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They saute crabmeat, know the difference between spaghetti and cappellini, and can whip up an egg-white scramble. And they're often under ten years old. One of the child contestants on the new Fox network show "MasterChef Junior" and Katie Rosman join Lunch Break with a look at the junior chef demographic. Photo: Sam Cohen for The Wall Street Journal
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Penn State QB McGloin wins Burlsworth Award
Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin has won the Burlsworth Award, given to the top college football player who began his career as a walk-on.
McGloin helped the Nittany Lions to an 8-4 record this season, setting school records for yards passing (3,266) and touchdowns (24) in a season. The senior also holds the school mark for career passing touchdowns (46).
The West Scranton (Pa.) native's only scholarship offer out of high school was from Lehigh. He helped Penn State win eight of its final 10 games this season, throwing for at least 200 yards and a touchdown in all 12 games.
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Two new tools came to our attention recently, and they are both worth a look. The first, MarketSmith, is a remarkably flexible stock-charting and screening application, and the second, Born To Sell, gives covered-call traders some great ideas.
You may be familiar with the MarketSmith (www.marketsmith.com) product line if you've ever accessed Daily Graphs or Daily Graphs Online, founded by William J. O'Neil, the money manager who created Investor's Business Daily. Daily Graphs started out in dead-tree form in 1972, then went online in 1998. In 2002, the service added mutual-fund and options data. Subscriptions are $999 a year, or $112.25 a month. Renamed MarketSmith last fall, the company is now run by O'Neil's son, Scott.
Scott O'Neil says that his firm spent "an incredible amount of time designing the layout and scaling to make sure that each chart is representative of that particular security." The design is extremely elegant, as all the components are accessible from a single screen. MarketSmith is intended to cover the entire research process behind making a trade, starting with idea generation, managing ideas and then analyzing them.
The tool runs in Microsoft Silverlight and launches from most popular browsers. We ran it on Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer; it behaved best on the last.
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You can choose from over 200 data points in the screener, including the usual suspects in fundamental and technical analysis. You can set up your own screen, which is then saved for you, or go to the MarketSmith stock screens that match the style and approach of various investing legends such as Warren Buffett, Martin Zweig, Peter Lynch and Benjamin Graham.
The list panel, located at the bottom of the chart, is the program's hub. This is where you store the results of your screens, so that you can go through them more completely. As you run a screen, you can drag and drop your ideas onto a watch list. The lists are displayed in a table with column headings that are customizable with any of the 200-plus data fields in the system.
The charts can be displayed as daily, weekly, monthly and one-minute intervals. One intriguing feature that sent me on a walk through history is the "Change Date" box, which lets you set the date for any individual stock back to 1962 (when available). You also can look at movements in the Dow Jones Industrial Average back to 1900.
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MarketSmith is pricey, but has excellent tools in a well-designed interface. It's worth a trial, at the very least.
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Persian art and architecture
Persian art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in the region of Asia traditionally known as Persia and now called Iran. Bounded by fierce mountains and deserts, the high plateau of Iran has seen the flow of many migrations and the development of many cultures, all of which have added distinctive features to the many styles of Persian art and architecture. There are excellent collections of Persian art in Tehran; the Metropolitan Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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- The Mongol and Timurid Periods
- The Coming of Islam
- The Achaemenid Period
- Parthian and Sassanid Contributions
- Early Works
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- The Safavid Dynasty
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Denver is the central city of a conurbation region in the U.S. state of Colorado. The conurbation includes one continuous region consisting of the six central counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson. The Denver region is part of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
The United States Office of Management and Budget has delineated the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area consisting of ten Colorado counties: the City and County of Denver, Arapahoe County, Jefferson County, Adams County, Douglas County, the City and County of Broomfield, Elbert County, Park County, Clear Creek County, and Gilpin County.[1] The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population was 2,754,258 as of April 1, 2015, an increase of +8.29% since the 2010 United States Census, and ranking as the 21st most populous metropolitan statistical area of the United States.[2]
The Office of Management and Budget also delineated the more extensive Denver-Aurora Combined Statistical Area comprising the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Greeley Metropolitan Statistical Area.[1]
The central part of the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) includes Denver and three immediately adjacent counties: Jefferson County to the west, Adams County to the north and east, and Arapahoe County to the south and east. The continuously urbanized area extends northwest into the City and County of Broomfield, bordering Jefferson and Adams counties, and south into Douglas County, adjoining Arapahoe County. Also included in the federally defined MSA are four rural counties: Elbert County on the southeastern prairie and Clear Creek, Gilpin, and Park counties in the Rocky Mountains.
- 1 Counties
- 2 Metropolitan area cities and towns
- 2.1 Places with over 100,000 inhabitants
- 2.2 Places with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
- 2.3 Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants
- 2.4 Communities previously part of the Denver metro area
- 3 Regional cooperation
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- 5 Air quality
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- 7 See also
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The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area comprises ten counties.[2] The sortable table below includes the following information:
- The official name of the county,[3]
- The county population as of July 1, 2011, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau,[4]
- The county population as of April 1, 2010, as enumerated by the 2010 United States Census,[4]
- The percent population change from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011.[4]
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Metropolitan area cities and towns
Places with over 100,000 inhabitants
Places with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
- Berkley (CDP)
- Brighton
- Broomfield
- Castle Rock
- Columbine (CDP)
- Commerce City
- Englewood
- Federal Heights
- Golden
- Greenwood Village
- Highlands Ranch (CDP)
- Ken Caryl (CDP)
- Littleton
- Northglenn
- Parker
- Sherrelwood (CDP)
- Welby (CDP)
- Wheat Ridge
Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants
- Acres Green (CDP)
- Applewood (CDP)
- Alma
- Aspen Park (CDP)
- Bennett[5]
- Bow Mar
- Black Hawk
- Byers (CDP)
- Carriage Club (CDP)
- Castle Pines (CDP)
- Castle Pines North
- Central City
- Cherry Hills Village
- Coal Creek
- Columbine Valley
- Cottonwood (CDP)
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- Derby (CDP)
- Downieville-Lawson-Dumont
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- Elizabeth
- Empire
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- Glendale
- Grand View Estates (CDP)
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- Indian Hills (CDP)
- Kiowa
- Kittredge (CDP)
- Lakeside
- Larkspur
- Lochbuie
- Lone Tree
- Louviers (CDP)
- Meridian (CDP)
- Morrison
- Mountain View
- North Washington (CDP)
- Perry Park (CDP)
- Ponderosa Park (CDP)
- Roxborough Park (CDP)
- Sedalia (CDP)
- Sheridan
- Silver Plume
- Simla
- St. Mary's
- Stonegate (CDP)
- Strasburg (CDP)
- The Pinery (CDP)
- Todd Creek (CDP)
- Twin Lakes (CDP)
- Westcreek (CDP)
- West Pleasant View (CDP)
Communities previously part of the Denver metro area
Former Denver metro communities now part of the separate Boulder metropolitan area due to being located in Boulder County
Former Denver metro communities now part of the separate Greeley metropolitan area due to being located in Southwestern Weld County
Regional cooperation
The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG, pronounced Doctor Cog) is a regional planning and inter-governmental coordination organization in a nine-county region. The Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) provides funding for scientific and cultural facilities in a seven-county region including:
- The Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- The Denver Zoo
- The Denver Art Museum
- The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
- The Denver Botanic Gardens
In addition, the Regional Transportation District (RTD) provides mass transit, including a light rail system. In 2005 the RTD developed a twelve-year comprehensive plan, called "FasTracks", to build and operate rail transit lines and expand and improve bus service throughout the region.
