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MPEG LA's AVC License Will Not Charge Royalties for Internet Video that is Free to End Users through Life of License
DENVER, CO, US – 27 August 2010 – MPEG LA announced today that its AVC Patent Portfolio License will continue not to charge royalties for Internet Video that is free to end users (known as "Internet Broadcast AVC Video") during the entire life of this License. MPEG LA previously announced it would not charge royalties for such video through December 31, 2015 (see http://www.mpegla.com/Lists/MPEG%20LA%20News%20List/Attachments/226/n-10-02-02.pdf), and today's announcement makes clear that royalties will continue not to be charged for such video beyond that time. Products and services other than Internet Broadcast AVC Video continue to be royalty-bearing.
MPEG LA's AVC Patent Portfolio License provides access to essential patent rights for the AVC/H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) digital video coding standard. In addition to Internet Broadcast AVC Video, MPEG LA's AVC Patent Portfolio License provides coverage for devices that decode and encode AVC video, AVC video sold to end users for a fee on a title or subscription basis and free television video services. AVC video is used in set-top boxes, media player and other personal computer software, mobile devices including telephones and mobile television receivers, Blu-ray Disc™ players and recorders, Blu-ray video optical discs, game machines, personal media player devices and still and video cameras.
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Economy: China's New Materialism
In Shanghai, which is China's New York, locals and expats are doing their best to foist American-style consumerism onto China's rising masses—with mixed results. Starbucks has opened several hundred stores, even though China has no coffee-drinking culture to speak of. As it spreads into China, Toys "R" Us is trying to convince higher-income Chinese parents that toys are a part of a childhood, not a distraction from preparation for the all-important national college entrance exams. Dickie Yip, executive vice president at Bank of Communications, lamented that 80 percent of the 11 million Chinese people who have opened up credit card accounts with the bank pay off their accounts in full every month. "We're encouraging our best customers not to repay," he said. (Click here to follow Daniel Gross)
But there's one distinctly American habit the Shanghaiese seem to have picked up easily: talking about money, profits, and real estate prices without self-consciousness. I'm traveling in China this week and next with a group of American journalists. And we were instantly schooled by our interlocutors on the divide between the political capital (Beijing) and the financial capital (Shanghai). Beijing is all about politics, analysis, debate. In Shanghai, it's all pragmatism, getting things done, and making money. "To get rich is glorious," as Deng Xiaopoing famously said.
As in New York, real estate in Shanghai is a topic of near universal conversation. And as in New York, those fortunate enough to acquire property in the 1970s have done extraordinarily well. We visited the home of the Gao family on the 31st floor of a tower in Hongye Gardens, a 2004-vintage 12-building complex of high-rise buildings cleaved by gardens, fountains, and a children's playground—the sort of thing you might find on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The parents, in their 50s, are both longtime employees of Shanghai's public bus company—the husband a middle manager, the wife a retired laborer. Their daughter, Yang Gao, a recent graduate of Fudan University, is going to start work at Ernst & Young next month. They were happy to share details of their personal finances. The Gaos were given the opportunity to buy workers' housing elsewhere in Shanghai very cheaply a few decades ago. That apartment, which they still own and rent out, has soared in value. The apartment in which they currently live, with finishes and features typical of a nice Manhattan apartment (save the two turtles in a box on the terrace) is around 1,300 square feet, and they paid about $200,000 for it a few years ago. The government workers, in other words, had morphed into landlords and residents of a fancy high-rise development. Their daughter, who majored in French, is about to join a global accounting firm.
Of course, there are ironies. Chairman Mao, unsmiling, peers out from every yuan bill—the pink 100, the green 50, the jade 20. (Shanghaiers of a certain ilk are frustrated that the highest denomination is the 100 yuan bill, only about $14.) The classless, harmonious society is in fact bifurcating—between urban and rural, between the prosperous coast and the modernizing interior, between those who were fortunate to get in on the ground floor of reform and those who are just now arriving on the scene. "Shanghai is not China," Dickie Yip of Bank of Communications told us. "What you see here is not representative." And as we left Shanghai I began to get a sense of that. On Tuesday, I sat in the Pudong airport, waiting to catch a flight to Shongqing, the inland city that is the gateway to China's vast west. We were surrounded by well-dressed business travelers, black laptop carrying cases slung around their shoulders, worry-beading their phones and BlackBerrys. This could have been the holding area for the USAirways shuttle at Reagan National. Then around the corner came a group of 20 older travelers. Cheap plastic backpacks were strapped to their backs, and they wore hats, earmuffs, and scarves. They had the weathered faces and stooped posture of peasants.

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Spyro hails from a rare line of magical purple dragons
who can harness the power of the Elements of Skylands, though he prefers to master fire. But his innate ability with Elemental powers also leaves him vulnerable to darker magic. When The Darkness is nearby, Spyro can channel its energy and combine its power with his own, becoming Dark Spyro! Over the years, he has learned to focus and control this power, using dark magic to fight the forces of evil.
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Opinion recap: Court articulates test for exigent circumstances
Although warrantless searches are presumptively unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment, the Court has carved out exceptions to that general rule for (among other things) exigent circumstances, such as the imminent destruction of evidence. The lower courts had held that the exigent circumstances rule did not apply when the exigency was created by police conduct, but there was no consensus on how to determine when police impermissibly create such exigencies. On Monday, in Kentucky v. King (09-1272), the Court "" in an opinion by Justice Alito "" held that the exigent circumstances rule applies as long as the police do not use an actual or threatened violation of the Fourth Amendment to gain entry to a premises.
The case arose from efforts by police to follow a suspected drug dealer into an apartment building. Although the officers were unsure which apartment the suspect had entered, they smelled marijuana wafting from one apartment: they then knocked on that door and identified themselves as police. When they heard shuffling noises inside the apartment after the knock, the police believed evidence was being destroyed and entered the apartment without a warrant; inside, they found respondent Hollis Deshaun King, along with drugs and drug paraphernalia.
In reaching its holding, the Court rejected several other tests adopted by lower courts generally and the Kentucky Supreme Court in this case (in his post yesterday, Orin Kerr discusses the Court's decision-making process in more detail): it reasoned, for example, that a "bad faith" requirement would be inappropriate because only objective reasonableness is relevant; that a "reasonable foreseeability" test would be too unpredictable and difficult to quantify; that requiring police to get a warrant as soon as they have probable cause would "unjustifiably interfere[] with legitimate law enforcement strategies" and is inefficient; that a test that inquires into whether police used standard or good investigative tactics would "fail[] to provide clear guidance for law enforcement officers"; and that a test that examines whether the police action "would cause a reasonable person to believe that entry is imminent and inevitable" turns on too many "subtleties."
The Court explained that its test will still provide "ample protection for the privacy rights that the Amendment protects." Occupants may still decline to open the door or speak with police, and if they choose to open the door they can refuse to answer questions or allow the police to come inside. "Occupants who . . . elect to attempt to destroy evidence have only themselves to blame for the warrantless exigent-circumstances search that may ensue," the Court warns.
In her dissent, Justice Ginsburg contends that the Court's decision "arms police with a way routinely to dishonor the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement in drug cases"; in a largely rhetorical question, she also asks whether our homes will actually remain secure "if police, armed with no warrant, can pound on doors at will and, on hearing sounds indicative of things moving, forcibly enter and search for evidence of unlawful activity[.]" To maintain the protections of the Fourth Amendment, she argues, the exigent circumstances must exist "when the police come on the scene, not subsequent to their arrival, prompted by their own conduct."
Justice Ginsburg notes that if the police had not knocked, no evidence would have been destroyed; she emphasizes that even the Court's opinion concedes that "[p]ersons in possession of valuable drugs are unlikely to destroy them unless they fear discovery by the police," and here the suspects would not have anticipated police discovery but for the knock. The police could have posted officers outside the apartment while obtaining a warrant for entry because there was "very little risk" that the evidence would have been destroyed while awaiting a warrant.
In its opinion, the Kentucky Supreme Court had assumed without deciding that exigent circumstances were present in this case, and the Court's opinion did not resolve that question, instead leaving that factual question open for the Kentucky Supreme Court to decide on remand.
Recommended Citation: Holly Ragan, Opinion recap: Court articulates test for exigent circumstances, SCOTUSblog (May. 18, 2011, 11:14 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/05/opinion-recap-court-articulates-test-for-exigent-circumstances/


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It's been nearly three years since the Diplomats announced their plans to release a reunion album Diplomatic Immunity 3 through Interscope. Now, in a recent interview with Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex via Nah Right, Dipset alum Juelz Santana speaks on the crew's delayed third album.
Juelz explained that the hold up with the album is partly due to his own creative lag, saying that he wasn't in the right musical space at the time of the announcement. Still, now that he's returned to making music, Santana said fans can expect to hear from the Dips once again.
