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Project Censored's Media Democracy AdvocacyWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
For 32 years, Sonoma State University's (SSU) Project Censored has pioneered US media democracy, research, and First Amendment issues. Founded by Carl Jensen in 1976, it's now headed by Professor Peter Phillips, currently on sabbatical leave, with Professor Mickey Huff in charge as Interim Associate Director of the program until his return.
PC works cooperatively with numerous independent media groups, primarily to train SSU students "in media research, First Amendment issues and the advocacy for, and protection of, free press rights in the United States." Since its founding, it's trained over 1500 students in investigative research and the importance of our most fundamental right without which all others are at risk and now currently hang by a thread.
PC is a "partnership of faculty, students, and the community" to conduct research "on important national news stories that are underreported, ignored, misrepresented, or censored by the US corporate media." Each year, it ranks the top 25 and publishes them in its yearbook, "Censored: Media Democracy in Action." The latest "Censored 2009: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 - 2008" may now be purchased at bookstores or online at http://www.projectcensored.org/store/.
The current edition is larger than ever. It includes the year's honorable mention choices and additional chapters covering these topics:
-- Updates on previous PC stories;
-- Junk Food News and News Abuse;
-- The News is Good!: Stories of Hope and Change from 2007 and 2008;
-- Oiling the Dangerous Engine of Arbitrary Government: Newspaper Coverage of the Military Commissions Act (aka the torture authorization and habeas rights revocation act);
-- Universal Healthcare, Media, and the 2008 Presidential Campaign;
-- US Media Bias, Human Rights, and the Hamas Government in Gaza;
-- The Gardasil Sell Job - on the controversial human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine thought to be unsafe for adolescent girls, yet Merck dishonestly markets it in collusion with the FDA;
-- Fear & Favor 2007: How Power Still Shapes the News;
-- Index on Censorship 2007 - 2008;
-- Truth Emergency Meets Media Reform;
-- Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan -- Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations;
-- The Pentagon's Child Recruiting Strategy;
-- Deconstructing Deceit: 9/11, the Media, and Myth Information; and
-- Thirty-Three Years of US Military Domination and Economic Deception.
In all, over 400 power-packed pages of vital information in the current PC Censored 2009 edition. Must reading for everyone. Even those familiar with the issues for more information than they now know.
Project Censored's Definition of "Modern Censorship"
It's the dominant media's "subtle yet constant and sophisticated manipulation of reality" in their role as "guardians of power" and to serve their single-minded pursuit of profit. It includes ignoring vital news stories. Parts of them. The whys that explain them, and systematically withholding vital truths from the public. It's done through and because of political, economic and legal pressures in fundamental violation of a free and open press. Run by CEOs, not journalists. Serving their interests and advertisers, not ours.
PC believes in a "healthy and functioning democracy." Supports independent media and the right of free people to be informed. It also holds the dominant media accountable and serves as an antidote to their practices.
Why Project Censored and Why Now?
Democracy requires a free, open, vibrant and diverse media. Elements very much absent under our corporate-dominated system. As a result, the media system today is in crisis. Fiction substitutes for fact. News is carefully filtered. Dissent marginalized, and supporting the powerful substitutes for full and accurate reporting. Aggressive wars are thus called liberating ones. Civil liberties are suppressed for our own good. Anything government does, we're told, business does better, so let it, and patriotism means supporting lawless imperial regimes.
Media scholar and activist Robert McChesney asks whether "the media system....promote(s) or undermine(s) democratic institutions and practices. Are media a force for social justice or oligarchy?" Given their concentrated state, profits as a be all and end all, and partnership with an imperial state, their current condition is corrupted, broken, and in violation of the public trust they disdain. "Rich media, poor democracy" for McChesney. A powerful antidemocratic force. More dominant than ever. Hyper-commercially driven. Unresponsive to public needs, and serving only the interests of wealth and power the way Alex Carey brilliantly explained in his classic work, "Taking the Risk Out of Democracy:"
He wrote: "The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy." Journalist Walter Lippmann called it the "manufacture of consent" in a democratic society where it can't be done by force, and Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman titled their landmark 1988 book "Manufacturing Consent" to describe the dominant media's "propaganda model" to program the public mind.
It "filter(s) out the news to print, marginalize(s) dissent, (and assures) government and dominant private interests" control all information dissemination. It's done through a set of "filters" to remove what's unacceptable and "leav(es) only the cleansed residue fit to print" or broadcast.
It raises the dilemma James Madison posed that "A popular government, without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."
Today it's from the media, and therein lies the problem. An opportunity as well from alternative sources and organizations like Project Censored promoting the best they have to offer. Publishing it in annual volumes. Spreading it by word of mouth through lectures, on-air discussions, and in classroom instruction on journalism as it was meant to be in a free and open society. Understanding Thomas Jefferson's warning that emerging "banking institutions and moneyed incorporations" would destroy our democratic freedoms and replace them with a "single and splendid government of an aristocracy" if given a free hand.
What Lincoln also feared by "see(ing) in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country....corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." Made easier today given the dominant media's power and ability to use it against the public interest the way Alex Carey explained:
Through a "propaganda-managed democracy....to identify the free-enterprise system in popular consciousness with every cherished value, and to identify interventionist governments and strong unions with tyranny, oppression and even subversion." Carey called propaganda "communications where the form and content is selected with the single-minded purpose of bringing some target audience (the public or a company's employees, etc.) to adopt attitudes and beliefs chosen in advance by the sponsors." It's as important in democratic societies as in authoritarian ones. In addition, "the success of business (or government) propaganda persuading us that we are free from (this type influence) is one of the most significant propaganda achievements of the twentieth century."
Even truer today with round-the-clock news. Hundreds of cable channels, and a more dominant media than in Carey's day. All the greater need for organizations like Project Censored to dispel official propaganda with real news and information that refutes it. All the more reason also to support its vital work. Countering the giants with what a free society needs to survive.
Stories the Dominant Media Censor
Hundreds of them have been covered since 1976 when PC's top story was "Jimmy Carter and the Trilateral Commission." Carter was a charter member of David Rockefeller's organization to counter the threat of democracy - too much of it. To assure that political power rests with the few. That public interests go unaddressed. That governments serve multinational banks and giant corporations. That people and resources are exploited for their benefit, and that popular democratic movements are suppressed. David Rockefeller chose Jimmy Carter to be president for that agenda. To be an interregnum executive after the turbulent Nixon years, then hand back the office to Republicans in 1980.
The same year, PC covered:
-- the "Corporate Control of DNA;"
-- selling banned pesticides and drugs to third world countries;
-- unsafe workplaces causing "untold numbers of injuries, disease and deaths....;" and
-- the sale of worthless and harmful non-prescription drugs to the public along with 20 other censored stories.
The top two 1977 stories covered the myth of black progress and "Cancer, Inc." About billions spent for cures, yet the US rate was 50% above the world average. It's still epidemic. Kills millions. Is a huge health care industry money-maker and too profitable for providers to want a cure.
In 1978, nuclear power plant dangers won top honors, and long before the proliferation of GMO foods and their hazards, the feasibility of organic farming ranked second.
Dumping illegal/dangerous production on third world countries was called "The Corporate Crime of the Century" and PC's top 1979 story. Number two was that "The (Iranian embassy) Seizure Should Not Have Been A Surprise" even though as late as summer 1978 the US media portrayed the Shah "as a modernizing, reform-oriented leader (with) a broad base of popular support."
In 1980, the distorted coverage of El Salvador's civil war won top honors followed by "Big Brother Is Listening to You" - the National Security Agency (NSA) that can do it today with much improved technology and legally with institutionalized spying legislation in place. Most recently The Protect America Act of 2007 and FISA Amendments Act of 2008. They assail civil liberties. Legalize warrantless wiretapping. Remove judicial oversight, and grant telecom companies retroactive immunity post-9/11 to violate our privacy.
"The Real Story Behind Our Economic Crisis" and the flagrant miscarriage of justice in Greensboro, NC ranked one and two in 1981.
Back then, a lack of "a competitive economy, monopoly, militarism, and multi-nationalization" (were) at the root of our economic crisis." Those factors still apply but much more as well. The current situation far exceeds any crisis since the 1930s. Is in most respects unparalled. No one fully understands it. How much harm if may cause. Its effect on world economies. How bad things may get or what alleviating measures may work best, if any.
