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The sprawl and immense overcrowding of American prisons isn't the only extreme about our unprecedented system of punishment. The severity of punishment inside is also worse than ever before.
In an excellent story in this week's New Yorker, Atul Gawande takes us into the hole and finds that - without much question - long term solitary confinement is torture. The United States today has 25,000 prisoners in solitary confinement, and many of these people spend years or decades with very, very little human contact. Some of them are there for repeated episodes of violence in prison and others for the most minor of infractions.
Gawande's story chronicles the mental anguish of living in a 9-by-6 box and being isolated from fellow humans 23 hours a day. Some people survive the experience better than others, but it amounts to torture for all of them. I know a man who spent more than 20 years in New Jersey prisons, and almost every day of it was in solitary confinement. He has managed to readjust to the world upon his release, but he'll be the first to tell you that it isn't easy. Gawande tells of people who have been broken by the experience and those who have come out of it damaged but functioning.
The reasoning behind solitary confinement is that it's a necessary evil to control the most violent prisoners. But it hasn't worked:
Prison violence, it turns out, is not simply an issue of a few belligerents. In the past thirty years, the United States has quadrupled its incarceration rate but not its prison space. Work and education programs have been cancelled, out of a belief that the pursuit of rehabilitation is pointless. The result has been unprecedented overcrowding, along with unprecedented idleness—a nice formula for violence. Remove a few prisoners to solitary confinement, and the violence doesn't change. So you remove some more, and still nothing happens. Before long, you find yourself in the position we are in today. The United States now has five per cent of the world's population, twenty-five per cent of its prisoners, and probably the vast majority of prisoners who are in long-term solitary confinement.
After the jump, a video from the American Friends Service committee with interviews on life in the hole.
Gawande points to a better way, and there's no surprise that it's called rehabilitation. The British tried solitary for a while, and took note of its failure to reduce prison violence. Then:
The British decided to give their most dangerous prisoners more control, rather than less. They reduced isolation and offered them opportunities for work, education, and special programming to increase social ties and skills. The prisoners were housed in small, stable units of fewer than ten people in individual cells, to avoid conditions of social chaos and unpredictability. In these reformed "Close Supervision Centres," prisoners could receive mental-health treatment and earn rights for more exercise, more phone calls, "contact visits," and even access to cooking facilities. They were allowed to air grievances. And the government set up an independent body of inspectors to track the results and enable adjustments based on the data.
The results have been impressive. The use of long-term isolation in England is now negligible. In all of England, there are now fewer prisoners in "extreme custody" than there are in the state of Maine. And the other countries of Europe have, with a similar focus on small units and violence prevention, achieved a similar outcome.
Gawande's full story is here.
The American Friends Service Committee is one of few major organizations focused on ending the reliance on solitary confinement. Check out their Stopmax campaign here, and watch the video below to hear these stories straight from the survivors.
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Meth Paratha is a quick Indian breakfast recipe. Methi Paratha Recipe is made with Methi (Fenugreek leaves), which is mixed in Whole Wheat Flour and spices while making paratha.
Methi is also known as Fenugreek and this green leafy vegetable is packed with unique taste and lots of nutrients. Methi (Fenugreek) leaves are very healthy to eat and this Methi Paratha Recipe or Methi Parantha is packed with so many flavors and nutrition. It is a healthy alternative to the plain paratha. Some people add besan (bengal gram flour) in this, but i prefer to make it only with whole wheat flour, so that paratha should not be heavy after eating.
Sometimes Methi leaves are bitter in eating, in such situation wash the leaves 2-3 times in fresh, warm water.
Methi paratha Recipe is a quick Indian Breakfast or a side accompaniment to any curry or sabzi. You can even pack it up for the School Tiffin of your kids or for the Lunch Box of your hubby, because these parathas remain soft and tasty for long time, if properly packed in a foil. You can enjoy this Methi Paratha with Papad, Pickle or Raita of your choice
Making Methi Paratha is one good way to add lots of Iron in the diet of Kids, specially who do not like greens, such as Spinach and Fenugreek. But Kids like Paratha's, so in this way you can incorporate some greens in their diet.
Let's start making Healthy and Nutritious Methi Paratha Recipe with step by step. For complete list of ingredients and step by step instructions, please refer to recipe snippet below.
Methi Paratha Recipe – Step by Step
Take a big bowl and mix Whole Wheat Flour, Ajwain, Turmeric Powder, Red Chili Powder, 2 tsp Oil and Salt to Taste.
Rinse the methi leaves very well in fresh water, drain and chop it finely.Add chopped Methi Leaves and Green Chilies in the mixture of Wheat Flour and mix altogether.Slowly add water and knead a smooth Dough. Keep the dough aside for 15-20 minutes to settle down. Divide the dough into equal portions or balls.Take one medium sized ball of the dough and roll in a round shaped roti, just like we make Indian Chapati. Heat Tawa on medium high flame, drizzle few drops of Oil and place the rolled out Paratha over it. Cook the paratha over medium high flame for about 2 minutes from one side and then flip over.
Cook the Paratha from both sides till it is well cooked and little brown spots are appeared on both sides. Your Methi Paratha is now ready to serve with Roasted Papad, Pickle or Raita.
How to make Methi Paratha :
Methi Paratha Recipe is a Fenugreek based flat Indian Bread made with Whole Wheat Flour, Methi Leaves and spices. This Indian Paratha is generally made for Breakfast and is liked by all.
- 2 cups whole wheat flour/atta
- 1 cup fresh Fenugreek Leaves (methi), fine chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ajwain (carom seeds)
- 2 green chilies, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
- Oil for cooking
- Salt to taste
- Water to knead the dough
- Rinse the methi leaves well, drain them completely and then chop finely.
- Take a big bowl and mix 2 cups whole wheat flour, 1 cup rinsed and finely chopped fresh Fenugreek Leaves (methi), 1/2 teaspoon ajwain , 2 fine chopped green chilies, 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder, 2 tsp of oil and salt to taste.
- Mix well and with the help of water, knead a smooth dough. Keep the dough aside for 15-20 minutes to settle down.
- Divide the dough into 8 equal portions or balls. Take one medium sized ball of the dough and roll into medium sized roti, just like we make Indian Chapati.
- Heat a flat griddle or tawa, drizzle few drops of oil and place the rolled out roti on it.
- Cook the paratha over medium high flame for about 2 minutes from one side and then flip over.
- Drizzle few drops of oil and cook the paratha from both sides till it is well cooked and little brown spots are appeared on both sides.
- Methi Paratha is ready to serve. Make rest of the parathas in same way and serve with Pickle, Papad or Raita.
