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NFC Position Battles
Ahhh! August 1st is upon us. The days of July are behind us and the month of August brings us some football. Training camps are going along, and the preseason games will begin soon. With that being said, let's take a look at the NFC, division by division, and let's see what position battles will be taking place during camps and the preseason games.
NFC South
Atlanta Falcons – The Falcons weakest spot on offense last year was at Right Guard. A position that is not heavily talked about, will turn out to be the main focus for ATL coaches during camp. All eyes will be on the guys who think they can improve the position. ATL switched guys several times last year. They brought in veteran Vince Manuwai, and drafted Peter Konz, to hopefully improve the RG spot. With those 2 in camp, as well as Reynolds and Hawley from last year, expect a feisty competition that will likely go down to the last preseason game. I think Konz is the future at RG in ATL, and could be starting week 1.
Carolina Panthers – The Panthers love having some good RB's. They resigned Williams to a huge contract a few years ago, and also have Stewart, who has also shown he can handle being the starting RB. Heck, if both got hurt, they still have Mike Tolbert who can handle the duties. Williams started most of the games last year, but Stewart saw a lot more snaps. Look for more of the same this year. Williams should start, but Stewart will get more snaps.
New Orleans Saints – The Saints have had a busy offseason to say the least. One thing they can be proud about is the 3 headed monster of Sproles-Ingram-Thomas. Those 3 will all likely get many carries throughout the season. Sproles will likely handle PR duties, and 3rd down duties, and I expect Ingram to have a strong role in the running game. I think Ingram will be the starter, with Thomas getting a few carries here and there, and Sproles being the pesky little guy, he is so great at doing.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers – The Bucs made it clear they wanted another RB, when they drafted Doug Martin. Martin enters TC as the #1 RB, but #2RB, LaGarette Blount, had some success last year as the starter of the Bucs. Martin has looked good in pass protection as well as showing some good hands out of the backfield. Expect Martin to be the starter come week 1, but Blount will probably see some carries as well.


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Pioneers of Television: Science Fiction was a fifty-five-minute television documentary which first aired on 18 January 2011 as part of the PBS network's Pioneers of Television series. The documentary primarily focused on early science fiction television series such as The Twilight Zone, Lost In Space, The Time Tunnel, and many others.
Star Trek: The Original Series was the most prominently featured series by far, and the documentary examined Gene Roddenberry's origins and efforts to create the series through the use of re-enactments and archival photographs and footage. New interviews regarding Star Trek were conducted with William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, and Martin Landau.
The documentary was notable for showing stills and footage from the early television and film work of Roddenberry, Shatner, Nimoy, and Nicols and included Howdy Doody, Zombies Of The Stratosphere, Alexander the Great, and The Lieutenant, among other projects.
The casting of Leonard Nimoy in the role of Spock was also examined. Martin Landau, who was originally approached by Roddenberry for the role stated, "I turned down Star Trek. It would've been torturous. I would've probably died playing that role. I mean, even the thought of it now upsets me. It was the antithesis of why I became an actor. I mean, to play a character that Lenny (Nimoy) was better suited for, frankly, a guy who speaks in a monotone who never gets excited, never has any guilt, never has any fear, or was affected on a visceral level. Who wants to do that?"
The documentary also featured Nichelle Nicols talking about her interactions with Martin Luther King and her (and American television's) first on-screen interracial kiss (with Shatner).
Archival footage shot in 1970 of Rod Serling (from The Twilight Zone) showed him giving a mixed review of the original Star Trek series. He stated "Star Trek was again a very inconsistent show which at times sparkled with true ingenuity and pure science fiction approaches. At other times it was more carnival-like, and very much more the creature of television than the creature of a legitimate literary form."

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Babyface called her an icon; Diddy said she was like a sister; and Anita Baker credited her for helping secure her latest Grammy nomination.
There was no shortage of superlatives bestowed on Mary J. Blige on Friday night as Vibe magazine celebrated the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul's career, which has now spanned for more than two decades.
"She's a musical soulmate, she's my sister, she's one of my best friends in the world," said Diddy, who has worked with Blige since the beginning of her career. "Mary is our queen. ... There is no one to come after her."
Blige was feted during Vibe's first Impact Awards, which coincided with the magazine's 20th anniversary. The event included guests like MC Lyte, Jermaine Dupri and Queen Latifah. Blige appeared to wipe away tears at moments as she was lauded by one guest after another.
Babyface, who wrote one of Blige's biggest hits, "Not Gon' Cry," recalled being a little intimidated by the idea of working with Blige, whom he saw as a tough New Yorker.
"Mary walked in and she was so sweet ... and so respectful and totally melted me right there," he said.
Diddy recalled how Blige worked with him after he got fired from one of his first high-profile jobs in the industry and when no else one would, and also said she was one of his best friends.
One of the more emotional tributes came from Baker, who was a childhood idol of Blige's. Baker thanked Blige for seeking her out for collaborations and helping a new generation discover her music.
"That kind of generosity is non-existent in our business," said Baker, who is nominated for a Grammy at Sunday's awards. "This Grammy nomination that I have is in great part because you spoke my name into the 21st century."
Latifah noted the personal transformation of Blige, who overcame substance abuse and other obstacles to become one of music's leading role models.
"For me when I look back at you and the journey you've taken, I find you to be extremely inspirational and aspirational, especially to young women," Latifah said.
When Blige got up to accept her honor, she thanked everyone for embracing her throughout her career, even during her very public missteps. She also thanked people for accepting her imperfections. She recounted a story about being sent to charm school early in her career by handlers who thought she needed to smooth over her rough edges. But Blige was not a good student.
"I just walked out and I never went back," Blige said. "I'm glad I didn't go back because I don't think that I would have had an impact on anyone's life had I lived someone else's life."
Blige recently starred as Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, in the Lifetime movie "Betty & Coretta" co-starring Angela Bassett.
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Which Mideast Power Brokers Support Hamas?
(CNN) -- If the Gaza truce holds and Israel's Operation Protective Edge comes to its conclusion, some things are certain. Both Is...
(CNN) -- If the Gaza truce holds and Israel's Operation Protective Edge comes to its conclusion, some things are certain.
Both Israel and Hamas will declare military victory -- Israel pointing to the destruction of militants' tunnels and depletion of Hamas' rocket supply; Hamas pointing to dozens of dead Israeli troops and the survival of Hamas leadership in Gaza.
But unlike in previous conflicts, when Hamas had the support of many Arab nations, things have changed. This time, as CNN has reported, the fighting between Israel and Hamas has been a proxy war for the Mideast.
Key regional players Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have their own reasons to want to fend off the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is part, experts say. And Europe, like the United States, lists Hamas as a terrorist organization for its numerous attacks on civilians.
But the group does have the support of some countries.
"It's no longer the Muslims against the Jews," said Danielle Pletka, vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. "Now it's the extremists -- the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, and their backers Iran, Qatar and Turkey -- against Israel and the more moderate Muslims including Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia."
A look at some key Hamas supporters:
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan openly supports Hamas.
"Erdogan has tried to use the cause of the Brotherhood to bolster his own Islamist credentials at home," says Eric Trager, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Turkey also has "more of an ideological sympathy with the Brotherhood," Trager says.
Qatar supported the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt -- which was toppled from power in a coup last year. Qatar funds many Muslim Brotherhood figures in exile, including Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal, who is believed to have orchestrated numerous terrorist attacks.
"Qatar has a long history of providing shelter to Islamist groups, amongst them the Muslim Brotherhood and the Taliban," Shashank Joshi of the Royal United Services Institute tells Time.
Advocating for Hamas is beneficial to Turkey and Qatar in their political objectives because the cause draws popular support at home, says world affairs writer Frida Ghitis in a CNN.com column.
It's no longer the Muslims against the Jews. Now it's the extremists -- the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, and their backers Iran, Qatar and Turkey -- against Israel and the more moderate Muslims including Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.
Danielle Pletka, American Enterprise Institute
Danielle Pletka, American Enterprise Institute
But some question whether Qatar's support still is for Hamas is still strong. The country's financial support to the group "largely dried up" as Qatar sought "to mend ties with its neighbors, with whom it had fallen out in part for backing the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt," the Council on Foreign Relations said.
While Qatar and Turkey are powerful allies, "Hamas might wish for more support given the breadth of the Arab world," Time reported.
Iran and Syria
In the past, Iran and Syria supported Hamas. Iran supplied the group with weapons; Syria was home to Meshaal.
But Meshaal did not support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's civil war. In 2012, Meshaal left for Qatar, causing a breakdown in his relationship with both Syria and its ally Iran, says Firas Abi Ali, head of Middle East and North Africa Country Risk and Forecasting at the global information company IHS.
And while Iran still professes to support Hamas, such claims "are more ostentatious, showy, exaggerated and theatrical rather than genuine and practical," writes Majid Rafizadeh, an Iranian-American scholar at Harvard University, in a column for al Arabiya.
Iran, which is a Muslim but not an Arab nation, "uses Hamas (as well as Tehran's support for the Palestinian cause) as a tool to project its power and influence in the Arab world," he argues.
The Council on Foreign Relations says Iran, while cutting its funding to Hamas in recent years, "sought to bolster its ties to other resistance groups in the region, such as Islamic Jihad."
The Lebanese militant group based in Lebanon is aligned with al-Assad's regime in Syria. During the conflict, Hezbollah reached out to Hamas, praising its "steadfastness."
This does not mean the relationship is repaired to where it stood before Syria's civil war, but "a new realignment might happen," Farwaz Gerges of the London School of Economics told Time.
Popular support
Hamas' greatest support in the wake of the conflict with Israel may be from the public in Gaza and other parts of the Arab world.
"Hamas is not a monolith, nor is it only a terrorist group," Ed Husain of the Council on Foreign Relations writes on CNN.com. "It is a social movement, with a mass membership, a popular message of resistance that resonates across the Muslim world, and a political party with which we must negotiate."
Some analysts believe Hamas will emerge stronger from the fight with Israel. The conflict "will only further radicalize the Palestinian population -- and alienate frustrated friends in the United States," Mark Perry of Foreign Policy argues.
Before Operation Protective Edge, a poll by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy found that most Palestinians in Gaza oppose a two-state solution and want to work toward abolishing Israel -- a goal that is in line with Hamas' charter.
But the poll also found most Palestinians support nonviolent methods of achieving their goals.
Support could affect arms supply
While Hamas' recruitment might soar now, militarily the group "is on the ropes," with tunnels destroyed and much of its rocket supply depleted, writes Rick Francona, retired U.S. Air Force intelligence officer and CNN military analyst.
"After similar conflicts in the past, Hamas has been rearmed and resupplied by its supporters, primarily Iran and to some extent Syria. The most efficient method for the rearming and resupply effort has been via the large number of smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
"That is not likely to be the case this time -- another blow to Hamas, which it must factor in to its assessment of this conflict as well as its future planning."