"I'm not going to even lie – when we put out the 'Salute' record, it was still at the time where I wasn't doing a lot of music, period," he said. "I wasn't back in the zone that I needed to be in, musically…it's not even about [the Diplomats] project; I had the same way like [when] I took a break from everything…I wasn't really in my mojo to just sit down and just complete a Dipset project. In order to get it right, we've got to make it all the way right. That's why I'm saying it is possible, because I know Cam is willing to do, I'm sure Jim is willing to do it. I've always been willing to do it; it was just about me getting my music mojo back."
Check out the full interview below.
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Cost Of Operating Palo Alto County's Jail
To the Editor:
Recent comments have been bantered about in local publications concerning the operating cost of the Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office. Most recently mentioned was the jail. Here are the facts:
1. The employee wages are a large part of the total cost. This item is determined through negotiation between employees and the county board. The sheriff's office has nothing to do with this aspect of the budget.
2. Each year, a state jail inspector assesses the jail facility determining what changes or improvements need to be made. This year, 2012, because of Todd Suhr's grant writing skills and Sheriff's Goeders and Chief Deputy Suhr's direction, the jail, after eight years of work, received a clean bill of health with no recommendations for changes or improvements. Because of previous years of neglect, before Sheriff Geoders took office, this had never been accomplished!
3. The Palo Alto Jail has, over the past eight years, been required to deal with individuals facing very serious charges ranging from domestic assault to child sex crimes, attempted murder and murder. During this period, 30+ individuals have been convicted in district and federal court with individual sentences as long as 34 years.
4. The state requires that the jail officer on duty have personal contact with each prisoner every hour, 24/7. If jail staff is not available to meet this demand of dealing with inmates on an hourly basis, it would be necessary to have a deputy do the checks. This would take the officer out of service while he drives into the jail facility to conduct the necessary work and return to continue with his work of investigation and responding to request for help.
5. Because of a reduction in state funding, waiting for beds at existing facilities and the closing of a number of mental health treatment centers, the jail has become a dumping ground for many mental health patients as they await adjudication. This type of inmate demands more attention with up to quarter hourly checks or constant monitoring. If they require medication for this and other problems and cannot pay for the meds the jail must provide that service as well. This would also happen if inmates were housed in another county facility.
6. A recent publication brought up a figure for jail cost of $728.00 per day for 2 inmates. Where these figures came from is anyone's guess. The fact is, from 2005 through 2011, the Palo Alto Correction Center housed an average of 5.33 inmates per day. Numerous days, 10+ inmates were housed while awaiting court appearances. During the 2011 year, inmates served 996 days of jail time for an average of 4.32 days per prisoner. If in 2011 individuals would have been housed in another county facility, it would cost a minimum of $54,780.00 in addition to the cost of an officer to transport prisoners from the housing facilities to court proceedings and then return. This type of change would require a full-time office for each shift, an additional car and transportation costs. It would further deprive the county the payment received for prisoners serving time. These are requests from out of the county individuals to serve time in the Palo Alto County Facility which brings in additional revenue. As of November 1, 2012 the booking numbers are in excess of the total bookings for 2011.
7. The state requires that jails serve an adequate meal three times a day. In an attempt to save money, these meals are usually prepared in house. Ten years ago jail staff bragged about spending $0.50 for a total meal. Today, that would not buy a glass of milk or a cup of coffee. We all are experiencing the increase in food cost.
Because of work by Chief Deputy Todd Suhr and Sheriff Goeders, a more efficient record keeping has brought additional funds into the sheriff's office for individuals serving court ordered time. Eight years ago there were 70 individuals on probation to the sheriff's office. Last year 200+ individuals were required to report to the sheriff's office each month at $25 per person. Evidently there are officers doing the job for which they were hired. The money collected for this service goes directly into the county general fund. The sheriff's office and jail receives $00.00 of that collected income.
It's quite clear which candidate is ready to handle the many requirements of the sheriff's office and the jail facility for Palo Alto County. Todd Suhr has been involved every step of the way for the past eight years. He is ready from day one to assume the responsibilities of the Palo Alto Sheriff's Office.
Be sure to vote on November 6th and select Chief Deputy Todd Suhr, Nominated by Petition, as your next Palo Alto County Sheriff.
(signed) Ken Zwiefel
Fenton, IA
Resident of Fairfield Township, Palo Alto County


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ACLU files lawsuit over secrecy of execution team
Statute prohibits identifying those involved in prisoner executions
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Missouri over a statute that prohibits the identification of those involved in prisoner executions without the permission of the Corrections Department director.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by the St. Louis-based ACLU-Missouri, said the statute is unconstitutional.
On Tuesday, the Corrections Department announced it was switching to a new lethal injection drug, the sedative pentobarbital, which is also used in executions in 13 other states. The state had planned to use the anesthetic propofol, but on Oct. 11 Gov. Jay Nixon halted all executions until a new drug could be found.
The proposed use of propofol drew concerns from the medical community because most of the drug is made in Europe, and the anti-death penalty European Union has threatened to limit export if propofol is used in an execution.
The new protocol makes a compounding pharmacy part of the execution team, and the statute protects the anonymity of the pharmacy.
"The government's trend toward unwarranted secrecy that conceals practices of doubtful constitutionality needs to stop," Jeffrey A. Mittman, executive director of the ACLU-Missouri, said in a statement.
Messages left Thursday with officials with the Corrections Department and the Missouri Attorney General's office were not returned.
Nixon's decision stopped the execution of convicted killer Allen Nicklasson scheduled for Oct. 23. The execution of another convicted killer, Joseph Franklin, is scheduled for Nov. 20, and would be the first in Missouri using a single drug.
Missouri has previously used a three-drug cocktail of drugs for executions in the modern era. Those drugs have become increasingly difficult for prisons and corrections departments to obtain because the makers are opposed to their use in executions. As a result, Missouri and most other states have switched to single-drug executions.
The Missouri Department of Corrections earlier this month turned over hundreds of pages of documents related to the use of propofol to the ACLU in response to another lawsuit. The documents were posted on the ACLU website and included the names of companies that provided propofol and other drugs to the state.
ACLU later removed the documents from its website, citing fear of violating the state statute.


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The agricultural areas of western Placer County are scheduled for treatment for larval mosquito populations. An EPA-approved mosquito larvicide will be applied by a low-flying aircraft in an effort to prevent the emergence of adult mosquitoes and reduce the risk of mosquito-transmitted diseases. Treatments will occur during the daylight hours.
Treatment area:
- Western Placer County – Treatment areas are all agricultural and will include both conventional and organic fields, with the larvicide material applied directly to the fields. See map here.
Since several factors affect treatment activities, such as weather and wind conditions, the District encourages Placer residents to check this website regularly for any changes to the spraying schedule. For an overview of our mosquito control programs, you may view the District video.


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By Kevin Martin
The connections of I'll Have Another announced that they will scratch their Triple Crown candidate from Saturday's Belmont Stakes. It was discovered after his gallop on Friday that the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes was developing tendonitis in his front leg.
The colt's owner, Paul Reddam, announced in a press conference on Friday afternoon that I'll Have Another will be retired.
Photos: I'll Have Another's Brief But Brilliant Career
Even with the devastating news and the unconventional end of yet another Triple Crown try, an intriguing field of ten remains for the one million dollar Belmont Stakes. Of all the Triple Crown races, the Belmont has been a place to cash a big ticket if you get it right. None of the last four winners of the Belmont Stakes paid less than $25 to win on a $2 bet. The scratch of I'll Have Another will put Dullahan in the likely role of the race favorite and will cut the odds significantly on most of the other entries. Even with the loss of the favorite, recent history suggests that a surprise is still a distinct possibility.
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Considering the trend of surprises, here is a look at all of the contenders (in post position order) minus I'll Have Another:
Street Life
Finished a fast closing third at Belmont Park in last month's Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes but showed little in his only try against Grade 1 company in the Wood Memorial back in April. He is trained by Chad Brown, an up-and-comer on the New York circuit, who will saddle his first starter ever in a Triple Crown race. He could have the energy at the end to make a run in the stretch.
Unstoppable U
With only two career starts and none beyond a mile, he doesn't seem to belong among the competitors in this year's Belmont. With his lack of experience, the only scenario for him to have a chance is if he gets away with an easy lead, lulls the field to sleep, and kicks away at the end. Such a scenario seems unlikely, but an unheralded horse named D'Tara did just that in 2008.
Union Rags
The horse who went off as the second choice in the Kentucky Derby but finished seventh is flying under the radar a bit coming into the Belmont. He skipped the Preakness so he is fresh and he gets a new rider in John Velazquez. Velazquez worked Union Rags at the horse's home base in Maryland and came away impressed. The defection of I'll Have Another removed any hope that gamblers might of had to get a square price on this talented colt.
