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Craig "To the Sound of the Guns" Swain and I have been tossing some ideas back and forth regarding monuments and markers. Ultimately, Craig wrote a post, but opted not to include it on his blog as it doesn't follow with the theme there. I offered to post it here, he accepted, and I'm glad he did. I think what he has to say leaves us with much to consider.
Over the last few weeks, Robert and I have been passing emails around about markers and what can best be described as the "editing of public displays of historical interpretations." The discussion mostly began with the Appomattox marker in the Freeman series. Lately some of the Shenandoah markers have come up in conversations. As always Robert makes some very good points, some about the baggage we bring to our understanding of history; some about the way we've chosen to remember history.
Now as far as Major Stearns is concerned, I feel I understand what military fame is – to do some noteworthy act on the field of battle and have your name misspelled on the historical marker! Yes, the Department of Historical Resources should make a correction (and perhaps relate more than 25 words on the marker) should resources be available in the future. But I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. White-out doesn't work well on outdoor metal signs. And I fear showing up with a can of spray paint might well lead to an overnight stay in a less than comfortable facility.
However what does trouble me is the sentiment expressed in some venues that public expressions of our history should be edited and modified to fit a particular interpretation. Well, I'm soft chewing that. Let me be blunt – people who feel we should remove either entire monuments or at least re-work the wording in order to conform with our currently accepted version of events. Now I'll say with regard to historical markers, even the state markers such as the one mentioned at Stephens City, I have some concerns, but can see the need to upgrade over time. I'd say so long as the agency making such a change does record the "old" and document the "new," that's a natural progression. This actually makes things interesting for us who document the markers.
On the other hand, memorials and monuments? Those are a little different in my mind, as they carry a slightly different purpose. Historical markers say, "Here I am, read about our history and heritage!" Education and edification are part of the purpose. Memorials and monuments, on the other hand say, "Please remember this person/this group of people/this event." Sometimes they convey factual information or provide interpretation, but above all such displays call to our collective memories in order to bring forth remembrance and in some cases evoke emotional responses. As such, monuments and memorials are just as much public representations of history, as they are a looking glass to what the people felt and thought about at the time the display was created.
When I see a memorial, such as Mississippi's at Gettysburg, I don't start talking about "that's not the way it really happened." Nor do I worry that the artist depicted the soldiers tucking their pants legs into their socks (now the feet are another question entirely….). I start looking at what this statue says about the citizens of Mississippi who paid to have it placed in 1973. In other words, the point I see from the pubic display isn't the history lesson, but the expression of public sentiment from a point in time of our past. Is the memorial honorable and respectful? Yes. Is the memorial true to all historical facts? Well some would say more so than Gods and Generals, the movie. Is the monument in tune with our public sentiments as they stand in 2009? Well maybe not perfectly in tune. I'd advance that if the State of Mississippi wanted to place this monument at Gettysburg in 2009, even with the upcoming anniversaries, there would be at least a few op-ed pieces.
But isn't that the point? Our perceptions of the past, as a society, change over time. The veteran's generation in the 1880s and 90s only begrudgingly allowed Confederate monumentation on the field. Later generations had a different approach. Consider the holy war that would have ensued in 1905 had someone proposed a Longstreet Memorial in Pitzer's Woods? By 1998 the public had different sentiments. That's the interesting part about this all. On the same field that a "new" statue of Longstreet stands (on a small pony in the woods), there is another honoring the Marble Man, Robert E. Lee himself, in grand style. Meade, Hancock, and … even… Dan Sickles all share the field, in spite of what they may or may not have done in the battle. In a way, are these not layers of history to be excavated by the knowledgeable trowels of historians? Each one an artifact to be interpreted itself?
When I come across a monument such as the Meriwether obelisk in North Augusta, Georgia, I first want to discover what exactly happened to inspire such emotional thoughts as conveyed by the inscription. I want to learn more about the incident in question, not only the "both sides," but also why the incident would stand out in the memory of people so strongly as to prompt such a public display. What this says about the people of South Carolina around the end of the 19th Century is interesting (and I'm guessing the monument was placed around the 1890s or so). Do you realize the fine people of South Carolina spent money, in their cash strapped post-Reconstruction years, to place the Meriwether monument, yet waited some fifty to sixty years to place a memorial at Gettysburg? Were the people just more impressed with Meriwether? Or did they feel as Gettysburg was a loss best forgotten? Who knows? But we would never know unless some historian (amateur or academic) is moved to use the "trowel" and dig a bit deeper than the surface of the subject. If the Meriwether monument were erased, would any such historian have cause to do so?
No, removal of such a monument would be akin to censorship, if not outright book burning. In effect, it would be saying "here is the interpretation of history you will accept, and anything even slightly contrary is banished." Or even more to the point, "we will not record any artifacts of the past that are objectionable, as the past is too detestable to remember." As if we haven't learned any lessons through time – that shouting down any dissent is the proper way for a people to record their past. Yes, that does sound like another country in another time.
At the same time, a monument in nearby Augusta, Georgia, has prompted discussion about the word "Colored" with reference to African-Americans who served in the Great War. Odds are the term was specifically meant to differentiate between two types of units in which the men served served – all white units and all black units. And COMBAT units I should add. (In World War II, the use of African-American combat units was much more limited, and arguably only done under political pressure.) Was it a form of racism to have such segregated units? You get no argument here. I would say the African-Americans who served as infantry in those units actually had a harder service than their white counterparts, and deserve special recognition. In fact, by "desegregating" the list on the monument, do we not in some small way downgrade their service? I for one would say we should remember those men served in segregated units – that they took up the cause in defense of our country in spite of segregation; that they did so with honor; and finally, that the society at the time felt the need to keep their names listed separately but equal (in terms of size and style of type at least).
To me that tells part of a story. If I were a teacher there in Augusta, one of my class trips would be a stop there. I'd ask the students to consider this as an artifact of the society that was. I'd ask them if the names under the "Colored" and white sections were men of the same convictions. If not, explain the differences. And I'd ask them to find out for themselves how the country evolved from that point to where we are today.
Was that a good evolution or not? Recent events (and events to occur in the next week in particular) say "YES!" And certainly we will continue to evolve as a nation to better things, in spite of the difficult times. But a nation that is going to erase its past is probably just a few turns away from a nation no longer. If the past is truely our prologe, then these monuments and memorials are the three-dimentional key to understanding.
I'm going to treat this as if it were Craig's post entirely, and respond in a comments box.


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A multi-talented artist, Marc Anthony (born Marco Antonio Muñiz) has balanced an acting career with a musical career. In addition to appearing in films like The Substitute, Big Night, and Hackers, and in Broadway productions such as Paul Simon's The Capeman, Anthony rose to the top level of Latino music. The biggest-selling salsa artist of all time, Anthony was included on a Top Ten list of influential New Yorkers compiled by New York Magazine.
Instructed in music theory and composition by his father, Anthony grew up listening to Latin musicians, including Rubén Blades, Hector Lavoe, and Willie Colón, and contemporary pop recordings by Air Supply and José Feliciano. At age 12, Anthony and his sister were discovered by David Harris, a producer of demos and commercials; Anthony was hired to sing background on several productions. His songwriting skills became evident, and an early composition, "Boy, I've Been Told," became a Top 40 hip-hop hit for school friend Safire. Anthony subsequently sang background vocals on Safire's debut album. He also sang on albums by the Latin Rascals and Menudo.
Teaming with producer and disc jockey Little Louie Vega, Anthony recorded his debut album, When the Night Is Over, in 1991. The Latin hip-hop-style album, which featured guest appearances by Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri, included the single "Ride on the Rhythm," which reached the top slot on Billboard's dance music charts. On November 22, 1991, Anthony was the opening act on a show at Madison Square Garden that celebrated Puente's 100th album release. Anthony's second album, Otra Nota (produced and arranged by Sergio George), was a better representation of Anthony's salsa roots and included the original tune "Juego o Amor." Todo a Su Tiempo, released in 1995, was a continuation of Anthony's collaboration with George.