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the God of the Bible the supreme egotist? That question arises when
human beings contemplate the meaning of the truth that God does
everything for the sake of his own glory. Is God then a megalomaniac?
Human beings are trapped in a human frame of reference. When we think of motivation, we inevitably start with our own self-conscious knowledge of our own motivations. For a human to seek his or her own glory is narcissism in purest form. Human egotism is constantly on display. And, if we are honest, we know that we seek our own glory as a reflex.
In reality, this is the essence of sin. Our desire for glory is inherently idolatrous and selfish. Paul describes this perfectly in Romans 1:22-23: "Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things." This exchange that robs God of his glory is the very heart of sin. We want the glory that is God's alone.
When we think of God, our reflex is to think in human terms. We are trapped in the knowledge that our efforts to glorify ourselves are perverse. Yet, if we are to think rightly of God, we must think in infinitely different terms, and the only way we can do this is by the gift of revelation. God must give us even the frame of reference with which we can think of him, and he does so in his Word.
The Bible tells us that God does all things for the sake of his own glory. As God spoke to his people through the prophet Ezekiel: "Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes" [Ezekiel 36:22-23].
God's saving acts are for the sake of his own glory, even as his people are redeemed. He acts to vindicate his own name and to display his own power and holiness. Creation itself displays his glory, extending to every atom and molecule. "The heavens declare the glory of God," sings the Psalmist, and God created the world for the purpose of putting his glory on display [Psalm 19:1].
Ultimately, creation serves as the theater of the glory of God's redeeming love. The drama of God's redemption accomplished in Christ is the great story on display. In the consummation of history, the revelation of a new heaven and a new earth will become the platform for the manifestation of the glory of the triune God throughout eternity.
Does this make God a megalomaniac?
Our starting point for answering this question is the perfection of God. As the only perfect being, all that God does is perfect. He perfectly seeks to display his perfection. He is even jealous of his own glory. As John Calvin reminds us, "God is called jealous, because he permits no rivalry which may detract from his glory." In a human this attitude would be ugly and contemptible. In God it is perfect and holy.
As Herman Bavinck expressed this truth, "God can rest in in nothing other than himself and cannot be satisfied with anything less than himself. He has no alternative but to seek his own honor." Similarly, though from a very different theological perspective, Karl Barth defined God's glory as "his dignity and right, not only to maintain, but to prove and declare, to denote and almost as it were to make himself conspicuous and everywhere apparent as the One he is."
This is merely the logic of what it means for God to be the one perfect being. As such, he cannot look beyond himself for anything or anyone greater. In an often-overlooked passage in Hebrews, we are told that "when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself" [Hebrews 6:13]. When humans take an oath, we naturally invoke God's name. When God makes a promise, he can invoke no greater name then his own. This is not evidence of selfishness or narcissism -- only an irrefutable logic.
Even so, some who are troubled by this question may remain puzzled. Even when God is understood to be the one perfect being, this still appears to be a cold logic.
The most important corrective to this misunderstanding is to realize that God's glory is a generous and self-giving glory. His glory is his own joy, and the display of his glory brings his creatures true joy.
When a human glorifies himself, he robs others of joy. Self-aggrandizement and human megalomania cause hurt and harm to others, not blessing and joy.
But when God displays and exhibits his glory, he shares joy with his creatures and wholeness with all creation. Put most directly, without the knowledge of God's glory, we would be robbed of true joy. God would be less than perfect -- even selfish -- if he did not display his glory and allow us to share in the divine joy and fulfillment.
Is God a megalomaniac . . . the transcendent Egotist? Of course not. In the truest sense, this is an arrogant and irresponsible question. How can God be other than he is in his perfection? But in another sense, the question is helpful, for it directs our thinking to the essence of God's glory and resets our theological framework. God shows his love for us in the display of his glory and in his jealous concern for his own name and reputation. Our greatest joy is found in beholding his glory and in glorifying the triune God for all eternity.
Fallen creatures, blinded by sin, cannot see that to rob God of his glory is to rob ourselves of true joy. It takes the grace of God to make that known to us, and, incredibly enough, God glorifies himself in making himself known to sinners and in saving them through Christ's perfect atonement for sin.
For now, we see the glory of God most perfectly displayed in the cross of Christ. That fact alone answers the question far more convincingly than any argument.
Soli Deo Gloria.
We will be talking about this question in a special edition of The Albert Mohler Program today, broadcast before a live audience of college students. Join us by broadcast or online.
Calvin, Four Last Books of Moses, I:423.
Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, II:434.
Barth, Church Dogmatics, II, 1:641. Barth, though neo-orthodox and deficient in many aspects of theology, nonetheless defined the essence of God's glory in definitive terms.


