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On each orbit, the planets pull the star slightly, which can be detected by the Doppler effect.The Exoplanet That Wasn't There|Matthew R. Francis|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Angle, strength and Doppler movement were computed to find course and distance.Planet of the Damned|Harry Harrison
And I noticed that the waves of sound were under a slight Doppler effect.
The method of detecting binary stars by means of the spectroscope is an application of Doppler's principle.Astronomy of To-day|Cecil G. Dolmage
Recent spectroscopic observations of the nebul applying the principle of Doppler have revealed high velocities of rotation.Astronomy|David Todd
Neither does it cause any change of colour or Doppler effect; that is, no shift of lines in spectrum.The Ether of Space|Oliver Lodge
Word Origin and History for doppler
1871, in reference to Christian Doppler (1803-1853), Austrian scientist, who in 1842 explained the effect of relative motion on waves (originally to explain color changes in binary stars); proved by musicians performing on a moving train. Doppler shift is the change of frequency resulting from the Doppler effect.


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Forgive the melodramatic title. I know it sounds like one of those early radio serials that left you hanging by a tuft of grass on the side of a cliff wondering if rescue would ever come.
The reason for this is that my niece has just started law school in Greece at the Democritus University of Thrace. Now it sounds even more confusing but bear with me. I am visiting my Greek family this weekend and while escorting my niece, Magda, to her volleyball practice she began to tell me about her first weeks at her new university.
The law school takes an interesting approach to legal education. First, it says it is teachng legal science, then it says it is turning its students into citizens by teaching them rights and obligations, which it concludes with: "A modern system of Law Studies is trying to achieve the passage from a political adjustment of society to a social one."
I don't really know much about legal education here so I was keen to learn. Magda said she was in an entering class of around 500 students, which shocked me a bit but then I recalled wandering into a class at the Sorbonne once and seeing a packed room of several hundred students taking notes as a professor read from his textbook. By packed I mean they were sitting on the stairs, on the floor in the aisles, even on window ledges.
Magda's classes are squeezed into Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday because those are the days that the professors commute from Athens to teach. Shock number two was the number of hours she sat in class. On two of those days classes run from 9am to 7pm without a break for lunch. Or if there is a break it comes when the cafeteria is shut. On the third day two extra hours are slotted in to take it up to 9pm. This amounts to around 30 hours a week class contact. Or to be more precise "being lectured at time".
My days at law school contained about 8 or 10 lecture and seminar hours a week with the remainder of the time for our own reading. Even present day UK law schools wouldn't require 30 hours of tuition a week.
This first year of hers is basically introduction to "principles" of law and includes contract, torts, constitutional, and bizarrely, principles of tax law. Tax law--a first year course? In addition, she gets to take three options, which for her are sociology, criminology and organizations. These too are all lectures with no seminars. But these are small courses with limited enrollment of between 200 and 300 students. That's a boon.
Besides the number of hours spent in class there is the length of the lectures. According to Magda the lectures vary in length from two to four hours! No wonder she says her brain hurts at the end of the day. For a four hour stretch she makes notes out of the lecturer's reading of his textbook. I asked if there was any interaction between lecturer and students: did he ask you questions? No. If you didn't understand something you could put your hand up and ask.
Magda has 8 semesters of this in which she will "take successful exams on 36 compulsory subjects and 9 optional ones." By this time either her consciousness or society's will be transformed as the law school hopes.
Magda is finding this all very difficult to cope with after the cosseting of school. Sometimes she can't get a seat and has to sit on the floor of the lecture hall. The students smoke cigarettes and answer their cell phones. And the lecturer reads on until his alloted time is up.
I may appear over-critical, so let me counter-balance by saying that the university provides support that UK and US students wouldn't get. All textbooks are provided free to students. There's only one slight hitch: they can't decide which book to issue so none have actually been distributed yet. So the students can't read anything; they can only listen. Apparently the books will come--eventually.
On the IT front, the university is at the forefront. It provides laptops (heavily subsidised) to incoming students as well as all the expected IT accoutrements of email accounts and computer suites around the university. But there has been a slight glitch. No email accounts have been issued and no computer suites are open. And no one knows when, or if, the laptops will ever appear. The current odds are in favour of "not". So the students can't communicate with each other or the university via the internet. It will come--eventually. As will the end of term in a month's time.
Let me bring you back to the library. Magda decided she would study in the library, which is well-stocked and good for study. She noticed, however, it was unusually quiet and empty. The librarian told her she could use it. However, it would have to be at her own risk. I've never thought of law libraries as risky environments before. The only dangers are dropping a law report on your foot or falling asleep.
The Democritus University of Thrace has something extra for the enjoyment of its students. The university is located in the countryside and experiments in co-habitation with the local fauna. So in this particular case, the local snakes have taken up residence in the library. Why not? It's warm, comfortable, dry and there must be the odd mouse drifting around as well. Unfortunately, the snakes are venomous and so no one wants to go in and remove them from the library. At the moment it's one-nil to the snakes against the university. And nobody knows when, or if, they will be removed. At least the library retains its pristine character and looks good as one gazes in from the outside. Just don't venture in...
Magda kind of likes her first foray into law school. Like most students she would prefer a few changes, but then students are never satisfied.


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It really was just a matter of time until Quentin Tarantino made a spaghetti western. The genre obviously influenced his style, so it makes perfect sense that he would attempt to try his hand at one eventually. The majority of Tarantino's films can be arguably defined as a reinvention of classic, but also slightly neglected genres. They are an idealized and romantic look back at what certain genre movies of the past were in the minds of fans. Tarantino operates within these cult genres, and his films revitalize dormant styles with a modern twist.
That often limits the appeal of Tarantino's films. He has broken into the mainstream, but his unique style isn't for everyone, nor will it likely ever win over people set against him. In his newest offering, that hasn't changed – even if it is one of his best films yet.
Django Unchained is Tarantino's (overdue) take on spaghetti westerns. Even the name "Django" is an homage to the 1966 Sergio Corbucci film, Django, which was memorable for being dubbed the most violent movie ever made at the time. Django Unchained shares the violent sensibilities of its 1960s namesake, as you would expect of a Tarantino film, but the story similarities end there.
Set immediately prior to the Civil War, the movie is dominated by the specter of slavery, and Tarantino handles the issue with the same delicacy in which he has always handled sensitive subject matter – i.e. not at all. He runs head first into the topic and paints a horrific picture of the institution, but does so in a way that doesn't define the film as you might expect.
It is an inexorable element of Django Unchained, of course, but Tarantino satirizes several aspects of slavery in a way that allows you to laugh at a few of the more absurd characteristics of the institution, instead of crying at what is among the worst and most despicable periods in human (and especially American) history. It might come across as insensitive – and it can be – but there is never a moment when it overwhelms the film. It becomes almost secondary to what is first and foremost a spaghetti western with a comedic tint, as seen through the lens of Tarantino.
