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When adding users are roles to DB servers I often use the "Script this action" function from the GUI. I then just go to "Connection :: Change Connection" to do the same on my other servers.
Is there a way I can specify the connection in the scripted action so I don't have to do that second Change Connection step?

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Google Warns ITU to Give Public a Say in New Internet Rules
Dec 3, 2012 3:47 PM PT
The World Conference on International Telecommunications kicked off Monday behind closed doors in Dubai to a chorus of opposition from corporations, governments and civil-liberties groups worldwide.
The conference, organized by the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations body, will review the International Telecommunication Regulations, which were drawn up in 1988.
ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure disputed critics' charges that the conference will clamp down on Internet freedoms.
However, "only governments have a vote at the ITU, and some of them are trying to use a closed-door meeting in Dubai to increase regulation online," Google spokesperson Christine Chen told TechNewsWorld. "Although the ITU has helped the world manage radio spectrum and telephone networks, it is the wrong place to make decisions about the future of the Internet."
The ITU's Stated Position
The ITU's members requested that WCIT-12 discuss affordability -- reducing the cost of international mobile roaming; fraud prevention; misuse of the telephone numbering system; consumer empowerment; and bringing Internet connectivity to the two-thirds of the global population that's still offline, Toure said.
Proposals will only be accepted if they're agreed to by consensus.
The conference is not about taking control of the Internet, especially in terms of managing critical Internet resources such as names and addresses, or about restricting freedom of expression or speech, Toure contended. Instead, it's about laying down the principles to ensure global connectivity.
"With governments and politicians, you have to separate what they say from their intentions," "Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, remarked. "For instance, an effort to promote harmony might in fact be the government-sponsored assassination of opposition parties."
The ITU's members don't want heavy-handed regulation, but agree that there should be coordination and consolidation between agencies at both the national and international levels, Toure asserted.
The ITU did not respond to our request for further details.
What Opponents Fear
The conference is a closed-door meeting of the world's governments and regulation of the Internet is on the agenda, said Internet pioneer Vint Cerf. More than 1,000 organizations from more than 160 countries have also voiced their concerns, he pointed out.
Opposition to WCIT-12 is posted on an interactive map at the Free and Open website, established by Google. Cerf urged supporters of the concept of a free and open Internet to sign a petition.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation in May joined a coalition denouncing the WCIT planning process. The EFF and other advocacy organizations oppose the secrecy of the talks, which don't have adequate input from organizations representing the public interest. The EFF also is concerned that revisions to the ITR might have an impact on online civil liberties and lead to greater governmental control over the Internet.
Some proposals to be put forward at WCIT-12 might let governments justify the censorship of legitimate speech or cut off Internet access in their countries, Cerf contended.
The European Commission's view is that the Internet works, and, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," EC vice president Neelie Kroes stated. The EC wants the Internet to stay open and global.
The EC will pay "especially close attention" to any suggestion where cybersecurity could be used as a euphemism for controlling freedom of expression, and to suggestions on routing and traffic management, which may pose a threat to the open Internet."
This could include the United States, which is seeking to monitor all Internet traffic worldwide and to reportedly route all such traffic through NSA servers on the grounds that it's fighting terrorism.
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The meeting "isn't a public debate, and things that go on behind closed doors are generally distrusted, often for good reason," Enderle told TechNewsWorld.
The ITU has 193 member states and 700 sector members, including organizations in the private sector and academic institutions, all of whom have access to ITU documents, Toure said. Member states make these documents available to their citizens at their own discretion.
While closed-door meetings of governments provide grounds for concern, "it's difficult enough to get governments to agree," Jim McGregor, founder and principal analyst at Tirias Research, stated. "I doubt that the meeting is, or will be used, to limit the freedom of speech that many are worried about."
However, "the implementation of certain technologies or protocols could potentially allow for such actions in the future," McGregor told TechNewsWorld. "I fear this is inevitable ... because of the desire by certain government entities."


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TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey Historic Trust today announced that Guidelines and Applications are now available for 2009 Historic Site Management Grants from the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund and Capital Preservation Grants from the New Jersey Cultural Trust. Eligible properties are historic sites that are listed, or are eligible for listing, in the New Jersey or National Register of Historic Places.
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"The decision's already been made," Harbaugh said Monday. "David Akers is our kicker."
Akers, of course, prevailed in his pre-playoff competition with Billy Cundiff, whom the 49ers waived in advance of Sunday's NFC Championship Game in Atlanta. Akers promptly missed his only field-goal attempt against the Falcons, knocking a 38-yard third-quarter try off the left upright.
The miss looked monumental at the time, considering it left the 49ers trailing 24-21. They got Akers off the hook by scoring the decisive touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.
One reporter asked Harbaugh about the way he closely studied Akers during pregame warm-ups at the Georgia Dome.
"That's pretty much every game – this was no different," Harbaugh said. "I enjoy watching both kickers pregame, and he had an outstanding pregame. He missed one 60-yarder. He was hitting the ball really well."
QB chatter: One week after beating the Packers with his legs, Colin Kaepernick shredded the Falcons with his right arm. This diversity of skills did not escape the notice of Harbaugh, who referred to Kaepernick's "piercing" throws.
"Colin has acquitted himself well in every test he's been given," Harbaugh said. "… He played great in this last ballgame. Very pleased."
Harbaugh also invoked Kaepernick when asked if he ever dreamed about coaching (as opposed to playing) in the Super Bowl.
"I don't think I had that dream," Harbaugh said. "But the way Colin runs, the gracefulness of his stride, the ground he covers, it reminds me of me when I run – and then I wake up."
Disputed catch: Not surprisingly, Harbaugh offered no day-after regrets about challenging the fourth-quarter play on which Atlanta's Harry Douglas made a 22-yard catch. The replay showed the ball hitting the ground as Douglas tried to maintain control.
"It definitely seemed like the ground was helping make the catch," Harbaugh said. "And it seemed like the ball moved. … So I think that will encourage some interesting debate."
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Did you know that the comedy duo of Cheech and Chong had a third member of their comedy team who was later cut out of their movies? Thanks to Saturday Night Live, you can now see this long lost footage for the first time ever1
Of course, it's only a sketch, but it's a funny one with a film buff-friendly framing device. The skit is structured like a Turner Classic Movies special, with host Roger Osborne introducing the audience to scenes later cut from Cheech and Chong's 1970s stoner comedies. Each of them features the character of Richard, the pot-smoking duo's straight arrow best friend. Naturally, he's only in the first five minutes of each movie before he gets uncomfortable and demands that they let him out of the car. Simultaneous Cheech and Chong/TCM parodies don't get much more accurate than this.


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Imagine a blimp that works like a submarine.
To go up, the pilot releases compressed helium, filling the hull and making the craft lighter than air. To go down, the skipper takes on air as ballast, making the ship heavy enough to land.
Airships may sound like a pipe dream, a fanciful vision from a bygone era.
But a real-life submarine of the sky is taking shape right now at one of the World War II-era blimp hangars in Tustin.
The Aeroscraft may be a forerunner of hybrid airships that will fill the skies in the future. Developers see the crafts ferrying supplies to troops on the front lines, aiding refugees in disaster zones and shuttling cargo from ship to shore at a fraction of the cost of moving freight today.
