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BR had such a poor reputation as a brand I am not surer we want it back, but we certainly don't want the current system.
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Arriva Trains Wales is state-owned – by Germany.
State-owned railways and utilities. Profit for the people.
Just let's have it back. The trains were great.
There is such a thing as society, you silly arse.
Bring back our railways and open our local stations.
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How the hell you can sell parts of a viaduct is beyond me.
British rail was crap, I remember it well, oh when they actually run and weren't on strike !!
Shame takes a revenue stream away from Network Rail, guess higher taxes will sort the shortfall
This is all a bit late ne sale was completed February this year
Grayling is an absolute catastrophe of a man
I thought they had already been sold.
What's next? Privatising the air above the rails?
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Yet more evidence rail franchising is broken. Virgin Trains lost the East Coast franchise in 2018 and are about to lose the West Coast for "repeatedly ignoring established rules", yet they're now trying to get their hands on another route! Join our campaign for a re-unified national railway run for people not profit: bringbackbritishrail.org ...
Hmm... Virgin Trains Has Come Up With A Clever Way Of Keeping Its FranchiseLondon to Liverpool service may continue after 2020.
Applying for 'open access '. After the attitude they showed towards 'Wrexham and Shropshire '. Hypocrisy comes to mind.
i live in cumbria and go to see partick thistle every other week. great service on prompt and virtually empty trains - £13 return. brilliant
To be fair virgin trains are the best brilliant service above the others
The tender for the franchise submitted by Stagecoach who are the majority shareholder has been disqualified as a consequence of it being non-compliant re pensions arrangements. This is not necessarily a comment on Virgin's performance which I have found to be consistently good to excellent. But what do I know ? After all I only commuted daily from Birmingham to London with them for four years 😂
When will they understand
Be interesting to see what happens if the Open Access gets denied by the DfT....beardy takes the DfT to the high Court???
If the WCML is so crammed at the moment that we can't add additional capacity, then how the hell are they going to manage a whole new franchise on it? Or, are the capacity problems at them moment a load of bollocks, like I suspect.
Though to be fair they offer the best service by far
I very much doubt this open access will be granted. If it was possible Renaissance Trains would of put a bid for open access on that route before now.
What next? They failed to keep the Cross Country and East Coast franchise .
Can we not just have a non bureaucratic and joined up railway, where fares are affordable (Regardless Of when booked), trains have adequate capacity, luggage space and comfortable seats.
Virgin trains leave other train lines in the dust as far as comfort, cleanliness and food are concerned.
As much as I would like to see the return of a nationalised systems, it will never happen. Not even under a labour government, government and stakeholders make far too much money out of the industry including you and I got it to return back to the days of British Rail......
Virgin Trains should be keeping the West Coast Mainline. No company comes to them for being on time, hardly any delays and comfort on the trains. When I've used them, I've never had an issue.
Its not a franchise its open access the same as grand central, it applies to NR and ORR with what it want to do with a safety case and if theres track space and it can run that service. Anyone can apply for.open access if it has the resources and all the paperwork. If it wasn't for franchising open access wouldn't exist, open access was put there to bring in competition !!
Hope Virgin gets treated the same way it treated open access operators like Wrexham and Shropshire.
Stagecoach was the problem in both cases, not virgin....
Bring back the class 87
John Lynch
Non of its Virgin's fail the main problem was with Stagecoach
Be interesting to know were they will get their rolling stock from. There be plenty of Mk3s soon from Greater Anglia
For once I agree.
Yes bring back BRS
Virgin are definitely the fastest service. But as I'm often Ill I cannot per book a seat in advance and trying to find an available non reserved seat is often difficult or impossible!
Wot they gonna do, fucking sell it!😁
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I totally agree. Why do we need to cross the busy road to get a ticket from a different company. Risking your life to travel
Bring back British Rail ?so why show 2 foreign railways
I wouldn't hold your breathe on the "Williams" review, he's on record pointing out that he's an independent chairman of a government review, not a chairman of an independent review, whatever is decided will be agreed with Grayling prior to any publication.
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Need more early Sunday morning train bec most start at 9am in my local Herefordshire the first train to Birmingham is 10-20am it is not good if I go to toy fair at NEC which my dad taking to Great Malvern to catch first train on Sunday morning is 09.06 am while on holiday in Swiss the train timetables are 7 day with all same trains times !
As a Glaswegian who has been to a fair few "Consultation" events on the upgrades to the City Centre and Local Area Main Streets ....
The "Active Travel" group have systematically ruined the bus network. They're idea that you should walk further between stops means that Disabled People can't use local buses into town. They've also upgraded the Subway, but the majority of stations still aren't accessible to Disabled People.
Dalmarnock station serves 2 sports venues... and closes early on a Sunday so you can't get a train home from Emirates Arena events.
SPT "couldn't run a menage" and have ruined what used to be the best integrated transport system outside of London.
You now have to go into the centre of town and go back out again to get from my house to 3 areas only 10mins drive away, that used to be direct routes.
Due to the creation of cycle lanes, I now have to crawl into Black Cabs, because there's no kerb, the pavement is flat with the road (& cyclists aren't happy with that either). And they've closed down local smaller hospital A&Es in out lying areas, but there still isnt a direct bus from those areas to the new hospital.
It's a total mess.
Now if they would back having the same network as 10 years ago, maybe there would be something to celebrate?!
Need more early Sunday morning train bec most start at 9am in my local Herefordshire the first train to Birmingham is 10-20am it is not good if I go to toy fair at NEC which my dad taking to Great Malvern to catch first train on Sunday morning is 09.06 am while on holiday in Swiss the train timetables are 7 day with all same trains times !
You do of course like a joke. here in my village , rural mid wales, we have a bus stop, on saturday there was a man standing waiting for a bus , when i asked he told me that on line the timetable showed that 2 busses a day come into the village. well he was a little disapointed at the thought of another 5 mile walk into town. The bus has not come up to the village for more than 7 years. everyone has no choice but the drive a car.
Bus ridership is down 15 - 20% due to internet shopping and uber..
Glasgow has the best commuter rail outside of London...
Free Buckfast on all Buses - problem solved.
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Pattypan squash is healthy, versatile and easy to prepare
Pattypan squash, often known as scallop squash, is small, round, saucer-shaped vegetable that grows during summer months. It can be a pale green, white or rich yellow skin, with a white, fleshy interior.
This heart-healthy vegetable is packed with vitamins and minerals, such as potassium and magnesium, that offer cardio-protective effects. It is low in saturated fat and sodium, and contains no cholesterol. One cup provides 38 calories and, of your daily value, 43 percent of Vitamin C, 13 percent of folate, and substantial amounts of vitamin B6, magnesium, potassium and Vitamin A. One serving provides 5g of fiber.
It can be blanched, frozen, cooked, steamed, stir-fried, or incorporated into favorite casseroles, muffins or breads.
Stuffed Pattypan Squash
4 medium pattypan squash
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon olive oil (extra-virgin is best)
1 clove minced garlic
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 bunch fresh spinach, washed and finely chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1 dash cayenne pepper (optional)
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup grated Swiss cheese
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Fill a large pot 3/4 full of water and bring to a boil. Place squash in boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. Drain the water and allow squash to cool.
Cut a thin slice from the bottom of each squash so that it will stand on its own. Cut about half an inch from the tops of each squash and remove the insides to hollow the squash. Set squash insides aside.
Melt butter and oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and saut� until soft. Add spinach and soy sauce and saut� until spinach is tender and the liquid has mostly evaporated.
Move spinach mixture to a bowl and allow to partially cool. Season with salt, pepper and optional cayenne pepper to taste. Stir in the egg and half cup of the Swiss cheese. Mix well. Add a small amount of the squash insides and discard the rest.
Spoon spinach/cheese mixture into squash shells. Place the stuffed squash in a single layer on a baking dish. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Pour hot water into the pan to fill about half an inch. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the squash is tender and the filling is no longer runny. Serves 4.
Summer Squash and Onion Soup with Toasted Almonds
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 medium sweet onions thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup dry sherry
6 cups chicken stock
2 ounces angel hair pasta, broken into 2-inch lengths
2 pounds mixed summer squashes (zucchini, yellow, pattypan), scrubbed and chopped into 1/4-inch dice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh savory or thyme
1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
Melt butter in a large saut� pan over medium heat. Add onions, garlic and ginger, season with salt and pepper, and cook until golden, about 20 minutes.
Add sherry and reduce by half, only a minute or two. Add chicken stock, pasta and squash. Bring to a boil and cook until pasta and squash are just cooked, about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the savory and ladle the soup into warm bowls. Sprinkle with the almonds and cheese and serve immediately.
