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It was business as usual for Ben Askren in his One FC debut. | David Ash/Sherdog.com
After a highly-publicized stint as an MMA free agent, Ben Askren got back to doing what he does best at One FC 16 "Honor and Glory," as the unbeaten former Bellator welterweight champ scored the 13th straight win of his professional career.
The two-time NCAA Division I wrestler and U.S. Olympian was the main attraction at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday night, but his fight with the unheralded Bakhtiyar Abbasov got off to a shocking start when Askren was taken down almost instantly.
No one expected to see the highly-decorated wrestler on his back, but it proved to be only a temporary reprieve for Abbasov, as Askren immediately reversed the position and proceeded to subject him to a grappling and ground-and-pound clinic.
Askren moved seamlessly from position to position, enjoying stints in side control and mounted crucifix while subjecting Abbasov to a non-stop barrage of punches to the head. The end came at the 4:21 mark of round one, when "Funky" secured an arm-triangle choke to force the tap.
Afterward, Askren laughed about his opponent's decision to go for an immediate takedown.
"You don't go into the spider's web because you're going to get beat down," Askren said. "What was he thinking?"
Askren has now stopped three consecutive opponents inside the distance. Next up is a title tilt with reigning One FC 170-pound champion Nobutatsu Suzuki. Abbasov drops to 11-3 and sees his nine-fight winning streak snapped.
The co-main event finished in a massive upset as rising star Eddie Ng saw his five-fight winning streak halted by Vincent Latoel. Right from the opening bell, the Hong Kong native worked tirelessly for the takedown but was frustrated by his more experienced opponent.
The end came in controversial fashion at 3:16 of round one when Ng charged forward and the backtracking Latoel dropped the local favorite with a hard right hand. Referee Yuji Shimada dove in immediately and the triumphant Dutchman walked away. However, Ng recovered almost immediately and tried to leap to his feet.
Unsure as to whether the fight was finished, Latoel sprinted back in, looking to land follow-up blows, but Shimada had already made his mind up and stepped between the two fighters. It was not a popular decision among the Singaporean fans, which were firmly behind Ng.
Latoel, who was greeted by a chorus of boos, improves to 15-14-2 while Ng, who made a point of telling the crowd to respect the referee's decision to stop the fight, falls to 7-2.
Former Legend FC lightweight champion Jadamba Narantungalag had a successful One FC and featherweight debut against Honorio Banario (8-3). Fighting for the first time in more than a year since suffering a serious ankle injury, the 38-year-old Mongolian showcased excellent striking skills and takedown defense en route to a unanimous decision victory. The win establishes Narantungalag (9-3) as an immediate contender for a shot at reigning 145-pound champion Koji Oishi.
Featherweight Major Overall (5-1) took full advantage of the One FC rulebook to finish Bruno Pucci (3-1) with a straight right hand followed by a soccer kick at 2:52 of the opening round. The end came after Overall survived an early rear-naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Earlier, Caros Fodor tapped Willy Ni with a kimura 3:29 into the first round of their lightweight clash; Chi Lewis Parry's heavyweight bout with Alian Ngalani ended in a no contest after an accidental low blow; Radeem Rahman beat Raymond Tan by TKO 2:40 into the second round at bantamweight; Nik Harris scored a split decision win over Brad Robinson in a catch-weight clash; and Casey Suire submitted Stephen Langdown with a rear naked choke 3:19 into the opening stanza of their bantamweight bout.


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This is a webpage written by high school teachers for those who teach world history and want to find online content as well as technology that you can use in the classroom.
Friday, January 3, 2014
British Education Secretary: WWI was Noble and Just Cause
Understanding diverse interpretations of history is what makes the subject interesting. Often there are no clear answers. But Michael Gove, Secretary of Education in Britain and pictured above, believes that World war 1 is an exception.
Gove seems to think that there is only one way to look at World War I. He believes that the Germans caused the war and that liberal historians distort that view and that movies like "Oh! What a Lovely War," and "The Monocled Mutineer and Blackadder" are "a series of catastrophic mistakes perpetrated by an out-of-touch elite."
Gove argues further that the war was " a noble cause" and a "just cause." He adds, "the ruthless social Darwinism of the German elites, the pitiless approach they took to occupation, their aggressively expansionist war aims and their scorn for the international order all made resistance more than justified."
Historian, Sir Richard Evans, responded to Gove by saying, "How can you possibly claim that Britain was fighting for democracy and liberal values when the main ally was Tsarist Russia? That was a despotism that put Germany in the shade and sponsored pogroms in 1903-6."
Who says that history is boring?
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British Education Secretary interesting subject in history.
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text: Not true. Regen never gives you back the energy you took out to go up the hill. Going up hill you are fighting friction and air resistance, on the way down you are also fighting those same things which take away some of the energy before regen even comes into play. Then there are conversion losses in the motor and controller. That's why coasting is better than regen when possible. You can see this for yourself by watching your amps going up a hill then seeing what regen amps are at the same speed going back down. I can do 200 amps going up a hill and then get only 50 amps going back down the hill at the same speed.


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Jack Smart Lecture 2016: Cognition as a Social Skill
Most contemporary social epistemology takes as its starting point individuals with sophisticated propositional attitudes and considers (i) how those individuals depend on each other to gain (or lose) knowledge through testimony, disagreement, and the like and (ii) if, in addition to individual knowers, it is possible for groups to have knowledge. In this paper I argue that social epistemology should be more attentive to the construction of knowers through social and cultural practices: socialization shapes our psychological and practical orientation so that we perform local social practices fluently. Connecting practical orientation to an account of ideology, I claim that to ignore the ways in which cognition is socially shaped and filtered is to allow ideology to do its work unnoticed and unimpeded. Moreover, ideology critique cannot simply challenge belief, but must involve challenges to those practices through which we ourselves become the vehicles and embodiments of ideology.
Sally Haslanger is Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women's and Gender Studies at MIT. She has published on topics in metaphysics, epistemology, critical race theory, and feminist theory. Broadly speaking, her work links issues of social justice with contemporary work in epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. Her book Resisting Reality: Social Construction and Social Critique (Oxford 2012) won the Joseph B. Gittler award for work in philosophy of the social sciences. She has been active in promoting diversity in philosophy through several ongoing initiatives and is a co-founder of the Philosophy in an Inclusive Key Summer Institute (PIKSI) in Boston. In 2013-14, she served as the President of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division; in 2015 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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A Lucid Dream with in a Dream
Tell us about your first lucid dream - and your latest. We want all the juicy details. Also share results of dream challenge experiments.
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A Lucid Dream with in a Dream
Ok so this happend some time ago but i just found this blog and want to clarify something. Sometime ago when i didnt know about Lucid dreaming i fell asleep and founf myself inside a car with my family and we were driving around this big city. For some reason I realized i was dreaming and became Lucid. However i didnt try to control or anything as i didnt know that was possible. I just look at the increible building my mind had built. A little later i felt a senseation and I think i was tried. So in this lucid dream i fell asleep and found my self on a road alone and i was being followed by a tiger. However this dream wasnt lucid, i just remember it as a dream. I dont think i knew i was dreaming. The tiger got me and started eating me. This cause me to wake up back into my previous lucid dream in the car. However in this lucid dream i felt kind of scared from dreaming with in a dream so i told my self wake up. And i woke up. So im wondering am i crazy or is it possible to dream within a lucid dream ?
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It is possible. However in this case, it was the other way around - you were dreaming in a lucid dream.
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"Mine! Mine!" Her cries ring through the house. Your little one lays claim to anything she wants, without regard for who actually owns it. While you might not want to send her into a tantrum, she needs to learn to respect other people's stuff before she enters school. When she learns it, you might find your keys and cell phone with your purse instead of hiding in her pockets or toy box.
Model the behavior you want to see. If your child sees that you have respect for the property of others, then any discussions you have about respecting the property rights of others will carry more weight.
Talk to your child about what it means to own something if she takes something that doesn't belong to her. For example, you could hold up your child's shoes and ask, "Whose shoes are these?" When your child says, "Mine," you can hold up your shoes and ask the same question. Hopefully, she says, "They are yours, Mommy." You can then point to one or two things that belong to other family members by saying, "This is Janie's hat and Daddy's coffee cup."
Tell your child, "People don't like it when you take their things. Would you like it if I took your doll or hid your shoes so you couldn't go outside?" This makes the problem of taking something that belongs to another personal to her.
Explain that borrowing something requires asking for permission. "If you want to use Janie's crayons, you have to ask her first," you might say. "If you don't ask, it's the same as stealing, and that's wrong." You might role-play asking permission. "You have to say, 'May I please borrow your crayons? if that's what you want. If she says "yes," then you can use them, but you have to give them back when you are through. You need to take care of them while you use them, because they don't belong to you."
Have your child return an item she has taken and apologize for taking it. If it was candy she took from the store, you might take her to the store with the wrapper and money to pay for the item. You might say, "When you take something that isn't yours, you have to give it back or make it right. Paying for something at the store and saying you're sorry makes it right. Giving sister her hat back and saying you're sorry and won't do it again makes it right.
Praise her for doing the right thing. Remind her of the lesson if it happens again and insist on making it right. It may take multiple attempts before she consistently respects other's property.


