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Where an old industrial building used to be, in the northern outskirts of their hometown, the Milano based practice LPzR Architetti realised this apartment building with 25 residential units.
"The new building completes the urban landscape by connecting the façades and covering the blind walls of the adjacent constructions. According to the height range of surrounding buildings, ERA 3 has from five up to seven storeys. Basement and mezzanine host parking lots.
The building is a manifesto of complexity in contemporary architecture. The volumetric composition shows a sequence of addictions and subtractions. A wide range of materials like plaster, zinc, wood, concrete, steel, glass, stones, are combined together to underline the arrangement of volumes and surfaces.
The construction of the volume is based on the aggregation of modules of 45 sq m (GFA), which is considered as the minimum surface of a living unit. Bigger apartments are made of two modules. Outdoor living spaces play an important role in design criteria."


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We used these snowflake worksheets from the Mailbox magazine as math mats with our tangram pieces.
We decided to try to make a giant snowflake with the pieces on our own.
I made some puffy snow paint from shaving cream, glue and some iridescent powder for a little fun in our art center.
Of course, no winter or polar unit would be complete without a few snowflakes. We've been working hard on our cutting skills and cutting snowflakes is such a good way to practice. We actually worked on these a few weeks ago, but I was pleased to see some of the friends continue this in our art center independently. Check out the "ice crystals" on this snowflake!
Our Hot Cocoa Stand has been popular this week.
|Taking orders
|They even added some salmon to the stand in case customers needed a little snack!
|Mmmmm...now that's some tasty hot cocoa!
We turned our "theme box" into an igloo.
And they built igloos with cardboard blocks. Every time it would get almost built and I'd grab the camera, it would crash before I could get a good picture.
We also set up an ice fishing center. I added magnetic letters for the friends to fish for. I have a learning game with foam fish that have letters imprinted on them, so the challenge was to match the magnetic letters to the letters on the foam fish.
We added some polar animals and styrofoam pieces to our sensory table for a little water play.
While learning about penguins, the kids were surprised to learn that some penguins are actually quite tall. I drew one on butcher paper and the children worked as a group to color it.
We then measured each child to see who was taller or shorter than the penguin.
We make these cute Eskimos by tracing the outline of our closed hands and cut them out. We added faces and parka hoods and stretched and pulled some cotton for fur.
We did a lot of literacy activities and had one experience that morphed into a day filled with teachable moments and unexpected/unplanned activities that took on a life of their own. Look for posts about these coming coon!


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A new study suggests that when boundaries blur between work and home, women feel guilty. Men? Nope. Even when after-hours demands are the same.
Women? Guilt? Well, duh, right?
But here's what's interesting. The findings held true whether the work demands actually interfered with home life or not. And here's what's more interesting: The study also found that women didn't even have to have families to feel distressed when work came home.
Call it the unintended consequences of the "always on" life: the electronica that makes it so easy to bring work home that, you know, we bring work home. But why should women feel the pressure of the phonecalls, emails, texts and tweets more so than men? The authors blame cultural conditioning. Over at Jezebel, Irin Carmon does, too:
… there are several things at play here, including the obvious aspect that women are culturally conditioned to feel guilty about doing exactly what their male counterparts are doing: Earning a living. (Remember the moral of the story in The Devil Wears Prada, in which the protagonist becoming good at her demanding job is conflated with abandoning her values and her boyfriend and friends? In which she watches a woman at the top of her game lose her husband?) We're also constantly expected to make it look effortless, with which a frantic late night call or email tends to interfere.
We're also soft-wired — or maybe hard-wired — to please. An urgent (aren't they all?) text or email from a [student, client, editor, boss, insert one] shoots in just before we flop into bed? We respond. We'd feel bad if we didn't — and feel bad when we do.
Now. We could solve this angst by going off the grid the minute we walk inside the front door. Thus, fixing ourselves. But, that's not going to happen, is it? Especially given the above. Not to mention the need for a paycheck. So let's work on the culture itself, shall we? Both the culture of the workplace and the social culture, too. And to change all that, sisters, we need to fight for getting more of us in high places. If that sounds like a call for quotas, as you might find in some Scandinavian countries — what the hell, let's go there. Because, guess what? It's even better for the bottom line.
More about the money below, but first, let's go back to that study, which was published this month in the "Journal of Social Behavior and Health":
"… these results suggest that work contact may not necessarily inhibit the performance of domestic roles, but they still can have health implications in the form of negative self-appraisals and the feelings of guilt that may arise when the boundary separating work and family life becomes blurred.
And for women, the authors write, even though "gendered role identities" have long since changed, we're still stuck with the weight of the old expectations. We're caught in this shifting cultural landscape, one foot in the way things were, the other in the way things are. And consequently, feel rotten. As the authors of the study told Science Daily:
"Initially, we thought women were more distressed by frequent work contact because it interfered with their family responsibilities more so than men," says lead author Paul Glavin, a PhD candidate in sociology at [University of Toronto]. "However, this wasn't the case. We found that women are able to juggle their work and family lives just as well as men, but they feel more guilty as a result of being contacted. This guilt seems to be at the heart of their distress."
The study's co-author, sociologist Scott Schieman, says it's all about differing expectations:
"While women have increasingly taken on a central role as economic providers in today's dual-earner households, strong cultural norms may still shape ideas about family responsibilities. These forces may lead some women to question or negatively evaluate their family role performance when they're trying to navigate work issues at home."
Sigh. Now what? Well, we can sit around and feel guilty for, uh, feeling guilty. I was raised Irish Catholic, after all. I can definitely go there. But still, I vote for Door No. 2: Changing the structures and cultural norms that leave us in this land of mea culpa. And for that, we need more women at the top: women who themselves know what it is to feel this angst. And then there's this: if changing structures, revamping expectations, and redefining the whole concept of worklife don't-call-it-balance isn't enough to make us fight for more women in high places, let's knock on the door of enlightened self-interest. This is where the money comes in.
The WSJ reports that the two companies that had the best stock-market gains in 2010 were run by, you guessed it, women. In the piece, consultant Ann de Jaeger says it's crucial to get more women into the boardroom — simply to boost profits. But she also says that one reason only 3 percent of the boards of the Fortune 500 are comprised of women is that women have had to fit into the male model — or not fit in at all. Asked why successful women often leave their companies before they can be promoted, she says:
Because at a particular point, they realize that they have been too busy being someone else instead of themselves and therefore cannot bring their best to the table. Women seem to adapt to the prevailing – male – culture as they rise on the corporate ladder. They are not even aware of the fact that they are doing this – they simply play along and adapt out of a sheer survival instinct.
And then, bow out. When asked what we need to do to get women upstairs, she edges ever closer to the Euro-idea of quotas:
It would be preferable if the drive to do something about gender balance came from within companies – from the strategic need to reflect the market and the talent pipeline in decision-making bodies.
On the other hand, we see every day that progress is very, very slow. Too many companies adopt a compliance approach, a "fix the women" strategy – as if they can tick a box, run a couple of events, provide amenities that make life a little easier, but they don't allow for real inclusiveness.
Fix the women? Or fix the structures? I know what I choose. Without the slightest trace of guilt.


