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Fresh produce
(Damp | Food | Humid | Produce | Ripe | Tender) Fresh vegetables or fruits in a dream and in their season represent a political appointment in a populated village or a small town. Eating fresh produce out of season in a dream means an illness. As for a merchant, eating fresh produce in a dream means profits and plenitude. Fresh or ripened fruits in a dream represent glad tidings, spiritual awareness, victory over one's enemy, chastity, lawful earnings or absence of trouble. Eating a ripened fruit out of season in a dream also may mean a miraculous recovery from illness and a blessing….
(Fruit) In season, seeing an apricot in a dream means money. Seeing apricot out of season in a dream means illness. A fruitbearing apricot tree in a dream represents a rich man. However, it is said that an apricot tree in a dream also represents someone who suffers from a serious illness, and is of little or no use to others. On the other hand, it is said that an apricot tree in a dream represents someone with a cheerful face, who is courageous in defends himself, but who is stingy with his own family. When the apricot is still green and unripened in the dream, it represents little money. When it ripens and becomes yellow in adream, it denotes greater profits. Eating a ripened apricot in a dream means being generous and charitable, or it could mean recovering from an illness. Breaking a branch from an apricot tree in a dream means a dispute with one's family or with a friend. In general, breaking a branch from a tree in a dream means claiming someone's money or denying him his money, or it could mean failing to perform one's prayers, neglecting one's obligatory fast or misusing and damaging someone else's property. Attending an apricot farm in a dream means trustworthiness and dutifulness. It is also said that an apricot tree in a dream represents a hypocrite, because yellow in a dream means illness, and hypocrisy is an illness. An apricot tree in a dream also represents a wealthy woman. Plucking apricots from a tree in a dream also could mean marrying such a woman. Harvesting any fruitbearing tree in season in a dream means pleasures and work, except for the mulberry tree, for here it means toiling, hardship or waste of time. Plucking apricots from an apple tree in a dream means impressing unjust rules upon others. In general, a yellow colored fruit in a dream signifies illness. A sower tasting fruit in a dream signifies distress and sorrow. Apricot in a dream also signifies fear, bringing things under control, things returning to normal or it could even mean pleasant gains. (Also see Fruit)…
Dreaming of seeing fruit ripening among its foliage, usually foretells to the dreamer a prosperous future. Green fruit signifies disappointed efforts or hasty action. For a young woman Dreaming of eating green fruit, indicates her degradation and loss of inheritance. Eating fruit is unfavorable usually. To buy or sell fruit, denotes much business, but not very remunerative. To see or eat ripe fruit, signifies uncertain fortune and pleasure….
Dreaming of passing through leaving and blossoming orchards with your sweetheart, omens a delightful consummation of a long courtship. If the orchard is filled with ripening fruit, it denotes recompense for faithful service to those under masters, and full fruition of designs for the leaders of enterprises. Happy homes, with loyal husbands and obedient children, for wives. If you are in an orchard and see hogs eating the fallen fruit, it is a sign that you will lose property in trying to claim what are not really your own belongings. To gather the ripe fruit, is a happy omen of plenty to all classes. Orchards infested with blight, denotes a miserable existence, amid joy and wealth. To be caught in brambles, while passing through an orchard, warns you of a jealous rival, or, if married, a private but large row with your partner. If you dream of seeing a barren orchard, opportunities to rise to higher stations in life will be ignored. If you see one robbed of its verdure by seeming winter, it denotes that you have been careless of the future in the enjoyment of the present. To see a storm-swept orchard, brings an unwelcome guest, or duties….
This is a very good dream to the majority of people. To see red apples on trees with green foliage is exceedingly propitious to the dreamer. To eat them is not as good, unless they be faultless. A friend who interprets dreams says: Ripe apples on a tree, denotes that the time has arrived for you to realize your hopes | think over what you intend to do, and go fearlessly ahead. Ripe on the top of the tree, warns you not to aim too high. Apples on the ground imply that false friends, and flatterers are working you harm. Decayed apples typify hopeless efforts….
A water melon in a dream represents a sick person with many problems including suppression of urine. A melon in a dream also means that one will be struck with an adversity for which he will find no solution, and he will not understand its consequences for sometime to come. Eating a water melon in a dream also means release from prison. If one sees himself extending his hands to the heavens from where he receives a water melon in the dream, it means that he is seeking a job in the government or a wealth which he shall shortly receive. A ripened water melon in a dream means a sickness, while a green and unripened melon means youth and a good health. Honeydew in a dream represent a group of men and women who possess good character and manners. In a dream, a melon also represents a beautiful woman though with bad qualities….
Extracting oils from seeds
(Grinding | Pressing) Grinding or pressing nuts or seeds to extract their oils or butter in a dream means money and prosperity. Pressing ripe olives in a dream represents one's homeland. Pressing olives for their oil in a dream means relief from burdens or overcoming adversities, or it could represent true scholars, satisfying one's carnal desires, engaging in wrongdoing, receiving guidance, seeing the light, walking away from darkness into light, or it could represent one's earnings or benefits. Pressing sesame seeds or walnuts in a dream means prosperity and financial growth. Sesame oil in a dream represents a pious person who admonishes people and entices them to break their attachments to the world or to its temporary pleasures. Pressing sesame seeds in a dream also represents a successful businessman. Extracting hazelnut compound in a dream means money which is earned with hardship or it could mean money that keeps growing. (Also see Juice | Oil press | Wine press)…
(Fruit | Palm tree) In a dream, dates mean money or a good message. Eating dates in a dream means earning lawful income. Dates are like money, they do not have a long shelve life. Unripened dates in a dream indicate the availability of water for those who need it. Red unripened dates in a dream may signify some type of blood disease, whereby the red cells grow to exceed in number the white cells. Dates in a dream also mean rain. Eating dates in a dream means reading the Holy Qur'an and reaping benefits from one's religion. Buried dates in a dream represent one's savings. If one sees himself burying dates in a dream, it also means stealing from the property and money of orphans. Dates placed to dry in the open represent money which does not last. To harvest dates in a dream in season means that one may get married to a noble and a wealthy woman. It also means acquiring knowledge. Harvesting dates out of season in a dream means that one will learn something good but fail to act upon it. If one see that he is fanning himself with a tender and a wet branch of a palm tree in a dream it means learning something beneficial from a hypocrite, or it may mean relief from distress. If a woman sees herself eating ripened dates that are dripping with juices in the dream, it means that she will receive an inheritance from her husband and that her name will be included in his will, even if she is divorced. If one sees himself taking a date, splitting it in half and extracting the date pit from it in a dream, it means that he will beget a son. Eating fresh dates in a dream means hearing good words beside other benefits. (Also see Bunch of dates | Date spread)…
In a dream, plums in season represent health and welfare. Otherwise, out of season, plums represent distress and difficulties. However, everybody draws benefits from seeing a plum tree in a dream. If one sees himself eating a sweet and ripened plum in a dream, it means that he will satisfy his pleasures, passions, and wantonness. If it tastes sour in the dream, then it represents his fear. A plum tree in a dream also represents a rich person, or a spendthrift who is also dangerous but courageous when facing adversities, and who may become wealthy early in his life though he may die young. Eating plum out of season in a dream means suffering from a severe illness. Plucking a plum from its tree in a dream means seizing money from a dying person. Plums in a dream also represent the glad tidings of recovering what is lost if they are good, and a warningrn about what is evil should it happen again. A plum in a dream also represents a good brother, or a good looking and a respectable companion. The same interpretation applies for all types of berries. (Also see Tree)…
Eating pomegranate seeds in a dream means earning easy money. A pomegranate in a dream also represents savings. If it is ripened and tastes sweet, it represents a beautiful woman, a town, a son, a one thousand dollars, a one hundred dollars, or ten dollars depending on the type of work one performs. If a pomegranate is eaten unripened in the dream, it represents suspicious money. As for a ruler or a governor, a pomegranate in a dream represents a city. If he brakes one in a dream, it means that he will conquer or rule that city. The skin of a pomegranate represents the city's walls, its seeds represent its people and its juices represent its resources, industries and wealth. If a sick person eats the skin of a pomegranate in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness. A pomegranate in a dream also means a coffer, a beehive, or a honey- comb. If the seeds are white in the dream, they represent little money. If they are red, then they represent a sizeable profit. A pomegranate in a dream also denotes fear or a journey. A fresh looking pomegranate in a dream represents a young virgin. A broken pomegranate in half in a dream represents a deflowered girl, a divorcee or a widow. A rotten or a spoiled pomegranate in a dream represents an unchaste woman. A sour tasting pomegranate in adream represents unlawful money, worries, or disturbances. If one sells pomegranates in a dream, it means that he will sell the everlasting reward of the hereafter for the temporary pleasure of this world. Drinkingpomegranatejuice in a dream means spending for one's livelihood. A pomegranate tree in a dream represents a pious, respected and a rich man. If he is a merchant, his business will always multiply. The thorns of a pomegranate tree in a dream represent the obstacles that restricts a believer from falling into or committing a wrongdoing. Cutting down a pomegranate tree in a dream means severing one's blood ties, or neglecting one's duty toward his family….
