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It sounds like a late April Fool's joke, but no. Amazon has really just announced a new service called Amazon Prime Air, where sometime in the next few years select customers can get stuff delivered straight to their doorstep via drone.
You can't use it yet - Amazon is awaiting approval from the FAA - but they're expecting the green light for unmanned delivery sometime in 2015. Then when final testing and R&D is done after that (the footage you see here is from a test flight), they hope to be able to deliver stuff to people's homes "in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles".
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�The Hunger Games: Catching Fire� opened with $161.1 million at the domestic weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
It became the biggest November debut ever, as well as Lionsgate�s most lucrative opening.
The result fell short of some expectations and failed to dethrone the year�s biggest box-office opening, �Iron Man 3� with $174 million. But the film opened massively worldwide, taking in a total of $307.7 million.
The marketplace largely ceded the weekend to �Catching Fire.� The only other new wide release was Disney�s Vince Vaughn comedy �Delivery Man,� which sputtered to an $8.2 million opening.
The box-office performance for �Catching Fire� establishes �Hunger Games,� starring Jennifer Lawrence as the archer heroine of Suzanne Collins� young adult series, as among the elite franchises in movies. The budget nearly doubled from the original and Francis Lawrence took over directing duties from Gary Ross. �Catching Fire� received better reviews and drew a broader audience.
�When the first film was released, there was this idea that it was going to appeal largely to young girls,� said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. �But over time, it�s skewing back toward male audiences. There�s actually a lot of action, there�s violence in the movie. It�s crossing over to a much broader base.�
The domestic opening for �Catching Fire� is the fourth best ever, following �The Avengers ($207 million), �Iron Man 3� and �Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II� ($169 million).
Record keeping, though, has become more complicated in recent years at the box office. Higher-priced 3-D or IMAX screenings can boost revenue, as can early screenings. �Catching Fire,� which earned 8 percent of its gross from IMAX showings, counted $25 million from Thursday night screenings among its weekend total.
The original �Hunger Games� earned $152.5 million in its opening weekend in March 2012, but didn�t debut until midnight screenings Thursday.
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After two weeks atop the box office, �Thor: The Dark World,� released by Disney, slid to second with $14.1 million. After an impressive opening, the romantic comedy �The Best Man Holiday� added $12.5 million for a two-week total of $50.4 million.
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While it looks like Deadmau5 may have trolled everyone waiting for a PlayStation Vita with his whole lost-not-lost prank concerning Sony's upcoming handheld, we think we can believe him that he's gotten a hell of a new gaming tattoo. (There are videos.)
Over the weekend, he appears to have cajoled newly-minted VGA hall-of-famer Shigeru Miyamoto to sign his forearm and then get it permanently etched into his epidermis via professional tattoo. Mr. Maus spun at the VGAs on Saturday night and had occasion to meet Miyamoto-san at the event.
One Sharpie signature + a timely visit to a needle artist = the envy of every hardcore Nintendo fan. Seems like he'll need a Fumito Ueda autograph to balance things out, right?
He's got other gaming tattoos already. There's rendition of a Minecraft creeper face and Space Invaders alien on his body. The DJ is definitely into the gaming scene. He was attached to Activision's DJ Hero 2 and he'll have tunes featured in Sound Shapes, the Vita's platformer/music creation hybrid being made by Jonathan Mak of Everyday Shooter fame. On top of that, he DJs with a mouse head that's got Space Invaders, Minecraft pigs, and Pac-Man on it, among other things.
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Indian Science Congress tries to go inclusive in its 100th year
As the annual Indian Science Congress marks its centenary this month (3–7 January) the relevance of its present 'inclusive' form is being questioned, reports Archita Bhatta.
[KOLKATA] "Few practising scientists of note consider the (Indian science) Congress as an important event," Padmanabhan Balaram wrote in an editorial published in the 10 December issue of Current Science – conceived at the 1932 Congress and now India's best-known scientific journal.
Pushp Mohan Bhargava, founder-director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, agrees: "I used to regularly attend the Congress. But now I rarely go. Few serious scientists attend the Congress because they do not get anything from it."
Bhargava added that the technical sessions are poorly attended and authors presenting papers lose interest because of the lack of a serious audience.
- Few serious scientists now attend the Indian Science Congress
- Quality of papers presented at the congress being overlooked
- The science congress maintains a role in deliberating national science policy
According to Mazhuvancherry Unnikrishnan, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, Manipal University, the congress was started at a time when there were few conferences, whereas today scientists can pick subject-specific meets where their papers get better audiences and response.
Geetha Bali, vice-chancellor, Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur, president of the 99th Congress, does not agree that interest in the event is waning. "It is attended by people who practice science for the larger good of society."
The shift in focus to inclusivity has direct bearing on the quality of papers presented at the congress in recent years.
Quality of papers overlooked
"There is a requirement for rigorous review of papers that are submitted at the congress," says Asis Dutta, professor of eminence at the National Institute of Plant Genomics, Delhi, and president of the 2004 Congress. "Quality has to be judged before they are accepted for presentation."
"Quality is overlooked because few high-quality papers are received," says Bhargava. "Authors are not keen on sending their papers to the conference because they feel that the papers will not get due recognition."
Unnikrishnan blames lack of specialised audiences for the poor quality of papers presented at the congress.
"Science can be discussed only between peers," says Unnikrishnan. "For example, it is almost impossible for a neurologist to talk about his work to an automobile engineer."
While each meet does have a focused theme, Unnikrishnan believes that they "do not seem to have an academic impact."
Bali agrees that the meet does not showcase quality papers. "But then the congress aims to improve papers through discussions and deliberations and not exclude them by raising the quality bar too high."
Shift in target audience
Given the stress on inclusivity, the target of the congress seems to have shifted from the original objective of boosting research to popularising science.
The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) was originally conceived 'to advance and promote the cause of science in India' by British chemists J. L. Simonsen and P.S. MacMahon. They felt that an annual meeting of researchers, on the lines of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, could stimulate scientific research in India.
However, during the silver jubilee celebrations in 1988, the activities of ISCA were diversified to include the generation of scientific temper and popularisation of science.
In order to compensate for the flagging interest of scientists in India's only interdisciplinary science conference, organisers seem to be focusing on attracting more common people and school students.
At a regional science meet, organised 27–28 November 2012 in Delhi, most of the attendees were students who showed keen interest in learning about the latest developments in science.
"We get to know what has already been found through books. Here we expect to learn about ongoing research," said Pali Singh of Delhi Public School, Rajnagar, a school in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi.
Balaram believes that the fact that the congress generates media interest reflects its popularity with ordinary people. "The science congress is the only congregation of scientists in India that attracts media attention," Balaram said in his editorial in Current Science.
So is the congress gradually turning into a science communication jamboree? "In order to do that, we need good communicators among scientists participating in the Congress," Bhargava says. "Unfortunately, that is also not happening."
Bhargava's frustration was echoed by a class 11 student of Ahlcon Public School in the NCR. "If the organisers are calling for the participation of school students, the papers should be presented in a manner in which we can understand them."
Forum for deliberating scientific decisions
Despite the lack of seriousness with which the scientific community sees the congress today, leaders in science are trying to preserve its role as a place to deliberate on science policies.
The congress had earlier deliberated crucial issues like setting up a department of biotechnology and the environment department, said a former officer of the department of science and technology.
" (The Indian) science congress may not be an option for the serious scientist who wants to discuss his favourite theories," said Unnikrishnan. "Yet, it can be useful as a forum for hobnobbing with policy makers, getting to know the priorities of the government, the way funds are being allocated and trends in science administration."
"It is a forum for gleaning the 'big picture' which is important for emerging leaders in science," Unnikrishnan added.
Scientists concur that instances of fruitful discussions on science policy are becoming rare at the congresses. "This is mainly because the management of the congress usually does not fall into the most efficient hands," Bhargava says.
Dutta agrees. "The quality of the congress largely depends on the quality of the organisers," he said.
Leaders in the scientific community are making their best efforts to preserve the role of the Congress as a place to deliberate on policy. "The first technical session of this year's Congress is on science policy," Bali says.
A precedent is likely to be set at the present congress through the planned release of a new science, technology and innovation policy.