With his fourth album, Contra la Corriente, Anthony began working with producer/arranger Angel "Cucco" Peña, and it won the 1999 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Performance. A self-titled English-language album released in 1999 was an overt attempt at crossing over to the mainstream, and it did reach the Top Ten of the main Billboard album chart, with "I Need to Know" peaking at number three. While 2002's Mended was an even greater commercial success, Anthony continued to release Spanish-language albums that were closer to his roots, like 2001's Libre and 2004's Amar sin Mentiras. His profile was only raised by starring as salsa legend Héctor Lavoe in 2007's El Cantante, which co-starred his wife, Jennifer Lopez. All of the Lavoe songs in the film were also sung by Anthony, and the El Cantante soundtrack album was released featuring these versions.
In 2010 he released another Latin album, Iconos, on which he covered classic pop ballads. Anthony and Lopez separated in 2011, eventually divorcing in 2012, but continued to work together on the Latin talent search show Q'Viva! The Chosen. Anthony appeared on Robi Draco Rosa's comeback-from-cancer recording Vida in the spring of 2013. He also issued "Vivir Mi Vida," which topped Billboard's Latin Songs chart for eight straight weeks before his highly anticipated return-to-salsa album, 3.0, was released in July. ~ Craig Harris, Rovi

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Warner Bros. reports American Sniper eased just 40 percent from last Friday to $18.33 million yesterday, easily holding onto first place. To date, the blockbuster war drama has earned $154.1 million domestically. BoxOffice projects a $65 million haul this weekend. Should that hold, it would be one of the top eight sophomore weekends in history (second only to Avatar and the original Spider-Man among non-sequels), and the biggest ever second weekend gross for a non-franchise movie -- topping The Passion of the Christ's $53.2 million second frame. Sniper is currently running 68 percent ahead of where Gravity stood at the same point, and is currently in line with the eight-day $153 million take posted by Passion in 2004. The Bradley Cooper-led, Clint Eastwood-helmed Oscar nominee should approach, if not cross, the $200 million domestic mark by the end of the weekend.
The Boy Next Door grabbed a solid $5.7 million in its first day on Friday. The Jennifer Lopez thriller is on target to bring in $15.7 million over its debut weekend, a positive start for the micro-budget flick.
The Wedding Ringer added $3.3 million yesterday, down 53 percent from its opening day last weekend. With $31.4 million in the bank through 8 days of release, BoxOffice projects a $10.9 million sophomore frame.
Paddington eased 44 percent from opening day last week to $2.6 million on Friday, giving the well-received animated adaptation a $30.3 million domestic total through eight days of release. BoxOffice projects $12.4 million for the weekend.
The Imitation Game tacked on another $1.92 million yesterday as it added another 414 theaters this weekend. The multiple Oscar nominee has tallied $55.4 million thus far. BoxOffice projects a $7.5 million weekend.
Unfortunately, the other two openers this weekend struggled to find an audience in a crowded marketplace. Mortdecai bowed to $1.47 million on Friday, setting it on a course for a $4.5 million weekend. Meanwhile, Strange Magic pulled $1.3 million on its first day and is expected to tally around $5 million for its opening weekend.


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So I gave one to everybody (except Ed), and they scribbled them out and gave them back.
I was double-checking them before faxing to our insurance company. As I glanced over Mary's, I noted some of her answers:
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These are gruesome days: the Single Bullet Doctrine rules. The world is truly adrift and on the brink of a global "something". Everyone can feel it here in the USA.
The US system of government is often described as a layer cake: federal on top, state in the middle, and local at the bottom. That cake is a mess. The frosting-the sweet taste of the American Way of Life–has melted away; the bitter taste of economic insecurity/uncertainty is everywhere in the country. The federal government has slid off the top of the cake and occupies a place completely disconnected from the remaining two layers–state and local. The state and local layers of the cake are drying up and crumbling as the economic crisis in the USA is causing them to jettison all sorts of labor and safety net programs. And cost to care for returning military personnel and the heavy burden on communities that involves makes life all the more difficult in 2011.
Hong Kong physicists say they have proved that a single photon obeys Einstein's theory that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light — demonstrating that outside science fiction, time travel is impossible.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology research team led by Du Shengwang said they had proved that a single photon, or unit of light, 'obeys the traffic law of the universe'.
'Einstein claimed that the speed of light was the traffic law of the universe or in simple language, nothing can travel faster than light,' the university said on its website.
'Professor Du's study demonstrates that a single photon, the fundamental quanta of light, also obeys the traffic law of the universe just like classical EM (electromagnetic) waves.'
Debt ceiling negotiators think they've hit on a solution to address the debt ceiling impasse and the public's unwillingness to let go of benefits such as Medicare and Social Security that have been earned over a lifetime of work: Create a new Congress.
This "Super Congress," composed of members of both chambers and both parties, isn't mentioned anywhere in the Constitution, but would be granted extraordinary new powers. Under a plan put forth by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his counterpart Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), legislation to lift the debt ceiling would be accompanied by the creation of a 12-member panel made up of 12 lawmakers — six from each chamber and six from each party.
✪ 10 Giant Corporations That Don't Pay Taxes – A Scandal – Newsroom: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)Exxon Mobil, Bank of America, GE and other giant corporations paid no U.S. taxes despite billions in profits. In fact, they pocketed big IRS refunds. It's a scandal, Sen. Bernie Sanders told colleagues on Wednesday. As congressional leaders and the White House haggled over how many billions of dollars to cut spending on programs for working families, Bernie tried to broaden the debate. He compiled a top-10 list of tax-dodging corporations. "Maybe we have to reduce that deficit not simply on the backs of working families, low-income people, the children, the sick, the elderly. Maybe, maybe we might want to call for shared sacrifice. Maybe Exxon-Mobil and some of the large oil companies might be asked to pay something in taxes."
Only 3 days after the attack, I think I have single handedly proven that at least the Oslo aspect is a TOTAL SCAM!!!!- at first I noticed all their shared footage of this one shot.. then,they started showing a "video" of the same image I have been scrupulating for days now!!! Wow, talk about a massive screw-up!!!
Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police led to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, says he was under the influence of a "medical marijuana prescription" when police booked him this week on suspicion of driving while impaired.
"I had marijuana in me that I take to deal with migraine headaches and pain in my lower extremities, although I should not have been driving," he told CNN Thursday.
Selling Google+ "likes" is gradually becoming a rather lucrative business, helped by cheap labour and the ever-falling price of internet access worldwide; the trend is not unlike what we saw previously with Twitter & Digg back in the day, except that this has a more widespread implication for SEO and could turn the nascent social networking service into a massive headache for Google, as many try to play the system.
Google+ selling sites like Googleplus1supply, buygoogleplus1 or Blackcatseo have cropped up during the last few months – among many other websites – with the sole aim of selling Google+ "likes" to publishers and businesses.
It turns out there's a method behind the FBI's raids of suspected Anonymous members around the country. The bureau is working from a list, provided by PayPal, of the 1,000 internet IP addresses responsible for the most protest traffic during Anonymous' DDoS attacks against PayPal last December.
FBI agents served 40 search warrants in January on people suspected of hosing down PayPal during "Operation Payback" — Anonymous' retaliatory attack against companies who blacklisted WikiLeaks. On July 19, the feds charged the first 14 defendants under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and raided an additional 35 suspects for evidence.
Two of the most publicized accidental heroin overdose deaths involved celebrity names, and both were young men. In August 2009 Andre Young Jr., the 20-year-old son of Dr. Dre, died at his mother's Los Angeles home from taking a mix of heroin and morphine.
In February 2008, troubled child star Brad Renfro died at age 25 in his L.A. apartment while he was still on probation from a dramatic Skid Row police sting in which he and others bought dummy heroin balloons from undercover LAPD officers.
Fried has a warning for partying young people: "We go through waves, and sometimes it's more potent. For newer users, in the first six months of use, the potential to O.D. is huge. I've seen this, periods where that is what I believe is happening right now."
