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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has notified the Department of Energy that it intends to join a suit proposed by the states of Washington and Oregon.
Oct. 6The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has notified the Department of Energy that it intends to join a suit proposed by the states of Washington and Oregon.
In July the two states notified the federal government that they intended to sue DOE if it does not assess environmental harm caused by past plutonium production at Hanford. The states were required to give DOE 60 days notice before filing suit but have not sued yet.
"We have had discussions with Energy and have not waived any of our options at the moment," said Gary Larson, spokesman for the Washington State Office of the Attorney General.
The federal Superfund law covering sites where hazardous wastes have been released requires that an assessment of harm to natural resources be completed.
The tribes "are not asking for money damages," said Armand Minthorn, a member of the board that governs the tribes, in a prepared statement. "We are asking the court to order the Department of Energy to openly assess the environmental harm at Hanford."
Only when the extent of damage to plants and animals from Hanford pollution is know, can plans be developed to restore resources, he said.
The states agree that a thorough assessment of damages would help make better decisions about cleanup work. But DOE has argued that damages should not be assessed while it still is cleaning up the nuclear reservation.
For more than 40 years, radioactive materials were released to the air, the Columbia River and to shallow ponds on the Hanford site, say the confederated tribes, which include the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla people.
Scientists for the tribes believe contamination of the Columbia River with radioactive waste and other hazardous substances from Hanford could be contributing to the decline in Northwest salmon populations.
The tribes say they own treaty rights to use natural resources on Hanford and other historic tribal lands, including fishing, hunting and gathering traditional foods and medicines.
The Yakama Nation filed a similar suit in federal court in 2002. The suit proposed by Washington, Oregon and the tribes could be joined with the Yakama suit.
To see more of the Tri-City Herald, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.tri-cityherald.com.© 2004, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.

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Apple v. Samsung Back in Court: Here's What the Judge Will Decide
If you thought last summer's Apple v. Samsung patent trial was over, think again. Although the landmark trial resulted in a $1.05 billion victory for Apple, many issues are still outstanding, and this month the two tech giants are back in court to continue their slugfest over intellectual property.
Judge Lucy Koh again asked the two sides to find a middle ground in their dispute. "I think it's time for global peace," Koh said to lawyers representing Apple and Samsung on Thursday, the AP reports.
The companies' attorneys replied with their now-rote responses: Apple declaring its intention to keep fighting until Samsung changed its ways, and Samsung saying Apple is trying to get in the courtroom what it couldn't win in the marketplace. Samsung now sells more smartphones than any other company in the world.
Koh has tried to get the two sides to make peace before, going so far as requiring the CEOs of Apple and Samsung to speak directly to each other. Needless to say, that didn't work, and in all likelihood it will be up to Koh to resolve the issues now being contested.
Here's what Apple is asking for:
Products Banned: Given that the trial found many specific Samsung products to be infringing on Apple patents, Apple now wants those products banned. On Apple's hit list: the Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S II (on AT&T and T-Mobile), Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy S II Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Galaxy Prevail and Droid Charge.
Increased Damages: Apple is asking Judge Koh to jack up the current $1.05 billion damages, which its lawyers characterize as a "slap on the wrist." Apple wants an additional $707 million, with the rationale that if certain features were found to be infringing on some models, then if those same features are on other phones then they should also be declared infringing — with monetary penalties.
Samsung has demands, too:
New Trial: Samsung thinks the original verdict should be thrown out and a new trial granted, arguing jury misconduct. The jury foreman in the case had failed to disclose that he once was sued by his former employer, Seagate, which has a strategic relationship with Samsung. The foreman, Velvin Hogan, says he didn't talk about the matter because it occurred almost 20 years ago, and the jury instructions only required disclosure of litigation going back 10 years.
Reduced Damages: Failing a new trial, Samsung wants the damages reduced. For one product, the Galaxy Prevail, the jury put Samsung on the hook for $58 million, but violating the tap-and-zoom patent in question shouldn't result in that big a figure, Koh has said.
In the weeks before Christmas, Koh is expected to rule on all these matters, but the case won't stop there. Samsung is expected to appeal the case to the federal appeals court that deals with patent disputes, and possibly even the U.S. Supreme Court. That is, if both sides don't heed the judge's call for peace.
Apple has also filed another patent-infringement lawsuit in the U.S. against Samsung over its newer products such as the Samsung Galaxy S III. That trial isn't due to begin until 2014. The two companies have many other ongoing cases in courtrooms worldwide.
What do you think should happen now in Apple v. Samsung? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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THE SYMMETRY OF SYNTACTIC RELATIONS by Wei-wen Liao A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (LINGUISTICS) August 2011 Copyright 2011 Wei-wen Liao
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|In generative syntax, the theory of asymmetry in syntax has gained much attention due to the influential work of Kayne (1994), who adopts the null hypothesis that syntax is inherently asymmetric. However, such a direction does not seem fully compatible with the general assumptions in Galilean style scientific theories, all of which aspire to uncover hidden symmetry (in theoretical models) from observed asymmetries (see also Brody 2003, Stewart & Golubitsky 1992, Stewart 1998). In view of this tension, it will be argued in this dissertation that the base syntactic representation should be symmetric, while surface phrase structures are actually derived from symmetric representations by the symmetry-breaking mapping rules that are induced by the asymmetric natures of the interfaces (Prinzhorn & Vergnaud 2004 et seq.). The hidden invariance/symmetry of syntax can be revealed by studying recursive parallel patterns, which can be identified in three types of primitive syntactic coupling relations. The three types of fundamental relations are the N-V relation, the substantive-functional (S-F) relation, and the k-k' (generalized connectives) relation. Following Prinzhorn & Vergnaud (2004 et seq.), it is hypothesized that the basic unit characterizing syntactic merger (a base structure in the sense of Chomsky 1964) can be viewed as a Cartesian product that simultaneously encodes primitive syntactic relations (i.e., a base structure = {N,V}*{S,F}*{k,k'}), which can be represented in a graph-theoretical way as a three dimensional cube, and each node of the cube is a certain combination of syntactic relations that defines the syntactic role played by the lexical item inserted in that node (e.g. a noun (N,S,k) = a nominal substantive root coupled with a classifier (N,S,k')). Each instance of merge, then, is a reflection of a syntactic relation (Collins 2002). The symmetry of syntax, eventually, arises from the recursive parallelisms generated by the primitive syntactic relations. Considering the asymmetry of phrase structures (in the sense of Kayne 1994), it is argued that the asymmetry is imposed by the asymmetric nature of the interfaces. Thus, the translation from a highly symmetric syntactic representation (i.e. a Cartesian product of primitive syntactic relations) to asymmetric phrase structures is identified as a symmetry-breaking process in syntax. Generalizing Moro (2000), labeling can be taken as an asymmetric direction-marking mechanism of symmetric Merge. Following Prinzhorn & Vergnaud (2004), it is argued that different orderings among the primitive syntactic relations may be responsible for the macroparameters found in the cross-linguistic phrase structures. With the primitive syntactic relations remaining invariant, each possible type of phrase structures can therefore be viewed as a member of the symmetry group of the underlying symmetric syntax. Evidence from classifier constructions and indefinite expressions (with special reference to the Chinese languages) will be discussed in favor of the symmetric syntax.
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The second failure was with new and freshly opened PF Pyrocat HD developer that I stored immediately in brown glass bottles. It worked fine for 2 1/2 weeks and then failed overnight. I had to toss the remainder.
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Lady Monarch Rowers End Fall Campaign On A High Note
By ODU Athletics
Nov. 16, 2008
Charlottesville, Va. - The Old Dominion University women's rowing team closed out what has been a strong fall season on Sunday, finishing in the top half of the field in both races at the Rivanna Romp in Charlottesville.
In the Women's Novice 8, the Lady Monarchs had to overcome an unusual set of circumstances to place third out of the eight boats entered in the event. After passing a boat from Tennessee with 1,700 meters to go, the ODU boat found trouble when a pile of leaves got caught in the rudder, dropping the Lady Monarchs back in the field. However, after digging out the leaves the Lady Monarchs rallied down the stretch to move back in front of the Tennessee crew, securing third place.
The Lady Monarchs finished 10th in the 23-team field of the Women's 4+ with a time of 15:41.28. The boats that finished ahead of ODU were from four schools that finished ranked in the top 20 last season, Virginia, Ohio State, Tennessee and Miami, giving the Lady Monarchs a vote of confidence heading into winter conditioning.
"Today's results were a tremendous way for us to round out our first fall as a varsity program," said Lady Monarch head coach Heather Weisel. "The team handled some top level competition both competently and confidently. It was a great opportunity to see how the work we've all done as a team would translate very early in the year. We have such a long journey ahead but this was a huge step in the right direction."


