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Although many white Northerners increasingly warmed to the idea of emancipation in Spring 1862, others remained indifferent or opposed to the idea, Democrats in particular. So it is not surprising that The National Republican, the pro-administration newspaper in nation's capital promoted freedom for the slaves in the District of Columbia, not only to convince the persuadable, but also to reassure supporters of emancipation there. The newspaper chose to do this by putting a human face on slaves in Washington, D.C., particularly the suffering of families torn apart by the peculiar institution. Civil War Emancipation already has dealt with a March 31, 1862 story from The National Republican dealing with a District slaveholder breaking up a family by sending a mother and daughter to a slave holding pen in Baltimore, Maryland, in March 1862 to thwart their emancipation, while keeping the youngest children who were too small to flee.
On April 22, 1862, The National Republican was back with another sad tale of an African-American family torn apart by slavery, reprinting a speech by Congressman John Hutchins of Ohio, made in the U.S. House of Representatives eleven days earlier in support of the D.C. emancipation bill. Hutchins' speech made plain the great suffering slavery could cause even to free people of color, since inter-marriage was common between them and slaves in the mid-Atlantic region, where free blacks made up a large percentage of the African-American population.
The speech read:
"With slavery in the District will fall the barbarous code which upholds it. The cruelties and oppressions here practiced, in hearing and in sight of the nation's representatives, are a burning disgrace to a nation claiming civilization or professing humanity or Christianity. I will refer to only to a few well authenticated cases."
"Emanuel Mason and his wife were claimed as the property of Miss Forrest, formerly of Marlboro, Maryland, but in the year 1859 a resident of the District of Columbia. Some years since, Mason purchased his freedom for $300. Afterward, he hired the time of his wife by the month or year, and kept house in the District, and raised several children at his own expense; and as soon as they were large enough to be of value, being born of a slave mother, according to the law of slavery, were property of Miss Forrest, and were all taken from him by the alleged owner of his wife, except a little son called 'Ben.' About one year before March, 1859, Miss Forrest took the wife of Mason home, leaving only with the father, little Ben. Some time after, an officer of the District called on the father for his son Ben, that he, too, might be sold for the benefit of his pretended mistress. The officer could not find him, and requested Mason to go and look up the boy and bring him to the office. The father did not produce the son as directed. He was consequently arrested, tried, and convicted, and the following notice of his trial is contained in the National Intelligencer of May 17, 1859:"
"Emanuel Mason, (colored,) recently convicted of harboring his son, a slave, the property of Miss Forrest, was sentenced to pay a fine of $166.66, being $1.66 for every hour the slave was so harbored; one half of said amount to go to the use of the owner of the slave, and the other half to the United States. The defendant was placed in jail until till the fine be paid."
WASHINGTON CITY, D.C., May 10, 1859
We, the sub-scribers, neighbors, and acquaintances of Emanuel Mason, do most respectfully ask you honor to be as lenient as possible in said Mason's case. We have for years known Mason to be an industrious, moral, temperate, poor, peaceable, honest man, and we have reason to believe that "little Ben," (who is the last and youngest child of Mason,) left Mason's residence without any direction of the father, the said Emanuel. And further, we do know that "little Ben" was raised from birth and infancy in the house and at the cost of said Emanuel, his father; and that he had never been out of the possession of Mason up to the time the officer came for the boy in September last. And, further, we do not believe that Emanuel knows anything of his ("Ben's") whereabouts. And further, please take into consideration the fact that Emanuel has been confined in jail a long time, to wit: more than forty days since his trial and conviction. And finally, think, oh! think of a father's feelings.
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WASHINGTON — Although the Armed Services YMCA has supported the military since the Civil War, it will now continue to do so under a mutual agreement signed in early December at the Pentagon.
Charles Abell, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and retired Navy Rear Admiral S. Frank Gallo, who is the Armed Services YMCA's national executive director, signed the memo.
"The agreement just spells out the relationship and clarifies some of the gray areas that existed before," a YMCA official said in a release about the agreement.
The nonprofit organization has 16 branches in the United States, six affiliated organizations and 10 affiliates overseas. Similar to other YMCAs, it offers health and fitness programs and after-school and enrichment programs for military children.

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Courtesy John Roper
4 medium zucchinis, sliced between 1/8-inch and 1/4-inch thick
Sea salt
Olive oil (optional)
Seasonings of choice (optional)
Arrange zucchini slices evenly on trays lined with Paraflexx tray inserts or parchment paper and sprinkle with sea salt. This preparation method preserves well. For a fresh-eating chip, brush on olive oil and sprinkle with seasonings of choice, including the sea salt. Dry the vegetable at about 115 degrees for six to 12 hours or until slices become crisp chips. The chips without the olive oil treatment can be stored in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for up to six months at room temperature.
Source: Barbara Roper
Yield: About 6 servings
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 cups yellow onion, diced
4 pounds fresh zucchini (or yellow squash) or the equivalent of reconstituted dried zucchini, thinly sliced
8 ounces Velveeta cheese (or any other soft cheese), cubed
1 101/2-ounce can cream of celery soup
1 10-ounce can Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies
1/2 cup Panko breadcrumbs (found in the Asian aisle at the grocery)
Sauté butter and onion. Add zucchini, and cook vegetables until slightly soft. Drain any water from the mix. In a separate bowl, combine undiluted soup and Rotel. Stir in the zucchini mixture, and then fold in the cubed cheese.
Brown bread crumbs in a bit of butter to add crispness. Set aside to sprinkle on the casserole after it has baked for 20 minutes.
Lightly spray a 9-inch by 13-inch casserole, and evenly distribute the mixture. Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Pull out the casserole and sprinkle with the bread crumbs. Bake another 10 minutes, and serve hot.
Source: Pam Miller of Longmont, with adaptations by Barbara Roper
Yield: 10 to 12 servings
LONGMONT — Something went wrong in Barbara Roper's vegetable boxes this summer.
She suspects the annual bumper crop of zucchini came up zilch because all female blossoms or all male blossoms sprouted instead of the combination required for cross pollination.
But in years past, she learned to dehydrate the vegetable to enjoy over the fall and winter because a retired couple can only eat so much of it fresh.
Learning in 2011 how to dehydrate produce made good sense from a home economics standpoint. And it put some personality into the vegetable's otherwise bland flavor.
"You eat a slice of zucchini fresh, and there's very little flavor to it. You dehydrate it, and that concentrates the flavor," she said.
Her favorite example — dehydrated zucchini chips — doubles for potato chips with a fraction of the calories and a bump in the nutritional value.
Plus, if kept in an airtight jar in a cool, dark place, the chips can be stored at room temperature for about six months.
Roper's neighbor Pam Miller wrote a recipe to use the typically abundant crop — either fresh or reconstituted for 10 minutes in warm water — in a casserole she named San Antonio squash casserole.
However, the reconstituted version comes with a caveat from Roper for folks new to this food preservation method.
"You can dry and reconstitute, but it will taste pretty much like a cooked vegetable. Don't make the mistake of thinking that everything is going to taste like you just came home from the farmers market with it. The texture changes," she said.
Roper's grandmother introduced her to dehydrating decades ago when Roper, as a child, worked alongside her to preserve produce coming out of the Wichita, Kan., garden.
"But the main way we did drying was in the oven or in the sun," she said. "I like using a dehydrator because you can just turn it on, put the zucchini on and walk away."
Roper estimated her startup costs at about $80 — $65 for a Nesco, four-tray food dehydrator and another $15 for two Paraflexx (fruit roll) tray inserts.
Now, she dries everything from herbs, which she grinds in a clean coffee grinder, to oranges.
In August, she won reserve grand champion at the Boulder County Fair with her dried diced mixed peppers.
Still, success at the fair both last summer and the summer before, when she first entered dehydrated produce, surprised her.
"Though my grandmother did this, my mother was like, 'OK. I'm not going to can or dry when we have supermarkets, and I was kind of like my mother until I retired," said Roper, who retired in 2005 from her volunteerism at Boulder Junior Soccer, the recreational soccer organization she and her husband, John Roper, launched in 1975.
"But my husband had been entering his photography at the fair every summer, and I kept walking by (the cases of preserved food) and looking at things, and saying 'You know what? I can do that,'" she said. "And so can you."
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2011-12 CARE Project
The Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is a way for San Luis Valley communities to organize and take action to reduce environmental health hazards. Through education and community involvement, the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, in partnership with the public health departments around the valley, local businesses, and community members worked to assess the environmental health of the San Luis Valley. The CARE Project worked with all six counties in the San Luis Valley, which are Alamosa, Costilla, Conejos, Rio Grande, Mineral and Saguache County. Phase I of the CARE project was completed in 2012 with the critical task of identifying healthy environment priorities for SLV communities completed.
We are now positioned to implement to action findings from CARE I to the next phase.
Our Vision
A healthy environment is fundamental for public health and is essential for the well being of people and communities. Maintaining environmental health requires monitoring and modifying physical, chemical, biological and other factors that may impact the quality of air, water, soils, foods, homes workplaces, transportation, and recreation. Environmental health can be improved by decreasing harmful environmental impacts and by enhancing healthy choices through education and positive lifestyles.
Goals of the CARE Project:
1. To reduce people's exposures to toxic pollutants through collaborative action at the local level
2. To help communities understand all potential sources of exposure to toxic pollutants
3. To work with communties to set priorities for risk reduction activities
4. To create self-sustaining, community-based partnerships that will continue to improve the local environment
Documents and Materials
The LEAP HIGH with CARE Project
Extent of Environmental Concerns in the San Luis Valley


