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An extension of the Non-Federal Identity SSP Service, Entrust offers Personal Identity Verification Interoperable (PIV-I) solutions for state governments, the private sector and other non-federal organizations who need identity credentials that are issued in a manner that facilitates trust and technically interoperable with the U.S. federal PIV card standard.
Entrust's PIV-I solution, which includes smartcard components from security vendor XTec, has been approved by the Federal PKI Policy Authority (FPKIPA). This special certification authorizes Entrust to issue PIV-I smartcard credentials to non-federal organizations or companies.
Entrust is one of only a handful of security vendors on the U.S. government's list of approved PIV-I providers.Request to be Contacted
PIV-I provides a standards-based implementation of a physical and logical access credential in the form of a smartcard. PIV-I is based on the same standards of vetting and issuance developed by the U.S. government for its employees, but it has been tailored for non-federal use.
PIV-I credentials offer vetted individuals many capabilities, including secure communication with federal organizations as well as secure physical and logical access to the appropriate facilities, machines, portals or applications.
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Entrust's PIV-I solution helps organizations meet PIV technical specifications to work with U.S. federal PIV infrastructure elements (e.g., card readers) and is issued in a manner that allows other vetted U.S. federal government departments and organizations to trust the credential's identity information.
PIV-I cards are different from government PIV credentials in that the latter is issued directly under the control of the issuing federal agency. PIV-I meets all of the technical specifications of the PIV credential and is issued by entities vetted by the U.S. federal government.
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Entrust's advanced PIV-I and physical/logical access capabilities are core to the versatility of a comprehensive authentication platform. Entrust IdentityGuard leads the industry as one of the most robust authentication and identity-assurance platforms. It delivers an unmatched breadth of capabilities and flexibility to meet the most demanding security environments.
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Periodical Photographs, the long-awaited first monograph from top editorial photographer Dan Winters, provides an overview of his assignment work as a contributor to some of America's most prestigious magazines, including New York,Esquire, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times Magazine. This special limited edition of Dan Winters: Periodical Photographs was produced in June, 2009 in an edition of one hundred sets. The box and print sleeve were designed by Dan Winters and produced by Cloverleaf Studio, in Austin, Texas. In each boxed set a signed first printing of the book is accompanied by one of four signed prints, each product in an edition of twenty-five copies.
With an emphasis on his iconic portraiture, this volume considers the body of work of a top photographer whose unique sensibility is both adaptable and instantly recognizable. Winters is responsible for the definitive portraits of some of Hollywood's most photographed A-listers (Gwyneth Paltrow, Denzel Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio) and music superstars (Bono, Eminem, Willie Nelson). His voracious passion for the quirky and the creative also draws him to visual artists, scientists, architects, and everyday, extraordinary Americans.
Dan Winters (born in Ventura, California, 1962) lives in Austin and Los Angeles. He is the recipient of more than a hundred awards, including the Alfred Eisenstadt Award for Magazine Photography and a World Press Photo Award. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Austin, Texas.
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- Just a few hours after President Bush vetoed another bill in favor of stem-cell research, ABC News is reporting that women undergoing fertility treatments would be willing to donate their unused embryos to research if given the opportunity. [ABCNews]
- In the shithole that is Iraq,
there's been a significant rise of displaced women undergoing illegal abortions. [Salon]
- Speaking of the Middle East, the public stoning of an Iranian woman accused of adultery has been delayed, perhaps (and hopefully) indefinitely. [Salon]
- Proof that the rest of the Western world is often a lot more reasonable than the U.S.: In the U.K., government experts are recommending that all young girls be vaccinated against HPV... and there's nary a conservative uproar about it! [Guardian]


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Open Resolvers pose a significant threat to the global network infrastructure by answering recursive queries for hosts outside of its domain. They are utilized in DNS Amplification attacks and pose a similar threat as those from Smurf attacks commonly seen in the late 1990s.
We have collected a list of 32 million resolvers that respond to queries in some fashion. 28 million of these pose a significant threat (as of 27-OCT-2013). Detailed History and Breakdown
What can I do?
If you operate a DNS server, please check the settings.
Recursive servers should be restricted to your enterprise or customer IP ranges to prevent abuse. Directions on securing BIND and Microsoft nameservers can be found on the Team CYMRU Website - If you operate BIND, you can deploy the TCP-ANY patch
Authoritative servers should not offer recursion, but can still be used in an attack. Configure your Authoritative DNS servers to use DNS RRL [Response Rate Limiting] Knot DNS and NLNetLabs NSD include this as a standard option now. BIND requires a patch.
CPE DEVICES SHOULD NOT listen for DNS packets on the WAN interface, including NETWORK and BROADCAST addresses.
Prevent spoofing on your network!
Configure Source Address Validation/uRPF/BCP-38 on all CPE and Datacenter equipment edges that have fixed IP ranges. This could be as simple as setting ip verify unicast source reachable-via rx on a router interface. Any staticly routed customer should receive this setting by default.
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WASHINGTON (AP) � With thousands of civilian contractors remaining in Iraq and Afghanistan, Department of Justice officials want Congress to resolve a legal issue they say obstructs efforts to prosecute any such workers who rape, kill or commit other serious crimes abroad.
Scofflaw Pentagon employees and contractors supporting the American war mission overseas are subject to federal prosecution in the United States, but a nonmilitary contractor who breaks the law might fall outside the Justice Department's jurisdiction. Lawmakers who have pushed in the past to extend the reach of U.S. criminal law plan to renew their efforts this session with bills to make civilian contractors and employees liable to federal prosecution for acts including murder, arson and bribery.
Federal prosecutors believe clearer and more uniform rules are needed to resolve a jurisdictional question made murkier by the end of the Iraq War and the ongoing drawdown of troops from Afghanistan. The jurisdictional gap caused problems for authorities during the first prosecution of Blackwater contractors accused in 2007 shootings in Baghdad and could again be a stumbling block as prosecutors seek a new indictment in the case.
"There still is this great vulnerability if these contractors get into some kind of scrape, some kind of problem, and there's no clear legal path to deal with it. That can be a serious problem," said Rep. David Price, a North Carolina Democrat who plans to reintroduce legislation called the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. "We just need to give this the priority it deserves."
Previous attempts to close the gap have stalled amid debate over who should be shielded from prosecution and under what circumstances. The House bill didn't get out of committee last session, though similar legislation passed the chamber several years ago. The Senate bill cleared the Judiciary Committee but never reached the floor, tied up in part by uncertainty over how to protect certain contractors and employees, including intelligence agents and law enforcement officials, whose jobs might require them to skirt the law. Prosecutors have had some success using an existing law, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, to target soldiers and military contractors who commit crimes. Defendants successfully prosecuted under that statute include Steven Green, a U.S. soldier convicted in the deaths of an Iraqi family, and Jorge Thornton, a contractor accused of unlawful sexual contact at an Iraq military base.
