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Sam Asano's Let's Invent: Texting is more dangerous on rural roads the interstate
A FEW WEEKS ago an email arrived from York High School in York, Maine. The sender was Amber Freeman, a senior who is studying the public safety issue involving texting while driving (TWD) as a part of a school effort called Project Citizen.
Other members of this group were Finn Reynolds and Lizzy Wager, and the teacher in charge is Jeff Barry. The project is a part of Advanced Political Legal Studies.
The project calls for the group to first define the problem, research and collect data, find existing solutions if any, and attempt to develop one if unavailable. Finally their findings will be presented to the Board of Selectmen of the town of York for consideration.
When I read the email, I was a bit taken aback due to the size and scope of the project. The public safety issue caused by texting while driving has become an increasingly serious one in recent years as the number of smartphones proliferated drastically among drivers.
I have an office in Boston, and I commute a few times a week. In the morning on Interstate 95 South, my extremely unscientific study indicates roughly at least one in four drivers (maybe more) are either on the phone talking, or texting. I can tell those drivers are texting because they are often slower than the flow, and you see other drivers trying to pass either on the left or right. Another telltale signs of a texter is that they are often looking down and not looking forward, and they slowly drift away from the middle of the lane only to quickly correct their position when they realize it.
However, superhighways such as I-95 provide a large margin of safety. The lanes are often quite wide (up to 14 feet), and roadways are nearly straight with a gradual curve. This means texting on the highway while driving is a relatively safe thing to do, although it shouldn't be done altogether. I am not condoning it.
But to do TWD on the two-lane country roads with no barrier between the opposing traffic lanes is an entirely different situation. First of all, the lane width is normally 12 feet because these roads were built years ago. The road's radius of curvature is much shorter than the super highways, meaning the driver must be constantly vigilant in steering the car at all times. I assume that a significant percentage of the severe country road accidents results from TWD.
A car going 40 mph on the two-lane highway with 12-foot lanes will drift over and cross the center line, and will reach a collision position in six seconds. The collision with an opposing car of 40 mph would be a combined impact equivalent of 80 mph, and this is a sure cause of a very severe accident easily causing a death or two.
During the period I was studying the safety issues in September, I found that accident statistics are very hard to come by or nonexistent. I inquired at New Hampshire State Police headquarters, and they told me that they do not compile statistics of TWD accidents. In the end, Google was the only source of my humble research, and I was able to get some numbers such as the rate of death by TWD being 5,000 per year, and that 400,000 people get injured yearly because of distracted driving.
Amber Freeman and her group of York High School would have a hard time collecting the solid and accurate statistic data on TWD. By their invitation I visited York High School, and met with the team for 30 minutes. They were looking for me to provide accurate and up-to-date statistics, and I am sure this was a disappointment.
All I could say to them was that this is a new public safety phenomenon, and due to its newness, statistics have not been accurately collected. A policeman I interviewed back in the summer told me that DWI is on the wane because finally people have realized that they could lose their driver's license. Also he told me that DWI drivers are at least trying to drive, while TWD drivers are not even slowing down.
My suggestion to this high school group was that people wouldn't stop texting unless there is a stiff penalty associated with it, such as losing your license.
Nevertheless, I applaud this group's effort. Good luck to you. I end this column on TWD with an email remark from a mother.
"I am a mother of a teenage daughter, who is pressuring me daily to get a cellphone. I am almost at the point of giving in. But I also have a nightmarish thought of getting a police call in the middle of night stating that my daughter was involved in a severe accident. If she was texting with the cellphone I gave her, I wouldn't know how to live after that."
I am very anxious to find out what the Board of Selectmen will do York when Project Citizen presents its findings.
Shintaro "Sam" Asano of New Castle, who speaks and writes English as a second language, was named by MIT in 2011 as one of the 10 most influential inventors of the 20th century who improved our life. He is a businessman and an inventor in the field of electronics and mechanical systems, who is credited as the original inventor of today's portable fax machine. He also developed a data tablet used in the retail point of sale to capture customer signatures when credit cards are used. Write to him at email@example.com.


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Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank Forchione said Thursday that he will accept applications from candidates who want to seek the sheriff job even though attorneys for Acting Sheriff Timothy A. Swanson asked the state's top court Monday to force the committee to pick from only the qualified candidates that sought the post in February. So far, one new candidate has applied.
Stark County Democrats could have more candidates to choose from when they meet to appoint a new Stark County sheriff next month.
But whether the Ohio Supreme Court will allow the Democratic Central Committee to widen the candidate pool remains unknown.
Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank Forchione said Thursday that he will accept applications from prospective sheriff candidates, even though attorneys for Acting Sheriff Timothy A. Swanson asked the state's top court Monday to force the committee to pick from only the qualified candidates who sought the appointment in February.
"If I'm going to err, I'm going to err on the side of democracy and let new applicants file," said Forchione, who, as the court's administrative judge, is tasked under Ohio law to oversee the application process.
He said the Central Committee, which consists of more than 200 elected and appointed precinct committee members, must determine which candidates they will consider.
"My job isn't to determine their qualifications; my role is very ministerial," Forchione said.
Forchione said, besides new candidates, he also will accept new applications from any of the three candidates who went through the appointment process leading up to the Democrats' first vote in February.
He suggested the three candidates — George Maier, who served as sheriff for nine months; Stark Sheriff Lt. Louis Darrow; and Hartville Police Chief Lawrence Dordea — seek legal advice on whether it's necessary for them to reapply.
All three have indicated they plan to once again seek the post, which first became available in January when Sheriff-elect Michael A. McDonald announced that he could not take office due to medical issues.
During the Democrats' first appointment vote in February, Maier, then Massillon's safety director, garnered the most votes of the three candidates. But Swanson, a central committee member who had been appointed interim sheriff following McDonald's resignation, challenged whether Maier met the statutory qualifications for the $94,691-a-year job. The Supreme Court on Nov. 6 sided with Swanson, removed Maier as sheriff and reinstated Swanson as acting sheriff.
As of Thursday, only Summit County Sheriff Lt. Douglas S. Smith had started the multistep application process for the Dec. 11 appointment.
Smith, of Lake Township, who has been with the sheriff's office for 19 years, said he plans to meet with an attorney this week to file a motion with the Ohio Supreme Court to block Swanson's attorneys from limiting the field of candidates.
"I believe I should have the opportunity (to be appointed)," said Smith, who is finishing a master's degree in criminal justice at Tiffin University. "Obviously, the last process didn't work."
Smith said he sought the sheriff's appointment in February, but learned too late about the lengthy application process. He also wanted to be a 2012 sheriff candidate for the Democratic nomination, but ended his bid when he learned that federal and state laws prevented certain public employees from seeking a partisan political office.
Smith said he believes the laws do not apply now because he is seeking an appointment, not an elected post.
Darrow, who also is a classified public employee in his role at the sheriff's office, said he is exempted from the statute because Swanson and the union that represents sheriff lieutenants and captains approved a side letter in January that gives the union employees permission to seek the sheriff post. Ohio law allows classified employees to be exempt from the partisan office prohibition if the exemption is approved through a charter provision, ordinance, resolution or in the language of a collective bargaining agreement.
On Monday, Swanson's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to force the Democrats either to consider only Darrow or Dordea for the appointment because they were the only two legally qualified candidates for the original appointment, or appoint Darrow as sheriff because he received more votes than Dordea, a Republican who received a single vote in February.
Democratic Party Chairman Randy Gonzalez, who has publicly supported Maier's bid for the appointment, plans to have a team of attorneys at the Central Committee meeting Dec. 11 to help sort through the legal questions that may arise. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m.
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text: People gathered for the sixth anniversary at the North Beaches Art Walk on Oct. 17 to celebrate and support local artists. For the anniversary, a raffle was held for a painting donated by artist Ginifer Brinkley called "Starry Days" and a bicycle painted by Michele Hampton. The event is held every third Thursday at the crossing of Atlantic Beach and A1A.