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Tom is the Group Technology Officer of Accenture Security and a recognized thought leader in the security industry. He co-founded FusionX, which was acquired by Accenture in August 2015. Tom is known for his research in multiple areas, including adversary and threat profiling and software vulnerability.
Tom has more than 15 years of deep experience in providing security expertise to some of the world's largest organizations, across a diverse cross-section of industries. He is a seasoned security consulting practice strategist with a highly technical and specialized background, and extensive leadership experience. Tom has formulated the go-to-market strategy and services portfolios for multiple high-profile and successful organizations.
Tom has led and participated in multiple successful security industry mergers, acquisitions and business integrations. Outside of his work at Accenture, Tom provides his expertise to numerous industry think tanks and non-profit organizations such as the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, Brookings Institute and the Atlantic Council.
Tom has four published books on information security to his credit, including "Cyber Adversary Characterization—Auditing the Hacker Mind," and has contributed to the popular "Stealing the Network" Series. He is an acclaimed speaker at conferences around the globe, such as the BlackHat Briefings.
Tom also lends his time to lecturing at universities, he is involved in community research initiatives and is often invited to provide his expert opinion to online as well as print publications and news agencies, including the BBC News, CNN, Vanity Fair, The Register, Reuters News, Wired and Business Week.
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Animal Liberation
Animals, Men and Morals
We are familiar with Black Liberation, Gay Liberation, and a variety of other movements. With Women's Liberation some thought we had come to the end of the road. Discrimination on the basis of sex, it has been said, is the last form of discrimination that is universally accepted and practiced without pretense, even in those liberal circles which have long prided themselves on their freedom from racial discrimination. But one should always be wary of talking of "the last remaining form of discrimination." If we have learned anything from the liberation movements, we should have learned how difficult it is to be aware of the ways in which we discriminate until they are forcefully pointed out to us. A liberation movement demands an expansion of our moral horizons, so that practices that were previously regarded as natural and inevitable are now seen as intolerable.
Animals, Men and Morals is a manifesto for an Animal Liberation movement. The contributors to the book may not all see the issue this way. They are a varied group. Philosophers, ranging from professors to graduate students, make up the largest contingent. There are five of them, including the three editors, and there is also an extract from the unjustly neglected German philosopher with an English name, Leonard Nelson, who died in 1927. There are essays by two novelist/critics, Brigid Brophy and Maureen Duffy, and another by Muriel the Lady Dowding, widow of Dowding of Battle of Britain fame and the founder of "Beauty without Cruelty," a movement that campaigns against the use of animals for furs and cosmetics. The other pieces are by a psychologist, a botanist, a sociologist, and Ruth Harrison, who is probably best described as a professional campaigner for animal welfare.
Whether or not these people, as individuals, would all agree that they are launching a liberation movement for animals, the book as a whole amounts to no less. It is a demand for a complete change in our attitudes to nonhumans. It is a demand that we cease to regard the exploitation of other species as natural and inevitable, and that, instead, we see it as a continuing moral outrage. Patrick Corbett, Professor of Philosophy at Sussex University, captures the spirit of the book in his closing words:
…we require now to extend the great principles of liberty, equality and fraternity over the lives of animals. Let animal slavery join human slavery in the graveyard of the past.
The reader is likely to be skeptical. "Animal Liberation" sounds more like a parody of liberation movements than a serious objective. The reader may think: We support the claims of blacks and women for equality because blacks and women really are equal to whites and males—equal in intelligence and in abilities, capacity for leadership, rationality, and so on. Humans and nonhumans obviously are not equal in these respects. Since justice demands only that we treat equals equally, unequal treatment of humans and nonhumans cannot be an injustice.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – For the second consecutive year, Creighton Farms in Aldie, Va., and River Creek Club in Leesburg, Va., will co-host the 2012 Southworth Senior PGA Professional National Championship presented by Mercedes-Benz, Oct. 11-14.
The 264-player field will be composed of Senior PGA Professionals representing the 41 PGA Sections, who will compete for a total purse of $285,000 on both courses over the first two rounds of play.
Creighton Farms, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, will again host the final 36 holes of competition.
Southworth Development, with headquarters in Newton, Mass., is now in its second year of title sponsorship.
"The Senior PGA Professional National Championship is always one of our most popular events," said PGA of America President Allen Wronowski. "We will once again be able to showcase some of the best players in our Association at venues that have proven to be two of the most challenging in event history."
Creighton Farms, a par-72, 7,410-yard layout that opened in 2008, was one of two private courses in the world to achieve recognition by Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine, and Travel Leisure Golf in the same season. In 2009, Golfweek selected Creighton Farms among its "Best New Private Golf Courses." Creighton Farms reflects the Nicklaus trademark of a challenging design, focusing on course management strategy and precision rather than power.
"We are proud to be hosting the Southworth Senior PGA Professional National Championship for a second year," said David Southworth, president of Southworth Development. "It's an exciting time for Creighton Farms and we are glad to have our new Clubhouse and the course enjoyed by the Senior PGA Professionals and all who are involved with this Championship. We look forward to once again working with The PGA, Mercedes-Benz and River Creek Club for this event."
River Creek Club, a challenging, 7,036-yard, par-72 layout, was designed by Ault, Clark & Associates, with Tom Clark of Marshall, Va., the lead architect in the regional firm. River Creek Club made its debut in 1997 as one of three golf courses nestled on the Potomac River, and bearing challenging, large undulating greens as its signature and most prominent set of challenges.
"It will be exciting and a privilege to host this Championship at River Creek Club for a second consecutive year," said Josh McKim, PGA Head Professional at River Creek Club. "We know that our golf course will offer a stern test of golf to each player as well a beautiful view of the Potomac River."
Begun in 1989, the Senior PGA Professional National Championship is modeled after the PGA Professional National Championship, with a field of 50-and-older senior PGA Professionals who advanced through 41 Section Championships conducted from July through September each year.
The top 35 finishers in the National Championship earn a berth in the 74th Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid, May 23-26, 2013, at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis.
The top five finishers earn an exemption into the final stage of the 2012 Champions Tour National Finals. Since its debut, many participants in the Senior PGA Professional National Championship have used their success in the event as a springboard to a Champions Tour career.
About Southworth Development LLC
Southworth Development LLC is a privately held company specializing in the development of residential resort and hospitality-branded real estate communities. Founded by David Southworth, Southworth Development's expertise includes master-planned community development; asset management; golf course construction management and resort and golf operations management. In 2006, Southworth Development took a quantum leap forward when Joe Deitch, a longtime close friend of David Southworth, joined the company as a co-owner and visionary partner. Together they have worked to position the company to succeed in the dramatically changing world of real estate and resort development. Through Southworth's wholly owned subsidiaries, Southworth Golf and Southworth Europe Ltd., Southworth has become a leader in the international resort and golf development industry serving communities in the United States, Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic, The Bahamas, and Scotland.
About The PGA of America
Since its founding in 1916, The PGA of America has maintained a twofold mission: to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. By establishing and elevating the standards of the golf profession through world-class education, career services, marketing and research programs, The PGA enables its professionals to maximize their performance in their respective career paths and showcases them as experts in the game and in the multi-billion dollar golf industry. By creating and delivering world-class championships and innovative programs, The PGA of America elevates the public's interest in the game, the desire to play more golf, and ensures accessibility to the game for everyone, everywhere. As The PGA nears its centennial, the PGA brand represents the very best in golf.
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Mike Tyson came face to face with Evander Holyfield for the first time since 1997, when he bit the heavyweight champ's ear off in one of the most infamous moments in boxing history.
Neither landed a punch.
"I'm a good person, but at that moment I went insane," he said about the Holyfield incident.
U.S. & World
Tyson appeared on Oprah for the second time this week.
The former scourge of the heavyweight ranks offered a tepid apology to Holyfield on Monday's show. That "insincere" sorry prompted Holyfield to call Oprah and ask for an appearance so the two could finally call a truce.
The request shocked Tyson.
"He is a little leery of me," Tyson said, prompting the audience to laugh.
But when Holyfield took the stage, the two fighters shook hands and smiled at each other. They both agreed that there is mutual respect between them, having known each other for nearly 30 years.
Holyfield said that he is still missing a little part of his ear, but that's the only lasting effect from the gnaw job.
"I forgave him, and I was ready to move on," Holyfield told Oprah.
Tyson told Oprah that he was surprised to hear it.
"[Holyfield] never says a word," Tyson said. "This guy doesn't talk."
In the end, neither of the fighters traded a punch. It was all love on Oprah.
"It's been a pleasure being acquainted with you," Tyson said to Holyfield as he reached over to extend his friendship for the second time.