(Labor pangs | Labor throes | Quake | Shaking | Shock) A tremor in a dream represents plants blooming, grass growing, vegetations sprouting, the blossoming of garden flowers, and the ripening of fruits. If a pregnant woman sees an earth tremor in her dream, it represents labor throes. (Also see Earthquake | Shock | Tremble)…
(Castle | Child | Firmament | Heavens | House | Mother | Oath | Ocean | Prison | Teacher | Town | Wife | Wonders) In a dream, the sky represents itself. Whatever descends from it or comes from that direction in a dream will materialize. If fire falls from the sky over people's homes in a dream, it means plagues, illness, pleurisy, smallpox, or death and destruction. If fire falls over the marketplace in the dream, it means higher prices. If it falls over the fields and farmlands in the dream, it means that the crops could either burn, freeze, or be struck by a swarm of locusts or by other harmful insects. If what falls from the sky indicates prosperity, such as honey, oil, figs, barley, or money, etcetera, in the dream, it means a good rain and a good harvest for that year. Whatever falls from the sky of good or bad may represent the government and the hardships it inflicts upon the people, or the benefits it may bring them. Climbing to the sky with a rope, a ladder, or using a staircase in a dream means exaltation, rising in station, good luck and support. If one climbs without a common medium in a dream, it means fear and arrogance. If his intention in climbing is to spy on others in the dream, it means that he may work as a spy. If one descends safely from the sky in the dream, it means that he will escape and be spared the consequences of his sin. If he falls and breaks or fractures a bone or so in the dream, it means that he may suffer such accident in wakefulness. If a sick person sees himself climbing to the sky, and if he does not return to earth in the dream, it means that he may die from his illness. If he comes back in the dream, it means that his illness will increase and his difficulties will reach their peak, though God willing, he will recover from his illness, unless he falls into a hole in a dream. In that case the hole represents his grave. If one sees the sky shooting arrows causing people wounds, injuries and bleeding in a dream, it means taxes and confiscation of properties by the government. If the arrows hit people's ears and eyes only in the dream, it means that major trials and temptations will strike at everyone. If the arrows fall without causing harm to anyone, and if people rush to collect them in the dream, they represent a booty that people will come to win, or a divine gifts people will enjoy. To rise close to the sky in a dream means nearness to one's Lord. This is particularly true for pious people and for true believers. Nearing the sky in a dream also represents a supplication needing an immediate answer, and God willing such prayers will be answered. Nearing the sky in a dream also could mean going before the governor of one's town, or any person from whom one may need something, i.e., a teacher, a man of knowledge, a father, or a wife. If one sees the sky falling over his head in a dream, it means that the roof of his house may cave in, or that he will die from an illness he already suffers. If one sees himself climbing and entering the sky in a dream, it means that he will die as a martyr. If one sees himself standing in the sky in a dream, it means that he will command or admonish others. If one sees himself in the sky looking down at something on earth in a dream, it means that he will rise in station, then he will regret something he missed. If one sees the sky green in a dream, it means prosperity and a good harvest. If one sees the sky turned into iron in a dream, it means drought or scarcity of rain. If one falls from the sky in a dream, it means that he may abandon his faith, become a reprobate, or that he may be struck with a major calamity that will be driven by an unjust person. If the iron sky splits open, and if an old man appears from behind it in the dream, such an old person represents the grandfather of the people of that town or tribe. Consequently, people will enjoy a good harvest, prosperity and happiness. If it is a young man that appears in the dream, then he represents an enemy and an evil that may befall the people following such dream. If a sheep appears from the sky in a dream, then it means profits. If camels appear, then they represent rain. If a lion appears in the dream, it represents an unjust ruler. If the sky becomes one solid piece in the dream, it means drought. If it rips apart and its doors become wide open in the dream, then it means rain or an answer to people's prayers. If one sees himself reaching out and touching the sky in a dream, it means that he is seeking an important goal, and that he will fail to attain it. If one sees himself rising near the lower heavens in a dream, it means worldly gains, or profits and status in either material or spiritual realms. If one looks toward the sky, whether to the East or to the West in a dream, it means travels. If one sees himself stealing the sky and hiding it in ajar in a dream, it means that he may steal a copy of the holy Qur'an and hides it with his wife. If one sees the sky wide open in a dream, it means blessings and benefits. If one sees himself rising toward the sky in a flat posture in a dream, it means that he will become emaciated, or suffer losses in his business. On the other hand, if one sees himself rising without difficulty and without being laid on his back in a dream, it means exaltation, success and safety from any harm that could be driven by one's enemies. If one bites the sky in a dream, it means that a calamity will strike at him, or it could mean business losses, failure to attain one's goals, or an argument with one's superior at work. If one sees himself touring the sky then returning to earth in a dream, it means that he may become an astronomer, or an astrologer and gain fame in his field. If one sees himself leaning his back to the sky in a dream, it means that he may win a leadership position, or win victory over his opponents. If one sees himself in the sky having a form different than that of human beings in a dream, it means that he may leave this world unblessed. If one sees himself hanging down with a rope from the sky in a dream, it means that he will govern after someone else's, or inherit his post. However, if the rope breaks in the dream, it means that he may lose such an opportunity. If one sees a lighted candle in the sky which luster and brightness dims the light of the sun in a dream, it represents a solar eclipse. If one sees the sky being build in his presence in a dream, it means that he lies in his testimonies. Falling from the sky in a dream also could be a warning against falling into sin. Falling from the sky in a dream with one's head down means longevity. If one sees himself in the sky but could not remember when did he enter it in a dream, it means that God willing he is already in paradise. If one sees radiance, or scintillating rays of light coming through the sky in a dream, it means guidance. If he sees dark clouds coming through the sky in a dream, it means that he could stray from God's path. If he sees a scourge descending from the sky in a dream, it means that plagues and adversities will befall the people as a chastisement for their sins, or for crimes they have committed. As for gnostics and people of knowledge, seeing the sky in a dream means clarity, vision, placing one's interests in heavenly matters, or travelling to distant lands, or engaging in importing and exporting goods. Climbing into the sky in a dream also means falsehood, false beliefs, lies, or talking about God Almighty without the proper knowledge or guidance. Climbing into the sky in a dream also could mean seeking one's livelihood, satisfying one's needs, or fulfilling a promise. Skies in a dream also represent the ocean because of their vastness and the countless number of creation living therein, or they could represent the ripening of fruits, or the conclusion of one's work, or they could represent one's helmet, armor, wife, money, religion, death, or they could indicate slander and falsehood against someone who descends from them after being raised, and they could mean making peace with one's enemies, or they could represent the shares allotted for each one of God's creation, the good and the bad, people's sustenance and that of beasts, gains, losses, blessings or afflictions. (Also see Ascending in the skies | Celestial spheres | Heavens | Star)…