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The ousted leader of a small American Indian tribe in northeastern California wore a bulletproof vest to her first court appearance Tuesday on charges she shot and killed four people and tried to murder two others at a meeting to evict her from tribal housing.
Cherie Lash Rhoades, 44, was in Modoc County Superior Court in Alturas, Calif., for arraignment on four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. The charges carry a potential death penalty due to the multiple victims.
Judge David A. Mason agreed to continue the arraignment until Monday at the defense's request, said District Attorney Jordan Funk.
Defense attorney Antonio Alvarez told The Associated Press he had just gotten the case and had no comment.
Rhoades, of Cedarville, Calif., has been held without bail at an undisclosed location since her arrest Thursday outside the headquarters building in Alturas.
The Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Council was meeting that afternoon to consider her appeal of her eviction from tribal housing, tribal attorney Jack Duran has said. She had been suspended as tribal chairwoman just three weeks earlier, pending a federal investigation into allegations that she embezzled at least $50,000 from the tribe. Her brother Rurik Davis, 50, was serving as interim tribal chairman.
During the hearing, Rhoades opened fire with a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, killing Davis, two other Tribal Council members and a tribal administrator, court documents allege.
The slain council members included Rhoades' 19-year-old niece, Angel Penn, who was holding her newborn baby on her lap when she was killed, Duran said. The baby wasn't hurt and was being placed with a family member.
After running out of bullets, Rhoades grabbed a kitchen knife, police said. She was stabbing someone in the parking lot when officers arrested her, court documents say.
Rhoades was later transferred to an undisclosed location because the husband of one of the victims works at the county jail, authorities said.
Rhoades worked at the tribe's gas station and convenience store in Cedarville, Calif., about 25 miles east of Alturas on the other side of the Warner Mountains.
Her son, Jack Stockton, was ousted as vice chairman and evicted from tribal housing on the same grounds as Rhoades, Duran said. Stockton wasn't at the hearing when the shooting broke out, and he has no listed phone number.
Also killed in the shooting were Rhoades' nephew Glenn Calonicco, 30, another council member, and tribal administrator Shelia Lynn Russo, 47.
Two women who were wounded survived bullet wounds and also were cut with a knife. The criminal complaint identified them as Melissa and Monica Davis, Rurik Davis' daughters.
Authorities have said they were alerted to the gun and knife attack when a woman covered in blood ran to nearby City Hall and rang a bell to get in.
The Cedarville Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe with 35 registered members. The Rancheria owns 26 acres in Cedarville, where most members reside in nine one-story houses built in the 1950s.
Investigators have been looking into whether Rhoades embezzled federal grant money meant for the Cedarville Rancheria, a person familiar with the tribe's situation told the AP last week on the condition of anonymity.
The tribe had received an Indian housing grant for $50,399 in 2012 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to a news release on the department's website. Duran said he couldn't confirm or deny that was the money in question, adding the amount could be less "or a lot more."
Police have said they are still working on a motive, but a nephew who lived with Rhoades, Jacob Penn, has said she snapped under the pressure of her brother's attempt to evict her.
Eviction from tribal housing is a serious punishment for American Indians. But Rhoades and Stockton were not being removed from tribal rolls and would continue to receive their portion of $1.1 million in gambling revenue shared by casino tribes with the Rancheria, which has no casino, Duran said.
The tribe was busy cleaning the headquarters and was unsure if it would resume using the facility after the slayings, Duran said.


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Ex-veterans center chief charged with stealing
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The former head of a veteran's center in Springfield has been charged with stealing more than $35,000.
The state attorney general's office says 53-year-old Christopher Adam Scott, former executive director of the Mason Square Veteran's Outreach Center, stole both from the organization itself and skimmed from federal grants awarded to the center.
The center provided counseling, benefits, and health information to veterans.
Scott was indicted Tuesday by a Hampden County Grand Jury on charges of larceny over $250 and procurement fraud.
Authorities say Scott stole more than half of a $31,000 federal grant meant to make the center handicapped accessible by falsifying receipts, and also stole $20,000 from the center's bank accounts through cash withdrawals, checks written to cash, and unauthorized loans.
He could not be reached for comment.


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The Infiltrator HD app is also available in this stand-alone form. It does not include any other 8-bit games but it may include an infinite lives version.
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a sexual act where a man and his partner stand at opposite ends of the room. the woman bends over and braces against the wall while the man clasps his hands over his head imitating a shark. He then begins humming the jaws theme song and sprints across the room, lead by his erection, and attempts to penetrate either the vagina or anus with his momentus impact.
I have to be really drunk to try the land shark, but im usually too inebriated to run in a straight line, so i wake up very sore.
by Ian Wetzel September 14, 2004
The woman braces herself facing a wall, naked, hands against the wall, legs spread, bent over so that her ass is lusciously jutting out. (hint: She might want to wear a biking helmet and some rollerblading wrist guards to avoid serious injury.) Next, the guy also naked as well as stiff cocked, walks to the opposite end of the room, places his palms together and raises them above his head, (thus imitating the dorsal fin of a shark) and begins chanting the theme to Jaws. When given some predetermined signal, the guy sprints toward the girl at full speed with his pelvis-out, fin protruding, and rams her dead square in the ass.
I landsharked your mom.
by tilded April 17, 2003
noun - someone who bites on or uses a lot of teeth while administering oral sex to their partner.
verb - the act of getting your dick bitten during a blow job.
verb - the act of getting your dick bitten during a blow job.
n. I know from experience that Rebecca is a landshark, she's always biting on people's dicks.
v. My dick hurts so much, some beezy landsharked me last night.
v. My dick hurts so much, some beezy landsharked me last night.
by The_Big_Dog April 08, 2009
A character from the SNL line up of back in the day. He'd knock on the door and say a phrase to convince the party on the other side of the door to answer. For example knock knock
"Knock knock" (actor on other side of door) "Who's there" The landshark then answers, "Pizza man" then the actor on other side of door would open the door and get eaten by the landshark
by Rich August 22, 2004
Ultimate Frisbee term used to describe a member of the team stripping down to nothing, putting a frisbee up their bottocks, and being carried about by four other players who are themselves sometimes topless. Usually done at social gatherings or during tournaments.
by sasha December 13, 2003
n. A male that preys on young drunk girls at bars. Known for singling out the drunkest and most vulnerable girls and is excellent at manipulating the situation to take advantage of the woman while they are highly intoxicated.
(While sitting at a bar) "Yo, look at the land shark over their prowling after that wasted chick!"
"Looks like the land shark has attacked, but it turns out she wasn't drunk enough for him to succeed."
"Which one of you wants to fuck this land shark up first for scumming up this tavern?"
"Looks like the land shark has attacked, but it turns out she wasn't drunk enough for him to succeed."
"Which one of you wants to fuck this land shark up first for scumming up this tavern?"
by Parrot Boy June 28, 2011
1.n. An Ultimate term used when, at the end of a game, a male drops his pants, lodges a disc in his butt-crack, and the team carries him around the field cheering "land shark land shark land shark"
2.v. to become a land shark.
2.v. to become a land shark.
1. "No one wanted to lift the land shark above their heads out of fear that his penis would be flogging them all."
2. "I swear, if we win this game, I'm gonna land shark."
2. "I swear, if we win this game, I'm gonna land shark."
by ian November 17, 2004
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Current Law Students / Re: Civ Pro Audio Help« on: September 16, 2005, 03:44:02 PM »
I have the Sum and Substance CD set. I think they're good....they definately don't supplement doing the work, but I drive about 30 min. to school every day, so I think it's a great us of time when you're already driving. So for your trip, they'd probably be great!


