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Patriotism means love or devotion and duty to one's country or homeland. The word patriot comes from Latin; the root is the same as that of "father": pater; also French patrie.
The Roman poet Horace wrote "Dulce et decorum est pro Patria mori", which means "It is sweet and seemly to die for one's country."[1] Later, American satirist Ambrose Bierce would write "In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first."[2] Later still, World War I British infantryman and poet Wilfred Owen would mock Horace's words by describing a soldier dying a particularly gory death on the battlefield, and saying "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest / To children ardent for some desperate glory, / The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori."[3]
According to a 2017 Barna Group poll, between 70–90% of Americans agreed with six different aspects of American patriotism analyzed.[4] However, some liberal politicians have made explicitly unpatriotic comments in public.[5]
Patriotism is effectively synonymous with nationalism, though Marxists, communists, and globalists all have tried to redefine the terms as opposites.[6] While globalists sometimes claim otherwise, globalism stands in opposition to patriotism.[7]
Conflicts With Pacifism
In rare cases patriotism has been a source of conflict for Christians in wartime. While their nation may call on them to do their patriotic duty, many Western pacifists believe that New Testament advocates nonviolence.
Many western conservative Christians feel that patriotism does not conflict with Christianity as in their view their countries' political systems are based upon Christian principles. However, this argument is dubious. With the possible exception of Vatican City, no nation can truly be labelled "Christian", and given that people of other religious dispositions are allowed to vote - and these are numerous - it is unreasonable to expect a "Christian" outcome.
- "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man and brave — hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him. For then it costs them nothing to be a patriot." – Mark Twain
- "It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace–but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! – Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
- "Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." – President John F. Kennedy
- "American patriotism can be said to be contrasted with the Anti-Americanism of Muslim jihad terrorists, and most leftists, socialists and communists." - The American Redoubt
- "When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace in the family, filial piety begins. When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born." - Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 18, Mitchell translation.
See also
- American Patriots
- Founding Fathers
- Veterans and Oath Keepers
- Essay:Conservative quotes on American patriotism, preparedness, firearms and religion
- Nationalism
- Sociology of "atheism is un-American" view
External links
- ↑ Horace, Odes (iii 2.13)
- ↑ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
- ↑ Wilfred Owen, Dulce Et Decorum Est
- ↑ Adelmann, Bob (December 26, 2017). Heartening Results From Latest Poll on Patriotism. The New American. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ↑ Shaw, Adam (August 18, 2018). Top 2020 Democrats under fire for 'collective bashing of America' after Cuomo gaffe. Fox News. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- ↑ Gregor, A. James (November 18, 2018). Gregor: The False Dichotomy of Nationalism Versus Patriotism. Breitbart News. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ↑ Wright, Morgan (November 28, 2018). High tech's globalism is slowly killing patriotism. The Hill. Retrieved November 28, 2018.


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Wabash College's Visiting Artists will present Simon Shaheen and Near East Music Ensemble at 4 p.m., Sunday, April 13, in Salter Hall at the Fine Arts Center.
Simon Shaheen dazzles his listeners as he leaps from traditional Arabic sounds to jazz and Western classical styles. His soaring technique, melodic ingenuity, and unparalleled grace have earned him international acclaim as a virtuoso on the oud and violin. One of the most significant Arab musicians and composers of his generation, Shaheen incorporates
and reflects a legacy of Arabic music in his work, yet forging ahead to new frontiers and embracing many different styles in the process. This unique contribution to the world of arts was recognized in 1994 when Shaheen was honored with the prestigious National Heritage Award at the White House.
In the 1990s he released four albums of his own: Saltanah (Water Lily Acoustics), Turath (CMP), Taqasim (Lyrichord), and Simon Shaheen: The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab (Axiom), while also contributing cuts to producer Bill Laswell's fusion collective, Hallucination Engine (Island). He has contributed selections to soundtracks for The Sheltering Sky and Malcolm X , among others, and has composed the entire soundtrack for the United Nations-sponsored documentary, For Everyone Everywhere. Broadcast globally in December 1998, this film celebrated the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Charter.
But perhaps his greatest success has come with Blue Flame (ARK21, 2001), where he leads his group, Qantara, on a labyrinthian journey through the world of fusion music to discover the heart of the Middle East. The album was nominated for 11 Grammy Awards, and the Los Angeles Times proclaimed the record "stunning."
Shaheen is Palestinian and hails from the village of Tarshiha in the Galilee. He began playing on the oud, a Middle Eastern lute, at the age of five, and a year later studying violin at the Conservatory for Western Classical Music in Jerusalem. He graduated from the Academy of Music in Jerusalem and completed graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University.
