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President Barack Obama will spend the long holiday weekend in Florida, relaxing with friends.
The White House said this week that Obama would head to the West Palm Beach area on Friday, after a stop earlier in the day in Chicago, his hometown, to discuss economic proposals in his State of the Union address.
Spokesman Josh Earnest said Thursday that Obama would spend a few days on Florida's Atlantic Coast relaxing with friends he did not identify. No public events were scheduled.
"The president of the United States is the president of the United States 24 hours a day, and will fulfill his responsibilities as president even while he's getting some well-deserved downtime with some friends this weekend," Earnest told reporters traveling with Obama. "I don't think the American people will begrudge him that."
Obama's traditional Christmas vacation in his native Hawaii was interrupted last year as he negotiated with Congress to avoid a slate of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that could have hurt the economy.
He spent Christmas in Hawaii with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha, but soon after returned to Washington to resume negotiations. He flew back to the island state on New Year's Day, after a deal was reached, and returned to the White House with his family several days later.
Earnest did not mention Obama's family, which suggested that the first lady and their daughters would not join the president on vacation in a state he narrowly won on his way to re-election.
Mrs. Obama's office did not respond to a question about her plans for the weekend.
At an event Thursday at a school in suburban Atlanta, where Obama talked about his proposal to provide preschool for every 4-year-old, he allowed that Malia could have plans of her own this weekend.
"Now, I do have to warn the parents who are here who still have young kids. They grow up to be, like, 5-10, and even if they're still nice to you, they basically don't have a lot of time for you during the weekends," the president said. "They have sleepovers and - dates. So all that early investment just leads them to go away."
Obama often jokes about how tall Malia has grown - she's nearly as tall as her 6-foot-1 father - and how little time she has to spend with him now that she's a teenager.
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Lenders continue to make progress from the depths of the Great Recession, the latest BauerFinancial ratings show
In his 40 years in the banking business, 1st Manatee Bank president and chief executive Thomas Hodgson has weathered some difficult years. But none, he says, were as hard as the recent downturn.
"I've never seen anything like this. This has been as tough a time as I can remember," said Hodgson, a Manatee County banker for more than three decades. "It was a tough deal. Look at how many banks we lost."
Nine community banks in Southwest Florida failed during the Great Recession, which economists say officially lasted from 2007 through 2009. But 12 survived, and for them, the banking industry here and throughout Florida continues to recover, with increased profits, shrinking levels of bad loans and improved ratings from analysts.
"Business has started to pick up, and loan demand is picking up as well," Hodgson said. "We're seeing a comeback, but there is still a long road to go."
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No local banks were downgraded.
At the same time, all of the community banks based in Sarasota, Manatee or Charlotte counties turned a profit in the second quarter -- the first time that has occurred since the onset of the financial crisis.
Banks throughout Florida also finally showed gains, although small ones, in asset quality in the latest quarter, according to Benjamin C. Bishop Jr., president of the Allen C. Ewing & Co. investment bank.
"The positive trends that Florida banks have experienced in recent quarters should continue, provided the economy is improving," Bishop said. "It is also reassuring to hear from bankers -- for the first time in many years -- that recent safety and soundness examinations did not require any loan downgrades or increased loan-loss provisions."
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While on the mend, Florida's banks still compare poorly to the rest of the nation.
Only 33 percent of the state's 217 banks and thrifts were healthy enough to earn the top "recommended" grade from Bauer in the second quarter. That was the third-lowest percentage in the country, behind only Arizona and Georgia.
Just as disconcerting, Bauer flagged 38 percent of Florida's banks as "troubled and problematic" -- the most in the nation.
By comparison, Bauer tapped 66.6 percent of the nation's banks as recommended, and just 10.5 percent as troubled. Bauer rated 31 Florida banks with its lowest mark -- zero stars -- the same as last quarter.
1st Manatee, marking five years in business this fall, was bumped from three stars, or "adequate," to three-and-a-half stars, or "good," in Bauer's latest report card.
Sabal Palm Bank of Sarasota also moved up a half-star, to three-and-a-half stars. Encore National Bank, of Port Charlotte, improved from three-and-a-half to four stars, or "excellent."
The improvements also can be juxtaposed against another positive trend: The pace of Florida bank failures has clearly slowed.
Five Florida banks have been closed so far this year, compared with 11 at this point in 2011. A total of 13 Florida banks failed in 2011, while the state led the nation in 2010, with 29 failures. The last local bank to collapse was Sarasota's LandMark Bank of Florida, which went under in July 2011.
Ewing & Co. identified 41 Florida banks with Texas ratios -- a yardstick that tags banks that could be vulnerable to failure -- of more than 100 in the second quarter. That was down from 48 banks three months earlier. The ratio is determined by totaling a bank's non-performing assets and loans, plus loans delinquent for more than 90 days, and then dividing by its tangible capital equity, plus loan-loss reserve. A ratio of 100 or more is considered a warning sign.
Sarasota's The Bank of Commerce was the only bank based locally on the list, with a Texas ratio of 383.16 -- the fifth-highest level in the state. As it has in recent quarters, Bank of Commerce also received Bauer's lowest grade of zero stars.
Bauer upgraded five banks that operate branches in the region.
Hancock jumped one star to five stars, the top, "superior," grade.
Seaside National gained one-half star to four stars. Bank of America and SunTrust moved up one-half star, to three-and-a-half stars. And CNL Bank moved from zero to one star, or "troubled."
Two credit unions also earned better marks. Manatee Community Federal moved up one star to five stars, while Everence Federal added one star to four stars. In all, Bauer gave recommended marks to 80 percent of the state's credit unions, and troubled ratings to just 3.1 percent.
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Fueling the Bauer upgrades, the Florida banking industry posted a combined $160 million profit in the second quarter.
That was double the $80 million profit of a year earlier, but off from the $172 million earned in the first quarter of 2012, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. But even the profit numbers are not all positive.
Thirty percent of the state's financial institutions lost money through the first half of the year, compared with just 11 percent across the country.
Still, 2012 appears to be rebound year for Florida banks, which were battered harder than most other states' by the recession and real estate downturn.
The state's banks and thrifts have now earned $332 million through the first half of the year, nearly double their combined $178 million profit for all of 2011.
Florida's 197 commercial banks earned $155 million in the second quarter, compared with a loss of $96 million last year. The 20 thrifts earned just $5 million, down from a $115 million profit a year ago.