But Justice Department officials say that statute, passed by Congress in 2000 in response to a child sex abuse case at an Army base in Germany, is too narrow because it doesn't cover non-Pentagon contractors and those not directly in support of the American war mission overseas. That means contractors with no attachment to the military would be exempt from prosecution. It's easier to establish in active war zones that a contractor's role supports the war effort, but the waning U.S. military presence in those nations will make that case even harder to prove for American prosecutors.
The last U.S. troops left Iraq in 2011, and President Barack Obama has said the war in Afghanistan will be over in 2014, though thousands of contractors remain to work jobs ranging from construction to diplomatic security. The Department of State alone said it has 10,000 contractors in both countries.
"Cases that would otherwise be straightforward can turn into complex investigations focusing not just on the underlying criminal conduct, but also on the scope of the defendant's employment, his or her specific work duties, and other jurisdiction-related facts," Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer told the committee at the 2011 hearing.
The issue has come up in several prominent investigations, including after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq, when some prison officials avoided prosecution because they were Department of Interior contractors.
It also resurfaced after diplomatic security contractors working for Blackwater Worldwide were charged with opening fire in Baghdad's Nisoor Square and killing 17 Iraqis.
The Justice Department brought charges under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, but defense lawyers accused them of stretching the statute because the contractors worked under a State Department contract, reported to State Department officials and provided diplomatic � not military � services.
A judge dismissed the case on grounds that prosecutors mishandled evidence but didn't rule on the jurisdictional question. The Justice Department said it's seeking a new indictment after an appeals court overturned the dismissal.


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"The idea is to give them a feel for what it feels like to be in a tournament," said Raymond Chin, director of tennis for the City Parks Foundation. "They're playing six-game pro sets. It's still a learning process for these kids. It's not easy to play in a tournament."
The winners of the tournament are selected from three age groups divided by gender. In the girls 12, 14 and 16 and under divisions, the winners were Angelica Schell, Jade Killekelly, and Caitlin Balagula, respectively. In the boys divisions, Ari Cotoulas, Graham Lo and Banjamin Adome won their age groups.
CityParks Tennis is a division of the City Parks Foundation, which was established in 1989, and each year provides thousands of young tennis players with free lessons.
The Chase Aces intermediate-level program continues throughout the year, providing promising youth tennis players free indoor instructions in the off-season, when court time becomes prohibitively expensive.


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*Disclaimer: In order to accomplish this in 15 minutes, use the "snip and rip" method to cut your pieces and also use a serger. If you don't have a serger, then you can use an overlock stitch on your sewing machine.
♥ 1 1/2 yards cotton, pre-washed
Seam Allowance: 1/4 inch (serged or overlock stitch)
Step One: Quite the long materials list, eh? That's why I love this pattern... you don't have to mess with elastic! Ok, it is important to pre-wash your fabric. Otherwise, when your baby poos, pees and spits up on his/her nice new sheet and you go to wash it, it will SHRINK. It would be an utter waste of your 15 minutes. On the other hand, you don't want to sew your sheet too big, because nobody wants a saggy sheet... particularly the American Baby Association. So, do whatever tweaking you need to do in order to get your sheet fitting perfectly snug :)
Cut out your pieces. My preferred fast, and accurate way is the snip and rip method (see video for demonstration in my Ruffle Apron Tutorial). Rip out the large 49"x26.5" piece first. Then rip out two 29"x5.5" pieces for the side panels. I set my pack n' play mat in the back so you can see for comparison.
Step Two: Take your two side panels and serge along one of the long sides on each. The serged end of the side panel will face inward on the back side of your sheet.
Step Three: Line up the tail ends of the side panels and pin them to one short end of your sheet body right sides together. Make sure the serged sides of the side panels face inward. The ends of the side panels are just hanging down, unfinished.
Step Four: Pull the unfinished tail ends of the side panels until they meet with the opposite end of the sheet body that you just serged... this will cause the end to fold in order for those side panels to reach the opposite end. Now pin the side panel ends in place and serge down that side like you did the other side.
Step Five: Center the side panels. This should create about a 5-inch fold on each side. Pin along the long sides and serge.
Step Six: Sike! There is no step six... you're finished! Now turn the sheet right-side out and slip it over you mat. This is the reversed side:


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Despite months of denial from leading tech companies that they were aware of the government's mining of user information, the National Security Agency's senior attorney testified Wednesday that information was obtained with the "full knowledge and assistance" of those firms.
Appearing before a hearing of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, NSA general counsel Rajesh De responded to questions regarding the agency's bulk collection of information under the FISA Amendments Act ("FAA"), also known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
When asked if bulk collection occurrs with the "full knowledge and assistance of any company from which information is obtained," De responded, "Yes."
The Guardian's Spencer Ackerman responded on Twitter following this revelation:
NSA's Raj De says any company/service provider for whom collection under 702 occurred knew about it, even if didn't know "PRISM" name. Big.
— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) March 19, 2014
Reporting on the hearing, Ackerman continues:
When the Guardian and the Washington Post broke the Prism story in June, thanks to documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, nearly all the companies listed as participating in the program – Yahoo, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Paltalk, AOL – claimed they did not know about a surveillance practice described as giving NSA vast access to their customers' data. Some, like Apple, said they had "never heard" the term Prism.
De explained: "Prism was an internal government term that as the result of leaks became the public term," De said. "Collection under this program was a compulsory legal process, that any recipient company would receive."
According to Ackerman, this ambiguity over the name of the bulk collection program, "PRISM," may have obfuscated the truth of the firms' full knowledge.
However, he points out that it remains "unclear" as to exactly what legal process the government serves to a company in order to "compel communications content and metadata access." Further, documents leaked from Snowden reveal that, regardless of authorization, the NSA "possesses unmediated access to the company data."


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This trio's career began when they entered the Jip Rockspaaider competition back in 2004, here with a new track off their new album, Verganklik en Afhanklik.
A song about the Pretoria suburb from the popular Gauteng band's In Opsomming album on the Bowline label featuring Johan Zietsman, David Saunders, Barrie van Zyl and Henk Saunders.
Some SA Afrikaans rock from this crazy and very popular four piece off their album, Miskruier Gaan See Toe on the Bowline label.
A great track from the acclaimed Gauteng Afrikaans singer-songwriter off his top-selling album, Brooklyn Poet on Bowline.
This is the third offering from Infamous, formerly known as The Infamous Milkshake, which tells the story of the struggles, hustles and hard work done by an artist to reach a wide audience.
First single off the excellent debut solo studio album entitled Street Life from one of the hardest working rappers to emerge on the South African scene.
01, the debut album by Stellenbosch rockers New Holland, captures the fresh party rock & roll sound that's been thrilling crowds from day one.
This is a traditional klopse song sung at schools on the Cape Flats that exposes mixed people to themselves, from Emile YX, the respected Black Noise frontman off his solo album, Roar - Live It Loud, African & Proud.