The film is essentially broken into two parts, each of which carries a different tone and theme. It doesn't have a specific break point as many other Tarantino films do, but there is a notable shift at about the half way point. The pacing also changes because of it – which presents a few problems late in the movie – but it doesn't detract from the overall quality.
The first half is a mentorship story, complete with a training montage. The real star of this section is the travelling bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is a gentleman and a scholar, as well as a cold blooded killer. The character is actually somewhat similar to Waltz's role as the strangely charming Nazi in Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds, just minus the indefensible background and villainous tendencies.
While in pursuit of a trio of brothers, Schultz encounters the slave, Django (Jamie Foxx), who can help identify his current prey. Together the pair track down their bounty and form a friendship of sorts in the process.
Waltz is the clear star at this point, both in his character and his performance. He is electric, and using the witty dialogue Tarantino feeds him, every scene he is in is a good one. Waltz drives the movie and is responsible for many of the film's funniest moments.
The second half of the film focuses on the transformed Django, as he begins to search for his wife (Kerry Washington) who was sold to the infamous plantation owner Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
At this point Foxx takes control and becomes the star of the film, a role he dominates and excels in. The biggest surprise though is that of DiCaprio as Candie. He oozes charm and repugnance in equal parts, and with the help of his butler and confidant Stephen (played with gusto by Samuel L. Jackson), he is one of the most interesting villains on screen this year.
Both sections have their merits, and they combine to offer one of the most original – and entertaining – films of the year. Fans of spaghetti westerns will feel right at home and appreciate what Tarantino is doing, while those unfamiliar with the genre will see an idealized and modernized take on what made the movies into cult favorites to begin with.
It is also very much a Tarantino film, with all the good and bad that comes with it. Those that don't like his style – the twisted banter and heavy use of ultra violence especially – won't find anything to change their minds here. His fans will argue about where this film rates in his library for years to come, but it will certainly be near the top.
The film has a few issues though, primarily with the pacing. The first half of the movie is a series of action pieces linked through humor, as the duo hunt bounties. The second part takes on a much slower narrative, as it is all setup to the end goal and relies heavily on dialogue rather than action – albeit witty and original dialogue. But there is a noticeably slower pace once the plot changes.
That doesn't take away from the overall product, but there are a few moments that drag. It feels a bit like two movies crammed into one, and the first is the better – but only marginally. This is a fairly minor complaint though, and even at its slowest Tarantino manages to throw in some intriguing visuals, good banter, and/or something outrageous to distract you from the slower pace.
Tarantino's foray in the world of spaghetti westerns is handled with his usual aplomb and gusto. There are a few moments in the second half of the film where the pacing falters, especially compared to the first half, but it is a temporary hiccup and the climax brings everything to a good resolution.
The issue of slavery is never going to be an easy one, nor should it be, but Django Unchained allows it to speak for itself without becoming the sole focus of the film. That will likely turn some people off, and that's fair. But they will be missing one of Tarantino's best films, as well as one of the best films of 2012.


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Oscar-winning screenwriter Jim Rash ("The Descendants") hosts Sundance Channel's series "The Writers' Room," a chatfest with scripters of such hit TV shows as "Game of Thrones," whose staff sits down with Rash on Monday. Rash also plays the energetic Dean Pelton on NBC's "Community," which has been picked up for a fifth season.
How did "The Writers' Room" come about?
It was a creation with Sundance in partnership with Entertainment Weekly, and they came to me wondering if I'd be interested in hosting a show that was an open panel discussion about the act of writing and particularly the inner workings of a writing staff on popular television shows. How do they come up with stories, what do they do when they write themselves into a corner? As a writer myself and a lover of these shows, I was in from the idea.
It's a cliché to say that Hollywood undervalues writers, but I'll say it anyway.
Why not? We'll own it.
But do you think that's more the case in film where writers have less clout than they do in TV, where they often double as producers?
I think it's fair to say that that's the big difference between the two. In television, the writer-creator-showrunner is embraced as the creative mind. Obviously directors come aboard, but they're still working in tandem with said writer and creator, as opposed to a movie, which can often turn over your work; you could be left out of the loop for sure.
How much do you think the dual role that writers have in television has to do with TV's renaissance, in contrast to what some people, like Steven Spielberg, have described as movies' decline?
I think we have to equate quite a few things, from the creator and writer and also the number of outlets that [air] TV shows like "Breaking Bad" and "Dexter" and "The Wire" and "Homeland." The fact that there are so many cable outlets as well as networks or pay cable, there are places for these writers to tap into some new territory, some characters that are complex and morally questionable and maybe a little bit darker. On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that it's a marketing game. Story sometimes takes a backseat to that one grand marketing idea.
In one episode, "Parks and Recreation" creator Michael Shur says, "Writers' lives and actors' lives are open books." And segueing to your most recent film, "The Way, Way Back," it seems as though you and/or your writing partner, Nat Faxon, had a pretty miserable childhood. The opening scene where Steve Carell tells Liam James' character that he's a three out of 10, that really happened to you?
Yes, that first scene. Carell is playing the boyfriend, but the actual guy was my stepfather at the time. I was 14 and I was in a station wagon just like Duncan [James] is in the first scene of "The Way, Way Back," and we were on our way to our summer vacation, and he asked me what number I thought I was, and I said six and he said three. And basically he went on to say I wasn't taking advantage of all the opportunities in this lake area, that I just stuck around them and the house and didn't get out there and meet people. That's why I enjoyed using it, because looking back, I understood what he was saying, but as a 14-year-old kid, all you hear is the number three. And although we're all shocked by it, it really was cathartic — now you can look back and have this different view of something and you're able to write to that.
What did winning the Oscar do for your career?
Getting a movie made is very difficult right now. We wrote "The Way, Way Back" eight years ago, and it went on this very classic Hollywood journey of, it's going to be made, it's not going to be made, up and down, different directors, all that. And it got to this place where, in TV and film there's this danger zone where something sits on the shelf too long and it's hard to convince someone that it's still great. The Oscar definitely allowed us to reopen that and get heard just enough to convince some people that we could direct it and give us a tad bit of money.
Looking to the future, "Community" — with creator Dan Harmon returning after being gone for a season, what will we see in Season 5?
One, we're elated that both Dan and [co-executive producer] Chris McKenna are both back. Whether this is the end chapter or there's more to come, who knows? We just know they're fueled and excited and renewed.
Literally and figuratively.
Yes. One of the great things Dan was able to do was balance character arcs within classic "Community" insanity and keep that part of it grounded. So I feel like he's going to do a little reset in the way of establishing these characters and voices again.
I've read that you and Nat are directing Fox's pilot of "Fatrick."
