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Sunday, December 6, 2009
A Tribute... never enough said about this!
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Opening Statement by Norman E. Hooben I think that by this point in time we could all agree that when the word 'Leftist' is used ...
"Those Honored Dead"
"Why do you fly the flag today?"
My Grandson wants to know.
I fly it for the graveyards
Where the countless crosses grow.
I fly the flag for children
Whose fathers are a name.
A half-remembered memory
of a face within a frame.
I fly it for the families
of sons and daughters lost.
They know the price of liberty
How terrible the cost!
I fly the flag for veterans
who lost their youth in blood.
And saw their comrades slaughtered
in the carnage and the mud.
I fly it for the ones who marched
In cadence off to war
To close their eyes forever
Upon some foreign shore.
I fly the flag for grief poured out
Upon a granite wall.
The laying-on of hands that heals
The scars within us all.
I fly it for the sound of Taps---
That melancholy tune
That lays to rest those honored dead
Who always die too soon.
Copyright 1994 Marion G. Mahoney
"Don't worry about genius and don't worry about not being clever. Trust rather to hard work, perseverance and determination. The best motto for a long march is ' Don't grumble. Plug on.'....Be honest. Be loyal. Be kind. Remember that the hardest thing to acquire is the faculty of being unselfish. As a quality it is one of the finest attributes of manliness." Sir Frederick Treves
"...To be clear, the Constitution of the United States of America is the United States of America. They are one and the same. Any individual or agency which seeks to subvert the Constitution and wage political and/or rhetorical war on it, are self-declared enemies of the United States of America, as they are subverting and waging war on the United States of America." - Pat Dollard
The truth to the matter is that Obama lies but he does it with such finess that the easily fooled are easily fooled. ~ Norman E. Hooben
"Going for the grandest illusion of all, [Obama] ... told the New York Times: 'We've actually been operating in a way that has been entirely consistent with free-market principles.' Excuse me while I pick my jaw off the ground. Everyone knows -- or should know -- that putting more and more of the government in charge of more and more of the economy is entirely inconsistent with free-market principles. This means that the president's statement to the contrary is what is known as a big lie." --columnist Diana West
When you trust a stranger more so than your friend, you become stranger than the stranger; Barrack Husein Obama is a stranger. - Norman E. Hooben
We the people…We the people now have a New World Order that we the people did not order. Norman E. Hooben
"We are now in a great civil war of words and you have the honor of participating as a true patriot. The battle has not been won but you will be there when we are victorious. The pen is mightier than the sword and you will inscribe your name in the book of freedom…and that, my friend is an honor." (Norman E. Hooben in response to a writer who complained of not having the honor of serving in the U.S. Military)
When a people are satisfied with receiving gifts paid with their own taxes as a way of life Anarchy is sure to follow. - Fred Boutin 2008
From the first time I heard about the boogey-man as a child to the first time I got shot at in Vietnam, nothing in my entire lifetime, THAT'S NOTHING! has put more fear into me than this man Obama. - Norman E. Hooben - July 2008
We are here for only a mini-second in the sands of time. Then we become the dust that makes the sand; and the Hand of God molds us anew. Take care my friend and may God Bless... - Norman E. Hooben on the death of our dearly beloved pet dog, Stirling
The evidence is overwhelming!
In order to save America we must destroy the Socialst Marxist Party... - N. E. Hooben
"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within." -- Josef Stalin --
When it comes to lying, prudent people are guided by a Higher Authority driven by 'thou shall not' written in stone. Whereas Bill Clinton has no Higher Authority to guide him, 'thou shall not' has no conscious objections; for without a conscience there is no guilt." - Norman Hooben
"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth." - Adolph Hitler
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. - James Madison, the Federalists Papers
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some Exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back And stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked,'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?' The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly, the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity. The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America.
The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. while we continually lose our freedoms- just a little at a time.
One should always remember 'There is no such thing as a free Lunch!' Also, 'You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.
