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Oman Air continues to achieve new accomplishments in terms of passengers' traffic. The airline within the first six month of 2007 has carried 643,724 passengers, which is considered as an unprecedented achievement since operation in 1993. The National Carrier of Oman carried 601,161 Passenger in 2006 and 506,545 passenger in 2005 during the same period respectively.
In a statement made by Mr. Ziad bin Karim Al Haremi, Chief Executive Officer of Oman Air he said that Oman Air continued to break its former records and we are pleased with such outstanding achievements. We are enthusiastic to increase passengers' traffic, but at the same time, and based on the company's strategy which aims to providing the best of services, we are dedicated to provide the highest degree of safety and reliability on regular basis, in spite of the elevated increase in fuel prices and sturdy competition among airlines. Mr. Al Haremi also said that Oman Air has operated 6,727 flights during the first half of 2007, thus raising the seat factor to 78%.
He added that the constant increase in number of passengers, furthermore the distinguished performance during the first six months of this year was due to the upward passengers' traffic in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent, also the launch of our new destinations as well as a result of rescheduling some of Oman Air flights by increasing or decreasing some flights, re-routing or change of timings for others. By implementing the summer schedule since beginning 25 March 2005, with direct flights at convenient timings to any of Oman Air's 21 destinations, we look forward to achieve more accomplishments in numbers of flights and passengers and we target to exceed the limit of our earlier figures by the end of this year.
Al Haremi added, in addition to achieving good growth rates in the number of passengers carried during the first six months of the current year, the national carrier has managed to exceed the ceiling of the passenger volume achieved in May 2007 by actually carrying 145,708 passengers during the months of July 2007, or an increase by 36% compared to the same month last year. This clearly reflects the passengers' confidence in Oman Air services, which continues to pursue high level of growth and development. He ensured that what was achieved would not have been possible without dedicated efforts of the company's staff as well as the continued support by company's customers, shareholders as well as board of directors, our deep thanks and gratitude are extended to all of them. Mr. Al Haremi concluded by saying we are proud of the assurances entrusted by our clients and will do the utmost to keep it up. The company will announce a number of delighted surprises shortly he finally stated.
Corporate Communications and Media Department in Oman Air noted that Oman Air had achieved a breakthrough during 2005 in terms of passenger traffic as it carried 1,135,045 passengers, and acceded this number in 2006 by actually carrying 1,225,604 passengers. This certainly reflects successful operational policies that have strengthened the company's outstanding performance and contributed to the many achievements on the level of all different department of the company they said. No doubt that these results are contemplating the efficiency and commitment of the team work as well as the organization structure which had been approved for the aim of upgrading all company's activities. They concluded saying that the policies and work plans approved by Oman Air succeeded in fulfilling several of the objectives that aim to modernize and improve performance of the Company by optimally investing in the available resources


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"Rock of Ages" is a rags-to-riches rock 'n' roll musical set mostly in a music club on Sunset Strip, and winning no prizes for originality. A lot of it is zesty entertainment, there are some energetic musical numbers, and several big names (Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin) prove they can sing well enough to play the Strip if they lose their day job. The two leads are Diego Boneta, playing Drew, a bartender in the Strip's hottest club, and Julianne Hough, as Sherrie, a naive kid just off the bus from the Midwest. They're both gifted singers and join the others in doing covers of 1980s rock classics.
Of course they also fall in love. Of course they have heartfelt conversations while standing behind the Hollywood sign. Of course they break up because of a tragic misunderstanding. Of course their mistake is repaired and (spoiler!) they're back together at the end. Has ever a romance in a musical been otherwise?
They're sweet and likable, but for me the better story involves the fate of the club, the Bourbon Room. Dennis Dupree (Alec Baldwin), its owner, is desperate because he owes back taxes and will have to close the doors at any moment. His only confidante is a weathered rock-and-roller named Lonny (Russell Brand), whose primary function is to lean over him during phone calls and frantically tell him what to say. The person on the other end of the line is usually a venal music manager named Paul Gill (Paul Giamatti), who claims he will save the club by supplying his legendary client Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) for a one-night farewell concert.
If you're tracking those names you're perhaps impressed. Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages not only has a high-profile cast, but they never seem to be slumming; they play their roles with great intensity and earnestness, which is really the only way to do satire. Full ReviewRead more on: Rock of Ages


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Financial intelligence is one of the strongest weapons against terrorist and drug networks, but agencies must keep up with the changing threat.
Financial intelligence is one of the strongest weapons against terrorist and drug networks, but agencies must keep up with the changing threat.