We knew ["Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" co-executive producer] Corey Nickerson for many years, and she and [executive producer] Nahnatchka Khan had pitched a show they had called "Fatrick." We meet Patrick, who's in his 30s and attractive and fit. He was an obese kid and labeled Fatrick. And it's about how that affects him now as a grown adult, but it will almost be seen as dual time lines. We loved the idea.
Are you still writing an action comedy for Kristen Wiig?
Yes. We came from the Groundlings with Kristen and we've been friends forever and wanted to write something for her. And I love the Coen brothers' "Raising Arizona" to no end, the eclectic characters, the darker tone. We're doing that sort of movie, which I think will be a nice departure for her.


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Things I liked: compact & easy to install. x, y, lock screws are knurled and accept standard screwdriver blade. Elastic band with velcro patch for attaching remote pressure switch to AF pistol grip. It sits low enough to not interfere with the stock AF 50mm scope.
Things I would have changed: The x, y and lock screws all change both x & y laser position. If you want a general pointer this is ok. Adjustments are continuous (no clicks). If you want to set a precise aimpoint it is very frustrating. A true, isolated, MOA click adjust on x & y would be a big improvement and is available on lasers comparably priced (though larger). The dovetail mount is single piece, so you have to slide it on front of the dovetail (and off if you want to remove anything else on the dovetail behind it). Having a removable piece so it can be put on/taken off without sliding to end of dovetail would be nice.
What others should know: You'll drive yourself nuts trying to accurately zero this laser by adjusting/shooting because of the way the x, y and lock screws affect each other. Instead zero you scope first, determine where zero should be for the laser relative to the scope, and adjust the laser based on where the spot falls when looking through the scope. Took me about 30 minutes of tweaking to get the (locked) spot to fall at the right location. Center of laser is 1.5" above center of AF barrel.
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Things I liked: Very easy to install and adjust. Very bright. A quality, purpose-built laser. Not just another laser pointer bolted on to a gun somewhere... Fit and finish excellent.
Things I would have changed: Weaver - Picattiny mount without a dovetail to Weaver adapter to avoid raising the height of the laser, and the Weaver mount can be quick release with excellent retained accuracy. it's HARD to buy a single 3/4" scope ring. :-( Intensity control would be great. It's almost TOO bright at close range and intensity control would serve to reduce spot size by virtue of less laser "splatter". Not thrilled with the expensive and somewhat unusual battery, but know it should do well in low temperatures and have a long life.
What others should know: Agree with other reviewer: Due to low profile design, it makes a very nice sighting device for close range where tall scope mounts cause issues. I've sighted mine for my secondary zero of 21.8 yards. which gives me a 1" kill zone all the way from 12 to 36 yards, which is the apogee of my bullet arc. I know my point of impact is 1/2" higher than the laser dot at 12 yards and 1/2" lower than the laser dot at 36 yards. Great squirrel buster Laser dot on a squirrel's head anywhere on my property is a clean execution and will save me hundreds if not thousands of $'s in reduced property damage each year.. My scope is more accurate from 36 yards out, due to dot size, but the red dot helps speed target acquisition. You can actually see the pellet pass through the laser's beam in low light. Very cool.
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Things I liked: It's small and light.
Things I would have changed: The steel bracket should be thicker; double screw mounting is better and would be more stable and firm. Price should be lowered much down.
What others should know: The adjust screw holes have short thread length, and the screw hole is aluminium, this is a very week point. When I tighten the screw with a coin to adjust the laser dot, the aluminium thread just slipped, and my 100 US dollars gone. It can not be repaired.
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Light has now taken its place beside electricity as a medium for information technology and for engineering and scientific instrumentation. Applications for light include telecommunications and computers, as well as instrumentation for materials science, and biomedical, mechanical, and chemical engineering. The principles and characteristics of lasers, detectors, lenses, fibers, and modulators will be presented, and their application to specific optical systems introduced. The course will be taught in an interdisciplinary way, with applications chosen from each field of engineering. Students will choose design projects in their field of interest.


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Anthony Vaccarello Ends Eponymous Brand to Focus on Saint LaurentCategories:Fashion
Appointed as Saint Laurent's new creative director in April, Anthony Vaccarello has just confirmed he is ending his eponymous brand to better focus on the French Maison's seasonal creations and runaway shows.
Rumors that he was going to put his 8-year-old eponymous label on hold (starting from this October) began spreading around as soon as the Belgian designer replaced beloved Hedi Slimane as the Maison's creative director. Quickly it became a reality when Vaccarello himself declared they were not only rumors, but rather a fact.
Now, with roughly more than four weeks separating us from his first-ever debut runway show with Saint Laurent at the Parisian Fashion Week, Anthony Vaccarello's decision to put his namesake label on hold took a different path, with the designer actually ending it for good.
"This adventure has been amazing but I now feel the need to fully focus on this new project," explained Vaccarello in an official statement, thanking also "everyone who supported his brand since its launch in 2008 and made it so successful."
Although knowing one's limits and being willing to concentrate on one project is as humble as it sounds, many are already showing signs of dissatisfaction.
Famous for his second-skin sensual designs for Versus Versace (he has always been one of Donatella Versace's favorite designers), Anthony Vaccarello's sultriest and more glam-rock creations always amazed those who assiduously followed his eponymous line's seasonal shows. Many were actually looking forward to seeing how he had planned to artistically separate such different lines in terms of styles, designs and motifs.
Filling in the big shoes Hedi Slimane left is, however, an extremely hard task to complete, and Anthony Vaccarello knows it. Even harder is trying to create something new out of one of the fashion industry's most visionary, innovative and cosmopolitan legacies. Saint Laurent Paris (when working as the Maison's creative director, Slimane dropped the "Yves") requires dedication and creativity, and we know Vaccarello is a glutton for punishment when it comes to fashion.
He was also specifically chosen for this position due to his balanced aesthetics and at times even masculine motifs (the latter were dear to Yves Saint Laurent himself too), so we understand he may prefer to put all of his energy into one (big) label in order not to disappoint any expectation.
"Anthony Vaccarello impeccably balances elements of provocative femininity and sharp masculinity in his silhouettes. He is the natural choice to express the essence of Yves Saint Laurent," declared Yves Saint Laurent's CEO Francesca Bellettini back in April.
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Autumn Showcase "Falling for Brew" at Baird Nakameguro TaproomOct 01 (Fri ), 2010
Autumn Beers Style Showcase
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Sunday, November 14th 3 to 6 pm
Admission: 3,200 yen
This event will feature at least six beers showcasing the unique tastes of fall beers. Marco McFarren will be talking about malts and lagering, as well as fall and seasonal flavors. Both Baird beers and imported beers will be featured, and the admisson fee covers all beers, some light food, and a short all-you-can-drink session on the featured beers after the presentation. The selection of beers will be announced at the event.
