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GI-Media Library
A WordPress plugin for institutions providing online education. It enables you to display your course/media library in tabular form without the effort of custom creating html tables & layout.
A WordPress plugin for institutions/organizations to easily organize their course materials, FAQs, Fatawa into Groups, Categories, Tabs & Accordions.
Does God Loves Homosexuality?
God never loves homosexuality. In Holy Quran and Bible, God has discussed about the people who were indulge in this great sin and Prophet Lot (Peace Be Upon Him) was sent towards them for their guidance, but due to their arrogant and ignorant attitude God cursed them all except few who were the righteous, saved.
Consequence and Sanctity of Usury
Interest of Usury is very common these days. In life we have to face it at every turn. Whether they are business transactions or loan payments; borrowing house or car on lease, seeking of loans from the bank or using credit card for shopping, Interest at every turn has somehow created relationship and is connected to our lives. Few days ago a Muslim country's government launched a new scheme for the welfare of their youth, through which youngsters can easily start their new business. But unfortunately the government has adopted interest of usury in this loan scheme also and has forced the youngsters into the menace of this interest.
خلافتِ فاروقیؓ، ایک قابلِ تقلید دورِ حکومت (حصہ اول)
حضرت عمر فاروقؓ اسلام کی وہ عظیم المرتبت شخصیت ہیں کہ جن کی اسلام کے لئے روشن خدمات، جرأت و بہادری، عدل و انصاف پر مبنی فیصلوں، فتوحات، شاندار کردار و کارناموں سے اسلام کا چہرہ روشن ہے۔ آپؓ کا سنہرا دورِ خلافت مسلمانوں کی بے مثال فتوحات و ترقی اور عروج کا زمانہ تھا، مسلمان اس قدر خوشحال ہوگئے تھے کہ لوگ زکوٰۃ دینے کے لئے "مستحق زکٰوۃ" کو تلاش کرتے تھے، لیکن انہیں زکٰوۃ لینے والا مشکل سے ملتا تھا۔
قرابت داروں کا حق
اللہ تعالٰی ہمیں قرابت داروں، محتاجوں اور مسافروں کے حق کی ادائیگی اور ان کی مالی اعانت کی تلقین فرماتا ہے۔ ہمیں اپنا مال فضول خرچی اور شاہ خرچیوں کے کاموں میں ضائع کرنے سے روکتا ہے۔ نبی کریمؐ نے ضرورت مندوں کی ضرورت کو پورا کرنے والوں کو قابلِ رشک قرار دیا ہے۔
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text: Dawn Cooke: 32 Great Tattoo Artists Everyone Should Know By Dawn Cooke This is for the guys... So I featured ladies-only last time and I didn't want the guys to feel left out. So I sent messages to all the guys who I admire for their contribution to the tattoo community. Some of these fellows I know personally and some of them I do not but for some reason their work, ethics or both caught my eye... Some were easier to reach than others and there's a list of artists at the bottom that I didn't get to in time or I just couldn't reach. Those guys are important too so do some homework. But the main thing I am trying to do here is bring to light some great artists that aren't always right in your face. A lot of these fellows are shy or just a bit anti-social or just don't give a rat's ass about the race. I also included some European artists whose voices can be heard over the Atlantic Ocean. Surprisingly, all of the guys I got in touch with responded to me in such a way that this is going to be a long blog!!! But please take the time to look all the way through because you will not be disappointed! I sought them out because they deserve to be recognized for the outstanding work that they do. Some of them have been tattooing for along time and have been more influential than then know. Some only for a short time with years of promise a head of them. Either way they are bringing something really cool to the table. Here they are in no particular order: Danny Reed "I've been tattooing almost 10 years. I started here in Asheville NC and have been here almost my whole entire career. I really enjoy all types of tattooing. I love lettering, black and grey, portraits, Japanese, traditional, tribal and fine-line, but my favorite stuff is the weird shit, just strange, humorous and different. I draw a lot of inspiration from Ed Hardy, Greg Irons, Jim Philips, Dave Lum, Bob Roberts, old comics and animators. I like to use a lot of non-tattoo related imagery to pull from." Hot Stuff Tattoo Asheville, NC 828 251 6040. www.dannyreedtattoo.com Jason Brooks "I've been tattooing for 19 years,currently at Great Wave Tattoo, my shop in Austin,Texas. I enjoy doing energetic work in western and Asian styles. Great Wave Tattoo (512)573-7790 www.greatwavetattoo.com Lupo HoriOkami Born in 1979, in Vicenza Italy. His interest in art and design manifested itself in 1993 with graffiti. In 1999 he began designing tattoos and shortly after opened Inkside Tattooing in the heart of downtown Vicenza. During his first visit to Japan, Lupo HoriOkami had the honor of meeting and subsequently solidifying a formal professional relationship with Horiyoshi III (Yoshihito Nakano) after which time, and according to tradition, he was granted permission to the Japanese name "HoriOkami." Mushin Private Tattoo Studio Vicenza, Italy E-mail: email@example.com Phone: +39 340 8000142 (no sms) Clifton Carter "I have been working at tattoo shops since 1999 and apprenticed in 2000. I started tattooing full time in January 2001. I like doing every type of tattoo especially anything that looks like an Ed Hardy thing. In my tattooing I am just trying to carry images and ideas forward that I have been fortunate enough to be exposed to. There has been so much beautiful visual art made in human history that I would love to help people wear in the skin. My influences are Ed Hardy, Tom Berg, George Burchette, George Bigmore, Ben Corday, Horichiyo, Hokusai, Ito Jakachu, Shohaku, Charles Dana Gibson, Chris Conn, Leo Zuleta, Mayan Vase painting, Marquesan art, Borneo art, religious art, the 14th century Flemish painters, EVERYONE that has ever or is currently working at Tattoo City, native american art, Gerhard Richter, Andrew Goldsworthy, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and many more." The Living Ghost Tattoo Parlor Tempe, Arizona 480-736-2980 www.facebook.com/people/Clifton-W-Carter-Jr/1009121368 email@example.com 415-595-9813 cliftoncartertattoo.blogspot.com David Flores (ATC) "I enjoy doing American Traditional tattoos, as well as your average, everyday walk-in tattoos. I work at Classic Tattoo Upland, in California (909-949-7971). I have been there for almost 9 years, tattooing for 4 1/2 of them." Classic Tattoo Upland http://www.facebook.com/davidfloresatc www.asthecollective.tumblr.com Aaron Hodges "I prefer to tattoo narrative illustrations. Something that tells a story is a little more interesting to me and will keep the viewer looking a little bit longer. I currently work at Idle Hand tattoo in San Francisco. I have been tattooing for about ten years. Other forms of art that I create are large scale figurative oil painting." www.aaronrhodges.com Idle Hand Tattoo 575 Haigt St. San Francisco CA 415-552-4353 El Bara "I have been tattooing for 20 years. My favorite styles are traditional and Japanese." TRUE LOVE TATTOO C/VELARDE 22 MADRID SPAIN 0034 91 591 9310 FACEBOOK/EL Bara E-mail: email@example.com Jon Larson "Tattooing 7 years and currently tattooing at Depot Town Tattoo Ypsilanti, Michigan." www.depottowntattoo.com Nick Fabini "Tattooing almost 10 years all here in Fort Wayne Indiana. Four of those years have been at Cardinal tattoo, which I run as a collective. My