You apparently don't share a sense of patriotism, Americanism, freedomism, or whatever kind of 'ism' that true Americans believe in... You do however, display a bit of socialism, communism, marxism or whatever kind of 'ism' that you make excuses for... ~ Norman E. Hooben (in response to an Obama supporter's views about the ACS census)
A nation that knows not from where it came, knows not where it is going! Today, Americans know too little about the foundations of our nation. The result is a nation now in chaos, its people unable to discern what is wrong with the transformation (paradigm shift) of our society and form of government that, if left unchecked, will destroy every facet of freedom, liberty and justice. The price of freedom is vigilance; the price of vigilance is knowledge. Many of America's founding documents are now available on the web. ~


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Audubon Bien Ed. Pl. 391 Summer or Wood Duck
Original Antique Print
39 3/8" x 26 1/2 (approximate)
Chromolithograph with hand-coloring
The Birds of America, Bien Edition
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Seven years after their father's death, John James Audubon's sons, John Woodhouse Audubon and Victor Gifford Audubon, began an American edition of The Birds of America with Julius Bien, a New York-based printer who was pioneering the field of chromolithography. Bien transferred the images from Robert Havell's copper plates onto lithographic stones. As many as six printing stages with additional hand-drawn lithography and coloring were used to reproduce subtleties found in the Havell engravings. As the Havell edition was, the Bien edition also was sold by subscription, beginning in 1858. Production was brought to a halt by the advent of the Civil War and only 150 plates on 105 sheets were completed. The Audubon family was unable to complete and sell the edition or recoup their losses, which led to a devastating bankruptcy. The consensus is that fewer than seventy folios were completed.
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At long last, a company has designed a tablet fit for the use of an entire gender that has, thus far, apparently gone unserved. The ePad Femme, designed and distributed by the Eurostar Group, is an eight-inch tablet that comes pre-loaded with apps concerning yoga, grocery shopping, and cooking. Thank the heavens, ladies may never trouble their pretty heads with such difficulties as finding and downloading their own apps ever again.
The tablet was first announced back in October but received a marketing push in February as "the perfect Valentine's Day gift," noted one site. The tablet runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, or as a woman might call it, "the Android screensaver." Eurostar calls the ePad Femme "the first tablet specifically for ladies."
Several sites highlight that the tablet "comes in light pink." Despite our best efforts, we've failed to find an image verifying that the actual body of the tablet is pink, so we assume this is in reference to the home screen wallpaper. Just as well, since what woman is going to figure out how to configure that, am I right? Settings, right? What even are they?
Speaking to the Jerusalem Post, Eurostar associate vice president of marketing Mani Nair said that the tablet comes with the preloaded womanly applications so the user can "just turn it on and log in to cooking recipes or yoga." He went on to state that the ePad Femme "makes a perfect gadget for a woman who might find difficulties in terms of downloading these applications and it is a quick reference."
The tablet has a 1.5GHz processor, 16GB of internal storage, and an SD card slot, but how a woman will ever work out either of those last two things are or what to do with them, one can't be sure. She shouldn't even need to—that clothing size converter app she was going to download? Already installed. Pregnancy app? Look no further.
Nair maintains that the intent of the ePad Femme tablet was not sexist. He compared it to another tablet the company offers, ePad Gamer, but those gamers are targeted by their interest, not their biological makeup. That seems like a pretty substantial difference.
A second interviewee of the Jerusalem Post, Dee Ann Javier, describes how her boyfriend did indeed give her an ePad Femme for Valentine's Day. Surprisingly, her story does not begin "I broke up with my boyfriend because." Instead, Javier notes the tablet's "portability" and that she likes the color.
But a feminist blogger, Eman Al Nafjan, notes to the Jerusalem Post that women in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, where the tablet is sold, are "extremely tech-savvy" and don't need apps downloaded for them. Women in those countries "spend a lot of time online." They may work less but graduate from universities at higher rates than men, so they are just as well if not more educated.
We've taken down the pinkification of gadgets before, and the sexist marketing and targeting that goes along with them (sexism also goes in the other direction, with the hyper-masculine bent of brands like Motorola's Droid phones). Not only does the ePad Femme continue this sorry tradition, but it takes it further. The ePad Femme bores into the functionality of the tablet itself, assuming that a women's interests fit neatly into the stereotypical categories of fitness, weight loss, cooking, shopping, and having children.
The ePad Femme costs only $190, far less than the iPad and about the same as a Nexus 7. Go figure, the device has yet to be a big seller—as of mid-February, Eurostar had sold around 7,000 units. Given the number of affordable, gender-neutral, and yet still user-friendly tablets available, we are unsurprised.