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AKA: Muscle Contraction
Limitations that appear to be about flexibility are often actually about strength. For example, in a seated forward bend, the limitation may be flexibility, or it can be weakness in the core stabilizers of the low back, or strength limitation in the muscles that take the hip joint into a fold.
If joint gets a Sthira/Contraction Tapas Rating at or near 5, that means that, of the Fundamental Asanas, the muscles that affect that joint shape by contracting need to be strong. These joints in these poses are at the top range of strength required to do one or more of those three types of contraction listed above.
If joint gets a Sthira/Contraction Tapas Rating at or near 1, that means that beginning students of average strength can reasonably be expected to be able to make optimal alignment at that joint or area happen without any preparation.
AKA Range of Motion
Of the three types of limitations, this one gets the most attention in the modern yoga culture. The Sukha Tapas Rating is about range of motion at a joint.
If a joint gets a Sukha/ROM Tapas Rating at or near 5, that means that is is either near the end range of motion for that joint in terms of the shapes of the articulating surfaces of the bones that form it, or it is the end range of motion that has been determined optimal for that joint in that pose.
If a joint gets a Sukha/ROM Tapas Rating at or near 1, that means that beginning students of average flexibility can reasonably be expected to be able to make optimal alignment at that joint or area happen.
Working at the Tapas Point requires knowing where the body is and what it is doing. If we are to to determine a stopping point based on whether or not a thing is happening, we need to be able to know whether or not that thing is happening. This is actually the most common limitation when it comes to establishing the Tapas Point, the optimal range of depth for a pose.
In many poses, straight legs are important. However, in many poses where it is difficult to straighten the legs and the practitioner can't see them, the knees will bend without them knowing. Another more common area where proprioception is often limited is in the upper back. Until a practitioner can feel and control an area of the body, it would not be wise to work in poses where this area is given a high Svadhyaya/Proprioception Tapas Rating.
If joint gets a Svadhyaya/Proprioception Tapas Rating at or near 5, that means that, of the Fundamental Asanas, sensitivity to the position and quality of that need to be high. These joints in these poses are at the top range of proprioception required to do it safely and effectively.
If joint gets a Svadhyaya/Proprioception Tapas Rating at or near 1, that means that beginning students of average proprioception can reasonably be expected to be able to make optimal alignment at that joint or area happen with no preparation.
The Tapas Point is a concept that is fundamental to American Yoga School methodology. Working at the Tapas Point does three very important things:
1. It requires the active mental participation of the practitioner in a way that takes the asana from being a purely musculoskeletal endeavor to a mental practice that yields deeply beneficial mental results.
2. It addresses whatever limitation is preventing deeper movement, if that limitation is one that needs addressing. Often, a physical limitation that looks like it is about flexibility is actually about strength. Working at the Tapas Point addresses the issue, whether it is about flexibility or strength, without you needing to know which one it is.
3. It customizes the practice to the individual. The yoga of Patanjali is about the individual, not the group. The Tapas Point is provided so that everybody gets their best practice.
People practice yoga for many reasons. But, almost all of those reasons are about wanting to change something physically or otherwise. The Tapas Point is the body shape, for each pose, at which that change will best happen.
For many of the Fundamental Asanas, there is a range of motion into which the practitioner will come into the pose. For example, in a backbend, one person's spine will move into extension more or less than another person's spine.
Taking things as far as you can as a universal rule heightens risk of injury and limits opportunity to strengthen and open the body in the most effective and balanced way. Often, seeking to move more at one joint causes another area to misalign in a way that heightens risk and limits effectiveness.
There are three main kinds of limitations that help define the Tapas Rating at any area of the body in a pose. Therefore, for each joint there are three Tapas Ratings, ranging from a low of 1 to a high of 5. The overall Tapas Rating here is based on the individual Tapas Ratings for each joint and for each type of challenge, as detailed in the Asana Tech Specs of reach pose.
The three types of Tapas Ratings for each joint are:
Do not take these Tapas Ratings too literally. They are based on many years of experience teaching and observing thousands of practices, but they are imperfect and can never be anything but imperfect.
That's because the poses presented here, and the associated Tapas Ratings, are hypothetical versions of the perfectly aligned pose. Because there is no such thing as a perfect pose, that being one that is exactly like the one described here, going after it would probably cause unnecessary harm to the body and/or mind. So, please keep in mind that your pose is not the pose described here.
For any pose that has a range of depths into which the practitioner will come, there is a Pre-Alignment Pose.
Here, we align and stabilize those things that should not move, but may try to, as we move toward the Tapas Point. Pre-alignment is crucial to knowing how far to go into a pose so that it yields optimal results.
The system we teach is very old, but has great usefulness today. It was written down by a scientist named Patanjali, who lived in ancient India. The text teaches a systematic way to shed layers of painful experience and harmful patterns of thinking using any chosen object of focus.
Choosing to use the body as the focal point is a relatively new thing, but it can work very well if you know what you're doing. Using Patanjali's process, and armed with enough anatomy knowledge that you know what you are working with, learn to use the body as a laboratory where one can safely grow into a better experience of life.
We are here to help shape the future of yoga classes so that practitioners and teachers know how to use Patanjali's amazing system more and better. We do it by walking anybody who is interested through the nuts and bolts of practicing and teaching yoga.


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Mocking frameworks are like cologne …
they help make your tests smell better, but they can cover up some really stinky code.
I was working my way through some old bookmarked blog posts when I ran across Decoupling tests with .NET 4 by Mr. Berridge and it reminded of a discussion I had a few weeks back while teaching a refactoring workshop. The discussion centered around the question: When should I use a mocking framework and when should I use real objects or hand-coded stubs?
*** I will leave the questions of the differences between stubs & mocks and the merits of testing in true isolations versus using real objects for another day ***
Mocking frameworks like Mockito or Moq are great tools, but lately I have been finding myself using them less and less. I have found that the more I use mocking frameworks the more easily I break the Single Responsibility Principle. Now, this obviously isn't the fault of the tool. It is my fault. And my pair's. The real problem is that we grew accustomed to using the tool and began to lean on it as a crutch. As we added more features our code took on more and more responsibilities; but we didn't feel the pain directly because Mockito was doing more and more of the heavy lifting.
In Kevin's post, he specifically talks about TDDing an object with many dependencies and the pain of updating each test as new dependencies were added. Now, I have a ton of respect for Kevin and his code … but I wonder if the another solution to his problem would be to re-examine why the object needed so many dependencies. Is it doing too much? Could these dependencies be re-described and possibly combined into the overall roles they fulfill?
Kevin's solution was clever and a nice tip to keep in my pocket. The devil is in the details. As I try to "follow the pain" I am trying to write more hand-coded stubs and evaluate any time I find myself relying on side-effects to verify how my code works. Wish me luck.


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Three Stations and Nothing On
It's official. The radio really sucks.
For a long time, people have joked that radio stations play the same ten songs. They're wrong. It's actually about one hundred. But when you realize that there are, say, millions of songs to choose from, one hundred isn't that many. Especially when fifty of them, well, really suck.
Since the first week of September, I've been in a car roughly 170 hours. That's the equivalent of being in a car for a week straight. All this car time has given me ample time to listen to the radio. Which was a lot of fun, at first. I even commented, "you know, we've been pretty lucky with the radio so far." And Josh, my traveling companion, agreed. But that's because the radio hadn't yet run out of songs.
Whenever a song comes on that we don't want to hear, we hit the scan button. At first, we'd have to scan through a station or two before we found something. Then we'd have to search most of the dial. Now we let it scan for twenty minutes at a time because that's more entertaining than hearing the same damn song again.
Neither of us listen to country. Afternoon talk radio is the one thing worse than a song you've already heard eight times. And us both being Jewish, the Jesus rock found in most parts of the country isn't an option.
So we start with the local hard rock station. Limp Bizkit. Eminem. Kid Rock. Lincoln Park. Josh doesn't like Lincoln Park so we scan.
Hip Hop. Nelly. 50 Cent. Missy Elliot. Black Eyed Peas and that song everyone thinks is so original because they're too young to remember "We Are the World." This time, I scan.
We stop at Classic Rock. ACDC. ZZ Top. Led Zeppelin. Then one of those slow rock songs that sucked the first time it was released, and it's no better thirty years later. Both of us scan.
Slow rock. Goo Goo Dolls. Foo Fighters. Goo Goo Dolls again. Everclear. Kid Rock? What the heck is he doing here? So we scan again. Quickly.
Sometimes a station will have Outkast, Greenday, Metallica, Creedence, or Rage. Both of us can listen to any songs from any of those groups several hundred times. And we're forced to, because here comes one of Kid Rock's new slow songs again. Like we're supposed to believe that a walking mullet who bangs Pamela Anderson has feelings? Scan, scan!
After we passed Madonna's "Borderline" once, I went back to it. I had no desire to hear it, I just wanted to see what Josh would do. He changed it within two seconds, with a quick, "what were you thinking?" I burst out laughing, and that passed the time until the next Goo Goo Dolls song.
Every six hours, we hear two to three songs we haven't yet heard. Like this morning, when the Steve Miller Band's "Joker" came on. Which was great, until we scanned through it ten minutes later, and again before the scan stopped. So now that song is useless to us for the next week.
Occasionally, there'll be a game on that we want to listen to. Okay, once. Sometimes we just land on something random and leave it. Classical music, jazz, high school football, the Spanish station - whatever isn't Good Charlotte or the latest Good Charlotte clone.
I do a lot of morning radio call-in, and I've done some in studio, too. And I like the stations I work with a lot, but no station can keep you entertained for six hours straight - especially when they only have a driving range of an hour and a half.
There was one exception. While driving through the Texas Panhandle, we picked up a college station from Amarillo. It was the best thing to happen to us musically since we left. A full hour of good songs we hadn't yet heard. And they weren't any of this unpolished Indy Rock stuff that a lot of school stations play. The station played good songs with which we were already familiar, yet had not heard eight times earlier that day. And that just made things tougher on us - because now we know that those songs exist, and we're just not hearing them.
The reason record companies have to sue 13-year-old kids for downloading MP3s is because radios don't play enough decent music to hold their interest. In fact, we just past an afternoon talk radio station where they were discussing just such an issue.
Scan, scan!