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Mrs. P's classic filled library offers classic stories and activities that help students develop reading, listening and speaking abilities. Each year Mrs. P also hosts an annual "Be-a-Famous-Writer" contest, which is a wonderful way to sharpen and encourage writing skills. The contest opens for entries October 15 and runs to December 15th. We hope you bookmark this information!
Your school could be filled with books from my wonderful sponsors and authors who served as past judges! See my prize page for all of the details.
Children's literature is just FILLED with Heroes! From "Little Women's" Jo March to Harry Potter and beyond! Not to mention, all those ANIMAL heroes, like Black Beauty and Paddington Bear! Why, there's even a TOASTER hero… "The Brave Little Toaster!". I was trying to come up with a fun and exciting theme for kids to write about, and know that kids are fascinated by superheroes, with their extraordinary powers and awesome adventures. AND we also celebrate the lives of real-life heroes —fireman, policeman, athletes, activists, fellow students, and for me it's librarians and teachers,— the role models we look up too. The possibilities are endless!
"Thank you SO much for this wonderful opportunity. I want to personally let you know how much my class enjoyed this contest. They researched dragons! They drew dragons! They studied all types of mythological creatures! And when it came time to vote on a piece to enter, it was a very difficult decision because they all did so well. The work you are doing to promote literacy and writing is more valuable than you can imagine. As both a teacher and a children's book author, I appreciate everything you do"
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"Dear Mrs. P.,
My students are so proud to be in the top 5 of your writing contest. I should have recorded the cheers for you! We learned so much from this experience. Writing collaboratively on this project inspired some hesitant writers to write more confidently and enthusiastically! Thank you for being an inspiration to our young readers and writers as well as their teachers!
You're the best, Cherrie MacInnes 4th Grade teacher
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Cape Elizabeth, Maine
"More important than the mechanics of writing, is its composition and style. Sometimes we forget that. Mrs. P's Annual How to be a Famous Writer contest ignites creativity, style, voice and a connection to many genres of books for my students. All readers can write, but my strongest writers are my strongest readers who use mentor texts to emulate structure of text and ways with words in their own unique pieces. Mrs. P connects reading and writing beautifully through her online storytelling, writing prompts and thrilling contests. My students are mesmerized by her Renaissance nature! Thank you, Mrs. P, for keeping writer's workshop alive and well."
Heather Garnett
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Dear Mrs. P.,
Thank you for creating this contest. Writing is my favorite subject to teach, and I set out on this assignment thinking it was going to be a lot of fun as well as educational. However, what I did not realize is how much all of this tied directly into our 2nd grade reading and writing curriculum (all learning points bolded below). You know there is nothing better than practical application of things taught, and I couldn't have created anything better to model this to my students...
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In ballarat and looking to find some yummy grounded pleasures drinking chocolate in this wintry weather? Try Wilsons on Mair Street, Cake Bakeshop on Main Road (don't forget to grab a yummy cupcake!), The Turret on Sturt Street, The Lydiard Wine Bar or our newest supplier Cafe Muzyka (you'll find us there most Friday mornings listening to Earl Leonard's fun kids show). A little further away? Try Daylesford where you can pick up our retail packs at Lark or check out the Lake House's fantastic new venture at Wombat Hill House.
On the topic of living local, have you checked out the untold gold site?
"Untold Gold is unearthing the hidden treasures of Ballarat – From food and wine to shopping and history, the UG maps and devoted website are a guide to all the must sees of the beautiful central Victorian city. Ballarat is a city of riches – Bringing together a wealth of history and a vibrant, burgeoning modernity. The UG maps and website will be packed with helpful information to help you get the most out of your Ballarat experience. So whether you are a local with a story to tell, a visitor sharing your experience or a newcomer, Untold Gold is a hub for sharing information and creating discussion. Stop in at one of the nearby visitor centres or your favourite boutiques, cafés or hotels and pick up a copy (November) or play here." Untold gold is just getting up and running, so be sure to check back at the site regularly to see the new adds. We are very exciting to have already had a little write up here.


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The US is Too Slow to adopt International Standards
The reality is that there are well over 100, perhaps hundreds, of IEC standards are in use, or under evaluation for use, in the US. (See ANSI Standards Search or UL standards catalog.) Why has taken many years and work is still needed for the use of IEC standards to achieve even the current level in the US? The primary reason is:
History – there is a long history behind the existing extensive inventory of standards developed and used within the US electro-industry. These standards were developed to reflect the US products and practices by the likes of UL, IEEE and NEMA. In some cases, like electric shock protection (fibrillation vs. let-go) and earthing, the general philosophy, while constrained by physics and physiology, grew up differently from other parts of the world and thus the standards were written to reflect that philosophy. Once these basic principles were entrenched, standards developed later continued to reflect and build on those criteria.
There are ongoing efforts to compare the US and IEC requirements so that hybrid standards can incorporate the best of both worlds but still address US needs. This activity requires time and commitment to stay with the effort until it is complete. If you want to be part of this effort, contact the US National Committee (USNC) Secretary – Mr. Charlie Zegers at firstname.lastname@example.com or (212) 642-4965. Alternatively you can access the directory of the USNC to identify the key contacts (Technical Advisor or TAG Administrator) for individual activities at USNC Directory.


text: Phenom The Making of Bryce Harper Author: Rob Miech Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9781250034427 Release Date: 2013-03-12 Genre: Biography & Autobiography Download "The remarkable story of Bryce Harper's unforgettable ride from Morse Stadium to the top of the baseball draft" (Jayson Stark, ESPN.com) updated from the hardcover edition (The Last Natural) to include his Rookie of the Year season! Before he famously became a Major League All-Star as a teenager, Harper already had dominated high school competition like Mickey Mantle on the playground and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, which dubbed him the "most exciting prodigy since LeBron James." Seeking greater tests as a hitter, the precocious star got his GED after his sophomore year and enrolled at the College of Southern Nevada, where he would face future pro pitchers in a difficult wooden-bat league. Sportswriter Rob Miech was "embedded" with the team—in the dugout and locker room and on team buses and in motel rooms—to provide a warts-and-all account of a boy among men playing like a man among boys. Amid fascinating personal stories including the dynamics between a veteran coach and Harper's overprotective father, the jealousies of teammates and opponents, and the sudden descent of press armies on a tiny college field, the author chronicles a season-long experiment that culminates in Harper leading the Coyotes to the Junior College World Series and signing a $9.9 million contract negotiated by notorious agent Scott Boras. Sporting a fresh cover and a bonus chapter that covers Harper's award-winning rookie season with the Washington Nationals, this expanded edition of Phenom (originally published as The Last Natural) gives fans an all-access pass to baseball's newest rising star.