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Mostly ignored by the current console generation, free-to-play could yet shake things up when PS4 and the Next Xbox arrive, says Marcus Mac Dhonnágain.
a straight answer is NO. But i really wish they would. Just like we saw LOL released on MAC. Probably, in some distant future we will get see this. Because, its not just about consoles ready to play f2p games its about the devs too. Its really hard to integrate gamers of Consoles and PC as one in F2Ps. Plus no shares from 'Game Selling' = No Profit, in words of console manufacturers.
It will because there are already free to play games coming to the playstation 4. Probably the biggest f2p game coming is PlantetSide 2.
I believe Sony already stated that ps4 would support F2P, though doesn't Sony already have f2p games on the ps3?
Yes, they will. You can see glimpses of them trying this generation (Happy Wars for the 360). But, free to play is a viable pay model that will be implemented in the next gen consoles.


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The Massive Amount of Crap Left By Irene In New York's Harbor
NASA has released this true-color satellite image of New York Harbor. It usually is full of crap, but this photo shows a lot more. All that vomiting green and brown you see? It's the effect of Hurricane Irene.


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To many travellers, the United Arab Emirates mean just one thing: a stopover. It's a place to endure rather than to enjoy; somewhere to touch down in, scoot through, and take off from ASAP. Truth is however, those who consider the country little more than a proverbial pit stop are missing out. Beyond Abu Dhabi's skyline and in between Dubai's shopping malls, a whole range of real world adventures await. Hop atop a camel for a lope along desert dunes…or charter a chopper. Break bread with Bedouins…or dine with the fishes in a restaurant aquarium. Tour an old spice market…or withdraw gold bars at vending machines. This is ancient Arabia with an open cheque book.
The capital of Abu Dhabi is the perfect introduction to the United Arab Emirates....
Most hotels and restaurants add service charges to their bill. At those that don't, a tip is always appreciated (particularly by migrant workers).
Internet access – be it at cyber cafes or through Wi-Fi – is readily available throughout the UAE. Websites deemed culturally or religiously offensive are blocked however, as are VoIP telephone systems such as Skype.
Yes. Coverage is excellent throughout the UAE and roaming agreements are in place with most international phone carriers.
Public toilets in places frequented by Westerners are generally of the Western-style, sit-down variety. Beyond the cities, squat-style toilets are more common (although these are gradually making way for the Western type).
Cappuccino – 15.85 AED
Three-course meals for two at a Mid-range restaurant – 150 AED
Imported 0.33 litre bottle of beer from a shop – 25.05 AED
Technically yes, as the tap water is desalinated seawater. People have reported feeling ill from it before however – supposedly because of the hygiene (or lack thereof) of the tank – so filtered water is a safer option.
Yes. All the major cards are widely accepted, though you'll usually need to pay cash in taxis.
ATMs are easily found in the UAE's urban areas. Most accept Switch, Maestro, Cirrus, Union Pay, Visa and MasterCard.
Absolutely. All passengers travelling with Intrepid are required to purchase travel insurance before the start of your trip. Your travel insurance details will be recorded by your leader on the first day of the trip. Due to the varying nature, availability and cost of health care around the world, travel insurance is very much an essential and necessary part of every journey.
For more information on insurance, please go to: Travel Insurance
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Please note these dates are for 2017. For a current list of public holidays in the UAE go to: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/united-arab-emirates/public-holidays
Intrepid is committed to travelling in a way that is respectful of local people, their culture, local economies and the environment. It's important to remember that what may be acceptable behaviour, dress and language in your own country, may not be appropriate in another. Please keep this in mind while travelling.
1. Be considerate of Emirati customs, traditions, religion and culture.
2. The UAE is a country it's best to dress modestly and respectfully in. Women should ensure they're covered to the shoulders and knees, while men should steer clear of shorts and singlets. Be sure to remove shoes when entering places of worship.
3. Be conservative in engagements with members of the opposite sex. Even fleeting glances or interactions can be interpreted as bearing flirtatious overtones. Refrain from public displays of affection: people have been arrested for kissing or embracing in public. Homosexuality is illegal, so same-sex couples should exert extra caution.
4. For environmental reasons, try to avoid buying bottled water. The tap water in the UAE is desalinated seawater, so technically it is safe to drink; though the cleanliness of the tank from which it comes can be a health factor. It's cheapest, safest and greenest to refill a reusable water bottle or canteen with filtered water.
5. With the exception, of Sharjah, all the Emirates permit non-Muslims' consumption of alcohol in designated areas (typically hotel restaurants and bars). Outside of designated areas and private residences, it's illegal to drink alcohol. Liquor can be legally purchased from bottle shops (identifiable by their blacked out windows).
6. During the month of Ramadan it is illegal to eat, drink and/or smoke in public (even for non-Muslims). Fines for violating this law are hefty and people have been imprisoned. Do your daytime feasting, drinking and smoking out of sight of those abstaining.
7. Always dispose of litter thoughtfully, including cigarette butts.
8. Learn some local language and don't be afraid to use it. Most Emiratis speak English, but a few simple greetings in Arabic are bound to be appreciated.
9. Refrain from supporting businesses that exploit or abuse endangered animals. For a while it was in vogue within some Emirati circles to have a cheetah or lion for a pet. Don't buy yourself a cheetah or lion for a pet.
10. Please ask and receive permission before taking photos of people, including children


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2 minor quakes shake southwestern Washington state
- Associated Press
- January 26, 2014 - 1:35 PM
LONGVIEW, Wash. — Seismologists say two minor earthquakes were felt in southwestern Washington state on Sunday morning.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network's John Vidale says the two quakes happened near Longview, about an hour apart and within a kilometer or 0.62 miles of each other. He says people definitely felt it but the quakes aren't likely to cause damage because they were deep and not intense.
The first 2.4 magnitude temblor occurred at about 8:45 a.m. and was centered about 15 miles southeast of Longview. The second 3.0 magnitude quake happened at about 9:30 a.m.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the temblor was felt in Longview, Kalama, Woodland and La Center.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The search for a missing plane carrying Italian fashion executive Vittorio Missoni and five other people has entered its third straight day with no signs of the aircraft.
Venezuela's National Civil Aviation Institute says search teams are using a plane and a helicopter and the Venezuelan coast guard to find the small plane, which disappeared off the country's coast.
The twin-engine plane was reported missing hours after taking off Friday from Los Roques, a string of islands and islets popular among tourists for their white beaches and coral reefs.
The plane was carrying the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni fashion house, his wife, two Italian friends and two Venezuelan crew members.


