companies follow the arc of interconnectedness; Crossing the ontological threshold.
2) Paths Toward a Civilization of Oneness with Diversity in the Sphere of the Economy
Authors: Sándor Kerekes, Kaposvár University, Hungary & Tamás Kocsis, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
This report presents a background study about the economy. It outlines the path toward a Civilization of Oneness with Diversity as it is being shaped and advanced by the economy.
Contents: The economic theory behind (un)sustainability; The shift towards an economy of flow (a GDP-friendly path); The concept of the' celestial footprint' (the increase of which is always advantageous, in contrast to increases in the ecological footprint); The shift towards voluntary simplicity (a GDP-reducing path).
3) New Media for a New Future: The Emerging Digital Landscape for a Planetary Society
Authors: Bente Milton, Coordinator - Denmark; Duane Elgin – USA; Kingsley L. Dennis – Spain/UK
A Research Study on Behalf of the Goi Peace Foundation.
Contents: Media in Transition; A New Superpower — Creative Transformation through New Media; Social Media as a Powerful Tool; New Media Empowering a New Generation; Transforming Education in the New Media Environment; The Transforming Power of Computer Games; The Hazard of an Always-On Lifestyle; New Stories for our Future; New Media and the Politics of Conscious Citizenship.
4) Global Transformation, Fundamental Political and Social Change, Constructive Political Innovation and Responsible Social Sciences
Authors: Ferenc Miszlivetz, Hungary & Jody Jensen, USA
A study on practical steps toward creating a new civilization.
Contents: A New Norm for a New Age: New Terminologies; Paradigm Shift; Pathways to the Formulation of New Norms; Integrative Cognitive Tools: Towards Oneness in Scientific Analysis; Towards a New Global Social Contract.


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Install Citadel on RPM based distributions
Citadel is available as RPM-Package for the following distributions:
- Fedora
- openSUSE
- Mandriva
Use this link to install: Citadel
Use this link to install: Webcit
For all distributions the following steps have to be accomplished, but are different for each distribution (see links above):
- Add repository with the distributions package management tool (e.g. zypper, yum, urpmi)
- update package cache
- install citadel and/or webcit with the distributions package management tool
The following main packages are available:
- citadel: citadel-server, daemon
- citadel-client: client, to connect from a terminal
- citadel-mta: sendmail replacement
- webcit: web-client
After installation edit the configuration files /etc/sysconfig/citadel and /etc/sysconfig/webcit according to your needs. Then run
% /usr/sbin/citadel-setup
to initialise citadel's database and to create an admin account.
SysVinit and systemd
The older RPM based distributions, like SLES and CENTOS, use sysvinit as init system. With these distributions the citadel and webcit daemons will be started through the scripts /etc/init.d/citadel and /etc/init.d/webcit. So, you would use
% /etc/init.d/citadel start
to start the citserver daemon.
The newer distributions, like openSUSE, fedora and Mandriva, use systemd as init system. So, you can would use
% systemctl start citadel.service
to start the citserver daemon. The FAQ article about systemd describes how to use systemd.
The service command will work in either case, e.g.:
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Hi kk
Bad news buddy, due to f**king work commitments I'm unable to attend this years FF once again sorry dude, could you also let me know if you know someone who might be interested in buying my ticket.
Cheers Frank.
karl, wats the chances of comin over on sat night to do sunday would ave done both days but cant get sat off need a fix lol
dude whens your fest on and is it still spaces, also any news on the shifter cheers Mark
All reet Karl, You ready for the end of this month? Im graftin all hours at the moment and gettin used to my new life so havnt been on here much but im still game for showing you the dirty parts of the toon and every1 crashing here... Al speak to ya at teeside, am going to 3 sisters this weekend if ya about...
hi karl did you get my addy ok to send shifter cheers mark
ive been away for a few days shag, ill work numbers out tommorrow and let ya know
blad,,2 spaces needed,money ready to send


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Introduction: Photographers Photoshop Trick
I am going to show you one of the tricks photographers use to get the most unbelievable shots. It's photoshop magic! Many of todays most popular portrait poses look almost too good to be true! Most of the time they are!! I am going to show you step by step how to get amazing portraits with photoshop. This is the final image.
