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One Direction Fans Upset Over Tour Set List Change
Directioners are hot and bothered over One Direction's plan to modify their set list while on the road.
The boy band is changing the songs for the North American leg of the Take Me Home Tour, extending the set by 30 to 40 minutes; this means 1D will include songs that they did not play on the U.K. leg.
So what's the big deal?
Well, Directioners in their native U.K. are not stoked that North American audiences are getting what they view as preferential treatment by being able to enjoy live renditions of songs first. So much competition amongst global Directioners, it seems.
One of the songs that is expected to be added is the fan fave, 'They Don't Know About Us.'
News traveled fast in the Directioner universe, and the hometown fans are fuming, many of which vented on Twitter, expressing displeasure.
Fans in America and Canada will enjoy the first taste of these tracks and we know, it's unfair. How dare 1D do that, right? Well, we hate to break it to the across-the-pond faction of 1D fans, but life isn't fair. And this is One Direction's tour, not the Directioners' tour. It's their show and they will perform whichever tracks they wish.
We suggest the angry Directioners make effective use of YouTube to watch videos of the additions to the set list. It's not the same as being there, but it's close enough. No need to stage a mutiny, guys!


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Apple says Samsung's Galaxy Note, Jelly Bean infringe patent
Apple Inc. told a judge that Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Note 10.1 device infringes its patents, and sought to add the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system to an existing lawsuit against Samsung in California.
Apple made the arguments this week to U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal in federal court in San Jose. Apple's bid to expand the lawsuit follows Samsung's Oct. 1 move to add patent-infringement claims against the iPhone 5 in the same case. Apple won a $1.05 billion jury verdict against Samsung on Aug. 24 in a separate patent case in the same court.
Filings by both companies in their two cases before U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh show no letup in their battle on four continents to retain dominance in the $219 billion global smartphone market.
Samsung in August began U.S. sales of the Galaxy Note 10.1, equipped with a stylus -- a feature Apple's iPad doesn't offer, and which builds on Samsung's Galaxy Note 5.3, a similarly stylus-equipped smartphone that came out earlier this year. Jelly Bean is Google Inc.'s latest version of the Android operating system that runs on Samsung mobile devices as well as Google's Nexus 7 handheld computer, which was released in June.
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Koh on Oct. 1 rescinded a ban on U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 that she imposed in June, deciding there were no grounds for keeping the preliminary injunction in place after jurors concluded in their Aug. 24 verdict that Samsung didn't infringe the Apple design patent that was the basis for the injunction.
Apple, based in Cupertino, California, contended the ban should remain in place because the jury found the Galaxy Tab infringed other patents at issue in the case.
Andrew Liao, an Apple attorney, told Grewal today that the Galaxy Nexus is the only phone with Jelly Bean that Apple seeks to add to the patent complaint. Liao also said Apple wants to add 17 devices that could use a stylus even though the products don't ship with a stylus.
Victoria Maroulis, an attorney for Samsung, said the company wants to add only one product, the iPhone5, to its complaint. Maroulis said Samsung opposes the addition of "stylus products in 17 new devices" to Apple's claims.
"By adding the stylus, Apple is going to enlarge the case significantly," she said.
Grewal didn't issue a ruling today. He said he was concerned that if he denied both sides their requests, the companies may file a new round of lawsuits.
Preliminary order
The case in which Apple added the Galaxy Note 10.1 and Jelly Bean operating system is scheduled for trial in 2014.
Apple already has won a preliminary order from Koh blocking U.S. sales of Samsung's Nexus smartphone. In August, Apple added the Galaxy S III smartphone to its list of products that it says infringe its patents.
In the previous patent lawsuit between the two companies that went to trial in July, the jury found that Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung infringed six of seven Apple patents at stake.
Koh has scheduled December hearings in that case to consider Apple's request for a permanent U.S. sales ban on eight Samsung smartphone models and the Tab 10.1. She will also consider Samsung's bid to get the August verdict thrown out based on claims of juror misconduct.
The case is Apple v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 12-cv- 630, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose). The previous case is Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 11-cv-01846, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose).

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Would you like to mention why you are picking on the Quran?Are you a Christian trying to prove that the other books also have errors?
It is the fastest growing religion in the world for one reason it caters to MEN
Quote from: 12 Monkeys on May 30, 2013, 08:47:49 AMIt is the fastest growing religion in the world for one reason it caters to MENIt's because they breed like a virus, consuming all around it and then infect the next area.
Then, the quran says, once you outnumber them, give them a choice, convert or die. And when they're all converted or dead ... move to the next area.
Quote from: Fiji on May 31, 2013, 01:32:52 AMThen, the quran says, once you outnumber them, give them a choice, convert or die. And when they're all converted or dead ... move to the next area.I'm not all that familiar with the koran. Could you please include the chapter/verse (or however the koran is indexed)?
But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. 9:5
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's Apostle said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform that, then they save their lives and property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah." Sahih Bukhari 1:2:24
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." Narrated Maimun ibn Siyah that he asked Anas bin Malik, "O Abu Hamza! What makes the life and property of a person sacred?" He replied, "Whoever says, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', faces our Qibla during the prayers, prays like us and eats our slaughtered animal, then he is a Muslim, and has got the same rights and obligations as other Muslims have." Sahih Bukhari 1:8:387
Can you maybe provide some context for 9:5? Sometime context is everything.
Quote from: screwtape on May 31, 2013, 08:03:02 AMCan you maybe provide some context for 9:5? Sometime context is everything.http://quran.com/9Instruction manual for treaties with unbelievers. Boils down to "they're going to betray you anyway so anything goes".
And [it is] an announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allah is disassociated from the disbelievers, and [so is] His Messenger. So if you repent, that is best for you; but if you turn away - then know that you will not cause failure to Allah . And give tidings to those who disbelieve of a painful punishment.Excepted are those with whom you made a treaty among the polytheists and then they have not been deficient toward you in anything or supported anyone against you; so complete for them their treaty until their term [has ended]. Indeed, Allah loves the righteous [who fear Him].
And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah . Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.How can there be for the polytheists a treaty in the sight of Allah and with His Messenger, except for those with whom you made a treaty at al-Masjid al-Haram? So as long as they are upright toward you, be upright toward them. Indeed, Allah loves the righteous [who fear Him].
How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient.
the covenant of protection seems to apply only when "protection money" is paid.
This article deals with an approach the "be nice to them" verses
islam does seem to be one of the more militant religions out there
that is what it seems to me too, but that's not the argument. The point was whether the koran actually told muslims to play nice until they had the upper hand, and once that was had, it was convert or die.
Quote from: Mrjason on May 31, 2013, 09:16:55 AMislam does seem to be one of the more militant religions out there I think it's partly because it's an abrahamic religion and the fact that muslims generally tend to be uneducated and poor.
Quote from: Jontom10 on May 30, 2013, 12:48:02 PMIt's because they breed like a virus, consuming all around it and then infect the next area. Sounds like the human race in general.
It's because they breed like a virus, consuming all around it and then infect the next area.