Industrial capitalism is eroding. Replaced by a kleptocracy. Grand theft America. Rewarding criminals for their crimes. Backed by the full faith and credit of the government with taxpayer money. An unimaginable wealth transfer to the rich. When this ends, things won't ever be the same again in our lifetimes. The old system didn't work. The new one will be worse, and along the way the human fallout will be catastrophic. Talk about a big story. Short of armageddon or world war, it doesn't get any bigger than this. Factors responsible include:
-- the ruinous effects of militarization; a permanent war economy for profit and dominance; unsustainable spending for it; the accumulation of mountains of unrepayable debt; the drain on a weakened economy; the implications are chilling - a future default, hyperinflation, potential bankruptcy, and demise of the republic;
-- a speculative finance-created crisis; called financialization or Frankenstein finance;
-- a totally deregulated, anything goes, environment permitting the most extreme, outrageous practices; free from government oversight that created the real under and unreported dilemma of: multiple imploding bubbles affecting housing, mortgage finance, and an alphabet soup menu of levered-up, high-risk securitized assets amounting to financial alchemy and largely outright fraud; the most dangerous being a "quadrillion dollar derivatives bubble" (a thousand trillion) crucial to contain to avoid the implosion of the entire global banking system and world economies with it; in a word, potential financial armageddon touching everyone; in 2003, Warren Buffett called derivatives a "time bomb" that pose a "mega-catastrophic risk;" said they're "financial weapons of mass destruction" capable of wrecking the whole economic system;
-- at the root of today's crisis is a corrupted, broken system; Chicago School fundamentalism; unfettered capitalism; unbridled greed, and the human wreckage it causes; driving it is a government-business partnership for global dominance and the single-minded pursuit of profit;
-- no freedom in our "free markets;" they're manipulated (up and down) for profit in either direction; in a crisis like today, small, expendable, and less favored enterprises are destroyed to benefit powerful ones like Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and the Rockefeller family JP Morgan Chase Bank; the scheme is for greater consolidation among fewer giant players; the losers - the vast majority of people unaware that what's going on was planned; although this time the best and brightest were too smart by half; they may have set off a chain reaction global financial market meltdown; world governments are frantically scrambling to contain it with no idea if they can because the current crisis is unprecedented; no one's sure what can work, and the sums needed are unimaginable; in the trillions, with a fraction of it proposed for starters; a down payment; perhaps international help to raise more; and
-- fraud on a massive scale involving many trillions of dollars; placing world economies at risk; a Ponzi scheme writ large; a calculated crime; the greatest one ever with media complicity through silence as things progressively worsened and now approach the abyss; the story is still unfolding; it won't be easily or soon resolved; and its outcome is far from clear; one thing that is: this affects the entire world community of nations and everyone in them; there's no place to hide anywhere.
In 1982, fraudulent toxicity and cancer testing was PC's top story followed by "Americans 'Bugged' by Super-Secret (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance) Court." Institutionalized, illegal spying goes way back.
In 1983, "Israel: Merchant of Death in Central America" as the region's largest arms supplier and Ronald Reagan's massive peacetime military buildup ranked one and two.
In 1984, the myth of the "well-publicized Soviet military buildup" (to incite fear), and the Reagan administration's use of "international terrorism" as a pretext to assail civil liberties were the year's top two stories.
In 1985, intense saturation El Salvador bombing and unregulated military toxic waste were PC's picks for numbers one and two.
In 1986, spying on US Central American policy critics took top honors, followed by the Reagan administration's official policy of suppressing information from the public - with near-silence from the dominant media.
In 1987, PC's top story was on "The Information Monopoly" - what journalist/author Ben Bagdikian wrote about in his book, "The Media Monopoly," now titled "The New Media Monopoly" in its seventh edition. Ranked second was the "Contra-drug connection in America."
In 1988, George HW Bush's 25 years of "Dirty Big Secrets" was PC's top story followed by "How the EPA Pollutes the News and the Dioxin Cover-Up."
In 1989, media dominance again took top honors in an story titled "Global Media Lords Threaten Open Marketplace of Ideas." Second ranked was "Africa Turning into the World's Garbage Can."
In 1990, PC's top story was on the Cheerleader Press' Gulf War coverage. Second ranked was "The S & L Crisis: The Solution Is Worse Than the Crime" - about Reagan era criminal bankers and the $500 billion taxpayer bailout it cost. Appropriate to look back on given today's financial crisis. The unease about how bad it may get, and the realization that this time things are far more potentially disastrous than anything experienced in the past. See above comments under 1981's top story.
In 1991, "CBS and NBC Spiking Iraq Bombing Carnage Footage" ranked first. Number two was "Operation Censored War" about the secretive GHW Bush administration and an obliging cheerleading media.
In 1993 (the next PC-listed year), "The Great Media Sell-Out to Reaganism" won top honors followed by corporate crime dwarfing what occurs on streets. The US prison gulag system (by far the world's largest and adding 1000 new inmates weekly, mostly poor blacks and Latinos) holds 2.3 million inmates. People not rich enough to buy justice. Seldom are corporate criminals prosecuted, and when they are, punishment is inconsequential by comparison.
In 1994, the US killing its young (through violence, poverty and indifference to human needs) ranked first. Second was "Why Are We Really in Somalia?" Humanitarian intervention is never the reason. Strategic resources (especially oil and gas) always are primary along with advancing our imperial agenda and making the world safe for capital.
In 1995, PC's top story was "The Deadly Secrets of the (US) Occupational Safety Agency" - keeping 170,000 toxically-exposed workers uninformed about the risks. Second-ranked was about a "Powerful Group of Ultra-Conservatives (including influential Christian fascists) Secret Plans for Your Future." They haven't changed and are now more dangerous than ever.
In 1996, "Telecommunications Deregulation: Closing Up America's Marketplace of Ideas" ranked first after passage of the (grand theft media) Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowing greater than ever consolidation. Number two was a story on cutting social services by balancing the budget on the backs of the poor. Now affecting everyone to advance a global militarist agenda.
In 1997, PC's top story was "Risking the World: Nuclear Proliferation in Space." One part of an agenda for "full spectrum dominance" over all land, surface and sub-surface sea, air, space, electromagnetic spectrum and information systems with enough overwhelming power to fight and win global wars against any potential challengers using all weapons in our arsenal. "Shell's Oil, Africa's Blood" was number two for the year.
In 1998, the Clinton administration's aggressive global arms sales ranked first followed by personal care and cosmetic products being potentially carcinogenic.
In 1999, PC's top story was on the secret Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). Designed to undermine national sovereignty by creating an open field for capital. Next was the story of chemical corporations profiting from breast cancer.
In 2000, multinational corporations profiting from international brutality ranked first followed by Big Pharma putting profits ahead of human need. By developing products like Viagra instead of cures for diseases killing millions in developing countries.
In 2001, World Bank and multinational corporate collusion to privatize water took top honors followed by OSHA failing to protect US workers.
In 2003 (the next listed year), PC's top story was on FCC efforts to privatize the airwaves followed by a story on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to privatize social services and make them available only to those who can pay.
In 2004, top ranked was "The Neoconservative Plan for Global Dominance" followed by how "Homeland Security Threatens Civil Liberty" with plenty of ammunition from pre-and-mostly-post-9/11 repressive laws.
In 2005, PC's top story was on the unprecedented 21st century wealth inequality threatening the economy and democracy followed by a story about Attorney General John Ashcroft's attempt to strike down Alien Torts Claim Act (ATCA) protections against corporate human rights abuses in foreign countries.
In 2006, the Bush administration's obsession with secrecy ranked first followed by the media's failure to cover the Fallujah and overall Iraqi civilian death toll.
In 2007, PC's top story was on the "Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media" followed by "Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran."
In 2008, the Military Commissions Act (MCA) denial of habeas rights for everyone (including US citizens designated "unlawful enemy combatants") won top honors followed by the Bush administration moving toward martial law by inserting an obscure provision in the John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007 annulling the 1807 Insurrection Act and 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.