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Step 1: Get Your Background Image
I don't have images of the first few steps in this process, but I will tell you that my assistant went into the woods and drug this LIMB into the studio! We cleaned it up and let it dry for a few days. In the meantime we went to Hobby Lobby and picked out some silk flower bunches that we liked. When we got back to the studio, Brandi (my creative studio manager) proceeded to patiently plucked off the silk flowers and glue gunned them to this branch hanging out in our camera room! After that we were ready to shoot!!
So now for the fun stuff! We started by taking a photo of the limb – camera on tripod to keep the same distance and height, etc. The image below is what we used as the base image.
Step 2: Get the Baby in the Image!
Next we moved in a giant bean bag and the baby! you can see what we got in the next photograph. Again, camera in same location, same lighting, same white balance, etc.
WOW! Lots of stuff to clone!! NO NO, its much easier than that! In the next photo you will see how I used the lasso tool to circle the baby and a bit of the surrounding area. Then switch to the selection too and drag the part you have circled with the lasso onto the base image. as in the following photo.
Step 3: Clean It Up and Voila!
As you can see the baby is too large for the background image. Simply hit the shortcut "ctl/cmd T" on your keyboard and resize the layer to fit nicely into your background photo. Then just use your erase tool on soft edges to take away the excess around the baby until it all blends nicely. Flatten your image and VOILA! Baby hanging in a tree!! I save my limb/background image in case I want to use again- I won't have to repeat that step. Feel free to email me www.spiritphotographers.com if you have any questions! Happy Photoshop-ing!
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Obliquid: Search Through KDE Translations
In the support section of the dev.obliquid.com site, I've added the possibility of searching through KDE .po compendium files. So far I've loaded the Italian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese and German compendiums. This can be of help to translators, since it provides a web interface to search through the many thousands of already translated messages (nearly 200 000).
KBabel Dictionary
How does this compare to KBabel Dictionary? Any advantages?
By Anonymous at Sun, 2003/05/04 - 5:00am
Re: KBabel Dictionary
It really doesn't want to compete with Kbabel Dictionary: it's just a simple search. Some months ago I wrote a small parser to read PO files and store them in a database. I wanted to be able to search for my open source application messages, and I wanted to be able to do so on Linux, Windows or on whatever computer I was using at the moment.
Then, since I had the parser working, I used it to import compendium files. I thought that since it was useful for me, it could be useful for others to have such thing online. It's just a little script, on the site you can click on the PHP source and on the Smarty Templates buttons and view it. Anybody that may be interested to improve it can ask me for an account and edit it online.
By Stefano at Mon, 2003/05/05 - 5:00am
Re: KBabel Dictionary
I believe translation assistance technology is very important. There are many that would like to translate software but less that understand the tranlation process or CVS ecc.
I believe grid translation is a good approach, also for larger text translation e.g. documentation. Everybody downloads a piece of text from a server, translates it with his client tool and resummits the changes. Then there is a grid review process that commits the translation efforts.
By Andre at Tue, 2003/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: KBabel Dictionary
I agree with you. I made online a first test of a Wiki Wiki style translation!!
In the KDE message search page I just added a link called "Help to translate a sentence in Obliquid". After choosing a language (now only Italian, Traditional Chinese and Spanish), you will be moved to a random sentence to translate. Submitting the form will store the translation and you could translate a new message or end your work.
There are of course big rooms of improvements, but you get the idea.
By Stefano at Wed, 2003/05/07 - 5:00am
Is there a translation of KDE to Latin somewhere?
By Somebody at Sun, 2003/05/04 - 5:00am
Re: Translation
Hope there will be a lower German (ISO: nds) version soon. Jürgen Peters translates Gnome with Institut für niederdeutsche Sprache, Bremen.
By Bert at Tue, 2003/05/06 - 5:00am
Search Through KDE Translations - Improvements
Is it possible to support different languages to be searched as well? It really would be helpfull, if you could search for the italien translation of a german message for example. Also it would be great if there would be more supported languages. So some other important (european) languages such as frensh or polish could be searched.
But anyway thanks for your effort!
By cylab at Mon, 2003/05/05 - 5:00am
Supporting other languages
I will probably add French when i18n.kde.org will be up again. It seems this may take a week. Going directly from a language to another seems interesting, but it can be also dangerous.
By Stefano at Tue, 2003/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Supporting other languages
Hmm, machine aided translations are dangerous by definition, as seen by using babel.altavista.com :) Displaying three columns may help in such situations.
By cylab at Tue, 2003/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Supporting other languages
Yes, I agree, infact.
KDE i18n site is back online, so I've added French language too.