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With the exception of pleasant finale binges on the great endangered interests
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And drips from the ceiling and smells the rich scent of my tracks
All I ever really wanted was a jungle, and a jungle I got
See it ain't the vision it's the plot that makes me stop
Try it again. I don't want to (Repeat 8x)
I'm not even interested anymore
Try it one more time


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As a California journalist, President Obama's visit to our state left me with an unmistakable impression:
This White House would like me to drop dead.
And maybe the rest of California with me.
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What other conclusion could one reach after watching the president's imperial swing through the state?
In Southern California, he snarled rush-hour traffic in the heart of the city so he could stop for chicken and waffles, before heading over to two fundraising events at the homes of Hollywood stars.
He didn't address the state's troubles -- or the questions of journalists in the largest media market of the nation's largest state. (He did talk to Jay Leno).
In Northern California, he barred local reporters from covering his San Francisco event.
Since this means less coverage (and usually less critical coverage, compared to that received from national media), this decision made little sense.
The White House sent a statement to the San Francisco Chronicle, which has had gloriously indignant coverage of this snub, that this was "usual" policy.
That statement is totally bunk -- presidents on the road usually court local reporters, in order to get more press coverage. Local coverage tends to be more favorable than national coverage.
There is no rational explanation for this behavior, which is probably why the White House didn't respond to requests for comment.
But it suggests a couple of things:
1. The White House press operation doesn't know what it's doing.
2. This White House is more insular than is commonly portrayed.
3. That President Obama's promises to have the "most transparent administration" in American history are laughable.
It's enough to make you wonder if California is still part of the United States. Or did I miss something in the health care bill?
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McMillen, known for his quick wit and colorful interviews, was caught off-guard as the announcement was made at the awards ceremony. "It was truly a surprise and a great honor," McMillen commented afterwards. "I really didn't know what to say or where to begin. Being on that stage with all of the past winners was humbling."
McMillen, fighting an eye irritation, had not expected to attend the event this year. "So many people - racers, sponsors, friends - everyone, has called and offered prayers and well-wishes," McMillen explained. "The out-pouring of support from the drag racing community has been overwhelming. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their prayers and support."
While McMillen may not have been 100% healthy going into the IHRA Awards Banquet, it didn't stop the friendly banter that goes on between rival drivers. McMillen wore his sunglasses to the evening event to prevent light from aggravating his eye. During his acceptance speech, 3-time IHRA Funny Champion, Rob Atchison took a moment to note that the Funny Car field would look a little different in 2006, pointing out that McMillen would be driving a Top Fuel car and now wore sunglasses indoors, suggesting that McMillen was "too cool" to race in the Funny Car division any longer. While McMillen and the crowd had a chuckle, Terry was already wondering how and when he would have a chance to respond to Rob's comments. Little did he know that his opportunity would come sooner than later when Terry was awarded the "Sportsman of the Year". While the award itself left him almost speechless, it only took a minute for Terry to put on his driver's suit and offer a "comeback" to Rob's earlier comment. Terry suggested that the sunglasses weren't for Top Fuel, but rather to diminish the glare that the stage lights were reflecting from Atchison's head (Atchison chooses to shave his head).
One of the defining moments of the 2005 season came early for McMillen. Coming off a career best finish in 2004, McMillen had once again positioned himself with an opportunity to win his first event at the Amalie Oil Texas Nationals. The final round showdown would pair McMillen with then 2-time and now 3-time IHRA Funny Car Champion, Rob Atchison. However, Atchison's car was wounded in a semi-final win against 5-time IHRA Champion, Mark Thomas. Atchison's machine would require a new engine. Making the call for the final round was not a given for the Canadian-based team. McMillen and his crew were among the first in the Atchison pits lending a hand. "That's just how it's done in drag racing," McMillen said. "When we're on that line, we're fierce competitors for about 6 seconds. In the pits we're a pretty tight knit bunch." Atchison would go on to defeat McMillen in the final round.
Some say McMillen had sealed his destiny towards winning "Sportsman of the Year" during that event in San Antonio. IHRA president, Aaron Pulborn would disagree. "There isn't any 'one point' that earns this award. It's one thousand points over a career. Terry consistently works at putting us all in the best light. Whether it's helping the IHRA sell tickets or taking care of sponsors, he does whatever it takes to be successful."
McMillen was quick to add, "I get the credit. But, without my team, the IHRA and great marketing partners, there wouldn't be an opportunity to be in the position to win such an award. I couldn't have done it without marketing partners like Amalie Oil, TORCO Race Fuels, LukOil, XLR8, Fannie May Candies, Flatout Gaskets, NGK Spark Plugs, MSD, Performance Graphics, Powershield Coatings and Crane Cams. It's a team effort. My entire team consisting of Tad and Carrie, Brent and Denise, Dale and Dorothy, Jim and Lynnette, Jack Todd and my wife Rhonda."
Another bright note for McMillen during the banquet was when he learned that two of his sponsors (Amalie Oil and TORCO Race Fuels) were nominated for "Sponsor of the Year". TORCO Race Fuels will add the 2005 "Sponsor of the Year" award to its resume. "I've always said that we have the best sponsors in the business," McMillen added. "Amalie and TORCO prove it year in and year out. I am very happy for Evan. His passion for drag racing has never been more evident."
Evan Knoll, also responsible for the resurgence of the IHRA Nitro Funny Car, was named Drag Racing's Man of the Year by the online publication "Drag Racing Online".