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Lauren McDaniel is the director of projectY cowork Los Alamos, a collaborative coworking space that opened June 2016 at 150 Central Park Square and serves as a hub for startups, freelancers and others to be connected to like-minded entrepreneurs, business experts, investors and mentors who will help them achieve their personal and professional goals. It is an initiative between Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corporation, Los Alamos County, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Feynman Center for Innovation and Community Partnerships Office, and Central Park Square owner Philip Kunsberg.
With a background in public relations, Lauren previously served as the manager of external and public relations for Santa Fe University of Art and Design (SFUAD). At the university she also oversaw media relations for its sister school in San Diego, NewSchool of Architecture & Design. Prior to working with SFUAD and NewSchool, Lauren was a senior account executive at Walker Sands Communications, a B2B and technology PR agency based in Chicago, where she led a team that conducted strategic, award-winning PR campaigns for six global clients. She also previously held a position in External Relations at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the same institution where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in News-Editorial Journalism. In 2015 Lauren was one of only two dozen global recipients to receive a Laureate International Universities' GPS Award, which recognized her contributions to the company's mission of fostering collaboration between departments and universities around the world.


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Former army commander's body had eleven wounds 'caused by high-velocity military type weapons', according to an autopsy conducted by a South African pathologist.
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Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander Maaparankoe Mahao died from eleven gunshot wounds "caused by high-velocity military type weapons", according to a post-mortem conducted by a South African pathologist.
The autopsy was carried out on 3 July 2015 by Professor S.A. Wadee at Bloemfontein Forensic Pathology Service in the presence of several South African and Lesotho state officials but the actual "confidential post-mortem report" was compiled by Professor Gert Saayman, head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Pretoria.
The report states that Lieutenant-General Mahao's death on 25 June 2015 was "consistent with multiple high-velocity gunshot wounds, with blood loss". His body had 11 gunshot wounds caused by the "high-velocity military type weapons".
Lt-Gen Mahao's injuries were "predominantly situated on the right side of the body, with one of the projectiles (bullets) having deeply penetrated the chest structures and right lung", says the report of which the Lesotho Times has a copy.
The report says "the wounds are of a nature in keeping with what could have been caused by projectiles fired from high-velocity military type weapons."
"At least some of the wounds have the appearance that they were sustained after the projectile may have passed through an intermediary target," the report says, raising the possibility that one or two of the bullets could have hit the former LDF chief in the arm first before entering his chest.
The nature of the weapons described in the report mean that Lt-Gen Mahao would not have stood a chance.
All the bullet fragments retrieved from the body during the autopsy were handed over to a South African Police Service (SAPS) Warrant Officer present during the autopsy "for sealing in an SAPS evidence bag", the report says. Blood samples for alcohol/toxicology analysis were also extracted from the body and handed over to a SAPS forensic officer "for sealing" in another evidence bag.
Contacted for comment yesterday, the Mahao family lawyer, Advocate Haae Phoofolo (King's Counsel) said he had "gone through" the 13-page report but declined to give any details.
"What I can only say is the post-mortem report is conclusive proof that Lieutenant-General Mahao could not have been alive when he was taken to Makoanyane Military Hospital like the LDF has been alleging.
"Judging from the wounds he sustained from high-calibre guns fired from close range, the shooting was indeed, brutal," Adv Phoofolo said.
Mahao family spokesperson, Lehloenya Mahao, refused to comment on the autopsy report.
"I am not in a position to discuss the issue, maybe some other time, but certainly not now," he said.
The Mahao family has nevertheless insisted in the past that Lt –General Mahao was brutally shot and killed on the spot while the LDF claims the former army commander was still alive when he was taken to the military hospital. The LDF has also previously claimed that Lt-General Mahao was killed while trying to resist arrest for allegedly masterminding a mutiny. The military further alleges he fired first, allegations furiously rejected by the former army commander's family in past press statements.
Advocate Phoofolo said the autopsy report spoke for itself as no one would have stood a chance from a volley of bullets fired from the type of guns described in the autopsy.
The report states that Lt-Gen Mahao's body was cleaned and "well-preserved" after he was shot by fellow LDF members near his Mokema home.
Lt-Gen Mahao's property, the report says, was in "a commercial plastic shopping bag" next to his body during the autopsy. The property is listed as "one pair grey underpants (partially cut open), a grey/charcoal T-shirt, a light brown short-sleeved shirt with vertical stripes, a dark multi-coloured black/charcoal short-sleeved button-down pull-on jersey, an olive-coloured pair of long trousers with an elasticated waist bearing the clothing label 'Johnson', and a two-tone 'Johnson' label long-sleeved shirt, olive and cream in colour.
"The shirt, as is the case with the other items of clothing, has been extensively cut open."
The autopsy report says "multiple injuries are externally visible" on the body which is "notably clean in keeping with the body having been previously washed". There was "virtually no residual blood on parts of the body away from the sites of the injuries".
The report describes in great detail the extent of the injuries and the location of the wounds on Lt-General Mahao's upper body.
"The upper body garments all show multiple irregular defects in keeping not only with the items of clothing having been cut off or away from the body, but also probably representing penetration by one or more projectiles (bullets).
"In particular, the following material defects are noted on the 'Johnson' two-tone long-sleeved shirt:
- Over the right deltoid aspect is a large irregular defect measuring approximately 75mm in diameter, with irregular edges and with multiple surrounding additional irregularity torn detects varying from 2mm – 5mm in approximate diametre.
- There are multiple irregularly torn defects to the right lateral aspect of the shirt, the nature, the shape and size of which are assessed with difficulty as a result of associated and or subsequent cutting, presumably with a pair of scissors.
- On the back panel of the shirt to the right of the midline in the upper back, is an irregularity shaped defect in the material measuring approximately 10mm in diametre.
- There is no obvious evidence of soot or grease soiling, glass impregnation or blood on the items of clothing."
The report also says there was a "large gaping oval-shaped penetrating defect" on the right arm.
It continues: "The wound has irregular edges and an irregular and variable collar of abrasion varying from 2mm to 6mm in diametre.
"Furthermore, the right upper arm displays a palpably fragmented fracture of the humerus, with distinct angulation and deformation of the upper arm and with associated shortening of the limb.
"On the upper medial aspect of the right arm, immediately distal to the axillary fold, is a large irregular gaping skin-wound measuring approximately 50mm in maximal diameter, with irregularly lacerated edges and irregular areas of abrasion surrounding the wound. There is some extrusion and eversion of subcutaneous soft and fatty tissue. The appearance is not inconsistent with an exit gunshot wound.
"On the lateral aspect of the right side of the chest (positioned approximately 30mm to the right nipple) is an oval penetrating wound measuring approximately 70x90mm, with distinct but irregular surrounding collar of abrasion, varying from 5-10mm in width. The appearance is not inconsistent with that of an entrance gunshot wound.
"On the back of the body, approximately 150mm from the midline and at the approximate level of the fifth thoracic vertebra, is an irregular penetrating skin wound with maximal diameter approximately 10mm. The wound edges are irregular and appear opposable. No surrounding collar of abrasion is noted and indistinct extrusion and eversion of subcutaneous soft tissue is seen. The overall appearance is consistent with that of an exit gunshot injury. The wound is situated approximately 146cm above the level of the right heel.
"On the right upper forehead is an irregular area of abrasion measuring approximately 45x25mm and with indistinctly visible longitudinally orientated superficial striations.
"The area above the upper lip on the right side and lower portion of the right cheek, also involving the right lateral aspect and tip of the nose, show an irregular area of abrasion with collective dimensions approximately 40x40mm and with distinct longitudinally orientated striations within the base of the wound. Smaller discrete separate areas of abrasion are visible in the immediately adjacent areas. A small superficial abrasion measuring approximately 4mm in maximal diameter is also present on the right upper eyelid."
The report also describes the chest injuries in greater detail.
"Upon opening the skin overlying the anterior chest, an indistinctly demarcated (subcutaneous) projectile (bullet) tract could be identified extending from penetrating injuries on the right upper arm and pectoral region, across the front of the chest but without penetrating the bony chest cage.
"This wound tract extends almost horizontally across the front tissue. Haemorrhage is present where the relatively well-preserved steel core of a (bullet) projectile was identified. The externally visible contusion on the upper part of the anterior chest wall appears to be a manifestation of the subjacent tissue injuries over the upper sterna region," the report also notes.
"The right lateral chest wall shows penetrating injury, associated with overlying skin defect. There is a large irregular defect in the chest wall overlying the lateral aspect of the body of the fifth rib which has been fractured and completely disrupted."
According to the report, there was "moderate soft tissue injury" to the interior abdominal wall while there was "extensive disruption" of the liver tissue.
The autopsy report emerged this week as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) dispatched its mediator, South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, to meet with the government and voice the regional body's concern over a decision by LDF Special Forces Commander Lieutenant-Colonel Tefo Hashatsi to challenge in court the work of a commission convened by SADC to probe Lt-General Mahao's death. (see story on Page 4)