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Stop on by the Hynes Convention Center in Boston this weekend, April 30 – May 1! Stop and chat with me, Convention Scene's News Editor Joe Fauvel, in Artist Alley 415. I'll also be selling Knightshift Entertainment's titles CRY and Assassins' Guild.
Press Release:
It's here! The wait is over! The Boston Comic Con is back – bigger and better than ever. The convention will be held this weekend: Saturday April 30th and Sunday May 1st at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston, MA from 10am to 7pm Saturday and 10am to 5pm Sunday.
Tickets are available at the door or online through the convention website. Prices are $20 for a single day pass and $35 for a weekend pass. Kids 10 and under get in free with paid adult admission!
The BCC guest list is best and most talked about guest list in the country this year. This is the largest and most talented collection of comic creators in New England ever! Check it out:
Neal Adams, Frank Quitely, Joe Kubert, Adam Hughes, J Scott Campbell, Darwyn Cooke, Arthur Adams, Frank Cho, Tim Sale, Dave Johnson, J.G. Jones, Mark Brooks, Mark Chiarello, Matt Wagner, Ryan Ottley, Sean Galloway, Stan Sakai, Stephane Roux, Terry Moore, Tony Harris, Khoi Pham, Howard Chaykin, David Mack, Greg Capullo, Gahan Wilson, Ryan Benjamin, Stephanie Buscema, Daixong Guo, Mark McKenna, and many more!
The Boston Comic Con is a 100% independently-run comic book show committed to bringing the biggest and best comic creators to New England. Run by fans for fans, Boston Comic Con is not affiliated with any other convention tour or corporate interests. Hosting over 40,000 square feet of vendors selling comic books, toys, posters, trading cards, and other pop culture memorabilia, this is a destination event for geeks of any stripe.
For more information please go to our website at www.bostoncomiccon.com and follow us on Twitter (@BostonComicCon) and Facebook!


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got the slaw for you!
From the Smoke and Spice bible... um i mean Cookbook
by Cheryl and Bill Jamison
Mango and Avocado Salad
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup honey (of course)
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 TBLS fresh lemon juice
2 teas grated onion
1 teas dry mustard
1 teas paprika
1/2 teas salt
1 cup canola or corn oil
2 TBLS celery seeds
in a food processor or blender combine all this except the oil and celery seeds. Pour in the oil as you continue processing until thick and well blended. spoon in the celery seeds and process just until incorporated.
Shredded Red Cabbage
3 ripe mangoes sliced
3 ripe hass avocados sliced
make a bed of the cabbage, arrange the mangoes and avocados. drizzle with the dressing. serve with a side of dressing for those who like more.
Now...what's in this secret rub anyway?


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September 14, 2012 -- Updated 0947 GMT (1747 HKT)
Malaysian PM Najib Razak; Britain's Prince William; Malaysia's king Sultan Abdul Halim Mu 'adzam Shah and his wife Queen Haminah Hamidun; Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; and Razak's wife, Rosmah Mansor pose for a picture during an official dinner at the royal residence, the Istana Negara, in Kuala Lumpur on September 13.
William and Kate visit Far East
- Catherine is "upset" by the claims in the French magazine, a royal source says
- Palace: "We believe a red line has been crossed. We are communicating with lawyers"
- The topless photographs are grainy and appear to have been taken with a long lens
- The royal couple is currently on a tour of southeast Asian nations
The pictures were taken while the couple was staying at a private chateau in Provence, in southern France, according to Closer magazine.
St. James's Palace told CNN the photos appeared to be genuine. "We believe a red line has been crossed. We are communicating with French lawyers," officials said.
A royal source told CNN the Duchess of Cambridge is "upset" by the claims in the French magazine.
Kate Middleton pregnancy rumors rev up
The photographs, which are grainy and appear to have been taken with a long lens, cannot be accessed on the website of Closer in France, which shows only the magazine's front cover with heavily blurred-out images.
A St. James's Palace spokesman said: "Their Royal Highnesses have been hugely saddened to learn that a French publication and a photographer have invaded their privacy in such a grotesque and totally unjustifiable manner.
"The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, and all the more upsetting to The Duke and Duchess for being so.
"Their Royal Highnesses had every expectation of privacy in the remote house. It is unthinkable that anyone should take such photographs, let alone publish them.
"Officials acting on behalf of Their Royal Highnesses are consulting with lawyers to consider what options may be available to The Duke and Duchess."
The pair remain focused on on their tour on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, the statement said.
Laurence Pieau, editor-in-chief of Closer, posted several comments on Twitter late Thursday promoting the images' release.
One said: "The world exclusive of #closer tomorrow is Kate Middleton as you have never seen her... and as you will never see her again."
Another read: "For kate middleton to have tan lines she would have to be wearing a swimsuit!"
The photographs' publication comes only three weeks after the British royal family was caught up in a media furore over images of William's younger brother, Prince Harry, partying naked in his Las Vegas hotel room.
William and Catherine are currently in Malaysia as they undertake a nine-day southeast Asian tour of Commonwealth nations, which started in Singapore.
The Duchess of Cambridge gave her first public speech in Kuala Lumpur Thursday, at a hospice for terminally ill children and adults. She is the patron of a charity supporting children's hospices in East Anglia, England.
The royal couple will be in Malaysia until Sunday before heading to the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
The Duchess of Cambridge was very conservatively dressed as she visited a mosque in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday.
There was also a security scare when a man lunged at Catherine and tried to give her a flower as she and William left a festival of Malaysian dancing in a park in the capital.
A man was arrested over the incident, a palace source said.
A palace source told CNN: "The Duchess was getting into the car and the Duke was walking round to the other side of the car when an enthusiastic member of the public tried to give her a flower.
"He tried to run forward and throw it into the car. He was very close, right up against the car. He was arrested by local police officers. Royal protection officers were not involved, though they had noticed him in the crowd earlier on. The Duke and Duchess were not in any danger at all at any point."
Closer in France is not affiliated to the magazine of the same name in the United Kingdom.


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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Remains of Tombstone Junction
Just for a moment, let's turn our minds back to Corbin's late and lamented tourist attraction Tombstone Junction.
Tombstone Junction simulated a down-and-dirty western town, right down to the actual functioning in-house railroad and grimy train-robber actors who never broke character. It's always been one of our most popular entries on the old site, and now two readers have forwarded us brand new photographs of it - or rather, the spot where it used to be. All that remains of Tombstone Junction is apparently an empty parking lot, one crumbling shack, and some decaying bits of what once was their billboard.
Photos above by Jonathan Meadows, and photo below by Adam Sulfridge. Thanks to both gentlemen for their contribution and their enthusiasm.
For more information about Tombstone Junction, consult your copy of Weird Kentucky, page 160.
13 comments:
- DH said...
I'm such a sucker for these kinds of things. It's a piece of Americana that I doubt we will ever see again.
- November 19, 2008 at 6:52 AM
- Minda said...
This is just sad! I have such great memories of this place from when I was a kid.
- November 19, 2008 at 4:10 PM
- Unknown said...
I went to this place a while back.
I have like 120 pictures of it, if you want me to send them to you.
- January 2, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- daleruk said...
Kayla Could I get u to email some of the pics from tombstone. I grew up around there and when there a lot in my childhood.
- January 13, 2009 at 5:48 PM
- Unknown said...
Thats terrible,I visited tombstone junction when I was a kid and intended to take my children there. Having just moved back to Kentucky, I'll miss it.
- February 16, 2009 at 3:26 PM
- Kev.G said...
I grew up just up the road from tombstone and loved spending time watching the train and gunfighters!LOL!
Kayla could I get you to send me some of those pics you have?? I am hoping top go down in a couple weeks myself I haven't been since he place "burned".
- March 18, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- chrisengland said...
hello, i went to the site of tombstone junction today on june 8th 2009, and the was bulldozing dirt at the entrance of tombstone where no one could get in the parking lot... i love that place... i was there every sunday that it was open... i even traveled to sterns ky... in hope to see ol'77 but when i got there to the railway depot it was nowhere to be seen... can someone please email me some pics...
- June 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM
- chrisengland said...
hello, kayla and anyone else who has some pictures of tombstone junction... would you please email me them... i was there every sunday at tombstone... its a shame that its not there anymore... its missed dearly...
- January 9, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- Unknown said...
I know I loved this place, My Dad was the Sheriff there in the early years and owned a leather shop there also.
- May 1, 2010 at 1:58 PM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
i enjoyed going there as a kid. my dad wouldn't go anywhere else but there for vacation. many memories but we have no pictures. would love to have some emailed to me. i have an old sheriff's badge and a pennat that you hang on the wall. i went back there a few years back and all was left was a shack and the sighn and a pc of the depo or stage couldn't really tell.
- May 9, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- chrisengland said...
hello james... tombstone junction has a facebook page... they have some awesome pictures on there aswell... keep in touch on FB...
- May 10, 2010 at 1:28 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow James ! Do you remember what year you got that badge? My father was the sheriff there in the first years and had a leather shop also. He still does leather work today.
- May 10, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Went there with my parents and brothers in late 70's or early 80's, not real sure. I remember the train ride and it got hijacked by robbers. Gun fights in the streets and magic shows at the saloon. What a cool place. I can't believe I remember it all and just now found out it doesn't exist anymore. What a bummer.
- June 26, 2011 at 1:20 AM