Scientists have found evidence of volcanoes on the far side of the moon.
The new discovery, reported in the journal Nature Geoscience is a rare example of volcanism on the lunar surface not associated with asteroid, meteor or comet impact events.
Until now the best known examples of volcanism were on the moon's near side in a region known as the Procellarum KREEP terrane.
The data dump waiting to be released apparently contains also documents stolen from the Australian Ministry of Defense, various big Russian companies such as Gazprom, a number of embassies and consulates situated in Ukraine, the Nepalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Egyptian Ministry of Transport and Communication, the US Department of Agriculture and hundreds of attorneys and government agencies, and others.
"This corrupted organization gathered all the evidence from the seized property of suspected computer professional entertainers and utilized it over many years to conduct illegal operations with foreign intelligence agencies and oligarchy to facilitate their lust for power and money, they never used obtained evidence to really support ongoing investigations," writes the group.
So, you're thinking of becoming a celebrity dope fiend. You're thinking, "Hey, I've lived through some pretty intense stuff—my own little Vietnam!—so, doggone it, why can't I cash in and write about my festive narcotic nightmare for fun and profit? God knows, lesser talents than me have milked the tired teat of bad habits, fucked-up relationships and an awful childhood to get a leg up in the lit and movie rackets…"
✪ Man in Japan held over PC virus / 1st arrest for storing computer virus under revised Penal Code
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of storing a computer virus on his personal computer without legitimate reasons, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Thursday.
The MPD arrested 38-year-old Yasuhiro Kawaguchi of Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, at his home Sunday immediately after investigators confirmed he was storing the virus in question on his personal computer.
The revised Penal Code, which was enforced July 14, bans storage of a computer virus for the purpose of infecting other computers. Violators can be sentenced to a maximum of two years in prison or fined up to 300,000 yen.
The virus found on Kawaguchi's computer works by repeatedly copying vast amounts of graphic elements and files on a computer, causing it to freeze or malfunction, according to the MPD.
✪ Waka Flocka Flame Busted for Weed in New York; Rapper's Second Pot Arrest This YearFor the second time this year, rapper Wacka Flocka Flame (nee Juaquin Malphurs) has been arrested for marijuana possession. On Saturday, he was busted in a mall parking lot in Queens, New York. Flocka tweeted: "I had to spend the nite n jail with no charge."
• 53% of Brits feel 'upset' when deprived of internet connection
• 40% of people surveyed feel 'lonely' when not able to go online
• Challenge of 24 hours without digital devices described as 'nightmare'
A FINGERPRINT is all you need to determine whether someone is under the influence of drugs.
Paul Yates from Intelligent Fingerprinting, a company spun out from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, and colleagues, have developed a handheld device that police can use to detect breakdown products from drugs excreted through sweat pores in the fingertips.
The device applies gold nanoparticles coated with antibodies to a fingerprint. The antibodies stick to antigens on specific metabolites in the fingerprint. Fluorescent dyes attached to the antibodies will highlight the presence of any metabolites. The technique was first used to detect nicotine, but now works on a range of drugs, including cocaine, methadone and cannabis.
An ambitious solar energy project on a massive scale is about to get underway in the Arizona desert. EnviroMission is undergoing land acquisition and site-specific engineering to build its first full-scale solar tower – and when we say full-scale, we mean it! The mammoth 800-plus meter (2625 ft) tall tower will instantly become one of the world's tallest buildings. Its 200-megawatt power generation capacity will reliably feed the grid with enough power for 150,000 US homes, and once it's built, it can be expected to more or less sit there producing clean, renewable power with virtually no maintenance until it's more than 80 years old. In the video after the jump, EnviroMission CEO Roger Davey explains the solar tower technology, the Arizona project and why he couldn't get it built at home in Australia.
There's no need to panic, or start shopping for aluminum-foil headwear, but the super-secret National Security Agency has apparently been thinking frequently enough about whether the NSA is allowed to intercept location data from cell phones to track U.S. citizens that the agency's chief lawyer was able to speak intelligently about it off the cuff while interviewing for a different job.
"There are certain circumstances where that authority may exist," even if the NSA has no warrant to investigate a the person whose privacy it is invading or global permission to eavesdrop on everyone, according to Matthew Olsen, the NSA's general counsel.
If you're like most people, you give yourself high ratings when it comes to figuring out when someone's trying to con you. Problem is, most people aren't actually good at it–at least as far as detecting fake positive consumer reviews.
Fortunately, technology is poised to make up for this all-too-human failing. Cornell University researchers have developed software that they say can detect fake reviews (PDF). The researchers tested the system with reviews of Chicago hotels. They pooled 400 truthful reviews with 400 deceptive reviews produced for the study, then trained their software to spot the difference.
The software got it right about 90 percent of the time. This is a big improvement over the average person, who can detect fake reviews only about 50 percent of the time, according to the researchers.
* One of 5 worst nuclear plants in world for exposure to radiation
* Tepco prioritised cost-savings over radiation standard
* Tepco says old plants like Fukushima have high radiation
* Foreign workers used to avoid exposing staff to high radiation
* Improvements made at Fukushima before disaster hit
So, apperently hacking a website, and not stealing any money or anything like that get's you 15 years in jail, but most rapist only get 11 years. ["http://bit.ly/rcJslI 15 years for the Paypal attack? While 80% of rapists are sentenced to 11 years: http://bit.ly/rjvYLi YOU SERIOUS?" @anonymousirc] And rapist can get off 5 years early, but a hacker can't because it's a federal case. What is wrong with this? Well many things. Apparently the government puts a corperation's website before a person. While having your website ddosed can lose you revonue, you can allways gain that back. Being raped however, you can never get back. That is something that can stay with you forever, and getting an STD from being raped can too. DDoSing is just a cyber sit in, it's like blocking a door to a building. It's not very damaging.
✪ Mom convicted in son's jaywalking death could recieve more prison time than hit-and-run driver who killed her son
A Marietta, Ga., mom who was convicted of jaywalking after her 4-year-old son was run over and killed in a hit-and-run said on the Today Show that the worst part of going to jail would be the separation from her two remaining kids.
Raquel Nelson was convicted of homicide by vehicle and reckless conduct by a jury and faces sentencing tomorrow. She can receive up to a three-year jail sentence, six times the stretch that Jerry Guy–who admitted to drinking before running over Nelson's son, A.J.–served.
There's a long history, to be sure, of performers who wither away due to addiction while the world watches, but Winehouse's death Saturday at age 27 has rekindled questions about the role the music industry should play in helping stars kick self-destructive habits.
✪ 'The Mushroom Lady' – Jailed After Sheriff's Deputies Discover Four Truck Loads Of Magic Mushrooms
Keila Smith, a 44-year-old Florida woman was jailed Wednesday after police raided her home and seized four truck loads of Psilocybin mushrooms.
And no, that wasn't a typo. Four truckloads.
According to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, deputies raided Smith's home Wednesday night and discovered a highly elaborate and well organized mushroom growing operation.
Investigators say the operation was so maticulous, the chairs, floor and tables in the kitchen were covered with plastic. Stainless steel shelving units contained hundreds of containers that were used to produce and store the product.
"There are multiple Rubber Maid containers full of small glass dishes with mushrooms growing in them," said Sheriff's Office spokesman, Sgt. Todd Kelly. "There are at least 1,000 of these containers. It took them four full-sized trucks and vehicles to load all of the stuff they seized from inside her house."
Event promoter Mikal Barsa said in a press conference that "knowing Marilyn's fans," he expects the film — shot sometime between 1946 and 1947 — to go for at least twice the initial figure. The black and white, six minutes film was owned by a Spanish collector who recently passed away. Barsa had previously commercialized the only other copy of this film, which surfaced in 1997 and was sold to a private collector for $1.2 million in 2001.
Back then, controversy sparked over whether it was Monroe who appeared masturbating and having sex with an unknown man. At the conference, Barsa mentioned documents from the FBI investigating the origin of the film, and a set of jewelry worn by Monroe in the film that is the same as what she wore on other films and photos she did around that time.