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¿Hola? ¿Are you still there? You might have forgotten about me . . . or my time in Ecuador four years ago . . . but I'm still around and still LOVING Ecuador. 🙂
I recently returned from a trip to Ecuador and had an AMAZING time. This was actually my third (!) trip to Ecuador since I came back in July of 2013. This time, however, I am remembering to post some pictures from my most recent trip since some people have shown interest in discovering this amazing country along with me.
During my most recent trip, I must tell you that I feel like my experience included the best of both worlds in Ecuador. I had the opportunity to visit Quito for a few day and then transitioned to Milagro for a few days. That means I was able to visit the capital (Quito) with cooler weather, mountains, and a busy city and then headed to the coast (Milagro) with warmer weather, amazing seafood, and beaches.
So . . . whether this updated post comes to you as a surprise or you were waiting . . . I hope you enjoy seeing a few photos from Ecuador!
Quito is the capital city of Ecuador with a population of about 3 million people and an altitude of about 9,300 feet.
Milagro is a costal city in Ecuador on the western side of the country and has a population around 180,000. Milagro is the Spanish word for miracle.
Thanks for checking out the photos from my most recent visit to Ecuador. As you can see, it is a BEAUTIFUL country and I feel incredibly fortunate to have friends there to visit and enjoy. Until next time . . . hasta luego!


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Oki Systems (UK) Limited, the business printed communications company, has launched a new marketing programme to provide dealers with a variety of on-line co-branded marketing materials.
As a manufacturer that sells 100% of its products through the channel, Oki is 100% committed to listening to and responding to the challenges faced by resellers. Research undertaken by Oki across its reseller community highlighted the need for manufacturers to offer an easy means of accessing sales and marketing materials. As a result Oki has devised a new marketing programme to fulfil these requirements.
Oki Co-Brand producing tailored marketing materials in-house
Okis on-line marketing service, Oki Co-Brand, provides resellers with access to a range of marketing materials to help them target their customers more effectively. Resellers are able to download a variety of documents such as industry specific direct mail flyers, point of sale banners, html banners, brochures, magazine inserts, product reviews and images. All the reseller needs to do before the documents are ready to print, is to customise the document with their own logo and contact details.
Ewa Johnson, marketing director, Oki Systems (UK) Limited explains: Our research highlighted that resellers dont always have the resources needed to produce tailored marketing materials in-house. Our on-line literature service solves that problem. With minimal effort and expense, resellers are now able to produce professional targeted customer communications.
The key business benefits of Oki Co-brand to resellers are that they have marketing collateral available on demand and able to be printed locally. This reduces print costs and eliminates storage and shipping costs. Furthermore the channel is guaranteed access to the most up to date Oki marketing information, which in turn enables them to capitalize on Okis nationwide campaigns.
High quality sales leads
Having access to marketing materials is only one aspect of generating new business. Okis research also highlights the need for manufacturers to provide high-quality, relevant sales leads. To respond to this demand Oki has implemented a fully integrated marketing and PR campaign, which aims to raise Okis brand profile in the business media creating a pull effect for resellers.
Recent marketing initiatives have included TV and radio adverts, catalogue placement within national and trade press, launch of a new website and direct mail. All campaigns promote Okis strong emergence as one of the top four players in the European colour page printer market and championed the business benefits of In-house Colour Printing (ICP).
Ewa Johnson adds: We have achieved a fantastic response from our direct mail campaign and have been able to provide our resellers with good quality sales enquiries. We are very pleased with the results and in line with reseller feedback, are looking to expand our marketing programmes further in 2005.
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Where to start? Well first of all I should probably start with a BIG thank you to the wonderful people of Sydney for making my trip so incredibly special and to my host for his hospitality. I started out needing a break but what I got was an experience that changed my life forever, and which gave me the strength I needed to start over and make the changes I've been needing to make for a long time. For the first time in as long as I can remember I suddenly felt like I could breath. So, before I get carried away on a personal journey through healing and self-discovery, I should get right down to the nitty gritty and tell you about all the wonderful places I discovered on my journey – just in case you ever happen to be there. I do this whenever I travel, I make a list before I go, I try to get through it while I'm there although mostly get a quarter of the way through, and then I make a list after. Weird, I know, but somehow beneficial to me; it also serves to keep me entertained on flights and ensures I'm busy wherever I go.
So let's start with a little bit of the good stuff – FOOD! Breakfast spots in Sydney are in abundance; there's the infamous Bill's; brain child of chef Bill Granger and home to his world-famous breakfasts. This place is ALWAYS packed so I suggest booking in advance. Bill's flagship store is located on Crown Street in Surrey Hills and there are plenty of awesome little eateries nearby if you don't get a table – try Fifi Foveaux's which is a little further down, opposite the Crown Street Grocer; The breakfast we had here was definitely worth going back for, and the coffee was superb. Heading in the opposite direction towards Oxford street you will find Kawa, another local hot spot, and although I only grabbed a juice and snack I must note that it was really delicious, the menu here looks interesting and people seem to love it, so much so that there was a 14 person waiting line outside when we left. Four Ate Five is another Crown Street favourite and TimeOut magazine rate it pretty highly too. If you are willing to travel a little further then The Pantry in Manly does a mean Eggs Benedict, has the best view of any restaurant in Sydney, and their lunch menu is to die for.
Then there is the question of coffee; something you may be aware I am very particular about. I had several recommendations and a whole list of my own to try so we started with the basics. Campo's coffee is well known in Sydney and they have been roasting here for a long time; it's never just about a good roast though, baristas make up 50% of a good cup and Campo's flagship store in Newtown have some great staff who can knock out a pretty special coffee. It was good. It was really, really good. Big thumbs up! Another notable one is the coffee at Max Brenner the chocolate specialists, especially their Oxford Street store in Paddington. My favourite coffee came from Coffee Alchemy in Marrickville – this tiny store has the best baristas East of Italy and their own blends are roasted right there on the premises. The mind simply boggles. I drank in silence and watched them in awe.
While in Marrickville we also happened to stop in at the Yeeros Shop; this place has been around for decades and the namesake traditional Greek dish is served up to local patrons by the younger generations of the Greek family who have owned the store since they first landed in Australia – talk about authenticity. Nothing has changed apparently, and although this is simple street food, it's damn good. Other must-see, must-eat lunch spots include Doyles (either Watsons Bay or The Fish Market) for serious seafood, Sea Bay on Pitt street and Yoshii for sushi (or Sushi Train). Darling Harbour has great restaurants, as does Bondi – be careful with your choices though as a lot of it is the same. There are some great little gems in Sydney, you just have to look for them. For instance The Grounds in Alexandria is absolutely fabulous, you just have to find it!
Evenings in Sydney are always magical, especially if you are there in summer (although I don't know why you would go during their winter). If you are on a budget and want very good but simple Seafood there is Nick's Seafood in Darling Harbour; if you want simple but well cooked, melt-in-the-mouth ribs try Hurricanes in Bondi (or Darling Harbour) – I would suggest sticking with the ribs and chicken here as the steak is not that good. Food in Sydney is pricey for anyone holidaying here, no matter where in the world you are from; if you have the budget though, there are some really top notch restaurants in Sydney and a few of them are still on my to-do list for my next visit. For French fair and reasonable prices try L'Etoile in Paddington. If it's more of a fine-dining experience you're searching for then my suggestions are Quay which has an incredible view over The Rocks, Momofuku Seiobo at The Star, Rockpool Bar and Grill in the city and Porteno in Surrey Hills. Make bookings before you head out, a lot of these places get really busy. If you don't know where to go, try heading out into Paddington, Surrey Hills or Newtown; filled with great restaurants and hidden gems, these places come alive at night and can make for a great spontaneous evening out.
If you're after an evening tipple and fancy something underground and a little more interesting than the loud bright city bars, there a few quiet corners of Sydney where wine and cocktails can be found served to the beat of some rather interesting music. A host of bars have opened in recent times, paying to the speak-easy / underground bar scene which is currently so popular. My first suggestion for cocktails would be The Baxter Inn on Clarence street in the city (or their sister bar The Shady Pines Saloon in Darlinghurst). Next up on the list is wine; The Wine Library on Oxford Street is pretty cosy and has a fairly substantial and well chosen selection which is followed closely by William, a wine bar on William street in Paddington. Nights in Sydney can be a whole lot of fun if you know where to look.
Sydney seems to be the kind of place you go to relax, eat, drink and wander around in the sunshine among the scantily clad, perfectly toned locals. Its a tourist hot-spot and a rich kids playground all at once; I am particularly fond of the old architecture and terraced housing, it has a sort of New York meets Cape Town feel to it and yet still maintains a uniquely Australian vibrancy. I only managed to get through a quarter of the things I wanted to do during my time here and I hope to get back to Sydney very soon.