Methi paratha could be rolled as a lachha paratha or layered paratha. If you want you can mix 1/2 cup of gram flour (besan) in whole wheat flour. Dry Methi can be used instead of fresh Methi, and if you are using dry methi, then take 1 cup of dry methi, take out the visible dirt and pebbled out and soak it in a bowl with the water for half an hour so that all the soil settle down in the bottom of the bowl. Once it is soaked, with a strainer, drain and wash, and then mix with the flour. These parathas remains soft even hours later, if you keep them wrapped in a soft cotton cloth.


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- of which saturates (g): 6.8
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- of which sugars (g): 37.0
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Thought that I would schedule a post for Christmas Day to share with you a card I made this year for my Hubby - I made it to match in with the decor of my tree!!!!
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With Bob Woodward's "State of Denial" I finally got my answer.
There were "surreal" meetings where Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and former Secretary of State Colin Powell refused to look at each other while making their presentations to a fidgety President, Woodward writes.How would the Kid lead a divided administration while thousands died? Now we know. George Bush wouldn't lead. He would abdicate.
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Perot's Ghost
How to make our environmental majority an electoral one
So we have a new president. George W. Bush campaigned as a bipartisan healer, but his prescription for unity is for everyone to agree with his positions. Bush doesn't believe you can legislateor litigateclean air and water, andunlike 80 percent of Americansbalks at calling himself an "environmentalist." His choice for Interior secretary, Gale Norton, learned environmental law at James Watt's knee. Faced with a new energy crisis, Bush (who once declared, "You can't be too close to oil") proposes drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge while explicitly ruling out new conservation measures. Only a few years ago Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham wanted to abolish the Energy Department. He now says he changed his mind after realizing-perhaps after discussing the Gulf War with Secretary of State Colin Powell?that energy is important to America's national security.
A number of factors have been blamed for this state of affairs, including the 97,000 votes Ralph Nader won in Florida. Nader supporters, and some Democrats, blame Al Gore, saying that an incumbent running in peacetime with a strong economy should have won in a landslide. But in 1996, facing a weak candidate with a robust economy and no Monica Lewinsky, even master campaigner Bill Clinton couldn't get 50 percent of the vote. Why? Because more than 8 percent went to Ross Perot.
Back then, the big issue for Perot voters was the deficit. This time, thanks to Clinton and Gore's economic policies, the deficit was virtually wiped away, but Gore didn't get any credit. Instead, 59 percent of former Perot voters went for Bush, and 9 percent for Nader. Many of these voters seem to have been Republicans and independents who were driven to Perot by the deficit; once it was gone, they drifted back home, where they joined gun-owners (who broke 61 percent for Bush), rural voters (59 percent), and cultural conservatives of every stripe.
It was these voters whom Gore failed to win, not his traditional Democratic Party base. Gore actually did better than Clinton among African Americans, and equaled or bested him among women, union members, and seniors. Gore pulled the largest Democratic vote totals in history in Milwaukee (with a heavy concentration of union voters and African Americans) and, despite Nader, in Madison (from liberals and environmentalists). He swept Illinois by a larger margin than any Democrat since Lyndon Johnson, and carried every state that the media had trumpeted as a "must win"Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington. But he failed to carry a single state in the Great Plains or the South, and only New Mexico in the Rocky Mountain West.
Environmental issues helped Gore enormously, but primarily in the upper Midwest and coastal regions. Nationwide, 61 percent of voters thought Gore was better on the environment, compared to 23 percent who favored Bush's stand, by far Gore's biggest edge. The Sierra Club
concentrated its efforts in eight states, of which Gore carried seven. By election day in Washington State, 88 percent of the voters knew about Bush's poor toxics record in Texas, and turned out heavily for Gore, as they did in six other key states we targeted. The sole disappointment was Missouri, the southernmost of the midwestern block. Overall in the battleground states, 40 percent of the voters were swayed by Bush's bad record on health care and the environment.
But nationally the environment ranked only fifth as a reason to vote for Gore, and seventh as a reason to vote against Bush. This was partly because the Club did not have the resources to focus on the culturally conservative states that make up half the electoral college, allowing Bush to pay no price for his anti-environmental record there.
The problem is not that environmental issues don't resonate in North Carolina or Colorado or Louisiana; in state and local races, they do. In 1996, many hunters and anglers voted against anti-environmental candidates they thought were going to give away the public lands on which they hunt and fish. Four years later, however, these same voters worried more about losing their guns than their hunting grounds. Environmental issues took a backseat to other concerns among
social conservatives, particularly in the Southeast. (Below a line drawn from Richmond, Virginia, to El Paso, Texas, the Club had almost as few local victories as Al Gore.) Bush and scores of other candidates were able to duck their environmental records in these areas, correctly guessing that environmentalists would not be able to hold them accountable.
Take the case of North Carolina representative Charles Taylor, who won reelection in spite of a tax-evasion scandal and his even more scandalous servitude to the timber industry. He succeeded, in part, by attacking his opponent and the Sierra Club for alleged stands on guns and other social issues. In fact, the Sierra Club is not anti-hunting and has no position on guns, but our overall image allows our opponents to get away with ascribing to us positions we don't take.
This is the crux of our dilemma. The Club's future success lies in forming winning alliances across regional and ideological linessomething we simply don't do effectively today, even with those who share our environmental values and goals. We don't need to change those goals, but we do need
to change our language, our style, and our tactics. Above all, we need to start listening better to folks who may speak with different vocabularies about our common dreams.
Carl Pope is the executive director of the Sierra Club. He can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com.


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Ever have a stack of wood in your fireplace that will not start? Or maybe it's just me. My husband always builds the fires, but when I try to do it, it doesn't go as well. I'm no boyscout! So, I found a tried and true method for a fire starter that will use up old candles and dryer lint.
Here's what you will need.
- Leftover candles or any other kind of wax.
- Dryer lint. Just save it in a bag as you go.
- Muffin pan. I bought one at the dollar store or use aluminum.
Melt the wax in a hot water bath or in the microwave. Just remember if your candles have metal in the base of the wick (most do), don't microwave them. Unless you want to celebrate the fourth of July in your microwave! That's why I use a hot water bath. I also had some paraffin that I added to this batch.
While you are waiting on the wax to melt, divide the lint into each of the muffin tins.
Once the wax is melted pour the wax over the lint. They don't need to be soaked, but their needs to be enough wax to hold the lint together.
At this point I put the tray in the freezer. This will allow your fire starters to pop right out of the muffin tin. I keep mine in an enamel bowl by the fireplace. When your ready build a fire, throw one or two of these in with the wood. Light the fire starters and walah!
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History of the Game
For centuries curling has been a favourite game in Scotland. In fact, during the first two thirds of the nineteenth century it can be said emphatically that it was the Scottish game.