He won his last race over a speed-favoring Churchill Downs track from off the pace and has had three solid works over the Belmont surface since that win. His late running style and distance pedigree indicates he will still be running when others in the field begin to tire. He is one of the big longshots that is not an entirely implausible upsetter.
The fast closing third place finisher in the Kentucky Derby will inherit the role of favorite after the scratch of I'll Have Another. He skipped the Preakness so he is well rested and has looked outstanding in training over the Belmont dirt since arriving in New York last week. He will not have the fast pace that he closed into for the Derby but the added distance of the Belmont should be no problem. The price will be much shorter without the Derby and Preakness winner in the field but he looms the most likely winner.
Ravelo's Boy
One of the three 50-1 shots entered, he has two wins from thirteen career starts. He has never raced beyond 1 1/16 miles and has not raced in three months. If you need anymore negatives on this one, he has never raced or clocked a workout over the Belmont Park surface.
Five Sixteen
Another of the 50-1 shots who has one win in six career starts. In his last start, in a low level allowance race, he finished fourth beaten by eleven lengths. The only bright spots are his jockey Rosie Napravnik and a pedigree for the distance. However, even if he had the most skilled jockey in history and a perfect pedigree his 50-1 morning line would still be justified.
Guyana Star Dweej
The last of the big longshots was pointing to the Preakness but was pulled from consideration a week before the race. It took him eight tries to finally get his first win and he finished six lengths behind Belmont Stakes entry Unstoppable U in his last start. Like Five Sixteen his pedigree is for distance, but his career so far gives little indication that he can compete at this level.
The fourth choice on the morning line, he has the same connections as Bodemesiter who finished second in the Derby and Preakness. He has registered fast speed figures in his last two starts and will likely be on or near the lead from the start. In his second career start, he ran in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby and finished fourth about four lengths from I'll Have Another. The Belmont will be only his fifth career start but he is an intriguing entry. He stands a solid chance to win, especially if he gets away with a reasonable pace on the front end.
The only other colt in the Belmont to race in all three Triple Crown races after the scratch of I'll Have Another. He showed little in the Derby and Preakness, finishing a combined twenty seven lengths from the winner. His best races have come when he made a late run, so the added distance in the Belmont should give him a chance to make a closing move. Would be a shocking winner but not a huge surprise to see him round out the bottom of the trifecta or superfecta.
My Adonis
A late edition to the race for the same owner and trainer that won last year's Belmont Stakes with Ruler on Ice. He has finished in the top three in eight of his ten races but has only one career race at a 1 1/8 mile when he finished a disappointing seventh in this year's Wood Memorial. He will break from the outside post and could be on or near the lead when they make the first turn onto the backstretch. Hard to envision trainer Kelly Breen following his surprising win last year with another shocker from My Adonis.
1) Dullahan
2) Paynter
3) Atigun
4) Optimizer
For more information, visit Hello Race Fans Belmont Stakes page. For a quick summary for all of this year's contenders, check out the HRF Belmont Cheat Sheet.
Kevin Martin is the founder of the thoroughbred racing history site Colin's Ghost and a contributing editor at Hello Race Fans.


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TORONTO - A summer marketing campaign run by Coors Light Canada forced the closure of a major Toronto intersection during rush hour on Monday.
Streetcars were diverted and police were called after a briefcase was found attached to a metal railing (at Spadina Ave. and Dundas St. West).
It turned out the briefcase was part of a month-long challenge to find prizes using an online map and through clues from Twitter.
A recent company news release said some 880 similar briefcases were to be hidden across the country during July as part of a promotion dubbed "Search and Rescue."
Coors Light Canada later posted a message on Twitter to offer what it said was "sincerest apologies for any disruption this has caused."
The company later said the promotional campaign is now complete and that a new one will be introduced at bars across the country in the coming weeks.
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Brazil arguably has the largest Lithuanian community in South America. This migration peaked in the 1920s and 1930s. 35% of all emigrants from interwar Lithuania chose Brazil as their destination, 25 000 to 50 000 moved in. Unlike elsewhere in America, most Lithuanians of Brazil started off as rural workers (in coffee plantations), under contracts they pre-signed while in Lithuania. They had little rights and most were quite poor as was Brazil itself. Eventually, many of them drifted to the cities and became richer than the average Brazilian, constructing homes and establishing businesses.
Sao Paulo (Latin America's largest city) hosts the only true Lithuanian neighborhood in South America - Vila Zelina. Its construction was carried out ~1934 when the Lithuanian immigration had peaked.
The district is centered at the Lithuanian Republic Square (Praca Republica Lituania), so-named on 1976 10 31. The square is adorned by a Lithuanian Freedom Monument with the Columns of Gediminas symbol and lyrics of a song "Lithuanians we are born, Lithuanians we want to be" written on it. The Monument is a copy of a similar monument in Kaunas. When the Sao Paulo monument was unveiled in the December of 1985, the original had been long since destroyed by the Soviet Union occupational regime, giving the erection of the monument in the communist-free Brazil a symbolic meaning. The original monument in Kaunas has since been reconstructed, however. The Sao Paulo monument is currently covered by trees which are not peritted to be removed or trimmed as per ecological regulations.
Lithuanian Republic square is a convergence of 7 streets. One of them is named after a Lithuanian priest Pijus Ragažinskas (Pio Raganzinskas, 1907-1988). He had established a Lithuanian-Brazilian newspaper "Mūsų Lietuva" (Our Lithuania) that was published from the January of 1948 until 2016. Rising above the square is St. Joseph Lithuanian church, constructed in 1936 under a direction of priest Benediktas Sugintas. A Lithuanian wooden cross (UNESCO-inscribed art form) stands in front of the church. In the interior one may find various Lithuanian details and paintings. The St. Joseph Lithuanian community (parish) has been established in 1931.
It was the construction of the church that helped make Vila Zelina a Lithuanian district. The real estate developer of the district gifted a land plot to the Lithuanian parish. Soon afterward, the nearby plots were acquired by Lithuanians who sought to build homes not far away from a Lithuanian church.
The interior of the church has many Lithuanian signs. Next to the entrance, there is a commemorative plaque for Benediktas Sugintas, the builder of the church (bilingual Lithuanian-Portuguese, adorned with his bust), as well as a commemorative plaque for priest Juozas Šeškevičius (Portuguese only, created 1998) who was a long-term leader of the Lithuanian Catholic community since 1954.
The altar of the church is surrounded by paintings of Our Lady of Vilnius (copy of the sacred painting on Vilnius Gate of Dawn), St. Casimir (the patron saint of Lithuania. The painting also includes an image of Vilnius castle). There is also an image of the Divine Mercy. One of the stained glass windows (front right) includes St. Casimir and the Gate of Dawn. The church has been decorated by a Lithuanian artist Antanas Navickas.
Most of the holy masses in the church today are held in the Portuguese language. However, a bilingual mass is held on Sundays (with a Portuguese-speaking priest but Lithuanian-language Bible readings).
As the main period of Lithuanian migration to Brazil was in the 1920s and 1930s, nearly all of the current Lithuanian-Brazilians are born in Brazil. Still, parts of the elder population speak Lithuanian. Other Lithuanian activities are more popular, including several ethnic dance groups (Nemunas, Rambynas), a parish choir (established in 1936). Those activities are taking place in the parish buildings behind the church, that were constructed under priest Juozas Šeškevičius (1921-2008), who also organized festivals for Lithuanian-Brazilian youth in the 1960s-1970s.
Some shops around the church still sell Lithuanian food (e.g. a shop at Rua Monsenhor Pio Ragazinskas 17, wich also stocks a uniform for Lithuanian sports team, traditional colored Lithuanian easter eggs and more).
There is a multitude of Lithuanian motives in the nearby Bar do Vito (Avenida Zelina 851). It uses a stylized Vytis (Lithuanian coat of arms) as its symbol, while the interior houses many Lithuanian banknotes, postcards of Lithuanian song and dance festivals and more. Lithuanian beverages are also for sale there.
The main avenue of the Vila Zelina district is known as Avenida Zelina (it passes through the Lithuanian Republic Square). There are more Lithuania-inspired names on that street. Some of them are in fact not made by Lithuanians. Yet because the district is known as Lithuanian, some non-Lithuanians also named their businesses after Lithuania. There is an optician's shop "Lithuania", real estate agencies "Lithuania" and "Kaunas". One 22-floor apartment building in the area is also named "Kaunas" (in Brazil, each apartment block has its name).
As the years passed, the Lithuanian-Brazilian community has been active in suggestions to commemorate various people and events important to Lithuanians. In 1991, after Lithuania had restored independence, such lobbying was successful in achieving a renaming of one small street into Free Lithuania passage (Passagem Lituania Livre).
Historically, Sao Paulo had six Lithuanian schools.