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A fall cocktail in homage to the first Thanksgiving made with brandy, apple juice, and sparkling wine.
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The following excerpts are from 'How Exactly Wolves Change the Course of Rivers' by Ray Molina of yourdailymedia.com Mar. 1, 2014
I know you're thinking that this can't be possible – just read on!
Just this week ViralNova posted this topic so I thought I'd republish it for those who missed it on Mar. 4, 2014. The video is really a must see.
…Trophic cascade is when the behavior of top predators have a trickling down effect on their environment. Let's call these predators the "one percent."
The one percent may be vicious killing machines who think only of themselves, but even bad intentions could have good outcomes. We are finding out that their murderous ways can be useful in controlling the over population of herbivores that are eating more than their fair share, which leaves little for a multitude of other animals lower on the food chain.
Eventually there will be plenty of wolves, perhaps even too many, and at some point we may need to protect the rest of the food chain from these top predators.
But like most things, if not everything, there's a time and a place.
I do wonder about whether or not the Ecosystems would have just found a new way to balance themselves out over time. Who knows how long that might have taken though, or maybe it's currently happening in ways we cannot yet witness.
The main culprit of our Eco failures is you and me through our destruction of habitats through land-developing and hunting and pollution. We really blew it, and now we're trying to cut our losses by celebrating animals that repair our mistakes.
In the video below, Author/Activist George Monbiot describes to an audience at TED the effects of Wolves that were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in the mid 90's.
He describes how the wolves, in a relatively short period of time, have transformed the landscape and allowed more varieties of life to flourish. And wolves did it in ways we never expected.
It's a humbling reminder of just how connected life on this planet really is.
The original TED talk by George Monbiot, gives numerous examples of how "rewilding" our ecosystem can give us back the earth our predecessors had the privilege of experiencing.
NOTE: There are "elk" pictured in this video when the narrator is referring to "deer." This is because the narrator is British and the British word for "elk" is "red deer" or "deer" for short. The scientific report this is based on refers to elk so we wanted to be accurate with the truth of the story.
When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains in this movie remix.
Narration from TED: "For more wonder, rewild the world" by George Monbiot. Watch the full talk, here: http://bit.ly/N3m62h
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Last year I took a bit of a gamble. As I already had to go to Scotland to do some preparatory work on my departmental budget for 2017, I decided to make a proper week of it and stayed up in Scotland so that I could attend the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival. From the very first evening, I knew I had made the perfect choice and as the weekend went on, I knew that, come hell or high water, I'd be back again.
I knew this because I'd booked the hotel for 2017 before I'd even left Stirling.
After much arm twisting (read a single text message) I had managed to persuade my sister to join me and last Friday morning, armed only with suitcase, a few empty bags and a takeaway crap in a bap for breakfast we set off for Stirling.
Now regular followers of my blog will recall that I suffer from more than a little paranoia and neurosis when it comes to attending festivals. I don't not go, but as a total introvert and overtly shy person (when not hiding behind my computer screen at least) there is nothing worse for me than a facing room full of people, all of whom seem to already know each other, laughing, joking and generally celebrating all things bookish. For regular visitors to these things it's a chance to catch up with old friends. For me – it's a nightmare.
Bloody Scotland is totally different. Set across three venues in Stirling, it is entirely possible to attend this event without feeling either claustrophobic or excluded. There is no pressure to socialise, and yet every opportunity to do so. It feels like there are more people there for the simple fact of listening to the authors, as much as they are to schmooze with them. And yet, if you are so inclined, the opportunity to schmooze is there. It is a truly reader friendly festival and about as relaxed as they come. I'm not saying that other book festivals are not friendly (they are) or relaxed (they are), but for someone like me, not having everything in one venue just makes it feel easier somehow. It's hard to put my finger on it, but it is an entirely different atmosphere. A lot less intense.
It is no less bloody brilliant.
What a weekend we had. If you are in any doubt about attending festivals then I would encourage you to make the pilgrimage north to Stirling in September. I very much doubt you will be disappointed. There is a packed agenda across the two and a half days, Saturday and Sunday packing in up to three panels in each time slot. The most taxing thing you need to do all weekend is decide on which ones to attend.
Not being drinkers, Mandie and I went a little mad on the old panels, attending all three events on Friday night, six panels each on Saturday and three on Sunday afternoon. Because I was on the blog tour for the Bloody Scotland book, I got one of these:
I didn't really need to use it much as I'd booked tickets in advance, but it's a wonderful souvenir and reminder of a cracking weekend.
First up on Friday night was a truly unique and wonderful event. After attending the Gala Opening, held for the first time at Stirling Castle, in which Denise Mina was awarded the McIlvanney Prize for her novel The Long Drop, we threw caution to the wind and joined everyone heading down the hill in the first torchlight procession in honour of Ian Rankin's 30 years of Rebus.
It was absolutely incredible (and a little scary) heading down the hills and cobbled streets from the castle to the Albert Halls for the panel with Ian Rankin and Mark Billingham. Now I say scary because I was walking next to Mandie who can trip over a shadow, so the idea of hills, cobbles and a three foot long wooden stick coated in paraffin wax and set alight… Well, it's enough to make even a tough man cower. We survived though and after completing the 'dip and tip' manoeuvre with the torch, we headed into the Albert Halls for the first panel.
After an entertaining hour spent in the company of Messrs Rankin and Billingham, listening as they talked all things Rebus, Ian Rankin's 30 years in the business, the highs the lows and hitting the suspects list, we trundled back to the front of The Albert Halls to queue for the last event of the evening – Never Mind The Buzzcops in which two quiz teams, captained by Mark Billingham and Val McDermid, with Craig Robertson as quizmaster, tried to out gun each other with their knowledge of all things crime – from theme tunes to baby photos.
To me the quiz was one of the highlights of the 2016 festival and this was no different. Mark's team won by the narrowest of margins but a win is a win right? (Same couldn't be said for the football team he captained, but that's someone else's story.) When all the quiz fun was over we hung around for the very last treat of an already incredible opening evening – The Fun Lovin' Crime Writers. Playing an array of songs from rock to country, and rounding off the night with The Proclaimers 500 Miles, this was an event to remember. Doug Johnstone, Luca Veste, Stuart Neville, Mark Billingham, Val McDermid and Chris Brookmyre showcased their musical talent and natural rhythm (or lack thereof in Val McDermid's case, but she does do a mean train impression) and wowed the crowds, getting them dancing in the aisles. Frustrated rock stars possibly, brilliantly entertaining they most certainly are.
After the excitement of Friday night, Saturday morning was a far more sedate start. After breakfast our first panel of the day was Queens of Grip Lit with C.L. Taylor, Sarah Pinborough and Clare Mackintosh. Here they talked about everything from domestically mundane tasks, to implausible or unnecessary twists, and the need to up the ante in their next book.
Next up was Craig Sisterson in conversation with Val McDermid. As always with Val, a thoroughly entertaining and frank discussion about her 30 years of writing. They talked through her whole career from the Lindsay Gordon series which she described as 'Agatha Christie with a radical, feminist, lesbian plot' to the Hill and Jordan series which was conceived while driving down the M6 past the Lake District.
The third panel of the day saw me and Mandie part ways. Mandie when to Watching the Detectives featuring MJ Arlidge and Robert Thorogood, and I went to the New Crimes panel, chaired by Alex Gray and featuring Felicia Yap, Mark Hill, Ian Skewis and Rob Ewing. It was great to hear about how all of the writers approach the task of writing, both plotters and pantsers represented here, and where the inspiration for their novels came from. Rather more disturbingly, Rob Ewing shared his thoughts on the most effective virus for wiping out a population of people. Least said, as they say…
Meeting back up with Mandie, we next attended The Dark Lands featuring Lin Anderson, Ragnar Jonasson and Thomas Enger. As well as discussing their fiction, all set in cold, dark climates, reflecting on how this affects mood, setting and even writing style, we were also treated to a musical performance by Thomas Enger, who played the lullaby which his character, Henning Juul, created for his young son. I'd seen a video on line but nothing compares to seeing it played live. Absolutely beautiful and moving music, and completely a wonderful panel to boot.
Time to split up again, Mandie heading to the From Cops to Robbers panel and me heading to watch Craig Sisterson interviewing Mason Cross and Craig Russell. A really interesting hour spent looking at two writers from not only very different settings but also very different time periods. Examining how they create time and place from a landscape which is not their own natural habitat, it did nothing to help my ever growing TBR list. Even better, just before the panel we were treated to a Crime in the Spotlight session, created to highlight just some of the rising stars in crime fiction. This time it was the turn of Lloyd Otis, whose new debut novel Deadlands is released in October.
After a quick bite to eat (the first time we'd remembered to eat and drink since just after breakfast – whoops) we both headed back to The Golden Lion for the final panel of the evening, Two Crime Writers and a Microphone – featuring hosts Luca Veste and Steve Cavanagh, and guests Mark Billingham, Eva Dolan and Ian Rankin, with Stuart Neville providing the soundtrack live. Due to laws of libel, and this being a mostly family friendly blog, I can't repeat a lot of what was said, however I can tell you it was hilarious, occasionally close to the knuckle, and a brilliant way to end the evening. If you've ever listened to one of the podcasts then imagine that live and uncensored. Yeah. Like that.
Sunday was a far more sedate affair. A morning spent drinking coffee, reading and completing a little blogmin, as our first panel wasn't scheduled until 2pm. Then it was time for Social Issues or Serial Killers with Craig Robertson, Eva Dolan and Mark Billingham. Examining the ideas of whether evil truly exists, the place for and popularity of serial killers in crime fiction, and their own novels which come with a high sense of social justice, this was an absolutely cracking session with three authors who are never afraid to speak their minds. If you've not read them yet, you really must.
Nesx up was An Inspector Faro Mystery – The Vanishing Vagrant. Possibly not quite award winning acting, but still highly entertaining, it has to be said that the accents left a lot of be desired. There was a guest turn from actress Harley Jane Kozak, but as good as she was she was nonetheless upstaged by Gordon Brown's Liverpudlian (? – who knows) accent, and Douglas Skelton's top class turn as Inspector Faro, stepping deftly into the shoes vacated by last year's star, Stuart MacBride.
Rounding off the whole weekend in style, we decided to head to Four Blokes in search of a plot. The dream writing team of Neil Broadfoot, Gordon Brown, Douglas Skelton and Mark Leggatt recreated their writing partnership magic, penning their next masterpiece, Stewart MacBride and Tatty Peeler, while wearing the 'tea cosy of inspiration' and answering questions from the audience on the art of writing. Absolutely hilarious.
Nice hat Gordon!
It was a great weekend meeting old friends and new. It was wonderful to finally meet Jackie Baldwin, Mary Picken and Kelly Lacey. I saw Jackie perform her Crime in the Spotlight segment last year and it was lovely to finally say an official hello.
If you are in any doubt about whether or not to attend next year, which by the way is from the 21st to 23rd September, then here are a few words from festival newbie Mandie to try and persuade you.
Thoughts from a Bloody Scotland first timer.
So this year I went to my very first Bloody Scotland event. If I am honest it was my first real experience of a Crime Writer's festival. I went to the Killer Women event last year in London but that in no way prepared me for the weekend that lay ahead.
As a newbie the first big trauma you get is trying to work out what you want to see.. thankfully I had Jen to help guide me a bit as the first thought is to do something from every session… My advice is don't – not unless you really want to see specific authors that are on in the session. You will drive yourself nuts flitting from one event to another. On the Saturday, when we paused at about 5pm we realised we had not really had anything to eat or drink since early that morning.
My other bit of advice is go to some of the fun events on offer (always at the end of the day). They are a good way to unwind and to be honest is probably when you see the authors at their most relaxed. I have never laughed so much as I did at the Inspector Faro play on Sunday, but the authors trying to put together a story between them, whilst wearing a tea cosy of inspiration was hysterical.
I think one of my favourite sessions was "From Cops to Robbers". There I got to listen to 3 former police officers talk about their experiences and what got them writing. It was interesting to hear about their different experiences in the force.
My advice is – if you have not been to one before – go, they are a blast.
All that remains to be said is thank you to every one involved in creating, hosting and participating in Bloody Scotland. It is an amazing weekend and I can't wait to return to Stirling next year.
A Bloody Giveaway
Now I will admit that I am a bit of a tool, but a generous one, so one of you lucky folk will get to benefit from my toolishness right now. Being an avid reader of crime fiction, and loving all things Scottish, I had a hard copy of Bloody Scotland on order from Amazon from the minute I found out it was being released. I also ordered it on Kindle because I prefer to read that way. As I was on the blog tour, the organisers of Bloody Scotland kindly sent me a hard copy of the book. I forgot to cancel my order with Amazon (to be fair I forgot I even had it on order still so…)
As I am a lovely lady (apparently) I am going to give that brand new copy of Bloody Scotland away to one of you lucky folk. As I am so very, very lovely (apparently) I am also giving away a beautiful Heather Gems bookmark, a Hailin' Coo notebook and a bar of Iain Burnett Highland Chocolatier Milk Chocolate which believe me is very lush. Open to entrants from UK and Europe, all you need to do is follow the link and do one of three things: follow Jen Med's on Twitter, follow Jen Med's Facebook page, or comment below with the answer to the question asked in the link.