This year is noteworthy for more than the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Forty years ago, President Nixon declared a war on drugs. What do the two dates have in common? Arguably the most important countermeasure against both terrorism and narcotics trafficking-financial intelligence.
Most criminal activity is about greed, i.e. money. To help criminal investigators follow the money, Congress in 1970 passed a series of laws and regulations collectively known as the Bank Secrecy Act. "Secrecy" is a misnomer, however. A better term is "financial transparency" or "financial intelligence."
The data that emerged quickly proved its worth, helping combat money laundering related to narcotics and many other crimes. In 1990, Congress' confidence in financial intelligence was further evidenced by the creation of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, at the Treasury Department. FinCEN's mandate was to collect, analyze and disseminate financial intelligence to more effectively support law enforcement.
Long before the idea of breaking down bureaucratic walls became popular, FinCEN was sharing financial intelligence with non-Treasury agents at the federal, state, local and, increasingly, international levels. FinCEN also is a network, a link among law enforcement, financial and regulatory organizations. Subsequently, Treasury gave the agency responsibility for enforcing the Bank Secrecy Act.
Approximately 16 million to 18 million pieces of financial intelligence are filed with FinCEN each year, many of which include names, addresses, account numbers and other identifiers used to root out criminal activity. Currency transaction reports filed with FinCEN for cash deposits or withdrawals of $10,000 or more have approximately 150 data fields. Similar reports are filed for cross-border transport of cash or assets and large business transactions at places such as car dealerships, real estate agencies, jewelers and precious metals dealers.
Particularly during the war on drugs, bankers were considered the first line of defense against money launderers.
Bankers are supposed to know their customers. If they sense a customer's activity is inappropriate, they file a suspicious activity report. In addition to identifying information, the reports often contain narratives that detail suspicious activity. FinCEN receives around 1 million SARs annually, about half of which are generated from banks and half from money service businesses.
Thinking Small
Most financial intelligence is used reactively. A criminal investigator or analyst assigned to solve a crime queries the financial databases seeking information that could prove useful, including information about a subject's assets. While financial intelligence by itself does not generally solve a crime, it often buttresses other investigative techniques, such as interviews, informants, surveillance and undercover operations.
But analysis of financial intelligence also can be proactive when crime has not yet occurred. In such cases, law enforcement officials examine data to identify anomalies, patterns and trends to intercept or prevent criminal activity.
Analytics add value to financial intelligence by combining it with other databases, including criminal records, immigration records, trade data, commercially available business information and social networks. Connections spotted between individuals, companies, bank accounts and other links, can uncover suspicious financial relationships and money flows, expanding the money trail.
Financial reporting was originally intended to detect large amounts of dirty money related to the war on drugs, and it has helped uncover terror activity in the United States and overseas. It is difficult to detect the small amounts of money used to finance terrorism. A plot in the Arabian Peninsula to send explosive devices to the United States in a printer, mobile phones and other air freight cost about $4,500. When the scheme was intercepted by authorities, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula proclaimed, "It is such a good bargain for us to spread fear among the enemy and keep him on his toes in exchange for a few months' work and a few thousand dollars."
In another recent attempt, the Pakistani Taliban used an underground money transfer system-a crack in U.S. countermeasures-to finance an attempted bombing in New York's Times Square. That operation cost approximately $12,000.
The Way Forward
Criminal and terrorist methodologies have evolved during the past 40 years. Law enforcement and intelligence communities need to do a better job of recognizing new threats and developing innovative countermeasures.
FinCEN and other government entities must employ state-of-the art analytics to effectively exploit financial intelligence. Advanced analytics help identify anomalies, outliers, typical versus atypical behavior and patterns, and apply early-warning detection, predictive modeling, data integration, entity resolution, sentiment analysis and social media analytics. And industries must develop robust programs to comply with Treasury's financial reporting mandates. Adversaries, criminal methodologies and threats do not remain static. They shift and change, yet money will remain the essential ingredient in crime and terror. Successfully collecting, analyzing and disseminating financial intelligence will be their nemesis.
John A. Cassara spent more than 25 years as an intelligence officer and Treasury Department special agent and is author of several books on money laundering and terror finance. He also is an industry adviser to SAS Federal LLC.


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I received an email from Alicia last week asking to join her on a midnight rendezvous at Afton State Park. How could I resist?
Running through the park-in the dark-at midnight-when most sane people are sleeping. An offer that was incredibly enticing.
John, Kevin, myself, Alicia, Tom, Pierre, Helen, Maria and Amy all met at the visitor center before midnight. We applied mosquito spray, donned headlamps and headed out into the dark woods. Fabulous!