The most prosperous parts of the area are in the south, while the most industrialized areas are in the northeast, specifically in the northern part of Denver proper and extending to areas such as Commerce City in Adams County.[citation needed] Changes in house prices for the area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the Case–Shiller index; the statistic is published by Standard & Poor's and is also a component of S&P's 10-city composite index of the value of the residential real estate market.
Electricity is provided by Xcel Energy. Cable television is provided by Comcast.[citation needed]
Air quality
The center of the metropolitan area sits in a valley, the Denver Basin, and suffers from air pollution known colloquially as the brown cloud, building up if the air is stagnant as it often is in the winter. Severity of pollution in this area has varied enormously over the years. In the late 1980s the area was frequently in violation of multiple National Ambient Air Quality Standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) was formed in 1989 to create plans to address the problem. Through a variety of measures the area's air quality was improved and in 2002 the EPA designated the area in compliance with all federal health-based air quality standards. Denver was the first major city in the United States to reach compliance with all six of these standards after previously violating five of them[6] Since then the EPA introduced a new standard for small particulates and made the existing ozone standard stricter. In 2003 the new ozone standard was frequently exceeded in the area and was occasionally exceeded as far away as Rocky Mountain National Park. The RAQC hopes to implement plans enabling the area to comply with the new standards by 2007.
Sister cities
Though Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Broomfield, Denver, Lakewood and Longmont have their own individual sister city relationships, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) as a whole has a sister city relationship with the Template:Country data Iraq Baghdad Governorate of Iraq.[7]
See also
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- Colorado census statistical areas
- Combined Statistical Area
- Core Based Statistical Area
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Micropolitan Statistical Area
- List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas
- Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- Table of United States primary census statistical areas
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- ^ a b "OMB Bulletin No. 13-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ a b "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012" (CSV). 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "Colorado Counties as of May 1, 2011". State of Colorado, Department of Local Affairs. May 1, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties of Colorado: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011" (CSV). 2011 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. April 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ "Town of Bennett - Government". Colorado.gov. Town of Bennett. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ ."?" (PDF).[dead link]
- ^ "Bagdad–Denver region partnership". Denver Regional Council of Governments. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
External links
- Denver Regional Council of Governments
- International Migration
- Regional Air Quality Council
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Dissolve yeast in 3 cups warm water in a large bowl. Add all-purpose and whole wheat flours; mix with your fingertips until a shaggy dough forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 20 minutes.
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Skygazers from Lebanon to Armenia flooded police hotlines Thursday night with reports that a bright, spiraling UFO was illuminating the night skies. Then came the YouTube videos. Uninformed, ad hoc commentary on whether the lights were a good omen for Syria's revolution, or a bad one soon followed.
Then Russia came along and rained on everyone's parade. Writes Cosmic Log's Alan Boyle:
The actual explanation is almost certainly more mundane: The Voice of Russia reported that the country's Strategic Missile Forces conducted a test of the Topol ICBM from the Kapustin Yar firing range near Astrakhan in southern Russia on Thursday. Such a launch could theoretically be seen from areas of the Middle East and the Caucasus.
Citing a report from RIA Novosti, the radio service said the missile "accurately hit its target" in a Kazakh firing range. However, Ynetnews quoted Yigal Pat-El, chairman of the Israel Astronomical Association, as saying the missile "most likely spun out of control, and its remnants and the fuel was what people saw."
In brief: rest easy friends. It's not a UFO; it's just an out-of-control ICBM.
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TORONTO - When Sara Nita's son Marcus was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes last fall, she began keeping a written log of his multiple daily blood-sugar readings.
But she soon started casting around for a way to keep an electronic record, something she could enter into her smartphone that would not look like a bunch of numbers, but show trends in Marcus's glucose levels over time.
What she discovered was the Bant app, a free download through iTunes named after Canadian insulin developer Frederick Banting, that's aimed at helping patients better control their diabetes.
"I wanted something that I could view on my phone when he's away at school and the teacher calls and says: 'Do you remember what he was, whenever?' So I just wanted to have a log of it, instead of carrying a paper copy here and there and everywhere."
Nita says the app also allows her to send screenshots of Marcus's readings to his dad, from whom she is divorced, so he can also stay on top of the six-year-old boy's blood sugar. Graphs of readings show trends over time.
"I really like it because it shows ups and downs, and the way you can tell if he's starting to decline, maybe he might need a little less insulin or a little more, depending on his history in the last couple of days."
It also helps her son, she says. "When he realizes his trends, he can say ... maybe I should talk to Mom about maybe changing my insulin dose, maybe calling the doctor to get an adjustment.'"
The Bant is just one medical-related app under development by the University Health Network in Toronto.
Nita is using the public version of Bant, but UHN hopes to have a more advanced adaptation that automatically reads the data from a glucometer — the device that takes blood-sugar readings from a skin prick — available for free download soon.
"This is something to engage the patient in what we call self-care," says co-developer Joseph Cafazzo, a biomedical engineer who heads the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at UHN. "And to a certain extent make them less dependent on their care providers and give them the life skills that they need in order to manage their diabetes."
Cafazzo's team has also developed an app to keep track of blood pressure readings in patients aged 45 and older. In a recent clinical trial, use of the app was shown to have measurable effects on patients' blood pressure compared to a control group that used a blood pressure monitor alone.