These airships can go where there are no roads or airfields, landing and taking off vertically.
"We're building this to revolutionize cargo transportation," said Fred Edworthy, vice president of Worldwide Aeros Corp., the Montebello airship firm behind Aeroscraft. "This is a new dimension of flight."
The Aeroscraft project – partially funded by about $35 million in Pentagon and NASA contracts – is part of a wider effort to develop the next generation of airships for military and private use. Southern California is a major hub of this new industry.
"Southern California is the Silicon Valley of aerospace development," said Igor Pasternak, who founded Worldwide Aeros in Ukraine, then moved the firm to California in 1994.
One of his competitors is Lockheed Martin, which has been developing a family of cargo airships at its Skunk Works facility in Palmdale for more than six years. The Sky Tug is a hybrid vehicle that will be able to carry 20 tons of cargo, using both helium and its aerodynamic design to create lift. Unlike the Tustin-built model, the Sky Tug can't take off or land without ground facilities.
Another major player is Northrop Grumman, which is behind the U.S. Army's Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle. The hybrid airship is being developed with help from Northrop's Southern California facilities. The ship will provide long-term surveillance, staying airborne for up to 16 days.
The U.S. military is behind the push for increased use of airships, with efforts dating to 1978, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report released last month.
The Defense Department has invested $7 billion over the past six years in airship research, about 80 percent of that in "aerostats" – tethered balloons or blimps – used for surveillance in Afghanistan and on the Mexican border, the GAO report said.
Several of the programs, however, have been plagued by cost overruns, accidents, delays or technical problems resulting in program reductions or cancellations, according to the GAO. Northrop's airship is at least 10 months behind schedule, raising questions about whether it will be available for deployment in Afghanistan, the report said.
This new generation of airship remains a fledgling industry, with most commercial production still in the early stages.
The resurgence seems like a throwback to an era when zeppelin's ferried passengers across the Atlantic and Navy blimps scoured the seas for enemy subs.
Pasternak, who has been building traditional blimps for decades, decided about eight years ago that existing technology made airships impractical because they are unable to carry cargo. That led to his firm's involvement in designing modern airships and, ultimately, to developing a new "buoyancy management system" for the Aeroscraft.
"It's this buoyancy management system that sets us apart," Edworthy said. "It's a little bit like a submarine where you're using water for buoyancy. Here, you're using air."
The system works like this: Compressed helium is released from nine vessels on the craft, filling the hull and making it lighter than air.
To descend, the helium is pumped back into the vessels, creating a vacuum that draws air into cylindrical tubes inside the craft. That increases the ship's weight so it can land like a helicopter.
The airship, being built at the former Tustin Marine air base, is 254 feet long, 97 feet wide and 47 feet high. Unlike the traditional blimp, which gets its shape from the gas that fills it, the Aeroscraft has a skeleton made from strong, but ultralight, aluminum and carbon fiber materials.
It has three propellers – one on each side and one aft – to help stabilize the craft while hovering and during takeoffs and landings. The side-mounted props can tilt upward for takeoff and landing stability, then to the front for forward motion.
The Aeroscraft is expected to have a range of nearly 3,600 miles and a top speed of almost 140 mph.
But the prototype is just a baby. Edworthy said the production model will be 500 feet long and 160 feet wide and have the capacity to carry 66 tons of cargo – roughly three times that of C-130 cargo planes and almost as much as the top payload of a C-17. But it will use about one-third the fuel.
Ultimately, the developer wants to build an airship that can haul 500 tons of cargo, but that project won't begin for another 10 to 15 years, Pasternak said.
Since the Aeroscraft can take off and land vertically, it can go almost anywhere – either to a combat zone or into a disaster zone, with a payload far surpassing that of helicopters.
As envisioned, the craft will fly out to sea, unload cargo ships outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and ferry goods to the Inland Empire, bypassing clogged roadways.
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In his third consecutive All-Star Game, Dodgers ace defers to Mets' Harvey
NEW YORK -- This is Clayton Kershaw over the past three years: first in the Majors in ERA, first in the Majors in WHIP, first in the Majors in strikeouts, first in the Majors in opponents' OPS, first in the National League in innings pitched.
Zero All-Star Game starts.
Perhaps it's a trivial distinction, and All-Star pitchers certainly can have just as much impact coming out of the bullpen. But there's something weird about a Cy Young Award winner who's 25, on his third consecutive All-Star team, and once again sporting the lowest ERA in the league never being named a starter for the Midsummer Classic.
In 2011, Roy Halladay had the track record. In 2012, Matt Cain had thrown a perfect game. In Tuesday night's game at Citi Field, the fresh-faced Matt Harvey is the hometown guy.
And so again, Kershaw defers.
"I would like to do it, but it's not what I'm here for," Kershaw said during Monday's media sessions. "I'm just glad to be here, you know. Hopefully I'll get to throw an inning or so at some point. It'll be fun to watch him pitch."
Few would argue against Harvey, the 24-year-old phenom who has captured the imagination of Mets fans while posting a 2.35 ERA in 19 starts. Kershaw is the only pitcher in baseball with an ERA under 2.00, but the odds swayed in Harvey's favor because the All-Star Game is at Citi Field.
"I get it," Kershaw said. "I get it."
Speaking at a news conference on Monday, though, NL manager Bruce Bochy -- of the division-rival Giants, whom Kershaw has regularly carved up -- said it "really wouldn't have mattered what city we were playing in." Harvey, he added, "would have been the starting pitcher" regardless.
Kershaw's response was, well, curt: "It's his opinion. It's his opinion. Yeah. Whatever."
Kershaw, the lone representative on his underachieving-yet-upward-trending Dodgers, is nonetheless looking like a Cy Young favorite again, posting Major League lows in ERA (1.98), WHIP (0.908) and hits per nine innings (6.0), while ranking second in the NL strikeouts (139).
"I think he's the best in the game right now," said Buster Posey of the Giants, against whom Kershaw has gone 11-4 with a 1.32 ERA in 21 career games (20 starts).
"He's unbelievable," said D-backs first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who's 2-for-20 lifetime against Kershaw. "He's a true ace, he's got three pitches, four pitches, that he uses, anything you want. Competitor on the mound. Really anything you'd want in a guy."
But this is a society perpetually captivated by what's new and fresh, with no greater example being Kershaw's upstart teammate, Yasiel Puig. At a time when new pitchers are dominating the landscape, like Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Jose Fernandez, Stephen Strasburg, Patrick Corbin and Chris Sale, someone like Kershaw -- consistently great and no longer surprisingly -- tends to be somewhat of an afterthought.
"I feel that's a good thing if people overlook it, because that means people expect it," Kershaw said. "I'm fine with expectations. I put enough on myself to where I don't worry about other stuff."
Kershaw is the first Dodgers pitcher to make three consecutive All-Star teams since closer Eric Gagne (2002-04), and the first starter to do so since Orel Hershiser (1987-89).
"He's earned it, the way he's pitched all year," Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly said. "You can't pitch much better than he's pitched. He deserves a few more W's."