A beautiful Zulu rendition of this gospel classic sung by the Moroka Baptist Choir off the album, Gospel From Mother Africa.
Progressive electronic hip hop soul with a jazz edge is what best describes SA's hip hop artist, here with his new single off the Shaolin Jazz EP.
A great duet between these two Cape Town electro artists both featured in the recent Future Sounds From Mzansi documentary on the new music from SA. From the Zoo City soundtrack.
One of the members of the highly rated Blk Sonshine duo with a lovely song off his recent debut album called The Listening Room (mudra no. 28).
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Cyanide and Hydrofluoric Acid Free Zone
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- Anonymous9:51 PM, March 27, 2008
I'm your girl!ReplyDelete
Love, Deborah P.
P.S. You were at the gym? Ooohh...
if you're ever looking to outsource the paperwork to scotland, give me a holla.ReplyDelete
'no borders' is our motto... uh, wait a minute, i think it was 'free fire zone' is our motto. will consider your kind offer. power through paperwork and res ipsa loquitor.
Once, I drank a gallon of hydrofluoric acid, then swallowed 240 grams of cyanide powder. It took me a week to stop feeling short of breath and shitting blood.ReplyDelete
No, wait...Since you guys are pretty smart and might challenge this, I'll say that it didn't happen exactly like that, but as we get older we all forget little details. (Please insert goofy fake laugh here)
Now you've done it. You just violated your own privacy. Don't you know how horrible that must be for you?
The skeleton creeping up in your picture is but a metaphor for Dr. Deborah Peel - Avenging Angel, coming to punish you for your self-destructive behavior. I suppose that is playing along with your self-destructive needs, but Oh well.
And you should seek therapy for that behavior - purely an unprofessional and irresponsible opinion, but who will entertain us if you do end it all. I don't do mourning. :-)


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text: The London Tattoo Convention, On the Road in England By Kent "I hate writing blogs" Smith Oh London, how I love you. Every year for the past five years I have traveled the London convention, stayed at the same hotel with a family of friends and shared a booth with my good buddy Hunter Spanks. Every year I am so stoked that I have been able to pick up long-distance relationships with friends right on the spot and add some new ones. I'm not talking about just people from overseas, but folks right here in the states that I only get to see once a year across the pond. The friendships and relationships that we are able to build in our community are amazing. I am constantly impressed by the sense of camaraderie we have in this industry... Going to London and getting to experience the convention there is unlike any other convention. There is so much inspirational art and energy there and everyone is so happy to be apart of the convention. This year was a little different than last. For the first time I was able to take my wife, and hunter and I added an addition onto our booth. The one and only Dan Sinnes came over to tattoo in our booth. We were in a corner spot which allowed us to open the booth and provide more room, and what better way to make use of the space than have more people in there with you to party? Errr... work, I mean. Dan came over from his booth, set up in ours and our good buddy Steven Burlton and his lovely lady Liser showed up to help run the booth and sell some merch. The set up there is like no other I have seen. There are about 10 or so small glass rooms that hold about 10-15 booths in each room, some of the larger ones have 25-30 booths. Each room is set up so you can get a view of what is going on in the room. (Each room is it's own glass bubble.) We were lucky to share the room with Phil Holt, Tim Hendricks, Lindsey Charmichael, Charlie Roberts, Grant Cobb, Dan Smith and a few others. Miki Vailetto does an amazing job of putting this convention on each year. It features some of the biggest and baddest tattooers from around the world not only tattooing, but attending the convention, just to come see friends and family. If you have never had a chance to go to the London convention, I highly suggest putting it on your calendar for next year. There is nothing else like this convention, words really can not explain the vastness of it... or the greatness of the city. On Sunday Liser gave me a sweet palm tattoo. It was honestly the worst pain I have ever had in my life. God, I hope this tattoo does not fall out, I really don't want to go through another hand poked palm tattoo... [*Editor's Note* Kent Smith appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment group. Kent is not a writer, but he tries...]


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Despite the alarmist "climate" claims made in an official press conference, the latest temperature data from two U.S. government bureaucracies actually show that the "pause" or "hiatus" in global warming that began some 17 years ago is still ongoing. The findings for last year, unveiled to reporters by NASA and NOAA on January 21, also showed that Antarctic sea ice extent in September of 2013 was the highest ever documented since records began.
The establishment media and the taxpayer-funded climate alarmists, as usual, tried to avoid the troublesome issues — or they at least tried to confuse the public by citing dubious theories purporting to explain the conflict between reality and the climate predictions. However, experts said the latest temperature data offered further evidence that United Nations theories and forecasts surrounding alleged catastrophic man-made global warming are simply wrong.
Perhaps the most broadly overlooked element in the latest data presented by NOAA and NASA is the fact that, as The New American has been reporting for months, Antarctic sea ice extent was at never-before-seen highs throughout much of 2013. In March of last year, meanwhile, ice coverage was the second largest on record. The previous record highs were set in 2012, only to be overtaken in 2013.
Of course, virtually all of the UN and government-funded "climate experts" predicted drastically decreasing levels of sea ice, so the latest data proved to be deeply embarrassing. It also went virtually ignored by the establishment press, which has consistently tried to avoid reporting on the growing chasm between reality and the doomsday forecasts presented by man-made global-warming theorists. After all, the media's credibility is on the line now, too.
Arctic sea ice coverage, while still below the four-decade average, also grew significantly in 2013 over the previous three years, the latest data from NASA and NOAA showed. Despite predictions of an "ice-free" Arctic in the summer of 2013 made by NASA-linked "climate scientists" and Al Gore, polar sea ice in the Northern Hemisphere grew by more than 50 percent over 2012 levels. More than a few experts now predicting global cooling expect those trends to continue.
Citing the latest data from NOAA and NASA, Dr. David Whitehouse, an astrophysicist and academic advisor to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, said that the 2013 global surface-temperature records from both entities show the "pause" in warming continues. The "hiatus," as other scientists also refer to it, began as far back as 1997, according to estimates cited in Whitehouse's analysis of the government data released this week. Other experts agree.
"Statistically speaking there has been no significant trend in global temperatures over this period," Whitehouse explained in a statement posted on the Global Warming Policy Foundation's website. "All these years fall within the error bars of 0.1 degree Celsius. The trend is less than this and is statistically insignificant. There is no statistical case for representing the post-1997 data as anything other than a constant line. The graphs presented at the press conference omitted those error bars."
As usual, when confronted with the fact that global temperatures have not been increasing as all 73 of the UN "climate models" forecasted, global-warming theorists at NASA and NOAA sought to pin the blame on a wide range of supposed causes. When asked about the "pause" confirmed by its latest data, the officials cited everything from volcanoes and solar activity to pollution, natural variability, and more. "In other words, they don't know," Dr. Whitehouse explained bluntly.