Statewide, the average return on assets -- a key measure of profitability -- was 0.48 percent, up from 0.10 percent last year but just half the national average of 0.99 percent.
Meanwhile, the state's banking profile continues to contract from the combination of failures and mergers. The number of institutions decreased by 21 since last year, and by 48 over the past two years. Assets fell by $9.1 billion from last year, and employment declined by 1,462 jobs, to 25,877. And, bucking the national trend, net loans and leases are still shrinking in Florida. The state reported $89 billion in loans and leases, down from $95.6 billion a year earlier. Nationwide, loan balances rose $102 billion, or 1.4 percent, their fourth quarterly increase among the last five periods.
The nation's 7,246 banks posted net income of $34.5 billion in the second quarter, up by $5.9 billion over a year ago. It was the 12th straight quarter that earnings registered a year-over-year gain, the FDIC reported.
Another positive: The number of banks on the FDIC's problem list declined from 772 to 732, the lowest roster of troubled banks since the end of 2009. Total assets of those problem institutions fell by $10 billion, to $292 billion. Moreover, just as in Florida, fewer banks across the U.S. failed this year: a total of 41 as of Sept. 13, well off last year's pace of 71 failures at that point.

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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:13 pm
Post subject: Bill Clinton Backs Mandatory AIDS Testing
Old Billy shows us how much of a fuckin pig he is for the mighty AIDS dollars and the de-population agenda -
Bill Clinton Backs Mandatory AIDS Testing -
Bill Clinton has called for mandatory testing for HIV/AIDS in nations that have high infection rates.
The former president said at a briefing in London Tuesday that testing is essential to reduce the spread of AIDS, because determining peoples HIV status is the best way to make them change their sexual behavior.
I think there needs to be a total rethinking of this testing position in the AIDS community and a real push for this, Clinton said. There is no way we are going to reduce the spread of this epidemic without more testing because 90 percent of the people who are HIV positive dont know it.
Clinton was referring to statistics from his Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative to bring drugs and testing to poor countries, which reports that more than 90 percent of the 40 million people living with HIV do not know they are infected. Developing countries need to run at least 200 million HIV tests in the next four years, says the foundation.
Clinton added, [But] when someone tells you there are 40 million sufferers, theyre just extrapolating. If 90 percent dont even know, how can you ever reduce the number of sufferers?
They need to know their status, he added.
The African nation of Lesotho, where more than 27 percent of the 2.2 million population are HIV-positive and life expectancy is just 34.4 years, will be the first country to do universal testing, Reuters reports.
Clinton said Lesotho is a test case to see whether rapid tests, costing from 49 to 65 cents each, and drugs can reduce the infection rate.
The whole idea is to treat this as a public health problem, not as some source of shame or disgrace and to keep as many people alive as possible, he explained.
He added that the key to targeting testing and aid was not whether a country was rich or poor, but its infection rate. When the rate reaches a critical point it endangers the public health system and social stability, making it more difficult to bring rates down.
Clintons Foundation is working with 22 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia.
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Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:41 pm
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Bill Cllinton backs Scientology
If you're not familiar with Scientology, it would be a good start to watch this series of interviews. The last one is quite spooky.
I wonder if this is part of a strange cult too
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From the link above,
In November, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with German
Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel - and urged him to stop being intolerant
toward Scientologists
OK, maybe Madeline was just old and suffering from senile dementia.
When Albright was asked whether the U.S. sanctions on Iraq following the Gulf War were worth the cost, given that they were responsible for the deaths of roughly half a million children, Albright answered, "It was a difficult decision . . .but yes . . .I think it was worth it."
Oops, maybe she's just evil.
Let's have a closer look,
This interview looks very staged to me. Could this be another case of Jew baiting?
I'm cetainly not saying the bitch isn't evil, but at least the guys in the CIA still have a sense of humour. Just consider who Bush chose to head the World Bank.
How contrversial. Even without knowing the background of Wolfowitz, his face looks like it's come straight out of the Nazi propaganda film "The Eternal Jew". rofl. Bush has a great sense of humour too. This gives plenty of ammunition for the CIA Jew bashing programme. It's funny how the Jews with money and power have absolutely no shame. Of course it's the average common Jew who'll pay the price, just like in the old days. I'll bet most of the rich powerful Jews escaped the gas chambers in the 1940s. They would have bailed out and fled the country well before it came to that.
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:55 pm
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Mandatory universal AIDS testing might not be such a bad thing. Think of the children in Africa. Think of the women. There's a new inspirational documentary called "A Closer Walk". See the trailer on google video
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Post subject: My God, he was right after all...
Bill Clinton has called for mandatory testing for HIV/AIDS in nations that have high infection rates.
ie Africa et al + Free AIDS "medications" (coz we love 'em) = Needless Megadeath & Genocide of all the useless eaters (especially the darkies, natch)
Mission accomplished.
My GOD! Alex Jones *was* right, after all - it's the "Illuminati Depopulation Agenda Big Pharma Cashless Contol Grid Society" writ large!
"Even without knowing the background of Wolfowitz, his face looks like it's come straight out of the Nazi propaganda film "The Eternal Jew"
ROFLMAO - you're so right. I've seen the guy before, but just do a Google Image search for the word 'wolfowitz'. After reading your observation, then seeing the Google results, I laughed my arse off!
Even the cartoonists are at it:
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:45 pm
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Thanks for the cartoon Continuity. Note that both personalities in the cartoon are government actors promoting different corrupt ideologies.
On the topic of this thread, I was just reading an article with interesting quotes which might be relevent. Here's an example
"By eliminating these safeguards, what they're calling 'routine testing' will in practice be mandatory testing," said Rose Saxe, a staff attorney with the ACLU AIDS Project.
Here's the link
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I am still not convinced this will go over well and most doctors will not want to deal with it. Now everyone is a "risk group" according to AID$ inc.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:13 pm
Post subject: THE GREAT HIV HOAX
Dear Arnie said "95% of the people need to be told what to think .." CONCENTRATE on the 1 in 20.
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Judging from the official court testimony on a couple of his female 'friends', Slick Willy should be calling for mandatory penis enlargement(for himself, that is).
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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:07 am
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Here's a really good example of eugenics. It's amazing how well you can focus the AIDS cult on blacks, using NGOs and Jesus. The National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and mandatory testing combined with the new rapid-results AIDS testing should help more niggas know their status.
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I have a feeling that slickwilly will come to a very bad end - 'suicide', 'plane crash', 'sudden fatal heart attack' whatever.