Perhaps we go too far in assuming that these tablets are indeed only suited to a woman's needs. Google co-founder Sergey Brin recently hit us with the revelation that smartphones are emasculating; maybe a pink tablet with a pregnancy app can do no worse.


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Monday, September 20, 2010
Sewing Princess Seams
Here's what your front pieces look like; they will be sewn together to form an armhole princess seam.
Now, spread the clipped side to fit the curvy side piece. Pin along the seamline. Your clips will spread out to allow the pieces to fit together.
You might want to also clip around the waist, since this pattern is curvy there too.
You're going to notch this side, staggering your notches with your clips on the opposite seam allowance.
Update: great tip from reader Josephine.h for adapting this to the muslin stage. If you think you might need to make your muslin bigger in the bust, you'll probably want to avoid notching your muslin seam allowances so you can let them out easily. Instead, use a gathering stitch on the curvier piece to ease it into the other piece. Use the notching/clipping method above once you've got the fit right. (Of course, if you're like me and will probably need to take your muslin IN at the bust, notch away!)
Update 2: Here are a few more shots of how the pieces meet up at the shoulder, as requested. Hope this helps!
37 comments:
Thank you for this tutorial. I haven't started assembling the muslin as I suspected you had some useful posts on it an I wasn't wrong. You doing more assembling posts?ReplyDelete
I never thought to clip both sides opposite each other! You're so full of wonderful tips!ReplyDelete
I've not started assembling either. I've never sewn princess seams so thank you for this. I'm going to have to make a tailor's ham tonight before I start sewing the bits together. I've been meaning to make one for a while so I guess I'd best get on with it!ReplyDelete
I have another method which might be useful if you're concerned about having to let out your princess seams a bit: put a gathering stitch in the seam allowance of the more curved piece and use this to ease the extra curve into position. Press it all over to one side and don't notch it until you've done a fitting. If I'm happy with the fit of the seams/garment I then rip out the basting and then follow your method. I've found it hard to let out princess seams that are already notched.ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness,thank you! I kind of quit sewing for a few months because of princess seams. You're my hero.ReplyDelete
Great tip, Josephine! I added it as an update to the post.ReplyDelete
Suzy, I might do a couple more things like inserting the sleeves (thought I don't really have any special tips for the stage of the process) and then how to press up the outer edges of the collar and lapel. I'll try to get these up tomorrow!
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Thanks for adding that tip, Josephine! I was wondering about that.ReplyDelete
Oooo! Thanks so much Gertie. I wasn't so worried about the muslin, but DEFINITELY once the actual fabric is being used.ReplyDelete
That's brilliant, thank you. I'll start tonight but will hold on the sleeves until you post something. Really keen to have all your tips handy when g this, especially as I'm new to tailoring :)ReplyDelete
- ChristinaSeptember 20, 2010 at 12:02 PM
I understand this technique for a coat or anything lined. But what about unlined dresses? I wouldn´t know how to serge them in a "clean"-looking way.ReplyDelete
Thanks! I haven't done very many princess seams before. I finally finished all of the tedious thread tracing and stay stitching on my muslin last night, and thought I'd just stitch up the front to the sides. I didn't want to clip into the muslin, since it will be the pattern for the main coat eventually, so I just pinned the pieces together. I ended up with a couple extra inches of length in the side piece, and just gave up and went to bed without sewing it. Lo and behold, now I understand! Thanks, Gertie!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tutorial! I had a TERRIBLE time getting the upper points of the side pieces to line up with the front/back pieces - so once mine are sewed together, there's a point sticking up into the armscye... if that makes sense. I don't remember having this problem before! Could you possibly post a photo (either an update here or in the Flikr pool) of the upper part and how you matched things up? You line looks perfect!! I couldn't quite get a good view by zooming in on the pictures you have up!ReplyDelete
If you don't have the time, I get that! You must be feeling a little swamped with a job, a book and 140 people (at least) anxiously awaiting your next posts!
- AnonymousSeptember 20, 2010 at 1:01 PM
This is great! Thankyou so much. Always the best tutorials. I've tried princess seams before, but clipped and notched both sides before sewing. I tried so hard but they were always just a little bunched. I'm looking forward to giving this one a go!ReplyDelete
I would really love to see your tips on reducing the bust! This is always a drama for me too.
I'm with Suzy- I'd love as many tips as possible, they are definately likely to reduce alot of swearing.
