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- As one of the leading pagan dating services, this site is aimed at helping all people of a pagan faith to find a partner. We aim to make this the largest dating site of pagans on the net. So join us and together start on a path to finding love, friendship and happiness. Already, in our lists of members in the US we have people from all walks of life and of many Pagan faiths. So Wiccan, Druid, Shaman, come friends all. Step forward and become one with the Pagan partners community. Your Pagan Partner is waiting for you inside!
- ▲ Is Newt Gingrich's EMP Doomsday a Reality?
- Citing the specter that has been hanging over us since the Cold War, he believes the U.S. is vulnerable to an electromagnetic pulse — or EMP for short. A nuclear weapon could be detonated above North America, reasons Gingrich, and the resulting electronic interference would render the nation's power grid, satellites, computers etc., useless. Death and mayhem would ensue. It would be a bit like "Mad Max," but with less '70's hairdos. "Without adequate preparation, we would basically lose our civilization in a matter of seconds," he said during a 2009 conference. The situation is apparently so dire that Gingrich co-wrote a doomsday book on the topic, called "One Second After." Although game developers take the effect of EMP damage for granted, what are the realities of a space-based nuclear detonation?
- ▲ Man gets 6 years in bondage sex, burned body case
- Mark Andrew Rice pleaded guilty to arson and desecrating a corpse and was sentenced Monday to six years in prison for burning the truck and the body of Natasha Carpenter. Two years of the sentence were suspended for time served. Rice, 49, was a long-haul truck driver when he met Carpenter at a truck stop in Texas. He fell in love after several encounters along his rout and bought her an engagement ring, popping the question Sept. 15, 2009. As part of their celebration in Barstow, Calif., Carpenter agreed to let him bind her arms and legs and put a gag in her mouth as he acted out a fantasy, Rice told police. When he found her dead, Rice panicked and bought "all the meth his dealer had" and drove to Kiln, Miss., the body in the truck's cab under a tarp, he told police.
- ▲ Hackers (According to Stock Photo Sites)
- ▲ How Homeland Security Helped Jamaica Massacre 73 Civilians
- the disastrous raid to arrest Jamaican druglord Christopher "Dudus" Coke. At the DEA's insistence, Jamaican authorities reluctantly raided Tivoli Gardens, the West Kingston slum Coke ran as a de facto governor, two years ago. Coke didn't turn up, but Jamaican police officers killed 73 civilians, many of them allegedly in cold blood. A Department of Homeland Security surveillance plane was overhead the whole time. Coverage at the time portrayed the raid as a military-style showdown between Coke's heavily fortified forces and Jamaican shock troops. But Schwartz, who spent three months in and around Tivoli Gardens reconstructing the battle, reports that Coke's forces actually faded away shortly after the conflict began. Jamaican security forces claimed that many of the civilian casualties—among them a 25-year-old American citizen—were Coke's gunmen. But they only recovered six guns. Only one police officer was killed.
- ▲ Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works
- We get it. You think you can be cute and old-fashioned by openly admitting that you don't know what a DNS server is. You relish the opportunity to put on a half-cocked smile and ask to skip over the techno-jargon, conveniently masking your ignorance by making yourselves seem better aligned with the average American joe or jane — the "non-nerds" among us. But to anyone of moderate intelligence that tuned in to yesterday's Congressional mark-up of SOPA, the legislation that seeks to fundamentally change how the internet works, you kind of just looked like a bunch of jack-asses.
- ▲ Hidden Industry Dupes Social Media Users
- A trawl of Chinese crowdsourcing websites—where people can earn a few pennies for small jobs such as labeling images—has uncovered a multimillion-dollar industry that pays hundreds of thousands of people to distort interactions in social networks and to post spam. The report's authors, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, also found evidence that crowdsourcing sites in the U.S. are similarly dominated by ethically questionable jobs. They conclude that the rapid growth of this way of making money will make paid shills a serious security problem for websites and those who use them around the world.
- ▲ Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer (Video)
- In an exclusive interview, an engineer working to unlock the secrets of the captured RQ-170 Sentinel says they exploited a known vulnerability and tricked the US drone into landing in Iran. Iranian electronic warfare specialists were able to cut off communications links of the American bat-wing RQ-170 Sentinel, says the engineer, who works for one of many Iranian military and civilian teams currently trying to unravel the drone's stealth and intelligence secrets, and who could not be named for his safety.
- ▲ Coming soon: Ubiquitous surveillance from Big Brother's wayback machine
- As the price of digital storage drops and the technology to tap electronic communication improves, authoritarian governments will soon be able to perform retroactive surveillance on anyone within their borders, according to a Brookings Institute report. These regimes will store every phone call, instant message, email, social media interaction, text message, movements of people and vehicles and public surveillance video and mine it at their leisure, according to "Recording Everything: Digital Storage as an Enabler of Authoritarian Government," written by John Villaseno, a senior fellow at Brookings and a professor of electrical engineering at UCLA. That will enable shadowing people's movements and communications that took place before the individuals became suspects, he says.
- ▲ Controversial Air Force casket photo prompts investigation
- The Air Force has launched an investigation into a controversial photo that shows several non-commissioned officers posing with an open casket, in which a fellow airman poses with a noose around his neck and chains over his body. The Air Force Times received a copy of the photo over email, which includes the caption, "Da Dumpt, Da Dumpt …. Sucks 2 Be U." The casket is similar to those used to transport deceased U.S. soldiers home from the battlefield.
- ▲ Wisconsin Man Convicted For "Planking" Spree
- When confronted by cops, Hart (pictured in the above mug shot) said that the images were done "to get laughs." He then went on to claim that a specific image had been "Photo Shopped," according to a City of Manitowoc Police report. Judge Steven Olson fined Hart $303 for his "planking" escapades, which were photographed by his brother Ryan, who himself faces a disorderly conduct trial next week. Ryan Hart apparently upset cops by lying across a police memorial monument in front of the county jail. An officer compared the act to going to a cemetery and "planking" atop a gravestone.
- ▲ Iraq war ends with a $4 trillion IOU
- The nine-year-old Iraq war came to an official end on Thursday, but paying for it will continue for decades until U.S. taxpayers have shelled out an estimated $4 trillion.
- ▲ Scientists develop software that can map dreams
- A team of Japanese scientists have created a device that enables the processing and imaging of thoughts and dreams as experienced in the brain to appear on a computer screen. While researchers have so far only created technology that can reproduce simple images from the brain, the discovery paves the way for the ability to unlock people's dreams and other brain processes. A spokesman at ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories said: "It was the first time in the world that it was possible to visualise what people see directly from the brain activity. "By applying this technology, it may become possible to record and replay subjective images that people perceive like dreams." The scientists, lead by chief researcher Yukiyaso Kamitani, focused on the image recognition procedures in the retina of the human eye.