✪ The Looting Of America: The Federal Reserve Made $16 Trillion In Secret Loans To Their Bankster Friends And The Media Is Ignoring The Eye-Popping Corruption That Has Been Uncovered
These loans only went to the "too big to fail" banks and to foreign financial institutions. Not a penny of these loans went to small banks or to ordinary Americans.
Not only did the banksters get trillions in nearly interest-free loans, but the Fed actually paid them over 600 million dollars to help run the emergency lending program. The GAO investigation revealed some absolutely stunning conflicts of interest, and yet the mainstream media does not even seem interested.
Solid evidence of the looting of America has been put right in front of us, and yet hardly anyone wants to talk about it.
Many Americans have a hard time grasping just how large 16.1 trillion dollars is. It is an amount of money that is almost inconceivable. It is more than the GDP of the United States for an entire year. It is more than the U.S. government has spent over the last four years combined.
On the 19th of July 2011, people in Fukushima had a meeting with government officals from Tokyo to demand that the government evacuate people promptly in Fukushima and provide financial and logistical support for them. Also, they brought urine of children to the meeting and demanded that the government
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Crimping means that the wire is bent around a joint and then squeezed together with a crimp tool. This is a cold working technique to form electrical connections without using solder.
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LONGMONT — If you've been missing snow, get ready to enjoy the weekend.
Longmont's first spring snowfall of the year started Friday afternoon, and the National Weather Service predicted it would continue into today, with a slight chance of additional snow Sunday and Monday. And yes, this time cleanup should need a shovel, not a mop.
"This storm is probably five to eight degrees colder than the one a week or so ago," said Times-Call weather expert Dave Larison, referring to the March 11 and 12 storm that brought two inches of "white rain" that left behind damp streets but little accumulation. "The last time it was snowing, it was 33 or 34 degrees and the snow never had a chance to settle."
This time, though, the highs for Saturday, Sunday and Monday are expected to be around 26 degrees. That means a better chance of snow sticking, though the end result might not be too deep.
"It's a fast-moving storm and that can work against a big accumulation," Larison said. "But for a 12-hour period, we could get a pretty good shot of snow."
According to the weather service, Longmont could get four to eight inches of snow by the end of the day Saturday.
If the totals reach the high end, the storm could get Longmont caught up on its "snow season." Since October, Longmont has had 31.2 inches of snow, according to Larison; the city would typically have seen 38.5 inches by now.
March is traditionally Longmont's snowiest month, averaging 8.6 inches. However, 2012 failed to get any snow in March while 2011 saw just four-tenths of an inch.


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sai-fêr • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. Naught, the numerical value zero "0"; a person or thing of no value or worth. 2. A message written in a secret code or a secret code itself. 3. An Arabic number.
Notes: If you would like a more impressive way of spelling today's word, you may spell it cypher at no additional cost—and it will look more like a cipher in the second sense itself. This word may be used as a verb meaning (1) to calculate or figure (out) or (2) to encode, to encipher, convert to a secret code of some sort. The first of these meanings is a bit dated and the second is used less often than encipher "to encode", the antonym of which is decipher "to decode".
In Play: Today's word has become ambiguous lately as it assumed the meaning of "an Arabic number", which is a near antonym to its original meaning "zero". Today, we hear it mostly in expressions like this: "The password Quinton wanted was rejected because it didn't contain a cipher." I would assume this referred to any number. I haven't heard the verbal sense of cipher since leaving the South several decades ago, but Mark Twain wrote in Roughing It, "She puzzles her brain to cipher out some scheme for getting it into my hands."
Word History: Today's Good Word was taken letter-for-letter from Old French, where chevron meant "a pair of angled roof rafters". Since this set of rafters looks like an inverted V, other inverted Vs came to be called chevrons. "So what do chevrons have to do with goats?" I hear someone muttering. Well, the word chevron shares the same ultimate source as French chèvre "goat", namely, Latin caper "goat". How were goats associated with angled roof rafters? Some think it is because goats stand with their legs slightly splayed in comparison to cows and horses. Maybe. The herb capers has never been related to goats though the mischievous (even criminal) type of caper does come from the Latin goat word. (We might get Nancy Honeychuck's goat were we to forget to thank her for suggesting today's Good Word. So, we won't: thank you, Nancy.)
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The San Antonio Spurs' final offensive play was smartly drawn and precisely executed, ending in a clutch jumper by Danny Green.
The Lakers' final play? Well, 7-foot Pau Gasol ended up shooting a 3-pointer.
While coach Mike D'Antoni is on his way to Los Angeles with new schemes and strategies, Gregg Popovich and the Spurs are headed out of town with an outstanding start to the season.
Green hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 9.3 seconds left, Tony Parker scored 19 points and the Spurs beat Los Angeles 84-82 Tuesday night in the Lakers' first loss since firing Mike Brown.
Tim Duncan had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who improved the Western Conference's best record to 7-1 thanks to Green's third 3-pointer of the night. The Spurs executed perfectly when facing a one-point deficit, with Duncan helping Kawhi Leonard get the ball to Green.
"(Popovich) drew up a play and said, 'If you're open, catch it and shoot it,'" Green said. "When he draws plays for the young guys like myself, it's very rare and very surprising. You don't expect it. It's only my third year here, so for him to draw up a play for me, there was a lot of pressure on me. But you take the shot with the confidence he gives you."
The Lakers are hoping to have that feeling when D'Antoni arrives, likely for practice Thursday. Interim coach Bernie Bickerstaff ran the team for the third straight game, but the final play went poorly when they couldn't get the ball to Kobe Bryant, who had 28 points and eight rebounds.
After Gasol unsurprisingly missed just the 117th 3-point attempt of his 12-year NBA career, Tiago Splitter's hustle prevented the Lakers from controlling the rebound before the buzzer sounded on Los Angeles' first game since hiring D'Antoni late Sunday night.
"It felt good when I released it, (but) it wasn't designed to go that way," Gasol said. "We're not discouraged by it in the situation we're in. We're looking forward to a new coach stepping in on Thursday and getting going. Hopefully I'll be closer to the basket next time."
Dwight Howard had 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Lakers, who dropped to 3-5 after committing 17 turnovers on a poor shooting night.
After the wholesale upheaval of the past five days, the Lakers found another kind of drama in their first game since the club surprisingly bypassed 11-time NBA champion Phil Jackson to hire D'Antoni, who is expected to arrive in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Lakers' crowd cheered for Bickerstaff, but never broke out into the "We want Phil!" chants that occurred in their past two games.
The Lakers haven't said when D'Antoni will formally take over the team, and Bickerstaff could still be running the bench Friday when the Phoenix Suns visit Staples Center.
And though Jackson has criticized the Lakers' handling of his candidacy, the players who had been eager to play for the Zen Master seem equally eager to line up for D'Antoni. Bryant and Steve Nash enthusiastically endorsed D'Antoni's hiring at the morning shootaround, with Bryant downplaying the notion that the Lakers' defence would suffer during the offence-minded coach's tenure.
"We're playing much, much better," Bryant said. "We're being much more aggressive on both ends of the floor. We're doing a good job communicating during the game, pushing guys and making them take tough shots."
Both teams struggled with poor shooting until the final minutes, when Antawn Jamison's 3-pointer from the corner put the Lakers ahead 78-77 with 2:10 to play. Duncan reclaimed the lead with a jumper, but Gasol hit two free throws with 1:36 left and added an elbow jumper.
Duncan trimmed the lead to one point before Metta World Peace missed an open jumper in the final minute, leading to the timeout in which Popovich drew it up for Green.
"Pop ran a play for Danny, and I think that was a great call, because Kobe always has a tendency to stay in the paint and think it's a play for me or for Timmy," Parker said. "Then we finished it off with a great play defensively. Kawhi did a great job denying Kobe."
The Lakers played without point guard Steve Blake, who has a minor abdominal strain. Blake had started the Lakers' last five games in place of Nash, who will be out for another week or more with a small fracture in his leg.