Pretty-in-the-Pan Stuffed Pattypan Squash
10 to 11 pattypan squash
1 zucchini (sliced in half with one half scooped out)
1 large carrot
1 large green onion stalk (or half a small sweet onion)
1 cup short grain brown rice
2 cups (or more) vegetable bouillon
1 to 2 garlic cloves, poked with a fork
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1 1/2 tablespoons margarine
Pinch or two of sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Dried or fresh parsley, to garnish
Freshly ground black pepper, to garnish
Boil 2 cups of vegetable bouillon, sea salt and poked garlic cloves. Add 1 cup short grain brown rice and stir well, checking often. Add more bouillon if it gets too dry. After about 10 minutes, reduce to medium heat. Cook for about 20 to 25 more minutes over medium heat. Check often to prevent burning.
In a separate large pot, bring 1 to 2 inches of water to a boil. Add pattypan and cook for about 7 to 8 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and allow to cool.
While the rice and squash are cooking, prepare the stuffing. In food processor, blend carrot, half a zucchini (plus insides from other half), and green onion until fine.
In a small bowl, mix the sauce for the rice. Heat margarine in a small bowl until soft. Mix in tomato paste until smooth.
When the rice is done, remove garlic cloves, add the tomato paste and margarine mixture, and stir very well. Taste. Add salt and black pepper if necessary.
Remove heads of cooled squash and carefully scoop out insides. Add this flesh to the carrot, onion and zucchini mixture. Dump into the rice pot. Stir well and adjust seasonings.
Stuff pattypan squash with rice and veggie mixture. Scoop any remaining stuffing mixture onto the pan around the squash. Bake at 375F for about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley. Serves about 3.
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On Sunday, the NYT's Randall Stross looked at my original By the Numbers post, and noted that I had completely missed on an incredibly important piece. As Stross said:
"Unfortunately, by trying to argue that Microsoft is doing well in all areas, including those dominated by Apple and Google, Mr. Shaw fails to show Microsoft at its best. Lost from view is what arguably is Microsoft's very best story — its transformation into a powerhouse supplier of the specialized software that meets the complex needs of large corporations, what the trade calls selling to 'the enterprise."'
Microsoft's enterprise software business alone is approaching the size of Oracle. But despite that astounding growth, Microsoft must accept that, fair or not, victories on the enterprise side draw about as much attention as being the No. 1 wholesale seller of plumbing supplies."
That's a good point, and one I should've made more clearly, because missing the fact that under Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's Server and Tools business has grown from $4.1 billion in revenue in 2000 to $14.9 billion in revenue in 2010 (an increase of 263 percent) with operating income of $5.5 billion -- is a pretty big miss.
Today, I don't feel quite so alone, because Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., a columnist in the Wall Street Journal, made just the same omission in a piece suggesting we should up our dividend. The column does make some good points – that Microsoft has tripled revenues and doubled profits over the past 10 years, that we've returned over $100 billion to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks, and that some of our investments like Bing and Xbox cannot be measured solely in terms of short-term profit and loss. Jenkins also makes some suggestions for what we could/should do better, and input is always welcome.
Yes, we've got good numbers. Five days ago, we announced blowout earnings – 22% revenue growth and 49% operating income growth for the quarter compared to last year. We announced that Windows 7 was the fastest growing operating system in history, selling 175 million copies in just 9 months. We also have a pretty solid fall lineup (Windows Phone 7, Halo Reach, new Hotmail, Kinect for Xbox 360) plus some great momentum in areas like Windows 7, Windows Azure, Internet Explorer 9 and Office 2010. And in addition to our collection of businesses with more than a billion dollars in revenue, there is the Server and Tools business. I won't miss that ever again!
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It has been a while since my last post I must admit. For some reason, this blog hasn't been as important to me these past few months. Late in 2016, I renewed my love for photography. I have been taking pictures for as long I can remember. When I was about 11 or so I had entered my photographs in the State Fair of Indiana. I came in reserve best in show because the judges said a person of my age couldn't have taken pictures that good. But, after getting married, having kids, it seems as though life just kind of got in the way. I would take pictures here and there, but they were mostly for my art dolls, purses, and other things I was working on, so taking the pictures was just something that needed to be done, not something I truly enjoyed.
Then I started researching digital cameras, how to sell stock photos, and started looking for my niche, what I find interesting and really wanted to spend time photographing. After much thought, I realized I am fascinated with gravestones/statues/lost and forgotten things. I then started my quest to find graveyard angels, the cute but sometimes sad little people who spend their days and nights watching over the dead. They can be little cherubs sitting on the headstone to life-size angles that are standing over or slumped over the grave. When you start reading the headstones it can be so interesting. You begin to wonder what their life was like, why they have the gravestones they have, and who they were, what they liked, and what got them to where they are now. The most touching are the graves of the young. The babies who only lived a few hours or the children who spent such a short time on this earth. You can normally recognize a child's grave as loved ones will leave toys and other trinkets to keep them company.
Another thing I love to take pictures of would be old and abandoned buildings. I wish I was younger, as at this age being able to climb in through windows and running away from the scene is just really out of my physical ability. Urban exploring as a photographer lends itself to such interesting photos. I do though find older buildings, abandoned cars, and other forgotten things to photograph. There is really such beauty in the ways old things start to decay. The plants that overtake the structure, the rotting of the wood and how nature takes back the abandoned. These forgotten places make a person wonder why are they in this shape, what were the people who lived there like, why did they leave, and will the place ever be a usable building again?
If you are curious about what I've been taking pictures of check me out at michellelord.com. You can even buy a print… Is there something you used to like to do but haven't in a while? Something you have always wanted to try? Well, you aren't getting any younger so you might as well take the time and get to it. Until next time…


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The congregation that is now Dry Ridge Presbyterian Church began 220 years ago this August.
To commemorate this event, the church will host a free organ concert at 2 p.m. on Aug. 7, featuring the only pipe organ in Grant County.
Diana Webb, retired organist and music director from Blessed Sacrament Church in Fort Mitchell, will be the guest organist for this concert. After the 25 minute concert of familiar organ music, there will be a short intermission followed by a "Hymn Sing" of old, familiar hymns.
Christ Community Assembly of God
• July 28-30 - About a dozen ladies going to our Women's Ministries Retreat.
• July 31 – Randall and Carolyn Clay will be ministering on the family and marriage at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come and hear this timely message.
• Aug. 20-24 - Ben Holloway will be with us for a revival. The meetings start at 7 p.m. except for Sunday, which starts at 6 p.m. There will be special prayer for healing and other needs each night.
Grant County was down 14-7 when they came up for the last bat of the game in
the bottom of the 6th inning. They came back to beat the South Oldham (A)
team 15-14 to win the Championship.They received 1st place medals for their accomplishment. Tournament was held at Peggy Baker Park in Lagrange,
I had never heard about a team practicing at midnight in high school.
Yes, I know there are plenty of college basketball teams that gather that night inside an arena, but for the Grant County High School cross country team, a 23-year tradition convened on July 15.
Now, I will admit I was weary of working that late into the morning hours of Friday due to getting the Grant County Express done for Friday at 1 p.m., but it was a neat experience for me to witness.
For Bryan and Halee Hudson of Williamstown, the thought of going to the AAU Junior Olympics was a shocker when they competed in the national qualifier at Wittenburg University in Springfield, Ohio July 2 and 3 in shot put, discus and javelin events.
"I am excited and nervous," Halee said. "There is going to be more people there with more experience than I do, but I am still looking forward to it."
Bryan said as soon as he found out he was excited.
For their parents, Mandi and Chuck, it is an inspiring moment for their children.
With a full moon hanging over the Grant County High School football field, the GCHS cross country team counted down the seconds leading to midnight as they prepared for their first practice of the season July 15.
"I think it's really cool to have practice at midnight," eighth grade runner and 2010 state qualifier Hayley Leach said. "It's a great way to open up the cross country season and it has a lot of people looking forward to it."
When school lets out for the summer and you don't have the sense of a coach or teacher instructing you, it can be easy to stop what you've worked hard for.
For Kenneth Little Jr., of Dry Ridge, there is no stopping between spring and fall as he trains for his third season of collegiate football at Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro.
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Stylish Brighton has all the ingredients for seaside fun, from the bustling Palace Pier to a stroll along the prom. Admire the aquatic creatures at the Sea Life Centre or relax on the beach.Book Now
Stylish Brighton has all the ingredients for seaside fun, from the bustling Palace Pier to a stroll along the prom. Admire the aquatic creatures at the Sea Life Centre or relax on the beach. There is also the impressive Royal Pavilion and the boutiques and antiques shops of the quaint Brighton Lanes. For people-watching and a range of modern stores, Brighton Marina is the citys waterfront shopping centre with plenty of cafes and restaurants to sit, admire the boats and watch the world go by. Meanwhile, for the adventurous, the views from the 162m i360 Observation Tower are simply magnificent.
