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CRAFT's graphic designer Katie Wilson wrote about Brian Jungen's show, Strange Comfort, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. (through August 8, 2010):
Native American artist Brian Jungen (Dunne-za) creates perceived icons of Indian culture from commonplace utilitarian objects — an igloo from trash cans, a whale skeleton from plastic chairs, an animal mobile from suitcases. Frequently, his materials are selected for their power to comment: "Much of Jungen's work is created out of sports paraphernalia — a suit of armor made of catcher mitts, a skull crafted from baseball skins, blankets woven from jerseys, and totem poles of stacked golf bags. It's a deliberate choice, Jungen says, to make art from materials belonging to an industry that has claimed names such as The Chiefs, Indians, Redskins and Braves."


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Watchdogs Howl Over AT&T's FaceTime Policy
Aug 22, 2012 7:00 AM PT
AT&T is once again catching a fresh batch of grief over how it's dealing with iPhone users. This time, the carrier is drawing flak from advocacy groups for requiring users to sign up for one of the company's new Mobile Share data plans if they want to use iOS's FaceTime video chat app over AT&T's wireless network rather than WiFi.
Public Knowledge and Free Press contend that this requirement is a breach of the Federal Communications Commission's rules on Net neutrality.
In general, Net neutrality advocates there be no restrictions imposed by providers or governments on consumers' access to the Internet. The FCC formally published its Net neutrality rules, also called the "Open Internet" following a heated debate.
However, AT&T iPhone users have always used FaceTime over WiFi, and AT&T isn't forcing them to stop using WiFi and move over to its wireless network. Rather, it's stating that those who want to use FaceTime over its network have to switch to one of the new service plans in order to use the feature on the cellular network as well.
Consumers can retain their existing plans if they only wish to use FaceTime over WiFi.
Free to Choose?
"Data is data, and AT&T can't sell one user 3 GB and another 1 GB and then turn around and tell the 3 GB user how they can and cannot use their data," Craig Aaron, president and CEO of Free Press, told MacNewsWorld.
"FaceTime has only worked on the iPhone over WiFi because the app's owner didn't enable it over mobile until now," Aaron continued. "Now mobile FaceTime is a feature of the device."
For comparison, Aaron pointed out that the grocer "doesn't make you buy an extra loaf of bread if you stop purchasing potato chips. But according to AT&T, to use your phone to make video telephone calls, which could reduce the amount of voice minutes you need to buy from AT&T, you'll first need to pay AT&T more money for less data and unlimited voice minutes."
Granted, users can opt to make FaceTime calls over WiFi as they always have, but "they pay for their data connections [and] should be able to use [their phones] for what they bought them for," John Bergmayer, senior staff attorney at Public Knowledge, told MacNewsWorld. "AT&T should follow the FCC's rules."
A Block by Any Other Name
Even though AT&T lets subscribers use FaceTime over its network as long as they upgrade to a shared data plan, it can be considered to be blocking their access to the service because "it's still blocking even if you can avoid the blocking by paying extra," Public Knowledge's Bergmayer stated.
"In the case of ISPs attempting to charge Internet services to reach customers, for example, the FCC has been very clear that 'You can't reach our customers unless you pay extra' constitutes blocking," Bergmayer elaborated.
The specific FCC rule that AT&T is violating is 47CFR8.5(b), Free Press's Aaron alleged. This states that "a person engaged in the provision of mobile broadband Internet access service, insofar as such person is so engaged, shall not block consumers from accessing lawful Web sites, subject to reasonable network management; nor shall such person block applications that compete with the provider's voice or video telephony services, subject to reasonable network management."
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Granted, AT&T doesn't offer subscribers a video calling service that competes directly with FaceTime, but "it is not necessary for two products to be identical to compete," Public Knowledge's Bergmayer pointed out. "FaceTime competes with AT&T's voice service, since some users might use FaceTime instead of making a voice call."
For example, many people call each other on the Skype service instead of making international or expensive calls, Bergmayer said. "Like Skype, FaceTime is a substitute for voice calling in many circumstances."
Perhaps the FCC, which is reported to be looking into the matter, might do what it did with Verizon. In that case, the FCC required Verizon to allow Android users to use their devices for tethering at no charge as part of a consent decree.
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(from Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1950; modified for Guardian Service cookware.)
"Handsome dessert to serve at table."
- First, prepare the Guardian Service inner "Casserole" unit: Melt 1/3 cup butter in the Casserole unit. Sprinkle ½ cup brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange drained pineapple in attractive pattern on the butter-sugar coating (Optional: pecan halves and maraschino cherries).
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Beat until thick and lemon-colored (5 min.): 2 eggsGradually beat in: 2/3 cup sugarBeat in all at once: 6 tbsp. juice from canned pineapple, 1 tsp. vanillaSift together and beat in all at once: 1 cup sifted flour, 1/3 tsp. baking powder, ¼ tsp. salt
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Jaffe: Investors Must Put the Past Behind Them
The collapse of Lehman Brothers is a situation that a lot of investors can learn from when it comes to risk and losses, but all investors need to put the past, good or bad, behind them to focus on how to survive and profit from what's next. Chuck Jaffe joins MoneyBeat.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and some investors still will do the five stages of grief and MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe is here with the message it ... was basically I'll ... get to that that stage move on it's been five years ... but ... the more alas we've been saying your child ... I mean the problem here is that there are still standing among people who were frozen by it and what they really frozen by ... deserve all the emotions mean let's be perfectly honest people feel lost more acutely than the fuel game in ... the new talk to people and they can tell you not know why portfolio PG this or something along those lines they can't tell you ... that ... job when I started here's a little that I had in years when returns were ... so they internalize losses and then the bone for anything that supports ... you know how much it is painted a one to go to again something about the last five years ... you are looking for reasons to get out we had the flash crash and had ... Greece are you now have Syria he had no physical clip for you had ... the sequester and in any number of other things tapering not tapering was abandoning quantitative easing ... role is looking for something ... and ... yet potentially have to get over that yet to get where you're saying ... I can go forward given to him ... I'm not entirely come from now clearly this piece you interviewed a couple and it was it was an interesting split among them ... while he was the one who was managing the bottom line ... and ... he ... he's more aggressive so they can just lose fifty percent like the Dow Jones did a lot about two-thirds from the peak to trough ... and ... she ... basically saw them and they're now in their fifties they were in their late forties five years ago ... she saw everything going away to light all we've discovered for gold tumbling gym ages to reach their goal because they had ... returns that were bigger than they should have a right to expect over the last ... fifteen or twenty years leading up to the US ... so the return history is not terrible ... that's not what she sees what she sees is I was this close to Michael ... and no I don't think I'll ever get there ... worse yet ... every time he wants to invest ... she is like no you can't do that was reduced to lose more she is going really over it ... and it's a real disconnect in a real problem and ... by the way there's a lot of couples like that and ... he feels ... that ... if she would've allowed him to be more aggressive or simply to stay fully invested ... the money might come back to where he wasn't the piece he'd be closer than he is now ... what is that people don't trust the stock market in the Dow hit a new record this week it's been a record ... they're a lot of people in for President Reagan reasons don't trust was going on in the Stock Market When EC those people ... you have to get over it to some extent did don't have to say on one of the uh hundred percent stocks and let go while ... what you have to be able to find names that you believe are going to be your regardless of what happens with the economy ... I don't make stock picks but think about being consumer companies ... then you remember when you weren't kidding ... and that your kids now know and you respect your grandchildren are going to drink DeSoto or use that product not anything it's trends in our transitory or what have ... we seen lots and lots of technologies to me when I was to get me was that newspaper stocks a great idea ... and yet not many newspaper stocks right now are popular for its own ... wind up in a situation where you're looking for those things ... that you're going to be able to invest in the business and not worry about Wall Street ... just say you know what ... this is what I would wanna call ... what what I wanted do with my money what kind of business what I want to own ... and soon everything else out of the hacking because ... we can all ... say in one example cry right well you know they're all out to get us in their old tricks in their old whatever ... but we still have to go in and deal with that were never going to generate the returns and thus we would like my Sears her owners put up with that for the rest of our day yet By Chuck Jaffe good stuff thank you very


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There are apples, the fruit, and Apple iPhones, and usually it's pretty easy to tell the difference.