Indeed, the brazen denial has become a pattern in recent years among alarmists confronted with the implosion of UN "climate" models, predictions, and theories. In essence: Blame anything and everything for the lack of warming that was predicted by every single one of the UN models rather than finally admitting that the alarmist predictions, and therefore the theories underpinning them, were simply wrong.
The UN and governments around the world, which are now spending more than $1 billion of taxpayer money per day on "climate" schemes, have been at the forefront of the frantic search for explanations. The Obama administration, for example, was exposed in leaked documents last year trying to prod the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) into attributing the near-universally acknowledged "pause" in temperature increases to what critics ridicule as "The Theory of the Ocean Ate My Global Warming."
Dr. Whitehouse did the math. "Given that the IPCC estimates that the average decadal increase in global surface temperature is 0.2 degrees Celsius, the world is now 0.3 degrees C cooler than it should have been," he explained. Indeed, faced with worldwide criticism and ridicule after its wild predictions failed to materialize, the UN quietly but drastically slashed its temperature forecasts early this year — implicitly acknowledging that all of its previous predictions and models were way off the mark, to put it mildly.
Breaking the latest government numbers and data down further, Whitehouse said NASA recorded a temperature anomaly in 2013 of 0.61 degrees Celsius above the 1950 to 1981 average, supposedly making it the seventh warmest year, at least if government data is to be believed. However, he said, it is identical to 2003 and just 0.01 above 2009 and 2006. "Taking into account the errors there has been no change since last year," the astrophysicist observed in widely quoted remarks.
NOAA's numbers were similar to NASA's, with a few minor variations. "Note that only 0.09 degrees C separates their top ten warmest years," Whitehouse wrote about the government findings. "Each year has an associated error of 0.1 degree." However, despite the tiny differences that many climate experts argue are entirely insignificant, the U.S. government functionaries — whose salaries and budgets largely depend on the perpetuation of global-warming alarmism — touted them loudly.
Deputy Director Gavin Schmidt at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, for example, said 2013 was tied with two other years to come in as the seventh warmest on record. "There are times such as today when we can have snow even in a globally warming world. But the long-term trends are very clear," he claimed. "They're not going to disappear. There isn't an error in our calculations."
Emphasizing that single short-term hot or cold spells do not debunk man-made global-warming theories — it was not immediately clear who supposedly believes that — Schmidt claimed that the long-term trends are "extremely robust." However, he also conceded that "the trends over the last 10 to 15 years compared to the trends before do appear to be lower than they were."
"We've been looking at this in separate work and partially it seems to be a function of internal variability in the system," Schmidt was quoted as telling reporters. "So the fact is that we've had more La Nina-like conditions over the last few years compared to earlier on in the 2000s or in the late 1990s." Still, Schmidt and his colleagues at NOAA insisted that the catastrophic man-made global-warming theories — supposedly requiring carbon taxes and a UN-run "carbon-budget" regime — have not yet been discredited.
Numerous independent climatologists and scientists, however, have ripped into the scaremongering coming from alarmists in recent years — especially "warmest-on-record" claims. "Global warming enthusiasts are arguing that the past decade has been the warmest on record," explained MIT meteorology Professor Richard Lindzen, who has served on the UN IPCC but is now one of its harshest critics. "We are still speaking of tenths of a degree, and the records themselves have come into question.... For small changes in climate associated with tenths of a degree, there is no need for any external cause."
As NASA, NOAA, and the UN were busy defending their theories in the face of an increasingly skeptical public and vast amounts of evidence suggesting that their claims are wrong, a growing number of independent experts were starting to publicly predict global cooling. Citing declining solar activity, more and more scientists now say that the Earth is entering what may prove to be a long period of declining temperatures — with potentially devastating consequences for humanity.
Indeed, some leading climate researchers say the cooling is already here, and that global temperatures could eventually sink back down to "Little Ice Age" levels last seen in the 1870s. For now, then, humanity might be wise to at least hold off on destroying the global economy and creating a planetary carbon budget in the name of fighting "global warming" — especially since the latest data confirms that it has been stopped for almost two decades.
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Al Gore Forecasted "Ice-Free" Arctic by 2013; Ice Cover Expands 50%
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April 13, 2009 to March 30, 2013 – Blurb on line http://www.blurb.com/books/508534 Miniscapes" book launch. Book covers a 15 year period of works portraying over 40 original illustrations approximately 10" x 14". They are essentially mixed media: m… Organized by Susan Shulman | Type: book, launch
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January 13, 2010 at 6pm to September 4, 2010 at 7pm – nydesignroom The Williamsburg-based gallery and showroom space nydesignroom is looking for artists and designers to show and sell their work at the Bedford Ave locale, please submit two images of your work in low… Organized by GGrippo | Type: coop
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Updated at 11:30 a.m. PT Nov. 23: LOS ANGELES -- Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend and her current fiancé got into a fistfight at her Hollywood Hills home on Thanksgiving morning, authorities confirmed.
Gabriel Aubry has posted $20,000 bail, after being booked for suspicion of battery. Police tell NBC4 that Martinez was not charged because Aubry was the aggressor.
The confrontation between ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and fiancé Olivier Martinez took place at her home in the 1100 block of Doheny Drive on Thursday morning, police said.
Berry's daughter Nahla was inside the home, but did not witness the fight.
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Odle said an emergency order is in place to protect Berry, Martinez and Nahla, according to police.
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One of the most popular works of art in the Modern's collection, Ruckus Rodeo by New York artist Red Grooms, will be installed in the Museum's new building for the first time, coinciding with the 2005 Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show. Ruckus Rodeo is an immense, walk-through work of art that covers 1,237 square feet of gallery space. It consists of painted two-dimensional surfaces and sculptural three-dimensional figures that re-create the Fort Worth rodeo. Grooms has referred to this work as a "sculpto-pictorama." Sculpture wire, canvas, burlap, acrylic paint, and a fiberglass compound known as celastic were used to construct the work's Texas-sized, larger-than-life, three-dimensional caricatures of rodeo archetypes, which include the rodeo queen and her steed, a bucking bronc, playful rodeo clowns, and a giant yellow bull named Butter.
Ruckus Rodeo was commissioned for the Museum's 1976 exhibition The Great American Rodeo. Grooms was one of eleven artists invited to create a work for this show. In preparation, he attended every rodeo performance during Fort Worth's 1975 Stock Show and made many sketches. From these studies, Grooms drew a panoramic rodeo scene spanning more than seven feet, which served as the basis for Ruckus Rodeo's design. Grooms returned to his studio in New York to fabricate the work's major figures. In 1976, he returned to Fort Worth with the talented fifteen-member group of painters, sculptors, engineers, and carpenters known as the "Ruckus Construction Co.," who helped in the final assembly of Grooms's robust tableau.