Great tutorial. One question... what is the best way to finish the cliped edges of your garment so the threads will not unravel when washing?ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for this how-to. I am learning so much.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the tutorial. I always wondered what was difference between clipping the seams, and notching them. Your pictures explain it very well.ReplyDelete
The tutorial is great! I'm teaching my daughter to sew this year, and I think I'll use this as another explanation for how to manage princess seams when the time comes.ReplyDelete
Wow, this is like having a class!ReplyDelete
It took me all weekend to cut the muslin out and then my sewing machine went haywire and is in bits and pieces on my desk while I pretend to be a mechanic. So I am going to be out of commission on the muslin for a few days.
Patty, if you were able to put a picture up of your problem, some others may be able to help as well. Sometimes when working with such large seam allowances, things go awry and don't always match. I added extra notches to the pattern so that I could have more points of reference when lining up the muslin seams. Another thing that could cause one layer going longer: I have a problem with whatever layer is on top "walking" and ending up longer than the bottom. I know this has to do with the foot pressure being too heavy but I can't change it on my machine. If that's the case there are tricks to overcome it.
I know that when it comes down to the actual coat, I am going to bring the seam allowances to 1/2" and even further to 3/8" on the collar. It really does help sewing curves accurately by having smaller seam allowances.
Saw this and thought of you for your hula hoop outfit.ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the tips, I recently made a princess-seamed dress with a bit of swearing.... Like a couple of others, I wonder if you have any tips on finishing the clipped/notched seam allowances for unlined garments? I was concerned about my dress and ended up top-stitching with the seams pressed towards the arm-sides, but this made the seams a bit 'stiff'.ReplyDelete
Hello Gertie and everyoneReplyDelete
I've never heard of a tailors ham! What are they used for? Are they a 'necessary' or 'nice to have'sewing item?
This is a marvelous tutorial and I love the part where you've actually shown us that you need to keep the notches and clips "in between" each other. I also like to notch and clip at a slant to avoid weird puckers along the outside.ReplyDelete
I've learned something new every post. Thanks for all of this! And I'm thrilled to learn about a tailor's ham. I've always tried to iron seams like this around the end of ironing board-- which doesn't work too well.ReplyDelete
I hope we can jump in late. I had to make an unexpected trip to the hospital and am in the throes of finishing up my last project first.ReplyDelete
Good questions, all! As for finishing seams, the only way I know how to do it is to serge all your seam allowances first, and then clip into them. I've never had a problem, mostly because I don't usually machine wash and I usually line as well. But I seem to recall a Threads article pointing out a solution to clips raveling. Let me see if I can find it . . .ReplyDelete
Also, tailor's hams! In my opinion, they are an absolute must. Even if you're just making the simplest garment, it helps to press your darts over the ham.
Patty, I just updated the post with close-ups of my seam. Does this help?ReplyDelete
Gertie! Thank you! It was the flattened off tip on the side bodice piece that was confusing to me - I wasn't sure where the flattened off piece was supposed to line up - and I think other princess seams I've done were more of a point all the way up instead of a flat point like that (if that makes sense!)ReplyDelete
And Amy - thanks for your comments - i actually just posted my muslin (um, mess) #1 to the photo pool and you can see my little pokey spire in one of the closeup photos - but it was really me not knowing how to line up the flat part more than not getting the whole thing lined up - I kept trying to have it parallel to the edge of the front piece, instead of more perpendicular like Gertie did hers! It worked, but it was bugging me that it was clearly not sewn quite correctly!
So i am a little behind and just now cutting out my muslin pieces. My problem is that I know I will need to somehow add inches to the waist ( I am super long waisted- I can't wear one piece swimsuits or anything with a waist really). In the few tops I have made myself I just add inches in lengthwise to the waist line and taper to them (did this with the Collette Sencha with no problems) but how do I do this with princess seams?? Any help would be really appreciated!ReplyDelete
I was surprised when, in sewing school, I was advised against EVER clipping seams. The method we were taught was to put the longer piece on the bottom and allow the feed dogs to ease the fabric onto the shorter piece. As for the pull created by the curved seam allowances, it was recommended we trim them rather than clip or notch. Not sure this is actually better than any other method (perhaps more in line with industrial production), but it does work just fine.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure, but I seemed to have taught myself to do curved seams without any notching or clipping whatsoever.ReplyDelete
Basically what I do is work with one curved piece, and basically work up and down pinning, by making the alternating piece flat by pulling (carefully).