favorite thing to do as a tattooer is to have fun with whatever it is that I am doing. I defiantly have my favorite styles to tattoo, which are no different than anyone else... American traditional influenced and Japanese influenced imagery. I really enjoy bringing dynamic elements to simple images. My favorite tattooer is Greg Irons, so that might explain my inspiration with that style. I have a very supportive wife who is extremely creative herself and I am also a proud parent of two amazing daughters." Cardinal Tattoo 1509 spy run ave. Fort Wayne, Indiana 260.426.1509 email@example.com Chad Chesko "I've been tattooing for 17 years. I prefer an illustrative style influenced by Americana and Asian cultures. (Bet you havent heard that before?) ) I also like religious and cult imagery as well as natural history and botanical images but not above doing street work." Sacred Rose Tattoo Berkeley, CA firstname.lastname@example.com Shop: 510-524-1503 Tomek Szumiec "Tattooing since 2007 traditional/neo-traditional American and Japanese." Read Street Tattoo Parlour Baltimore, MD www.readstreettattoo.net Dana Helmuth "I've been tattooing 13 years and I work at Independent Tattoo in Fenwick island, Delaware." Shop#: 302-436-5581 http://www.independenttattoo.com/ Mike Emmett "Tattooing- 10 yrs. I like doing American traditional tattoos with some Japanese elements." Depot Town Tattoo 734- 522 1297 Front Street Tattoo 231-922-9000 Xam "Tattooing since 1998. Currently working at The Family Business Tattoo Parlour." www.lefthandtricks.com www.royalmachinery.org El Monga El Monga has a unique style that is often mimicked. www.alohatattoos.com Murray Sell Place of employment: Up and down the east coast & Flying Tiger Tattoo New Britain, CT Years tattooing: 10 Specialty: Walk-ins What I like to tattoo: Anything but portraits. I'm not smart enough for those. "I started tattooing in Salt Lake City, UT then moved to Connecticut about 7 years ago. I work in a small working class/college town at a shop called Flying Tiger. I really enjoy doing custom walk in style and folk style Japanese tattoos. I travel a lot. I'll tattoo anywhere, for as long as it takes. I'm really into guns." Flying Tiger Tattoo 1537 Stanley Street New Britain, CT 06053 860-832-8411 http://www.murraysell.blogspot.com/ Steve Turner "My name is Steven Turner and I love tattooing! I've been doing it around 10 years now and enjoy doing bold Americana, tribal, and some Japanese here and there. To be honest, I think I'm best at street shop, walk-in tattoos (names, kanji, ect... bring it on!) machine-building and painting have always been a big part of my life as well. I can be reached at my shop, Hell Bomb Tattoo, in lovely Wichita, Kansas. Which by the way, isn't the middle of nowhere... it's the center of everywhere. Thanks!" Hell Bomb Tattoo 1115 E. Douglas Wichita, KS 67211 316-266-4114 turnermade.com email@example.com Bill Falsetta Tat maker, Machine builder extraordinaire. www.depottowntattoo.com Don Yarian Eagle River Tattoo 11127 Old Eagle River Rd. Eagle River, AK 99577 (907)622-4465 (4INK) www.eaglerivertattoo.com firstname.lastname@example.com Justin Shaw "My tattoos are rooted in American traditional style. I've been Tattooing 15 years." Faith Tattoo Santa Rosa Ca 707 -566-9955 El Carlo "I work at Aloha Tattoos in Barcelona since 2004, I apprenticed there with El Monga. My work has an American traditional basis in terms of execution but the topics I choose have nothing to do with the old school tradition, I can get inspiration from many different sources (from pushead to Albrecht dürer and tattooist (Monga, Rudi Fritsch, Erik von Bartholomaus, Rotor among many others) and I'm constantly working on my own imagery to be as original as I can. I love working with my customers and trying to find out the best solutions for their ideas but If it was up to me I'll be tattooing skulls for the rest of my life!" www.alohatattoos.com Cris Cleen "I have been tattooing for ten years and I currently work at Saved tattoo in Brooklyn New York. My tattoo preferences are a mix of the natural world and a graphic sense of design. images of love, loss, devotion, desire in the folk art vocabulary of sustainable tattooing." www.savedtattoo.com Nick Colella "I have been tattooing for 15 years all at The Chicago Tattoo Co. Cliff Raven's original shop in Chicago. It's primarily a walk in shop so I do everything that walks in the door but I really enjoy the traditional American iconic tattoos and then I love to do lettering." www.nickcolella.com firstname.lastname@example.com Tony Derigo www.chronictattoo.com Matt Shamah "Tattooing 20 years. Contact Via voice or written words please. I prefer not to be touched by strangers." Analog Tattoo San Jose, CA Frank William A rambling man!!!! This guy travels about in the Midwest mostly so check him out if he's in Ann Arbor, MI, Chicago, Pennsylvania or Ohio… email@example.com Krooked Ken "I have been tattooing since 1994 and prefer traditional tattooing in its rawest form." krookedken.com blackanchortattoo.com e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com Jet "My name is Joseph DiProjetto but most know me as Jet. I have been learning and applying tattoos since 1993.I enjoy putting my style and take on American traditional and Japanese themes. I own Love Hate Tattoo in Rochester NY, since 2001. Myself and partner Shane also put on the Roc City Tattoo Expo every May 4-5-6 in downtown Rochester NY." www.lovehatetattoo.com roccitytattooexpo.com email@example.com Matt Arriola firstname.lastname@example.com facebook.com/mattarriolaisdead www.threekingstattoo.com Three Kings Tattoo 572 Manhattan ave Brooklyn NY 11222 (718)-349-7755 Josh Mason Old Soul Tattoo 16 West Pike Street Canonsburg, PA www.oldsoultattoo.com Adam Forman "Tattooing is an alchemy that I do not understand, in fact the longer I do it the less it seems I will ever understand it. Good luck my friends." Adam is currently on hiatus from tattooing but can be found by website at www.adambforman.com Chad Soner http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000920619714&sk=info Here are a few other great artists who you should know: Tony Hundahl Chriss Dettmer Marc Warnick Javier Rodriquez Jason Tyler Grace Regino Gonzales Tomas Garcia Related TAM Blog Post: Dawn Cooke: 13 Female Tattooers You Should Know About (Dawn Cooke is a contributing blogger for Tattoo Artist Magazine can be found at Depot Town Tattoo, 33 East Cross St. Ypsilanti, MI 48197 www.dawncooke.net and www.dawncookeart.com) Dawn Cooke is featured in Tattoo Artist Magazine #21:

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democracy [Gr.,=rule of the people], term originating in ancient Greece to designate a government where the people share in directing the activities of the state, as distinct from governments controlled by a single class, select group, or autocrat. The definition of democracy has been expanded, however, to describe a philosophy that insists on the right and the capacity of a people, acting either directly or through representatives, to control their institutions for their own purposes. Such a philosophy places a high value on the equality of individuals and would free people as far as possible from restraints not self-imposed. It insists that necessary restraints be imposed only by the consent of the majority and that they conform to the principle of equality.