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Simon Wood Power
M.D. at Oval Stainless
So what can one say: Stubborn, ruthless, energetic, creative, inspired? I have no idea, all I know is that he is a good chap to work with, well respected in industry and a man who I would not hesitate to recommend. February 7, 2013
Mark Edwards
Mechanical engineering resource specialist.
We are very pleased to welcome Andy into the fold here at Matchtech Engineering Services; his wealth of contacts, experience and engineering nouse will clearly take us forward in Leisure marine and the wider marine supply chain activities.
We would also like to take the opportunity to wish AJS technical Services all the success in the world as an its establishes itself as an independent consultancy; Andy will really be able to demonstrate the 'added value' to the customers he represents - and therefore getting the credit he deserves at long last. February 7, 2013
Natalie Desty AMIMarEST Assoc (RINA)
Department Manager- Marine & Shipping Division at Matchtech
I got involved with the marine manufacturing showcase a couple of years ago. This was mainly to provide a platform to increase our business network. Andrew has been instrumental in increasing this network via a series of initiatives designed to bring businesses together. The showcase is a fabulous idea and incredibly well run. Not only does it provide a cost effective way to exhibit, it also provides a well supported framework to ensure its success. October 22, 2012
Samantha Clarke
Outreach Manager at Manufacturing Technology Centre
I worked with Andrew in his capacity as BMF Central Region Chairman. He is always driven and creative with initial concepts for projects needed to support members within the region along with seeing the projects through from conception to successful conclusion. April 13, 2010
Sharon Woodward.
PTP (UK) and Trinity Marinas
PTP (UK) Ltd has contracted Andrew Sims of A J S Technical Services as Project Manager to launch and take their brand new range of inland and coastal marine engines to the market place. Through his in depth technical knowledge and engineering skills Andrew has assisted PTP in developing their marine engines further enabling them to offer a unique product to the market place. This development has been further enabled by Andrew's ability to link various components together to provide an overall solution, supported by his extensive network of suppliers.
Andrew is also a skilled brand developer and has greatly assisted PTP (UK) Ltd's launch into the marine sector through his comprehensive contacts with key media organisations and journalists within the industry.
PTP are delighted to be working with Andrew and would highly recommend him to any organisation to assist them with business and brand development, technical and engineering expertise, providing overall solutions to component assembly and taking new products to market. Andrew is a highly respected figure in the marine industry and has worked to improve the sector through his work with BMF Midlands, BMF Management Board and the MTA amongst others. 25th August 2015.
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IBM squeaked by Hewlett-Packard to maintain its top position in worldwide server revenue during the first quarter this year, according to a new report.
Technology research firm Gartner said today, while both companies relied on an x86 server sales rebound from the fourth quarter of 2006, IBM enjoyed a 14.3 per cent boost of its high-end Unix servers from the same quarter last year.
Gartner Veep Jeffrey Hewitt said overall x86 server sales took a hit in the fourth quarter of 2006 due to lengthy sales cycles, following a period of rapid technology transition.
"As we had predicted, this constraint was less about virtualization and was only a temporary issue as evidenced by the fact that this part of the market returned to growth in the first quarter," Hewitt said.
Dell, Sun and Fujitsu rounded out the major players in server revenue during the first quarter.
1. IBM: $3.83bn Q1 revenue, 29.8 per cent market share
2. HP: $3.64bn Q1 revenue, 28.8 per cent market share
3. Dell: $1.44bn Q1 revenue, 11.2 per cent market share
4. Sun: $1.37bn Q1 revenue, 10.3 per cent market share
5. Fujitsu: $698m Q1 revenue, 5.4 per cent market share
From the fourth quarter 2006, IBM's revenue increased 8.4 per cent; HP, 5.4 per cent; Dell, 10.3 per cent; Sun, 2.2 per cent; and Fujitsu suffered a 7.7 per cent market share loss.
Worldwide server revenue totaled 12.9 billion for the quarter, climbing 4.5 per cent over the same quarter last year.
HP remained on top in terms of server unit shipments, with almost 634,000 units sent out during the first quarter. The company took 30 per cent of market shipments, the largest slice of the pie its had since 2002.
Dell took second place with nearly 446,850 shipped, claiming 21.1 per cent of server shipments.
IBM remains in third with 295,175 units. Shipments slipped 1.1 per cent from last quarter. IBM's share during the quarter was 14 per cent.
Fujitsu shipped about 81,000 units for 3.8 per cent of the market, and Sun shipped 79.000 units for 3.7 per cent.
Worldwide server shipments for the first quarter of 2007 increased 6 per cent over the same quarter last year, totaling over 2.1 million units.
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Over the past five years, TC Energy (formally Trans Canada) has tried to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline on Wet'suwet'en...
Harper v. First Nations: The assimilation agenda
Last week, in response to this summer's Supreme Court decision in Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia, the Harper government quietly put forward an aggressive revision of Canada's Indian policy. It is the first major revision of Canada's comprehensive land claims and Aboriginal self-government policies since 1986.
The indigenous land rights ruling that could transform Canada
by Martin Lukacs - The Guardian (photo credit Friends of the Nemaiah Valley)
Indigenous rights offer a path to a radically more just and sustainable country – which is why the Canadian government is bent on eliminating them.
The unrest is palpable. In First Nations across Canada, word is spreading of a historic court ruling recognizing Indigenous land rights. And the murmurs are turning to action: an eviction notice issued to a railway company in British Columbia; a park occupied in Vancouver; lawsuits launched against the Enbridge tar sands pipeline; a government deal reconsidered by Ontario Algonquins; and sovereignty declared by the Atikamekw in Quebec.Read more
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Idle No More Honours Loretta Saunders & All Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women & Girls
"If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do." ~ Gandhi
From all 4 corners of the Earth, let us pray.
Pray for justice, pray for peace, pray for nations, states, communities, a World that cherishes its' Children, Loves and Honours its Women, and for Men to rise up in Love; to Honour themselves and the Women and Children.
Yes, there are many groups asking the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, to do a public inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls; which is required and needed on a global level also. However, for personal/collective responsibility on change, don't wait on this one man, who has failed and abused his role as a leader so miserably, already. Let us work to support, strengthen, and empower each other to create a world we want all to be safe, free, and cherishes the gift of life.Read more
In Canada every system of oppression is organized around settler colonialism
By Candida Hadley - Halifax Media Co-op (Photo PolicyAlternatives.ca)
An Interview with Harsha Walia
K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Harsha Walia is an activist, writer and founder of the Vancouver chapter of No One is Illegal. She has organized in migrant justice, Indigenous solidarity, Palestinian liberation, antiracist, feminist, anti-imperialist, and anti-capitalist movements and communities for over a decade. Naomi Klein called her "one of Canada's most brilliant and effective political organizers."Read more
Decolonize The Food and Drug Administration and Evict Monsanto World Wide
Poster and article submitted by Quanah Parker Brightman and UNA
The American Indian Contribution To The World's Food
Did you know that over 62% of all the food that the entire world eats today was originally developed by American Indian people ? It's true ! In fact, if you took out all the food in your cupboards and refrigerator that was developed by Indians, you wouldn't be left with much to eat. Have you ever gone to a movie and had a tub of popcorn ? Well, if it weren't for the ingenuity of ancient Indian folks, you'd have to eat something else at the movie ! Yes, that's right, Indians invented popcorn ... and many other foods and drinks you enjoy today. The list below will clearly convey the overwhelming Indian contribution to the food of today's world.Read more
The Termination Plan for Indigenous Peoples'
Please download and use the slides below for your Teach-In or organizing work. You can use a projector and share the slides as a power point presentation or you can print-off and hand out the slides. Slides are available as in both power point and PDF files.
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Organizing a Teach-In in your Community
We recognize that this has been a very powerful and intense year that has involved a lot of hard work from Indigenous peoples and allies from across the globe. The purpose of the Teach- in resource materials are to provide a framework that you can potentially use for your Teach -in on January 28th. We recognize that people are tired and still working tirelessly. At these times it's important to lend out a hand of support to each other as we sit together and learn better ways to move forward.
Most of the Teach-ins have been organized as groups. If you do not know of other people involved with Idle No More in your area you can also contact Idle No More / Defenders of the Land organizers through the website (http://www.idlenomore.ca/contact). We can help you get in touch with other people in your area involved in the movement.
Possible Agenda / Template:
1. Begin with Ceremony or with something appropriate for your group or community
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Rationale: We are at a time in history where our very existence is being continually threatened. The guidance of our Ancestors and the Spirits will help nurture our efforts so that we are able to move forward in a strong, cohesive, and grounded way. These teachings are found in ceremonies that permeated our governance structures, our relationships with others, our roles and responsibilities, and our responsibilities to protect the Earth. When our work is grounded in our ceremonies we are able to go beyond shallow intellectual responses towards coming up with solutions which truly provide spiritual connections to the Earth. While ceremony can have a wide range of definitions, it is important that whatever your group decides, that people are welcomed and not excluded.
What revolution looks like to me, sovereignty summer schools?
by âpihtawikosisân (Image credit, Strong Families)
It is so easy to get bogged down by all the problems indigenous peoples face. Poverty, suicide, addiction, disease, incarceration, homelessness, violence — where does one even begin to address these things?
We can cast our nets widely, and see the big picture in all its ugly colonial horror. This is absolutely necessary; but philosophically deconstructing colonialism can only get us so far when so many indigenous peoples are struggling just to have their basic needs met.Read more
Sovereignty: Do First Nations Need It?
An Informative Essay by, Mohawk Lawyer and Legal Academic :
Stephen John Ford
The problem with answering this question is ground in the misunderstanding Indigenous People have about what Sovereignty really is. Some Indigenous people take the position that Sovereignty is a concept particular to the Colonizer. Others point out that word doesn't exist in their language and therefore has never been known to their Nation. Indeed, the concept of Sovereignty was developed in Europe in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Linguistically, it is rooted in the Old French: soverei'nete . Although there may be no single word in an Indigenous language that compares identically to sovereignty, the concept as it would apply in a First Nation context, is clearly present.Read more