Perhaps the most astonishing portion of Kershaw's stat line -- and further proof that win-loss records are far from a reliable measure of a starting pitcher's production -- is that he's only 8-6, despite twirling two shutouts. Four times this season, Kershaw has given the Dodgers a quality start and been saddled with a loss. In 12 of his 20 outings, his heralded offense has mustered three runs or fewer. And only six qualified starting pitchers have received less run support.
"You realize you can't control that," Kershaw said. "It does feel good to get a win by your name after every game, but you just have to give your team a chance. It's sometimes tough when you're in a little bit of a rut and you can't get that 'W' on the board, but that's not our job. As long as you keep that in perspective, you'll be OK."
Kershaw takes great pride in keeping the things he can't control in stride. Run support is one of them, and so was Monday's topic of the day for the Dodgers left-hander -- All-Star Game starts.
"It's not for me to decide," Kershaw said. "Harvey's deserving. He'll be good."
The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again have fans participating in the official voting for the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com via the 2013 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote, and their voice will represent 20 percent of the official vote determining the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
The 2013 All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field on Tuesday. Come to MLB.com for extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
The 84th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM also will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.


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[The following report was written by Joanne Young Elliott, and was originally published at PNC-Southern California. It is being republished here with the permission of the author.]
The tenth annual Conference on Current Pagan Studies this past weekend in Claremont brought to bear the research of two dozen scholars and alternative religious activists to consider issues including Pagan identity, racism and homophobia within the community and the environmental impact of what has often been referred to as an "earth-based religion."
The Feb. 8-9 conference at Claremont Graduate University, an official event of the Women's Studies in Religion program at Claremont, focused upon the theme "Relationships with the World." It fittingly began with a video from Patrick McCollum, a Wiccan Priest who has been invited to represent American paganism the UN and to large religious gatherings around the world. The video was a hello to us from India as he made his way to the Mahayaga in Kerala. Patrick was invited to co-facilitate this multi-million person spiritually-based event. He stated in his video that, "We need a new narrative that includes everyone." He believes that within Paganism we have an inclusive story.
There were twenty-three conference presenters including the two keynote speakers, Lon Milo DuQuette and Crystal Blanton. Everyone had something interesting to say, but I will only give an overview of important highlights for the Pagan community. You can see the full list of presenters here along with the titles of their papers. If you want a detailed account of all the speakers you can check out Tony Mierzwicki's blog, The Emerald Tablet. (To be up within the next couple of days.)
Joseph Futerman in his paper "The Burning Times Bugaboo—Using Fear to Create Insiders in Contemporary Paganism" asked us: "Why do we keep this myth of destruction, sadness and loss alive?" It hasn't stopped genocides. He later went on to say that he was using the word "myth" to mean story or narrative and not an untruth, but a greater truth. What is that greater truth we think we are telling ourselves and what does the myth of the Burning Times give us? He suggested that it gives us our identity, the Insider versus the Outsider. He then asked a few more questions:
- What is the effect of interacting from fear, suspicion and anger?
- What is the effect of claiming that we are the disempowered few?
- Is this what we seek to teach?
Joseph likes to ask questions, at some point later in the conference he said, "I only ask questions, I don't have the answers." This is what this conference is all about. And his provocative questions sparked some interesting comments during the Q&A. Sabina Magliocco talked about the trope of the disempowered and identity and how that has helped create some important movements like Feminism and the Civil Rights Movement. Joseph suggested that working from this identity ultimately leads to war in terms of things like the war on poverty. He also mentioned that embracing this role means we're agreeing with those who think we shouldn't be here. There was a lot to contemplate.
So what else do Pagans have in common? Pagan therapist Scott Gilliam presented "The Reemergence of the Pagan Soul and Its Voice in the World." In his research he discovered twelve shared themes amongst Pagans who became Pagan and were not brought up Pagan. One of them was that feeling of coming home once they discovered there was such a thing as Paganism. The most important theme in terms of the conference topic was a feeling of purpose in the world. He said Pagans see themselves as active, not passive participants in the unfolding of history. Patrick McCollum is a perfect example of this shared theme. Scott also speculated that there is a pagan dimension to the soul that has long been neglected in our society and is now reemerging for a reason.
Paganism seems to be going through an identity crisis with much discussion going on around the Internet about whether or not we should be using Pagan as an umbrella term. What kind of relationship can we have with the rest of the world while breaking up if that's what is happening?
One relationship that has been going on a long time is that between Pagans and Christians. Sam Webster addressed this in his paper: "The Relationship of Christianity with Paganism." This paper came about when he got an intense response to his blog post on Patheos: "Beginning the Pagan Restoration" in which he stated "And, no, you can't worship Jesus Christ and be a Pagan." And the subsequent post: "Why You Can't Worship Jesus Christ and Be Pagan." The flurry of over 300 comments gave Sam some data to work with regarding the Pagan community. Here are a couple of things that he came up with:
- There is a need for better identity formation and education in history and theology in the Pagan community.
- A deeper discussion about authority is needed because we are framing things in a Christian way.
Although recently more people report that they are "Christian Pagans," Sam sees Christianity as a threat. Christianity is a challenge to anyone or culture that is not it and he said he doesn't want to see the dilution of Paganism.
Margaret Froelich: "The Maiden, the Mother and the Other One: Testing the Triple Goddess for a Feminist World" and Amy Hale: "Cell Block Arcadia: "Nature Religion" and the Politics of Being Pagan" both brought up ideas about how the frameworks and names we use may not fit us and what we actually practice. Margaret said that we should make sure our symbols reflect our values and that the triple goddess model doesn't fit our modern life, it's not inclusive enough. Amy argued that calling Paganism a "Nature Religion" may replicate an antimodernist view and perpetuate "noble savage" ideology. By using this as a claimed characteristic of Paganism, Amy states that it may impact the potential ability of Pagan groups to develop.
In terms of Pagan history which is often thought of in terms of our ancient ancestors several presenters in this conference have been investigating our more recent past as a way to help us build our identity and relate to the world we live in today.
Jacqueline Rochelle in "Psycho-Magickal Analysis of the Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Contemporary Paganism" suggests that modern Paganism emerged in the tension between industrialization and the agnostic counter culture.
Armando D "Murtagh An Doile" Marini in "Proto-Pagans: Precursors of the Modern Pagan Movement – Seeking the Themes of Myth and Magic in the American Experience (1850 to 1975)" also sees the Industrial Era as the place where modern Paganism begins. He states three great awakenings:
- 1731-1755 – Great religious tolerance reigned.
- 1790-1840 – Period of the Transcendentalists, Mesmerism, Spiritualists and Theosophists.
- 1850-1900 – The social gospels emerge.
Murtagh's wife Elizabeth Rose-Marini in "Mythic Landscapes: California and the West Coast – 19th Century Utopias, Cultural Creatives, Health Pioneers and Proto-Pagans" looks at a particular group to give us a sense of what the "Proto-Pagans" were doing and how what they did is connected to what we do now. The Temple branch of the Theosophical Movement used the four quarters in their rites, wanted spirituality to be useful, and empowered women.
There is so much more to their research than I can give here. Please follow them and the Pagan History Project here.
The work of Kimberly Kirner: "Relating to Nature: Spiritual Practice and Sustainable Behavior" and Sabina Magliocco's "Animal Afterlives" brought out some interesting and somewhat surprising information about Pagans.