One of them, the Vytautas the Great Lithuanian school, operated in a purpose-built building of the 1930s (Rua Santo Amasio 327, ~1 km away from Vila Zelina in Vila Bela). The building used to be adorned by a bas-relief of Vytautas the Great (the Medieval grand duke of Lithuania who ruled Lithuania at its largest territorial extent). Unfortunately, even though the building is still owned by the Lithuanian community, it is now leased out for a restaurant, so the bas-relief has been removed. Only the doors and windowsills remain authentic.
Another Lithuanian school in Vila Zelina itself has been established in 1938 by Lithuanian Franciscan nuns who arrived from Pittsburgh (USA). The monastery itself is still operational (Rua Campos Novos, 49) and the St. Michael the Archangel school is still nearby, now located in modern buildings. However, today it is attended by children of various ethnicities.
Three more former Lithuanian schools have no relations to Lithuania or schooling now (the buildings have been sold and now they do not operate as schools). Maironis school used to exist in the district of Parque das Nações. This district still has a Lithuania street (Rua Lituania), among the streets named after other nations. Dr. Jonas Basanaičius school used to operate at Vila Anastacio district in the western Sao Paulo (9 km away from the center), while the 5th Lithuanian school used to operate in Bom Retiro district.
Sao Paulo has two secular Lithuanian organizations. In addition to the Lithuanian-Brazilian Community that operates in the parish house of St. Joseph church (est. 1958), there is also the Lithuanian-Brazilian Union (est. 1931). It operates in a two-floored building with a stylized Vytis. The street where that building exists is called Lithuania street (the address of the building is Rua Lituania 67). It is the larger one of the two Sao Paulo streets named after Lithuania.
The building hosts a library and archive with various Lithuanian articles and books both with origins among Lithuanian-Brazilians and interwar Lithuanians. The hall of the building hosts Lithuanian festivals. In the past, the building housed the 6th Lithuanian school named after Dr. Vincas Kudirka.
Although it is now harder to hear Lithuanian spoken in the Vila Zelina area, a significant part of the local population still consists of the descendants of Lithuanians. Unlike in the USA, Brazilians often spend their entire lifetimes in a single city or district, meaning that Vila Zelina is still largely populated by those, whose forefathers moved there in the interwar or postwar period. One may still often spot Lithuanian surnames adorning the offices of various specialists (e.g. dentists, brokers).
The single location that has the most Lithuanian surnames is probably the cemetery Cemiterio Ceramica of the São Caetano do Sul suburb. The cemetery is not Lithuanian-only. However, as it serves as the final resting place for people of the surrounding districts, a significant part of graves belong to Lithuanians. Like in all the Brazilian cemeteries, gravestones are large and often replaced entirely by family chapels (far from just the richest families own them). However, the cemetery has been damaged by vandals and drug addicts who have stolen a large share of metal plates listing the surnames of the dead.
Sao Paulo hosts the only Lithuania's consulate general in Latin America (Avenida Irai, 438, cj. 34). It was established after the Lithuanian embassy in Argentina was closed down as a cost-saving measure in 2013. The larger number of Lithuanian-Brazilians was cited as a reason for the move to Sao Paulo although the decision has received criticism from the Lithuanian-Argentine community which holds itself to be more lively and keen at safeguarding Lithuanian traditions.
The true number of Lithuanian-Brazilians is heavily disputed with various sources claiming 30 000, 150 000, 300 000 or even 1 000 000. Presumably, the larger numbers include everyone who had at least a single grandfather or great grandfather from Lithuania. Lithuanian-Brazilian Community election of 1970 had 821 participants, while its counterpart in 1999 had 177 participants.
Rural Lithuanian communities largely assimilated over a couple of generations as they always lived intermixed with other larger groups. Lithuanian rural settlement was largely limited to the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, and the Rio Grande do Sul. In the Rio Grande do Sul, Lithuanians established Ijui city (pop. 100 000) where they were later joined and outnumbered by other European ethnicities. There is also a small Lithuanian community in Rio De Janeiro megalopolis. In 1954, there were some 50 000 Lithuanian Brazilians, of them 30 000 in Sao Paulo, 20 000 in the countryside and 300 in Rio (where a Lithuanian mass used to be celebrated in the Old Cathedral but nothing Lithuanian remains). Most were interwar migrants, many once lured in by a free boat trip (in exchange for a long-term contract) and plantation company promises of "American riches" (some believed the entire American continent to be as rich as the USA, while in fact, Brazilian GDP per capita was 1/6th of the US one in 1929 and the wages in Brazil were lower than in Lithuania but cheap land compensated this to some).
While the Lithuanian communities outside Vila Zelina may be assimilated, there are streets and other locations named after Lithuanians of the decades gone-by there. Jardim Altos suburb of Sao Paulo has a street named after Vicente (Vincas) Klimeika, a Lithuanian photographer (one of the first photographers in Jacarei). Bela Vista suburb of Sao Paulo has a park and avenue named after Analice Sakatauskas, known for helping the poor. Campinas city of Sao Paulo state has a street named after basketball player Waldemar (Valdemaras) Blastkauskas who represented the Brazilian national team in 1959-1963, winning Olympic bronze and two World Championship golds (he died in a traffic accident in 1963). There is also a sports hall named after him in Piracicabas.
Among the Lithuanians who left the biggest trace outside Villa Zelina is priest Aleksandras Arminas (Alexandre V. Arminas). In Maua suburb, he has established a parish and a school. Now, the school is named Alexandre V. Arminas college. The square in front of the church is Alexandre V. Arminas square and there is a bust for Arminas in front of the square. Arminas was also a poet who wrote about South America in the Lithuanian language.
The northern suburbs of Sao Paulo also host Lituanika, a Lithuanian piece of pristine land. Once bought jointly by the Catholic and secular Lithuanian communities in order to create a peace of Lithuania outside Lithuania, the area still has Lithuanian sites, although parts of it have been sold as houses (initially to Lithuanians, essentially creating a Lithuanian village; but some of them are no longer owned by Lithuanians).
500 post-World War 2 refugees in 1940s became the final major immigration of Lithuanians to Brazil. There had also been several thousand Lithuanians in Brazil prior to 1918 independence (immigrated in 1870s-1910s).
Lithuanians of Brazil attracted filmmaker interest. In 2002, Brazilian documentary Eldorado - Lituanos no Brazil (Eldorado: The Lithuanians in Brazil) was created, while in 2011 a group of Lithuanians traveled to Brazil for their own documentary on the local community. Several books on Lithuanian-Brazilians have been published in both Lithuania and Brazil.
More information about the immigration into Sao Paulo may be discovered at the Immigration museum of Sao Paulo (Rua Visconde de Parnaiba 1316, Mocca) - however, few things of the exposition there are related to Lithuanians in particular. Still, thousands of Lithuanians passed through what is now a museum, as it used to be the building ("guesthouse") where immigrants would be brought in from the Santos port and spend a few days before being taken by their employees (typically to the farms). The museum also has archives where all the immigrants are recorded; the archives are popular among those searching for information about their Lithuanian immigrant relatives.
In addition to ethnic Lithuanians, some Lithuania's Jews (Litvaks) also immigrated to Brazil. The most famous person is the painter Lasar Segall, for whom the Lasar Segall museum is dedicated. Some of the works exhibited there are dedicated to Vilnius (the capital of Lithuania), where Segal spent his childhood (he was born in 1891 and emigrated to Germany when 15 years old, later moving to Brazil).
Bar do Vito is now run again by Lithuanian heritage owners.
Its true! I am a lithuanian decendents!
My grandparents emmigrated to Brazil in 1926, from Vilkaviskis Rajonas!
And actually I am the brazilijos lietuviu Bendruomene prezidentas.
Add my facebook group: esu brazilas ir lietuviu palikuonys.
I am looking for my grandmother's sister Ona Lazickaite or her children. Ona emigrated to Brazil from Lazdijai, Lithuania in 1910-1935 (I have nobody to ask about it already). in Brazil she married Sidlauskas and they had 4 daughters. Later she divorsed and raised her girs alone. My mother kept some connections with her long ago. I'd be so interested to know if someone in the Lithuanian community in Brazil have ever heard or met somebody from my grandmother sister's family. Buciau dekinga labai, Valdemarai, jei man parasytumete !!!!!!!
I have added already the facebook group page of Lithuanians in Brazil to my facebook. Aciu!
domiuosi musu lietuviais emigravusiais i Brazilija ir ieskau giminiu iskeliavusiu tenai. Deja, po keletos laisku, jokios pagalbos is lietuviu bendruomenes negavau. Galbut kas galite patarti kur ieskoti tolliau?
IESKOMA SEIMA: vizgaudai, is Vyzanciu km/Ylakiu km, atkeliave i Sao Paulo apie 1930 ius metus.
dekoju uz pagalba
Jurgita, If you are searching lithuanian family in Brazil, please, add this group in you Facebook!