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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police on Monday released photographs of a couple charged with abducting a girl and judicial authorities put the pair in pre-trial custody, as an international search for the child's biological parents intensified. Authorities also scrambled to uncover fraudulent birth declarations related to possible welfare benefit scams involving the couple and others.
Investigators trying to establish how the girl known only as "Maria" came to be with the detained Gypsy couple are considering a range of potential scenarios, from child trafficking to even simple charity.
The suspects were also identified as 39-year-old Christos Salis and a 40-year-old woman who used the names Eleftheria Dimopoulou and Selini Sali. They were arrested last week, after police found the girl when they raided a Gypsy, or Roma, encampment near the central Greek town of Farsala. Her DNA shows she is not the couple's child.
Authorities allege Dimopoulou claimed to have given birth to six children in less than 10 months, and 10 of the 14 children the couple had registered as their own are unaccounted for. It is not clear whether the 10 children are real or were made up to cheat the Greek welfare system.
Police say the two suspects received about 2,500 euros ($3,420) a month in subsidies from three different cities. In Athens, municipal authorities suspended the director of the capital's records office as well as two senior officials pending the conclusion of a fraud investigation.
The couple has given conflicting accounts of how they came to have the girl, according to police. A defense lawyer has said they were motivated by charity, after being approached by an intermediary for a destitute foreign mother who reportedly could not afford to raise the child.
Photographs released of "Maria" have triggered a global outpouring of sympathy and possible tips to police but no breakthrough yet in identifying her or her parents.
The "Smile of the Child" charity, which is caring for the girl, said it had received more than 8,000 calls and thousands of emails — some with details and photographs of missing children — from people in the United States, Scandinavia, other parts of Europe, Australia and South Africa.
"The case has touched a chord with lots of people from many countries," Panayiotis Pardalis, a spokesman for the charity, told The Associated Press. "This case is now giving hope to parents of missing children."
He said the charity had forwarded all tips to the police but that most people were just conveying their concern.
A dental examination showed the child is older than previously thought, 5 or 6 years old instead of four, the charity said.
"We had been seeking details for a girl aged 4. So the fact that she is older changes the nature of the search," charity director Costas Yannopoulos said. "One thing that has impressed us is that the little girl is not asking for anyone ... She is relaying the kindness she has been shown for the last three days to her dolls."
In Britain, tabloid newspapers drew parallels with missing girl Madeleine McCann, who disappeared at age 3 from a Portuguese resort six years ago. The mother of Ben Needham, a British boy missing in Greece since 1991, said she was thrilled by the news of the girl's recovery. Her toddler was 21 months old when he vanished.
Interpol, the international police agency, has 38 girls younger than 6 on its missing persons database but none of them reportedly fit the mystery girl's description.
Police have raided dozens of Gypsy settlements across Greece in the last few weeks, including four more camps Monday in Athens and Thessaloniki — triggering concern by human rights groups that the Gypsy community as a whole was being targeted for an alleged crime involving a few of its members.
"I must say that we are flabbergasted with the hastiness, the hypocrisy ... in all this affair," Gregory Valianatos, of the rights group Greek Helsinki Monitor, told AP. "Certainly we care about the (child) ... But we are not prepared to see another pogrom in the name of law and order against Roma lifestyle."
Theodora Tongas and Derek Gatopoulos in Athens, Costas Kantouris in Thessaloniki, Lori Hinnant in Paris and Raphael Satter in London contributed.
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Everything looks like a nail, a truism that ASHRAE (The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) has just demonstrated in its advice to data center operators on how to achieve greater cooling efficiency in the data center (see ASHRAE Standard 90.1). In ASHRAE's opinion, the way to achieve data center cooling efficiency is through the use of various economizer techniques (air-side, water-side …) to reduce the amount of energy used by the cooling plant. Unfortunately, this is a rather narrow view of the problem, focused on the stuff that ASHRAE members do best, i.e. air-conditioning and chilled water plants. The ASHRAE standard has now drawn a universal thumbs down from some of the largest data center operators (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros Technology and Nokia) who issued a joint statement urging ASHRAE to re-think it's position.
The truth is that economizer are just one approach to achieving more efficient energy usage and the best approach will vary based on a host of factors. For example, one company might favor widespread adoption of server virtualization as a way to reduce energy consumption, while another might be able to scavenge energy from the waste heat produced by the data center and use it heat buildings. Both approaches lead to more efficient use of energy without requiring the use of economizers. The problem with ASHRAE's approach is that there is a danger it will get built into building construction codes and potentially restrict innovation in the data center. James Hamilton's blog entry on the subject (see here) does an excellent job of describing the problems of such a restrictive definition.
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My buddy Sam Shank has launched a new site focusing on hotel deals - DealBase.com. Everyone loves to find a great deal these days, and DealBase.com has collected a lot of them - over 11,000 hotel deals for destinations in the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. In addition to the broad selection of deals, what I like about DealBase.com is that they help me determine if a deal is truly a deal by comparing the regular price of a deal and any items it may contain to the discounted deal price.
Right about now you're saying to yourself, "Okay, I understand wanting to make the shameless plug for a friend, but Consuming Ambitions is a blog about food. What does this have to do with food?" Glad you asked! DealBase lists over 200 deals that include free dinner, including a deal at the Millennium Biltmore in downtown Los Angeles, and 100 deals that are wine themed. They say there's no such thing as a free lunch, but who said anything about free dinner? (Okay, a paid hotel stay is required, but still there are some good deals to be had.)
Or, if you're looking for an excuse to go to Las Vegas' restaurants, take a look at this amazing deal at the Palms Casino - by the time you factor in the free night and added benefits, the stay is effectively free! Just make sure you don't squander all those savings at the blackjack table.