Kimberly discovered through her research that the practice of Paganism does not lead to environmentally sustainable behavior. There are non-Pagans who live a sustainable life. Though many Pagans practice small acts of recycling and reusing, this behavior does not reduce overall consumption. Kimberly did find that Pagans that practice in groups did more outdoor ritual and connecting to place. The non-solitary was more likely to be an activist, according to her data. She ended her presentation with a question: "What is our relationship with the earth and its creatures with whom we claim connection?"
Sabina's work centered on how Pagans confer spiritual personhood on their pets. She noted that this wasn't something special to Pagans. She discovered that 81% of her survey respondents believed animals have souls regardless of religious affiliation. Like Kimberly's findings, Sabina noted that Pagans are not as likely to make the personal and political sacrifices for animals that animal workers, who are often atheists, do. Pagans tend to work with animals spiritually.
During the Q&A Sabina mentioned that anthropomorphizing animals began in the mid-1800s with the rise of industrialization. The distance from animals due to the move to urban centers allowed this to take place. Kimberly noted that farm workers don't see animals as having souls. She noticed a difference between the rural and urban Pagan in this matter. Sam Webster joined the discussion saying that our culture needs to change at the systems level. All the little things we do are not making a difference, he maintained. He believes that religion might be the way to change enough hearts and minds to have a major impact. Kimberly and Sabina pondered how Paganism can be that religion when there is a major dissonance between ideals and action. They did remind us that Pagans are more likely to take action if they belong to groups. Sam thought that it was not just actions, but the act of living a meaningful life that was the key.
Some disturbing information was provided by Tony Mierzwicki: "Ancient Greek Racism, Homophobia and Misogyny?" and Kat Robb: "A Study of Lesbiphobia in the Pagan Community". This discrimination isn't just in the past as shared by Marie Cartier – who read from her new book: Baby, You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars and Theology Before Stonewall. Both Tony and Kat brought up specific examples of current racism and homophobia within the Pagan community.
Tony shared an online discussion filled with hate speech by a Greek Reconstructionist. He went on to describe how Ancient Greece was filled with racism, homophobia and misogyny. There is a need to be careful when recreating these various Paganisms. As mentioned earlier by Amy Hale and Margaret Froelich, we need to question whether or not what we do has relevance in our modern world.
Kat Robb's survey showed that even in what she thought of as an inclusive, sexually open religion there are exclusionary tendencies in some individuals and groups. She shared a personal experience of exclusion that left her in tears.
Keynote speaker Crystal Blanton gave a powerful and moving presentation, "Cultural Empathy, Collective Understanding and Healing within the Pagan Community." She said that Paganism has grown beyond the bounds we have set for ourselves so this healing is important. Paganism needs to include more than just Euro-centric cultures now, she suggested. In the past Crystal said she felt she had to leave a part of herself – her black culture – outside the circle, but she no longer chooses to do so. She asks: Can we have a relationship with the world if we can't be authentic with each other?
She goes on to talk about how we can heal this in such a diverse community. We need to truly listen to one another and not assume to know another's cultural story. All of us need to be able to feel safe to be fully who we are in all of our communities. She let us know that "It's not about right or wrong, it's about understanding. In order to learn, you must unlearn what you think you know about diversity, cultures and people." She provided us with so much more information shared with much love for this community. If you'd like to know more about the resources she shared you can contact her via her website.Lon Milo DuQuette's talk was called "Good and Evil? Get Over It!" and as always he entertained us while enlightening us. He shared his music and wisdom. Through his story of a personal experience of awakening he realized at more than an intellectual level that all is one. He connects to this one via the god Ganesha. He says you get over the idea of evil by expanding your consciousness to include everything. Though we are all unique it's important to remember Lon's message as we move forward as a community.
These conversations I'm sure will continue this weekend at PantheaCon. If you are going, seek out those I've mentioned. Talk to them. Listen. Ask questions. Share your ideas. Be a part of the conversation. Carry the conversation out beyond the walls of any conference. It's important at this time when the world needs a new story, a new paradigm. Paganism/Paganisms are coming of age and have something important to offer to the world.


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Where is Television Now? (Aug, 1938)
Wow, the entertainment industry used to have a much more enlightened approach to "hackers":
While passing through the earphone stage, television needs what radio needed in the days of crystal sets—hams and tinkerers. RCA recently made available to amateurs certain specialized parts, including several Kinescopes, and before long complete television kits containing all the parts for receivers may be available. Once the art emerges from the laboratory, the nation's hams and tinkerers will play an important part in its development.
Where is Television Now?
TEN years ago a woman sat under blinding lights in John L. Baird's television studio in London while a group of men, assembled around a receiver in Hartsdale, N. Y., saw her face on a screen.
That radio transmission of a moving picture across 3,000 miles of ocean led many to believe that television, a new Twentieth-century wonder, was about to round the corner and, like radio, enter most American homes. But years passed and nothing of this sort happened. People still are asking, "When will we have television?"
There are three different answers to this question, all of them true. We have television right now—as a laboratory accomplishment. We have it also in the home but it is limited to the homes of a few experimenters living within a few miles of a few stations. As far as most people are concerned, however, we do not have it at all. And no one knows, even now, when it will be ready for the general public.
Indeed, it might appear to the layman that television has moved backward, instead of forward, since 1928. Baird's historic telecast spanned an ocean, but the pictures which you may see eventually in your home probably will come from a transmitter, the effective range of which will be limited to the horizon line—twenty to fifty miles, depending on the height of the antenna.
If a 3,000-mile telecast was possible ten years ago, why are they limited to fifty miles now? There are several reasons.
Clearer pictures are being transmitted today and they are being transmitted over short waves, instead of long ones. If a wide band of long-wave frequencies were available, and if weather and other conditions are favorable, the range of good television signals is sufficient to transmit a low-definition picture clear around the globe, according to C. W. Farrier, NBC television coordinator.
But to transmit a picture of high definition by short wave and under varying conditions, the dependable radius of a single transmitter has been found to be limited to the horizon —about as far as you can see. To send a program beyond the horizon without fear of failure, two or more transmitters must be connected by co-axial cable, the only known metallic conductor which can be used for telecasting. And co-axial cable, capable of conducting frequencies as high as 1,000 kilocycles or of carrying 200 telephone conversations at once, is expensive. But this is still inadequate for modern high-definition television transmission. One such circuit now connects New York and Philadelphia, but it will cost millions of dollars to crisscross the country with co-axial cables and link many transmitters together. Until this is done, however, there can be no chain television transmission like the radio broadcasts which go out to a network of stations from a central point.
Also, a television transmitter costs more to buy and to operate than a radio station of comparable quality. And even after these costly transmitters are built and linked together by co-axial cable, only those living within a few miles of the transmitters will be able to receive pictures.
A television receiver is much more complicated than a sound receiver because it must be exactly in step with the transmitter to the millionth part of a second or there will be—no picture. Video, as television may soon be known, is a system of synchronizing and harmonizing many vital parts. If receivers and transmitters do not fit, as a key fits a lock, the system cannot function.
One stumbling block to public television today is lack of standardization. Uniform standards are more essential in television than in sound broadcasting because of the precise synchronization required between transmitter and receiver. Standardization will enable you to "look in" on two or three video programs in your territory instead of only one. Ten standards have been agreed on and a committee of the Radio Manufacturers' Association is attempting to agree upon others which will enable receiver makers to provide instruments which will not become obsolete over night.