It is fruitless to speculate about whether the game is Scottish in origin. Suffice it to say that the only other part of the world for which any claim has been made, the Low Countries, is spectacularly deficient in that necessary raw material, hard igneous rock, from which alone the peculiar implement of the game, the curling stone, is made. Curling has a long history in Scotland, and it from Scotland that it has been taken to the other colder parts of the world in which the game is now played.
As with all other games evidence for the earliest periods of curling is scarce. But there is little doubt that when the notary John McQuhin recorded a challenge about throwing stones across the ice between a monk at Paisley Abbey and a relative of the abbot in February 1541 the written history of curling had begun.
From then on we find references to the game with increasing frequency, and it is possible to say that by the end of the eighteenth century curling was played throughout the Lowlands of Scotland. Poets of Kirkcudbrightshire, Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire celebrated the game in published poems: though there is no evidence to show that Robert Burns was a curler, he certainly knew all about it, as the two stanzas from his Tam Samson's Elegy clearly demonstrate.
When Winter muffles up his cloak,
And binds the mire like a rock;
When to the loughs the curlers flock,
Wi' gleesome speed,
Wha will they station at the cock,
Tam Samson's dead?
He was the king of a' the Core.
To guard, or draw, or wick a bore,
Or up the rink like Jehu roar
In time o' need;
But now he lags on Death's hog-score,
Tam Samson's dead.
(The "cock" was the "tee", to "wick abore" was to wick through a port; the other technical terms are still intelligible to curlers wherever the game is played.)
Several of the parish ministers who contributed to Sir John Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland (1781 – 1799) wrote eloquently of the place in parish life that curling occupied. For example, the minister of Muirkirk in Ayrshire wrote:
Their chief amusement in winter is curling, or playing stones on smooth ice. They eagerly vie with one another who shall come nearest the mark, and one part of the parish against another, one description of men against another, one trade or occupation against another, and often one whole parish against another, – earnestly contend for the palm, which is generally all the prize, except that perhaps the victors claim from the vanquished the dinner and bowl of toddy, which, to do them justice, both commonly take together with great cordiality, and generally without any grudge at the fortune of the day; wisely reflecting, no doubt, that defeat as well as victory is the fate of war. Those accustomed to this amusement, or that have acquired dexterity in the game, are extremely fond of it. The amusement itself is healthful; it is innocent; it does nobody harm; let them enjoy it.
Some curling clubs can legitimately claim a continuous history from the second half of the eighteenth century and prove the claim with surviving minute books.
By the 1830s curling had become so popular and so wide-spread that a demand arose for the founding of a national club to regulate the national game. It should be understood that at this period different forms of the game existed. The commonest form involved rinks of seven, eight, or nine curlers throwing only one stone. This might involve difficulties in the sweeping department, as James Brown in his History of Sanquhar Curling Society suggests:
Their discipline, too, was absolutely perfect. At a time when there were eight men in a rink this was most apparent. Arranged three and three on each side of the rink, they waited with the greatest attention till the stone was delivered, following it quietly but eagerly in its course, till, at the call of the skip, "Soop her up", down came the besoms like lightning, hands were clasped, the feet kept time to the rapid strokes of the besom, and no exertion was spared until the stone was landed at the desired spot..
In Kilmarnock and the Edinburgh area the form of four in a rink, each throwing two stones, was the custom.
When the Grand Caledonian Curling Club was instituted in 1838 for the purpose "of regulating the ancient Scottish game of Curling by general laws" it was the four by two form of the game that was chosen and by the early 1860s this formed had ousted all the others. By 1842 the new national club had sought and obtained royal patronage, and it has ever since been known as The Royal Caledonian Curling Club (RCCC).
From 1838 onwards the game exploded in popularity until by the last decades of the nineteenth century every county had at least one club affiliated with the RCCC, and almost every parish in the land had its custom-made curling pond.
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club promoted the game by providing medals for play between member clubs, by favouring the institution of groups of clubs into provinces so that larger bonspiels could be played, and by the institution of Grand Matches whereby the North of Scotland could play the South, and in a very real sense the whole nation could participate in its "ain game".
Originally curlers played on natural lochs and specially constructed ponds. Some seasons were barren, for the ice never carried. Though there had been indoor ice rinks at Manchester and Southport in the latter part of the nineteenth century it was not until 1907 that the first indoor rink in Scotland, Crossmyloof in Glasgow, was built. Two more rinks opened in Edinburgh in 1912, and one in Aberdeen in the same year. Only one survived in 1917. A new rink opened in Glasgow in 1928 – again at Crossmyloof – and nine more in the ice hockey boom of the late 1930s which followed the remarkable winning of the gold medal in that sport by the Great Britain team at the Winter Olympics in 1936. From the 1960s onwards there was a new boom in ice-rink building and in 2014 Scotland has twenty two rinks providing ice for the game.
If you are interested in finding out more about the history of the game visit the curling history blogspot.


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On my way home from work last night, there was a traffic accident that had I-20 (my route home) down to one lane. My BFF, Sharon called me to warn me about it. I warned my other co-workers, and we had all decided to go home using an alternate route. One of my co-workers left earlier than me and went the "alternate" route. She called me to let me know that traffic was almost at a standstill, too.
Now what am I going to do?
I only know two ways to get home. Drive the Interstate, or go drive the alternate route. They both were stopped. So, i made the decision to stick to the Interstate.
What a mistake!
After driving a few miles, I suddenly see hundreds of brake lights. **BAM** traffic was STOPPED. I continued sitting in that one position for a very long time. So, to keep from losing my mind, I decided to Tweet about it.
**warning: The following comments made by myself are extremely juvenile ..but hey, that's who I am.**
So there you go, my friends. The real me in a real life situation. If you decide to leave now and never look back, I will understand....be hurt, but understand.
If you leave me, you will miss your opportunity to win the $50 gift card from The Outlet Shops of Grand River! I'll close comments at 11:00 pm tonight!


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Values being Passed from submit button
I am using the dynamic dropdowns and it is doing exactly as I needed, but with one small issue. I have three boxes and have created id's in three different tables. The lists I have consist of: Region, Building, and Project.
The problem I am having is not when the boxes load, those are loading with the text values from the DB like it is supposed to. However, when I submit the page the id's are being passed instead of the list values. This is being passed into Crystal and it works when I select one field,but once I select more than one it tries to pass as a string.
Instead what I want is for it to pass the values. I can see in the array option [0] as the id and [1] as the value, but where do I specify in the code to pass [1] instead of [0], or the values instead of the id's? I followed the instructions to a tee and very easy, but cannot figure out which control changes this part.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have attached the could for you to look at.