Anyone who has sold his soul and accumulated as much bad karma as he has, well.....
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A minor embarrassment for the Black AIDS awareness campaign.
I wonder why Tommy couldn't just accept that he has AIDS. He's got the right skin color. Maybe he was smart enough to follow his gut feeling when he came in contact with the bizarre suicidal AIDS cult.
Here's an interesting post on Tommy from last year.
on more than one occasion he publicly blamed the U.S. government for starting an "AIDS conspiracy."
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When Google first unveiled its Project Glass, an initiative aimed at creating augmented reality glasses, many people just assumed that it was another one of the company's signature April 1st farces. Following our initial article on the prototype that emerged from Project Glass, Google Glasses – Google Glasses (Project Glass) : The Future Of Human Computer Interaction?, more photos and videos have emerged, further confirming how serious Google is about Project Glass. In this article, we explore the viability of Google Glasses from a commercial perspective.
What are Google Glasses?
Google Glasses are the prototype that emerged from Google's Project Glass. From the outside, they are a pair of eyeglasses that visually appear slimmer than normal eyewear. These glasses provide a clear computer screen just above the right eye that can be interacted with through speech. It can help the user with everyday tasks such as getting directions, looking up a definition, or checking a bank account. When the application is running, the user can look up to see the screen and down (or straight ahead) to see the world around him. When it is not running the full sightline will be clear.
Google X, the company's semi-secret lab that works on cutting-edge innovations ranging from an electro-optic cable for free space laser antennas to self driving cars, has been working on Project Glass for some time now. In fact, in our initial report we have shown the famous "Project Glass: One Day …" YouTube video as well as photographs of Google's co-founder Sergey Brin and Google X Founder Sebastian Thrun who have been spotted wearing Google Glasses in public. Since then, more photos as well as the first video taken with Google Glasses have emerged:
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Project Glass naturally begs the question: would people actually use this product in their everyday life? It is difficult to say. On the one hand, the envisioned glasses do have some benefits to offer. For example, an individual walking down the street could get a map juxtaposed upon their surroundings. History has taught us that Google has a loyal enough following that anything it releases could garner interest on the market.
An interesting survey carried out by VoucherCodes and Visual.ly earlier this month using 2,000 consumers has yielded the following results:
- 51% will not buy Google Glasses even if they were affordable
- From the yes respondents, 52% are only willing to pay up to $160 for a pair of Google Glasses
- Men are more likely to buy Google Glasses than women
- People within the 18-24 age group are likely to feel self-conscious wearing Google Glasses
- Self consciousness of wearing Google Glasses is more common with women than men
VoucherCodes and Visual.ly also published the infographic below to show these results whilst also presenting an array of wearable technologies, some of which are already available.
From a long-term perspective, Project Glass would need widespread saturation in order to be viable. After all, save for the early adopters, the majority would only be willing to walk around with such glasses when a considerable amount of their peers are doing the same. Google would need to make a convincing argument that Google Glasses have advantages over more mainstream technologies such as smartphones. Moreover, due to its innovation, Google will also need to focus with creating the need for its product, pretty much like Apple did for the iPad.
A report published in the New York Times speculated that Project Glass will release a product to the market by the end of 2012. That prediction now seems to be incorrect, and Google has not publicly announced when, if ever, the market production stage will commence. But if this product ever does reach the market, it will be very interesting to see how it's received.
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When we were going in Wrigley last night, they're handing out these Lou Piniella hats.
I love free stuff.
I go, "Hey man, any chance I could get two of these things?"
"Only one per person."
But the way these hats are packed in the box, they're smash-folded together in there.
The guy accidentally hands me two hats stuck together like two new $20s from an atm.
I don't say anything.
I'm with Goff, and I proudly show him I got two hats but in the back of my mind I'm thinking...is this somehow bad karma?
I shoulda known better...
My day yesterday started with a walk in the park.
There's a part of the park that's waaay wide open - it's where the outfield of 4 little league fields meet.
I can see a small branch in the middle there - a stick somebody probably had doggie fetch.
I walk towards it.
This takes like 5 minutes.
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My foot gets tangled in the little part sticking up, and then I do that thing where you take about 4 giant steps trying to catch your balance.
I don't go down, but still.
Way out in the middle of nowhere, just me and a stick.
I knew it was gonna be a bad day.
And it was.
This game was painful.
The Brewers were teeing off on Marquis - big shots going all over the park.
The Cubs were doing actual damage against Sheets, and you should NEVER lose to this guy when he's not in command.
Plus, there was the weird delay where if they said anything on the pa system about an ump being sick nobody around me heard it.
The players all just meandered off the field.
Really weird.
So, Cubs lose their 4th out of the last 5 games 7-10.
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Even a baby who has been sleeping through the night (anywhere from 6-12 hours) will sometimes wake in the wee hours. After you've ruled out teething pain, illness, or an extremely dirty diaper, it's best to let your baby get back to sleep on his or her own. Give your baby a few fussy minutes before you respond, then after seeing that everything is OK, leave your baby alone to fall back to sleep. Remember: Any cuddling, feeding, or talking you do may prompt your baby to wake each night for this attention.
If your baby is waking up many times each night, perhaps there is another reason. Is your baby too big for the bassinet? Move him or her to a full-size crib. Do you still have the baby in your bedroom? Your little one may be sensitive to your presence and might need to be put in his or her own room to get a good night's sleep. Is the baby's room too warm? Too cold? Too dark? Explore these possibilities.
Another common sleep "problem" at this age is the early riser — the baby who begins to babble or cry for you before dawn. There is probably nothing you can do to prevent your baby from waking when ready, but a few safe toys placed in the crib after baby wakes up may soothe your baby for a little while longer, and a window shade to keep out the first light of day may let you get another few minutes of sleep.
If you have ruled out external reasons for nighttime waking and you still think your baby's not sleeping enough (or is even sleeping too much), don't hesitate to call your doctor.
Reviewed by: Rupal Christine Gupta, MD
Date reviewed: November 2014
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ROCHESTER — In winning three straight games the Spaulding High School girls basketball team has hung its hat on defense.
None was bigger than Friday's Division I 31-28 grind-it-out win over rival Dover.
