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Living on a Spike: How is the 2011 food price crisis affecting poor people?
The human face of global food price rises is often missing amongst the abstract discussions of macro-economic trends and global food price indices. In order to understand the impact of the rise in global food prices through much of 2010 and into early 2011, Oxfam and research partners from the Institute of Development Studies spoke to people effected in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, and Zambia. The research offers insights into how economic shocks of this kind work to increase and perpetuate inequality, producing consistent patterns of 'weak losers' and 'strong winners'. Key findings show that poor people do not merely cope by working harder, eating less, living more frugally, drawing down resources and assets, and managing on a day-to-day basis. They also respond politically: they contest official explanations of the causes, and they roundly criticise their governments for failing to act effectively. They analyse the causes of the problems they face as political problems, identifying a lack of responsiveness to their needs, and corruption and collusion among powerful politicians and business interests, as among the sources of the problems they face. Such findings point to the need for a twin-track response to food price spikes: dynamic, accountable and progressive action by national governments, backed by greatly improved, co-ordinated responses at the global level. Whether the primary concern is people's well-being, or political stability, food price spikes should be a cause both for concern and for action. At a time of growing political unrest around the world, the stress and discontent fuelled by high food prices merits close attention.


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Oldest Working Computer Back Online
(John Sutter CNN) The WITCH is back. Of course, if you're a computer historian, you already know that WITCH refers to the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation from Harwell.
If not, here's the story: The 2.5-ton machine, first constructed in the 1950s as part of an atomic research program, became the "world's oldest original working digital computer" after a museum in the UK restored and then rebooted it on Tuesday. Unlike today's nearly mute devices, the massive computer clicks, clacks and flashes like something out of an old sci-fi movie.
"In 1951 the Harwell Dekatron (the other, less-amazing name for the WITCH) was one of perhaps a dozen computers in the world, and since then it has led a charmed life surviving intact while its contemporaries were recycled or destroyed," Kevin Murrell, a trustee at the UK's National Museum of Computing, said in a news release.
The computer outlived its usefulness in atomic research by 1957 and was used as a teaching device until 1973. It went on display briefly before being dismantled, the museum says, and then was "rediscovered" by volunteers at the museum in 2008 or 2009.
The computer's "flashing lights and clattering printers and readers provides an awe-inspiring display for visiting school groups and the general public keen to learn about our rich computer heritage," the museum says.
It's also a healthy reminder that not all gadgets have to die after a single product cycle. At a time when iPhones are swapped out every 12 months, the TI-83 calculator and this computer are among the only pieces of technological machinery that have survived for decades.
The WITCH, however, doesn't serve much of a practical purpose at this point.
"All together, the machine can store 90 numbers. The closest analogy is a man with a pocket calculator," Delwyn Holroyd, who led the restoration effort, tells the BBC in a video about the restoration (you should watch the video, by the way, if for no other reason that to see this thing in action; it sounds like a broken typewriter as it works). "However, unlike the man with a pocket calculator, this machine can carry on day and night, and it doesn't make mistakes."
Modern computers store information in binary code, or a system of 1s and 0s. The WITCH, by contrast, features walls of dekatron valves, which are little light-bulb-looking things. It counts on a 10-digit decimal system.
"All told, the WITCH had 40 banks of 8 dekatrons, meaning it could store up to 40 8-digit numbers," Sebastian Anthony writes for the website ExtremeTech. "The computational processes themselves, carried out by relays, was very slow -- somewhere on the order of 5 or 10 seconds to multiply two numbers."
Another drawback: The WITCH reads computer programs from paper tape with holes punched in it. The computer "doesn't have a keyboard or a monitor like a modern machine," Holroyd explains in an ITV video.
Perhaps the machine is so mesmerizing because, in a way, you can see how it works. Modern computers -- much less the Internet or smartphones -- are largely silent, glowing devices. They seem powered by wizardry. The WITCH, by contrast, is a clacking, blinking, ticking mess of mechanical parts.
"To see it in action is to watch the inner workings of a computer -- something that is impossible on the machines of today," Murrell, from the museum, says in the news release. "The restoration has been in full public view and even before it was working again the interest from the public was enormous."
If you want to see the machine for yourself, it's on display at the National Museum of Computing in Buckinghamshire, north of London. It's located on the Bletchley Park estate, which was home to England's codebreakers during World War II.
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Boy took pistol to school for four days before being caught
STILLMAN VALLEY – An 8-year-old boy took an air pistol and a .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun to Highland Grade School for four days last week before getting caught on Friday, Ogle County Sheriff's Department officials said.
According to the Sheriff's Department, school officials started an investigation Friday morning after getting a tip from a school bus driver that a grade school student had an air gun on the bus.
While looking into that incident, school officials learned that an 8-year-old boy might have had a weapon in his locker, and upon searching the locker found the unloaded handgun inside the boy's book bag. The gun's ammunition magazine was empty and not in the gun, police said, and one loose bullet was found inside the student's bag.
As it turned out, the 8-year-old boy had been taking the air gun, which shoots plastic pellets propelled by air, and the handgun to and from school from Feb. 17 to 20, police said.
Through their investigation, police said they learned that the boy did not appear to know the difference between the two guns, did not know how to operate the handgun and had no intent to harm anyone.
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Park district director arrested for DUI
SPRINGFIELD – The director of the Springfield Park District was arrested Tuesday night for driving under the influence after rolling his truck on an entrance ramp to Interstate 55.
Mike Stratton, 41, was not injured in the wreck, which happened about 10:10 p.m. on the ramp from northbound Illinois 29 onto northbound I-55. According to an Illinois State Police report, Stratton lost control of his 2004 Dodge Dakota for some reason, and the truck went off the side of the ramp. He overcorrected and lost control of the truck. It overturned twice as it left the ramp.
A trooper smelled a strong odor of alcohol beverage on Stratton, and after further investigation arrested him for DUI. He was taken to Sangamon County Jail, where he was released about 12:30 a.m. after a local attorney posted his bail.
Stratton was appointed director of the park district in August 2006. His current salary is $89,000.
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Officer cleared in deadly shooting
ROCKFORD – A Winnebago County grand jury determined Thursday that a Loves Park police officer was justified in using deadly force in the Jan. 24 shooting death of Suzette "Sue" Babler.
Winnebago County State's Attorney Joe Bruscato announced the ruling.
Loves Park police Officer Erik Meadors, 27, was dispatched to Babler's home on a report of a distraught woman. The officer confronted the 53-year-old woman in the backyard of her residence, where Babler reportedly pointed a .357 Smith and Wesson at the officer.
Meadors ordered Babler to drop the weapon. When she didn't comply, the officer fired. Authorities later learned the weapon was not loaded.
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Man accused in triple stabbing asks to be released from jail
BELLEVILLE – The man accused of stabbing two sisters and a hairstylist to death at a Belleville beauty salon in 2005 is asking a judge to release him from jail pending his St. Clair County trial.
Darrell Lane's attorney has filed a motion seeking his client's release after prosecutors stated a judge's ruling barring Lane's statements from trial has "substantially impaired" their case.