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Faster then the speed of light here we are once again at the cusp of a New Year. It seems that the entire 365 days of 2016 have been leading up to this one event; New Year's Eve. There is always so much pressure around this night to make it memorable so we have some traditional ideas combined with a fresh perspective to make your New Year's Eve sparkalicious! (sure it's a word LOL)
This is the one night of the year that glitter is appropriate; anytime, anywhere, no holds barred. So live it up! Grab that sequined dress, jacket or skirt out of the closet that has been hanging back there for years waiting for its debut and knock-em dead.
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New Year's only comes around once a year, so why not make the occasion memorable and join the celebration in one of these sparktacular cities.
New York City – Although New York may be too much for some people, there is no denying that it is one of the best parties in the world when it comes to New Year's Eve. Whether you are down in Time Square watching the ball drop or out on the water enjoying the fireworks, New York will give anybody an experience to remember.
London – The iconic Big Ben is the gathering place of hundreds of thousands of people on New Year's Eve. The banks of the Thames and all of London's most famous bridges are crowded with people watching the incredible light show and listening to the clock chime at midnight.
Paris – The "City of Lights" lives up to its name during its New Year's Eve celebration. From the spectacular fireworks show at the Eiffel Tower, to the massive block party in the shadow of the Arc de Triomphe and finally to the show at the well known Moulin Rouge, Paris provides an experience not soon forgotten.
Sydney – Because of its unique location Sydney is the first major city to ring in the New Year and they do it in style. The city is known for having one of the largest firework shows in the world, the show starts at 9 PM and ends when the clock strikes midnight. The large waterfront provides a place for millions of people to gather and enjoy the show which features aerial acrobatics, an Aboriginal smoking ceremony that is said to cleanse bad spirits, and the Harbour of Light Parade.
So, if you are like me and are so over the hype and hubris surrounding this holiday there are others ways to make it memorable without all of the hubbub.
Indoor Camping – Set up a small tent and to add some sparkle put up some lights and light some candles. You can even venture outside and ring in the New Year under the twinkle of the stars. If you are really feeling adventurous you can light a fire (in the fireplace of course) and roast some marshmallows.
Create An At Home Spa – This is a great way to pamper your spouse and it sets the mood for a romantic New Year. You can plan out the spa treatments you will offer. Don't forget the candles and champagne.
Spark The Inspiration Of Those Around You, Create A Giving Calendar for the New Year – Create a calendar of ways you want to give in 2017. Plan something for each month, find a charity or ministry that you would like to support and create unique ways to give back to them, it could be as simple as the gift of your time.
Put Some Sparkle in Your New Year and Plan a Trip to Vegas in 2017 – Spend your New Year's Eve planning your next vacation. There are a lot of great ways to enjoy Vegas, from Cirque Du Soleil shows to Wynn Night Clubs, there is something for everyone. Vegas is a great place to make your New Year sparkle.