A herd of sheep in a dream represents a good flock, obedient subjects, or good citizens. Sheep in a dream also signify joy, happiness, festivities, a wife, children, a farmland, properties, prosperity or wealth, and particularly when one pays the due alms tax on his money making ventures and liquid assets. Owning a herd of sheep in a dream represents a growing wealth. Passing by a herd of sheep in a dream means passing a gathering of men who have no brain. If a herd of sheep faces someone in a dream, they represent a group of people who will welcome him with a fight which one will eventually win. Receiving a herd of sheep as a gift in a dream means a political appointment, knighthood, knowledge, the seat of justice, or a blessing in one's life. Shearing off the wool of a sheep in a dream is a warning that one should remain aloof for three days. Both the white sheep and the black sheep in a dream mean profit, though the benefits one draws from a white sheep are greater. Seeing a herd of sheep in a dream means continuous happiness. Walking by a slaughter house or a tripe shop and witnessing the heads and trotters of sheep in a dream mean longevity. To find oneself transformed into a sheep in a dream means a booty or winning something. Seeing a sheep in one's dream also represents an obedient son. If one's wife is pregnant, and if he is presented with a sheep as a gift in a dream, it means that she will deliver a boy. Otherwise, the remaining little domesti- cated animals represent headache, because of the responsibility involved in caring for and in upbringing the boys, except for the girls, for they represent worldly success and profits. If one sees himself slaughtering a sheep in a dream, it means that one of his boys will shortly die, or perhaps it could be the son of someone he knows. A sheep trader in a dream represents a good man who is intuitive and who spends his money on the path of seeking knowledge, or to propagate the same. If one sees himself having a fat tail like that of a sheep in a dream, it means that his livelihood will depend on the revenues of his offspring. In a dream, a sheep also represents a righteous man. (Also see Counting sheep | Ewe | Ram | Trader)…
To see large fields of growing wheat in your dreams, denotes that your interest will take on encouraging prospects. If the wheat is ripe, your fortune will be assured and love will be your joyous companion. To see large clear grains of wheat running through the thresher, foretells that prosperity has opened her portals to the fullest for you. To see it in sacks or barrels, your determination to reach the apex of success is soon to be crowned with victory and your love matters will be firmly grounded. If your granary is not well covered and you see its contents getting wet, foretells that while you have amassed a fortune, you have not secured your rights and you will see your interests diminishing by the hand of enemies. If you rub wheat from the head into your hand and eat it, you will labor hard for success and will obtain and make sure of your rights. Dreaming that you climb a steep hill covered with wheat and think you are pulling yourself up by the stalks of wheat, denotes you will enjoy great prosperity and thus be able to distinguish yourself in any chosen pursuit….
Dreaming of dead corn or stubble fields, indicates to the dreamer dreary prospects for the future. To see green fields, or ripe with corn or grain, denotes great abundance and happiness to all classes. To see newly plowed fields, denotes early rise in wealth and fortunate advancement to places of honor. To see fields freshly harrowed and ready for planting, denotes that you are soon to benefit by your endeavor and long struggles for success. See Cornfields and Wheat….
Seeing a number of orange trees in a healthy condition, bearing ripe fruit, is a sign of health and prosperous surroundings. To eat oranges is signally bad. Sickness of friends or relatives will be a source of worry to you. Dissatisfaction will pervade the atmosphere in business circles. If they are fine and well-flavored, there will be a slight abatement of ill luck. A young woman is likely to lose her lover, if she dreams of eating oranges. If she dreams of seeing a fine one pitched up high, she will be discreet in choosing a husband from many lovers. To slip on an orange peel, foretells the death of a relative. To buy oranges at your wife's solicitation, and she eats them, denotes that unpleasant complications will resolve themselves into profit….
Plums, if they are green, unless seen on trees, are signs of personal and relative discomfort. To see them ripe, denotes joyous occasions, which, however, will be of short duration. To eat them, denotes that you will engage in flirtations and other evanescent pleasures. To gather them, you will obtain your desires, but they will not prove so solid as you had imagined. If you find yourself gathering them up from the ground, and find rotten ones among the good, you will be forced to admit that your expectations are unrealized, and that there is no life filled with pleasure alone….
Dreaming that you are in Paradise, means loyal friends, who are willing to aid you. This dream holds out bright hopes to sailors or those about to make a long voyage. To mothers, this means fair and obedient children. If you are sick and unfortunate, you will have a speedy recovery and your fortune will ripen. To lovers, it is the promise of wealth and faithfulness. Dreaming that you start to Paradise and find yourself bewildered and lost, you will undertake enterprises which look exceedingly feasible and full of fortunate returns, but which will prove disappointing and vexatious….
Corn and Corn-Field
Dreaming of passing through a green and luxurious corn-field, and seeing full ears hanging heavily, denotes great wealth for the farmer. It denotes fine crops and rich harvest and harmony in the home. To the young it promises much happiness and true friends, but to see the ears blasted, denotes disappointments and bereavements. To see young corn newly ploughed, denotes favor with the powerful and coming success. To see it ripe, denotes fame and wealth. To see it cribbed, signifies that your highest desires will be realized. To see shelled corn, denotes wealthy combines and unstinted favors. Dreaming of eating green corn, denotes harmony among friends and happy unions for the young….


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When a Red State Goes Blue
New residents have made Colorado more fertile ground for Democrats.
-- The Centennial State is a major example of what's new in the American West – a political makeover. Colorado used to be a solid Republican state. In fact, it has gone for the Republican presidential nominee in every election since 1960, with the exceptions of 1964 and 1992. But this election season gives the state -- which was named after its largest river, named in turn by early Spanish explorers for its red silt — a chance to turn blue.
If you want further proof that it's a battleground state, just watch television for 10 minutes, as residents have been inundated with political ads, especially in the race's closing days.
That's in part because of a seismic shift in Colorado. Though President Bush won the state twice, now there's some Bush backlash. That combined with an influx of new residents may make it more favorable this year for Democrats. Colorado has seen tens of thousands of new residents settle annually, bringing with them high ideals and fierce independence.
Now, so many of those unaffiliated newcomers exist that their voters outnumber the rolls of either party.
"People that were unaffiliated used to default Republican. They don't do that anymore," said Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter.
It was a cue for Democrats, who, after years of wandering the political wilderness, pounced on the opportunity presented by the swelling ranks new voters. And Ritter benefited from it.
As a former prosecutor and Catholic, the Democrat could have run his gubernatorial campaign on a law-and-order, anti-abortion platform. Instead, he went with windmills, and snatched the governor's chair two years ago in a landslide with an issue nearly everyone could agree upon.
"We've found a way to govern to the middle. We're largely centrists," Ritter said.
State Senator Joe Rice is an Army colonel and one of the Democrats' rising moderate stars, and he worries his party may get drunk on power and taste its own backlash in two years.