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Crushable Guessing Game: '30 Minutes Or Less' Or Another Outlandish Comedy?
In 30 Minutes or Less, criminal Danny McBride orders a pizza, straps a bomb on the delivery guy (Jesse Eisenberg) instead, and informs him he has mere hours to rob a bank before he goes kablooey. An unbelievable comedy with dysfunctional characters and an awkward hero? We've seen this so many times before before, often with the same actors (30 Min has another criminal in Nick Swarsdon, and Aziz Ansari as the friend Jesse ropes into this fool's errand.) Honestly, every other over-the-top comedy is starting to blur together. We've picked out a bunch of stills and mapped out the tropes that you'd see in more than one; it's your job to figure out which movie is which, before the ticking bomb under your shirt counts reaches zero. (See what we did there?)


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Culture Shock
The Dead Can (and Should) Dance—Your friendly neighborhood community arts project, OFFCenter, will unveil its annual Day of the Dead exhibit, Dead Ahead, this Friday evening, Oct. 27. This year, the show features work by Jude Pacheco and other local artists. Come on down and get your spook on from 5 to 8 p.m. For details, call 247-1172.
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America's New Favorite Pastime
Web gaming in the spirit of Halloween
Candy comas, pumpkin guts, costume-clad kiddies, spooky movies—Halloween is here again, meaning a night of totally interrupted nonrelaxation when the trick-or-treaters come a-knocking Tuesday night. Seems like the perfect time for my first round of web game reviews. Casual gamers, come out of the closet and proclaim your love of gaming. You're in the majority now.
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The Phantom of the Opera is Not Dead
An interview with D.C. Anderson
With total worldwide box office sales exceeding $3 billion (that's right, billion), Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera is the most financially successful entertainment venture of the 20th century. Kind of amazing, then, that I've never seen it. I'm like one of those weirdos who refuses to get a cellphone or who still listens to music on cassette tapes. Pathetic, really.
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Words Afire
All Over Town
Get ready, get set, go! Twenty-one world premiere plays will be performed this year in 21 days during the Seventh Annual Words Afire festival. The largest new play festival in the Southwest, Words Afire features plays written, directed and acted entirely by students, including five full-length plays, eight short plays, two one-acts and three staged readings, to name a few. Although the festival is showcasing UNM talent, the festival's venues range from Sol Arts to the National Hispanic Cultural Center to the Blue Dragon Coffee House in addition to UNM theaters. Tickets are $10 general, $7 students and all staged readings are free. For show listings, times and locations, call 277-7331 or visit www.unm.edu/~theatre/td/.


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The Belleview Razorbacks kicked up some sand at the Major Beach Soccer National Championships on Dec. 14-15 in Clearwater Beach and came away with the first-place trophy.
The Belleview Razorbacks kicked up some sand at the Major Beach Soccer National Championships on Dec. 14-15 in Clearwater Beach and came away with the first-place trophy.
The team, based out of the Belleview Sports Complex, earned the championship title in the 17U division with a 4-3 finals win over their Pinellas County foe.
A week after the victory, head coach Nick Krebs, who has led the Razorbacks for a half decade, reflected on what the milestone moment meant to his players.
"They were happy as could be," he said. "They've been going at it for five years now and we've been close quite a few times, but never actually won it all. It was really nice."
The sport of sand soccer is essentially a shrunken-down version of mainstream soccer, Krebs said.
"The field is about half the size of a regular soccer field and a team can only have five players on the field at any given time," he said. "But it's basically the same rules. You're just out there on the beach with no shoes and no shin guards."
Additionally, the game clock is broken down into thirds as opposed to two halves, leaving competitors with 30 total minutes of play.
In the Razorbacks' victory over Pinellas County, the team actually trailed 3-2 at the end of the first two periods. It wasn't until two scores in the final third that their championship fate was sealed.
The group's success is especially notable considering that team members convene for qualifying tournaments throughout the summer and not much else. They don't participate in a league to keep their skills sharp. There are no other teams to scrimmage.
"We just practice against ourselves and play against ourselves," Krebs said. "There's usually not another team in our age group to compete against."
Despite the lack of coastal landscape in Marion County, Krebs added that the Razorbacks aren't the only local team to have success in the beachfront sport. Belleview's 18U squad took second in their division at this year's tournament and several teams out of the Ocala area have performed well in the past.
With nothing left on the schedule until next summer, the veteran coach has about six months to make his team's next dream a reality.
"I told (the boys) that if we ever won this national championship that they would do an international tournament up in Virginia Beach," Krebs said. "I told them that if their parents were OK with it, I'd like to take them up there to play big-time against teams from all over the world. I think we can qualify with this win."
HIGH SCHOOL NIGHT: Ocala Beach Volleyball features open courts from 6 to 9 p.m. Sundays at the Family Wellness Center for any athletes in high school that would like to play beach volleyball. Cost is $5 per session or $10 a month. Go to Ocala Beach Volleyball Club on Facebook for updates.
BASEBALL ACADEMY: Ocala Rotary Sportsplex will host a six-week baseball camp starting Jan. 12 for players, grades 1-12. Area coaches will direct the program in conjunction with U.S. Baseball Academy. Sessions are offered in advanced hitting, pitching, catching, fielding and base running. Space is limited. Registration is now under way. Visit www.USBaseballAcademy.com. Call 866-622-4487.
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organizing embroidery floss without bobbins
I love embroidery floss. I love making color palettes, I love taking pictures of it, and I love playing with the pretty skeins. I don't love putting floss on bobbins. Don't get me wrong, I love floss on bobbins and I'm jealous of the folks I know who have all of their threads organized that way. It's just not for me.
Especially because I love having skeins of floss to photograph (these were taken with an iPad, so forgive the quality, please!). In fact, sometimes people ask me how I manage to have such perfect skeins in my pictures. The secret is that I have duplicate skeins that I never use (or at least I try really hard not to).
Having all these skeins of floss everywhere rarely looks organized, but after seeing someone use photo boxes to store their floss, I thought I'd give it a try.
So, this is a complete set of DMC colors, minus their most recent addition of colors, which doesn't have an official location yet. There are 17 boxes in all. And this set is going to remain intact so I always have the colors available for photos and color reference.
The colors in the boxes sort of correspond with the color of the box, but not quite as closely as I would have liked.
Each box contains 20-26 skeins, except for the larger clear box that's labeled 17-19. That one has neutrals, and contains closer to 60 skeins. I might be pushing it on capacity for that, but we'll see.
For the main method of organization, I looked to the DMC color card. See, I like seeing things grouped by color, rather than number. But sometimes that makes it tricky to find things. Since the color card is set up more by color than number, I knew it would help me out big time.
Each box, therefore, represents a column on the card.
If I look at the colors on the card, I can see the column and box where I'll find that skein. If I know the number I'm looking for, I can also use the index, which tells me the column/box.
Within the boxes, the skeins are in loose order (I laid them out in order then carefully scooped them up to place them in the box). But even if they are way out of order, I'm only looking through about 2 dozen skeins to find what I'm looking for.
For now, each box has a numbered sticky note on top. This way, if I want to change my system, it's easy to do that.
16 colorful cases, plus one extra case makes a complete set with easy to find skeins!
And because these are intended for photo storage, they even came with an outer case that holds all of the 16 smaller boxes. I found this at Michaels, by the way. And I already went back to get a second set so that I can now set up another one with all of the floss that I actually use. Hopefully everything fits!
Technically, this isn't a sponsored post, but I want to send mega thanks to DMC for generously sending me embroidery floss from time to time.
16 comments:
Thank you for the wonderful idea! I have been looking for a way to organize my floss and anything that requires winding the floss is out of the question!ReplyDelete
I really love your way of floss organization!!! I can understand that you have a total set of new threads - the look is just wonderful!ReplyDelete
OMG a system I could really use..unfortunately my skeins are on bobbins and in their custom case I wish I'd seen this sooner.ReplyDelete
I have my floss on bobbins - my late father wound them for me, but I love this! I have never noticed these boxes at my Michaels's but I will check it out. Also, between Michael's and JoAnns, neither one restocks their DMC floss and it is so frustrating. I may need to look for an online source. Thanks for sharing this idea.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing this idea!Replies
Nordic Needle has the full range of DMC colors and so does Common Thread, which is DMC's store.Delete
This is how I organize my floss - in these photo boxes. I use the cardboard type photo storage boxes to house the plastic boxes. The cardboard boxes are so pretty. 😉ReplyDelete
I put 50 colors in each box but I'm finding it's too many per box. I need to break it down further for easy searching.
Way to go for tidy photo/reference/collection floss!ReplyDelete
What size are the boxes, you mentioned they have them at Michaels? Thank you - your system is neat and I like the colored boxes. I have all DMC colors stored in order of the color chart, in one of those multi drawer cases that are usually found in the tool departments of hardware store. I have 7 skein colors in each drawer, with label on drawer of the color range enclosed.ReplyDeleteReplies
The boxes are designed to hold 4x6 photos, so they are just a tiny bit bigger than that. The clear box that I have my neutrals in is for 5x7 photos.Delete
I used this system to organize all my buttons and embellishments. I have colors together and have each holiday type separate. I have one case with all my antique buttons only and another with my everyday ones. At my Michaels they are with all the plastic storage items and I use the 40% Sunday coupon!ReplyDelete