Actually in this group are registered 2.500 decendants!
I had my DNA tested through DNAtribes.com, and it showed that folks in Brazil share my DNA. I first thought it was the Iberian connection, however, I now realize that it most likely is the Lithuanian relatives. My family names are Kazokas; Simanskas; Pupininkas; Slavinskas; and Turnovich. If anyone shares the same names, feel free to contact me at email@example.com
Sveiki Augustinai,
Labai smagu, kad kažkas rašo ir domisi apie lietuvių bendruomenę Brazilijoje. Žinoma kaip pats pastebėjote didžioji dalis gyvena San Paulo mieste. Rašau tik norėdama paprašyti, kad pataisytumėte vieną detalę: LR Generalinis Konsulatas San Paulo mieste, teisingas adresas būtų: Av.Iraí 438, cj.34 CEP:04082-001, São Paulo
E-mail: email@example.com.
that's it!
Dekoju už įdomų informacinį straipsnį.Apie 1922 metus į Brazilją švyko mano teta ir dėdė Apolonija Vitkauskatė ir Kazimieras Vitkauskas. Žinau,kad teta Apolonija ištekėjusi už Mkailionio ar Mikalūno gyveno San Paule ir turėjo dvi dukras Palmutę r Almutę. Kurios užaugusios itekėjo ž brolių VAZGAUSK-ų . Dabar rada Mykolo Vazgausko pavardę, bet daugiau nieko. Gal kas žinote apie mano puseseres – jų adresus , būčiau dėkingas gavęs, kad galėčiau sukontaktuoti. Aš Algirdas Vitkauskas gyvenu Čikagos priemiestyje Lemonte šalia Pasaulio lietuvių centro, ilgą laiką dirbau korespondentu Drago laikraštyje. Tad lauksiu informacijos mano e-dėžutėje. Dėkoju Visus Brazilijos lietuvius svekinu Vasario 16 mūsų didžiosios tauutinės šventės proga. Linksmų švenčių.
If you are searching lithuanian family in Brazil, please, add this group in you Facebook!
Actually in this group are registered 2.500 decendants!
If you are searching lithuanian family in Brazil, please, add this group in you Facebook!
Actually in this group are registered 2.500 decendants!
Labas,as su zmona ir keleta draugu vaziuojame I Brazilija ziureti pasaulio cempionato World Cup 2014 ,planuojame 10 -12 dienu kelione.Gal kas gali padeti patarti,apgyvendinti.Gyvename Chicagoje,tuo paciu galesime atsidekoti jeigu Jus ruosites vaziuoti i JAV, Chicaga.Mes norime aplankyti san Paula ,rio de Zeneira gal dar ka nors-parasykite-lauksiu.Iki.
Informuoju, kad esu išleidusi dvi knygas apie pirmąjį konsulą Brazilijoje dr. Petrą Mačiulį/ 2011/ ir pirmąjį įgaliotą ministrą Brazilijai, Argentinai Joną Aukštuolį 2012/. Knygų turinys paremtas archyviniais dokumentais. Norintiems skaity
ti suteiksiu informacijos. rašykit. Iki malonaus, istorikė Joana Viga Čiplytė, Panevėžys, Lietuva
Domiuosi magistro studijų galimybės Brazilijoje. Gal kas galite suteikti kokios informacijos? Padės viskas, ką žinote 🙂 Domina Brazilijos universitetų reitingai, diplomų pripažinimas pasaulyje, sąlygos stojimui, studijų sąlygos, mokslo kainos bei pragyvenimo kainos.
I live in Australia and believe that there are families with the name Rakauskas in Sao Paulo and perhaps elsewhere in Brasil. I would like to contact them as my husband immigrated to Australia after WW2 and I would like to find relatives, if any, elsewhere. He was from Garliava and he had two uncles who left Lithuania around the turn of the 20th century for the Americas and they were not heard from again. I am an ethnomusicologist and although not Lithuanian, I wrote my Masters thesis about the Liaudies Dainos in Australia. I am also a grandmother.
Aciu Labai!
Tyrinėju Brazilijoje gyvenusių lietuvių Halinos ir Algirdo Mošinskių asmeninę biblioteką. Gal yra žinančių apie jos likimą po savininkų mirties?
I am searching for relatives of my father-in-law, Vladas Cizauskas, born Liepaja, Latvia, 15 May, 1903.He had an older brother who migrated to Brazil ( Sao Paulo?) in the 1930s, certainly before WW2. They communicated for a number of years after he migrated, probably until the late 1940s or early 1950s. Then, contact was lost. We know the man who went to Sao Paulo married and had two children, a son and a daughter. We have photos of them on bicycles, enjoying the outdoors.
My father-in-law married Vincentine Emilija Ereminaite in Skuodas, Lithuania and they had one son, also named Vladas, born Neustadt, Germany on 19 April, 1945. This family were displaced people after WW2 and eventually came to Australia in 1949.
My father-in-law was a bank worker/manager in Lithuania prior to WW2 and he and Vincentina also lived in Belarus in the early years of their marriage. It would be wonderful to locate relatives of this family member who went to Brazil. We are unsure of his name as his signature is difficult to read on the back of the cards he sent. It may have been Kasis, but we are unsure.
My email address is email@example.com
Sveiki. 2015 sausi zadu vykti i Brazilija. BUtu idomu susitkti su iseiviais. Jeigu yra norinčiu -atsiliepkite.
Sveiki tautiečiai, buvo malonu rasti šiuos pabendravimus.
Spalio š.m. (t. y. 2015m.) Spalio viduryje su savo drauge, kuri yra Brazilė, keliuosi gyventi i Brazilija į Belo Horizonte miestą ir labai norėčiau užmegzti ryšius tiek su Lietuvių bendrija, tiek ir su pačiais lietuviais Belo Horizonte mieste ir kituose miestuose. Gal kas patartumėt kaip galėčiau surasti juos greičiau ir susibendraut su jais artimiau.
dėkui už parama
My grandmother Petronele Mileuska (Miliauskaite) was born on 06/03/1911 in Kuczkininkai, Punsk region of Suwalki, Podlaskie province in Poland. His parents died and went to live in Kalvarija, Lithuania with the uncle. He immigrated to Brazil in 1924.
Neseniai susiradom gimines San Paule. Apie 1930 metus iš Rokiškio rajono išvyko Mockevičių šeima, kuri ten užaugino 5 vaikus. bendravimas buvo nutrūkęs apie 1980 metus, kai mirė lietuvių kalbą mokėję senieji .Dabar bendraujame su jaunimu per interneto vertėją.
I want to correct the date cited at the end of this article i.e. 2012.Beginning 23/09/2011 during five weeks Egidijus Aleksandravicius,Professor of the University Vytautas the Great,Kaunas,Henrikas Gulbinas,Kestas Pikunas and Audris Tatarunas visited places of Lithuanian interest in Brazil.However I was visited on the days 10,11 and 12/10/2011 only by Egidijus Aleksandravicius and Henrikas Gulbinas as Kestas Pikunas and Audris Tatarunas dispensed the Amazon part of the trip.The results were published in the book"Brazilija-lietuviu pokalbiai pasaulio pakrastyje" and 6 serial reports on LRytas.GOD BLESS!
14 zmoniu grupe atskris 2017 sausio 19d i Sao Paulo is Lietuvos pakeliui i Santiago. Ieskome gido ,galincio idomiai papasakoti apie Brazilija ir saugiai supazindinti su Sao Paulo. Isskrendam 20d i Cile.Viesbuti rezervavome netoli orouosto.
Jei turite pasiulymu ir galintys padeti parasykite
My maiden name is Steikunas. My father's family went to Brazil after WWII. My mother's parents emigrated in 1926 to Sao Paulo and then moved to Rio de Janerio-last name Bernotavicius. Your site looks interesting!
Hello Augustinas Žemaitis, I am Linguistic Professor at Unioeste, a public university in Paraná, Brazil. I am currently developing a research including place, comercial and personal names of Vila Zelina . The data of your text will be extremely valuable for me. I would like to know if there would be any problem on my using and citing your photos on papers I intend to write to publish the research results
Sveiki,kur kreiptis del isvykusiu giminaiciu tarpukario metais i SanPaula yra nuotraukos zinomos tu laiku pavardes ir vardai.
Sveiki ,
Jieskau giminaiciu Brazilijoje .Tai mano mociutes sesuo Juozapaviciute Verute ( Veronika ) .Ji isvyko is LT 1926 metais .Brazilijoje apsivede su Aleksandru Cheiko ir sugyveno du vaikus Veronika Cheiko ir Kolia Cheiko .Vaikai dabar turetu buti apie 70 metu ,aisku kad jie turi turbut savus vaikus ,apie kuriuos nieko nezinome . Zinome kad jie kadaise gyveno SanPaule . Mano mociutes Vardas Onute Juozapaviciute Petrauskiene . Labai tikiuosi kad padesite mums juos surasti .Dekui Jums labai is anksto .