"Whichever party starts to think they have a monopoly on good ideas, they start losing," Rice said.
Still, the Democrats are enjoying a well organized and well funded ground game in the state, where Obama offices outnumber McCain's 4-1.
But Republicans have not bowed out entirely. Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave went to Washington as a Christian crusader six years ago, and her efforts to ban gay marriage made her a hero of the Republican right. Though her agenda today is much more nonpartisan, she still backs the McCain-Palin ticket.
"When it comes to spending, when it comes to immigration, the Republican party has been wrong," she said. "I'm hoping Colorado goes McCain-Palin."

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"Starting Your Own Business: All the guidelines you'll need," 6 to 9 p.m. at SCORE offices, 100 Middle St., Portland. The cost is $35 with online reservation. For details or to register, visit www.scoremaine.com or call 772-1147 weekday mornings.
Eggs and Issues, starting at 7 a.m., with Gov. Paul LePage at Holiday Inn by the Bay, Spring Street, Portland. The cost is $17 for chamber members and $27 for nonmembers. If space is available, registrations will be taken at the door. For more information and to register, visit www.portlandregion.com or call 772-2811, ext. 233.
"Pitchfest," 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., featuring three-minute promotional presentations by company representatives with feedback from experts; Lunch and Learn workshop offered by Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development at the University of Southern Maine, 133 Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford St,, Portland. The fee is $20 and is free for students. To register, contact Laurie Johnson at [email protected] or call 774-8111.
Open House, 3 to 5 p.m., at the new Job Connection center. During the week there will be several workshops and a Virtual Career Fair held in conjunction with Goodwill Industries Week. The open house will be at Goodwill, 1035 Lisbon St., Lewiston. Workshops are free to the public and will be presented by Goodwill employees. For the full workshop list and registration information, visit www.goodwillnne.org.
Junior Achievement of Maine Business Hall of Fame, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks, South Portland. Being honored are Rich Peterson, president of Maine Medical Center, Danielle Ripich, Ph.D., president of the University of New England and Horace A. Hildreth Jr., chairman emeritus of Diversified Communications. For tickets or more information, visit www.jamaine.org or contact Michelle Anderson at 347-4333.
"Customer Data Security: What You Need to Know Before and After a Breach," 6 to 8 p.m., panel discussion presented by (ISC)2 Maine Chapter at Sage Data Security, 2275 Congress St., Portland. Free and open to the public. Register at http://bit.ly/10xdYG4.
Brunswick Downtown Association, 7:30 to 9 a.m., speaker series program with Carolann Ouellette, director of the Maine Office of Tourism. Held at Brunswick Golf Club, 165 River Road. The cost is $20 or $15 per person for parties of four or more. Visit www.brunswickdowntown.org or call 729-4439 for details and registration.
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"Time, Talent and Meeting Management," 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 13, workshop for nonprofits at University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Register by contacting Nancy Boyington at 338-8002 (toll free 800-753-9044) or [email protected] The cost for a one-day workshop is $150. A two-day grant writing workshop is $255. Fees include a continental breakfast, lunch and all materials.
CareerCenters, part of the Maine Department of Labor, provide a variety of free services and workshops to help with job searches or upgrade skills. Each of the 12 centers provide computer workstations and offer several programs throughout the month. Call 753-9005 (TTY users call Maine Relay 711) or go to www.mainecareercenter.com.
Central Maine Community College offers several business-related courses, workshops and training. Contact Corporate and Community Services at 755-5280 or 800-891-2002, opt. 7, or visit www.cmcc.edu/training for details.
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Longtime Ron Paul for President campaign aide Jesse Benton announced September 13 that he would take a job working on the reelection campaign of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Benton's choice of McConnell drew criticism from many libertarian-leaning activists who had supported the Ron Paul campaign, as McConnell had been the major force behind trying (unsuccessfully) to stop Ron Paul's son Rand from being elected to the U.S. Senate from Kentucky in 2010.
Just two days earlier, Benton had resigned from the staff of the Paul-aligned Campaign for Liberty, a grass-roots advocacy organization seeking smaller government with affiliates across the nation. "After much soul searching," Benton wrote in a September 11 letter to Campaign for Liberty, "I have decided that my passion lies in direct electoral politics, and I plan to work on campaigns rather than resume my work in grassroots advocacy."
The McConnell campaign released a statement expressing happiness that it had Benton on board. "Jesse is literally the best in the business at building and organizing conservative grassroots movements, and I'm thrilled he's chosen to return to Kentucky to lead my campaign." Benton returned the compliments to the establishment Republican. "It is a real honor to join Senator McConnell's team. I look forward to playing my part in re-electing a great leader who can truly unite a broad coalition of Americans and get our country back on track," Benton said in a press release.
Benton had long been a controversial figure in the Ron Paul campaign, with some activists complaining that he wasn't a true believer in the Ron Paul cause of libertarian-leaning smaller government and was an "establishment sell-out" months before he took the job with McConnell. Among those who complained about Benton after his departure from the grassroots campaign was Dr. Thomas Woods, a scholar and activist associated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Woods said of Benton (who married one of Ron Paul's granddaughters), that Benton had done his best to marginalize the libertarian supporters of Paul during the campaign. Woods also suggested:
Ask yourself this: how much money would you have to be paid to work for an enemy of the things you're supposed to stand for? Maybe now people will understand why Jesse would fly into a tirade after some of Ron's most heroic moments, when the rest of us were cheering.
The Washington Post portrayed the move in a different light, noting that the younger Dr. Paul (Rand) and McConnell had patched up many of their political differences: "But Paul and McConnell have developed a working relationship and the tea party-tied freshman is backing his older colleague in 2014." Indeed, McConnell had participated in the RNC video complimenting Ron Paul at the Tampa national convention several weeks ago.


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The Prosecutor contracts with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS)/Division of Child Support (DCS) to handle paternity cases where establishment of paternity is necessary. Determination of paternity involves interviewing, filing a lawsuit against possible fathers, pretrial motions, interrogatories, DNA tests, guardian ad litem reports, trial and/or entry of a judgment.
The Prosecutor also contracts with DSHS/DCS to locate non-custodial parents and enforce payment of their legal child support obligation. If the non-custodial parent resides out of the area, the procedure can be initiated through the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. Other states and other countries have agreed to reciprocally handle child support cases when one of the involved parties reside there.
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LONDON - Children whose parents are cousins run more than double the risk of being born with a congenital abnormality, although the overall rate of such birth defects remains low, according to new research findings.
A large study in a British city with a large Pakistani community, where marriage between blood relatives is fairly common, found that so-called consanguineous parents accounted for more than 30 per cent of birth defects in babies of Pakistani origin.
Researchers said the findings were important evidence for use in educating populations that accept and sanction cousin marriages - including Amish, Kurdish, Romany and other relatively closed communities - about the potential risks for children's health.
Birth defects, also known as congenital abnormalities, can range from relatively minor problems such as extra fingers or toes through to more life-threatening problems such as holes in the heart or brain development disorders.
Experts estimate more than a billion people worldwide live in communities where blood-relative marriage is a cultural norm.
"Whilst consanguineous marriage increases the risk of birth defect from 3 per cent to 6 per cent, the absolute risk is still small," said Mr Eamonn Sheridan, a senior lecturer in clinical genetics at the University of Leeds who co-led the study and presented its results at a briefing in London.
He added that this still means 96 per cent of blood-relative couples are likely to have babies with no birth defects: "It's important to note that the vast majority of babies born to couples who are blood relatives are absolutely fine."