Darius Morris had one point on 0-for-5 shooting in his first NBA start in Blake's place, while veteran backup Chris Duhon managed five points. The Lakers played without a point guard down the stretch, with World Peace defending Parker while Bryant largely orchestrated the Lakers' offence.
NOTES: The Lakers barely exceeded the 80 points they scored in February 1999 during their lowest-scoring performance ever in their first 146 meetings with the Spurs. ... World Peace celebrated his 33rd birthday. The eccentric forward said he has enjoyed multiple birthday parties over the past few days. ... Floyd Mayweather Jr., Minnesota Vikings lineman Matt Kalil and David Beckham attended the game.


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Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
It is related in Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rafai as-Shadhuli's eloquent book, Music of the Soul, that at the time he was a disciple of Sidi 'Abd ar-Rahman, may God be well pleased with them both, there was a troublesome old man in Damascus who everyday would throw stones at the zawiyya, the Sufi lodge. Each time the incident of stone throwing happened, his guide would say, "Send him mercy. If he wants food, give him food. If he wants clothes, give him clothes. If he wants money, give him money. Give him what he wants."
When he, according to the advice of his guide, provided for the old man, he would gather his sons and would throw more stones at the zawiyya.
He asked himself, "What is the wisdom in this?" Then he would again go to this old man and gave him some food and some money and some clothes from his guide, but at the same time he felt something very strong about this person. His guide said to him, "There are many messages when this old man throws stones at the zawiyya."
Then one day the old man became sick and the eminent guide sent his disciple to him. When he arrived at his house, the old man woke up and asked, "Who is there?" He mentioned his name and the old man began to weep and he started to say Astaghfirullah! (seeking forgiveness from Allah). And after some days, he came to live in the zawiyya. And he became a holy student under the guide.
When Sidi as-Shadhuli later wrote down this story, this man was already one hundred and five years old. Later when he met him in Amman, Jordan, the old man said, "Sidi, excuse me for throwing stones at the zawiyya. But if I had not hit the zawiyya, I would not have reached God. How could I have known the guide and the Way, if I had not thrown stones?" The guide saw the wisdom of his actions and knew that this old man was one of his students.
This story has a picture illustrating it. The picture is of the date tree. "Be like this tree," advises Sidi. "When any person throws something to hit the date tree, it gives him back sweets. This is the right way."
"If anyone makes something bad for you, or speaks in an unkind way, understand Who speaks and Who hits. Be sweet and give to everyone who wants sweets, because after the fire is the garden and after the darkness is light. It is necessary to see within everything, to see where it is coming from and to return it to God. Be polite! Everything is the Face of God."
– Edited from a longer post on Sadiq's Mystic Saint blog. (Muhammad Sa'id al-Jamal ar-Rifai as-Shadhuli is now the Head of the Higher Sufi Council in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. He is also a teacher at the Holy mosques at al-Aqsa in Jerusalem).
Ya Haqq!


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Reading the newspaper is often a surreal experience these days, but I can't recall my jaw dropping quite as far as it did when I read this piece in the Washington Post about how former Gitmo detainees "have led and fueled" the increasingly dangerous al Qaeda movement in Yemen.
The basic facts, though I already knew them, are stunning enough. Two key leaders of al Qaeda in Yemen — Said al-Shihri and Ibrahim Sulieiman Rubaish — were released from Gitmo (during the Bush administration, just to be clear). The group they lead is suspected of having equipped and trained the guy who, on Christmas, tried to blow up a plane full of passengers. Yet, the Obama administration has just released six more detainees to Yeman and apparently plans to release a significant number of additional ones to that chaotic nation.
I also knew that Shihri and Rubaish were released to Saudi Arabia for "rehabilitation." But here's something I didn't know — according to the Post, the rehabilitation program "uses dialogue and art therapy to reform militants." You can't make this stuff up.
Now consider the spin from adminstration officials about the release of detainees to Yeman. One official told the Post that the six detainees had to be released because one of them had been ordered released by a federal judge and the case for indefinitely detaining the other five is weak. "We do not want a situation where the executive is defying the courts," the official said. He added that the prospect of losing in federal court is likely to trigger other releases.
But the government does not "defy" the courts when it argues its position and pursues its appeals, and different judges view may view these matters differently. I've lost in federal court. There are worse experiences. The notion that the government would voluntarily release terror suspects and send them to Yemen, where al Qaeda seems to be surging, because it fears losing in court is, to me, mind-boggling.
Another adminstration official assured the Post that those who were just sent back to Yemen were carefully screened to assess their potential for being recruited by al Qaeda. But so were Shihri and Rubaish. As I noted here, the latter had assured his captors he could not consider the United States an enemy of Islam, since it is a friend of Saudi Arabia. He had also written nice poetry.
Bureaucrats who think art therapy "cures" terrorism cannot be trusted to assess the potential for detainees to be recruited by al Qaeda.
Finally, a third administration official told the Post that the Guantanamo Bay facility must be closed because its existence is a tool for recruiting new terrorists. But if that's even close to being true, it must also be the case that anyone who has spent years in captivity at the facility is a potential recruit for al Qaeda (in the unlikely event they were not recruited long ago). Thus, the administration's assessments that particular detainees lack that potential are inherently unreliable and, indeed, surreal.
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sincorredor necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 21 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
ting! (http://www.ting.es/wordpress)
ting! is a development company of differents open source solutions for enterprises. Nowadays, enterprise open source software is a real solution and an alternative to the different closed software solutions, letting the company adapt and integrate their whole businnes processes into the different open source solutions.
Our success is based in the improvement of the Open Source solutions we work with, quality developments and agile development and integration methodologies, which minimize the failure risk and increase the success in our projects.
We work with three opensource solutions:
a) OpenERP: http://www.openerp.com
Open ERP (formerly named Tiny ERP) is an ERP/CRM system. The software is claimed to be a complete ERP and CRM system. It has separate client and server components. XML-RPC interfaces are available.
Among the features are management accounting, financial accounting, inventory management, sales and purchase management, tasks automation, Human Resource Management, marketing campaigns, help desk, and point of sale.
The software is open source and is released under the GNU General Public License. The Linux user interface is GTK+ based. Windows and Mac OS X versions also available. A web interface is also available using the Django web framework. Since 2008, a KDE user interface is also available. The latest version of Open ERP (5.0) provides dynamic Gantt charts (with drag&drop), shared calendars, an integrated BPM view, a workflow editor and a screen designer.
Open ERP is known to be very complete and extremely modular, with 350 available modules. It is based on a strong MVC architecture, with a distributed server, flexible workflows, an object database, a dynamic GUI, an XML-RPC interface, and customizable reports.
b) osCommerce - http://www.oscommerce.com
osCommerce ("open source Commerce") is an e-commerce and online store-management software program. It can be used on any web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. It is available as free software under the GNU General Public License.
We offer a complete osCommerce-OpenERP integration, so the info provided by osCommerce (people registered, sales made, enquiries...) automatically synchronize with OpenERP
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SONOMA, Calif. --
The raceway hosted more than 230 Sonoma Valley children and their families at the event, which featured caroling, refreshments, a car display, balloon animals and a visit from Santa Claus, who arrived via special transportation on a Schell-Vista Fire Department fire truck.
The event, which has attracted more than 1,800 children since its inception in 2005, culminated with Santa Claus presenting each child with a bag full of toys. Children ranged in age from newborn to 12-years-old.
"I had so much fun today," said Sonoma's Angeles Qunitero, six years old. "My favorite part was getting a gift, getting a stuffed animal and seeing Santa."
The festive event was held under cloudy skies, but all of the children left the raceway with new toys and wide smiles. Following the toy distribution, everyone was treated to a free lunch at the Raceway Caf?.
"This is a great opportunity for these families, some of whom cannot afford gifts this year," said Maria Calvillo, receptionist and client resource assistant at La Luz Center in Sonoma. "It's been a really tough year for some of them, so this means a lot."