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Honest Dogs (Paperback)
It had been six years since newspaper reporter Brian Patrick O'Donoghue mushed to a last place finish in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Yearning to challenge himself anew, he enters the Yukon Quest, a more brutal 1,000-mile run between Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and Fairbanks, Alaska. With wry humor and diminishing expectations, O'Donoghue shares the trail with Khan, Hobbes, Scrimshaw, Cyclone, and ten other excitable Alaska huskies, plus a diverse collection of rival racers and resident bush rats. The mushers' strategies, dreams and disappointments, the antics of the dogs, and the drama of the race are all part of this punishing personal journey.


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TeamAU are no strangers to extreme overclocking and this blog. This past weekend proved to be a fruitful one with a plethora of amazing overclocking results being put up on HWBOT. We reported on the 3DMARK06 global world record a few days ago and now have a whole host of others to tell you about.
Team Australia (Team.AU) is made up of a group of members from the Australian & New Zealand overclocking community (majority of members have their original roots are from i4memory.com), who have come together to push the barriers of today's enthusiast computing technology and to redefine the local and international overclocking scenes. Team Australia as a group is independent from any hwbot teams and are not exclusive to any one manufacturer.
One common theme here is TeamAU+Gigabyte Z77X-UP7+killer 3770K CPU and liquid nitrogen. Z77 platform and Ivy Bridge 3770K are nearing the end of the road and now the results start getting ever so harder to achieve which makes these records even sweeter. This is the time extreme overclockers start pulling out their gems (best hardware they have) and go for broke.
The get together was in Perth, Western Australia, and lot of the members made the long trip to freeze some hardware which included Deanzo, Dinos22, Kayl, JJJC (special guest from OCAU), SniperOZ, Uncle Fester and Youngpro.
Well done fellas!


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This 2015 BMW 5 Series 528i xDrive in White features: Clean CARFAX. AWD 8-Speed Automatic
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* Superb powertrains; impressive fuel economy in most forms; elegant interior packed with high-tech features; smooth, quiet ride; advanced safety features. Source: Edmunds
* The BMW 5 series continues to be tailor-made to the tastes of the driver with multiple options of Sedan or Gran Turismo, but those enhancements just got better. The exterior has been modernized with subtle, yet profile-enhancing, changes to the nose and tail. There are also contour lines around the grille and reshaped air intakes. All models now have adaptive xenon headlamps with LED alternatives available, and new thin-line taillamps are a nice addition. BMW has expanded both the standard and optional equipment including engine upgrades. The Gran Turismo specifically has received front fascia recasting and an extended liftgate that increases cargo capacity by 2.1-cubic feet. The luxurious outside look has been translated into the comfortable interior of the 5 series as well. There are many engines to choose from as well. On the 528i there is a 240hp 2.0L TwinPower Turbo. On the 535i there is a 300hp 3.0L TwinPower Turbo. The 535d comes with a 255hp 3.0L TwinTurbo Diesel. While the top of the line 550i comes with a 4.4L TwinPower Turbo V8. Other available features are ActiveHybrid which is paired to the 3.0L TwinTurbo or xDrive for AWD. BMW Assist can offer an emergency switchboard, navigation system, and information service all in one on an integrated 10.2-inch screen. The lowest model starts with ten speakers and options are available for many more sound packages. Existing upgrades for the tech enthusiast are iPad holders and snap-in adapters for Apple products and Blackberry make working from the car a breeze. In addition, rear view, side and top view cameras are all options for safety. Standard safety features include airbags, safety belt reminders, anti-theft alarm system, and an interlocking door anchoring system. Source: The Manufacturer Summary
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You can get acquainted with the presented collection of sara png to choose suitable ideas for your business or design interface.
Today we have 10 cliparts and vectors for this category.
Advice on how to make a good presentation
Do not use icons of different styles
Even before we started to use smartphones which are not stacked with smiley and all sorts of other icons, we were able to see, that there are icons and pictograms of different design style. These don't go well when combined. Let's address this issue by giving you a few guidelines on how to use icons:
- Use one icon per slide: we don't like texts stuffed with smileys so it's highly likely no one would appreciate a slide stacked with icons either.
- Icon is to underline an action: using multiple icons per slide is confusing and also it looks slightly immature the very least.
Always check with your friends or colleagues and stick with icons which look as professional as possible.


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Tarski 3.2.0 adds the option to display a post's featured image in the header. It also improves Tarski's compatibility with recent versions of WordPress and PHP. A full list of changes can be found in the changelog.
Please note that WordPress 3.5 is required for this release.
You can also get this version as a Git tag.
We strongly recommend following the upgrade guide. Always back up your files and database before running a WordPress or Tarski upgrade. Please ensure that you upgrade WordPress before installing the new version of Tarski.
Featured images in the header
Featured images let you customise how a post or page appears. Tarski now allows you to swap out the usual header image above the site title for a post or page's featured image. This post shows the feature in action: it uses the 'Splatter' header image that comes with Tarski instead of the usual site header.
Other stuff
Apart from that, this is mostly a maintenance release. It cleans up a few bits of code and improves Tarski's compatibility with recent versions of PHP and WordPress. Translators will be happy to hear that the theme POT file is now available with the source code.
Let me know in the comments if you run into any bugs. Hope you enjoy the new release.