Unfortunately, an Australian woman caught up in a scam ended up paying $1,200 for two pieces of fruit.
The crime of produce happened on a Website called Gumtree. According to the Herald Sun, the 21-year-old scam victim placed an ad asking if anyone had an iPhone for sale.
She got a response from another woman who said she could sell her two. The two met at a McDonald's where the buyer handed the seller $1,200 and was handed two "iPhone boxes that looked new." The woman didn't check to see what was inside.
She finally looked once she got home, and found fruit, not phones, inside.
Police from the Queensland town of Upper Mount Gravatt, near Brisbane, pointed out that people should be "wary" when buying online.
"Don't stay away, because most people are doing the right thing, but be smart about what you buy," Senior Constable Jess Hopkin told the Herald Sun.
Commenters on the Web were less kind. Andrew Perrott wrote on the Independent, "The sheer stupidity of some people defies belief."
Marcin Karpinski added, "Nowadays, phones are smarter and more intelligent than their owners."
A third offered, " I have an Xbox box for sale."


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Under certain conditions coverage may also be extended to the dependent spouse and children of staff members. Staff retiring at ESA's standard retirement age of 63 continue to be covered by the scheme.
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Dael is taking a lonely path as a confirmed smoker. So far the benefits seem to out weigh the risks, but we all know what the end of this road will look like. I am posting Dael's comments to see if the community at metabolism.com can make a positive impact on Dael's rebellious attitude.
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am down to 130lbs and feeling fit as a fiddle. have the 6 pack and abs i dreamed of and am fitter than i have ever been.. it really is odd cos i hate smoking but here i am having lost 42 lbs and loving every second of it apart from the smoking. what can i say – maybe rather die skinny and liking myself, than a fatty with some self righteous notion of how wonderful i am for not smoking… i hated myself with the extra weight, sorry but true…. i really can't give a f***k for what anyone thinks on here but at least i can bear to look at myself in a mirror and like what i see, not loathe what i look like and try to bullshit myself into believing that i am sooooo happy cos i gave up the cigs….. but next is the NRT – lets see what happens there, and b4 anyone says it, yes i lost two of my best friends to cancer, of the spine and brain, but all i can say is like james dean , i'd rather live fast and furious, that be fat and dumb til 101, you can all choose, but in the end what do you all want?
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It connects several panoramas with each other. It can integrate videos, images and texts into the panorama and offers an overview over the implemented panoramas.
The professional version offers a search option, background sounds, a videochat option and can even connect to different versions without reloading the plugin.
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oneworld's 'total value proposition' makes it best alliance by far for Japan Airlines03 December 2009
• CEOs of all oneworld airlines reaffirm support to their Japanese partner
• US$1.8 billion investment and increased revenue pledged
• Best partners, hubs and network fit - and best for premium customers
• Best chance for stable and successful future
The leaders of all Japan Airlines' partners in the oneworld® alliance issued this declaration today to their colleagues at the airline, to the Japanese government and to the country's flying public: oneworld is by far the best alliance for JAL.
To reinforce their commitment to retaining JAL as a valued, full member of the world's leading quality airline alliance, they have put together a "total alliance value proposition" for JAL totaling some US$1.8 billion of investment and additional revenue, which outstrips by threefold any other offer to lure JAL away from oneworld. For a detailed breakdown, see below.
The package was finalised at a meeting of the oneworld Governing Board today, on the sidelines of an International Air Transport Association (IATA) event in Montreal, Canada.
The Chief Executives of the alliance's ten other member airlines reaffirmed their belief that oneworld offers JAL by far the best revenue opportunities, the best access to funding, the best network fit, the best quality partners, the best hubs, the best experience to help it adapt to the new competitive and financial environment - and the best prospect for a stable and successful future.
oneworld Governing Board Chairman and American Airlines' Chairman and Chief Executive Gerard Arpey said: "The oneworld alliance already has a significant investment in the success of Japan Airlines, and we are prepared to do even more to ensure that American, oneworld and JAL have a successful partnership for the long-term. We believe this in turn will allow JAL to produce significant benefits for all of its stakeholders - the travelling public, employees and investors, and certainly the Japanese tourism and aviation industries.
"The total alliance proposition developed by American Airlines, as JAL's biggest partner, our fellow members of oneworld and our financial partners TPG is very clearly vastly superior in every aspect to anything anyone else is offering. When you add up the facts, the most value and best long-term solution for JAL comes from remaining with oneworld so that it can continue to focus with partners on building a stronger foundation for the future."
Speaking on behalf of the other oneworld CEOs, oneworld Managing Partner John McCulloch added: "Japan Airlines is a highly valued member of oneworld - and oneworld and its member airlines are determined to build on our long-standing, successful and mutually beneficial working relationships with JAL. A change in alliances, at the best of times, carries a great deal of risk. Doing so at a time when the industry is experiencing such turbulence adds even more danger.
"oneworld's proposals are based on years of experience of working with Japan Airlines. So apart from the overall vastly superior offer we are collectively making, we also deliver certainty and stability."
Key elements of the "total alliance value proposition" include proposals to:
• Invest in the restructuring of JAL, through a link with the TPG investment group, which has indicated it, with American Airlines, would be willing to provide funding of up to US$1.1 billion, should this be welcomed by the airline and the Japanese government.
TPG is the world's most experienced and successful investor in the airline industry, presenting JAL and the Japanese government with far wider funding resources than would be available through any other airline grouping.
• Develop an anti-trust immunised (ATI) joint venture agreement across the Pacific with American Airlines, with an application for ATI to be filed immediately after agreement is reached between the government of Japan and USA for "open skies" between the two countries.
This would result in far more extensive co-operation between American Airlines and JAL - leading to some US$100 million a year in revenue for the Japanese carrier on top of the US$500 million a year it already enjoys through its oneworld relationships. Enhancing its links with American in this way would, over a 10-year period, represent additional revenues of some US$700 million on a net present value basis.
Regulators in the US are likely to give an American-JAL partnership speedy ATI approval, as it would foster balanced competition among airline alliances across the Pacific, maintaining the share of Japan-USA passenger traffic among the three global alliances at around one-third each.
If JAL were to consider joining another alliance, in this case SkyTeam, it would raise intractable competition issues and face severe regulatory opposition in the US because of the stranglehold this combination would hold on Japan-USA travel, with more than 60 per cent of the market This also would provide SkyTeam and Star a 93 per cent duopoly and reduce competition rather than increase or maintain it - whereas the US regulators have promoted inter-alliance competition to increase, not reduce, inter-alliance competition and consumer choice. It is in the best interests of customers flying between the USA and Japan to have three robust alliances competing for their business instead of two. For this reason, it is hard to envisage a scenario in which JAL-Delta could achieve immunity on any commercially acceptable basis. The position is exacerbated by SkyTeam's Delta/Northwest operating a hub alongside JAL at its Tokyo Narita base.
With JAL's main domestic competitor All Nippon Airways (ANA) also widely expected to file for transpacific ATI with its Star partner United Airlines, American Airlines represents most likely the only opportunity for JAL to gain ATI with a US partner, with all that means in terms of strengthening its competitive position and increasing its revenues. Even a delay in applying for - and therefore in receiving - ATI could put JAL at a disadvantage to its nearest competitor.
• Expand co-operation with the two European carriers serving Japan - British Airways and Finnair - to provide JAL with substantially improved access to Europe over two of the continent's most attractive gateways for Japanese travellers, in London Heathrow and Helsinki.