Despite the rather gloomy outlook for television for the masses in the immediate future, notable advances have been made in the art in recent years. One of the most important was Dr. Vladimir Zworykin's invention of electronic scanning which helped overcome the time element, one of the big problems in television, but of no consequence in sound broadcasting.
In sound broadcasting, Arthur Van Dyck of RCA points out, only one sound is transmitted at a time and this sound, even if it is a complex one, can be represented by one electric current. But no picture can be represented by one current or one anything else because it is composed of many elements. If you look at a scene ten feet square from a distance where the eye can see objects one inch in diameter, there are nearly 15,000 one-inch areas, which you must describe to convey the exact scene to someone else.
Given unlimited time, you might do this with a simple telegraph code. Suppose you arrange a code in which "one" means white, "two" signifies gray and "three" black. By dividing the scene into imaginary squares, 100 each way, numbering them in sequence from one to 10,000, and sending a friend 10,000 digits, each representing the shade in one square, you would enable him to reproduce the scene on a sheet of paper ruled into 100 squares each way.
Obviously, this would be a tedious process. If, however, instead of sending numbers by telegraph code, you transmitted one electric impulse for each square in sequence, the strength of each impulse corresponding to the degree of light in the square it represents, you might send a description of the picture in 10,000 seconds, or two and one-half hours, if you transmitted one impulse per second.
At the receiving end a printing device would be necessary to record each impulse in the same order and location and with an ink intensity corresponding to the current intensity of each impulse. The chief prob lem is one of synchronization between transmitter and receiver. This is the facsimile system, used on wire and radio, except that several impulses are sent each second, so only ten minutes or so are required to transmit a picture, instead of two and one-half hours.
But here's the rub. Television must transmit moving scenes, sending as many as thirty pictures per second so that, as in the movies, the eye will be deceived into believing it sees a continuous scene rather than a succession of stills. To send thirty pictures per second, transmitting information about each little part of each picture and repeating the process many times each second, a system 18,000 times faster than facsimile is required.
Here we have the primary cause of most of the television engineering problems—the time element, the necessity for transmitting an enormous amount of information very accurately and very quickly. Electronic scanning with the aid of the "Iconoscope" has helped solve the problem.
The Iconoscope converts light waves into electricity just as the microphone converts sound waves into electricity. The Iconoscope contains a plate upon which the scene being televised is focused. The surface of this plate is covered with thousands of photoelectric cells, microscopic in size, each separate from the others and each generating electric voltage proportional to the light which strikes it. To use these voltages, they must be collected from each cell. This might be done by brushing a tiny wire across the plate, contacting the whole area bit by bit. But the idea is impractical, partly because of the speed with which the operation must be performed. So a beam of electrons is utilized instead. This tiny "searchlight" travels over the plate, line by line, collecting the electric charge from each cell in turn.
The present standard calls for 441 of these lines on the plate from top to bottom, whereas the first systems had only twenty-four. The greater the number of lines, of course, the greater the detail of the pictures. But the more lines there are to cover, the more work the little beam must do and the more information there is to transmit. It has been found that 441 lines is the best compromise between picture quality and apparatus difficulty and this number has been made standard for this country.
The beam explores the whole plate thirty times per second and there are about 250,000 spots to be thus visited. It "reads" from left to right at two miles per second, and from right to left at twenty miles per second. If your eye could move that fast, you could plow through a 1,000-page book in about five seconds. Thus this beam is about the busiest thing in this world.
The electric currents obtained by the beam from the cells are small but they can be amplified and then you have currents carrying intelligence representing the picture. These currents control the transmitter antenna current. At the receiving end, the entire process is reversed with the aid of the "Kinescope," the inverse of the "Iconoscope."
The Kinescope has a plate and beam of electrons playing upon it, just as does the Iconoscope. In the former, however, the plate or screen comprises one end of the tube itself, is made nearly flat, and coated on the inside with a thin layer of material which fluoresces, or gives off light, when electrons strike it. When the electron beam in the Kinescope strikes the screen in one spot, about the size of a pinhead, this spot glows, its brightness varying as the strength of the beam varies.
That spot of light is used to reproduce each spot of the picture, one at a time. The beam "paints" the lights and shadows of each tiny element of the picture as a series of spots, but to our slowly reacting eyes, the spots are not visible and the screen appears to be illuminated evenly all over. The flying beam of the Kinescope must be in perfect step with the flying beam of the Iconoscope, miles distant, or there will be no picture. Synchronization is one of the television problems which has been solved.
Scenes of any size can be televised by the transmitter but at the receiving end, the size of the picture is determined definitely by the size and brilliancy of the Kinescope screen. At present, there are two standard sizes, one about five by seven inches, the other about seven by ten inches. Last fall, NBC showed television on a seven-by-ten-foot screen, but there is a size limit for the tubes beyond which it is impractical to go. It has been found that the most desirable size of picture for television or movies is one where the height of the picture represents one-fourth the distance between screen and observer. In the home, the desirable viewing distance may be eight or ten feet, so the picture height should be about two feet.
"There is good promise of eventual accomplishment of this goal," says Mr. Van Dyck, "but at present it seems probable that the television receiver which is 'just around the corner' will have a picture about seven by ten inches."
Partly because so much information must be crowded into so small a period of time, tremendously high frequencies are necessary in television. Your light circuit probably has a frequency of sixty cycles per second—sixty pulses of flow in each direction—but sound broadcast stations use frequencies up to 1,500,000 cycles per second while television goes up around 50,000,000. And radio laboratories are experimenting with frequencies of more than a billion cycles per second!
Some of the most difficult problems of television result from these rapid reversals of current. We think of electricity as instantaneous but it is not. It has a speed of about 186,000 miles per second. So when we call upon a current to travel even a few feet and reverse itself—but to do this millions of times per second—we encounter limitations even in the speed of electricity.
Eighty-seven video programs were telecast by NBC last year. Only about 100 families, however, were able to enjoy these telecasts radiating from the antenna atop the Empire State building because there are only that many receivers in the New York metropolitan area, most of them in the homes of RCA and NBC engineers.
Engineers, designers, cameramen, costumers and directors work with special scene compositions, materials, colors and lighting in preparing a video performance. High-efficiency, non-glare lights have been developed for telecasting but the illumination required for a television scene is still somewhat greater than for the movies.
Most people assume television programs will be accompanied by sound but programs without sound have been found desirable in some instances. In fact, television may take up pantomime acting where Hollywood left it when the movies began recording sound with sight.
While passing through the earphone stage, television needs what radio needed in the days of crystal sets—hams and tinkerers. RCA recently made available to amateurs certain specialized parts, including several Kinescopes, and before long complete television kits containing all the parts for receivers may be available. Once the art emerges from the laboratory, the nation's hams and tinkerers will play an important part in its development.
And what of the hams who perform this labor of love? They will probably be the television—or video—servicemen and distributors of tomorrow.


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Demande : "Iranian Journal of Seed Research"
Résultats 1 - 10 de 109
A Study into the Effects of Salt Stress on Germination Components of Different Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Cultivars
Namvar, Ali et al.