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Frank Gough, Rector (Sr. Pastor) (2010-present) posted this note on the Quora site.
A young woman (teen - 17 yrs old) I worked with as a Civil Air Patrol chaplain was caught doing 62 in a 45 mph zone in a VERY rural area of north Florida while on her way home from an "away" high-school football game at around 10:30 pm.
Following the instructions she had received from her parents - because she was in a remote rural area - when the patrol car activated its lights, she slowed to 50 mph, put on her emergency flashers, and continued driving for nearly six miles until she came to a small country convenience store/gas station, where she pulled into the parking lot right up the the lit front of the store. She stopped the car, put it in park, and turned off the engine.
During the drive after the officer had put on his lights, he had also activated his siren after a mile or so, and began telling her over the PA system to pull over immediately. She continued to a known lit public place, with flashers on, at a sedate pace. Most of the highway upon which she was driving was a 55 mph limit, except near a couple of rural churches, where it dropped to 45.
The convenience store had exterior HD security cameras, so what followed was all caught on video, but without audio.
After turning off her car, she rolled down the the window of her Honda Accord, but did not unlock her door, and sat there with her hands on the steering wheel.
The law enforcement officer (LEO) was visibly agitated when he approached her car. When she took her hands off the steering wheel to gesture as she attempted to explain, the LEO, without ever attempting to open her car door, lunged at her, grabbing both her wrists, and pulled her out of the car THROUGH the driver's door window, and then twisted her to the ground on her belly, knelt on her back, and handcuffed her hands behind her.
He is then seen talking on his radio as he stood next to her as she lay upon the ground with her dress up around her waist and her backside and thong underwear in plain view to the officer and several passersby. The arresting officer made no attempt to restore her modesty and pull her skirt down, even though she can be seen sobbing hysterically on the ground
No further contact between the LEO and the young woman is seen on video, until two more patrol cars arrive, one from the same jurisdiction as the stopping officer, and one from the current county jurisdiction in which the stop was finally made.
One of the arriving officers almost immediately went over to her, pulled her skirt down to cover her exposed backside, and helped her to a sitting position on the curb in front of the store.
It later turned out that the arresting officer had crossed the county line in his pursuit, and had to involve the next county in the stop and arrest. In the arrest paperwork, the arresting officer charged her with speeding, fleeing and eluding, reckless driving, resisting arrest without violence, and DUI. The DUI was applied even though the officer gave no field sobriety test, nor was a blood or urine sample taken when she arrived at the county jail.
As her parents were out of town with a sibling, taking that child to the Mayo clinic for diagnostic work related to a life-threatening illness, the young woman called me as her chaplain in Civil Air Patrol.
I was not allowed to bond her out until after her arraignment at 7:30 in the morning, but as a local priest AND as a First Responder with the Civil Air Patrol, she was allowed to sit with me in an interview room for about four hours until she was taken out for her arraignment.
At her request, I called her best friend's mom, who lived next door to her, and she came to the jail. I was later allowed to bail her out on my signature, and she went to her neighbor's home, where she was supervised by her best friend's mom until her mom flew home the same day.
Once her attorney got a copy of the store security video about three weeks later, all of the charges against her were dropped, including the speeding charge (which I thought should have still been applied).
The deputy received no official reprimand for his treatment of a minor female, even though I and others pushed for his arrest for child abuse, as he testified during a deposition that he knew the owner and driver of the car he was attempting to pull over was a 17 year old girl.
A civil suit has been "pending" for nearly seven years now.
At any rate, that's what the cop "would" do.
I was and still am astounded that the arresting officer received no official disciplinary action whatsoever."
Here's how one officer responds to the note above.
"I'd call you in as refusing to stop, note your speed and any evasive actions, and then decide whether I was going to cite you for fleeing and eluding or for the lesser charge of failing to yield to an emergency vehicle (with the lights and sirens going). Based on how your question reads, it would probably be the latter. When you see the emergency lights and/or hear the sirens on a moving vehicle, you're supposed to pull to the right and then stop. Failing to do so is the same as running a red light.
Perhaps your story about being afraid I was going to "abuse my power" once I had you stopped is a believable and valid defense. Perhaps it's not. I know I don't find it reasonable, so I'll write the ticket. However, I'm not the judge, nor the jury, and you (or your attorney) will get another chance to try your story with them.
My ego isn't involved here, by the way. While I'm following you for 10 miles with my lights and sirens on, all the other traffic on the road is having to pull over and stop, assuming they obey traffic laws better than you do. Other cops are now hurrying on their way to our location because I reported that I was initiating a traffic stop 5 minutes ago, and now I have to report that the vehicle still hasn't stopped. A dispatcher who could have handled my traffic stop as well as several others simultaneously is now focused only on me and what I'm reporting about what is shaping up to be a possible pursuit situation. Basically, your 10- mile (approximately 10-minute) refusal to stop is going to tie up a significant portion of police resources for 10 minutes, as well as inconveniencing all the other drivers on the road. I, seriously, almost never write tickets, but I'm not letting all that go with a warning. It wouldn't be responsible for me to do so."
Paul Harding, Deputy Sheriff since 2000, Private Pilot
Here's some really good advice on how you SHOULD handle yourself when stopped by a police officer for a traffic issue.


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Mike Adams
Natural News
Thursday, Dec 18, 2008
In a truly astonishing betrayal of public safety (even for the FDA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today revoked its warning about mercury in fish, saying that eating mercury-contaminated fish no longer poses any health threat to children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and infants.
Last week, the FDA declared trace levels of melamine to be safe in infant formula. A few weeks earlier, it said the plastics chemical Bisphenol-A was safe for infants to drink. Now it says children can eat mercury, too. Is there any toxic substance in the food that the FDA thinks might be dangerous? (Aspartame, MSG, sodium nitrite and now mercury…)
This FDA decision on mercury in fish has alarmed EPA scientists who called it "scientifically flawed and inadequate," reports the Washington Post. Even better, the Environmental Working Group (www.EWG.org) issued a letter to the EPA, saying "It's a commentary on how low FDA has sunk as an agency. It was once a fierce protector of America's health, and now it's nothing more than a patsy for polluters."
Is anyone really surprised? The FDA is a drug-pushing, people-betraying, scientifically illiterate criminal organization that, time and time again, seeks only to protect the profits of powerful corporations whose products poison the people. This statement is no longer a mere opinion. It is an observable fact based on the FDA's own pattern of behavior and its outlandish decisions that predictably betray the American public.
The real reason this is happening
You want to know the REAL reason the FDA is easing up on its warning about mercury in fish? It's because the agency is being relentlessly pounded over two related issues: Mercury in dental fillings and mercury preservatives in vaccines. And the FDA can't keep up its lie about the "safety" of vaccines and mercury fillings if it has already declared mercury to be dangerous in fish, right?
To the criminal minds running the FDA, the clever solution is to revoke the warning about mercury in fish. Thus, the FDA takes the position that all mercury is safe, and suddenly they're off the hook on mercury fillings and thimerosal in vaccines.
In other words, the FDA has just aligned itself as a defender of one of the most neurotoxic substances that's ever been found. Only a truly corrupt regulator could even attempt to defend such a position, and only a truly insane individual could argue that mercury exposure is safe for infants, children and expectant mothers. Not coincidentally, mercury exposure causes insanity (look up the historical term "mad as a hatter").
Given that most of the FDA decision makers probably have mercury fillings in their mouths and mercury molecules lodged in their brains from getting their vaccine shots, it's no stretch to consider the possibility that the FDA decision have, in a very strict medical sense, lost their minds due to mercury exposure. There's hardly any other way to explain the mad behavior of FDA officials.
I think it's time we called for an FDA MUTINY and declared the leaders of that agency to be too incompetent to run it anymore. These people need to be relieved of command before their hazardous pronouncements lead to yet more consumers being poisoned or killed. The FDA scientists, in my opinion, should revolt (in a non-violent way, of course) against the politically-motivated decision makers spewing all this "eat more poison" advice.
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Thank you for giving us permission to share your gorgeous photos with our readers, Kim!
What a fabulous party!
I love this party, it combines my two favorite things, cooking and the color purple. This would make a great adult party too!
Wow, that looks amazing. I love the baloons hanging down...
Fun and sassy. Love that deep purple.
Fabulous...how fun!
love love this party! I agree with "the mommy" that this would work for adults as well. Even a bachlorette party!!
What a great party! The purple is perfect for a fun girly party.
What a cute party! Great color combination as well!
Thanks for posting Kim:)
Such a terrific party! Love the color scheme and all of the details. I may need to "borrow" the upside down balloons for my girls' next birthday.
What an awesome party!!! The upsidedown ballons are great.... I'll hve to remember this theme for when my little one is old enough to enjoy!!!
I agree this would be a great adult party too! My daughter just had a Purpletastic Party for her 3rd.....love these balloons from the ceiling idea!
Love this party and the purple is a great accent color!!!
Such a great idea and love all the fine details! Kids are so blessed with amazing bday parties these days!