The Green Wave had the ball with 12 seconds to play, trailing by one point (29-28). Katie Boyatsis, who scored a game-high 14 points, received the ball inbounds after two Dover timeouts. She drove right and with Spaulding's Chloe Routhier and Ashley Lemery guarding her tightly, put up an off-balance 10-footer from the right baseline. It missed the rim and Emily Benway pulled down the rebound and was fouled with 2.6 seconds to go.
"I saw it go up and I didn't see it going in," Benway said. "She didn't go up the way she usually does. I just jumped up and got the rebound."
Benway, who scored the Red Raiders' last five points and had a team-high 12 points, hit both foul shots, and Boyatsis's last-ditch 3-pointer from halfcourt was off at the buzzer.
"We were just trying to contain her," said Spaulding coach Karen Malsbenden of the shot by Boyatsis. "I said you can't foul. You have to contain her and make her take a difficult shot."
Spaulding, which has held its opponents to fewer than 30 points per game during its current streak, is now 4-9, while injury-riddled Dover fell to 5-7.
"We were pumped coming in," Benway said. "We just knew we had to finish it off."
Junior center Molly Wotton has been out of the Green Wave lineup for two weeks with a concussion and sophomore point guard Abby Tilton exacerbated a hip pointer late in the first quarter and was forced to sit the rest of the game.
"We have kids who can step in and are capable," said Dover coach Dan Casey. "We just didn't execute."
Benway, who fouled out of Tuesday's win over Concord with two points, came up big against Dover, particularly down the stretch.
"It's a huge confidence booster for her, too," Malsbenden said. "We've been tough on her and she responded tonight. Her play was huge."
Benway had a steal and basket with 2:25 to play that put the Red Raiders up 28-24. She then rolled in a foul shot with 54.8 seconds to play that, as it turned out, gave Spaulding the lead for good, 29-28.
"I had my team behind me on that one," said Benway with a laugh.
The Green Wave tied the game up before Benway stepped to the foul line on two free throws from Mercedes McDermott and Lauren O'Connor's bucket in the lane.
From there it was a battle of attrition.
Boyatsis missed two shots for Dover. Spaulding turned the ball over on a travel, and Boyatsis missed again. The Red Raiders turned the ball over again, this time with 12 seconds to play when Routhier was trapped at halfcourt and stepped into the backcourt.
Dover got its chance to go ahead after the two timeouts, but Boyatsis was off once more and Benway muscled up for the big rebound and then hit both freebies
"We had a couple opportunities before that to take the lead," Casey added. "We kept getting the turnovers on defense, but we couldn't finish."
Spaulding led 4-2 after the first quarter and 14-9 at the break, as Dover hit just 3 of 30 shots from the field in the first half. The Red Raiders were marginally better at 5 of 23.
Spaulding led by as many as seven in the third quarter (22-15) after an Ashley Lemery 14-footer, but the Green Wave went on an 8-0 tear to take its only lead, 23-22, early in the fourth quarter on two Boyatsis free throws.
Lemery (nine points) hit a trey with 5:41 to play to put the Red Raiders back up, 25-23.
Routhier added seven points for the Red Raiders.
"We make poor decisions in the moment," Malsbenden said. "We have to limit those poor decisions; either a poor shot or a turnover. It gives the other team the ball and they come back to score."
Spaulding plays at Manchester Central Tuesday, while Dover hosts Keene the same night.
Spaulding, 31-28
DOVER (28) — Tilton 0-1-1, Boyatsis 4-6-14, Benson 1-0-2, McDermott 0-4-4, Goff 1-0-3, St. Germain 1-0-2, O'Connor 1-0-2, Cooke 0-0-0. Totals: 8-11-28.
SPAULDING (31) — Flynn 1-0-2, Lemery 3-2-9, L. Thompson 0-1-1, Benway 4-3-12, Routhier 3-1-7, Douglas 0-0-0, Lavertu 0-0-0, J. Lawler 0-0-0, S. Thompson. Totals: 11-7-31.
Dover (5-7) 2 7 12 7 — 28
Spaulding (4-9) 4 10 8 9 — 31
3-pointers: D-1 (Goff); S-2 (Lemery, Benway).


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The Music at Midday series presents a recital featuring student soloists in the classical performance program.
Admission is free. Everyone welcome.
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Lifelines (Hilda) is a solo sculpture and time based art installation by Kristen Elizabeth Donoghue-Stanford focused on the theme of lamentation and mourning of someone who is no longer present.
Artist statement: The exhibition will focus around ideas of life, death, loss, and remembrance, interplaying with one another. 87 knitted tubes in neutral colours will be suspended within the gallery space, arranged to create guided pathways and a knitted canvass for video projection.
The installation will be curated in order to showcase a metaphorical image of the lifelines of a particular life; that of a woman named Hilda, whom the footage collected belonged to. 87 knitted tubes will be used within the installation showcasing the number of years Hilda lived until she passed away on January 6th, 2019. The video shows Hilda and her family throughout several years of their lives and will be played on loop throughout the exhibition. A slight distortion will be used in order to hide or blur certain images within the video frame, as well as the projection onto the knitwork will add its own distortion. This is meant to symbolize the memories we don't always get to keep with us, even when someone has left us. As one of Hilda's favourite pastimes and a skill that she passed onto the next generation of her family, the knitwork could not more perfectly summarize the complicated, yet beautiful framework of a life. In this installation we experience the feelings of remembrance and loss and face the concepts of life and death as we witness the lifelines of somebody who is no longer with us through the process of lamenting. It opens the possibility for reflection and the ability to express gratitude towards such a life.
Gallery Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 9am – 4:00pm
Free admission
Reception: Thursday, November 14, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Catch a rising wave of electrifying film talent!
Now in its 17th year, CineSiege presents a collection of short films – riveting fiction, cutting-edge alternative works and provocative documentaries – selected by leading lights of Canadian film and media culture.
The films selected for CineSiege 2019 were chosen from a shortlist, culled from 186 productions made last year.
The nominees were reviewed by five jurors: Maya Bankovici, Franci Duran, Stuart Hands, Adina Pintilie and Ravi Srinivasan.
Jurors will be in attendance at CineSiege to introduce the winning films and explain why they were selected.