Project Censored's current top 25 2009 stories are just out and available for purchase as explained above. Top ranked was about "Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation" as documented by Johns Hopkins researchers earlier and British polling group, Opinion Research Business (ORB). Other selected stories included:
-- the North American Union (NAU) Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) or militarized NAFTA;
-- InfraGard on the FBI deputizing business;
-- the US International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) training Latin American security forces in counterterrorism techniques; a possible scheme to restart the region's dirty wars;
-- two George Bush executive orders (EOs) criminalizing the anti-war movement and allowing the Treasury Department to seize property from anyone opposing the administration's Middle East wars;
-- The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (HR 1955) - called "the thought crime prevention bill;" passed by the House and introduced in the Senate in August 2007 (S. 1959) but not acted on;
-- Guest Workers Inc.: Fraud and Human Trafficking - or near-slavery in America;
-- executive orders (EOs) can be changed secretly even though the Constitution has no provision giving presidents the right to make new law through one-man decrees;
-- Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Testify;
-- the American Psychological Association's (APA) complicity in CIA torture;
-- El Salvador's Water Privatization and the Global War on Terror;
-- Bush profiteers collecting billions from the No Child Left Behind Act scheme to destroy public education in America by privatizing it;
-- Tracking Billions of Dollars Lost in Iraq through fraud, waste and other war profiteering schemes;
-- Mainstreaming Nuclear Waste;
-- Worldwide Slavery at a time most people don't know it exists, let alone in America;
-- the Annual Survey on Trade Union Rights;
-- the UN's Empty Declaration of Indigenous Rights;
-- Cruelty and Death in Juvenile Detention Centers;
-- Indigenous Herders and Small Farmers Fight Livestock Extinction;
-- Marijuana Arrests Set New Record;
-- NATO Considers "First Strike" Option while the US 2001 Nuclear Policy Review, 2002 and updated 2006 National Security Strategy, and other US documents assert the right to wage preventive or proactive wars with "first strike" nuclear or any other weapons of mass destruction;
-- CARE Rejects US Food Aid - because it causes more hunger than it prevents;
-- FDA Complicit in Pushing Pharmaceutical Drugs;
-- Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror; and
-- Bush's Real Problem with Eliot Spitzer - to stop his exposure of subprime predatory lending fraud responsible for much of the current world financial crisis.
Project Censored annually present awards for the corporate media's most important suppressed stories. For its work, its Director, dedicated staff, and student interns deserve our award for being one of our national treasures. Holding the dominant media accountable.
Follow their work. Support their activities. Know what's at stake. A free and open society. The type media vital in it. The risk of losing it, and need for assertive, decisive action to assure that won't happen. Nor will it if Project Censored can help it.
Stephen Lendman is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at email@example.com.
Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to The Global Research News Hour on RepublicBroadcasting.org Mondays from 11AM - 1PM US Central time for cutting-edge discussions on world and national topics with distinguished guests. All programs are archived for easy listening.


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20 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 "My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because I am greatly disturbed.
3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4 "Surely you know how it has been from of old,
ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,
5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief,
the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
6 Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens
and his head touches the clouds,
7 he will perish forever, like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
8 Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,
banished like a vision of the night.
9 The eye that saw him will not see him again;
his place will look on him no more.
10 His children must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.
11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones
will lie with him in the dust.
12 "Though evil is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
and lets it linger in his mouth,
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;
it will become the venom of serpents within him.
15 He will spit out the riches he swallowed;
God will make his stomach vomit them up.
16 He will suck the poison of serpents;
the fangs of an adder will kill him.
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;
he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
19 For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;
he has seized houses he did not build.
20 "Surely he will have no respite from his craving;
he cannot save himself by his treasure.
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;
the full force of misery will come upon him.
23 When he has filled his belly,
God will vent his burning anger against him
and rain down his blows on him.
24 Though he flees from an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
25 He pulls it out of his back,
the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors will come over him;
26 total darkness lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire unfanned will consume him
and devour what is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
the earth will rise up against him.
28 A flood will carry off his house,
rushing waters[b] on the day of God's wrath.
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
the heritage appointed for them by God."
21 Then Job replied:
2 "Listen carefully to my words;
let this be the consolation you give me.
3 Bear with me while I speak,
and after I have spoken, mock on.
4 "Is my complaint directed to a human being?
Why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled;
clap your hand over your mouth.
6 When I think about this, I am terrified;
trembling seizes my body.
7 Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?
8 They see their children established around them,
their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their homes are safe and free from fear;
the rod of God is not on them.
10 Their bulls never fail to breed;
their cows calve and do not miscarry.
11 They send forth their children as a flock;
their little ones dance about.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre;
they make merry to the sound of the pipe.
13 They spend their years in prosperity
and go down to the grave in peace.[c]
14 Yet they say to God, 'Leave us alone!
We have no desire to know your ways.
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
What would we gain by praying to him?'
16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands,
so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.
17 "Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?
How often does calamity come upon them,
the fate God allots in his anger?
18 How often are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff swept away by a gale?
19 It is said, 'God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.'
Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction;
let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind
when their allotted months come to an end?
22 "Can anyone teach knowledge to God,
since he judges even the highest?
23 One person dies in full vigor,
completely secure and at ease,
24 well nourished in body,[d]
bones rich with marrow.
25 Another dies in bitterness of soul,
never having enjoyed anything good.
26 Side by side they lie in the dust,
and worms cover them both.
27 "I know full well what you are thinking,
the schemes by which you would wrong me.
28 You say, 'Where now is the house of the great,
the tents where the wicked lived?'
29 Have you never questioned those who travel?
Have you paid no regard to their accounts—
30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity,
that they are delivered from[e] the day of wrath?
31 Who denounces their conduct to their face?
Who repays them for what they have done?
32 They are carried to the grave,
and watch is kept over their tombs.
33 The soil in the valley is sweet to them;
everyone follows after them,
and a countless throng goes[f] before them.
34 "So how can you console me with your nonsense?
Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!"
24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26 But Peter made him get up. "Stand up," he said, "I am only a man myself."
27 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. 28 He said to them: "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean. 29 So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?"
30 Cornelius answered: "Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me 31 and said, 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor. 32 Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.' 33 So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us."
34 Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. 36 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 37 You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
39 "We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, 40 but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. 41 He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in tongues[a] and praising God.
Then Peter said, 47 "Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have." 48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.


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over 100 Followers?!?
How did this even happen??
I mean SERIOUSLY! I'm still in a bit of shock.
When I started this blog, I was overjoyed when I got my first follower- Shout out to Avalon
When I reached 5 followers, I did my "happy dance" in my living room
(For the record, my husband HATES my happy dance. So much so that begged me try out other "happy dances" and pleaded with me to change it. Unfortunately for him, I'm not the best listener)
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And now over 100??
That's RIDICULOUS!
So Thank You! Thanks for feeding into all of my shenanigans.
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What does it take to be voted one of the best places to live in the World? Westport in County Mayo knows
The Venice of the West
Obviously the city, town or village must possess an extraordinary aesthetic beauty, tree-lined streets, a gurgling river flowing gently by, colourful houses full of friendly locals…all that jazz. It also needs fantastic amenities, great restaurants and a thriving arts and culture scene.
Known as 'The Venice of the West' Westport in County Mayo ticks all of these boxes. But that's not why it won 'The best place to live in Ireland.'
The real reasons run deeper.
Rock Solid
It takes more than aesthetic beauty alone to win such an accolade. It takes a determined community who take great pride in their homes and town all working together towards the same goal. Westport beat off stiff competition from over 536 other locations in the Irish Times poll to be crowned champions. Their victory is down to the rock-solid sense of community spirit in Westport. For a town with a population over just a few thousand souls, there are over 100 volunteer groups in action, hands-in-gloves picking up litter, painting park benches and generally keeping Westport in winning condition.
This unwavering community spirit was also behind Westport winning the hotly contested 'Ireland's Tidiest Town' award not once, not twice but three times! Westport is also an official Irish Heritage Town, marking it as one of Ireland's must visit locations.
Food glorious food
When they're not working on the recipe for the perfect town, the good people of Westport like to partake in culinary the culinary arts (it is on the Gourmet Greenway, after all). Top of their taste tree is The Westport Food Festival.
Each September food lovers from all over Ireland and abroad flood into Westport for three days of foodie fun. Locals take tremendous pride in this festival, too, with artisan producers flocking in from the surrounding countryside to proudly present their wares.