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Woman gains confidence through weight loss
It all started with a bunch of bananas, but it ended with an inspirational story of weight loss and the importance of self-worth for Warwick resident Julie Lefebvre.
Lefebvre, who grew up in Johnston and has lived in Warwick for the past 15 years, volunteered at the 2011 Citizens Bank Pell Bridge Run/Walk, an annual four-mile race that begins at the Pell Bridge in Jamestown at 6:30 a.m. and concludes at a nearby Citizens Bank in downtown Newport.
There, she represented Citizens Bank, where she works as an analyst, passing out bananas to participants as they crossed the finish line.
"I thought they would all be these super-fit young people, but they were all different sizes and ages," she said. "When they were done, you would think they would have been fall-down exhausted, but they looked like they had just won the lottery. They looked happy, triumphant and it was a feeling I wanted to have."
At the race, she saw a woman she had met about a week earlier at an educational seminar about gastric bypass surgery, a procedure that divides the stomach into two pouches and then rearranges the small intestine to connect both. Weight loss is often a result.
The woman, who was also serving as a volunteer at the race, had just undergone the surgery.
It was that day Lefebvre also decided she was going to have the operation. She dropped 25 pounds and by April, had the surgery and has since lost 75 more pounds.
"I want to lose another 50 pounds," said Lefebvre, who is down to 189. "That's probably going to take another year. At first, I was losing a pound a day and now it's about a pound a week."
While the two women were spectators last year, this year they won't be handing out bananas.
"Now, we're both running the race," Lefebvre said. "I want to be a participant, rather than a volunteer. I want to know that I can do it just like everyone else. I'm not racing to win it, I'm racing to complete it – I just want to cross the finish line."
To keep the weight off, she walks or runs every day and takes vitamins. She also joined Healthtrax, a gym located at 2191 Post Road in Warwick, where she takes fitness classes and works her muscles. Of course, she's also preparing for this year's race on Nov. 11.
According to Lefebvre, more than 2,000 people have signed up to participate so far. Sponsored by Newport Hospital and a host of other non-profit organizations, including Citizens Bank, the Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority hosts the event.
"The bridge is a gorgeous structure, and the opportunity to participate in a crossing like this is rare," said David Darlington, chairman of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority. "Many have seen the views by car and now's the chance for runners and walkers to see Narragansett Bay at sunrise from the crest of the bridge. If Mother Nature cooperates, the view should be spectacular. And importantly, all proceeds from the race will go to Rhode Island not-for-profit organizations to show our support for their invaluable contributions to the Rhode Island community."
For Lefebvre, the event is not only an opportunity to exercise; it's also a chance to connect with people. Through her journey of losing weight and getting healthy, she's noticed a confidence boost within herself, which is something that allows her to better communicate with others.
In fact, she has since volunteered for other efforts, such as the "Gear for Grades" program through Citizens. The program donates backpacks filled with school supplies for children in need.
Also, she has been a member of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Ocean State, an organization that provides mentoring to children throughout Rhode Island.
"I don't have children, so it feels as if I'm passing on my strength and my values," Lefebvre said. "I always looked for inspiration in other people and I just feel like now I can share them with others and touch another life. It makes life more fulfilling."
For individuals who may be feeling down about their bodies, Lefebvre reminded them that there's always hope. That hope, she said, lies within every heart.
"I turned 40 this year and I thought I was done changing," she said. "I thought I was who I was, but it's never too late to make that change and make a new life. You can give up old habits and develop new ones at any age. I didn't want to be labeled as morbidly obese. Anytime someone gives you a label like that, it doesn't mean that label has to stick forever. Now, no one would ever call me that."
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1... Even though it is plausible to you... why exactly don't you believe any of what you said above about aliens being responsible for the events surrounding Jesus' death, burial and reports of his resurrection?**NOTE: We can substitute ANY historical event from the past and postulate your scenario as a possible explanation for that event. But let's just stick with the subject at hand for this question if you wouldn't mind.
2... Even though it is plausible... why don't you believe that you and the human race and our universe was created 10 minutes ago with built in age and built in memories and that we are nothing more than a sophisticated hologram or computer simulation which was produced by these same aliens you invoked earlier? (I'm assuming here that you don't believe you were just created 10 minutes ago). In fact, do you have any doubts that such a possibility couldn't be based technology and techniques we know exists now, or could exist in the future? Just like your alien example above?
3... Even though it is plausible... why don't you believe that your atheistic position is simply the result of manipulation or brain-washing by these same kind of aliens which you've invoked in here? Certainly brainwashing techniques and implementation would be far superior in the future for us... and which would be likely in an advanced race.


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Five Newborn Diaper Bag Essentials
Your first wee one brings a whole lot of joy and bewilderment. Suddenly, getting out of the house takes an hour and you end up carting fifteen pounds of goodies for an infant that weighs half of that! When you're scrambling for the door, just toss these five items in your diaper bag and you're good to go! Check out our slideshow to see our picks for the bare bones newborn essentials.
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS/AP) - Connor Shaw threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score as No. 12 South Carolina beat Arkansas 38-20 on Saturday.
After enjoying a bye week, the Gamecocks returned to action at Williams-Brice Stadium in their final SEC home game of the season.
Marcus Lattimore was not in attendance at the contest, but his spirit filled the stadium as a special thank you message to fans from him appeared on the video board. Click here to view message
South Carolina lead the entire game, but the Gamecocks momentum really picked up after D.J. Swearinger was called for a head-scratching illegal hit given the Razorbacks the ball at the USC 36-yard line.
Let's just say the ball doesn't lie, because on the next possession Swearinger came back and picked off an errant pass by Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson. Then the Gamecocks' defensive back sauntered into the end zone and launched the football into the stands for his second 15-yard penalty in as many plays and third of the drive.
"They stopped playing after that, pretty much," defensive end Jadeveon Clowney said.
Swearinger extended the Gamecocks lead to 31-10. The play basically ended the game.
South Carolina snapped the three-game winning streak that Arkansas held in the series. The Razorbacks entered having won four out of the last six games.
"It was good to beat Arkansas, finally. It's been a long time. They're not quite the team they've been in the past," head coach Steve Spurrier said. "They have some issues, and this that and the other. They had about as many yards as we did, more first downs (but) every time we made a drive, we got a touchdown out of it. "
Shaw was 15-of-23 for 279 yards for the Gamecocks (8-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), who finished with six league wins for only the second time in 20 years in the SEC.
Arkansas (4-6, 2-4) will now have to beat both Mississippi State and LSU to make a bowl game after starting the season No. 10 in the country.
It was only the second win over the Razorbacks in the last seven games for the Gamecocks and it broke a three-game losing streak during which the Hogs embarrassed South Carolina by double-digits.
The Gamecocks return to action Saturday, Nov. 17, in their final home game of the season against Wofford. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Williams-Brice Stadium.
The game will be televised on a pay-per-view basis.
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The projected move of the Winnipeg Jets from the Southeast Division to the Western Conference after the 2011-12 season has everyone, especially during this dead part of the hockey summer, formulating their realignment plans for the NHL.
It's widely known that Detroit, Columbus and Nashville all want to move into the Eastern Conference, which could cause some heated debates should the league opt to just swap one of those clubs with Winnipeg. That's why many are trying to find a way to placate all three Eastern-Western clubs and get Winnipeg to land in a happy home.
Veteran writer Kevin McGran of The Star in Toronto offers up three alternative alignments for the NHL today.
His first option does away with the divisions and just has two 15-team conferences. While that looks great to me (in all sports, not just hockey), we all know the owners are not giving up the extra cash that comes with winning a "division" and they're not releasing the false sense of hope mediocre teams in a horrible division get by accumulating loser points and then saying "heck we're only eight points out of the division lead" even though they might have the 10th or 11th-best record in the conference and have no real chance of making up the ground.
A second option maintains two conferences but includes four divisions, mostly separated along geographic lines. McGran's plan looks like this:
Great Lakes Division: Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Detroit, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Columbus.
Atlantic Division: Boston, Rangers, Islanders, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Florida, Tampa Bay, Washington.
Midwest Division: Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville, Carolina, Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Winnipeg.
Pacific Division: Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Phoenix.
And then his third plan, which I consider the most controversial, breaks up the league into four conferences. The conferences would have their own four-team playoff format and the conference winners would be the NHL semifinalists. It doesn't sound all that radical until you see how the teams would be grouped.
Canadian Conference: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver.
Eastern Conference: Boston, Rangers, Islanders, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, Carolina.
Midwest Conference: Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, St. Louis, Colorado, Minnesota, Buffalo, Nashville.
Sunshine Conference: Tampa Bay, Florida, Dallas, Anaheim, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Jose.
Isn't that great? We've gotten to the point where Canada is so worried it won't have a team in the final four that it creates a system whereby a North-of-the-Border squad is guaranteed a semifinal berth.
But I'm not going to delve into the inherent ridiculousness of that concept. I'm more worried about rivalries, especially some of the longest-running ones in NHL history. Ones that are what hockey is all about.
Both of these second two plans separate the Bruins from their traditional rivals in Toronto and Buffalo. And worst of all, the Bruins aren't in a division with Montreal. Of course, they'd still play the Canadiens. But not as many times and with not as much on the line. That's almost as preposterous as the concept of the Bruins offering Steven Stamkos one-sixth of their salary-cap space.
There are other similar problems with these alignments that affect other teams. In one, Buffalo would be in a division separate from all its Eastern rivals and included with all teams that have been considered Western teams for some time. In another, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are no longer in the same division, a pairing that both teams fought hard for when the league last realigned.
But any new structuring of the NHL that doesn't keep Montreal and the Bruins in the same division so they can fight to the death for a championship — and do it upwards of six times a season — can't ever be seriously considered. It's one of those rivalries that even when one of the teams is having a down year, the players and fans still treat the match-up like a playoff game. It's a reason to buy a ticket, a reason to circle games on your schedule in July and a source of continent-wide, two-country media attention when the clubs lock horns and inevitably create some sort of controversial or unexpected situation.
Making all 30 teams happy with their league and divisional assignments and then creating a schedule that pleases everyone as well, is an unenviable and near-impossible task. Nonetheless, I can tell you without doubt that no plan that separates Boston and Montreal should have a place in anyone's thought process.