Associate Curator Andrea Karnes comments, "We are thrilled to present Red Grooms's Ruckus Rodeo for the first time in our new building in honor of Fort Worth's 2005 Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show. Ruckus Rodeo is an important example of environmental sculpture and an amazing tribute to one of our city's most prized traditions. Created on an epic scale, this colorful, dynamic work has become an all-time favorite for Museum visitors, and since its creation nearly thirty years ago, it has continued to capture the excitement and spirit of the rodeo." 000Ruckus Rodeo portrays the chaos, entertainment, and danger of the Fort Worth rodeo. Grooms's engaging work is characterized by a grand sense of spectacle, encompassing the ritual, pageantry, and disorderly commotion of a real rodeo event. The artist's interest in naive and primitive objects, such as folk art puppets and toys, is easily seen in this work. His rich, arbitrary use of bold and unmodulated colors combined with angular contours creates a loud, brash ambience. Despite the work's cartoonish flair, it is clearly inflected with an urban sensibility. The characters' outfits, for example, are more like the vibrant apparel of the urban cowboy than the typical dusty clothing of a working cowboy. Grooms has managed to balance naivete and sophistication, parody and reality. Ruckus Rodeo celebrates the grand heritage of Fort Worth and the mythology of the American West, and continues to be one of the most beloved works in the Modern's collection.


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Anthony Phillip Dixon went to his eternal home March 11, 2013. He was 71 years old.
Anthony was born Oct. 29, 1941, in Merced, CA, to the late Earl
Dixon and Letha Broadstock. He attended Atwater High School and entered the U.S. Army right out of high school. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and 10 years in Germany. He retired from the U.S. Army after 20 years of service. His last station of duty was Fort Polk, LA.
He then went to work as a mail handler for the U.S. Postal Service, retiring after 15 years. He worked briefly for FEMA in Florida before retiring in Tyler. Anthony loved to shop and loved to eat out. Chic-Fil-A was a favorite for breakfast, and he went every morning he was able. He will be remembered as being very generous with family and friends.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Ronald Dixon. Survivors include a brother, Everett "Pete" Dixon and wife Aled, of Wilderville, Tenn.;
sister, Eva Mae Rampy, of Great Bend, Mont.; brother, Michael
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Julian Calendar
The Julian Calendar, named after Julius Caesar who instituted it in 45 BC, is the basis of the calendar that we still use today. The months, with their lengths, are as follows.
- January, 31 days
- February, 28 days (29 in leap years, which occurred every four years)
- March, 31 days
- April, 30 days
- May, 31 days
- June, 30 days
- July, 31 days
- August, 31 days
- September, 30 days
- October, 31 days
- November, 30 days
- December, 31 days
Previous Calendar
Julius Caesar was elected Pontifex Maximus in Rome in 63 BC (or in Roman terminology, "in the consulship of Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Antonius Hybrida"). One of the duties of this office was the regulation of the Roman calendar. The old Roman calendar was an attempt at a luni-solar reckoning, but one that required the semi-regular insertion, or intercalation, of an additional month between February and March, at the order of the Pontifex Maximus. Previous Pontifices Maximi had attended to this duty with varying degrees of faithfulness, but Caesar's immediate predecessor as Pontifex Maximus (Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius) neglected this duty during his term, and perhaps allowed political considerations to dictate his consistent refusal to perform the required intercalation. The result was that by the mid first century BC the calendar was in complete disarray, with months occurring some 90 days before they were supposed to in seasonal terms.
In his first meetings with the College of Pontifices, Caesar attempted to insert a one-time intercalation of 100 days to bring the calendar back into alignment with the seasons. His colleagues rejected this proposal. Thereafter Caesar inserted the required intercalary month every year while he remained in Rome. But when Caesar left Rome to embark on his administration of his provinces, and stayed away to fight his Gallic Wars, he could not keep up with the calendar at all times. The problem became especially acute after he famously crossed the Rubicon River and started the first of Rome's Civil Wars.
Finally Julius Caesar's travels led him to Egypt, where he met an astrologer named Sosigenes who was quite learned in the wealth of observations that the Egyptians had made of the positions of the sun at various times in the year. Caesar employed Sosigenes to help him devise a completely new system. Although he retained the old Roman month names, he added extra days to most of them and abandoned any further attempts to synchronize months with the phases of the moon. Sosigenes, who had a good notion of the true length of the year (which was actually a few seconds longer in those days than it is now), calculated that an extra day should be added every four years because he believed that a full year lasted 365¼ days.
When Caesar returned to Rome at the end of his wars with the last holdouts against him, he assumed the office of Dictator perpetuus (Dictator for life) and ordered his calendar put into place. He first decreed an intercalary period of 67 days between December of one consulship and January of the next (45 to 44 BC). After that, his calendar was to run without fail and, he hoped, require no further adjustment. After Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, the Romans mistakenly added a leap year every three years instead of every four, but the Emperor Augustus corrected this mistake and from 1 AD the calendar ran smoothly.
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By the Middle Ages it had become apparent that the calendar was not precisely accurate. Caesar had arranged it so that the winter solstice occurred on December 25, the traditional date of the rebirth of the sun, but by the 16th century AD it was falling around December 11. This had happened because in reality a year lasts slightly less than 365¼ days and so leap years need to occur slightly less often than once every four years in order for the solstice to remain at a constant point in the calendar. Pope Gregory XIII, in his capacity as Pontifex Maximus (which the popes had inherited from the Roman emperors after the fall of the Roman Empire), instituted a change, and this revised calendar is known as the Gregorian Calendar. He removed ten days from the year 1582, bringing the winter solstice to December 21 (not quite where it was in Caesar's time), and then decreed that leap years should be dropped from every year ending in double zero, unless it was also divisible by 400. So, 1600 and 2000 were leap years, but 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not.
In 1582, however, the pope's writ no longer ran all over Europe, because of the Reformation. Protestant countries were very slow to adopt this new papal calendar, and Great Britain and its colonies did not adopt the new calendar until 1752, by which time the difference between the two calendars had risen to eleven days. The Act of Parliament that instituted the new calendar stipulated that all birthdays should be expressed on the new calendar. This is why, for example, that George Washington's birthday is celebrated on February 22, when he was actually born on February 11 [1] at a time when the old calendar was still in force.


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Not looking forward to April 15th and the U.S. deadline to file taxes? It is in trying times like these that one can look to the skies for solace and the return of our solar systems most resplendent planet to evening skies. Yes, were talking about Saturn as it reaches opposition later this weekend on Sunday April 15th at 18:00 Universal Time, or 14:00 Eastern Standard Time. [Read more...]


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LHP, Juan Urbina- 5-3, 5.01 ERA, 48 1/3 IP, 54 hits, 14 bb, 38 K, 2.61 BB/9, 7.08 K/9
The 17-year old Urbina came into the season with great expectations. The Mets top 2009 International signee, Urbina made his professional debut in 2010, and was dominant at times, but also struggled at times. At this stage of his career, the key for the young left-hander is to stay healthy and to throw strikes. Urbina oozes potential, with his above average raw stuff, and his family pedigree (son of Ugeth Urbina, former All-Star Closer).