In order to study the effects of different levels of salinity on germination components of wheat cultivars, a factorial experiment was conducted based on a completely randomized design with three replications. Experimental factors were wheat cultivars at eight levels (Saysons, Gaspard, Finkan, MV-17, Chamran, Sardari, Atila-4 and Azar-2) and six levels of salinity (0, 25, 50, 100, 150 and 200 ...
SUBJECT: salt stress; تنش شوری; number of radicle; remained seed weight after germination; ارقام گندم
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
Facilitating Seed Germination of Eight Species of Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) Native of Iran, Using Chemical Scarification and Cold Stratification
Hematifar, Masume et al.
Given the medicinal and ornamental properties of Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), and given that there are some problems in its propagation, which is due to the hard cover of the seeds and immature embryo, working out techniques that can facilitate the process of seeds germination is of great import. Thus, the present study sought to identify the best method for the purpose of breaking the seed dorm ...
SUBJECT: seed dormancy; germination percentage; اسید سولفوریک; درصد جوانه زنی; خواب بذر
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
Reaction of Germination and Seedling Growth of Redroot Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) to Salinity and Drought Stress
Ahmadvand, Goudarz et al.
Salt and drought are two major environmental stresses that affect growth and development of plants. In order to study the effects of sodium chloride and polyethylene glycol (6000) on germination characteristics and early seedling growth of redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus), two completely randomized designs with 4 replications were conducted at Weed Research Laboratory of Bu-Ali Sina Un ...
SUBJECT: osmotic potential; گیاهچه; seedling; weed; علف هرز
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
Effect of hydropriming and seed aging on seed germination and biochemical characteristics of pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) seed under salt stress
Ghanbari, Majid et al.
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of hydropriming and seed aging on germination and enzymatic properties of pinto bean under salinity stress as factorial based on a completely randomized design with four replications. Two groups of seeds (i.e., non-aged and aged seeds), two hydropriming treatments (i.e., hydro primed and unprimed seeds) and six salinity treatments (i.e., 0, 2, 4, ...
SUBJECT: salt; نمک; pre-sowing hydration; جوانه زنی; germination
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
Effect of Production Region and Seed Size on Germination Indices and Heterotrophic Growth Components of Peanut Seedling (Arachis hypogaea)
Noorhosseini, seyyed Ali et al.
To study the effect of production region and seed size on germination indices and heterotrophic growth components of peanut seedling, a study was performed in three peanut fields in Astaneh Ashrafieh and Agronomy Laboratory of Rasht Islamic Azad University from 2010 to 2012. This research was carried out using the standard germination, cold and accelerated aging tests. Tests were performed usi ...
SUBJECT: پیری تسریع شده; peanut; بنیه بذر; germination; seed size
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
The Effects of Different Priming Methods on the Storability and Germination under Salinity Stress in Rapeseed (Brassica napus) Line Karaj 3
Taghi Zoghi, Shirin et al.
This study was conducted to study the effects of different priming methods on germination rate and percentage under salinity stress and to determine the stability of primed seeds. In order to accomplish this, three different experiments were conducted separately, including the experiment of water uptake, the experiment of salinity stress, and the experiment of storability of primed seeds. Prim ...
SUBJECT: salicylic acid; hydropriming; اسید سالیسیلیک; اسید هیومیک; هیدروپرایمینگ
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
Evaluation of Salinity Tolerance in allotetraploid Cotton (Gossypium sp.) Genotypes, Using Multivariate Statistical Methods and Stress Tolerance Indices at Germination Stage
Taghizadeh, Nafise et al.
Salinity is one of the most important factors limiting agricultural production. Cotton, as an oil-fiber plant, is one of the most important industrial plants and is sensitive to salinity, especially at germination and seedling stages. Therefore, in this study, 14 allotetraploid varieties of commercial and local cotton were selected. The study was carried out as factorial with a completely rand ...
SUBJECT: تجزیه مؤلفه اصلی; salt; جوانهزنی; biplot; شوری
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
Effect of Different Levels of Temperature and Drought Stress on Germination Characteristics of Roman Nettle (Urtica pilulifera)
Ibrahim Quchi, Zakia et al.
In order to investigate the effect of different levels of temperature and drought stress on seed germination parameters of nettle roman (Urtica pilulifera L.), an experiment was conducted as factorial in a completely randomized design with three replications at the Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, University of Guilan, in 2014. Treatments included different temperature levels (5 ...
SUBJECT: osmotic potential; سرعت جوانهزنی; پتانسل اسمزی; گیاه دارویی; germination rate
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
Effect of Different Primings on Germination and Growth Parameters of Rice (Oryza sativa) Seeds during Drought Stress, as Compared with Silver Nanoparticles
Aghdasi, Mahnaz et al.
The present study sought to compare the effect of seed priming by hydropriming, ascorbate and calcium chloride (CaCl2) versus different concentrations of silver nanoparticles on two Iranian rice cultivars (Hashemi and Shiroodi) under drought stress. The experimental design, which was factorial, was completely randomized. The first factor was control (without priming), hydro-priming, 20 mg.L-1 ...
SUBJECT: rice cultivars of hashemi and shiroodi; آسکوربات; هیدروپرایمینگ; hydro-priming; کلرید کلسیم
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research
Efficiency of Chemical and Mechanical Priming in Breaking Seed Dormancy and Germination Traits of Malva (Malva neglcta)
Farzad Mondani et al. [2018-09]
Extended abstractIntroduction: Malva (Malva neglecta) is one of perennial plants of the Malvaceae family. One of the most important mechanisms for survival of the plants is dormancy, rest or distance in germination and growth; in this case, despite favorable conditions for germination, the seed remains at rest for an indefinite period of time. Seed dormancy is a consistent feature in some seed ...
SUBJECT: potassium nitrate; hydrogen peroxide; scarification; seed vigor index; germination rate
POSTED TO: Iranian Journal of Seed Research [2383-1480]


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65 Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, January 2011
Each issue of the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (MBS) gives you a closer look at economic and social statistics from more that 200 countries and territories, as well as providing quarterly statistics on industrial production. Written in French and English, each issue details over 70 subjects such as population, food, trade, production, finance and national income, as well as presenting special monthly features on topics including: fuel imports, industrial output, world ship-building and civil aviation traffic. MBS is published in association with the Department for Economic and Social Affairs. Annual subscription to the MBS includes access to MBS on-line.
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With the right respect and proper protocol. You can take busloads of children right to the edge of Halema'uma'u Crater and the precarious 250 foot drop into the world's most active volcano. Don't try this at home...
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Los Angeles Dodgers Shirt Giveaway
I've been posting everyday (38 consecutive so far) leading up to opening day, and giving stuff away to thank my readers.
To date,
I've given away a Matt Wieters shirt to Joey Orr,
a Brandon Phillips shirt to Matt Jackson,
a Dustin Pedroia shirt to Stephen D,
and a Phillies shirt to Connor.
This week's shirt is a Los Angeles Dodgers Majestic Classic Print shirt:
Here's a close up view of the front:
And it still has tags.
The winner may choose a medium or large size.
I post blog entries every day. All you have to do is leave a comment or retweet my blog link on twitter.
So, again, to enter:
1) Leave a comment.