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NEWS- Persistence pays: Woolen Mills to get historic survey
If there were a city award for neighborhood activism, the residents of Woolen Mills would win it hands down. From stinky sewers to leash laws, trail paving, trail painting, dam removal, road paving, U-Haul lots, truck traffic, bulb-outs, long grass, and erosion control, not to mention Coran Capshaw's original idea for a concert pavilion and other planned developments, Woolenites have never shied away from... well, making a stink.
For example, photographer Bill Emory, Victoria Dunham and their fellow Woolen Mills residents have long wanted the city to officially recognize the special historic, cultural, and architectural value of their neighborhood. Now, that persistence just might pay off.
On January 4, the city announced that an architectural survey of 50 properties in the Woolen Mills will take place next week in an effort to have the neighborhood listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.
According to a news release, neighborhood residents are spearheading the project with the help of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. VDHR staffers and UVA student volunteers will take three to five days to map, document, and photograph the properties. In addition to a possible historic designation, the survey information might also be used to guide development in the area and allow property owners to get historic tax credits for any improvements they make.
"Folks in the neighborhood have been very welcoming to the surveyors," say Dunham, " most notably 95-year old Gladys Gatlin on Chesapeake Street who "never thought she'd see the day" this would happen. She was one of the last employees of the old mill. The people of the Woolen Mills village have contributed a treasure trove of photos, correspondence, and oral histories– all of which go a long way towards creating the archival materials that make the DHR's job much easier. This is a collaborative effort in every way."
Indeed, the push by residents for a historic designation has always been motived by a desire to protect the "rural character" and history of the neighborhood from random development. As Emory wrote in an online photo essay to the city in 2005, "The Woolen Mills is a place to cultivate with sensitivity toward the environment and toward historical and sociological treasures. It is not a neighborhood in want of more 'steel buildings.'"
Of course, not everyone agrees that the Woolen Mills is worthy of historic designation, or that such a designation is a priority. In a June 2006 Hook article, city planning commissioner Bill Lucy recalled listening to a group Woolen Mills residents concerned about a proposed new high-density housing project on Franklin Street.
"The Woolen Mills isn't as historic as the residents think it is," said Lucy, pointing out that the majority of buildings in the area were built after World War II. In fact, according to Lucy, nearly 50 percent of Charlottesville's houses were built between 1945 and 1970. "The residents felt the development didn't reflect the 'historic' character of the Woolen Mills, but I told them it didn't reflect it enough."
From Lucy's historical perspective, the planned houses needed to be even larger, just like most of the post-war houses around them. Instead of focusing on the Woolen Mills distant past, Lucy was focusing on its most recent, readily visible past, and hoping to solve a practical problem.
"So many people with families are looking for reasonably priced, quality houses that are just a little bit bigger," he said, "but there are so few of those in the city.
As a result, Lucy worried that the city was losing the diverse population it needed to help the community thrive. "To have a balanced school system, you need a balanced housing market," said Lucy. "Of course, the Woolen Mills residents really had no awareness of these larger issues."
"We've taken our guidance on what is and isn't historic from the people that actually know the difference," says Dunham in response to Lucy's past comments. " These experts include the DHR, the Historical Society, architectural historians, preservationists, and experts from UVA and beyond. In addition, we've listened to multitudes of people who have visited over the years and said 'This neighborhood is obviously historic. Why isn't it protected? Well, that's about to change."
Lucy also questioned what neighbors referred to as the "rural character" of their neighborhood, something that irked the feisty residents.
"I found Mr. Lucy to be condecending to our plight and insulting," says Woolen Mills resident Greg Gelburd, who believes the neighborhood's quiet, rural feel is being threatened by proposed high-density development. "He said the neighborhood lacked rural character because we have no gardens. In fact, we are loaded with gardens, certainly the majority of houses have some form of gardens. A few, maybe 5, have ones that are a quarter acre.
"It's almost like country living down here and we want to keep it this way," says Gelburd. "There's also some very affordable housing here. We are a diverse group, we have people who write books and some people who have never read one. We all get along. I've never lived in a neighborhood with people so supportive of each other."


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- IO::Socket::IP now has preliminary non-blocking connect support (version 0.05_003). This isn't quite a perfect solution because of blocking name resolvers, but see also Net::LibAsyncNS below.
- Created a new CPAN dist, wrapping libasyncns, called Net::LibAsyncNS. This allows a simple way to asynchronise name resolver lookups.
- Have fixed a few bugs in IO::KQueue, relating to dodgy handling of Perl scalars in the udata field. Some memory leak bugs still exist, but I believe these to be the kernel's fault. See below.
- Spent some time on Freebsd-hackers@ arguing about kqueue and managing user data pointers. Long story short I believe kqueue API itself is missing a feature, making generic wrapping of it impossible from any high-level language, or properly by C libraries also.
- Both talks I submitted for LPW2010 were accepted; on the subjects of CPS and IO::Async.
- Net::Async::HTTP now has SSL support and can stream response body content as it arrives, rather than waiting for the whole response (version 0.08).
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I have no big specific updates today. Instead, a list of lots of little things I've been working on:
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I think I may have something here. It maybe a confederate civil war hat, probably hand made. The outside is a blue wool, appears hand stitched, with a leather strap and viser. It could be a reanactment hat, but I'm not sure. It has a name, and it looks old. The inside of it has a pillow case/ bed sheet kinda cloth. There are sweat marks, the cloth just feels old. I think the strap could of been replaced, cause it looks so new, and it dosen't go down, ruining the purpose of the strap. The buttons look old as well. If it's a replica/ reproduction, it's a very well made one.


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They sing "I'm in love. What's that song?I'm in love with that song."
- The Replacements
The Internet startles you sometimes with news of someones death, even if it's someone you didn't even know. Today was Alex Chilton. I've spent many hours and days and nights listening to his music, and as someone who isn't really even into music, he was one of my only "favorite" artists. I spent a while trying to find a fitting tribute to link to here, but nothing really seemed to reflect my own take on the man and what exactly I thought he was trying to do - and why I thought that was so very cool.
I saw him play the 9:30 Club a lifetime ago, opening for Robyn Hitchcock, I thought I'd find the clip online but no luck. It's probably better remembered through my teenage lens anyway.
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Dear Anthony,
Dear Anthony,
I hope things are going well with you as last week was certainly an eventful one with the announcement of your tax plan and all.
I must say, I was a bit impressed when I saw the photo of you standing at the podium at your news conference unveiling your tax initiative to put more cops on the street with, among others, former New York City police commissioner William Bratton, Stockton Unified School District Trustee Gloria Allen and Manteca Unified School District Trustee Sam Fant.
It was a whole lot of people up there.
I think pretty much all law-abiding people would agree that Stockton's crime problem needs to be addressed and that pretty much any idea to reduce crime would be a good one.
It would seem that your news conference would have carried more weight if you had been standing there with some of your fellow city officials, such as City Manager Bob Deis, Police Chief Eric Jones and Councilwoman Kathy Miller. Granted, you did have one council member there - Michael Tubbs - who, if I understand things correctly, arrived late, in part, because he learned about the meeting through Facebook.