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Kax Bloodwolf (a.k.a Rabid Reptile) is a fursuiter. Originally from Queens, New York, U.S.A., he lives in Lewes, Delaware, U.S.A.
Kax's fursona is a black wolf with various red markings. He debuted a Husky partial fursuit, named Brooklyn, at the 2010-2011 New Year's Furry Ball.
Kax is a member of The Furst State. He is a regular attendee of the Delaware Furbowl meet and has been to several Furbowl meets.
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For those of you on the East Coast, don't forget that Club Industry East is coming up May 27-30 in Boston. If you haven't already registered for this convention and trade show, go to clubindustry.com/east to do so.
Because it's a regional conference, the environment is great for networking with people within your own area — either for new equipment, programming ideas, money saving ideas or possible job openings.
We're excited to feature this year a panel session on green issues. Several of the panelists for the session have real world experience with implementing green efforts at their facilities, and they can share with you that going green doesn't have to cost you more — it can actually save you money.


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One of the things about living out in the country is the general iffy-ness of the internet. That has at least been true here. And when it rains, forget it, you're pretty much reduced to less than dial-up on your precious 2.5 mbps DSL download speed. Today I clocked in at .05! Whee!
I took a few pics before Thanksgiving when we had our first little storm blow through. Then, the big storm blew in a week later and changed the scenery for good. There's not a leaf between us and winter now.
After the deluge, even with the sky still moody and gray, the sun burst through with a light that made us run outside and look in every direction. It was crazy beautiful.
For a moment, I greeted the sun like it was a harbinger of spring. It was that bright and welcomed. Then I remembered, we haven't even made it to solstice yet. Oy.


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JOB TITLE: Physical Therapist
DEPARTMENT: Rehabilitation Services
WORK SCHEDULE: Days
Eligible for up to $10,000 Recruitment loan!
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
Renders Physical Therapy evaluations and treatment procedures and techniques appropriate to the needs of individual patient. Assesses, treats, and cares for patients of all ages.
Reports to the Operations Manager for Rehabilitation Services Tiadaghton Health.
Demonstrated ability to comprehend, speak, and write the English language.
Graduate of American Physical Therapy Association approved Curriculum with a Bachelor's of Science, Master's of Science, Doctorate (DPT), or Certificate in Physical Therapy required.
Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the State Board of Physical Therapy for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Performs medium duty work with sporadic heavy lifting, as this is a direct patient care position. Must be able to climb (especially stairs and ramps) and guard/assist patients
while climbing stairs/ramps. Other physical abilities that are imperative include balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, fingering, talking, and hearing. Must have good depth perception to adequately perform the described.
Must be able to work indoors and outdoors, in patients rooms, therapy gyms, occasionally in patients home, and in the community. Must be able to work with electrical equipment such as modality equipment. May be exposed to environmental hazards, infectious diseases, chemical agents (see MSDS), sharp objects, fluctuating noise levels, disagreeable odors, frequent interruptions, and agitated or emotionally distraught patients and families.
The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.
*Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit.
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LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play edition launches on the Play Store for $349.99
The 7-inch tablet form factor just took off, gaining crazy popularity in the budget market. The Nexus 7 is the perfect example of that, coming in at $230 while offering some competitive specifications. It's a great tablet, but such a size simply doesn't suit everyone. And with the poor state of the current Nexus 10, those who like larger tablets have had nothing to buy if they wanted the stock Android experience. Here is the link to play store : Google Play: LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play edition
Until today, of course. Google and LG have released the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play edition tablet to the Play Store. Long thought to be the best compromise in size, this tablet's 8.3-inch display is large enough to please those who think 7-inch is too small but small enough to still be portable and easily used vertically.
The device comes with an 8.3-inch 1920 x 1200 display, a 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage with a microSD slot, a 5MP rear and 1.3MP front camera, a 4,600 mAh battery and of course Android 4.4 KitKat in its stock form. Plus, the tablet is only 8.3mm thick and weighs only 338 grams. That's a lot of 3s and 8s.
Of course, being a Google Play edition device, it'll come with all the Google goodies and the promise of quick updates. The updates will be handled by LG, but looking at Samsung's and HTC's performance updating their GPe devices, LG should do a decent job.
If you're interested in picking one up, head to the source link. The device will set you back $349.99 and will ship in 1-2 business days. Even better, there's free ground shipping for a limited time. Tell us what you think of this new device in the comments!


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Gov. Hickenlooper on Wednesday submitted a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a presidential major disaster declaration for El Paso and Fremont counties. The requests come as a result of the Black Forest and Royal Gorge wildfires.
"In the past year, Fremont County and the City of Cañon City suffered the physical and economic effects of the Waldo Canyon, Royal Forge and Bull Gulch fires. Unemployment in Cañon City is higher than the state average and the Royal Gorge Fire caused the immediate unemployment of another 150 persons," Hickenlooper said in the letter. "Further unemployment will occur as businesses dependent upon Royal Gorge Bridge and Park-related tourism suffer from the closure of the Park. In addition to the $26.9 million in damaged and destroyed publicly owned property, city and county governments are suffering decreased sales tax revenues from the park and ancillary tourism industries for the second straight year due to disasters."
Fremont County Commission Board Chair Debbie Bell said she is pleased to see the state pulling together the same way the citizens of Fremont County have joined forces since the Royal Gorge Fire sparked June 11 and burned more than 3,200 acres in six days.
"The governor is for asking for several specific programs that would help us tremendously, including the Disaster Unemployment Assistance we originally asked for the week of the fire," she said. "Colorado's Congressional delegation also knows we have suffered a substantial loss and supports the governor's request."
United States Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall and Representatives Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Ed Perlmutter, Mike Coffman, Jared Polis, Cory Gardner and Scott Tipton also sent a letter to President Barack Obama in support of Hickenlooper's request.
"State and local officials have been forced to spend over $22 million on direct fire suppression costs so far, with additional funds certain to prove necessary as local residents seek temporary housing and communities work to recover," the letter said in reference to fires that burned in eight Colorado counties in June. "This is in addition to the estimated $51 million in Fire Management Assistance Grants provided with FEMA."
Fremont County Emergency Manager Steve Morrisey on Wednesday said he continues to gather information to help determine the cost of the Royal Gorge Fire. He said he will meet with state recovery team Friday to see if a preliminary cost can be determined.
"There are many other types of help that may become available to us, from crisis counseling to small business loans," Bell said. "We certainly are encouraged to know Fremont County has not been forgotten. We hope the federal government understands the reality of the situation and steps in to help."
The governor's letter requests support to include: Public Assistance Categories A-G; Individual and Households Program; Crisis Counseling Program; Disaster Unemployment Assistance; Disaster Legal Services; Disaster Case Management; SBA Physical Disaster and Economic Injury Disaster Loans; Hazard Mitigation Grant Program; USDA NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program financial assistance; and HUD CDBG supplemental disaster assistance.
"Without the support and related assistance programs, the additional burdens from these events will further undermine state and local governments' ability to recover from the severe impacts of the Black Forest Fire, the Royal Gorge Fire, and the many other fires and severe storm events that occurred over the past 12 months," the letter stated. "The risk to safety of our citizens and the infrastructure of Colorado is ever present, especially in the midst of another severe wildfire season."
Additionally, Hickenlooper submitted a request to the Small Business Administration for a disaster declaration for the purpose of providing Economic Injury Disaster Loans for business in the Counties of Hinsdale, Mineral, and Rio Grande, and the contiguous counties of Archuleta, Alamosa, Conejos, Gunnison, La Plata, Ouray, Saguache and San Juan.
"If federal assistance is forthcoming we will get the word out as quickly as we can, so those most deeply affected can move into the future with confidence," Bell said.