The town centre is magically transformed into a tented food village, lined with stalls bursting with local produce from restaurants, artisan producers, chefs and cafes. Delicious aromas drift from the tent to every corner of Westport, setting a grumble in many tummies. Our advice is to wander in here properly peckish and nibble your way around the entire tent. Heaven!
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So, our recipe is complete. Take 'The best place to live in Ireland', mix with a food festival to rival any in the world and you've got yourself one tasty destination.
You've got Westport.
The Westport Food Festival takes place from the 6th – 8th of September 2013
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Not that Billboard is right but according to a recent article they believe Pavement to be a "rumored" headliner...What do you think?
EDIT: BTW here is the article if you missed it
Not that Billboard is right but according to a recent article they believe Pavement to be a "rumored" headliner...What do you think?
EDIT: BTW here is the article if you missed it
i think they'd be a great subheadliner, but i doubt they headline. then again, if it is their first reunion show i could see it being a big deal. i mean, i would fully support it but i think there would be backlash for a "bigger" headliner.
I adore Pavement. To the point that I WILL cry when I see them. But I have also seen them live. It's not a headliner show.
Oh, I wasn't commenting on the technical skill. They sounded great, but I remember a lot of staring at shoes. Solid sub-headliner.
they let JJ and The Killers headline. why not pavement, considering they are 10x the band that either of those others are....
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The Killers, regardless of how people feel about their music, put on a bells-&-whistles show. Jack Johnson...well, I see your point there.
I think the fact that other shows have been announced, and that diehards bought tickets for them already, hurts their likelihood of headlining. I mean, it's not completely impossible, but #2 seems far more likely. In any case, they will be there.
NOT A HEADLINER! maybe a sub.
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i'd love to have Pavement at Coachella, but not as a headliner.. and if they won't play unless they headline, then fuck em.
Nope, sub-head at best.
I vote for "Yes." Not because I believe that they will headline, but because I believe that they could. They certainly wouldn't be the worst or least famous headliner ever.
That said, they will sub-headline; it's almost a guarantee.
Also, if they refuse to play unless they headline, I hope they headline. They're better than most of the likely headliners.
even subheadliner is a bit of a stretch
Explosions in the Sky have curated that same festival. So have The DirtyThree. So have The Mars Volta.
Do any of them have any business headlining Coachella?
So what's your point?
So have The Flaming Lips and My Bloody Valentine. Both hugely popular subheadliners of the past. Make sure you only pick the artists that help your argument though. That is the mature and balanced thing to do.
The point is, curating ATP does not mean you are a Coachella headliner.
you're right....that was my point....my bad....just smoked a fat hash bowl
pavement will be 2 acts before the headliner...i'm sticking to it
if there is a weak saturday, they could subheadline.. but i think the whole issue seems to be that the band is insisting on headlining their reunion..
i think the perfect solution is to have them headline a day at APW.. problem solved.
but if they do headline a day at Coach, 1. the rest of the lineup is gonna have to be amazing as fuck, 2. Daft Punk better go on after them, even if Pavement has higher billing on the poster, making them technical headliners, or 3. they play while David Bowie is in the Sahara..
People are confusing Pavement's awesomeness with Pavement's ability to headline Coachella.


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Somewhere in a private box at the Louisiana Superdome, Sean Payton, Mickey Loomis and Joe Vitt will sit and watch Drew Brees try to set an NFL record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass.
Not to mention get the Saints out of their worst slide in years.
That suspended trio - coach Payton is sidelined for the season, general manager Loomis for eight games, interim coach Vitt for six for their roles in the bounties scandal - was given permission by the NFL to attend Sunday night's game against San Diego, but can't interact with Brees or the other players.
Brees tied Hall of Famer John Unitas' mark of 47 straight, set from 1956-60 by throwing for three scores in a loss at Green Bay last weekend. Then he asked Commissioner Roger Goodell about allowing the coaches and GM to attend on Sunday.
``It would mean a lot, and that's why I asked,'' Brees said. ``Of course they know how this team feels about all those people and what a big part they are in our journey despite the circumstances. And the fact that we have the opportunity to break the Johnny Unitas record, and I say `we' because it is a team deal, and Joe Vitt is a part of that, Sean Payton is a part of that and Mickey Loomis is a part of that. They are all a part of that, and I felt like they certainly deserved the opportunity to be there in attendance and share that moment with us.''
While the Saints are one of two 0-4 teams, along with Cleveland, the Chargers (3-1) are on top of the AFC West. Their three wins are over Oakland, Kansas City and Tennessee, all 1-3. When they played a contender - at home - the Chargers were routed by Atlanta.
So this could be something of a proving ground for San Diego, because beating even a winless Saints squad in New Orleans never is a Big Easy. And with emotions running wild over Brees' pursuit of Unitas' record - and with Payton, Loomis and Vitt on hand - the Chargers' challenge is amplified.
``It's the same team that's made deep playoff runs and it's the same team that's won Super Bowls,'' said Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, who replaced Brees as the starter in 2006, when Brees headed to New Orleans as a free agent. ``We know what we're in for Sunday night. I know just from the few guys that were on this team a few years ago and are now there, it's a tough and resilient group. We're going to have to play at our best if we expect to win on Sunday.''
Also Sunday, it's Atlanta at Washington, Denver at New England, Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, Green Bay at Indianapolis, Baltimore at Kansas City, Cleveland at the New York Giants, Buffalo at San Francisco, Miami at Cincinnati, Seattle at Carolina, Chicago at Jacksonville, and Tennessee at Minnesota.
Houston is at the New York Jets on Monday night.
The week's action began Thursday night with St. Louis hosting Arizona.
Off this week are Dallas (2-2), Detroit (1-3), Oakland (1-3), and Tampa Bay (1-3).
Atlanta (4-0) at Washington (2-2)
It is a measure of how far the Falcons have come this year that they can move from their 1-yard-line in the final moments to field goal position and beat the Panthers. It's also a measure to see them with a league-best plus-10 turnover margin - the Falcons have only two giveaways and no fumbles lost - and a stingy pass defense. Atlanta has cured some major issues of the recent past.
``We've made a bunch of mistakes, but we've battled and we've been tough and we've fought through some of those things,'' said Matt Ryan, among the league's top quarterbacks through four games. ``That's what you have to do in this league. It's never going to be perfect. That's just the nature of the NFL.''
The Falcons got some helpful preparation for facing sensational rookie QB Robert Griffin III when they played 2011's top offensive rookie, Cam Newton, last Sunday. But Griffin is part of a much better running game than the Panthers presented. That will test Atlanta's ground defense, which ranks 29th.
Houston (4-0) at New York Jets (2-2), Monday night
Just what the reeling Jets need on the heels of their worst performance of the Rex Ryan era: a visit from the top-ranked team in the AP Pro32.
The Texans have had only one close game so far, have yielded the fewest points in the league (56), have scored the second most (126), have the top-rated defense in yards allowed and ... shall we continue?
``I think we have to get better,'' Ryan said. ``We can't worry about who we play. The fact that we're playing the team that is regarded as the best team in the National Football League, we have to improve ourselves. We have to go back and look at our football team first.''
Might be more enjoyable to look at what the Texans are doing, Rex.
Denver (2-2) at New England (2-2)
Few quarterback duels get the blood flowing like Peyton Manning against Tom Brady. They had a decade's worth of memorable matchups when it was Colts versus Patriots. Now, Manning is in Denver, but that doesn't change the vibes much.
He's simply glad to be back on the field, regardless of who he is facing.
``I certainly didn't need a year off to re-emphasize how much I enjoy playing; I've never taken football for granted, so I didn't need a year off to remind me of that,'' Manning said. ``But it certainly does reinforce that we are fortunate to be playing this game.''
Both come off huge games against bad defenses, and the Patriots have improved their defense enough that it leads the AFC with 11 takeaways. Early in his career, Manning struggled against Bill Belichick designs, but not so much anymore.
Philadelphia (3-1) at Pittsburgh (1-2)
The Steelers have struggled, but with safety Troy Polamalu, LB James Harrison and RB Rashard Mendenhall expected back from injuries, they become a more formidable opponent. Pittsburgh has protected the ball well, but also has forced only three turnovers - hardly Steel Curtain football.
Everyone has profited in the turnover department against the Eagles, whose 12 giveaways are the most in the NFC. Philly has won its games by a total of four points.