Thank goodness for social media, right? I guess you were just too busy setting things up to discuss this plan or invite your colleagues?
I doubt many of them could have attended anyway.
I mean, at least several of them were in Sacramento attending and testifying at Stockton's bankruptcy trial.
Why worry about a legal review of Stockton's ability to go through with bankruptcy when the focus should be on what you want to do? We all have to set our priorities.
But as you stood there discussing your plan, I was reminded of October 2007, when those Franklin High football players participated in a game against Tracy despite being ruled ineligible by the California Interscholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section. You were the president of the SUSD board that gave direction for those players to suit up despite the suspension.
And then I remembered the consequences for Franklin and the district. I thought about how since then you lost re-election to SUSD, an election to Lodi Unified School Board and then managed to win the Stockton mayor's race.
You came in for editorial board interviews at The Record and said you had learned from that Franklin situation. That you were impressionable and had allowed yourself to be directed by people from whom you should had not taken advice.
And then I see the news conference on Tuesday. I sure hope that bankruptcy judge was not watching.
I mean, suppose he says, "Hey, Stockton if you can have a tax increase for more cops, then no, you cannot go into bankruptcy and have a tax increase to pay your bills, you deadbeats."
That would not be cool at all. I am not a legal expert, so I do not know if that can happen.
I am also not a police expert but I will admit to being concerned that you have not discussed this idea in-depth with Jones or announced that your plan has his backing. That would at least make me, and maybe others, more comfortable.
I also have concerns that in just a few months you seem to have alienated a number of your fellow council members, including the new ones.
You have said that "you will not be muzzled, silenced or bullied" but it seems that perhaps you want to be the bully.
Like a bull in a china shop, you're pushing through a plan that appears to have no backing from any of your government colleagues. Oh, that's right, they cannot be trusted, which is why you had your office locks changed.
I thought government was about cooperation, gaining allies and getting the votes needed to pass legislation that will benefit the people who elected those officials into office?
I am reminded of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who spent the first part of his term calling legislators names and trying to ram through his legislation. It took a resounding defeat in a special election for the Governator to change his tune and learn that his way was not going to work.
I urge you to learn from his lesson so you do not suffer the same fate.
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Wildlife officials reported this morning that the mother bear and two cubs that spent much of Tuesday perched in a tree in the back yard of a home near 11th Street and Aurora Avenue in Boulder left Tuesday night under the cover of dark.
"We are now crossing our fingers that they had such an unpleasant time stuck up in the tree that they won't come back into town," said Jennifer Churchill, spokeswoman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The sow and her subs climbed into the tree Tuesday morning in the University Hill neighborhood after a Boulder code enforcement officer encountered them in an alley searching for trash to eat, officials said. They remained there throughout the afternoon as news media and other interested spectators came and went.
The adult female had been tagged in October 2011 by wildlife officials, and there was concern that she might have to be put down, if it was judged that she posed a continuing problem for wildlife management personnel.
The incident, officials said, is a reminder to area residents to secure any trash that is placed outside, in a manner that makes it inaccessible to wildlife that might stray into the neighborhood.


text: Now this is odd. I've heard of energy bars and drinks "designed" specifically with gamers in mind, but food? Isn't that called pizza? Not according to Gamer Grub which just announced that they have been named the official snack supplier of the World Cyber Games USA 2008. That means they will be providing their brand of snack-things to the players in the Tournament Area and Player Lounge at E for All in LA this week. Gamer Grub comes in three (atrocious) flavors:Action Pizza: Which is a jar of Pizza Cashews & Pitas, Tomato Sesame Sticks, Tomato Almonds, Cheese Pitas and Mozzarella Peanuts. Racing Wasabi: Which is Wasabi Soy Almonds and Peanuts, Wasabi Peas, Honey Mustard Sesame Sticks and Pita Chips. Strategy Chocolate: Which is Almonds, Chocolate Raisins, Cherries, White Chocolate Chips. and Sports PB&J: Peanuts, Peanut Butter Chips, Strawberry Jelly Chips, Bread Cubes. OK, so I'd be down with checking out Action Pizza and Racing Wasabi, and maybe, maybe the chocolate one. But Bread Cubes and Peanut Butter Chips? Sounds like the business end of a peanut butter and whiskey all-nighter. GAMER GRUB(TM) BECOMES OFFICIAL SNACK SUPPLIER FOR WORLD CYBER GAMES USA 2008 SAN DIEGO, CA – October 2, 2008 – Biosilo Foods today announced that Gamer Grub™ has become the official snack supplier of the World Cyber Games (WCG) USA 2008 (www.wcg.com/usa). Through this partnership, Gamer Grub will supply its great tasting, healthy line of performance snacks to the gamers participating in WCG USA at E for All in Los Angeles, CA from October 3 – 5, 2008. Additionally, Gamer Grub will sponsor the reception for World Cyber Games USA players and VIPs during E for All to honor the top WCG USA competitors that will attend the WCG 2008 Grand Final, held from November 5 – 9, 2008 in Cologne, Germany. "World Cyber Games USA is extremely excited to partner with Gamer Grub and introduce it to America's and the world's elite gamers," said Michael Arzt, general manager of World Cyber Games USA. "We believe that this new innovative performance snack product is a great asset to pro and recreational gamers alike and can become a 'must-have' new accessory in the market." Designed for hungry gamers who want to continue playing games while consuming snacks, Gamer Grub is a great tasting, healthy line of performance snacks. With a patent-pending formulation to support cognitive functions, gamers will have the opportunity to boost core gaming systems and speed reaction times for maximum gaming performance. The ergonomic packaging design maximizes fast-action dispensing of the snack—eliminating the potential of keyboard crumbs and greasy fingers. "We are honored to have this opportunity to become the official snack supplier for WCG USA 2008. We believe we have tapped into a whole new category of peripherals with Gamer Grub and will help gamers reach a new level of performance," said Keith Mullin, founder and CEO of Biosilo Foods. Gamer Grub is currently offered in four tasty flavors; Action Pizza, Sports PB&J, Racing Wasabi and Strategy Chocolate. Gamer Grub will be available online and at retail stores beginning in 2009. For more information on Gamer Grub, visit www.gamergrub.com. About the World Cyber Games The World Cyber Games (www.WCG.com) is the premier blue chip global video game tournament and festival. First founded in 2000 to promote global harmony through e-Sports, the WCG has grown steadily ever since and often been referred to as the "Olympics of Gaming" by several notable media outlets. Behind the slogan "Beyond the Game" and with more than 1.5 million contestants from over 70 countries expected to participate in this year's Grand Final event in Cologne, Germany, the World Cyber Games has developed into a true global phenomenon with unquestioned prestige and arguably the largest annual prize amounts at stake. Gamer Grub


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Moving further afield into Asia and international holidays can open you up to the sheer size and impact of China, the diverse culture and history of Japan and the stunning scenery and beaches of Thailand.
Whether you want beaches, history or a eye-opening urban experience, there are international holiday packages for everyone.
Goa has 70 kilometres of unbroken coastline to enjoy and a unique lifestyle with food and drink to match. Moving through to the Middle East, you can travel to the skylines and architectural masterpieces on offer in Dubai with an up-and-coming nightlife, top accommodation and Western culture.