CineSiege is made possible through the generous support of
After Party
Immediately following screening (approx. 10:30pm)
The Monarch Tavern
12 Clinton St, Toronto, ON M6J 2N8
DRUM CLINIC with JOHN RILEY
Sponsored by the Oscar Peterson Fund
John began playing drums at age eight, after receiving a snare drum as a gift. With the support, encouragement and patience of his parents, John and Mary Ann, he played in the school band and began drum lessons with a good local teacher, Tom Sicola. While under Tom's guidance, he gained control of the snare drum through work on the rudiments and reading. Eventually, he acquired a complete drumset and lessons expanded to include "beats of the day," coordination and reading studies for the drumset. At age twelve, John began playing in rock bands and heard his first jazz recordings, the soundtrack to The Gene Krupa Story and Max Roach's Conversation. Two years later, he played his first "professional" gig, which he obtained through an audition played over the telephone. John began studying with Joe Morello in 1971, after meeting him at a drum symposium. John went on to attend the University of North Texas, where he was introduced to a larger world of music and percussion. While at UNT, he played in, toured, and recorded with the famed One O'clock Lab Band. In 1976, he moved to New York City and was soon called to join the Woody Herman Band. Following that great experience, John returned to New York and began freelancing with a wide spectrum of world class musicians including Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield, Bob Mintzer, Gary Peacock, Mike Stern, Joe Lovano, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, John Patitucci, Bob Berg, and many others.
John has a Bachelor of Music degree in jazz education from the University of North Texas and a Master of Music in jazz studies from Manhattan School of Music. He is on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music, and Kutztown University, and is an Artist in Residence at Amsterdam Conservatory, Holland. John is also the author of The Art of Bop Drumming, Beyond Bop Drumming, The Jazz Drummer's Workshop, The Master Drummer DVD, and has taught master classes around the world.
Free Admission.
Faculty Concert Series: Leaving Kansas Compositions by Dorothy de Val
Faculty member, pianist and musicologist Dorothy de Val reflects on her twenty years at York with a lighthearted program of original songs and instrumental music.
Dorothy de Val, piano
Paula Arciniega, mezzo soprano
Susanna McCleary, soprano
Anne Lederman, fiddle
Kye Marshall, cello
Patricia Wait, clarinet
Barbara Ackerman, flute
Dorothy de Val is a musicologist and pianist whose research interests include Scots Gaelic song, the first English folksong revival, pianos and pianism, and Haydn reception in England. Particular research interests include early 20th-century collectors and arrangers of folksong, particularly Broadwood and Grainger, and collectors of Gaelic song (Tolmie, Broadwood, Murray and Kennedy-Fraser).
Dr. de Val is the author of In Search of Song: The Life and Times of Lucy Broadwood, published by Ashgate in July 2011. She is a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and many music reference works including The Haydn Companion, and is a regular reviewer for the journal Music and Letters. With Patricia Debly of Brock University she organized a conference on Haydn in 2009, sponsored by York University, SSHRC and The Wirth Institute. She is also a member of the North American British Music Studies Association, whose conference she organized at York in 2008.
Professor de Val's research extends into the field of dance, focusing on English social dance and Morris dance (especially Mary Neal and the Esperance Club). She co-organized a conference at York on English country dance in the summer of 2010, and performs regularly as pianist for English country dances with her group, Playford's Pleasure, with a focus on the life and times of Jane Austen. Her most recent project involves performing music from Jane Austen's own collection, featuring composers such as Pleyel, Sterkel, Storace and Kotzwara.
Dr. de Val has taught at the Royal Academy of Music (London), Oxford Brookes University and the University of Oxford, and served as assistant curator of musical instruments at the Royal College of Music (London). She joined York University's Department of Music in 1999 and served as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Fine Arts from 2004 to 2007, and as Graduate Program Director in Dance from 2009 to 2011.
Admission: Free
The York University Chamber Choir
Master's Recital
Craig Garnham, guest conductor
Edward Moroney, piano
The choir will be performing works by Palestrina, Schütz, Monteverdi, Mendelssohn and Britten.
Ticket Admission:$15 adults | $10 students & seniors
Box Office: Purchase tickets online or call 416-736-5888
ENSEMBLE JENG YI is a Korean performing arts ensemble based in Toronto. Since their formation in 1998, the group has entertained audiences with their exciting repertoire of original compositions and traditional pieces.Building upon the conventions of Korean performing arts, Ensemble Jeng Yi has created a variety of innovative productions including intimate mu
sic recitals, site-specific works, interactive performances for young audiences, and ambitious multi-disciplinary productions. Not just talented drummers, the members are also accomplished performers of the ribbon-hat dance in which each member spins a ribboned-hat called the sangmo–all while dancing and drumming.
Guest Artist
Joo Hyung Kim, Kayagum
Joo Hyung Kim is an accomplished performer of the Kayagum,the traditional Korean zither. Born in Korea, she began her traditional Korean music training at the age of six. She majored in traditional Korean music at Kyung Buk University, and completed her M.A. in traditional music at Sook Myung University. She immigrated to Canada in 2005 and has been an active performer and composer.
Admission is free.
An evening of improvisation in a participatory "open mic" set-up, hosted by the improve studios of Matt Brubeck.
Performers and observers welcome.
Admission is free.
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is a beloved feminist revisioning of two of Shakespeare's most well-known plays, Othello and Romeo & Juliet. Written by Canadian playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald, the play explores the hypothetical question: what if Shakespeare's tragedies were actually intended to be comedies? To learn the answer to this question, please join us November 16-23 in the Joseph G. Green Theatre to find out.
Performance Schedule:
Sat, Nov. 16 (preview 1) @ 7:30 pm
Sun. Nov. 17 (preview 2) @ 7:30 pm
Tues. Nov. 19 (Opening) @ 7:30 pm
Wed. Nov. 20 @ 1:00 pm
Wed. Nov. 20 (Relaxed Performance) @ 7:30 pm –Plan your visit
Thurs. Nov. 21@ 7:30 pm
Fri. Nov. 22 @ 1:00 pm
Fri. Nov. 22 @ 7:30pm
Sat. Nov. 23 @ 2:00 pm
Tickets $7- 20
Online Box Office or call 416-736-5888
The Music at Midday series presents a recital featuring student soloists in the classical performance program.
Admission is free. Everyone welcome.
The York University Jazz Festival, running November 18-21, showcases rising young talent directed by leading lights of the Canadian jazz scene.
Catch the next generation of outstanding jazz artists, right here on campus – and with no cover charge!
Monday, November 18
7:30 pm – Small ensembles directed by Roy Patterson, Lorne Lofsky and Mark Eisenman.
Martin Family Lounge, 219 Accolade East Building
The York University Jazz Festival, running from November 18-21, showcases rising young talent directed by leading lights of the Canadian jazz scene.