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It's sounds so unbelievable that Jay Kay is coming to Bulgaria for the elevation festival on 24 of June that I can't still believe in this. Please tell me are you really coming to Bulgaria. The only reason to buy ticket for this festival is you.
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Logitech Ships 100 Millionth Wireless Mouse
Introduced First Wireless Mouse in 1991, Continues Innovating for Way Computers Used Today
FREMONT, Calif. – Sept. 8, 2010 – Today Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) announced the shipment of its 100 millionth wireless mouse. Logitech introduced the world's first radio-frequency (RF) based mouse for computers in 1991, initiating a revolution that transformed wireless technology from an industry novelty to a core part of today's computing experience.
"Logitech mice have played an integral role in improving the computing experience for millions of people, and our wireless mice build on that heritage," said Rory Dooley, Logitech senior vice president and general manager of the Control Devices business unit. "Today, our wireless mice deliver a robust feature set combined with unparalleled ease of use and precision. And the new mice we offer in a variety of colors and patterns provide consumers with an element of self expression while they use their laptop and mouse to seamlessly navigate their favorite content."
Logitech chose RF technology in 1991 to improve on line of sight constraints associated with the infrared (IR) technology found in previous generations of wireless peripherals. Unlike IR, RF technology lets you orient your mouse in any direction without worrying about the position of the receiver – you could place it behind your computer or even under your desk to eliminate clutter. Since that time, Logitech has continued to improve the consumer experience with wireless innovations such as the tiny nano-receiver and Logitech® Unifying technology that delivers faster and more reliable 2.4 GHz connectivity.
The Logitech® Unifying receiver delivers Logitech® Advanced 2.4 GHz connectivity in a receiver that is small enough to stay in your laptop when you're on the go. Plus, you can easily add up to 6 Unifying ready products to one receiver so you don't fill up your computer's USB ports. Logitech's Advanced 2.4 GHz wireless connectivity keeps you connected with virtually no delays or dropouts at a range of up to 10 meters. And it includes 128-bit AES keyboard encryption—one of the highest levels of security available, so your information is protected as it travels from peripheral to computer.
While Logitech's first wireless mouse had an MSRP of $150, the company now offers wireless mice with 2.4 GHz technology in the tiny leave-in nano-receiver, for as little as $24.99. This sharp reduction in price combined with Logitech's advancements in wireless innovation make our wireless mice a compelling purchase for computer users around the world. For more information about Logitech wireless mice, please visit www.logitech.com/mice.
About Logitech
Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech's combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).
Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are registered in Switzerland and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the company's Web site at www.logitech.com.


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Sir Aglanor, Steward of the Mirkwood Guildhouse, was comfortably ensconced in the house's taproom, ruminating about the last three months. He had been working tirelessly sheltering, feeding, arming, and healing Mithril Knights and those who fought with them against the Red Hammer at Laketown.
The Mirkwood Guildhouse was home to the Sylvan Elves of Mirkwood who wore the Mithril Cloak; and had not seen such commotion since the end of the War of the Ring. In fact, since the Fourth Age began, it was little more than a way station for Mithril Knights traveling to and from Dale, Erebor, and Thranduil's Halls.
It has been quiet around here for a week now, thought Aglanor, scanning the room to find only a few other Knights having a nightcap or late meal, finally. Most of the Mirkwood Guildhouse's full-time residents were either at Laketown or Erebor aiding in the reconstruction, which was now going easier since Spring had begun.
He sipped wine from a silver chalice, glad that the Mirkwood Guildhouse no longer served as headquarters for the whole Guild, since Lord Elbren and his contingent left for Edoras. He was proud to serve, as any Knight would be, but he was also very weary.
No longer were the scouts returning to Mirkwood with their reports; they would now head for Edoras. Very little had been found of the Red Hammer since they were routed. The Knights that were sent far eastward to determine their origins and to glean what they could of their current disposition had not had time enough to reach their destinations.
Councils had been held, with those of the Wise left in Middle-earth coming to Mirkwood to hear the tales of those who had encountered the Red Hammer. Each Mithril Knight, particularly those that had split from the main contingent, was debriefed; and the whole story pieced together and recorded by scribes.
The Wise had departed just before Lord Elbren, now a week thence, thought Aglanor, to digest what they had learned in order to make determinations about the affair and if anything should be done about it. The only solid decisions that had been made were thus: Mithril Knight resources, men and materials, would be used to help rebuild the parts of Laketown, Dale, and Erebor damaged by the siege; Lord Elbren would take his apprentice and the other Knights in Training to Edoras for their initiation, as well as to counsel King Eomer and King Ellesar (messengers were dispatched to both immediately after the councils of the wise, apprising them of the situation); and Lord Anorast should, if he chooses to accept the responsibility, continue as Guardian of the Sickle of Vanyar, holding and wielding the relic in the name of the Mithril Knights and the peoples of Eru, if it is ever needed again.
Sir Aglanor gulped the last of his wine as he thought of those who were lost in the senseless siege. The fallen had been honored, each according to his or her culture, with many loaded into wains and escorted to the homes of their birth.
As he folded his napkin and slid his chair back from the table, Aglanor saw the Guildhouse's chief physician sitting nearby and sipping a steaming mug of fragrant herbal tea. He noticed that the healer looked as exhausted as Aglanor felt. He too had seen an immense flurry of activity, from which he was just now beginning to recover. The wounded were nearly all fully recovered and were now off doing their duty once again. Only Lord Erinhue remained in the healers' house. Two months after the emergence of the berserker, Illuvator's bright spirit remained darkened, and the starbright smile veiled behind the coma's shroud.
Sir Aglanor left the Guildhouse's informal dining and drinking space thinking about the next morning's weather and the possibility that he might get away for stroll amongst the newly-budding trees of the forest. However, his pleasant thought was unceremoniously interrupted by a saluting Knight.
"My Lord," began the Knight, who was one of the sentries currently on duty, "We found a man in the forest, very near to the secret entrance of the Guildhouse. His horse was dead and he was very nearly so, apparently starved."
"Where is he now?" asked Aglanor.
"Near the main gate, Sir. I wanted to ask your permission to bring him in and help him."
"Of course, it is our duty to help those in need, whenever we can. Why did you feel the need to ask permission?"
"Because he bore this," said the sentry, holding out an object with both hands.
Aglanor's eyes widened as he took the object, "Did he say anything?"
"Yes, sir. He seemed to know us as Mithril Knights. He said that he recognized our Cloaks, and began weeping. He said that he had traveled to many lands looking for us, that his people are in great danger and need our help. He barely finished his sentence before passing out."
"I see," Aglanor stroked his chin in thought while staring at the thing now cradled in his arms. "The physician is in the taproom, tell him quickly about his new charge and then go see that this aid-seeker is brought to the healing house."
Aglanor strode quickly in the direction of the armory, in order to lock away the object the stranger had brought with him. The armory was always locked and under surveillance and therefore was the safest place for such a thing until the man regained consciousness and told his story.
Several days later, it was reported that the stranger who had collapsed on the threshold of the Mithril Knights' Mirkwood Guildhouse was awake, able to walk, and taking solid food. Aglanor bade the reporting Knight to summon all Knights currently in the Guildhouse to the main council chamber the following afternoon, and to tell the stranger that he would be allowed to come before the council and tell his tale.
So much for peace and quiet, thought the Guildhouse Steward as he left his study for the armory in order to check on the security of the object the stranger had nearly died to deliver to them.