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Well, my feeling that a Huckabee presidency wouldn't be so bad lasted less than 48 hours. Right:
"Africa is, indeed, coming into fashion." - Horace Walpole (1774)
Well, my feeling that a Huckabee presidency wouldn't be so bad lasted less than 48 hours. Right:
The lineup of speakers for breakout sessions at the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant is out, and all I can say is WOW. It's clearly going to be very difficult to choose which sessions to attend, but I'm leaning towards doing something out-of-the-ordinary and not just going to all the public policy stuff like I usually do. Don't get me wrong; I'll be in some of those sessions as well (the chance to hear Miguel de la Torre speak on a panel on race relations is too good to miss), but one of my goals for the NBC is to step outside my comfort zone a bit and interact with those I wouldn't just see in everyday life anyway. "Prophetic Preaching" (with James Forbes on Friday!) looks pretty amazing, and I'm curious to hear David Gushee and Stan Hastey on "Peacemaking" (at, unfortunately, the exact same time as Forbes).
"An 11-month-old baby girl has died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a day after she was raped, the UN says. The alleged rapist, a man aged 20, has been detained by Congolese police about 140km west of Goma. He faces a life sentence." - BBC
This is taking Clinton hatred too far.
Oh, wow.
I-35 is a highway prophesied in Isaiah 35:8! If Pat Robertson (or some Dallas college minister) says so, it must be true!
Several years back, Texas Monthly ran a cover headline entitled, "Is Jerry Jones the Devil?" My family has a ridiculous number of subscriptions to the magazine, so I mentioned the story when calling home that week. Turns out my mother, who usually lets daddy read their copy first, had ripped open the magazine and torn through the story as soon as she saw the cover. She was pleased with its conclusion ("Yes, and he's ruined the Dallas Cowboys.").
Ten points if you can name this current presidential candidate without cheating:
Well, last night's Republican debate was the first debate I have sat down to watch in quite awhile. (I don't think I managed to watch a whole debate in 2004 because I can only listen to George W. Bush for so long.) To be honest, if The Lobbyist for the Good Guys hadn't had a get-together for that purpose, I wouldn't have watched it all.
"The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid." - Frederick Buechner
If you haven't been following the nerd-off in the comments section of this post, well, it's time to catch up. Here's a brief review of what's happened so far, round by round:
My friend Ali's father was released from prison over the weekend, but he is being held under house arrest. Thanks for your prayers, and please continue to keep his family in your prayers as this is far from over.
Here's what a nerd I am: tonight, after ending another semester of wrangling the GA's, I'm going to a watching party for tonight's CNN/YouTube Republican debate. That is hosted by a friend who is not one of my political scientist colleagues.
The voice of "Mind the Gap" on the London Underground has been fired for some spoof announcements she recorded and put on her website. I don't know about you, but I think the spoofs are for the most part hilarious (except the first one). Since these were a spoof that would never have been actually played, it really doesn't make sense that they would fire her, but it sure would make my annual day-in-London-on-the-way-to-the-Congo a lot more entertaining.
So Krusee gives up before Craddick can go after him in full-force. My, my, my, the Texas election fun is already underway. And all those other R's who tried to oust our boy Tom had better watch out: Papa's mad, and he's got more cash to throw to your primary opponents now.
There are some doozies of questions for this Wednesday's YouTube Republican debate in which average Americans get to ask questions. Here's betting these won't make it through the CNN screeners.
"Judge rules crosses are not always religious."
Other times in history that crosses were not considered religious:
Any others?
One of the realities with which I've had to come to grips this year is how painful it is to starve to death, especially for children. A child with Kwashiorkor - the protein defficiency from which the child in the above video is suffering - can endure everything from chronic diarrhea to liver disease to an enlarged heart before finally falling into a coma before death. They hurt all the time.
Tomorrow most of us will gather around tables that are loaded down with enough calories to feed an entire orphanage of children living with Kwashiorkor. We will say prayers of thanks that the accidents of our birth didn't land us in Haiti or Ethiopia or the Congo. We will be genuinely grateful that we have enough, that we have our families and friends around us, and that God has blessed us with more than we need. It will be good.
Here's the thing, though: I don't believe that's enough.
We have this strange theology in the American church that pops up here and there and now and again (sorry, PT) that suggests that what faith is about is believing and worshiping correctly. As long as people are really feeling God's presence in worship, as long as we believe that we should be thankful, as long as we say the right prayer and check off the boxes and make sure everyone's in attendance and don't have sex until we get married, then we're doing it right. And it doesn't matter that we accumulate unnecessary stuff and live in extravagant houses and never see people who look different than us.
One of my favorite places in Austin is El Buen Samaritano, a ministry of our local Episcopal Dioceses. El Buen helps immigrants in every way imaginable - with health care, with ESL and other education programs, with childcare, with a food pantry, with nutrition and exercise classes. It's an amazing, hopeful place that helps some of the most neglected, discriminated-against members of our society. El Buen's clients are the working poor, people who get paid minimum wage and who would otherwise never have the chance to get ahead.
El Buen is headed by the Reverend Ed Gomez, a priest who was a successful Houston businessman until God called him to minister to those in need. A couple of years ago, on a tour of El Buen with a group of high school students who were seeing the place for the first time, Rev. Ed said something to our group that stopped me in my tracks. He talked about the contrast in the Biblical stories about the center's namesake, the Good Samaritain, and the lifestyle of compassion that Jesus calls us to in Matthew 25. It's not enough, said Rev. Ed, to think that being a Christian means you can do occasional acts of charity and think you've got your bases covered on that whole "helping the needy" thing. Sending a Christmas basket or working on a Habitat house once a year isn't going to cut it, because that's not what God calls us to. God calls us to a lifestyle of compassion and justice.
Biblical justice is scary. It uproots our comfortable vision of how life should be. It completely dissembles most of our ideas about church and church buildings and church ministries (What would Jesus say about multimillion dollar church budgets when Christians are starving?). It doesn't allow us to rest comfortably, knowing that we believe the right things and have signed off on the right doctrines. The paradox, of course, is that living in such a way seems to set people free, such that they don't feel trapped or burdened by this call. Rev. Ed is one of the most free people I've ever met. But getting there means we have to change, and that isn't easy.
I'm afraid it also means that we - that I - have to rethink Thanksgiving and what it means, especially when we know that there are children like five-year-old, 29-pound Henrius (in the video above) who are dying extraordinarily painful deaths from entirely preventable causes. That is not just, and as long as there are children like Henrius in this world, something in my life has to change. Let's give thanks, and then let's give until we can give no more.
Actual titles of term papers turned in to yours truly in response to an assignment to write a paper about a current event and relate it to concepts discussed in class (not corrected for grammar or usage errors):
Ian Smith, the former white minority president of Southern Rhodesia, has died. Smith and his supporters unilaterally (and illegally) declared independence from the United Kingdom in 1965 and ran a white minority regime for 14 years, until an insurgency led by Robert Mugabe finally forced him into peace talks at Lancaster House in 1979. The Lancaster House Agreement led to the creation of independent Zimbabwe, which has been led by Mugabe ever since.
Kelso's column on the Hyde Park/Austin Area Interreligious Ministries flap is hilarious. Favorite quotes:
I am so excited that Mr. Deity season 2 is now up! For those of you not familiar with the Mr. Deity series, it explores faith questions from a humorous view. It seems pretty clear that the show's creators do not believe in God. Because of that, I think it's really challenging and interesting for Christians.
So the British Prime Minister wants his country to have a new motto, and a blog at the Times of London started a contest to come up with a motto using five words or less. Here are some of my favorite submissions thus far:
Brian Seay (the answer to your question is no) has been in Ethiopia this last week. This post is one you need to see.
If you've read Texas in Africa for any length of time, you know that I love Lionel Healing's photographs of the Congo. He has some newish ones up from the refugee camps outside Goma. Please take a look (click on "photos"), check out this heartbreaking story on "Living in Fear," and remember what people are going through as we contemplate Thanksgiving.
This pretty much sums up a Disciple Now weekend with the 6th and 7th graders. In other words, wow, am I tired.
This is really cool.
Just after midnight last night while trying to convince the 6th and 7th grade D-Nowers to go to bed, I read a text message from my Daddy. "Tech 34, OU 27!"
In a season where Kansas and Missouri are ranked 2 & 3, why not?
Right now I need a nap. But, wow, I love this game. And these scenarios.
I'm leading a Disciple Now group this weekend. For 6th and 7th graders. Your prayers would be appreciated. See you on Monday, or whenever I wake up.
I don't know what to say about this.
Today's DCist photo of the day is awesome.
Oh my word.
This week on Inspired to Action, we're focusing on the holiday season. My post on shopping to help those in need is up today.
So the Congo's a mess, I'm meeting with The Advisor in 30 minutes, a fellowship application that's due tomorrow is Not Even Close to being done, the CPP is out marching in Washington to support Pakistani lawyers like A's dad, and 3,000 children are dying of preventable causes as they do each and every day. As are 1,000 Congolese.
"Internally-displaced person" is the technical term for a person who's fled his or her home, but who has not crossed an international border and is thus not a refugee. IDP's often have it worse than refugees; the UN High Commissioner for Refugees doesn't exist to help them.
Turns out the Mississippi Supreme Court called the practice of waterboarding "torture" in a 1926 case. And the justices said it was not a basis for securing a confession.
It seems my dear daddy is a little upset about something that appeared in yesterday's update to the Things to Know for Your First Time in Africa list. Just to be clear, in point #41 when it says, "Gray hair (which my dad has in abundance) is highly respected," that Euphrony talking about HIS dad, who has traveled in Ghana. I in no way meant to imply, nor did I say that my father has gray hair in abundance!*
How gorgeous are these photographic essays of modern-day ruins? The Holy Land series is particularly poignant. I also like the Boatyard 2005 set, as they remind me of all the wrecked ships in the rapids at Kinshasa.
Since last Sunday, "For All the Saints" has been stuck in my head, especially after I read Pastor Amy's beautiful words on one of her saints. At our church, we mark All Saints' Day by reading aloud the names of those who have passed from this life. After each name, the whole congregation responds, "Thanks be to God." It is powerful and moving and right.
This past Sunday was Veterans' Day, and I was late to the service because I'm teaching the 12th graders and my lesson ran a little long, so I slipped into one of the back rows, alone. After awhile, one of our congregation's oldest members, Harold, sat down beside me. At 98, he can no longer see or hear very well, but he still serves as a greeter at the door to the church every Sunday. When we honored the veterans in our congregation, he stood up with pride, sat down, looked me in the eye, and said, "thank-you." "Thank-you," I replied.
One of my students this semester is a veteran. He's served three or four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, learned to command troops, and seen more death than most of us will witness in a lifetime. Clearly the experience has affected him deeply. I can see it in his eyes, hear it in his comments. He's the same age as his friends in the class, but his experiences are a lifetime away from theirs.
He is 22 years old.
This afternoon I was looking for a version of "For All the Saints" to download or stream on YouTube, and I came across the above video. Maybe it's because these two days, All Saints' and Veterans', fall so close together, or maybe it's because a friend is thinking about becoming a military chaplain, or maybe it's because I worry about my student, or maybe it's because I'm thankful for his service and Harold's service that, well, it got to me.
I hate this war. I hate that the desire to go fight and politics trumped reason and a clear evaluation of evidence. I hate that we didn't exhaust other possibilities, which, the theologians say, is what you have to do if you want your war to be considered just. I hate what we've done to innocent bystanders, and I hate what we're doing to a generation of young men and women who will never be the same because they've seen too much. I hate that we're leaving 21-year-old widows and babies who'll never know one of their parents. I hate that we've made a bigger mess than the one we tried to solve.
And yet, I am thankful. Thankful for those who serve like Harold and my student and my daddy and my uncle, thankful for those who are wiling to give up their lives for a cause larger than themselves. Thankful for those who are called to be a non-anxious presence to those who are fighting, to give them some measure of peace in the midst of a nightmare. And thankful for those who work for peace.
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave, again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Yesterday the New York Times ran this profile of my friend Ali's father, who is still in jail in Pakistan for his role in pushing the country's military leader to accept democracy. Please continue to keep him and the thousands of lawyers, opposition politicans, and human rights activists that Musharraf's government has jailed in the last two weeks in your prayers.
Well, the discussion surrounding last week's post on going to Africa for the first time was lots of fun. As William, whose fantastic Stood in the Congo blog I adore, points out, customs are different in different countries and cultures. I would never want to give the impression that I think otherwise; Africa is an incredibly diverse continent, and practices vary. The things I listed were what I've found to be common in the eleven countries I've visited, all of which are in central, eastern, and southern Africa.
Thanks to Austinist's fantastic ticket giveaway, the Mommy of Two and I got to see Roky Erickson's taping of an episode of Austin City Limits tonight. And we didn't even have to wait in the space-available line. Here's a complete review of the music:
Via my sister, the entry for Democratic Republic of Congo in the Onion's new Our Dumb World atlas:
Today is the best tailgate of the year. It's our last home game, and we go all out. The ribs have been marinating since Tuesday. The women are having a dessert-off (my Dr. Pepper cake will bring B's peach cobbler down!). Oh, and we're playing Tech, which is always fun for family gloating purposes (my parents are graduates, my uncle played there, I was born there). Let the fun begin!
Tonight makes 15 years.
"Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says he imposed a state of emergency to limit terror attacks. Then why is he arresting so many nonterrorists?
I've reviewed the Pipettes here before, and, well, there's not much else to say about their live show. The Pipettes are three Brits who sing and dance like a 60's girl group, but their songs are all about how liberated they are as women. It's a hoot. As one member of our group put it, it's as though the Supremes were listening to the Smths. Or something like that.
Please say a prayer today for my friend A's father, who is a prominent Pakistani politician and lawyer. As part of Pakistani President Musharraf's suspension of the constitution, he is one of about 500 people who've been arrested by the military. He has not been permitted visitors or outside contacts. As you can imagine A and his family are quite concerned. Please keep them in your prayers.
Tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, November 7) a group of helicopters will be practicing for their flyover at the DKR stadium during this weekend's football game. This activity is coordinated by the university's ROTC program. Campus Safety and Security is providing this advance notice to faculty, staff, and students so they may be aware and, hopefully, unalarmed at the helicopters' presence.
In getting ready for tonight's talk, I've been thinking a lot about how to portray the Congo in all its dimensions, not just as a place of great suffering and sadness, but also as a place of laughter and joy and wisdom about life that we just don't have here in the West.
You can't make this stuff up.
One more reminder that I'm speaking about the situation in the Congo and what we can do to help TONIGHT (11/6) at 6pm at Concordia University in Austin.
So the whole abstinence-only-focused sex education thing isn't working out so well here in Texas. We now bear the dubious distinctions of having 1) the most teenagers having babies, and 2) the most teenagers having babies after they've already had a baby.
This week Inspired to Action is featuring ways to help with and pray for the situation in Darfur. Take a moment to check it out!
If you are a Texan, you probably (hopefully) know that tomorrow we vote on 16 proposed amendments to the state constitution. I know you're all eagerly looking forward to wearing your little "I voted" stickers tomorrow like I am. The Christian Life Commission of the BGCT has published a handy non-partisan voter guide that explains all the propositions and what supporters and opponents think about each one. Check it out!
Well, as the Librarian put it, all the emo kids came out into daylight for Fun Fun Fun Fest. Seriously, we didn't know what to mock: the ridiculously tight black jeans, the men in women's v-neck shirts, or the girls who shouldn't have been wearing leggings/dying their hair multiple colors. The whole day was people-watching at its finest.
Happy Guy Fawkes Day!
This is way cooler than Wikivision.
We here at Texas in Africa are very much looking forward to a fall weekend full of some of our favorite things: camping, watching football, live music, and books! For a heads up on this weekend's Fun! Fun! Fun! Fest at Waterloo Park, we turn to Texas in Africa's occasional contributing editor The Attorney for a Japanese-inspired musical update:
Congratulations to our dear friend the CPP, who is now one of the newest members of the Texas bar! Woo-hoo!!!
A jury finds in favor of a deceased soldier's father who sued Westboro Baptist Church and three of its leaders over their protests at the families of fallen soldiers. The jury awarded the soldier's father $11 million, far more than the net worth of the church and those members included in the lawsuit.
If you happen to be, say, proctoring a midterm this afternoon, here's a fascinating way to waste time: watching people edit Wikipedia.
Well, another Halloween has come and gone. Halloween is a big deal in Austin; when it's on a weekend, up to 100,000 people show up on 6th Street to ogle one another's costumes and get into various kinds of trouble. Being as we are not a 6th Street kind of girl, the extent of our involvement in this celebration involves strongly encouraging our students to be safe and not drive.
November dawns the cool side sunny,