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Authorities say no explosives were found on a Southwest Airlines plane that was diverted to Phoenix with 143 passengers on board.
The FBI said Monday that an afternoon flight from Los Angeles to Texas landed in Phoenix after a "telephonic bomb threat" was received.
Laura Eimiller of the FBI's Los Angeles field office says Flight 2675 left Los Angeles International Airport at 2:12 p.m. and was heading to Austin before the threat was received by telephone.
The plane landed safely at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport at about 3 p.m.
FBI agent Manuel Johnson says in a statement that all passengers were interviewed by Monday evening. He says investigators were making all efforts to identify the caller who made the bomb threat.
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Mark Giangreco on the 10 pm ABC7 News tonight said that the Sox might wear the '83 home uniforms on Sundays next year. I couldn't find that report anywhere else, though...anyone else hear that?
I had not heard that but was thinking about this as I recently ordered a 2013 calendar. I have no issue with the 1983 uniforms and if the Sox wearing them on Sundays makes fans happy, then it's all good.
Can you believe it has been 30 years since that "Miracle on 35th" Sox team gave us all those thrills and all that heartache? I remember it like it was yesterday and boy am I feeling old this morning! Where have you gone, Britt Burns?
2014 - My compatriots: Adrian, Alexei, Jose, and Dayan;
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I married my husband on October 26. Since that day, we have been blessed with a wonderful family. Then, on October 26, 2005, when the baseball gods bestowed their good fortunes upon us, we saw the White Sox win the World Series. An incredibly talented team of grinders made every Sox fan's dream come true. My family and I celebrated with reckless abandon. And now, we look forward to that day when our White Sox will once again be World Series Champions!
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Apple has updated its line of MacBook computers. "Apple today updated its MacBook consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model. The MacBook is just one-inch thin and features built-in 802.11n wireless networking for up to five times the performance and twice the range of 802.11g."


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NEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Gyllenhaal will make her Broadway debut this fall opposite Ewan McGregor in "The Real Thing."
Roundabout Theatre Company said Tuesday that Gyllenhaal and McGregor will play illicit lovers in the revival of Tom Stoppard's play about relationships and fidelity. Sam Gold will direct.
Previews begin Oct. 2 and it will open officially on Oct. 30 at the American Airlines Theatre.
Gyllenhaal has appeared in films including "The Dark Knight" and "Secretary." She earned an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress for 2009's "Crazy Heart." She also appeared in the Anton Chekhov play "Three Sisters" in 2011 alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Jessica Hecht and Josh Hamilton.
"The Real Thing" won the 1984 Tony Award for best play.


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Computer people are great at coming up with clever quips and phrases. One of Paul Kimmel's favorites is the term "syntactic sugar" meaning something that, like sweets, isn't necessary, but tastes good. That's what the My feature is -- syntactic sugar. The difference between the sugary gooey foods you might eat and the My feature is that My is better for you.


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Professional golfer Phil Mickelson and his wife, Amy, have listed their estate in Rancho Santa Fe for sale at $7.095 million.
Encompassing 4.88 acres, the compound includes a 9,500-square-foot main house and two guesthouses. The one-level Tuscan-style house features mosaics, trussed beams, hand-carved stone fireplaces and Italian marble. There is an exercise room, a steam room, a sauna, a safe room, five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The grounds contain a swimming pool, outdoor kitchen and, of course, a putting green.
Mickelson, 41, will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame this spring. He beat Tiger Woods this year to win the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament and finished second at the Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club. His career earnings top $65 million.
Public records show the couple bought the property in 2001 for an undisclosed price.
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Manchester teen led organized Pro-Peace for Palestine rallyBy DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 19. 2014 8:35PM
MANCHESTER - A small group of protesters organized by a West High School student marched along Elm Street on Saturday calling for peace in Gaza and a free Palestine.
Hassan Essa, a 16-year-old who will be a senior at West this fall, started planning the Pro-Peace for Palestine rally after seeing news reports of four boys who were killed by Israeli missiles while playing on a Gaza City beach on Wednesday.
Essa said he was outraged, and it had nothing to do with the long running violence between Palestinians and Israel. He was more upset about the deaths of four boys, ages 9 to 12.
"That's why we're out here - to gain awareness," Essa said. "It's not about where you're from. It's about what you believe. I'm really a strong believer in separation of church and state."Essa reached out to his friends and started a Facebook page for Saturday's event. He was hoping for about 50 people to join him. The crowd of about 15 people stood out mostly because of their age. Essa, who was born in Kuwait and is a Muslim, said differences in religion and faith are not justifications for violence.
"I try not to be biased, even in my own religion. Because in religion, you're looking for truth and so you have to look at everything. It's the same with politics," he said. "I'm definitely not anti-Israel because both have a legitimate claim to the land. I'm not anti-Israel. I'm pro-peace in Palestine. I don't want people to die - especially civilians." Essa and his group carried signs as they marched and chanted their way south on Elm Street past Veterans Park before circling back to their starting point at Elm and Pennacook streets.
The march went the distance without incident, unlike a rally in Boston on Thursday when police had to break up a confrontation between pro-Palestinians and pro-Israelis.
The teens in Manchester had some idealistic thoughts on resolving a dispute that started long before their time.
"I feel as though Israel has been a little oppressive, but Palestine also hasn't helped themselves," said Patrick Groleau, a 17-year-old from Sharon who became friends with Essa in a student government group. "I think there needs to be a better equalizer between the two ethnic groups. I feel like if they built a culture based on love rather than an us-versus-them mentality, then peace would be a lot easier to create."