There are too many holiday deals to mention in Europe from the fjords of Scandinavia, the beer-drinking at the Munich Oktoberfest, romance in Paris, alternative pastimes of Amsterdam, the beaches of Spain, the clubs in Ibiza and the style of London, and America, both South and North, opens up even more possibilities. Maybe you still call Australia home, but international holidays are the best way to spend a few weeks every year.


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Plants Vs. Zombies is on the iPhone and unless you don't have the 3GS or a new Touch, it's the best thing ever!
But is it as great as these bits of schwag that showed up on my doorstep earlier this week? Hardly.
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Colonel Joel Wilkinson stepped up to straighten out confusion over Maine's deer driving law. In April, Captain Chris Cloudier of the Maine Warden Service told the legislature's Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee that deer driving is illegal even for two hunters.
For more than a decade, an exception in the deer driving law has provided that, "a group of 3 or more persons may hunt together as long as they do not use noisemaking devices." Maine game wardens have never liked the law change but have not cited a group of 3 or fewer hunters for driving deer since the exception was added to the law.
Captain Cloudier presented a very interesting report, requested by Senator Anne Haskell, on deer driving laws in other states and the hunting accident incident rates in those states. Clothiers report listed 19 of the nation's more popular hunting states where deer driving is legal, including New Hampshire and Vermont. New Hampshire limits driving to 6 hunters. Vermont has no limits. Oklahoma's driving law is particularly interesting. Driving deer is legal there, "unless using smoke or fire." Some states even allow dogs to be used in deer drives.
The information on hunting accidents was also interesting. "Although it inherently seems to be a dangerous practice, Vermont's statistics involving hunting related shooting don't support that notion," was the report received from that state.
Not satisfied with the IFW Committee's decision to accept the warden's interpretation of the law, several committee members began working on an amendment to the deer driving statute. Representative Tim Marks actually drew a diagram of what he considered an illegal drive to be, and he took that diagram and his idea for clarifying language to Colonel Wilkinson.
The Colonel came up with the language that the committee unanimously agreed to add to the law: "A person may not participate in a hunt for deer during which an organized or planned effort is made to drive deer. For the purposes of this section to be considered 'driving deer' it would require four or more hunters, working together in an effort to move deer." The second sentence is the Colonel's amendment to the law.
The amendment was included in DIF&W's omnibus bill that makes about a dozen changes to existing laws and is certain to be enacted.
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Indian soldier 'beheaded by Pakistan troops' as Kashmir dispute escalates
India accused Pakistan of a "grave provocation" on Tuesday night after the "ghastly" death of two of its soldiers at the hands of Pakistani troops in Kashmir, amid claims that one of them was beheaded.
In the second clash in three days between soldiers from the nuclear-armed rivals, an Indian patrol found Pakistani troops about half a mile inside Indian territory, an army spokesman said.
A firefight broke out and two Indian soldiers were killed. Indian army sources claimed that one of the soldiers was decapitated and his head taken away by retreating Pakistani troops. His body was found "badly mutilated" in a forested area of the Himalayan territory, said Rajesh K. Kalia, a spokesman for the Indian army's Northern Command.
A spokesman for the Pakistan army denied that its forces launched an "unprovoked" attack and dismissed the claims as Indian propaganda.
Salman Khurshid, India's minister for external affairs, described the incident as "unacceptable, ghastly" and "short-sighted" on the part of Pakistan. He said any response would be "proportionate".
India's ministry of defence issued a statement denouncing the incident as a "provocative act" and said the government would take it up with Pakistan.
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4-21-09 PNC Park
I had several things working in my favor today.
1) The Penguins had a playoff game at the same time the Pirates had their game today. This would lead to drastically reduced attendance figures.
2) The weather forecast was menacing. With dark clouds and some rain showers moving through around 4 PM. Rain tends to keep folks at home also.
3) It was a weekday game. The Pirates do not draw on well on weekday night games.
4) There was only one other decent ballhawk in attendance.
5) I had plenty of space in my backpack.
I got to the stadium around 4:15PM and was second in line. When the gates opened, I was the second into the bleachers. I went over to my spot in left center field and hoped for a home run to come. A Pirates batter drove a ball to left center field. There were maybe four people there for the first ten minutes, so I ranged far to my left towards the bullpen. The ball skipped off the bullpen wall. Oh well. I walked back and looked down. I saw a speck of white under a bleacher. A ball was lying tucked up against the concrete step and a bleacher support. It was well hidden, but not anymore. I reached down and picked up ball #1.
Craig Monroe was the next batter. He hit a drive to deep left center. The ball hit off a bleacher and bounced back onto the field. Matt Capps walked over and picked it up. I called out for the ball and Capps flipped it to me. I had ball #2, and #199 of my career.
The Pirates ended their BP at 5:10. I had two balls after 10 minutes. Not bad. The Marlins came out to take Batting Practice. I changed into the Marlins gear that I wore yesterday. Coach Bo Porter came out with a bat and started hitting line drives off the wall so Brett Carroll could get a read on how to play the richochets. Bo's second hit was a hard line drive that cleared the wall. It literally almost took out two ushers who were standing in the aisle cleaning the water off the seats. I didn't get that ball, but moved over to the spot that Bo was hitting the ball so I could snag one if he hit it over the wall again. Porter started hitting hard grounders at the wall, wary of what he had just done minutes early. After Porter and Carroll were done playing balls off the wall, I asked Brett Carroll for the ball. He briefly glanced at me and saw my Marlins gear and tossed me ball #3, and #200 of my ballhawking career.
The first group of Marlins weren't hitting many home runs, so I tried to get some more baseballs from the pitchers. I received ball #4 from an unidentified Marlin.
Can anyone help me out? I got his attention and asked for the ball. He looked at me and waved. I asked him one more time for the ball in case he didn't hear the first time. He then flipped the ball up to me.
Another ball rolled to the wall and Renyel Pinto walked over to pick it up.
I made my way over to the bullpen area. There was a ball laying in the Pirates bullpen. It was directly below me, about 5 feet out from the wall. The ball was laying in a groove of dirt between the grass and a green carpet walkway. It was in an indention of about maybe an inch or less. I wanted to try the glove trick but I didn't want to struggle with it. It would've been hard to bat the ball closer to the wall with the glov
e to begin with because of the groove it was in. Also, the main security office is directly behind the bullpen with large windows. I felt I was being watched. I didn't want to risk it so I waited for someone to come out to the bullpen. I waited for about 20 minutes until finally Jason Jaramillo and Joe Kerrigan came out to remove the bullpen tarp and get ready for Jeff Karsten's warm up. I asked Jaramillo first for the ball, but was ignored. I then asked Joe Kerrigan and he picked the ball up, looked up to see who asked, and flipped me the ball. It was ball #8 on the day, and a new personal one day record for me.
I decided to try for double digits, and stadium domination. I asked John Baker for his warm up ball in center field before the game, but I don't think he heard me.
The game then began. I stood in center field for most of the game. My plan was to try and get the outfielders' warm up balls.
This was my view. (picture was taken in about the 4th inning – notice the empty seats!)