Here is the web link with response.write in the setSelectionInformation () fiunction. When you select items it will give an error, but also display the values's for the objects you selected. I need this to be the text from the lists instead of the id's.
Just select Americas | 100 Summer Street | then the two Projects and hit run report.
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Hi everyone,
Another weekend has arrived and
Saturday is the day I, Marion, may give you
some inspiration.
For today, I picked a lovely stamp from the
Gorjuss range.
Somehow I do not seem to get enough of them.
They are all to darn cute.
For today, I used this image called the foxes:
You can find this image here:
I coloured the image with copics and it was so much fun colouring.
Of course I love to share my card I made with this lovely stamp.
Here it is:
The text stamp is also from a Gorjuss girl stamp, called hush little bunny.
Thank you for visiting this blog today,
Untill next time and enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Happy Crafting and hugs,


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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
To me, work is something I do in order to receive money in order to afford the necessities to live my life. I work a job right now that i consider, "work", because although I do enjoy it at times, it is not something I see myself doing in the distant future. Career, on the other hand, is what I work towards everyday in my classes. it is the job that I work hard for and dream of. The job that I can do for 30 years, and still feel like I am accomplishing something and enjoy doing it everyday. Vocation is what you are suppose to do with your life. It is how you will use your strengths and talents to make the world a better place. It is how you will choose to live your life on a daily basis. Everyone has there own vocation, and it is something we spend a lot of time and effort searching for.
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Jul 01, 2014
Justin Chapel and Pat Magno will be teammates again at Simpson College. Chapel, a small forward for the Olympians, is competing for the starting small forward position. Magno, a 2 year starter and team captain last season, will be competing for the starting point guard job. Magno, from Eastlake High School, leaves his mark in the Mesa Record Book as one of the top ten in career assists with 290 assists.


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Did you see the new Card Kit available from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps? I love this stamps and the cute sentiments that come with it! I have to confess I absolutely hate coffee…..even the smell….lol…..but I couldn't resist this Card Kit! It's also perfect for all my friends who just love their coffee! There are limited quantities available so head on over and grab the card kit while it's still available!
The designer paper is by Kaisercraft. I used the Spellbinders square scalloped dies to frame the image. The image is colored with Copics and the sentiment was stamped onto the Spellbinders tag die. The charm, ribbon, designer paper and card stock are all part of the card kit.
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Between the Folds: Stories of Cloth, Lives, and Travels from Sumba. (Book Reviews: Social Anthropology)
Allerton, Catherine, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
FORSHEE, JILL. Between the folds: stories of cloth, lives, and travels from Sumba. xiv, 265 pp., map, plates, illus., bibliogr. Honolulu: Univ. Hawaii Press, 2001. $52.00 (cloth), $23.95 (paper)
This engaging book seeks to explore 'moments of possibility' (p. 3) in the lives of East Sumbanese people working within an ever-changing Indonesian textile economy. Neither a technical study of weaving, nor a simple account of the impact of tourism per se, the book describes what happens to ideas about 'tradition' and 'culture' when locally produced cloth becomes an international commodity signalling 'primitive authenticity'. The resulting focus on gendered pathways of knowledge, power, and trade is a welcome addition to eastern Indonesian ethnography, which, as the author notes, has tended to focus on internal social organization.
Part One examines the 'fabricscapes' of Sumbanese life, introducing the expanding social contexts of cloth production and trade, and the history and meaning of various motifs. The discussion of the connection between mobility and gender is particularly significant since the contrast between immobile women, literally 'embodied by their looms' (p. 25), and mobile men is one that certain later individual biographies refute. Forshee also outlines the impact of European collecting on textile design, and the many 'laments of loss' (p. 46) that echo around cloth production.
Part Two describes three very different textile-producing villages, and a number of individuals involved in design, weaving, and trade. Forshee portrays the (often contradictory) personalities and concerns of these Sumbanese men and women with great sensitivity, so much so that certain of the key characters linger in the reader's mind long after the book has been finished. 'Luka' is an innovative designer and trader whose 'royal' presentation of himself to Westerners contrasts with the half-slave status that prevents him from finding a wife. 'Umbu Pan' is a textile trader whose personal style is an eclectic mix of Sumbanese scarves, jeans, and Nike running shoes. 'Ana Humba' is an unmarried noble woman whose travels to trade fabrics in the town allow her to pursue various clandestine romances. By contrast, her silent and reclusive sister 'Madai' appears as an immobile heirloom within her family's clan house, absorbed in her beautiful textiles, mockingly contemptuous of outsiders. Indeed, Madai's consistent r efusal to be photographed whilst weaving haunts the many illustrations of this beautifully produced book.
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Mozilla All Hands – Mozlando 2015 Part-1
"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'! "
A great year with achievements and learning. Starting from small and making it big! I participated in many activities this year but one of the most important was Mozilla All Hands 2015.
Multiple work weeks, happening in the same city, at the same time + some opportunity to get together as one big group as well as with other teams as it makes sense. Then, on the last day, we have a fun social event for all, Mozilla-style!
Tuesday, December 8:
9:00am-12:00pm Mozlando Opening Plenary Session
A great keynote session where we came to know about Firefox Os becoming complete Os for Internet of things. Like for TV, Smart watch, Smart Home, etc
No more mobile devices through vendors! We will focus on open Os to make it more aligned with the booming Internet technology and the requirement for an open Os.
Advantage: An Os on which people can believe and have trust on. It will support all IOT devices in near future as people are moving from browsers to IOT.
Disadvantage: We still need to do lot of work to make it more user friendly and a perfect Os for great user experience. Marketplace still needs more usable apps.
11:30am-12:00pm All Hands Mozlando Photo
1:30pm-3:00pm FxOS All Hands Meeting
The future of Firefox Os is connected device! Moving from a mobile device to making a Os for all connected device is the latest mission we are working on. This was we are no more dependent of vendors for quite a while and will be looking on a global use of Firefox Os.
- It was never just a product and now with the motive of connected devices it proves it.
- FxOs for connected devices will open more paths for Contributors to contribute.
- It will go parallel with other organization who are taking over the Internet to save it.
- Foxfooding will still continue.
- Discomfort among contributors who have been contributing on specific FxOs needs.
- Too many initiative with connected devices will impact quality.
3:30pm-4:30pm L10n community hackathons: 2015 post-mortem,2016 strategy
Last year we had hackathons all around the world with the help of l10n drivers. As a result of which there was a great increase in the overall contribution and activities from the l10n contributors.
Every region were taken care separately for having great impact. For example there was a separate hackathon organized for Indian and Nepal.
For the next year we are planning to organize the same series of events with the help of L10n drivers and Reps program so that we can have a greater impact.