Includes: Reserved return coach travel
Depart Henley: 7.30am
Arrive Destination: 11.30am*
Depart Destination: 5.00pm
Return Henley: 9.00pm*
You will be informed of your pick up time by email, 5 days prior to the departure of the excursion. If you have not received your pick up time within 3 days of departure, please contact our Reservations Team on 01564 797000 (Option 0).
Adult: £41.50
Concession: £40.50
Child: £37.50
Once again, we have put together a varied programme of day trips throughout 2018. With 14 different themes to tempt every interest: from museums and musical events to gardens and historic houses. Why not let one of our excursions brighten up your day!
Showtime Theatre Trips
Memorable Occasions
Close up & Local
Historic Houses & Castles
Museums, Exhibitions & the Arts
Royal Residences
Towns & Cities
Scenic Countryside Tours
Days at the Seaside
Boats & Cruising
Heritage Railway Nostalgia
Colourful Gardens & Flower Shows
Shopping Visits
We know you like them, so once again weve provided full details and times for each excursion so that you can clearly see what is included and how the day has been designed to run.
Enjoy Club Class coaches on most departures extra leg room and extra comfort at no extra charge!
is provided on all excursions
Just choose your seat when you book! Customers generally like to be near the front, so the earlier you book the better choice of seats you have!
Monday - Friday: 9.00am-5.30pm
Saturday: 9.00am-1.00pm
Telephone: 01564 797000 (Option 0)
Address: JOHNSONS COACHES, LIVERIDGE HOUSE, LIVERIDGE HILL, HENLEY-IN-ARDEN, WARWICKSHIRE B95 5QS
(on the Birmingham Road, A3400, just north of Henley)
Times will be notified by email, or text at approximately 5 days prior to the departure date. Customers who are not contactable in this way will have their times notified by post.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
|Contact Details
|Acocks Green
| Warwick Bowl, Westley Road
Acocks Green
| The Bus Stop, Outside the Library, Birmingham Road
| Outside The Red Lion Pub,
Junction Red Lion Street Tanyard Lane
|Balsall Common
| Wyevale Solihull (Blooms) Garden Centre, B92 0LP
If gate closed, please wait for driver to unlock
|Barnt Green
| Barnt Green Railway Station,
Station Approach off Hewell Road
|Bham - Castle Bromwich
| Bus stop, Chester road/ Hurst Lane North
Towards Chelmsley Wood (By Farmfoods)
|Birmingham Cotteridge
| Birmingham - Cotteridge / Kings Norton
Bus Stop, Pershore Rd South Opp Train Station
|Birmingham Longbridge
| Birmingham Longbridge
Bus Stop LG, Longbridge Lane, Longbridge Rail Stn
|Birmingham Pype Hayes
| Bus Stop Chester Road Juction with Tyburn Road
By the Bagot Arms
| Coach Lay-by, Hales Street, opposite Old Fire
Station, Coventry
| Bus Stop, Railway Station, Station Approach
|Evesham Football Club
| Evesham Utd Football Club, Evesham
On A46, (In case it is needed Gate Code is 1976)
|Hall Green
| Robin Hood Island< the rug shop
Hall Green
|Henley High Street
| Bus Stop outside The Three Tuns Pub (and opposite)
Henley High Street
|Henley in Arden Depot
| Park & Ride, Johnsons Depot
Liveridge House Liveridge Hill, Henley in Arden
|Hockley Heath
| The Bus Stops by Pearsons Shop, Stratford Rd
Hockley Heath
| The Clock, (The Bus Stops)
| Bus Stops, junction of Station Road and Warwick Rd
|Leamington Spa
| Junction of Newbold Terrace & The Parade
Leamington Spa
| Bus stop outside Tesco Express.
Cubbington Road, Lillington
| The Bus Stop opposite Sainsburys, Maypole Lane
| Bus Stop, Station Entrance
| Redditch - Church Green Bus Stop
By HSBC Bank
|Shipston on Stour
| Bus Stop adjacent to Pettiphers Garage, A3400
Shipston on Stour
|Shirley 1, by Barclays
| By Barclays, Junction of Stanway Rd & Stratford Rd
| Bus Stand, Opposite Train Station
Station Approach, Solihull
|Stratford upon Avon
| Lay-by opposite Stratford Arthouse, Rother Street
Stratford upon Avon
| The Lay-by, Co-op Supermarket, Alcester Road
|Sutton Coldfield
| Bus Stop outside McDonalds, The Parade
Sutton Coldfield
|Warwick Bus Station
| Bus Station, Stand E
Warwick, Market Street
|Warwick Tesco
| Bus Stop, Tescos Superstore, Emscote Road
|Warwick, St Marys Car PK2
| Area 2 Car Park, Warwick Racecourse
Hampton Road, Warwick, CV34 6JP
| The Village Hall
|Wootton Wawen
| Bus Stops, General Store (A3400)
Wootton Wawen
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The Targeted Work Initiative (TWI) began in 12/95 as an AFDC demonstration project with experimental and control cases in certain counties. When the TANF program was implemented in 07/97, TWI became a regular program. The TWI program ended in
TWI provided clients an incentive to work by placing time limits on their AFDC/TANF Cash benefits. Clients whose youngest related child in the home was age 13 or older were limited to 24 months of cash assistance. Clients, age 60 and over, were not
exempt due to age. After reaching the limit, the family was ineligible for cash for the next 24 months unless they were participating in Work First or Work Experience.
The initial 24-month period for TWI started with the first regular roll month the case was in TWI. The period ended 24 months (2 years) later. The 24-month period did not change, as long as the case was in TWI. For example, a case
placed in TWI for 02/98 had a 24-month period from 02/98 through 01/00. It did not change when the client went to work or the case was canceled or a child under 13 entered the home. Each adult in the case had the same 24-month period.
The 24-month period started over if the case was:
The system took a case out of TWI when:
During the first 12 months in TWI, a client who had not worked the required number of hours participated in Job Search/Job Readiness or in another appropriate activity(ies). An unemployed client who had been in TWI for more than 12 months was assigned
to Work First. An employed client who worked less than the required number of hours participated in another appropriate activity after the 12th month.
An unemployed client who had been in TWI continuously for 24 months or more was required to participate in Work First to remain eligible for TANF. If a Work First position was not available, they could participate in Work Experience.


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AOKI Releases Business Suits for Bicycle CommutersMay 08 (Tue ), 2012
AOKI Releases Business Suits for Bicycle Commuters
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AOKI Inc., a major Japanese men's apparel company, announced on February 4, 2012, the release of the "LES MUES Bike Line" of business suits for bicycle commuters.
Bicycle commuting has become very trendy as a means of mobility in times of emergency, such as after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, as well as part of health- and environmental-consciousness efforts. However, many people have problems cycling while wearing general business suits.
The company therefore developed a new type of business suit designed specially for the needs of the commuter cyclist. The suits feature stretchy materials for mobility, and water resistant and stain repellent finishing, and are machine washable. In addition, zippers for some of the pockets help prevent the contents from spilling out.
Cyclists can therefore ride safely by tying up the jacket hem with snaps, while the suit includes reflective tape under the collar riding in darkness. The pants also have patches to strengthen areas subjected to frequent rubbing, such as the inner thigh and hip. However, despite these modifications, these suits look almost the same as regular business suits.


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There really are two types of people in this world. A dichotomy, if you will. Okay, a lot of dichotomies, but dichotomies nonetheless. This amazing supercut pulls together clips from movies when a character says that "There are two types of people in this world."
Or, as Evan said when he showed me this: "There are two types of people in this world: Those who post this in the off-topic, and those who don't."
I'm happy to be one of the former.
How was your weekend? Have you been playing any good games? Anything cool coming up this week? I'm flying to Seattle? Do you live in Seattle. How's the weather up there?
Feel free to discuss that, or anything else, here or over in the Talk Amongst Yourselves forum. Have good conversating.


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Must remember not to neglect the blog - so my apologies for the lack of updates.
This post goes out to Gary - I was prompted to remember this little treasure after seeing the cover art posted over at his blog 'El Reza'.
Puccini's in Vancouver was one of those restaurants and clubs that seemed to flourish in the seventies - the culmination of Dale's three year residency there being this superb album. Boy, what I'd give to dine and be witness to these sorts of performances nowadays!