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text: Main Content Act 240 of 1943 friendly link Printer Friendly bills affecting index and updates Search within this Statute for STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT ACTAct 240 of 1943AN ACT to provide for a state employees' retirement system; to create a state employees' retirement board and prescribe its powers and duties; to establish certain funds in connection with the retirement system; to require contributions to the retirement system by and on behalf of members and participants of the retirement system; to create certain accounts and provide for expenditures from those accounts; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local officers and employees and certain state departments and agencies; to prescribe and make appropriations for the retirement system; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies. History: 1943, Act 240, Eff. July 30, 1943 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 3, Eff. May 1, 1984 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 389, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 487, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002 © 2017 Legislative Council, State of MichiganThe People of the State of Michigan enact: DocumentTypeDescription Section 38.1SectionShort title; meanings of words and phrases. Section 38.1aSectionDefinitions; A, B. Section 38.1bSectionDefinitions; B, C. Section 38.1cSectionDefinitions; D. Section 38.1dSectionDefinitions. Section 38.1eSectionDefinitions; F to I. Section 38.1fSectionDefinitions; M to O. Section 38.1gSectionDefinitions; P. Section 38.1hSectionDefinitions; R. Section 38.1iSectionDefinitions; S, T. Section 38.2SectionState employees' retirement system; creation; administration by retirement board; rules. Section 38.3SectionRetirement board; appointment and terms of members. Section 38.4SectionRetirement board; vacancies, vacation of office. Section 38.5SectionRetirement board; oath; quorum; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; compensation and expenses. Section 38.6SectionRetirement board; officers and employees. Section 38.7SectionRetirement system; actuarial valuation of assets and liabilities; investigation of mortality, service, and compensation of members. Section 38.8SectionAdministrative board; investment of funds, purchase of life insurance or annuity, deposits. Section 38.9SectionState treasurer as custodian of retirement system funds; powers and duties. Section 38.10SectionRetirement board members and employees; interest in investments prohibited. Section 38.11SectionEmployees' savings fund, employer's accumulation fund, annuity reserve fund, pension reserve fund, income fund, expense fund, and health insurance reserve fund; creation; health advance funding subaccount; description of funds as reference to accounting records of retirement system. Section 38.12SectionAnnual statement of retirement funds in custody of state treasurer; availability of report and other writings to public; request for statement of credit. Section 38.13SectionMembership in retirement system. Section 38.13aSectionBlind or partially sighted licensed vending stand operators deemed employees; rights and benefits; eligibility; contribution as condition to service credit; blindness not deemed retirable disability; employer cost. Section 38.13bSectionCredited service to include credit for service rendered to joint federal-state commission; conditions. Section 38.14SectionInformation required of members by retirement board. Section 38.15SectionOriginal members; prior service certification. Section 38.16SectionCessation of membership; reemployment. Section 38.17SectionService credited from state board of control for vocational education; conditions. Section 38.17aSectionUse of credited service acquired in employ of governmental unit; "governmental unit of the state" defined. Section 38.17bSectionCredited service to include service rendered certain universities. Section 38.17cSectionRetirement system service credit for period of service under county department of social services; conditions. Section 38.17dSectionCredited service to include service rendered to department of state police or its predecessor agencies, or to court of record; conditions. Section 38.17e, 38.17fSectionRepealed. 1998, Act 205, Eff. Aug. 1, 1998. Section 38.17gSectionParental leave; purchase of service credit. Section 38.17hSectionFull-time service as employee with city, county, township, or village of this state; purchase of service credit. Section 38.17iSectionFull-time service with federal government or as state employee with another state; purchase of service credit. Section 38.17jSectionPurchase of combined total of more than 10 years prohibited; purchase of service credit in separate increments; future purchases not barred; refund; actuarial cost. Section 38.17kSectionRepealed. 1998, Act 205, Eff. Aug. 1, 1998. Section 38.17lSectionPurchase of additional service credit by employee of state accident fund, Michigan biologic products institute, or liquor control commission. Section 38.17mSectionPurchase of service credit; limitation; refund. Section 38.17nSectionCity employee; transfer or purchase of service credit. Section 38.18SectionCredit for military or federal service; credit for prior service; conditions; computation. Section 38.19SectionRetirement upon written application to retirement board; retirement without reduction in retirement allowance; definitions; layoff status because agency or inpatient facility designated for closure; conditions; certification; application; funding additional costs; employees of state accident fund, Michigan biologic products institute, or liquor control commission. Section 38.19aSectionRetirement upon satisfaction of certain requirements; monthly retirement allowance supplement; benefits, salary, or remuneration precluding payment under subsection (2); payment of sick leave; payment by retirement system; amount payable by principal departments; member considered retirant; deposit by principal department; use of deposits; exception; monthly payment by Michigan employment security commission; service credit for participation in pay reduction plan C; death of retirant or applicant for retirement. Section 38.19bSectionRight to retire and receive retirement allowance computed under MCL 38.20(1); application period; requirements; payment for accumulated sick leave in 60 monthly installments. Section 38.19cSectionRight to retire and receive retirement allowance computed under MCL 38.20(1); application period; requirements; payment for accumulated sick leave in 60 monthly installments. Section 38.19dSectionRight to retire and receive retirement allowance computed under MCL 38.20(1); application period; requirements; payment for accumulated sick leave in 60 monthly installments. Section 38.19eSectionRight to retire and receive retirement allowance computed under MCL 38.20(1); application period; requirements; payment for amounts entitled to receive at retirement. Section 38.19fSectionRetirement and receipt of retirement allowance; requirements; accumulated sick leave; request to extend effective date of retirement; calculation; state contract prohibited. Section 38.19gSectionMember meeting certain requirements on or before November 1, 2002; computation of retirement allowance; payment of accumulated sick leave or annual leave; extension of effective date; participant in Tier 2. Section 38.19hSectionPayments not tax exempt and subject to certain operations of law. Section 38.19iSectionRetirement allowance; computation; accumulated sick leave; purchase of service credit; hiring under contract; limitation. Section 38.19jSectionRetirement; requirements; accumulated annual leave, sick leave, and deferred leave hours; forfeiture; inclusion in calculation for determination of final average compensation; extension; request; retirement allowance calculation; "incentivized retirement application period" defined. Section 38.20SectionComputation of retirement allowance; right to elect option; retirement before age 65; death of retirant; separation from service; department of mental health employee termination; recalculation and payment of retirement allowance; eligibility of state accident fund or Michigan biologic products institute employees to health care benefits and certain rights, privileges, and benefits. Section 38.20aSectionMinimum retirement allowance. Section 38.20bSectionIncrease in monthly retirement allowance; payment. Section 38.20cSectionSupplement to retirement allowance. Section 38.20dSectionHospitalization, medical, dental, and vision coverage insurance premium; computation and allocation of cost savings; payment by retirement board; "retirant" defined. Section 38.20eSectionSupplemental retirement allowance; amount; payment. Section 38.20fSectionSupplement to retirement allowance payable on or after September 30, 1976. Section 38.20gSectionDetermining rate of investment return on retirement system assets and present value of retirement allowances; calculation and reduction of distribution income; crediting distribution units to retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary; calculation and payment of distribution amount; effect of death; increase in retirement allowance; computation of cumulative increase amount; supplemental payment. Section 38.20hSectionSupplemental payments for retirants or retirement allowance beneficiaries with retirement allowance effective date before October 1, 1986; future adjustments. Section 38.20iSectionSupplement. Section 38.20jSectionMember not making election under MCL 38.50a; calculation of retirement allowance beginning April 1, 2012; items of compensation; accumulation of service credit; member making election under MCL 38.50a(1) and designation under MCL 38.50a(2); calculation of retirement allowance; items of compensation; accumulation of service credit; treatment of member as Tier 1; "attainment date" defined. Section 38.21SectionDuty disability retirement. Section 38.22SectionRetirement for disability at age 60; service retirement allowance; crediting 10 years of service. Section 38.23SectionRetirement for disability before attaining age 60; benefits. Section 38.24SectionNon-duty disability retirement. Section 38.25SectionRetirement for disability. Section 38.26SectionRepealed. 