Is this bad? Because my finished items have always turned out fine, as well as my muslin (so far).
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 1:46 PM
Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I just googled "how do you press a princess seam" and found this. I am making princess seams in a crepe blouse -- no lining. After you clip and press the seams FLAT, do you repress them to one side or the other? Do you trim them?
Thank you,
I love your blog SEW MUCH. I read it for fun!ReplyDelete
Hi Gertie,ReplyDelete
Greetings from Australia! I have a question/dilemma I hope you may be able to help me with. What do you do re seam finishes when you are sewing curved seams (such as a princess bust seam)? Obviously, it needs to be clipped/notched, but then how do you neaten it all up and finish the edges when it's all hacked into? I have decided that I need to become a neater, more fastidious sewer (particularly when it comes to finishing and the inside of a garment, which usually ends up looking appalling!) Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for this! The instructions on the pattern I was using were very bare-bones, and this helped a lot.ReplyDelete
My dear, you utterly rock. I was doing some improv sewing and realized I'd set up a situation where I needed to do a princess seam, which I'd never done before, and clearly the pieces didn't match. I googled, found your blog, and now I get it. Thanks!ReplyDelete


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From Dodgers.com, the scouting report on the starters:
Dodgers: Lowe can be a ground-ball machine when the sinker is sinking. This will be his third Opening Day assignment as a Dodger, and he lost the two others, one time getting whacked, the other losing a tough pitcher's duel. In two starts against the Brewers last year he was 1-0 with a 1.17 ERA.
Brewers: The best part of Sheets' Spring Training was not that he finally had a little success in Arizona. It was that he simply felt healthy, the first time that's been true in spring since 2002, really. When healthy, Sheets is one of a handful of the best pitchers in the National League. His curveball can be devastating in day games at Miller Park because hitters struggle to pick it up in the bright sunlight, and for his career, Sheets has a winning record and a 3.56 ERA in day games. In his four previous Opening Day assignments, Sheets is 2-0 with a 3.80 ERA (nine earned runs in 21 1/3 innings) and 19 strikeouts. The Brewers are 3-1 in those four games, all of which were on the road against a National League Central opponent.
Via Inside the Dodgers comes the lineup for Opening Day:
Pierre, CF
Martin, C
Garciaparra, 1B
Kent, 2B
Gonzalez, LF
Betemit, 3B
Ethier, RF
Martinez, SS
Lowe (0-0, -.--), P
Brewers' starting pitcher: Sheets (0-0, -.--)
- Where's Matt Kemp?! Just kidding. But if Grady plans on using him as a late-inning substitution, Kemp's going to have to overcome sitting on the bench for most of the game.
- Martin batting second on Opening Day is mildly surprising. They must have a lot of faith in him—not that I don't, but let's not pile too much on the kid's plate.
- If Betemit doesn't start slugging out of the gate, expect to see him hitting seventh or eighth before long.


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Evangelistic team cheats death; separately, stray gunshot leads to false charges.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, July 15 (CDN) — Suspected Islamic extremists fired bullets into the car of a Christian evangelist with impunity last month, while in another Punjab Province town stray gunfire led to two Christians being falsely accused of murder.
Following a youth revival in Essa Nagri, near Faisalabad, the Rev. Kamran Pervaiz, a guest speaker from Rawalpindi, was in the passenger seat of a Toyota Corolla returning to Faisalabad with his team on June 25 when 12 armed men tried to stop their car, the pastor said.
Pastor Naeem Joseph, an organizer of the revival, was leading the ministry team by motorbike, and he led them past the armed men as they reached the Narawala Road bypass at about 1:15 a.m.
"I didn't stop," Pastor Joseph told Compass. "A gunshot was fired at me, but it missed, and instead of going straight I turned right towards the Sudhar bypass and took the motorbike into the fields."
Pervaiz Sohtra was driving the car.
"Rev. Kamran asked me to increase the speed," Sohtra said. "The armed men shouted to stop and directly fired at the car. I saw from the rearview mirror that they were coming after us, and I told everyone to stay down."
The rear window suddenly broke to pieces as bullets pierced the car.
"Pervaiz [Sohtra] turned off the lights and took the car into the fields and turned off the engine," Kamran Pervaiz said. "The attackers drove by, near the road, without noticing the fields. No one was injured. We were all safe."