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Science aboard
The International Space Station is a permanent research platform where the gravitational effects are minimal as a result of its free-falling condition. Conducting research in such a microgravity environment gives researchers a unique opportunity to study the true nature of biological, physiological and physical processes.
André made use of the scientific facilities on the ISS, and especially in the Columbus laboratory. This European module provides scientists with a unique laboratory to conduct world-class research. Since 2008, Columbus has been Europe's 'entrance ticket' to the ISS and ESA's largest single contribution to the orbital outpost.
Around 30 experiments were carried out during the PromISSe mission covering a wide range of disciplines. André performed an extensive science, technology and education programme for the benefit of life on Earth, but also in preparation for future global human exploration missions.
Human Physiology
Just one week in space is enough to alter the dilation of blood vessels, increase cardiac output and lower blood pressure. There is a headward fluid shift, giving astronauts a distinctive 'puffy face' and 'chicken legs' appearance. CARD tries to understand how weightlessness affects the regulation of blood pressure. André's cardiac output was measured repeatedly along with analysis of blood samples to give a better insight into clinical conditions such as congestive heart failure.
Astronauts lose bone density while in space. European scientists are researching salt retention and related human physiology effects by analysing blood and urine samples for markers indicating the effects on bone metabolism. Samples were taken during two special diets followed by André, one a low-salt diet, the second a normal salt level diet. This metabolically controlled study will help to shed light on bone physiology in space and on Earth. This could be especially useful for evaluating the optimal sodium intake for long missions without any negative effect on astronauts' health.
Passing through a doorway seems quite an easy task on Earth. In orbit, the neurological processes we use to undertake this are no longer a reliable reference and could lead to erroneous estimates of physical dimensions. PASSAGES was designed to understand how perception strategies evolve in the absence of gravity. Rather than viewing a true physical opening, André saw images displayed on a computer screen and made judgments (yes or no) as to whether he could pass through them.
When André enters microgravity conditions, some of his fluids, such as blood and lymph, flow very quickly from the lower part to the upper part of his body. Changes in his heat balance are also linked to this fluid shift physiological effect. During André's daily exercise and rest time, the ThermoLab experiment used a non-invasive measuring technique in order to accurately record his core body temperature adaptation under reduced gravity conditions.
The preservation of astronauts' aerobic capacity is a major goal of exercise countermeasures during space missions. A widely used measurement for endurance capacity is the maximal volume of oxygen used during exhaustive exercise. André was a subject of EKE which assesses an alternative, more optimal method of measuring endurance capacity by reducing the time spent on assessment.
The aim of this experiment is to determine changes in hormone production and immune response during and after a stay on the Space Station. Samples of saliva and blood were taken from André's Russian crewmates to check for hormones associated with stress response and for carrying out white blood cell analysis. An increased understanding of the coupling between stress and the functioning of the immune system also has relevance for people on Earth.
This experiment uses ultrasound scans to evaluate changes in the properties of central and peripheral blood cell walls in weightlessness. By studying these changes on André's body during and after his six-month exposure to weightlessness, Vessel Imaging aims to optimise the countermeasures used during long-duration space missions. This experiment also provides unique opportunity to validate telemedicine concepts for routine medical checks.
Headaches are not a pain exclusive to humans on Earth. Via regular questionnaires, this experiment studies the incidence of headaches during André's stay in orbit, as well as their prevalence. Headache characteristics in humans during space missions are analysed and classified according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders.
Negative energy balance observed during spaceflight may affect many physiological functions. Changes in André's energy balance and expenditure were measured which will help in deriving an equation for energy requirements in weightlessness. This will contribute to planning adequate, but not excessive cargo supplies for food.
Reorganised perception in weightlessness is a unique demand that André's nervous system has to face in space. By recording the activity of the astronaut's brain during virtual reality stimulations, this experiment aims to detect the mechanisms involved in the altered behaviours in microgravity and to localise the crucial parts of the cerebral cortex involved. NEUROSPAT may provide a new tool for testing spatial cognition altered in normal ageing and pathological conditions.
Before and after: ground-based human studies
Exposure to microgravity is known to lead to loss of muscle mass, function and motor control. Sarcolab studies this by determining the contractile characteristics of muscles particularly affected, i.e. the plantar flexor muscles in the lower leg, during static and dynamic contractions. André contributed to it by participating in muscle biopsy studies.
Early Detection of Osteoporosis in Space is a study into the mechanisms underlying the reduction in bone mass which occurs in astronauts in weightlessness. This experiment will help in evaluating the structure of weight and non-weight bearing bones of cosmonauts using the method of computed tomography together with an analysis of bone biochemical markers in blood samples.
This experiment is a comparison between pre-flight and post-flight testing of cosmonauts using a centrifuge and a standardised tilt test. Their ability to maintain an upright posture without fainting will be correlated with measures of otolith-ocular function, i.e. the body's mechanism linking the inner ear with the eyes that deals with maintaining balance.
This experiment investigates gene expression of the proteins involved in the metabolic control of the neurotransmitter Anandamide. Scientists want to find out the role of this lipid in the regulation of immune processes and in the cell cycle under microgravity conditions.
Fluid Science
Geoflow-2 investigates the flow of an incompressible viscous fluid held between two concentric spheres rotating around a common axis as a representation of a planet. This is of importance for astrophysical and geophysical problems such as global scale flow in the atmosphere, the oceans, and in the liquid nucleus of planets. This study follows on from the first Geoflow experiment with new scientific objectives and a different experiment configuration.
Colloid 2 continues the Colloid experiment with the specific goal of observing nucleation and the early stages of aggregation in colloidal solutions. The focus is on materials that have a special interest in photonics, with emphasis on photonic crystals, which possess appealing properties and make them promising candidates for new types of optical components.
Materials Science
These experiments examine different growth patterns and evolution of microstructures during crystallisation of metallic alloys in microgravity. The experimental results, together with numerical simulations, will be used to optimise industrial casting processes.
Radiation Research
One of the many risks of long-duration spaceflight is the exposure to cosmic radiation, which has great importance particularly during solar flares and higher solar activity. TriTel will undertake a 3D characterisation of the radiation environment in the Columbus module and will help estimate the absorbed dose and equivalent dose burden on ISS crewmembers.
This experiment carries out three-dimensional monitoring of the radiation environment in all segments of the ISS using various active and passive radiation detectors to unveil the actual nature and distribution of the radiation field inside the Space Station.
Interactions between radiation in space and brain functions are among the major concerns when programming long permanence in space. The light flashes observed in space are an example of such interactions, created when ionising particles pass through the eye. This third part of the experiment will test different shielding materials for their effectiveness against radiation.
Solar Physics
The SOLAR payload facility, located outside on the Columbus laboratory, studies the Sun's electromagnetic radiation with unprecedented accuracy across most of its spectral range. The data acquired provides valuable contribution to long-term evaluation of the total solar irradiance. It also helps scientists in improving climate models and sharpening future weather forecasts. Such data can feed into the future design of satellites to prolong their life in orbit and to better tolerate the radiation effects.
Using Columbus as a test platform, this ESA satellite receiver brings worldwide sea traffic tracking within reach. Since its installation on ISS, this experimental ship detector has been pinpointing more than 300 000 vessels every day. The system helps to demonstrate the space-based capability for identifying ships on open seas within the field of view of the International Space Station.
The International Space Station is currently the most realistic environment that resembles a future human exploration mission. Meteron is a technology experiment and architecture aiming to validate future human-robotic operations from space using the ISS. The experiment will validate technologies and carry out future mission simulations with real time mission operations and communications including communications delays.
The Erasmus Recording Binocular 2 is a high-definition 3D video camera available on the ISS for recording and live streaming, thus providing a new way to run interactive video-conferences from the orbital outpost. ERB-2 takes advantage of high-definition optics and advanced electronics to provide a vastly improved 3D video effect for mapping the Station.
A 2-direction 'nodding' mechanism was positioned in the Station's Cupola to support a camera in taking high-definition pictures of a particular point on Earth. This payload is also used for education purposes in order to teach children and students about Earth observation using the ISS.
Experiments with ISS partnersAndré Kuipers also carried out experiments for the American, Japanese and Canadian space agencies (NASA, JAXA and CSA). More than 20 studies with the ISS partners took place during PromISSe at around 30 different research facilities of the orbital module.
His bones, the microorganisms living in his skin and even his feelings contributed not only to understand the effects and risks of human spaceflight, but will also help to benefit life on Earth. During André's stay in space, weightless crystals were grown, a robotic crewmate tested its systems and the impact of microgravity on cucumber seeds was tested.
- Human Research
- – Pro-K. Dietary intakes to predict and protect against changes in bone metabolism during and after spaceflight.
- – Reaction self test. Psychomotor vigilance test.
- – Integrated Cardiovascular. Cardiac atrophy and diastolic dysfunction during and after long duration spaceflight.
- – Integrated Immune. Validation of procedures for monitoring crewmember immune function.
- – Repository. Biological specimens provide a means for investigating the physiological responses to spaceflight.
- – Kinematics-T2. Biomechanical analysis of treadmill exercise on the ISS.
- – Biomedical analysis of human hair exposed to a long-term spaceflight (HAIR).
- – Mycological evaluation of crew member exposure to ISS ambient air (MYCO).
- – VO2 Max. Evaluation of maximal oxygen uptake and estimates before, during and after long duration missions.
- Fluid Physics, Materials and Combustion Science
- – Protein Crystal Growth (PCG). Growth of crystals by the counter-diffusion technique.
- – Marangoni experiment (MEIS). Surface tension driven flow.
- Technology Demonstrations
- – Robonaut. An on-orbit robotics capability within the Space Station.
- – Photosynth. Three-dimensional modelling of the ISS.
- – Super sensitive HDTV system checkout and video downlink (SS-HDTV).
- Radiation Dosimetry
- – Altea Dosi. Measures of cosmic radiation in the US Destiny laboratory.
- – Area Passive Dosimeter for Lifescience experiments in Space (Area PADLES). Survey of the radiation environment on board the Japanese Kibo laboratory.
- Biology
- – Dynamism of auxin efflux facilitators (CsPINs). Studying the gravity response of dry cucumber seeds.
- – Microbe. The experiment tries to identify types of microbes in the Japanese Kibo laboratory by long-term sample collections.
- Education and Earth Observation
- – Crew Earth Observations (CEO). Photography sessions over designated areas of Earth.
- – ISS knowledge acquired by middle schools (EarthKam). Remote imaging and terrestrial research for students.
- – ISS Ham radio. Amateur radio on the Space Station.
- – Education Payload Operations Demonstrations (EPO Demos). Educational videos recorded by astronauts on board the Space Station.
- – The Space Voice of the Open Mind (Chuon). Investigating the effects of space environment on feelings, opinions and minds.