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I wanted to know which of the major doc scanning apps would perform the best, so I took a picture of a document in Camera (iPhone 3G) and had several competitors each separately process the image. I then emailed the images to myself to compare them. The result? DocScanner produced the best image by a long shot. I was surprised at how different they were, since they all started with the exact same document image, but DocScanner was the best. The image had good contrast and was the easiest to read. It does make a difference which app you use if you want a quality image. That said, DocScanner is missing some features one might like and it did not find edges as well as some, though of course the corners can be moved to the edge of the document as needed.
I did not try OCR on the docs so I cannot comment on it except to say that good OCR requires good images and the better image produced by DocScanner would be an advantage.
For my part, add printing capability by integration with Print'n'Share and I can get rid of all my other scanning apps.
Love it. Use it often in my real estate business.
It's worked great for me. Use it all the time. Auto detects borders. Good quality. Instant PDF to be emailed. Multi page is easy. Works awesome. If doing a LOT of pages (20+) can bog a little bit for day to day scanning of 1-15 pages it's smooth. I've had several team members download it as it's simple to use and has not been a problem for me for many years.
Google sign in is broken
App can no longer upload to Google Drive as the developers have chosen not to update the auth screen.
- Seller
- Haave Oy
- Size
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
- Languages
English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2009-2015 Haave Inc.
- Price
- $4.99
- In-App Purchases
- Network Scanner $3.99
Family Sharing
With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.