1955, Act 237, Eff. Oct. 24, 1955. Section 38.27SectionDeath resulting from personal injury or disease arising out of and in course of state employment; survivor benefits. Section 38.27aSectionRetirement allowances granted under MCL 38.27; adjustment. Section 38.28SectionWithdrawal of member before retirement; refund of contributions; restoration on re-employment; court administrator. Section 38.29SectionDeath before retirement; refund of contributions. Section 38.30SectionWithholding refund of contributions. Section 38.31SectionElection of regular retirement allowance or reduced retirement allowance; payment options; designation of beneficiary; effect of beneficiary's death or divorce; request by nonduty disability retirant to change elections; death of member before effective date of retirement. Section 38.32SectionRemarriage of surviving spouse. Section 38.33SectionDisability retirant under age 60; medical examination required; reduction of retirement allowance on account of gainful employment. Section 38.34SectionDisability retirant; reinstatement to service, service credits allowable. Section 38.35SectionContribution of 3% of employee compensation to funding account; "funding account" defined; refund of amounts contributed under subsection (1). Section 38.35aSectionElection under MCL 38.50a; contribution. Section 38.36, 38.37SectionRepealed. 1974, Act 216, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1974. Section 38.38SectionAnnual level percent of payroll contribution rate; determination; basis; report; computation; amortization of unfunded actuarial accrued liability; annual appropriation to retirement system; transfer of funds; certification; difference between actual state contributions and product of contribution rates times aggregate compensations paid; submitting difference between estimated and actual aggregate compensation and estimated and actual contribution rate to legislature for appropriation; interest; deposit to health advance funding subaccount. Section 38.39SectionRepealed. 1982, Act 316, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1982. Section 38.39aSectionReserves for retirement allowances; legislative determination of funds from which appropriations made. Section 38.40SectionAllowances, benefits, and other rights; exemption from taxation; subject to tax beginning January 1, 2012; subject to public employee retirement benefit protection act. Section 38.41SectionCorrection of errors in payment of retirement allowances. Section 38.42SectionRetirement system records; falsification, penalty. Section 38.43SectionRepealed. 1997, Act 148, Eff. Jan. 30, 1998. Section 38.44SectionRights, privileges, and benefits of vested employee. Section 38.44aSectionMember employed by state judicial council. Section 38.45SectionDefinitions. Section 38.46SectionRetirement or separation from employment of supplemental member with supplemental early retirement allowance; conditions; determination of eligibility. 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robmiragenyc needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Nirvana Recordings
I am a DJ/ Producer in the dance music scene. I am starting and independent record label called Nirvana Recordings. I deal directly in house music and need my artwork done ASAP. I already have most of the work done for you so this should be easy for someone of the graphic design world. I have left several sites and examples below for you to check out but I can be reached at my email below for conversation if needed. Like i said before I need this ASAP so anything to help things move along just tell me.
Target audience are DJ's & Producers all over the globe. If you go to beatport.com or traxsource.com and search the house section, you will see kind of what i am looking for... Not all are good but some are done nice. also check Defected.com, I work really close with them so you can get an idea. If you have any questions at all please email me at email@example.com
I have actually had some amazing work done a month ago but my guy fell off the face of the earth, so your job will be simple. The designs are below so please check them out. The logo itself can be changed but i like the name... But if you have an amazing idea for the name, hit me with it. Basically Just pick up where he left off. But because most of the work is done already I really need something amazing. The design will be a name with logo and will have to be something that I can add release titles to and change colors on for different releases. So if you are decent price wise you will prob have continued work from me very often with redesign and web banners etc... Also the label will be small on the digital download sites so it will have to stand out a bit.
Thank you very much...
Rob Mirage...
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Leading up to bombardment at Fort Sumter and extending well into the aftermath of the war, each weekly issue of these publications included stories and pictures about the war. So many different images were printed in such large numbers that the majority of the Civil War images viewed by the public--both in the North and in the South, as well as in the rest of the world--were those published in illustrated newspapers.
The images in these newspapers were often based on photographs or first-hand drawings, so they were not only timely, but accurate as well. As the publishers of one paper explained, "The proprietors of Harper's Weekly beg to state that they have made the most extensive arrangements for the illustration of future movements at the South, and that the public may rely upon finding in Harper's Weekly an accurate and reliable picture of every scene of interest to which occurrences may direct attention."
During the Civil War, almost without exception, the earliest and most accurate images of battles or other events were those from the illustrated newspapers. Photographs of the time could not take action shots and other forms of prints would take months, if not years, to produce from the original drawings. The illustrated newspapers sent out artists into the field to document the events of the war and they make sketches in the camps and on the battlefields.
Within a matter of just days after making the sketches, using a process developed by Frank Leslie, the on-the-spot drawings were turned into wood engravings and published for the American public to view as they read the reports of the battles, generals, troop movements, etc.. These prints, therefore, are the most immediate and accurate images of the war, especially for the battles. As they provided an important source of information to the public during the war, so too they provide us today with some of the best contemporary documentation of the war.
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Tune: Rumble by Link Wray
When I was in 9th grade at North Bethesda Junior High School, our class was invited to the Milt Grant show in Washington, DC. Milt hosted a Rock and Roll, dance show similar to Dick Clark's American Band Stand. One of the shows highlights was a dance contest. I loved to dance and my girl friend, Myrtie Mae, and I had a few favorite dance steps of our own. It's hard to describe in words, but in one step, I bent down, turned and twisted my arm behind my back while holding on to Myrtie's hand- this was followed by Myrtie Mae's turn to bend down and then I kicked my leg over her back. This must have impressed the judges- besides the fact that Myrtie was just plain cute. We won first prize: two 6 packs of Coke, the top ten 45 RPM records, and a long playing (that's 33 1/3 RPM) record album featuring George Hamilton, III, and his rendition of "A Rose and a Baby Ruth. We split up the loot and I remember I got the 45 for Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen". When I got home late in the afternoon, I went down to the little "rec" room in our house and played that 45 until it turned red hot- and danced with an imaginary partner
This evening I did a little surfing, starting out by googling "The Washington Evening Star", my home town newspaper, and I eventually came upon a vintage article about Milt Grant and his house band featuring Link Wray. Apparently Link couldn't come up with a tune for a popular dance of the day called the Stroll. So, Milt hummed the first line of a tune from his head, the drummer picked up a beat, and the tune "Rumble" was born. I didn't realize until now that the tune became very popular, even world-wide popular. Even though it was just an instrumental, it was considered as a symbol promoting juvenile delinquency and was even banned in some communities. Hardly believable considering the media of today's youth.