Called "Born in Bradford" or BiB, the study was the largest of its type ever conducted and looked at more than 11,300 babies in the northern English city of Bradford between 2007 and 2011.
The researchers found the overall rate of birth defects in the BiB babies - which included largely white British and Pakistani mothers but also other ethnic groups - was approximately 3 per cent, nearly double the national rate of around 1.7 per cent.
Among the Pakistani subgroup, they found 77 per cent of babies born with birth defects were born to parents who were in blood-relative marriages.
Mr Neil Small, a professor of Health Research at the University of Bradford who worked with Sheridan on the study, said he hoped the robust evidence provided by the study would prove useful in raising awareness among communities across the world.
"At the heart of all this are children who are born with often very distressing illnesses that can create both misery in themselves and anguish in the families," he said.
"Many of these things are preventable and we hope that what our study does is contribute to a debate that means in the future, some of them will be."
Responding to the study's findings, Mr Hamish Spencer, a professor of zoology at New Zealand's University of Otago who has previously researched consanguineous marriage, said they were important because there are significant public health consequences in places with higher rates of birth defects.
"Awareness of the risks to the children of cousin marriage needs to be increased but in a culturally sensitive way," he said in an e-mailed comment.


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From graduate degrees to continuing education, the college offers a broad spectrum of educational opportunities.
The UC College of Medicine is continuing its upward path in cutting-edge research to enhance discovery sciences and facilitate translation of these discoveries to improve health and clinical care while recruiting new faculty. The new undergraduate program fosters scientific curiosity and investigation for our students. We are creating an environment of advanced clinical care that surpasses any in the region.
The College of Medicine features 26 academic departments, offering clinical, education and research opportunities.
The UC Cancer Center focuses on disease-based centers of excellence to offer a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care, education and research.
The UC Gardner Neuroscience Institute provides advanced evidence-based treatment and active research of complex neurological conditions.
The UC Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute builds upon its nationally known cardiovascular diseases discoveries to make significant contributions to research, education and patient care.
The Center for Integrative Health and Wellness promotes the value of treating the whole person and works to provide evidence-based wellness initiatives across the Academic Health Center and into the community through education, research and clinical care.
Hoxworth Blood Center was founded in 1938 and serves over 30 hospitals and medical facilities in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Hoxworth Blood Center also is a leader in the coordination of research projects developed for the advancement of transfusion medicine, including clinical trials for transfusion medicine-related products.
The College of Medicine has identified four institutes in which we have outstanding quality, a track record of success, opportunities for funding and ability to advance translational research and deliver high-quality personalized care.
The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is known for its strong educational programs. From medical degrees to summer research programs, the College of Medicine offers some of the most innovative and captivating science and research opportunities in the nation.
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There is direct faculty supervision and oversight on all cases interpreted by fellows.
A faculty radiologist is present for all interventional procedures. Once the skills are mastered, the trainee will transition to become the primary operator under direct supervision of the faculty who will function as the primary assistant.
Evaluation of the fellow will be performed quarterly by faculty members by means of a standardized evaluation form. Fellows will meet quarterly with the Program Director to review a composite of faculty evaluations and to discuss their progress to date.
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Column: Get Your Money Back From a Canceled Flight
People often ask me how to get a refund when a flight goes belly-up.
Nov. 16, 2012 -- People often ask me how to get a refund when a flight goes belly-up. "Belly-up" covers drama from Sandy or that Nor'easter - when airlines are the ones canceling flights - to you falling ill and scrubbing your own trip. How to get your money back? Not so fast.
You could be toast since refunds are denied every day. It all depends on what happened to the flight and/or why you're ditching, plus whether or not a magic word appears on your ticket. Check out the following three situations; see which one applies to you to learn whether you've got money coming.
If you are due a refund, a word of warning; it may not happen quickly.
For more travel news and insights view Rick's blog at farecompare.com Does your ticket have the magic word on it?
The magic word is "refundable." Did you buy your ticket during an airfare sale? No magic. Were you offered different prices and chose the cheapest? Forget it. Most of us seek out the lowest airfare, but those bargains are almost invariably non-refundable. You'll know a ticket is refundable because not only will it say so but you'll have paid more - triple the price of a non-refundable ticket, and sometimes even more.
Tip: When airlines say non-refundable, they mean business.
U.S. military veteran Jerry Meekins bought a non-refundable ticket on Spirit earlier this year, but at that last minute learned his cancer had progressed to the point where doctors forbade him to fly. Surely, he figured, Spirit would give him his money back, but Spirit said no. When former comrades learned of Meekins' dilemma they got his back on Facebook and a PR battle was on. It took a while, but the bloodied airline finally caved and Meekins got his refund. He died just two months later.
When You're the One Canceling a Flight
In defense of Spirit, most airlines operate on razor thin margins and refund dollars do add up. Even airlines that allow refunds - generally only under very special circumstances - may make you jump through hoops and even pay a fee.
United, for example, seems to have one of the more generous policies regarding "unplanned events" such as death or illness of a traveler, but it is by no means guaranteed. The airline merely says it will "consider" granting a refund on non-refundable tickets providing you fit certain criteria and submit proper legal documentation up to and including actual death certificates or doctors' notes on letterhead stationery. Plus, if you do get your money back or a partial refund, you may still be dinged a $50 processing fee.
Again, that's a generous policy! Even Southwest, the only airline with no change fee, does not have any sort of blanket refund policy for non-refundable tickets, but they do say you can write to them (via snail mail). Presumably, if your case is good enough, you might get a refund, but again, no guarantees.
Bottom line: With most airlines, non-refundable means non-refundable. Pay more for a refundable ticket or get travel insurance, but be sure that insurance covers what you need it for.
When the Airline Is the One Canceling a Flight
Finally some good news. When bad weather threatens, airlines are much more pro-active in letting you know your options, allowing you to change flights without a fee penalty and often providing refunds. It wasn't always that way, believe me.
And it's still not guaranteed. Weather, considered a force majeure event (which also includes anything beyond an airline's control from strikes to terrorism), is governed by all sorts of arcane rules. Check out any airline's 'contract of carriage' for fascinating details about the ways your airline works and you will find surprises.
Speaking of surprises, American pulled one off recently but maybe they felt they had to. The carrier waived change fees and doled out refunds to unhappy flyers during its long kerfuffle with pilots and those thousands of delayed and canceled flights.
American is now saying "we're sorry" with extra miles for everyone, and since management and its pilots have come to a tentative contract agreement, I do not believe you have any worries about booking with them for the holidays. You may even score a free trip out of it.
Getting Your Money Back
Airlines say they'll post refunds anywhere from seven to ten business days. My personal experience is that you have to wait a couple of billing cycles before it shows up. Don't spend that refund too quickly.
And in the meantime, if you have doubts about your ability to make a flight consider a refundable ticket or insurance. Or gear yourself up for battle. The opinions expressed by Rick Seaney are his alone and not those of ABC News.


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Dinosaurs - Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis
Pronounced ap-uh-LAY-chee-oh-SOR-us mont-gom-uri-en-sis.
The genus name Appalachiosaurus means 'lizard from Appalachia', in reference to the mountain region where the fossils were found. Montgomeri honours Alabama's Montgomery county and ensis is the Latin suffix meaning 'from'.
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis is the first and most complete theropod tyrannosaur known from the eastern USA. It is smaller than its relatives Albertosaurusand Gorgosaurus.
The only known individual, the type specimen, was a juvenile that was about two-thirds fully grown.