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The Right to Offend
by Henry Porter
From The Guardian 23rd September 2009
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion," says the Human Rights Act. This freedom includes "the right to manifest his (or her) religion or belief in worship, teaching, practice and observance."
That's a fine aspiration but of course the Human Rights Act (HRA) isn't all it's cracked up to be by its supporters. Take the recent case of a 54-year-old nurse facing disciplinary action for wearing her confirmation cross, she was forced to accept an offer of redeployment to a non-nursing role at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
Although she had worn the cross throughout her 30 year service and no problems had been recorded, it was deemed to be a breach of uniform policy and – absurdly – a risk to health and safety, which of course trumps anything as elementary as the right to express your religious belief.
The trust made use of the second part of section nine of the HRA.
"Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of public safety, for the protection of public order, health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others."
Shirley Chaplin had an impeccable record of service as a nurse. It is astonishing that the Devon and Exeter Trust would think of using their power in this way. But it seems the Human Rights Act is incapable of protecting the Shirley Chaplin's of the world from the martinets and busybodies that infest public services and local authorities.
In Camden, London, a Christian group has been banned from displaying a notice in libraries and community centres advertising a talk on climate change because it mentioned Christianity and God. One poster said "Climate Change is a Christian Issue" . The ban puzzled the people at Roman Catholic Our Lady of Help of Christians parish church because they were told that they could display climate change posters that did not refer to God.
Naturally, the church is unlikely to take this to the law in order to test a policy that forbids the promotion of religious ideas, it almost certainly has neither the money nor the time for such frivolity. And so the injustice stands. But if Britain had a bill of rights that entrenched religious freedom and expression and made their suppression illegal then things would be rather different.
One of the problems with the law as it stands is that it is not applied equally. And there seems also to be some kind of agenda at work, laws are used to enforce a sterile secularity in ordinary behaviour and expression. One of the most disturbing cases I have heard of is the decision by the Crown Prosecution Service to bring a prosecution against a Christian couple that own hotel in Aintree, Liverpool.
Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang were arrested after a Muslim woman staying at their hotel complained to police about comments they made during a religious argument over breakfast. They have been charged under public order laws with using "threatening, abusive or insulting words… that were religiously aggravated". Reports suggest that the couple said that prophet Muhammad , the founder of Islam, was a warlord and that the traditional Muslim dress for women was form of bondage.
You may, or may not agree, with these sentiments but surely they don't merit a prosecution in a society where a good deal of latitude shown to the racism and homophobia preached by some imams. I can't comment on the exact details of what the couple may have said, or their manner, or the offence taken by the customer but I can say that free speech – even about religion – is the freedom to be offended, and that the decision to prosecute is about as daft as it gets.
I hope that every organisation now happily ensconced in London's spanking new Free Word centre understands that this case is critical to the freedom of all expression and that they send representatives en masse to support the couple when they appear in court in December.


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Six years ago, on a twilight evening in May, Jonathan Scruggs was walking home from work when a car struck him from behind and sent his body flying into a ditch.
For six years, his family has struggled with their grief and waited for a trial.
Thursday afternoon, the man accused in his death pleaded guilty to misdemeanor hit-and-run and felony hit-and-run.
Shannon Lynn White, 35, was sentenced to 75 days in jail, three years of probation and a suspended sentence of about one year. He will also pay the Scruggs family restitution for funeral expenses, complete community service and is prohibited from drinking alcohol for three years or driving a vehicle.
What happened that night in 2007?
Thursday afternoon, Justin Scruggs stood in the courtroom, facing the man accused of hitting his brother with his car and then driving away, a handful of bright gold medals in one fist, a sheet of paper in the other.
Six years ago, those medals had been placed around his brother�s neck after a karate competition.
He would have been 24 now if he had lived past his 18th birthday.
According to court testimony, about 8:30 p.m. May 22, 2007, Jonathan was walking home on Caleb Road after his first day employed at Five Guys restaurant when he was hit by a car driven by White.
District Attorney Rick Shaffer said White, 35, stopped by Ham�s restaurant that evening for dinner. He had a few beers and a burger and then got into his red Saturn to head home.
According to information from the N.C. Highway Patrol, his blood alcohol level was most likely about .06, which is within the legal limit.
White�s attorney, Julian Wray, said White was distracted by his cellphone while driving and reached down to grab it when he struck Jonathan.
Shaffer said Jonathan was not facing traffic and was about a foot onto the roadway.
According to the autopsy, he died of blunt force trauma to the head. His death was nearly immediate.
What happened after the collision?
The impact of the collision not only sent Jonathan�s body flying nearly 70 feet through the air, but it also tore off the side mirror on White�s car and shattered the windshield, Shaffer said.
White stopped and backed up a few feet but continued home and he said he hadn�t seen anything.
When he got home, he told his brother and his fianc�e he thought he had hit a mailbox or a deer, according to court testimony.
That night, when Jonathan hadn�t returned home when expected, Justin and his father, Earl, went out looking.
The two found his body, cold and pulseless, lying by the side of the road in a ditch, a red side mirror close by.
It wasn�t until the next morning that White woke up and thought he might have hit a person, Wray said.
When White was alerted to a story in The Star reporting Jonathan�s death, he called 911.
�The one person who always had my back�
In an impassioned speech Thursday directed at White, Justin described his brother as athletic and intelligent.
He said Jonathan was high-functioning autistic but never considered his diagnosis a handicap.
He said his brother could pick up a book and read it cover to cover and then quote it back two years later.
�He was the one person who always had my back,� Justin said.
Not long after Jonathan�s death, White was convicted of drinking and driving.
Justin questioned him about why he would drink and drive after already causing one death.
�You didn�t learn your lesson,� he said. �You go out there and kill someone and then not even five years later, you�re out getting an additional DWI.�
His voice ringing out in the courtroom, Justin called White a selfish man.
�It�s not going to fix anything�
Shaffer said after reviewing the case � which took six years to come to completion due to caseload, issues with witnesses and hospital stays by the defendant � he felt the charges White pleaded to Thursday were appropriate.
�It�s not going to fix anything,� he said.
He said the real crime was when White didn�t stop his car.
�What if he hadn�t been dead?� Shaffer asked. �What if he had laid there suffering? That�s really what Mr. White is responsible for.�
Shaffer said if he had stopped and reported the incident, White would most likely be facing an infraction, if anything.
�I apologize�
White�s family and friends also attended the court proceedings.
Several spoke about how deeply the incident had impacted White.
They described him as a �good man,� someone who was remorseful and who had been deeply affected by Jonathan�s death.
His sister and father expressed their sympathy to the Scruggs family.
Wray said White, who has struggled with depression and other mental disorders prior to Jonathan�s death, tried to commit suicide not long afterward and was committed to Kings Mountain Hospital.
�My client has expressed remorse,� Wray said. �I wish he would turn around and say those magic words.�
When Justin challenged White about his lack of apology to his family, White finally stood.
�I apologize,� he said before sitting again.
�Doesn�t represent the value of Jonathan�
After the sentencing, White was led away in handcuffs.
�Given the law, I think it�s the best we could expect,� Justin said. �But I�m looking to change the law.�
He said he feels there should be stiffer penalties for felony hit-and-run convictions.
Shaffer encouraged Jonathan�s family to move on with their lives and make their brother proud.
�The judgment that White got for killing Jonathan doesn�t represent the value of Jonathan,� Shaffer said.
Reach reporter Rebecca Clark at 704-669-3344 or email@example.com or follow on Twitter @TheStarRebecca.