- A reunion of all regional localizers and chance for interacting directly with l10n drivers.
- A great time to cover all your pending work.
- A chance for new localizers to learn more from your fellow localizers.
- Lack of proper training for the existing localizers and the new localizers.
- Agendas not that strong enough to motivate localizers to contribute consistently.
- Decision of choosing place and time can be improved.
- A well structured format for training for both old and new localizers.
- Make the agendas by discussion with contributors who are coming to hackathon.
- A stable place can be more helpful than experimental place.
5:00pm-6:00pm How to execute a l10n hackathon
A great session on how to organize a l10n hackathon. Every time l10n drivers cannot be around so we need to learn how to organize community driven hackathon. Proper agendas can motivate contributors to work more and bring more contributors in.
Some key points to execute a l10n hackathon:
- Strong agendas as per requirement.
- A contributor friendly venue and timing!
- Agendas for small training for old and new contributors.
- Sharing latest strategical information as per Mozilla's goal.
This year hackathon series was more of experiment and feedback and will improve more next year to keep it more stable. Each month there will be a hackathon in grouped regions!
Wednesday, December 9:
1:15pm-2:15pm Participation with Chris Beard
A great discussion with Chris about the future of Participation in Mozilla. Many important questions came out on how we can enhance the contribution areas with the help of participation. How we can encourage volunteers to make a greater impact in the community. What is the future of Firefox Os in Mozilla and how we can adapt the new ideas and initiative of connected devices. Firefox Os is not dead but rather a new birth of Firefox Os to do much bigger things for the Web.
- A proper format for volunteers to contribute.
- A path to become the future leaders.
- Become the bond between the Corporation and volunteers.
- Build a better and sustainable community with the help of participation.
3:30pm-4:30pm Removing some of the training burden
"Many l10n teams struggle to train newcomers and instead opt to not recruit and instead take on more work than they can handle."
A great discussion with l10n drivers and volunteers on what can l10n-drivers do to help mitigate some of the training burden?
A proper format of training for both old and new localizers was one of the ideas which came out. Some manual work and some automation can help to build that was suggested. Creation of template like video tutorials / document with screen-shots could help to power this plan.
- With proper training format the burden will be reduced for the existing localizers and l10n drivers which will result in sharing of labour within the community.
- More people will be trained and more contributor will join community.
- A friendly environment for contributors and l10n drivers.
- A single format of training for all the locales.
This was just about the first two days! If you find it interesting then please comment so that i can go ahead and write about the next two days activities!
We also visited places like Universal Studio, Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios. Some glimpse of it is here:
Enjoy and have fun!!
Cheers 🙂
Note: The above information are my personal experience and hence should not be reflected as any official news!


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After the event known around the world as "The Fappening," computer users have come to the realization that their cloud security is as ephemeral as its namesake. Lack of two-factor authentication, internal security vulnerability and even the behaviors of individual users have been blamed. leaving users wondering if cloud storage is even safe.
Users can rest assured that cloud storage is safe, but it is important to be careful. Since the attack in The Fappening was a targeted one, hackers were able to find out the information needed to answer security questions and bypass other steps from public information. Apple says that the attack was not because their iCloud was breached, but because these celebrities already had put information out there that allowed them specifically to be breached. The cloud is safe, they allege – it is individuals that are not.
In order to understand the issue, it is necessary to understand how cloud storage works. Normally, when storing data, a user will save it to their own personal hard drive. Cloud storage would store that information on an off-site server. This allows the user to access their information from anywhere, as long as there is an internet connection. These cloud servers can hold anything, but some are used for specific things like photos, or for work tools like Google Docs. The most recognizable cloud storage system is most likely a user's email. Non-deleted emails are not saved on a computer's hard drive, but kept on servers at Yahoo! or Google or whatever email service is used.
The benefits for using cloud storage are numerous. It allows computers to move faster, as they are not encumbered with loads of data. It also lets businesses show clients projects and information without making them visit the office. Cloud storage truly revolutionizes the global market by wiping away distance to make business possible between entities across the globe.
Much of the issue relies on how individuals protect themselves while using cloud storage. Long, involved passwords with numbers or symbols are one way users can add a layer of protection. Two-factor authentication has become the buzzword around this hack. The idea is that when there is a problem with someone's account, a text with a code is sent to a phone number that the user has set up beforehand. In a 2012 Wired article, writer Mat Honan related his experiences of being hacked without the protection of a two-factor verification system. By using only easily found information already on the web, hackers were able to break into his accounts and almost completely wipe away Honan's digital footprint. Along with this, there are certain, theoretical questions surrounding the cloud. For example, who owns the information on the cloud? Is it the person who uploads it, or is it whoever owns the server where the cloud is located?
In the future, the cloud is where business will get done. As business continues to globalize, and the world economy becomes more and more entwined, the cloud will be an integral and vital part of the working life. While the inevitability of the cloud is not in question, the way to deal with the accompanying security and philosophical issues is still in flux. Most likely, it will only take time.
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Sometimes when you're figuring things out in life - for better or for worse - you hear things repeated over and over.
There are a couple I keep hearing: set and intention and be mindful.
I like both - and I do both. But, lately I've been thinking about the mindful one.
I'll go as far as to say this - I think hearing the phrase "be mindful" is one of the best pieces of advice I've heard in a long time. In fact, it's probably the best advice for me.
Here's the thing. I'm an all in kind of person. We all know this. Being that kind of person can work really well for me. Throw me a hard project I'll be completely invested in it. But throw me a life challenge? This can be a blessing and a curse.
The past couple of months has been about health. Yes. I did really well losing weight last year, but now what. I started thinking that maybe some of the choices I made to lose weight didn't exactly contribute to being the healthiest person ever. For instance, it's fantastic to figure out that a 2pm coffee prevents me from a 2pm cupcake. However ... maybe I should be considering an herbal tea. Right?
So, being mindful to me is being aware. Am I going to beat myself up for having more caffeine? Nope. But, I'll be aware. Will I have an extra glass of wine or drink a vodka soda? Of course. But, instead of just doing it, I'm going to throw a little more thought toward my action.
Lately the thing I'm being really mindful of is food. I read the book Crazy Sexy Diet. I'm not going vegan (read: trying to not go overboard here) but really the more I read, the more attention I'm putting on my food.
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After years of waiting, Kingdom Hearts III finally has a release date, and, at this year's E3, fans were treated to tons of new footage from the game. Each new trailer left us with new questions about the world Square Enix spent over 15 years building. But when you have that much content spread across several different consoles (and released out of order), there's bound to be some confusion.
If you're one those unlucky few who simply can't remember the events of the earlier games or decided skipped a few releases, then we're here to guide you through the game's complex timeline. So here's a brief guide to the main events of the Kingdom Hearts universe, in chronological order.