British Airways (BA) also is proposing far more extensive co-operation with JAL, including code-sharing far more widely across each other's networks.
At BA's London Heathrow hub, JAL and all other oneworld on-line partners, along with some BA services, have just consolidated operations in Heathrow's Terminal 3, where later this month JAL will start sharing BA's lounges for premium customers.
At Tokyo Narita, BA plans to move its operations into Terminal 2, alongside those of JAL and all other on-line oneworld partners.
These developments would radically improve the connectivity and network reach JAL could provide throughout Europe, delivering further substantially increased revenue.
With the strong financial and business links between the UK and Japan, London Heathrow is by far the most popular destination in Europe for premium passengers flying between the continent and Japan.
Additionally, Finnair's Helsinki hub is growing in importance and attractiveness as a gateway between Asia/Pacific and Europe, thanks to its geographical position and investment by the airport owner in excellent transfer facilities. Finnair is offering to work far more extensively with JAL over Helsinki, with more wide-spread code-sharing providing another excellent prospect, besides London Heathrow, for seamless connections throughout Europe and more revenue opportunities.
• Develop its presence in the attractive Latin America market through expanded relationships with oneworld partners LAN and Mexicana.
oneworld's members serve 60 per cent more destinations than other alliances in the competitive South America region, and both oneworld partners in Latin America, LAN and Mexicana, have offered to code-share far more widely with JAL. For example, Mexicana recently received approval to place the JL code on its Vancouver-Mexico City flights, following JAL's recent decision to suspend its own flights on this route. These actions will ensure that JAL's customers have the best network and co-operation opportunities in this increasingly important part of the world.
• Increase code-sharing with other oneworld members, building revenue for JAL still further. Iberia has proposed to JAL an expansion in the number of destinations covered by their code-share agreement. Talks with a similar aim are also currently underway between Cathay Pacific Airways and JAL,
• Identify opportunities for increased airport co-location for JAL alongside its oneworld partners at more key airports worldwide, making it easier for passengers to transfer between the airline's flights and those operated by its alliance partners, strengthening its competitive positioning still further.
British Airways' planned terminal move at Tokyo Narita will complete the consolidation of all on-line oneworld partners alongside JAL in its Terminal 2 base there. With all the alliance's other on-line carriers co-located since 2007, it has almost halved minimum connections times between their flights at the airport to as little as 60 minutes, and made the overall transfer process smoother and easier.
Like London Heathrow and Helsinki, oneworld hubs are generally regarded as far more attractive transfer hubs for Japanese travellers, and more co-location will make them more attractive still.
• Draw on Qantas' expertise in developing its Jetstar, value-based airline and its two-brand strategy.
Qantas is widely recognised as the world leader in developing a value-based airline within a traditional network airline group and operating its business as a two-brand offering. It has offered JAL full access to this expertise should it be interested in drawing upon it, enabling it maximise its ability compete in a sector of growing importance in today's airline industry environment.
The oneworld package also stresses that remaining with oneworld will enable JAL to stay part of:
• A partnership with American Airlines that provides the best access for premium customers on trans-Pacific flights. Some alliances might focus on airlines' ability to deliver more passengers, but what matters most is the quality of the passenger revenue. In the USA, for instance, oneworld's hubs include the business centres of Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, New York and Dallas/Fort Worth. oneworld analysis indicates that if JAL chooses to move its main US transfer hubs to an alliance with bases in such places as Minneapolis/St. Paul, Detroit, Salt Lake City and Atlanta, then it would likely lose a great deal of passenger traffic - particularly premium travellers - to its competitors.
• The world's leading quality alliance. oneworld has the highest quality partners from each region worldwide. They are all carriers it can feel comfortable in passing on its most valued customers. They win more alliance proportionately than competitors in other alliances - and oneworld has itself extended its lead as the most prolific winner of alliance awards, picking up the World Travel Awards' Leading Airline Alliance title for the seventh year running. oneworld is the only alliance to have won this award since it was first introduced.
• The only alliance with a truly global network, as the only alliance member airlines based in every continent and the only alliance with any member based in South America, in Australia or in Asia's Middle East.
• The only alliance whose member airlines have collectively been profitable since its emergence a decade ago, with oneworld member airlines reporting collective net profits of US$8.3 billion in 10 years since oneworld was launched.
• With oneworld, Japan Airlines would also avoid a massive network overlap. In Asia, SkyTeam members Delta/Northwest, Korean and China Southern all compete for the same regional slice of the alliance pie that in oneworld JAL has to itself. Avoiding network overlap maximizes passenger and revenue flows to JAL from its alliance partners, helping keep more of its routes and frequencies financially viable.
About oneworld
oneworld brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business - American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Mexicana, Qantas and Royal Jordanian, and around 20 affiliates including American Eagle, Dragonair, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador and LAN Peru. Russia's S7 Airlines will join the alliance in 2010.
Between them, these airlines:
- Serve almost 750 airports in nearly 150 countries, with some 8.500 daily departures.
- Offer nearly 550 airport lounges for premium customers.
- Carry some 330 million passengers a year.
- Employ 300.000 people and operate almost 2.500 aircraft.
- Generate some US$100 billion annual revenues in total.
It is the only alliance with any airlines based in South America, Australia or Asia's Middle East.
The alliance enables its members to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. These include a broader route network, opportunities to earn and redeem frequent flyer miles and points across the combined oneworld network and more airport lounges. oneworld also offers more alliance fares than any of its competitors.
oneworld was voted the World's Leading Airline Alliance for the seventh year running in the latest (2009) World Travel Awards. It is the only winner of this award since it was introduced in 2003.


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UPDATE 27/06/13: Since a couple of weeks ago Turpial stopped working for me. Twitter switched off their version 1.0 API in favour of 1.1. I'm leaving this article here in case anyone still wants it as a reference.
If you're a Linux desktop user like myself you may have experienced problems finding for a decent Twitter client. In many distributions the default client is Gwibber, it's even integrated into the Unity desktop for Ubuntu. I've used it on and off for years now and I'm not one to throw harsh criticism around if I can help it. However, in the case of Gwibber I think it's well deserved. It's monumentally slow, buggy and unstable. Even after all these years. I have no idea how it's become so popular. Whenever I try Gwibber it hangs and I get the classic Compiz grey window while I wait for the machine to stop having a panic attack. Often all I'm trying to do is refresh my messages. You may think this is due to my machine being old or slow. Not so my friends. I last used Gwibber in Ubuntu 12.10 on an Intel Core i7 3.5ghz quad core machine with 8 gig of RAM and an SSD. Hardly a low spec PC I'm sure you'll agree. Well capable of running a Twitter client, I'm not asking it for the meaning of life here. Being an app that relies on loading messages from the Twitter (and in my case Identica) you could easily assume it must be the API causing the slowness. Perhaps even network lag. My guess would just be poor design and coding. An application that locks up so badly and frequently that it affects the performance of your whole desktop is totally unacceptable. I persevered with Gwibber for a long time for a couple of reasons. Firstly because I hoped i would improve and performance would be refined. Secondly because none of the alternatives I tried were much better, if they were any better at all that is.
At this point I should give Choqok an honourable mention. It's a KDE microblogging client which I've used intermittently over the last 2 years. It is much better than Gwibber in performance but as I don't use KDE on any of my machines it requires the QT libraries to run. All that is installed for you with the main package and it's not a major hassle, but it does add extra overhead. I found the layout and UI a little confusing at first but gradually got used to it. Not exactly a lightweight client but considerably more so than Gwibber. Worth a look if you're on KDE but not the application I want to tell you about today.