As we were running the race course I noticed two bright, round lights just past a large tree. My first thought was that it must be John spooking me, as he had been running just up ahead. Eventually I voiced my find in the woods. "Look at those two lights, is that someone else out there or what is that?" It was the first of many, many deer, peering back at us as we were interrupting their nighttime rest.
A while later I saw Pierre and Kevin stop abruptly, I heard raised voices. As I walked up to them I saw what Pierre almost ran through. A HUGE circular web with a large spider attached to the middle. Creepy! Pierre could have had that web spread across his face.
We continued to run and as predicated, within 2.5 hours the thunderstorm began. Loud cracks of lighting with booms of thunder followed. There were a few very scary bolts of lighting that were loud, that had struck something out there and lit up the sky like the fireworks on the 4th of July.
It felt warm and humid during our run so the rain was actually welcomed. The storm we could have done without.
Eventfully we reached the lot and were welcomed by Nancy. She was at the park, early this morning, to begin a wonderful breakfast of grilled grass fed beef burgers for us! We changed out of our wet clothes - except Pierre who forgot dry clothes - and reminisced about our hours on the trail as we were drinking hot coffee and eating burgers, a mixture of salads, birthday cake for Tom and brownies for a second dessert.
A wonderful way to spend the dark dark hours; running with fabulous friends. I'm grateful to be a part of such a wonderful friendship.


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By Lou Mancinelli
The heartbreaking beauty of nature is the theme of a flower and animal life photography exhibition now on display through April 29 at the Allens Lane Art Center.
Photographer Lisa Haun, who grew up in Chestnut Hill near the corner of Ardleigh and Mermaid and graduated from Mt. Airy's Cecilian Academy in 1974, was once assigned to capture the image of musical superstars like Paul Simon, Joan Jett and a young U2 front-man Bono, during the band's first trip to the states, and she even stumbled upon a chance to photograph famed beat poet Allen Ginsberg ("Howl") during her more than 25-year career as a photographer.
Her Flora/Fauna Exhibition at Allens Lane, where she also serves as administrative coordinator, features photos of flowers like dandelions, solandros and lily of the valley and animal life such as the praying mantis, a blue jay and a fox.
"I'm looking for things that are not that hard to find yet are absolutely extraordinary," said Haun, 53, via telephone, last Sunday after her exhibition's April 1 opening.
The majority of her floral photos are taken from bunches of flowers Haun buys at the supermarket. There is an element of life in her photos and subtle energy and precision that emanates from her photographs that bustle with color.
Dandelions are a flower homeowners often remove from their lawns. But Haun's close-up image of an ordinary dandelion looks like an interconnected web of white fireworks or the structure of a chemical compound pictured in science textbooks.
Haun got her start in photography while studying communications at Temple University in the late '70s. She took a photography class that included free use of a school Yashica-Mat camera, a popular box camera from the era, for the semester. In three weeks she was hooked. She sometimes worked at WRTI, the school's then jazz-only student-run radio station and took photos of local bands. She started sending her photos to local music fanzines and getting them published.
Haun graduated from Temple in 1980 and continued to take photos of local bands and balance part-time work to pay for her center city apartment. She sent her portfolio to larger fanzines. Editors liked her work, but before they would send Haun on assignments, they advised her to check in with the magazine once a month to see what the editors might need in the way of photos.
A year later, the popular "Creem Magazine" became the first music publication to purchase her photos. In the movie "Almost
Famous," main character William Miller meets one of his idols Lester Bangs, an iconic American music journalist who wrote for "Creem" as well as "Rolling Stone" and numerous other magazines.
By 1982, Haun was living in New York City and getting lots of assignments to photograph bands she described as punk and new-wave, like The Cramps and Liverpool's Echo and The Bunnymen. From 1982 to 1992 she lived in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. In the 1980s she also worked for England's New Musical Express, Musician, Trouser Press, Spin and the East Village Eye.
In 1983 Haun was hired by the now defunct "Trouser Press" magazine. That job provided Haun the opportunity to shoot photos of Paul Simon during his Graceland days, and Jim Carroll, subject of the movie and author of the memoir "Basketball Diaries," featuring Leonardo DiCaprio.
"By then, I wasn't just waiting around, hoping someone would pose for me after a show," said Haun, a Glenside resident who also works as a hostess at WXPN's The World Café. (She has no spouse or children.) Haun stopped taking photos at the beginning of the 1990s despite her talent and success. The growth of MTV had made the already competitive and tight-money music photography market tighter.