Among the spiciest matchups will be the Eagles' speed with running back LeSean McCoy and receivers DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin - not to mention quarterback Michael Vick - against a defense that has looked slow thus far.
Green Bay (2-2) at Indianapolis (1-2)
Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians steps in as interim coach for Indy while Chuck Pagano battles leukemia. That adds to the challenges the Colts are facing as they come off a bye week.
``Obviously, we know what's going on and there's no doubt everyone still has that in the back of our heads,'' defensive end Cory Redding said. ``But this team has to move on. We have to go out there and do our job.''
Doing it against the revitalized Packers' offense will be extra difficult. Most of the matchups favor Green Bay, with the most intriguing perhaps being Packers center Jeff Saturday against the Colts' interior defensive line. Saturday left Indy as a free agent this year after 13 seasons.
Baltimore (3-1) at Kansas City (1-3)
Kansas City has allowed 136 points overall and 77 in two home losses, hardly the right approach against a Baltimore team that has become dangerous offensively. Even worse, the Chiefs have the NFL's most giveaways, 15, a bad sign against the Ravens' ball-hawkers.
``You look across that defensive board and they've got a lot of great veteran leadership with Ed Reed, Haloti Ngata and then also obviously Ray Lewis,'' Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel said. ``But those guys have been playing together for a long time and they're a very instinctive, very experienced group.''
After a busy opening four weeks, the Ravens finally are rested, having last played on Sept. 27.
Cleveland (0-4) at New York Giants (2-2)
The Giants recognize that they messed up late at Philly last Sunday night, costing them sole possession of the NFC East lead. With a brutal upcoming schedule, a victory against the winless Browns, ranked last in the AP Pro32, is a must.
Yet, the Giants have struggled in recent years against mediocre (or worse) opponents.
``I don't know if it's our preparation, I don't know if it's the mindset that we go in there with,'' receiver Victor Cruz said. ``Hopefully, we'll gear up this week and be prepared for this team, no matter what their record is. They're still a good football team, and we have to prepare ourselves to win a football game.''
Cleveland has lost 10 straight dating back to last season. It has shown sparks on offense with rookie RB Trent Richardson and QB Brandon Weeden, and has some playmakers on defense, particularly linebacker D'Qwell Jackson. Top cornerback Joe Haden has one more week on his suspension.
Buffalo (2-2) at San Francisco (3-1)
Early in the third quarter last week, the Bills led New England 21-7 and were envisioning a solo spot atop the AFC East. Then the Patriots stopped fooling around and soon were headed to a 52-28 romp.
The Niners aren't likely to score that many points, but their fierce, opportunistic defense almost certainly won't yield anything close to four touchdowns.
This could be an entertaining matchup on the ground with Buffalo's Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller trying to outdo San Francisco's Frank Gore and Kendall Hunter. It also could turn into a mismatch if Patrick Willis, Justin Smith and the rest of the 49ers' defense shuts down the Bills' running attack and forces Ryan Fitzpatrick to throw under duress. Fitzpatrick's 12 TD passes top the league, but he's also thrown seven interceptions.
Miami (1-3) at Cincinnati (3-1)
With two division matches after this, Cincinnati needs to pay attention against a Dolphins squad that lost its last two games in overtime, blowing leads in both. Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has been sensational late in games and has the best fourth-quarter passing rating in the NFL, 151.7.
The Dolphins have won six of their last seven visits to Cincinnati and have the NFL's leading receiver in yards in Brian Hartline. But getting time to find him will be problematic for rookie QB Ryan Tannehill: The Bengals lead the NFL with 17 sacks.
``Our defensive linemen are very tall guys,'' safety Chris Crocker said. ``Just them getting their arms up, getting around him - it's uncomfortable. As long as they continue to get the pressure like they're getting, then we'll make a lot of plays.''
Seattle (2-2) at Carolina (1-3)
Reverse the site of this game and the Seahawks are a strong favorite. Instead, they make one of the longest road trips possible in the NFL, 2,800 miles, to face an angry group of Panthers.
Carolina had Atlanta pinned at its 1-yard line in the final moments last Sunday and still managed to blow the game. For developing teams, such defeats can be devastating.
``We are a young football team, but at some point you've got to get past that, because at some point you run out of time,'' coach Ron Rivera said. ``We don't want to run out of time.''
Chicago (3-1) at Jacksonville (1-3)
The addition of WR Brandon Marshall has energized Chicago's offense and even made Jay Cutler less sullen. But it's the defense that is making the Bears formidable with a league-high 14 takeaways, including 11 interceptions. They've run back three picks for touchdowns.
That paints a distressing picture for the Jaguars, whose 62 points are the fewest of any team to have played four games.
Tennessee (1-3) at Minnesota (3-1)
One of the league's biggest flops through a quarter of the schedule visits one of the most pleasant surprises.
Tennessee is without starting QB Jake Locker (shoulder), so Matt Hasselbeck gets the call. He'll need Chris Johnson to resemble the running back he was last week with 141 yards, not the impostor of the previous three games.
Minnesota has been getting strong contributions from its veteran leaders, particularly Adrian Peterson and Percy Harvin on offense, Chad Greenway and Antoine Winfield on defense, and Harvin on special teams. The kick returners have been superb.
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Glad to take an opportunity to praise Pip. This is his second solo album, this time live - with a quartet (Keyboards, Guitar, Bass), highlighting that strength good musicians have, which recording can often obscure: immediate response and an interactive instrumental fluency that comes from a mixture of technique and unfeignable sensitivity. Excellent sound, exemplary playing all round and careful mixing make this a very listenable and enjoyable CD. In Hatfield era mode, though with Pip's own accent and a nod to what came after, all done with a light, smart, touch that comes naturally to those who invented this genre - setting it apart from much of what now passes as 'prog', which just tries too hard. This isn't experimental or complex, in fact it's quite bland, but it does what it does well and easily, like the jazz of the fifties and early sixties (that's meant as praise) - and Pip plays brilliantly, and only when he needs to. Chapeau.
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A severe storm that struck the St. Louis area left homes flattened in suburbs around the main airport, which remained closed Saturday a day after being hit by a tornado.
Crews had worked through the night in trying to clean up Lambert Airport, boarding up windows and sweeping up shattered glass. That effort pressed on Saturday, with police standing guard at spots where windows had been blown out. No passengers were evident.
In nearby suburbs, people wandered through neighborhoods where roofs had been torn off homes and multiple houses were flattened. An Associated Press photographer who flew over Bridgeton and Maryland Heights saw vehicles turned over in yards and in driveways and trees that had been toppled.
"I would say it looked like a bomb went off," photographer Jeff Roberson said.
In one case, a roof had been lifted off a house, and Roberson said he could see all the household items inside, including the dining room table.
Vivi Magana, 17, and her parents were trying to clean up the mess left at their Bridgeton home on Saturday. A huge tree in the front yard had been pulled out by the roots. An even larger tree in the back was split down the middle. A sliding glass door was shattered, and holes were in the roof.
Magana said the family was in the living room Friday night when her mother heard a roar of wind. As they rushed to the basement, Magana saw a lawn chair smash through the glass door. When the wind stopped, they emerged from the basement.
"Everyone was screaming to make sure we were all OK," Magana said.
Dozens of homes in the same neighborhood sustained significant damage. Roofers were going door-to-door, offering free temporary repairs. Insurance adjusters arrived in trucks to help their clients. Neighbors helped each other pull trees from roofs and pick up metal pieces, glass and splintered limbs from yards.
"It's crazy — like something you'd see in a movie," 27-year-old Tim Kreitler said as he helped a neighbor clean up.
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and the airport's director, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, told reporters Saturday that the airport could reopen Sunday at 70 percent capacity, depending on the quickness in getting power restored and the ability of affected airlines to shuffle some of their terminal arrangements.
Ameren Missouri reported some 35,000 customers were without power Saturday morning.
The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado had it the airport, ripping away a large section of the main terminal's roof.
National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Truett said it was possible that a tornado that touched down near the St. Charles County town of New Melle was the one that ripped into the airport and apparently other parts of St. Louis County. If that was the case, the tornado sustained itself for roughly 30 miles.
At the airport, roughly of the main terminal's windows had been blown out, sending glass and rain into the building. Elsewhere on the property, trees were toppled and power lines downed, limiting access even hours after the storm passed.