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Key progressive leaders participating in the October 29, 2009 "Building the New Economy" conference in Washington address the issues raised in this report and discuss what it will take to ensure that the new economy that emerges from the wreckage of the old will provide Americans with good jobs.
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We can't pull out of the present downturn and return to the economy of the past—a high-consumption, low-wage economy based on asset bubbles and foreign borrowing. We need to look ahead. Our response to the current crisis must plant the seeds for the economy of the future.
The contours of the new economy are starting to take shape. Barack Obama set a different tone with an inaugural address that promised a "new foundation for growth." Some of this is happening already: Construction crews are fixing bridges, filling potholes and laying new airport runways; work has started to improve our nation's electric grid and create new, renewable sources of energy, and Congress is working on the biggest boon for college student financial aid in a generation, shifting $87 billion in subsidies from banks to students over the next decade.
Outside of government, we hear talk of sustainability, about returning to a real economy based on production, not consumption, and manufacturing, not finance. Celebration over cheap Chinese imports is giving way to alarm over the loss of jobs, currency manipulation, low environmental standards and dangerous workplaces that lower Chinese costs and give Chinese imports an unfair advantage.
But the opposition to reform is fierce. Wall Street is mobilizing against financial reform and regulation. Obama's decision to impose tariffs on Chinese tires was called "economic vandalism," and modest "buy American" provisions in the Recovery Act met accusations ranging from "counterproductive" (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) to "the worst instincts of Congress" (The Wall Street Journal). And federal budget deficits generate concern across the political spectrum.
The next economy must be built on a solid platform. We need to rebuild our infrastructure, renew our manufacturing base and educate our people. America needs an industrial policy to help fit these pieces together. From workforce development to component manufacture, we need a strategic collaboration between the private sector and the government to reach our shared national goals. We need an opportunity for stakeholders to come together to remove obstacles, allocate resources, and create rules that work for everyone involved.
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Lady Luck Media brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 109 Designs von 31 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Raise Your Vibe
My mission is to get Raise Your Vibe events available to every person on the planet.... I have a deep passion for helping others to find themselves and to develop to be the persons they were born to be.
Business sector, entrepreneurs, personal development, self help, leaders, spiritual, people searching for optimum health, nutrition and relationships, People searching to take their lives onto the next level, awakening and need support, looking to raise their vibration
Their income bracket will vary from large salary VIP clients to people searching for change that have been in wrong occupation and need to find their passion.
Ages are primarily between 20 and 50 but there will be people attending my events up to the age of 80 and beyond.
I'd like to create a logo which will emphasise the RYV letters, perhaps because they stand out from the main logo, or are actually forming an integral part of the logo.
RYV with the "raise your vibe" words hidden in the text of the letters/ Raise Your Vibe as words rising up like steps of consciousness.
Perhaps try the "V" vibrating or the whole of the logo simulating vibrating.
Also you could try to make it look as if the vibe is raising or needs to be raised up.
Simplicity is essential and I need it to outline my image of wanting to help everyone to raise their vibration in turn to raise the vibration of the planet...
Could also subtly include the earth to show the global aim.
Probably I will stick to the blue and pink for the logo also try a deep blue as it will look really professional and it is the colour of communication as I need to broadcast myself to every corner of the earth and make the message available to all people.
Also pink is the colour of unconditional love which we will be sending out.
I also like the sky blue with clouds as that maybe part of my design for my audio program.
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A common library for TripleO workflows.
Project description
A common library for TripleO workflows.
- Free software: Apache license
- Documentation: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/tripleo-common
- Source: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/tripleo-common
- Bugs: http://bugs.launchpad.net/tripleo-common
Action Development
When developing new actions, you will checkout a copy of tripleo-common to an undercloud machine and add actions as needed. To test the actions they need to be installed and selected services need to be restarted. Use the following code to accomplish these tasks.
sudo rm -Rf /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/tripleo_common* sudo python setup.py install sudo cp /usr/share/tripleo-common/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/tripleo-common sudo systemctl restart openstack-mistral-executor sudo systemctl restart openstack-mistral-engine # this loads the actions via entrypoints sudo mistral-db-manage populate # make sure the new actions got loaded mistral action-list | grep tripleo
If you haven't installed the undercloud with the enable_validations set to true, you will have to prepare your undercloud to run the validations:
$ sudo pip install git+https://git.openstack.org/openstack/tripleo-validations $ sudo yum install ansible $ sudo useradd validations
Finally you need to generate an SSH keypair for the validation user and copy it to the overcloud's authorized_keys files:
$ mistral execution-create tripleo.validations.v1.copy_ssh_key
Running validations using the mistral workflow
Create a context.json file containing the arguments passed to the workflow:
{ "validation_names": ["512e", "rabbitmq-limits"] }
Run the tripleo.validations.v1.run_validations workflow with mistral client:
mistral execution-create tripleo.validations.v1.run_validations context.json
Running groups of validations
Create a context.json file containing the arguments passed to the workflow:
{ "group_names": ["network", "post-deployment"] }
Run the tripleo.validations.v1.run_groups workflow with mistral client:
mistral execution-create tripleo.validations.v1.run_groups context.json
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The New York Giants hope to avenge last year's season-opening loss to the Cowboys when Dallas hosts Big Blue in Week 1. Victor Cruz hopes he'll be healthy enough to contribute.