Mets Minor League Pitching Coordinator Rick Waits on Urbina- "You want to develop someone in the right order and it's happening for him right now….First thing we had to deal with was protecting his arm. Learning how to throw strikes with the fastball. He already has a good changeup. He already has a good breaking ball, but not a consistent one. He's an exciting kid. Touching 90. We demand 65% fastballs every game."The Mets organization is very excited at the progress of the young Urbina. Look for the Mets to be very cautious and patient with his develpment. Urbina will most likely pitch in extended spring-training once again, and pitch in Kingsport in 2011.
RHP, Akeel Morris- 1-1, 2.19 ERA, 24 2/3 IP, 13 hits, 17 bb, 28 K, 6.20 BB/9, 10.22 K/9
Morris, the Mets 2010 10th round pick out of the Virgin Islands, impressed in his professional debut. Blessed with a plus fastball, Morris racked up strikeouts, but was spotty with his control. The Mets are very high on Morris, and he is only scratching the surface of his potential. Being from the Virgin Islands, Morris did not have the exposure as most draftees.
Waits on Morris- "Talk about a quick arm. Electric arm… hasn't had a whole lot of pitching in the Virgin Islands. It's good baseball, but not enough."Morris is a power arm that the organization desperately lacks. Look for Morris to join Urbina in extended spring training, and pitching for Kingsport in 2011.
LHP, Zach Dotson- 0-1, 3.31 ERA, 16 1/3 IP, 12 hits, 9 bb, 18 K, 4.96 BB/9, 9.92 K/9
The Mets went overslot to sign the left-handed Dotston, their 13th round pick in the 2009 draft for $500,000. The 19-year old Dotson, is a big kid (6' 1", 180lbs), and has above average stuff.
Waits on Dotson: "I've been really excited about him. He's got a really good arm. He's gonna be in the 90s. He's got a sharp slider right now, it's just his delivery isn't consistent right now. Right now, he's just learning how to repeat his delivery. It's not a matter of arm strength and it's not a matter of stuff."Dotson was off to a strong start in his pro debut, until he was suspended for 50 games, detailed by Toby here. I am not sure what the suspension means for next season, but look for Dotson to possibly be in Kingsport in 2011.
OF, Julio Concepcion- .282/.326/.466, 10 2B, 5 3B, 4 HR, 7 BB, 34 K.
The recently turned 21-year old Concepcion, checked in at #36 in Toby's Top 41 for 2009. Concepcion repeated his stay in the GCL, and improved his power numbers; improving his SLG % by over .100 points (2009-.356, 2010-.466), and his ISO power as well (2009-.050, 2010-.184). However, Concepcion walk rate did regress (2009-5.6%, 2010-3.7%). Concepcion has the size (6'4", 194lbs) and the power potential, to make him an interesting prospect. At his age, Concepcion needs to play with a full-season team in 2011, which maybe a difficult task considering the outfield depth in the organization.
Other prospects of note: RHP, Erik Goeddel, RHP, Domingo Tapia, SS, Randoll Santana


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Iowa State released fresh details Wednesday of its internal investigation into NCAA recruiting violations, saying it found "a significant number" of impermissible calls and text messages made by coaches in football, men's basketball and several other sports.
The report said Iowa State's two-year investigation started with the discovery of improper contacts with recruits by Keith Moore, a former Cyclones player who was working in his first year as an undergraduate student coach under Fred Hoiberg.
The report said Hoiberg ran into Moore in 2011 at one of Hoiberg's son's AAU games. Hoiberg asked why he was present at the game and whether he'd been contacting recruits. Moore acknowledged that he had been in contact with high school players that he had coached previously in AAU, the report said.
Hoiberg reported the incident to the athletics department, which removed Moore of his duties with the team and started an investigation. The basketball team also stopped recruiting two players from Moore's former AAU team, the All Iowa Attack.
Moore played at Iowa State from 1978-81. He was offered a chance to return to school as part of the athletic department's continuing education program in 2010 and assigned to work with the men's basketball team in return for Iowa State paying for his tuition, fees and books.
Moore did not respond to NCAA investigators' request for a statement on the case, and he did not immediately return an e-mail message seeking comment. A phone listing for Moore could not be found.
The report has been turned over to the NCAA's Committee on Infractions, though there's no specific timetable on when it might rule on the case.
The report says an audit of three years of telephone and text messaging by coaching staff found "a significant number of recruiting communication violations involving most of its sports programs." Moore sent 160 impermissible text messages to his former AAU players, including two that were being recruited by Iowa State at the time, the report found.
Coaches made 24 "clear-cut intentional" telephone call violations, and other employees made 55 impermissible calls, the report found. Employees failed to log another 1,400 calls that failed to connect with recruits for reasons such as no answer or dropped calls, the report said. In all, the university faulted itself for failing to monitor the calls.
The university said the improper calls were a tiny fraction of the 750,000 that were reviewed over the three-year period involving all 18 sports programs.
But six current and former coaches in men's basketball and football were named in the report for acknowledging personal involvement and could face further discipline.
The university said it agreed with NCAA's enforcement staff that the findings "constitute a major infractions case," given the number and frequency of telephone call violations and the volume of messages sent by Moore.
The university has asked the NCAA to accept its findings and issue a punishment of two years of probation, retroactive to November of 2011.
But six current and former coaches in men's basketball and football were named in the report for acknowledging personal involvement and could face further discipline.
"We've been committed to being as transparent as possible throughout this entire process, which has been challenging given it has been an ongoing investigation and we did not receive the final report until this week," Jamie Pollard, the Iowa State athletic director, said in a statement.
Iowa State spokesman Steve Malchow told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Pollard was out of his office and unavailable for further comment, adding that the NCAA discourages school officials to publicly comment on ongoing cases.
The school said that it has already self-imposed numerous penalties. Each of its teams forfeited a week of recruiting calls, and the school will spend $82,000 over the next three years in compliance and recruiting software to simplify the recording and monitoring of calls and text messages.
The Cyclones also said they've already taken a wide range of punitive actions against each of the coaches named in the report.
The university hired The Compliance Group, based in Lanexa, Kan., to assist in the investigation. Records released to The Associated Press on Wednesday show the firm billed the school more than $30,000 for its services.
This is the second major infractions case Iowa State has been involved with.
In 1986, the Cyclones were put on two years of probation because of violations within the football program.