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User-defined properties that correspond directly to a column in an SQL table must extend the class
atg.adapter.gsa.GSAPropertyDescriptor. These classes must implement three additional methods:
This method converts from the database version of the property value to the property value as it is returned by
RepositoryItem.getPropertyValue. For example, for you might convert the ID of an item into the item itself. You do not need to implement this method if the default behavior of the SQL repository is what you want.
This does the opposite of
rawToReal. It converts from the version of the value given to
setPropertyValue into the value given to the
setObject call in JDBC. For example, if you have a property that specifies a reference to another item, you convert from the
RepositoryItem to its ID.
For examples of these methods, see the source code for the
atg.adapter.gsa.EnumPropertyDescriptor class at:
This method is used by some reporting UIs or other tools which need to get the database value directly from SQL, but want to convert that value to or from a String representation. For example, you might perform a query against the Profile Repository, and receive the code value for an enumerated property. You can use the
createDBPropertyEditor to convert the code value to its String representation for display in a UI, for instance. This method is like the method
createPropertyEditor, but the property editor returned from
createDBPropertyEditor should operate on the raw value (the value returned from the JDBC
getObject call), not the real value (as returned by the
RepositoryItem.getPropertyValue call).


text: Poor lefties try as they might, their excuses for US citizens to sublimate their lifestyle and Independence for the sake of hoaxes made up from whole cloth keeps running afoul of the truth and they wear themselves out trying to keep up playing Whack-a-Mole as actual inconvenient (to them) truths become obvious. Peak oil is still taught @ gummint (sic) indoctrination centers that get rich off gummint loans given to maleducated teenagers promising to expand their maleducation. I keep wanting to tour colleges and shout at the "Liberal Arts" majors, "It's a cookbook!" (see here http://imdb.to/1xrNrzI)


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Ugh, I hear what you're saying. Maybe she had good intentions but sometimes I felt like she didn't take the situation seriously, and didn't encourage the actors to do the same.Jadey wrote: Yeah, any director will be better than Catherine.
Loved her dress!mizzou wrote:kstew's interview on jimmy kimmel was great. she made some jokes, haha. and she was looking extremely white, lol.
EDIT: And the part about fire for fire, being passionate about the movie/saga. Here's the link.