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With 2012 coming to an end, it's time to set our sights on next year, 2013. IrishCentral took to the streets of New York City to see what people are hoping to do come the new year.
People in New York City have plans big and small for 2013. Some are work-focused, and want to attend conventions and get internships, while others are adventurous, looking to travel and go skydiving or scuba diving.
Whether your plans are big or small, it seems New Yorkers are certainly looking forward to the new year that is only a few days away now. Sound off below with what your 2013 is looking like!
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Gilbert Arenas Arrested For Possession Of Illegal Fireworks
Happy 4th of July everyone!
HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: Gilbert Arenas' holiday plans sort of blew up in his face.
Last week, Gilbert Arenas was pulled over in Los Angeles around 2:30 AM for speeding, allegedly doing 80 MPH on the interstate.
When officers approached Arenas' vehicle, they noticed it was full of fireworks. All told, Arenas was carrying 20 boxes of illegal fireworks sitting in plain sight in the bed and cab of the truck. The following morning, police estimated that they confiscated over 100 pounds of fireworks from his truck. There were so many, that the LAPD bomb squad was called in to remove the fireworks from the scene.
Arenas was released from custody without bail at 6:45 AM and charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of illegal fireworks. He was also cited for speeding and for driving without a license.
The last time "Agent Zero" laced up a pair of shoes and played in an NBA game was 2011-12 when he was a member of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Arenas has been famously unstable throughout his career. When he was putting up numbers, he was "eccentric". But after he hurt his knee, he couldn't produce and his behavior could no longer be tolerated.
He tore the MCL in his knee to end his 2006-07 season, he was never the same player. In the subsequent five seasons Arenas was only healthy enough to play 134 games and looked like a shell of his former self.
But that didn't stop the Wizards from giving him a 6 year-deal worth $111 million dollars in July of 2008.
And now, five years later, Arenas is getting busted for speeding at 2:30 AM on a week night.


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A Supreme Court justice, an actor and a Catholic university president walk into the State Department…..
… and formalize the swearing in of their mutual friend, constitutional lawyer Douglas Kmiec, as ambassador to Malta.
What sounds like the opening to a stand-up routine was instead the scene in the Treaty Room at the State Department Sept. 2, a case of someone with a broad, diverse base of friends and colleagues if ever there was one.
Justice Samuel Alito, who worked with Kmiec at the Justice Department in the 1980s and is one of the six Catholics on the U.S. Supreme Court; actor Martin Sheen, who is a fellow parishioner at Kmiec's Catholic parish in California, and Vincentian Father David O'Connell, president of The Catholic University of America, where Kmiec was dean of the law school from 2001 to 2003, each had a role in the brief ceremony.
Kmiec, who is on hiatus as a columnist for Catholic News Service, holds an endowed chair in constitutional law at Pepperdine University School of Law, and previously was director of the University of Notre Dame's Center on Law & Government, and the founder of its Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy. As a lifelong Republican who helped write the Reagan administration's legal arguments to the Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade, Kmiec stunned some of his friends and former allies with his support for Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign.
An article Kmiec wrote headlined "Reaganites for Obama" caught the eye of Joshua DuBois, then Obama's campaign director of religious outreach and now director of the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
"Are you for real?" Kmiec recalled being asked by DuBois in their first conversation. "Many people have asked that since then."
Not long after Kmiec's support for Obama became public, he was denied Communion on that basis at a Mass before he addressed a Catholic business group in California. The priest, who was never identified, later apologized.
Kmiec went on to serve as a member of the campaign's Catholic advisory group and wrote a book "Can a Catholic Support Him: Asking the Big Question about Barack Obama." From his ambassadorial post, he will continue to serve the administration informally as an adviser on interfaith dialogue and cooperation.
DuBois noted that role would be especially appropriate from Malta, a historical crossroads of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
Father O'Connell offered an invocation, Sheen led the Pledge of Allegiance and Alito administered the oath of office.
Afterward, Kmiec, Alito and Sheen each warmly greeted guests, many of whom asked to pose for photos with the ambassador, the justice and the actor, who played President Jed Bartlett for seven seasons of the White House-based drama, "The West Wing."
Despite political activism on a range of issues and his history as a "president" who Kmiec noted "didn't raise anyone's taxes and expanded everyone's budgets," Sheen said it was his first visit to the State Department.