The status quo (not the band thankfully) with microblogging clients on Linux continued for quite some time. The lack of a decent native Twitter client was getting embarrassing. Then I discovered a wonderful little app called Turpial completely by accident. I was fed up with Gwibber locking up for the 15 millionth time one day so began searching online for ways to make it faster or fix it. I came across a forum post responding to a similar question containing the words, "the solution to Gwibber's performance problems is installing Turpial and moving on". I can't credit this statement to the right person as I should because I lost link and it was all quite a blur. So whoever that mystery poster was, thank you! I searched my package manager for "turpial" and sure enough found the application nice and quickly. Once I got it installed I was amazed by the speed and usefulness of this client. That was a couple of months ago and I haven't used anything else since. I'm not looking back.
The main thing I like about Turpial is the speed, it really is a lightweight app and runs very smoothly. Especially when you consider that it's all written in Python, a language often wrongly accused of being slow. If you switch to wide mode in the preferences you can add columns and use it like Tweetdeck, the ever popular Twitter client. See the image below.
You can fine tune the refresh settings for replies, direct messages and your main Twitter stream individually in the preferences. Also note the "wide mode" check box if you want multiple columns.
Apart from the speed perhaps my favourite thing about Turpial is that it comes under GNU GPL version 3 or later license. My personal favourite as a copyleft proponent.
There's only one drawback to Turpial that I can see really. It doesn't let you use multiple accounts or services with one instance of the application. It supports Twitter and Identica but you can't do both from one window. As it's so lightweight it's no hassle to fire up another instance of Turpial and sign in with your Identica details. I'm guessing you could also do the same if you wanted to monitor multiple Twitter accounts. It still performs really well and doesn't seem to add any strain to my system. In this case an Intel Core i3 laptop. Not a high end one either. Identica will be closing fairly soon and when it does that'll take care of one of these dilemmas for me categorically. For now if you're an Identica fan and not a Twitter user, of which there are some, you can use it as an Identica only client with all the same features. Plus if you'd like to add features or get involved there's a Github repository for the project. You can check out the code and play around with it if you have the skills. The beauty of Open Source.
So if you're looking for a sane alternative to Gwibber and you're tired of pulling your hair out (I haven't got much left) give Turpial a spin. If you have any other suggestions for Linux microblogging clients I should try also please free free to add them in a comment on this post. Since Adobe AIR no longer comes for Linux I've left Tweetdeck off the list. I never quite understood all the fuss over Tweetdeck anyway. It's not FOSS and I prefer to use open solutions wherever I can.
So there you have it, Turpial is well worth a look. Happy tweeting and/or denting!


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A rarity: Simple affordable city living
ADDRESS: 1009 Forest Hills Avenue
SIZE: 955 fin. sq. ft.
NEIGHBORHOOD: Forest Hills/Cherry Avenue
CURB APPEAL: 5 of 10
LISTED BY: Alex Ix, Roy Wheeler Realty Co. 951-5177, 962-0509
These days, you can count on your fingers the number of detached houses for sale in Charlottesville for under $150,000. Forget about acreage, bedrooms, or special features. So considering that the current owners of 1009 Forest Hills Avenue are offering a grassy and fenced backyard with their two-bedroom, one-bath home, along with central air conditioning, hardwood floors, and all appliances for just under that amount, you could call this one a steal.
Situated neatly between Buford Middle School and Forest Hills Community Park- the backyard abuts the rear of the school property while the front view takes in two city wading pools, public basketball courts, and extensive playgrounds– some will worry the location is too close to high-traffic public spaces. But that attitude has to be tempered with what it's also really close to: the University Hospital. About 10 blocks or 10 minutes will take a pedestrian or bicyclist right down the new 10th Street connector road and into the Lee Street entrances of the new hospital and associated research buildings. Oh, and a city bus stop is at the nearby intersection, only a house or two away.
On first glance, a look at the slides and swings beckoning from under the many trees of the park out front suggests that the property is ideally suited for someone with children. But given that this house is on the small side, that might best be phrased, "someone with a child." Better yet, make it someone who likes to wave to children. A pediatrician-in-training, perhaps?
Both the house and its maple-tree shaded front porch provide a pleasant perch above the come-and-go traffic along Forest Hills Avenue, with summertime views of kids splashing about in the two shallow pools. The agent, a life-long Charlottesvillian who knows the value of a classic view, notes that when all those park trees lose their leaves, the southern mountains will be revealed in all their glory.
The inside of this compact house is simple. The front half features a decent-sized living room with good natural light and hardwood floors, with an entrance to the kitchen. In back, there's a bedroom on either side of the full bath.
That's it. Little to fuss about, little to decorate. Again, one or two med students with an eye to simple living but a solid investment opportunity come to mind– let's say guys who would like the efficiency of throwing their scrubs in the stacked washer/dryer combo in the kitchen corner while frying up some eggs or burgers for dinner. Or someone frequently on the road, or who eats at the office so often that she'd probably not mind the lack of an official dining room.
The house has been well maintained in recent years, complimenting the needs of either a first-time homeowner without a lot of handyman skills, or someone who doesn't choose to spend free time on home improvements. The gas furnace is only three years old, and there's more than half of the 10-year-warranty left on the Sears central air conditioning unit. Electrical outlets now accept three-prong plugs. Ceiling fans and the bathroom vanity are also recent additions. Even though the kitchen still features its 1950s red Formica counter, double white porcelain sink, and unpainted pine cabinetry, the room looks capable of many more years of unpretentious and sturdy service.
Storage options are plentiful: a large closet in each bedroom (behind pocket doors), a standard linen closet, a built-in china cabinet, some crawl space in both the attic and under the house, and a barn-shaped shed in the back yard. Speaking of the yard, there's little growing there but grass, the few maple trees, and a bush or two in front of the painted concrete porch and steps.
Following the adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, while the yard's mostly barren landscaping may strike some of us as ho-hum, to an ever-busy young professional, it could be just one more attractive feature of this low-maintenance, affordable– and steadily appreciating– piece of city property.


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Two months ago, a young mother-of-two was stoned to death by her relatives on the order of a tribal court in Pakistan. Her crime: possession of a mobile phone.
Arifa Bibi's uncle, cousins and others hurled stones and bricks at her until she died, according to media reports. She was buried in a desert far from her village. It's unlikely anyone was arrested.


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A low yet massive white wall is the only extant fragment of the Monarchic Court fence. In the old days, the imperial estate was surrounded by a stone and wood fence. At present, only some fragments of that fence have survived. Another extant fence section can be seen near the Back Gate and the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan. They have developed a project for complete reconstitution of the fence.
Kolomenskoye is a nice park and a former royal estate situated several kilometers to the southeast of the city center of Moscow, on the ancient road leading to the ancient picturesque town of Kolomna (hence the name).
The area overlooks the steep banks of the Moskva River. This fact will allow you to do a lot of great panoramic photos. This is also a place where seasonal folk festivals take place: honey and handicrafts trade-fairs, religious festivities and processions. If you fond of painting, this is the right place for drawing nature, city landscapes and churches.
The area is rich with cafes and restaurants offering traditional Russian cuisine in wooden houses. Try Russian pan-cakes with different filling, small and big pies, and honey cakes.
Kolomenskoye village was first mentioned in the testament of Ivan Kalita in 1339. As time went by, the village was developed as a favourite country estate of grand princes of Muscovy. The earliest existing structure is the exceptional Ascension church (1532), built in white stone to commemorate the long-awaited birth of an heir to the throne, the future Ivan the Terrible. Being the first stone church of tent-like variety, the uncanonical "White Column" (as it is sometimes referred to) marked a stunning break from the Byzantine tradition.
Recognizing its outstanding value for humanity, UNESCO decided to inscribe the church on the World Heritage List. The estate was one of the favourite places for Ivan the Terrible. He used to celebrate here his name-day in August. In XVI-XVII centuries there develops a unique architectural ensemble, subordinated to the idea of ceremonial royal residence, which is of great artistic and historical value. The heyday of Kolomenskoye is associated with the reign of Alexey Mikhailovich - Kolomenskoye was his favorite residence also. In 1667-1668 a magnificent wooden palace (the Eighth Wonder of the World) which had 250 rooms, was erected. The complex of the royal buildings was surrounded by the wall with three gates: Front, Back and Garden.