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But when to use an apostrophe, and when not to, is really a super simple thing, and yet it confuses so many people. Apostrophes mean possession, many people think, so they add an apostrophe to its or hers. Shudder.
Actually, the simple truth is: Apostrophes are used for contractions.
That's it. That's all. Apostrophes never pluralize and they never indicate possession. Now wait a minute, you might be thinking. Because there are times when you need to use an apostrophe with a possessive, and times when it might be acceptable to use one with a plural. For the first: it's not because it's a possessive, it's because it's a contraction. And for the second: it might be acceptable, but it isn't correct.
So, the simple rule for apostrophes again: Use an apostrophe only when your word is a contraction.
Before I get to how that works with those pesky possessives that happen to have apostrophes, here's an essay I wrote a million years ago when I was in charge of the About.com Creative Writing for Teens site (as I said last week, it no longer exists, though you may find parts of it archived -- or plagiarized -- here and there on the web).
Which Word: Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions
More Than OneMost nouns are made plural simply by adding s (or es if the word already ends in s or sh). So more than one dog are dogs, one horse plus another horse makes two horses, and you can be in one skirmish or several skirmishes. Then there are the irregular plurals like mouse becoming mice and knife knives, but that doesn't concern us here. The point to remember is that when you add s to make a plural, you add only the s, never apostrophe-s. So dogs is always dogs and never dog's if you're talking about more than one dog.
But That Is MineNouns are made possessive by adding s also. This is why people get confused. But it doesn't have to be confusing if you remember that to make a noun possessive you add apostrophe-s, and not just s all by itself. So to say that a bone belongs to a dog, you say that it is the dog's bone. A horse that belongs to Jonathan is Jonathan's horse. And so on.
But then what do you do if the noun or name ends with s already? There are two possibilities. One is to go ahead and add apostrophe-s after the s that is already there. The other is to just add an apostrophe. So you could say that a car belonging to Seumas is Seumas's car, or that it is Seumas' car. Adding both the apostrophe and the s is generally considered more correct, though either option is acceptable. The same two possibilities are available when making a plural noun possessive. You could say the dogs' bone or the dogs's bone in order to indicate a bone belonging to several dogs. To talk about the house where the Joneses live (more than one person with the last name Jones), you would say the Joneses's house or the Joneses' house. Writers usually use whichever is most like the way someone reading aloud would pronounce it; so a writer would probably write Seumas's car but the dogs' bone and the Joneses' house.
More Apostrophe-sesAnother place you get that old apostrophe-s is when you contract two words into one word (known as a contraction). Contractions don't always involve ses, of course; don't and isn't are contractions. But it's the ses that get confusing. All you need to remember is: in a contraction, the s always stands for another word (usually is, but sometimes other words like us). So that dog is running can become that dog's running and let us go swimming becomes let's go swimming.
Those Pesky Possessive PronounsAnother source of confusion is possessive pronouns. Pronouns are words that stand in for nouns, like me, you, she, it, us and so on. Unlike other nouns, pronouns never use apostrophe-s to become plural; they have their own special plural forms. To show possession, the dog that belongs to me becomes my dog; the dog is mine. So you get the forms me my mine, you your yours, he his his, she her hers, us our ours, it its its. The word its seems to give people the most trouble. The key is this: its is a possessive pronoun (possessive pronouns don't use apostrophes); it's is short for it is.
When Plurals Are Allowed ApostrophesNow I've already said that plurals never use apostrophes, and I stand by that, but some publications (and web sites) require the use of apostrophes in plural forms in special situations (and only in special situations). Those situations are ones where the s that makes the word plural might be confused with part of the word itself, in acronyms or abbreviations, and with numbers. So some newspapers, for example, specify that you must write how-to's rather than how-tos, CD's instead of CDs, and the 1990's rather than the 1990s. Personally, I think people are smart enough not to need those apostrophes, but if it makes the difference between selling an article and not selling one, I'll put the silly things in.
How To Keep It All StraightThat seems like an awful lot of detail to remember, but it's all logical if you stop to think about it. But to make it a little easier, just remember these rules:
- Nouns become plural with s or es (unless they're irregular), and never use apostrophes (except in some publications where some words, acronyms/abbreviations and numbers are required to have them).
- Nouns, including plural nouns (but not pronouns), become possessive with apostrophe-s (or sometimes with just apostrophe).
- Pronouns have special possessive forms and so do not use apostrophes.
- Contractions always use apostrophes to indicate that part of the word has been taken out to shorten it.
And that's it. Remember those four points, and you'll always know if you need to say its or it's, the dogs or the dog's.
In the million years since I wrote that article -- which I mostly still agree with -- I learned why it that possessive nouns use apostrophes, and it makes everything so much simpler. I think if they would just teach that one little bit of the history of English in school, a lot of people would never be confused about apostrophes. And if I'd known it when I wrote that article, I could have simplified my final list to:
- Only contractions use apostrophes.
Because the reason possessive nouns require apostrophes is because they are also contractions.
Once upon a time, in order to make a noun possessive, you have to make it awhile phrase. So to say that George owned this book, you'd write: George, his book. And, as language change, that phrase became one the was more conveniently shortened, contracted to George's book. In other words, George's is a contraction of George, his.
So how come we don't use Emily'r instead of Emily, her? I imagine it's partly because it's unpronounceable, but also because the default gender in the English language has long been male. (I won't say it always was, because there was a time when English -- or that which English evolved from (I don't recall the details and I'm too lazy to look it up) -- had a different set of pronouns).
So there you go. Apostrophes are only used for contractions, and possessives only have apostrophes if they are also contractions.