- ▲ Alien Cheerleaders: Seven of 16 convicted in cheerleader smuggling case
- On Sept. 30, the group of 16 aliens traveled from Cali, Colombia to Miami International Airport pretending to be a cheerleading team attending a competition in South Florida. The group also used fraudulent documents to illegally enter the country, Yglesias said. "They basically came in and they lied [posing] as cheerleaders," he said. "They abscond, they become visa overstays and they never leave the country." The investigation into the possibility of human smuggling was initiated in Bogota, Colombia by the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations division in Miami. They learned of an organization involved in the smuggling of Colombian nationals into the U.S. through various methods and locations, agents said.
- ▲ Extraterrestrials: Elenin Cube reveals Dimensional Gateway to Hell that Humanity must avoid
- Pagan Gnostics describe the archons as "mind parasites". Archons get into the human mind, then project "simulated reality" as projections from the human mind. It is therefore possible, based upon Pagan Gnostic insights that the archons have exploited the imaginary construction of a Borg ship, and projected that into the image of a Borg-like ship. What may appear to us more and more like a Borg ship may be something entirely different. If we further seek to appreciate Pagan Gnostic insights, it is plausible that Borg-like Cube is actually and literally a dimensional doorway to Hell. We see this warning in pre-translated forms of the Bible which contained Pagan Gnostic warnings.
- ▲ Tiny Biocomputers Move Closer to Reality
- Several research groups have recently reported progress in this field. A team at the California Institute of Technology, writing in the journal Science, made use of DNA nanostructures called seesaw gates to construct logic circuits analogous to those used in microprocessors. Just as silicon-based components use electric current to represent 1's and 0's, bio-based circuits use concentrations of DNA molecules in a test tube. When new DNA strands are added to the test tube as "input," the solution undergoes a cascade of chemical interactions to release different DNA strands as "output." In theory, the input could be a molecular indicator of a disease, and the output could be an appropriate therapeutic molecule. A common problem in constructing a computer in a test tube is that it is hard to control which interactions among molecules occur. The brilliance of the seesaw gate is that a particular gate responds only to particular input DNA strands.
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2010: Appeared in 28 of 31 matches... Finished second on the squad in total blocks (66) and third in digs (238)... Season-high seven blocks came against San Francisco (Aug. 28)... Set a season-high in kills in the season-opener against Kansas (Aug. 27) and tied it against ETSU in the Atlantic Sun Championship game (Nov. 20)... In the Lady Bisons tune-up against Xavier (Nov. 27) prior to the NCAA Tournament, set season-highs in aces (3) and Digs (19)... Ended the season with double-digit digs in five straight games; for the season, had double-digit digs in 11 games. ...Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
2009:Made the move from outside hitter to libero. …Finished ninth overall in the Atlantic Sun in digs per set (3.57). …Her 371 total digs ranked sixth overall in the Atlantic Sun. …Eighth in Atlantic Sun matches only with 3.82 digs per set and in total digs (248). …Double figures in digs in 23 matches. …Season-high 25 digs in final regular season match against ETSU (11/14). …Double figures in digs in 15 of her last 17 matches, including a string of eight in a row which ended in the NCAA Tournament against California. …Made 13 service aces with a season-high two at Florida Gulf Coast (9/19). …Only kills of the season was at Campbell (10/3). ...Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
2008:Member of Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team. Three double-doubles in kills and digs (vs Loyola-Marymount, 9/5; at Evansville, 9/16; vs Jacksonville, 10/24). ...Season-and-career highs in both kills (16) and digs (15) vs Evansville (9/16). ...Recorded four matches in double figures in digs. ...Finished in double figures in kills 12 times. ...Seaon-high .429 hitting percentage vs. Kennesaw State (11/14). ...Match high four service aces at Campbell (9/19). ...Season-high .429 hitting percentage vs. Kennesaw St. (11/14). ...Second on team in kills (261, 2.23 per set). ...Third on team in points (293, 2.50). ...Fifth on team in digs (162, 1.38 per set). ...Split time at both the outside hitter and middle blocker positions. ...Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
High School:Lettered in volleyball for four seasons. …Second team All-State in 2007. …Named All-Region in 2005, 2006 and 2007. …All-District pick in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. …Served as team captain in volleyball in 2007. …Team MVP in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. …Best season was 384 kills in 2007. …Lettered in softball for five seasons. …In softball she won the "Bulldog" Award with a .519 batting average.
Personal:Wendy's High School Heisman representative for her school. …Daughter of Kelley and Kurt Rose. ...Favorite volleyball moment is getting to wear our pink jerseys in a game to raise money for breast cancer.

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Katz sent six board members letters outlining reasons for their dismissal on July 24. She claimed in the letters that the board members were not doing their job to "further the educational process" of QBPL.
They failed to do so, she said, by keeping QBPL President and CEO Thomas Galante on staff after accusations surfaced of his misuse of library funding to build a private, $27,000 deck outside of his library office and the inappropriate nature of his high salary along with a second six-figure job as a consultant for the Elmont school district.
She also removed them because of their refusal to provide necessary financial documents to Comptroller Scott Stringer for a comprehensive audit of QBPL's spending.
After the removal, the trustees had seven days to appeal the decision, which they did, but Katz rejected their appeals.
"The unfortunate truth is that your actions, along with the actions of Mr. Galante, have led to ill-will, created an atmosphere of public distrust and have caused the public outcry, outrage and demand for reform," Katz wrote in her appeal rejection letter to each trustee.
The board members, in turn, sued Katz and have since claimed that recent state legislation that now allows the borough president and mayor to remove board members they have appointed at any time, is an "attempt to seize control of the Queens Library for her own political ends."
Doug Grover, counsel for the QBPL trustees, said that the removal of the board members necessitates court interference, as "her actions threaten the independence of every community institution and the freedoms they protect."
"For more than a century the Library has provided excellent service to the community, free from political interference and favoritism," Grover said in a statement. "[Katz] wants to toss that aside, using an ill-conceived law that we believe is unconstitutional. The threat to the independence of the Queens Library should be of concern to every nonprofit group in New York and to every citizen."
State Senator Michael Gianaris, who sponsored the bill, disagrees with Grover, saying that Katz is now within her legal right to remove the board members as she did.
"The law we passed was specifically to allow the borough president and the mayor to remove trustees that are not doing their jobs properly," Gianaris said. "That's what's happened here and I think the decision will be held up in court."
In a statement released after she rejected the board members' appeals, Katz reiterated Gianaris' sentiment.
"You can't make a federal case out of disappointment," she said.
Regarding the claim that libraries were built with the intention of being free from government involvement, Gianaris said the board members "can't have their cake and eat it too."
"When almost all of their funding is coming from government sources, they need to be held more accountable," he said. "What we've seen over the last several months is that there are significant problems, lack of transparency and lack of accountability that forced us to take action."
In their lawsuit, the board members have rejected all of Katz's accusations that they have failed to do their jobs as trustees of QBPL.