Catch the next generation of outstanding jazz artists, right here on campus – and with no cover charge!
Tuesday, November 19
7:30 pm – Small ensembles directed by Anthony Michelli, Artie Roth and Kelly Jefferson
Martin Family Lounge, 219 Accolade East Building
The Department of Dance presents
Dance Innovations 2019 – the near distance – pathways towards discovery
Dance Innovations 2019 – the near distance – pathways towards discovery features the concise creations of 25 fourth year BFA choreographers performed by students engaged in all levels of York's programs in Dance. Students and faculty involved in creation, performance, lighting design and production collaborate in the successful realization of Dance Innovations. Series A of the two series program comprises a new creation by Assistant Professor and intermedia artist Freya Björg Olafson for York's third year Performance class. In harmony with the themes explored elsewhere in the Department's 2019/20 events, performances and workshops – issues of identity, navigation and acknowledgment – our show title celebrates the certainty that curiosity, open ness and creative engagement lead to imminent and ongoing discovery and transformation.
Artistic Director: Julia Sasso for 4th year choreography course
Director: Freya Björg Olafson for 3rd year Performance course
Production Manager: Jennifer Jimenez
PERFORMANCES Nov 20-22
Series A – 7:00 pm
Series B – 8:30 pm
Advanced tickets: $12
After November 20: $18
Box Office: 416. 736.5888 | ampd.yorku.ca/boxoffice
The York University Jazz Festival, running November 18-21, showcases rising young talent directed by leading lights of the Canadian jazz scene.
Catch the next generation of outstanding jazz artists, right here on campus – and with no cover charge!
Wednesday, November 20
Small ensembles directed by Kevin Turcotte, Jim Vivian and Frank Falco
The York University Jazz Festival, running November 18-21, showcases rising young talent directed by leading lights of the Canadian jazz scene.
Catch the next generation of outstanding jazz artists, right here on campus – and with no cover charge!
6:30pm: The York University Jazz Choirs directed by Mim Adams take centre stage in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall.
7:30pm: The York University Jazz Orchestra directed by Mike Cado performs an eclectic mix of jazz standards and new jazz renditions of modern pieces in the Martin Family Lounge.


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#6 Whitney Kiihnl
|Batesville, Miss./South Panola HS
2011: Continued her storied Lipscomb career with her second consecutive season with 20 or more victories and a second-team All-Conference selection... Went 20-11 with a 1.69 earned run average, 24 complete games and 328 strike outs in 211.1 innings pitched... Finished fourth among A-Sun pitchers in wins, fourth in innings pitched, second in strike outs, first in shutouts (12), fourth in complete games and second in opponent's batting average (.170)... In A-Sun games, went 9-2 with 122 strike outs and six shutouts... Ranked second in A-Sun play in wins and strike outs, tied for first in shut outs, four in complete games and third in opponent batting average (.188)... Began the season on the ASA National Player of the Year watch list... Won three A-Sun Pitcher of the Week Awards, giving her a total of nine in her career... Won the Feb. 28 award for her no-hitter against Samford; she pitched six innings, striking out a season-high 16 batters... Won the Mar. 28 award by picking up three victories, two against No. 25 USC Upstate (Mar. 27) and another on a one-hit, 11-strike out, shut out performance against ETSU... Final 2011 award came for the week of Apr. 25, with two wins and a save in sweeps of Kennesaw State (Apr. 21) and Mercer (Apr. 22); Kiihnl posted a 0.00 ERA for that week... Had string of five consecutive starts (Mar. 4-Mar. 19) with double-digit strike outs: Butler (Mar. 4), Appalachian State (Mar. 6), Western Carolina (Mar. 16), Kansas (Mar. 18) and Georgia Tech (Mar. 19)... In all, 18 of her 28 starts produced at least 10 strike outs... At the plate, she batted .208 in 72 at-bats with a double, a triple and three runs batted in... Named to the A-Sun All-Tournament, going 1-2 with a 2.19 ERA and fanning 19 batters in 16 innings... NFCA Scholar Athlete and member of the Atlantic Sun All-Academic team.
2010: Posted one of the greatest single season performances in school history … Atlantic Sun Conference Player of Year … Unanimous choice as Conference Pitcher of the Year … Louisville Slugger/NFCA third-team All-American … First-team All-Conference selection … Louisville Slugger/NFCA Southeast Regional first-team selection … Set school records in nearly every pitching category … Five-time recipient of Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Week award … Led the nation (NCAA Division I) in ERA ... Threw five no-hitters, including a 13-strikeout perfect game against Austin Peay on Feb. 26 … Played in 59 games, started 58 … Made 45 appearances on the mound, starting 28 games … Went 33-5 with a 0.95 ERA … Struck out 344 and walked 79 in 237 innings … Posted 16 double digit strikeout games … Struck out at least 10 batters in a career-high five consecutive games (Feb. 21 – Mar. 5) … Tallied 19 complete games, including 12 via shutouts … Held opponents to a .120 batting average … At the plate, hit .342 with 1 home run and 17 RBI while stealing seven bases … Registered 14 multi-hit games … In Atlantic Sun Conference games … Was stellar on the mound in conference play, posting an undefeated record of 11-0 with a 0.38 ERA … Threw eight complete games, including five shutouts in conference … Struck out 101 in 74.2 innings in conference play … Struck out a career-high 17 while allowing one run on three hits in win against Florida Gulf Coast (Apr. 17) … Earned two saves on the year Threw a season-high 8.2 innings (159 pitches) in NCAA Regional win against Alabama-Birmingham (May 22) … Led staff in wins (33), strikeouts (344), innings (237), opponents batting average (.120) appearances (45), complete games (19), shutouts (12) and saves (2) ... Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
2009: Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year, the first conference player of the year in softball for the Lady Bisons. …Atlantic Sun All-Conference Second Team. …Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team (unanimous). …Atlantic Sun All-Tournament Team. …A-Sun Pitcher of the Week (3/9). …Ranked 28th nationally in NCAA Division I in earned run average (1.45), 39th in strikeouts per seven innings (8.1), 41st in strikeouts (230) and 51st in shutouts (7). …Third overall in A-Sun in ERA (1.45) and opposing batting average (.197). …Fourth overall in A-Sun in strikeouts (230) and hitters caught looking on strikeouts (56). …Fifth overall in A-Sun in innings pitched (198), wins (18) and tied for fifth in games started 26). …Tied for sixth overall in appearances (33). …First in A-Sun games only in batters struck out looking (29). …Second in strikeouts in A-Sun games only (99). …In A-Sun games only rated third in innings pitched (80.2). …Fourth in A-Sun games only in opposing batting average (.193). ...Fifth in A-Sun games only in earned run average (1.21) and wins (7). …Tied for eighth in A-Sun games only in appearances (12). …The Lady Bisons were 18-8 when she started on the mound. …Pitched 10 innings vs Mercer (4/17), a team season high for most innings pitched. …Struck out 18 batters vs. Mercer (4/17), also a team season high. …Finished in double figures in strikeouts three times with 12 against Charleston Southern (3/6) and 14 vs Campbell (4/4). …One save, pitching one scoreless inning at ETSU (4/10). …Started 26 games, with 21 complete games. …Made 33 appearances overall. …Led staff in opposing batting average (.197), wins (18), innings pitched (198), strikeouts (230), appearances (33) , shutouts (7)and games started (26). …Second on staff in earned run average (1.45). …Third in won-loss percentage (.667). ...