The future Empress Elizabeth Petrovna was born in the palace in 1709, and Tsar Peter the Great spent part of his youth here. Upon the departure of the court for St. Petersburg, the palace fell into disrepair, so that Catherine II refused to make it her Moscow residence. On her orders the wooden palace was demolished in 1768, and replaced with a much more modest stone-and-brick structure.
Fortunately, detailed plans of the 17th century palace survived and Moscow Government has completed a full-scale reconstruction in 2010.


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State Senate leader Donald E. Williams won't seek re-election; is New Haven senator next up for job?
HARTFORD >> State Senate President Pro Tempore Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, will not seek re-election this fall, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
Williams, 56, was first chosen to serve the 29th Senate District in a special election in January 1993. In July 2004, he was elected by fellow senators to serve as president pro tempore, the highest-ranking legislator in the General Assembly.
A spokesman for state Sen. Majority Leader Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, said he expects the lawmaker to seek the pro tempore position if Democrats keep a majority in the Senate after the November election.
"He loves the institution. He loves the work he does here," said Adam Joseph.
Looney, 64, was first elected to the majority post by his Senate colleagues in 2003 after being elected to the 11th District Senate seat in 1993. He was elected to the House in 1982.
After a decade as president pro tempore, Williams looks forward to other challenges at the end of this term, the press release said.
"It has been a great privilege and honor to serve the people of our state and my constituents in the great northeastern corner of Connecticut," Williams said in the release.
Williams cited progress made during his term, in the release.
"Connecticut is well-positioned for new growth in the years ahead," the release said.
"There is much work that remains for this legislative session and for the rest of the year, and I look forward to making this a very productive session," Williams said in the release.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Williams will be missed.
"Don has been a great ally and friend. He works tirelessly for his constituents and fights hard for what he believe," Malloy said in a statement.
"I'm proud to have worked with him to find common ground on some of the most important issues of our day, including creating jobs and investing in our public schools. The Senate will no doubt miss his leadership and his passion. I wish him the best in whatever he decides to do next," Malloy's statement said.
One of the accomplishments Williams cites in the press release is joining a bipartisan effort in 2013 to draft and pass the nationally recognized Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School fatalities.
Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, said in a statement,"Don has been a passionate, effective advocate for more than twenty years in the Senate, and his leadership will be sorely missed."
Williams has worked as a lawyer, journalist, educator and, before his election to the state Senate, was first selectman of Thompson.


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... to the most comprehensive source on the
World Wide Web for information about the great forest fires of
October 1871.
the evening of October 8, 1871 the worst recorded forest fire in
North American history raged through Northeastern Wisconsin and
Upper Michigan, destroying millions of dollars worth of property
and timberland, and taking between 1,200 and 2,400 lives.
The great Midwestern city of
Chicago also happened to endure a terrible fire that same
fateful night, and for whatever reasons -- an irresistibly
charming legend about a cow and a lantern among them -- the
Chicago Fire became part of the national consciousness while
the Peshtigo tragedy gradually slipped into obscurity, eventually
remembered primarily by scholars, local "old-timers" and Wisconsin school
children (who are required to study their state's history in the
4th grade).
In recent years America's "forgotten fire"
has proven to be anything but. The tragedy is a subject of
inquiry and debate among meteorologists, astronomers and
conservationists. It has been dramatized
by novelists and playwrights. It continues to fascinate history
buffs and frustrate genealogists.
The purpose of this site is to
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Mayor's Office
The public is invited to an open house Tuesday, November 13th on the Solid Waste Management Plan for Lincoln and Lancaster County - Solid Waste Plan 2040. The open house will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on the lower level of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, 3140 "N" Street. The open house will focus on the Needs Assessment, which summarizes the current solid waste management systems, facilities and programs and identifies future solid waste management needs. Informative posters will be displayed and City staff will be available to answer questions. No formal presentation is planned.
The open house will be an opportunity for residents and businesses to provide input. "It is important to have a solid waste management plan that is forward looking, addresses conservation of resources, and ensures we are protecting the health and safety of our community and the environment." said Miki Esposito, Director of the Public Works and Utilities Department.
An online "Town Hall" meeting also will be available from November 6th through 20th for anyone unable to attend the open house. It can be found at the on the project website at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: solid waste plan). The public also may submit comments through the project phone line at 402-441-7738.
"The public is encouraged to participate in the process because the solid waste management plan is intended to reflect the values and desires of residents and the businesses," Esposito said. A draft of the Solid Waste Plan 2040 is scheduled to be completed by late summer 2013. The plan will be submitted to the City-County Planning Commission, the County Board and the City Council.
In addition to using the project website and phone number, the public can be involved by:
The plan will be a guide for policy decisions regarding solid waste management systems, facilities and programs for the next 30 years. The development of a comprehensive, integrated solid waste management plan was identified as a key strategy in the Lincoln-Lancaster County 2040 Comprehensive Plan (LPlan 2040), adopted in October 2011. The Solid Waste Plan 2040 is being guided by the Public Works and Utilities Department, the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and an Advisory Committee.


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…Because, despite everything I try, it remains February.
I write today of human love
Not as some gift from god above,
But scientific views thereof
From many different fields.
Each science may have different tools,
And so the scientific schools,
Although they may agree on rules,
Have very different yields.
The chemists say it's chemistry;
Biologists, biology;
Astronomers say "Can't you see?
It's written in the stars!"
In physics there's a certain view
Psychology can claim one too
(And one with naught at all to do
With Venus or with Mars)
I've read a scientist who writes
That mating pairs scale passion's heights
To outmaneuver parasites—
That could, of course, be it.
I've also read, we may respond
To those to whom we've grown quite fond
Because a stable mating bond
Makes offspring much more fit.
They may (or may not) all connect,
As scientists may well expect.
If one of them is more correct
Then I am not aware
But I am yours, if you'll be mine,
My scientific valentine,
Through random chance or will divine
I frankly do not care.


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Batsheva Ensemble in Ohad Naharin's "Kyr/Z/na"
Video: Trailer for Kyr/Z/na
It's been a particularly fascinating season at Batsheva. As the company marks the 20th anniversary of Ohad Naharin's arrival as artistic director, it has placed a wealth of choreographic treasures onstage for review at the Suzanne Dellal Center: Hora (2009), Project 5 (2008), Three (2005), Mamootot (2003), and Kamuyot (2003).
This programming has promoted what Naharin has discussed in several press conferences: an opportunity for the choreographer, dancers, and audience members alike to revisit the choreography. Project 5, itself a compilation of excerpts stretching from 1985's Black Milk to 2008's B/olero and originally danced by five women, was newly presented in 2010 with an all-male cast. Three has stayed in Batsheva's active repertory, but the recent performances were the first ones at Suzanne Dellal in a few seasons. And Mamootot and Kamuyot, which are performed in the studio with viewers on all four sides, always offer repeat audiences a new perspective simply through the choice of seating.
Ohad Naharin's Kyr/Z/na. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Now, together with the Batsheva Ensemble, the Batsheva Dance Company's junior troupe, Naharin is revisiting two of his earlier works: Kyr (1990) and Z/na (1995). The result – Kyr/Z/na 2010, which combines excerpts from both works in one powerful program – continues through March 17 at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv.
My preview of Kyr/Z/na 2010 was first published in the Jerusalem Post as "Moving Legends."
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Moving Legends
Ohad Naharin's Kyr/Z/na. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Reflecting on his recent restaging of excerpts from Kyr (1990) and Z/na (1995) for the Batsheva Ensemble, Ohad Naharin remarks, "At first, when I returned to the material, I felt that I was waking a dinosaur."