Before the first inning began, I found a fairly empty section in center field and stood with my glove ready, awaiting Nate McLouth's warm up ball.
When he was done tossing with Brandon Moss, Nate turned and threw me his warm up ball. It was ball #9.
I continued to roam the outfield in hopes of catching a home run ball or another warm up ball. I snapped a few more pictures of random things, like Pittsburgh at night.
In the 4th inning, I decided to try for a Marlins warm up ball.
I walked over to this unknown pitcher
and asked for a warm up ball when he was done throwing. He looked at me, saw my Marlins T-shirt and threw me ball #10. Reynel Pinto whistled at me and called me over to the bullpen. I thought he was going to scold me because I heard him telling someone earlier in batting practice, "You already got one!" I walked over and talked to him through the chain link fence.
"Aren't you cold man?" He said. I told him I was, but I'd be alright. I wanted to show my Marlins shirt off. "You're crazy man, this weather is terrible." I thought about asking him for a Marlins bullpen jacket, but that would've been a ridiculous request.
I was now 1 ball away from the PNC Park record for most balls in one game (as known to me). A ballhawk with initials MG got 11 balls on 9/20/08 last year, the last batting practice of the regular season. I would've liked to tie or beat him, as I was getting dissed earlier in the day by the same ballhawk.
I went over to the right field wall in the 6th inning.
It was Brandon Moss' turn to throw. He threw the ball to the cluster of fans seated to the left of the foul pole, near the top of the section. None of them had a glove. I was standing half way up in the second section to the left of the foul ball. The ball hit off someone's hands, and bounced two rows down and rolled right to my feet. I picked it up for ball #11.
I didn't get any more warm up balls, so come the 9th inning, I was forced to decide to go to the Marlins dugout, or the Pirates dugout. I decided to try my luck at the Marlins dugout, since I had been shutout every single game this homestand at the Pirates' one. No luck. The Marlins weren't in the mood to toss anything up after losing their second consecutive game to the Pirates.
No matter. I had set a new personal record for balls in one day, and bounced back from my 2 ball performance yesterday in a big way.
Some pictures of the balls:
Game: 11 balls (2 hit, 9 thrown)
Season: 42 balls (15 hit, 21 thrown, 6 device)
Games: 9 games (7 with BP, 2 without)
Average: 4.67 balls per game
Career: 208 balls
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We need to place injunctions on toxic relationships.
What is an injunction and what would it do?
A Court order to cease having a relationship. Some people stay in toxic relationships way to long i.e. my brother who had his guns removed. I still believe it was the right thing; conversely, it kept him safe too, even though I do not believe he would have done something like that, I do like the safety measure, as it protects women from shooting their partner too.
The N.R.A. should have nothing to say about protective orders or interfere with them. The Life safety of an individual who is not acting outside the law trumps and limits the constitutional rights of another.
As a formerly battered woman who does not own a gun but who defends your right to own one (with some reasonable limitations), I don't want anyone using this grave issue as a pawn in non-related political arguments. It devalues those who are already victimized. It over-simplifies a problem and, unfortunately, leaves women in these relationships thinking that there is no way out - because they are victims, after all.
Well, There is a way out. Our culture is wrong
I was a victim because my culture's worldview is so horrible and cruel. I escaped when I was able to work out another worldview that I could depend on - to keep me safe - a worldview where there are no victims, but only powerful choosers. (There is such a worldview)
Domestic violence is not about guns. It's about power and control - over others as opposed to within self.
Perfectly and powerfully said! Great to read your comments.
Yes, our culture does strongly influence and reinforce the marginalization of women to further our patriarchal culture that is inherited Bronze-Age male dominant thinking as if all kings of smaller sub kingdoms, which is further reinforced by religion's fight to control the womb. Ours is a culture that emboldens and rewards aggression which in turn stimulates and manifests the domestic violence and the rape culture. Men are indoctrinated from childhood with this as a manifesto of what being a real man is supposed to be. We need to challenge even acts of domination and lean towards mutual power and equal control over all aspects of cultural civility. This change needs to come from both women and men who unwittingly further this paradigm because of their education and indoctrination. I have heard educated, and intelligent women lambaste feminism as being too aggressive as they acted out their submissive role in their marriage, and the ERA has not been signed into law. This is something that even my mother would find as being counter to equality while she made all the meals. The problem is our past and our present devotion to someone being the ruler by force. Leadership by force of dominance pollutes a society and renders it uncivilized and abusive as it permeates our relationships with others. Our sex should not enslave us as women, nor should it dehumanize us as men. Men, now, need a movement to become feeling, nurturing, and empathetic and more fully emotionally free in opposition to the role based stereo types, rather than try to bring women's rights backwards.
Jon T, you write compassionately and wisely. The really good news is there are very many men and women who stand shoulder to shoulder facing life's challenges with courage and determinations. The dumbing of USA, and indeed, of the world, that has been accomplished by religion, will end and hopefully with reasoning and conflict management. These processes require more skills than religious people learn in their indoctrination; to face them down is a challenge, and one worth the effort. We all benefit by replacing those old tribal beliefs and values.
@Jon T
I am in the process of trying to write a book that shows how our culture became so depraved, contrasting it with peace-loving egalitarian cultures that our male-dominated culture tried to exterminate. It will address the points that you make - including how and WHY the indoctrination that we call "schooling" or "education" came to be in government's interests. I am tracing key components of our cultural institutions back to their roots.
After i finish laying out the problem, I will present a science-based and testable alternative for how we can get from where we are to a more sane place. I need an articulate and passionate person to help me with editing. Would you be willing to help? I only started writing yesterday so it's not like I would be dumping tons on you. I have one chapter so far, but know where I'm going. I wouldn't overload you because it takes time to find supporting evidence for all of my stunning claims.
If you are willing to help start a movement, I could use some help putting the framework together. Friend me and send me a PM.
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Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,We are proud to inform that we have exlarged our long term partnership with Romer Labs and will be merged in June 2017 with Romer Labs Deutschland based in Butzbach/Germany.
After intergration of the Transia GmbH company begin of this year for the Romer Labs group this was a further logical step to integrate their long-term distribution partner Coring GmbH
In this new constellation we can offer a comprehensive product portfolio for the food and feed diagnostic sector, extend our distribution network in Germany and offer you an outstanding customer service with our competent sales team.
Romer Labs was founded in in Washington, MO, in 1982, and became over the years a leading provider of diagnostic solutions for the agricultural, food and feed industry.
Today, Romer Labs offers in more than 60 countries a broad range of innovative diagnostic solutions covering mycotoxins, food pathogens, food allergens, gluten, GMO, veterinary drug residues, and other food contaminants.
Furthermore, we operate 4 accredited, full-service laboratories in Austria, UK, US and Singapore. Using cutting-edge technology in the fields of chromatography and immunological analysis, our labs offer services for the analysis of mycotoxins, food allergens, meat speciation, VDR and GMO.
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I drive a red car.
When did you last drive the car?
Do you know how to drive?
She drives fast.
I drove to Chicago last week.
What would Jesus drive, and why?
Jake drove the getaway car.
Bob slowly drove out of the driveway.
Susie drives an Audi.