But the airfield itself was fully functional, Hamm-Niebruegge said, perhaps allowing some airlines to shuttle in crews.
"We will not have departures out of here today, but we expect a good number of departures out of here tomorrow," Hamm-Niebruegge said. Slay added that it was hoped the airport would be up to full capacity by the middle of next week.
"This effort is going to take the cooperation and involvement of people of all levels of government," Slay said. "We are confident we will make this airport as good as it's ever been in terms of its condition."
Hamm-Niebruegge and Charlie Dooley, St. Louis County's executive, said they felt blessed there weren't more injuries than the five victims who were taken to hospitals, all of them later treated and release.
"When you look at the devastation around, it really is a miracle there were no fatalities," Hamm-Niebruegge said.
A dozen passengers stayed in the terminal Friday night, given pillows and blankets, Hamm-Niebruegge said. Hundreds of travelers were delayed, although the storm's affect was mitigated because it hit on a night when the airport is generally less occupied.
"As late as it was in the evening, there was only a handful of flights coming in," she said.
Airlines were assessing damage to their planes Saturday. Southwest Airlines Co. spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said it had one plane damaged by a baggage loading conveyer belt that was pushed by the wind. American Airlines said four of its planes were damaged, two of them significantly.
Southwest canceled all St. Louis flights through 4 p.m. Saturday. American, which operates out of the heavily-damaged main terminal, won't fly out of St. Louis until at least Monday morning, spokesman Ed Martelle said.
Spokeswomen for Greyhound and Amtrak said both modes of alternate transportation stood ready to handle an increased demand from storm-affected travelers trying to make their way out of St. Louis, though it was not immediately clear how many of those people were trying to catch buses or trains.
Associated Press writer Josh Freed in Minneapolis contributed to this report.


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I had to go into Men's Health this morning to have my "before" photos taken before my six weeks of Personal Training "Abs Challenge". Although I am in significantly better shape than I was at the start of the year, I couldn't help thinking that the team doing the photographs had seen rather more impressive physiques in their time. Mainly because on the computer where my images were appearing they were using images of a superfit man to make sure they got all the angles on me right. My puffy, pale, old body next to his taut, ripped, muscle-covered torso was somewhat of a juxtaposition.
I haven't seen anything like this since I placed my saggy Morph next to a real Morph. There is no euphemism there. Though I do also have quite a saggy Morph.
But I am comfortable with who I am and have taken my clothes off enough for comedic purposes to not feel too self-conscious about slipping my top off in a photographers studio. If people want to use these images for their own masturbatory purposes then that is up to them. I just feel glad I can share this with the world.
I am more interested in losing fat than gaining muscles and for the sake of health rather than vanity. But it will be interesting to see where the professionals can get me in seven weeks time.Though if I look like the guy whose photo was next to mine (who had just spent 10 weeks living the lifestyle of a monk) then I think that might be quite freaky.
I had been led to understand that the magazine was delivering all my meals and organising four training sessions a week for me, but in fact they are just going to give me some nutritional advice and give me two sessions. So I am not convinced it will make a huge amount of difference, given I have been leading quite a healthy lifestyle this year anyway. But targeted exercise should help. They seemed dubious about me losing weight, but confident that I could lose fat. We will see. It's just good to have something else to distract me from my work...
I've had an unproductive week with the Rasputin script and agains tiredness hit me this afternoon and aside from a few vague thoughts I didn't get any further with the massively complicated task ahead of me. Hopefully fear is going to kick in and make things happen soon.
Then in the evening I recorded an episode of a new radio show called "Don't Make Me Laugh" hosted (and created) by David Baddiel. It's a bit like a 21st Century version of Just A Minute and the premise is that comedians have to talk about amusing sounding subjects without getting laughs from the audience. And the other comedians also get to challenge them if they think they have said something funny. It was a really enjoyable show to do and amusing to see comedians fighting their instincts (and often failing to) by not going for the laugh. It rocked along and we all failed quite badly to not make the audience laugh. I think it's on the radio next month. Worth a listen I think. Jonathan Ross took his trousers down in order to reveal why he tucks his shirt into his underpants. It's worth it for that alone.


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Big Data in Materials Research and Development is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council Standing Committee on Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure in February 2014 to discuss the impact of big data on materials and manufacturing. The materials science community would benefit from appropriate access to data and metadata for materials development, processing, application development, and application life cycles. Currently, that access does not appear to be sufficiently widespread, and many workshop participants captured the constraints and identified potential improvements to enable broader access to materials and manufacturing data and metadata. This report discusses issues in defense materials, manufacturing and infrastructure, including data ownership and access; collaboration and exploitation of big data's capabilities; and maintenance of data.
Additive manufacturing has the potential to positively affect human spaceflight operations by enabling the in-orbit manufacture of replacement parts and tools, which could reduce existing logistics requirements for the International Space Station and future long-duration human space missions. The benefits of in-space additive manufacturing for robotic spacecraft are far less clear, although this rapidly advancing technology can also potentially enable space-based construction of large structures and, perhaps someday, substantially in the future, entire spacecraft. Additive manufacturing can also help to reimagine a new space architecture that is not constrained by the design and manufacturing confines of gravity, current manufacturing processes, and launch-related structural stresses.
The specific benefits and potential scope of additive manufacturing remain undetermined. The realities of what can be accomplished today, using this technology on the ground, demonstrate the substantial gaps between the vision for additive manufacturing in space and the limitations of the technology and the progress that has to be made to develop it for space use.
3D Printing in Space evaluates the prospects of in-space additive manufacturing. This report examines the various technologies available and currently in development, and considers the possible impacts for crewed space operations and robotic spacecraft operations. Ground-based additive manufacturing is being rapidly developed by industry, and 3D Printing in Space discusses government-industry investments in technology development. According to this report, the International Space Station provides an excellent opportunity for both civilian and military research on additive manufacturing technology. Additive manufacturing presents potential opportunities, both as a tool in a broad toolkit of options for space-based activities and as a potential paradigm-changing approach to designing hardware for in-space activities. This report makes recommendations for future research, suggests objectives for an additive manufacturing roadmap, and envisions opportunities for cooperation and joint development.
Limited Affordable Low-Volume Manufacturing is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Materials and Manufacturing Board of the National Research Council in August 2013 to discuss affordable, low-volume manufacturing. The workshop focused on four critical issues relevant to manufacturing: low-volume manufacturing; use of commercial off-the-shelf equipment; short production runs; and commercial manufacturing services. The workshop discussion also considered variable-rate manufacturing and high-mix manufacturing, both aspects of low-volume manufacturing. This report examines the characteristics of low-volume manufacturing and considers future advances in limited affordable low-volume manufacturing in the United States.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose modestly overnight in advance of a weekly stockpile report, but still held well under $94 per barrel Wednesday in New York.
West Texas Intermediate crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange added 12 cents to $93.22 per barrel. Gasoline gained in late trading to return to $2.7789 a gallon. Home heating oil slipped 0.49 cents to $3.065 a gallon.
The price of natural gas added 2.2 cents to $3.135 per million British thermal units.