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At any rate, my friend is concerned about GOA, and how "liberal" it may or may not be - especially with regard to ecumenism.  My intention is decidedly not to start a jurisdiction bashing contest, but would be interested in the perspectives of folks from different jurisdictions as to the state of their own jurisdictions.  Thanks!
Get baptized where it will be convenient to you (if that's the GOA parish, so be it) and if there are problems, there is little problem in going to the other parish.  I'm generally against parish-shopping, but if there is something truly wrong with the close one, then you need to go where you're family will be able to grow in Christ.I'd say to give the local church a shot (the GOA parish) and see how it goes.  If only part of the Liturgy is in Greek, you should be fine - the books are normally pretty good to follow along in.
At any rate, my friend is concerned about GOA, and how "liberal" it may or may not be - especially with regard to ecumenism.
and the other is ethnically Russian and tries to deny it.
I don't know any OCA people that deny that OCA is of Russian descent.
Does it really matter "choosing a jurisdiction"? Does my being a part (well born in) the Church of Greece exclude my visiting a Romanian Church if I ever need to stay in Romania for a few months?
Its been a year since I went to the Diving Liturgy at this parish, but it was much less than 50% Greek, maybe 20% at best.
My 11 yr old asked me when we first told him of all this, "How do I know you won't decide that the Orthodox Church doesn't teach the truth and we leave there?"  He does ask good questions
If it was just me alone, I wouldn't much worry. However, my children are already upset with me that we are leaving our ECUSA parish (as Catholic as it tries to be), so I would want to settle in at whatever Church we choose at home.My 11 yr old asked me when we first told him of all this, "How do I know you won't decide that the Orthodox Church doesn't teach the truth and we leave there?" He does ask good questions
Its been a year since I went to the Diving Liturgy at this parish, but it was much less than 50% Greek, maybe 20% at best.The people there are extremely nice - thriving Sunday School program for the children.  I remember several years ago attending Vespers for the Sunday of Orthodoxy there and watching several members of the youth group do a presentation after service about the Nicene Creed.  Each student had chosen a portion of the creed, discussed the theology behind it, and the historical reasons for it.  Very impressive.  At the same time, folks in my ECUSA parish were constantly insisting that you couldn't expect that much out of teenagers.
We entered the Orthodox Church through the Greek Orthodox Parish (GOA), the closest orthodox parish to our house.  When we later moved to another part of the state we went to a Russian Orthodox Church, and later after another move started going to an Antiochian Orthodox Church.  All of these churches were canonical and as I am neither of Greek, Russian, or Arab descent I see myself an an American Orthodox Christian and 18 years after our  conversion to the Orthodox Church I go to the parish closest to my home that meets the needs of my family, even if it means as it does today traveling 50 miles to go to church.  The jurisdiction should not matter to an American Orthodox Christian as much as the fact that the jurisdiction is canonically correct and in communion with the Orthodox Church at large.
I think the point is that it still is very Russian, in almost every way save language, all the Orthodox Churches are ethnic in practice and custom, it's something that should be embraced not hidden (as thought that were possible) and denied.
1) The OCA, while there may be close ties to Moscow, is not dependent on Moscow, while the GOA is dependent on Constantinople. The OCA is meant to be an American Church while the GOA still doesn't really have that intention.
OCA is not canonical for the EP. It shouldn't even be there, those lands are the EP's authority first, then the MP's or anybody else's.
And don't get me started on the canonicity of what the EP is doing
Would you have someone join a Church that is considered uncanonical by the Ecumenical Patriarch, without him knowing what the situation is, only for him to find out later that there really is an issue here and get dissapointed (or perhaps start looking for another Church yet another time)?For one, I think he needs to know this before he chooses.
But it is also necessary for him to know what the Patriarch himself has done, and said, in order to weigh the issue and see if the Patriarch's words are meaningful
Of course the Patriarch's words are meaningful regardless. Also, there is much sense behind him not wanting other churches to grant autocephaly on their own accord.Image the United States with let's say, like 8 different autocephalous Orthodox Churches? Antioch has also taken the step, what would happen if every single Patriarchate did the same?The Church in the States needs to be one ultimately.
Image the United States with let's say, like 8 different autocephalous Orthodox Churches? Antioch has also taken the step, what would happen if every single Patriarchate did the same?The Church in the States needs to be one ultimately.
The OCA already has several ethnic dioceses under it's care. Isn't that the kind of unity you keep trying to get, yet from the very church the EP won't recognize? Suspicious, at best.
I really dont feel like getting into this debate again, so I'll just lay out the situation how it is from as objective a view as possible:From the perspective of a majority of the Orthodox Churches the Russian Metropolia (this may be somewhat biased termenology, but I refuse to call the Metropolia the 'OCA') is technically in schism because they fail to commemorate their primate, the Patriarch of Moscow. However, since Moscow and the Metropolia are in communion the Metropolia is generally also accepted in communion, though there are many who argue (especially in Constantinople) that because of the failure of Metropolia bishops to commemorate the Patriarch of Moscow as their primate Concelebration between Metropolia priests and priests of the Oecumenical Throne should be prohibited.
So, you are unwilling to call a Church by their own stated name?  That sounds rather rude.  This really is a bunch of nonesense.  However dubious you may want to term the Autocephaly of the OCA, it still is what it is - a self heading Church.  Sure, +Alexy II is commemorated...during a consecration or whatever as all the other Orthodox Primates would be.  He is not the Primate of the OCA and thus no reason to commemorate him.
THis isn't unity - this is overlapping diocese within the same jurisdiction, which is worse than what we have now, for they have no excuse - it should be easy for them to correct this error. I don't think we can look to the OCA as a model of unity as long as they have the ethnic diocese!
It's a step toward adminstrative unity. Everyone being under the same bishop is necessary part, is it not?
Actually most the Albanians are under your Patriarch, Cleveland - in a parrallel jurisdiction system of ethnic groups much like the OCA. So while Greeks, Rusyns, some Ukies and Albanians are all under the EP - they are no closer to one bishop per city than the OCA.
As president of the Synod, he can call synodal meetings, and the synod can decide - and it is there that a "good step" has been taken.
If we approached the EP and asked to have one jurisdiction under the Patriarchate, I'm sure he would agree, and work towards that. But instead we barely know what we want, and much less how to accomplish it.
And kids don't agree with eating vegetables, and sometimes don't agree with going to Church, getting shots, etc.If we all agree that unity is the #1 priority for Orthodox in this country, and if we study and find that the best way of going about unity without leaving ourselves in schism with much of the Orthodox world is to all be united under the EP (which isn't too far of a stretch), then why not? No one has the "right" to autocephaly, and in this country I think that the drive for such is a matter of pride and rebellion, not in a spirit of Orthodox brotherhood (regardless of what we think the attitudes about us are "across the pond").
I don't believe I even addressed the validity of the Metropolia's Autonomy (which I reject), I simply discussed how various Orthodox Churches related to the Metropolia.
And kids don't agree with eating vegetables, and sometimes don't agree with going to Church, getting shots, etc.
Yes, and sometimes 'dad' has gone senile or is completely out of touch with his kids and is imcompetent with respect to raising them (his kids).
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Caitlin Halligan is the general counsel for the Manhattan district attorney's office. President Obama nominated Halligan to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2010. In 2011, she failed a cloture vote by a count of 54 for proceeding with her nomination to 45 vote against.
Since then, Obama has re-nominated her four times. But until recently, Harry Reid has not brought her nomination back to the Senate floor for a vote. Now, however, Halligan's nomination has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote and the Senate once again will have to decide whether to proceed on it.
There are two good reasons why Senate Republicans should again block the nomination. First, Halligan's leftist views are outside of the mainstream. Second, she did not testify candidly during her confirmation hearing.
If, upon reviewing this post, you agree that Halligan's nomination should be blocked, I ask you to so inform key Republican Senators. The Senators identified to me as most important on this vote are: Graham (naturally), McCain, Flake, Rubio, Alexander, Kirk, Murkowski, Thune, and McConnell.
As to Halligan's leftism, let's start with national security, since the D.C. Circuit, where she would serve, is heavily involved in such cases. In 2004, Halligan signed a report issued by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's Committee on Federal Courts. As Ed Whelan has shown, this report, called "The Indefinite Detention of 'Enemy Combatants' and National Security in the Context of the War on Terror," took extreme positions regarding the meaning of Due Process in the War on Terror — positions that the courts have rejected and that the Obama administration has had to retreat from.
To take just one example, the Report Halligan signed argues vigorously against the use of military commissions to try alien terrorists for violations of the laws of war, on the theory that the same constitutional protections afforded ordinary criminals should presumptively extend to those believed to be alien enemy combatants. In Halligan's view, then, these individuals have a right to be tried in federal court. But even the Obama administration has abandoned the view that alien enemy combatants whose only connection with this country consists of their acts of war against it should enjoy the constitutional rights that American citizens have.
Halligan has also tried to bankrupt gun manufacturers by urging in court that they be held liable for the actions of those who misuse their product when harm results to others. And she opposed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).
Given this record, it isn't surprising that the NRA opposes Halligan. It does so "based on [her] attacks on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans," specifically her efforts "to undermine the [PLCCA]" which "was an essential protection both for the Second Amendment rights of honest Americans and for the continued existence of the domestic firearms industry as a supplier of arms for our nation's defense."
Halligan's legal views on same-sex marriage are also problematic. In an opinion on the subject issued in her capacity as solicitor general of New York, she dismissed, with only the most cursory discussion, the possibility that the traditional definition of marriage might be justified by a state interest in "promoting procreation" and/or by an interest in the welfare of children. As Ed Whelan shows, Halligan's analysis is one-sided and fails even to acknowledge counterarguments. This demonstrates extremism, superficiality, or both.
There is considerable disagreement about whether, or under what circumstances, a nominee should be filibustered on the basis of "ideology." But when a nominee provides dishonest or misleading testimony about his or her past positions, the case for a filibuster becomes manifest.
Halligan's testimony about her involvement in the aforementioned bar report on the role of Due Process in the war on terrorism does not withstand scrutiny. She listed that report on her official Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire as one that she "prepared or contributed in the preparation of." However, she also claimed: "I do not recall personally contributing or participating in these reports other than as a member of the Committee approving them."
Then, she claimed that she had only recently learned of the report's existence, and that its conclusions were "incorrect" and do not represent her own opinion. However, although four members of the committee that produced the report clearly indicated in their signature that they abstained from approving conclusions of the report, Halligan is not among them.
In addition, Senator Grassley has expressed concern about whether Halligan "has been totally forthcoming with [the Judiciary] committee in regard to her anti-gun stance." In response to a question about whether there is a basis in the law for liability of gun manufacturers, she said that there isn't in New York (because the position she urged lost) and she disavowed knowledge of the law in other states. But Grassley points out that in a brief arguing that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act violates the principles of federalism, Halligan opined about the law in states besides New York.
The Senate was right to block Halligan's nomination in 2011. It should do so again. If you agree, please let Republican Senators know.