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Minutes of the June 16 meeting between George Fischer, Connie Kennedy, Mayra Walker, Liz Whitmore, Charlie Beck as well as information from the Oregon Department of Education on charter school proposals can be found here.
After a simmering war of words between the two sides, the Cascade Locks Charter School Committee last week filed a complaint against the Hood River County School district board alleging a violation of board policies.
The school board has 45 days to hold a meeting to respond to the complaint against it, after which time the complaint can be appealed to the state board of education.
Consultant Connie Buttaccio said she asked for permission in May to make a presentation during the school board's June meeting, but was denied. She instead presented for four minutes during the public comment session of the meeting.
At the meeting she was directed to meet with Beck to further discuss his concerns about scope and sequences for the courses that the school would offer.
According to minutes recorded by Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Terri Martz and provided by Buttacio, the meeting between Buttaccio, Fischer, charter committee vice president Myra Walker and school board president Liz Whitmore did not go well.
The meeting quickly spiraled into a back-and-fourth with charter school advocates accusing Beck and the school district of stalling and Beck and Whitmore accusing the charter school advocates of making inaccurate assertions and rehashing old ground.
The core of the two sides' disagreement in the run-up to and during the meeting was over scope and sequence for classes to be taught at the school.
As of Monday, Buttaccio said she had yet to receive information from the school district for scope and sequence for its courses, which she originally requested in May. "There is no misunderstanding at all; I believe the district is using that as a stumbling block to stop the school from opening," she said Monday. "We have requested the district provide us with the scope and sequences and they haven't done that I and I don't know if they have them." Both Beck and Director of Curriculum Terri Vann were out of the office through July 15 and were unavailable to comment.
Whitmore said the board is continuing to wait for a complete application from the charter school before continuing. "We would like to see a charter school in Cascade Locks," she said. "When they have a complete application we'll review it and move forward."
According to the Oregon Department of Education, Oregon revised statues define scope and sequence as '"Scope" means depth and breadth of course content as evidenced through a planned course statement including content outline, applicable state content standards where appropriate, course goals and student outcomes. [2005 c.674 §1; 2007 c.567 §1]. "Sequence is the order in which the lessons are taught."
Susan Inman, Learning Opportunities, Options & Supports Director at the Oregon Department of Education, said "there is no legal requirement for charter schools to provide the "scope and sequence" in their application to a school district. Districts can, however, require any additional information the board considers relevant," including, but not limited to, a description of the curriculum of the public charter school.
During the meeting, Beck raised the suggestion of the school district paying for Peter Miller, who reviews charter applications for the High Desert School District and worked with Beck in the Bend-Lapine School District, to work with the charter school committee on starting over on its application.
Buttaccio said redoing the application was not necessary and said that when the state declined to sponsor the school it found that it met criteria in all but four areas and the school should simply be able to meet those. One of the reason's the state cited for declining to sponsor the school was a concern that the school's application did not provide comprehensive instructional programs.
Buttacio said the school had worked with Bob Dunton, the superintendant of Corbett Charter School, to develop its original proposal to the school board but that "Mr. Dutton quit in this process because it was just one thing after another he said he got so frustrated he said it was never going to happen." The school district board is not meeting in July this year and the board's next scheduled meeting is Aug. 10.
In addition to her complaint, Buttacio also sent a letter to State Sen. Chuck Thomsen and State Rep. Mark Thompson (who is also a school board member) asking for their assistance.
With the days ticking down until the start of the 2011-12 school year, Kennedy said the chances that the school could open in the fall are dwindling. "If I can get a meeting with a board it's still possible, say a 50 percent chance; but I have to be able to get a meeting with a board," she said. Prior to filing the complaint, Buttaccio said both she and Cascade Locks ex officio board member Bobby Walker contacted Whitmore about calling a meeting in July to discuss the charter school issue.
The request was denied. "July is usually a quiet month and hardly anyone comes and Charlie had recommended that we skip July," Whitmore said of the board making a previous scheduling decision to not meet in August. "Once the board approves a meeting schedule it's not really appropriate to slide in an another meeting."
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I put myself in time out the other day.
I needed it.
I was throwing a fit. I clenched my fists and even stomped my foot.
[Reason #207 I could never be on reality television. #208 We don't watch television]
It sort of made me want to read my own book, locked in the bathroom. Ha!
I'm getting ready for a Blog Book Tour (with lots of book giveaways) since my book comes out in just two shorts weeks!
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton spoke fondly of his unlikely friendship with Richard Mellon Scaife at a memorial, and says his relationship with the billionaire Mellon banking heir who published the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review could be a lesson conflict resolution.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports (http://bit.ly/1o22KLi ) Clinton spoke to a crowd of about 150 Trib Total Media employees gathered Saturday at Scaife's boyhood home. Scaife died July 4 at the age of 82.
Scaife's opposition to Clinton marked much of his presidency. But after Clinton left office in 2001 the two became friends. Scaife supported Clinton's foundation and Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
Clinton told the crowd "our differences are important" and "they help us to define who we are, but they don't have to keep us at arm's length from others."


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feeling orangeWednesday, March 18, 2009
What will a 20"x58" piece of fabric get you? A new skirt for your little girl in about 30 minutes. Okay. It took me an hour but that is because I tried to get the lint out of my sewing machine and couldn't figure out how to put the darn thing back together. All fixed now and ready to make a few more of these. No pattern necessary. Just sew the salvage edge with right sides together (this will be a back seam). Make a casing that will hold a 2" piece of elastic, leaving an opening to feed elastic. Feed elastic through. Sew opening closed. And voila. A new bright, happy polka-dot skirt. Libby thought she wanted an unfinished edge on the bottom but changed her mind and now wants it to be hemmed. So, a 1" hem it will get.
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Great skirt! I do wish sometimes that I had a little girl to sew and knit for. (although I've definitely gotten my share of sewing in on the boys' Halloween costumes)ReplyDelete
OT - Have to ask you about the R2-D2 - my boys are crazy for Star Wars, and I haven't seen that particular R2 before. Looks like it could be remote control?
What a fantastic skirt! Those fun quick projects are so great.ReplyDelete
"And so shall we know the bright orange glow of Brother Sun."ReplyDelete
Just came up with that one, inspired by your photo, it's most fantabulous composition, that will but turn what might be a frown into a smile! :)
Delightful, happy, casual, comfy, and sweet...your favorite 11 year old and that adorable skirt you made for her....totally!
very cute! the polka dots are just so cheerful.ReplyDelete
The orange dots really make this skirt. So cute.ReplyDelete
That's my favorite way to make skirts for Annika! I have a whole stack o' fabric waiting for her new summer skirts and dresses (which are not much more complicated).ReplyDelete
I'm loving those polka dots and now I have to go ogle fabric and try not to buy.
What a lucky little girl you have!ReplyDelete
What fun dots! I got on a skirt-making kick last year using thrifted bed sheets. I used a similar method. By the end of the summer, I had a whole wardrobe full of dirt cheap funky skirts. I'm sure I'll be making more this season.ReplyDelete
adorable! i showed it to jane hoping she'd get excited. nope. kate took the bait, though.ReplyDelete
love! love so much! i was wondering if you think a similar nonpattern skirt can work for us grown up girls? hmmmReplyDelete
love that skirt...wonder how many yards I'd need to make myself one? hmmmm. Libby is too cute! Wish my girls were into skirts.ReplyDelete
Unreal. This skirt rules:)ReplyDelete
So cute. I love orange; such a friendly color!ReplyDelete
Okay, too cute! Love the orange wall...ReplyDelete
what a great skirt! Quick yet stylish! -kbReplyDelete
oh, what a fabulous skirt - as so easy too!!! Love love love all the color here xxReplyDelete
Love it! Very cute print too!ReplyDelete
Love it! Very cute print too!ReplyDelete
too cute!ReplyDelete
It must be fun to have a girly girl to sew and knit for!
thanks for sharing your technique.
Oh I just love the cheeriness of that skirt, makes me smile.ReplyDelete
That's a nice quick thing to make. Heck, it also looks like it would work well for adult sizes (I certainly can do it well within the normal fabric width at least).ReplyDelete
Wow! That is one orange wall! It looks so perfect!ReplyDelete
(Love the skirt too!)
Great skirt and so quick to make! Thanks for the wonderful etsy link.ReplyDelete
I am thrilled because I am all behind here and got to read three of your posts in one go!ReplyDelete
All three great posts. First off, I love this skirt Leslie, I remember making skirts like these when I was about twelve and first using a sewing machine. I am definitely going to make one this week.
Lovely skirt!!ReplyDelete
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Financials: Mar. Bonds are currently 10 lower at 142'24 and Mar. 10-year Notes are 3 lower at 131'08.0. This morning: Jan. Housing Starts were down by 8.5% vs. expectations of -3.1%. PPI was up 0.2% vs. expectations of a rise of 0.5%. We were stopped out of any remaining long positions in Mar. Bonds from the 142'19 area when the markets traded through our protective sell stop at 143'06. Later today: Minutes from the last FOMC meeting. Support is currently 142'08 and resistance for the near term is at 144'06. I continue to have a long term bias to the short side of the market but feel this market is entering oversold territory. For the very short term I will be a buyer at support with a stop at 141'30. Next week I will be quoting and trading June contracts.
Grains: Mar. Corn is currently 2'2 higher at 697'4, Mar. Beans 17'2 higher at 1487'4, Mar. Wheat 3'2 higher at 735'4 and Dec. Wheat 2'4 higher at 765'6. We remain long out-of-the-money call spreads in Dec. Wheat. Yesterday through this morning Beans have experienced a nearly 50 cent rally on surprisingly strong demand from China. Support for Mar. Beans is currently 1452'0 and resistance 1500'0. Watch for news on S. American growing and harvest conditions. I am still interested in going long Mar. Corn in the 680'0-685'0 area or July Corn in the mid 650's if the market allows. There is only one week until first notice day on Mar. contracts.
Cattle: Apr. LC are currently 25 lower at 129.25 and Mar. FC 65 lower at 142.52. Markets continue in a down trend. Treat Apr. LC as a trading affair between 127.50 and 130.50. Mar. FC should show support below the 140.00 level. One week until first notice day for Mar. contracts.
Silver: Mar. Silver is currently $0.35 lower at $29.06 and Apr. Gold is $14.00 lower at $1,590.00. We continue to hold a small long position in Silver. As has been recommended in the past, I like the idea of having Silver as an investment of 6-10% of an overall portfolio. At $29.00 a mini-Silver contract (1,000 ounces) has a value of $29,000.00.As for speculation: It's time to start looking for buying opportunities if Silver trades below the 28.00 level. Apr. Gold is approaching support in the $1,580.00 area. If you are inclined to try to pick bottoms in this market use close stops.
S&Ps: Mar. S&Ps are currently 0.50 lower at 1527.50. For those of you keeping track: I have been stubbornly short futures and short the 1480 puts. Currently the loss on the futures is $1,700.00 and the profit on the short puts $300.00. I admit defeat for the moment and am liquidating the positions today. Support is currently 1513.00 and resistance 1530.00.
Currencies: As of this writing the Mar. Euro is 5 lower at 1.3385, the Swiss unchanged at 1.0836, the Yen 31 lower at 1.0673 and the Pound 94 lower at 1.5308/ If you remain short the Euro, lower your protective buy stop from the 1.3490 level to 1.3450. If the market trades below the 1.3310 level, lower your stop to 1.3410.