At the pump, AAA reported the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline rose to $3.304 per gallon from Tuesday's $3.30.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Please protect the poor earthquake victims in Haiti Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Please protect the poor earthquake victims in Haiti Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Caribbean Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message eclecticJoined: 09 Nov 2006Posts: 1122 Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:44 pm Post subject: Please protect the poor earthquake victims in Haiti dont think there will be any ESL there for a while. Back to top bjeJoined: 19 Jun 2005Posts: 527 Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:04 pm Post subject: It's a terrible situation- but how do you propose that we 'protect' them from an earthquake? Back to top eclecticJoined: 09 Nov 2006Posts: 1122 Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:21 am Post subject: protecting the victims from further torture like diseases, starvation, etc. in the aftermath of the earthquake. I didnt say protect them from an earthquake. Back to top donerJoined: 21 Jan 2010Posts: 179 Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:38 pm Post subject: The US is doing alot to protect them via the US tax system. Back to top eclecticJoined: 09 Nov 2006Posts: 1122 Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:56 am Post subject: the us CAUSED the equake with HAARP. Back to top cassavaJoined: 24 Feb 2007Posts: 175 Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject: You may very well have a point. Of course, the Americans will vehemently deny any responsibility for the disaster. I came across the following report which is quite instructive. (I have deleted the Spanish version). This is an English translation of a report by the Russian Navy which says that they have been monitoring the activities of the US fourth Fleet in the Caribbean and they are pretty sure that the earthquake was caused by tests that the US are carrying out in seismic warfare. Date: 2010/1/17 Subject: US weapons causes earthquake in haiti SPANISH TEXT FOLLOWS. A report points out that an "Experimental Earthquake" by the United States devastated Haiti. 17 January 2010. -A report prepared by the Russian North Fleet is indicating that the earthquake that has devastated Haiti was the "clear result" of a test carried out by the U.S. Navy using one of its "earthquake weapons." The Northern Fleet has been monitoring the movements and the naval activities of the United States in the Caribbean since 2008 when the U.S. announced its intention to reestablish the Fourth Fleet that had been deactivated in 1950, to which Russian responded a year later with a Russian fleet led by the nuclear cruiser "Peter the Great," beginning its first exercises in this region since the end of the Cold War. From the end of the decade of 1970, the U.S. had "advanced enormously" the state of its earthquake weaponry and, according to these reports, it is now employing devices that use Pulse, Plasma and Telsa Electromagnetic Sonic technology along with "shock wave bombs." The report also compares experiments by the U.S. Navy with two of these earthquake weapons last week, when the test in the Pacific caused a magnitude 6.5 earthquakes attacking the area around Eureka, California without causing any deaths, but with the one in the aribbean already causing at least 140,000 deaths of innocent people. According to the report, it is "more than probable" that the U.S. Navy has had "full knowledge" of the catastrophic damage that this earthquake test could potentially cause to Haiti and pre-positioned its Commander of the Southern Command, General P.K. Keen, in the island to supervise the relief efforts should that become necessary. As to the final aim of the tests of the weapons by the U.S. the report warns that it is the plan by the U.S. for the destruction of Iran through a series of earthquakes designed to overthrow its present Islamic regime. The same report states that the system being worked on by the U.S. (the HAARP project) will allow it to create climatalogical anamolaies to rpovoke floods, droughts and hurricanes. Another report indicates that there is data to establish that the earthquake in Sichuan, China, on May 12, 2008, with a mignitude of 7.8 Richler, was also created by the HAARP radio frequency. There being a correlation between the seismic activity and the ionosphere by means of the control of the radio frequency induced by Hipocampos, within the HAARP framework, it is concluded that: 1. Earthquakes in which the depth is lineally identical in the same fault are produced by lineal projection of induced frequencies. 2. The configuration of satellites allows concentrated projections of frequencies on certain points (Hipocampos). 3. A diagram has been produced of lineal succession regarding the reported earthquakes in which it happens that all were produced at the same depth: Venezuela 8th of January 2010 Depth 10 kms. Honduras 11th of January 2010 Depth 10 kms. Haiti 12th of January 2010 Depth 10 kms. The rest of the aftershocks had depths of about 10kms. After the earthquake, the Pentagon said that the hospital ship the USNS Comfort, which was anchored in Baltimore, started to call on its crew to depart for Haiti, even though it would take several days for it to reach. Admiral Mike Mullen said that the US. army was preparing to respond to the disaster. Various Coast Guard cutters, ships in the U.S. fleet, the super aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was sent from Norfolk, Va. with its full complement of planes and helicopters reach Haiti in the early afternoon of January 14. The Commander of the Southern Command, Fraser, declared that other helicopters would join the Vinson. USAID was already in Haiti. President Obama was informed of the earthquake at 5:52 p.m. on the 12th and ordered his personnel to ensure the safety of embasy staff and give necessary humanitarian aid. According to the Russian report, the State Department, USAID and the Southern Command of the U.S. began their work of "humanitarian invasion," sending at least 10,000 soldiers and contractors, to control, now instead of the U.N., Haitian territory after the devastating "experimental earthquake." 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22 U.S. Code § 2390 - Terms of detail or assignment of personnel
§ 2390.
Terms of detail or assignment of personnelDetails or assignments may be made under section 2387 or 2388 of this title or section 1928 of this title—
without reimbursement to the United States Government by the foreign government or international organization;
upon agreement by the foreign government or international organization to reimburse the United States Government for compensation, travel expenses, benefits and allowances, or any part thereof, payable to the officer or employee concerned during the period of assignment or detail; and such reimbursements (including foreign currencies) shall be credited to the appropriation, fund, or account utilized for paying such compensation, travel expenses, benefits or allowances, or to the appropriation, fund, or account currently available for such purposes;
upon an advance of funds, property, or services by the foreign government or international organization to the United States Government accepted with the approval of the President for specified uses in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter; and funds so advanced may be established as a separate fund in the Treasury of the United States Government, to be available for the specified uses, and to be used for reimbursement of appropriations or direct expenditure subject to the provisions of this chapter, any unexpended balance of such account to be returned to the foreign government or international organization; or
subject to the receipt by the United States Government of a credit to be applied against the payment by the United States Government of its share of the expenses of the international organization to which the officer or employee is detailed or assigned, such credit to be based upon the compensation, travel expenses, benefits and allowances, or any part thereof, payable to such officer or employee during the period of detail or assignment in accordance with section 2389 of this title.
(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 630, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 452; Pub. L. 89–171, pt. III, § 302(e), Sept. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 660.)
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1965—Pub. L. 89–171 inserted "benefits" in pars. (2) and (4).
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*MOJO* - BOS vs CLE - Miracles Day 1
David Wells, is on the mound again? Is it really true? Rise and be healed David Wells, for you have been blessed, and so too have the Red Sox!
I really thought we had seen the last of David Wells, but it looks like the big guy is proving me wrong. Now lets see the good start we've been waiting for all season.
Demons of poor pitching, come out!


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Rasberry Coat
Added Feb 11, 2013
by oinochoe
Vienna, Austria
Initially I planned to make a cape, but this fabric is extremly lightweighted, so I thought it would not guarrantie a perfect drape. Hence I searched for an altenative pattern, for a jacket or coat. My Choice fell on this short coat. This sixtiesstyle pattern with a slight A line will go well with the rasberrycolor. But the soft and cosy woolfleece needs additional support and more stabilitt , I lined it with matching polyesterlining and did an extra backing or underlining with a thin viscose fabric. These three layers will make the drape soft, will give more depth and warmth.
For the front facing I used an elastic cotton fabric witch looks a little Ruetro, also it is quite thin, it will not produce extrbuckles or additional thickness. For closing I covered press studs with polyesterlining .
This coat turned out to be extremly comfortable , light, but stable and very warm. My favorite coat this winter! Who wants to know more about it, Visite my Blog
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Oct 27, 2014, 09.01 PMby Marusya Grace
Beautiful Jacket! It looks great on you too! Your coat won me over and now I might have to buy this pattern!
Feb 11, 2013, 11.00 PMby sala22
wow! love this coat!
Feb 11, 2013, 10.38 PMby Mary Athey
This is a fabulous coat!! Everything about.it.is so well done. I just love.it x
Feb 11, 2013, 09.38 PMby neveenkarnes
You did a great job. It looked great and the color is lovely. Well done!!
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|Instrument(s): Piano
|Style: Classical
|Opus: Op. 13
|Date of composition: Not known
|Source: Berners, 1908 (edited by A. Winterberger)
|Copyright: Public Domain
|Last updated: 2003/Apr/02. View change history
|Music ID Number: Mutopia-2003/04/02-295
|Typeset using: LilyPond, version 1.6.9
|Part of the following collections: Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
|LilyPond file
|MIDI file
|A4 PDF file
|Letter PDF file
I haven't typeset all of Winterberger's additions, by a long way - no fingering is included, and much of the phrasing, dynamics and performance directions have also been omitted.
|Maintainer: Chris Sawer
|chris (at) mutopiaproject.org


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1. Commissioned as an officer in 19 Hyderabad Regiment (now Kumaon Regiment) on 30th Aug 1923, he commanded 6/19 Hyderabad Regiment from 17th Dec 1942 to 28th Aug 1945. He was the first Indian Commandant of The Kumaon Regiment Centre from 2nd Oct 1946 to 12th Dec 1946.