"What we found after a year was the people who had the telemonitoring component with the BlackBerry, their blood pressure dropped by 10 millimetres of mercury systolic and four points diastolic," he says "And what that means is that their risk of heart attack and stroke dropped by 20 per cent as a result.
"So this was truly self-care.... The patients just become much more self-aware by taking the blood pressure measurements on a regular basis. And they're more engaged and they're more likely to take their medications and more likely to have lifestyle changes that are necessary for their blood pressure management."
There has been an explosion of medical-related apps — a recent report by the Healthcare Information Management System Society tabbed the number at about 17,000 and growing — for use on smartphones and other electronic devices.
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Another new app, called Directory for Addiction Treatment in Canada, was just released by Drug Rehab Services, a private addiction referral service. The app lists low-cost and no-cost detox and treatment centres in every province and territory across Canada for people seeking help for alcohol or drug addiction.
It also provides listings of meetings for Alcoholic Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon across the country, says Marcelo Gemme, who developed the app as an alternative to his website directory.
The app can also put a user in direct contact with a qualified addictions counsellor, either through a toll-free call or text-messaging.
"The whole idea was to be able to build something that people go there, it's user-friendly and they find everything they need," says Gemme, who is located just outside Montreal.
Like a GPS, the mobile app will pinpoint the locations of treatment centres or support meetings within a certain distance set by the user, he says. "Let's say if it's an AA meeting, you're going to have a pin for every AA meeting within 25 kilometres of where you are right now as you do it.
"If you have a guy who has to travel, this is perfect, because he wants to go to a meeting when he has time off, so it doesn't trigger anything."
About 15 to 20 per cent of people seeking help for addictions are now contacting the referral service through a mobile phone, he says.
Watching his four daughters, who "are always on their phones," has convinced Gemme that the use of mobile apps for patients is destined to become an even greater part of health-care management and delivery.
"For me, it's really the future. The mobile, it's where the technology is going to."
Dr. Michael Sabel, an oncologist at the University of Michigan who specializes in the potentially deadly skin cancer melanoma, couldn't agree more.
Sabel and colleagues at the Ann Arbor, Mich., university have developed an app to help patients at high risk for skin cancer keep track of changes in moles and skin lesions to determine if they've become cancerous over time.
The UMSkinCheck app, available free through iTunes for iPhones and iPads, involves inputting 23 photographs of various parts of the body.
"For many, many years we had asked patients to get what's called the total photographic survey, where they had to either go into a dermatologist who offered this or a professional photographer to have some of these baseline images obtained," he says.
"But the reality is these are very difficult things to do — to schedule a time to have a full photographic survey. There are costs involved, it's not always covered by insurance. And even the skin self-exam is kind of difficult for patients.
"We just said to ourselves: 'People are carrying around supercomputers, photography, GPS. Can we use the mobile application technology to help patients in a health-related field?'"
UMSkinCheck gives the user a reminder to take a new set of photos within a set period of time, perhaps every month or two, so they can compare images of skin areas side by side.
"And now you can really say, 'Hey, look this really hasn't changed. I don't need to worry about this.' Or, 'You know what, this has changed. I need to call my dermatologist,'" Sabel says.
The app also includes a skin-cancer risk calculator and photos of the various skin cancers.
Sabel said the team is working on other medical apps, among them one for women being treated for breast cancer.
"My specialty is oncology, but there's probably a large spectrum across health care where these can be beneficial for patients," he says.
Sabel says apps such as UMSkinCheck aren't meant to replace doctors or other health providers. "We were very careful to say this is an app using the technology to ask people to do things that we already think they should be doing."
Cafazzo says apps allow patients to engage in self-care, especially when it comes to chronic conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancers and respiratory conditions such as asthma.
The cost of chronic diseases in Canada is estimated at $80 billion a year in illness and disability — a figure sure to grow as the population ages.
"So if we are going to be responsible, we have to think of ways of dealing with chronic conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure in different ways and give the patients the ability to do self-care, and not increase the burden on the health-care system," he says.
Nita says the Bant app has given her more than just a means of tracking Marcus's glucose readings — a built-in social media component has allowed her to get in touch with other families dealing with diabetes.
"Before, it was such a new thing for us, the whole diabetes thing. The first couple months we were in a panic. We were on auto-pilot, we didn't know what we were doing. We were afraid if we gave him too much (insulin), we were going to kill him," says Nita, who created the website www.nitacure.ca to raise awareness and research funding for juvenile diabetes.
"When I found this app, that's how I actually found the whole diabetic community online ... and that's helped a lot. There's always someone there who's already gone through what I'm going through."


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A US judge has struck down a 1996 federal law barring gays and lesbians from receiving federal benefits, the latest in a series of court decisions pushing the issue of same-sex marriage closer to a Supreme Court reckoning.
The ruling by Claudia Wilken of the US District Court for Northern California is the third by district level judges that have declared the 1996 law known as the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, to be unconstitutional.
Along with a parallel challenge to a California law banning same-sex marriage, the decisions mean the US high court could be hearing arguments about the emotionally charged and politically fraught issue of marriage for gays and lesbians within the next two years.
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"It wasn't a revolutionary decision by any stretch," says Brian Moulton, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, a Washington-based gay-rights organization, "but the fact we have yet another judge ruling on DOMA, it's a constant drum beat at this point, and we'll see what Supreme Court has to say about it. Sooner rather than later."
President Obama's historic announcement that he supports same-sex marriage, and Republican challenger Mitt Romney's opposition to it, have already stoked the election-year fires on the issue. Earlier this month, voters made North Carolina the 30th state to pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. Hawaii's legislature has also barred same-sex marriage, though there is no amendment there.
DOMA, which was signed into law by President Clinton, defines marriage as a legal union between a man and woman and prevents gays and lesbians who are married under state law from qualifying for more than 1,000 federal benefits, such as Social Security survivor payments or filing joint tax returns.
In her decision Thursday, Judge Wilken agreed with arguments that the law unfairly barred gay and lesbian couples from claiming long-term care benefits in California, violating their rights to equal protection. She cited some of the deliberations Congress had in the run-up to passing DOMA, saying there congressional record showed "evidence of moral condemnation and social disapprobation of same-sex couples.
"The legislative history described above demonstrates that animus toward, and moral rejection of, homosexuality and same-sex relationships are apparent in the congressional record," she wrote.