By Stefano at Tue, 2003/05/06 - 5:00am
Re: Supporting other languages
nice! looking forward to further work of you !
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After just five games with the Montreal Canadiens' minor league affiliate in Hamilton, Blake Geoffrion has been assigned to the big club. He will be available for tonight's game against the Tampa Lighting.
In doing so, Geoffrion becomes the fourth member of his family to suit up for the Habs and the only player in NHL history to suit up for the same team as four different generations of his family.
His great grandfather, Howie Morenz is a three-time NHL MVP and the first Canadien to have his sweater retired. His grandfather, Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, was famous for his howitzer of a slap shot and his part in six championship teams in Montreal. His father, Dan, played 32 games with the team.
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The 24-year-old, will wear number 57, in honor of grandpa Boom Boom (5) and Morenz (7) and will have a chance to make his mark on a team his family helped make legendary. A second round pick of the Nashville Predators, Geoffrion has played only 42 games since being drafted in 2006.
"When I found out that I was going to be coming here, I was really excited," he said on the team's official web site. "Just to be able to put on this jersey is something special for me – especially being a Canadian. This is a new opportunity here for me now."


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Mobile Nations 16: People who do things
Kevin from CrackBerry.com, Phil from Android Central, Derek from webOS Nation, Daniel from WPCentral, Gary from Mobile Nations, and Rene from iMore talk iPhone 5 and iOS 6, BlackBerry 10, Samsung Galaxy S III and Jellybean, Windows 8, ecosystems vs. best of breed, and... the Facebook Phone. This is Mobile Nations!
- Our podcast feed: Audio | Video
- Download directly: Audio | Video
- Subscribe in iTunes: Audio | Video
- Subscribe in Zune
- The 4 inch, 16:9 iPhone
- BlackBerry 10
- State of the RIMMpire
- Samsung Galaxy S III
- Google IO 2012
- Recruiting and keeping talent is important. Really important.
- Windows Phone 8
- Amazon Instant Video comes to Xbox 360
- FacePhone in the works
- Facebook once again rumored to be making a phone, this time with iPhone talent
- Phil Nickinson (@philnickinson) of Android Central
- Kevin Michaluk (@crackberrykevin) of CrackBerry.com
- Derek Kessler (@dkdsgn) of webOS Nation
- Daniel Rubino (@Daniel_Rubino) of WPCentral
- Gary Mazo (@GMazo1 of Mobile Nations
- Rene Ritchie (@reneritchie) of iMore
Got something to say? Agree or disagree with something we said? Have something you want us to discuss on a future show? Don't just sit there yelling at the screen, dammit, let us know!
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adventurefit necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 55 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
We need a logo for a new business called Feisty Jack's Bakery and Bike Shop. It's a natural bakery in Colorado that supports the cycling-lifestyle, music, and sustainable living.
Feisty Jack's
We're looking for a versatile logo to be used outside store, on bakery wrappers, on stickers, and on shirts. Ideally a square or rectangular format with an outline.
The finished file needs to be in EPS (vector) format
Here's the crazy part.....the bakery will also have a petting zoo with some goats and horses. We want the 'mascot' of Feisty Jack's to be a GOAT. Jack is short for Jackie, so the goat can be female.
Also - this goat needs to be riding a bike. The bike can be any type, but preferably a simple cruiser.
Bakery items need to be in the mix too. Maybe in a basket on the bike or on a tray being held by the goat. The bakery items will be primarily sweets (cookies, muffins, cakes, pies) - not so much bread.
Colors - we're open, but they need to be relatively simple so the design can be used in a variety of applications
We're thinking some thing cartoony - but expressive and cool.
"Feisty Jack's" needs to be part of the logo - but no need to include bakery or bike shop.
Let's leave this open. Show me what you can create!
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Faced with the high cost of caring for smokers and overeaters, experts say society must grapple with a blunt question.
NEW YORK | Faced with the high cost of caring for smokers and overeaters, experts say society must grapple with a blunt question: Instead of trying to penalize them and change their ways, why not just let these health sinners die?
Annual health care costs are roughly $96 billion for smokers and $147 billion for the obese, the government says. These costs accompany sometimes heroic attempts to prolong lives, including surgery, chemotherapy and other measures.
But despite these rescue attempts, smokers tend to die 10 years earlier on average, and the obese die five to 12 years prematurely, according to various researchers' estimates.