Circuit Judge Milton Wharton ruled last month that prosecutors can't use Lane's statements to police unless the 19-year-old testifies. Prosecutors are appealing.
Wharton's ruling came after a psychologist testified Lane functions intellectually as a 10-year-old. Lane is accused of killing Michael Cooney, a former Springfield resident, and two of his customers, 82-year-old Dorothy Bone and 79-year-old Doris Fischer.
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What is something that everyone who has ever gone to camp has done that is virtually impossible to re-create in any other setting? Campfires, of course! Our camp is 76 summers old and there are some long-standing traditions and songs that everyone comes to expect. I really appreciated the first campfire of our Girls Camp this summer, filled with beautiful singing and complete with harmony. Sitting there, it made me think about all the campfires I have experienced over 45 summers at camp, and the way singing has been an important part of my life, at camp and away from it.
It made me think too that we have moved away from the singing culture of my childhood, and those childhoods of my elders. I heard a monk once describe singing together as "breathing together." There is recent research that documents its effects on our heart rates and heart beats; that when we sing together, our heartbeats come into harmony with one another. For me, and for many who share my love of campfires and singing, this makes intuitive sense and helps to explain why we may feel so connected to each other when we are singing together at campfires.
The evening of the first Girls Camp campfire was really beautiful. It was clear and the light from the little sliver of the new moon didn't outshine the stars popping out as dusk settled in our valley. Purple Martins flitted in and out of their bird house, swooping and diving to eat the mosquitoes that hovered over the camp family gathered around our big campfire.
Every song was greeted with great participation, and before I knew it, we were winding the evening down with a few quiet camp songs that have been sung since at least the 1960s when I was first a camper, including two of my favorites: "Heida" and "Mr. Moon." Both songs are sung in a round, and the resulting harmonies were incredible to hear.
There is nothing that sounds as good to my ears or feels as good to my heart as those songs sung by our girls at a campfire, with the background sounds of birds, frogs, and crickets in their own chorus. It is also in those quiet moments as a camper and young staff member that I began to learn and practice the art of self-reflection that has helped me continue learning all my life since. The combination of the power of singing together and the quiet reflective time gives us opportunities to feel deeply connected in a community, our camp family, and at the same time to be alone with our thoughts and feelings. For many of our campers and young staff members, I could see in dreamy far away gazes, that the same thing was happening here. As it has for all summers previous, and as it has at any camp where in the quiet moments of singing together we can ponder and dream.
Mary Rogers is the executive director at Sherwood Forest Camp. She attended Sherwood Forest as a camper and has spent every summer at camp, in different roles, ever since. Mary is a longtime ACA member and has served in various volunteer roles at local, regional, and national levels. She holds a master's degree in education from Harvard University.
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"Blue Bloods" star Donnie Wahlberg has convinced his girlfriend, Jenny McCarthy, to relax her rules on marriage after asking her to be his wife.
The actress and TV personality announced the happy news on her daytime talk show "The View" on Wednesday, revealing that the pop star had proposed with a yellow sapphire.
Showing off her new ring, the former model told her guest hosts, "I just got engaged!" and then burst into tears as Wahlberg joined her on the set.
The couple started dating last year after falling in love when he appeared as a guest on her short-lived late-night TV show.
Both stars have been married once before and McCarthy, 41, insisted she would never wed again after breaking up with boyfriend Jim Carrey in 2010, but she admitted she was warming to the idea of life with Wahlberg, 44, in a TV interview at the end of 2013, stating, "I've said on every interview that I was like, 'Never get married again, ever,' and, of course, you never say never. I think he would be an amazing husband, so if he does (propose), I would for sure say yes."
Cooing about her new fiancé on "The View" on Wednesday, McCarthy added, "He understands my work schedule and he has his and I get it. And we're both single parents and he's trying to juggle all of that while I am too."
Wahlberg has two sons from his nine-year marriage to Kim Fey, which ended in divorce in 2008, and McCarthy shares a son, Evan, with her ex John Asher. They divorced in 2005.


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Selection Process: Candidates will be selected on the basis of Preliminary Exam & Main Exam.
Application Fee: Candidates should pay Rs. 500/- (Rs. 100/- for SC/ ST/ Persons with Disability (PWD), Payment can be made by using Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ Master Card/ Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.
How to Apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through the website www.uiic.co.in from 14-08-2017 to 28-08-2017.
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Anya Slonim Studios Open Doors Day, part of the 2019 Spring Artists Tour, organised by the Heart of Tucson Art - an all-volunteer art organization made up of artists & artisans operating in Tucson, Arizona.
During the two day event general public is invited on a free self guided tour of the artists studios. As part of the initiative, Anya Slonim Studios will also open its doors to welcome locals and visitors to town to see more than 30 paintings by the Tucson-based Russian-American artist, Anya Slonim, that will be on display in the artist's studio.
The selection of 14 paintings dated various years but mainly of the 20th century, including one giclée copy of the painting 'Looking Inside', the original of which will be on sale too. Some of the paintings offered at the sale are framed. The frames were chosen by the artist herself and are either hand-made or sourced out at the antique shops in New York and Los Angeles.
Price list for the 14 paintings on sale.
During the sale there will be other paintings on display by the same artist. Visitors are welcome to view and admire them and, if they fall in love with one or two, then they can negotiate the price with the artist.
Price list for the paintings on display - TBC.
Some refreshments such as juice, water, and wine will be offered to visitors.
Opening times:
23 February 2019 - 11:00am to 6pm
24 February 2019 - 11:00am to 6pm
More details on www.anyaslonimstudios.com
Carlos Aquilino is a Madrid (Spain) based artist currently in residence at Point B Worklodge, Williamsburg, Brooklyn,NY.


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"Keeping History Alive"
"Keeping History Alive," the museum is celebrating its 50th anniversary and showcasing some of the favorite artifacts and the importance of collecting and preserving our region's history, through October. Hours are Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. A free one-hour parking pass can be requested at the museum desk.
- Where:
- Museum of North Idaho, 115 Northwest Blvd., Coeur d'Alene
- City:
- Coeur d'Alene
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- Cost:
- $4/general, $1/ages 6-16, free/age five and younger. Free admission second Friday of each month from 5-8 p.m.
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- (208) 719-0128
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Why is Africa building a Great Green Wall? BBC News
Climate change or not, this is still an interesting idea that could make a real difference!
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POUSSEUR, HENRY: Electronic, experimental and microtonal. 1953-1999
A great collection of Pousseur's work which spans 45 years, from the 1953 Prospection - for 3 pianos tuned a sixth tone apart, through Racine for Cello (Rohan de Saram) in a 19 to the octave tuning, At Moonlight, for Shamizen, Koto and Shakauhachi which negotiates microtonally between Dowland and Japanese traditional music, Ex Dei in Machinam Memoria for Oboe and live electronics to the 1999 Figures Enlacees for Manualiter Organ. These are fascinating, highly accomplished pieces of real substance that locate Pousseur firmly in the first rank of the great generation of composers that emerged in the '50s and the 60's - and who changed the profile of music. These tuning systems are still unfamiliar and intriguing to the ear, and rarely heard in instrumental music today. Notes by the composer and a very interesting recent interview in the accompanying booklet.L
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Click Apple pickers to view an enlarged version of the image.