She moved to San Francisco for a year in 1992, until a friend called and said, "Why don't you come home?" So Haun moved to Brooklyn in 1993 and managed a handmade goods store. Then, one day in 1995, Haun was home looking at a bowl of flowers in her apartment when she decided to take a picture of a red anthurium.
She liked the results. "Maybe I can do photos other than people, I thought to myself," said Haun, who began working as a photo researcher for Sony Music in Manhattan. At the end of the '90s, Haun moved to L.A., but within three months, a book deal and music industry job fell through.
Haun came back to Philly in 2002 because "I was kind of homesick." She found work at the now closed ADM Gallery in Northern Liberties in April, 2003, that led her to become the gallery's photo curator. But when The World Café opened in 2004, Haun got a job as a hostess. One year later, she started to work with Singing City, a Philadelphia-based non-profit choir.
In the autumn of 2008, she began to work at Allen Lane Art Center and gradually worked up the courage to ask to have her work exhibited. "What I want to show is that there are beautiful things all around you if you stop and look. It's heartbreaking in a way because it doesn't last forever, and we don't always stop to look."
For more information visit lisahaun.com or allenslane.org/galleryschedule.htm. Allens Lane Art Center is at 601 West Allens Lane; 215-248-0546.


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An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country's marijuana policy, prosecutors said in a newly filed court document.
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is awaiting trial for the 2011 shooting, which didn't injure anyone but left more than five bullet marks on the executive mansion. Prosecutors filed a 14-page court document Tuesday that adds additional detail about Ortega-Hernandez, who allegedly shot at the White House the night of Nov. 11 while the president and first lady were away.
Ortega-Hernandez pleaded not guilty to the attempted assassination charge and to other charges.
In the document, prosecutors said Ortega-Hernandez "expressed anger towards the government regarding the continued criminalization of marijuana," which they said he acknowledged smoking and claimed makes people more intelligent.
Prosecutors said they will offer evidence to show that Ortega-Hernandez's motive in shooting at the White House "was to punish and kill the president, who he believed was the head of a government that was oppressing its citizens in various ways, such as by continuing to criminalize the use of marijuana."
Prosecutors also reiterated previously disclosed information that Ortega-Hernandez repeatedly expressed contempt for Obama, whom he called the antichrist.
Ortega-Hernandez practiced firing the assault rifle used to shoot at the White House at a "desolate crater" outside his home in Idaho Falls, prosecutors said in the document. They said a witness told them Ortega-Hernandez practiced shooting at items including "a home stereo amplifier, an empty ammunition case, a video cassette recorder, and a stereo speaker."
Ortega-Hernandez fired the assault weapon from his car, a black Honda Accord, and then fled on foot after he crashed it, prosecutors said. They said he was later photographed riding on a freight train headed northwest from Washington. A former FBI photographer who takes pictures of trains as a hobby took the picture and approached law enforcement with it, the document said.
Ortega-Hernandez, who was arrested in Pennsylvania several days after the shooting, told investigators his car was stolen from him at gunpoint the same day as the shooting.
A status conference in the case is set for June 18.
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An Idaho man charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama by shooting at the White House practiced with his weapon for six months and may have been upset about the country's marijuana policy, prosecutors said in a newly filed court document.


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This week is Bullying Awareness Week. This week is dedicated to raising awareness about the problem of bullying.
A few things to think about this week:
- Bullying is a widespread problem and can affect anyone regardless of race, class, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or ability status.
- Bullying is a common problem for autistic children. Estimates of the amount of autistic and Asperger children who are bullied run anywhere from 40% to as high as 90%. (See this story in the Boston Herald and this citation by the National Autistic Society UK.)
- Bullying does not only affect children. According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, around 35% of workers have experienced bullying firsthand.
I'd also like to mention some of my writings about bullying: "Workplace Bullying and the Autistic Employee" and "Why Me?", two parts of a to-be-completed series I authored about autism and workplace bullying.
I've also had my own experiences with bullying, mostly encountered as a child and teenager. One of my earliest memories of being bullied is from third grade. I attended a school in the district that had more special education offerings than the rest of the schools, and I needed speech therapy due to a bad ear infection which made me mispronounce the diphthong "th" as the letter "d", amongst other things. Oddly enough, that's not why I was the target of bullying, and to this day, I can only guess why the kids in question chose to pick on me. At that age, with less than average experience being around other kids (due to our frequent moves) and no other siblings, I lacked social experience with other kids. That, plus the social foibles and difficulty reading other kids that Aspie children are prone to, were likely a recipe for disaster. I was singled out as the "weirdo" and was constantly asked if I was retarded. I never knew how to answer my tormentors — I simply froze in fright and said nothing. After one disastrous incident where I was teased and provoked until I bit the kid who bullied me, I chose to play alone for the rest of the school year with the exception of one boy, Lance, who I still felt comfortable around (and looking back in time's mirror, I half wonder if he was also an Aspie too — but that's a whole 'nother post).