She also cited a 1996 US Supreme Court decision on a Colorado anti-gay initiative that found gays and lesbians are protected from "burdensome legislation that is the product of sheer antigay animus and devoid of any legitimate governmental purpose."
That argument is outrageous, says Dale Schowengerdt, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which supports DOMA.
"To say that a law that was passed by overwhelmingly by Congress … to say that that's the product of animus is – I don't know how to say it – it's unbelievable," he says. "It's just unbelievable that a judge would be making that sort of value judgment against the entire government, the Congress, and President Bill Clinton."
"Every civilization throughout history has found that marriage involves a man and a woman, and we're confident that once the Supreme Court has this case, they will find there's no animus and that the opposite sex was granted in a rational basis," he says.
Mr. Clinton has since said he regretted backing DOMA.
Thursday's ruling will likely be appealed, joining the two other DOMA cases – one from Boston, the other from San Francisco – that are currently being considered by appellate courts.
While those three cases hinge on arguments about the question of equal protection for gays and lesbians, the case involving California's Proposition 8 turns on the question of due process and whether the Constitution contains a right to marriage for gays and lesbians. A three-judge appeals court has upheld arguments that Prop. 8 is unconstitutional, but opponents have asked a larger appeals panel to rehear the case.
Legal experts expect one or all of those appeals decision to be taken up by the US Supreme Court within the next two years.
Meanwhile, a new poll published Wednesday found that 53 percent of Americans now say gay marriage should be a legal, while 39 percent say it should be illegal, a new high and new low for both those figures, according to the Washington Post-ABC News survey. The survey also found Americans are split nearly evenly on whether same-sex marriage laws should be made by states or by the federal government.
The telephone poll surveyed 1,004 adults from May 17-20 and had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
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Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are reportedly back together after their summer split.
The Twilight couple was snapped leaving a Los Feliz, Los Angeles bar on Sunday night and onlookers at the Ye Rustic Inn tell multiple news outlets the two stars looked like they were very much in love again.
Pattinson reportedly split from the actress after she confessed to a momentary "indiscretion" with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders.
Sunday evening's encounter marked the first time the Twilight lovers have been spotted together in public since Pattinson went into hiding after the alleged break-up.
The couple is scheduled to make its first red carpet appearance together since the split later this month to promote The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.
Meanwhile, it appears Stewart is ready to settle down - the actress has bought a new pad close to the bar where the couple was spotted on Sunday.
The new home is about a mile away from the place she shared with Pattinson before their public break-up this summer.
According to RealEstalker.com, the actress quietly paid $2.2 million for the four-bedroom property in August.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Apologizes for Eating at Chick-fil-A During Pride Month
Twitter's CEO is apologizing this week after coming under fire from users of the social media platform for writing that he ordered food from Chick-fil-A.
Jack Dorsey was hit with backlash when users were quick to call him out for eating at the fast-food restaurant during Pride Month. Chick-fil-A made headlines back in 2012 when its CEO Dan Cathay made comments about LGBTQ people and marriage equality and came under fire for donating millions of dollars to anti-LGBTQ organizations. At the time, news of Cathay's donations and comments caused outrage and protests.
On June 9, Dorsey took to Twitter and shared a screenshot of his iPhone, showing that he spent about $30 at Chick-fil-A and that he got a 10% discount on his order. He wrote "Boost @ChickfilA."
As USA Today notes, after several Twitter users called him out for eating there during Pride Month, the CEO apologized in a response to former CNN host Soledad O'Brien, who wrote: "This is an interesting company to boost during Pride Month."
"You're right. Completely forgot about their background," he responded.


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At the True Beauty Open House Workshop last Saturday where Managing Director Susan Foo provided us with an insightful discussion about All Natural Skin Care Vs Commercial Counter Products in the Market, I learnt that our makeup can absorb more energy from the sun and possibly lead to color toxicity and pigmentation problems. According to Susan, the chemical colorants in makeup can give our skin an uneven, sallow tone – something I remember my mom telling me when I was younger.
Wear sunscreen beneath your makeup & cleanse thoroughly
As usual, I gave some thoughts to the topic and also tried to find some information related to this. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything on this online. But I thought about how this might be related to the simple fact that dark colors absorb energy from the sun while light colors reflect energy from the sun. Okay, I could be entirely off-track here but going by what Susan has said, this could also be a reason why wearing thicker makeup might be better in the night vs the day. Of course this doesn't mean you can't wear your makeup in the day. Just keep it lighter unless thicker makeup is absolutely necessarily and ensure you have a good sunscreen beneath to protect your skin. And very importantly, you must always remove your makeup and cleanse your face thoroughly!
Harms of artificial fragrances and alcohol
Besides the discussion on cosmetics colorants and their consequences, we also learnt about the harms of artificial fragrances and alcohol on our skin. According to Susan, products with perfume or fragrances speed up the aging of our skin by preventing the removal of dead skin and hindering the development of new cells. Alcohol on the other hand, weakens our skin immunity and causes open or slacken pores in the long run.
Beewax for lipbalms and lipsticks only
In addition, I learnt that beewax, while a natural ingredient, is really not good for our skin as it can clog pores because it is a form of impermeable oil. The fact that it has to be heated at high temperature for it to be melted into an ingredient mix also means the product is unlikely to have anymore live cells to benefit our skin. So beewax is really only good for lipbalms and lipsticks!
Demo on how commercial products are made
The workshop was a small group of less than 15 people and I met Yosita, who recently left me comments regarding her positive experience at True Beauty. I also met her adorable daughter as well as her friend and her nutritionist. We had an enjoyable time learning from Susan and there was also a demonstration session where Susan showed us how commercial products are made with colorants, fragrances and alcohol. Of course we also got to check out some of the natural oils that were used in her True Bio Skin Care products too.
Month-long open house promotion
Since it was an open house workshop, of course Susan didn't forget to remind us about their month-long crazy promotion. On top of getting 50% off her facial service and paying only S$55, her products are also on discount. If you like to know more about their facial service, you can read my review of the natural facial spa experience at True Beauty.
Well, I still can't afford her entire set but I think I might just go for her best selling Active Eye Gel after learning that Yosita got rid of her dark circles in just three days of using it. It will cost me around $179 after the 15% discount and that price for an effective eye cream is justifiable in my opinion. Well, I'll definitely keep you all in the loop in due course!


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The Japanese don't give their typhoons very interesting names. Today we were due for a big one called "Number 18".