The two works have certainly loomed large in the history of the Batsheva Dance Company and in the memories of Israeli dance audiences. Commissioned by the Israel Festival, Kyr was the first dance that Naharin created after assuming the artistic directorship of Batsheva in 1990, and it featured a musical collaboration between Naharin himself and the band Tractor's Revenge. Even after two decades worth of adventurous new works, a section of Kyr set to a relentlessly driving rock version of the Passover song "Echad Mi Yodea" has remained Naharin's best-known choreography. Meanwhile, Z/na, which opened the Israel Festival in 1995, also left a strong impact with striking images, memorable props, and an original score composed by popular music icon Ivri Lider.
Ohad Naharin's Kyr/Z/na. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Touching these two substantial, legendary works after so many years was, at first, daunting. "In the early stages of the process, I lost confidence about the decision to work again," Naharin recalls. "But from the encounter with the dancers and the process in the studio, the interest returned." Ultimately, Naharin asserts, "The age of a work, or when it was created – this is not really meaningful. It's information like any other information, but the encounter with the material happens here and now and is connected to where we are today."
Indeed, the upcoming performances of Kyr/Z/na 2010 at the Suzanne Dellal Center promise all the freshness and excitement of a hotly anticipated world premiere. For one thing, Naharin has revamped some the selected excerpts from Kyr and Z/na, and he is now deploying an even more developed artistry to bring out the nuances in the choreography. "There's something zealous in this work. It was created from a place of less restraint, from this raging pressure cooker. The steam that comes out of this pot is measured," explains Naharin about the shift in energy from the original and the current version. "The image I have [now] is of a very strong motor that works at 30%. Today this creation is in a different place. It is connected to insights from 20 years of work."
While audiences can look forward to these more finely calibrated dynamics and to other changes, they can also expect that Kyr/Z/na 2010 will deliver what the original works offered: unforgettable visual images paired with particularly powerful sound scores. From the astronaut who postures and lip-synchs to a recording of Naharin's resonant voice to the man slowly crossing the stage as he gratingly grinds an oversize wooden noisemaker, the work is full of compelling moments that sear themselves on the viewer's brain.
Ohad Naharin's Kyr/Z/na. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
The vitality of this new staging is further enhanced by the creative chemistry between Naharin and Kyr/Z/na 2010's talented young performers, who range in age from their late teens to their early twenties. Noting that he typically works more with the main company and that the junior Batsheva Ensemble members are with the group for only a couple years, Naharin says that this meeting with the dancers was unique. He elaborates, "I learn a lot from them. This is a very special group, and I feel that they are upgrading me."
The magic from the studio pours onto the stage as the Batsheva Ensemble enlivens Naharin's choreography. When individual dancers burst into fast-paced action amidst a sea of slow motion, each one masterfully commands attention. And as a line of women tears upstage to a hard-hitting rap song, unleashing a torrent of full-bodied movement before staring down the audience, their commitment to the work and their passion for dance is palpable. As performed by the Ensemble, Kyr and Z/na are no fossilized dinosaurs. They're living, breathtaking creations that pulse with new blood and a two-decade rich infusion of artistic insights.
Related Articles on Dance In Israel
- "Getting to Know the Batsheva Ensemble"
- "MAX – Connecting to Ohad Naharin's Choreography"
- "Mamootot – Challenging the Performer-Spectator Divide"
- "Ohad Naharin's Deca Dance in Israel: A Cycle Completed"
- "Ohad Naharin to Receive 2009 Scripps/ADF Award"
- "Ohad Naharin in America: Out of Focus Documentary"
- "Batsheva Dance Company Premieres Ohad Naharin's Hora"
- "The Batsheva Ensemble on Tour at Home and Abroad"
- "Batsheva Dance Company: From Graham to Gaga"
- "Phaza Morgana 2009: Batsheva Dance Company in the Desert"
- "Ohad Naharin Receives a 2009 Dance Magazine Award"
- "Batsheva Dance Company: Ohad Naharin's Project 5"
- "Batsheva Dance Company: Ohad Naharin's Shalosh"


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The fallout was so quick that there was no way for Brandyn Curry to map things out.
When a cheating scandal last fall swept up 125 Harvard students, including Curry and basketball teammate Kyle Casey, he was forced to withdraw.
"Everything shook up kind of fast," Curry said. "I really didn't know how everything was going to be, but I knew I was going to try and just make the best of the time and I was definitely going to try and stay in touch with the team as much as possible, be involved as much as I could and just see how it went."
The door was open for him to reenroll, but one of the conditions was that he had to maintain employment — at a for-profit or a nonprofit — for six months.
In a blink, Curry went from manning the point to manning the phones.
He wasn't Harvard's cocaptain and floor general anymore. He was a life insurance agent. He decided to take a sales job with the National Agents Alliance.
For three seasons, Curry had carved out an identity as the pass-first point guard of an upwardly mobile Crimson basketball team, an extension of head coach Tommy Amaker, who was in charge of turning Harvard into a team that not only could run with the Ivy League but become a player on the national level.
But Curry quickly realized his new job would require a different skill set.
"You just had to be good on the phone," he said.
Aside from early morning meetings, his schedule was essentially make-your-own-hours, but Curry found himself doing most of his work at night, since that's when most people were in their homes.
He usually had a list of leads, so the calls weren't completely out of the blue.
"But they were cold," he said.
Meanwhile, he kept a watchful eye on the Crimson, from the loss to the University of Massachusetts that could have sucked the air out of the team just two games into the season, to the win over Cornell that helped seal the Ivy League title, and finally to their NCAA Tournament win over New Mexico, which effectively scorched brackets around the country.
"I was just keeping up with everything," Curry said. "I was staying on top of my workouts, staying in contact with them. I was watching.
"It was just nice to be able to sit back and watch them play. I've never got a chance to actually see that."
As proud as he was, he was still distant from it all.
"Oh, it made me miss school a lot more," Curry said.
When the Crimson open their season Nov. 10 at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off, Curry and Casey will not only rejoin the team, they will be its captains.
The team they return to will have even higher expectations than the one they left. Harvard could conceivably start the season ranked.
"Those guys were able to mature," Amaker said Thursday at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off Breakfast at TD Garden.
"Being away, sometimes that can give you a different perspective on things certainly.
"[Curry] is in a great place. He's excited, as he should be. I think he's happy and he's grateful and he's thrilled to have an opportunity to finish his career and to be a Harvard graduate.
"So there's no doubt that it's a new dynamic for him and our team and now it's all about us just coming together and meshing right."
Last season, in Curry's absence, freshman guard Siyani Chambers had to grow up fast. He became Amaker's brain on the court, averaging 12.4 points and 5.7 assists and earning Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors as well as being named first-team All-Ivy.
Chambers stared all 30 games and was on the floor for 37.8 minutes a night.
But Amaker is certain there won't be any issues with the two of them coexisting, in part because even when he was away — and, in fact, when Chambers was still being recruited — Curry always had the younger guard under his wing.
"Brandyn was the one that recruited Siyani," Amaker said. "When Siyani came to visit, Brandyn was the guy that said, 'Hey, let me tell you about this place or let me tell you about this crazy guy that I play for.'
"So that relationship has been there and it's only going to be solidified more by what they have an opportunity to do together. I think they're going to be dynamic together."
Last year's Ivy League championship was Harvard's third straight, but possibly its most challenging. Without Curry and Casey, the Crimson spent the start of the season searching for an identity, losing three of their first five games. Their championship hopes were still dangling in the balance on the final day of the season, and it wasn't until Princeton fell to Brown that they could celebrate.
"Last year, there was kind of a hole at the beginning of the season," said senior guard Laurent Rivard. "We were able to fill that gap as we advance through the season. We had some lows but always kind of dug ourselves out of those holes. But starting this season, we don't have any holes here."
Curry's impact goes beyond what he adds to games, Rivard said.