And attempts to curb smoking and unhealthy eating frequently lead to backlash: Witness the current legal tussle over New York City's first-of-its-kind limits on the size of sugary beverages and the vicious fight last year in California over a ballot proposal to add a $1-per-pack cigarette tax, which was ultimately defeated.
"This is my life. I should be able to do what I want," said Sebastian Lopez, a college student from Queens, speaking last September when the New York City Board of Health approved the soda size rules.
Critics also contend that tobacco- and calorie-control measures place a disproportionately heavy burden on poor people. That's because they:
Smoke more than the rich, and have higher obesity rates.
Have less money so sales taxes hit them harder. One study last year found poor, nicotine-dependent smokers in New York — a state with very high cigarette taxes — spent as much as a quarter of their entire income on smokes.
Are less likely to have a car to shop elsewhere if the corner bodega or convenience store stops stocking their vices.
Critics call these approaches unfair, and believe they have only a marginal effect. "Ultimately these things are weak tea," said Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a physician and fellow at the right-of-center think tank, the American Enterprise Institute.
Gottlieb's view is debatable. There are plenty of public health researchers that can show smoking control measures have brought down smoking rates and who will argue that smoking taxes are not regressive so long as money is earmarked for programs that help poor people quit smoking.
If 1 in 5 U.S. adults smoke, and 1 in 3 are obese, why not just get off their backs and let them go on with their (probably shortened) lives?
Because it's not just about them, say some health economists, bioethicists and public health researchers.
"Your freedom is likely to be someone else's harm," said Daniel Callahan, senior research scholar at a bioethics think-tank, the Hastings Center.
Smoking has the most obvious impact. Studies have increasingly shown harm to nonsmokers who are unlucky enough to work or live around heavy smokers. And several studies have shown heart attacks and asthma attack rates fell in counties or cities that adopted big smoking bans.
From an economist's perspective, there would be less reason to grouse about unhealthy behaviors by smokers, obese people, motorcycle riders who eschew helmets and other health sinners if they agreed to pay the financial price for their choices.
That's the rationale for a provision in the Affordable Care Act — "Obamacare" to its detractors — that starting next year allows health insurers to charge smokers buying individual policies up to 50 percent higher premiums. A 60-year-old could wind up paying nearly $5,100 on top of premiums.
The new law doesn't allow insurers to charge more for people who are overweight, however.
It's tricky to play the insurance game with overweight people, because science is still sorting things out. While obesity is clearly linked with serious health problems and early death, the evidence is not as clear about people who are just overweight.
That said, public health officials shouldn't shy away from tough anti-obesity efforts, said Callahan, the bioethicist.
Callahan caused a public stir last week with a paper that called for a more aggressive public health campaign that tries to shame and stigmatize overeaters the way past public health campaigns have shamed and stigmatized smokers.


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Global WiFi Modules Market Segmentation by Product Types and Application with Forecast to 2025
The Market Reports - Monday, June 11, 2018.
Global WiFi Modules Market report is replete with detailed analysis from a thorough research, especially on questions that border on market size, development environment, futuristic developments, operation situation, pathways and trend of WiFi Modules. All these are offshoots of understanding the current situation that the industry is in, especially in 2018. The will chart the course for a more comprehensive organization and discernment of the competition situation in the WiFi Modules market. As this will help manufacturers and investors alike, to have a better understanding of the direction in which the WiFi Modules Market is headed.
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With this WiFi Modules Market report, one is sure to keep up with information on the dogged competition for market share and control, between elite manufacturers. It also features, price, production, and revenue. It is where you will understand the politics and tussle of gaining control of a huge chunk of the market share. As long as you are in search of key Industry data and information that can readily be accessed, you can rest assured that this report got them covered. Key companies profiled in this report are Murata Electronics, Usi, Taiyo Yuden, Azurewave, Ti, Silicon Labs, Lsr, Rf-Link, Broadlink, Advantech B+B Smartworx, Mi, Mxchip, Silex Technology, Microchip Technology, Longsys, Particle, Hf, Adafruitand others.