I was kinda hoping it wouldn't come around until Friday so I could have two consecutive days off. No such luck. The trains were delayed for hours because of the strong winds. I thought the Yokohama Music Fair was this month when in actual fact it's not until next month. Lucky then, I had enough time to realize my mistake. I was also planning to meet up with a friend of a friend in Yokohama. I didn't get the call, so that was given a miss too.
Surprisingly after quite a bit of rain last night and this morning, the skies opened up into a picture of blue. Amazing! I'd put two Fender guitars on hold at Ishibashi, so I thought I'd go into Shinjuku to make my next unnecessary guitar purchase.
Just for a laugh I thought I'd wear my fluro yellow Oakleys. I got a few strange looks. Yes, stranger than the usual strange looks. At first I was a little self-conscious thinking I looked a little clown-like. But compared to the "competition", I guess I'm one hot clown. Har har.
One of the guitars is at the Ishibashi Umeda store in Osaka, a paisley pink Strat. Because I don't have the chance to try it, I tried the equivalent guitar with a different finish in Shinjuku. I wasn't that excited by it. It sounded a little weak and noisy, of course compared to the noiseless pickups of the Telecaster I reserved at this store.
The guitar I reserved was a special 1999 American Deluxe Telecaster. What sets this one apart is an extra Strat pickup in between the usual two with a 5-way position switch and a 2-way mini toggle giving seven total tonal possibilities.
What makes this guitar somewhat rare, is that this guitar was produced for two years only in 1998 and 1999. I played this guitar for at least an hour through a Marshall and a Fender amp. It sounded good and was in pretty good condition. Not mint, but still quite clean. I tried the current model Deluxe, but to my eyes I prefered the sounds of this one.
I bargained with the staff as hard as I could, which was the usual uncomfortable laugh, and to and fro-ing. What I had in my favour was that I just didn't, nay DON'T need ANOTHER guitar, so it was fairly easy to walk, which gave me a nice Poker hand.
In the end I managed a 5,000 yen saving for what they were asking for it, with an additional, almost 2,000 yen in redeemable future store purchases with their point card. Not bad, but damn I had a killer headache leaving that shop!
We had some coffee at Maccas, followed by some tasty sushi (No, not at Macdonalds though haha, as if!)
At the moment I'm selling some stuff on eBay (They had a one day "no insertion fee" day on Tuesday), including two of my older electrics, so I have a new place for this one. Didn't help my Italian guilt though. I didn't feel as happy as I should.
What cheered me up no end, was taking some pics of it, and bashing out some riffs on arrival back home. Check out this Youtube demo. (No, it's not me). This axe has some serious MOJO!
Thursday, 8 October 2009
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The Japanese don't give their typhoons very interesting names. Today we were due for a big one called "Number 18".
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The 28-year-old was bound for Denver, Colorado, and the clinic of renowned knee specialist Dr Richard Steadman after suffering a second anterior cruciate ligament injury of the season.
Taylor revealed his imminent departure via his Twitter account on Tuesday night.
He tweeted: "All ready for my long flight to Denver tomorrow.
"Loads asking am I going to see Dr Steadman? I sure am. I'm over to have my ACL repaired again. Then the recovery begins to get back."
Taylor has managed only two senior appearances this season after damaging his cruciate ligament for the first time in the Europa League qualifier second-leg clash with Greek side Atromitos at St James' Park on August 30.
The former Wigan player underwent surgery which left him facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
However, after eight months on the sidelines, he was on the verge of making a comeback when disaster struck once again in training.
As a result, he is likely to miss most, if not all, of the 2013-14 season.
Taylor is the latest Newcastle player to call upon the services of Dr Steadman, who is credited with saving Alan Shearer's career and operated on Craig Bellamy before reconstructing Michael Owen's knee after the injury he suffered on England duty at the 2006 World Cup finals.


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|Near Dusk - 9" x 12" oil by Greg Newbold
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Near Dusk - Sold
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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|Painting live at Williams Fine Art - Greg Newbold
Many visitors to the gallery commented on my photo. I had to admit that the photo is a montage of elements from at least three photos from the same location pieced together. I rarely work from a straight up photo, preferring instead to move , scale and adjust elements in Photoshop to arrive at a composition that I like. It was fun to paint in front of a live albeit ever shifting audience. I had been itching to paint some more cows, so it was fun to get a good start on this one. I'll probably put in a couple more hours before I call it finished.
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Head Painting Finale
|Jackie- Oil on linen; 9" x 12" by Greg Newbold
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recognition, acknowledgment of the admission of new states into the international community by political action of states that are already members. Its derivation is found in the policy of the older European powers, which, after developing a system of binding diplomatic usage, refused to permit the admission of new states to the concert of nations unless the new power was properly qualified to assume its responsibilities under international law. Recognition is retroactive to the actual date of the establishment of the state or the formation of the new government, and all its acts from that time are valid.
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Nine people, including Ipswich Town striker Michael Chopra and jockey Andrew Heffernan, have been charged in connection with race-fixing by the British Horseracing Authority.
Chopra and four others have been charged with offering bribes to Heffernan, a former British licensed jockey now riding in Australia.
Three other people have been charged with other breaches of the rules of racing, the BHA have announced.
Paul Scotney, the BHA's integrity, compliance and licensing director, said: "The charges BHA has issued are the result of a long and complicated investigation. This process has taken significant time and resources.
"However, investigations such as these are very similar to fraud investigations and as such are complex and time consuming.
"Furthermore, we encountered difficulties in obtaining telephone records from certain individuals who refused to co-operate.
"This resulted in us having to make a number of applications to the High Court for orders against their mobile telephone service providers for disclosure of the relevant records.
"We hope that the announcement demonstrates our commitment to deterring and detecting wrong-doing and taking action against those who we believe to have breached the rules.
"However, racegoers and those betting on British Racing should be reassured that instances of this nature are extremely rare and that the overwhelming majority of races are free of suspicion."
All three footballers are charged by the BHA with conspiring to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice by placing bets on a horse ridden by Heffernan.
Chopra and Wilson are further charged with paying a bribe to the jockey.
It is understood the police have been kept informed of the BHA's investigation but no criminal charges have been announced. Heffernan faces five charges, including of preventing his horse from winning a race.
Two other footballers have also been charged along with 28-year-old former Newcastle, Cardiff and Sunderland striker Chopra.
They are: Mark Wilson, 33, a former Manchester United and England Under-21 international who spent most of his career at Doncaster and has been recently released by Oxford; and midfielder James Coppinger, 31, also formerly at Doncaster but now on loan at Nottingham Forest.