This photo depicts apple pickers in the Old Mission Peninsula. It was taken in the early 1890s. (The caption on the front of the photo gives the year as "1894." However, identifying information on the back gives the year as "1891." The exact date, then, is uncertain.)
Michigan's Fruit Belt
Michigan's "fruit belt" strides the shore of Lake Michigan. The Lake itself plays a key role. It functions as a moderating body, preventing temperatures from getting too cold in the fall and too hot in the summer. It also provides the frequent rainfall that fruit farmers require. This climate combines with rich soil and regional topography to provide ideal fruit-growing conditions.
The Growth of an Industry
Michigan's fruit industry started to boom about the time of the Civil War. By then, Chicago's growing population had provided a ready market. Transportation improvements (notably the expansion of railroads) provided greater access to this and other population centers.
In Grand Traverse County (where the photo above was taken), the fruit industry grew as the lumber industry declined. In 1872, Grand Traverse County yielded 3,241 bushels of apples. Thirty years later, that number had increased to 276,000 bushels for a single year! Around the same time, Grand Traverse County had become Michigan's number one county for cherry production.
Some Current Numbers…
Michigan continues to be a leader in fruit production. In the year 2000, it ranked third nationwide in apple production. The state also ranks first in the production of blueberries and red tart cherries and fourth in the production of sweet cherries. Many other fruits, including peaches, plums, grapes and strawberries, grow abundantly here. For more information, click Michigan Agricultural Commodities to visit the Michigan Department of Agriculture's Commodities Site.
Archives of Michigan Holdings
The Archives of Michigan houses a number of historical photographs documenting Michigan fruit culture. These can be found in the General Photograph Collection and also in a few private collections, such as the Richard W. Appleyard Collection (Click Richard W. Appleyard Collection: Online Catalog Record to view the catalog record of this collection.) Photographs and textual records of the Michigan Department of Agriculture also document aspects of the Michigan fruit industry.
The following Michigan History magazine articles provided data for this essay:
"Grand Traverse County" by Roger Rosentreter. Michigan History November/December 1982, pp. 13-16.
"The Secret Ingredient" by Kristin Jass Armstrong. Michigan History May/June 2006 pp. 6-12.
The May/June 2006 issue is a special issue devoted to Michigan fruit. Click Michigan History Magazine to order back issues.
interesting item about our fruit industry
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DUBLIN--February 27, 2013: The Board of Directors of diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton today declared an 11 percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend from $0.38 per common share to $0.42 per common share. The dividend is payable March 22, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 11, 2013.
Eaton estimates that the majority of the dividend will be treated as a return of capital to U.S. shareholders. Additional information about the tax treatment of the dividend is available at the investor relations page of the Eaton website, Eaton . Eaton is required to file an IRS form indicating the estimated percentage of the dividend to be treated as a return of capital to U.S. shareholders after each quarterly cash dividend is paid. When filed, the IRS form will also be available at the investor relations page of the Eaton website.
Eaton has paid dividends on its common shares every year since 1923.
Eaton is a diversified power management company providing energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power. With 2012 sales of $16.3 billion, Eaton is a global technology leader in electrical products, systems and services for power quality, distribution and control, power transmission, lighting and wiring products; hydraulics components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain and powertrain systems for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton acquired Cooper Industries plc in 2012. Eaton has approximately 103,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.


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For 2011, taxpayers age 70½ and older can transfer up to $100,000.00 tax-free directly from an IRA account to a charity. A charitable transfer can be used to satisfy the taxpayer's required minimum distribution for the tax year.
Ely Mosynary, age 72, must take a fully taxable required minimum distribution of $4,263 from his IRA. Ely also made a pledge of $5,000 to the YMCA building fund. Ely can request that $5,000 be sent directly from his IRA account to the YMCA to cover both his required minimum IRA distribution for 2011 and his outstanding pledge. The $5,000 is not reported as income on his Form 1040, and it cannot be deducted as a charitable contribution on his Schedule A.
Without this technique Ely would have to report $4,263 as gross income on Page 1 of his Form 1040 and claim a $5,000 charitable deduction on Schedule A. The $4,263 would increase his Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) and could, as a result, increase the taxable portion of his Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits by as much as $3,624, reduce his medical and miscellaneous itemized deductions by up to $405, and reduce or eliminate a number of other deductions and credits that are affected by AGI.
Many retired taxpayers who must take required minimum distributions (RMD) from an IRA cannot itemize because of the additional standard deduction for age 65 or older and the fact that their mortgage is paid off, and therefore get no tax benefit from charitable contributions. By using a direct transfer to a to satisfy their annual RMD they will be able to get the full tax benefit for their contribution, as well as possibly reducing their taxable Social Security.
Charitable transfers should only be made from a "traditional" IRA. Qualified distributions from a ROTH IRA are totally tax-free, so there is no tax benefit in a direct transfer of funds from a ROTH IRA.
Qualifying taxpayers may also want to consider making a direct transfer from a traditional IRA to a charity now, instead of having a cash bequest made from their estate. Since your beneficiaries are taxed on monies received from an inherited traditional IRA, by making the contributions as a direct transfer you will -
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Three start-up companies affiliated with the University of Alabama are among the 10 start-up companies from across the state that were selected this week to compete in the second 2013 Alabama Launchpad Start-Up Competition.
Three start-up companies affiliated with the University of Alabama are among the 10 start-up companies from across the state that were selected this week to compete in the second 2013 Alabama Launchpad Start-Up Competition.
Twenty-seven start-ups applied for the competition and a five-judge panel chose the 10 after reviewing submitted applications.
The 10 teams now will compete for up to $100,000 in award money that will be used to further develop their company.
Alabama Launchpad is in its seventh year. Its purpose is to help innovative ventures that have the potential to create and keep jobs in Alabama grow into businesses in the state.
The UA-affiliated companies in the competition are:
- Bidsters: An online interactive database in which construction industry businesses can display their information to get connected with others in the industry and communicate with them all in one place. Its team leader is Ben Bickerstaff and the company is based in Tuscaloosa.
- e-Electricity: A telecommunications company that is developing wireless harvesting, allowing for mobile devices to recharge wirelessly, without the need to plug-in to a power outlet, which it said is a tremendous advantage for individuals who are always "on the go" or traveling. Its team leader is Sloan McCrary and the company is based in Tuscaloosa.
- Surface Integrity LLC: A medical devices and equipment research and development company that develops custom surfaces for a wide variety of industries and applications, including controlling the surface of degradable metal implants by surface treatments. Its team leader is Michael Sealy and the company is based in Hoover.
This is the first year Alabama Launchpad has two competitions in the same year.
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With 90 percent of African Americans in bondage in 1861, it is easy to forget free people of color (about evenly split between North and South). In the North, where free African Americans did not live under quite as tight the restrictions of their southern counterparts, a small African-American press even came into existence although the publications tended to have a fleeting existence.