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Kaskaskia Watershed Association 16th Annual Summit
The Kaskaskia Watershed Association's 16th Annual Summit is scheduled for Monday March 7th, 2016 at the Mariner's Village Conference Center. This event will run from 9:00am – 2:00pm. This year's theme: Planning for Implementation of Critical Projects.
Over the past 16 years the Summit has brought together a diverse group of speakers that have helped with the understanding of our resources and the diversity of laws that we work with. This year we have achieved our goal to get a Comprehensive Plan started for the Watershed. We have been working it for over 10 years. This plan will identify Critical Projects for Implementation. We are poised to access the authorization in Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) for up to $20,000,000 for critical projects.
In addition to the Comprehensive Restoration Plan for the entire watershed we are fortunate to have each of the projects – Lake Shelbyville, Carlyle Lake and the Kaskaskia River Project update their Master Plans. You will hear about the progress and be able to provide input into those plans.
The Flood of 2015-16 will also be featured along with the benefits of the projects that reduced downstream impacts. This presentation is quite compelling.
Elected officials in the watershed or their representatives will be available for comments and to converse with you on issues that are near and dear to your concerns.
Pre-registration is required by Wednesday, March 2, 2016. To register for the event, contact Ms. Roberta LaSalvia at HeartLands Conservancy by calling (618) 566-4451 ext. 12 or by email at email@example.com There is a $15.00 registration fee to cover the cost of lunch and refreshments that can be paid at the door.
For more information please contact the Carlyle Lake/Kaskaskia River Project Office at (618)594-2484 or email email@example.com.
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The recreation opportunities at Carlyle Lake continue to increase! With greater accessibility to paddle boats, canoes and kayaks thanks to local businesses offering a variety of boat rentals, the Army Corps of Engineers has recently released a new map dedicated entirely to the enjoyment and safety of the public and their growing use of these small boats. Read More
Carlyle Lake Virtual Tour
If you are thinking about visiting Carlyle Lake, be sure to visit the Carlyle Lake Virtual Tour! Provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers, this tour explores the Carlyle lake Visitors Center, General Dean Recreation area, Dam Spillways, Eldon Hazlet State Park, Marinas, Camping sites and more. Get an incredible glimpse of the area before you arrive! Read More
Cruisin' the Dam
Cruisin' the Dam is the largest gathering of classic cars in the St. Louis metro area. Many classic vehicles show up there including: classic cars, stock cars, drag cars, and custom bikes. This event allows car enthusiast to cruise over the dam, and check out vendors, games, auctions, food and more. This year's event was held August 14th 2015. The main event was held at Mariner's Village from 4:30pm to 10:00pm.
Boats, Kayaks, Pontoons and Bike Rentals
Dam West Pontoon Rentals
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Located at the Dam West Marina
Carlyle, IL 62231
The Fish House
(618) 304-5273
13551 Dam East Access Rd.
Carlyle, IL 62231
The Lubar & Bistro
(618) 594-6333
911 Fairfax Street
Carlyle, Illinois 62231
Located in downtown Carlyle, The Lubar offers ice cold beer, wine, mixed cocktails, frozen drinks or other house-made favorite's like a LuLu Bucket or Sangria. And not to mention the great menu items from sandwiches to pizza and so much more…
The Wheelhouse Grill
(618) 594-8830
5 Resort Drive
Carlyle, Illinois 62231
Located before the Dam West Recreational area in front of the Mariners Village Resort the restaurant is open year round and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The Carlyle Lake Bike Trail, is a cooperative effort between the City of Carlyle and the US Army Corps of Engineers at Carlyle Lake! The Trail is comprised of bike trails and routes that connect the City to the southern edge of Carlyle Lake and public lands maintained by the Corps. It's a great way to tour Carlyle and take in great views of the Lake and adjacent farmland, prairie, and wetlands.
The Trail consists of looped routes within the City that take you through historic neighborhoods, main commercial districts, restaurants, shops. It also consists of an out-and-back ride along the top of the Carlyle Lake Dam and saddle dams maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources. All told, over 20 miles of bike routes and trails are presented.
More than 9 miles of trails are available to hikers at Eldon Hazlet. The 3-mile Cherokee Trail has three separate loops that pass through a mature oak-hickory forest over gently rolling terrain, offering great views of the lake. The Pawnee Trail is a 1-mile loop trail running along the highest point on Carlyle Lake. Both the Cherokee and Pawnee trails lead to Burnside Cemetery, a restored cemetery with tombstones dating to the 1830s.
The Kaskaskian Trail is a 2 1/2-mile loop trail that begins at the park office and passes by the youth campground, the Pawnee Trail, various day-use areas and the Eagle trail, a 3/4-mile loop near the north end of Illini Campground. A 1/4 -mile accessible interpretive trail is located within the 3-acre prairie restoration directly across from the park office. The 1-mile Illini Trail is located across from the Campground Store and loops around the Illini Fishing Pond. All trails are closed Wednesday through Sunday during pheasant season.
Carlyle Lake offers good fishing for crappie, white bass, largemouth bass, bluegill, channel and flathead catfish, freshwater drum and carp. Other species commonly caught are green sunfish, yellow bass, yellow and black bullheads. If you like variety, the tailwater area, directly below the lake's spillway, is a fisherman's paradise.


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1 cup water [or beef broth]
1/4 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp cayenne [more or less to taste]
1 1/2 tsp minced fresh ginger
3/4 to 1 lb fresh spinach 1. Reserve 1/2 cup of juice from the canned tomatoes, and discard the rest of the juice. Combine the chili, tomatoes, onions, and green bell pepper in a food processor, and process until the vegetables are minced but not pureed. 2. Heat the oil in a large, cast-iron pot, and sauté the vegetables and beef for 5 minutes over high heat. 3. Add the reserved tomato juice, water sugar, salt, cayenne, and ginger. Cover, lower the heat, and simmer for 2 hours. Stir occasionally to keep from burning. 4. Meanwhile, soak the spinach in warm water for 15 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly, separate, rinse again (and even a third time if you want to be extra careful), shred coarsely, and set aside. 5. After 2 hours, add the spinach to the pot and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes, until the water is gone and the spinach is cooked. 6. About half an hour before serving, prepare boiled rice. Serve Shoko with rice. [Also good served with Yam Fufu
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Karl Wendlinger insists it is "hard to imagine" that Red Bull has ruled out the possibility of deploying a team strategy at the final two races of 2010.
Karl Wendlinger insists it is "hard to imagine" that Red Bull has ruled out the possibility of deploying a team strategy at the final two races of 2010.
Following suggestions Sebastian Vettel might play a supportive role to boost teammate Mark Webber's chance of winning the drivers' title, Red Bull bosses insisted the pair will enjoy strict equality in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
But according to Austrian Wendlinger, a former Sauber driver, it is "difficult to imagine" that Red Bull has "totally ruled out" the concept of using team orders.
He also noted on Austrian television Servus TV that Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has confirmed that if there is a lack of spare or new parts in Brazil, it will be Webber who is offered them first.
That is a "psychological advantage" for the Australian, Wendlinger said.
"He (Webber) knows he is better placed in terms of points and that the team wants one of its drivers to be world champion," he added.
Niki Lauda reinforced the view that "intelligence is not the same as team orders".
He was very critical of Ferrari's infamous strategy at Hockenheim, but insists that Red Bull should now be fully behind Webber.
"I've never said anything about (Red Bull using) team orders. Just that they have to be sensible," the triple world champion told Kleine Zeitung newspaper.
"What Ferrari did at Hockenheim for example was an affront to the spectators."
When asked if that means, for example, that Vettel should not try to overtake Webber at Interlagos this weekend, he answered: "Exactly. But this is nothing to do with team orders."


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Here are some irrefutable arguments. They have not been refuted and cannot be refuted. When however the supporters of evolution are presented with these arguments they just plainly ignore them. Let me present some of them.
- To evolve means to develop gradually. But there are no evidence that anything evolved to become better by itself. If anything has evolved to the better, it is always trough the intervention of intelligence.
- Whatever combination of gases or chemicals cannot create life. Anything that has life, has information in it and gases and chemicals do not create information.
- Changes that happen to a kind of animal over a period of time is called evolution. While we can call it evolution there is no evidence that this will eventually lead to one kind of animal changing into another kind of animal.