The late Canadian Dale Jacobs blossoms on this live set and shows off his true keyboard dexterity even more so here than on his studio albums. We have true analogue wizardry here, no harsh and sterile 'bad-fusion' but slick, lyrical and beautifully funky instrumentals.
1) Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)
2) Visions Of Rio
3) Splash
4) Without Reservation
5) What Else
6) It's Only The Perfect Love
7) A Last Look At The Summer


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There's the historical element to immigration -- the United States is, after all, a country founded and built by immigrants.
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There's also the political element. The recent presidential election was decided in large part by the so-called immigrant vote, primarily made up of Hispanics and Asians whose growing political influence will only get stronger in the future.
Then there's the economic element. Consider that by 2015, Hispanic buying power in the U.S. is expected to hit a whopping $1.5 trillion, a 50% increase above 2010. Asian buying power, meanwhile, is expected to jump to $750 billion, a 40% increase from 2010.
The statistics don't stop there. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2050 the Hispanic population in the U.S. will increase by 167%; the Asian population by 142%.
"Immigrants are already contributing and they'll contribute even more when they're documented."
For these latter reasons American businesses are almost uniformly in support of immigration reform that will once-and-for-all clarify who does and who doesn't belong in the U.S. Employers are eager to save time and money secure in the knowledge that all of their employees are legally eligible to work here.
"I'm hopeful the current vision realizes that immigration is an asset to this country not only economically but morally and historically as well," said Ignacio Donoso, a partner at immigration law firm FosterQuan, LLP.
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is promoting a broad immigration reform package that attempts to solve two of the primary concerns related to immigration: what to do with the estimated 11 million undocumented workers currently living in the U.S., and how to reduce the traffic of immigrants coming into the country illegally.
The Senate plan would make it easier for undocumented workers to get their documents and eventually gain citizenship, while at the same time beefing up security along U.S. borders.
President Obama is scheduled to announce his own proposal later Tuesday, a plan that reportedly leans further in the direction of easing the path to citizenship for undocumented workers and less on tougher security measures. Obama has made it clear that immigration reform will be a top priority of his second term.
Employers Support Reform
Employers roundly support the reform efforts and hope the momentum in Washington, D.C., for legislative action can be maintained.
The president pushed immigration reform in 2010 but the effort -- like all recent efforts -- stalled amid partisan squabbling. The business community hopes this time is different.
"It's been a years-long endeavor by employers large and small to audit their workforce in an effort to determine who's legal and who isn't. It's never 100% certain and they're never entirely in compliance," said Donoso.
The "key" to any successful reform proposal will be providing as much clarity as possible to employers to eliminate that uncertainty, the immigration lawyer said.
Existing methods for employee verification of their workers' legal status are outdated and ineffective, according to Donoso, a problem that's grown more acute in the wake of the Sept.11, 2001, terrorist attacks. After the attacks immigration authorities tightened their focus on undocumented workers living in the U.S.
The added scrutiny has raised costs for U.S. employers, especially in industries widely recognized for non-compliance: the restaurant and hotel industries, for instance, and the vast agricultural sector.
Donoso said business owners are also clamoring for a streamlined process for obtaining temporary work visas so that talented foreign workers can come to the U.S. and help out on a short-term basis.
In sum, immigration policy should "attract rather than repel" potential employers and employees, said Donoso.
"The whole issue needs to be tackled within the context of competitiveness," said Travis Tullos, a regional economist and chairman of the economic analysis panel of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.
Tullos described most business owners as "pragmatic," primarily interested in doing what's necessary to remain competitive. He spoke anecdotally of a tree trimming service he used recently whose owner told Tullos he was willing to use undocumented workers if they proved both capable and affordable.
Immigrants 30% More Likely to Open New Business
The business owner told Tullos it's not easy to find American workers who will climb trees for $11 or $12 an hour. So he's forced to use undocumented workers.
Still, Tullos warned it will be costly to beef up security along the borders and to verify millions of undocumented workers and then remove those found to be in the U.S. illegally. "Is this what we want the government to be spending our tax dollars on?" he asked.
Adriana Kugler, a professor of public policy at Georgetown University and a former chief economist in the Obama administration's Labor Department, reeled off statistic after statistic that support easing the path to citizenship for undocumented workers.
For example, immigrants are 30% more likely to open new businesses than Americans already living here, she said. Restaurants, delis, fast food franchises and the like. That creates jobs.
In addition, immigrants who become documented workers see their purchasing power rise on average by 14%, according to Kugler.
"Immigrants are also consumers," she said. "Consumption and spending are key to the economic revival and once (undocumented workers) become documented their purchasing power rises accordingly."
Documented workers are also required to pay taxes, Kugler noted, another benefit to easing the path to citizenship for those 11 million undocumented workers living in the U.S.
"Immigrants are already contributing and they'll contribute even more when they're documented. People haven't recognized the benefits of immigrants -- they've focused instead on the costs," said Kugler. "We need to do this. It's long overdue."


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Some pics from just before our segment about Toys with Lasting Play Value…trying to keep the kids engaged and not too noisy while Ann, Al, Natalie, Lester and Jenna talk. One of our toy testers Josie was about to take the stroller off the set–but came back after we strategically placed her mom right near Natalie ( just off camera).
During the segment…everyone is fully engaged with the toys!
Hooray! Segment complete!


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BBC America's 'Dramaville' features Dominic West and Idris Elba [Pictures]
Two of the most distinguished alumni of "The Wire" debut in new BBC America productions premiering Aug. 17. Idris Elba hosts a new drama showcase titled Dramaville that will feature some of the best in new Brit drama each week. And the first new best Brit drama to be featured is "The Hour," which stars Dominic West as an anchorman at the BBC in the 1950s. "The Hour" is a superb production. Think "Good Night and Good Luck" meets "Mad Men." And West is terrific. The next Dramaville production to be featured after "The Hour" ends its six-week run is the sequel to "Luther," which stars Elba. Here are some pictures courtesy of BBC America of Elba and West in character.
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CENTENNIAL — While Gov. John Hickenlooper's first priority continues to be search-and-rescues in hard-hit flood areas, he said Monday the state already is looking at how it going to recover and rebuild.
Flanked by FEMA chief Craig Fugate and seven members of the Colorado Congressional delegation at a press briefing here, Hickenlooper said that sewage plants and streets will have to be replaced.
"We recognize that a lot of these bridges and roadways and culverts were built a long time ago," he said. "We have a strong opportunity here, with FEMA's partnership, to come out of this situation with a stronger infrastructure."
And in the areas that are "very vulnerable to flash flooding," Fugate said, questions must be asked about rebuilding "the way it was ... or designing for the future."
Hickenlooper said 21 helicopters were in the air Monday with a primary mission of search and rescue. In addition, he said, 10 teams from the Colorado Department of Transportation have been assessing infrastructure damage.
President Barack Obama over the weekend made both an "emergency" declaration and a "major disaster" declaration for Colorado, hit by flooding up and down the Front Range and across the eastern plains. These distinctions unleash the potential for tens of millions in federal dollars to flow to the state — both in reimbursements to local governments and individuals who apply for them.
So far in 2013, the president has deemed major disaster, emergency or fire assistance help 84 times across the country.
In the case of the High Park and Waldo Canyon fires last year, FEMA reimbursed the state and local governments $3.6 million for infrastructure repairs. No money went directly to individuals for that fire.
Another much larger example is Hurricane Sandy, which tore apart sections of 13 East Coast states. So far, $1.4 billion has gone to 180,000 people directly and another $2.8 billion to states to help respond. The state or local governments are responsible for 25 percent of the costs and the federal government will pay the rest.
Fugate, who was in Colorado Monday to survey the damage, said his agency was "fresh off" Sandy, one of the biggest housing operations it ever handled.
"There are a wide range of programs" to assist displaced Coloradans, he said, including renting homes, repairing existing ones and the use of modular units.
Fugate was asked how Colorado's floods compare d to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in terms of homes destroyed and people displaced.
"I don't compare any disaster," he said. "All disasters are local."
Almost 400 FEMA workers are on the ground in Colorado helping people register directly for assistance. Larimer, Weld and Adams counties have been added as eligible for those personal assistance grants.
The other work is supporting existing efforts from local and state governments, including search and rescue, water delivery and helping people with supplies.
Washington staffers from Colorado's Congressional offices said Monday once the recovery begins, they will make sure the federal government is adequately supporting — in cash and people — the efforts.
Money shouldn't be a problem since earlier this year, Congress passed a $50 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package, which still has more than $30 billion left for other emergencies.
"During disasters like these our role first is to stay out of the way and let the first responders and rescue teams do their jobs," said Sen. Michael Bennet spokesman Adam Bozzi. "Then our largest priority is to support the governor's request for help and push the federal government to quickly assess and respond to the situation with resources."