The Giants wide receiver wore a walking boot on his left foot and leaned on crutches during a conversation with reporters Tuesday. Cruz confirmed he suffered a heel contusion in Sunday's preseason loss to the Indianapolis Colts. An MRI exam revealed "some blood in there," but Cruz -- who said he was hurt on a pass-interference play -- confirmed he didn't suffer a tear, according to the New York Daily News.
"Once swelling goes down, I think I'll be ok," Cruz said, per NFL.com's Kimberly Jones.
Asked if he'd be ready for Dallas, Cruz said "I do envision" playing. The Giants are taking a cautious approach with their field-stretching receiver, but with kickoff still 19 days away, Cruz remains a good bet to suit up Sept. 8.
Last year's Giants were limited by a battered and out-of-sync receiver group. Hakeem Nicks says he's finally healthy after enduring a constellation of injuries over the past 15 months. Cruz, meanwhile, missed the majority of offseason workouts mired in a contract dispute with the team.
Cruz, now armed with a fat new contract, must be fully operational for this offense to sing. The clock is ticking.The Around The League Podcast is now available on iTunes! Click here to listen and subscribe.


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Jaguar Timing belts and Jaguar timing chains should be replaced at the correct service intervals; especially on interference (most diesel) engines as belt wear causing incorrect timing may result in a very expensive repair bill.
Jaguar Timing belt replacement involves synchronising valve and piston positions and setting the adjustable tensioning roller to ensure the belt is not overtightened putting additional strain on the camshaft bearings and crankshaft bearings correct adjustment of belt tension.
The lubricants, hydraulic fluids and anti-freeze chemicals used within the Jaguar engine bay can degrade the rubber polymer compounds used in timing belt manufacture. As a consequence the belt life can be greatly reduced, especially if exposed to increased operating temperatures
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Cotton Incorporated, the producer and importer-funded research and promotion arm of the cotton industry, has named Kater Hake as its new vice president for agricultural research.
Hake, currently vice president for technology development at Delta and Pine Land Co., has served as an Extension cotton specialist in west Texas and was director of the National Cotton Council's Cotton Physiology Education Program.
His appointment was announced at the NCC's mid-year board of directors' meeting in Memphis, Tenn. Hake was a speaker at the Cotton Council International portion of the NCC meeting.
"We are truly excited to have Kater on our staff," said J. Berrye Worsham, president and CEO of Cotton Incorporated. "His in-depth knowledge of cotton will allow him to assist our efforts to build on cotton's message of sustainability — a topic that continues to increase in importance with both consumers and retailers."
Hake's career in cotton spans three decades since receiving his bachelor of science degree in genetics from the University of California in 1975. He also earned a master of science degree in agronomy in 1977 and topped it off with a Ph.D. in plant biology in 1996, also from the University of California.
Hake is married to wife Stephanie and has a daughter, Kayley, and son, Davis, who works as a congressional staffer in Washington, D.C.


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Over the last couple of months, I've lost more than 20 pounds on what my friend Molly refers to as the Blow-Up-Your-Life Diet. I've been apartment searching in Boston, packing to move, preparing to start a new full-time job after three-plus years on my own, and starting to lead a seminar at UMass Amherst entitled, ironically enough, "Living Strategically." (I taught my first class last week by the way. Let it be said: I love my students. And I love teaching.)
On second thought, "living strategically" isn't so ironic after all. If not for the strategies I've learned, practiced – and blogged about here – over the past few years, I'd undoubtedly be in far worse shape than I am today. Hard as things are right now – and they are pretty hard – I have tools and perspective.
That is when I remember to use them.
Last week, I was going through an especially difficult patch. I'd made the two-hour drive into Boston from western Mass based on a realtor's promise to show me four to seven apartments only to discover on arrival that none of them accepted cats, despite my having clearly indicated that one would be coming with me. I start my Boston job a week from tomorrow. I still have no place to live, and once I find one, I'll still have to move. It all began to seem utterly overwhelming. Was this whole thing a mistake? What had I been thinking?
And then, just in time, I remembered: This is what transitions look like. Not in every specific, of course, but in the experience.
In life coach Martha Beck's Change Cycle model of transitions, I'm right on track, smack dab in the middle of Square 1 (Death and Rebirth). "The bizarre, formless, zero-identity netherworld of Square One is what anthropologists call a "liminal period," Beck writes in Finding Your Own North Star, describing such a time as one "where you're on the threshold between identities, neither inside nor out, neither one thing nor the other."
She continues: "During most of Square One, you'll probably feel panicky, groundless, and desperate. Problems and complications seem to attack from all sides: big ones, little ones, strange and unfamiliar ones. You rush around in frenzied activity but feel as though you're getting absolutely nothing done."
Yes! And yes and yes. That is exactly how I've been feeling.
For his part, transitions guru William Bridges describes this uncomfortable stretch as "the neutral zone," a "period of confusion and distress" that follows an ending and precedes a new beginning. He devotes an entire chapter of Transitions to this difficult time, including a number of suggestions to ease the way.
The first of these: Surrender — we must "give in to the emptiness and stop struggling to escape it," he counsels.
If you're caught in a riptide, you're supposed to stop fighting and let yourself drift. If you're facing an angry bear, you should lie still, pretending to be dead. (At least, this is what I've always heard; in the interests of full disclosure, I've tested neither of these.) Both of these responses would seem to go against our basic survival instincts. I imagine that, in the instant, knowledge is often a poor match for adrenaline-powered impulse.
But, as I know from long experience, the first impulse isn't always the right one. As I continue through this month of dramatic change and uprooting, I'll be calling on the collective wisdom of all who have gone before me (and here, I include not only others but also my own past selves.) While surrender doesn't come naturally, it's nonetheless what's called for.
Life Experiment #9: "The present moment is the mother of the future. Take care of the mother, and the mother will take care of the child." I love this line from one of my Buddhist teachers. The focus of this month is surrendering to – and caring for – the present moment, the only thing we ever have to work with.


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You're So Vain - Vanity Plate Photo Gallery
Check out our large vanity plate photo gallery from Charlotte's Mustang 50th Birthday Celebration.
One specific mod that Ford Mustang enthusiasts go for is the license plate modification, also known as the vanity plate. Whether it is a shortened clever phrase or a tiny bit of info regarding the ride it is attached to, there is no shortage of vanity plates when browsing Ford Mustang herds at any event.