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BLOCK-BASED IMAGE STEGANALYSIS: ALGORITHM AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION by SeongHo Cho A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Ful llment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) August 2012 Copyright 2012 SeongHo Cho
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|Traditional image steganalysis techniques are conducted with respect to the entire image. In this work, we aim to differentiate a stego image from its cover image based on steganalysis results of decomposed image blocks. We also target at the design of a multi-classifier which classifies stego images depending on their steganographic algorithms. As a natural image often consists of heterogeneous regions, its decomposition will lead to smaller image blocks, each of which is more homogeneous. We classify these image blocks into multiple classes and find a classifier for each class to decide whether a block is from a cover or stego image. Consequently, the steganalysis of the whole image can be conducted by fusing steganalysis results of all image blocks through a decision fusion process. Experimental results will be given to show the advantage of the proposed block-based image steganalysis for both binary classifier and multi-classifier. ❧ In addition, performance study on block-based image steganalysis in terms of block sizes and block numbers will be given in this work. First, we analyze the dependence of the steganalysis performance on one of these two factors, and show that a larger block size and a larger block number will lead to better steganalysis performance. Our study is verified by experimental results. For a given test image, there exists a trade-off between the block size and the block number. To exploit both effectively, we propose to use overlapping blocks to improve the steganalysis performance furthermore. Moreover, additional performance improvement of block-based image steganalysis with different number of classes and different classifiers will be shown with experimental results. ❧ Decision fusion for block-based image steganalysis will be discussed. As multiple block decisions are obtained from each image, decision fusion will play a crucial role in combining all the block decisions together to make a final decision for a given image. Among decision fusion techniques at different levels with different topologies, decision level fusion with parallel topology will be used for block-based image steganalysis. In addition, the importance of block decision result will be considered for decision fusion to improve the steganalysis performance. Experimental results with different decision level fusion techniques for block-based image steganalysis will be presented. ❧ Content-dependent feature selection for block-based image steganalysis will be proposed to reduce computational complexity with a significantly smaller number of features. Depending on the characteristic of block type, features with high discriminatory power will be selected for each block type. Several approaches to measure feature discriminatory power will be introduced. Finally, experimental result, which shows performance improvement using content-dependent feature selection, will be presented.
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"Bigotry Beneath the Fog," by Eugune Robinson, Washington Post, 23 June 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201466.html (from MyDD).
My old nemesis, the Voting Rights Act, took a powerful blow because of wily House Speaker Dennis Hastert
Speaker Dennis Hastert was ready to move forward with a feel-good, election-year extension of the landmark 1965 act that guaranteed voting rights for African Americans disenfranchised by Jim Crow law and custom in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina and Virginia. In 1975 the act was expanded to cover Alaska, Texas and Arizona, where citizens with limited command of English — Latinos, mostly — were being treated as if they were black folks in the South.
Hastert understood that reauthorizing the act would be useful in efforts to convince voters that the Republican Party as presently constituted is just ultraconservative, not actually racist. But Hastert was sandbagged by fellow Republicans who rebelled in a private caucus meeting Wednesday. The renewal probably could have won easy approval on the House floor, since Democrats would have voted for it, but Hastert's policy is to not bring out any bill that lacks majority support from Republicans, so he had no choice but to yank it.
This is great news.
I've written before on the unAmerican nature of the Voting Rights Act, so I won't belabor those point now. Suffice it to say that the VRA attacks both democracy and the complex adaptive system we call the United States.
What's interesting to me is the line that it is Hastert's policy is to not bring out any bill that lacks majority support from Republicans.. If this is true, it means that the same philosopher which makes the Speaker stall on immigration reform also makes him stall on renewing the VRA (hopefully leading, of course, to the VRA's expiration in 2007).
Given the choice between pushing immigration reform package against the Republicans in the House, or stopping the VRA with the Republicans in the House, I choose stopping the VRA. America's greatness lies, partly, in her rule-set, her protection of the fifty united States as they try this and that, evolving their way to fitness. We need workers, but ultimately the ratio of capital and labor is a quantitative benefit to the United States, while the nationalist straitjacket of the VRA is a qualitative loss.
So quality over quantity, and sinking the VRA over reforming immigration this year, if it comes to that.
Thank you Dennis Hastert. You made the right call.


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Preparation Time: 10 mins
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Preheat a panini maker, grill pan, or griddle over medium to medium-high heat.
Place 2 slices of bread on a work surface and put half of the mustard on each slice. Divide the ham between the 2 sandwiches and arrange on top. Add 3 pear slices to each sandwich and grind a bit of pepper over the pear slices. Top the pears with slices of cheese. Place a slice of bread on top and cover the top slices of bread with half of the buttery spread (if using a panini maker, spread the outer sides of both the top and bottom pieces of bread before grilling).
Place the sandwiches in the panini maker and close the lid. Grill until nicely browned on both sides. For a grill or griddle, place the sandwiches spread side down on the hot grill or griddle. Spread the topside of the sandwiches. Grill until nicely browned on one side and then flip and grill the other side.
Cut each sandwich in half and serve immediately.
This sandwich is also delicious using Gruyere cheese instead of Brie.
For an extra rich taste, use 2 tablespoons butter instead of 1 tablespoon vegetable spread.
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Located about 100 feet from the banks of the Mighty Mississippi River, in the Historic town of Clarksville,Missouri, the 1845 Historic Elgin/Cottrell House Museum, is open for tours ,anytime with reservations or during special events. Call Richard Cottrell, the owner, to arrange your tour.573 -242- 9688
Tours last around 1 hour and cost $5.00 a person. Baby strollers are not allowed.Clarksville is 70 miles from St.Louis,Missouri and 50 miles from Hannibal,Missouri.
|This is the entrance to the Mississippi River Front Park, just across the street from my Antique Shop
Clarksville was settled in 1815 and named after the famous American Explorer, of the Lewis and Clark team. It is one of the few towns left with it's main street on the river banks. Having survived many floods, it is a thriving town with many artist studios and antique shops. A great tourist destination, especially the 1845 Elgin/Cottrell House.
The Elgin family came to America on the Mayflower. They fought in the Revolutionary War with George Washington. They married into the John Adams family. They were given a Spanish Land Grant by President James Manroe ,in the territory of Missouri. Missouri became a state in 1821. That land was in the area of Clarksville,Missouri ,starting at the river, They built a trading post and dealt with the native Americans. Built the first road from Clarksville to St. Louis. Opened the first hotel in Clarksville and built a opera house. Hazakeah Elgin built the Elgin/Cottrell house, stating in 1845 with an 1860 addition. The house stayed in the Elgin family for over 100 years.
|The grounds are done in the Ante Bellum style
The house was bought by Richard Cottrell in the spring of 2006. Having no working utilities it was not livable. A massive 3 year restoration was done and in 2009 it was opened to the public for the first time. Tours have been offered ever since. The house is named for it's builder,Hazekiah Elgin, and it's savior,Richard Cottrell. Thus the, Elgin/Cottrell House. It is one of the oldest houses in Clarksville.