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Here is a beautiful Christmas Market in Colmar, France! I'd love to shop here someday :)
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This is beautiful Kerri. I also would like to shop there. If I don't talk to you again, hope you have a very happy and blessed Christmas. Blessings of the season, Lu
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12 August 2011
In the 1980s there was a revolution in church worship music unprecedented in 2000 years of church history. Prior to this date, worship song lyrics were almost all composed by pastors and the songs sung in church were selected by pastors. Martin Luther, for example, used song writing as a vehicle to promote reformation of the church and help people remember what he taught. But in the decades before the 1980s there had been a stagnation in worship music. Most churches were still mostly using songs with lyrics and tunes one or two hundred years old - as many also still used the King James Bible - which younger people had difficulty relating to. In the 1970s a few newer songs started drifting in along with the use of guitars instead of church organs - causing much controversy. One side thought guitars were of the devil, while some younger people felt the same about organs. In the 1980s, the old hymn books started to be thrown out and were replaced with up to date tunes and lyrics mostly composed by young musicians in their 20s with little theological training. Newer churches quickly embraced the change, while many older churches fought bitter 'worship wars' - sometimes having different services with different styles. By our decade most churches have made the shift to contemporary lyrics and tunes. Nevertheless, many complain we have lost something in the process. Most of the newer songs have a very narrow set of themes and lack the theological depth and breadth of the old hymns. Most focus on the personal emotional relationship of the worshipper with God. That is a valid Bible worship theme, but it is not the only valid Bible worship theme. The Psalms, our model for worship, have a much wider range of themes. At the same time, the Christian commercial music industry took control of church music. They promoted most whatever sold best rather than chosing songs for their scriptural educational quality as pastors tried to do before this. Young worship lyrics writers copied the styles of whatever sold best, producing more and more of the same narrow set of best selling popular themes. But are the Psalms popular themes? A lot of them are actually on very unpopular themes of repentance for sins of both individuals and the nation as a whole. Many are about the wrath of God and punishment of the wicked - not so popular today. But this is the spirtual food that people need, but are not always going to want to listen to as background music in their car. To their credit, some Christian musicians have taken old hymns and updated their tunes - creating a good combination of theological depth and popular style. The rising ideology of postmodernism has also favoured songs with a focus on personal emotional feelings for God and a neglect of other themes - such as the greatness of God and the wrath of God.
Why does this matter to Christian activism? Because worship music is an educator as much as preaching is an educator - and Christians with a narrow focus on emotional personal relationship with God will also likely have a narrow focus in their prayers and influence on society. Worship and service are indivisible. Service needs to flow out of our worship, just as Isaiah was motivated to preach an unpopular message to Israel (Isaiah 6) after a greater revelation of the holiness of God in worship.
In 1996, in frustration at the theological narrowness of the new worship lyrics, a group of the worlds most respected Bible scholars published "The Cambridge Declaration", calling for amongst other things a return to pastoral control of church music "Pastors have neglected their rightful oversight of worship, including the doctrinal content of the music. As biblical authority has been abandoned in practice, as its truths have faded from Christian consciousness..."
But some will say, most of these theologians are from a traditional Reformed camp. Nevertheless, Paul Yonggi Cho, pastor of the world's largest church in Korea, Pentecostal has expressed the same concern - and encouraged the singing of older hymns with modern songs to compensate their theological narrowness.
Unfortunately, the Christian music industry which controls most Christian music ignored this call - as did most pastors - who continued to surrender their authority over church worship lyrics to young mostly theologically uneducated church musicians who would thus attract youth to church. Christian radio tend to play songs based on popularity based on sales figures from the commercial music publishers and from listener requests rather than the need to select for theological breadth. Thus, the cultural update to worship music has continued and resulted in a theological narrowing and downgrade of worship music lyrics. Many of todays church youth only know the new lyric themes and don't know what they are missing.
For many years, Hugh Wetmore, a board member of ChristianView Network, former leader of the Evangelical Fellowship of South Africa has been emailing me worship songs he has composed on a broad range of themes. They have often been an encouragement and inspiration to me. Recently he has published these in a book "Lyrics to lift your life" which includes a very wide range of topics and theological depth. Each is indexed by topic. In addition to songs in the usual categories of the Life of Christ from His Incarnation to His Return and major Biblical Doctrines, less usual themes include: The Ten Commandments', 'Creation vs Evolution', 'Work', 'Protection while traveling internationally', 'Refugees', 'Herod's Massacre of the Innocents', 'Xenophobia', '21st Century Culture' and 'South African Context'. Songs about the human condition: 'Loneliness', 'Stress', 'Poverty' and 'Hunger' ~ in addition to the usual and necessary themes of 'Lostness' and 'Repentance/Faith', 'The Church Growth Song", "The Inside-Out Church", "The Suffering Song" and "The Identity Song".
"Lyrics to Lift your Life" is available (R80.00 + R8 pack+post) from the author-publisher, Hugh G Wetmore 109 Beacon Hill, 32 Roberts Rd, Pietermaritzburg 3201, South Africa. Tel/Fax +27(0)33 3429012. email: email@example.com. The songs are also available with musical score, as backing tracks and on audio mp3 CDs (as a set of 13 CDs). Why not order one for your church?
My hope is that some young talented musicians will take these broad and theologically deep lyrics and make them popular - and also follow Hugh's example in composing more worship songs of similar theological depth and breadth. An example of a song on a pro-life theme is given below - you can also sing it at your next pro-life protest against abortion and help save babies lives.
The 1980s church music revolution was good in that it brought a new generation of youth into the church with tunes they enjoyed, but problematic in that it narrowed the depth and breadth of their worship music and took authority over music away from pastors to the less biblically knowledgable young musicians and radio DJs. I don't want to slam the commercial Christian music industry. I appreciate them and my spiritual life has been hugely helped by commercially published music. I have a big collection of such music and listen to it all the time. We do however need to take action to broaden and deepen the theological content of and selection songs - and commercial popularity charts will not do that for us.
One of my personal worship solutions has been to rip my collection to mp3 and then create my own compilations of the best songs to listen to in my car, my private worship and on my mp3 player, which I believe include a more balanced selection. I also love the CDs with old hymns set to new tunes. So to the pastors out there - please don't be over awed by the popularity of certain music and by the greater musical ability of musicians in your congregation - the tunes are the musicians responsibility, but the choice of lyrics has a teaching function and thus is a pastoral responsibilty.
I would recommend also that every commercial music company and radio station employ a theologically educated pastor as a consultant to review their music lyric selection to ensure a breadth of theological themes. Possibly larger companies should have a theological review board to review the publishing selection and give feedback to songwriters. I would recommend every young songwriter who does not have a strong bible knowledge sends his songs for review to someone who does before publication. Let us promote a reformation of worship music to broaden the teaching content of music and put the selection of songs out of the hands of young musicians, commercial companies and young radio DJ's and back in the hands of pastors - who choose songs with lyrics to feed the flock a Biblically balanced diet.
And don't forget - Hugh Wetmore's "Lyrics to Lift your Life" song book is available (R80.00 + R8 pack+post) from the author-publisher, Hugh G Wetmore 109 Beacon Hill, 32 Roberts Rd, Pietermaritzburg 3201, South Africa. Tel/Fax +27(0)33 3429012. email: email@example.com.
Please forward this email to your pastor and music worship leader.
Yours sincerely,
Philip Rosenthal
God of Justice, God of Love,
twin these virtues from above,
form them in this world below,
that all people soon will show
justice, love to all.
Justice for the innocent,
killed without their own consent,
taken from their mother's womb,
taken from their cosy home,
justice is denied.
Love for helpless humankind,
all their rights now undermined.
Adult power is cruel and wild
When it's used against a child ~
love evaporates.
God of Justice, God of Love,
You in Christ came from above.
Mary had the courage to
see her pregnancy right through ~
Loving Justice won!
Words: Hugh G Wetmore (c) 2003
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Antia Lamas-Linares
Research Associate
HPC Software Tools Group
Antia joined TACC in 2015 as a member of the HPC Software Tools group. She has a background in experimental quantum information with a PhD in Physics from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining TACC she worked at NIST Boulder, the Centre for Quantum Technologies (Singapore) and the University of California Santa Barbara. Her work focused on quantum optics implementations of quantum information protocols, foundations of physics, and security vulnerabilities of practical implementations of quantum cryptography. At TACC, Antia maintains several packages in the HPC stack and helps users adapt their workflows to take full advantage of computational and storage resources. Additionally, she is in the process of installing and supporting several quantum computing simulation packages for use by the wider research community.
Areas of Research
Quantum computation
Quantum cryptography and hacking
Entanglement sources
Simulation of quantum hardware in classical resources
Current Projects
Quantum hardware simulation on classical computers
User support tools
Quantum cloaking
Selected Publications
A universal setup for active control of a single-photon detector, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85, 013108 (2014), https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.5951.
Nanosecond scale timing jitter in transition edge sensors at visible and telecom wavelengths, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 231117 (2013) - https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.5721
Full field implementation of a perfect eavesdropper on a quantum cryptography system, Nat. Commun. 2, 349 (2011) -
Daylight operation of a free space, entanglement based quantum key distribution system, New J. Phys. 11 045007 (2009) - https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1880
Breaking a quantum key distribution system through a timing side channel, Opt. Express 15, 9388 (2007) - https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.3297
Experimental quantum cloning of single photons, Science 296 (5568), 712-714 (2002).
Stimulated emission of polarization-entangled photons, Nature 412 (6850), 887-890 (2001)
A full publication list can be found at: https://arxiv.org/a/lamaslinares_a_1.html
Speaking Engagements/Conference Participation
International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC)'18. Conference Committee Member. Baton Rouge, LA. March 12-18, 2018.
Conference on Quantum Cryptography (QCRYPYT)'16. Conference Committee Member. Washington, D.C. September 12-16, 2016.
CLEO2015. Conference Committee Member. San Jose, CA. May 10-15, 2015.
CLEO2015. Conference Committee Member. San Jose, CA. Jun 8-13, 2014.
DPhil in Physics,
University of Oxford
MSc in Applied Optics,
Imperial College London
Licenciatura (BSc) in Physics,
Universidade de Santiago (Spain)