Hickenlooper said damage analysis had already begun, even as search and rescue remains the priority. A fuller picture of the costs of the flood could take up to three weeks, Hickenlooper said. Fugate said it could take 30 days.
Hickenlooper praised the federal emergency agency, which was blistered for its response during Hurricane Katrina.
"The old FEMA is gone," he said.
The floods mark the fifth time since 2008 Colorado has received an "major disaster" declaration by the president. Three of those instances were because of fires and another was for severe storms and tornados in 2008.
Colorado has received 86 disaster, emergency or fire declarations since the mid 1950s.
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The End of a Memorable Decade For The PawSox
I love the Top 10 lists that come out at the end of every decade.
This website even has a list of the Top 10 Top 10 lists for 2000 to 2009.
I didn't start working for the PawSox until 2006, but I still thought I'd take a shot at the "Top 10 Pawtucket Red Sox Moments" of the decade.
Here goes:
10. The PawSox advance to the Governor's Cup finals in 2003. It was Pawtucket's first playoff appearance in 6 years, and the PawSox beat Ottawa in the opening round to end a streak of seven straight losses in playoff series dating back to 1986. Unfortunately, Pawtucket was swept in the finals by Durham.
9. Earl Snyder ties the PawSox single-season home run record by bashing 36 in 2004.
8. In his one season with Pawtucket, Jacoby Ellsbury shatters the franchise record for longest hitting streak by hitting safely in 25 straight games in 2007. The previous record of 19 straight games was shared by Dave Berg and Dave Stapleton.
7. Big Papi takes over McCoy Stadium in 2008. David Ortiz spends three days with Pawtucket on rehab and homers in all three games, drawing at least 10,675 fans for each game.
6. Bronson Arroyo (2003) and Tomo Ohka (2000) toss 9-inning perfect games at McCoy Stadium.
5. PawSox play their first game at Fenway Park. With a sellout crowd of 33,394 in attendance, Pawtucket beats Rochester 5-4 in the inaugural "Futures at Fenway" doubleheader in 2006. Carlos Pena's 2-run HR in the bottom of the 8th inning drives home the winning run.
4. Dustin Pedroia named Rookie of the Year (2007) and American League MVP (2008) after earning International League All-Star honors with the PawSox in 2006.
3. Pawtucket wins a franchise-record 85 games in 2008, before losing in the playoffs to eventual league champion Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
2. Ben Mondor, Joe Morgan, and Jim Rice are inducted into the International League's Hall of Fame in 2008.
1. Thanks in part to the tireless lobbying efforts of Ben Mondor and the PawSox, Jim Rice joins Wade Boggs, Dennis Eckersley, and Carlton Fisk on the list of former Pawtucket players to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2009.
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Weird Science cartoons above. One reason I do what I do is to get people to think and not just accept the pablum held out on a spoon for them to swallow. I think the first cartoon is indicative of how easy it is for a YEC to get his research peer-reviewed by the Great Orthodoxy. For now.
The second is illustrative of how many teachers want their students. Just unthinking, believing, not questioning. Lemmings running blindly towards the cliff. Sad.
Here is the "rest of the story" concerning Earth Science Ireland and the attendant fuss posted on last...I have copied straight from CMI, much to the chagrin of some of you. But it illustrates that as YEC or ID proponents continue to fight prejudice and censorship we sometimes win small victories. A victory for free expression of scientific thought is a victory for science. Small minds like Richard Dawkins (small in focus not necessarily capacity) cannot bring themselves to face facts - they are not the High Priests of Information appointed to rule over all of humanity and censor scientists and their research and results! Next post will be an answer to Taxandrian concerning evolution and information...
Earth Science Ireland chastised over anti-Christian, anti-creationist attitude
An open letter geologist to geologist
Published: 9 September 2008(GMT+10)
Three articles appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of the magazine Earth Science Ireland1 that heaped ridicule and scorn on creationists. Angus Kennedy, a geologist who works in Northern Ireland, was so concerned that he wrote an open letter to the editor protesting the ill-informed and hostile attitude expressed in the articles. Angus had previously met the editor among a group of geologists whom he had conducted on a guided tour of two of the quarries where he works. In his letter, which is reproduced below, Angus concludes that it is only fair that the Editor now include the other side of debate in his earth science publication.
Co. Down
Northern Ireland
16th July 2008
Dr Tony Bazley
Editor, Earth Science Ireland
Co. Down
Northern Ireland
Dear Dr Bazley,
Ironically, the offending issue of Earth Science Ireland included an article about the 'Waterford peperites'. Peperites point to large-scale, watery catastrophe but geologists are trained to discount any thought of Noah's Flood.
May I reintroduce myself–a few years ago you spoke to me regarding the possibility of writing an article for your publication. I also met you last year in May–I am the geologist who conducted the guided walk around two of the quarries operated by the company I work for.
Though I do not subscribe to your Earth Science Ireland publication, I came across a copy of the Spring 2008, No. 3 Issue. I was much taken aback by the very anti-Christian and anti-creationist tone of three articles that appeared in it.
In talking with you previously, I said that I was a Christian and a creationist. I became a Christian before I went to Glasgow University where I studied geology for four years (1975–79). I recall my first palaeontology lecture given by Dr James Lawson. His opening statement was to tell us that 'though we knew the Bible said that "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth", well, it didn't happen like that!' This upset me somewhat, but I accepted what was being taught, as at that time I didn't know science based creation apologetics existed. Surprisingly, at the end of my studies I had not lost my faith, but I had rationalised the concept of long ages and evolution with the Genesis account by reasoning that God must have used evolution as a means of creation. This was the situation until I came across a copy of Whitcomb and Morris's 'The Genesis Flood' five years later. I found their arguments in favour of a young-earth creation compelling. Since then, I have followed the subject with great interest.
I found their arguments in favour of a young-earth creation compelling.
Within the issue in question, Paul Lyle's comment in his Chairman's remarks 'Just when we think that things cannot possibly get worse, along comes news that there is an active lobby putting forward a creationist view of the origin of the Causeway lavas–and wanting equal status with the scientific explanation in any future Visitor's centre. Elsewhere in this issue you will read what we think about this!' set the partisan tone against creationism which was greatly amplified in the two other articles.
In the Stratigraphic Commission's article, the openly hostile comment, 'The young-Earth creationists' view of Earth history is quite simply wrong. It is a manifest untruth.' belies their sop, 'It is no attack on Christianity … to say that the Earth and its rocks stretch back to ages far greater than those claimed by the young-Earth creationists.'
Their view that had Archbishop Ussher 'lived today and had access to the wealth of contemporary scientific knowledge, he would have seen the Biblical texts in a very different light.' could just as easily be said of Darwin–had he lived today and had access to the wealth of contemporary scientific knowledge (e.g., still no (undisputed) missing links, nor any sign of finely graduated series of fossils linking phyla; so-called living fossils showing no change over the assumed millions of years hiatus between their fossil occurrence and the present; and developments in microbiology which show the sheer complexity of the cell), he too would almost certainly have seen his theory in a different light!
Has the Commission no thought for taxpayers such as me when they opine, 'We do not question the right of creationists to hold or expound their views. We do, however, profoundly disagree with any suggestion that creationist views should be given significant space in publicly funded museums, visitor centres, school science lessons or science textbooks.' Is it not somewhat ironic that Christian taxpayers find themselves in the position of funding atheistic evolutionary propaganda, whilst at the same time being denied any opportunity of publically putting forward their views–is this not censorship in another guise?
Tom Mason's opinion piece, written to counter his perceived 'local shift towards irrationality.' descends rapidly to the level of a diatribe. I am surprised that such an ill-thought-out article could come from a man in his position and be printed. His statement 'There remains, however, in the spectrum of both Christianity and Islam, fundamentalist minorities seeking the conversion of everyone to their belief systems, sometimes still advocating alarming violence to do so (the Inquisition and Jihad). I see this as a scary consequence of irrationality, and a stubborn lack of acceptance that others are equally entitled to hold diametrically opposing views to theirs' unjustifiably conflates creationists with the Inquisition and Jihad, and appears to impugn creationists by implying that they would use force against those of opposing views. Is Mr Mason's polemic not an indication that he too holds a stubborn lack of acceptance of others?
In expressing his view that science is 'reason versus irrationality', and belittling creationists as being both irrational and ignorant, and who are also deluded by a 'god-given belief that [creationists] know better than others', he appears to arrogate to himself an unassailable über-knowledge which he denies to the Christians' omniscient Creator God (whom he also denigrates as 'a god of ignorance'). That his knowledge is not certain nor unassailable is given away by his comments regarding scientific knowledge–it 'changes on a daily basis', and, 'we place before our audiences' [sic] scientific facts and try to explain them as best we can'. He frequently cites the need to infer and interpret the facts (i.e., trust me, I'm a scientist).