Laba diena norėčiau paprasyti jūsų pagalbos rasti didele gimine pavarde Sinkevičius SAN Paolo mieste Brazilijoje labai būčiau dekinga AČIŪ
Laba vakarą,ieškau pagalbos😥,norėčiau supažindinti su savo didelis šeima, kurios niekada nepazinau,tik girdėjau šnekant su tėveliais,norėčiau rasti deduko brolius,kurie emigravo daug metų atgal,ir niekada nepamiršo,turim laiškus tetu rašytus,ir kad turiu didelis šeima ,nerandu kontaktų,niekas negali padėti,būkit geri padėkite jei galit jus man juos rasti,gyvenu Šveicarijoje ❤,Jurgita Sinkeviciute-Marcinonyte Sala,AČIŪ
Būtų įdomu surasti mano močiutės Hana Lėja Šneiderytė iš Turagės rajono (aplink Kryžkalnį) pusbrolių ir pusseserių palikuonis. Jos šeima buvo sudeginta vokiečių, ji vienintelė išgyveno.
Sveiki, mano paieškos sukasi apie Benediktą Sugintą – San Paulo lietuvių bažnyčios statytoją ir lietuvių bendruomenės būrėją 1931-1937 metais. Daug laiko praėjo, šiemet 125-osios metinės nuo jo gimimo. Žinau, kad buvo labai populiarus tarp lietuvių, yra daug nuveikęs lietuvių bendruomenės labui. Gal kas pamena pasakojimų apie šį lietuvybei tarnavusį žmogų. Skaičiau, kad lankydavo ne tik San Paulo lietuvius, bet dažnai vykdavo ir į tolimesnes provincijas. Skaičiau apie jį knygą "Tėvynės Vaidila", bet norėčiau prisiminimų, nugludintų laiko… Gal kas ką girdėjote apie jį?
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In fact, recent news from Morningstar and the state of New York indicate that the London Whale has left the big bank's J.P. Morgan Asset Management unit unscathed.
According to Morningstar's Open-End Asset Flows Update for May, J.P. Morgan Funds have been "one of the more impressive growth stories in recent years" among the 10 largest fund families. During the past three years, the firm's asset base grew by 2.5 times to $158 billion from $62.8 billion, Morningstar reports.
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Featuring more than 60 rides, shows and attractions, LEGOLAND California is an interactive, hands-on experience for families with children ages 2-12.
Packed with more than 30,000 models made from some than 60 million LEGO bricks, LEGOLAND California invites guests to explore Miniland U.S.A., where cities and iconic landmarks---including the White House, the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge - are replicated in 1:20 scale in LEGO bricks. Visitors can feel the rush of the four-story drop of LEGO Technic Coaster, set sail and get soaked on Splash Battle, burst through the castle as they conquer the Dragon Coaster on Castle Hill, or earn a driver's license at the Driving School in Fun Town.
New this summer is LEGO Friends Heartlake City, an area based on one of the LEGO Group's hottest toy lines: LEGO Friends, which focuses on the lives and personalities of five girls (Mia, Olivia, Andrea, Stephanie and Emma). Heartlake City allows guests to dance and sing along with Andrea at the Friends Forever Stage, stroll through LEGO horse stables, enjoy a building activity at one of the LEGO brick tables, and go for a horseback ride on the carousel at Mia's Riding Camp.
At Disney's first theme park -- Disneyland - a major 60th anniversary celebration has introduced new nighttime entertainment spectaculars, including a high-tech electrical parade and a new fireworks show that uses projections upon buildings to encompass Disney guests in the show. The park is also home to many classic attractions. Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, one of the first rides in the world to use robotic animatronics, remains a huge draw for visitors, as does it's a small world, that colorful, musical boat ride celebrating the happy spirit of childhood. And visitors will be amazed at the futuristic thrill of Star Tours - The Adventures Continue, the Star Wars movie homage that hurtles riders through a 3-D, motion-simulated space flight into hyperspace.
In the last few years, Disney California Adventure Park completed a $1.4 billion transformation and expansion capped by the opening of Cars Land, a 12-acre themed area modeled on scenes and characters from the movie Cars. The best way to experience Cars Land is to buckle up for a spin on Radiator Springs Racers, a ride that starts out as a leisurely scenic drive through beautiful Ornament Valley and ends with your car whooshing over hills, whipping around corners and careening past red rock formations as you race another vehicle to the finish line. Or, depart Cars Land to take a spooky, mind-bending elevator ride into the fifth dimension on The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
SeaWorld San Diego offers live shows and oceans of wet and wild interactive fun. Guests can enjoy the serenity of sea turtles in Turtle Reef and imagine embarking on a turtle rescue mission. Or, sink beneath the surface and watch schools of sharks gliding overhead in the Shark Encounter tunnel, one of the largest underwater viewing tunnels in the world. Everyone has a giggling good time watching the smart, sassy sea lions - Clyde and Seamore - perform popular TV and movie spoofs. And for some blood-pumping action, visitors can soar, dive and twist on the Manta double-launch coaster, whose design emulates the underwater flight of a manta ray.
The new Southern California CityPASS admission card, including LEGOLAND, is available now for purchase on citypass.com. The cards, which retail for $329 ($286 for children, 3-9), can be used anytime on or after June 3, 2015. And, beginning June 3, the cards can also be purchased at any of the attractions. They are valid for 14 consecutive days, beginning with the first day of use.
For more than 17 years, CityPASS ticket booklets and admission cards have been premier products for travelers who want to visit a city's top attractions while enjoying significant savings. The CityPASS program, which has sold more than 13 million booklets and boasts a 95 percent customer recommendation rating, is available in New York City, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Southern California, Tampa Bay and Toronto.
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The Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 created one of the most interesting and diverse agencies in the federal government. Activated on October 1, 1977, the twelfth cabinet-level department brought together for the first time within one agency two programmatic traditions that had long coexisted within the federal establishment: 1) defense responsibilities that included the design, construction, and testing of nuclear weapons dating from the Manhattan Project effort to build the atomic bomb and 2) a loosely knit amalgamation of energy-related programs scattered throughout the federal government.
DOE's Two Programmatic Traditions
In August 1939, on the eve of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, informing him that recent research showed that a nuclear chain reaction might make possible the construction of "extremely powerful bombs." In response, Roosevelt initiated a federal research program, and, in 1942, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established the Manhattan Engineer District to design and produce the first atomic bomb. Following the war, Congress engaged in a contentious debate over civilian versus military control of the atom. The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 settled the debate by creating the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), which took over the Manhattan Project's sprawling scientific and industrial complex.
During the early Cold War years, AEC focused on designing and producing nuclear weapons and developing nuclear reactors for naval propulsion. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ended exclusive government use of the atom and began the growth of the commercial nuclear power industry, giving the AEC authority to regulate the new industry.
Until the 1970s, the federal government played a limited role in formulating national energy policy in an era of relatively cheap and abundant energy. The nation relied on the private sector to fulfill most of its energy needs. Historically, Americans expected private industry to establish production, distribution, marketing, and pricing policies. When free market conditions were absent, federal regulations were established to control energy pricing.
No overall energy policy existed. Government officials generally thought in terms of particular fuels, technologies, and resources rather than "energy."
The Energy Crisis and the U.S. Department of Energy
What brought these two traditions together in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) were two factors. First, AEC activities in developing and commercializing nuclear energy represented the federal government's largest and most significant energy project into the early 1970s. Second, the energy crisis of the mid-1970s hastened a series of government reorganizations as both the executive and legislative branches sought to better coordinate federal energy policy and programs.
The establishment of DOE brought most federal energy activities under one umbrella and provided the framework for a comprehensive and balanced national energy plan. DOE undertook responsibility for long-term, high-risk research and development of energy technology, federal power marketing, energy conservation, the nuclear weapons program, energy regulatory programs, and a central energy data-collection and analysis program.
Security and Prosperity through World-Class Science
Over its 40-year history, DOE has shifted its emphasis and focus as the needs of the nation have changed. During the late 1970s, DOE emphasized energy development and regulation. In the 1980s, nuclear weapons research, development, and production took a priority. With the end of the Cold war, DOE focused on environmental clean up of the nuclear weapons complex, as well as the nonproliferation and stewardship of the nuclear stockpile.
In the 2000s, DOE focused on ensuring the nation's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through science and technology solutions. DOE sought to transform the nation's energy system and secure leadership in clean energy technologies, pursue world-class science and engineering as a cornerstone of economic prosperity, and enhance nuclear security through defense, nonproliferation, and environmental efforts.