One of these publications was the Weekly Anglo-African published from 1859 to 1862 in New York City. Civil War Emancipation dealt with this newspaper a week ago in regard to its April 13, 1861 edition calling for militant terror against enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act. No doubt that issue had been put to type prior the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter of April 12-13. So in between the April 13 and April 20 issues, the world was literally turned upside down and the Weekly Anglo-African had to react to the outbreak of fighting between North and South.
The first reaction of the publication in its April 2o, 1861 issue was simply to be stunned by the news and then quickly recover with an eerily prophetic tone which must have struck some readers at the time as fanciful.
The Weekly Anglo-African reported:
Since our last, events have moved forward with startling rapidity. Fort Sumter has surrendered to Gen. Beauregard of the Confederate States Army. President Lincoln has issued his proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteers, and convening an extra session of Congress to assemble on the fourth day of July ensuing. Martial law has been proclaimed in the District of Columbia, the war feeling rules the North, and every indication is presented of a long and bloody intestine struggle.
This is but another step in the drama of American Progress. We say Progress, for we know that no matter what may be the desires of the men of Expediency, who rule, or seem to, the affairs of the North.–the tendencies are for Liberty.
Good speed the conflict. May the cup be drained to its dregs, for only thus can this nation of sluggards know the disease and its remedy.
The strife will be deadly, but the end is certain. It matters not whether the Government is successful, whether the Union is preserved, the Ideas underlying the struggle will triumph.
Elsewhere in the same issue, the Weekly Anglo-African re-emphasized its faith in the outcome of the nascent conflict, writing:
… God's time is come, and the batteries of Charleston harbor thunder forth to us his call: "Awake! arise!" The sword of his Divine vengeance is unsheathed, and, whilst it suites [sic]the guilty, points to our way of deliverance. What though it be red with gore and strewed with cor[p]ses: "is there not a cause?"
The hour rapidly approaches in which we may effect the otherthrow of slavery. But we are distracted by diverse opinions and paralyzed by dissensions. Before we act in any direction, these gaps in our ranks must be closed. How can it be done? We answer in esprit de corps founded on race–by the adoption of a common object, and the recognition of all instrumentalities which tend to promote it.
The object we have: the destruction of slavery. Nature's first law demands it.
When the power of Carthage menaced the supremacy of Rome, the decree went forth–"Carthage must be destroyed." and Carthage fell. The destruction of Carthage was a political expedient, but destruction of slavery is a necessity, arising out of our humanity. Slavery must be destroyed then, and by our hands. Let it be our dream by night–and our thought by day. Let it be the burden of our speech and inform our every act. Slavery must be destroyed! We are "at daggers drawn" with the monster that for centuries has made merchandise of our bodies and havoc of our souls. Wherever we may confront it, whether crouching in its southern lair, or prowling along these Northern highways in search of prey [illegible passage] the only alternative. We do not assume this position, but interest and reason alike demonstrate that we accept it.
What if it be termed treason, rebellion, insurrection?–we care not: knowing full well that despotism has ever used these strategems to bolster up its tyranny and beat down human rights. What allegiance do we owe to a power that denies our rights? What is left but rebellion, to those whom the government recognize only to oppress? If we have learned anything of freedom from our despoilers, we know that is our sacred duty to rise up against oppression. This then, is the issue, this the point to which our policy must tend–Resistance. Resistance at home, resistance abroad; it matters not whether the blow is struck at home, or a thousand miles away, so long as slavery is smitten and the rights of black men are vindicated, it is enough. It raises us higher in the world's esteem, and gives us a hold upon its sympathies.
There was a terrible mistake made in 1776, the sad results of which culminated at Moultrie on the 12th inst. The blood of our ancestors was bravely and freely shed in defence of freedom; and we reap of their bravery in disfranchisement, bondage, and contumely.
Freedom again goes forth to battle against despotism, and black men can fight as bravely now as in days of yore; and if called upon will promptly respond. Whatever they may have lost through the perfidy of their countrymen, they retain full faith in the inalienability of human rights, and are willing to venture all for their defence. But henceforth we fight not to further partial interests, or governmental theories, but to establish liberty upon a basis coextensive with the human race.
These were brave words in April 1861, with the cannon arrayed against Fort Sumter still warm. But behind them lay an iron determination little known outside the antebellum black community in the North, a determination more quiet but shared in the slave cabins of the South–a determination to destroy slavery once and for all. And determination that even the most vociferous supporters of slavery would have to confront in the weeks, months, and years to come.
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Spain has an extensive network of first-rate golf courses. It is one of the best places for playing golf, thanks to its year-round good climate and to the quality of its facilities, suitable for all handicaps.
José Hidalgo. Patronato de Turismo de la Costa del Sol
La Dama de Noche Golf Club. Marbella
Think of your perfect golfing conditions and then compare them with those in Marbella: warm, dry and sunny climate; gentle, rolling landscapes with large areas open to the sea and mountains; a wide range of fully equipped courses. About the same, don't you think? This is why Marbella, located at the heart of the Costa del Sol, is considered by many to be the golfing capital. If this is your sport, then can you think of a better place to play?
Marbella , in the province of Malaga, southern Andalusia, is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the Costa del Sol. It offers a host of possibilities, including its outstanding array of options for golf enthusiasts. Here you will find more than a dozen top-class golf courses with programmes to suit all levels of play. If you add to this an excellent range of hotels, numerous leisure attractions, extensive water sports, fine gastronomy and the typical charm of Andalusian towns and villages, then you will have no trouble deciding on your golfing destination: Marbella.
Holes for all, right by the sea
Beginner or expert, in Marbella you will have a great time playing golf. There are all kinds of 9- and 18-hole courses. There is another possibility you are sure to like: playing on a green with views over the Mediterranean Sea. Courses such as Golf Rio Real, Santa Clara Golf, Cabopino Golf, Santa María Golf; Country Club, Monte Paraíso Golf, Quinta Golf; Country Club, Marbella Golf; Country and Guadalmina Golf Club are all perfect options.
International prestige
Quality is the word that best defines Marbella's golf courses. An example of this is the Marbella Club Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, which was named best European resort at the 2008 World Travel Awards. The green is actually inside the hotel, a real treat for guests. Another example is Las Brisas Royal Golf Club, whose course is especially attractive for expert players, requiring the most precise strokes.
Marbella's international prestige in the golfing community is such that there are clubs with members from up to 20 different countries, as is the case of Aloha Golf. Like Los Naranjos Golf Club, this course is outstanding for the diversity of its holes, making each round completely different from the last. They are both close to the famous Puerto Banús, a regular destination for the jet set, a stunning location with a host of shops, restaurants and nightclubs, where you can also enjoy a range of water sports. La Dama de Noche Golf Club, unique in offering your favourite sport at night, and Magna Marbella Golf, are also close to Puerto Banús and complete a range of golf courses that lead many to think of Marbella as the golfing capital. Fancy seeing for yourself?