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This week, Kim Kardashian took a break from uh uh… crickets, well whatever it is she does! The E! reality star was photographed on a beach getaway in Mexico with her NBA beau Kris Humphries.
The 6ft 9in Kris and the 5ft 2in Kim displayed a ton of PDA while frolicking in Puerto Mita, Mexico for a six day vacay! "Kim was so excited to get some alone time with Kris,"
Kim a source told Us Weekly. "They were making out most of the time."
Kim, 30, and Kris, 26, reportedly stayed at a luxurious ocean front compound owned by Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis. The bikini photos of Kim have been taken down at the request of the photo agency but you can still see them at the Daily Mail!
In other Kim news, the E! network released a video preview this week for the upcoming season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
And as we reported last week, E! was holding a contest to see which promo picture would be used to promote the show, and similar to our poll, the "white hot" photo won receiving 59% of the votes. Our poll had similar results with over 62% of you choosing the same promo pic. You can click here to view both choices.
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While most were focused on U.S. Northeast refineries and the possibility of demand destruction of historic proportions, those are not the only thing that the East Coast may have to deal with. Natural gas got a boost after Reuters reported that U.S. electric companies from Maine to Florida are preparing for heavy wind, rain and flooding that could take down power lines and could close some East Coast nuclear plants with Hurricane Sandy coming ashore. The shutting down of nuclear power plants would increase demand for coal and natural gas. Worries about nuclear power may go beyond that.
The Financial Times reported that the, "Oyster Creek nuclear power plant on the coast of New Jersey, the oldest large commercial reactor in the US, has issued an alert warning of high water levels as a result of Hurricane Sandy, which hit the east coast on Monday night. The alert – the second lowest of four levels classified by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) – signals 'actual or potential substantial degradation in the level of safety of the plant,' but no dangerous release of radioactive material." The FT also said that Chicago-based Exelon, the owner of the plant, which is about 70 miles south of New York and 60 miles east of Philadelphia, shut down the facility for refueling last week, but radioactive spent fuel stored at the site could potentially cause problems. The NRC said water levels in the structure used to take in water for cooling exceeded "high water level criteria" at about 8:45 p.m., because of a combination of a "rising tide, wind direction and storm surge." It added that it expected water levels to subside over the coming hours. The NRC pointed out that all U.S. nuclear plants had back-up diesel generators to provide power for cooling systems in emergencies, and had flood protection above the levels of the predicted storm surge.
Dow Jones is reporting that an alert has been declared at Exelon's New Jersey Plant. As if New Jersey did not have enough to worry about. Keep in mind they are reporting more than 7 million people without power.
Gasoline futures retrenched as it became clear that things in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia will take some time before we can get demand anywhere close to normal. Even here, as far away as Chicago, the closing of our stock markets and the threats of high winds is making traffic extremely light. Many people are staying home and working there if they can. I think that this is a sign that this storm may have a greater impact on demand destruction than many have calculated.
RBOB futures are barely moving and if we get a rally, more than likely it will be led by heating oil. This storm comes against a backdrop of dramatically falling gasoline prices. According to the Energy Information Administration gasoline prices fell more than 11 cents a gallon. Diesel prices fell 8.6 cents per gallon as well.
There of course is a lot of questions about North East refineries but as Barbara Powell from Bloomberg News reported, what is more important in the Northeast is import terminals and pipelines. The rest of the country is more dependent on the area that is known more for blending gas than producing it. The key will be how fast they can bring back the power and allow those pipelines to flow from those very important terminals surrounding New York Harbor. The AP reported, "Owners of the six biggest refineries in the Northeast closed two and cut production at most of the others. That included a full shutdown of the Phillips 66 refinery in Linden, N.J., the second-biggest in the Northeast at 285,000 barrels per day. Power outages and the shutdown of travel in major cities may cut oil demand, "unlike anything we have seen before," wrote Phil Flynn, a senior market analyst for Price Futures Group, in a report on Monday. "The impact on demand may not last for hours but more than likely for days."


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First let me say he's my favorite player. But with his style, his days are definitely numbered. Every other team knows this too, but Lynch is a guy that can sell tickets. IF a GM offered us a 1st for him...do you think the FO would make that trade? We've got two backs that make a fraction of Lynch's money and money is going to start getting tight sooner than later.
With 2 1sts next year and some added incentive (a 2nd?) we could possibly move up to get Clowney.
How many of you would endorse such a trade?