Jack and Mary drove to town last week.
I drove all night and slept the next day.
The car has not been driven for a while.
Jane has been driven insane.
That noise is driving me crazy.
Where is he driving to?
What are you driving at?
I am driving to St. Louis tomorrow.
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Free agent Jérémy Pied has joined Saints and will play under Claude Puel for a third time.
Jérémy Pied has become Southampton's fourth signing of the summer, becoming the second new arrival today after the earlier signing of Alex McCarthy.
Pied, 27, links up with Claude Puel for the third time in his career, having previously been managed by the Saints boss at both Olympique Lyonnais and OGC Nice.
After starting out as a forward player, Puel converted his fellow Frenchman into an attacking full-back, suiting the diamond formation he employed during his spell in charge of Nice.
Pied has signed a two-year deal with Saints.
Executive Director of Football Les Reed said:
"The signing of Jérémy confirms the commitment of Southampton to succeed again in the Premier League and Europa League, as well as go for a run in the cup competitions.
"We already have a top quality right-back in Cédric, whose achievements with Portugal in the summer were outstanding. While Jérémy will provide excellent competition, he is also a versatile defender and again will be pushing Cédric, Cuco [Martina] and the other current defensive incumbents hard.
"The squad is training very well and there is real competition all-round, which is only right for an ambitious team. They will all be called upon this year to contribute to our pursuit for success, and Jérémy will only add to that.
"I hope everyone will join me in welcoming Jérémy to the south coast as we look forward to another fantastic season."
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Today the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) unveiled a new Funded Projects Query Form that allows visitors to search online for information on all projects funded by NEH since 1980. The form is accessible from the NEH homepage or directly at https://securegrants.neh.gov/publicquery/main.aspx. The database will be updated quarterly after new awards are made. The form has been made available as a part of NEH's transparency efforts.
Visitors can explore the database using a variety of search terms including project director name, key words, organization, state, and award date range. Searches can also be narrowed by grant program, division, and several other fields. Search results provide project title, recipient, and award amount information. A document with answers to frequently asked questions can be found at www.neh.gov/grants/frequently-asked-questions-funded-projects-query-form.
NEH welcomes feedback. Visitors are encouraged to contact the NEH Chief Information Officer at @email with questions or comments, or to report errors in the software or in the data returned.
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If you weren't outside barbecuing phallic-shaped meat over the holiday weekend, you might have read the story in the San Francisco Chronicle about the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women urging everyone to boycott the forthcoming NBC dramatic series "The Playboy Club" because it depicts a blatant exploitation of women.
I know that, as a male, some may feel I don't have a right to jump into this, but I do have a few points that might contribute to the discussion.
First: I suspect the commission members haven't seen the pilot for the show, which is only available to TV critics at this point. I have seen it. Twice.
Second:I can't help wondering if the commission members watch a lot of television because if you want to boycott sexist exploitation on TV, you might as well hurl your Zenith from the bedroom window.
Third: You know what? The show really isn't very good. I mean, who knew sex could be kind of boring? Actually, there isn't much sex in the first episode anyway — just a lot of cliched, soap-opera-ish plot setups.
There's at least a moderate chance that the court of viewer opinion will kill the show off long before any suggested boycott can really take hold. However, since the women's commission and author Gloria Steinem have roused the rabble over the show, the show is becoming controversial, which I suspect will only make people more curious about it than they might have been.
Fourth: Most important, there seems to be a much bigger problem to address, not only on television but throughout popular culture, and it not only includes sexual exploitation and stereotyping of women, but stereotyping of any number of ethnic, sexual and racial groups of people.
In fact, there are two new shows this fall set during a time when opportunities for women in the workplace were fairly limited. The other is ABC's "Pan Am," focusing on what were then called "stewardesses." Not coincidentally, both NBC and ABC tried similar brands of historical revisionism at the recent Television Critics Association summer press tour about how the jobs depicted in their respective shows represented rare opportunities for women to become respected, earn decent money, get educated and see the world.
Note that, in many cases, this sunny point of view was delivered by twentysomething actresses. Not only were they yet to grace our planet in the early '60s, even their mothers may not have been around then either.
The image of a Playboy bunny instantly conjurs memories of a pre-feminist era in American culture. But TV and popular culture continue to milk sexist exploitation of women, often getting away with it because, tight-fitting clothes and jiggling cleavage notwithstanding, women are supposed to be "empowered" in shows set in the modern world.
At least that's the argument you're like to hear about the forthcoming remake of the TV show "Charlie's Angels." You probably won't be shocked to learn that the new crop of angels is easy on the eyes.
What's absurdly called "reality TV" also abounds with sexism. Do you think "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" and "Kendra" are about women with great intellect and actual talent?
But the discussion itself prompts me to think about how far we've come from what was once called political correctness, a sensitivity to sexual, racial and ethnic groups that has been seriously eroded in recent years.
Decades ago, the Frio-Lay company got into some trouble for a commercial using an animated character known as "the Frito Bandito." Latino groups and others believed, rightly, that it was negative stereotyping.
Yet, today, if you watch TV for any length of time, you're likely to encounter commercials for MetroPCS featuring two Indian men named Chad and Ranjit, which should be just as offensive to Indians as the Bandito was to Mexican-Americans all those years ago.
Of course, there are other examples, both in TV shows and commercials, relative to just about any sexual or ethnic category.
But you have to ask, where are the shows where minorities are actually lead characters? There have been several shows dominated by African Americans, but about the only recent show featuring Indians as lead characters was NBC's excessively dull "Outsourced," which, in its premise, could be judged to be trading on stereotypes anyway.
Remember when the networks started to realize that African Americans watched TV, too? That's when the black neighbor, best friend, office colleague started showing up on sitcoms. The reasons weren't altruistic or that the networks were belatedly becoming enlightened, of course: If African Americans watched TV, they might buy stuff being sold by TV advertisers, and if they found more to identify with in TV shows, the networks would have higher ratings for the shows and attract more advertisers.
Now that TV is discovering that Asians watch TV, too, it's almost becoming required to have an Asian colleague, neighbor or best friend on a sitcom. And that includes some otherwise very good shows, such as "Big Bang Theory" and "30 Rock." And, notwithstanding exceptions like "The Cosby Show" years ago, "My Wife and Kids" more recently, and, currently, the animated "Cleveland Show," African Americans are still largely colleagues, best friends or neighbors on TV. You just can't seem to do an ensemble without them, but it's rare to find them in lead roles.
The gay community got used to this kind of treatment years ago when TV started introducing the "gay best friend" on sitcoms. And with the exception of a few shows like "Will & Grace," they're still just stopping in for a cup of coffee.
That brings us back to "The Playboy Club" and why any of this is happening. It makes you wonder if we have progressed at all as a culture in the last 50 years.
I have a theory as to why it's all creeping back and that is that the whole "politically correct" thing was probably too self-righteous to take permanent hold in our culture. After a while, it became a kind of joke. People would snarl, "Oh that's sooooo PC" the same way kids today hurl insults by saying, oh, I don't know, "that's so gay."
Maybe shows like "Pan Am" and "The Playboy Club" aren't so retro after all.