That summer, we moved to another city, and I encountered bullying again in the schools I attended. This happened again when we moved across the country and I attended yet another new school for fifth and six grade. But the worst of it I encountered during junior high and high school. As I look back, I consider it a bit of a miracle that I not only survived, but that I do not carry more scars than I do now.
After my parents separated, my mother and I moved to Middletown, Ohio, where I attended the last half of sixth grade, junior high, and high school. It is small town with a large steel mill, a small population (I believe in the 40,000 range when I last lived there), and a rather cliquish atmosphere at the time — everyone had known each other since their youth. To make matters worse, I was a multiracial kid in a town which was rather segregated socially in terms of race — white and blacks usually did not socialize together, and the other multiracial kids simply identified as black; but I'd been used to growing up in neighborhoods where whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and First Peoples lived side by side. And I had undiagnosed Asperger's and displayed many on the laundry list of Aspie traits: social difficulties, inability to read people, narrow interests, and higher than average vocabulary.
It wasn't long before I was the target of bullies. It mostly began in seventh grade and persisted until my senior year of high school. In my case, it was a few individuals who persisted in making my school life a living hell throughout those five or six years of my life. The black bullies made fun of me for "acting white" or "talking white" because of my vocabulary. The white bullies made fun of me because of my hair (or lack of interest in styling it), my narrow interests, and even my patterns of speech. I was shoved into water fountains and lockers; provoked to cursing one of them out in front of a teacher (which landed me into in-school detention); played tricks on; and excluded. I sought solace in my books, my writing, and my inner fantasy life and tried my best to hold on until I graduated and left.
As an adult, I have tried my best to heal from both the bullying at school and the bullying/abuse I experienced at home. Sometimes, thinking about these memories is like pulling shrapnel out of my skin — it hurts, and I can see the visible wounds that each piece leaves behind. Writing about this pain is one way I try to reckon with it. I am slowly healing, but it has only been recently that I have been able to begin *truly* conquering my suspicion and fear. My goals are to be less paranoid about what people think and say about me and less likely to wonder if tricks or plots are being executed behind my back; these fears generally fall into the "disconnection and rejection" domain of early maladaptive schemas that I discussed in this post (part of a continuing series on stress and anxiety), which include beliefs that the world and most, if not all, people are generally untrustworthy, cruel, and will only purposely hurt or reject. Unfortunately, the kind of bullying that autistic and Asperger children encounter commonly help form and/or reinforce these kinds of negative core beliefs and the distrust, fear, and paranoia that accompany them.
I offer this poem, "High School Jungle", as an impression of my experience of having been bullied. I sincerely hope that during this week and beyond, awareness can continue to be raised about the problem of bullying. Too many hearts have been broken and too many lives have been lost to bullying, and it needs to stop.


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In this series, I am providing pictures of tombstones from Latvian cemeteries, all with death dates prior to 1945. I do not have any further information on the people mentioned.
Photo taken by me, October 2012. Click to enlarge.
Top Name: Kārlis Voldemārs Lūsis, born September 10, 1914, died September 23, 1933
Middle Inscription: "Vēj kam tu elsodams pūt, Mežs, kam tik žēli tu šalc, Šķiršanās sāpes vai jūti, Jeb vai mums ardievas nes?" ("Wind, why do you blow with such sobs, Forest, for whom do you rustle with such sadness, Do you feel the pain of separation, or are you bring us farewells?")
Bottom Names: Karlīne Lūsis (maiden name Pētersons), born June 10, 1883, died February 9, 1939; Kārlis Lūsis, born July 14, 1879, died December 7, 1939.
Location: Meža kapi, Rīga


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Last week, Coalition Equalities Minister and Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone treated local constituents to an intriguing insight into her own and presumably Coalition thinking, on just how far the state should intrude into child-care arrangements.
Writing in her local paper, the Hampstead and Highgate Express, Ms Featherstone starts with a sobering tale of a young black boy picked up by the police for the appalling crime of playing hide-and-seek on the grounds of a local hospital. No action ensued. But, of course, the record of the fact that this boy had been picked up – the "soft information" – would remain on file pretty much forever, and the result of a brief and innocent youthful jape could blight his entire life.