Pervaiz said he was certain that they were targeted because of their involvement in the Christian revival meeting; response to Pervaiz's preaching jumped when a crippled man was healed after the evangelist prayed for him at the event. Muslim groups had warned the Christians to abort the meeting after banners and posters were displayed across Essa Nagri.
"A local Muslim group tore the banners and threatened us, telling us not to organize the meeting or else we would face dire consequences," said Salman John, one of the organizers.
A police patrol responded to the ministry team's emergency number phone call, reaching them in the field shortly before 2 a.m. and escorting Pervaiz and the others in their bullet-damaged car to Model Town, Faisalabad.
Pastor Joseph filed an application for a First Information Report (FIR) at Ghulam Muhammad Abad police station in Faisalabad. Acting Superintendent Shabir Muhammad took the application but declined to register an FIR due to pressure from local Muslim groups, he said.
"I am trying to register the FIR, but the things are out of my control at higher levels," Muhammad told Compass.
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In Gujrat, by contrast, police soon arrested two young Christian men after shots fired into the air by a drunken man killed a neighbor.
Cousins Saleem Masih, 22, and John Masih, 23, were falsely accused of robbery as well as murder, a later police investigation found, and they were released. Both worked at the farm of Chaudhry Ashraf Gondal, who became inebriated along with friend Chaudhry Farhan on June 18, according to Riaz Masih, father of Saleem Masih.
"They were feasting and then got drunk and started firing gunshots into the air for fun, and one of the bullets hit a passer-by near their home, and he died on the spot," Riaz Masih said.
Yousaf Masih, father of John Masih, told Compass that when police arrived, Ashraf Gondal "gave them some money and asked them to take care of the matter."
On June 22, police went to Yousaf Masih's house asking for Saleem and John Masih. When Yousaf Masih said they were at work and asked if everything was alright, the inspector told him that the two young men had robbed and murdered shopkeeper Malik Sajid on June 18 at about 11:30 p.m.
"My son and Saleem came home around 6 p.m. and they didn't go out after that," Yousaf Masih told the officers. "On June 18 they were at home – they didn't go out, so how could they murder Sajid?"
Police went to Ashraf Gondal's farm and arrested the two young Christians. When police told Ashraf Gondal that they had robbed and murdered Sajid, he replied that they were capable of such a crime as they often asked him for advances on their pay and "they even sell alcohol." Alcohol is illegal for Muslims in Pakistan and can be sold only by non-Muslims with a license.
Riaz Masih said he and Yousaf Masih rushed to Ashraf Gondal for help, but that he spoke harshly to them, saying, "Your sons have robbed and murdered an innocent person, and they even sell alcohol. Why should I help criminals, and especially Christian criminals?"
The two fathers went to the police station, where the Station House Officer (SHO) refused to allow them to meet with their sons. They went to Pastor Zaheer Latif.
"I've known Saleem and John since they were small kids, and they could never rob or murder anyone," Pastor Latif told Compass. "They were targeted because they are Christians. The SHO and Ashraf knew that these boys would not be able to prove themselves innocent."
The pastor referred the fathers to the senior superintendent of police operations officer Raon Irfan, who undertook an investigation. When he spoke with Ashraf Gondal, Irfan said, the landowner denied that Farhan had visited him on June 18.
"I have read the inquiry report by the SHO," Irfan told Compass. "I am aware of the fact that this SHO is a corrupt person, and it is clearly a false report."
Irfan said that, after talking with villagers, he concluded that Farhan was with Ashraf Gondal in Gujrat on June 18, and that they shot into the air for fun and one of the bullets killed Sajid.
"Ashraf bribed the SHO to arrest someone else and file charges of robbery and murder," Irfan said. "Ashraf is an influential person, and he told the SHO to file the case against Saleem and John, as they are Christians and would not be able to prove themselves innocent."
Advocacy group Peace Pakistan filed an appeal of the false charges with the Gujrat Session Court on June 25. In light of Irfan's report, Session Judge Muhammad Gulfam Malik on June 27 released Saleem Masih and John Masih and suspended the SHO for corruption and filing a false case.
No action, however, was taken against Ashraf Gondal or Farhan. Police have not arrested either of them.
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At a signing ceremony at the Google headquarters on Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law state legislation that officially makes the Golden State the second in the nation to legalize and regulate autonomous cars.