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1 WiFi Modules Market Overview
2 Global WiFi Modules Market Competitions by Manufacturers
3 Global WiFi Modules Capacity, Production, Revenue (Value) by Region (2013-2018)
4 Global WiFi Modules Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Region (2013-2018)
5 Global WiFi Modules Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type
6 Global WiFi Modules Market Analysis by Application
7 Global WiFi Modules Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis
8 WiFi Modules Manufacturing Cost Analysis
9 Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
10 Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
11 Market Effect Factors Analysis
12 Global WiFi Modules Market Forecast (2018-2025)
13 Research Findings and Conclusion
14 Appendix
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Nice – One city, two faces
Czars, lords and world stars – Nice was once a stamping ground for Europe's decadent high society. Today, the city on the Côte d'Azur has a certain patina from those days long past, but also a modern, fresh, futuristic side
Top hotel
The Negresco Hotel, which opened in 1912, is still the best address in town, or rather on the promenade. It's a perfect specimen of the Belle Époque period.
Flower market
Nice is famous for holding a magnificent flower market Tuesdays through Saturdays on Cours Saleya. Go on a Monday if you prefer junk stalls and antiques.
Sacred monument
Make do? Now that concept was anathema to Czar Nicholas II! Not content with a mere church, by 1912 he had built his own St. Nicholas' Cathedral in Nice.
Seaside runway
The Beau Rivage has always been the bathtub of the rich and beautiful. The beach has a spa, bar, restaurant and sunbeds costing 20 euros a day.
Luminous art
Artists rave about the quality of light in Nice. Henri Matisse lived there from 1916 to 1954. Today, the Matisse Museum shows hundreds of his works.
OGC Nice, the city's top-league soccer team, has played at the new Allianz Riviera stadium since 2013, which in 2016 will also host European championship games.
Hipster hostelry
Hipsters prefer the Hi Hotel to the Negresco: Forget the unremarkable facade, inside it's a blaze of color and also has a private beach for guests.
New town
The plan for the new Eco-Vallée district is to attract IT companies and prepare Nice for the future. Enthusiasts are even dreaming of a French Silicone Valley.
Art palace Contemporary
Art has found a home in Nice. And what a home! With its four marble towers connected by glass bridges, the MAMAC is a sculpture in its own right.
Place to promenade
Step by step, the famous Promenade des Anglais is being given a makeover. Work on Promenade de Paillon park has already been completed.


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Redken Extreme Shampoo and Conditioner*, Redken Extreme Anti Snap*, Tresemme Platinum Strength Deep Conditioning Treatment, Wella SP Luxe Oil*, Bumble & Bumble Texture Creme, L'Oreal Elnett Spray in Curls, Ojon Revitalising Flexible Hair SpraySo I popped along to the Headmasters Mayfair salon yesterday to go get my hair done. They kindly offered me a cut and colour so I couldn't turn that down. I hate getting my hair done, so Im always nervous going to a new Salon. But the Headmasters Mayfair salon is really large, spacious and a reply nice space. Ollie Blackerby, Head Art Director at Headmasters was on hand to do my hair, he listened to exactly what I wanted. I basically asked for Cara Delevigne hair, Surprise Surprise, but its pretty much what I always do. I got a head of tiny highlights and then had the rest painted on using a technique called Balayage. Balayage is painted on highlights so they are softer and more blended than traditional ones. Then I had a toner put on my hair and then it was blow dried. I also had it trimmed a bit and shaped around my face. I'm really happy with the final look as it's exactly what I wanted. It's less brown than it was and almost definitely in the blonde camp. I feel my hair looks much fresher and the perfect brightening shade for spring. Big Thank You to Headmasters for the hair appointment
I really like the salon and I would recommend going there. The Mayfair one is easy to get to as it's a short walk from Oxford Circus Tube Station. Headmasters are a chain salon but I really enjoyed my experience there. My flatmate got her hair cut at the Balham salon recently and was very happy with the price (Headmasters always have some amazing deals on! Check them out here!)
As for products I use pretty much the same as the ones I showed in this video I made a few months ago. Recent additions include the Redken Extreme Shampoo and Conditioner, a super nourishing duo designed for dry or damaged hair. It leaves my hair looking and feeling super soft and easy to manage. I've also been adoring the Redken Anti Snap which is also part of the Extreme range from Redken. It's a protein treatment that is applied to wet hair and then blow dried. My hair is always looking so sleek and manageable when I use this. The Tresemme Platinum Strength Deep Conditioning Treatment is my mask of choice at the moment as it does a wonderful job of keeping my hair feeling soft. I was surprised how good this was for such a cheap drugstore hair mask. The Wella Luxe Oil is still a firm favourite in my routine as it's so light and smells SO good! For styling I use Bumble & Bumble Texture creme to the L'Oreal Heat Styling spray in curls to give my hair a bit of texture and hold. Lastly I've been looking the Ojon Revitalising Flexible Hair Spray. Another product that smells absolutely amazing. It's a really light hold spray which is perfect for adding texture without it being too heavy or crispy
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Malaysia Delays GM Mosquito Trial After Protests
Malaysia has delayed a landmark field trial to release genetically modified mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever, an official said Tuesday, following protests from environmentalists.