"He's a leader on our team," Rivard said. "He's the one who works the hardest outside of practice, always in the gym working on his game. Obviously that's good to have, showing the way for the younger players. He's a great leader."
Seeing the potential for another NCAA bid, Curry already has started making up for the lost time.
"It's great because now we can just focus," he said. "Just focus on everything that we need to focus on, focus on getting our young guys acclimated to the system, focus on some older guys handling some injuries, focusing just on our team. It's nice to be able to do that.
"We've got a lot of work to do. We've definitely got a special group this year, but a lot of work needs to be done and it's just nice to be able to focus on that."
Julian Benbow can be reached at email@example.com.


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Today we celebrate the birthday of the United States of America.
But despite the parties, celebrations, and business as usual, a shadow lies across the heart of our declaration that we are a government of, by, and for our actual people.
The Goddess Libertas is our country's birth mother, our source, and the heart of what we say we stand for.
Since we last honored Lady Libertas on Independence Day, 2013, the crisis of our democracy's intention and meaning has deepened. Never in my lifetime have I seen such extreme need for Her shining beacon, and Her intervention.
So in addition to my earlier call this week to the mighty Goddess Hecate, today I invoke the great Goddess Libertas.
And no one is more qualified to discuss Her than Her most public, and devoted Priestess, the founder of Circle Sanctuary, Selena Fox. Today, as has become my tradition, I offer you this loving homage by Selena.
Let us this day all call upon our Goddess Mother of America, for Her presence is fundamental to every person reading this. May She hear our call for help, and restore to our sacred lands Her wisdom, justice, and liberty for all.
The Goddess of Freedom: from Libertas to Lady Liberty
by Selena Fox
The honoring of the Goddess of Freedom began more than two thousand years ago among the ancient Romans. They called Her Libertas, the Latin word for Freedom. Libertas signified freedom of action, freedom from restraint, independence, rights, and related forms of personal and social liberty.
The Roman religion had a large and complex pantheon with a great assortment of Goddesses, Gods, and other sacred forms. Ancient Romans revered and deified certain values, known as Virtues, and Libertas was one of the most important of these. A few of the more than two dozen other private and public Virtues were Hope (Spes), Justice (Justitia), Piety (Pietas), and Courage (Virtus). According to their religion, Roman citizens were to uphold Virtues in their personal lives as well as in the culture as a whole.
Libertas as a deity usually took the form of a Goddess. A temple to Her on the Aventine Hill in Rome was dedicated around 238 BCE. Sometimes She merged with the chief Roman God Jupiter, in the form of Jupiter Libertas, whose feast was celebrated on April 13.
Libertas also was closely associated with the Goddess Feronia, and some viewed them as aspects of the same Goddess, including the Roman scholar Varro, a contemporary of Cicero. Feronia is thought to have been originally an ancient agricultural and fire Goddess among the Etruscan and/or Sabine peoples.
During the Roman Republic, Feronia's feast day was November 13. She was honored in central Italy as the Goddess of freedwomen and freedmen, and She was associated with the granting of freedom to slaves. Part of the passage from slavery into freedom in Roman society involved having the head ritually shaved, being ceremonially tapped by a magistrate with a rod, called a vindicta, and then wearing a cap, known as a pilleus, to symbolize freed status.
Some of the Roman depictions of Libertas have survived to this day on coins and other artifacts. Libertas usually is pictured as a matron in flowing classical dress. She often is shown holding both the Liberty Pole (vindicta) and Liberty Cap (pilleus). In some depictions Libertas wears the Liberty Cap or a crown of Laurel leaves. Sometimes She carries a spear instead of the Liberty Pole. Sometimes the Goddess Liberty is shown with a cat at Her feet.
Lady Liberty After Rome
Although the Roman empire is no more, the Goddess Liberty still survives. Over the centuries and across cultures, She has continued to signify Freedom in Her appearances in paintings, sculptures, songs, stories, poems, and other literature. In recent centuries, the form She has most often taken is that of Lady Liberty.
Libertas as Lady Liberty began emerging in America during the colonial era as part of the American quest for political independence from Britain.
American patriot Paul Revere may have been the first to depict Lady Liberty in that context. In 1766, on the obelisk he created in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act, he used the image of Liberty with a Liberty Pole surmounted by a Liberty Cap.
Another patriot leader, Thomas Paine, included Her in his poem, the "Liberty Tree," referring to Her as "The Goddess of Liberty."
Freedom Goddess depictions not only emerged in America during its Revolution, but a few years later in France during its own Revolution, with the female symbol of the French Republic, the Marianne, depicted wearing the Liberty Cap, and often accompanied by Liberty's Cat.
As the USA became a nation, Lady Liberty became part of the official symbology of some of its newly formed states. Holding Her Liberty Cap atop the Liberty Pole, Lady Liberty appears along with the Goddess of Justice on the New York State Flag.
On the obverse of the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1776, Liberty holds the Liberty Cap atop a pole in Her right hand and is flanked on Her left side by the Roman Goddess of Eternity (Aerternitas) and on Her right by the Goddess of Fruitfulness (Ceres).
In addition, the Goddess Liberty, also with a Liberty Pole and Cap, appears with Ceres on the front of the Great Seal of New Jersey, adopted in 1777.
As more states were formed in the USA in the 19th and 20th centuries, some of them also chose to include Liberty imagery as part of their iconography. In addition, Lady Liberty images appeared on coins, paintings, stamps, and in sculptures throughout the land, including the colossal bronze Statue of Freedom, which was commissioned in 1855 and in 1863 set on the top of the dome of the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, where it can still be seen today.
It is interesting to note that during America's Civil War era both sides claimed Liberty and sought to use Her images to promote their own causes. Among abolitionists, Liberty was depicted freeing slaves, while states rights advocates used Her image to signify independence from the "tyranny" of centralized government. Today, Liberty images are used in connection with a wide range of political parties, candidates, and positions on various issues.
The Goddess of Freedom
The most famous of the Freedom Goddess' American depictions, the Statue of Liberty, was a gift from France to the United States in honor of America's 100th birthday. Originally called "Liberty Enlightening the World," the Statue of Liberty was designed by French Freemason and sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi with the assistance of engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
The head of Lady Liberty's statue wears a crown with solar rays, similar to the crown on the Colossus of Rhodes, a magnificent monument to the Sun God Helios that once stood astride a Greek harbor and was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The seven rays on Liberty's crown represent the seven continents and seven seas.
The torch Liberty holds in Her right upstretched hand is the Flame of Freedom, and underneath Her feet are broken chains representing overcoming tyranny and enslavement. The tablet Liberty holds in Her left hand is inscribed with July 4, the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the USA as a nation. Her flowing gown is similar in design to depictions of Libertas in ancient Rome.
More than 100,000 people in France contributed money to the creation of the 151 foot (46 meters) high copper clad Statue of Liberty. In the USA, in a grass-roots effort spearheaded by newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer, thousands of Americans contributed money for the creation of the 65 foot high granite pedestal to serve as the Statue's base.
The Statue was completed in Paris in May of 1884 and shipped in pieces to the USA where it was reassembled. Work on pedestal construction began in August 1884 following the laying of the cornerstone by Masons of the Grand Lodge of New York in a traditional Masonic ritual.
The Statue of Liberty was erected on top of Her pedestal in New York Harbor on Bedloe Island, which was renamed Liberty Island in Her honor seventy years later. Thousands of people attended the dedication ceremony held on October 28, 1886, including Suffragettes, who, while circling the island in a boat, loudly proclaimed through a megaphone their freedom demand that women have the right to vote.
A plaque was added in 1903 to an interior wall of the pedestal containing "The New Colossus," the poem written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 as a tribute to the Statue and to immigrants coming to America for freedom.
In the twentieth century, in preparation for the one hundredth birthday of the Statue of Liberty, an extensive renovation project was undertaken from 1984-1986. On the weekend of July 4, 1986, a great centennial celebration was held and the newly restored Statue was re-opened to visitors.