The Foretellers
Long ago, there where many people capable of wielding Keyblades, the main weapons of the game. An unnamed person taught six apprentices, gave them new names and bestowed a Book of Prophecies to five of them. These five became known as the Foretellers. They gathered to read the Book and were shocked at the final entry, which read, "The fated land will be the battleground for a great war. Light will see defeat and expire, while darkness prevails evermore." What happens next is not fully documented but a Keyblade War erupts and most of the wielders fall.
Birth By Sleep
Birth By Sleep focuses on Master Eraqus (an anagram of Square [Enix], the creators of Kingdom Hearts) and his three apprentices, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus. The three are somewhat like siblings as they approach the Mark of Mastery Exam to be named Keyblade Masters. Although Aqua passes, Terra fails and is slowly tempted by Master Xehanort, the main villain of the Kingdom Hearts games, to use dark powers. During this game, it is revealed that he wants the χ-blade (pronounced Keyblade), a weapon capable of summoning Kingdom Hearts.
Ventus was previously his apprentice but Xehanort carved the darkness from him to make one heart of pure darkness and another of pure light. When the pair clash, they create the χ-blade. Xehanort transfers his consciousness into Terra but loses his memory following a fight with Aqua where she becomes stranded in the Realm of Darkness. Ventus falls into a coma and his heart takes residence inside a newborn baby – Sora. A postgame cutscene reveals Aqua transforming Eraqus's residence into a strange castle and placing the sleeping Ventus in a hidden room.
Kingdom Hearts
In the tfirst game in the series, Sora and his friends, Riku and Kairi spend their days playing on Destiny Islands. But one night, the island is overrun by creatures known as Heartless. Kairi is hit by a wave of darkness and disappears. Riku becomes ensnared by the powers and Sora is given a Keyblade as he falls through the darkness to Traverse Town.
Once there, he encounters Donald and Goofy who were ordered by King Mickey to find "the Key." The three journey together to find Sora's friends and King Mickey. It turns out that Riku has sided with Maleficent to open a door to the Realm of Darkness. Tapping into vast amounts of dark power, Riku is taken over by somebody called Ansem before Sora defeats him. Although he is briefly turned into a Heartless, Sora is able to close the door, but Riku and Mickey are trapped on the other side as Kairi is returned to Destiny Islands.
Chain of Memories
The next two games take place at the same time. In Chain of Memories, Sora discovers Castle Oblivion, the structure Aqua created back in Birth By Sleep. It is now under the control of Organization XIII, a group of Nobodies. When a person becomes a Heartless, their body becomes a Nobody.
The Organization wants to gain control of Sora and his Keyblade by rewriting his memories using a Nobody called Naminé. Sora frees her and is placed into a coma so that she can repair the damage to his memories. Donald and Goofy also volunteer to sleep so that Sora will not be alone when he wakes up. Although Sora isn't aware of it at the time, Riku finds his way to the basement of Castle Oblivion and begins working his way through.
358/2 Days
358/2 Days (read "Kingdom Hearts Three-Five-Eight Days over Two"), centers around Roxas, a member of Organization XII. Over the course of the year, it is slowly revealed that he is Sora's Nobody, created when Sora was turned into a Heartless in the first game.
The Organization plans to use his Keyblade to destroy the Heartless and create an artificial Kingdom Hearts, but he later escapes near its completion. Riku is forced to capture him before he can attack the Organization as part of Sora resides within him. Using the darkness that he had been trying to seal away, Riku becomes Riku-Ansem once gain to capture Roxas.
Kingdom Hearts II
The second officially numbered game begins with Roxas believing himself to be a normal boy but strange events keep happening in his life. Memories of Sora keep erupting in his mind and he eventually rejoins with the hero. Throughout this game, the newly awakened Sora, Donald, and Goofy fight to stop Organization XIII from completing Kingdom Hearts.
Unfortunately, the Organization has some limited control over the Heartless and uses them to attack Sora. Each time he kills a Heartless, Kingdom Hearts grows closer to completion. During the final battle, Sora is able to defeat the Organization with the help of Riku and they and Kairi are able to return to Destiny Islands. Some time later, they receive a message from King Mickey. A secret cutscene shows Xemnas, the leader of Organization XIII, talking to a set of armor Aqua wore in Birth By Sleep, and referring to it as "friend."
Kingdom Hearts Coded and Re:Coded
After the events of Kingdom Hearts II, Jiminy Cricket is browsing the journal he kept following Sora, Donald and Goofy around during the first game. Following Naminé's rewriting of Sora's memories, all the pages are blank but a new message has appeared stating "We must return to free them from their torment." Mickey has the book digitized so that a Digi-Sora can explore the memories inside the book and find the meaning behind the message.
Digi-Sora eventually discovers that Naminé left a message for the real Sora. He is the "Key that connects everything." Through his time as a Nobody, he was connected to Roxas and Xion. As Ventus is sheltering in his heart, he is connected to Terra, Aqua and Ventus as well. They are the people referred to in the message. The secret cutscene at the end of the Nintendo DS remake reveals that Ansem was the Heartless and Xemnas was the Nobody of Xehanort. Now that Sora and Riku have beat the two, Xehanort will be coming back. Sora and Riku are summoned to take the Mark of Mastery exam.
Dream Drop Distance
Following the events of Coded, Sora and Riku are put into a deep sleep to connect with worlds that have been saved from the Darkness but are still disconnected and in a dream state. Sora and Riku are tasked with waking them up. Along the way, they encounter various forms of Xehanort, including the previously defeated Ansem and Xemnas. Xehanort reveals that he planned to use Organization XIII to house parts of his Heart to create various forms of himself.
Using the thirteen people, he planned to fight seven Keyblade wielders to recreate the χ-blade. Xehanort attempts to put part of his heart into Sora but Ventus' Keyblade Armor forces him into a deep sleep and protects his heart. Riku is able to rescue him and wake him up later. Although Riku is called a Master, Sora is denied. The game's secret ending reveals that Kairi can also use a Keyblade and Lea (who, as the Nobody Axel, was friends with Roxas) can also summon one. The pair begin training to use their weapons.
Kingdom Hearts III
The latest trailers from E3 revealed several interesting tidbits, including a scene with Aqua. The Frozen trailer above Aqua, who appears to be consumed by darkness, picks up a keyblade, turns to Mickey, and tells him that it's too late. It appears that Mickey may be there to inadvertently rescue Aqua from the Realm of Darkness. Perhaps, we'll finally wrap up her storyline or discover more about her time trapped in darkness.