All children who attended the party were pre-registered through six Sonoma Valley youth groups, including: Friends in Sonoma Helping; La Luz Center; Sonoma Valley High School Teen Parent Program; Valley of the Moon Boys and Girls Club; Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance; and the WillMar Family Grief and Healing Center.
The raceway received a generous outpouring of support from the community as more than 700 toys were donated for the party. Some of the drop-off locations included: Sonoma Valley Index Tribune; Sonoma Valley Sun; Gundlach-Bundschu Winery; Schell-Vista Fire Department; Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce; the Sonoma Valley Fire Department; and Redwood Credit Union. The raceway also received toy donations from United Site Services and the Sonoma Valley Mother's Club, as well as toothbrushes and toothpaste for each child from the American Red Cross.


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CNN reported "speculation" that Al Qaeda prefers Kerry; Center for American Progress urged: "E-mail Kelli Arena"
On CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports on May 27, CNN justice correspondent Kelli Arena reported, "[T]here is some speculation that Al Qaeda believes it has a better chance of winning in Iraq if John Kerry is in the White House." The Center for American Progress (CAP) reported Arena's statement on its Web page titled "The Progress Report" : "Yesterday, CNN Justice Department correspondent Kelli Arena spread the unsubstantiated myth that al Qaeda has a preference in the upcoming U.S. elections." CAP noted, "Arena's comment came on the same day Kerry called for 40,000 more troops in Iraq." CAP posted Arena's e-mail address, urging readers to e-mail her "and tell her to stick to the facts."
Arena failed to report the source of the "speculation" that Al Qaeda favors a Kerry victory in November. But it is consistent with claims made by national security adviser Condoleezza Rice following the March terrorist bombing in Spain that some believe led to the ouster of Spain's pro-Bush prime minister in elections three days after that attack. As reported by Suzanne Malveaux on the April 18 broadcast of CNN's Inside Edition, Rice suggested that not only do the terrorists prefer Kerry in November, but they will likely take action to bring about that result.
Malveaux paraphrased Rice, saying: "[I]t is a serious concern of this administration that terrorists may try to strike during the November elections here. That they may have looked at the situation in Spain, where you simply had -- essentially had a pro-American, pro-Iraq war leader ousted for someone who took the opposite position." Malveaux reported that Rice "even going [on] to say that it is almost an opportunity that perhaps is too good for the terrorists to pass up."
As previously reported by Media Matters for America, Rush Limbaugh, on his March 15 radio show -- a month before CNN quoted Rice -- made the following statement:
So the only real question is, if Al Qaeda's active and capable, what are they going to do? Because we know what they want: they want Kerry, they want the Democrats in power. They'd love that -- I mean, based simply on what they're saying and how they're reacting to what happened in Spain. I'm not guessing.
As Media Matters for America noted on May 2, Reuters reported in March that an apparent Al Qaeda letter stated that the group supports President George W. Bush's reelection: "The statement said it supported President Bush in his reelection campaign, and would prefer him to win in November rather than the Democratic candidate John Kerry, as it was not possible to find a leader 'more foolish than you (Bush), who deals with matters by force rather than with wisdom.' ... [The letter added,] 'Kerry will kill our nation while it sleeps because he and the Democrats have the cunning to embellish blasphemy and present it to the Arab and Muslim nation as civilization. ... Because of this we desire you (Bush) to be elected.'"


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For a second year, your checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program is giving you the chance to become certified for free thanks to a partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) and the Beef Cattle Institute (BCI) housed at Kansas State University. The cost of BQA certification is normally $25 to $50; however, from Feb. 3, through April 15, 2014, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) will defray the cost of the certification or recertification, making it free. Visit www.bqa.org/team or www.BIVI-BQA.com to get started.
"BQA provides cattlemen with practical management tools they need to produce safe, high-quality beef for our consumers, says Ryan Ruppert, senior director of Beef Quality Assurance. "BQA also helps discover practices which can improve efficiency and ultimately, profitability."
"One of the challenges that beef producers face is having all of their employees become BQA certified," says Dr. Jerry Woodruff, professional services veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. "BIVI's partnership with BQA helps offset some of those expenses, and we encourage producers and their employees to use the online training programs."
The beef industry has embraced BQA because it is the right thing to do, and certification is the next step to show your commitment to producing the best beef possible. In 2013, more than 3,500 producers took advantage of the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.'s support of BQA online certification. BIVI sponsorship of the program again in 2014 demonstrates the company's commitment to improving the industry and telling consumers about the sound production practices most cattlemen use every day.
The BQA online programs are customized for cow/calf, stocker, feedlot and dairy operations. Developed and managed by the independent Beef Cattle Institute, these easy-to-use modules teach sound management techniques that can be applied to their operations. They also help cattle operations tell their story to consumers who might not understand all of the safety measures cattlemen take in producing the food on the table.
"We're proud to continue this opportunity to bring the BQA certification program to even more American cattlemen and dairy producers in 2014," says David Korbelik, director of cattle marketing for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. "BQA education aligns with Prevention Works, our focus on preventing disease in cattle. We do this because it is the right thing for the animal, for the producer and for the consumer."
Ruppert says it is "clear that Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. is committed to helping beef producers throughout the industry produced a safe, quality product in a humane manner," adding that "this partnership is a win-win for producers and consumers."
Show you care. Start today by visiting www.BQA.org/team or www.BIVI-BQA.com. For more information about your beef checkoff, visit MyBeefCheckoff.com.
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Pangaea: New Art From Africa and Latin America (Saatchi Gallery)
'Pangaea: New Art From Africa and Latin America' is a moving, intriguing exhibition of wide-ranging art from sixteen contemporary artists, often with complex socio-political influences. The diversity of media and raw talent of several of the artists on display promised a successful, unconventional display, something achieved in part. Unfortunately, something is missing.
This issue could relate to the vague curatorial purpose of the exhibition, evident in its very name; Pangaea refers to an ancient supercontinent, which united most continents in one landmass, and began to separate around 200 million years ago. The word roughly translates to 'all lands': an alarmingly wide theme to cover. Latin American and African art is rapidly gaining wider recognition, with recent art fairs such as 1:54 setting precedent for further platforms in London, and it is refreshing to see such art on display in such a prominent gallery. However, Saatchi Gallery offers no explanation for the specific combination of Latin America and Africa, other than their roles as former 'sister continents', and the 'parallels between their distinctly diverse cultures and creative practices'. This puts the exhibition at risk of 'otherising' its contributors; emphasis is placed upon continent-of-origin rather than preventing generalisation by selecting a narrower curatorial theme.
Despite this, many of the actual works on display counter generalisation. This is exemplified in Aboudia's powerful canvases, carried out upon collages of newspaper clippings, including images of hair braiding techniques and African masks. This, juxtaposed with the violence of over-painted imagery of childlike figures brandishing guns, displaces simplistic understanding of culture by bringing to light the trauma of the political state of his native Republic of the Ivory Coast. The cacophony of vibrant colour, combined with an unsettling naivety of figuration, challenges Western expectations of primitivism, displaying instead politically charged imagery of the complexities of contemporary urban life.
This challenge to the viewer is also evident in the series of large-scale photographs by Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou, entitled 'Desmoiselles de Porto-Novo'. These works present semi-nude female models in a colonial mansion, addressing the viewer from behind wooden ceremonial masks. The series' title suggests a play upon Picasso's 'Desmoiselles d'Avignon', referencing the influence of African art and masks upon the development of cubism, yet with a melancholic realism which draws the viewer back to the social reality of life in Porto Novo, and the impact of colonisation.
Further highlights include work from Oscar Murillo, who draws on his experience of emigration from Colombia to London to create a chilling examination of class, cultural coding and migration of materials, and Rafael Gómezbarros' simultaneously playful and macabre installation of oversized ants, referencing the plight of displaced immigrants. However, the exhibition's overall effect is shaken by curious juxtaposition of such powerful and unconventional works with garish Pop Art inspired canvases and somewhat derivative abstraction. Having said this, any questionable curatorial choices are more than made up for by the quality of several of the artists on display.