The presentation will be given in English. A separate presentation will be given in Japanese by Beer Manager Takahashi-san on Saturday, November 13th from 3 pm.
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Two recent letters focused on how awful the Republican Party is (Kellogg Nov. 23 and Lewis Nov. 25) were typical donkey jersey-wearing diatribes that are so predictable.
Too be clear, I am a registered Independent and vote based upon actual thought and investigation, not just blindly voting one party ticket, following like cattle. The reality is that both parties stink and are corrupt and incompetent. I always love it when the libs talk about compromise and we should go along with the majority. Funny they never talk that way when they are on the losing side, only when they are the winning side.
When they lose, they scream like babies, threaten to leave the country (somehow they never really do. Shucks). To libs, compromise simply means everyone else needs to agree with them. They are right and the rest are wrong so just compromise (agree) with them. The rest of us also need to more tolerant.
Now keep in mind that they have tried to change the definition of tolerance just like they changed the meaning of gay and trying hard to change the meaning of marriage. Reality is that tolerance doesn�t require me to agree with your perspective or values. It simply indicates that I will put up with it to a certain degree. But today, by their definition, tolerance requires me to agree with your values. That is a nice try but no cigar. Quite frankly, if you don�t allow me to be intolerant to some of your values, doesn�t that make you intolerant?
Now as to the current financial situation, both parties have full ownership of that fact. But listen to these gentlemen and it is never their party�s fault. They have done everything correct and the other party has done everything wrong. Pretty comical. Did Bush create some financial deficit issues? Certainly. Has Obama done the same? Absolutely. Do all presidents and Congresses over the last 100 years have fingerprints on this financial mess? You can bet on that.
Actually this financial insanity started going crazy with FDR and Lyndon Johnson. The roots of the government freebies lie on their shoulders. FDR was practically a dictator and extended the Depression. Since these gentlemen accuse us of being uniformed I suggest they get some education by reading �The Forgotten Man.� Johnson was a warmonger who created the �Not So Great Society.� Nixon was a power hungry crook and Clinton was just an immoral bubba. Obama is incompetent without his teleprompters. Both sides have had their idiots.
You see, gentlemen, one can discuss these issues with balance and truth without drinking the Kool-Aid. I�d be willing to pay more taxes (and I certainly don�t make $250,000) if there would be honest conversation and �compromise� about entitlements and real spending control but they won�t. They will take that extra money and waste it, too. I also think ALL citizens should pay some federal tax; yes even the poor; even if it is just a few dollars. All citizens should have some skin in the game.
Plus, this new definition of being �poor� is also a joke. You can have a car, a cell phone, cable and still be classified as poor. If we took care of the �real� poor in this country we could actually do some good. Look around this world and you will see what poor really is. But the libs won�t �compromise� about entitlements. Nope, no flex there. They want the takers� votes and the power to give away more. The Dems have controlled Congress for most of the past 50 years so do they have some accountability here? Does Harry Reid, who hasn�t passed a budget for multiple years, have some accountability?
I did not vote for the current administration because it has proven to be corrupt and incompetent. Just because I don�t agree with the majority doesn�t mean I don�t love this country. Maybe I love it too much and just maybe the majority is wrong.
The majority in Germany thought that Hitler was right at one time. That didn�t turn out so well did it?
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The Book of Leviticus is the third book in the Old Testament of the Bible. It is, essentially, the Mosaic Law, a series of laws laid down by Yahweh through Moses. These include what not to eat, how and when to perform animal sacrifices to the Lord, what is clean and unclean, and what kinds of sexual activities are worthy of the death penalty.
Christians and Jews claim that Moses wrote Leviticus, though this is unlikely.
The book of Leviticus is largely ignored by modern Christians, although it has greater significance to Jews as the source of many rules still observed today. The one context in which Leviticus is commonly quoted by Christians is when fundamentalists are espousing their views on sexual purity. In such cases the rules about menstruation and nocturnal emissions are always ignored.
There are a few "good" rules in Leviticus, such as Leviticus 19:18 which says to love one's neighbor as oneself. However, these sorts of general philosophical rules are rare, and usually applicable only to behavior towards the Israelites and (sometimes) foreigners who live with the Israelites and observe similar customs (hence "love your neighbor" and not "love your fellow man").
Furthermore, these rules are interspersed with laws about ritual or sexual purity that most would now find absurd. Immediately after the "love thy neighbor" bit, Leviticus 19:19 insists that one may not mix different types of animals, seeds, or clothing. Leviticus 20 contains rules about how closely a man's wives can be related to each other, about killing animals that have participated in bestiality, about exiling any couple that has sex while the woman is menstruating, and about killing any man who has gay sex (but only men).


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Bafana Bafana returned to serious training on Tuesday after being given a day off on Monday with the good news that striker Lehlohonolo Majoro is fit to return for the quarter-final match against Mali on Saturday. The match is scheduled for a sold out Moses Mabhida Stadium.
Majoro sustained a shin injury in South Africa's 2-0 win over Angola and will train alone until Thursday.
Bad news however, is that defender Anele Ngcongca, who has featured in all three Bafana Bafana matches in the tournament, has been suspended for the Mali clash after receiving two yellow cards in the group stages.
"Everything happens for a reason. Anele is not available for our next match, Gaxa has been working hard at training and now his opportunity has arrived. Maybe he is the right player for this match; even if Anele was available I think I would have used Gaxa. I think things were meant to happen this way," said Bafana Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund.
"We are two games away from the final, the players understand where we are and we all know there is a huge challenge that lies ahead of us. We know what we have to do. When you get this far in any competition, you are self motivated but at the same time it gets tougher. Mali is a very talented team with very hard working players," added Igesund.
"They play differently to most teams we have faced; they like to slow things down. They knock the ball around and are very comfortable on the ball, but then again there are no easy games in the quarter-finals."
The head coach said he was happy his players were starting to warm up to the occasion after a slow start to the tournament.
"To be honest, we were under huge pressure, it would have been an absolute tragedy had we not qualified for the last eight. So the pressure is off as far as that issue is concerned.
"The expectations were so high because we hadn't performed well in our friendly matches. But when you analyse those matches you will realise they were very tough and they are helping us now — Brazil, Poland, Kenya all away from home Zambia, Mozambique, Norway, Algeria — they have prepared us well for this tournament," concluded the head coach.
The match will be screened on ITV4 at 6.30pm (GMT) on Saturday.