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A couple of months ago I wrote about Captain William Greene, mariner of Ratcliffe, who appears to be my earliest known ancestor. His son, City of London goldsmith Joseph Greene, had a daughter Mary who married a Lieutenant John Gibson. Their daughter Elizabeth was married twice: first to John Collins and then to Joseph Holdsworth. Joseph and Elizabeth's son William Holdsworth had a daughter Eliza, who married Biggleswade shoemaker Daniel Roe, and their son, another shoemaker named Daniel, had a son Joseph Priestley Roe, who was the father of my maternal grandmother (my 'Nan') Minnie Louisa Roe.
I've been trying to find out more about Captain Greene. I've discovered three wills for people who might be him, one of which I mentioned in my earlier post. This was written in 1694 and mentions a wife named Elizabeth, but no son by the name of Joseph: this William Greene's children were Edmond and Mary. I also came across a second will at Ancestry, which has just made a splendid collection of London wills and probate records available online. This will, written in 1702, is for another Stepney mariner named William Greene, who was about to set sail on 'the good ship the Burford'. He, too, had a wife named Elizabeth, but no children are mentioned.
However, a third will, also found via Ancestry, looks more promising, and I'm including my transcription of it below. The William Greene who composed this testament specifically mentions Ratcliffe as his abode, and in addition to a wife named Elizabeth, he has a son named Joseph. What's more, this son has not yet reached the age of twenty-one, which (since the will was written in 1685) is consistent with what we know of 'our' Joseph, who was born in February 1677. This William Greene has two grandchildren, William and Mary: the fact that their surname is Greene suggests they are the children of another son, who is not mentioned in the will, so had probably died by the time it was written. William also has a daughter, Mary, who is married to someone by the name of White.
In his will William Greene mentions the 'Elder Brothers of Trinity House, of which I am a member'. Trinity House was (and still is) a charitable guild of mariners which in the 17th century was granted exclusive rights to license pilots on the River Thames. The Elder Brethren constituted the 'court' of the corporation and were all master mariners. This suggests that Captain William Greene (if this is indeed him) was not a seafearing mariner (like the other two whose wills I've considered) but probably a pilot on the Thames. Unfortunately the records of Trinity House are not online, so a visit to the Guildhall may be necessary if we want to find out more about Captain Greene's career.
The major problem with this will, however, is its date. The will was signed on 22nd October 1685, and the Latin inscription at the foot of the page indicates it was 'proven' a year later. This contradicts the information on the family tomb in Stepney churchyard, which claims that 'our' Captain William Greene died on 2 January 1682. However, the person who copied the inscription conceded that the last numeral of this date might be wrong. But even if William died in 1686 rather than 1682, would there have been a delay until October before the will was proven? On the other hand, the fact that this William was 'weak and infirme of body' when he wrote his will in October 1685 is consistent with him dying the following January.
Clearly, we need more information before we can confirm that this is definitely my 8 x great grandfather's last will and testament. In the meantime, it's thrilling to entertain even the possibility of identifying an ancestor who lived through the brief reign of England's last Stuart monarch, James II. James came to the throne in the year this will was written, but would be driven from power within three years by the so-called 'Glorious Revolution' headed by William of Orange. And within a few decades my Aberdeenshire Robb ancestors would be joining the doomed struggle to restore James, and later his son the Bonnie Prince, to the throne.
As before, I've kept the spelling and punctuation of the original will, though I've removed most of the initial capital letters on words:
In the name of God Amen I William Greene of Ratcliffe in the parish of St ?? at Stepney in the County of Middx mariner being weak and infirme of body but of sound purpose and disposing (?) mind and memory (thanks be to God for the same) doe make publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in the manner and forme following (that is to say) First I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping through the merits of Christ to obtaine pardon of all my sinnes And as touching that outward estate which it hath pleased God to bestow upon me in this world I doe hereby dispose thereof as followeth viz (?) imprimis I give devise and bequeath unto my son Joseph Green all my silver plate gold rings and jewells whatsoever But in case my said son Joseph Green should happen to dye and depart this life before he attaine unto the age of one and twenty yeares that then and in such case I give and bequeath one moiety or half part of the said silver and jewells to my two grandchildren William Greene and Mary Greene equally to be divided betweene them and the other moiety or half part thereof unto my dear and loving wife Elizabeth Greene if she should be then living But in case of her death also that then my said two grandchildren shall have and enjoy the moiety or half part last mentioned to be given to her of the said promises Item I further give and bequeath unto my said son Joseph Green his executors administrators and assigns the house I now live in and all the interest and terme of years that I have therein and yet to come and unexpired after the death of his mother my said wife Elizabeth Greene But it is my expresse mind and will that she doe enjoy the same during her life and no longer att and under the ground rent payable for the same Item I further give to my said son Joseph Green all my debts and moneys whatsoever to me due and owing by bills bonds specially (?) or otherwise howsoever Item I give and bequeath unto my said loving wife Elizabeth Greene all the other houses and ?? which I had with her upon my ?? marriage with her Item I give and bequeath unto my loving daughter Mary White late Greene the sum of seventy shillings of lawfull money of England And I desire that my said wife Elizabeth Green will att my funeral give unto such and so many my worthy friends the Elder Brothers of the Trinity House (whereof I am a member) whose names are mentioned in a note under my hand delivered to my said wife to each person a ring to wear in remembrance of me and to such other of my friends and acquaintance that may be invited and be present at my funeral gloves And lastly I do hereby make and ordain my said loving wife Elizabeth Greene the full and sole executrix of this my last will and testament revoking all other former wills and testaments whatsoever by me at any time heretofore made published and declared In witness whereof I the said William Greene have to this my last will and testament contained in one sheet of paper set my hand and seale the two and twentyeth day of October in the first year of the reign of our sovereigne lord James the second by the grace of God King of England Scotland France (?) and Ireland defender of the faith or. Annoq. Dni. 1685
Signed sealed and declared by the said William Greene the testator to be his last will and testament of us who have subscribed our names in the presence of the said William Greene
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Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Serves 4
If you rely on boneless, skinless chicken breasts for fast dinners, but need an idea to turn them into something special, this easy recipe from the 2010 cookbook In a Pinch: Effortless Cooking for Today's Gourmet (Whitecap, $29.95) peps up the mild-flavoured meat and gives it a luxury look, too. Author Caren McSherry, who runs a Vancouver cooking school, has produced a good-looking collection of recipes, many of them with lengthy lists of ingredients, but others that could prove useful to the cook in a hurry. Prepare this dish up to a day ahead and refrigerate until ready to bake.
2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts
250 g Asiago or Swiss cheese, cut in long strips 1/4 inch wide
1/4 cup tomato paste*
12 large fresh basil leaves
175 g thinly sliced pancetta**
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
*A tube of sun-dried tomato paste is handy to keep in the refrigerator. **Substitute lean, strongly flavoured ham, if desired.
Pound chicken until it is about 1/4-inch thick. Lay half the cheese strips along one end of one breast. Squeeze half the tomato paste in a thin line alongside the cheese. Place half the basil leaves on top. Roll chicken up, jelly-roll fashion. Wrap rolled chicken with pancetta, fastening it to the chicken with toothpicks. Repeat with second breast. Refrigerate until ready to cook.
Insert a meat thermometer into the centre of one of the chicken rolls. Heat oil in a large, heavy, ovenproof frying pan over medium-high heat and sear chicken rolls, turning until crispy on all sides, about five minutes. Transfer to oven preheated to 375 degrees F for about 20 minutes, or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 180 degrees F. Slice crosswise in 1/2-inch slices and serve.