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Past the Popcorn: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
by Jeff Walls
Based on the novel by French writer Pierre Boulle, the original Planet of the Apes film inspired a franchise that included five movies between 1968 and 1973. After a forgettable Tim Burton remake in 2001, the franchise was rebooted in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. While it is often referred to as a reboot, that movie stayed true enough to the original franchise that it could also be considered a prequel. The franchise now continues with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which logically advances the progression from the events of the 2011 movie towards the events depicted in the 1968 original.
After a credit sequence that creatively explains how most of the human population on Earth was destroyed by either a virus or war, the film picks up ten years after the events of the 2011 movie. After disappearing into the woods above San Francisco at the end of that movie, the apes have continued to evolve. They walk upright, ride horses, and even wear homemade surgical masks. They have managed to stay out of the human wars and created a thriving community for themselves where they continue to evolve as a species. The leader is Caesar, who has not seen a human in two years and wonders if they have all been wiped out.
He gets his answer when a small group of human survivors stumble into their territory. The humans are part of a survivor camp located in San Francisco that is hoping to use the nearby dam to generate power. One of the leaders of this group, Malcolm, manages to communicate their desires to Caesar, who cautiously allows them to work at the dam. Some of the other apes are not as trusting as Caesar, though, and they suspect that the humans have deadly intentions. Their distrust soon evolves into all-out war, not just between the humans and the apes, but between factions of the apes themselves.
The first thing that stands out when you watch Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the special effects. They are phenomenal. The ape characters are created using such fine detail that every single strand of hair is distinctive from those around it. No two apes look alike and you can tell one ape character from another just as easily as you can tell two human characters apart. The effects don't stop with the apes, either. A herd of deer is terrifically realized, as was a giant bear. Beyond the animals, the digital effects are also used to realistically create a post-apocalyptic San Francisco and the movie's exciting climactic battle. Even though cinemas have been crowded with stunning visual effects this season, this movie stands apart and will surely make the Academy's shortlist come Oscar season.
Speaking of the Oscars, one has to wonder if this could finally be the year that an actor gets recognized for work in performance capture. The undisputed champ of the art is Andy Serkis and he returns to give a spectacular performance as Caesar. His performance is so remarkable that despite the fact that he is a simian, Caesar proves to be the most human character in the movie. His every thought and emotion is portrayed wonderfully through the often subtle, never cheesy facial expressions that Serkis gives him.
The movie is impressive from start to finish. It looks terrific, the story moves at a good pace, and the action scenes are as exciting as any others we have encountered this year. It may run a little long at 130 minutes, but there is nothing in the movie that stands out as something that should have been cut.
Over forty years after the franchise initially took off, it seems that Planet of the Apes has once again become one of cinema's more interesting franchises. It will be fun to see where they take it from here.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opens today at the AMC Southcenter 16, the AMC Kent Station 14, and Century Federal Way.


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Like many dedicated fans I collect merchandise from the group that I love so much, and the Mama's and the Papa's have a lot of merchandise to be bought. Unfortunately, I'm on a budget, so I can't buy it all. I do have a few things and I'm happy to share what I do have with all who care to see it.
Papa John
An Autobiography By John Phillips
California Dreamin'
The True Story of the Mamas and the Papas
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
Toilet Seat Album!
California Dreamin': The Songs of the Mamas & The Papas
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Private residence relief: periods of absence: example: where absence by one spouse or civil partner is treated as absence of the other
Mr and Mrs S jointly bought a dwelling house in Hastings in November 2004. In January 2006 Mrs S took up employment in Brussels and in that month they bought a house in Brussels to live in during her period of employment. Within the time allowed they nominated the house in Hastings as their main residence, see CG64495.
Mrs S was employed in Brussels until January 2010. In that month they sold their house in Brussels and returned to live in Hastings. They occupied the house in Hastings as their only residence until they sold it in June 2014.
You should allow both Mr and Mrs S full relief as follows.
- November 2004 - January 2006 - only or main residence
- January 2006 - January 2010 - period of employment outside the United Kingdom, TCGA92/S223 (3)(b)
- January 2010 - June 2014 - only or main residence.
Although Mr S was not in employment TCA92/S223(3)(b) allows you to give the same relief to him as was available to Mrs S. However if it were not for TCGA92/S223(3)(b) three years of his period of absence would still qualify for relief under TCGA92/S223 (3)(a).


text: In Paul Hornung's 3 years at Notre Dame, the team's seasonal record was 9-1, 8-2, 2-8. He alternated at halfback, fullback, and quarterback in 1954. He was the starting quarterback and 2-time All-America selection in 1955-1956. In 1955 he was fifth in the nation in total offense and fifth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy. Against Iowa his team trailed 14-7 in the fourth quarter. Hornung got off a 23-yard run, then a 40-yard touchdown pass to Jim Morse and place-kicked the extra point to tie the score. With two minutes to play he made a 26- yard field goal that won the game 17-14. That year he also had a 57-yard touchdown run against Southern Methodist. In 1956, he was second in the nation in total offense, second in kickoff returns, 15th in passing, 16th in scoring. He won the Heisman Trophy - the only time it has been won by a player on a losing team - beating out Tommy McDonald and Jerry Tubbs, Oklahoma; Johnny Majors, Tennessee; Jim Brown, Syracuse; John Brodie, Stanford; Jim Parker, Ohio State; and Joe Walton, Pittsburgh. Hornung joined the Green Bay Packers and starred as halfback and place kicker 1957-66. He launched a broadcasting career, working on national TV with Lindsey Nelson. Hornung went to Notre Dame from Flaget High, Louisville, where he starred in football, basketball, and baseball.