The Mustang 50th Birthday Celebration at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, was no exception when it came to these witty vanity plates, and we made sure to snap photos of them for this awesome photo gallery.
The infield of the prestigious Speedway was packed to the rim with Ford Mustangs of every generation and color under the sun (well, clouds) and it seemed like almost all of the Fords had their very own Ford vanity plates.
Some vanity plates were informative, some funny, and some just left you scratching your head for a few minutes as if it is some strange Ford Mustang puzzle or code that you just could not decipher. In that case, if you stared long and hard enough, it usually dawned on you making you feel like a big bag of rocks.
Now that Carly Simon has infiltrated your head (you are welcome), check out the gallery of vanity plates that graced the 50th Mustang Birthday Celebration at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on April 16 – 20, 2014.
Vanity plates from all states graced all kinds of 'Stangs. Seven-up Fox-body Mustangs with "SVNUP" or "7 UP" or Boss Mustangs sporting "012 BOSS" or "MY BOSS" giving insight on the car just in case you had no clue what it was. Other clever plates such as "UN REEL", "MACHWON", and "TRAKATK" were among some of the plates we stumbled across during the event and that was just a handful out of hundreds.
If you don't own your very own vanity plate just yet, what would yours say?


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It turns out Bird's Eye weren't fibbing when they told us all in the 80s that waffles are waffley-versatile. They are incredible for breakfast, for dinner, sweet, savory, sweet AND savory.
Truly, the only downside is that they compel me to consume a week's allowance of butter in one sitting and they don't seem to go especially well with veg. That aside, they're fun, filling, freezable. All the 'Fs' basically. What more do you want?
To buy (for 6):
*Well you'll need a waffle maker (mine's a Gordon Ramsey one and is dead easy to use) *250g plain flour *1 dessert spoon of baking powder *2 tablespoons caster sugar *1 teaspoon of salt *2 eggs *450ml milk *2 tablespoons vegetable oil *spray oil *toppings of your choice (I love bacon, maple syrup and M&S salted caramel sauce… not at the same time..although..)
To make:
1. In a big bowl mix the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.
2. Next mix the wet ingredients together – the eggs, milk and oil – and add this to the dry ingredients then mix until a smooth batter.
3. Heat your waffle maker as per the instructions and spray generously with oil.
4. Fill your waffle-maker to an appropriate level with the waffle batter, seal and cook for as long as you need (around 5 minutes in the case of a Gordon Ramsey waffle-maker).
5. Carefully open your waffle maker and gently ease the waffle out using tongs.
6. Serve the waffles so they're hot and crispy and drowning in your favourite topping. You might want to serve alongside Buffalo chicken wings for a true Deep South experience or, if you're about to run a marathon and need to carbo-load or don't care much about debauched gluttony, try adding chopped-up cooked bacon to the waffle-mix AND popping a few rashers of cooked bacon on top. Hog-tastic.


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Everyone thinks the situation in Washington is the result of two parties unable to come together. But who's really behind it?
In the 2012 elections, a little more than 59.6 million Americans voted for representatives from the Democratic party while 58.2 million voters supported the Republican candidate.
But due to the way that congressional districts are organized, Democrats got 33 fewer seats than the GOP in the House of Representatives.
So right off the bat, the House GOP represents a minority of Congressional voters.
But it gets worse.
Let's look at the element of the House GOP that supports tying the continuing resolution to fund the government to an un-passable defunding of the Affordable Care Act.
Judging by the number of people who signed freshman Rep. Mark Meadow's (R-N.C.) letter, 81 members of the 233 GOP caucus support this hardcore strategy. They're called the "suicide caucus" by The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza.
Now, let's keep in mind that even this is a high estimate. The National Review's Robert Costa — who may be the most plugged-in reporter on House Republicans — told the Washington Post's Ezra Klein that he estimated only 30-40 members really want to tie Obamacare funding to the C.R.
But still, even giving the "suicide caucus" the benefit of the doubt, that there are truly 81 members of Congress unwilling to budge on this, they really represent a negligible portion of the American people.
We can look at the number of votes each of them recieved in the 2012 congressional election.
Adding them up, we see that only 13.8 million Americans actually voted for the suicide caucus.
That's only 11.7% of the people who voted in a congressional election in 2012, and an absolutely pathetic 4.3% of the U.S. population. Keep in mind, if only 30-40 members really care, this is a huge overestimation.
That deep minority of Americans might be pretty happy that the government is shut down, but it's just stunning that such few people — a group slightly larger than the population of Illinois — can hold that much power.


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Ok, so after Adam posted about his awesome sounding garlic knot and sausage stuffing, we got to chatting a bit in the comments when it dawned on me that even though it takes it totally out of the realm of a Thanksgiving-ish stuffing, a pizza flavored stuffing made with tomatoes and mozzarella might be totally delicious in its own way.
I like to think of it sort of as a pasta bake, substituting pasta for cubed dry bread. Lazy-man's baked ziti, if you will.
Around 1AM last night, I couldn't wait any longer and decided then and there to try it out. Luckily, I had the ingredients I needed on hand. Essentially, it's my classic sage dressing recipe, replacing the sage sausage for italian, getting rid of the celery, and replacing half the chicken stock with a can of whole tomatoes that I roughly pureed. To the wet mixture, I also added a couple ounces of shaved grated parm.
After adding the cubed bread and folding them in, I added about a pound's worth of cubed up fresh mozzarella, packed it into a casserole dish, sprinkled with more grated parm, then baked it.
The cheese melts into awesome gooey pockets that stretch and ooze when you cut into it while the bread gets nice and soft, absorbing the flavor of the sausage and tomatoes. Don't like calling it lazy-man's pasta bake? Ok, how about hot panzanella? And while I guess this one actually is going to wind up on my Thanksgiving table, I'd be happy eating this any time of year.
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(everything Canti said)Canti, you said exactly (and I mean that literally) what I was about to type in this little box. I saw MGS3 and Super Mario Bros. And I made that exact same comparison, with a nice blob of "WTF" slathered on top.