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Opponents of Texas abortion restrictions rally at Capitol
Thousands of opponents of a Texas proposal to tighten abortion restrictions rallied outside the statehouse on Monday, giving a hero's welcome to Democratic state Senator Wendy Davis, whose 11-hour speech stalled the measure last week.
As the Republican-dominated state legislature convened for a second special session on Monday, supporters said they expected the bill would pass this time. With few exceptions, it would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The proposal would also subject abortion clinics to stronger health and safety rules, which the nation's biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, has said could cause all but six of Texas' 42 abortion centers to close. Republicans have called that an exaggeration.
"A great number of us have felt discouraged about the current state of affairs here," Davis told the rally as she stood before a huge Texas flag. "Some of us have felt mad. Today is different, though. Don't you feel it? We feel hope."
While Democrats have said they may try new delaying tactics, they have given no details, and they are unlikely to be able to filibuster the bill again during the session.
The crowd, many carrying umbrellas for protection from the sun, listened to live music by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks and carried signs that said things like, "Wendy for governor," and "Separate your church from my uterus."
The political battle in Texas is the latest in a national debate over abortion restrictions. While a dozen states have restricted late-term abortions, Arkansas has banned abortions after 12 weeks and North Dakota as early as six weeks.
Inside the Texas Capitol on Monday, supporters of the measure sang "Amazing Grace" and held a press conference featuring women who said they regretted having abortions. Molly White of Belton, Texas, spoke of how her two abortions caused damage to her cervix and a lifetime of emotional pain.
Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican who sets the agenda for special sessions of the Legislature, called lawmakers back to Austin after Davis staged a filibuster to block the abortion bill in the final day of the first special session.
Republicans managed to stop her talking and voted to pass the bill, but hundreds of bill opponents screamed from the gallery as senators were voting. The disruption helped delay Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst signing the bill and sending it to the governor on time.
If the bill passes, Texas would become the 13th U.S. state to pass a 20-week ban.
"It seems as close to a sure thing as you can get," said Jonathan Saenz, president of Texas Values, an advocacy group that supports the proposal. But he added, "As we saw during the first special session, until it's completely done and the process is finished, there are no guarantees. That's going to motivate both sides to do everything they can to ensure victory."
On Monday, the state House and Senate each referred the bill to committees, and the House panel was set to meet on Tuesday to consider the measure. The full House and Senate are not scheduled to meet again until July 9.
Special sessions can last up to 30 days. The Texas Legislature typically meets every other year for 140 days, and lawmakers wrapped up their regular session on May 27. Perry called lawmakers back for the first special session that same day, but he did not add abortion legislation to the agenda until June 11. This time, abortion is already on the agenda.
Perry assured attendees at the National Right to Life convention in Dallas last week that the measure would pass this time.
"This is a hard fight," state Senator Kirk Watson, a Democrat, said at the rally. "There will be setbacks, but there isn't anything more important."
(Reporting By Corrie MacLaggan; Editing by Greg McCune)


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LIM College's Flagship Townhouse Designated as a New York City Landmark
July 28, 2011
LIM College's flagship townhouse at 12 East 53rd Street, (known officially in Landmarks Preservation Commission records as the Fisk-Harkness House), has been officially designated as a New York City Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
LIM College is the nation's only college exclusively devoted to the study of business and fashion and anticipates an enrollment of approximately 1,500 undergraduate and 60 graduate students for the Fall 2011 semester. Today "The Townhouse" is the vibrant centerpiece of LIM College's urban campus, which includes three other locations in Midtown Manhattan and student housing on the Upper East Side. The Townhouse currently houses state-of-the-art classrooms, computer labs, offices, and faculty and student lounges.
Said Elizabeth S. Marcuse, president of LIM College, "For more than four decades, the Townhouse has held a special place in the hearts and minds of the thousands of dedicated students, alumni, faculty and staff who comprise the LIM College community. In an architectural sense, it is the jewel in our crown."
The building was constructed in 1871. In 1906 noted architect Raleigh C. Gildersleeve transformed it into a grand, five-story American Basement-plan house with an asymmetrical neo-Tudor Gothic style limestone façade. Gildersleeve, who practiced architecture in New York City and New Jersey in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was best known for the Tudor-inspired buildings he designed for Princeton University's campus. At the time of these alternations, the Townhouse was owned by Harvey E. Fisk, a prominent investment banker. The structure is a rare survivor of the period when the area around Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan was home to the borough's wealthiest citizens.
In 1909 Fisk sold the building to Standard Oil heir William L. Harkness, whose widow then sold it to art dealers Proctor & Company in 1922. From 1924-1932 the Townhouse was the home of the Automobile Club of America, whose facilities included a restaurant, baths, locker rooms, and a library for members. In 1938 art and antiques dealers Symons Galleries leased the building, and around that time apartments were constructed on the top floors. An advertising agency took over the ground-floor commercial space in 1949. Then, in 1964, LIM College purchased the building.
In 2007 the LIM College Townhouse underwent a significant renovation. According to architect Larry Marner, who led that project, "The design of this building engages students in the respect and appreciation LIM College has for the visual world. It uses especially high ceilings, variation in color by floor, and location at the heart of the fashion world to convey to students the unique identity of their college – one closely tied to their education."
Said Robert B. Tierney, chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, "The Commission's decision to landmark the Fisk-Harkness House is a tribute to LIM College's fine stewardship of this architecturally and historically significant building. We look forward to continuing to work in partnership with the College to preserve the building for future generations of students and New Yorkers."


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Problem Statement: Mobile IPv4 Traversal of Virtual Private Network (VPN) Gateways
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Network Working Group F. Adrangi, Ed. Request for Comments: 4093 Intel Category: Informational H. Levkowetz, Ed. Ericsson August 2005 Problem Statement: Mobile IPv4 Traversal of Virtual Private Network (VPN) Gateways Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005). Abstract Deploying Mobile-IP v4 in networks that are connected to the Internet through a Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateway presents some problems that do not currently have well-described solutions. This document aims to describe and illustrate these problems, and to propose some guidelines for possible solutions. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................2 1.1. Overview of the Problem ....................................3 1.2. Specification of Requirements ..............................3 1.3. Terminology ................................................3 2. MIP and VPN Deployment Scenarios ................................4 2.1. MIPv4 HA(s) Inside the Intranet behind a VPN Gateway .......5 2.2. VPN Gateway and MIPv4 HA(s) on the VPN Domain Border .......6 2.3. Combined VPN Gateway and MIPv4 HA ..........................7 2.4. MIPv4 HA(s) Outside the VPN Domain .........................8 2.5. Combined VPN Gateway and MIPv4 HA(s) on the Local Link .....9 3. Deployment Scenarios Selection ..................................9 4. Problem Statement ..............................................10 4.1. Registering in Co-Located Mode ............................11 4.2. Registering via an FA .....................................12 4.3. Summary: MIP Incompatibilities with IPsec-Based VPN Gateways ..............................................13 Adrangi & Levkowetz Informational [Page 1] RFC 4093 MIPv4 VPN Traversal Problem Statement August 2005 5. Solution Guidelines ............................................14 5.1. Preservation of Existing VPN Infrastructure ...............14 5.2. Software Upgrades to Existing VPN Client and Gateways .....14 5.3. IPsec Protocol ............................................14 5.4. Multi-Vendor Interoperability .............................14 5.5. MIPv4 Protocol ............................................15 5.6. Handoff Overhead ..........................................15 5.7. Scalability, Availability, Reliability, and Performance ...15 5.8. Functional Entities .......................................15 5.9. Implications of Intervening NAT Gateways ..................15 5.10. Security Requirements ....................................16 6. Security Considerations ........................................16 7. Acknowledgements ...............................................16 8. References .....................................................17 8.1. Normative References ......................................17 8.2. Informative References ....................................17 1. Introduction Mobile IP [RFC3344] agents are being deployed in enterprise networks to enable mobility across wired and wireless LANs while roaming inside the enterprise Intranet. With the growing deployment of IEEE 802.11 access points ("hot spots") in public places such as hotels, airports, and convention centers, and with wireless WAN data networks such as General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), the need is increasing for enabling mobile users to maintain their transport connections and constant reachability while connecting back to their target "home" networks protected by Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology. This implies that Mobile IP and VPN technologies have to coexist and function together in order to provide mobility and security to the enterprise mobile users. The goal of this document is to: o Identify and describe practical deployment scenarios for Mobile IP and VPN in enterprise and operator environments. o Identify example usage scenarios for remote users roaming outside the "home" network protected by a VPN gateway. o Articulate the problems resulting from Mobile IP and VPN coexistence. o Specify a set of framework guidelines to evaluate proposed solutions for supporting multi-vendor seamless IPv4 mobility across IPsec-based VPN gateways. Adrangi & Levkowetz Informational [Page 2]Show full document text