All face bans from involvement with racing for several years if the charges are found proven.
None of the others charged are public figures although one, Paul Garner, was working as a stable lad at Alan McCabe's yard when the offences were alleged to have been committed.


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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
Until Taylor Swift has a wedding band on her left hand, we will never truly know if she's in love. But, still, if she smiles at a guy, her fans care. And if she's holding hands with a guy, the whole world seems to care. And MTV.com is reporting that Swift was doing just that with Robert F. Kennedy's grandson, Conor, 18. And also that a few months ago, Conor's aunt Rory announced that Swift had written a song for the Kennedys. So you can see why fans have started labeling the couple TaCo. Swift herself says she can't even read any so-called news about her love life because, as she told Access Hollywood, "I should just warn guys, 'This is what you can expect tomorrow on all these different blogs.'" But it's hard to deny that love could be in the air when Good Morning America reports that the two were seen strolling on the beach, going out for pizza and jumping on a trampoline. And when the Boston Herald is reporting Swift went to mass with Kennedy at Our Lady of Victory Church in Cape Cod, Mass. So, Swift may say there's nothing romantic going on. But if she's going to church with Kennedy? That's the sort of thing that really gets people talking.


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Signature stamp use and election documents
We were recently notified that a person with a disability was not allowed to sign a petition using a signature stamp. In researching this issue, state elections law says this is legal as long as the person has the stamp on record with elections clerk.
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The September/October issue of Foreign Affairs is now available online and within its virtual pages is one of the most important cyberwar articles in modern history.
Written by United States Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III, the article is as important to understanding America's global cyberwarfare strategy as the Monroe Doctrine was to understanding America's approach to foreign affairs.
It should be noted that Secretary Lynn is the #2 person at the Pentagon, effectively the Pentagon's chief operating officer and operates as the Secretary of Defense by delegation in the absence of SecDef.
Follow David on Twitter at @DavidGewirtz.
Editor's note: David Gewirtz is Director of the U.S. Strategic Perspective Institute and Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines. He is one of America's foremost cyber-security experts and a top expert on saving and creating jobs. He is a member of FBI InfraGard, the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals, a columnist for The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and has been a guest commentator for the Nieman Watchdog of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley extension, a recipient of the Sigma Xi Research Award in Engineering and was a candidate for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Letters.
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|August 22, 2013
U.S. nuclear plants remain vulnerable to terrorists
None of the 107 nuclear facilities in the United States are protected against a high-force terrorist attack, and some are still vulnerable to the theft of bomb-grade nuclear fuel, or sabotage intended to cause a nuclear meltdown, a new report says.
The Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project (NPPP) at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas released the report Thursday. It wants to shine a light on the security gaps that still exist more than 10 years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
"It would be a tragedy if the United States had to look back after such an attack on a nuclear reactor and say that we could have and should have done more to prevent the catastrophe," said Prof. Alan J. Kuperman, co-author of the report.
The study was done at the request of the Defense Department after the Pentagon commissioned an academic study of the security vulnerabilities of the nation's 104 commercial nuclear power reactors and three civilian research reactors.
The federal agency charged with overseeing the safety of civilian nuclear facilities challenged the report.
"The report released today by the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project is a rehash of arguments from a decade ago when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the country were reconsidering nuclear power plant security in the wake of the September 11 attacks," David McIntyre, a spokesman with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said in a statement.
"The report contains no new information or insight. The NRC has strengthened security requirements for commercial nuclear power plants and remains confident that these important facilities are adequately protected," McIntyre said.
Among the shortcomings cited in the report are the lack of regulations to protect against shipborne attacks at nuclear reactors situated near the coasts of California, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Virginia.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, along with the Departments of Energy and Defense follow some form of Design Basis Threat (DBT) analysis in devising the physical security plans of the nation's nuclear facilities.
According to the report, there have been upgrades to the DBT scenarios since 9/11, but still fall short the authors say, because they only account for a scenario where a facility is assaulted by five to six attackers.
The report criticizes what it says are differing levels of DBT approach to the facilities by the agencies that oversee them, leading to varying levels of security at facilities that contain an identical amount of nuclear assets.
"Less than two dozen miles from the White House and Capitol Hill, a nuclear reactor contains bomb-grade uranium but is not required to protect against even lesser 'design basis threat' of terrorism," Kuperman said. "It would be the height of irresponsibility to fail to take action now."
Greater attention to the possibility of insiders working at such facilities, who could possibly assist in the execution of sabotage, should also be taken into account in any upgrade of security, the report said.
The report calls for a uniform level of DBT for all U.S. nuclear facilities that pose catastrophic risks if attacked, while also calling on the federal government to fill any funding gaps in security preparedness that utility companies are unable to cover.
From its role as an academic research organization, the NPPP says it does not take a position on nuclear power but rather pursues an agenda focused on combatting nuclear terrorism.


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The Future of Fashion Design Is Mobile
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Memo to New York City, Paris and Milan: Your runways are passé. The future of fashion design is mobile. Try on for size Crowdstar's new Covet Fashion application for Apple's iOS, which lets would-be virtual Versaces style a digital mannequin by mixing and matching more than 1,000 real-world garments and accessories from trendsetting brands like Rebecca Minkoff, Halston Heritage and Cynthia Rowley. All items include a link to purchase them directly from the brand or another retailer, and users may also enter their designs into daily style challenges voted on by the Covet Fashion community, winning name-brand merchandise for the most electrifying ensembles.
"Fashion is an active thing--it's participatory," says Crowdstar CEO Jeff Tseng. "We said, 'Let's take all facets of the fashion experience--shopping, styling, showing off and sharing--and put it on mobile.'"
Covet Fashion also touts expert tips and tricks from designers and tastemakers like stylist Rachel Zoe. "On shopping websites, you can see what one item looks like on a model, but with Covet Fashion you can style several different looks and accessories on your avatar until you get the perfect look," Zoe says.
Could Covet Fashion launch the career of the next superstar designer? "There's a ton of potential here," Tseng says. "We're creating a platform where anything can happen."


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A month or so ago I advised of the fading opportunity to photograph the sign area before the start of modifications.
Here you can see the current state of the sign area, with newly planted palm trees.
Three years ago, the sign did not even have the small card-suit-mound at it's base. It was just the sign on a bare rough sand median.