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Today's Meditation
Read Acts 2:1-13
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.
-Colossians 3:11 (NIV)
I have a friend who is of a different denomination than mine. Because of this difference, she questions my faith, even my salvation. Despite my efforts, she refuses to accept the validity of my Christian faith.
On the Day of Pentecost, those who had gathered were from many countries and spoke different languages. But the Holy Spirit touched them all. They all received the Spirit's blessing, and they all praised God in their own languages.
Why do Christians sometimes have such difficulty accepting another person's faith? Each of us is born with our own unique ways of feeling and understanding. These differences don't make us wrong; they simply indicate we are using our God-given gifts to think and reason for ourselves.
God wants us to love each other despite our differences. If we love God honestly, our Christian love can embrace everyone and help us accept that those whose worship practices or theological perspectives differ from ours are still capable of loving God.
Margie J. Harding
(Maryland, USA)
Prayer: O God, you didn't create us all the same. Help us to see and appreciate the beauty in the ways we are different yet still your children. Amen.
Thought for the day: Our differences can enrich our relationships.
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April 03, 2014
By Princess Manasseh
LAWT Contributing Writer
For three years running, "Lipstick on the Mic" has succeeded in providing a platform for up and coming talent on the R&B and Hip Hop scenes. Since 2011 the event has featured artists such as Marsha Ambrosius, Tweet, Leah Labelle, RaVaughn, Stacy Barthe and Elle Varner.
Thursday, March 27 Ebony.com and CoverGirl Cosmetics sponsored this year's "Lipstick on the Mic" with a pop up concert in Hollywood, California at the open-air venue Space 15 Twenty.
The cozy Urban Outfitters curated space was decked out with a funky stage housing a live band and a DJ. Around the perimeter of the venue were makeup stations courtesy of CoverGirl cosmetics where guests could play with several of the company's products. An open bar poured up VitaFrute drinks provided courtesy of VeeV liquor.
Hollywood's "who's who" converged on Thursday for the secret concert. From artists and press to stylists, and social media gurus the crowd was full of taste makers and trendsetters, all big fans of R&B music.
Guests were in for a treat with performances from three immensely talented rising stars.
Dead Right an electro R&B fusion duo hit the stage first starting the night off with a bang. The group is comprised of Graham and Alex who met while under the same management umbrella. The chemistry the pair created was undeniable so they formed a group and Thursday, guests couldn't have been more pleased they did. The performance rocked the crowd.
Rising star Andra Day took the stage next in a bright red lipstick, which she told the Sentinel she was ready to "smear all over the mic!" The San Diego-bred singer and songwriter has an eye-catching look that mixes elements of the 1940's blues era with a modern funky twist. Her charming style still couldn't outshine her amazing voice. Day won over the crowd with her brassy, alluring and sultry vocals serving first a cover of an Amy Winehouse song followed by an original piece of her own. Day ended her performance stealing the crowd's heart with a sultry rendition of the Biggie Smalls hit "Big Poppa."
Last but certainly not least was hip-hop/pop sensation MAAD*Moiselle. Moiselle whose worked with Drake among others rocked the crowd with an upbeat wild fun-loving performance. Moiselle was all over the stage giving the crowd a reason to dance.
A real treat for audiences "Lipstick on the Mic" was a success for a third year straight. To see footage from the event, hear exclusive Sentinel interviews with the stars and listen to some of the performances log onto www.lasentinel. net.


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LAKEWOOD, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say four boaters were rescued from Lake Erie and hoisted up a 70-foot cliff in Ohio after their boat capsized in rough water conditions.
Assistant fire chief Darren Collins of the Lakewood Fire Department tells The Plain Dealer in Cleveland (http://bit.ly/LxXuqF ) that the 17-foot boat carrying the family of four capsized Sunday afternoon, where the cliff lines the water.
Collins said the family couldn't be rescued from the water because the waves were too high. Each person was lifted individually from the lake in a harness along with a fire department member.
He said the rescue effort took more than two hours. And all four people were transported to a local hospital for treatment.
A message seeking additional details was left Monday at the fire department.
Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com


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ACA web repairs expected by Dec. 1By ALEX WAYNE
Bloomberg News
October 25. 2013 9:48PM
Obamacare's hobbled health-insurance exchange will be fixed by the end of November, according to the management consultant asked to salvage the website, in the first timeline provided for correcting the flaws.
Jeffrey Zients, in his initial public comments since President Barack Obama assigned him the job this week, said the site will be working "smoothly" in December. The project's management has been reorganized, with UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s Quality Software Services unit taking over as lead contractor.
The Healthcare.gov website was intended as the main portal for millions of uninsured Americans in 36 states to gain coverage from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
Since opening for business this month, the federal exchange serving 36 states has been plagued by delays, error messages and hang-ups that have prevented many customers from completing their enrollment.
Ten Democratic senators led by Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire called on the Obama administration to extend the health law's open-enrollment period beyond March 31.
"With the new general contractor in place and the focus that we have and what we have seen over the last couple of days, we are confident that each week the site will get better," Zients told reporters on a conference call. "It'll take a lot of work and there are a lot of problems that need to be addressed, but let me be clear: healthcare.gov is fixable."
Senators Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Dianne Feinstein of California were also among those who signed the letter with Shaheen.
"As long as these substantial technology glitches persist, we are losing valuable time to educate and enroll people in insurance plans," the senators wrote.
The remaining 14 states built and are running their own sites independent of the federal government.
The number of people using the federal website exceeded the government's expectations, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said at a news conference Friday in Austin, Texas.
"I don't think anyone knew that the volume would cause the problems it did," she said. "I didn't realize it wouldn't be operating optimally before the launch."
The U.S. government did final tests of the website just days before it went public, while similar projects are tested for months, the main contractors told a House panel Thursday.
Data hub
The site previously had no lead contractor. It was built largely by a unit of Montreal-based CGI Group Inc. The UnitedHealth unit, QSSI, built a service called the "data services hub" that collects information about customers from other federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, and feeds it to both the federal website and sites run by states.
"The data hub, we believe, functions relatively smoothly," Zients said.
QSSI and Oracle Corp. were also responsible for an identity management function used when customers create accounts on the site, according to people familiar with the project. Account creation was an early problem with the site; Zients said that 90 percent of customers can successfully complete that step now.
QSSI's Role
In its expanded role, QSSI is "overseeing the entire operation, making sure if one particular issue needs to be addressed, it gets prioritized and addressed right away," Julie Bataille, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said on the conference call.
"Working with CMS, QSSI will help monitor, assess, prioritize and manage the technical operations of healthcare.gov to enhance the consumer experience," the company said in a statement sent by e-mail Friday.
It wasn't clear whether the government officials previously in charge, including Henry Chao, the deputy chief information officer at CMS, would remain as managers.
CMS had been acting as its own "system integrator," coordinating the work of 55 contractors and supervising testing before the site went live Oct. 1, Bataille said Oct. 24. That decision has been blamed for many of the site's problems. Bataille didn't directly answer a question riFday about whether QSSI would be the system integrator, instead saying the company's role is "akin to a general contractor."
He agreed this week to take a detour to his new job by helping advise the HHS on how to fix its website.
Insurer data
On the back end, health insurers have complained that information they receive from the government about their new customers is inaccurate or garbled. Zients said that problem "is at the top of the punch list" of issues with the site "and it'll get punched out as fast as can be done."
Despite the problems, about 700,000 people had completed insurance applications since the beginning of the month, the government said yesterday. The figure includes health insurance exchanges in 14 states that are running their own websites and report fewer problems. About half of the applications have come from states using the federal site, Bataille said.
Customers in states served by the federal exchange can apply by phone, where 17 government-run call centers have wait times measured in seconds, according to the government. They can also apply on paper using in-person assistance at community organizations and health clinics.