While in most regards Halo is way, way, way overrated Reach did have a particularly evocative and balsy ending. Mass Effect 2 had a badass end right up until the dumb boss fight, Mass Effect 1's was better, and significantly better than Amy of the Assassin's Creed endings.Yeah, I felt that boss fight kind of ruined ME2's ending for me. I mean, it didn't totally ruin it, I still think it was spectacular, but that fight was pretty dumb.
I don't know if Guiness knows this but people don't play Starcraft, Halo, Gears of War, or CoD for their stories. If you can even call them that... :/I absolutely played the original Starcraft and expansion for the story. Starcraft II I played for the story until it ripped my heart out.
How would you make a "definitive" list?I wouldn't. Unless, of course, I wanted to enrage and entire market of people and drive them to read (and subsequently post/bitch) about my list.
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Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way "Vegetable Fete" Jacques cooks up a batch of ratatouille that can be served on its own or with pasta. Seafood stars in shrimp with cabbage and red caviar. He finishes with peach Melba.G
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P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Adding Charm" Allen visits Oregon's Cascade Mountains where he learns about fresh greenery used during the holidays and how 1 million acres of Christmas trees add oxygen to the environment. He also visits a garden center in Denver where he learns about transplanting orchids.G
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Simply Ming "Blanching with Guests Seth & Angela Raynor" On the premiere episode of Simply Ming, it's all about blanching - the secret to improving color, taste and texture in foods. In the studio Host Ming Tsai cooks on the fly with Nantucket chefs Seth & Angela Raynor. Using the blanching technique and secret ingredients they team up to create two new dishes: Grilled Lobster with Summer Herbed Butter Roasted Potatoes and Fried Pork & Couscous with Peach Sesame Compote. D
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It's a great challenge for any dancer to perform a new work. And it's even more challenging to do so with live musicians. Doug Bentz, Conservatory dance faculty member, will be asking both his students in Pittsburgh and the students of his Ugandan residency program in May to perform with local artists as a way to incorporate local culture into his choreography.
The 13 Point Park University Conservatory dancers in Bentz's 61st original work, Allegro Gypsioso, will be dancing to pieces performed by the Gypsy Stringz, a local Gypsy quartet, at this spring's concert Dance with Me. Although the music is from the quartet's repertoire, it is being adapted for the piece and will vary each night due to the flexibility of live music and instrumental solos.
For this piece, as in many throughout the Conservatory's work, the students are being treated as a professional company meaning they must work hard, be responsible for the material and have a professional work ethic. In addition, the live music requires them to listen carefully to the accompaniment and adapt to what they hear.
"It's a great teaching tool," said Bentz.
The piece consists of three movements, all which have been inspired by the Gypsy culture and history and incorporate elements of Gypsy dance, such as arm and hand movements from Indian traditional dance and the flamenco.
"I've always been intrigued by the Gypsy and the history of the Gypsy," said Bentz.
Although it is not a literal or historical Gypsy work, the piece embodies the impression and feeling of this fascinating culture.
The first movement is a group number, with the sense of almost a "reverse curtain call," in which the dancers present themselves to the audience before joining in. The movement is similar to that of birds gathering in a public square, with two or three being added at a time.
The second movement is a duet. It begins with a stationary female solo, performed by Kailan Orn, as she is circled by her partner, Andy Wright. As the dance progresses, he begins to cut in to her dance and eventually the roles are reversed. Many of the motions in this section were inspired by traditional Indian dance and sculpture.
The final movement is a passionate coda performed by the group, with water-like, flowing imagery.
Throughout the process of choreographing this piece, Bentz has collaborated with the students to make the work more of a combined effort than one person's idea.
"It's my job to transfer the vision to the students, and excite and stimulate them into bringing it to life," said Bentz.
After this semester, Bentz will be travelling to Uganda for a residency from May 7-23. His residency is part of a program called Teach and Tour Sojourners, which encourages professors from developed countries all over the world to teach in underprivileged Ugandan universities.
Bentz plans on teaching the students contemporary American jazz dance, even though they may be business or engineering majors. He is also looking forward to the challenge and opportunity of working with local Ugandan musicians on this interesting collaboration.
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Funeral Mass will be on Jan. 2.
Sister Marie Germaine Perreault, CSJ, 89, of Crookston, Minnesota, member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, entered into eternal life on December 28, 2012 at Villa St. Vincent in Crookston. Sister Marie Germaine (Marie Elizabeth Zelia) was born on August 6, 1923 to Napoleon and Amanda (Paradis) Perreault of Terrebonne.
Zelia attended grade school in Red Lake County and high school at St. Joseph's Academy in Crookston. She joined the Congregation of St. Joseph on September 3, 1940 and on April 24, 1941 received the religious habit and was given the name Sister Marie Germaine. Following her profession of First Vows on August 10, 1942, Sister Marie Germaine's first mission was to serve as community housekeeper at St. Rose Convent in Argyle, MN. Her qualities of caring and compassion led the community leaders to direct her to begin studies in the health care field.
Sister Marie Germaine earned her R.N. degree in 1946 at St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis, MN and then earned a certificate as a registered nurse anesthetist at St. Mary's Hospital School of Anesthesia in Duluth, MN in 1947. Thirty-two years of devoted nursing care followed at St. Joseph's Hospital, Park Rapids, MN, Trinity Hospital in Baudette, MN, and Holy Family Hospital in Superior, WI.
A change of location and pace occurred in 1977-78 when Sister Marie Germaine served as nursing director of Glenmore Foundation, Crookston, and then as a public health nurse for Polk County from 1979-1986.
Her avocation as a massage therapist began in 1986 with study at the Northern Lights School of Massage in Minneapolis. She then spent 3 months interning in an established clinic before opening Healing Hands, a wholistic care clinic in Stillwater. She felt that her ministry was a direct answer to Jesus' call to touch others in His name and heal them, and that this ministry was very much in keeping with the charism of her congregation. Swedish massage, acupressure and reflexology were among the techniques she used in order to relieve tension and pain for her clients.
In May 1997, Sister Marie Germaine moved to Marywood Residence in Crookston and resided there until May 2004 when she and 6 other Sisters of St. Joseph moved to the Summit Apartments. She and another sister introduced recycling to Summit residents but it is her ability to revive dying plants and to grow beautiful African violets for which she is best remembered.