Google, of course, has already developed a fleet of a dozen cars (mostly modified Toyota Priuses) and has already logged over 300,000 miles of autonomous driving on state roads.
The new law obliges the California Department of Motor Vehicles to draft regulations for autonomous vehicles by January 1, 2015.
"These vehicles have the potential to avoid accidents—we can save lives, create jobs, and reduce congestion," said Google co-founder Sergey Brin at the event. "I expect that self-driving cars will be far safer than human-driven cars."
Nevada became the first state earlier this year to regulate autonomous cars, and the Los Angeles Times reports that Arizona, Hawaii, Florida, and Oklahoma are considering autonomous-vehicle legislation.
For now though, scholars say that Google will need to log a more significant number of hours to prove that these cars crash less often than normal cars.
"Google's cars would need to drive themselves (by themselves) more than 725,000 representative miles without incident for us to say with 99 percent confidence that they crash less frequently than conventional cars," wrote Bryant Walker Smith, a Stanford Law fellow who is teaching a class on autonomous vehicles this fall, in a blog post earlier this year.
"If we look only at fatal crashes, this minimum skyrockets to 300 million miles," he added. ""To my knowledge, Google has yet to reach these milestones."


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We pride ourselves in being a French Immersion school and encourage students to communicate in French at every opportunity. We teach all subjects in the BC curriculum through the medium of French. From Grade 3 onwards, students are also introduced to reading and writing in English.
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College prices up again in 2012
The sticker price of in-state tuition at four-year public universities climbed about $400 nationwide this fall, an increase of nearly 5 percent that brought the average to $8,655. That's a modest increase compared to recent years but still painful for families with stagnant incomes after a prolonged economic slump.
Room-and-board charges grew by a comparable amount, raising the full cost for students living on campus to $17,860.
Tuition for in-state students at the University of Alabama is $4,600 per semester for the 2012-13 academic year, a 7 percent increase over the previous year. Out-of-state students at UA pay $11,475 per semester.
The latest annual figures from the College Board, out today, show only about one-third of full-time students pay the published price. The estimated net price — what students pay on average after accounting for grants and tax credits — remains considerably lower than the list price: about $2,910 for tuition at public four-year universities, and $12,110 including room and board.
But after several years when a wave of student aid from Washington held net prices mostly in check, real costs for students have now jumped two straight years, as that wave washes back from its high-water mark.
At private colleges, enrolling about one-quarter of four-year college students, list prices remained substantially higher: $39,518 on average, including room and board. During the previous three years, net prices at private colleges had declined. But this year net tuition and fees increased about $780. Including room and board, but factoring in aid, the typical student at a private college is paying $23,840.
At public two-year colleges, tuition and fees increased $172 to $2,959. On average, those costs are entirely covered by aid.
Altogether, the latest figures send mixed signals. They highlight that higher education, while increasingly essential economically, is devouring an ever-increasing share of family incomes, which are lower than a decade ago. But the numbers could also signal an inflection point where several unsustainable trends in costs, borrowing, and student aid at last begin to break, though it's too soon to say for sure, said report co-author Sandy Baum of the College Board and George Washington University.
Prices were up this year, though at barely half the rate of the previous two years. Enrollment, after surging nationally for several years after the economy collapsed in 2008, has leveled off. Partly as a result, federal aid is also now declining slightly after several years of double-digit increases.
Even student borrowing, the source of much anxiety, declined last year by about 4 percent. Borrowing remained 24 percent higher than five years earlier, but the annual decline was the first in at least two decades.
Explanations could include debt aversion, more parents employed, or simply a decline in enrollment overall, particularly at for-profit colleges, where students typically borrow more than at other types of school.
"It's not that college is cheaper," Baum said. "It could be parents' savings have come back a little so they're able to help. It could be that they're hesitant to borrow."
The figures come as the two presidential candidates regularly lament the rising costs of college, with President Barack Obama boasting that the broad expansion of federal student aid during his term has helped cushion the blow from sharp funding cuts from the states. His Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, argues increased aid from Washington has encouraged colleges to charge more.
The report largely blames state cuts for rising tuition, highlighting historical data showing tuition jumps most when states support falls.
According to the College Board — a not-for-profit membership group that promotes college access and owns the SAT exam — state funding per student to higher education has now declined four straight years, and is down 26 percent over the last five.