Ms Featherstone is naturally not too happy with this. She writes: "The Home Secretary and I have commissioned an independent review of Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks. Obviously if someone is charged and convicted you would expect that information to remain on the police database – and it does. But in the area of 'soft' information (ie non-conviction information) at present this remains on the database too.
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An instant uber-frothy write-up of this story by the Mail on Sunday suggests that cutbacks in the CRB scheme are already a done deal, with parents no longer required to get checked before helping out in schools, and details of offences committed by new partners also far more limited than current schemes would make them.
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It is to be hoped that the consultation will look beyond child protection, taking some time also to consider the legal and cultural consequences of New Labour's machinations. Despite the Bichard Inquiry, it is highly unlikely that the Vetting and Barring scheme would have done much to stop Ian Huntley. His contact with his victims was secondhand, through a partner with a clean CRB record.
Meanwhile, an increasing reliance on "soft information" (aka hearsay) and its second cousin, behavioural scoring, has done much to legitimise the singling out of individuals who fail to conform. It has been given legal justification by the Pinnington case, in which judges ruled that even where police placed little reliance on "soft information" they held, they must still pass it on to a prospective employer.
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Interesting Commemorative Ancient Greek & Roman Coins to Collect
This article is to explore just some of the very interesting types of ancient Greek and Roman coins that were made to commemorate a certain event. This article starts with coins of Alexander the Great's father, Philip II who struck coins with a horseman on the reverse that according to an ancient historian was in commemoration of his Olympic games victory in horse racing. The next coin that we explore is a coin of Augustus commemorating his victory over Brutus. The next coin type we explore are the coins celebrating the founding of Viminacium. And the last coin types explored in this article are of Constantine the Great celebrating the legendary founders of Romulus and Remus and the founding of his new capital of Constantinople.
Philip II the father of Alexander the Great Celebrates OLYMPIC GAMES VICTORY on his Ancient Greek Coin Horse Racing
Greek King Philip II of Macedon 359-336 B.C.
Father of Alexander III the Great
Silver Tetrobol 14mm (2.33 grams) Struck circa 323-315 B.C. in the Kingdom of Macedonia
Commemorating his Olympic Games Victory
Reference: Le Rider-Pl.46,26
Head of Apollo right, hair bound with tainia.
Nude athlete on horse prancing right, ΦIΛIΠΠΟΥ above; branch below.
* Numismatic Note: Authentic ancient Greek coin of King Philip II of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great. Intriguing coin referring to his Olympic victory.
History and Meaning of the Coin
During the times of ancient Greeks, horse racing was one of the events various Greek city-states and kingdoms would have intense competition with each other, as it was of great prestige to participate. Before the time of Philip II, the kingdom of Macedonia was considered barbarian and not Greek. Philip II was the first king of Macedon that was accepted for participation in the event, which was a great honor all in itself. It was an even greater honor that Philip's horses would go on to win two horse-racing events. In 356 B.C., he won the single horse event and then in 348 B.C. chariot pulled by two horses event. As a way to proudly announce, or what some would say propagandize these honors, Philip II placed a reference to these great victories on his coins struck in all three metals of bronze, silver and gold. The ancient historian, Plutarch, wrote "[Philip of Macedon] … had victories of his chariots at Olympia stamped on his coins."
AUGUSTUS Victory Over Brutus Cassius Assassins of Julius Caesar Roman Coin
Augustus – Roman Emperor: 27 B.C. – 14 A.D.
Bronze 19mm (4.24 grams) from the city of Philippi in Northern Greece,
Macedonia circa 27 B.C. -10 B.C.
Reference: BMC 23; Sear 32
VIC AVG, Victory standing left.
3 legionary Standards, 'COHOR PRAEPHIL'.
GORDIAN III Viminacium LEGIONS Ancient Roman Coin LION & BULL
Gordian III – Roman Emperor: 238-244 A.D. –
Bronze 22mm (6.83 grams) of Vimincium 238 A.D.
the 1st year of it's founding (=AN I) 23 in the province of Moesia Superior
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
P M S COL VIM, City goddess standing, bull (symbol for legion VII) and lion (symbol for legion IIII) at sides, AN.I. in exergue.
Constantine I The Great Ancient Roman Coin Romulus & Remus "Mother" wolf
Constantine I 'The Great' – Roman Emperor: 307-337 A.D. –
Bronze AE3 17mm (2.10 grams) Heraclea mint: 330-333 A.D.