You can enter up to seven times per week simply by leaving a comment. Non-pertinent, spam, or inappropriate comments will not be accepted. If you comment multiple times on the same blog entry, it still counts as one entry. For example, if you commented on three different blog posts from this week, you'd have three entries. If you'd comment three times on the same blog posting, it would could as one.
2) Retweet (RT) my posts on Twitter
You can find me on twitter under 333greystreet. Simply retweet my daily posts of my blog link and I'll count that as an entry. My blog is connected to my twitter so that I automatically tweet once I post a new entry. Each day, I'll search who's retweeted me and enter those users into a hat along with the commenters. By the way, you do not need to retweet my every tweet, only the tweets that announce a new blog post and url. For example, if I tweeted, 'Rerun of the Pirates Opening Day 2011 on tonight,' if you retweeted it, it wouldn't count as an entry.
At the end of the week on Sunday, I'll have Olivia, Amy or myself choose a name from a hat and announce the winner.
I haven't yet done a preview of the NL West, but I think the Dodgers will probably battle it out for third place. They were in turmoil last year, as owner Frank McCourt's divorce drove them to the brink of bankruptcy. Last time I heard, the Dodgers were going to be put up for sale. New owners could help put the franchise back on track.
The Dodgers were frustrating for me last year when they came to PNC Park. They refused to toss a single ball into the stands, likely as a result of their financial problems. I reckoned that players might have been prohibited by coaches. Nonetheless, I still have one really decent game against the Dodgers, snagging 11 balls.
The Dodgers are led by Matt Kemp, who didn't let Hollywood or his superstar girlfriend Rihanna slow him down in 2011.
He was many fans' choice for MVP, and finished second to Ryan Braun as he hit .324 while leading the league with 39 homers and 126 RBI. Oh yeah, he also stole 40 bases. Had the Dodgers even been somewhat in contention, I believe he would've been the MVP.
It can be argued that the Dodgers have the best position player and pitcher in the National League. Clayton Kershaw led the league in wins with a record of 21-5, in ERA with 2.28, and strikeouts with 248. He won the Cy Young for his amazing season.
The 2011 Dodgers won 82 games. They need some more offensive punch besides Kemp to win in 2012. Their starting 2B, 3B, SS, and LF combined for 6 home runs last year.
How do you think the Dodgers will do in 2012? Leave a comment and throw your hat into the ring for the shirt.
There's only 38 days until opening day, and 5 days until the first broadcasted game on MLB TV (Yankees vs Phillies). Also, the first listed Spring Training game on the MLB schedule is Wednesday 2/29 when the Phillies take on the Seminoles. Baseball is here my friends.


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|Winnebago County Sheriff's PoliceNews Media Release
|News Release Number2012-025
|Information: Burglary/Shooting
|Date: August 23,2012
|Time: 12:20a.m.
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OnThursday August 23, 2012 at approximately 12:20a.m. Deputies of the Winnebago County Sheriff's Police responded to the 2900 block of Edna in reference to a burglary and shooting. Upon arrival they learned that a resident was alerted by an alarm system of a burglary to an un-attached garage on his property. The homeowner obtained a handgun and went outside and learned that his garage had been broken into and property taken. He confronted two suspects on his property, one of whom ran from the scene. The second suspect ran to a van parked in the street and attempted to flee and the homeowner struggled with him as he attempted to drive away recklessly. The homeowner fired several rounds from his handgun and the suspect drove off striking a boat across from the residence, however was able to get away. Approximately two hours later it was learned that a shooting victim had shown up at a hospital in Rochelle, Illinois and was transferred to a Rockford hospital by helicopter. Detectives learned this man had a gunshot wound to the stomach. He has been identified as Nathan Brown (DOB 9-21-80/31yrs old) of Rockford. A second person was taken into custody later in the morning. He is identified as Matthew Roman (DOB 7-12-89/23yrs old) of Rockford. The investigation has been reviewed with the Winnebago County State's Attorney's Office and a charge of Burglary was authorized on both men. The homeowner has a valid Illinois Firearms Owners Identification Card. No charges were filed on him. The charges against both men are merely accusations. They are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. Items taken from the garage consisted of yard tools.


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States Where Gay Marriage Is Legal
State by State: The Legalization of Gay Marriage Across the US
This has been a big year for gay rights, with public opinion and public officials coming down on the side of equality. Today, New Jersey became the 14th state where same-sex couples can marry. At midnight, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who was just elected to the Senate, presided over two gay marriages at City Hall. And Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced today he would withdraw his appeal to the court ruling that upheld the right for gay couples to wed. Although he had previously opposed the decision, a statement from his administration said, "The court has now spoken clearly as to their view of the New Jersey Constitution, and, therefore, same-sex marriage is the law."
Over the past year, gay marriage has spread to eight different states. That's a lot of change in a fairly short amount of time, so to keep you up to date, here's a simple timeline of legalization across the US. Keep reading for a look at which states now support gay marriage.
1. Massachusetts
Effective: May 17, 2004
In 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage, with Susan Shepherd and her partner, Marsha Harris (pictured above), becoming the first legally married same-sex couple in America. Four years later, the state also voted to repeal a 1913 law that banned out-of-state gay couples from marrying in the state.
2. Connecticut
Effective: Nov. 12, 2008
Connecticut made its first steps toward equality in 2005 with a civil-union law that granted same-sex couples the same rights and responsibilities. Three years later, gay marriage became legalized, and in 2010, all the previous civil unions automatically became marriages.
3. Iowa
Effective: April 27, 2009
In 2005, six gay couples filed suit against a county recorder who wouldn't accept their marriage license applications, and after four years, the Iowa Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional to limit marriage to a man and a woman. Later that year, 92 percent of Iowans say life continued as normal, but interestingly, they remained divided on whether gay marriage should be legal.
4. Vermont
Effective: Sept. 1, 2009
In 2000, Vermont brought about the first civil union law that offered gay couples the same legal rights and responsibilities of marriage, and in 2007, a committee formed to study the issue of same-sex marriage. Two years later, the bill that allowed same-sex couples to marry was introduced and passed, going into effect in Fall 2009.
5. New Hampshire
Effective: Jan. 1, 2010
On New Year's Day 2010, New Hampshire followed suit among other New England states and legalized same-sex marriage, replacing the civil-union law that went into effect in 2008.
Washington DC
Effective: March 3, 2010
A major milestone for gay rights came in 2010 when the nation's capital legalized same-sex marriage. Because DC isn't a state, the law went under congressional review, but on March 3, it passed so that couples could receive marriage licenses, and on March 9, the weddings began.
6. New York
Effective: July 24, 2011
More than 800 couples from across the state and country wed in New York that day — including Phyllis Siegel and Connie Kopelov (pictured here), the first same-sex couple to marry in the state. Once New York legalized gay marriage, the number of Americans living in states where same-sex couples could tie the knot doubled.
7. Washington State
Effective: Dec. 6, 2012
The same-sex marriage bill was publicly supported by Washington-based companies like Amazon and Starbucks, and on Nov. 6, voters approved the legislation. Within three days of the law taking effect, more than 600 marriage licenses were issued in King County alone.
8. Maine
Effective: Dec. 29, 2012
In 2009, Maine voters rejected a same-sex marriage law, but three years later, gay marriage became legalized by popular vote — approved by 53 percent.