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When the United Nations Security Council agreed to enforce a chemical arms ban in Syria, it was a significant step toward establishing the UN as a global police force. "Tonight, the international community has delivered," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said after the September 27 agreement was concluded. "I welcome the commitment to safeguard and destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles."
The Syria agreement followed up on Ki-moon's September 24 address opening the UN General Assembly. "I urge you to embrace the global logic of our times," Ki-moon said. "With our fates ever more entwined, our future must be one of ever deeper cooperation. In this transformed global landscape, let us find new ways of governing, partnering and problem-solving. Let us empower the United Nations to be more than a first responder or a last resort."
The idea that the United Nations would increasingly engage in "governing" and become "more than a first responder" was also promoted by top Obama administration officials. "The United Nations Security Council has demonstrated that diplomacy can be so powerful it can peacefully defuse the worst weapons of war," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said after the vote. Kerry continued:
But tonight's resolution, in fact, accomplishes even more. Through peaceful means, it will, for the first time, seek to eliminate entirely a nation's chemical weapons capability, and in this case specifically Syria's. On-site inspections of the places that these weapons are stored will begin by November, and under the terms of this agreement, those weapons will be removed and destroyed by the middle of next year.... For the first time since Syria's civil war began, the Security Council is spelling out in detail what Syria must do to comply with its legal obligations. Syria cannot select or reject the inspectors. Syria must give those inspectors unfettered access to any and all sites and to any and all people....
We are here united tonight in support of our belief that international institutions do matter, that international norms matter. We say with one voice that atrocities carried out with the world's most heinous weapons will not be tolerated. And when institutions like the Security Council stand up to defend the principles and values that we all share, when we put violent regimes on notice that the world will unite against them, it will lead not only to a safer Syria, but it will lead to a safer world.
Of course, that may mean U.S. military intervention in Syria, despite the strong public backlash against Obama's stated intention to deploy troops announced back on August 31.
Longtime critics of the United Nations and U.S. foreign entanglements such as The John Birch Society have noted that the UN resolution means U.S. military involvement in Syria, either up front or behind the scenes. "Who's going to do that?" John Birch Society CEO Art Thompson told The New American. "The United Nations is not going to go in there. The people who are working for the United Nations are going to go in there. Some part of our military is going to go in there to enforce the mandate. The United Nations doesn't have a military."
Thompson noted that interventions of this kind have tended to exacerbate human rights tragedies, as happened during the Rwandan genocide. "The problem is that everywhere we go abroad," Thompson said, "we are messing it up. We're doing the opposite of what we profess to go in there for, which is to set up 'democracy.'" In Rwanda, UN disarmament officials disarmed what ended up being the victims of the 1994 genocide.
The John Birch Society has long been a critic of both the United Nations, U.S. involvement in it, and historical efforts to empower the UN by U.S. State Department officials.
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CSC has reached a definitive agreement with a consortium comprising ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation ("CTC") and ITOCHU Corporation for the sale of CSC's Enterprise Systems Integration (ESI) unit, a reseller of enterprise hardware and software and a provider of maintenance services with operations in Malaysia and Singapore, for $90 million in cash.
This transaction, representing CSC's fourth divestiture within the last four months, furthers CSC's transformation strategy to rebalance its portfolio of services.
"The sale of ESI marks our continued realignment of company assets with our strategy of leading the next generation of technology solutions and services including cybersecurity, big data and cloud computing," said CSC President and CEO Mike Lawrie. "We are focusing our attention on high-value solutions for clients in Singapore, Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia."
In fiscal 2012, ESI's revenue was approximately $180 million with mid-single digit operating margins. ESI's results will be recast as discontinued operations. ESI's results had been previously reported within CSC's Business Solutions & Services sector.
The transaction is expected to close in March 2013.


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A Monday edition of our favourite game: let's play Photo Assumption.
Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick went for a walk on Saturday. Spring is here. Another season, and almost the first year anniversary of those pictures...remember those pictures? Click here to see those pictures from the time when Photo Assumption wasn't so fun.
It was the closed-eye clinging. Just three months after allegations that he'd cheated and days, literally days, before they announced they were expecting twins, it was the closed-eye clinging.
These new images aren't so depressing. She's still the one initiating most of the physical contact, and he looks like he's grimacing when he's trying to smile, but at the very least, he's agreeing to hold her hand. As always, Photo Assumption says she seems grateful. Thank you honey for spending some time with me this weekend. I really appreciate it.
What a generous, loving husband.
Photos from Doug Meszler/Splashnewsonline.com
This is happiness, right?
A Monday edition of our favourite game: let's play Photo Assumption.


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Bobcats F Kidd-Gilchrist out with broken hand
Dallas, TX – The Charlotte Bobcats have announced that forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist sustained a non-displaced fracture in his left hand on Wednesday.
Kidd-Gilchrist left Tuesday's 89-82 loss to Dallas in the third quarter and did not return. The Bobcats confirmed the broken hand after the game via their Twitter account.
He is expected to miss 4-to-6 weeks.
The second-year pro out of Kentucky is averaging 9.1 points and 5.4 rebounds this season.