Reference: RIC 119 (VII, Heraclea)
VRBSROMA – Roma helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust left.
No legend Exe: .SMHЄ. wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above.
By circa 330 A.D., Constantine the Great completed his new capital for the Roman empire called Constantinople. For this momentous occasion, he issued two commemorative coin types, one celebrating Rome and the other Constantinople. The type that commemorated Rome had the personification of Rome, Roma with the inscription VRBS ROMA and the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus on the reverse suckling the she-wolf. The type that commemorated Constantinople had the personification of Constantinople on the obverse and Victory on a galley sailing with a shield. This was a great way for Constantine the Great to pay homage to both Rome and Constantinople.
Constantine I The Great founds Constantinople Ancient Roman Coin Victory
Constantine I 'The Great' – Roman Emperor: 307-337 A.D. –
Founding of New Roman Capital – CONSTANTINOPLE Commemorative –
Bronze AE3 17mm (2.05 grams) Struck at the mint of Treveri 332-333 A.D.
Reference: RIC 530 (VII, Trier)
CONSTANTINOPOLIS – Constantinopolis helmeted, laureate bust left, holding scepter over shoulder.
No legend Exe: TR.S – Victory standing left, stepping on galley prow, cradling
scepter and resting hand on shield.
* Numismatic Note: Commemorates founding of Constantinople as new Roman capital by Constantine I the Great.
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Megan Fox says she wants to transform her life – with babies.
"No one believes me when I talk about this, but I'm really maternal," the 23-year-old "Transformers" starlet tells W magazine for its March issue.
In excepts of the interview that were obtained by People, the actress says that she would provide her little foxeny with "an amazing environment."
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Her only worry: that the world might come to an end before she fulfills her maternal dreams.
Fox also cops to fears about her acting and modeling ability, and reveals a complicated relationship with her female peers in Hollywood, People reports.
"I don't trust people in this industry, but I especially don't trust girls in this industry, because it's incredibly competitive, and I'm just not interested," Fox says.
Of her acting skills -- which have earned her "Razzie" nominations for performances in "Jennifer's Body" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" – "My main weakness is nerves. I have no confidence, and because of that I'm always second-guessing myself," Fox says.
But Fox doesn't second-guess her skills as underwear modeling for Aramni. She says she's well aware she oozes sex appeal.


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text: Pubdate: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 2013 San Jose Mercury News Contact: http://www.mercurynews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390 Author: Josh Richman Page: 1 CALIFORNIANS: JUST SAY 'YES' For the first time in 44 years, a clear majority of California voters favors legalizing marijuana, a new Field Poll found. And where there's smoke, there might soon be fire: A specific legalization ballot initiative now seeking signatures to get on next November's ballot also has majority support, the poll found. "Debating about whether to legalize now is pointless, because we're going to," said Mark A.R. Kleiman, a UCLA professor and drug policy expert. "The smart debate is about how we'll do it." California voters narrowly rejected a legalization measure in 2010, and Washington and Colorado voters approved theirs -- the nation's first -- in 2012. Kleiman said he actually is surprised the Field Poll number isn't higher, in light of Gallup's report in October that 58 percent of Americans favor legalization -- the first-ever national majority support. Dave Hodges smokes marijuana for a photograph in San Jose, Calif. on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Hodges is the founder of A2C2 - All American Cannabis Club. (Nhat V. Meyer, Bay Area News Group) It has been a long climb. Only 13 percent of Californians favored legalization when the Field Poll started asking about marijuana in 1969 amid the tumult of Woodstock, Stonewall and Apollo 11. In 1983, as Nancy Reagan told America to "just say no," 30 percent of California voters said yes. In 2010, the poll found 50 percent in favor, yet that year's Proposition 19 legalization measure fell short with 46.5 percent of the vote. Now support for legalization stands at 55 percent, according to the latest poll. Eight percent say anyone should be able to buy it, and 47 percent support legalizing it with age and other controls like those for alcohol. Legalization finds more support among Democrats and independents than Republicans, more among liberals than conservatives and more among white people than Latinos and black people. The poll revealed a small generation gap: 64 percent of 18-to-49-year-old voters favor legalization, with support dropping among older voters -- yet still 47 percent among those 65 and up. "It's certainly a generational phenomenon" just like with other social issues like same-sex marriage, said Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo. Yet he cautioned that these numbers won't spell an easy victory at the ballot box, as older voters tend to turn out in higher numbers. The Field Poll -- which surveyed 1,002 registered California voters from Nov. 14 through Dec. 5, with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points -- also asked voters whether they would support the California Cannabis Hemp Initiative. That proposed ballot measure would decriminalize marijuana and hemp use, possession, cultivation, transportation and distribution for those over age 21, and would require the Legislature to license and tax commercial sales. After hearing a summary of the initiative's official ballot description, 56 percent of voters said they would support it, 39 percent would oppose it and 5 percent had no opinion. "That's amazing. A lot of people were on the fence about whether our initiative could make it," ballot measure proponent Buddy Duzy said Monday. "We still have to raise more money to get it on the ballot. Right now we're working with volunteers mostly and a small number of paid circulators," said the Simi Valley resident. "But this is big news, because what was holding a lot of funders back was wondering whether (the initiative) was too liberal. ... This should set a lot of their minds at ease." Duzy has until Feb. 24 to gather valid signatures from at least 504,760 registered voters to put the measure on November's ballot. He might have competition. Organizers backed by the late Progressive Insurance CEO Peter Lewis -- a prolific drug-reform advocate -- on Dec. 4 submitted a "Control, Regulate and Tax Marijuana Act" for review by the state Attorney General's Office. And Americans for Policy Reform submitted final revisions to its "Marijuana Control, Legalization and Revenue Act" on Friday. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who's chairing an American Civil Liberties Union panel on legalization, agreed the poll numbers shore up a "growing consensus to move on this in 2014 and not wait until 2016, and that's a big shift even from six months ago." He quipped that he'd be the last person to say it's coming "whether you like it or not" -- exactly what he did say in 2008 about same-sex marriage." Kleiman said many believe prohibition is the worst way to deal with marijuana, but all the proposed initiatives clear the way for "commercialization on the alcohol model, which is the second-worst way." Advertising limits and state control of cultivation and sales would be better, he said. Legalization eliminates the black market and lets people do something they want to do, he said, but "that leaves us with the drug-abuse problem, and at the moment there's nothing" that does anything about that. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt


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CHICAGO — A legal battle between an anti-patronage lawyer and Gov. Pat Quinn's administration will return to federal court less than two weeks before voters will decide if they want to re-elect the Chicago Democrat.
Anti-patronage attorney Michael Shakman has — as part of a lawsuit — requested an investigation of hiring in Quinn's Department of Transportation and a monitor to ensure the administration complies with bans on political hiring for nonpolitical jobs. Quinn's attorneys argue the judge should reject the request because it would be detrimental to state officials' duties of hiring workers.
During a brief hearing on Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier gave attorneys time to file motions and told them to return to court Oct. 22.
Quinn is facing Republican challenger Bruce Rauner in the Nov. 4 election.


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COAL CHAMBER, the reformed '90s alt-metal band fronted by current DEVILDRIVER singer Dez Fafara, will play a series of shows in Mexico and South America in September 2012.
As previously reported, COAL CHAMBER first reunion dates will take place in late February and early March as part of Australia's Soundwave Festival.
When asked by Full Metal Jackie in a recent interview how he feels about the return of COAL CHAMBER, Dez said, "Unbelievable. Full circle. I mean, to get those guys back in my life and clean off hard drugs and want[ing] to do shows, it's incredible. The feeling is incredible and the love had been just incredible as well. I woke up at 4:30 the other morning with my phone ringing off the hook and my Twitter, everything going crazy, it's so good to see. After all these years, we haven't played together in 10 years. . . We've been going over the setlist and it's been nothing but fun right now. I mean, going back and forth about a setlist with these guys just turns into jokes and hours of e-mails of jokes and we forget what we're doing. So you realize that these guys are a big, big part of my life and I don't even know if I'd be here with DEVILDRIVER for Meegs [guitar] and Mikey drums], so it's good to have them back in my life and getting ready to go do COAL CHAMBER shows."
Regarding why neither of the two former COAL CHAMBER bassists — Nadja Peulen or Rayna Foss — is involved in the band's reunion, Dez said, "Rayna was not [asked to be a part of it]. Rayna has been out of the band for a very long time. We did speak to Nadja. She has other things going and it wasn't really in the headspace where we were at as a band. We found Chela; she's Canadian and she's a bad-ass player. She's been playing for nearly 12 years. She plays five-string and it's going to be good to have her on bass. She grew up with COAL CHAMBER. She's only 26-27 years old. She knows the songs, and just hearing her on the phone, the excitement [in her voice], that's really what I wanted brought to the table. Where Meegs and Mikey and I am right now, we're really excited so we needed someone that filled that excitement drawer and she did for sure; she's stoked."