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Weather or not: Town cleanup in the works
Snow or no snow, the community clean-up is on.
Bags for collecting rubbish and recyclables from public areas around town became available Monday at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Gateway Building on Main Street. Beginning April 27 and through May 11, they'll be accepted without charge at the Community Waste Solutions landfill on FAA Road.
The effort is sponsored by CWS, Chilkoot Indian Association, Haines Borough and the Haines Chamber of Commerce.
Passes for single-stream recycling at CWS will be awarded to the three individuals collecting the most bags of trash. Non-profit groups earn $3 per bag and are eligible for additional cash prizes if they're among the top three in total bags collected. The school class turning in the most bags wins a trip to Skagway on the fast ferry, including a day at Klondike Gold Fields tour concession to pan for gold and go dog-sledding.
Robert Butker, marketing director for CWS, said the company previously offered dump passes to the biggest trash collectors but is offering recycling passes as part of efforts to emphasize its recycling program. "We're trying to recycle as much as the stuff that's brought in as possible, so we're offering recycling passes to keep that theme up."
CWS also will offer to take all junk tires for free. People can bring tires from their back yards, Butker said. The company is incorporating tires into the design of a drainage ditch they're using to redirect a stream there away from trash. "We could use a few more. That, and there's a lot of junk tires sitting all over town," he said.
The landfill will be open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, including Sunday, during the rubbish drive.
Last year, Takshanuk Watershed Council brought thousands of pounds of junk, including washing machines, old refrigerators and tires from in and along local waterways. "It was overwhelming for us. We weren't expecting to get that amount. You'd be amazed at the things they pulled out from those close-to-the road areas," Butker said.
A more concerted effort between the TWC and the CIA this year includes a $500 donation to offset some of costs of disposal.
A collection facility will be stationed at the Haines Schol April 27-28 and May 11 for classes to collect items on the weekend. "They'll be able to drop bags right at the high school. We'll be keeping a tally."
Butker said the effort to target students is also to educate them about what and what isn't recyclable. "There's a lot of recyclables that are being thrown away, especially in this community. We're trying to show how easy it is."
CWS started offering single-stream recycling in February. The company has sent out 13 tons of combined recyclables under the program, which charges 22 cents per pound to accept mixed recyclables.
"If you do it right, you can normally recycle about 80 percent of what you throw away," includes Ziplock bags, shrink wrap, bottle caps and some certain grades of plastic bags, Butker said.
Classes can go to hainesgoesgreen.com to get details about the competition.


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July 12, 2005 - Poking at Protocols: SSH and SPA
by Jeff Moss
Protocol layer research allows us hackers to both secure and exploit everyday operational communications. On this BlackPage, Adam Boileau walks us through a day of formulating his latest SSH hijacking techniques while Mad Hat provides a first look at Single Packet Authentication, and how it might land system administrators a few extra dates.
A Day in the Life of a SSH Trust Hijacker
by Adam Boileau posted July 12, 2005
Time: 0712
Mood: Angsty
This morning in the shower, a vision of Richard Stallman came to me, and told me I should write a python interface to GDB. I wonder why?
Last time I listened to him, I got thrown out of the Pub.
Time: 0923
Mood: cussing
Wow, GDB/MI's better than libiptables. I'm not sure that's a compliment.
Time: 1115
Mood: 3v1l
Hey, Mr 0nate left a shell to symondst1.helix.net.nz open, I wonder if I can get his SSH to go change my ratelimit?
Time: 1430
Mood: Self abuse
Man, I sure am glad my hat's the colour of a toothpaste model's teeth, 'cause you could wreak a far bit of havoc with this thing hooked up to that Firefox URL-Icon Javascript bug...
Sexy Packet Authentication
by MadHat posted July 12, 2005
Single Packet Authentication (SPA) is a protocol that does just what it says -- identifies the client to the server with a single packet. What you do next is up to you, but we came up with several scenarios. Port knocking too insecure? SPA to the rescue. Behind a client's NAT on a consulting gig and need to restart the mail server back at the main office? SPA has a plan. Reverse shell out of your secure DMZ back to you in your hotel room? SPA commands all. Need a new protocol to impress potential sexual partners? SPA is deeeead sexy.
New Doors To Your Network
Every advancement of technology comes with a new entry point for exploitation. Over the last few years we've witnessed the explosion of two areas that provide public access to private systems: wireless access points and web application service APIs. This week top researchers Beetle and Bruce Potter announce the release of a new rouge wireless access point vulnerability tool that builds on the popular Airsnarf study released last summer. On a different track from the wireless crew, Alex Stamos and Scott Stender hypothesize on how the growing popularity of web service interfaces will fuel a new type of injection attacks... read more
Psychology and Organized Crime
Sometimes we're so stuck on the screen that we forget to look beyond it. Mudge and Geers are here to remind us of the security angles we seldom explore, but that have an effect on what we do daily. On today's page we keep in mind economics, psychology, and the Russian mob when thinking about security. .. read more
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It's British Science Week - an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths. It is a fantastic opportunity to get your children involved in some really practical science activities. Here are some fun activities for you to try this British Science Week.
Teach your children how to describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials with this fun and free practical lesson plan!
Teach your children about the different functions of our bones and muscles with this fun practical lesson!
This week, to celebrate the launch of Switched on Science Second Edition, we're giving away a free topic from Year 1 in which pupils explore their local environment to help them find out more about the plants and animals that live in their locality.
Sue Evans, science coordinator at Phoenix Primary, details a fun outdoor activity for you to try with your pupils. Get them running around neighing like horses or baaing like sheep whilst also learning how to identify a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
In this blog post Sue Evans, science coordinator at Phoenix Primary, explains how she had fun teaching her class about what's in our blood through a fun practical lesson.
Martin Waddell's Room for a Little One is the basis of today's free English lesson plan!
The first of the new Key Stage 2 National Tests are fast approaching. If you are planning on a revision programme, or even if you aren't, it is probably best to be aware of the areas that will be included in the tests that have not been taught in Year 6. Thank to Mathematics Advisor Caroline Clissold for this valuable article on end points.
Behind the door on Day 7 of our advent calendar is a great lesson plan using Rachel Bright's The Lion Inside.
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Just when you think teen superstar Justin Bieber couldn't possibly do anything dumber, he does something that makes you do a double face palm. Bieber is truly achieving the impossible: He's making Lindsay Lohan look good.
So what did Bieber do this time? Well, over the weekend he stopped at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. This museum is dedicated to preserving the memory of Anne Frank, whose chronicle of her family's efforts to hide from the Nazis during World War II would later become "The Diary of Anne Frank."
Bieber ended his visit by writing in the Holocaust memorial's guest book: "Truly inspiring to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber." Dean Obeidallah
For those who wonder what he's talking about, a "belieber" is a term used to describe one of Bieber's devoted fans. Apparently Bieber's take-away from visiting this Holocaust memorial was that he hoped that Anne Frank would've been a fan of his music. He may have just redefined the word "narcissistic."
There is a silver lining to this. Some of his young fans tweeted that they had never heard of Anne Frank. Consequently, the controversy surrounding his comments apparently raised awareness about the horrors of the Holocaust to some young people previously unfamiliar with it. And the Anne Frank House praised Bieber's visit.
It was being gracious. But Bieber really needs to stop talking for a while. And I don't say that as someone who harbors an inappropriate amount of dislike for the teen singer. In fact, last May I wrote a piece for CNN.com defending and actually sympathizing with Bieber when he had an altercation with the paparazzi.
But that was almost a year ago. Since then, Bieber has become unbearable.
In the last month alone, we have watched Bieber caught on tape being restrained by his bodyguards as he unleashed a stream of obscenities and threatened members of the paparazzi with physical violence. He also allegedly spit in the face of one of his neighbors and threatened him after the neighbor complained that Bieber was driving his Ferrari at 100 mph in their gated community.
Then we saw Bieber storm out of his March birthday party like a spoiled child calling it the "worst birthday." He went on to show up almost an hour late for his concert in London. And in January, photos surfaced of Bieber smoking what the website TMZ said appeared to be weed with his friend rapper, Lil Twist.
I get it. Bieber wants the world to know he isn't a kid anymore. So he has decided to go the "bad ass" route.
But Bieber will never, ever be the tough guy he wants to be. Why? For starters, he's Canadian. When you think Canada, you think nice, often overly polite people -- not thugs. Second, Bieber is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. Those measurements say "horse jockey," not scary guy. (Sure, actor Joe Pesci is only 5 feet 4 inches tall and known as a tough guy, but Pesci is Sicilian and was born in Newark, New Jersey, not London, Ontario.)
Bieber is clearly heading down the path of many child stars desperate to make the transformation into grown-up star. But his actions are not getting him there. Instead, he is becoming a walking punch line.
He has a few options. He could simply retire and enjoy his wealth. Estimates are that he is worth more than $100 million. Not bad for a 19-year-old kid -- from Canada. But it's unlikely that Bieber will take that route.
The other option is to avoid the fate of past teen stars who have ended up behind bars or worse as they struggled toward adulthood.
Instead, he could follow the lead of another Justin: Justin Timberlake. He, too, was a young star. First on "The Mickey Mouse Club" and then in the much better known boy band 'N Sync. Timberlake didn't try to be something he's not. He continued to make music and then made a successful transition into acting.
Decision time is now for Justin Bieber: He can be a Timberlake or a cautionary tale that parents tell their kids who want to go into show business. What's it going to be?
Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks including CNN. He is the editor of the politics blog The Dean's Report and co-host of a new CNN podcast "The Big Three"