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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is holding its third parliamentary elections since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. Wednesday's vote is also the first after the withdrawal of the U.S. forces in 2011. More than 22 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots to choose 328 lawmakers out of more than 9,000 candidates.
Here's a look at the major political player and lists in the race to parliament:
STATE OF LAW: The main Shiite Islamist list that is led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. His main ally is Shiite deputy prime minister for energy, Hussain al-Shahristani, and also Hadi al-Amiri, a former commander of the Shiite Badr Brigades who now serves as transport minister. The list is expected to gain the largest number of seats, given its emergence as the largest single bloc in seven of 12 provinces in last year provincial elections. It came second in 2010 national elections after a Sunni-backed list.
AL-MUWATIN: One of the main rivals to State of Law, the bloc is headed by powerful cleric Ammar al-Hakim of the Shiite Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council. Some of the top candidates are the former interior and finance minister, Bayan Jabr, and Ahmed Chalabi, a prominent Shiite politician whose faulty intelligence was used by Washington to help justify the U.S.-led invasion. The bloc also includes former oil minister, Ibrahim Bahar al-Uloum.
AL-AHRAR: The bloc is made up of candidates from among the followers of firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Few other Sadrists are fielding two separate small tickets. It is not expected to gain a significant number of seats, given al-Sadr's decision in February not to personally endorse any of his candidates.
AL-WATANIYA: A bloc under the leadership of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. In the 2010 parliamentary elections, Allawi's Iraqiya — which included the main Sunni parties and enjoyed the Sunni community's support — won the most seats. But Shiite parties joined forces and formed the largest political bloc in parliament, setting the stage for Allawi to be outmaneuvered and al-Maliki to be chosen for a second term.
MUTAHIDOUN: Led by Sunni parliament speaker, Osama al-Nujaifi, the bloc includes some prominent Sunni politicians in western and northern Sunni-dominated areas.
AL-ARABIYA: A bloc led by Sunni Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq. Along with Mutahidoun, al-Mutlaq's bloc had defected from Iraqiya.
THE UNITED KURDISH ALLIANCE: The bloc is made of the two major Kurdish parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan that is led by Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, which is under the leadership of the president of the self-ruled northern Kurdish region, Masoud Barzani.


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Police: Child falls off balcony of cruise ship at Port Canaveral
14-month-old has been flown to hospital, said police
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – A child was taken to a hospital after falling off a balcony on a cruise ship at Port Canaveral.
Authorities said the 14-month-old crawled away from his dad and fell from the 11th to the 10th floor on the Monarch of the Seas. The Royal Caribbean ship had just left Port Canaveral.
Sources tell Local 6 the ship actually had to turn around, so the child could be flown to Arnold Palmer Hospital. The boy was taken on a stretcher, treated and loaded onto a helicopter.
Royal Caribbean Cruises told Local 6 the 14 month old guest from India traveling on Monarch of the Seas was initially treated in their medical facility, but required additional and urgent medical attention that could only be provided in a hospital.
Officials from the cruise line said the ship turned around and returned to Port Canaveral, where they could debark the guest and their family so that the child could receive urgent medical care.
Royal Caribbean said their care team is providing support and assistance to the guest's family.
Royal Caribbean officials said, "Our thoughts are with their family, and we will continue to do our very best to assist them."
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg sold $3.75 million worth of stock in the company on Tuesday, her second stock sale since trading restrictions on insiders expired last week.
Sandberg sold roughly 176,000 Facebook shares for an average price of $21.24 on Tuesday, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. Sandberg still owns nearly 19 million vested shares of Facebook, the world's No.1 Internet social network, according to the filing.
Last week, Sandberg sold roughly $7.4 million worth of Facebook stock. Facebook General Counsel Theodore Ullyot and Chief Accounting Officer David Spillane also sold millions of dollars worth of shares last week. All the Facebook executives' sales were part of pre-arranged stock trading plans.
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I am trying to set-up an experiment where EEG, eye-tracking signals and a high-speed camera all record data simultaneously.
Our lab already has Neuroscan for EEG acquisition, Tobii TX300 for eye-tracking with Stimtracker, and a Phantom M310 for the high-speed camera. We also have the E-prime software with the Extension for Tobii.
I need to setup a master clock that would send event markers to both Neuroscan and Tobii, as well as control the high-speed camera. I (nearly) already solved the problem of linking all the equipments and send the Event Markers as well as the control signal.
My problem is the timing of this master clock. At first, I though I would use the light sensor provided with the Stimtracker, and display a black or white rectangle on the Tobii TX300 screen. However I need to send markers every 4 ms, and the vertical sync frequency of the Tobii TX300 screen unit is between 49 and 75 Hz, so not fast enough.
Thus I thought of using an Arduino as the master clock, which would send a 5V square-wave signal with a 4 ms period to the TTL input on Stimtracker trough an Ethernet cable (RJ45). Does that work in theory? Can Stimtracker receive and process such a "fast" signal?
Also do you have any other suggestion on how to create this master clock? The easier the better.
Thank you very much for your advice.
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During its late October meeting in Atlanta, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) made a provisional recommendation that will further alter the way family physicians approach tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination for pregnant women.
According to Jamie Loehr, M.D., of Ithaca, N.Y., the AAFP's liaison to the ACIP, the committee voted 14-0, with one abstention, to recommend that providers of prenatal care implement a Tdap immunization program(www.cdc.gov) for all pregnant women, administering a dose during each pregnancy irrespective of immunization history. If not administered during pregnancy, Tdap should be administered immediately postpartum.
"The recommendation is that all pregnant women should receive the Tdap (vaccine) during the late-second or third trimester, regardless of whether or not they've had the Tdap before," Loehr told AAFP News Now. "It is a huge change. In the past, it was recommended that pregnant women get the Tdap during that time period, but (the ACIP) never talked about subsequent pregnancies. Now they are saying you can get pregnant two times in a year and get two Tdaps."
- The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued a provisional recommendation that all pregnant women should receive the tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination during the late-second or third trimester of every pregnancy.
- The ACIP also made a provisional recommendation that infants at increased risk for meningococcal disease should be vaccinated with four doses of the Haemophilus influenzae type B–Neisseria meningitidis serogroups C and Y–tetanus toxoid vaccine.
- In addition, an inhalable quadrivalent influenza vaccine will be available for the 2013-2014 flu season.
Loehr said the data show that when the Tdap vaccine is given to an expectant mother, she produces antibodies, which then are passed on to the fetus. These antibodies protect the baby in the first couple of months of life before the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed (DTaP) vaccine is administered to the child. Because Tdap protection has been shown to decrease over time and because pertussis epidemics across the United States have already claimed the lives of 16 children in 2012, the ACIP passed the recommendation in spite of a paucity of evidence regarding efficacy and outcomes.
"We know the protection wanes, so it might not be there for the next pregnancy, and so we will give them another shot so that the protection will be there at the end of the subsequent pregnancy," said Loehr. "But there is limited data on repeat Tdap (vaccinations) with non-pregnant women. As a practicing FP, I'm going to follow the recommendations, because in general I believe in the process, even when I think the process is not as rigorous as I would like."
ACIP recommendations are considered provisional until they have been approved by the CDC director and HHS and published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Only after the provisional recommendation has been posted to the ACIP site(www.cdc.gov) will it be formally reviewed by the AAFP Commission on Health of the Public and Science's Subcommittee on Clinical Preventive Services.
Increased Risk for Meningococcal Disease
The ACIP also voted to recommend that infants at increased risk for meningococcal disease should be vaccinated with four doses of the Haemophilus influenzae type B–Neisseria meningitidis serogroups C and Y–tetanus toxoid (HibMenCY) vaccine at ages 2, 4 and 6 months, as well as 12 through 15 months.
"These include infants with recognized persistent complement pathway deficiencies and infants who have anatomic or functional asplenia, including sickle cell disease," the CDC said in a media advisory(www.cdc.gov). "HibMenCY can be used in infants ages 2 through 18 months who are in communities with serogroup C and Y meningococcal disease outbreaks."
Loehr said the affected subset of infants is very small.
"There was a movement to try and recommend it for all infants … but the burden of disease in the United States for infants was so low that the working group and the ACIP couldn't bring themselves to vote for it," he said.
MMRV, Nasal Vaccine
Loehr noted that the ACIP also heard information on two other issues: the availability of Merck and Co.'s combination measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccine (ProQuad) and the status of both the inhalable and injectable versions of the quadrivalent influenza vaccine.
"ProQuad is back on the market and available now," said Loehr. "There will also be an influenza quadrivalent on the market for the 2013-2014 flu season, with a small caveat," he noted. "There will be a large supply of quadrivalent nasal vaccine, but the injectable quadrivalent (vaccine) still needs FDA approval, which will likely happen in the next several months. So while the injectable version will technically be available, the trivalent will be the predominant injectable vaccine offered in 2013-2014 because it is likely the FDA will not yet have given its approval by the time we start ordering vaccines."
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The A-4 is a simple plain weave knit hat, made from an Olive green, 100% wool yarn.
They were used by aircraft mechanics and armourers throughout WWII, when conditions were too cool for the A-3!
The Eastman A-4 is made from 100% wool yarn is matched to the original in spec, quality and colour.
One size fits all.