They argue that the city and comptroller have complete access to all of QBPL's records on their use of city funds. They have not given Stringer approval to look at their spending of private funds and donations.
They also say that Galante's compensation, which amounts to nearly $400,000 a year, has always been available for public review and is filed every year with the QBPL's IRS Form 990 filing. They unanimously approved his compensation in Nov. 2012 and found that he was "paid below the median salary of his peers at comparable non-profit institutions."
Finally, the $27,000 deck, the board member's counsel wrote in a statement, "was a very small part of a renovation budget of $20 million, and details of its construction have been part of the public record for some months."
Grover also said that the City Council held a hearing on the deck on Feb. 5 that Katz attended, where it was made clear "that no city funds were used to build the deck, and that the deck is used by staff and management for meetings and other library business."
Katz disagrees, saying she held two separate conference calls with several board members to ask if they had approved the deck and whether or not city funds had been used to build it. At that time, she claims, no one was able to confirm if there had been a vote or what funding had been used.


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- Join the conversation on the Church Facebook page.
What Is Facebook?
Facebook is one of the largest social networking sites on the Internet. It currently has more than 1 billion users around the world. Users create a profile page and then connect it with the profile pages of their friends and family. They can share status updates, event invites, photos, videos, notes, and links to other websites.
Facebook was founded in 2004, and by the fall of 2007, the website was seeing an average of one million new users each week. Since then, Facebook's growth has continued to increase, reaching 901 million monthly active users at the end of March 2012. Approximately 488 million of these users visit the site every day. In addition, Facebook is now available in more than 70 languages, and about 80 percent of monthly active users are outside of the United States and Canada.
Facebook is available to anyone with an e-mail address. Once signed up, users create a profile page where they can post information about themselves. They can post a "status" about anything they want and allow others to view it. Often people share favorite videos, news articles, music, and so forth. Through security preferences, users can also choose what personal information and photos are shared and what groups of people are able to view them. Users have the option to explore others' profiles and to show if they "like" a post or to "comment" on what is posted.
Users connect with other people on Facebook by becoming "friends." Once connected, users can view each other's profile and share content with one another. People can spread information about and invite others to upcoming social events by creating and inviting Facebook friends to "Events." Facebook users can also connect with others by creating and joining "Groups," for people who share common interests.
Businesses, organizations, and interest groups can create their own "page" where people can find out more information or show their support. Users can become "fans" of these pages to keep updated and to find others who have common interests. Also, the Facebook "Like" button can be embedded on any web page. Clicking the Like button shares a link to the page in the news feeds of a user's friends.
The Church and Facebook
While Church members have been creating pages for the LDS Church and associated topics (such as Mormons, Book of Mormon, and Thomas S. Monson) for a few years now, the Church did not have Facebook pages created until May 2008. Since then, facebook.com/LDS has grown to approximately 709,602 members (as of June 17, 2013). Other Facebook pages created by the Church have since been launched for specific organizations, products, and buildings.
The Church has found many ways to use the resources of Facebook to spread the message of the Restoration, including:
- Posting embedded videos from ChurchofJesusChrist.org and related sites like:
- Sharing scripture passages and quotations from General Authorities.
- Announcing news updates.
- Broadcasting meeting reminders.
- Pointing users to particular resources on Church websites.
- Gathering user-generated ideas for upcoming Church products.
- Providing building hours and exhibit details for Church libraries and museums.
Explore Facebook pages created by the Church by clicking the links below:
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Guildford, U.K., 13 April 2010 – The new fuel-cell powered electricity generator from BOC brings the benefits of hydrogen fuel to small-scale, energy-efficient technologies like lighting and cordless power tools, especially in locations where there is no access to grid-supplied electricity. Fuel-cells have been talked about for many years as a power source of the future: the new Hymera makes it available for today's off-grid tasks.
Being hydrogen-powered, the only emissions are water or water vapour. Unlike conventional diesel or petrol generators, the Hymera unit from BOC, a member of The Linde Group, is efficient, clean and quiet – and has a much lower carbon footprint.
"It is not often that a new and practical alternative to conventional fuels becomes available but the Hymera does just that – it brings hydrogen power to today's marketplace," explained Stewart Dow, Packaged Energy Manager at BOC. "The portable power generator is ideal for high-tech, low energy technologies like LED floodlighting and for charging cordless tools on site. One unit can provide enough power to light up a tennis court – it has already been successfully tested for theatre lighting and also in the rail industry. Hymera is an environmentally-friendly alternative to diesel or petrol powered generators and marks the start of a new age in off-grid power generation."
Hydrogen fuel cells are almost silent, so they can be used in situations where noise is an issue – for example in residential areas at night. Reducing the exposure of employees to continuous high levels of noise is also an increasingly important concern for many companies. Because they do not emit any potentially harmful substances (like carbon monoxide and nitrous oxide) the Hymera can be used in places where these types of emissions could become problematic.
Hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity from the reaction of hydrogen with oxygen from the air. Like a battery, a fuel cell employs an electrochemical process that produces no sound and is very efficient. BOC have developed a lightweight hydrogen cylinder to go with the Hymera, keeping overall weight as low as possible.
The other great advantage of fuel cells is that they can be built to virtually any scale (from a few Watts to a several Megawatts) while still maintaining their very high efficiency. By contrast, petrol and diesel generators (the smallest is just under 1kW) have very poor efficiency at low and part load – less than five percent in some cases. So there is no benefit in using a high efficiency floodlight rather than a conventional tungsten floodlight with a petrol or diesel generator – the fuel consumption per hour would only be reduced by a small amount. While other technologies, such as lighting, computing and visual displays, have made big improvements in efficiency (i.e. they do the same work as before but use much less energy), petrol and diesel generators have not downsized to match the reduced power requirement of many loads.
BOC is working with a number of partners – including Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, UPS Systems, Arcola Energy and White Light Ltd – to make the product available for a wide range of applications.
BOC is a member of The Linde Group. An industrial, medical and special gases provider, the company supplies compressed and bulk gases, chemicals and equipment. For more than a century the company's gases and expertise have contributed to advances in many areas of everyday life, and industries including steelmaking, refining, chemical processing, environmental protection, wastewater treatment, welding and cutting, food processing and distribution, glass production, electronics and health care.
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The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 48,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2009 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 11.2 billion. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
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Facebook may finally get some Wall Street loveJune 19, 2012: 4:20 PM ET
I doubt that there were any champagne corks popping in Facebook's (FB) Menlo Park headquarters Monday. But for what it's worth, Facebook hit a milestone in its brief history as a public company: Shares rose 4.7%, marking the first time that the stock was up for three straight days.
The winning streak hit four Tuesday. Facebook shares rose another 1.6%. So investors who bought Facebook on the day of its bungled initial public offering can breathe a little easier. The stock, while still down 16% from the $38 offering price, has rebounded 25% since hitting a low of $25.52 on June 6.