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Susan Wojcicki, senior vice president of advertising at Google, came up with the search titan's cash cow, AdWords and her other products brought in 96 percent of Google's revenue last year.
Despite the controversy in recent weeks about Google launching "Search Plus Your World" and a new privacy policy, Wojcicki said it was all about personalizing one's experience, according to Forbes.
"That's how real-world information works, right?" she said at Morgan Stanley's Technology, Media and Telecom Conference Tuesday. "It works based on information that I have gotten from my friends. It matters who has recommended a specific book to me. It matters who has actually cited specific articles. The more we can make it personalized, the more we think something like the search experience will be more useful to you."
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Perhaps, but it's also the reason Google is now dealing with a possible expansion of a U.S. Trade Federal Trade Commission antitrust probe to include Google+.


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In the school of money management, there are a number of different approaches. Most believe managing a portfolio consists of some percentage art and some percentage science.
I suppose the science part could be relegated to a computer model. However, the portion of portfolio management which is dedicated to "art" requires a human being. Off the top of my head, I can think of at least one ETF and one mutual fund that discounted the "art" portion and relied solely on a computer model to make all decisions. In these cases, I learned a valuable lesson: you cannot and should not discount the human element. In each case, there were significant periods of underperformance. Hence, I believe that a good quality money management approach requires some degree of art and science. Then comes diversification.
Can a portfolio be too diversified? I used to think not. But today, I believe the answer is yes. Consider this. Investment A (the S&P 500 Index) and Investment B (S&P 500 Bear Market Fund) react exactly opposite to each other. In essence, they are perfectly negatively correlated. Therefore, as A rises, B falls, and vice versa. At the end of a specific period, your portfolio essentially has a zero return. This is because they cancel each other out. To correct this, you would have to select two investments with positive returns over the exact same period. Assume C and D both have an average three-year return of, say, 8.0%. In this case, the portfolio would have a positive return, but it would be impossible for these investments to have a correlation of negative one.
A few years ago, I wrote about a subscription I had with a piece of software called GSphere. This program provided a mathematical measure of a portfolio's diversification, which is a great idea in theory. Certainly, you would want to be very diversified during a bear market. However, the more diversified you are when markets are rising, the weaker your returns will be. For example, this program would score the portfolio from 0% to 100%. A portfolio with a diversification score of 100% would be the most diversified, and of course, the safest. However, a 100% score exists mostly in the classroom. In reality, a score of 55% is considered to be very well diversified.
I still believe diversification is important. Today, I select good-quality funds with strong three- and five-year track records, and it's important that they don't move in lock step. If they did, then your diversification score would be very low. Of course, this wouldn't be a problem during a bull market.
And so the subject of portfolio management continues.


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Help Us Celebrate 6,000,000 Volunteer Referrals
Soon, it will happen. We can feel it. One of these days, the 6,000,000th volunteer referral will take place on VolunteerMatch.org. And when it happens, it will be a milestone for all of us to celebrate.
We'll celebrate 6,000,000 individuals finding a way to make a difference and strengthen their community.
We'll celebrate 6,000,000 connections made between potential volunteers and the nonprofits that need their help.
We'll celebrate 6,000,000 clicks of a mouse that prove the world is becoming a better place thanks to your hard work.
To celebrate this exciting achievement, the VolunteerMatch staff is going to dedicate our next group volunteer day to you – our nonprofits and volunteers who have made all the difference in our world. We only have 2 questions:
We're holding a fun little contest to see who can guess the day and time the 6,000,000th referral takes place. The person who guesses closest gets to decide how we celebrate.
If you guess the closest date and time for the 6,000,000th referral, you can choose where the VolunteerMatch team goes for our volunteer day.
Some guidelines:
- One guess per person.
- Volunteer opportunity must be in San Francisco, Calif.
- Volunteer opportunity cannot be dangerous or lewd or otherwise inappropriate.
- Volunteer opportunity cannot get members of our staff arrested.
We encourage you to be creative, and to think of the issues, causes and organizations that you care about – this is your opportunity to get us on board working for change with you!
To submit your guess and your idea, simply leave it in the comments below. Once we hit that 6,000,000 mark we'll let you know who the winner is and what we'll all be doing to celebrate and volunteer together.
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Almost three weeks after NBA player Jason Collins became the first openly gay active male athlete in a major American sport -- and yes, all those qualifiers are necessary -- new polling data shows a majority of Americans wouldn't care if their favorite athlete was gay.
In a comprehensive survey conducted by Reason-Rupe, only 12 percent of those polled said they would be less likely to support their favorite jock if he or she came out, while 77 percent said it wouldn't change their opinions at all.
Additionally, 25 percent of those surveyed said having an openly gay pro athlete was a positive development for society, and 57 percent said it had little-to-no impact at all.
In an article he co-wrote for SI, Collins wrote "I'm glad I'm coming out in 2013 rather than 2003. The climate has shifted; public opinion has shifted." While Rupe-Reason's poll doesn't provide a baseline for comparison (likely because nobody would have thought to ask the question before now), these numbers seem to back up Collins' assertion.
Speaking of Collins, the NBA center and his twin brother Jarron made a pretty entertaining appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" this week. The best part's the kicker, in which Kimmel gives Jarron a shirt reading "I'M THE STRAIGHT ONE."