9. Maryland
Effective: Jan. 1, 2013
A law that legalized gay marriage in Maryland was signed in March 2012, and 52 percent of voters approved the legislation that November. It was the first time same-sex couples won the right to marry by a popular vote, followed months later by Maine's vote.
10. Delaware
Effective: July 1, 2013
Momentum seemed to carry across New England. On May 7, just five days after a similar decision in Rhode Island, Delaware legalized same-sex marriage, becoming the 10th state to do so. Before signing, Gov. Jack Markell tweeted his congratulations: "Congrats to all who were successful in their advocacy efforts — marriage equality is a reality in #netDE."
11. Rhode Island
Effective: Aug. 1, 2013
On May 2, Rhode Island legalized same-sex marriage with a 56-15 vote, and the law took effect on Aug. 1.
12. Minnesota
Effective: Aug. 1, 2013
Although the state spent much of 2012 debating an amendment to the state constitution that would have defined marriage as between a man and a woman, voters rejected the amendment in November elections, and a push toward legalizing same-sex marriage began. Of May's legalization, Minnesota Sen. Tony Lourey said, "In my heart of hearts, I know that today, love wins."
13. California
Effective: June 28, 2013
Days after the Supreme Court ruled against Prop 8, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the state's ban on gay marriage, immediately requiring marriage licenses to once again be issued to gay couples.
14. New Jersey
Effective: Oct. 21, 2013
Since 2007, New Jersey has recognized civil unions for same-sex couples. Gay couples challenged that law, and the case made it all the way to the state supreme court, which ruled in their favor in September. The justices decided that the civil-unions law restricted federal benefits granted to married couples after the US Supreme Court threw out the Defense of Marriage Act. Thus, New Jersey became the first state to grant marriage equality based on the 2013 DOMA ruling.


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U.S. Representative José E. Serrano represents the Fifteenth Congressional District of New York in the Bronx. The Congressman is a senior member of the exclusive House Appropriations Committee and serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science. This prestigious post as top Democrat on the Subcommittee allows Congressman Serrano to help oversee the budgets of multiple agencies, including the Department of Justice including the FBI; the Department of Commerce; the National Science Foundation; NASA; the Legal Services Corporation, and other agencies. Congressman Serrano is also Senior Whip for the Minority Whip operation, a position through which he helps develop strategies to marshal support for party positions and legislation. He is the Dean of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and served as Chair of the Caucus from 1993-94. He is now the most senior Hispanic Democrat in Congress, as well as the longest serving Puerto Rican in Congress.
Early in his tenure in the House, Serrano quickly established a legislative record that reflected, and continues to reflect, his core political values of equal opportunity and fair treatment for all citizens. In particular, Serrano believes that government should work to ensure that the prosperity of our country is shared by the neediest and most vulnerable members of our society- the poor, the elderly, the disabled, and children- in the form of participation in government, educational opportunities, access to housing and affordable health care. As a member of the Committee on Education and Labor in his first term, Serrano authored legislation, signed into law in November 1990, to provide funding for successful school drop-out prevention programs.
During the 102nd Congress (1991-1992), Serrano continued to build on this record of accomplishment by introducing more legislative initiatives along these themes. His Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992, signed into law, mandated that voter materials continue to be provided in different languages. He also introduced the Classroom Safety Act, which would have provided program models and grants to assist local educational agencies in efforts to reduce and prevent violent crime in elementary and secondary schools.
In 1993, Serrano joined the Appropriations Committee, which is responsible for shaping expenditures of discretionary federal funds. Because Appropriations is an exclusive Committee, he was required to give up his seat on Education and Labor. That same year he was also elected by his colleagues to serve as Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) during the 103rd Congress. As Chairman, Serrano's strong leadership contributed to the passage of several bills of interest to Hispanics and other minorities. During this same period, the CHC helped to defeat of a number of pieces of legislation that were widely criticized as attempts at "immigrant-bashing" and veiled bigotry.
In 1995, when the House Republicans became the majority and reduced the Appropriations Committee in size, Serrano was appointed to the House Judiciary Committee, in which he served on the Subcommittee on the Constitution. The Democratic Caucus re-appointed him to the Appropriations Committee in March of 1996.
As a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, Serrano has managed to secure millions of dollars in federal funding for his Bronx Congressional District. He has directed funding to countless local initiatives, including environmental projects, improvements to Bronx parks, educational programs for disadvantaged students and displaced workers and funding for various local charitable organizations, whose goals range from providing access to the arts to developing small businesses.
Perhaps the most notable of all these projects have involved the environmental restoration of the Bronx River. Serrano has been a tireless advocate for the urban river since taking office, and was an early supporter of naming the river an American Heritage River. Through the appropriations process, furthermore, Serrano has been able to secure millions in funding, as well as technical and managerial assistance from various federal agencies, for Bronx River environmental studies and cleanup projects since fiscal year 1999. In recognition of his long record of successful advocacy on behalf of the river, the Bronx community named Congressman Serrano the Honorary Chairman of the Bronx River Golden Ball in 2003. In 2006, herring were reintroduced to the river in 2006--a species that had been gone from the river for more than 350 years. In early 2007, a beaver was found living in the Bronx River, marking the return of a species that had been not been seen in New York City in more than 200 years.
Current Issues
Even as Serrano has been actively engaged in all stages of Congress's annual appropriations process, he has not lost sight of the other important issues of great concern to the residents of the Bronx.
Pushing for a Practical National Language Policy
Serrano authored the English Plus Resolution, which calls on the government to encourage all Americans to learn and use multiple languages, in addition to English. He vehemently opposes "English only" proposals because he believes that implementing such a policy would be harmful to civil rights and America's broader national interests. In 1996, the English Plus Resolution came close to House passage, and Serrano has proposed it again in the current Congress.
Protecting Civil Liberties
Congressman Serrano has been a leading, and often lonely, voice in the House on preserving Americans' civil liberties as federal law enforcement agencies continue to transform in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, and uses his positions on his Appropriations Subcommittees to monitor the activities of the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. In countless pieces of correspondence and numerous verbal exchanges during Subcommittee hearings, Serrano has unhesitatingly challenged agency heads on what he has often perceived as a systematic effort to curtail Americans' rights.
Advocating a More Sensible Approach to Cuba
Since his earliest days in Congress, Congressman Serrano has been actively involved in ending the embargo against Cuba. He has sponsored legislation and worked tirelessly to educate other Members of Congress about how the embargo harms American businesses and American farmers. While Serrano was once part of a tiny group in Congress to support a changed approach to Cuba, growing numbers of Members join Congressman Serrano in signing on to his Bridges to the Cuban People Act each year.
Promoting a Rational, Humane Immigration Policy
Serrano's most recent immigration-related legislative proposal enacted into law responded to the September 11th terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. The law granted posthumous citizenship to non-citizens who died as a result of the September 11th attacks and who had already initiated the process to become U.S. citizens. Serrano succeeded in having the bill incorporated into a larger bill, which signed into law (P.L. 107-77) at the end of 2001. He is a consistent supporter of comprehensive immigration reform, and has repeatedly introduced the Child Citizen Protection Act, which would allow judges to exercise discretion in deportation cases that involve parents or guardians of citizen children.