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"...eternals as applicable in the smallest of spaces as in the vast acres of a country house garden." Sir Roy Strong. Above, vast as a mountain range.
Water Mirror, miroir d'eau, above.
Water breaks the footprint of the Tea House, above. Small touch, huge impact.
Looking outward, above, from the bamboo window seen coming in the entry, top pic.
Framing the view, above, for centuries this has been done. Is a brick ca. 1960 ranch less worthy?
Hidden, then meandering, above, then spilling into the pond, below.
Why, above, do we like walking on water?
Leaving the Japanese garden from its other side, above, into a pecan orchard.
Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
Pics taken Massee Lane Garden last weekend.


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Why Should a Christian Study the Law?
Law and those who practice it have gained a dubious reputation in the popular imagination of our day and age - perhaps because we all know that modern laws are complex and often confusing, and we hate that we need lawyers to help us move through the labyrinth. One can certainly make a decent living in the practice of law (although it is a myth that all lawyers are wealthy), but if you are interested in Covenant College, you are concerned about more than money. The calling of law has been, and still is, one in which Christians can serve their communities and their churches in significant and very important ways. In this regard, a Covenant education will give you an approach to your career that will help you to view your work in the context of God's plans and priorities. One of our graduates has put it well:
Pre-Law Studies at Covenant
Prospective law students need a broad educational background that provides the critical reading, writing, and thinking skills that law schools expect. Students interested in pursuing law school are encouraged to consider a major that will both bring pleasure and foster such skills. Majors of this kind traditionally include (but are not limited to) history, philosophy, English, or business.
Admission to any given law school is based upon several factors, the most important of which are graduation with a bachelor's degree from an accredited undergraduate college or university, grade point average (GPA), Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores, and the applicant's personal statement. Recommendations are also important, and some extracurricular activities are taken into account.
Although minimum requirements for GPA and LSAT scores vary with individual law schools, realistic expectations for consideration of admission demand that the prospective law student earn a minimum GPA of at least 3.25 (B-/B) and a minimum score on the LSAT in the low 150s (out of 180). Of course, the higher these scores, the greater one's choices for law school; competitive law schools expect minimum LSAT scores in the mid-to-high 160s. As a reference, the 50th percentile in the 2010-2011 testing year was a GPA around 3.4 and an LSAT score of 152 (of those taking the test; the median for those entering law school was even higher).
Students should also consult the annually published Official Guide to U.S. Law Schools, which contains a description of all American Bar Association (ABA) approved law schools, including GPA and LSAT profiles of the most recent class admitted. Copies of the guidebook are available for perusal from the Center for Calling and Career or the pre-law advisor, Dr. Richard R. Follett. All pre-law students are encouraged to contact Professor Follett for further information.


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Note on Human Behavior: Situation versus Character
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Behavior; Personal Characteristics; Power and Influence; Situation or Environment;
Citation:Nohria, Nitin, Sandra J. Sucher, Joseph Badaracco, and Bridget Gurtler. "Note on Human Behavior: Situation versus Character." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-078, September 2015. (Revised March 2018.) View Details


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Components Newsfeeds Feeds Edit
From Joomla! Documentation
How to Access
Navigate to the the News Feed Manager. To add a new News Feed, click the "New" icon in the toolbar. To edit an existing News Feed, click the News Feed's name, or check the news Feed's checkbox and press the "Edit" icon in the toolbar.
This is where you add a new News Feed or edit an existing one. Note that you need to create at least one News Feed Category before you can create your first News Feed.
- Title. The Name of the News Feed. This field is required.
- Link. The link of this News Feed. This should normally begin with "http://".
- Category. The Category for this News Feed. Select from the drop-down list box of News Feed Categories. Note that News Feed Categories are separate from other Categories, such as those for Articles, Contacts, Banners, and Web Links.
- Alias. The internal name of the item. Normally, you can leave this blank and Joomla! will fill in a default value. The default value is the Title or Name in lower case and with dashes instead of spaces. You may enter the Alias manually. The Alias should consist of lowercase letters and hyphens (-). No blank spaces or underscores are allowed. The Alias will be used in the URL when SEF is activated. Note: If the title consists of non-Latin characters, the Alias will default to the current date and time, for example "2009-02-11-17-54-38".
- State. Select from the drop-down box: Published, Unpublished, Archived, or Trashed.
- Access. The access level needed to view the link.
- Order. The order of this News Feed in the list of News Feeds. The default order is to add the item to the end of the list. To select a different position, use the drop-down list box. This item will moved to the position just after the item selected from the drop-down list. Note that the order in which the News Feeds are displayed can also be changed in the News Feed Manager.
- Language. The language of the selected feed.
- ID. The Joomla! assigned ID of the item.
Publishing Options
- Created by: Shows the user that created the feed or article.
- Authors Alias: Sets a different name than the author's for display.
- Created Date: Shows the date the item was created.
- Start Publishing: An optional start date to publish the item.
- Finish Publishing: An optional end date for the item.
- Modified by: Shows the username of the last user to edit the news feed.
- Modified Date: Shows the last date the item was modified.
- Number of Articles: Sets the number of articles in the newsfeed or category to be displayed.
- Cache Time: Sets the number of seconds to cache the feed locally.
- Language Direction: Options are Site Language Direction, Left to Right, and Right to Left.
Display Options
Selections available for the display options include: Use Global, Hide, and Show.
- Table Headings. Table Headings for the display.
- Name. Name of item.
- Number. Number of articles to display.
- Show Links. Links to the article or newsfeed.
- Category Description. Show or hide the category description.
- Show Items. Show the items in the category.
- Feed Image.(Newsfeeds only) - optionally display images.
- Feed Description. (Newsfeeds only) - optionally display descriptions.
- Item Description. Optionally show the description.
- Word Count. How many words are included in the item.
- Meta Description. Optional text entered here will be added to thje page HTML output and may be displayed in search engine results.
- Meta Keywords. Optional comma seperated list that will be added to the HTML keywords output.
- External Reference. Allows this record to be cross referenced to external data.
- Robots. This will be added to the page HTML output. Options are: Use Global, Index-Follow, No index-Follow, Index-No follow, No index-No follow, and Don't display robots tag.
- Author. The author of this content.
- Content Rights. Rights others have to use this content.
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
The functions are:
- Save. Save it and return to editing the menu details.
- Save & Close. Saves the item and closes the edit screen.
- Save & New. Saves the current item and goes directly to the New item page.
- Save as Copy. This button is available only when editing an existing item, not when creating a new one.
- Close. Return to the previous screen without saving your work. If you press Close while adding a new item, this new item will not be created. If you were modifying an existing item, the modifications will not be saved.
- Help. Opens this Help Screen.
Quick Tips
- A News Feed category must be added before any News Feed can be created.
Related Information
- To add or edit News Feed Categories: News Feed Category Manager