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For which ancestral photograph are you most grateful? Who is in the photo and how did you acquire it? Why does the photo hold a special place in your heart?
I have many old photographs of ancestors. Some older than others, some in better condition than others. I love them all!
One of my very favorites shows a young couple on their wedding day:
You guessed it: my parents on their wedding day, 16 January 1953.
I have now that little figurine of the couple on the top of the cake. A prized possession! Turns out my grandmother had it and she gave it to me shortly after my Mom died in 1999.
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First-year coach Dennis Allen presided over yet another organized team activity Wednesday, giving him only one more voluntary practice before everyone is required to be here for a three-day mini camp next week.
Even so, all but six players were in attendance in Alameda and all but three who are here practiced. Center Stefen Wisniewski, linebacker Aaron Curry and defensive end Matt Shaughnessy still are rehabilitating injuries.
Allen said he doesn't expect to see Wisniewski in practice until the Raiders convene for training camp in Napa on July 29.
"Everybody needs practice, everybody needs to work to get better," Allen said in a post-practice news conference. "So, does it set him back? Yeah, it sets him back a little bit, and I wouldn't expect him back before training camp. But I would expect that once we get to training camp that he'll be ready to go."
Allen said he isn't worried about Wisniewski's status, even given the fact Wisniewski is converting from left guard to center this season.
Wisniewski has sat in on all the position and team meetings, which has enabled him to get up to speed on the scheme and playbook.
Defensive tackles Richard Seymour and Tommy Kelly, punter Shane Lechler, running back Darren McFadden, safety Mike Mitchell and fullback Manase Tonga did not attend today's practice.
Allen said McFadden is in Arkansas so that he can conduct his youth football camp. McFadden is expected back here Thursday.
Mitchell and Tonga, too, are recovering from injuries. Kelly, Seymour and Lechler opted not to attend.
Today's practice marked the first time the media got a look at fullback Marcel Reece. He missed the first three weeks of OTAs because he hadn't signed his one-year tender as an exclusive rights free agent.
Reece signed his contract Monday and reported to work that day. He looks in shape and ready to return as the starting fullback.
Allen said Reece's receiving ability gives the Raiders and edge that they can use against opposing defenses.
"He's an athletic type of fullback," Allen said. "Where he really excels is in the passing game and the different mismatches that he can create. From our standpoint, as far as being the lead blocker in our scheme, that's where he's got the most work that he's got to work on. But his mismatches in the passing game will be something that we could use."
Rookie wide receiver Juron Criner was at it again today. Early on in the proceedings, he broke off a post route because of a pass that was thrown well behind him. Criner reached back with his left hand and made an eye-opening one-handed catch as he continued into the end zone.
Allen says Criner has "made a couple of plays," which is to be expected from a coach careful not to play up a rookie too much, too soon.
However, there's no way around the fact that Criner has been nothing short of spectacular in the four practices accessible to the media.
Criner shows great awareness, goes after the ball, isn't fearful of going after balls in the vicinity of defenders and catches most everything he gets his hands on. Heck, he doesn't even need both hands to catch some passes, as evidenced by today.
Later in practice, Criner found a seam between two defenders and hauled in a pass that many rookies might have shied away from.
Second-year quarterback Terrelle Pryor has had his moments during the OTAs. Suffice, Wednesday was not one of his better days.
Several passes were overthrown by a wide margin, with one sailing over the head of the intended receiver and into the hands of cornerback Bryan McCann.
"He did like a lot of guys out here today," Allen said. "He had some good plays and then he had some bad plays. But that's
to be expected this time of year. I'm not going to read too much into that because what I have seen out of Terrelle Pryor is day in and day out he gets a little bit better. And that's all that we can ask for is that he keeps making progress, and he's done that so far."
Rookie offensive lineman Tony Bergstrom had been working exclusively at left guard early in OTAs. He now is getting some time at right guard, as well.
Ultimately, the plan is for Bergstrom to settle in at one position. In the interim, Allen subscribes to the belief that backup linemen need to be versatile enough to play more than one position.
"When you look at the NFL, you got to be multiple and guys are going to have to play multiple positions so when you go into a game on Sunday, generally, you're going to bring seven offensive linemen into the game," Allen said. "So, you're going to bring an inside swing guy that's got the ability to maybe play guard and center or maybe even play right and left guard."
With Wisniewski sidelined, the first-team offensive line has remained consistent: Jared Veldheer, Cooper Carlisle, Alex Parsons, Mike Brisiel and Khalif Barnes, from left to right.
Allen said he has been impressed by the ability of the offensive linemen to make a seamless transition to the zone-blocking scheme favored by offensive coordinator Greg Knapp.
"They've really adapted to the zone-running scheme that we're going to use. It's a lot different than some of the things that they were asked to do last year," Allen said. "But they've done a nice job of adjusting. Our offensive line coaches are doing an outstanding job of working with those guys.
"At the end of the day, by the time we get through training camp, I'll be real pleased with where we're at offensive line-wise and what we're going to be able to do."
Bergstrom and Joseph Barksdale figure to get some reps with the first-team line at some point, even if it's not until training camp.
The Raiders under then-coach Lane Kiffin were penalized by the league for being too physical during some OTAs. On Tuesday, the Seahawks were informed that they will lose two OTA days and a workout day, as well, for going beyond the rules as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement.
Allen said he and his coaches are vigilant about abiding by the rules, even though it's not always easy to do.
"It's difficult because all of us as coaches, we want to do the best that we can but also make sure that we're within the rules," Allen said. "We're trying to do everything we can to practice the right way and get something out of it but yet try to do it within the rules of what's been set forth with the new CBA.
"Every day, we've gone out and we've preached the message of no contact and trying to stay up off the ground and, basically, if you come into contact with somebody to kind of shut it down."
The Raiders playoff aspirations took a huge blow when lead running back Darren McFadden went down with a severe foot injuy last season.
To that end, Allen said the Raiders are taking precautions to help keep McFadden on the field more this season. McFadden missed the final nine games last season.
"I don't know if it's a case of not pushing him too hard," Allen said. "Part of the issue is, making sure we do everything we can in the offseason program to make sure his body's in the right condition to handle the type of punishment that a runner has to take.
"As we go through the season, we're going to have to make sure we monitor him, make sure we keep him fresh and make sure we keep him healthy. He is a threat and he is a big part of our offense."
Wide receiver Denarius Moore also made an impressive one-handed catch during practice today. Allen said Moore reminds him of some of the great receivers he was around during his tenure with the New Orleans Saints.
"He's an exceptional route-runner, he's got great speed," Allen said. "I'm really looking forward to working with Denarius. He's going to be a really good football player for us. I would compare him, as far as route-running, he's a lot like Lance Moore that we had there in New Orleans, but probably a little bit faster and a little bit more of a down-the-field threat."


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