Izzie Hewitt is a third year BA at the Courtauld.
Pangaea: New Art From Africa and Latin America is at the Saatchi Gallery until the 2nd November 2014


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Americans will grieve over this year's anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a day of service for the first time since the 2001 attacks, volunteering across the country to celebrate human life eight years after the tragedy.
Volunteers from all parts of the country will flock to homeless shelters, charities, firehouses and other not-for-profit ventures to keep the spirit of brotherhood alive on a day that's typically been celebrated with a funereal sense of mourning. This year, the first-ever day of service has been proclaimed -- and patriotic Americans are asked not to wear black but to give back.
President Obama will speak at the Pentagon and meet with victims' family members, giving an address about "what the day means and the sacrifices of thousands," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday.
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Obama pledged Thursday to "apprehend all those who perpetrated these heinous crimes, seek justice for those who were killed and defend against all threats to our national security."
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BEAUMONT, Texas - Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today.
Juan Carlos Chavez-Delgado, 30, of Houston, and Alvaro Humberto Jimenez, 57, of Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty in February 2013, to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone. Chavez received a sentence of 95 months in federal prison and Jimenez was sentenced to 51 months.
According to information presented in court, on Nov. 13, 2012, Chavez and Jimenez were arrested in the parking lot of Central Mall in Port Arthur, Texas, as they were completing a drug transaction involving a half kilogram of methamphetamine for $11,500. Further investigation revealed Chavez arranged the drug transaction and paid Jimenez to drive him from Houston to Port Arthur. The defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury on Dec. 5, 2012.
This case was prosecuted as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods' Operation Time Machine program. Operation Time Machine is aimed at reducing gun and gang violence, deterring illegal possession of guns, ammunition and body armor, and improving the safety of residents in Port Arthur, Texas. Participants in the initiative include community members and organizations as well as federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Port Arthur Police Department and the Beaumont Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Baylor Wortham.


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How to Navigate Your Overloaded Lifestyle
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Thrive in Overdrive
How to Navigate Your Overloaded Lifestyle
In today's high-tech, fast-paced world, no one is immune to stress. Why? Because our lives are too overloaded. Thrive in Overdrive shows you how to rid yourself of the happiness-robbing condition called stress and enjoy a balanced life, but without giving up your overdrive lifestyle that makes sure you stay ahead of the game. The book, written by recognized how-to self-help expert, Dr. Patrick Porter, is based on methods that have been time-tested by over a million clients worldwide. He uses true stories, anecdotes, and deceivingly simple creative visualization exercises to demonstrate that, yes, you can have it all.
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Giving Direction to Innate Desires
Man possesses numerous instincts, feelings, sentiments, desires, motives, spiritual qualities, psychological activities and reactions which have been, more or less, discussed by philosophers, psychologists and psychoanalysts. Different views have been expressed about the recognition of the truth, the classification and distinction of what is genuine from what is not genuine, the quality of development and growth, and the relation of these with bodily organs especially with the nervous system, the brain and the glands. Recounting and interpreting these ideas are not compatible with the nature of this discussion.
Here we will consider some of the most genuine innate desires which come to our mind without confirming or rejecting a particular philosophical, psychological or psychoanalytical movement. We will endeavor to survey their manifold manifestations and the trend of their development, as well as the efforts of man to satisfy them in various conditions and facets of his life, that we may thus seek a way to recognize man's true perfection and ultimate goal; this is because innate desires are the most genuine powers gifted by the creator in man's being, so that he would engage in movement, action, effort, endeavor as they require and would tread his path towards perfection and prosperity by using inborn and acquired powers, as well as external facilities.
Thus the direction or directions specified by these desires could lead us to the ultimate goal and path as the needle of a compass would provide us with the direction. As a consequence, it is apt to study and consider them meticulously and patiently and, by abstaining from hasty prejudgments and judgments, to derive a sound and decisive result from our reflections so that we would take hold of the key to the treasure of prosperity.
Perception and Its Degrees
Man bears an innate desire to know, become aware of, and encompass the realities of existence. This desire emerges in the early stages of childhood and is not taken away from man to the end of his life. The continuous questions posed by children are indicative of the presence of this inborn desire. The more talented will be a child, the vaster and more profound his questions will be. The more knowledge and learning he acquires, the greater unknown matters he will face and new issues will come up for him.
So the direction of sense perceptions, which are devices for the fulfillment of this innate desire, is towards a complete and all-embracing awareness of the world of existence. The sphere of this desire is so vast that no being falls outside it. Now we will study the scientific progress of man from the starting point. We will follow it up step - by - step to see where it will end.
Man's awareness of the world starts with the external senses and the contact of body organs with objects around him. By specific actions and reactions, each sense organ transfers first to the nerves and then to the brain impressions of light, sound, warmth, smell, taste and the like. In this manner, man becomes aware of such qualities and features which are related to material objects on the surface and which are located at a particular radius around him.
But for several reasons, sense perception is inexpressive and insufficient to satiate man's curiosity and instinct to seek the truth because firstly, it applies to particular qualities of the surface and form of palpable objects and not to all their qualities, their essence, their substance and not to impalpable objects. Secondly, the range of sense perception is limited and dependent on particular conditions. For example, the eye can see the rays whose wave length is no less than 4 % micron and no more than 8% micron. For this reason, ultra - violet and infra-red rays are invisible.
Likewise, the ear can hear sounds whose frequencies are between 30 to 16000 vibrations per second. In like manner, other sense perceptions also require specific conditions. Secondly, their duration in time is very short. For instance, the eyes and the ear can hold the effect of light and sound for only a second. And when sense organs lose contact with the outside world our perception is barred. The issue of slips of perception is another story which further clarifies the inadequacy of sense perceptions.
However, the means of awareness and recognition is not confined to sense perceptions alone. For example, man possesses another faculty which, after the body's contact with the material world is cut off, can preserve in a special form the signs it has received and can remember them when needed and can reflect them in the consciousness. Similarly, there is another faculty which can understand general meanings, which can prepare the mind for confirmations and propositions, and which can make possible the reflections and mental deductions, be they empirical or theoretical.
Through these internal faculties, man can expand the zone of his awareness and draw conclusions from innate and palpable experiences and perceptions. Development of philosophy, sciences and industries is indebted to these inward and mental faculties, with this difference that what is in mind in other sciences (apart from philosophy) is the recognition of features and effects of creatures so as to exploit them for better living. But the main objective in philosophy is to recognize the intrinsic qualities, as well as the cause and effect relation of objects. Complete recognition of a being is not feasible without recognizing its existential causes:
'Ash-Shaykhur-Ra'is has expressed this rule in detail in his Kitabush-Shifa. As the chain of reason leads to the Almighty Allah (SWT), it can be concluded that man's rational movement leads to piety.
Many philosophers believe that man's scientific development ends at this point. For this reason, they regard man's perfection - or to put it more precisely, man's scientific perfection - limited to the mind's all-embracing awareness of the world of being. But further consideration of innate desires indicates than man's instinct to seek the truth is not fully satisfied with this degree of awareness and demands an objective awareness, as well as a speculative and intuitive understanding of the realities of existence. And such an understanding could not be reached with mental concepts and philosophical discussion.
No matter how extensive and clear the mental perceptions and concepts are, they cannot show us the objective realities. The difference between these and external realities can be compared to the difference between the meaning of hunger and its inward reality. Our conception of hunger is a state coming over man when his body is in need of food. But if a person has never experienced this state, he cannot understand it through this definition. In like manner, for (showing) the realities of being, ranging from Allah (SWT) to matter, philosophy can provide us only with such concepts while the recognition and realization of objective realities is far different from such definitions.
What thoroughly quenches our thirst for seeking the truth is the speculative knowledge and intuitive awareness of objective realities which is inseparable from understanding their existential appraisals and connections. And if all existing beings are viewed as dependent on and connected to the Almighty Allah (SWT), then in fact, all objective knowledge goes back to awareness of one independent and genuine reality, as well as His reflections, manifestations and signs.