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The Academy of Country Music has announced their first group of performers for the upcoming 54TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™.
ACM Dick Clark Artist of the Decade award winner Jason Aldean will be joined by Brothers Osborne, Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, and George Strait. Additional performers and presenters are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Want to experience this show for yourself? Tickets are on sale now via AXS while VIP experiences can be purchased through CID Entertainment.
Reba is set to return as the 2019 ACM Awards host. Be sure to tune in and watch these country superstars take the stage for once in a lifetime performances. Its all happening LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2019, at 8:00 PM ET / delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
RELATED: Dan + Shay, Chris Stapleton Lead ACM Award Nominations.
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Bronson Arroyo admits that he pumps his body full off all manner of unapproved chemicals and that MLB drug tests don't really concern him. And what about a hardcore steroid user like Manny Ramirez? If he dies, he dies.
Arroyo says in a must-read interview with USA Today that he's pretty sure that he's on The List of failed tests from 2003, because he "took androstenedione the same way I took my multivitamins." And the guy takes a lot of multivitamins.
"I take 10 to 12 different things a day, and on the days I pitch, there's four more things. There's a caffeine drink I take from a company that (former teammate) Curt Schilling introduced me to in '05. I take some Korean ginseng and a few other proteins out there that are not certified. But I haven't failed any tests, so I figured I'm good."
Yeah, that sounds fine. Most of the things Arroyo takes are over-the-counter "remedies" that are not on the approved list of supplements that Major League Baseball has endorsed. So it's pretty much a miracle that he hasn't failed a test yet. But he started taking supplements when he was five and hasn't looked back.
But there's more! Arroyo basically calls out everyone—saying owners care way more about making money than they do about winning (probably true!), Americans who fill their bodies with junk food couldn't care less about steroids (also probably true!), and nobody gives a crap about what Manny Ramirez or Bronson Arroyo do to their bodies.
I can see where guys like Hank Aaron and some of the old-timers have a beef with it," Arroyo says. "But as far as looking at Manny Ramirez like he's (serial killer) Ted Bundy, you're out of your mind. At the end of the day, you think anybody really (cares) whether Manny Ramirez's kidneys fail and he dies at 50?
Arroyo concludes by claiming that he regrets nothing and no one else should either. He's basically saying what everyone else secretly believes—even if they won't admit it. Players will do whatever they can to gain an advantage, they continue do it despite all the furor, and nobody really blames them. Also, fans want their teams to be better and don't really care how that happens. Most importantly, Bronson Arroyo doesn't give a fuck about anything.
That's a direct quote: "I don't give a fuck." I'm glad we cleared that up.
Reds' Arroyo is gambling on supplements, despite risk [USA Today]


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Written in Stone
An ambitious new book explores Hawaii's masterworks in stone.
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It all started with a wall. An immaculately shaped, low stone wall on Pacific Heights that David Cheever couldn't help but notice when he ran and cycled up and down the hill. "I really had a chance to study it and noticed that both sides are battered to a 45-degree angle. I wondered how they found stones that shape." Cheever's wonder and admiration got him thinking about other sorts of structures in Hawaii built of stone, from heiau to office buildings to houses.
The result of his interest is a new, oversize, book, Pohaku—The Art & Architecture of Stonework in Hawaii, 171 pages of striking photography and illuminating essays about some of the Islands' most enduring buildings.
"At first, I made a list of all the stone buildings I could think of and only came up with 12," says Cheever. When he started to chat with local architects, however, he found countless examples. One of the first people he consulted was Frank S. Haines, FAIA, an accomplished Hawaii architect and editor of the reference/picture book, Architecture in Hawaii. "He truly is the dean of Hawaii architecture," says Cheever, "and one of my favorite architects."
Haines and another architect, Dr. Janine Shinoki Clifford, AIA, agreed to edit Pohaku—a big job, given that Cheever wanted to get Island architects to write the essays for each stone structure. "In the end, 56 people contributed to the book," says Cheever. The contributing authors are a who's-who of architects and writers, including people like Haines, David Kaahaaina, current president of the Honolulu AIA chapter, Joseph J. Ferraro, AIA, and Glenn Mason, AIA. Contributing writers and historians include Nancy Bannick, DeSoto Brown and the late Jim Bartels.
"Some of them wrote from the heart, some wrote clinically," Cheever recalls. The variety only adds to the book's effect, engaging the emotions as well as the intellect as people reminiscence about what some of these buildings have meant to them.
For an unyielding substance, stone is remarkably flexible. Left rough and casually jumbled, it makes a wall look rustic, a church homely. Polished, fit tightly together in regular order, it dignifies a school, ennobles a palace. Trying to figure out how the masons of old assembled these buildings is like solving a puzzle. As for that wall that originally puzzled Cheever, he finally learned that the stones weren't found in just the right shape. Instead, they were cut by hand, cloven with precise hammer blows. "It's a lost art," says Cheever. Lost, but not unappreciated.
1. Elma Schadt House, Windward Oahu, 1931
"It's easy to see why this fanciful cottage on the Windward shore is known as the coral house. There are probably no other homes in the Islands built of coral heads. These coral heads are not the cut coral blocks often used by the missionaries and foreign traders in the first half of the 19th century, but the actual coral blooms that grow closer to the ocean surface—an uncommon building material, even for decorative purposes. The cottage harbors a major chapter—and a fascinating one—in the life of one of Hawaiian music's leading composers, Charles E. King. Over several years, his constant companion and business partner, Elma Schadt, dragged coral from the reef offshore and, with a little help from workmen, built this storybook retreat. She envisioned it as a shrine to the great composer."
—Nancy Bannick, Journalist/Historic Preservationist
2. Bishop Estate Building, Honolulu, 1896
"The estate did not construct its own office building until 1896 when a richly detailed stone building on Merchant Street was built. It is constructed of rusticated gray basalt from the Kamehameha quarry. The use of rusticated stone, the two arched door openings and one arched window on the first floor, and the rusticated pilasters between the windows at the second floor of the Bishop Estate Building are reminiscent of the Richardsonian Romanesque style that was so popular in the United States at that time."
—Glenn Mason, AIA, Mason Architects Inc.