High School: Four-year starter at South Panola High School for coach Ashleigh Hicks. … Named Gatorade Player of the Year in Mississippi as a junior and senior. … Led her team to back-to-back Mississippi State Championships (5A) in 2007 and 2008. … As a senior, named MS Miss Softball. …Also named First Team All-State. … Also named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA HS All-South Region Second Team. …Named a member of the High School Senior All-Star Team while leading her team with a 27-3 record on the mound (team finished 30-4). …South Panola finished the 2008 season ranked No. 25 nationally by USA Today and No. 37 nationally by Rivals.com. …As a senior, recorded a 0.17 ERA with 392 strikeouts in 186 innings pitched. …Also hit .437 with a .597 on-base percentage. …As a junior, named MS Miss Softball and First Team All-State. …Named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA High School All-South Region Second Team. …Finished the 2007 season with a 33-4 record on the mound and led her team to a No. 48 ranking by Rivals.com. …In the best-of-three 2007 State Championship series, she threw a no-hitter and a two-hitter to defeat Oak Grove, the defending state champions, who had entered the championship series undefeated. …Finished the season with a 0.09 ERA (only allowed three earned runs for the year) and 505 strikeouts in 231 innings. …Recorded a .383 batting average with nine doubles. … Lettered one year each in volleyball and cross country.
Personal: Played for Germantown Reds Devils Gold club team coached by Rose Kalisak. …2008 NAFA National Champions in Sulphur, La. …Finished third place in Canada Cup in 2008. … Parents are Jennifer and Robbie Kiihnl. …Has one brother, Luke (22). …Plans to major in Biology.


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I've recently come across the Granville Sharp rule. I've read a lot about it, including some chapters of Wallace's book. I also read a thread in this forum on one particular aspect of the subject
I felt intuitively uneasy about Wallace's approach and the reason is as follows:
The principle of co-ordination (omitting the article from the second and subsequent substantives in order to create a linkage between the nouns) seems a useful way to create noun phrases and is of general application, not merely when a singular and personal entity is involved. It seems to me that Granvile Sharp's and Wallace's bottom-up approach just created a syntactical rule for the sake of a rule (and to prove a theological presupposition) when no rule was necessary. It was surely predictable that one very obvious way of co-ordinating nouns was when a singular person was involved. All the so-called exceptions are really just a way of isolating the one case where this was true.
Singular is obvious because a group cannot be one and the same entity even if it is one and the same group;
Personal is because personal nouns can take either gender and so eliminates the problem of nouns that are gender specific;
Not a title or personal name is because personal names are usually individual anyway and so would naturally be two distinct persons;
And so on for the other minor rules.
Much was made of the number of actual examples where the rule held. Again, when you formulate the rules the way they have been, it is only natural to expect the non-eliminated cases to be one and the same personal entity. Wallace, if I remember, stated that only 4% of ancient Greek texts had been analysed and conceded it was possible that more exceptions to the rule could be found, however in my view no further analysis is required because it is predictable what would would happen if 100% of the texts were examined: most would conform to the so-called rule and a few more exceptions would be found.
But all this rule making tends to overshadow the original principle and I see no reason why there should not be other reasons for applying co-ordination. The disputed texts are an example of this: the juxtaposition of God and Christ in the New Testament could as well be for the reason of placing two otherwise distinct entities into one co-ordinated entity of deserving-equal-worship-for-co-operating-in-the-work-of-salvation as it could be of wanting them to be one and the same entity.
Can you see any flaws in this reasoning?
As to Titus 2:13, one of the principal texts in issue, προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
my feeling is that the relatively impersonal τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ is sufficiently distinct from the more personal σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ as to eliminate the possibiity that these are intended to have the identical referent. Rather, they are being contrasted.I take τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν to mean that the appearing is what the hope consists of (as in English 'nice and tasty' means 'nicely tasty') and hence not semantically two co-ordinated nouns. More importantly, the καὶ connecting θεοῦ with σωτῆρος is governed by ἐπιφάνειαν in the same way: in other words, this is not an example of co-ordination of nouns but of concepts: the appearance of the great an impersonal glorious God is manifested by the appearance of the personal named individual Jesus Christ who is our saviour. This is much the same idea as in Colossians ch. 1 where the Jesus is described as the image (eikwn) of the invisible (aoratou) God. And again, the idea comes through in 1 John 1 where Jesus is spoken in terms of what our eyes have seen and our hands handled.
Is this analysis of the sentence structure correct?
One further minor point, the ἡμῶν clearly belongs with σωτῆρος not with μεγάλου θεοῦ. I would have expected in the normal TSKS structure that this would appear immediately after θεοῦ. This would lend credence to the view that this verse is not such a structure and that really, ἡμῶν is actually functioning as a definite article anyway.
Do you agree?
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First off: I think one reason you got no takers is that the title isn't a grammatical one, and we're often reluctant to stir up theological controversy in B-Greek, we want to focus on the Greek language. Perhaps if you'd used the title "The Granville Sharp Rule" and asked if it's valid, you would have gotten more uptake.
Also, there's extensive discussion of this question in a previous thread. Lots of good discussion in that thread.
Here's my answer: I don't know. I used to be very convinced that the Granville Sharp rule was not valid, now I suspect it might be. Daniel Wallace has provided a lot more data and analysis in this article:
http://bible.org/article/sharp-redivivu ... sharp-rule
Also, there's extensive discussion of this question in a previous thread. Lots of good discussion in that thread.