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The Spirit and the Lord's Servant
Isaiah 61:3 indicates that one result of the Messiah's work is to make His people "oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD." This is an image of permanence, of life in God's presence forever. John Calvin comments ...Read More
The Spirit and the Lord's Servant
Isaiah 61:3 indicates that one result of the Messiah's work is to make His people "oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord." This is an image of permanence, of life in God's presence forever. John Calvin comments ...Read More
The Servant Comes to the Synagogue
When Christ came the first time, His primary aim was not condemnation. Condemnation was more of a secondary but inevitable consequence of rejecting His gracious salvation. "Whoever believes in [the Son] is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is ...Read More
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Today's passage is being fulfilled even as it is also yet to be fulfilled. The Gentiles are coming to serve Israel's God, and many of us are proof of that. However, we are still waiting for the day when there ...Read More
The Vindicated Sufferer
If we are not careful, we will miss what is perhaps the most beautiful truth taught in Isaiah 53: the Messiah does not fail to save His people. He actually and fully saves them from first to last. Isaiah will ...Read More
The Willing Sufferer
Born in Adam, we are God's enemies as long as we remain in Adam and are unwilling to obey Him. This disobedience must be atoned for, but only willing obedience can cover disobedience. When the Messiah went to the cross ...Read More
The Suffering Servant
John Calvin comments on today's passage as to why salvation through the Suffering Servant is so despised the world over: "The loftiness of the mystery is a reason why it scarcely obtains credit in the world. It is reckoned to ...Read More
The Primacy of God's Glory
Dr. John Piper writes: "God's own glory is uppermost in his own affections. In everything he does, his purpose is to preserve and display that glory. To say his glory is uppermost in his own affections means that he ...Read More
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Those of us from Gentile backgrounds who serve Christ probably do not consider this fact often enough: We are fulfillments of God's promises to His people. The Lord promised that the nations would serve Him, and as men and women ...Read More
The Savior of God's Blind Servant
Today's passage reveals divine election, for Isaiah speaks of a people who are precious in God's eyes (43:4). This is not due to any good in them, given that the people are still blind to their sin (42:18 ...Read More
The Servant of the Lord
The Jewish view of the Servant Songs is not wrong in what it affirms but in what it denies. Because Israel's failure to be the Lord's servant is so clear in Isaiah, the Servant Songs must ultimately be about an ...Read More
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House budget committee passes — with reservations — medical pot bill
After vigorous questioning about the potential misuse of non-regulated marijuana, the House Appropriations Committee unanimously voted to let a non-euphoric strain of pot be developed and sold legally in Florida.
The committee also sanctioned a $1 million one-time appropriation to pay for university-based research into the long-term effects of the substance on children with intractable epilepsy.
The bill opens the door to allowing growers in Colorado to license their technology to Florida growers and give people in possession of the cannabis immunity from prosecution if they can meet certain conditions.
Among the conditions: show that they have medical condition and a doctor has prescribed the use of the marijuana strain, the strain can be shown to contain no more than .05 percent of the euphoric component known as THC but high in the therapeutic properties known as CBD.
Law enforcement would have the ability to take representative samples from growers six times a year.
Peyton Moseley, whose 11-year-old daughter ReyAnn has intractable epilepsy, told the committee his wife and daughter had planned to travel from their home in Pensacola to attend the hearing Thursday. But, after ReyAnn spent all of Wednesday having seizures, his wife dropped him off in Tallahassee and rushed to Shands Hospital in Gainesville.
"This morning was one of those mornings where we were blessed that she woke up,'' he said, then thanked lawmakers for keeping an open mind.
The Moseleys are among the families who have traveled to Colorado to see the cultivation and production of the strain of marijuana known as "Charlotte's Web,'' named after a child whose epileptic seizures were reduced dramatically after she was treated with an oil-based form of the drug.
The bill, sponsored by Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach and Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, has won the support of the Florida Sheriff's Association. But it continues to face steep opposition from the Florida Medical Association.
Also backing the measure: Rep. Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, who is the incoming House speaker. He quietly spoke to reluctant legislators to approve the research money and let future committees work out policy concerns.
Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, said they were faced with a dilemma — endanger the lives of more children without it, or find a way to "thread this needle" and create a workable regulatory framework.
"I don't want to be the next pill mill on steroids, but it's a cautious walk forward,'' he said.
Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, said he had concerns that the bill may send the message that lawmakers are giving a "stamp of approval" to marijuana. But he he also said he didn't want to "deny relief to the people who are suffering."
"What we are approving is a very limited strain of marijuana that will give a quality of life, and living, and health care to a limited number of people,'' he said. He acknowledged, however, that the proposal doesn't go far enough by allowing other ailments to be researched that might benefit from this.


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This is the Hour of Lead-
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow-
First – Chill – then Stupor – then the letting go –
When 19th century poet Emily Dickinson wrote those lines, she was describing the terrible paralysis of grief. A good century later, analysts for the Environmental Defense Fund, would also note that the last line "aptly describes some of the symptoms of lead intoxication."
I've always suspected that they also just liked the poem and wanted to use it – certainly that's partly my motive here. But I've also been thinking about one phrase in Dickinson's verse because it seems to me, recently, that as a human society we seemed perpetually caught – by which I mean poisoned – in an endless" hour of lead."
The chemical symbol for lead is Pb, from the Latin word "plumbum" which referred to a malleable metal. The term plumbing comes from the use of lead pipes by the Romans; a plumber fixes them, a plumb bob refers to a lead weight, a plumb line is pulled straight by such a weight. An old-fashioned term for lead poisoning is plumbism. We are surrounded by references to what is arguably the most important poison in human history.
Many scholars have argued, for instance, that the plumbum-loving Roman empire – enthusiastically using lead pipes, bottles, and wine cups, leaded cosmetics and paint – came to its end partly due to lead-poisoning of its upper classes. One U.S. Environmental Protection Agency paper on the history of lead poisoning, cites "the conspicuous pattern of mental incompetence that came to be synonymous with the Roman elite" as evidence of lead's destructive effects.
Interestingly, the EPA paper also cites poetry to illustrate the evils of lead poisoning, a scrap of anonymous verse, attributed to a Roman hermit and translated in 1829:
The feeble offspring curse their crazy sires,And, tainted from his birth, the youth expires.
The key points there being, of course, crazy sires and dead children. "No safe blood lead level has been identified," notes a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) backgrounder on exposure risks. Lead is a broad spectrum poison - it interferes with enzyme production, especially enzymes needed by red blood cells, and is known to cause lethal anemias. It targets neurons, disrupting the production of neurotransmitters such as glutamate (which plays a key role in learning by enhancing plasticity). It deposits itself into bones and stays there – the half-life of lead in human bones is up to 30 years. Muscle weakness, numbness and tingling, nausea, severe stomach pain, depression, fatigue, sleeplessness, loss of libido – all are symptoms of lead poisoning and all speak to its ability to impact every part of the body.
The Romans weren't the only major civilization from our past to be affected by lead poisoning. Last summer, environmental scientists in Japan reported the results of an investigation into lead exposure in the Edo period, which lasted from 1603 to 1867, a time when the country was dominated by shogun leaders, and laws enforced by an aristocratic class of samurai warriors.