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The burglars stole several electronic devices and jewelry before fleeing the residence, authorities said. During their investigation, officers learned some of the electronic equipment had been taken to an area near North San Joaquin and East Magnolia streets, police said. Officers conducted a probation search of a home in the 1000 block of North San Joaquin Street and located some of the stolen property, which was returned to the owner.
Lataurean Conway, 30, was arrested on suspicion of burglary, possession of stolen property and probation violation, authorities said. Primotivo Savedra, 18, was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property, police said.
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Tarkington was driving a 2003 Nissan sedan east on the two-lane, undivided highway west of Guard Road at 2:14 p.m. Sunday when, for unknown reasons, her car drifted to the left, went off the roadway and overturned into a ditch filled with about a foot of water, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Firefighters used a cutting tool to extricate the driver from the badly damaged vehicle, authorities said. Tarkington was taken to Lodi Memorial Hospital, where she died, officials said.
About 70 people have died since 2000 on the stretch of Highway 12 between Lodi and Fairfield.
STOCKTON - Two 20-year-old men at opposite ends of Stockton reported being shot at 11:30 p.m. Monday. Neither victim could identify their assailants, police said.
In a midtown incident, a shooting victim told officers he was in the 500 block of East Oak Street when someone shot him. He was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The other incident was in north Stockton. That victim told police he was in the 2000 block of Comstock Drive when he was shot. Police said the victim, who sustained a minor injury, was uncooperative.
STOCKTON - Four men assaulted one person and forced another to the ground when they robbed people inside a residence in the 1700 block of West Fremont Street at 10:50 p.m. Monday, authorities said.
The first victim told police he was standing outside the location when the robbers approached him, including one who was armed with a handgun and assaulted the victim. The other three entered the residence, forced the second victim to the floor and stole several items, police said.
Both victims are 43 years old, authorities said. The robbers were described as men in their late 20s and with thin builds, police said.


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Buffalo legislator led push to make it illegal to possess, sell or distribute shark fins in New York
State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-I-60, today applauded the signing of legislation he sponsored in the Senate that makes it illegal to possess, sell or distribute a shark fin in New York.
As chairman of the Senate's environmental conservation committee, Grisanti said he was pleased to sponsor a bill that he said will help preserve an important species of the ecosystem.
"With this new law now on the books, sharks will be able to live in a stable environment in the ocean," he said. "New York is doing its part to help prevent the killing of sharks to supply the growing global demand for their fins."
Under current law, it is illegal to "fin" a shark in New York waters, a practice where a shark is caught, its fin removed, and then returned to open waters. A finned shark, unable to swim or pass water across its gills, eventually dies from suffocation or blood loss. The fins are the main ingredient in shark fin soup, a traditional Asian dish.
The legislation draws attention to the growing global demand for shark fins and helps to provide a fair balance between the market for this ingredient and the need to protect sharks by allowing the sale of shark fins for two specific species of dogfish, which is the most abundant shark species in the north Atlantic Ocean. It also has an exception for shark fins that will be earmarked and later used strictly for educational purposes.
There are 70 commercial fishers currently licensed to catch dogfish, with daily catch limits of 3,000 pounds for each licensee. Dogfish are mostly exported to England, where they are the preferred fish for the British staple "fish and chips," while their fins are exported to Asia. New York joins other states that had previously prohibited the sale of shark fins (with exceptions related to dogfish), including California, Illinois, Oregon and Washington.
"Shark finning has decimated the shark population worldwide," Grisanti said. "I am proud that New York is now joining other states in taking a stand against this practice by banning the possession, sale and trade of shark fins. The new law will have a major impact on this cruel industry by removing New York, which is currently a major East Coast importer, from the shark fin trade."
Grisanti sponsored legislation two years ago to ban the sale of bear gallbladders, which are used for medicinal purposes in some cultures.