2. Later, he was Commander of 268 Infantry Brigade British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in JAPAN in 1946-47. He was also Brigade Commander of the famous Lushai Brigade in Burma in 1947. In Dec 1947 he was appointed General Officer Commanding Madras Area and was Adjutant General at Army Headquarters from Jan 1948 to Aug 1948. Later he commanded 5 Corps. He was Chief of the Army Staff from 14th May 1955 to 7th May 1957.


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Synergy: Combining angiostatin with radiation enhances anti-cancer effects of each
July 16, 1998
Combining angiostatin with radiation enhances anti-cancer effects of each
July 16, 1998
Adding low doses of angiostatin--a naturally produced substance that inhibits the formation of new blood vessels--to standard radiation therapy dramatically improves the response to cancer treatment in animal models without increasing toxicity, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, and Northwestern University in the July 16, 1998 issue of Nature.
Human angiostatin alone produced only a modest decrease in tumor growth when given to mice with large tumors. Radiation therapy alone produced a slightly greater response. The combination of angiostatin and radiation, however, caused significant growth inhibition--demonstrating a powerful synergistic effect, even in mice with very large tumors.
"Our finding suggests that radiation therapy, already a standard of cancer care, could be dramatically improved by simultaneous administration of relatively small doses of angiostatin," said Ralph Weichselbaum, MD, professor and chairman of radiation and cellular oncology at the University of Chicago and director of the study.
"This combination could make radiation much more effective at providing local control of cancer--a crucial part of treatment for many tumors, including prostate, brain, head and neck, and other cancers. It could even expand the use of radiation therapy to some forms of metastatic disease without requiring high doses."
The researchers also studied the combination of radiation plus mouse angiostatin against human cancers of the brain, head and neck, and prostate that had been transplanted into mice. Once again, the combination was far more effective than the combined effects of each therapy used alone.
For example, in mice with large radiation-resistant human tumors (SQ20-B, a form of head and neck cancer): angiostatin alone reduced the tumor volume 16 percent; radiation alone reduced volume 18 percent; but combined therapy reduced the average tumor volume 64 percent.
Surprisingly, tumors treated with the combined therapy had fewer blood vessels than those treated with angiostatin alone. Radiation kills tumor cells but was not expected to alter tumor blood-vessel formation. Angiostatin inhibits the growth of new blood vessels, but has no effect on tumor cells.
When the team performed additional studies--looking at the effects of each treatment on the cells that line arteries and veins--they found that angiostatin not only killed some of these endothelial cells; it also sensitized the survivors to radiation. So the radiation, in combination with angiostatin, enhanced the drug's ability to block the growth of new tumor-supplying blood vessels.
"We were particularly pleased by the manner in which these two agents team up to shrink tumors," said Dr. Weichselbaum. Although cancer cells mutate frequently, enabling them to build up radiation resistance, the vessels that feed these tumors are genetically stable and therefore far less likely to develop resistance.
"Angiostatin brings radiation into action against the tumor vasculature in addition to its impact on tumor cells," said Dr. Weichselbaum, "which means that resistance is far less likely to develop. This suggests that the combination of treatments may be effective against tumors that were not previously susceptible to radiation therapy."
The researchers were also excited by the remarkably low doses of angiostatin required to have an impact, when combined with radiation--far less than the effective doses of the drug when used alone.
Since angiostatin is currently in extremely short supply, "clinical trials of low doses used briefly along with radiation to eliminate tumors, rather than higher doses given over sustained periods to prevent new growth, are perhaps the logical next step," advised Dr. Weichselbaum.
Additional authors of the paper include Helena Mauceri, Nader Hanna, Michael Beckett, David Gorski, Mary-Jane Staba, Kerri Stellato, Kevin Bigelow and Ruth Heimann from the University of Chicago; Stephen Gately and Gerald Soff from Northwestern; and Mohanraj Dhanabal, Vikas Sukhatme, and Donald Kufe from Harvard.
Funding support came from the National Institutes of Health.


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Poundstone on the Line
DERBY LINE – Comic legend Paula Poundstone will grace the Haskell Opera House stage Friday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. She will hold another performance Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Bellows Falls Opera House.Poundstone, originally from Sudbury, MA, started performing stand-up comedy at open mic nights at the Charles Theater in Boston at the age of 19. "Some people would describe me as the class clown," said Poundstone of her school years. "A lot of people would describe me as annoying."Growing up, Poundstone enjoyed the response of laughter and had a fantasy of being a comedic performer, but was not particularly familiar with stand-up. Instead, she thought she would be someone like Carol Burnett or Lily Tomlin. Poundstone didn't have any idea of where to become a comedic performer until she saw a flyer for a stand-up comedy night in Boston. Back then, she was busing tables at a restaurant with thoughts that someday she'd manage a restaurant, but now thinks it might have been a dissatisfying career path. "It's not like I turned my back at a law career," said Poundstone. Other comedians slightly older than Poundstone got their start by performing comic acts at strip clubs. "Lots and lots of people started that way. It was certainly not something I was going to do."Poundstone feels lucky that somebody in Boston had the idea of starting an open mic night. Other smaller cities in the country started doing similar things. Prior to that, only larger cities like Los Angeles and New York offered such opportunities.After working in Boston clubs, Poundstone toured the country in a Greyhound bus. Her goal was to see what other stages were like. Poundstone ended up spending a couple of years in San Francisco.The Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello are a couple of Poundstone's favorite acts. She recently watched "A Shot in the Dark," which is one of the original Pink Panther movies. Poundstone worships the first Richard Pryor film, "Richard Pryor Live."ÒEverywhere," is where Poundstone gets her material. "I have a house full of kids and animals and I try to pay attention to the news well enough to be a halfway decent citizen. I don't much write material, I just take notes."Poundstone was not aware her Derby Line performance will be on a stage in Canada while her audience will be in the United States."I love that idea," said Poundstone. "That is great."Poundstone loves talking with the audience and engaging people in conversation. She also enjoys being with the crowd and doing meet and greets. "I feel like that James Taylor song, 'That's why I'm here,'" said Poundstone. "To come out and see a live show and sit with people beside you and share an evening of laughter is physically and mentally healthy for everyone in the room - including me."


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Dale Williams wrote:Paul, I believe Jacques was saying these were all Charmes prices at Premier Cru (the Emeryville retailer).
When I was in France in 2000 I was getting about 7.3, so not so long ago.
That was certainly my reading as well: that he was pricing them at PC. And, when I was last in France in June '01, the exchange rate was still >7 FF/$. Jean and I spent a month in France for $3K. Nowadays, that wouldn't get you more than a week, I'm afraid. Oh, for the Franc and the favorable exchange rate (I bought Dom. du Pegau in their cave for ~ 90 FF/btl -- those days are long gone!)
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Christina Applegate was among the twinkle-toed celebrities who turned out for a charity gala to provide dance education to disadvantaged children.
The Anchorman actress was joined by Dharma and Greg star Jenna Elfman, Modern Family starlet Sarah Hyland and singer Paula Abdul for the Dizzy Feet Foundation's Annual Celebration of Dance in Los Angeles. Dressed in a metallic bronze gown, Christina said she was proud to serve as a board member for the charity, which was founded by super producer Nigel Lythoe and director Adam Shankman.
Speaking on the red carpet, she said: I'm a dancer, I love dance, and Nigel and Adam asked me to be on the board so I serve as a side bar board member and I'm proud of what they have achieved.' She was joined by statuesque actress Jenna Elfman, who is also on the board of the charity. 'I was a dancer myself, I still dance and I know what dance has done for me. It is amazing for your confidence, for exercise, for your creativity, for your imaginative skills, for solving problems in your life and self -discipline, and I love helping an organisation that makes dance available to children and for promising dancers who are at great schools but can't afford their tuition. It helps them continue to train so we have great artists in our culture.'
Asked what makes a truly great dancer, Jenna said: 'Technique and joy' and explained those are the things she aims for. 'I aim for technique, I always feel joy. I feel liberation and full freedom when I dance, it's the most free and liberating I feel. It's also great cardio, it works every muscle in your body.'


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Dumbass,who's profession doesnt require much skill, usually a gas station clerk or a carpenter, Loveable yet goofy,looking , sometimes hairy with an unknown,sexual preference.
Wow that's so easy a Beisenthal could do it. ; what's with the goofy, face, you're looking like a Beisenthal. ; hey man don't drop the soap he may just be a Beisenthal.
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