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Abstract: This report is based on the survey "Industrial Companies in Denmark – Today and Tomorrow", section IV: Supply Chain Management - Practices and Performance, question number 4.9 on performance assessment. To our knowledge, this survey is unique, as we have not been able to find results from any compatible survey. The International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) does bring up the question of supply chain management, but unfortunately, we did not have access to the database. Data from the members of the SCOR-model, in the form of benchmarked performance data, may exist, but are nonetheless not public. The survey is a cooperative project "Benchmarking Danish Industries" with CIP/Aalborg University, the Danish Technological University, the Danish Technological Institute and Copenhagen Business School as consortia partners. The project has been funded by the Danish Agency for Trade and Industry. The present survey was developed and conducted in the period of 2001-2003. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6292
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica
"She will not know yet if this encounter is a mere coincidence or a necessity."
"Which would be, an encounter that would change her destiny..."
― Various volume covers
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika), also known as MadoMagi (まどマギ) for short, is the first title in the Puella Magi series, a production of animation studio SHAFT and Aniplex under Atsuhiro Iwakami as a main producer. The series was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and written by Gen Urobuchi with original character designs by Ume Aoki. Madoka Magica began development after Akiyuki Shinbo expressed his desire to work on a new magical girl series after Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha to producer Atsuhiro Iwakami while they were working on Hidamari Sketch and Bakemonogatari.
The show, a total of 12 episodes, broadcasted on MBS, TBS and CBC between January 7, 2011 and April 21, 2011 with a delay after Episode 10, due to production and broadcast delays related to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. All Blu-rays and DVDs released were delayed by one month sequentially from its original plans.
Besides the anime, tons of other Madoka Magica products have been released, including several manga spin-offs, a movie adaptation, and more.
There exist "messengers of magic" who have the power to grant one wish to a chosen girl. However, that girl must then become a magical girl and fight against witches, evil creatures born from curses that are responsible for murders and suicides. A schoolgirl named Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki are approached by one of these messengers of magic named Kyubey and a magical girl named Mami Tomoe with an offering to become a magical girl. But as this is all happening, Homura Akemi, another magical girl, tries to prevent Madoka and friends from making such a deal...
Series information
- Characters — List of all major, minor characters, witches and their familiars in the anime.
- Manga — Manga adaptation of the anime's story by Hanokage.
- Music — List of music used in the anime.
- Locations — List of locations that appeared in the anime.
- Staff and Cast — The people who created the series.
- Episode 1: As If We Met in a Dream...
- Episode 2: That Sounds Wonderful
- Episode 3: I'm Not Afraid of Anything Anymore
- Episode 4: Both Miracles and Magic Exist
- Episode 5: There's No Way I'd Regret This
- Episode 6: This Just Isn't Right
- Episode 7: Can You Face Your True Feelings?
- Episode 8: I'm Such a Fool
- Episode 9: I'll Never Allow That
- Episode 10: I Won't Depend on Anyone Anymore
- Episode 11: The Only Signpost Remaining
- Episode 12: My Best Friend
Drama CDs
- Drama CD 1: Memories of You
- Drama CD 2: Sunny Day Life
- Drama CD 3: Farewell Story
- Drama CD 4: Summer Magical Girl Training Camp!!
Related products
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie — The movie trilogy containing two recap movies and the sequel, Rebellion.
- Products — Official books and DVDs/Blu-rays released in Japan.
- Merchandise — Character goods such as figurines, pouches, and other items.
Fan contents
- Trivia — Small details from the anime series.
- Theories — Various theories in the community while the show was airing.
- Articles — Analysis on many aspects of the show.
- Audio Commentary - Summary of audio commentary features.
External links
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica official website (Japanese)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica official website (English)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica official Twitter (Japanese)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica official Twitter (English)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica's page at MBS (Japanese)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica at Wikipedia
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica at TV Tropes


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LITTLE ROCK — The House Democratic Caucus announced its legislative agenda Wednesday, nearly seven weeks into the regular session.
At the top of the agenda is Medicaid expansion, Democratic House members, in the minority for the first time in nearly 140 years, declared in a news conference at the Capitol, saying the announcement Tuesday of an alternative option for expansion opens new possibilities for the state.
"We know what an important thing it is to get a quarter of a million Arkansans access to health care, 80,000 of whom are the parents of about 54,000 children," said Rep. Greg Leding, D-Fayetteville, the House minority leader.
"Not only is it just the right thing to do to get these quarter of a million Arkansans access to health care, but it's also an economic driver," he said. "We're looking at about $550 million added to our state's GDP, we're looking at about 6,200 new jobs and about 2,800 lives saved each year."
Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday the Obama administration has given Arkansas permission to opt for an alternative version of Medicaid expansion in which people earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level would receive subsidies to buy private insurance through the state's health insurance exchange, instead of being added to the state's Medicaid rolls as originally proposed under the federal Affordable Care Act.
The federal government would pay all costs for the first three years, after which the state's share would increase gradually to a maximum of 10 percent. The state could opt out an any time.
Republican legislators, who hold majorities in both the House and Senate, had expressed resistance to adding 250,000 Arkansans to the Medicaid rolls and to making a permanent commitment to expansion. They have said the new options may be more palatable but they want to study them further.
Leding said Wednesday the governor "brought back some great options from Washington, D.C., and now it's up to the Legislature to discuss, debate and act on those options."
Rep. Reginald Murdock, D-Marianna, vice chairman of the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, said there are uncertainties about the long-term costs of the expansion, so a sunset clause that would require reauthorization in three years, which Beebe and Republican leaders have suggested, is "very viable."
Rep. Darrin Williams, D-Little Rock, said House Democrats want the rest of the session to focus on health care, education, the economy and transparent government.
"This is a little different for us, because we're not used to being in the minority," he said. "But we believe that we can work with our colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and put Arkansas first," he said.
Williams said legislators campaigned on creating jobs.
"We've not focused on it yet this session, but we're committed to focusing on doing that," he said.
The first several weeks of the session, which began Jan. 14, have been dominated mainly by measures to expand gun rights and limit abortions.
"Republicans now do hold the majority, and they've been able to control the conversation. We felt that it was time to emphasize that we do have an agenda," Williams said.
He also noted that House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, has said he wants the focus of the session to shift away from social issues and toward economic issues.
In addition to supporting Medicaid expansion, Leding said Democratic legislators are working on bills to create clean-energy jobs, help small businesses and entrepreneurs obtain financing and create an online portal where people could learn about the fees, applications and licenses they need to start a new business.


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Updated 10:07 a.m. - ATHENS, OH – Energized by a huge crowd and, likely, his improved debate performance against Mitt Romney Tuesday night, President Barack Obama went on an extended riff during remarks here about what he said was Romney's inauthentic support for coal energy.
Noting that Romney praised coal during the debate at Hofstra University, Obama pointed out that as governor of Massachusetts, Romney appeared in front of a coal factory to criticize its high level of toxic pollution, saying, "that plant kills people."
Obama said voters should be skeptical of Romney's embrace of coal, mocking him as "running around talking like he's Mr. Coal," as a crowd of 14,000 at Ohio University cheered him on.
"Does anybody ever actually look at that guy and think, man, he's really into coal?" Obama asked the audience as he chuckled.
Obama then brought up an ad, released earlier this week, that showed Romney speaking to workers at an Ohio coal mine, saying the workers in the ad were forced to attend the August Romney event – which the mining company and some of the workers have refuted.
"Did you see when he was doing that ad, he was in front of all those guys – all these miners with hard hats. Find out later they had to come. Boss made them come. Come on, gotta be on the level if you want to be the president of the United States!" he exclaimed.
The Romney campaign responded to the president's remarks in Athens by releasing a statement from spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg. ""As we approach Election Day, President Obama's rhetoric and personal attacks will not mask a failed record that has left middle-class families hurting. Under this President, permits for drilling on federal lands have declined, over one hundred coal-fired plants are schedule to close by the end of the year, and gas prices have more than doubled. Mitt Romney has an all of the above energy strategy, which will create millions of jobs and put our nation on a course toward North American energy independence by 2020."
Obama returned to the White House on Wednesday night. He heads to New Hampshire Thursday before taping "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York City.