There's a chance that the company could get a further lift next week. That's because the 40-day quiet period in which analysts from banks involved in underwriting the IPO are not allowed to publicly comment on the stock will end on June 27. If history is any guide, sell-siders from many of the 33 firms that helped take Facebook public will initiate coverage with lavish praise that may border on being sycophantic.
Related: Facebook skews Q2 IPO data
It's not a slam-dunk that analysts will be universally bullish. There are concerns about holes in Facebook's mobile strategy and the legal hot water that lead underwriter Morgan Stanley (MS) has gotten in for reportedly sharing a negative earnings outlook for the company with some clients. But I'd be stunned if there were more cautious analyst reports than positive ones.
This might be good news for other social media stocks that have recently started to show some signs of life along with Facebook. The Facebook bump (and anticipation of more good news) may be one reason the social media group has bounced back. Investors may also be excited about the rumored purchase of corporate social network Yammer by Microsoft (MSFT) for more than $1 billion.
The Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL), of which Facebook is a member, is up 15% from a 52-week low set on June 4. Zynga (ZNGA), which investors view as being tethered to the virtual hip of Facebook, has gained nearly 25% since hitting a 52-week low just a week ago. LinkedIn (LNKD) is up nearly 20% in the past two weeks.
Of course, no long-term investor should buy a stock just because of glowing Wall Street coverage. Still, you can't dismiss (or deny) that traders still play the analyst upgrade game.
Just look at what happened with Groupon (GRPN) on Monday. Shares surged 11% after Morgan Stanley's Internet analyst (the same one who supposedly talked down Facebook) raised its rating on the accounting-challenged online coupon service to "outperform." That led me to declare the rise in Groupon as my Stupid Stock Move of the Day yesterday. (I do applaud the big Groupon news from Tuesday about a "Blues Brothers" movie night at Wrigley Field, though. The stock pulled back about 3% on Tuesday, however, which might be a sign that Groupon short sellers are also "on a mission from God.")
No matter how many "outperform," "buy" and "overweight" ratings we see for Facebook next week, make no mistake: Facebook is still an incredibly risky stock. The company isn't exactly suffering from the usual post-IPO dearth of analyst coverage either. There already is a critical mass of earnings estimates for this year and next that can be used to evaluate the stock.
Facebook is trading at nearly 60 times the consensus of 2012 earnings forecasts from 11 analysts. That is beyond rich. And while some professional investors who bought the stock before the IPO think it is oversold and are sticking with Facebook, many fund managers have also told me they still think Facebook is way overvalued. It might not be a bargain unless it falls under $20.
Related: The SEC's 124 pointed questions for Facebook
Facebook's long-rumored acquisition of Face.com became official on Monday as well. (Should Facebook also try to scoop up Book.com? Type that URL into a browser and it takes you to Barnes and Noble's Web site. Barnes and Noble (BKS) could use the cash. The stock fell more than 6% Tuesday after the struggling seller of books and Nooks reported a bigger-than-expected loss.) And while the Face.com deal is likely a small one, it illustrates another big risk with the stock. The company is likely to continue its shopping spree.
No matter how much Facebook spins some of these purchases as so-called "acqui-hires" -- i.e. they are really buying talented coders as opposed to products -- investors have every reason to be nervous that CEO Mark Zuckerberg will keep spending. If you don't like this strategy, there's little to be done given Zuckerberg's controlling interest in the company.>
It's also unclear whether the company's new Exchange real-time bidding service for advertisers will dramatically boost sales and profits. The bottom line for any investor who is considering a purchase of the stock is that it would probably be wise to see how the company fares when its releases its first earnings report as a public company. That will come sometime in July or August.
Analysts will have a lot to say about Facebook next week. But we won't know if the analysts are right or wrong until Facebook tells us even more about its financials, growth strategy and mobile plans.


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Clerk who mistook body for mannequin fired
A St. Petersburg, Florida man who thought someone was playing an April Fool's Day prank on him accidentally threw away a dead woman's body into a dumpster, thinking she was a mannequin
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 61-year-old front desk clerk at a Florida apartment complex was fired this week after mistaking the body of a tenant for a mannequin and throwing it in a trash bin.
Ronald Benjamin told police he saw the body in the parking lot of the 16-story St. Petersburg apartment building when he walked outside to smoke a cigarette early Wednesday and assumed someone put a mannequin there as part of an April Fool's Day prank, The Tampa Tribune (http://bit.ly/1sgrkrQ) reported.
"He is no longer with us," Sheryl Case, the office manager at Peterborough apartments, said.
Police said the 96-year-old woman hoisted herself over a balcony of her 16th floor apartment. She fell onto the parking lot. Authorities found a suicide note. Her identity hasn't been released.
When his co-worker arrived around 6 a.m., she told Benjamin she saw a body in the parking lot. But he maintained it was a mannequin. Later he asked a newspaper carrier and her teenage son to help him put the mannequin in the trash.
Finally a maintenance worker saw the body when he looked in the trash bin around 8 a.m., and authorities were called.
Co-worker Mark Hill told the Tribune that Benjamin thought someone at a nearby bar had played trick on him.
Benjamin had worked at the building for nine years. The building is subsidized and reserved for people 62 and older.
Jimmy Wright, a front desk clerk who works on the weekend shifts, told the Tribune that there's a system in place for employees to check on residents if they fail on a particular day to dial into a special monitoring system.
"She hasn't been coming down for the last few weeks," Wright said. "She didn't come down to mingle with the residents."


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Morenci resident Tom Coller knew something was fishy was up when he received e-mail asking requesting that he re-set his on-line banking passcode.
Actually, it was something phishy going on.
Phishing, according to Wikipedia, is the term used for those who attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
In Coller's case, the letter was supposedly from the Bank of America and informed him that his account was temporarily locked for security reasons. He was given a link that would enable him to reset his passcode—just the information the phisher needed to access his account.


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My mom is genuinely bewildered that I would "choose" to be atheist. I remember when I was a believer just pitying atheists, because they didn't "know the lord" as I did. It was an egocentric thinking error to assume that the atheist hadn't experienced what I had. In truth, I had never experienced the myriad joys of being a free thinker. Here's my article:…Continue
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Yo, Edward! Good to see you. Hope all's well with you and yours!
np... just wanted to interact. have a nice day
Hi Edward Teach, I wonder what you Preach. I like your pic and that hat, why don't you come for chat :p
Ouch. I hope you heal well and quickly.
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For the past few weeks, I have been attempting to get us to the newly opened, Philly Pretzel Factory located at 1037 West Ogden Avenue, Naperville, Illinois. And, after weeks of trying, we finally made our way up to Naperville yesterday to get our hands on some of those delicious pretzel creations!