By the way, at the end of the premiere episode of "The Playboy Club," the voiceover narration, supposedly by Hugh Hefner, points out that nobody ever knew the last names of the Bunnies, which meant "they were among the only women in the world who could be anything they wanted to be."
Except, apparently, who they really were.
So you see? There really were opportunities available to young women in the early '60s — as long as they remained anonymous.


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Hi Shelia,
Have you been to the church's cemetery or call to see how many funeral homes in the area? Hopefully the funeral home still exist and have records. Call the church and talk to the minister and find out what type of old records they might have in their archives.
We are having another Family RoundUp Reunion this year. I will have the SC family attending this year. (AT ANY MEAN NECESSARY).
I placed a letter to the editor in the Lancaster and Chester newspapers. Two potential relatives have response to the letters. I bet those letters got a few folks atalkin. I included the Witherspoon and Hicklin surnames. One of the Hyatt and Stinson family members response to the letters.
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Here is the last instalment of my training and nutrition. 6 weeks out.
Training hasn't changed massively and is still a 5 day split, training 6 days per week, resting on the seventh day. Training and nutrition are designed by my Coach, Phil Learney.
Cardio-vascular work started at 20 minutes 8 weeks out for 2 weeks and then increased by 5 minutes every week to a maximum of 50 minutes in the final week.
Diet doesn't change too much. Carbs in the post workout meal have been removed (from 10 weeks out). Carbs in the post workout drink have been replaced with glycine (from 8 weeks out).
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Training and diet continue like this right up until the final week. In the final week pre-comp I will train with Phil as I am usually far too tired to train on my own at this point. Training will be more depletion work. The final leg workout will be around 5 days pre-comp. I will eat white fish and broccoli at every meal. A post-training shake is still utilised.
In the final week I will also manipulate sodium, water and vitamin C. Water loading will begin seven days pre-comp at 10 litres/day, finishing in 1 litre by midday the day before comp. Sodium will be dropped completely 3 - 4 days pre-comp. 10,000mg of Vitamin C is taken every day from seven days pre-comp.
This 12-week period of dieting saw me drop to 4.5% body fat (this was measured 4 days pre-comp) at a weight of 55kg.
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"We have a different view of what it means to be entrusted with your future."
Those ambiguous words posted on the homepage of a Houston brokerage, meant to assure wary investors, may have a quite opposite meaning if charges of self-dealing with millions in client funds, announced Tuesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission, are ultimately upheld.
The SEC announced administrative proceedings against two Houston investment advisor firms and four executives — Parallax Investments and its owner, John P. Bott II, and chief compliance officer, F. Robert Falkenberg; and against Tri-Star Advisors and its CEO, William T. Payne, and president, Jon C. Vaughan.
In a statement accompanying the two SEC orders, the commission says the two firms engineered "thousands of principal transactions through their affiliated brokerage firm without informing their clients."
A principal transaction essentially means the investment professional is trading on his own behalf with the client. Because of the inherent conflict of interest, the advisor is required to disclose his financial interest in the transaction and obtain the client's consent.
The SEC says that Parallax and Tri-Star fulfilled neither of these requirements before Parallax's Bott initiated and executed at least 2,000 trades on behalf of uninformed clients, and Tri-Star supplied mortgage-backed bonds from its own inventory to the Parallax accounts. Tri-Star's Payne and Vaughan reaped more than $2 million for the illicit trades, and Bott garnered nearly half the $1.9 million in sales credits for the transactions, the SEC charges.
Over the same 2009-2011 period, Tri-Star — from whose website the above quote is taken — performed the same hustle with its own clients, according to the SEC, with Payne and Vaughan receiving nearly half of $1.9 million in sales credits on these transactions.
While both firms are accused of violating the principal transaction and compliance provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the SEC is also leveling a third charge against Parallax for violating the "custody rule" requiring firms to maintain certain standards when maintaining client funds or securities.
To custody client assets, a firm must either undergo a surprise annual SEC exam or it may elect a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)-registered audit, delivering results to clients within 120 days after the fiscal year ends.
The SEC order charges Bott and Parallax's chief compliance officer, F. Robert Falkenberg, with violating these rules. The firm did not obtain audits of its private fund Parallax Capital Partners LP after 2010, and the two executives knowingly retained an auditor not registered with PCAOB to perform its 2010 audit.
Attempts to reach both firms' executives were met with a referral to the parties' attorney,
Dona Szak, part of the legal team representing Tri-Star Advisors, told ThinkAdvisor that her client and Parallax, who she is not representing, "are completely separate businesses," though "They have some of the same principals and some of the same personnel."
However, this reporter's phone call to Parallax rang through, automatically, to Tri-Star, seemingly indicating a strong affiliation between the two firms in terms of day-to-day activities.
Moreover, their websites show they are located at the same street address, though each lists a separate suite on the ninth floor.
In a State of Texas disclosure supplementing the firm's Form ADV and found on Parallax's website, Bott discloses a 40% ownership interest in Tri-Star.
The Houston-based attorney made a further distinction between her client, Tri-Star Advisors — an investment advisory firm — and another entity Tri-Star Financial, a broker-dealer, whom she says carried out the trades at the heart of the SEC action. Those two entities also share the same personalities at the heart of the SEC enforcement.
Asked about profits made on client accounts, Szak said: "There were trades handled through the broker-dealer and there would have been commissions through those trades. We received this action today and are investigating the allegations, so I'm not in a position to comment on the substantive allegations."
She continued: "Tri-Star Advisors has worked with compliance personnel since its inception, so it's fully compliant with the law and operates with the fullest degree of ethics. My client disputes the SEC allegations and we intend to vigorously defend them."
Tri-Star's website, the same one promising a different view of what it means to be entrusted, also leads on its home page and several other pages with a prominently displayed quote from the eminent American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It reads:
"Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing."
In a statement released by Tri-Star's legal team (after the initial publication of this article), the firm says it "has sought to make all necessary disclosures and to obtain all necessary consents from our clients for transactions in their accounts."
Tri-Star Advisors adds that it "is disappointed by the SEC's meritless action and comments to the press. We have sought to work with the SEC to make sure our firm meets all standards of operation."
The same statement also vigorously denies the connection to Parallax:
"The SEC has implied that Tri-Star Advisors is connected with Parallax Investments. This is not true. We have explained to the SEC numerous times that Parallax and Tri-Star Advisors are separate entities, yet they continue to make this erroneous statement."
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From the rubble: Paramount rebirth under way
The Paramount renovation project is no secret, but the work that has already taken place behind the boldly painted plywood construction wall on the Downtown Mall is more extensive than many of the media invited in on Friday, July 18, ever imagined.
Like a giant tooth extraction, a gaping, rubble-filled hole occupies the space where the building adjacent to the theater once stood. In that spot, a new structure will rise to house elevators, a box office, and conference rooms for the theater.
But the theater proper echoed with the loudest oohs and ahhs. The main hall is now a massive cavern, open all the way down to the newly excavated basement. The original ceiling paintings and wood carvings are only a few signs of what is to come.
"We'll be taking this back to the way it was when the theater opened in 1931," says Chad Hershner, executive director of the Paramount. Of the $14 million budget, more than $13 million has been raised through grants and corporate and private donations.
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