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Cruz hits 25th homer in O's win
Baltimore splits doubleheader with Tampa Bay
Nelson Cruz and Nick Hundley homered to back a commanding pitching performance by Chris Tillman, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Friday night for a doubleheader split.
In the opener, rookie Alex Colome gave up two hits over 5 2-3 innings and Brandon Guyer hit three doubles to lift Tampa Bay to a 5-2 victory.
Tillman (7-4) gave up one run and four hits over eight innings to earn his first win in seven home starts this season. He was 0-4 with a 2.78 ERA.
Zach Britton got three outs for his 10th save.
Hundley connected in the sixth off Juan Carlos Oviedo (3-3) for a 2-1 lead, and Cruz hit his 25th home run - tied for the major league lead - in the seventh off Joel Peralta after Adam Jones led off with his fourth hit of the game.
Before Cruz's opposite-field shot to right, 18 of Peralta's previous 19 appearances had been scoreless.
Rays starter Jake Odorizzi allowed one run and six hits in five innings, striking out six.
Tampa Bay pitchers got nine strikeouts in the nightcap, giving them a major league record 261 in June. Cleveland had 253 in June 1964.
James Loney's fourth homer gave the last-place Rays a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but Baltimore matched that in the bottom half with an RBI single by Hundley. Odorizzi threw 31 pitches in the inning, the last a third strike to Manny Machado with the bases loaded.
Baltimore loaded the bases again in the fifth before J.J. Hardy fouled out and David Lough struck out. The Orioles stranded nine through five innings and were 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.
In the first game, Baltimore mustered only three hits - one after the second inning.
Added to the roster for the doubleheader as the 26th man, Colome (1-0) gave up one run and walked four in his second big league victory. The first came against Miami in his debut on May 30, 2013.
It's been a strange year for Colome, who served a 50-game suspension until May 25 for violating the league's drug policy. He was activated by the Rays and pitched four innings of relief against Toronto on May 26 before being optioned to the minors after the game.
In his last start for Triple-A Durham, Colome gave up nine runs in 1 1-3 innings against Syracuse on June 21. He had far more success against the Orioles, holding them to one hit after Nick Markakis opened with a single.
Jake McGee worked the ninth for his second save.
Orioles starter Kevin Gausman (3-2) yielded five runs, seven hits and a career-high four walks in five-plus innings.
Baltimore got a first-inning run when Markakis singled and scored on a groundout by Chris Davis.
In the second, Guyer hit an RBI double and came home on a single by Matt Joyce.
A two-out RBI single by Jose Molina made it 3-1 in the fourth. Doubles by Guyer and Joyce, along with a single by Sean Rodriguez, added two runs in the sixth.
Machado connected off Brad Boxberger in the seventh.


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Bart and Annie Winter are volunteering with CFCA for a year†in Ocotepeque, Honduras. They arrived in Honduras just a few weeks ago, and will be sharing their experiences with us throughout the year.
There are many significant moments in every life. In the life of a sponsored elderly woman named DoÒa Delia, those moments include her marriage, the births and deaths of her children, and, also of importance, the fact that as a child, her parents bought her shoes.
The following is a glimpse into the life of one member of the CFCA family here in Ocotepeque.
On Monday, Miriam (the project coordinator) invited us to visit one of the sponsored elderly who has been ill. Her name is MarÌa Delia, but she goes by DoÒa Delia. She is 74 years old and lives in a tiny (6◊6 ft) house, which consists of a dirt floor, four mud walls and a patchwork tin roof. She has no electricity, running water or latrine.
On the way to her house, Miriam tells us that DoÒa Delia has quite a personality. Sheís known for wearing pants under her dresses and her favorite hat is similar to one that a drum major might wear to lead a parade. Later, upon reviewing DoÒa Deliaís file, we also learn that she likes to wear makeup so that she looks nice for the people she meets. It is clear that she is a strong, spunky individual despite her age and the circumstances of her life.
DoÒa Delia was born†in 1934, to her parents, Francisca and Arturo. As a little girl, she helped provide for her family by making cigars and quesadillas to sell on the streets. She was never able to attend school, so she never learned to read or write. She remembers that her parents bought her a pair of shoes – a significant point of pride because, at that time, most children went barefoot. At the age of 14, DoÒa Delia married her boyfriend, Merejildo. She went on to give birth to 14 children, 8 of whom died either at birth or as babies. When she was 40, her husband died, and after a time, she began to go with Rafael Antonio. Since then, they have lived in a poor neighborhood within the city limits of Ocotepeque.
Tucked into the corner of an overgrown lot in this forgotten neighborhood sits DoÒa Deliaís house. Smoke from her small adobe oven pours out from the 6 inch gap between her walls and her roof. Upon entering her humble home, the first thing that strikes you is the heat. The second thing that strikes you is DoÒa Delia, lying upon her bed in a red sweatshirt and sweatpants, with a matching handkerchief tied around her hair. Despite the heat, she is covered in a wool blanket. Her face is soft, like worn leather, but her eyes are alert and she is quick to smile at the sight of Miriam, or la profesora, as everyone here calls her.
We introduce ourselves and shake her small hand, exchanging ìnice-to-meet-youísî and ìitís such a pleasure.î DoÒa Delia tells us that Bart reminds her of someone – but she canít quite remember his name. Miriam inquires about her health and asks if sheís been drinking her Enfamil, a fortified, powdered milk intended for newborns. At this point, her companion, Rafael Antonio, and several of her children chime in that she hasnít wanted to eat lately, despite all their best efforts to care for her. It should be noted that DoÒa Deliaís children had never visited their mother before, and had only now reappeared in the hopes of taking possession of the little house upon her death. (They have already made arrangements for her burial.) Her companion, Rafael Antonio, has never treated her very well and has essentially abandoned her in this current illness.
It is clear, however, that DoÒa Delia is not ready to die. She inquires about the Casa Hogar, a home currently under construction here at the CFCA project. The Casa Hogar will be a long-term home for neglected elderly like DoÒa Delia and also for neglected or abused children from the area. If DoÒa Delia can recuperate from her latest illness, the project will move her to the Casa Hogar and provide for all her needs there.
As we say our good-byes, DoÒa Delia thanks us for visiting and tells Miriam that she would like to see el profesor, Miriamís husband, Luis. Miriam laughs and promises to make him stop by for a visit. Bart and I give DoÒa Delia a quick hug and promise to return for a visit ourselves. She thanks us again for coming to see her, and with flashing eyes, says she canít wait to move into the Casa Hogar.


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