We left home about 9 AM to arrive a little after they opened to ensure we had some "hot off the press" pretzels, and boy did we!
As we and another family walked in, there were a variety of pretzels already ready, as well as many being made in the back. I love the idea of being able to stand in the lobby to order while you watch other pretzels being made.
The environment was festive with Christmas stockings hung on the wall, as well as a beautiful pretzel snowman on display.
Stocking Photo Courtesy of the Philly Pretzel Factory, Naperville, IL Facebook
My oldest son was the most excited, as he had been planning what he was going to eat for weeks. He excitedly ordered the Pretzel Cheesesteak Combo (less than $7) which included a Real Philly Soft Pretzel stuffed with Real Philly Cheesesteak and a tea. He also ordered a Cinnamon Pretzel Twist (less than $3) with Buttercream Dip. Talk about one happy camper! No. How about one happy pretzel eater! LOL!
My youngest son likes simple eating. He set his eyes on the Pepperoni Pretzel Melt which was a yummy, gooey pretzel with Italian spices, melted cheese blend, and pepperoni slices paired with a cup of marinara sauce. For his drink, he chose the Frozen Raspberry Lemonade. When he opened his pepperoni pretzel, his eyes grew big at the thought of tearing into that pretzel.
For myself, I chose to keep it simple, as well. I chose the traditional Pretzel combo which included three pretzels (to share) and a container of cheddar cheese. For my drink, I chose Diet Coke. Having something simple made it easy for me to drive and eat if I wanted.
They also have a variety of mustards available, if cheese is not your thing.
Once we ordered, we headed to the car to try out all of the yummy goodness. While there is outdoor seating, there is no indoor dining or public restrooms.
Finally, as a little something to take home, we grabbed a pack of the Philly Pretzel Company Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzels. We haven't eaten them just yet, but I know we won't be disappointed!
If you are ever in the Chicagoland area, I would definitely recommend stopping by and enjoying some of their delicious pretzel combinations. Pretzels are hot, the staff is courteous, and the prices are affordable.
For more information on the Philly Pretzel Factory in Naperville, IL add them on Facebook.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Delta Air Lines apologized to passengers arriving in Savannah after a jet veered off a runway and ended up in a grassy area.
Delta said in a statement that it apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the Tuesday evening incident at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.
No injuries were reported among the 125 passengers or crew members.
Authorities say the DC-9 aircraft was arriving from Atlanta around 6:45 p.m. when the plane's front wheel made the initial contact with the grass as the plane turned onto a taxiway at the end of a runway. Eventually the entire plane ended up in the grass.
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liddellj brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
2 Gewinner wurden aus 115 Designs von 37 Designern ausgewählt.
Liberty Pensions are a newly formed company offering SIPPs (Self-Invested Personal Pensions), a new style of personal pension in the UK.
We are looking for a fresh, clean and professional logo that can be used for both online and offline marketing material.
Liberty Pensions
Feel free to suggest!
Desired Color Scheme:
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Desired Style:
Professional, clean, modern.
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
At this stage, there are few hard constraints here. The original thinking within the team has been around the use of the liberty torch theme. See: http://www.fourhats.com/images/uplo…iberty.pdf
This is a nice theme, but this particular example is quite muted and traditional. It would work ok for printed material, but less well online. We're looking for an updated logo that incorporates the characteristics that Liberty Pensions is trying to represent: liberty, freedom of choice, professionalism, honesty, clarity, security and trust. Maybe a more stylised version of a liberty torch might be a starting point, but we leave it up to your creative interpretation. Again, if you have a non-torch-related idea, feel free to try it out.
We're looking for something that is bold and clear.
We would like to see how the logo would be used on a business card, letterhead, powerpoint document.
Prizes will be awarded separately for the logo itself, and for the delivery of the stationary incorporating the logo in the design.
You will need to provide links to all stock artwork that you incorporate into your design.
Our commitment to you, the designer: We will do our best to be honest, fair and punctual with our feedback. We will endeavour to pay the winning designer promptly upon receipt of appropriate deliverables and agreement to ownership transfer.
We look forward to seeing your designs!
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Cheesy Round Bread
This bread, which looks similar to focaccia, has a light olive and garlic flavor. We enjoy generous slices with soup.
Total TimePrep: 15 min. + rising Bake: 40 min.
Makes16 servings
- 1 package (16 ounces) hot roll mix
- 3/4 cup warm water (120° to 130°)
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 1-1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup chopped ripe olives, well drained
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- In a large bowl, combine the contents of the roll mix and yeast packets. Add warm water and mix well. Stir in the egg, butter and seasonings until blended.
- Turn onto a floured surface. Knead in cheese and olives. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Punch dough down. Press into a 12-in. pizza pan. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, 30 minutes.
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No Blade of Grass
For hardcore moviephiles the Warners Archive Collection has been a godsend. Instead of mass producing everything the company owns, many titles have been released as VOD (Video On Demand) and, because of the lower demand, these are titles that may not have otherwise ever seen the light of day. These are DVDs that include no extras and usually haven't been remastered, but are still very watchable and often have never been available in any form in the home viewing marketplace. Titles range from Hollywood classics (Tea and Sympathy) to both live action (Sheena) and animated television series (Pac Man the TV show!). But where they have really excelled is in films from the golden period of the '60s and '70s that have never had much home viewing distribution, ranging from the great (Dark of the Sun), the bad (Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze), and the weird (Brewster McCloud) to the culty (You're a Big Boy Now), the gritty (The Outfit), and the forgotten hits (Freebie and the Bean, The Fish that Saved Pittsburg). Many of these have been films I saw and even obsessed over as a kid (I was dreaming for the Dark Of The Sun release). Most excitingly I've finally been given a chance to catch up with a post-apocalypse flick I vaguely remember from an old grainy bootleg VHS copy I saw many years ago. (My memories of No Blade of Grass have haunted me). This most recent viewing reconfirmed the scary power this movie still carries.
Hungarian born Cornel Wilde was a long time pretty boy jock actor. He got an Oscar nomination early in his career for playing Frederic Chopin in A Song to Remember in 1945, but besides a nice supporting turn in The Greatest Show On Earth most of his career was awash in B-swashbuckling adventure flicks. He had dabbled in directing throughout the '50s but it wasn't until 1965 when he fully connected the dots with his survival action masterpiece, The Naked Prey (a film that has gotten the full bells and whistles treatment from the high-end DVD distributors Criterion). Five years later No Blade of Grass, continues on much of those same themes of man vs. his savage impulses, going even further with the violence and throwing in deeper groovy environmental paranoia.Continue Reading


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VMware vCloud Connector links your private cloud with public clouds, allowing you to manage them as a single hybrid environment and transfer workloads between them.
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Bring on-premises applications, workloads and templates to a Public Cloud, and flexibly move assets between the public cloud and the data center as needed. Built-in compression, an improved and "path-optimized" multipart transfer, and checkpoint-restart improve the reliability and speed of transferring workloads.