Power and Its Manifestations
Among man's innate desires, mention can be made of the desire to wield power, to be capable of performing deeds and to have control over other beings. This desire also emerges in childhood and endures to the end of a person's life. Of course, this desire has degrees depending on age differences, period of life and external factors. A healthy infant's motions and movements of hands and feet and the untiring gamboling of children are indications of this innate desire. By and by, range of man's quest for power increases, extending to infinity.
At first, performing various deeds, establishing power and extending strength, occur by means of stimulating nerves and by muscles with the aid of natural powers alone. These constant movements made by the child on instinct help increase his physical power, by and by, his muscles become stronger and more ready to perform greater and more laborious functions.
This goes on until he reaches the peak of youth and the climax of physical power. From then on, he faces the period of stagnation and inertia. Then comes the period of senility and old age, gradually the physical powers are exhausted but the zest for power never dies down in man.
To extend the domain of his power, man does not suffice with natural powers. By the help of sciences and industries, man endeavours to find better devices to conquer the world and subjugate the universe. It goes without saying that scientific discoveries and inventions, especially in recent times, have greatly contributed to the satisfaction of this inborn desire and will later do so as well.
Man does not even refrain from using the power of his fellow creatures. In far as conditions and facilities permit, man uses others for his own benefit. Effort to reach social positions and to be honoured nationally, as well as the nation's demand for superiority at the international level, are manifestations of this desire which at times, appear in a correct and sound form, while at other times, it appears in the form of aggression on the rights of others in various shapes of oppressive colonization and exploitation.
The quest for increased power does not stop at this level. Rather it even embraces imperceptible and metaphysical powers as well.
Various branches of exotic sciences, spiritism, and different forms of sensual mathematics are all indicative of man's wondrous efforts to develop his abilities.
But supposing that man masters the perceptible and imperceptible forces, does his ability reach utter perfection then and is his thirst for power quenched in full? No matter how extensive and variegated these powers are, will they not finally be finite? Will they not intrude on the workings of similar powers? And will they not be doomed by more superior powers? With these limitations, how can they fulfill man's boundless demands?
It is crystal clear that this inborn desire cannot be fulfilled except by taking hold of an infinite source of power. Efforts made by people of high aspirations would not end without it.
Love and Worship
Man possesses another inborn desire which is not of the same form as the demand to know, to have ability, or to be aware of and to conquer the world. The desire to attract, to be attracted and to unite is related to existence and understanding. As this desire has not become clear for the psychologists and psychoanalysts, and a sufficient discussion and research has not been made with regard to it, it is difficult to clarify and explain it.
Deep inside, each person finds that he likes something and someone as though the latter constantly draws his spirit toward itself/himself like a powerful magnet. This attraction and drive has various degrees and signs. Differences of degrees are so much that they create doubts in their substantial unity.
The most salient manifestation of innate affection can be raced in a mother. Its sign is that a mother enjoys embracing, caressing, and taking care of her child. Motherly affection is one of the most glorious manifestations of innate love. Its manifestations have always been described and praised by poets and writers. The same holds true for father's love towards his child.
A similar form of affection exists among children, parents, sisters, brothers and other family members who are tied together with a specific natural bond. Another manifestation of this can be viewed among fellow creatures that are linked by the general relationship of human beings. This affection is increased in intensity in other forms of human relationship, such as being fellow city people, being neighbours, being of the same age, being man and wife, being of the same religion and of the same ideology, etc are added to it.
Another expression of affection is in man's attachment to objects which he uses in his material life and to which he is linked by the way they can fulfill his living requirements. Examples are attachment to property, wealth, clothes and place of residence.
Another demonstration of man's affection appears in man's love for beauties, exquisite objects and especially beautiful human beings. That is to say, it is man's love for objects which satisfy his aesthetic sense and which establish contact with his psyche.
Similar to this is love for spiritual beauties, such as the beauty of concepts, comparisons, metaphors, and ironies, as well as love for cadences in verse and prose which is the passion of poets and of those with good taste. Or it can be spiritual and ethical perfection and elegance which is lauded by psychologists and moralists. Or it can be beauty of sensibility like the elegance in the order of the world of being which the philosophers marvel at. Or it can be existential beauty which is perceived by gnostic intuition. On the basis of this perception, existence equals beauty:
"الَّذِي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُۖ"
"Who made good everything that He has created...(32:7)."
The more powerful the status of being, the greater will its beauty be and the more enjoyable will be its seeing.
In other words, to the extent of his capacity, each being will show a reflection of Divine Light. The more perfect he is, the greater manifestations of it he will reflect.
On the whole, three degrees could be designated for affection in terms of intensity and weakness:
First - The weak status which requires proximity to the beloved in normal conditions. But there is no sacrifice and selflessness in it.
Second - The average status which, in addition to the desire for proximity, requires sacrifice in the way of the beloved but to the extent that it does not interrupt general interests and basic personal interests.
Third - The status of captivation and selflessness when the lover refrains from no sacrifice in the way of the beloved. The lover regards the peak of enjoyment in following the will of the beloved's traits and deportment or rather in existential attachment or better say, in subjecting himself to perdition for the sake of the beloved. Its sign is taking pleasure in expressing humility and homage to the beloved. Another sign of it is that he unconditionally attaches superiority to the will of the beloved as compared to that of other beings and other objects.
Without doubt, the greater the love for something, the greater will be the enjoyment experienced in reaching it. But on the other hand, intensity of enjoyment hinges on the degree of desirability and the existential value of the beloved. Thus if a person develops the strongest form of affection towards the most precious of all beings and realizes that being's existential merit, he will experience the greatest enjoyment when he is united with that beloved. In case, this act of being united is not confined to time, place and other limiting conditions and in case it is possible at any time and anywhere, this inborn desire is fully materialized and it will suffer no shortage.
As a result, the infinite direction of this inborn desire is in a burning love for an infinitely beautiful and perfect beloved who has the strongest existential ties with man and whom man can find himself living and dying for, and linked and related to. In this manner, he will reach true union and no factor can separate him from his beloved.
Love for a being that does not possess these conditions cannot fully satisfy this desire and will always be coupled with disappointment, defeat, separation, disunion, etc.


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article by Sameer Rao via colorlines.com
Reversing course from last year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored "Moonlight," "Fences," "Hidden Figures" and other people of color-centered works with Oscar nominations today (January 24).
The three films, each of which features a predominantly Black cast, compete in the "Best Picture" and "Writing (Adapted Screenplay)" categories. Actresses Viola Davis ("Fences"), Naomie Harris ("Moonlight") and Octavia Spencer ("Hidden Figures") also square off for best "Actress in a Supporting Role."
"Moonlight"'s eight nominations are the most of any film this year besides the musical "La La Land." They include "Best Director" and "Writing (Adapted Screenplay)" for Barry Jenkins, and "Actor in a Supporting Role" for Mahershala Ali.
"Fences" star and director Denzel Washington received a best "Actor in a Leading Role" nomination. Playwright August Wilson's script, based on his original 1983 play, earned him a posthumous "Writing (Adapted Screenplay)" nod.
Other acting nominees of color include Ruth Negga ("Loving") for "Actress in a Leading Role" and Dev Patel ("Lion") for "Actor in a Supporting Role." Patel is the first performer of South Asian descent to receive an acting Oscar nomination since Ben Kingsley for 2000's "Sexy Beast."
Ava DuVernay's "13th," Raoul Peck's "I Am Not Your Negro" and Ezra Edelman's "O.J.: Made in America" each received Documentary (Feature) nominations. The category also includes another Black director's work: Roger Ross Williams' "Life, Animated," and Joi McMillon became the first black female to be nominated in the Editing category for "Moonlight."
This year's nominations are far more diverse overall than last year's, and NBC News reports that this year's acting nominee pool is the most diverse in Oscar history.
To read more, go to: http://www.colorlines.com/articles/moonlight-fences-and-actors-color-make-oscar-history


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