Reproduction wall paper, fabric and paint colors were used. Antique furniture and decorative accessories from the 1860 period fills the rooms of the museum. A large collection of formal oil portraits are on the walls. The house is very beautifully decorated and appointed.Most guest are amazed at the treasure inside and the decor. A lot of museum houses are rather bare, Not this house.
|The Down River or Gentleman's Parlor
|Wall paper and ceiling details
|Some of the fine antique accessories you will see in the museum
|The windows are 9 foot tall, go all the way to the floor and all have a grand view of the Mississippi.
The house has been featured twice, in the nation magazine, Victorian Homes. It was also features on PBS -TV,with a 30 minute program in February of 21012. Many local newspapers have covered the house as well.
The tours are given by the owner, a antiques dealer, art major and interior designer. there is no question he can not answer and he always throws in a little humor as well. Be sure and ask him who cleans the house and who the people are in the portraits. There are 12 rooms, all done to the Ante Bellum period. You can walk in the rooms, set on the furniture and touch things with permission. It is a very fun and unique experience.
I promise you you will enjoy the tour, so make plans to call for a reservation soon.
|My Antique Mall 2 blocks from the house.
|Inside the mall where I have 7 dealers plus me for a nice mixture of antique and vintage items
Richard also has an Antique Mall in downtown Clarksville. It is only 2 blocks from the house. It is a very unique shopping destination. Several dealers all add personality to the every changing inventory. 101 First Street. Open every day but Tuesdays. 10 to 5. The Downtown Antique mall. 573- 242-9688
|The Up River or Ladies Parlor. Facing the river.
|The museum has one of the largest collection of formal oil portraits in Missouri.
|Beautiful Antique Accessories are every where.
|The Kitchen
|Hand Made Early Baskets
|Cow creamers and Staffordshire Dogs
|Early crockery in the kitchen
The house can be rented for parties. Cottrell will make a beautiful setting for your next function. he uses all the fine china, crystal and silver from the butlers pantry, Fresh flowers make for a beautiful setting. Small groups can have brunch, lunch, dinner, or a desert buffet. You can even have a small, private and very beautiful wedding in the double parlor. Prices are figured on number of people and what you need. You can do the food or Cottrell will arrange for it. References upon request.
|Dining room mantle
|Dining room wall paper and ceiling details
|Dining Room chandelier is 5 foot tall, French, and came from a palace in Turkey
|Bus tours are welcome, we have plenty of parking
|Tourist arriving at the 1845 Elgin/Cottrell House
|Tourist enjoying a tour and a piano player.
|This is Sissy, she will always greet you at the door with a jump and a kiss.
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Thank you for taking time to visit our website. We are currently a very small town but have very big projects coming to enhance our town. The rapid growth of DeSoto County is bringing many positive changes to Walls. Please browse our website and if you have any questions/comments, please feel free to contact us!
It is our hope that you will visit our town soon. Located at the top northwest corner of Mississippi, the Town of Walls is located near many of this areas biggest attractions. We are just a short drive away from Tunica, Memphis, and many others.
On behalf of the Town of Walls I would like to thank you for taking time to visit our website and extend an invitation to visit our small town.The Town of Walls is a small town rich in history and tradition. As Mayor, along with the Board of Alderman, we want to ensure that there are job and revenue-producing opportunities that will attract people to want to live in and visit Walls. But we would like to ensure that the business climate reflects the wholesome community spirit that is Walls.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. --- After a tough road trip the Tennessee Tech volleyball team returns home for its final two matches of the season as it hosts Eastern Kentucky Friday, at 7 p.m., and Morehead State Saturday, at 2 p.m.
With the 2011 season wrapping up several Golden Eagles have been making their climb into the Tech record books, with none standing out more than sophomore Allison May.
May, who joined TTU last season, recently recorded her 1,000th career dig, when she tallied 16 at Eastern Illinois on Nov. 4. She is the first player to reach 1,000 career digs at Tech since Katie Kenline reached that mark in the 2007 season.
With 1,000 career digs, May now sits just 472 digs behind Melanie Marshall and Meredith Ferlic for fifth on the all-time digs list at Tech.
Junior Kelsey Gray is also making her presence felt in the TTU record books as well. With her most recent 11 total blocks last weekend, Gray moved into fifth place all-time at Tennessee Tech in total blocks with 342, and now sits just nine total blocks behind Bilyana Trikko for fourth on the all-time total blocks list.
Currently sitting third on the team in kills this season with 215, Gray had a solid weekend on offense as she tallied 20 kills, to go along with 11 total blocks. Sophomore Natalie Penrod tallied 21 kills as well, while freshman Courtney Smith led the team in digs with 26.
The Colonels enter the weekend sitting in sixth place in the Ohio Valley Conference standings with an overall record of 14-15 and a 9-9 conference mark. Ashley Edmond leads EKU on offense with 369 kills and she is followed closely by Hanna Burkle, who is second on the team in kills with 324.
TTU has a total of 19 all-time victories over the Colonels, but EKU managed to win their first meeting this season, 3-0.
Boasting a 22-6 record, and a 17-1 OVC record, the Morehead State Eagles have already claimed their second consecutive OVC championship. The Golden Eagles own 17 all-time victories over MSU, but the Golden Eagles lost their first meeting with Morehead State this season, 3-0.
Ellie Roberson leads the Eagles on offense with 383 kills. Caitlin Clark has run the MSU offense, dishing out 1,097 assists, while Laura McDermott has put up a wall at the net, notching 97 total blocks.
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Mike Spaulding was ordained to the ministry in 1998. Since then he has planted two Calvary Chapel churches - Calvary Christian Fellowship, St. Marys, Ohio, in 1998, and Calvary Chapel of Lima, Ohio, in 2005, where he currently serves as teaching pastor.
Mike holds a B.A. in Organizational Management, a Masters Degree in Theological Studies, and a Ph.D. in apologetics. He is the author of numerous "The Ministry of Teaching," "A Brief Look At Romans 13," and "How and Why Should We Study the Bible." He is a contributing author to the soon to be released, The Baker Dictionary of World Religions, H. Wayne House, General Editor. Mike has written for several apologetics ministries including Got Questions? (www.gotquestions.org) and the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (www.carm.org) and maintains his own radio and podcast platforms – The Transforming Word (www.thetransformingword.com) Soaring Eagle Radio (www.soaringeagleradio.com) and his blog, Dr. Mike Spaulding (www.drmikespaulding.com)
His teaching ministry is featured on the radio program "The Transforming Word," heard on stations throughout the Midwest United States. In 2013 he launched The Transforming Word Bible Institute (www.thetransformingword.com), to enable students to study at their own pace, and serves as its President. He is the host of the radio and podcast show, Soaring Eagle Radio (www.soaringeagle.com), heard on Red Nation Rising Radio (www.rednationrising.us), Global Star Radio Network (www.gsradio.net), Prepper Broadcasting Network (www.prepperbroadcasting.com), The Fringe Radio Network (www.fringeradio.com), and WTTP FM (www.wttpfm.com) and available on all major subscription services including iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and On The Objective (www.ontheobjective.org).×
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