Sister Marie Germaine was preceded in death by her parents and 3 brothers, Harvey, David, and Vern. She is survived by the Sisters of St. Joseph; 4 sisters, Lucy Gauthier of New London, MN, Louise Oxley of St. Albans, WV; Martha (Mike) Harty of Milwaukee, WI; Theresa (Don) Swenson of Crookston, MN; and brother, Leo of Morris, MN. In addition, Sister Marie Germaine is survived by sisters-in-law Merlyn Perreault and Virginia Perreault, as well as by many loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
The Prayer Service for Sister Marie Germaine will be held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 12:30pm and will be followed by a Visitation until the celebration of the funeral Mass at 2:00pm., Msgr. Roger Grundhaus, presider. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Congregation of St. Joseph.
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The Mets didn't win anything on their recent homestand and they won't win anything this weekend in Philadelphia.
Neither will the Phillies.
The most important thing coming out of the homestand, and this weekend's series, is it has made the Mets' season relevant again. It might have started with the promotion of Ike Davis and ended with perhaps the best 10-game regular season stretch in franchise history, but in between we saw the Mets play alert, aggressive baseball.
We saw the Mets play as they promised us they would. We saw them play as if they wanted our attention.
And, they deserved it.
What I am looking forward to in this series are three games of intense baseball, of a rivalry where the competitive juices are flowing.
After all the promoting it as such, it finally is a rivalry worth paying attention to again. Each one of the games has a special nugget of intrigue.
Tonight is about Jon Niese and how the young pitcher will respond to the pressure of a high profile game. Niese giving the Mets six strong tonight will go a long way toward answering some of their pitching questions. It would also prevent an emotional let down.
After a week-and-a-half of being on an emotional high, tonight is about sustaining. The last thing we want to see is for Niese to get hammered and to lose that good feeling.
Tomorrow, and this is the game I really want to see, is Mike Pelfrey against Roy Halladay. In a season full of tests for Pelfrey, this is another one. Aren't you curious about seeing him go against an ace?
Sunday it is the stopper, Johan Santana, who would be pitching to either stave off a disappointment or continue the ride. It will be as important a game as you can have in May, and you want your best.
The Mets went 9-1 because they played to their capabilities, but also because they did not try to exceed them. They played within themselves and didn't try to do something they weren't capable of doing.
They need that same, level approach this weekend, and if they get it, then it could be the start of a wonderful summer.


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When local property owner Vince Adame filed a complaint to the California Coastal Commission about a code violation specifically that the trailer was never issued a coastal development permit (CDP) debate flared about the police trailer's use, purpose and aesthetic appeal at its location by the sea.
According to police Lt. Natalie Stone, who was put in charge of handling the notice of violation, the trailer was installed in the parking lot after the Newport Avenue police substation closed in 1999 because of the city's financial duress.
To continue fighting or at least preventing crime in the area surrounding the pier, which was notorious for vagrancies, drunkenness and criminal activity, the Ocean Beach MainStreet Association (OBMA) explored the option of placing a temporary police trailer in the pier parking lot for officers to use the facilities, write reports or take breaks while on patrol in the area. The Ocean Beach Planning Board (OBPB) approved the temporary installation in 1999. Now, 14 years later, the matter appeared on the same planning board's docket on Jan. 2. Residents, merchants and board members gathered to determine the fate of the trailer.
Area business owners at the meeting including Dave Martin of Shades OBistro, Steve Grosch of Ocean Beach Hotel and local attorney Craig Klien spoke in favor of the trailer by the waterfront, saying the police presence there has considerably improved safety around their businesses over the years.
"Our local merchants appreciate it when the police can arrive quickly if there is an incident. It's important for all of us to feel safe in our communities, and having the police ready and willing to help us is a good thing," said OBMA executive director Denny Knox.
Although Adame said he is not opposed to the additional police presence near his home, he was dubious of the trailer's effectiveness in countering crime, as it does not serve as a staffed police storefront available to the public.
"The trailer is a restroom and storage," he said at the meeting. "What is helpful are the phone calls to police."
He said the trailer was a view-blocking eyesore that takes up parking space and should be moved to another location like Robb Field or beneath the pier.
At the conclusion of the debate, eight of the nine OBPB members voted in favor of a motion to recommend approval of the CDP, with the caveat that police officials seek out a more suitable alternative for a permanent location.
"This is our best alternative at the moment, and we know that more limited police presence would be a disaster for the community," said Knox. "We believe that the trailer will remain until the community can find an alternative. Everything is on the table. Unfortunately, it is always about the money. If any community can come together, it is Ocean Beach. We hope that a long-term, permanent solution will be found."
The California Coastal Commission will hear the permit application at a future date, which has yet to be determined. To air concerns or support for the project to the California Coastal Commission, write to the district office at 7575 Metropolitan Drive, Suite 103, San Diego, 92108, or call (619) 767-2370.


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The family of two Leavenworth brothers who were shot to death in 2011 is unhappy with a plea agreement that allowed their killer to be sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Despite the family's pleas for a longer sentence, a Leavenworth County judge followed the plea agreement's recommendations on Friday when he sentenced 37-year-old Aundray D. McDonald for two counts of voluntary manslaughter.
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McDonald was originally charged with premeditated first-degree murder and first-degree felony murder in the Dec. 16, 2011 deaths of 25-year-old Derrick Jones and his 28-year-old brother, Marshall Jones, outside a Leavenworth barbershop. The shootings resulted from a feud between McDonald and the brothers.
The voluntary manslaughter charge suggests that McDonald had an honest but unreasonable belief the use of deadly force was justified the night of the shootings, The Leavenworth Times reported.
Mary Jones, the victims' mother, asked District Judge Gunnar Sundby to sentence McDonald to nothing less than 40 years in prison. Three other family members also asked for a longer sentence.
Sundby said he could impose a longer sentence only if he thought the prosecution acted in bad faith, but he didn't.
One family member screamed and left the courtroom after hearing that Sundby was following the plea agreement.
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Three, US$1 million awards that will recognize scientists for their seminal advances in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience. The Prizes will be awarded every two years beginning in 2008, and will consist of a scroll, a medal, and the cash award. They will be presented in cooperation with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.kavlifoundation.org/
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