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The Jesuits' St. Peter Claver Parish and School serves Punta Gorda, Belize, and acts as a hub for ministries throughout the Toledo District of Belize. The parish unites believers in the love of Christ and aspires to create a community in which all of its members can live, reflect and promote the teachings of Jesus Christ.
By the promotion of faith and justice, evangelization and sacramental and spiritual formation, the parish community of believers will encounter Christ and commit to his urgent challenge of following him within his body, the church, and to labor together to bring others to know, love and serve him.
The parish's priority goals in implementing this mission include: to build lively Small Christian Communities, aware of and contributing to the larger whole of the parish; to empower its people and increase their self-reliance; to increase trust, cooperation and shared decision-making between the church leadership and the people; and to counter the growth of the evangelical churches in the Toledo District by increasing its own missioning efforts.


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Monthly Archive for Jul 2013
New Members Area goes live
Timebanking UK are introducing a new membership area for paid up TBUK members. In the long run, this area will contain all sorts of information useful for timebanks.
The Members Area will be developed in a phased build. With phase one currently being implemented.
Phase one is the development of a 'document store', a 'photo gallery' and a 'video archive'. The document store will be a place where interesting and useful documents can be uploaded for members to download and use and will also contain documentation a broker might need to help them set up and run a timebank. The photo gallery will be an area where photographs can be uploaded, and in the spirit of timebanking, made available for others to use. The video archive will be an area with links to videos that people will find interesting, informative and even useful.
The next phases will be determined after phase one has been completed and we have feedback on what will be required next. More information will be made available here whenever it becomes available.
This is still a 'work in progress' and will be expanded as time goes on.
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The hottest trend at E3 this year? It wasn't shooters; it wasn't connectivity; it wasn't butt-sliding or trains or social network wrappers. It was boats. Did you notice?
The people at FirstPlayUK did, selecting the boat-centric scenes from trailers for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Tomb Raider, Resistance 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Soulcalibur V, and The Adventures of Tintin. They set it to "I'm On A Boat" by The Lonely Island, which is full of F-bombs and mermaid sex references, so consider the audio NSFW.
The "On A Boat E3 2011 MegaMix" peppers in some Saints Row: The Third and Infamous 2 footage where appropriate, but it's by no means E3 boat exhaustive. The video's makers were focusing primarily on PlayStation 3 games, so they missed another big game on a big boat, Gears of War 3.
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Pat Robertson's recent remarks (see video) on the Haiti earthquake have raised eyebrows and extreme reactions from many fronts, from the religious to the atheists.
Chicago Breaking News reports a Reverend Al Sharpton criticizing Robertson's comments while calling for relief efforts for Haiti:
Sharpton, at Christ Universal Temple in the South Side on Sunday, said the statements were "repulsive" and "un-Christian."
But Sharpton had no calls for apologies.
"I wouldn't call on Pat Robertson to do anything. I think that the best way to deal with a glass that appears muddy is to put a clean glass next to it," he said. "I hope the clean glass of those fair and humane-thinking religious leaders can be compared" to them.
Meanwhile on the Washington Post controversial atheist and author Richard Dawkins blasted not Robertson but religious sentiments such as those of Sharpton's, arguing against the "hypocrisy" of Christians:
You nice, middle-of-the-road theologians and clergymen, be-frocked and bleating in your pulpits, you disclaim Pat Robertson's suggestion that the Haitians are paying for a pact with the devil. But you worship a god-man who – as you tell your congregations even if you don't believe it yourself – 'cast out devils'. You even believe (or you don't disabuse your flock when they believe) that Jesus cured a madman by causing the 'devils' in him to fly into a herd of pigs and stampede them over a cliff. Charming story, well calculated to uplift and inspire the Sunday School and the Infant Bible Class. Pat Robertson may spout evil nonsense, but he is a mere amateur at that game. Just read your own Bible. Pat Robertson is true to it. But you?
I find the extreme exchanges triggered by Robertson interesting not because of the clash of religious and non-religious sentiments (although that is also incidentally fun to read and watch). However what intrigues me is that the polarization of opinion is not between pro- and anti-Robertson, but on whether Robertson should qualify as representative of religious or non-religious sentiments.
Simply put: both the Christians and atheists seem to agree that Robertson was being an ass–but are divided on whether he (being an ass) represents Christians.
The "no true scotsman" fallacy comes to mind. Funny thing is, if Dawkins and Sharpton are to be our benchmarks, both sides of the Robertson issue are guilty of it, which is ironic.


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Pierata is the hot favourite for the 3YO Guineas
Magic Millions 3YO Guineas favourite Pierata has been passed fit as expected following a veterinary check on Friday morning.
All-in punters were given a slight scare on Thursday after vets were not totally satisfied with Pierata after routine inspections on Thursday, however Chief steward Allan Reardon stressed there were no real issues with the Pierro colt.
Pierata is the $2.40 favourite following a big win in the Group Three Vo Rogue Plate at Doomben on December 30.
The news was not good for connections of Arrestar however with the Matthew Dunn-trained gelding scratched following a vet inspection.
Arrestar was found to be lame in the near hind.
The scratching of the Star Witness gelding has opened up a spot for first emergency I Am Impinge, with jockey Jeff Lloyd, who had been booked for Arrestar, now taking the ride on the Toby Edmonds-trained gelding.
Meanwhile Lady Of Crebilly will undergo another inspection before she is allowed to run in the Guineas.
Reardon said an abscess had come through on the filly's hind leg.
The vets will also assess Classic hopefuls Quackerjack and Paquiri later on Friday but there are no major concerns with them at this stage.
Victorian filly Anthemoessa arrived in Queensland on Friday morning and also passed an inspection.
Another Victorian horse Nikitas missed the plane to Brisbane and was scratched from the Cup.


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Snow White's mother is coming to Once Upon a Time — and TVGuide.com has the exclusive first look!
Once Upon a Time Exclusive: Rena Sofer cast as Snow White's mother
Queen Eva (Rena Sofer), the mother of Ginnifer Goodwin's Snow, will appear via flashbacks in an episode slated for early March, in which we'll also see Bailee Madison return as young Snow White.
Queen Eva will have a "surprising connection to someone else in our world," executive producer Adam Horowitz tells us. As for whether that means Cora (Barbara Hershey), whom many have suspected had a hand in Eva's death, executive producer Edward Kitsis would only add, "That would be a feud that goes back so long." As we've previously learned, Queen Eva's fate is ultimately grim, since Regina (Lana Parrilla) went on to marry Snow's father King Leopold (Richard Schiff).
Once Upon a Time Postmortem: Who died? Who lived? And what's next?
In the episode, we'll also see a new side to Snow White we may not have seen before. "You would think it would be easy to be Snow White's mother, but perhaps Snow White wasn't always Snow White," Kitsis says.
Check out an exclusive first look at Queen Eva, who appears to already be on the way to her grim end, and hit the comments with your thoughts!
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I'm versed in rodenstock and understand the huge difference between sironar n and s, as I've shot with an N and know the sweet spot falloff.
I'm in the market for a 240 and have been racking my brain over the difference between the symmar s and the apo symmar. I take it the "S" is the older model and the apo was the more recent untill schneider replaced them with the "L" series.
sigh, it all must be so complicated.
So my question is optimal sharpness is essential, I need the sharpest 240 I can find and am going used. Would an APO symmar be comprable to a new rodenstock sironar S?
I have a feeling I'm overcomplicating a simple issue,
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"I one day got the advance pages of Wolfshead which was about to be published. Reading it over I was so depressed and discouraged that I went and got a job jerking soda in a drug-store."
– Robert E. Howard in a letter discussing his first story published in Weird Tales
Kenneth Grant made the observation that the work of H.P. Lovecraft was an unconscious form of communication with extra-dimensional entities. Many have looked askance at this idea, considering Lovecraft's atheism and his well documented rejection of the supernatural it seems odd to think that he would be some sort of unknowing psychic medium. However, this is assuming that what we call the paranormal, supernatural, or preternatural is actually outside of the normal course of events.
It's important to understand that at the core of any anomalous phenomenon is very simply an experience, and that these experiences are codified through the cultural discourse to bring out some kind of linear meaning within the social narrative.
An orb in your house is a ghost, an orb in the forest is an elemental, fairy or Will o' Wisp, and an orb in the sky is a UFO. Is there really any difference in the phenomenon itself? Or are these differences merely narrative devices that have grown out of a heavily mediated understanding of the event.
What is the difference between visualization techniques used by authors and artists and the visualization techniques used by someone trained in remote viewing?


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Like every good parent, my mother always nagged me to straighten up and stop slouching. Most of the time, it went in one ear and out the other. Now that I'm older and have wrestled with sporadic bouts of back spasms, I've learned the benefits of good posture. But preventing back pain is only part of it. In running, posture plays a vital role in terms of energy efficiency and muscle usage.