Here's my answer: I don't know. I used to be very convinced that the Granville Sharp rule was not valid, now I suspect it might be. Daniel Wallace has provided a lot more data and analysis in this article:
http://bible.org/article/sharp-redivivu ... sharp-rule
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ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ διηποροῦντο, ἄλλος πρὸς ἄλλον λέγοντες, τί θέλει τοῦτο εἶναι;
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F1's Nurburgring future now appears brighter, after the embattled German grand prix venue was bought for a reported EUR 100 million.
A week ago, it was reported that Miami-based private equity company HIG Capital was the high bidder for the fabled venue, having pledged EUR 60-70 million.
But it now emerges in the pages of Der Spiegel that the buyer is in fact a Dusseldorf based automotive group called Capricorn.
Boss Robertino Wild confirmed the news at a press conference, saying Capricorn is committed to keeping formula one at the Nurburgring "as long as it remains affordable".
SID news agency said Capricorn is paying EUR 77 million euros, as well as immediately pumping in an additional 25 million to invest in the circuit.
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WASHINGTON — The judge in the military commission case against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other suspected Sept. 11 plotters ruled that details of harsh interrogation techniques used on them would be kept secret during their trial, a decision that human rights advocates called an attempt to hide the fact that the men were tortured.
The order, signed by Army Col. James L. Pohl on Dec. 6 and made public Wednesday, represents a clear victory for U.S. military and Justice Department prosecutors in the opening round of pretrial disputes. The first and only trial in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks could begin as soon as next year.
Prosecutors had wanted all information about the five men's arrests and treatment at so-called black sites abroad to remain classified. Pohl agreed even though some government officials have acknowledged that Mohammed, for instance, was waterboarded 183 times after his 2003 capture in Pakistan. Waterboarding simulates drowning; many consider it torture.
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When the JVM finds a run-time error in executing a program, it throws an exception. This means it terminates the execution and prints a trace of the contents of the run-time stack. This stack is used to store local variables and addresses of the next statment to be executed when a method is invoked. There are several types of exceptions; but they are all subclasses of Throwable. The two direct subclasses of Throwable are Error and Exception.
public class NegativeNumber extends Exception { public NegativeNumber() { super(); } public NegativeNumber(String s) { super(s); } }
if( a <0) throw new NegativeNumber(a + " a negative value was encountered");
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I've got some "break"ing news for you, but first lemme give you a teeny tiny bit of background:
When my son was thirteen, we gave him a cell phone, mainly for our convenience, but he wasn't hurting over it for sure. He was very responsible with it for the most part, and he managed to keep the unlimited texting and phone calls in balance with other life responsibilities. Something happened around a year later, however, as he grew used to the freedom. He went through some changes, more friends got texting privileges (not to mention Facebook accounts), the ministry and social calendar picked up, basketball season started, the homework got heavier, and the "unlimited" became an issue for him. Maybe this is the case with your sons and daughters. If so, read on...
Brian and I took his texting minutes back to a limited number a month, a number which we felt was reasonable. We began to take his cell phone at night and keep it in our rooms. We also began to monitor the texts to some degree, all with his knowledge. At first, it was difficult to scale back, and he kicked and screamed some. But now, he knows he has a certain number, and it has helped him to realize that life changes, our schedule changes, and when it does, we have to be willing to adjust. It's turned out to be a beautiful life lesson. That's God. He allows us to make corrections, even if we get a step or two ahead of Him. Love that merciful heart of His.
Those lessons have not only been for our son, they've been there lately for Brian and me as well. WE've stepped into a new season of parenting...one of taxying, hosting parties and Bible Studies, heavier discipleship necessary with life and relationship issues, larger circles of friends as our kids become older and more social, less time together as a couple at night since the kids go to bed later...all the while personally continuing to grow as a son and daughter of the Most High, who loves us far too much to let us get ahead of Him.
Because of this heavier season of life, and after a great deal of prayer, my Father has led me to take a break from my devotional writing on Selah. It may be just the summer, it may be longer...it will be until the Lord gives me permission and clear vision of His calling for ministry. He is continuing to lead me to write Christian living articles and speak as I have the extra time, so I will pour what little time and resources I have left from being a wife and mama into improving and sharing in those areas. If you have the desire to keep up with what the Lord is doing and teaching us in our lives, you can follow my LauraLeeShaw.com blog...I will also post on Facebook and Twitter once or twice a day, or more if time allows. My writer and speaker page on Facebook is here.
The Lord has allowed me the blessing of some publishing opportunities this month. One is in Dallas Christian Family. If you are local, you can pick one up for free in a whole lotta places, or you can go online and read it here (pg. 8): Dallas Christian Family May Issue.
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And He'll continue to love on me and teach me as I break away from anything that hinders me from having an undivided heart. :) Selah.
How about you, my friend? Is it time to reevaluate your time, your talents, your resources, your relationships? Ask Him...He will answer and give you all that you need to obey. "Trust and obey, for there's no other way, to be happy in Jesus...than to trust and obey."


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Forefeast of the Nativity of our Lord
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Well, not quite. But it all amounts to the same thing, doesn't it?
We'll be celebrating our Tenth (wowie!) wedding anniversary with a week sailing in the Mediterranean with a few dear friends. First Born Son and Second Born Son will be in the tender care of their grandmothers and kind aunties.
Man, it's going to be hard to leave them behind, but oh boy oh boy oh boy, we get to leave them behind! I look forward to getting reacquainted with the woman I married without anybody interrupting us for the eleventeenth time with a story about the bumblebee he saw outside yesterday.
We hope you all can somehow cope with our absence. We will return June 1. To cheer you up in your inconsolable grief I offer you this charming graphic from Direct Democracy:
Which is a county-by-county map of Our Dear Leader's approval ratings (blue being <50%, of course).
See you in June. Cheers!
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Gone Fishin'
Well, not quite. But it all amounts to the same thing, doesn't it?
Posted by shadowfax at 10:25 PM
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- Anonymous5/18/2006 5:17 AM
Go have a great time, you handsome devil!ReplyDelete
Liam, this is too obviously a thinly velied attempt to make us all think you are attractive to the opposite sex. Good try.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/22/2006 8:57 AM
Enjoy each other all over again!ReplyDelete
Wow, when you go fishing you don't screw around. So you're fishing for the month of May?!?ReplyDelete