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Genetic variation has been though to be responsible for the differences between people to metabolize certain drugs. The results of a recent study from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggest that it may be even more complicated. Swedish reserchers have found that the body's ability to break down medicines may be closely related to sunlight exposure and vitamin D, and thus may vary with the seasons. The study, published in the journal Drug Metabolism & Disposition, offers a completely new model to explain individual differences in the effects of drugs [1].
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I have written a simple server program that allows users to log in and register for a class using client.
The server connects to a database and is run on a server at my uni. Everything worked fine until I tried to create a .jar file for the server and run it on the remote server. I get a classNotFoundException: org.postgresql.Driver I stress everything worked fine until I tried to use the jar.
Is there something different I need to do when specifying the drivers for the DB if it is within a .jar? Like I would need to if I was including data files.
Current DB connection code below:
public void connect() throws Exception{ Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver"); connect = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://igor.gold.ac.uk:5432/database","username", "password"); st = connect.createStatement(); System.out.println("connected"); connected = true; }
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10 Reasons to Choose Hereditree as your Family Tree Software
As a genealogist, you probably know the importance of ready access to your research,
and the inconvenience of having to resort to printouts to get a clearer picture of your information.
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Connected images appear in the Person display and may be zoomed in and out of as required.
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Get a Look Inside the 2013 CMA Awards! [Video]
Taste of Country is your source for behind-the-scenes highlights from the 2013 CMA Awards in Nashville. The interviews, the backstage reactions and the red carpet fashion show are all part of what you'll find in this collection of videos.
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A Lot to Learn
This story appears in the September 2001 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Not long ago, most entrepreneurs thought the only degree they'd ever need would be one from the School of Hard Knocks. "Who needs some ivory tower intellectual telling me how to run my business?" the thinking went. Of course, they were partly right. There is no substitute for hands-on learning.
But post-graduate degrees and other relevant business courses can lead to smarter, faster business growth and can help build a group of highly skilled and knowledgeable employees. Classroom learning has plenty of practical applications, particularly considering the dynamic nature of today's economy. Laid-off dotcommers are taking classes on sales and marketing fundamentals, and founders of traditional companies are going back to school to better understand e-commerce. With night and weekend classes, certificate programs, online courses and customized in-house options, executives now have more educational opportunities than ever before.
Master's of Your Domain
A full-time MBA program remains the cornerstone of most schools' executive curriculum. A typical MBA program takes two years for full-time students, but three to four years for part-timers, depending on course load. Peter Carlisle, 33, founder of Portland, Maine-based Carlisle Sports Management and an MBA student at the University of Southern Maine, usually takes one or two night classes per semester. On school days, he faces the challenge of finding time for homework between meetings and conference calls.
"My typical day is getting to work early and doing as much as I can before noon," says Carlisle. "I'll take 45 minutes of lunch to prepare for class. If I have more to do, I'll hold calls after 5 p.m. and do more coursework. Classes usually run from 7 to 9:30. It's exhausting, but you can do it without taking time off from work, which I couldn't afford to do."
Carlisle says the discussion among seasoned executives enrolled in his classes is often just as valuable as the course material itself. "I like nothing better than disagreeing with my professor and classmates," says Carlisle. "That kind of discourse makes you evaluate your own management skills."
Unlike his other degrees, Carlisle insists his MBA is more about learning practical skills than hanging a piece of parchment on his office wall. "You go through a lot of school and know it's valuable, but you're there for the degree," says Carlisle of the typical college scenario. "Now I couldn't care less for the degree, and I'm a sponge because of it. I choose classes based on what helps me manage my company. I'm going for an MBA, but the degree is an incidental benefit."
Customized and In-House Programs
The scope of executive education now goes far beyond the traditional MBA degree. "Essentially, an MBA is designed to develop entry-level business skills," says Bill Scheurer, chair of the International University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON). "But what do executives do when they're in midcareer, and they're taking on general management skills? There's another body of business education there. We're noticing a big growth in customized programs where companies and universities collaborate."
There are now more than 2,000 corporate universities worldwide, up from 400 in 1988, according to Jeanne Meister, president of New York City-based Corporate University Xchange, a research and consulting firm. Roughly half of corporate universities have on-site campuses. Corporations can mix and match experts or professors for training sessions that last anywhere from one day to several months. Some classes are taught online, while others are conducted at a nearby college or university.
Flexibility and accountability are the greatest benefits of in-house programs. Universities and companies can collaborate on tailor-made curriculum, and employees are able to take classes as part of their regular workday. CEOs and upper level management are directly involved in program planning and execution. Employee follow-up is an ongoing process throughout each course. "You have more control and ownership around the objectives and results," says Meister. "This isn't just a tuition reimbursement benefit."
Companies that offer in-house programs also attract better employees. "Companies that invest in education become employers of choice," says Meister. "They recognize the need to retrain and re-skill employees, because the knowledge people bring to their jobs goes out of date so fast."
Research shows that customized in-house programs are effective. According to a 2000 study by UNICON, 96 percent of UNICON program participants enrolled in customized programs said their learning experience was valuable. The UNICON study also found that incorporating the individual needs of employees and organizations into the coursework achieves the best results. Following up with participants before and after each class is the best way to measure a program's impact.While it's easier for larger corporations to develop sophisticated in-house programs, help is available for small-business owners. "They can do a couple of things," says Meister. "One is to be part of a consortium like the GWEC [Global Wireless Education Consortium], which is a group of telecommunications companies who form partnerships with two- and four-year schools. You can also create partnerships on your own. Usually this involves community colleges or local schools willing to create something innovative with you and your employees."
"Companies need to pay more attention to what they do before, during and after a program," says Scheurer. "It's a matter of sitting down with employees and reviewing the content areas, doing an assessment and giving them candid feedback."
EMBA/Online Options
While some customized courses are part of certificate or nondegree programs, credits can also be applied toward an MBA or Executive MBA (EMBA) degree. Although EMBAs specifically cater to the needs of mid- to senior-level executives, entrepreneurs are sure to benefit. The programs are more condensed, and most classes meet at night or on weekends. Last year, close to 8,000 executives enrolled in EMBA programs worldwide, according to the EMBA council.
Class size is usually limited to 45 to 60 students, and in larger cities, classes fill up quickly with employees from large corporations, making it difficult for executives from smaller companies to get into certain classes. Unlike MBA programs, experience and responsibility, not GMAT scores, are the primary criteria for entry into EMBA courses.
The price for most 18- to 24-month EMBA programs ranges from $30,000 to $100,000, depending on the sophistication of the program, and financial aid is available.
Many schools, like the University of Phoenix and CyberU, offer online programs that allow executives to earn their EMBA degrees without setting foot in a classroom. Students "attend" CD-ROM lectures and use interactive study aids, such as message boards and live chats. Supplemental video and audio programs are also available. Next year, more than 2 million people are expected to take online classes, and over 720 institutions now offer online graduate and professional degrees, according to US News & World Report.