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Tu sei qui
Music has been an important part of the 3HO lifestyle since the early days in the late 60s. Starting out with a 3HO 'hippie' strumming a guitar here and there, the explosion of 3HO chant, kirtan, meditation, and yoga music continues to expand across the sound waves. Yogi Bhajan said our songs inspire, open hearts, and buid and sustain the spirit of a nation.
"The power of the song and the smile is the most divine power a human can enjoy. Make the songs, make the music. Reach every heart. Open up every heart. Bring to the consciousness of the people the message of tranquility, grace, nobility, and peace. As long as the people can smile and they can sing their songs, no nation can be destroyed."
-Yogi Bhajan, I am a Woman, p. 36
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Network science, the study of complex interconnected systems, has grown over the past few years as it has become pivotal in understanding a wide variety of fields ranging from molecular and cell biology to social and information sciences and big data. By studying the structure and connectivity patterns of a network, researchers are able to gain insight into how different variables within a network are related and the strength of individual relationships, as well as make predictions about emerging network properties.
In engineered networks, the connections between elements are directly observable. For most social, biological and information networks, the connections are only inferred based on the behavior of elements in the system across time or conditions.
"The challenge is that some elements may appear correlated in their activity patterns solely because they are both connected to a third party," says Manolis Kellis, an associate professor of computer science at MIT. "For example, if my son comes to several genomics conferences with me, it may seem like he is part of the genomics community, but the link is only indirect."
These indirect links have plagued the field of network science since its inception, and as data mining capabilities are able to capture increasingly subtle interactions in increasingly dense networks, the challenge is only greater. Removing indirect effects seems almost impossible, as they are deeply engrained in any network inferred by observing behavioral patterns.
In a new paper appearing in the August edition of Nature Biotechnology, Kellis and colleagues from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), the MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE), and the Broad Institute, describe a new algorithm that can infer direct dependencies in a network.
"We developed a new approach for distinguishing which interactions are direct and which are redundant by leveraging connectivity patterns from the complete network," says Soheil Feizi, lead author of the paper and a graduate student at CSAIL and RLE. "We applied it to gene networks, protein folding, and co-authorship social networks, but our method is general and applicable to many other network science problems."
During their research, the team recognized that a network inferred from real-world observations is in fact a transformation of a true, but hidden, underlying network. The observed links represent the sum, or 'convolution', of direct links and their infinitely many echoes over all paths in the network, each with diminishing effects. With this realization, they sought to mathematically reverse the effects of network convolution, by exploiting key properties of matrix decomposition and infinite sums.
They expressed the matrix representing all element correlations as a function of its principal components, and corresponding weights for each component. This transformation allowed the researchers to isolate and remove the effects of network convolution on each component separately, and rebuild the original true network, thus distinguishing the direct connections likely responsible for all observed dependencies.
The technique is similar to trying to distinguish between water and alcohol mixed together in a glass. In liquid form, the two are indistinguishable to the human eye. If frozen, it is immediately apparent which liquid is water and which is alcohol, as the water will freeze and the alcohol will not.
"Transforming the network to a spectral space reveals direct links in a clearer manner," Feizi says. "Spectral approaches use global information from the complete structure of the network, and are thus much more powerful than previous methods that only looked at local properties to recognize indirect links."
Most techniques for inferring connections within a network are typically computationally intensive and time-consuming and only applicable to a limited number of situations. The technique developed by the MIT researchers can be applied to a wide variety of areas, from studying gene regulatory networks, to social and online networks and other information sciences, providing insight on disease pathways, social interactions and other diverse fields.
"The technique readily reveals how local interactions affect global behavior," says Muriel Medard, co-author of the study and a professor in RLE. "It is a versatile analytical tool that can be applied to networks of arbitrary dimension, and fits in a more general framework of applying information theory and linear algebra techniques to real-world problems, with many possible modifications."
"Introducing such a foundational operation on networks seems surprising in this day and age," Kellis says. "However, network science is still a young field, and with new insights coming from diverse domains, we expect many such additional surprises to emerge with broad impact in our increasingly interconnected world."


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- 4 Beds
- 4 Full, 1 Half
- 2,705 +/- Sqft
Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionCordillera F16 - Kensington Green
Listing Date01/23/19
Year Built1998
AreaCordillera - The Divide
Lot Size0.27 Acres (11,761 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Garage
Property Description
This immaculate English Cottage style Kensington home offers an additional guest suite/family room above garage, providing ample space for family and guests. With a private, serene setting overlooking the Dave Pelz short course, enjoy nature with views of the pond, surrounding mountains and Gore Range. Updated with new appliances and Living Room furnishings, this home will charm you from the unique neighborhood setting to sunsets on the deck.
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- Cable Available
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- Fireplace - Gas
- Multi-Level
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Eminönü is a district of Istanbul in Turkey. This is the heart of the walled city of Constantine, the focus of a history of incredible richness. Eminönü covers the point on which the Byzantine capital was built. The Galata Bridge crosses the Golden Horn into Eminönü and the mouth of the Bosphorus opens into the Marmara Sea. And up on the hill standsTopkapı Palace, the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) and Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya). Thus Eminönü is the main tourist destination in Istanbul. It was a part of the Fatih district until 1928, which covered the whole peninsular area of old Istanbul within the medieval city walls - that area which was formerly the Byzantine capital Constantinople. Since the resident population of Eminönü is low today, it is scheduled to rejoin the Fatih district.
Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey and the third largest city in the world. The city covers 27 districts of the Istanbul province.It is located on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world which is situated on two continents. In its long history, Istanbul served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Culture for 2010. The historic areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.


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I hope you all had a wonderful Tishrei! Yes, we made it, and here's a virtual HIGH FIVE from me to you :)
So now its time to get back into Morah Mommy zone... so I put together a bunch of resources and idea's for learning about Parshas Bereishis and Parshas Noach... hope its helpful!
Good Luck and have a fabulous week!


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LUGANO, Switzerland — Second-seeded Elise Mertens won the Samsung Open on Sunday, beating Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 6-2 to take her third career WTA Tour title.
The 20th-ranked Belgian clinched on her first match point when the 19-year-old Sabalenka from Belarus netted a two-handed, backhand approach shot.
Mertens won her first clay-court event after winning the past two editions of the Hobart International on hard courts in Australia.
Sunday was a relatively simple end to the rain-hit tournament for the 22-year-old Mertens after her long Saturday shift of three-set victories in the quarterfinals and semifinals.
Sabalenka, ranked No. 61, is now 0-2 in tournament finals. She hit 24 winners Sunday but also had 35 unforced errors.