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You may make contact with the property owner directly and request a resolution to the problem, or you may report violations to the Code Enforcement Division by calling (209) 831-6410. You can also report violations online through our Government Outreach System or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. To best serve you as the reporting party, we prefer that your contact information be provided in case we need additional information from you. All information is confidential.
The following information must be included in order to investigate a complaint:
- A description of the alleged violation;
- The address of the violation, including the nearest cross-street and any other pertinent information which may be helpful;
- Your contact information (not required, but helpful).
Why haven't I seen any action being taken on my complaint?
Most likely, the City has opened a case and discussions have begun with the property owner to resolve the violation. Typically, the City will notify the property owner of the violations found on the property once the complaint has been confirmed. We normally request that the property owner respond to us indicating they will resolve the violation in an acceptable time frame, that the violation has been resolved or that the property was not in violation. Our goal is to achieve voluntary compliance; however, if the property owner fails to comply with the City's order, we begin a more formal legal process which may take an extended period of time to fully resolve.
What do I do if I receive a letter regarding my property?
The first notice you receive will more than likely be a Notice of Violation (NOV). This NOV is mailed to the property owner and a copy is also left at the property address at the time of inspection and confirmation that a violation actually exists. Upon receipt of the NOV, it is important that you contact the Code Enforcement Officer assigned to the case at your earliest convenience to clear up any of the following:
- The information in the letter is incorrect.
- The violation no longer exists.
- Additional clarification of the violation is required.
- You need additional time to bring your property into compliance.
- If you would like to discuss your options.
Once the allowable time specified on your NOV has expired, and the violations continue to exist, the City will move forward with more aggressive action, which may include administrative fines and criminal citations in order to abate the violations.
If it is determined that the violation does not exist, the case will be closed and no further action will be taken.
Once you've received a NOV, it is important that you contact the Code Enforcement Division soon as possible at (209) 831-6410. We will be happy to discuss the information outlined in your NOV and provide any and all options available to you. Our first priority is to bring violations into compliance through voluntary measures whenever possible.


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Tommy Eboli
Tommy Eboli ran the Genovese crime family for nine years, and some thought he nearly ran it into the ground. But it was a drug deal gone sour that ended his reign as one of the most powerful gangsters in the nation.
by Allan May
When Vito Genovese went to prison in 1960 for narcotics violations, he had every intention of returning to run his crime family.
In Genovese's absence, the triumverate of Thomas Eboli, Gerardo Catena, and Mike Miranda were selected to hold down the fort. Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli was the youngest of the trio and was looked upon as the first among equals of the group. When Genovese died in prison in 1969, Eboli was elevated to the position of boss.
Eboli was born in Italy in 1911. Little is known about his early years. His arrest record, dating back to 1933, included a half-dozen arrests for gambling and disorderly conduct. Despite his long involvement with organized crime his only prison time was a 60-day sentence for assaulting a boxing referee. Eboli had been involved in the fight game during the 1940s and managed several boxers. In 1952, while managing boxer Rocky Castellani, Eboli became enraged over referee Ray Miller's decision in a bout against Ernie Durando in Madison Square Garden. Eboli jumped into the ring and attacked Miller. Afterward he was banned from further participation in boxing.
Eboli's business interests included restaurants and vending machines in Greenwich Village. His operations in midtown and lower Manhattan included nightclubs that catered to the gay community. He was also involved in the music industry as a partner in the Promo Record Company. It was reported that Eboli's bookmaking operation brought in $20,000 a day.
When Lucky Luciano was deported to Sicily in 1946, couriers carried money to him and kept him apprised of what was going on back in New York City. Tommy Eboli and his younger brother Pasquale, or Pat, made several of these trips. Luciano admired Pat, but did not like or trust Tommy because of his close relationship to Genovese, whom Luciano despised. According to Luciano, in 1956 Tommy visited him to get his vote on whether or not to allow Frank Costello to retire as head of the family. Even though the commission approved it, Genovese was concerned about Costello's influence and wanted to kill him.
On the night of May 2, 1957 an attempt was made to kill Costello just inside the lobby of his apartment building on Central Park West. The would-be assassin, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, was managed by Eboli when he was a prizefighter during the mid-1940s. Gigante merely wounded Costello in the attempt, then ran back to a getaway car that authorities believe was driven by Eboli. In the wake of the botched attempt on Costello, and the subsequent murder of Albert Anastasia, Genovese organized the underworld debacle known as the Apalachin Conference.
According to Luciano, in The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano, he and Carlo Gambino masterminded a plan to set up Genovese on a narcotics bust. He and Gambino agreed to pay a Puerto Rican hoodlum named Nelson Cantellops $100,000 to contact the Narcotics Bureau Strike Force in New York and carry out the plan. Luciano stated Meyer Lansky "paid into the kitty," and that Costello agreed to pay $25,000 of the fee if Gigante was part of the arrest. Gambino wanted Tommy Eboli included because he hoped to break up Genovese's muscle, but Luciano claims he talked him out of it because of his friendship with Pat Eboli. After the trial in 1959, Genovese, Gigante and 23 others were convicted.
During Eboli's years as acting boss, 1960 through 1969, there was little activity involving the Genovese Family. Gambino was busy strengthening his position by seeing that people he supported moved into leadership positions of the other families. This included Joe Colombo, replacing the late Joe Profaci, and Carmine Tramunti replacing Tommy Lucchese. After the Gallo War in the early 1960s, the only other flare-up was the Banana War.
On Sept. 22, 1966, Eboli and twelve other mobsters were arrested in a private dining room at the La Stella restaurant in Queens, New York. Among those arrested for consorting with known criminals – each other – were Eboli, Gambino, Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante, Joe Colombo, Aniello Dellacroce, and Mike Miranda. The men were strip searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and then held as material witnesses.
Described as hotheaded and possessing a fiery temper, Eboli was not a popular boss. He did little to strengthen the family and did even less to support his underlings. When Genovese died in Feb. 1969, Eboli was the logical choice to be anointed the new boss of the family. Catena was serving a prison term and Miranda was 72 years old. However, Eboli was clearly in over his head.
During his three years as the official boss, he was called upon to appear before grand juries or governmental inquiries into organized crime activities. He tried to avoid these appearances by feigning illness. The newspapers claimed that he had suffered several heart attacks.
Eboli lived in a high-rise apartment in Fort Lee, New Jersey, with his common-law wife, Mary. Fort Lee was also home to Albert Anastasia, who owned a mansion there, and Joe Adonis and Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo. When Joe Adonis died in Italy in 1972, his body was brought back to Fort Lee for burial.
In early 1972, Eboli got involved in a $4 million dollar drug deal. Unable to raise all the money himself, he asked Gambino to help him finance the deal. Shortly thereafter, Louis Cirillo, Eboli's partner in the transaction, was arrested and sentenced to 25 years. Authorities seized both the money and drugs. When Eboli was asked to make good on the lost money invested by Gambino, he refused. Some crime historians believe that Gambino used this incident to have Eboli removed and promote his own man, Frank "Funzi" Tieri, into the leadership of the Genovese Family.
On July 16, 1972, around 1:00 a.m. Eboli was leaving the apartment of a girlfriend in the Crown Heights district of Brooklyn. When he reached his automobile he was shot five times in the head and neck. Some consider it a gesture of nobility on the part of the assassins that they shot him after he left the apartment allowing him a last moment of pleasure before departing this world.
The details of his murder are sketchy. An autopsy revealed that the five bullets hit him on the left side of his face and neck, and there were glass fragments and powder burns, which indicate he was inside the automobile as the killer stood close by and fired. Police also found glass lying in the street and later in his automobile. The fact that he was hit on his left side indicated he entered the backseat behind his driver, Joseph Sternfeld. However, when police located his automobile, bloodstains were found on the right front seat. When police arrived at the scene, Eboli's body was found lying in the middle of the sidewalk indicating that Sternfeld may have carried him there.
Police located the truck believed to be the escape vehicle parked in the neighborhood with its engine still running. They also impounded a stolen Plymouth found close to the scene with a .45 caliber sub-machine gun, fitted with a silencer, inside.
On Monday, July 17, Sternfeld appeared at the Foster Avenue police station in Brooklyn to answer questions. When his answers didn't support the physical evidence, police held him overnight as a material witness. The next day the New York Times reported that Sternfeld provided "useful information" about the shooting. This apparently came after he spent the night in an unfurnished cell and had to sleep on the floor.
Despite the "useful information," no one was ever arrested for the murder of Tommy Eboli.
Copyright 1999 Allan May