According to Tamiji Nakashima, an anatomist at the University of Occupational and Environmental Health in Kitakyushu, the investigators studied the remains of samurai men, their wives and children, about 70 in total. Earlier tests had found unusually high levels in the women compared to men; the last study looked at the children. The researchers tested for lead in rib bones, x-rayed the childrens' arm and leg bones looking for signs of lead poisoning.
The Japanese scientists had already concluded that the lead levels in women were directly related to the white face paint popular in aristocratic circles, which turned out to be loaded with lead. They wondered if exposure to the same material might have harmed the children and the new results showed them precisely right; they found evidence of lead levels more than 120 times background level as well as bands of lead deposits in the bones.
Nakashima and his colleagues believe that the children were poisoned by touch, as they were fed, hugged, carried by their mothers, the lead-rich paint rubbed off on them. They also speculate that the gradual lead-poisoning – with its inevitable taint of death and disability – helped put an end to the shogunate reign in the late 19th century, setting up the transfer of power to an emperor.
It has only been in the last century, of course, that we've realized just how dangerous lead actually is. That knowledge has resulted from the new ability of scientists to detect it in very tiny amounts and to connect those trace exposures with health problems. In the dawn of lead awareness, governments have banned lead paint and leaded gasoline, moved to replace lead pipes in water systems, squeezed down allowable lead levels in consumer products.
Is this a smart response? Yes, obviously, if we are talking about poison unsafe at all levels. But only if said governments are actively – and honestly – trying to enforcement protective standards. For instance, as reported last year by The Washington Post, when inspections discovered massive lead contamination from pipes in Washington D.C. in 2004, the Bush administration not only issued misleading reassurances but moved to loosen protective measures designed to protect against lead poisoning.
Or consider the discovery of lead in popular lipstick brands sold in the United States. Although some of these products showed clear lead contamination in amounts above EPA safety levels – and although women inevitably swallow some lipstick – the U.S. Food and Drug Administration insists that the lipsticks are perfectly safe. But as I noted in a recent post for the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, there remains considerable consumer doubt and fear about such findings.
Our leaded history continues to haunt us in this country. Lead-based paint remains in hundreds of residential buildings around the country, especially in poor neighborhoods, and our government seems newly reluctant to fund programs that remove such hazards. And it's not just a paint-in-the living room problem. As USA Today reported this week, the government has been slow to alert city residents of lead-contaminated soils surrounding their homes, linked to long closed factories.
And to raise a non-urban example, considered the still unresolved petition filed with the EPA last year, trying to force the agency to regulate the use of lead shot in hunting, which advocates say is now killing more than 10 million birds and animals every year, mostly due to consumption of spent lead pellets. contaminated by lead.
"It's long past time do something about this deadly – and preventable – epidemic of lead poisoning in the wild," said Jeff Miller, conservation advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity. The government does ban the use of lead pellets in shooting waterfowl but conservationists say this barely touches the problem. Still, the EPA has been notably reluctant to take an this issue angrily opposed by hunting groups, who are already describing the petition as an attack on traditional hunting values.
This is not to suggest that lead problems – or even the worst lead problems – are concentrated in the United States. In 2010, more than 1,300 children were sickened in China by lead exposure from nearby smelting plants, leading to furious protests from their parents against government cover-ups. Not to mention, lead poisoning related to gold-extraction in Nigera, where where health experts say more than 400 children have died and thousands more been sickened – as a result of lead exposure related to handling of contaminated ores.
The feet, mechanical, go roundA wooden wayOf ground, or air, or ought
Dickenson authored the above quote in her poem The Hour of Lead and she was writing, of course, of the clock-work motions of those caught in grief. But it strikes me that the mechanical analogy applies here too because we keep repeating these same actions that bring us into harm, as if we cannot seem to fully learn – or fully respect – what our own history should have taught us here.
We remain, thus, in our eternal hour of lead, still not fully awakened from that our lead-induced stupor, apparently, and still unable to let go.Tweet


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WOBURN -- A few months before Marian Ryan was appointed Middlesex County district attorney, she was in court as the lead prosecutor dealing with the aftermath of the drug-lab scandal.
In April, after more than three decades as a prosecutor, Ryan, 58, was appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to fill the unexpired term of Middlesex County District Attorney Gerard Leone, who resigned to take a job at a Boston law firm.
To keep her current job, Ryan, a Belmont resident, must run in the 2014 fall election. Until recently, she was the only one who tossed her hat into the ring. But now Middlesex County Clerk of Courts Michael Sullivan has confirmed he is challenging Ryan for the job.
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How does a prosecutor, who is prohibited from speaking publicly about cases outside of court, balance being the county's top lawyer against the demands of a fast-paced, high-profile campaign?
Ryan declined to be interviewed for this story.
She did, however, issue a statement. It reads: "I am a career prosecutor; that has been my life's work. For years, as an assistant district attorney, I've had the privilege to represent the commonwealth on the most serious cases, from child abuse and elder abuse to homicides, and I've developed prevention initiatives with our community partners and law enforcement throughout the county.
The statement added that as the district attorney running for election, "a part of my job is to communicate to the electorate the important work that this entire office -- 258 prosecutors, victim-witness advocates and support staff -- does every day in courtrooms and in communities across Middlesex County."
"This is a complex job and, historically, voters in this county have shown they value experience, electing career prosecutors to lead this office," the statement continues.
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Leone and former Middlesex DA Tom Reilly were once in the same position.
"My experience as district attorney -- and, for that matter, attorney general -- is that voters are more interested in your qualifications for the position and more focused on whether you can actually do the job," Reilly said.
"For sure, there's a political dimension, as you have to raise money and campaign, but in my opinion, if you do, it comes down to who is the best person for the job," he added. "At least, that's the way it worked for me."
Leone had been first assistant U.S. attorney and anti-terrorist coordinator at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston when he won the job as Middlesex DA in 2006. He had never run for nor held a public office in his life.
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Leone, a former New England Golden Gloves referee, had a "public persona'' and media savvy, said attorney Frank Talty, co-director of the Center for Public Opinion at UMass Lowell.
Leone now works for the Boston law firm of Nixon, Peabody. He said if a DA candidate can transfer skill sets used as a trial attorney, such as being able to think on one's feet, then he or she will be able to "navigate'' the world of politics.
"You have to be able to learn something new and adapt to it to get elected and stay elected,'' Leone said.
A DA candidate should be active in promoting and developing programs that reach the community, something Ryan has been doing for years, he said.
What is "critical'' in Middlesex County, more than any other part of the state, is to be aware of the media, Leone said.