The Statue of Liberty continues to be one of the most beloved of America's civic shrines. The United Nations designated it as a World Heritage site in 1984. The Statue of Liberty receives over 5 million visitors each year.
She Beckons to the World
Lady Liberty images can be found not only throughout America, but elsewhere in the world. She sometimes makes appearances at political rallies, usually in Her Statue of Liberty form. Such was the case in May, 1989, when She gained worldwide attention as She emerged as the Goddess of Democracy in student demonstrations in Beijing, China.
Pro-democracy demonstrators erected a 33 foot Styrofoam and plaster Liberty Goddess with torch image in Tiananmen Square, and this became a powerful rallying symbol of their quest for Freedom. Although, a short time later, tanks moved in and crushed this statue as well as demonstrators and their demonstrations, their vision and work for Democracy continues within and outside of China…
Lady Liberty's biggest Feast day in the USA is Independence Day, July 4. She is honored on other occasions as well, such as having Her own float in the globally televised Rose Parade which took place on January 1, 2000 in Pasadena, California, USA. The float, "Liberty for All," was sponsored by the Family of Freemasonry and included a 50 foot high replica of the Statue of Liberty. In addition, Lady Liberty can be seen year round at a variety of websites on the Internet.
To many contemporary Wiccans and other Pagans, Lady Liberty is more than a symbol. She is a powerful and ancient Goddess who can guide, inspire, protect, and comfort. Pagans have invoked Lady Liberty in rituals for personal and/or social liberation. Some Pagans include Her image in their household shrines and altars. Because of Her ancient Pagan origins, Lady Liberty is an excellent Goddess to work with in support of Pagan religious freedom.
For some of Selena's beautiful rituals and meditations, visit here.
From sea to shining sea, let Liberty reign for all. Blessed be.


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When it comes attempts to define President Obama's debate related claim that Mitt Romney is a liar, my first reaction is tell you that the claim is the best case of the pot calling the kettle black that one could ever imagine. But that would be characterized by the left as blatantly racists. So here's how I would explain President Obama's charge.
Ever since President Obama lost last week's debate, the left became apoplectic and tried to work through a series of emotions that ranged from fear over losing the election and anger over the President's ineptness, to disappointment with his performance and embarrassment over his inability to defend his record. Once their shock wore off and they were able to collect themselves they quickly offered up an endless array of excuses for the President's truly disastrous debate performance. Some suggested that he was preoccupied by an unfolding international crisis that was yet unknown to the general public or possibly even a personal crisis. Others like Al Gore suggested altitude poisoning was to blame. But by the time morning came, the President's campaign released their own excuse for his embarrassing performance in a talking points memo that went out to the leading liberal spinmeisters and the left immediately fell in line to spread the word.
According to the President and the left-wing propaganda machine, President Obama failed to beat Romney in the debate because he was thrown off by the lies Romney was telling throughout the debate. According to the President and his people, Mitt Romney lied about his own record and plans for America as well as the President's record and plans for the nation.
The problems with that excuse is that President Obama was the one who was clearly trying to lie his own way through the debate. With a clear inability to defend his own horrific record against Mitt Romney, President Obama tried his best to continue waging the class warfare reelection strategy that has successfully energized his base. Part of that strategy was to try and describe Mitt Romney's economic proposals as a $5 trillion tax cut, mainly for the rich.
But as attested to in the latest Romney ad seen below this post, the only liar on stage in Denver last week was President Obama.
When it comes to Mitt Romney's tax plan, what President Obama neglected to mention was that when he made the charge that Romney's tax plan cut taxes by $5 trillion, he was actually lying by taking skewed numbers from a scoring by the Tax Policy Center. That analysis claimed the Romney plan shifted $86 billion in taxes from the well-off to the middle class. But the problem with that particular assumption is that it relies on a false narrative which contends the reduce rates would not spur economic growth and generate new tax revenue. Dynamic scoring of the same Romney plan concludes the economic growth generated by those reduced tax rates would fill $53 billion of that $86 billion hole. As for the remaining gap, Romney's plan to eliminate exemptions on state and local bonds and life insurance policies, would would raise an additional $45 billion. That means that by eliminating exemptions and prompting new growth, Romney's plan is likely to actually lower top rates and still raise more revenue.
Making President Obama's claims even more unreliable is that the author of the initial study that Obama was misinterpreting is now admitting, that "under those conditions and policies, Romney's plan "would be revenue neutral."
But with all these numbers being discussed and explained you are probably still confused with where President Obama's $5 trillion figure came from. Well the truth is that it is a figure which he practically pulled straight out of his ass.
Obama took the Tax Policy Center study which neglected to figure in the ensuing economic growth that would make Romney's plan revenue neutral and erroneously concluded that the plan would lead to $480 billion in lost revenues by 2015. The Obama campaign then took that incorrect figure and multiplied it by a decade. That left them with $4.8 trillion, which they then rounded up to $5 trillion.
So that explains the lie behind the man who was really trying to deceive voters… Barack Obama.
But that wasn't the only lie President Obama tried to muddle through the first debate with.
President Obama claimed that Romney's plan would raise taxes on middle class families yet this flies in the face of what The Associated Press and other studies concluded which is that Romney's plans would not raise taxes on anyone.
Our President also used the debate to claim that Obamacare would make health care premiums more affordable. According to him, "when Obamacare is fully implemented, we are going to be in a position to show that costs are going down. Over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up — it is true — but they have gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years. We are already seeing progress.
But Factcheck.org found;
"Obama wrongly said that over the last two years, health care premiums have 'gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years.'"
Meanwhile, The Associated Press noted ;
"In 2011, premiums jumped by 9 percent" and "this year's 4 percent increase was more manageable, but the price tag for family coverage stands at $15,745, with employees paying more than $4,300 of that."
On the issue of Social Security the President stated during the debate that;
"Social Security is structurally sound. It's going to have to be tweaked the way it was by Ronald Reagan and Speaker — Democratic Speaker Tip O'Neill. But the basic structure is sound."
Yet contrary to his claim, the Congressional Budget Office concludes that Social Security will run into financial deficits. Clearly that is not a structurally sound program.
So it would seem that President Obama dedicated his first debate in the 2012 election to doing exactly what he is trying to claim Mitt Romney did… lie. Now where I come from, that is called hypocrisy. It's something that even liberals would normally shun in their leaders. But something tells me that the left will handle this the same way they have with everything else Barack Obama has ever said and done. They will refuse to hold him accountable.
Meanwhile, congressional investigations are now taking place as we try to uncover exactly what was behind the Obama lies surrounding the terrorist attack that killed our Libyan Ambassador and three other Americans. But if all of that still isn't enough to convince you that Barack Obama is our Liar-In-Chief, I suggest you see watch the video below. It's an original, un-narrated documentary that looks at Obama and his first term with regards to transparency, healthcare, taxes, fairness, energy, and the national debt through his own words
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Struggling to make ends meet? Here's something to think about: Two dogs, Baby Hope Diamond, a Coton de Tulear, and poodle Chilly Pasternak (of the Virginia Pasternaks) were wed at the Jumeirah Essex House Hotel in New York's Central Park this Thursday in a ceremony that cost $158,187.26, setting the Guinness World Record for Most Expensive Pet Wedding ever.
Now, now. Let's lower our hackles. The wedding was held by Baby Hope Diamond's owner Wendy Diamond, an animal welfare activist, to benefit the Humane Society of New York with all of the ceremony's goods and services, which included a celebrity wedding planner, a pet buffet and an officiation by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, having been donated and guests purchasing tickets to attend.
The wedding was initially meant to be between Chilly Pasternak (again, of the Virginia Pasternaks) and Lucky Diamond, Wendy's Maltese who sadly passed away from cancer last month. Baby Hope, thanks to the Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act of 1907, was then brought into the ceremony at the last minute.
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