text: Hamline breaks ground; University Center to open fall of 2012 With hard hats on and shovels in hand, students, faculty, alumni, and donors broke ground on Hamline University's new University Center on Monday, April 11, 2011. The official groundbreaking ceremony took place at the site where the new building will stand—on the southwest edge of Hamline's Saint Paul campus at the corner of Snelling and Englewood avenues. Aspiring to meet the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED silver standards, the three-level glass and terra cotta building will include solar panels and a green roof. It will include large and small meeting spaces, computer bars, dining facilities, a coffee shop, a Spirit Store, a meditation room, an outdoor terrace, and an underground parking garage. The 75,000 square foot building will serve as the anchor gathering place on campus for commuter and residential students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch has designed the building, and Roseville-based McGough will construct it.Thus far, Hamline has raised more than $15 million in gifts toward the project and expects to raise an additional $9 million before the center is completed in August of 2012. The lead gift of $8.3 million came from 1946 Hamline University College of Liberal Arts alumna Carol Anderson and her deceased husband Dennis. The building will be named the Carol Young Anderson and Dennis Anderson University Center, in honor of the couple, Hamline University announced today."Through their generous gift, Carol and Dennis Anderson have allowed us to begin realizing the dream for the new University Center," said Hamline University President Linda Hanson. "We recognize that a modern, attractive, and functional University Center plays a critical role in creating a sense of community, recruiting students, and serving commuting students, many of whom are professional working adults. It will invite living and learning activities with all the amenities of good food, a one-stop shop for services on campus, quiet places for students to study, and robust spaces for groups of our Hamline community members to gather."The Andersons are longtime supporters of Hamline. After graduating from Hamline University in 1946 with a degree in sociology, Carol married Dennis Anderson, and they farmed and ran a ranch in South Dakota for the next several decades. Over the years, Carol Anderson volunteered her time and talent as a member of the South Dakota State Board of Social Services and the State Board for the League of Women Voters. Twice she was named the Democratic Party candidate from Pennington County for the South Dakota State House of Representatives, and she has held a unique position as the first female president of the YMCA board of directors in Rapid City, South Dakota. Carol served on the Hamline University Board of Directors from 1993-2001 and as chair of the estate planning and endowment committee for the New American University Campaign. Carol resides in South Dakota."I am elated we are able to give a substantial portion of our accumulated estate to Hamline University," Carol Anderson said. "Hamline has been very much a part of our lives. My memories of Hamline are intertwined with memories of World War II, as the war impacted our college years from start to finish. One effect may have been that women had opportunities for leadership we might not have had in more normal times. I am so thankful for the years I had at Hamline; they were like no other years in my life. I feel blessed that we are able to give back to this university that has served Dennis and I so well. I feel the University Center is an incredibly worthy investment."The Andersons have made a previous gift of $1 million to endow the Carol Young Anderson and the Dennis Anderson Chair in the Social Sciences. Added to their gift for the University Center, and their 50+ years of annual support, their total giving to Hamline University exceeds $9.6 million.


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Space ideal flagship to encourage youngsters
It is vital that more youngsters opt for technical and scientific studies and careers, says an educational policy report recently issued by the Space and Education Forum of the Belgian Prince Philippe Fund, prepared in cooperation with the Belgian Science Policy Office and ESA.
The 'Space for Science and Technology' report was presented last week at the 'Space for Science and Technology' conference in Brussels. The importance of the Forum's work was illustrated by the presence HRH Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium, accompanied by Belgian astronauts Dirk Frimout and Frank De Winne, ESA's Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations René Oosterlinck, and three Belgian ministers responsible for education and science policy.
The Prince Philippe Fund founded the Space and Education Forum in 2005 under the chairmanship of Frank De Winne, the Belgian ESA astronaut. The final report is based on international research and a survey among 500 teachers.
"More than ever we need youngsters to choose science and technology," said Frank De Winne. "Space is an ideal subject to accomplish this. Space is flashy and so it should be for young people. In all this, teachers have to play an important role. Without them we can do nothing. They should be supported."
Encouraging youngsters
The Forum wanted to find new methods of encouraging students and young people to opt for scientific or technical studies and to translate their talents and capacities into the required skills. In 2006 and 2007, the Forum was instructed to develop ideas and propose initiatives to raise the interest of young people in space and space research. More than 80 players have been involved. "They come not only from the space sector, but also from education," explained De Winne.
"The time is ripe to make youngsters aware of science and technology. The policy makers have to make space research a flagship theme," according to the Prince Philippe Fund.


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Co-Author Of Mike Huckabee Books Was Accused Of Child Molestation In Two Legal Cases
Prominent Christian author John Perry, who has also co-authored a book with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, has been accused of child molestation in two separate lawsuits.
"As a result of the investigation, the allegations of sexual battery were sustained, but it was determined that the statute of limitations had tolled, barring prosecution. The victim was age 18 when she first disclosed the allegations to non-law enforcement and said at that time she did not want the matter reported to the Tennessee Department of Children's Services or the police."
In a second series of lawsuits brought in a county court in Tennessee, and related to the same alleged acts of child molestation, Austin Davis, a former parishioner of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville, claims that the church covered up Perry's alleged acts of child molestation and launched a campaign to silence and harass Davis.


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I came across a great DIY bathroom project from the brilliant minds at Better Homes and Gardens. Instead of purchasing a new vanity, consider converting an existing dresser into the perfect sink space, complete with plenty of drawers!
The first–and most critical–step of the project is to find a dresser that fits with your bathroom's decor and size. You may already have something on hand, or this could be a great excuse to do a little salvage or flea market shopping.
Once you've found a piece of furniture to fit the bill–as well as a sink and faucet, of course–the project easily comes together.
BHG advises the removal of any drawers or drawer supports that will interfere with your sink and its plumbing.
Use a positioning template (fancy DIY speak for a paper cutout the size of the sink) to draw where your sink will go on the top of the dresser. Also note where the faucet will be installed if the faucet will be mounted outside of the sink.
Use a jigsaw to cut out the sink, faucet water supply openings. Install the sink and faucet, and if needed, modify the drawers around the sink to fit in the new space. You can cut off the back of the drawer with the jigsaw until you've reached your desired length, and re-insert the drawers.
Hook up the plumbing and your sink is set!
This project is a great example of how to use a piece of reclaimed furniture to bring a new aesthetic into a space. What's your personal DIY style? Do you prefer to find a new piece of furniture that fits your needs, or do you enjoy modifying an existing piece to create an entirely new function?
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Anna Van Hollen
Posted by Anna Van Hollen on July 13, 2011 in News Clips
President Obama has failed to live up to the expectations he created in the Arab world, according to a new poll released by IBOPE Zogby International and the Arab American Institute Foundation. The poll also noted that most Arab countries view the U.S. less favorably today than they did during the last year of the Bush administration.
When President Bush left office, 9 percent of Egyptians had a favorable attitude towards the United States. After Barack Obama was elected, that number jumped to 30 percent. But today, only 5 percent of Egyptians surveyed said they have a favorable opinion of the United States and its president. Similar figures in Morocco, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates illustrate that the initial optimism in the region has been eclipsed by a widespread sense of disappointment.
"President Obama did not create the problems, but he created the expectation that the problems would be solved," said James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute.
"He sent a number of signals early on that U.S. policy would change: in his inauguration speech, in his al-Arabiya interview, and in his appointment of [former Senate Majority Leader] George Mitchell as special envoy," said Zogby. "By the time of his speech in Cairo, the favorable ratings of the U.S. were at their highest ever."
But figures from six Arab nations tell the same story: People in the Arab world are frustrated by the lack of follow-up. "You get credit for trying after 100 days, but after two years you don't get credit for trying; you get credit for producing, and the production isn't there," Zogby said.
"I'm not faulting the president. He didn't get a magic wand when he took office," Zogby said. "Instead, he got a shovel to get out of a deep hole. Every one of the issues that he's inherited has been more difficult than he or anyone else expected."
Aaron David Miller, a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, said that the results reflect a fundamental "clash of interests" between the United States and countries in the region, calling the results "a very old story, which Zogby has simply brought up to date."
"The fact is that there is a huge disconnect between what we believe is the right approach in the region and what many of the people who live there believe is the right approach," Miller said.
"The bottom line is that Arabs expect a fundamental change in policy, but that change will not be forthcoming. And therefore the story of the United States in this region is going to continue to be difficult, to say the least."Original Article