"This area is covered a lot by the media,'' he said. "You cannot be a district attorney in Middlesex County without appreciating the importance of public communication and the media. ... You have to become used to and adept at dealing with the press.''
If the candidate or the DA's office has a misstep, Leone's advice is to "own it, be transparent about it."
"The public isn't stupid,'' he added.
Among the legal community, Ryan is well known and liked, Talty said.
"But that only gets you so far, especially in a big county like Middlesex,'' he said.
Where legislators running for public office have an edge over a former prosecutor running for office is in fundraising, Leone said.
Talty said running a political campaign is "completely different'' than managing an office of any kind.
"It requires a different skill set and to develop a different network,'' Talty said.
Leone stressed that getting advice and help from those skilled in fundraising and networking helps, along with "learning to use your personality.''
Of course, party politics is a completely different beast.
"Party politics is minimized for anyone who wants to be a DA, but once you jump (to higher office), it becomes very politicized,'' Leone said.
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It has finally happened. I'm finally seeing the effect of living in France on my Beirut baby's language skills. Though she consistently speaks French to her dad, English used to be her default language for singing to herself or talking to herself while playing. Now not only is she starting to speak and sing to herself in French more, her sentences are getting longer and clearer.
Last week she managed to break the lightbulb in the lamp in her room which she loves to turn on and off. Annoyed at not having a functioning lamp, she decided that the best course of action was to exchange it for the one in our room. After all, it looks the same and – as yet – still works. "S'il te plaît avoir celui dans la chambre de mummy et daddy et allumer?" she asked. (Please have the one in mummy and daddy's bedroom and turn on?)
Suddenly her French has drawn almost level with her English. I say almost, because I've not heard her use any kind of "when" or "if" construction as she does in English: "Can I have a yoghurt when I finished the lasagne?" Or temporal references such as: "Last time we play with the game with the girls and it's broken." Though she can string a sequence of actions together in French using après: "Toi tu fais celui-ci et après moi fais l'autre."
It took nearly four months in France to make an audible difference to her French skills. Granted, they were busy months, finding a flat and having a baby, all the while planning our next move. We haven't had a lot of time for French play dates. It was easier to just hang out with her cousins who speak mostly English at home. She is always out and about with me in town and with our adult French friends. But she hasn't been to any school or childcare that would have brought her into daily contact with children who speak only French. Had I put her in playschool it would really have been an immersion. But language doesn't dictate all our life choices.
It goes to show that while children learn languages with amazing ease, they will only do so in the right circumstances, that is, if they have a decent level of exposure and see them as living languages. After all, they can entirely unlearn a language they once spoke if they stop hearing it altogether at a young age. It becomes a dead language, inaccessible, locked away at the back of the mind.
French should never be that way for my daughter, but I don't want it to be only a passive skill either, where she understands but struggles to express herself. So I'm delighted to see her making progress in French, the way she knows her little stories off by heart and loves to be quizzed on them and how after the last page is read and the book closed she reopens it with a hopeful "On recommence?"


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The bathroom at a Walmart is seldom regarded as the optimum place for a medical event, but a woman gave birth to a baby boy in a bathroom stall at the Commerce Walmart last Wednesday, Jan. 2.
According to Banks County deputy fire chief Robert Wilkins, the mother reported that she began having pains at about 8 a.m. and went into the restroom.
"She ended up sitting in the stall and giving birth to a male infant," Wilkins explained.
The birth was over by the time paramedics arrived and found the child wrapped in cloth. They took mother and child to Athens Regional Medical Center where both were doing well, Wilkins said. He credited the store management and employees for looking after the mother and child until the EMTs arrived.
The baby apparently arrived some weeks earlier than its due date.
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Cary News: Community
Faith Notes: April 27
Southern Wake Faith Community in Action
Southern Wake Faith Community in Action is looking for volunteers to work on client intake from 9-11:45 a.m. Thursdays and Tuesdays at St. Augusta Baptist Church's Family Life Center offices, 605 Bridge St., Fuquay-Varina. SWFCA is an emergency financial nonprofit. No experience is necessary. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
First Baptist Weekday Preschool
First Baptist Church - Cary's First Baptist Weekday Preschool has openings for children ages 18 months to 5 years for 2014-15. Summer camp is also available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, June 2, to Friday, June 6; Monday, July 7, to Friday, July 11; and Monday, Aug. 4, to Friday, Aug. 8. The preschool is at 218 S. Academy St., Cary. For more information, contact Aliza Travis at 919-467-6356, ext. 114, or firstname.lastname@example.com, or go to www.caryfbc.org/weekday.
St. Paul's Preschool
St. Paul's Preschool at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cary is accepting registration for the 2014-15 school year. The church is at 221 Union St., Cary. For more information or to schedule a tour, contact Brooke Bowersox at 919-467-3788 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Blood drive
Sunrise United Methodist Church will host a blood drive from 3-7 p.m. Monday, April 28, at 5420 Sunset Lake Road, Holly Springs. To sign up, go to www.mysignup.com/sunriseblooddrive.
'James: Mercy Triumphs'
"James: Mercy Triumphs," a Bible study for women, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 28, at Sunrise United Methodist Church, 5420 Sunset Lake Road, Holly Springs. To register, use a sign-up sheet in the church lobby or email Debbie O'Brien at email@example.com.
National Day of Prayer
Covenant-Life Church will host a National Day of Prayer observance from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at 305-A Ashville Ave., Cary. For details, go to www.covenant-life.com. For information about National Day of Prayer, go to www.nationaldayofprayer.org.
The Confident Woman
Colonial Baptist Church will host a conference, The Confident Woman, from 7:15-9:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, and 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at 6051 Tryon Road, Cary. Susie Larson of Moody Bible Radio and Focus on the Family will speak. There will be fellowship, music and workshops. For details or registration, call 919-233-9100 or go to www.colonial.org.
Celebrating Women
Christian Revival Church will host the Celebrating Women seminar for women of all ages from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at 2205 Candun Drive, suite B, Apex. Cheryl Caroll of the Women's Health Alliance and Mount Zion Christian Church will present the seminar. Register for $15 by Wednesday, April 30, by calling 919-367-9009. For details, go to www.christianrevivalchurch.org.
First Baptist Church - Cary will host a revival with Rick Coram with services at 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 4, through Wednesday, May 7, at 218 S. Academy St., Cary. For details, go to www.caryfbc.org.
'The Agape League'
White Plains United Methodist Church will host a spaghetti dinner at 5:45 p.m. and the Children's Choirs will present "The Agape League" at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary. For details, go to www.wpumc.com.
Oldies Drive In
White Plains United Methodist Church will host its 20th annual Oldies Drive In from 5-9 p.m. Friday, May 9, at 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary. There will be hamburgers, milkshakes and live music. Admission costs $3 per car.