The putative evolution of the eye is more involved than suggested by Mason, with no clear path from simple to complex. Amongst evolutionists, the matter is so murky and involved that some suggest that eyes independently evolved at least 40 and as many as 65 times! The biochemistry of even the simplest conceivable 'light-sensitive spot' is going to be already horrendously (and probably irreducibly) complex, and no-one has come close to suggesting a credible biochemical pathway for its alleged evolution.
Mason rounds off his bald assertions regarding eye evolution with the non-sequitur that creationists can be easily countered as they know nothing about the topic! I beg to disagree. Creation science articles that I read have been written by bona-fide scientists, many with multiple degrees, and in many disciplines–e.g., biology, biochemistry, astronomy, mathematics, physics, geology etc.–and yes, ophthalmic science in the case of the eye's alleged evolution. They do know what they are talking about.
It is a travesty for Mason to try to impugn creationists with his offensive assertion that 'The god-given belief that you know better than others leads not only to intellectually impoverished intelligent designers but also to the aberrant psychology of jihadists and suicide bombers. They are two faces of the same coin …'
I wish to keep this letter as brief as possible, so I have avoided lengthy treatments of the scientific evidences against evolution and for creation. Creationist arguments are certainly cogent and not as misrepresented in the articles in question. An open-minded look at the creationist position on the web would confirm this. I can recommend CreationOnTheWeb.com and a browse through their FAQs section.
I will mention that in the years since I left university, a number of things that I was taught as axiomatic appear to have been overturned, for example:
- 'High-grade' metamorphic minerals have been found forming within hydrothermal piles on the ocean floor–not scores of kilometres down in the crust.
- Large-grained plutonic bodies can cool quickly–grain size is not dependent on cooling time, but on other factors, such as number of crystal nucleation centres and volatiles.
- Fine sediments and clay laminae can be laid down rapidly from flowing water–mudstone and shale do not require still waters and long periods to accumulate.
- Graptolites are not extinct!
- I have read the late Professor Derek Ager's book 'The New Catastrophism'–he recognised that sediments world-wide were laid down rapidly in catastrophic events, not in the uniformitarian slow and steady way postulated by Hutton and Lyell. All well and good from a creationist world-wide Noachian deluge point of view, as he had to grudgingly admit, but he couldn't let go of millions of years and was thus reduced to positing that the time not seen in the actual rock layers was represented by untold periods of quiescence between layers. Layers that appeared for all intents and purposes to have been laid down contiguously.
Having studied both uniformitarian evolutionary geology and creation science apologetics, I am satisfied that the geological facts fit the young-earth creation model best. I consider that the eye-witness account given by the God of the Christian Bible ('the only true God', and his incarnate Son Jesus Christ–who is 'the way, the truth and the life') gives a more logical basis for the order we see in creation and purpose to our lives. We may look at the same facts–the rocks and fossils–but our underlying presuppositions are different, therefore our interpretations are different. For evolutionists to insist that they have science on their side is for them to ignore the difference between operational science–dealing with measuring tangible things in the here and now (how the world works if you like) and historical science–trying to find out what happened in times past when none of us were present. The first employs fundamental principles and repeatable measurements and experiments and has led to the breadth of modern technology we see today. The second relies on extrapolation of measurements (no matter how exact these measurements are), constructs (like the geological column), assumptions, and interpretation (no matter how scanty the evidence). Evolutionists would say I have faith in some imaginary being I can not see, ditto the evolutionist–he has faith in his interpretation of the remains of material things he did not witness at first hand–how they were formed, how they lived, how they died, how they were preserved, or the time-frame involved.
May I suggest that rather than reinforce an exclusive and singularly evolutionary point of view, why not open up your publication to debate with creationist scientists and test their mettle?
Finally, in defence of myself against evolutionists, I am not ignorant, violently threatening, peddling untruths, not a naked ape, nor evolved.
Yours sincerely,
Update 10 September 2008:
The editor of ESI Magazine, Dr Tony Bazley, advised Angus Kennedy today that his letter will be in the next issue, which is currently at the printer and so should be out within 3 weeks. The letter has been edited to fit within the space limitations of the magazine but the sense is not expected to have been changed.
Message from Dr Tony Bazley, 10 September 2008:
Earth Science Ireland would never publish anything that is anti-Christian. There the author is quite wrong. It does like robust debate. The original articles can be found on: www.habitas.org.uk/es2k . Do read them. And 'Rescuing Genesis' in the issue to go online shortly, with Mr Kennedy's letter.
Some readers' comments on Angus Kennedy's letter:
Kathy W, Australia.
Brilliant! Thanks from the bottom of my heart for an excellent, gentle but firm rebuttal of evolutionary bigotry. "… not a naked ape"… what wonderful words.
Fendall H, New Zealand
Angus, excellent letter. It's always hard to make all the key statements and keep such a letter suitably abridged, but you have done well. I look forward to hearing of any response.
Scott G, United States
I just read Angus Kennedy's letter to the editor, and my bottom jaw is left dangling open. I think his tactics and boldness were blended into a compelling argument. I pray that 1) the recipients might take a moment of thought to reconsider their paradigm, and 2) that we might eventually learn to use the information we receive from CMI in a similar, effective manner.
Luke, Canada.
Touchdown Angus!!!
David C, Australia
Excellent article Angus; rational, non-aggressive, and it addresses the pertinent points within the constraints of length for an article such as this.
I'm so tired of hearing the science versus faith argument for origins (that evolution is science and creationism is faith). It's encouraging to read another article that boils it down to what it really is: matching the facts with the most plausible explanation, and admission that the main contenders (evolutionary science and creation science) require faith. It's simply a matter of where we place that faith; in God or the ever-changing theories of man.
R.F., Canada
Bravo on your letter and Well done! Greetings from an American friend in Canada working on his PhD in Electrical Engineering at the age of 56. Cheering and praying for you guys—to the glory of God!
Carlton Rader, United States
His comments were direct and right on point! Well done. The dogmatic faith these evolutionist have in 'long ages' amazes me. When they have a 'calculated age' how can they possibly know they've got it right? How does one calibrate a method that gives millions of years anyway? What do you check it against?
Jennifer T, Australia
I am truly thankful to men like you with such understanding and knowledge to answer this kind of article as you did; and I really enjoyed reading it.
Katrina M, Australia
It's still so refreshing and empowering to read someone who is so articulate and informed about creation, speaking up. And YEAH why as a taxpayer DO I put up with no representation! Go get 'em, Angus (means strength by the way).
Andrew M, South Africa
I read the offending articles. It is interesting how they are preaching to their own converted. The trouble is, it is not so easy to explain the superiority of evolution to someone who does not already believe in it.
David H, Australia
The power of this letter is quite refreshing.
Richard P, Australia
What a great response! Scientists like these like to assume that they are rational thinkers, with a balanced mentality, until their "beliefs" are challenged. Far from adopting a response that you would expect from such distinguished professionals, like an unprejudiced, systematic, phsical, test of different theories to their own,(especially creation science) they are invariably reduced to a diatribe of childish name-calling and nonsensical argument. Their emotion displays their real "faith"...For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh...Matt 12:34
Keep up the good work Brother.
Daiv F, United States
At the time I read your letter, it appears that ESI has already agreed to publish your letter. I do hope that Dr. Bazley is not ostricized or even forced out of his position for making this fateful decision. As was brilliantly illustrated in the movie "Expelled", there are serious consequences for any evolutionist who gives nod towards a creationist for any reason. Time will tell.
Ed N, Canada
A thoughtful and considerate letter. I too get frustrated by the confidence of people who believe in evolution when in truth it is far more accurate to call it another faith—and a faith in SPITE of a plethora of contradicting evidence. I am a professor of chemistry (organic) and I just wish I could get my reactions to spontaneously form new compounds like evolution purports. But no, I have to carefully control solvents, atmosphere, molarities, time etc to maybe get an overall 75% average yield. Then all the purifications etc. Oh yes, the chemicals making up life just happened AND THEN reacted to create more complex molecules which THEN self assembled to create a viable cell. Not from my experience and understanding of the molecular world! Evolution doesn't even have evidence for step 1. But the real question? Is anybody listening?
Frank M, Ireland
Just to let you know Angus, your comment has touched base here in your own country too. Well done.
Roger S, New Zealand
Thankyou Angus,and congratulations on your bold, knowledgeable reproof of Dr Bazley's bigotted comments. It is good to see a convinced Christian academic prepared to stand up and present the evidence and logicality of the creation model.