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Redshift is a nice tool that adjusts the color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. As result, your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of the screen at night.
It is easy to set up, it is for instance already packaged for Debian (package redshift). Once installed, you have to determine longitude and latitude of your position – googling around should do. And you can made some test to defines which range of temperature you want redshift to work with – I like it cold, so I go from 6500 to 9300. And you add it in autostart, the way you want.
In my case, I added
redshift -l 48.799:2.505 -t 6500:9300 & just before
startkde in my ~/.xsession
Easy, isn't it? Sure. But when I watch TV with MPlayer or any video with SMPlayer, especially around 01 AM, I'd like color temperature back to normal. And, no, I'm not fond of the idea of doing a killall each time I start watching a video and then a call to redshift afterwards when I'm done.So I wrote a wrapper that send SIGTERM to any redshift process when starting, call MPlayer then, when over, restart redshift. It uses basic perl functions so it has no dependencies. You may however edit it to the set latitude/longitude and temperature range to whatever you like.
It should be just as if you were using MPlayer, so you can configure SMPlayer, or any MPlayer frontend, to use this wrapper. Obviously, this wrapper could be modified to work with vlc, xine or any else video rendering engine.


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I had the pleasure of spending 4 days in Wellington last week to ride and photograph trolleybuses and was accompanied by a senior NSW gunzel for the last 3 days.
I found 2 axle trolleybus 303 laid up at Wellington Stn.
My attempt to ride a route 3 service to Lyall Bay during the day came to a sudden halt at Kilbirnie Depot, where 366 and 359 which was following as a 3 were pulled out of service and passengeres transfered to a waiting diesel bus. Ther can be seen here waiting to pull into the depot.
332 at Manners & Cuba Sts in the bus only mall. I strongly advise anyone going here to not under any circumstances go near the Arty Bees Books seen in the shot. Simply looking in the window will result in your bag being loaded with interesting books and your wallet and/or credit card drained.
We were lucky to get two seperate rides in the first of the Designline rebuilds, 301, seen here at the Kingston Terminus.
332 again is seen at the shops at Caladonia & Hobarts Sts, Miramar, where routes 2 & 10 seperate. Australia has lost most of the small clusters of shops like this one, where tea, coffee and pies baked onsite can provide sustenance to hungry gunzels.
349 in Dundas St, Seatoun near the start of a trip to Wellington Stn. The hills in the background are in fact on the eastern side of the harbour mouth.
Calabar Rd runs parallel to the runway at Wellington Airport. 351 is heading to Miramar on route 2 whilst an Air New Zealand A320 takes off northbound. The teal tails we are used to seeing Air NZ wear are almost gone now, replaced by the new white & black livery.
371 has just turned from Caladonia St onto Calabar Rd as an Air New Zealand ATR72 lands.
Finally, the old Wellington livery and logo on this one grabbed my attention from a distance. 134 is in Wakefield St, Wellington, laid up in a charter bus area. A serch of the fleetlists (here and the revised ones) shows it with Nimon and Sons Ltd - Hawkes Bay, I assume that it has changed hands. It wasn't till I got home and consulted a book that I realised that 134 was built as a Volvo B10M trolleybus with Ansaldo equipment for Auckland but sold before use to Wellington Council as Auckland were closing their trolleybus system. After about 8 years use they were sold off as being non-standard vehicles and converted to diesel.
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I actually quite like the new livery that Air New Zealand has got going on. I much prefer the all white version of the new livery (as shown in the above photo) over the All Blacks version that they've got on some of their A320s and a few of their Dreamliners.
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The Wellington Regional Council have a lot to answer to for there decision to close wellington trolleybus system and replace them with blasted hybrid crap
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Cryptographic module validations
All Apple FIPS 140-2 Conformance Validation Certificates are on the CMVP vendor page. Apple actively engages in the validation of the CoreCrypto and CoreCrypto Kernel modules for each major release of iOS. Validation can only be performed against a final module release version and formally submitted upon OS public release. CMVP now maintains validation status of cryptographic modules under two separate lists depending on their current status. The modules begin in the Implementation Under Test List and then proceed to the Modules in Process List.
iOS 12
- Apple FIPS Cryptographic Modules for ARM v9.0
- iOS 12-compatible devices
- Crypto Officer Role Guide for FIPS 140-2 Compliance for ARM v9.0 (PDF)
- #3433: Apple CoreCrypto Module for ARM v9.0
- #3438: Apple CoreCrypto Kernel Module for ARM v9.0
Related validation (Module in Process)
iOS 11
Related validation
Previous versions
These previous iOS versions had cryptographic module validations and are now archived:
- iOS 10
- iOS 9
- iOS 8
- iOS 7
Security configuration guides
Security-focused organizations provide well defined and vetted guidance for how to configure various platforms for accepted use. Security Configuration Guides provide an overview of features in macOS and iOS that you can use to enhance protection; this is known as "hardening your device." Worldwide governments have collaborated with Apple and developed guides designed to give instructions and recommendations for maintaining a more secure environment.
To use these guides, you should be an experienced user or system administrator, be familiar with the user interface, and have some working knowledge of management tools for the target platform. It's beneficial to be familiar with basic networking concepts. Certain instructions in the guides are complex, and deviation could result in adverse effects or reduced protection. Thoroughly test any changes made to your device's settings before deployment.
Learn more in the iOS Security Guide (PDF).
iOS Baseline Security Guide (Grundschutz iOS)
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A list of Apple's publicly identified, active, and completed certifications.
ISO 27001 and 27018 Certification
Apple has received ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 certifications for implementing an Information Security Management System (ISMS) for the infrastructure, development, and operations supporting the products and services: Apple School Manager, iTunes U, iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime, Managed Apple IDs, Siri, and Schoolwork in accordance with the Statement of Applicability v2.2 dated 11/5/2018. Apple's compliance with the ISO standards was certified by the British Standards Institution. The BSI website has certificates of compliance for ISO 27001 and ISO 27018.