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis had a long, narrow skull with a shallow jaw and probably short, stunted arms with two fingers. Although the forelimbs of Appalachiosaurus are poorly known, large tyrannosaurids are characterised by proportionally small forelimbs and two-fingered hands, so it's believed that's the case for this species. Early reconstructions gave it long arms with three fingers, but they been corrected.
Similar to the arrangement in the Asian Alioramus altai, this North American tyrannosaur had six low crests along the top of its long snout.
Although discovered in 1982, it wasn't until 2005 that palaeontologists determined that the type specimen represented an entirely new genus and species of small tyrannosaurid dinosaur and first used the name Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis.
During much of the Late Cretaceous, North America was divided by the Western Interior Seaway. Eastern tyrannosaurs like Appalachiosaurus and Dryptosaurus had no interactions with their more advanced western cousins.
Large seeds found in Alabama suggest Appalachiosaurus lived in a rainforest-like environment with a closed canopy.
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Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis lived in a densely wooded rainforest in what is now the Appalachian region in Montgomery County, Alabama, USA, during the Late Cretaceous, about 80-76 million years ago.
Feeding and diet
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis was a predatory dinosaur that lived among a small community of eastern North American dinosaurs.
Experts believe the moderate size of this dinosaur, and the type of habitat it lived in, would have forced Appalachiosaurus to be an ambush predator. The densely wooded forests may have prevented Appalachiosaurus from reaching its potential top speeds, instead it may have waited amongst the trees for prey to approach. Estimates suggest it may have only reached a maximum speed of around 13 km/hr when chasing prey in enclosed areas, but it could possibly have engaged in long distance pursuits.
Detailed studies of this species' skull and jaw, reveal more information on feeding strategies. Based on its estimated bite force, Appalachiosaurus likely was not a habitual bone cruncher like Tyrannosaurus rex, but was more likely to have focused on the flesh of prey. Its teeth were also well equipped for raking down and backwards with its jaws into flesh. Evidence also suggests Appalachiosaurus would have been able to dispatch prey of equal or greater body size to themselves - finds near the location of Appalachiosaurus fossils include large and heavily armoured dinosaur species. However, because of the small skull it likely used lateral shaking to dismember prey rather than repeated biting.
Other behaviours and adaptations
The type specimen of Appalachiosaurus, as well as one of Albertosaurus, bears evidence of bite marks from the crocodilian Deinosuchus . The hunter was also the hunted (or possibly scavenged!).
Fossils description
It's not often that dinosaurs are dug up in the southeastern USA, so the discovery ofAppalachiosaurus was big news. The fossil, believed to be of a juvenile, measured about 7 metres long, and the living dinosaur probably weighed a bit less than a ton.
The type specimen was found by Auburn University geologist David King in eastern North America, Montgomery County, Alabama, in July 1982. It is about 40 percent complete and includes parts of the skull and mandible (lower jaw), several vertebrae, parts of the pelvis, and most of both hind limbs. It is the property of the Department of Geology and Geography at Auburn University and is currently housed at the McWane Center in Birmingham, where parts of it are frequently on public display. Both genus and species were named in 2005 by palaeontologists Thomas Carr, Thomas Williamson and David Schwimmer.
As with all Late Cretaceous eastern North American dinosaurs, the fossils of Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis were found in marine sediments, more specifically chalk, made of fine clay and marine plankton that formed at water depths of over 100 hundred metres. Scientists believe that Appalachiosaurus died on land before its carcass was washed out to sea, perhaps during a storm. This theory is based on the fact fossil plankton and other marine fossils were entombed in the rock with the dinosaur specimen. Also, some of the heavy bones were missing, probably lost while the carcass floated before burial.
Evolutionary relationships
Scientists are yet to agree on this species' position within the superfamily.
The first phylogenetic analyses using cladistics, performed before the animal was named, found Appalachiosaurus to be a member of the Albertosaurine subfamily of Tyrannosauridae, which also includes Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus. The original published description in 2005 also included a cladistic analysis, and claimed A. montgomeriensis to be a basal tyrannosauroid outside of Tyrannosauridae.
More recently, it has again been proposed that the species is member of the Albertosaurine subfamily, and at least one scientist considers it a possible species of Albertosaurus as it is structurally similar to its western cousin.
Carr, T.D.; Williamson, T.E.; Schwimmer, D.R. (2005). "A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (1): 119–143.
Jovanelly T.J. & Lane L. (2012), "Comparison of the Functional Morphology of Appalachiosaurus and Albertosaurus", The Open Geology Journal 6: p. 65-71.


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Is 4% a safe withdrawal rate for retirees?
Let's consider two views of the data.
View #1: A histogram for historical outcomes
William Bengen developed the 4% rule-of-thumb, which indicates that based upon the worst-case scenario in U.S. history, an individual could have withdrawn 4% of their retirement date assets, subsequently adjusting this amount for inflation, and sustaining this spending pattern over a 30-year retirement period using a portfolio with 50% to 75% stocks.
In this view, as 4% is the worst-case scenario from history, it can be reasonably viewed as a safe withdrawal rate for today's retirees.
Figure 1 provides a histogram of these historical outcomes.
View #2: Adding retirement date market valuations to the picture
The second view moves away from a simple histogram to plot historical sustainable withdrawals rates against stock market valuation levels (as measured by Robert Shiller's cyclically adjusted price-earnings ratio: PE10) at the retirement date. With this view, we don't really care about historical worst-case scenarios. The view seeks to link sustainable spending behavior with current market conditions.
Figure 2 shows this relationship along with a best fitting curve that can explain 53% of the historical fluctuations in sustainable spending rates. On June 27, 2014, PE 10 is 26.3. The curve suggests that a best guess about the sustainable withdrawal rate for someone retiring today is 4.2%. It's important to emphasize that this isn't a conservative guess about a safe withdrawal rate, but rather it is the best guess based upon the historical relationship between withdrawal rates and market valuations.
The safe withdrawal rate would need to be scaled down below this, as safe withdrawal rates are more conservative than best guesses about withdrawal rates.
Which view is most relevant is the issue plaguing today's retirees.
Inflation, taxes blunt 4% rule
Time horizon vs. the retirement 4% rule


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- ABC will roll out its new season starting Saturday, September 5, network sources have confirmed to the site.
The Alphabet's heavy hitters however will stick to the traditional premiere week of September 21-27 with a few stragglers bowing in October.
Newcomer "Shark Tank," as previously announced, will premiere Sunday, August 9 at 9:00/8:00c before moving to its fall time period of Tuesdays at 8:00/7:00c starting August 25.
In any case, here's a breakdown of the network's premieres. Start dates for "Private Practice," "Eastwick" and "Brothers & Sisters" are still being finalized.
Saturday, September 5
8:00/7:00c - "Saturday Night College Football"
Friday, September 11
10:00/9:00c - "20/20"
Monday, September 21
8:00/7:00c - "Dancing With the Stars" (Two Hours)
10:00/9:00c - "Castle"
Tuesday, September 22
8:00/7:00c - "Dancing With the Stars" (Two Hours)
10:00/9:00c - "The Forgotten"
Wednesday, September 23
8:00/7:00c - "Dancing With the Stars" (Special Night)
9:00/8:00c - "Modern Family"
9:30/8:30c - "Cougar Town"
Thursday, September 24
8:00/7:00c - "Flash Forward"
9:00/8:00c - "Grey's Anatomy"
Sunday, September 27
7:00/6:00c - "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (Two Hours)
9:00/8:00c - "Desperate Housewives"
Tuesday, September 29
9:00/8:00c - "Dancing With the Stars" (Time Period Premiere)
Wednesday, September 30
8:00/7:00c - "Hank"
8:30/7:30c - "The Middle"
Sunday, October 4
7:00/6:00c - "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8:00/7:00c - "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (Time Period Premiere)
Friday, October 9
8:00/7:00c - "Ugly Betty" (Two Hours)
Friday, October 16
8:00/7:00c - "Supernanny"
9:00/8:00c - "Ugly Betty" (Time Period Premiere)


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Orioles closer Jim Johnson may have had an historic season for the Orioles, but it wasn't enough to win him Major League Baseball's Delivery Man of the Year Award.