John H, Australia
The creationist-evolutionist debate is about light and darkness. Only when a person accepts the truth of the God of the Bible will that person ever emerge out of the darkness they hide in. Paul knew this when he wrote his letter to the Romans: For although they knew God they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. [1:21]
Karen S, Australia
You encourage me to write to such editors. Although I am not well equipped to argue biology or physics, it is obvious that the evolutionist argument relies on attacking the character of anyone who disagrees with them, rather than presenting evidence for their theory (no surprise there since they lack the substance of their faith). The creationist on the other hand finds that the evidence supports the Biblical account and in turn strengthens conviction in its truth. It is also marvelous that evolutionists don't seem to realise that they are guilty of the crimes and attitudes that they project onto others. If as claimed abberant psychology manifests in offensive behaviour I can only conclude that these same evolutionists need to be investigated much like the unfaithful husband who accuses his innocent wife of adultery.
Thank you Angus for the provocation to love and do good works and I will take every opportunity to follow through on it.
Peter R, New Zealand
I enjoyed the mature, respectful yet direct and collegial tone of Angus Kennedy's letter.
Yet, my main praise goes to Dr. Bazley for his scientific integrity in publishing the other side of the argument.
Otto I, Australia
Great article, Angus. I believe we need to emphasise it's Evolutionary Faith we are dealing with and not evolutionary science. The Dewey classification puts Creation/Creationism under faith and religion while Evolution (or dare I say Evolutionism?) goes under Science. Isn't it time for honest classification? University students and others cannot find many creation textbooks in the science section of their libraries as they are under a different classification! Evolution faith should be the title of this religion and shown up for what it is!


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The visitors clad in black and green from North Lenoir came out of the gate with energy and athleticism Monday at West Craven in the opening game of the state playoffs � problem is, the Eagles had more of both.
VANCEBORO � The visitors clad in black and green from North Lenoir came out of the gate with energy and athleticism Monday at West Craven in the opening game of the state playoffs � problem is, the Eagles had more of both.
Demetres Abrams carved through the Hawks� defense like a Ginsu and Josh Cuthbertson spent most of his night at a higher altitude, as the senior star hammered home six dunks in a 77-51 blowout win.
Abrams scored 28 points and his mate Cuthbertson posted 27 and 12 boards.
�Big ups to North Lenoir, they came at us really hard and scrapped with us really tough, but we got comfortable with ourselves and started playing our game,� Abrams said.
�I wanted to try and attack more tonight and not just be a three-point shooter. That causes long rebounds if I miss and I was focused on getting to the rim tonight.�
North Lenoir enjoyed success the few times it was able to get the ball inside to Herculean-esque Billy Summers.
However, the Eagles� perimeter defense didn�t allow that to happen too often.
�West Craven was awesome tonight,� North Lenoir coach Anthony Loftin said.
�Their upperclassmen (Abrams and Cuthbertson) were awesome. Our plan was to get the ball inside and when we did, it worked but their guard play was great defensively.�
The Eagle defenders forced the Hawks into numerous bad passes and turnovers, which led to West Craven layups or dunks.
�Demetres and Josh just stepped up and were the tough players that they are tonight,� West Craven Associate Head Coach Robert Browning said.
�Our kids are so coachable and it means a lot when they are like that. A lot of our guys besides Demetres and Josh did a lot of good things tonight too.�
West Craven will receive a taller task Wednesday when Wilson Hunt comes to town.
The Warriors destroyed their opening round foe, Nash Central, by a score of 70-34 Monday.
�Hunt is good, very good. All the teams in the Big East Conference are,� Browning said.
�It will be two physical teams and we will need the support of the crowd. It�s a huge game.�
Eagle girls cruise over Hunt
West Craven�s girls didn�t make its opening round game in the state playoffs into a display of efficiency, but still got the job done in a 53-36 victory.
In a battle of two teams that shot poorly, West Craven used solid defensive play to put the Warriors away.
Jamie Cherry scored 24 points, but the differentiating performance of the night was turned in by Nishedra Brown.
The spunky, senior guard scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds.
�We outhustled them tonight and I don�t think they were ready for our fast breaks,� Brown said.
�Last game against Conley in the conference championship game, I was off with my shot and I just wanted to come out and shoot well and play better offensively.�
The taller Warriors simply had no answer for the speed and defensive tenacity of the Eagles.
�This team, right now is playing with as good of a focus as any team I�ve had here in three years,� West Craven coach David Fernandez said.
�Nyeesha (Roundtree) is playing her best ball of the year and being a good vocal leader, Nishedra is stepping up for us and we are just thankful to be in round two.�
West Craven will meet a familiar foe in the second round, when it takes on D.H. Conley for the fourth time this year.
The Eagles defeated the Vikings, 57-45, Friday in the Coastal Conference championship game.
West Craven 19 19 19 20 � 77
North Lenoir 08 16 15 12 - 51
West Craven (77) � Demetres Abrams 28, Josh Cuthbertson 27, Tyrone Brown 8, Kylikke Green 4, Zac Cuthbertson 3, Jared Fulcher 3, Anthony Oates 2, Andrew Reid 2.
North Lenoir (51) � Billy Summers 12, Braxton Davis 8, Jacquez Jones 7, Zongio Troy 7, Devonta Sutton 5, John Carlton 4, Tyree Hough 4, Jalen Robinson 2, Michael Wilkes 1.
Rebounds: West Craven � 35, North Lenoir � 22. Free Throws: West Craven - 13/25 (52%), North Lenoir � 7/18 (39%).
West Craven 15 12 13 13 � 53
Wilson Hunt 05 07 06 18 - 36
West Craven (53) � Jamie Cherry 24, Nishedra Brown 13, Nyeesha Roundtree 9, Attalia Dixon 2, Kaylee Koerperich 2, Rendi Wethertington 2, Jasmine Raynor 1.
Wilson Hunt (36) � Daneshia White 10, Kayla Batts 7, Alexus Williams 7, Nakeshia Jones 4, Kiana Ballard 3, Alexis Taylor 3, Dani Harris 2.
Rebounds: West Craven � 27, Wilson Hunt � 37. Free Throws: West Craven � 8/13 (62%), Wilson Hunt � 3/7 (43%).
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Hey Friends,
Sometime we may feel the need to move SharePoint site collection to new content db. Below step can be used for the same.
Move site collections to a new database or (split a content database)
a) At a command prompt on the drive where SharePoint Products and Technologies is installed, change to the following directory:
Mostly it is C: drive do
c:\program files\common files\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\12\Bin
b)Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
Stsadm -o enumsites –url <URL> <path/file name>.xml
url: is the address of the Web application that contains the site collection that you want to move
path/file name: is the name of the XML file that you want to create with the site collection data.
The previous step creates an XML file that contains all of the site collection URLs in the current database.
c) Open the XML file that you created in step b. If there are also some other URLs for site collections which you do not want to move , delete them from the file.
URLs that you want to move should remain in the XML file.
Note: Nothing else in xml file need to be changed. Leave as it is..
d)Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
Stsadm -o mergecontentdbs –url <URL> -sourcedatabasename <database name> -destinationdatabasename <database name> -operation 3 –filename <file name>
Url: is the address of the Web application that have the site collection
sourcedatabasename: name of the database from which you want to move site collection
destinationdatabasename: name of the database in which you want to move the site collection
operation 3: "Read from file" operation
file name: name of the file that contains the site collection URLs.
e)Restart IIS by typing the following command, and then pressing ENTER:iisreset /noforce
Hope I was able to describe the content based on my knowledge and learning.
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UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING FOR HUMAN ACTIVITY ANALYSIS WITH APPLICATIONS IN PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE by Mi Zhang A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) August 2013 Copyright 2013 Mi Zhang
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|Ubiquitous computing envisions a world in which people can access computing resources anywhere and any time. Over the past decade, the emergence and availability of a variety of miniature devices embedded with powerful sensing, communication, and computational capabilities are turning this vision into reality. Powered by these sensing and computational devices, ubiquitous computing endeavors to provide new and better solutions to problems in many application domains with significant societal impact. These include security, healthcare, education, sustainability, energy, and social informatics. ❧ My thesis investigates how ubiquitous computing technologies bring new solutions to transform the existing healthcare system to enable personalized healthcare and improve health and well-being for both healthy and clinical populations. The first half of this thesis focuses on wearable sensor-based human activity recognition technology which acts as the fundamental technology to support a variety of personalized healthcare applications, including personal fitness monitoring, long-term preventive care, and intelligent assistance for elderly citizens. Chapter 2 presents the human activity dataset we have built based on wearable sensor. Chapter 3 to Chapter 6 presents four different algorithms to model and recognize human daily activities based on the human activity dataset introduced in Chapter 2. Specifically, Chapter 3 analyzes human activity signals based on feature selection algorithms and shows that the recognition performance can be improved by carefully selecting features for each activity separately. Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 discusses new computational models based on dictionary learning and nonlinear manifold learning respectively to solve the human activity recognition problem from a totally different perspective. Chapter 6 presents the new activity model based on the recently developed sparse representation and compressed sensing theories and demonstrates the task of looking for optimal feature to achieve the best activity recognition performance is less important within this framework. ❧ The second half of this thesis focuses on the design of a novel on-body networked sensing system called RehabSPOT for computerized rehabilitation for patients with stroke. Chapter 7 presents the system design of RehabSPOT and its value in personalized rehabilitation delivery via real-time system reconfiguration. Chapter 8 presents the computational model based on wearable sensing system to analyze patients' motor behavior to track precisely the progress patients have made during rehabilitation.