Online classes are usually more expensive than their classroom counterparts. Duke University's Fuqua School of Business is generally considered to have one of the best online programs in the country, but it costs $82,500, compared to $60,300 for the school's regular EMBA program. Another drawback is that while online courses are more convenient, they lack the vital interaction students get in the classroom.
"In executive classes, a lot of the value revolves around debate and discussion," says Scheurer. "Typically, in one of our classrooms, we have 35 to 45 high-potential executives, and the classes are very interactive. You don't have a lecturer reading from the pulpit. It's action learning-debate, discussion. You can't do that online."
With the unprecedented number of educational opportunities now available to owners and their executives, it's clear that hands-on learning is no longer confined to the School of Hard Knocks. Today's uncertain economic climate means that now is the time to invest in something solid. There's no risk involved: Education is the one thing no one can take away from you.
Certificate Programs
Certificate or non-degree courses are sometimes as beneficial as MBA programs--maybe even more so. Just ask Valerie Suares. The 41-year-old co-founder of San Jose, California-based WeLoveMacs.com, an online store for Macintosh users, completed a certificate program in e-commerce at San Jose State University after she completed her MBA degree. "The difference between a certificate program and a master's is that you can take classes in any order," says Suares. "With certificates, you can pick classes [that pertain to] your business."
While Suares has loads of brick-and-mortar experience, her certificate focused on the nuances of e-commerce. "I took the program to springboard my business," she says. "The certificate was designed for people who [want to] immediately apply the knowledge."
Even after completing the certificate requirements, Suares continued taking courses. "I practically took all the electives," she says. "I wasn't interested in getting a certificate as much as I was in learning." So how did Suares balance her schoolbooks with balance sheets? "It completely overlapped," she says. "I crafted projects that I needed for my own company. Work and school never infringed because my homework applied to my business."Suares also interacted with experienced Silicon Valley CEOs. "We had assignments which involved working together as teams building a business," she says. "I was in constant communication with team members from my class, writing presentations and designing a Web site."
Now that she's completed an MBA degree and certificate program, which was more beneficial? Says Suares, "The certificate program was the most practical educational experience I ever had."
Diversity in Learning
One of the leaders in minority executive education is the UCLA Leadership Suite, which began in 1982 as LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics). In 1998, the program expanded to include an African American program. The Leadership Suite now includes week-long courses for women, Latinos and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender students.
"We're the only university in the country doing this," contends Alissa Materman, marketing director for UCLA's executive education program. "The objective is a little different from our other programs. With these programs, you're going to learn how to present yourself and succeed in your organization and form a supportive network."
Most classes comprise 25 to 40 students from businesses of all sizes. The cost for each leadership institute is $5,000, and most companies pay for employees' attendance. Scholarships are available for small-business owners and women.
The classes share a common curriculum based on teamwork, entrepreneurship, empowerment, mentoring, management and presentation skills. They also address specific issues important to each minority group. The Latino program, for example, focuses on transforming power into action, while the women's program deals primarily with work/life balance.
According to Materman, the Leadership Institute is important because most business classes don't address minority issues. "In one of our African American programs, I heard somebody say, 'I've never been in a class with so many people who look like me and understand me,'" says Materman. "There's a level of comfort and [knowledge] about each other because even if they don't come from the same experiences, there's a common bond."


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Weltmarkt 2017-2026 Dampfsperrschicht – Don&Low, Icopal, IKO, Industrial Textiles&Plastics, Kingspan
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Prince Harry hosted former U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday at Kensington Palace, where they discussed the deadly terrorist attack in Manchester.
On Monday, a suicide bomber killed 22 people, including children, at Manchester Arena after Ariana Grande finished a concert. The attack marked the deadliest terrorist incident in the U.K. since the 2005 London bombings.
"Good to see my friend Prince Harry in London to discuss the work of our foundations & offer condolences to victims of the Manchester attack," Obama tweeted.
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The two last met in April 2016, when Obama and then-first lady Michelle Obama dined with Harry, his brother Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton at Kensington Palace. In 2015, Harry visited the White House.
Also during their recent meeting, Harry and Obama discussed shared interests such as support for veterans, conservation, the empowerment of young people, the work of their respective foundations and mental health.
In a rare, candid interview last month, Harry revealed that he sought professional counseling after initially shutting down his emotions and nearing a "complete breakdown" several times following the 1997 death of their mother, Princess Diana. The princes and Kate have also long spearheaded a campaign by the charity Heads Together to end the stigma around mental health.
The meeting followed Obama's first trip to Scotland Friday. There, he played golf in St Andrews and attended a private charity dinner in Edinburgh.
Obama visited Berlin Thursday and spoke about the Manchester suicide bombing, offering condolences to the families of the victims and to the survivors.
"As the father of two daughters, I am heartbroken by the extraordinary tragedy that has occurred in Manchester," he said in a video posted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesperson. "To all the families who have been affected, to those who are still recovering, to those who've lost loved ones, it's unimaginable to think about the cruelty and the violence that the city of Manchester has suffered."


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Ever since Tony Cornish decided to pass along the wingnuts' favored "arm the teachers" talking point, conjured up in reaction to the horrific shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, I was wondering how Sally Jo Sorensen over at Bluestem Prairie (from whence the above graphic comes) would react.
Now I know, and it is glorious.
Seems that the key argument state representative Cornish uses to defend his cherished talking point is that the Israelis allegedly arm their teachers. Sally Jo went and did some digging, and it seems that there's a lot less to that talking point than meets the eye:
The "Israeli teachers carry guns and there's no problem" tale (variation: "All Israeli teachers are required to carry") is so common right now that it's hard to track down whether or not the example is true or not. Bluestem looked into the question and found some interesting answers.
First, when we examined the sources of the claim about packing Israeli school teachers, we generally found that those making these assertions passed around the same set of links and articles that eventually traced back to articles posted between 1999 and 2002. With each spree shooting, the example was repeated, but not examined anew.
There are a couple recent examples online in the last couple of days where writers familiar with Israel say that the claim's a weak one. Most send readers to this post, Are Israeli Teachers Armed?–crossposted at various venues. Ron Cantor, the writer is aligned with messianic Judaism–no dirty hippie–and the column is turning up on mostly conservative Christan sites. Take with a grain of salt.
So how do the Israelis guard their schools? With paid armed guards, as they're done since 1991, as Ms. Sorensen notes.
Furthermore, Sally Jo goes on to point out that unlike in the US, most Israelis have mandatory stints in the armed forces, where they are required to learn how to use guns and use them properly.


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Do you have a source for that Napoleon quote? Not because I don't believe he said it (it's the type of thing he might have said), but because I have an academic context I'd like to use it in.