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I finally ordered some pectin NH online and I made my glaze using that. In the past, I used just regular pectin that I get from the grocery store, but I could never get the consistency I wanted. The resulted glaze was so runny at first even after refrigerating it overnight, thinking that I should have put more pectin, but after longer refrigeration, it thicken beautifully, just perfect consistency.
this baby shower? Yup, I have 13 nieces and nephews now, and the 13th was just born a few days ago and I am officially in love with her. This cake was actually made right before the baby was born. Can't wait to see her grows up and feed her cakes to maintain those chubby cheeks :)


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Commission staff prepared a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the relicensing of Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) existing 368-megawatt McCloud-Pit Hydroelectric Project (McCloud-Pit Project). The project analyzed in the document is located on the McCloud and Pit Rivers in Shasta County, California.
PG&E used the Integrated Licensing Process and filed the license application for the McCloud-Pit Project on July 16, 2009. The project occupies a total of 1,622 acres of federal lands administered by the USDA - Forest Service. In its license application, PG&E proposed: (1) higher minimum instream flow releases in two project reaches: Lower McCloud River and Iron Canyon Creek; (2) measures to protect sensitive species; (3) measures to maintain and enhance project recreational opportunities; and (4) development and/or implementation of management plans that cover a range of resources, including: (a) water quality; (b) wildlife habitat and enhancement; (c) vegetation; (d) wildlife; (e) recreation; and (f) cultural resources. Commission staff evaluated PG&E's proposal and recommendations made by state and federal agencies and non-governmental organizations, in the draft EIS issued July 30, 2010. After receiving comments and oral testimony on the draft EIS, staff revised the document, as necessary, in this final EIS.
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A year ago, the Los Angeles Galaxy had one of the best defenses in MLS. Though statistics show one side of the Galaxy's stifling defense, the individual pieces also reveal how strong the back line was a year ago and gives promise of what's to come in 2011.
Three pieces of the Galaxy's defense were part of the United States national team's camp Tuesday when it opened for its annual January session at The Home Depot Center. Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin and A.J. DeLaGarza are all in camp, and teammate Gregg Berhalter said it's a deserving nod.
"It's a great honor first of all for the Galaxy, to have three defenders named to the national team camp," Berhalter said. "They've all proven [themselves] throughout the season."
Berhalter, himself an accomplished national team defender, said the three players each had high hopes of accomplishing something significant with the national team.
[inline_node:323419]"Omar is probably the more established one of the group in terms of the national team," Berhalter said. "He needs to continue to assert himself on that level."
Gonzalez was named 2009 Rookie of the Year and was a finalist for the 2010 MLS Defender of the Year award. Unlike his Galaxy teammates, Gonzalez already has a cap and earned praise for his effort against Brazil in August.
"He definitely has the potential and it's just the consistency he needs to work on, but I count on him to be a huge part of the US program as it moves forward," Berhalter said.
Franklin, Gonzalez's predecessor in rookie honors, also has parlayed individual success into a national team call. He enjoyed another fine season in 2010 despite early injury concerns, and Berhalter said Franklin's talent could help him stand out.
"With Sean, I think Sean has definite ability," Berhalter said. "I think that he has tremendous fitness, tremendous speed, is a good one-on-one defender and he's very good going forward. He has the potential to make it [in the USMNT] and I think it's up to him now to show that at that level he can make decisions quick enough to be effective."
[inline_node:121482]Perhaps the unlikeliest player of the trio to be at camp is DeLaGarza. Not a regular starter during the season, DeLaGarza spent time at center back and on the right side of the defense until he gravitated toward the back in a more permanent role.
With Berhalter injured and slowly regaining fitness, DeLaGarza eventually was the first-choice center back to pair with Gonzalez, and it's his versatility that is most impressive, Berhalter said.
"A.J. has come a long way since his rookie year. He's going to continue to grow," Berhalter said. "His strength is that he can play a variety of positions and has had good performances at all positions. I wouldn't necessarily tag him at one position but I think as a coach, you need flexibility, you need to be able put a guy into a number of positions and you definitely have that in A.J."


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Getting Along: Civil Disagreements with a Thinking Christian
Tom Gilson at Thinking Christian was kind enough to offer a critique of Reality and its rivals, an article that discusses the justifications for intersubjective empiricism (exemplified by science) as our most reliable way of knowing, how empiricism tends to support naturalism, and the ethical obligation we have to one another to be empiricists (and thus, perhaps, naturalists). He then invited me to a debate in three parts, which you can read here.
I won't reprise the arguments since the disagreements are perhaps less important than the tone of the discourse, which was pretty amicable. Since it's unlikely that unanimity on the fundamental questions that worldviews address will ever be achieved, it's crucial that worldview adversaries share a belief in live-and-let-live tolerance, otherwise things can get very nasty, as the history of ideological conflict shows. They should agree that maintaining an irenic philosophical pluralism is more important than achieving world domination for their worldview, because that's simply not achievable given human diversity. Better we disagree peacefully than try to enforce an untenable uniformity.
I wrapped up my contributions by noting all the common ground that had come to light during the debate. I'll quote that and the end of Tom Gilson's reply, just as an example of how focusing on commonalities helps to generate cross-ideological comity. To put it succinctly and imperatively: everybody play nice!
Clark writes:
…But what I've learned from this debate is that we agree about those [epistemic] commitments more than I expected. We agree that "first person data" – for instance the subjective experience of being embraced by God – aren't alone adequate to prove the claim of God's existence. We agree (I think) that intersubjective evidence using public objects is necessary to justify that claim to persons not having such experience. We agree that history and philosophy have intersubjective elements to them, and we agree (I think) that one can't simply reason one's way to God: philosophical arguments supporting God's existence involve premises about how the world actually is in various respects (otherwise you wouldn't be interested in history or science, which of course you are). We also agree that there are unsolved mysteries about how the world works, that dogmatism is to be avoided, and that argument, not force, is the best way to resolve worldview differences. And if they can't be resolved, we agree that we can still live peacefully together in an open society (my cardinal value). So all told we agree on a lot, and for that and the very civil discourse I've encountered here, I'm most grateful.
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...I continue to hold that God can communicate his reality to persons in a private manner, and that he does so, and that the shared reality of that experience among believers is as valid as persons' shared experience of "red." This is in addition to, not instead of, external inter-subjective validations.
I agree that there is epistemological value in your two requirements [the insulation and public object requirements], but I hold that to place complete reliance on them is self-defeating. I think you probably have agreed with that in the end, but I'm not entirely sure.
This has been an interesting discussion. There's room for more response here, and (whether this is good news to you or not I don't know!) I have two further topics to address from your epistemology article, relating to meaning and ethics, so I'll take those up in blog posts before long. I appreciate your excellent interaction!


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I set out on a warm summer day to visit Cayuga Ontario, approximately 2 hours West of Toronto. This would be my first trip to Toronto Motosports Park and it was a very good one. The confusingly named facility owned and developed by former successful Canadian road-racer Uli Bieri. I had a meeting on some other promotional ideas and took my camera just to snap some shots for reference. It was Friday and to my great surprise this weekend was the inaugural visit to Canada of Rich Christenson's PINKS elimination drag racing event.
After my meeting with Uli and my tour of his impressive multi-faceted racing complex I went out and spent a couple of hours mingling with the drag racing crowd. This being my fist time at a real drag strip, my head was spinning with the noise, colour and variety of vehicles collected for this event. I would highly recommend a trip to Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga Ontario Canada.