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The Duchess Of Cambridge will be very much getting back into the swing of things today. The Duchess will be attending Action On Addiction as part of her charity work within the Royal Family. The Duchess is believed to be now half-way through her pregnancy and according to many sources, it will begin to show on today's engagement.
The engagement comes as it was announced yesterday that Action on Addiction will receive the support 100 Women in Hedge Funds in a collaboration to honour Kate's patronage of both causes.
Many sources say that the Duchess has now almost fully recovered for her earlier Hyperemesis Gravidarum and is well on the way to having a healthy baby that, yes, will one day be Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
The Duchess's charity choice, action on addiction, was chosen in January last year and was one of the first four charities to benefit from one of the most popular members of the Royal Family's patronage. Royal aides have said she is "working behind the scenes" with her charities and plans to work throughout her pregnancy with announcements of further visits expected to come shortly.
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Random Access Theatre Company Presents Ayn Rand's ANTHEM, Opening 2/20
Adapted from Ayn Rand's dystopian novella of the same name, Random Access Theatre presents Anthem at the Abingdon Theater in New York City. Under the direction of Jennifer Sandella, five actors embody a nightmare of complicit collectivism where individual identity is a death sentence. However as two inhabitants of the soulless city fall in love, they will have to risk their lives to stay together.
This intense, controversial Promethean thriller will appeal to Ayn Rand fans and haters alike and those just looking for a heart-pounding, suspenseful love story. Anthem features innovative lighting design and an original rock score by David Andreana.
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/317583
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Now in its third season, Random Access Theatre Company collaborates with theatre artists to develop culturally relevant work at the highest standards of artistic excellence.
Ayn Rand's Anthem, adapted for the stage and directed by Jennifer Sandella
Featuring: Daniel Burns, Tom Carman, Amanda Donelan, Laura King, and Rachel Riendeau


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Scores: The library provides a client.SetScore() and client.GetScore() proc. The SetScore() proc takes a score name, operation, value, and data type (though the data type is optional). The goal of this is to satisfy this feature request. For example:
client.SetScore("kills", ADD, 1)
client.SetScore("level", SET, 10)
client.SetScore("highest-level", MAX, 10)
The first call adds 1 to your "kills" score. The second call sets your level to 10, regardless of what value is currently there. The third call sets your "highest-level" value to be the greater of the two values: the current value and the value passed to it (10).
The other operations are SUBTRACT and MIN. You can probably figure out what they'd do. Each operation omits the last parameter, data type, which is assumed to be NUMERIC. You can also specify TEXT as the data type.
The GetScore() proc takes a score name and a data type constant (either TEXT or NUMERIC). This determines how the value is parsed before returning it. If the type is NUMERIC (which is the default type) it'll call text2num() on the result so that client.GetScore("level") returns the number 10, not the string "10".
Medals: The library provides the client.AddMedal(), client.RemoveMedal(), and client.GetMedals() procs. The first two take a medal name as the argument and call the built-in medal procs. Both of these procs return 1 if the operation was successful and 0 if the hub couldn't be reached. The GetMedals() proc gets the list of all medals that client has. It returns a list of medals or null if the hub could not be reached.
Unforunately, BYOND's handling of medals is very unreliable and often fails so the library's procs often fail. I don't want to post a library that doesn't work most of the time, but I'm not sure if or when these features will be fixed.
Servers: The library also provides a world.GetServers() proc. It takes a author name and game name as arguments (if no arguments are provided, it parses world.hub to get the author and game). It pulls the text version of the game's hub page from the website and parses out the information about which servers are publicly available. This proc returns a list of /Server objects, each containing the server's URL, version, host, status, and player list.
I'd also like to add some client procs to this section to handle connecting to remote servers. For example, you could call the client.Link() proc and pass it a /Server object or IP address/port to connect to and it'd call link(). I need to play around with this more and see what's possible with the different types of byond:// links that you can use.
If there are other features related to these topics that you'd like to see, feel free to suggest them here.
As much as I'd like to stop making libraries and focus on other things, this library will help me with Tiny Heroes and with my game development tutorial. I won't have much time to work on either of those projects until mid-January, but when I do get the time I'll be able to get more stuff done.


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Favorites and duds from today's commenting.
It was a quiet day over on the Spin. Here's your quick recap:
Favorites, in no particular order:
This is sort of adorable, from IronMikeGallego in the High Boomer post. I like this joke because the question is funny - of course it is - but its author understood that there was ground to be gained by giving the question tone and timing, and he did so with just a couple of simple style choices: the ellipses and the italics. Maybe in a novel you can do the whole Iceberg Theory thing, but in a joke, where it's crucial that the line be read in a very specific way, those little style choices are everything.
I also enjoyed this rambling high-talk from Madoffs Mets in the High Boomer post. Several commenters took a whack at this angle, but this one has an awful lot of character. Later, Madoffs Mets dropped this terrific dialogue gag in the Disappointed Cubs post. This here is your Comment of the Day.
This is a great Idiot joke from I'm Dan, He's Casey in the Australian Open post. This joke generates a huge eye-roll and a silly grin, whether you like it or not. Nice job, dummy.
Here's a bit of dark humor from Wendel Clark Bar in the Rob Ryan post. Nice elegant delivery, good job.
I really like this dig from a burner named EddieLacyUnderall in the Disappointed Cubs post. It's smart and clever and the delivery is perfect. I chuckled at this. Get yourself an avatar and stick around, friend.
Total Fucking Duds
I want to know what kind of maroon recommends this lazy pile of crap, from RigmasTFT in the Australian Open post. Seriously. Did somebody say "puking"? That's just like that person who drinks a lot! I have no problem with someone treating Vodka Samm like Tony LaRussa, but do something with it. Take it somewhere. If you're recommending this, it can only be because you think the very mention of Vodka Samm is worth a laugh.
That's it! Have a killer night.


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Michael Lindquist's Aprilia RS250 is this months customer bike
his RS250 is inspired by the Aprilia Lotus team ( Alex Debon)
Michael Lindquist Aprilia RS250 race bike (as built by Ron Cockman Motorsport)
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Publications: Kandhasamy, Sathiyaraj
Journal Article
Minakshi, M., Duraisamy, S., Tirupathi, P.R., Kandhasamy, S. and Nookala, M. (2014) Multi-component olivine for lithium-ion hybrid capacitor. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 9 . pp. 5974-5992.
Minakshi, M. and Kandhasamy, S. (2012) Influence of sol–gel derived lithium cobalt phosphate in alkaline rechargeable battery. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 64 (1). pp. 47-53.
Kandhasamy, S., Singh, P., Thurgate, S., Ionescu, M., Appadoo, D. and Minakshi, M. (2012) Olivine-type cathode for rechargeable batteries: Role of chelating agents. Electrochimica Acta, 82 . pp. 302-308.
Kandhasamy, S., Pandey, A. and Minakshi, M. (2012) Polyvinylpyrrolidone assisted sol–gel route LiCo1/3Mn1/3Ni1/3PO4 composite cathode for aqueous rechargeable battery. Electrochimica Acta, 60 (15 Jan). pp. 170-176.
Kandhasamy, S., Nallathamby, K. and Minakshi, M. (2012) Role of structural defects in olivine cathodes. Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 40 (1-2). pp. 1-5.
Minakshi, M., Kandhasamy, S. and Meyrick, D. (2012) Synthetic strategies for better battery performance through advances in materials and chemistry: Olivine LiMn1/3Co1/3Ni1/3PO4. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 544 . pp. 62-66.
Minakshi, M. and Kandhasamy, S. (2012) Utilizing active multiple dopants (Co and Ni) in olivine LiMnPO4. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 16 (4). pp. 163-167.