The trailer also hints at the return of Roxas, who Sora says resides in his heart. We learn that Ansem the Wise probably has Roxas' data on file — thanks to the virtual world he created to contain. Roxas may be able to live apart from Sora after all. In addition to these storylines, expect to explore new worlds from Frozen, Tangled, and Big Hero 6. This game will also mark the final chapter of the "Dark Heart Saga" with Xehanort as the main villain.
Kingdom Hearts III will release January 29, 2019 on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.


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Here are the comparative Household Ratings of ABS-CBN, TV5, and GMA-7 programs from September 7 to 10, 2012 based on the overnight ratings of Kantar Media/TNS among Total Philippines (Urban & Rural) households:
September 7, Friday
Kape't Pandesal (ABS-CBN) 0.2%;Krusada Replay (ABS-CBN) 0.9%;Rescue Replay (GMA-7) 1.1%
Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN) 4.7%; Unang Hirit (GMA-7) 3.3%
Kris TV (ABS-CBN) 6.9%; The Baker King The Big Return (GMA-7) 4.8%;Fairy Tail (GMA-7) 5.9%
Dinosaur King (ABS-CBN) 5.4%; Pokemon (GMA-7) 6.3%
Gash Bell (ABS-CBN) 6.2%; Inuyasha (GMA-7) 6.6%
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds (ABS-CBN) 8.6%; Hunter X Hunter (GMA-7) 6.8%
Two Wives (ABS-CBN) 15%; Be Careful With My Heart (ABS-CBN) 22.7%; Kapuso Movie Festival: Above The Law (GMA-7) 8.1%
It's Showtime (ABS-CBN) 11.3%; Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master(GMA-7) 10.3%; Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 14.5%
Angelito Ang Bagong Yugto (ABS-CBN)11.6%; Hindi Ka Na Mag-iisa (GMA-7) 10.2%
Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo (ABS-CBN)13.2%; Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga (GMA-7) 11.1%
City Hunter Returns (ABS-CBN)11.6%; Faithfully (GMA-7) 13.7%
Pintada (ABS-CBN)14.3%; Smile Dong Hae (GMA-7) 9.7%
Aryana (GMA-7) 22.8%; Moon Embracing The Sun (GMA-7) 12.5%
TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) 31.7%; 24 Oras (GMA-7) 16.8%; Wil Time Bigtime (TV5) 7.2%
Princess And I (ABS-CBN) 36.6%; Luna Blanca (GMA-7) 15.8%
Walang Hanggan (ABS-CBN) 35.9%; Makapiling Kang Muli (GMA-7) 15.5% Lorenzo's Time (ABS-CBN) 18.5%; One True Love (GMA-7) 15.2%; Artista Academy (TV5) 2.9%
Kahit Puso'y Masugatan (ABS-CBN) 10.3%; Inside Protégé (GMA-7) 9.2%; Super Sine Prime: Pathfinder (TV5) 4.4%
Bandila (ABS-CBN) 4.7%; Bubble Gang (GMA-7) 6.3%
Storyline (ABS-CBN) 1.8%; Saksi (GMA-7) 3.5%; Pilipinas News (TV5) 1.4%; Reaksyon (TV5) 1%
Cge TV In Da Loop (ABS-CBN) 0.8%; Lee San Wan Wind of the Palace (GMA-7) 1.9%; World's Funniest Videos (GMA-7) 1%; Ang Latest Up Late (TV5) 0.7%; The Medyo Late Night With Jojo A. (TV5) 0.4%
September 8, Saturday
Sa Kabukiran (ABS-CBN) 1.2%; Adyenda (GMA-7) 1%; Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko (GMA-7) 0.9%
Salamat Dok (ABS-CBN) 3.1%; Pinoy MD: Mga Doktor ng Bayan (GMA-7) 2.9%
Kabuhayang Swak Na Swak (ABS-CBN) 3.9%; Tom and Jerry (GMA-7) 6.5%
Honey Watch Out! (ABS-CBN) 4.1%; The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends (GMA-7) 8.5%
Feast of the Nativity of Mama Mary (ABS-CBN) 3.7%; Young Justice (GMA-7) 9.3%; Bakugan Gundalian Invaders (GMA-7) 9%
The Penguins of Madagascar (ABS-CBN) 6.6%;Tropang Potchi (GMA-7) 7.1%
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (ABS-CBN) 10.2%; Maynila (GMA-7) 8.6%
Kapamilya Saturday Blockbusters: Ang Tanging Pamilya (ABS-CBN) 11.8%; Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga Ang Unang Linggo (GMA-7) 9.4%
It's Showtime (ABS-CBN) 11.7%; Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 17.9%
Showbiz Inside Report (ABS-CBN) 6.7%; Startalk TX (GMA-7) 5.9%
SOCO (ABS-CBN) 10.6%; Failon Ngayon (ABS-CBN) 11.5%; Together Forever (GMA-7) 6.5%
TV Patrol Weekend (ABS-CBN) 15.5%; 24 Oras Weekend (GMA-7) 8.9%; Wil Time Bigtime (TV5) 7%
Kapamilya Deal Or No Deal (ABS-CBN) 24.7%; Pinoy Adventures (GMA-7) 12.5%
Wansapanataym: Mitos Touch (ABS-CBN) 32.6%; Wish Ko Lang! Primetime (GMA-7) 17%
Maalaala Mo Kaya (ABS-CBN) 30.8%; Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho (GMA-7) 18.2%; Talentadong Pinoy Kids (TV5) 5.9%
The X Factor Philippines (ABS-CBN) 18%; Kapuso Movie Night: Twins Effect 2 (GMA-7) 15.9%; Artista Academy (TV5) 3.3%; Untold Stories (TV5) 2.6%
Toda Max (ABS-CBN) 6.7%; Tunay Na Buhay (GMA-7) 6.7%; The Jose & Wally Show Starring Vic Sotto (TV5) 1.5%
Banana Split Extra Scoop (ABS-CBN) 3.8%; The Bottom Line With Boy Abunda (ABS-CBN) 1.1%;Sports Unlimited (ABS-CBN) 0.9%;Walang Tulugan With The Master Showman (GMA-7) 1.3%; Pilipinas News (TV5) 1%; Reaksyon Weekend (TV5) 0.6%; Bitag (TV5) 0.7%
September 9, Sunday
The Healing Eucharist (ABS-CBN) 6.7%; In Touch (GMA-7) 0.8%
Kabuhayang Swak Na Swak (ABS-CBN) 4.7%;Tom and Jerry (GMA-7) 5.2%
Salamat Dok (ABS-CBN) 4.3%; The Adventures of Hello Kitty & Friends (GMA-7) 7.9%; Young Justice (GMA-7) 9.8%
Spider-Man (ABS-CBN) 4.1%; Bakugan Gundalian Invaders (GMA-7) 7.9%
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (ABS-CBN) 4.5%; Inuyasha (GMA-7) 7.6%
Jollitown (ABS-CBN) 6.7%; Matanglawin (ABS-CBN) 9.2%; AHA! (GMA-7) 6.6%