Yard Sale and More
The Abiding Presence Lutheran Church Yard Sale and More will be from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at 7300 Sunset Lake Road, Fuquay-Varina. Furniture, clothes, books, electronics and homemade crafts will be sold. There will be games, food, clowns and face painting for kids. The yard sale will raise money for the church's Columbarium Memorial Garden project. If you would like to make a donation or run a booth for your business at the event, email Debbie at email@example.com.
Christ the King Preschool registration
Christ the King Preschool of Christ the King Lutheran Church is accepting registration for ages 2-5 for the 2014-15 school year. The church is at 600 Walnut St., Cary. For more information, go to www.christthekingcary.org/Preschool/Registration.aspx.
Contemplative worship service
Woodhaven Baptist Church offers a contemplative worship service with meditation from 8:30-9:15 a.m. Sundays at 4000 Kildaire Farm Road, Apex.
Worship services at The Cary
First United Methodist Church - Cary hosts worship services at The Cary theater at 9:45 a.m. Sundays at 122 E. Chatham St.
Walk tHis Way
White Plains United Methodist Church will host Walk tHis Way, a walking and social group, from 7-7:45 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays in the Christian Life Center gym at 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary. For details, go to www.wpumc.com.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Holly Springs United Methodist Church hosts "There is a Solution" Alcoholics Anonymous group meetings from 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 108 Avent Ferry Road.
Sisters in Support
White Plains United Methodist Church hosts a support group for women who had or currently have breast cancer from 7-8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 313 SE Maynard Road, Cary. For more information, email Lee Heathcoat at email@example.com.
Family support ministry meeting
A family support ministry organized by Mary Williams-Farrington and the Pardoned by Christ Ministry meets the first, second and fourth Tuesday of every month at The Point Church, 1503 Walnut St., Cary. The ministry provides support for people who have been incarcerated or who have or have had an incarcerated family member. For details, call 919-272-3045 or 919-255-5883 or go to www.pardonedbychrist.org.
Overeaters Anonymous
Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church hosts Overeaters Anonymous meetings from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesdays in room 126, 100 Judd Parkway. The group's supportive meetings don't include weigh-ins, diets or fees. For more information, call 919-557-7712 or 919-771-1393.
Celebrate Recovery
Summit Evangelical Covenant Church will host Celebrate Recovery meetings for people recovering from hurting, hangups and habits at 8 p.m. Wednesdays at 590 Westhigh St., Cary. For more information on Celebrate Recovery, go to www.celebraterecovery.com. For more information on the church's program, go to www.summitnc.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Labyrinth meditation
Cary Presbyterian Church offers a labyrinth meditation walk from 5:30-7:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at 614 Griffis St. For details, call 919-469-1337 or visit www.carypresbyterian.org.
Cancer support group
A cancer support group meets the second Wednesday of each month from 7-8:30 p.m. in Room WC108 at Colonial Baptist Church, 6051 Tryon Road, Cary. Details: Phyllis Travers, 919-233-0355.
Prayer study
Author and speaker Sarah Bush will host a 12-week study on prayer with her book, "The Invitation – Come Boldly to the Throne of Grace," from 10-11:30 a.m. or 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at 708 Town Side Drive, Apex. For information or registration, email email@example.com.
The Knights of Columbus Council 12119 hosts jackpot bingo at 7 p.m. Thursdays at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, 1005 Wilbon Road, Fuquay-Varina. Doors open at 6 p.m. Food and beverages available. Details: Al Munno, 919-557-7718, or Sonny Butler, 845-797-0830.
Celebrate Recovery for Women
Celebrate Recovery for Women meets at 6 p.m. every Friday at the homes of members of North Cary Baptist Church. The group helps women with hurting, hangups and habits. Details: 919-469-8023.
Brown Bag Ministry
The Brown Bag Ministry, which feeds more than 1,400 people a week, is looking for middle- and high school-age volunteers. The group meets at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Apex about 9 a.m. Saturdays. Volunteers prepare bagged meals and hand them out in Raleigh. The group usually finishes by 1 p.m. Details: www.brownbagministry.org.


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270 000 children in poverty don't need charity, they need to be fed
Sponsorship programme for Kiwi kids
A sponsorship programme used to feed starving children in Third World countries is now being used to help poor Kiwi kids.
Children's charity Variety has launched a scheme that allows people to sponsor an individual Kiwi child living below the poverty line for $35 a month, or about $1.15 a day.
The money will pay for things such as school trips, stationery, doctor's visits, books and prescriptions.
The Kiwi Kid sponsorship initiative has been widely applauded, but opposition parties say it should serve as a "massive red flag" to the Government that it is not doing enough for financially disadvantaged children.
The 270 000 children living in poverty at a time when the inequality is at its highest ever don't need charity, they need direct Government intervention.
Allowing Charity groups pick up the slack of poverty lets Paula Bennett and this disastrous Government off the hook. MANA's feed the kids bill is being debated on the 13th of February and the list of groups who came out last week and supported the Government directly funding a universal food program in schools is the who's who of the child poverty world. Child Poverty Action Group, Every Child Counts, Save the Children, Plunket, IHC, PPTA, the NZ Principals' Federation, the Methodist Church, the NZ Nurses' Organisation, the CTU Rūnanga, and Te Ora – the Māori Medical Practitioners' Association.
Those NZ children locked into poverty by a Government focused only on the needs of the top 1% wealth class deserve better than a third world poverty charity program.
Let's just start by bloody feeding these kids first and allow charity to pick up the extras rather than the basics.
We need to build a social floor in NZ and that is the Government's responsibility, leaving it up to Charity groups is an abdication of responsibility as insidious as blaming the parents. When there is an actual solution on the table in the form of the Feed the Kids Bill, pointing to Charity involvement as a means of looking like the Government are doing something is disingenuous in the extreme.
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McObject has released Perst 4.0, an upgrade to its open source, object-oriented embedded database for Java and .NET. Version 4.0 lets developers add persistence to any object -- including objects created by other programs, those for which source code is unavailable, and even objects created in different programming languages.
Perst 4.0 also adds new tools for developing mobile and embedded applications in both Java ME and in Google's Android environment. For Perst Lite (the Java ME edition of Perst), version 4.0 adds seamless integration with the EclipseME IDE, as well as improved handling of memory and storage.
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PHOTOS: Surging Food Prices Are Sparking Riots All Around The World
Grace Wyler
Jan. 11, 2011
Rising food inflation sparked violence across the Middle East and South Asia over the weekend, as demonstrators protested the high cost of staple commodities like sugar, rice and milk.
The outbursts ignited fears that the world is due for a repeat of the 2008 food protests that rocked countries as far apart as Haiti, Senegal and Bangladesh.
Food prices are now at an all time high, and are trending higher, indicating that this may be only the beginning of the food riot problem.
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