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NEW YORK (AFP) – An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 dollars in compensation, campaigners said Monday.
Raed Jarrar received the pay out on Friday from two US Transportation Security Authority officials and from JetBlue Airways following the August 2006 incident at New York's JFK Airport, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced.
"The outcome of this case is a victory for free speech and a blow to the discriminatory practice of racial profiling," said Aden Fine, a lawyer with ACLU.
Jarrar, a US resident, was apprehended as he waited to board a JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland, California, and told to remove his shirt, which had written on it in Arabic: "We will not be silent."
He was told other passengers felt uncomfortable because an Arabic-inscribed T-shirt in an airport was like "wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, I am a robber,'" the ACLU said. (Z: well put)
Jarrar eventually agreed to cover his shirt with another provided by JetBlue. He was allowed aboard but his seat was changed from the front to the back of the aircraft. (Z; Well done)
Last week, nine Muslims, including three children, were ordered off a domestic US flight after passengers heard what they believed were suspicious remarks about security.
Although the passengers, eight of them US citizens, were cleared by the FBI, they were reportedly still barred from the AirTran flight. (Z; bravo)
Security has been at a high level in US airports since the September 11, 2001 hijacked airliner attacks against the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. (Z; gee!)
However, rights groups and representatives of the Muslim community say the security measures have led to frequent discrimination and harassment.
Z: Wait! SO HE can wear "WE WILL NOT BE SILENT" but WE can't complain that that message sends a questionable message to us? Why's that?...HE has FREE SPEECH, but WE CAN'T REACT? .........is that the message, or................ WHAT?
What do you think? NOBODY wants hurt feelings of innocent muslims but.... wouldn't you think they'd go out of their way not to say or do anything provocative in light of the problems America's had? Just try? Can't airport security err on OUR SIDE? And then why can't the 'harassed' say "Oh, man, I never thought people would take that the wrong way. I'm so sorry, I see why people were upset; but we don't mean harm to anyone."
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Like the championship-winning 8IGHT™ platform on which it is based, the big 5IVE-B™ buggy has been engineered for one thing – winning races. No mere RTR conversion, it is a purpose-designed racing kit that you equip with the engine and electronics of your choice.
Key FeaturesPurpose-built, racing kit based on the 8IGHT platform Hard-anodized, 5mm 6061-T6 aluminum chassis plate Heavy duty brakes Dual-steering-servo radio tray Cab-forward racing body Racing wing with removable wicker bill Aluminum clutch carrier and center-diff case Hard-anodized, 24mm aluminum shocks with bleeder caps AHard-anodized aluminum shock towers with multiple mounting holes Light, one-piece, glue-style wheels Specially designed air filter for racing engines Protective axle boots Adjustable toe and anti-squat plates
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Happy Anniversary, dear Frenchie
You are, without any shadow of a doubt, the best thing that ever happened to me. I am in love, and always will be.
We may not be together today, but I feel privileged, and more lucky than I can say, to miss you as much as I do.
Min dae.
(And, as is often the case, the Frenchie says it better).
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Baie, baie geluk. Julle gee my hoop.ReplyDelete
Congratulations... I love stories like this, and thank you for sharing it, as it's so good for us to hear them and know what is possible. :)ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary, Marie. It's a lovely summer you've been sharing with us!ReplyDelete
YAY! Hooray for life long love. Happy anniversary Marie and Vince xReplyDelete
Baie geluk! Such a romantic story.ReplyDelete
congrats to you both.ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary you two with your lucky number 4.ReplyDelete
WE all raise a glass ( mine is of iced latte) t your continued happiness and eternal love.
xo jane and GG
Thank you, thank you, thank you all... :-)ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary to you eternal newlyweds.ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary Marie and Vince! A romantic story for a romantic couple.ReplyDelete
Me again... I just noticed the photo of Marie at the top left of the blog page is from your wedding day, isn't it?ReplyDelete
And, many Happy Returns! The best to you both!ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary, Marie and Vince! May this be the only one you spend apart.ReplyDelete
Happy Anniversary Marie and Vince. I hope you have many, many more.ReplyDelete
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Following is the suggested sequence of courses required for an Associate in Arts degree in pre-Veterinary Medicine. Additional developmental studies courses may be required before you can take college English or mathematics. Check with your transferring institution to ensure transferability of courses or specific program requirements.
Fall Semester
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Annie is an anime-exclusive character that appeared in Pokémon Heroes. Annie is the partner and older sister of Oakley. She is voiced by Megan Hollingshead in English and by Uno Kanda in Japanese.
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Annie and Oakley are prodigal members of Team Rocket, as shown when James recognises the pair instantly. They are known to be affiliated with Team Rocket, as the English Dub has the pair referring to a mission assigned to them by Giovanni.
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Whilst not being nearly as proficient as her partner Oakley, Annie still excels in using her Pokémon. However, Annie's real skill comes through acrobatics, as she was able to do a multitude of cartwheels whilst simultaneously fighting Latios and Latias. This is shown in contrast to Jessie and James, who experienced difficulty in traversing a metal beam. Annie is also shown to use a set of goggles which enables her to see Latias and Latios when cloaked and disguised as Bianca. Annie and Oakley also make use of a remotely operated drone, in order to scour the city for the Eon Pokémon. These drones are fitted with a scanner that can discern between the lower body temperatures of a Pokémon and that of a human.
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Annie has a somewhat laidback personality, only following in Oakley's stead in order to retrieve the Soul Dew, for reasons of personal gain. Oakley, on the other hand, wishes to use the Soul Dew's power to destroy Alto Mare, and capture the Eon Pokémon for Giovanni. Despite her somewhat laidback personality, Annie is shown to be able to retain her senses, as opposed to Oakley, who is overcome with the ultimate control the Defense Mechanism has granted her.
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- Both she and Oakley are named after Annie Oakley, the same way other Team Rocket duos are named; such as Jessie and James, Butch and Cassidy, and Attila and Hun.


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I dedicate this post to my grandparents. Thanks for teaching me about true love.
Kamitic/Kemetic Spirituality is real and in regards to love it is powerful. Last month, TV1 featured during Black History month some movies that made an impact on Black American culture. As I sat book and looked at some of these films I remember growing up seeing those influences and the impact it has had upon many of us today. Now, don't get me wrong. I love some blaxploitation movies like the next man. I was fond of Shaft, (THE REAL) Foxy Brown, and I really like Black Cesar but let's be serious, none of these movies were really Culturally relevant. Yeah, they helped us to move beyond certain issues and take pride in our physical characteristics but they also damaged us spiritually I believe in regards to true African American spirituality and relationships. One film that sort of hinted upon this was Mario Van Peebles' Panther, where he showed a lot of women were expected to just sit back and support their man as he went to fight da man.
Now, what amazes me about people claiming to be reconstructionists or resurrectionists of the Kamitic/Kemetic Way. Is that when you look at them you find that they are not dedicated to any of the principles as it relates to health, which are virtues that were guarded by the sisters. Now, I am not casting stones but if you look at the wall art and sculptures you see that the Kamau weren't grossly overweight people. In regards to family, men weren't all macho-breadwinners and women just sat at home and supported their husbands. This idea that women of Kamit/Kemet were queens that were either weak, soft-spoken women or hardcore women, and men were just warriors is a total Euro-centric view based upon Euro-centric fairy tales, history and Euro-centric values. This is why there are so many women claiming to honor the lioness spirit Sekhmet, the energy/spirit of female hard-coreness (She is a dragon-lady).