That went to someone who made major league history.
MLB announced today that Tampa Bay's Fernando Rodney was chosen for the top reliever award by a baseball panel.
Rodney also won MLB's American League Comeback Player of the Year Award, with San Francisco Giants' catcher Buster Posey winning the National League's version; both comeback awards are voted on by mlb.com reporters.
Rodney, in his first year with the Rays, was 2-2 with 48 saves and a 0.60 ERA. That's the lowest ERA in the history of baseball for a pitcher who has thrown at least 50 innings in a season (the previous record was 0.61 by Oakland's Dennis Eckersley in 1990).
Johnson, who broke the Orioles' record for saves this year with a major league leading 51 (Randy Myers had 45 in 1997) also received votes for Delivery Man of the Year. So did Atlanta's Craig Kimbrel.


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"Tucked between Guana Lake and Tolomato River nine miles of hiking and biking trails create several loops thereby offering a day-long circuit hike. The trails are color-coded and all begin from a short spur off the parking and boat launch area, which are located on the west side of A1A. At the trailhead, a kiosk provides maps. At one time, these trails were service roads but have become broad dirt paths through gentling rolling terrain. An observation deck and resting bench overlook a wetland where white-tailed deer, bobcat, and raccoon come to drink. Alligators and river otters have also been spotted in this area. As you venture into the forest, notice the variety of trees including southern magnolias, hickories, and red cedar. It is along these trails where visitors enjoy scenic vistas and the unruffled calm of interior freshwater marshes and tidal creeks where a profusion of birdlife exists." (more…)
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JoCo Cruise Crazy 3 Guest Fortnight saunters onward with this melancholy offering from David Willis, creator of Shortpacked!, Dumbing Of Age and a comic he made a decade or more ago and is somehow convincing people to read all over again just to get perspective on the backstories of his current comics. I know your game, Willis, and… it's genius. Starting next month in addition to HijiNKS ENSUE, you'll be able to read HijiNKS High School: The Flannel Years. Of course none of it will make sense unless you read my OTHER comic Little HijiNKS Babies. I'm sure you'll enjoy the "content" as much as I enjoy "your page views" and the resulting "ad revenue." GOD DAMN YOU WILLIS YOU MAD GENIUS!!!
I made a bunch of shirts and put them on the internet for to you buy. Wil Wheaton helped.
David and his wife Maggie (the lady in the comic above) were on the last JoCo Cruise with us. It was one of the best weeks of my entire life, thanks in no small part to the company of those two. The fact that they aren't coming this time around (DAVID, WHY ARE YOU TRICKING PEOPLE INTO READING THREE BULLSHIT COMICS IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO BUY YOURSELF LAVISH VACATIONS?!?!?!) is going to increase the number of rum punches I must ingest each day in order to have fun. When they were with us, I only needed 5 or 6 rums punched. I'm expecting that number to increase exponentially as I continue to realize they will not be miraculously showing up on the boat halfway through the week. In my mind there's a low rumble, the ship starts to shake, we run to the bow to see what's going on and there, on the helipad lands Astrotrain. David and Maggie hop out, deliver a well timed "PSYCHE!" accompanied with pistol fingers. We all laugh and take turns dunking each other in the rum punch filled hot tub. Well, at least David and I do. I have no idea what our wives are doing. Scissoring, one would suspect. Who cares? DAVID, I MISS YOU!!!
By the time you read this it will be Tuesday, day three of the cruise. I expect most of my blood will have been replaced with alcoholic sea water by this point (a VERY EXPENSIVE spa treatment you can only order off the secret menu). I think we'll be on an island this day, which means I can make a sand David to cradle and love and have gritty, seaweedy makeouts with.
On a side note, the comic above is one of the funniest god damn things I have ever read. It almost makes me feel not too bad about recently learning that I am not, in fact, a real person who is NOT a block of splintery wood. There are SO MANY LEVELS. A lot of it is just for me, but there are at least 4 levels that you should be able to enjoy. The title alone is at least 2 kinds of double secret meta. Thank you for this deftly crafted (though I'm sure it took you maybe 30 minutes… CURSE YOUR STUPID FINGER SPEED!) love letter. I promise I will EAGLE you when I see you in Seattle in a few weeks.
COMMENTERS: Do you have any stories about VACATION BROS? People you only see when you're both out of your natural element? Do they enhance the experience or do you dread seeing them? This is sort of how it is with traveling to conventions all year. Since every time I see my cartoonist friends, we are typically not in our home city it's sort of like a frequent, weekend long summer camp. I'm sharing a hotel with David in Seattle soon. I'm going to skip the "hand in the warm water" prank and just pee on his lap while he's sleeping.


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SlideShare and LinkedIn sitting in a tree…
May 3, 2012
About five years ago, we launched SlideShare. Since then people have uploaded millions of presentations to the site, sharing them with others, making SlideShare what it is today. I want to tell you about the next step in our journey. SlideShare has agreed to be acquired by LinkedIn, the largest professional network on the Internet.
We could not be happier about this. We think this is the right step for the SlideShare community, the site, and the team. When we started, the idea of sharing presentations on the Web was a twinkle in our eyes. Jon dreamed up the idea while at a conference. We coded up the first version of the site over four months, and the site went live with simply a story on TechCrunch. The day we launched, we were completely unprepared for the volume of presentations that were immediately being uploaded from all over the world.
We mostly grew by word-of-mouth and virality. The only business deal I aggressively pursued was when I heard that there might be a LinkedIn developer platform in the works. I activated every connection through advisors, investors, and friends, determined that SlideShare be part of LinkedIn's platform.
Since then, we have collaborated with LinkedIn on many more projects and have deepened our relationship, and it's been clear how great the fit is. Today's news is a natural culmination of this partnership.
So, what does this news mean for you – our dear users? I want to address the question that often comes up with acquisitions. People often worry whether the service they use is going to go away. If not today, then tomorrow. I want to assure you, that will not happen here. The SlideShare you have come to know and love will remain a place where you can continue to upload, share, and find presentations that help you grow professionally.
What does this mean for SlideShare the company? I will continue to run SlideShare and our team will continue to do what we've been doing, which is to develop new features and make the site even better. Over time you will see some integrations that take advantage of the great fit between SlideShare and LinkedIn.
You could ask why did we agree to sell? For one, I firmly believe that SlideShare will grow faster with LinkedIn. Second, I have watched as LinkedIn has grown from being a place to share your resume to a much richer site, where you go to keep up with what your professional network is doing and sharing. We like the path they are on, and are excited to join them on this journey.
Lastly, we felt a natural alignment between our two cultures as you'll see in this fun presentation about our news today with LinkedIn:
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I think this coming together means great things for professionals everywhere and certainly means there will be more to come.
- Rashmi


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Drivers will pay more to renew their Illinois license plates next year in order to help fund repairs to state parks, strip clubs will have to contribute to rape crisis programs and employers will no longer be allowed to ask job applicants for their social media passwords.