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With threats of cutbacks to the work hours and earnings of more than three-quarters of a million defense support workers, the leader of the nation's largest veterans organization is reiterating his strong stand against sequestration, the $1 trillion automatic government spending cuts – mostly to defense budgets – that will begin their 10-year course on March 1 unless Congress intervenes.
"I cannot state strongly enough that sequestration as it impacts weapons systems development and maintenance, military manpower and, now, the livelihoods of civilian support employees, must not happen," National Commander James E. Koutz of The American Legion said.
In a conference call today from the office of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to The American Legion and fellow veterans' and military support organizations, warnings were issued that, should sequestration take effect in its present form, the Pentagon will be forced to furlough its 800,000 civilian employees, likely cutting back their work weeks by one day and causing workers to lose that day's pay each week, with no means of recouping it. The military services and other Pentagon employers have until March 1 to submit a furlough implementation plan. Some exemptions from the furloughs will be allowed, says the Defense secretary's office, but they will be very limited.
"This cutback would not only impose an economic hardship on those workers and their families, but the resulting reduction in workforce coverage could also compromise national security," Koutz said.
Koutz is not alone in his thinking. To make the point concerning sequestration's impact on civilian defense jobs, Leon Panetta sent a letter dated Feb. 20 to Vice President Joe Biden, whose son is a veteran of the war in Iraq. The letter stated, in part, "If faced with sequestration, the Defense Department will be forced to forego critical objectives. As we make the difficult decisions about how to maintain our national security to the greatest extent we can in light of these destructive cuts, the Department will have to consider furloughs across the entire defense civilian workforce (and) the furloughs contemplated…will do real harm to our national security."
"Sequestration has become a game of political hot potato, but for the sake of this nation's future well being and security, this game must stop now," said Koutz.
The American Legion has adopted two resolutions opposing sequestration's defense spending cuts. One, passed in late August, "demand(s) that Congress and the Administration cease all efforts to reduce the defense budget from its current level." The other resolution, approved in October, pledges the Legion to "use all means at its disposal to stave off sequestration cuts to the defense budget."
The sequestration issue will be a top concern of Legionnaires visiting Capitol Hill during their annual Washington Conference the week of Feb. 25.


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As the resourceful but hard-partying eldest Gallagher child Fiona on Showtime's Shameless, Emmy Rossum has had to film more than her fair share of sex scenes. So how does she really feel about baring it all in the front of the camera, and subsequently, in front of the world?
"The first time, I had a couple beers," Rossum says on the latest episode of Rove LA, airing Saturday at midnight/11c on TV Guide Network. "But then I got on with it. It's part of telling a story. Sometimes people have sex."
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How can Rossum be so nonchalant about those revealing scenes? Because, as she and fellow guest Aisha Tyler explain, fake sex is not even really sexy. "Literally, if we started fake-doing it right now, it would be so not sexy," Rossum says as she leans towards Tyler.
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Many Missouri teachers wary of concealed weapons in class
Gov. Jay Nixon mulls whether to sign new bill
A bill that would allow specially trained teachers to carry concealed weapons in the classroom is coming under fire from some Missouri teachers.
Lawmakers in Jefferson City said the legislation would protect students from intruders and reduce the risk of a deadly mass shooting such as the one in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
"The reason for it is to give schools another tool in their toolbox to provide security for their schools," state Rep. Kevin Elmer, R-Nixa, told KWMU-FM. "It is up to the discretion of the local school boards whether or not they will take advantage of this particular tool."
Leaders of the Missouri National Education Association and the Missouri PTA are among those speaking out against the measure. The bill awaits the signature of Gov. Jay Nixon, who has not indicated how he will respond.
"It raises profound concerns about safety, in terms of people not knowing who's armed," said Otto Fajen, legislative director for the Missouri National Education Association. "That can create some uncertainty."
Kim Weber of Columbia, who heads the Missouri PTA, said teachers should be able to concentrate on their students, not on making sure firearms are stored and used properly.
"There are too many unanswered questions," she said. "How would they be secured? Who would have access to them? Would they be on their person? Would they be locked in a cabinet? Would they be in a special room? As a parent, I would have to have all of those things explained."
The legislation also loosens some restrictions on carrying concealed weapons and lowers the age for eligibility for a concealed-carry permit to 19 from 21.
The proposed law would allow any school district in Missouri to designate one or more elementary or secondary school teachers or administrators as a voluntary "school protection officer." Such a designation would include the right to carry a concealed firearm or a "self-defense spray device." School districts would first have to hold a public hearing before allowing such a designation.
After passing a training course, protection officers would be issued concealed-carry permits and have the legal authority to detain or use force against someone on school property, including students.
"For some school districts, they just don't have the resources to pay for police to be on staff," Elmer said. "This allows the local communities to have these discussions and figure out whether or not they want to take advantage of this option."
After the Sandy Hook shooting, Nixon spoke out strongly against allowing weapons in schools. A spokeswoman for the governor said his views on arming teachers have not changed and the bill "will get the same careful and comprehensive review given to every bill that gets to his desk."


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What is Matthew 7:7-11 about? Will God grant me the grace I need if I ask him?
This is a great question, and one that is asked often. There are two errors that we can fall into as we approach a passage like this.
First, we can make the text say more than it does. Many have misunderstood Matthew 7:7-11 as teaching a "blank check" theology of prayer, namely, ask God for whatever you want, and he will give it to you. This understanding makes the text say too much and rips it out of its context. In verses 1-6 the Lord has been warning his disciples against sinful judgmentalism and encouraging them to be spiritually discerning. The question that would naturally come to mind after such a warning and encouragement is, "Wow, this is a tall order to fill. How can I avoid such judgmentalism and cultivate such discernment?" Jesus gives us the answer in verses 7-11. We must ask for it. And so verses 7-11 don't provide us with a blank check to ask for whatever we want from God. Rather, they teach us to strive in prayer for the wisdom and enablement demanded by verses 1-6. The parallel passage in Luke 11:13 tells us that what the Lord gives in response to such prayer is, in fact, the good gift of his Holy Spirit, who grants wisdom and discernment.
Second, we can make these verses say too little, stripping them of any real promise at all. This is done by many well-meaning Christians to avoid the error just mentioned and protect God's sovereignty over all things in prayer. However, this view is contrary to the Scripture's own teaching on prayer. Prayer is a powerful means by which the Lord carries out his will in and among his people (Jas. 5:17-20). It is an effective instrument, and we must resist the temptation to believe that it is not.