Kapamilya Sunday Blockbusters: The Forbidden Kingdom (ABS-CBN) 16.3%; Kapuso Movie Festival: Lastikman (GMA-7) 9.7%
ASAP 2012 (ABS-CBN) 14.3%; Party Pilipinas (GMA-7) 7.9%
Luv U (ABS-CBN) 13.2%; Manny Many Prizes (GMA-7) 4.7%
The Buzz (ABS-CBN) 10.4%; H.O.T. TV (GMA-7) 4.5%
TV Patrol Weekend (ABS-CBN) 17.3%; 24 Oras Weekend (GMA-7) 7%
Goin' Bulilit (ABS-CBN) 25.3%; Imbestigador (TV5) 12.8%; Pinoy Explorer (TV5) 7.5%
Rated K (ABS-CBN) 28.3%; Kap's Amazing Stories (GMA-7) 15.8%; Ibilib Featuring The Wonders of Horus (GMA-7) 15.1%; Talentadong Pinoy Kids (TV5) 8.1%
Sarah G Live (ABS-CBN) 20.5%; The X Factor Philippines (ABS-CBN) 17.4%; Protégé The Battle For The Big Artista Break (GMA-7) 11.1%; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (TV5) 8.6%
Gandang Gabi Vice (ABS-CBN) 11.7%; SNBO: Double Treat: Jackie Chan's First Strike (GMA-7) 10.5%; Third Eye (TV5) 4.6%; Video Incredible (TV5) 2%
Sunday's Best: Che Che Lazaro Presents Plastic Ka! (ABS-CBN) 2.2%; SNBO Double Treat: U.S. Marshals (GMA-7) 7.6%; Pilipinas News (TV5) 1%; Reaksyon Weekend (TV5) 0.5%
September 10, Monday
Kape't Pandesal (ABS-CBN) 0.2%; Ako Ang Simula Replay (ABS-CBN) 0.6%; Tunay Na Buhay Replay (GMA-7) 1.1%
Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN) 5.2%; Unang Hirit (GMA-7) 3.8%
Kris TV (ABS-CBN) 7.7%; Doraemon Adventures (GMA-7) 5%;Inuyasha (GMA-7) 6.1%; Pokemon (GMA-7) 7.1%
Dinosaur King (ABS-CBN) 5.3%; The Slayers Revolution (ABS-CBN) 6%; Hunter X Hunter (GMA-7) 6.7%
Yu Gi Oh! 5Ds (ABS-CBN) 7.6%; Dragon Ball Z Kai (GMA-7) 6.6%
Two Wives (ABS-CBN) 13.9%; Be Careful With My Heart (ABS-CBN) 20.9%; Kapuso Movie Festival: John Rambo (GMA-7) 8.9%
It's Showtime (ABS-CBN) 11.3%; Chef Boy Logro: Kusina Master(GMA-7) 10.3%; Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 14.5%
Angelito Ang Bagong Yugto (ABS-CBN)10.3%; Hindi Ka Na Mag-iisa (GMA-7) 10.3%
Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo (ABS-CBN)12.4%; Sana Ay Ikaw Na Nga (GMA-7) 10.3%
Equator Man (ABS-CBN)9%; Faithfully (GMA-7) 13.1%
Pintada (ABS-CBN)13.1%; Smile Dong Hae (ABS-CBN) 10.6%
Aryana (GMA-7) 23.8%; Moon Embracing The Sun (GMA-7) 13.6%
TV Patrol (ABS-CBN) 34.4%; Princess And I (ABS-CBN) 36.9%; 24 Oras (GMA-7) 19.2%; Wil Time Bigtime (TV5) 7.2%
Walang Hanggan (ABS-CBN) 34.8%; Aso Ni San Roque (GMA-7) 17.6%
Lorenzo's Time (ABS-CBN) 18.1%; Luna Blanca Ikatlong Yugto (GMA-7) 16.6%; Artista Academy (TV5) 2.7%
Kahit Puso'y Masugatan (ABS-CBN) 9.3%; One True Love (GMA-7) 13.3%; Inside Protégé (GMA-7) 7.5%; Super Sine Prime: Black Hawk Down (TV5) 3.7%
Bandila (ABS-CBN) 3.6%; Angel's Temptation (GMA-7) 5.6%; Saksi (GMA-7) 3.3%;Pilipinas News (TV5) 0.9%
Cge TV In Da Loop (ABS-CBN) 0.5%; %; Lee San Wind of the Palace (GMA-7) 1.6%; World's Funniest Videos (GMA-7) 0.7%; Ang Latest Up Late (TV5) 0.3%; The Medyo Late Night Show With Jojo A. (TV5) 0.1%
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All Saints Church Easton
Cosmic Club
Cosmic Club launched on Sunday 31st May with a birthday party which proved to be fun for all. We played games in the churchyard and had a picnic in the Cosmic room. The children also did some art work to start the proceedings.
Since then we have met in the Cosmic room on the fourth Sunday of the month and have already managed a small dramatisation of one of the bible stories as well as some interesting work on the topic of the day.
On the second Sunday of the month the children meet in the main church with the adults at the family service and again take part in various activities.
The children also have a Memory Box in the church where they select one item from each meeting to represent their activities. If you are in the church, please feel free to take a look at their efforts. It's also worth a look inside the Cosmic room to see more of their work.
Please keep an eye on the village notice board for the date of this event which will be during August.
Our numbers have already increased and we would be delighted to welcome more children to join us. Cosmic Club caters for toddlers to teenagers with activities for all, so please come and join us.
Emma Gibbon & Carol Davis
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COSMIC - Children on Sunday morning in church
Priest in charge:
Deirdre West 01728 688340
Assistant Priest:
Jane Woodbury-Eggins 01728 746667
Carol Rook 01728 746162
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010 07:31 AM
FORT HOOD, Texas — Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at Fort Hood last year are expected to testify during a hearing that will determine if the alleged gunman stands trial.
The Article 32 hearing for Maj. Nidal Hasan continues Tuesday. He faces 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder for the Nov. 5 shootings.
Dozens of soldiers have already testified during the hearing, which began last week.
Spc. Dayna Roscoe was among those testifying Monday. Roscoe said she heard Lt. Col. Juanita Warman say she'd been shot and ask for someone tell her family that she loved them. Warman died that day.
Witnesses expected this week include the two Fort Hood police officers credited with shooting and stopping Hasan.
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