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Re: Attack of the......Yodas?
LOL look how they stare at me...Yoda?Yoda,what are you doing?Yoda?!Yodaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LOL look how they stare at me...Yoda?Yoda,what are you doing?Yoda?!Yodaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't think Jedi can be cloned...i think that "The Force" or midiclorians or whatever....cannot be cloned. So you would end up with a bunch of forceless yoda's ...lol funny sight huh...
We discussed this in the 1st or 2nd page Beskaryc....
HEY! Why are you named MandalorianSpy9 here?!?! WEIRD!!
He posted that post befor his name was changed.
yeah it stays the same.....only the posts after i changed my name have Beskaryc Beroya on it....i thought it was kinda weird too when i saw it.
BB (spy*)
Hmmm......that should be changed though.....:/
it doesn't really matter does it.... it puts my old name to memory..... and heck what do i care....ok guys back on subject lol lol
But even if the Yodas WERE cloned, they could train them to jump around in formation to kill the sorry opponent they're facing. That'd be awesome!!!
the only reason Yoda could jump around like that is because he had the force.....i think it would be more like a bunch of clone troopers....not much difference.
Hmmm.......your right. That sucks!!!!
No,no,no!I want a cloned Yoda,full force powers,jumping and screaming around like in the movies!
Sorry, don't think it can happen. But if somehow the kamino people came up with a way to clone a jedi...force and all, it would totally rock. Although that does give the emperor the power to live forever.
I HATE THAT!!!!!!!! Luke FINALLY get Vader to turn and he kills the old bag, then.......THEY CLONE HIM!!!!! THATS STUPID!!!
A whole clone army of 'old witches'laughing and throwing Force lightining.....OMG!!!
But how could he be cloned and granted leader of the new empire, if he has NO knowledge whatso ever of the force. It doesnt make sense, and its stupid!
You do not need to have Force power to become an emperor.
yeah, but thats what made the Emporer such a good leader. OF COURSE YOU DONT! I KNEW THAT!
Didn't author Timothy Zahn touch on the subject of cloning Jedi in his series "HEIR TO THE EMPIRE"?
If I remember correctly, cloning poses the risk of creating a sort of "Force echo" within the clones of force-sensitives. Something like during the cloning process (especially when growth-acceleration is used) the clones are all created with the same "wavelength" or "frequency" of the living force. This creates tremendous stress on thier developing psyches, eventually forcing them to succumb to clone madness.
Grand Admiral Thrawn cloned an ancient Jedi Master named Jorus C'Boath... and later Luke Skywalker himself (from Luke's severed hand found in Cloud City), and both proved force-adept, but uncontrollable.
I think that force wielders like Jedi and Sith create an individual imprint on the Force that cannot be duplicated.
I think most of us here have read the books, so I don't think using the long names is nescesary. A simple Thrawn or Jorus would do, and I think we'd all know who Luke is, so Skywalker isn't nescesary either. And it's the Thrawn Trilogy, btw. Heir to the Empire is only the first book. And seeing as how Zahn's so well-known, stating he's an author is unescesary too. But you do make a good point.
Sorry, it's just to me when people use a lot of details like that it seems like they're treating others like they're stupid. You might not be doing it for that reason, it's just my own reaction to it.
Duly f***in' noted.
Never thought about cloning Yodas. Would be freaky...
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By JOAN MCCOY
Leader staff writer
Cabot residents who don't want to battle Hwy. 89 traffic to get to the new Wal-Mart Supercenter will eventually have a direct route off Hwy. 5, courtesy up to this point of the Lonoke County Road Depart-ment.
The 1.4-mile road is the first step in a proposed long-range transportation plan to alleviate traffic congestion in Cabot. And it is an unusual step because a planning committee put together at the county level, not the city, has proposed it.
The new road, which is clearly visible from U.S. 67-167, is nearer completion than expected, thanks to a dry winter. The county has asked the city and businesses in the area, including Wal-Mart, to help pay for the road, but so far the entire cost of the estimated $750,000 project has been borne by the county.
The new Wal-Mart is scheduled to open this spring, and if the requested financial assistance comes through, the new road could be opened sometime in the summer.
Asked Tuesday why the county was taking the lead in trying to solve the city's traffic problems, Lonoke County Judge Charlie Troutman said it was a matter of economics.
"I'm not criticizing anyone, but I wish we'd taken the lead 10 years ago," Troutman said. "We have such a problem over there that it is going to effect the economic development of that whole area and that will affect my road department," he said.
Several years ago, county residents passed a one-cent sales tax that is divided by population among the county and the cities in the county. The county gets 45 percent of the total, most of which goes to the road department, which last year collected $1.6 million from the tax.
Lonoke County JP Larry Odom is chairman of the long-range transportation committee, which includes two Cabot council members.
Odom, owner of Holland Bottom Farms on Highway 321, was instrumental in getting that road built more than 10 years ago.
He said recently that he knew the county and city are losing tax revenue because his own wife won't fight the traffic in Cabot to get to Wal-Mart. She goes to Jacksonville instead.
Court cases and opinions by the state attorney general support the county judge's authority over roads, including opening city streets without the permission or involvement of the city.
Troutman says frankly that a county judge's authority over roads approaches that of a dictator, but doesn't intend to get into a territory battle with Cabot.
He wants and believes he has the support of a majority of the council for some of the work he has proposed to do in Cabot, which is important since the city has money for roads at this time.
"If I can help some, I'm certainly going to do it," Troutman said. "But I'm not going to get into a shooting match over jurisdiction."
Cabot Mayor Stubby Stum-baugh, asked last week to support the long-range plan, which in-cludes almost 30 miles of new roads, refused. He told The Leader later that most of the roads were inside city limits and he had not seen the plan until it was completed.
An ordinance introduced before the Cabot City Council in February would provide the financial help the county has asked for on the road now under construction and also help with one-lane bridges on First Street that county, city and state officials say need to be replaced.
A state bridge inspector notified the city Feb. 7 that one of the bridges needs to be repaired within 12 months.
The center pier foot shows minor undermining and concrete underneath has crumbled, exposing the steel reinforcement. The city's sports complex is on First Street.
The city had planned to re-place all seven of the bridges, at an estimated cost of $750,000.
Troutman has volunteered to do the work for $75,000 and has asked the city to use $400,000 of the estimated $675,000 savings to help with the road currently under construction and to improve and extend Willie Ray Drive on the other side of the freeway so residents on that side of the city would have quick access to the Austin interchange, which is used below capacity.
The ordinance sponsored by Aldermen Odis Waymack and Tom Armstrong would give Troutman permission to move ahead with the work as requested. It was read once during the February meeting, but did not have enough votes to pass.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2003 News Releases > May 2003 > Health Department Investigates Illness
Health Department Investigates Illness
PLAINVIEW - The Plainview and Hale County Health Department is investigating an outbreak of illness on the Wayland Baptist University campus.
Dr. Bryan Peeler, Medical Authority for the health department, contacted Environmental Health Inspector Jack McCasland Thursday morning after 26 students visited the emergency room Wednesday evening with symptoms of vomiting, nausea and diarrhea. McCasland said physicians are required to contact the health department if there is a possibility of food poisoning.
McCasland began his investigation around 10 a.m. Thursday morning, interviewing students in the Wayland cafeteria. McCasland interviewed a random sample of students, including those who reported symptoms and those who have suffered no illness.
"That way I get some controls," McCasland said. "Right now we have those who didn't get sick that ate the same things as those who did get sick."
McCasland said the timelines have also varied from students who reported symptoms as many as 72 hours earlier.
"We have some who got sick on Tuesday and others are still getting sick today," he said.
McCasland said it is too early to know for sure whether the illness was caused by food poisoning or a viral infection. The lab results may be available Friday afternoon. The lab tests will determine whether or not the illness was caused by a food-borne pathogen. McCasland was not sure if the lab is testing for other causes but said, "We could be looking at a viral situation instead."
If that is the case, McCasland said he would report it to the state health department to determine if the situation requires further investigation.
Wayland is taking every precaution concerning the health of the students. The administration requested that the cafeteria serve a cold meal at noon Thursday. Normal cafeteria service resumed Thursday evening.
McCasland and WBU officials said the investigation is currently focusing on maintaining a healthy environment for the students.
"We are cooperating with the health inspector in our effort to determine the nature of the illness," said Wayland Vice President Dr. Claude Lusk. "Our primary concern is maintaining a safe environment for the students and taking care of them."
Wayland's food service is contracted through Sodexho Services, which operates the cafeteria. McCasland performed a routine inspection on April 8, 2003. Sodexho scored an 84 with no critical violations such as temperature control. A previous inspection in September of 2002 netted a score of 93.


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