In the first experiment of its kind in Asia, 4,000-6,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were originally scheduled to be released by last month in a bid to fight dengue, which killed at least 134 people last year in Malaysia alone.
The insects have been engineered so that their offspring quickly die, curbing the growth of the population in a technique researchers hope could eventually eradicate the dengue mosquito altogether. Females of the Aedes species are responsible for spreading dengue.
The trial however prompted widespread concern among environmental groups, which asked the government to call off the tests, saying the GM mosquito could fail to prevent dengue and have unintended consequences.
A senior official from the Biosafety Department told Agence France Presse that the trial, which was to be carried out in two Malaysian states, has been postponed pending further discussion with residents in the trial areas.
"There are a lot of protests. We are now aiming to carry out the trial in the first half of 2011," said Mohamed Mohamad Salleh, the department's director of research and evaluation.
"The (health authorities) must get approval from the residents in those areas where the residents will be affected. If it is uninhabited site, approval must be granted by state government officers," he said.
Mohamed added that public forums will be held to explain the trial. The Environment Ministry has said it received more than 30 responses from local and international groups on the controversial trial.
Two weeks ago, 22 non-government organizations on public health and the environment wrote an open letter to the government asking it to cancel the trial and "instead invest in safer approaches to addressing dengue".
"While dengue is a very serious problem in Malaysia and needs to be urgently addressed, going down the GM path takes us into risky territory. Genetic engineering often results in unintended effects," the letter said.
"We do not know enough about the GM mosquitoes and how their interactions with non-GM mosquitoes in the wild, other species in the ecosystem, the dengue virus and human populations, will be affected."
Authorities have dismissed the fears and said the trial would be harmless as the GM mosquitoes could only live for a few days.
Dengue infection leads to a sudden onset of fever with severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, and rashes, which can lead to death if left untreated.


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My wife and I bought a house in the San Gabriel Valley last year because it was in a great school district. Our boys aren't old enough to attend the school yet, but immediately we made a donation to foundation that supports the local schools. And we're already intensely interested in the fate of the elementary school two blocks away, which the boys will probably attend.
That's why a new tool offered up by the campaign for a ballot initiative to raise income taxes for 12 years to fund schools is so powerful. The tool is a calculator that allows you to find your local school -- and see exactly how much -- to the dollar -- that school will supposedly get if the measure passes. It's featured in a new TV ad (embedded below) from the campaign.
My local elementary school would get $513,145 in 2013-14, and even more six years later ($893,111), and 12 years later (1,208,235) when the tax runs out. If you believe the calculator.
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Which I don't. You shouldn't either. The numbers are empty promises, for a couple reasons.
The backers of this initiative, however well-intentioned, have no way of knowing how much revenue a particular increase in the income tax will produce next year, much less in 12 years. The only thing that's been predictable about tax revenues in California -- particularly those tied to the relatively volatile income tax -- is that they're unpredictable. A campaign that makes a promise that specific -- when common sense tells you they can't deliver -- is not a campaign that you can trust.
But even more significant, the notion of an increase is misleading because this tax increase -- and new mandate for school spending -- does not take place in a vacuum. This creates a new revenue stream that goes to school districts and some other programs, including a new Head Start-style program at the state level. But the state has a very complicated funding mechanism that remains in place; California also has a broken budget system that ratchets down revenues and ratchets up certain kinds of spending.
It's quite possible that, given the difficulties of governing in such a system, elected officials would find a way to cut other funding sources in school, to compensate for any additional funds that come into the system if this initiative were successful. Voting for this may not lead to a net increase in school funding at all.
All that said, Munger's initiative is no more dishonest in this regard than its competitor, the compromise initiative from Gov. Brown and the California Federation of Teachers. The backers of those initiatives also claim that it will produce money for education, even though they can guarantee no such thing. And in that case, the initiative is written to use tax money as a way to create new funding for education, so existing general fund money that might have to be dedicated to education could be repurposed to other services, particularly on the local government level.
The only thing guaranteed is that California's budget system will make a liar out of anyone who makes specific promises.
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