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Old Earth Evolutionists and Young Earth Creationist do not agree on the age of the Earth
For several years the origins of fossil fuels have been debated by Old Earth Evolutionists who religiously cling to their old theories, and Young Earth Creation Scientists, who have discovered factual proof relating to the origins of coal and oil. The latest scientific findings support evidence of the Biblical World Wide Catastrophic Flood of 4,400 years ago. There are many questions about fossil fuels that can be answered by scientific discoveries of observable evidence presented by Young Earth Creation Scientists. However, the Old Earth Evolutionists still impose their tired, unobservable theories upon our educational system. The following list of questions present answers from both areas of thought. `Where did fossil fuel come from? Both YECS and OEE agree that fossil fuels are the products of dead plants and animals. However, OEE promote their assumptions that the formation of coal and oil occurred over millions of years. YECS have scientific proof that coal and oil can be produced in a laboratory under the right conditions of heat and pressure that cause a chemical reaction. Dr. Gary S. Day recorded the event of rapid formation of coal and oil in tests conducted by various laboratories that included the prestigious Argonne National Laboratory in his paper GENESIS AND THE ORIGIN OF COAL AND OIL – A REVIEW, APOLOGETICS, Bible Study, Christianity, coal, Dr. Gary S. Day, Genesis, global warming, oil, February 4, 2010 Dr. Day also pointed out that marine fossils are found in the sediments of coal.. Dr. Day explained that vertical tree trunks within coal deposits are evidence of rapid formation due to a world wide catastrophic flood. Dr. Day reviews Gentry, "Radiohalos in Coalfield Wood, Science, 194, 315-318, 1976. "On coalfield wood from uranium-rich rocks containing radiohalos, some which are apparently too young to support the uniformitarianism (evolutionary) position." "This is exactly what would be expected on the basis of a near simultaneous deposition of all the wood at the time of the flood." (Creation's Tiny Mystery, 1986) Dr. Day explains, "Five evidences that challenge the uniformitarian model of coal formation, yet provide evidence for the Flood model are as follows:
1) There is no gradation from one coal rank to the other:
2) The excessive amount of coal the extent of the deposits;
3) The types of plants and fossils associated with many coal deposits;
4) Evidence suggests a speedy and recent development of coal in nature; and
5) The evidence of speedy and recent formation of coal in the laboratory.Dr. Day challenges the evolutionary presumption that coal originated from peat swamps, because coal deposits are found in geological strata that is already formed. There is no evidence of gradual formation, or no "missing links" of the different types of coal. There are many types of coal such as lignite, bituminous, and anthracite. Their rank depends upon the depth of where they are found. Did it take millions of years to produce enough plant life to form coal? NO.
Some evolutionists argue that there is not enough vegetation today to produce the vast known coal fields. So, it must have taken millions of years to produce the trees that formed into coal. They do not take into consideration that the pre-flood world was much different than the Earth is today. The air bubbles in amber, petrified tree sap, proves there was almost twice as much oxygen in the atmosphere before the flood. The increased oxygen level would account for a much greater mass of vegetation than there is today. In "Sedimentation in Barred Basins and Source Rock Oil" by W.G. Woolnough: Origin of Evaporites, Tulsa, 1971, it is stated, " .... nowhere in the world, at present, can accumulations of vegetable matter be found which are quantitatively commensurate with any of the major coal deposits of past geological time."Did God really flood the Earth? YES.
The Bible records in Genesis 7:23 "And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground…" The Catastrophic World Wide Flood of 4,400 years ago was God's judgment against the continual evil of mankind. Only one righteous family was found, and spared. The atheistic evolutionary community will not accept the Flood, because they do not acknowledge God, sin, or God's punishment. They have to excuse the lack of evidence for their evolutionary theories with millions of years. All their theories are unproven assumptions. Why do we allow our children to be taught their philosophies of unproven assumptions? Science should be based on observable facts.Is everything in textbooks true? NO.
Atheistic evolution mixes up true scientific facts with their unproven theories and ideas, putting the conglomeration in textbooks to be taught as all truth:
A. They avoid such discoveries as Polystrate tree fossils that run through rock levels, an obvious sign of the settling of sediment and debris after a flood. Vertical tree trunks are also found going through coal beds.
B.They claim that the rock levels represent millions of years of various ages of the earth, when it is obvious that the rock levels are the result of debris and sedimentation.
C. The index fossils that are supposed to represent the age of the level are mixed up
with other age level index fossils.
D. Common sense about the larger, heavier animals, like dinosaurs, settling in the lower levels of the sediment are avoided. So, atheistic evolution has dinosaurs living in an age before mammals. However, there is proof that dinosaurs and man lived at the same time. One of the best finds that prove this is the Turnage-Patton Trail in Glen Rose, Texas that has 134 dinosaur tracks with 29 human tracks.Atheistic evolution mixes unproven Macro-evolution with observable Micro-evolution. The Macro-evolution theory states that one specie can evolve into another specie, like fish to reptile, reptile to mammal, ape to human. Since this is not observable, they throw in the theory of millions of years theory, trying to make us believe that maybe it could have happened over a long period of time. Micro-evolution is a change within species that is observable true science. The genetic thread within each specie can produce a variation of different types of dogs, or different types of birds, or different types of reptiles, or different types of grains, or different types of trees. There are many potentials in the genetics of a specie, but one specie cannot morph into another specie. It has never been observed, and there are no transitional fossils. Darwinian evolutionists have lots of old ape bones, that they claim were going to morph into a missing link between ape and man. The fact is the bones they found are still ape bones, and there are no transitional fossils of ape men. All they have are drawings of ape men from their theories. It is an observable fact that apes do not give birth to ape-men or humans today. Apes and humans cannot breed. Reptiles and birds cannot breed. Reptiles and mammals cannot breed. They are all different species. So, why does the fairy tale about ape men exist in textbooks along with observable science? Atheistic evolutionists have theories, opinions, ideas, interpretations, and philosophies that are unfounded, but printed in history books, literature books, and psychology books concerning God and the Bible. Of course, they believe that there is no God. It is their opinion that primitive man made up the idea about God. They believe that all that is was not created by God, but came into existence by chance over millions and billions of years. In their ignorance they live in the miraculous world that God created, breathe God's miraculous air, eat God's miraculous food, drink God's miraculous water, live in the miraculous body God created for their soul, look at God's miraculous universe through telescopes, observe God's miraculous minute life under a microscope, see the beautiful patterns God made in designing plants and animals, and enjoy the beauty in the fabulous artistry of God's many creations. Yet, they say in their foolishness that there is no God, and all things just happened by chance.
Environmentalists seem to be concerned today about the depletion of natural coal and oil reserves. They also push for government limitations and possible elimination of the use of fossil fuels, because they believe they pollute the air. They believe that powerful government control of the environment is necessary. Of course, there is a lot of money to be made by enlarging government control, a lot of taxes to be raised, and a lot of jobs to be lost in scaling down the fossil fuel industry. Countries that import fossil fuels to our country are delighted, and laugh at us all the way to the bank as they stuff money in their pockets. The foreign entrepreneurs are not concerned about pollution, their goal is making money from our country.
The Creator God provided fossil fuel for our convenience and comfort. Why should we be denied the use of it? Why should we make other countries rich by buying oil from them? Over pollution of our environment should be addressed in order for us to stay healthy. However, "Throwing out the baby with the bath water" is not necessary. Destroying our economy and comfortable life style by over regulating the use of fossil fuel is unnecessary. No matter how many opinions, charts and studies theorize that man can change the climate, only God can do that. Man is not in control of climate. If there is a slow melting of Polar Ice Caps, and a gradual rising of ocean waters, it is in God's hands. Mankind is helpless to do anything about it. Mankind with all his knowledge is still a primitive witch doctor in the presence of the Almighty God. God spared Noah and his family from the catastrophic world wide flood, because they were the only people who were His children. The rest of the people were His creation, but they hated and rejected their Creator, and their lives were full of corruption. They were not God's children, they were His rebellious, wicked creation.
God's Holy Word, the Bible, tells us that God will not destroy the world again by flood. The rainbow is a sign of His covenant with man. (Genesis 9:16) However, in the book of Revelation it is recorded that God will destroy the world again, and only His Children will be saved. Revelation 6:12-17 prophesizes that there will be a great earthquake, the sun will become black, the moon will be as blood, the stars will fall from Heaven, the sky will roll up as a scroll (Einstein believed that the universe was like a scroll that could be rolled up.) Are atheistic evolutionary scientists smart enough to control the forces of God? Can they regulate volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and other catastrophic disasters today? No, but God has allowed modern science the knowledge to predict such disasters to help save lives. God told man in Genesis 1:28 to subdue the Earth, but He did not give man the power to control the Earth. Man was created in the image of God, and put above the animals to rule over them. It is sad and ridiculous that some men think they are one of the animals, and claim that they are descended from and ape. Even little human children rule over their pet animals. It is very obvious that mankind is far superior to any of the animals that God created. How many of God's highest creation will honor Him as their Creator and Savior?