Jesus' point here, then, in Matthew 7:7-11 is not that God will give us anything we want. Rather, he teaches us that when God's children ask for things such as wisdom, discernment, and the like, God will not grant them something evil in return (vs. 9-10). With this said, as God's children we must be diligent 1) to ask in faith without doubting (Jas 1:5-8), and 2) to make use of the other means by which God grants grace, namely attending to the preaching of God's Word (where his grace in Christ is revealed), and the sacraments (where our faith in God's grace is strengthened and nourished).
So, to answer your question: will God grant you the grace you need if you ask him? Framed by a biblical understanding of prayer, yes! Yet please remember that even this cannot be understood as some magic potion or silver bullet that will instantaneously and immediately solve all our struggles. Rather, we engage in prayer trusting God's wisdom and timing in the granting of such grace. For this reason we often speak of striving in prayer and persisting in prayer. May the Lord grant you such striving and persisting in prayer—for your good and his glory.
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Facebook is in the advanced stages of developing mobile applications that will for the first time bring games and other apps that work on its web platform to smartphones.
The move is likely to cause controversy for Apple as Facebook's "apps within an app" model could break Apple's rules for software on its iPhone and iPad. Facebook is expected to release apps for Apple products and Google's Android smartphones next month, according to people familiar with its plans.
Third-party apps will run inside a "wrapper" within Facebook's "native" app and updates from friends using them will be incorporated into a mobile version of its new live "ticker".
Screenshots from guidelines for "social mobile web app" developers emerged on the TechCrunch website on Thursday after being accidentally published by Facebook. It reported that the launch could come as soon as next week. However, one developer told the Financial Times the timescale was "fluid", depending on the readiness of app developers and discussions with Apple.
Facebook and Apple declined to comment.
Games such as Zynga's Cityville and EA's The Sims Social are among the most popular third-party apps on Facebook, played by tens of millions of people a day.
But their absence from Facebook's mobile apps diminishes the social network's appeal for new users in emerging markets who use it primarily on phones.
Some Facebook executives expect the majority of its members will be mobile users within two years, although its iPhone app has been criticised by users recently for unreliability. Facebook's new mobile platform will allow developers of games and other apps to use HTML5 – an evolution of the language in which websites are written – to replicate apps on different platforms and avoid Apple's lengthy approval process when making changes.
In social gaming, updates are made several times a week – impossible under Apple's regime.
Facebook is considering whether to allow use of its virtual currency, Credits, to enable the buying of items within games. Apple bans in-app purchasing that does not go via its own payments system and it takes a 30 per cent cut of all transactions through its App Store.
Facebook's app is the most popular in iPhone's four-year history, giving the social network leverage that could allow for special dispensation from Apple.
But such an exemption would open up Apple to criticism from other developers using its App Store.
It has been reported that Facebook could join Apple at its iPhone launch next week to unveil the social network's long-awaited iPad app. But the two companies' relationship has been rocky in the past, especially around Apple's decision to incorporate Twitter, a Facebook rival, into the next version of its operating system.


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With Dodgers in town, D-backs look ahead to Sydney
PHOENIX -- With the Dodgers in town to play three of their 10 scheduled meetings at Chase Field this season, the D-backs have a chance to look ahead to another home series against their division rival, one that'll literally take place across the globe.
The D-backs will open the 2014 season by hosting the Dodgers for a pair of games at the Sydney Cricket Grounds in Australia, nearly 8,000 miles from their usual home venue. It will be the first time Major League Baseball has started the regular season in the southern hemisphere, part of its continuing effort to spread the game around the globe.
"We're looking forward to making our own Chase Field in Sydney," president and CEO Derrick Hall said. "It should be a great series. It's always been a priority for us to expand our brand internationally."
The games will be played on March 22-23, the first with a 7 p.m. local start time and the second at 1 p.m. Ticket information can be found MLBsydney2014.com. Season-ticket holders and registered users of Dbacks.com will have first crack at purchasing presale tickets, and season-ticket holders who renew early will have a chance to win a travel package to Australia that includes game tickets, airfare and hotel accommodations.
"I can't tell you how many fans have said they're so excited for Sydney," Hall said. "You never like to lose a couple of home games here, but we are sure that Sydney will make us feel at home."
Tickets for the historic matchup are already being rapidly scooped up in Australia. Through a limited release, around 20,000 have been purchased, with a portion of the remaining seats being held for fans in America and Asia.
"The excitement in Australia has been overwhelming," said Jason Moore of Moore Sports, the company promoting the event in Australia. "The popularity of Major League Baseball in Australia and particularly in Sydney should not be underestimated. We now have 14 games per week broadcast live into our market. There are World Series parties during that time of the year, and it's lead news on our sports programs. The fascination with American sports in Australia is growing immensely."
Adding to the uniqueness of the series is the facility where the games will be played, with Moore calling the Sydney Cricket Grounds the "Fenway Park and Wrigley Field of Australian sports."
At 130 years old, the facility is undergoing a $186 million face-lift that includes adding a video board, dugouts, clubhouses, camera wells and a main grandstand behind home plate. The deepest part of the ballpark will extend to 405 feet, with the foul poles 330 feet from home.
By the time the event begins, the stadium will be able to hold 40,000.
"It's a tremendous venue. It's an iconic venue in the world of cricket, and we hope now it'll become iconic in the world of baseball," Moore said. "It's got restored heritages encompassed around modern facilities."
With this series, Australia will join Mexico, Japan and Puerto Rico as countries that have hosted regular-season MLB games. Although the nation has only produced 31 big leaguers, baseball has been growing in popularity at a staggering rate over the last decade and a half. In 2001, MLB opened an academy there, and in 2010 the Australian Baseball League played its inaugural season with six teams.
"We're really excited about what these games will mean for the excitement in the future of baseball in Australia," said MLB International's James Pearce. "We're building a whole new generation of fans in Australia off a very strong base of baseball supporters already there."
The D-backs will leave Spring Training on March 16 and arrive in Sydney on the morning of March 18. Because of the extensive amount of travel required for both teams, Hall said the two might begin big league camp early and play a home-and-home with each other before their normal Cactus League schedule starts.
Hall hopes the exposure to a new market will pay dividends for the organization long after the club completes its journey Down Under, perhaps starting with the expansion of Paul Goldschmidt's "America's first baseman" nickname overseas.
"Goldy is Australia's first baseman," Hall said.


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