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There's still a few days of hype left before Super Bowl XLVII finally kicks off between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday at the Superdome in New Orleans.
With that, we at PGA.com, decided to get in on the hype, posing this question to our friends in PGA.com Facebook Nation: Based on Super Bowl performance, what NFL player (past or present) would you want as your golf partner in a money game?
Well, the feedback was overwhelming. With nearly 400 responses from you, here's the top-9 list of NFL players you'd want to be your golf partner in a money game based on Super Bowl performance.
Agree? Disagree? Tell us why in the comment section below.
9. Jim McMahon. Come on! How cool is this guy? We're talking a two-time Super Bowl champ with the Chicago Bears. He'd probably rock one of his headbands during the round and -- of course -- you'd be doing the Super Bowl Shuffle to get hyped up for the match.
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"Jim McMahon." -- Irish Putts
"Jim McMahon. Chicago Bears. Barefoot and beer drinking." -- TJ Wolnik
8. Steve Young. From Joe Montana's back up to the first Super Bowl MVP to be the leading QB and leading rusher in a Super Bowl. Young finished his career as a three-time Super Bowl champion with the 49ers.
Facebook fan quotes:
"But seriously, Steve Young. I bet he'd have a nasty lefty swing like Phil." -- Pat Evett
"Steve Young!" -- Drew Frechette
7. Adam Vinatieri. What? A kicker made the list? You bet. A four-time Super Bowl champion (three with New England and one with Indianapolis), Vinatieri is the greatest clutch kicker in football history. The Snow Bowl against the Raiders, where -- in blizzard conditions -- he kicked a game-tying field goal in regulation and a game-winner in overtime; and two Super Bowl-winning field goals in the final seconds of those games.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Adam Vinatieri." -- Jake Morrison
"Adam Vinatieri." -- Jonathan Flores
"Adam Vinatieri. Talk about money, that guy is mister pressure." -- Michael Toth
"Adam Vinatieri. Cause when the pressure was on he was clutch... That is a guy I want making a five footer to win." -- Thomas Hawkeye Valdez
"Adam Vinatieri. He's clutch when the game rests on his shoulders." -- Ryan Stonaker
6. Terry Bradshaw. I'm surprised that Bradshaw didn't get more love from PGA.com Facebook Nation. After all, he won four Super Bowls in a six-year period for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Most impressive, he was undefeated in his four Super Bowl appearances.
Facebook fan quotes:
"How has no one said TERRY BRADHAW yet?" -- Matt Allen
"Terry Bradshaw would be fun." -- James B Batchelor
"Terry Bradshaw. The Man never lost. So in golfing I would win every time!" -- Gary Hernet
"Terry Bradshaw... He did not have the physical skills, the natural ability of Joe Montana, yet he did the same thing Montana did, lead his team to 4 Super Bowls and something no other QB has ever done, TWICE BACK TO BACK. I want Terry on my side. I am a born and raised Northern Californian. 49er Fan. But as a Football Fan, Terry Bradshaw is DA MAN." -- Ed Rapp
5. Jerry Rice. OK. We've reached that point in the list from No. 5 to No. 2 where you could pretty much flip a coin on the order these players should be ranked. Here, at No. 5 -- according to all of you -- is the best wide receiver in the game's history and regarded by many as the greatest overall player in NFL history. Rice won three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers and an AFC Championship with the Oakland Raiders. Also, if you hadn't heard, this guy loves to golf.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Jerry Rice." -- Thomas Moran
"JERRY RICE." -- Rickey Joseph Abraham
"Jerry Rice definitely." -- Jeremy Clark
"Jerry Rice all day!" -- Antwain Smith
"Jerry Rice in Super Bowl XXIII. Won the game MVP with 215 yards on 11 catches. In the post game interview he said Montana deserved the MVP. He's the greatest WR ever and a class act. Who wouldn't want to have him as their golf partner?" -- Travis Falkner
4. Eli Manning. Before 2007, it was hard to imagine wanting any other "Manning" than Peyton as your quarterback. However, with two Super Bowl wins over the New England Patriots -- both MVP performances, one of which broke up an undefeated season for the Pats -- little brother Eli and the New York Giants have proven on more than one occasion that you'd rather have Eli in the clutch than big brother Peyton. Not bad considering both will be Hall of Famers.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Eli Manning -- good for miraculous double-eagles, for sure!" -- Joseph S Loveless
"Eli Manning." -- Jarrod Leuck
"Eli Manning all day. Ice in his veins." -- Anthony Freda
"Eli Manning -- for his penchant for mastering 4th quarter drives." -- Kristin Gulcher Conforti
"Eli Manning... you can't count him out. He has something to prove; plays with no fear and he has proven he can be clutch under pressure at the end of the game." -- A.p. Cooper
"Eli Manning. He just doesn't care that you undefeated or supposed to beat his team. Mr. Clutch." -- Mike Heiss
3. Tom Brady. What can you say? This guy is amazing. The slowest guy on the field, but far and away (usually) the smartest. Yes, there is a diehard New England Patriots fan writing this piece, but so what? Around these parts in the Northeast, Brady is considered the greatest of all time. However, he's lost the last two Super Bowls he's been in and had far from a good game in the AFC Championship against the Ravens two weeks ago. Even still, Brady is a three-time Super Bowl champ and his career numbers are off the charts. And... as we know up here in New England... Brady might be aging, but he's got plenty left in the tank.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Tom Brady... without a doubt!" -- Clayton Bennett
"Tom Brady Could Do That!" -- William Blake Klein
"Tom Brady, cool as a cucumber!" -- Frank Avelar
"Tom Brady! Enough said!" -- Matthew Cimino
"Tom Brady. Read his interview in golf mag a few years ago. Impressive." -- Mike Finlin
"Tom Brady... with Giselle in the gallery shouting insults at the other players, we'd fly under the radar to a victory." -- Abby Davis
2. John Elway. Elway took his Denver Broncos to an amazing five Super Bowls. In those trips, he was able to win two -- back-to-back. Elway retired in 1999 and statistically was the second most prolific passer in NFL history.
Facebook fan quotes:
"John Elway." -- Scott Gay
"John Elway." -- Dan Lockhart
"Elway!" -- Mathew Wukich
"John Elway. He's close to a scratch golfer. Money in the bank!" -- Jim Asquith
"Elway. Back 2 Back RINGS!" -- Matt Bolt
"Elway; going to give it all for the birdies!" -- Randy Wheatley
"Elway courage and determination." -- Michael Kinney
"Gotta be John Elway, The helicopter dive for a first down. He left it all on the field and was not going to be denied. That's the kind of attitude I want when the money is on the line." -- Chad W. Kennedy
1. Joe Montana. Remember earlier when we said you could flip a coin for Nos. 5-2? Well, when it comes to No. 1, this one is a no-doubter. Not even close. Far and away, Montana -- the greatest of all time -- is the one player, based on Super Bowl performance, in NFL history that the majority of PGA.com Facebook Nation would want on their side in a money game. Montana started in four Super Bowl games and won all of them.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Joe Montana 4 for 4... go Niners!" -- Bryan Hogan
"Joe Montana!" -- Ann Savoie
"Joe Montana LEGEND!" -- Chris Goodman
"Joe Montana." -- Bryon Kennedy
"Joe Montana -- based on how cool he kept his team on the 92-yard, game winning-drive against the Bengals. Joe Cool all day." -- Ryan Johnson
"Joe Montana -- one of the greatest QB's in pressure situations." -- Allen Winemiller
"Joe Montana, nobody else is close, not even Tom Brady, and I'm a Michigan fan." -- Darrell Hovinen
"Montana. You'd never lose the big game." -- Andrew Giovanni Galvin
"Joe Montana, smoother than a well-raked trap." -- Todd E. Narrol
"Joe Montana because he is accurate with his passes like any great golfer needs to be!" -- David McClure
"Joe Montana. You want someone who keeps his cool under fire, and nobody else comes close. He's like the ice man out on the football field." -- Darrell Hovinen
"Gotta be Joe Montana... looks into the gallery sees John Candy, and then throws the pass to win it- -- he knew he was gonna win!" -- Jerry Mac
"Joe Montana, cool as a cucumber and undefeated, however, I would want to put Scott Norwood on their team so all their clutch putts would be wide right." -- Anthony Reed
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