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"I will absolutely make it clear that we would like an investigation, because there may be civil rights violations at question here," said Rep. Green. "If we do have civil rights violations, we want to make sure that the law is applied to those who breach the civil rights of others, if such violations exist."
State Representative Garnet Coleman released a statement concerning the police beating video. It reads in part, "The kicking and stomping of a 15-year-old boy by these officers was brutal, unwarranted and shameful. It is especially disturbing when those charged with keeping us safe so blatantly abuse their power and violate our trust. ... Individuals are not above the law and must be appropriately dealt with."
In the statement, Coleman also applauded Mayor Annise Parker and Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland for "dealing swiftly and directly with the bad actors."Houston City Council Member C.O. Bradford also released a statement, saying in part, that the charges filed by the district attorney against the four officers are wrong; that there was a failure by Houston police officers to self-report this incident; and that the arbitration of police disciplinary actions must be modified.
We've posted that controversial video of Holley's arrest online. You can see it in its entirety and leave us your opinions on the officers' actions here.


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China surpassed the United States. I know what you thinking, that this is going to be a depressing piece about how China is going to rule the economic world. Well you are wrong. What this story is about is the power of the markets and U.S. ingenuity and the capitalist system. You see when the U.S. was challenged by rising oil prices and the threat of peak oil, we built a better mousetrap. The Energy Information Administration just reported that China overtook the U.S. as the world's largest net oil importer...
Oh sure, part of the story is the explosive growth that we have seen in China. Of course that growth was ignited by a movement toward capitalism not to mention historically low oil prices (NYMEX:CLX13). Yet it is the power of free markets and man's desire to make a profit that actually created this historic shift in the global energy markets. That is a positive story and a reason why the USA the world largest economy will continue to be a force that is reckoned with.
The AP reported that China passed the United States in September as the world's biggest net oil importer, driven by faster economic growth and strong auto sales, according to U.S. government data released this week. Chinese oil consumption outstripped production by 6.3 million barrels per day, which indicates the country had to import that much to fill the gap, the Energy Information Administration said this week.
"China's steady growth in oil demand has led it to become the world's largest net oil importer, exceeding the United States in September 2013,'" the agency said in a report. "EIA forecasts this trend to continue through 2014." China's economic boom has raised incomes and increased its global influence. But it also has spurred demand for imported oil and gas, which communist leaders see as a strategic weakness. Rising auto ownership has left China's cities choking on smog and added to pressure on Beijing from its own public to curb pollution and from other nations to rein in surging greenhouse gas emissions.
The United States, with a population about one-third the size of China's, still consumes far more oil per person than China does. In September, Americans used 18.6 million barrels per day of oil and other liquid fossil fuels, while China used 10.9 million, according to the EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook. U.S. production was 12.5 million barrels per day, while that of China was 4.6 million. China's economy, the world's second-largest, is cooling but still is forecast to grow by nearly 8% this year, well above forecasts for the U.S.
Today's Wall Street Journal says that this is raising tensions. The Journal says that China's OPEC-crude imports during this year's first half averaged 3.7 million barrels a day, versus 3.5 million for the U.S., according to Wood Mackenzie, a consulting firm. At that rate, its OPEC imports will surpass America's on an annual basis for the first time this year, Wood Mackenzie said. India ranked No. 3, at about 3.4 million barrels a day. In 2004, the U.S. imported about 5 million barrels a day from OPEC, and China imported about 1.1 million, Wood Mackenzie said. An OPEC official declined to say whether China is now the bloc's top customer.
China's imports have surged in recent years from OPEC nations such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, according to Chinese customs data. China is trading places with the U.S. by some other measures as well. The U.S. is still No. 1 in crude imports from the entire world. But new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show China has slightly overtaken the U.S. in net oil imports, defined as total liquid-fuels consumption minus domestic production. China's net imports were 6.30 million barrels a day in September, versus U.S. net imports of 6.24 million, the EIA data show; the U.S. energy-production boom has helped push down its net-import figure. And China will soon import more from the Persian Gulf than the U.S. did at its 2001 peak, according to EIA and Chinese customs data. It surpassed the U.S. as a buyer of Persian Gulf crude in 2009, according to the data.


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Hattiesburg vote counting devolves to bickering
Winner yet to be determined in mayor's race
Bickering broke out on the third day of vote counting in the do-over election for Hattiesburg mayor.
By late Thursday afternoon, officials still hadn't determined the winner of the race -- former city council member Dave Ware, who ran as an independent; or three-term Mayor Johnny DuPree, a Democrat. A third candidate, Shawn O'Hara, received only a few votes.
WDAM-TV reported that counting was delayed Thursday afternoon because of an argument between election commissioner Turner Jones and one of Ware's election consultants, longtime Republican Pete Perry, of Jackson.
DuPree narrowly won the June 4 regular election, but Ware filed a lawsuit saying there were irregularities with some ballots. A judge ordered a special election.
Ware was leading the special election before officials started trying to count absentee and affidavit ballots.