Common Criteria Certification
The goal, as stated by the Common Criteria community, is for an internationally approved set of security standards to provide a clear and reliable evaluation of the security capabilities of Information Technology products. By providing an independent assessment of a product's ability to meet security standards, Common Criteria Certification gives customers more confidence in the security of Information Technology products and leads to more informed decisions.
Through a Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA), member countries and regions have agreed to recognize the certification of Information Technology products with the same level of confidence. Membership along with the depth and breadth of Protection Profiles continues to grow on a yearly basis to address emerging technology. This agreement permits a product developer to pursue a single certification under any one of the Authorizing Schemes.
Previous Protection Profiles (PP) were archived and have begun to be replaced with the development of targeted Protection Profiles focusing on specific solutions and environments. In a concerted effort to ensure continued mutual recognition across all CCRA members, the International Technical Community (iTC) continues to drive all future PP development and updates towards Collaborative Protection Profiles (cPP) which are developed from the start with involvement from multiple schemes.
Apple began pursuing certifications under this new Common Criteria restructure with selected PPs starting in early 2015. Apple's publicly identified, active, and completed certifications are listed below.
iOS 12
Protection Profile
Mobile Device
MDM Agent
WLAN Agent
VPN Client
Application Software (Contacts)
Browser (Safari)
iOS 11
Protection Profile
Mobile Device
MDM Agent
WLAN Agent
VPN Client
Application Software (Contacts)
Browser (Safari)
Previous versions
Previous iOS versions have had certifications which are now archived:
- iOS 10
- iOS 9
Published major version updates to Protection Profiles by the Common Criteria community are generally expected to follow a 12-18 month cadence with additional or updated Security Functional Requirements (SFRs).
Under the Common Criteria Portal, you can find a complete list of Protection Profiles (PPs), Collaborative Protection Profiles (cPPs) along with their validity dates. You can also locate them under your Scheme of choice such as the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) which is the US scheme.
Approved for government use
Information from select countries and regions that have approved devices for government use.
Australian Government
As summarized from the EPL - Evaluated Products List page:
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) maintains the Evaluated Products List (EPL) of ICT security products evaluated by ASD for use in Australian and New Zealand government agencies.
- Products on the EPL are certified for specific purposes.
- Products on the EPL may be used to build secure systems and networks as described in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM).
- Products are certified against the internationally-recognised ISO 15408 Common Criteria (CC). The CC Portal lists other products with mutually-recognised certification that may also be used.
- ASD's certification office, the Australasian Certification Authority, oversees the Australasian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP) that administers product testing by licensed commercial evaluation facilities.
- The EPL also lists ASD's Cryptographic Evaluations.
Product: iOS 9
Product type: Mobile Products
Product Status: Completed
Assurance Level: Assessed by ASD
Version: 9.3.5 or higher
Security Configuration Guide
UK Government
As summarized from NCSC's Commercial Product Assurance - products at foundation grade page:
CPA evaluates commercial off-the-shelf products and their developers against published security and development standards. A security product that is successfully assessed is awarded Foundation Grade certification. This means the product has been proved to demonstrate good commercial security practice and is suitable for lower threat environments.
- CPA certification is valid for 2 years and allows products to be updated during the lifetime of certification as vulnerabilities and updates are required.
- CPA certification is accepted by the NATO catalogue and recognized as one of the evaluations needed for the EU catalogue.
- Foundation Grade is further explained by NCSC.
German Government
As stated on the Mobile Communication page:
Smartphones and tablets offer a range of benefits in both professional and private life and have become a constant companion in all situations in life. When dealing with sensitive information, however, the use of mobile IT and communication technology often happens at the expense of security.
Secure mobile communication solutions for use in federal administration must always pursue the goal of meeting the requirements of modern mobile work as well as the high security requirements that result from the processing of sensitive data.
In order to ensure security of supply for the federal administration, it is also important to find several providers. Detailed information is provided in the brochure "Secure mobile work: problem definition, technical requirements and solutions based on the requirements for mobile devices in the federal administration".
SecurePIM Government SDS
Operating system: iOS
Approval up to VS-NfD
Manufacturer: virtual solution AG
Latest iOS devices (iPhone, iPad from iOS version ≥ 12)
U.S. Government
As stated on the Commercial Solutions for Classified page:
U.S. Government customers increasingly require immediate use of the market's most modern commercial hardware and software technologies within National Security Systems (NSS) in order to achieve mission objectives. Consequently, the National Security Agency/Central Security Service's (NSA/CSS) Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) is developing new ways to leverage emerging technologies to deliver more timely IA solutions for rapidly evolving customer requirements.
NSA/CSS's Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) Program has been established to enable commercial products to be used in layered solutions protecting classified NSS data. This will provide the ability to securely communicate based on commercial standards in a solution that can be fielded in months, not years.
An ever-increasing number of classified environments want to deploy Apple solutions, but have been held back for product certification reasons. Apple's pursuit of Common Criteria Certifications against the Protection Profiles noted above has enabled Apple products to be listed and available on the CSfC Components List.
Once additional Common Criteria Certifications of Apple products have begun against each of the related protection profiles, the corresponding Apple components will be submitted for acceptance on the CSfC Components List and added below.
CSfC Components List
The following Apple products are eligible to be used in a CSfC solution:
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