Establishing good posture habits involves more than just standing up straight. It means allowing your bones, ligaments and tendons (not your muscles) to support your body weight. When your muscles must bear your body weight and move it at the same time, they can't relax. Constricted muscles don't move freely or efficiently, causing pain and sometimes injury.
The Chi Running technique teaches runners to use their legs only for momentary support between strides, not for propulsion. Postural alignment plays an important "support" role whenever your foot hits the ground. If your muscles have to support your body weight with each step, you'll tire more quickly. If you're bent at the waist, your lower back, quadriceps and neck muscles will be carrying your weight, which makes for inefficient running and post-workout soreness.
If you have poor posture (as many of us do), you can overcome it. It takes practice, but the effort is worth your while.
Teach Yourself Good Posture
Focus your attention on the line your spine makes as it runs from the top of your head to the end of your tailbone. Return your attention to your spine as often as possible all day long, no matter what you're doing. Let it become a daily practice.
Don't run bent at the waist. Finishing a run with soreness in your lower back usually indicates you've been running bent at the waist. Instead, Chi Running encourages you to allow gravity to pull you forward by leaning slightly from the ankles, not the waist. Throughout your runs, make sure you're leaning from the ankles and not stressing your lower back muscles.
Engage your core by leveling your pelvis. Start by standing with your feet parallel and hip width apart. Imagine you have a string attached to the top of your head that is pulling you up, making you tall and straight. Drop your chin slightly and look straight ahead. Next, pull up on your pubic bone with your lower abdominal muscles while relaxing your glutes. Hold this position for 30 seconds. Doing this exercise throughout your day will strengthen your abs, allowing you to hold your posture straighter while running, swimming, sitting, standing, or even driving your car.
Practice initiating all movement from your core, the largest muscle group in your body, rather than the smaller muscles of your extremities. In T'ai Chi, this is called the "needle in cotton." The needle represents your center line (the top of your spine to the bottom of your tailbone). It is strong and stable, while the cotton (your peripherals) is soft and relaxed.
The benefits of good posture are endless, and you can practice it anywhere, anytime. Whether you're running, sitting, or even sleeping, your whole body will thank you.
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Danny Dreyer is the creator of ChiRunning? and ChiWalking?, revolutionary forms of moving that blend T'ai Chi with running and walking.
ChiRunning and ChiWalking by Danny and Katherine Dreyer are No. 1 sellers with over 350,000 copies sold.
As an accomplished ultra marathoner, Danny speaks at prestigious wellness events across the country. He has taught training groups including the AIDS Marathon and Team in Training, USA/FIT. Danny, along with more than 135 Certified Instructors, holds capacity-filled clinics around the world.
Danny's lifestyle is steeped in holistic living, meditation, and personal wellness and is the foundation of what he teaches.
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Social media a double-edged source of marathon manhunt information
BOSTON -- Information trickled in slowly Friday as details emerged about the manhunt for two Boston Marathon bombing suspects and not all residents and visitors were glued to the TV screen.
Instead, they were glued to their smartphones.
Modern phones provided access to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, and apps allowed listeners across the globe immediate access to the Watertown, Mass., police scanner as the second terror suspect was apprehended late Friday.
People kept up with constantly developing stories in real time through rapid, sometimes inaccurate, news updates.
David Oldridge of Boston found out about the initial bombings Monday not from the WHBH Channel 7 news feed, but from the Boston TV station's app.
"I would have found out eventually, but I found out a lot of quicker," Oldridge said Saturday while visiting the Boston Marathon memorial off Boylston Street with his wife, Mandy.
"I don't read newspapers or watch the news anymore because it's all about what horrible thing one person did to the other," Oldridge said. "Everything's on the phone today anyway."
People posted tweets and retweets of eye-witness accounts as events unfolded throughout the week.
The Boston Police Department, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where a security guard was shot and killed Thursday night, each were retweeted thousands of times, providing a strong presence on fast-scrolling Twitter timelines.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in Monday's bombings who was taken into custody Friday night, last tweeted on the night of the attack, saying he was a "stress free kind of guy." He retweeted Mufti Ismail Menk, a Muslim scholar, on Wednesday. He regularly posted on Twitter up until the day of the attack.
Andrew Bauer, a senior at Syracuse University in New York, sifted through more than a half-million tweets from Monday that used the hashtag "#BostonMarathon," and found 5,000 tweets tagged with a location. Only 221 tweets of them came from the Boston region; the others came from the rest of the world.
Bauer put together a visual guide showing all the tweets in the Boston area, using iSchool's New Explorations in Information and Science (NEXIS), a lab that studies Internet, social media and culture.
"I realize how powerful social media can be," Bauer said. "When dealing with times of crisis, you can see other people tweeting on your street during a lockdown. That's a powerful thing."
On Thursday and into Friday, more than 150,000 people listened to the Watertown police scanner on the website Broadcastify, according to The Huffington Post. The department eventually sent out a tweet Friday night asking people not to broadcast information heard on their scanner feeds because it could compromise officer safety.
"Most information that goes over the scanner is police chatter," said Bauer, who is also an ambulance dispatcher at Syracuse University. "It's raw information, and if you put it in the wrong context, it can be detrimental."
From a dispatcher's point of view, a better use of Twitter would be sending out eyewitness accounts with locations attached to them, which coudl help authorities "see trends and patterns, and send more assistance to those areas" that needed it, Bauer said.
Andrea Tressler and Hana Russo of Cleveland, who were at The Shops at Prudential Center on Saturday, didn't know that officials had engaged Tsarnaev in a Watertown neighborhood until their plane landed Friday and they saw all the text messages.
A waitress at the restaurant where they had dinner told them Tsarnaev was in custody.
"There were a lot of people on their cell phones [in the restaurant]," Tressler said. "We heard, but we just wanted to confirm it."
On Wednesday, misinformation spread through media outlets via their Twitter accounts, leading to several different reports surrounding false arrests.
"Everyone seems to acknowledge there's a lot of misinformation on Twitter," said Daniel Riehs, a resident of the Brighton neighborhood who followed the news on his Twitter feed, especially NPR senior strategist Andy Carvin's tweets, he said.
"But [Friday]," Riehs said, "I just wanted to watch the news. Twitter and Facebook are good to get that initial information out."


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WASHINGTON, July 19, 2013--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced the Agency will be sending several biotechnology regulatory actions to the Federal Register for publication in the coming weeks.
First, APHIS posted a notice of preliminary deregulation for Glyphosate Resistant Canola (Pioneer) in the Federal Register on May 29 for a 30-day review and comment period. That notice can be found at www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0031-0071. Since the review period ended, APHIS has reviewed the comments the Agency received, finalized the environmental assessment, finding of no significant impact, and determination of nonregulated status.
The next three actions are preliminary deregulations of the following genetically engineered (GE) plants:
"This was the first GE product to complete our improved regulatory review process, and the 3 others are nearing completion" said Mike Firko, APHIS Acting Deputy Administrator for biotechnology regulatory services. "Under the improved process, we met our goal for our review of these petitions after making them available for public comment. We remain focused on providing a more timely and predictable review process while continuing to ensure the safe introduction of genetically engineered crops."
For the preliminary deregulations, APHIS made the developers' petitions for deregulation available for public review and comment in July 2012. Since that time, APHIS has evaluated the public comments received and prepared the final environmental assessments and plant pest risk assessments and preliminary findings of no significant impact that support the Agency's preliminary determinations of nonregulated status.
Under APHIS' improved regulatory review process for GE plants, because the Agency had previously reviewed these GE traits in other plants, found those plants do not pose a plant pest risk to agricultural crops or other plants, and analyzed their environmental impacts it is issuing its final environmental assessments and plant pest risk assessments and preliminary findings of no significant impact and determination of nonregulated status at the same time. The public has 30 days to review these and provide any relevant information to APHIS; unless APHIS learns of new scientific information during this time, its preliminary determinations will become final and APHIS will no longer regulate the field-testing or movement of these four GE plants.
Notice of publication of these actions in the Federal Register, as well as links to the regulatory documents, will be posted to the APHIS website as they become available.
APHIS will also be publishing draft environmental assessments and draft plant pest risk assessments that the Agency has prepared in response to requests from BASF to deregulate its Imidazolinone resistant soybean, as well as from Monsanto to deregulate its high yield soybean. APHIS previously made BASF's and Monsanto's petitions available for public review and comment in July 2012. In response to its evaluation of the petitions, and the public comments it received, APHIS determined that it needed to prepare these draft assessments and make them available for public review and comment. Notification of publication of these actions in the Federal Register, along with links to the draft assessments, will be made available on the APHIS home page. Upon publication in the Federal Register, they will be available for 30 day public review and comment periods.
Note to Reporters: USDA news releases, program announcements and media advisories are available on the Internet and through Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds. Go to the APHIS news release page at /newsroom and click on the RSS feed link.
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