True Kamitic/Kemetic Spirituality in regards to Love/Relationships was based upon the concepts and principles of Maa (Divine Law, Order, Balance and Harmony) and personified through the spirit Maat. This means true Kamitic/Kemetic Spirituality was based upon the idea and belief that everything that exists plays a part/role in a bigger whole of things. In short everything was related like a family. True Kamticism does not value one sex over another. Both chauvanism and feminism are wrong stemming from Euro-centric way of life. True Kamiticism is holistic meaning both male and female are interdependent upon each other in order to create life, peace and harmony for all because he and she is a reflection of the Divine.
I came to this conclusion on what true Kamitic/Kemetic Spirituality is especially in regards to relationship by observing how my grandfather and grandmother interacted with each other. They like most couples had their ups and downs but in the end they were able to assist me in this subject because they had been married for over 60 years, hence the proof is in the pudding. And before they passed, they still hit on each other like they were teenagers falling in love for the first time. My grandfather never hit my grandmother and instructed his sons not to do so as well because it was a sign of cowardice. He also instructed his sons never to give a woman a reason to want to hit him. At the same time, my grandmother never provoked my grandfather to hit her because she explained to my mother and aunts that it was a sign of weakness. She also told them the same thing, never give a man a reason to hit them either. Both the women and the men were taught to protect themselves but as you can see they were both given practical, insightful wisdom that dealt with inner strengths and outer weaknesses.
Did my grandparents get angry with each other? Of course, they did. Anytime you are dealing with another person there's bound to be some disagreement. In fact, many times I remember my grandmother stubbornly walking to Sunday school because my grandfather was late to church (she couldn't drive). At the same time, I remember this same determination of my grandmother being used to make my grandfather humble himself and do whatever she wanted. They were interesting to watch because they never sent each other a cuss. They never physically fought each other like couples do today because they respected each other and respected each others' input to the whole. If you get what I am saying, you will see that my grandfather and grandmother were a tag team couple. They were completely different yet at the same time similar because they were interdependent upon each other. They complimented and got on each other nerves at the same time, while still loving each other for 60, I believe 75 years of marriage (they were married at age 17 and 16). The thing I learned from them, is that they never let their emotions get the best of them.
The best way I can describe how my grandparents functioned with each other is by the old hoodoo adage "whatever works" to keep the peace, harmony and love amongst each other without disrespecting the other. This was their formula for success. Yes, my grandfather was about being macho, a real man, which is why he hunted (like a lot of the older men did back in the day) for food for the family (not just for sport), he ate raw oysters and did other "manly things". While my grandmother did "womanly things" like wore lovely dresses adorned, sweet seductive perfume with the superfly hats black women love to wear, she was a mean cook in the kitchen, but these were all part of their characters. These roles, or tasks didn't define who they were and they sure as hell didn't mean anything to them when it came to their family.
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I am reminded by my ancestors that you have a right and left hand, and this is what man and woman are in regards to Kamitic spirituality and love. It is all about complimentary to the whole. So, it begs me to ask this question, if your spirituality is not complimenting your physical well being, or your relationship isn't prospering like it should that maybe it is based upon the Greek-Roman-Egyptian invading culture that came after most of the Africans of Kamit left.


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Stars We Lost in 2014by Ali Szubiak | PopCrush
2014 saw the loss of many beloved, talented icons in the entertainment industry. From fashion designers to actors, comedians and musicians — there's no doubt we'll be feeling their absences for years to come.
As the year comes to a close, we've decided to take a look back on the celebrities we were forced to say goodbye to — from the sudden, shocking death of comic legend Robin Williams to the tragic passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joan Rivers, we've compiled a list of those we lost this year.
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Simply Good: Aniston breathes life into new role
Independent films show that movies needn't be lavish, effects-filled overproductions. The Good Girl does that, but it also shows the same thing about hell: it doesn't have to be full of fire and horned red imps but can be defined by the ruts we dig for ourselves in our everyday lives.
At 30, Justine Last (Jennifer Aniston) has reached the point where the world, which once seemed like a candy store, now feels like a prison– and she's on death row. She's been married seven years to Phil (John C. Reilly), a house painter in the small Texas town where she cashiers at the Retail Rodeo discount store.
Actually she's married to "a couple of potheads" because Phil's inseparable from his painting partner, Bubba (Tim Blake Nelson), who hangs at their house, having no life of his own. They have no children (Bubba doesn't count) and presume Justine's infertile until a test indicates otherwise.
Beer and marijuana help Phil escape from his dead-end life, but Justine has no such outlet until a new guy (Jake Gyllenhaal) comes to work at the store. A dark, brooding loner, his name is Tom ("It's my slave name"), but he calls himself Holden after Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, who he says is "put upon by society and the hypocrisy of the world."
A would-be writer, Holden is 22, dropped out of college because of a drinking problem, and lives with his parents, who "don't get me." "My husband doesn't get me," Justine says. You can guess where that's going to lead.
Well, you can guess some of it; but The Good Girl was written by Mike White, who has a supporting role as an evangelical security guard, and directed by Miguel Arteta, the team that gave you Chuck & Buck. This one may not be that strange, but it's not a pat, formulaic Hollywood movie either.
Portents abound, whether it's Phil saying "The wind's comin' in different lately"; Justine telling Holden, "I saw in your eyes that you hate the world. I hate it too"; or Holden's idea of sweet nothings: "I wanna knock your head open and see what's inside."
Even when Justine comes to a crossroads and has to determine her future by a literal decision to turn right or left, things that seem simply resolved require a lot of tying up of loose ends.
Aniston's performance is largely built on a single note– well, a single chord– but a good one, made up of discontent and confusion. Gyllenhaal, having his second affair with an older woman this summer after Lovely & Amazing, matures nicely into his first post-teen role. His character is closer to Eminem's Stan (with a touch of Bobbie Gentry's Billie Joe) than Salinger's Holden, but he inspires the right mix of fear and pity.
Anyone who's ever felt the place they live is too small for their dreams will relate to The Good Girl; but if Bubba is right that "Givin' up your dream...is a part of getting older," what constitutes a happy ending to a story like this?


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Victorian farmers worried about wedge-tailed eagles killing their livestock should deal with the problem legally, an agricultural group has warned, after more than 130 of the birds were slain in the state's east.
The carcasses of 136 wedge-tailed eagles and four other protected bird species were recently found hidden as environment department investigators combed 2000 hectares of bushland and scrub on rural East Gippsland properties.
The issue has spurred the Victorian Farmers Federation to urge landholders to avoid illegal methods, such as poisoning, if they are suffering from an influx of the birds.
Federation livestock president Leonard Vallance said the eagles can kill a lamb each day but farmers can request a legal permit to shoot the birds if they are an issue.