While inaction on the severely underfunded state pension programs took most of the headlines in 2012, lawmakers and Gov. Pat Quinn adopted about 150 laws that take effect Jan. 1 and range from prohibiting the possession of shark fins to requiring better reporting of people who should not be issued permits to purchase guns.
Drivers will pay more to renew their Illinois license plates next year in order to help fund repairs to state parks, strip clubs will have to contribute to rape crisis programs and employers will no longer be allowed to ask job applicants for their social media passwords.
While inaction on the severely underfunded state pension programs took most of the headlines in 2012, lawmakers and Gov. Pat Quinn adopted about 150 laws that take effect Jan. 1 and range from prohibiting the possession of shark fins to requiring better reporting of people who should not be issued permits to purchase guns.
Lawmakers return to Springfield just after the New Year's holiday for an abbreviated version of what had been an ambitious, seven-day session to close out the work of the current General Assembly before a new one is inaugurated Jan. 9.
Democrat Quinn hoped legislators would focus on fixing the worst-in-the-nation funding crisis for public pensions, and still maintains there's time. But the Senate announced it will be in Springfield Jan. 2-4, then leave town while the House takes up action from Jan. 6-9.
Despite a huge income tax increase during a similar January session in 2011, lawmakers continue to wrestle with state budget problems caused largely by the Legislature's failure until recent years to make the huge payments to the state pension fund that should have been made.
One solution was to adopt fees — some more universal than others — to keep pace with expenditures.
Basic license plate fees will increase $2, to $101 annually, raising as much as $20 million for state parks. Along with other fee increases, the Department of Natural Resources expects a new stream of up to $35 million to chip away at delayed maintenance and repair. The backlog has grown to $750 million, officials said.
Motorists likely won't notice the fee until March renewals are due because when Quinn signed the bill earlier this month, state officials had already sent out January and February notices.
Strip club operators objected to a "pole tax" designed to raise money for rape crisis centers, at least at the initially proposed $5-per-patron level. Advocates argue that alcohol consumption in clubs where there is also nude dancing contributes to a culture that can lead to violence against women.
The two sides negotiated a $3 surcharge per customer, with the option that clubs pay an annual fee of $5,000 to $25,000, based on sales.
And a tightening of gun permit restrictions will take effect that was passed long before this month's school attack in Newtown, Conn., but that in part addresses mental health concerns raised by the massacre.
Among other things, the law that takes effect Tuesday requires notifying the Illinois State Police, which issues Firearm Owners Identification cards, anytime a local court determines that a person has a "mental disability" that might make him or her unsuitable for gun ownership.
That was already part of the law, but a review by the state Auditor General issued last spring found that only three of 102 circuit clerks statewide submitted required notices to the state police.
The audit arose from a 2011 brouhaha over a public records request by The Associated Press for information on all FOID cardholders in the state. The state police denied the request, but the attorney general determined the information was public record. The Illinois State Rifle Association successfully sued to block the release of names of those who hold gun licenses.
Legislative action to shut down access followed, but not before lawmakers ordered the audit, which found an understaffed state police department "overwhelmed" by its FOID duties.
Other new laws include:
— prohibiting employers from demanding that job applicants disclose passwords to social media accounts, such as Facebook, so they can be reviewed during the vetting process.
— prohibiting the possession, sale, or distribution of shark fins. An expensive delicacy used to make soup, shark fins aren't harvested in landlocked Illinois, but Chicago has a thriving market. Environmentalists say harvesting shark fins is inhumane and threatens the shark population.
— tougher penalties for child-sex crimes, including barring convicted sex offenders from participating in holiday events that involve children, such as giving candy to trick-or-treaters and dressing up as Santa Claus. Another law increases the age of a victim of child luring to 17 and makes it a felony if the teenager is traveling to or from school. Accompanying that measure is one that categorizes anyone convicted of luring a minor as a sexual predator. Another law enhances child pornography penalties if the child is younger than 13.
— a package of laws directed at preventing elder abuse. One provides law enforcement agencies, fire departments and other first responders with greater access to abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation records so they have better information about a senior's needs when answering a call. Police training will also include a course in recognizing elder abuse, neglect, and other crimes.
Another law allows a judge to freeze the assets of someone charged with financial exploitation of a senior or a person with a disability in case restitution is ordered.
—allowing law enforcement officers to use wiretaps or other eavesdropping measures during a felony drug investigation if approved by a state's attorney instead of a judge.
—barring the use of taxpayer or tuition dollars to conduct a college hiring search except for a university president or in a case where the president and trustees can show a need.
Online: http://www.ilga.gov
Contact John O'Connor at http://www.twitter.com/apoconnor


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England Cemeteries
|England Wiki Topics
|Beginning Research
|Record Types
|England Background
|Local Research Resources
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- England Billion Graves Cemetery Index, ($), index
- England Deaths and Burials,1538-1991
- England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016 at Ancestry.com, ($)
- English Law regarding burial grounds
- England, Norfolk Monumental Inscriptions, 1600-1900's browse by parish.
- Billion Graves
- British Isles Genealogy
- Cambridge American Cemetery, Madingley: The World War II Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
- Deceased Online
- Genealogylinks
- Gravestone Photographic Resource
- Interment.net
- JewishGen Online Worldwide Database
- England, Lancashire, Oldham Cemetery Registers, 1797-2004 at FamilySearch — index and images
- National Burial Index For England & Wales, ($), index
- The War Graves Photographic Project, index.
Monumental Inscriptions[edit | edit source]
The English call tombstones "monumental inscriptions" (or M.I.s). Monumental inscriptions may provide birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes give more information than the parish burial register or civil death certificate—information such as military service, occupation, or cause of death. Cemetery records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors not in other records. Because relatives may be buried in adjoining plots, search the entire record.
Before the Burial Acts of 1852 and 1853, most people were buried in church graveyards. The Burial Acts enabled the town officials to purchase and use land as civil graveyards. Private companies also maintained cemeteries before and after this time. Civil cemetery registers are located at local archives or libraries or are held by the group controlling the cemetery.
To find monumental inscriptions, you need to know where an individual was buried. The person may have been buried in a church, city, or public cemetery— usually near the place where he lived or died. You can find clues to burial places in church records, death certificates, or family histories.
Ministers may have the burial registers or the records of the burial plots for the cemetery you wish to search. The "Church Records" section tells how to find a minister's address.
English family history societies are transcribing the monumental inscriptions from their local areas. Write to the family history society in your area of interest to learn more about their work. See England Societies for how to find an address.
Many monumental inscriptions have been transcribed. The Society of Genealogists in London has a collection in its library. Two guides to this collection, are:
Collins, Lydia. Monumental Inscriptions in the Library of the Society of Genealogists. Part 1: Southern England. London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1984. (Family History Library book 942 V33s, pt. 1.)
Collins, Lydia, and Mabel Morton. Monumental Inscriptions in the Library of the Society of Genealogists. Part 2: Northern England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Overseas. London, England: Society of Genealogists, 1987. (Family History Library book 942 V33s, part 2.)
To view examples of Monumental Inscritptions click here.
Another way to gain access to tombstone inscriptions is through the Internet. There are lists of people on the Internet who volunteer to search various types of records for certain areas, free of charge. You can locate these lists through the GENUKI Website.
- From the above site:
- Click [County of your choice].
- Click Genealogy.
- ClickLook-up Exchange.
FamilySearch Catalog[edit | edit source]
The Family History Library has copies of some monumental inscriptions.These are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
INVALID/MISSING FHL number
Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:
- England, Lancashire, Oldham Cemetery Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records
- England, Norfolk Monumental Inscriptions - FamilySearch Historical Records