The Episcopallian road is easy and wide, for many go through it to find destruction. lol sorry channeling Isa.
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Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said this week that Catholics need to encourage vocations to the priesthood especially in their home life.
"In this Year of Faith, we need to refocus ourselves, especially in our families, on helping men to hear this beautiful and noble calling from Jesus...the family is always the 'first seminary,'" he wrote in his Nov. 16 column for The Tidings.
The archbishop's reflections were marked by the U.S. bishops' annual fall assembly last week and by his own pastoral letter of last month, "Witness to the New World of Faith."
Since the family is the "domestic Church," Archbishop Gomez said that is where children first learn about the Holy Family and Christ's commandment of love. Children learn from their parents the habit of going to Mass and confession regularly.
"Ordinary family life teaches them that their faith should make a difference in how they live."
Archbishop Gomez encouraged his parishioners to use daily family prayer to pray for priests and seminarians, thus teaching their children the beauty and value of the ordained priesthood.
He also called for practical measures of appreciation for priests, suggesting inviting priests over to spend time with one's family and thanking them after Mass for the gift of the Eucharist.
In turn, he urged priests to be good examples who will encourage young men to follow in their footsteps.
"The greatest thing a priest can do is to simply live his vocation with enthusiasm. The example of happy priests, who have strong friendships with their brother priests and good relationships with their parishioners – this is immensely inspiring and attractive."
Archbishop Gomez also reflected on the noise of modern culture, which he said can keep young people from hearing God's call to a religious or priestly vocation.
"We need to help our children develop habits of prayer and meditation. And this begins by simply getting them to be comfortable without distractions, so they can listen to the silent voice of God in their hearts."
"So maybe in this Year of Faith, we can ask our children to make some time each day to turn off their smart phones and their electronic games and devices. To just be quiet with God."
The archbishop concluded by promoting Eucharistic adoration and by looking forward to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
"Through our Blessed Mother Mary, let's remember to give thanks for our priests – who bring us the most beautiful thanksgiving of all, the holy Eucharist."
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On Sunday afternoon, the Washington Nationals copied the formula that gave them two victories to start this season — except for the important part. Their offense stalled. Their pitching, in this case seven stellar innings from Jordan Zimmermann, kept them in the game. They staggered the Chicago Cubs in the final innings. They just never completed the comeback.
In a 4-3 loss before an announced 31,973 at Wrigley Field, the Nationals nearly shocked the Cubs again after Adam LaRoche drilled a two-out home run in the top of the ninth, an offensive spasm after another punchless beginning. Even as right-hander Jeff Samardzija mowed them down, the Nationals had conditioned themselves to believe they would somehow win.
"All of us thought we had a chance," LaRoche said. "Anything can happen in baseball."
While cleanup hitter Michael Morse continued a rehabilitation stint in the minors after suffering a strained muscle in his back, the Nationals managed four hits and struck out eight times against Samardzija, a converted reliever who came within one out of a complete game in his sixth career start.
After Ian Desmond led off the game with a double, Samardzija retired 15 consecutive hitters. With the Cubs' three starting pitchers on the mound in the season-opening series, the Nationals scored five runs in 221/3 innings. During the first seven innings in their opening series, the Nationals went 9-for-72 (.125) with four walks.
"I think it's too early to worry about that," LaRoche said. "I think that's just more the way it's been going. It would be nice to score early, give our pitchers a little cushion."
They could find plenty of culprits. Ryan Zimmerman, robbed of two homers by the wind in the opener, went 0-for-4, dropping to 1-for-11. Chad Tracy, the off-the-bench hero in the Nationals' first two victories, struck out in his eighth-inning pinch-hit appearance. Jayson Werth went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and a ninth-inning walk Sunday.
Werth carried confidence in his swing out of spring training, and his disappointing results haven't changed that. Werth drew three walks, including one Sunday with two outs in the ninth off Carlos Marmol that set up Xavier Nady's game-ending pop-up.
Werth narrowly missed his first hit of the season Sunday when shortstop Starlin Castro made a diving stop.
The offensive rut forced Zimmermann to face the same fate he did so many times last season — an outstanding start foiled by a lack of run support. The Nationals scored 3.2 runs per game when Zimmermann started last year. On Sunday, when he allowed two runs, only one earned, on six hits and no walks over seven innings, they managed only one until the ninth.
When Alfonso Soriano hit a broken-bat single to score Darwin Barney in the sixth, giving the Cubs a 2-1 lead, Zimmermann could only take the loss. Zimmermann is 12-19 in his career, but seven of his past 12 losses have come when he allowed two earned runs or fewer.
"It doesn't change my approach," Zimmermann said. "I'm just going to keep throwing strikes and try to get as many outs as possible."
When Zimmermann exited for a pinch hitter after only 80pitches, the Nationals trailed 2-1.
But the Nationals' bullpen1/3 scoreless innings the first two games, could not hold the deficit there. Ryan Mattheus and Sean Burnett combined to allow two runs in the eighth inning.
On Saturday, Mattheus had thrown 10 pitches in a dominant, 1-2-3 inning. On Sunday, he walked the first hitter he faced, David DeJesus, and gave up a one-out double to Castro.
The Nationals scored their lone run before LaRoche's homer thanks to another two-strike at-bat by Danny Espinosa.
With one out and Wilson Ramos on third in the sixth, he fell behind Samardzija 0-2 by flailing at the first two pitches.
Espinosa focused on a new approach with two strikes all spring. On Saturday, he fouled off four consecutive two-strike pitches before launching a crucial solo homer.
On Sunday, Espinosa dribbled away a fastball, took a ball and flicked away another of Samardzija's pitches. On the sixth pitch of the at-bat, Espinosa hooked a fly ball to right field, deep enough to score Ramos without a throw home. The Nationals had tied it at 1.
They would not muster another base runner until the ninth, until it was too late, even for them. The Nationals clubhouse fell quiet afterward, the stereos off, the television screens blank.
"It's not the TV's fault we lost," Zimmerman said, letting out a small chuckle.
The players summoned the clubhouse manager to flip on the Masters. They watched golf, ate Italian food and prepared for their trip to New York, not at all worried about an offense that hadn't showed up yet, with one series down and 53 to go.


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"Class Oriented Programming" is what people do when they write classes which are all static methods and properties and are never once instantiated. I'll try to explain why this adds virtually nothing vis-a-vis procedural programming, what these people are really missing out on by ignoring objects and why, against all odds, statics don't automatically kill testability. While this article focuses on PHP, the concepts apply equally across many languages.
He talks about code coupling, expectations when using static classes/methods and how it seems a little too similar to some of the procedural PHP we all started out writing. He ponts out that most static method calls are more like function calls than true OOP methods and that their dependencies are a bit more difficult to manage. He suggests that statics are really only good for one kind of thing - dealing with already static data and "utility methods" operating on given data.


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