"The avenue is there," Mr Vallance told AAP on Wednesday.
More of the eagles have been coming to Victoria due to drought conditions in parts of NSW and like other animals that kill livestock they can cause farmers distress, Mr Vallance said.
"What farmers find is injured lambs, half-dead lambs, half-eaten lambs.
"It's not a pleasant death for the lamb, it's fairly horrific."
Farmers typically might have to deal with one or two of the birds but to hear of more than 100 killed is very uncommon, Mr Vallance added.
"I've never heard of anyone killing that many eagles ever before, maybe two or three, that's it."
The environment department said it is throwing its full weight behind the "devastating" case, which has sparked community outrage.
"This is the biggest case of wedge-tailed eagle deaths that we've ever seen," investigations manager Iain Bruce said.
The department has not confirmed how the birds died but said the scale of the deaths and scattered nature of the carcasses shows the killings were intentional.
One person is assisting with the investigation.
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The Daytona Beach News-Journal publishes building permit listings with values of more than $50,000 (not including swimming pools) from Builders Exchange & Reprographics LLC.
Board of County Commissioners of Flagler County, 271 Starboard Drive, commercial addition, $230,000.
Oceans West One Condo Assocation, 1 Oceans West Blvd., commercial addition, $3,879,549; multifamily residence, $297,846.
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CVPC-Outparcels LLC, 140 Cypress Hedge Drive, commercial, $975,000; 140 Cypress Hedge Drive, site work, $975,000; 180 Cypress Hedge Drive, commercial, $650,000; 140 Cypress Hedge Drive, site work, $650,000. D.R. Horton Inc., 4 Graham Trail, single family residence, $335,000. Douglas W. and Betty J. Parker, 58 Kingfisher Lane, single family residence, $296,000. D.R. Horton Inc., 7 Graham Trail, single family residence, $280,000. Maronda Homes Inc., 38 Bradmore Lane, single family residence, $278,000. KB Home Jacksonville LLC, 101 Vireo Drive, single family residence, $270,000. William R. and Linda K. Gilbert, 180 Arena Lake Drive, single family residence, $246,000. Juan N. and Celeste G. Dizon, 18 Ranwood Lane, single family residence, $228,000. TS Federal Homes LLC, 33 Westbriar Lane, single family residence, $227,000. D.R. Horton Inc., 15 Arrowhead Drive, single family residence, $201,000; City of Palm Coast, 10000 Belle Terre Parkway, commercial addition, $85,000. Robert J. and Diana Dailey, 1 Ehrly Place, single family addition, $56,000.
Athena Diversified Investments, 4604 S. Atlantic Ave., commercial addition, $85,000.
Holiday Builders Inc., 3842 Esplanade Ave., single family residence, $287,600; 3851 Bourbon St., single family residence, $279,443.
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To say the marketplace is over-saturated with music games at this point would be to state the obvious. Sure, we've had five "Hero" games come out so far this year, in addition to three Rock Band titles and countless karaoke games, but the fact is, even though it all seems like overkill, there is a proven market for these games, and eager fans are willing to pick them up time and time again.
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The soundtrack in Band Hero definitely sounds like it was ripped from an 8th grade junior high school dance, which is perfect for the game's intended audience. You'll be able to play through plenty of pop-tastic songs including Taylor Swift's "Love Story" Aly and AJ's "Like Woah" and Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday". There are also plenty of golden oldies in the mix, which will appeal to parents who want to play the game with their kids. Songs like Marvin Gaye's "Heard it Through the Grapevine" Devo's "Whip it" and the Iconic "YMCA" by The Villiage People will certainly keep older players tapping their toes. The only issue I have with Band Hero's setlist is that it falls short of the Guitar Hero 5 tracklist by about 20 songs, which is a bit depressing since the game retails for the same price as Guitar Hero 5.
Aside from the family-friendly soundtrack, another big difference between Guitar Hero and Band Hero is the overall style of the game. While Guitar Hero has traditionally had plenty of extreme colors and rock-themed arenas, Band Hero is basically the polar opposite. Bright purples and blues dominate stage setups, and built-in characters definitely conform to teenage archetypes.
In addition, there are also some teen idol characters that can be unlocked. Celebrities like Taylor Swift, Gwen Stefani, and Adam Levine (of Maroon 5 fame) can all be unlocked and used on any song. So if you know a little girl who has an obsession with Taylor Swift, Band Hero will definitely be a no-brainer purchase, as she will be able to use Ms. Swift in any song once she is unlocked.
Even the story mode has somewhat of a teeny-bopper spin on it. Instead of playing dingy clubs with skull and bones aesthetics, you will be able to take your band through an American Idol-style journey. You start off playing malls and clubs like "The Fizzy Pop" and work your way up to big time gigs and competitions. Although the theme of "small band makes it big" is certainly a staple in all "Hero" games (as well as Rock Band games) this one is unique in that it lets you form a band with any instrument combination you want. This includes a four-singer band, drum duo, or trio of bassists. Any combination you can think of can be done in career mode. This is a great option, and is great for groups with people who like the same instruments.


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Apple's iOS mobile operating system gets more robust and full-featured with every update. And with Apple focusing on it so much, we're actually to the point where features are debuted on iOS and poor OS X has to wait for them to make the transition over.
Two features of iOS 5, iMessage and AirPlay Mirroring, look to be in the works for OS X. iMessage would essentially allow you to IM with people on iPhones, skipping texting entirely for a real-time conversation. And AirPlay Mirroring will allow someone with a Mac computer to mirror their computer's screen on any TV connected to an AppleTV, making watching videos and presentations and reading your email on a huge screen extra easy.
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Apparently Candy Crush Saga, a popular mobile game and mainstay on Facebook, is hugely successful -- so successful that it broke a research firm's growth algorithm.
AppData, a market research firm that follows Facebook usage of various games and apps, found that its algorithm couldn't keep up with Candy Crush Saga's meteoric rise, according to the Wall Street Journal. The firm had to change its numbers dating back to March because the game's growth was so much bigger than predicted.
The game, which requires users to make patterns with candy to win points, now has 132.4 million users who play at least once a month. That number was merely 40 million a few days ago."It's in the stratosphere," said a spokesman for the researcher.
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Candy Crush Saga is crazily addictive (full disclosure: I am a regular player) and with a number of friends also playing, it becomes an easy way to waste time on the social network. However few people would have bet that so many different kinds of people would become enslaved to a game that helps a little girl travel through Candy Town.


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Today I'm just wearing a tunic from Forever 21, Its a really intresting bright blue colour, Id describe it as peacock blue or even petrol blue as its quite dark yet vivid at the same time. Its totally different from anything on the highstreet at the moment which is why I was probably drawn to it! Forever 21 is now avaible online if you wanted to go check it out. Personally I think despite loving Forever 21 from a far it has been a slight disappointment, I love their basics, but nothing particularly stands out in my eyes, which is a shame because I'd be coveting it for so long. The prices seem a little jacked up compared to the US as well. Id recommend checking the jewelery and knitwear out though, they really excelled in that!
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Thanks for all your help on yesterdays post! I've checked most of the links out and will report back on Sunday which were my favourite from the bunch!