The tectonic shifts in the economics of higher education, with costs shifting from the states to families and the federal government, are on display across the country, though perhaps nowhere more vividly than in places like the California State University system, which educates 427,000 students. CSU, which saw state cuts of $750 million this year alone, has said it will have to increase tuition again as soon as this winter if a state ballot initiative that would provide more funding fails to pass on Nov. 6.
"We tell them if you don't vote you're literally going to be voting for a tuition increase," said Pedro Ramirez, a graduate student at Cal State-Long Beach who is working to rally student support for the ballot measure.
He says he managed to finish his undergraduate degree from another CSU campus in Fresno last year without student loans — but not without credit card debt.
Cal State-Long Beach's tuition of $6,800 is below the national average, which helps explain why it got 78,000 applications last year, said President King Alexander. But prices are $2,000 higher than two years ago, only partly offsetting cuts of $4,000 per student from the state, and have hit low-income students hard (the CSU system is the nation's largest recipient of Pell Grants, which go mostly to students from families earning less than $40,000).
The effects of rising tuition aren't always as straightforward as students hitting an unaffordable price point and giving up, though that happens, Alexander said.
Rather, it's a more complex and destructive process.
Fewer faculty means long wait lists for classes, keeping students from progressing. Students, meanwhile, spend more time at jobs and less time studying.
"You're seeing less students drop out because the aid is available, but you're seeing more students working, which also has the impact of slowing them down," Alexander said. "That really isn't good for society, because they should be done, and they're taking up extra slots."
Alexander said if current trends continue, states are on track to stop funding higher education entirely as soon as 2020.
But he also says others aren't blameless — parents who assume colleges that don't charge much can't be very good, and colleges, particularly private ones, that have raised prices to increase their prestige, casting affordability concerns aside. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, at least 123 colleges charge more than $50,000 per year in combined tuition, fees, room and board.
"There are good payers, institutions, who've done a good job keeping it lower than most, and there are bad guys in this who haven't paid any attention to this whatsoever," Alexander said.
Among other findings in the College Board's latest report:
New Hampshire and Vermont have the highest published in-state tuition charges, at around $14,000 each. Wyoming has the lowest at $4,287, followed by Utah at $5,595.
The College Board's figures are comparable to other recent reports on rising student debt: About 57 percent of 2010-2011 bachelor's degree recipients graduated with debt, which averaged $23,800 (another report last week calculated figures about $3,000 higher). Of students who entered college in 2003-2004, only about 2 percent had more than $50,000 in debt in 2009. Two-thirds of all students who entered that year had less than $10,000.
The percentage increases in costs at four-year public colleges have declined each of the last four years, but continue to race ahead of overall inflation — up 27 percent beyond inflation in the five years since 2007, compared to a 31 percent increase over the five years before that.


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Microsoft announced today that it has taken action to disrupt an emerging botnet, called Nitol, that used victims' PCs to conduct distributed denial of service attacks and gave cybercriminals backdoor access to install other malware or data. The disruption of the botnet was the culmination of a Microsoft operation codenamed "b70," which was launched as the result of discoveries made during an investigation into the distribution of counterfeit software by computer resellers in China.
First, the company was granted temporary restraining orders against an individual named Peng Yong and his company based in Changzhou, China. Then, Microsoft took over hosting 3222.org—the domain hosting the Nitol botnet and "nearly 70,000 other malicious subdomains"—according to a blog post describing the operation written by Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant general counsel for Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit. In addition to the Nitol command and control network, the domain hosted over 500 strains of various other malware, including trojans that record victims' keyboard entry and take control of PCs' Web cameras and microphones. The 3222.org domain has been tied to malware activity dating back to 2008.
Microsoft researchers in China initially discovered Nitol while investigating the sale of computers loaded with counterfeit copies of the Windows operating system. In August of 2011, members of Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit purchased 20 computers—a mix of laptops and desktops—from computer resellers across China. Four of the computers purchased were found to be pre-infected with malware, including one with the Nitol botnet. Nitol was the only malware found that actively attempted to connect to a command and control network.
Nitol provided attackers with an HTTP-based backdoor to infected computers. It distributes itself as a dynamic link library called LPK.DLL, the name of a software module that gets called by all Windows applications with a user interface. Nitol copies itself when activated into any directory that has executable programs in it—including those on USB drives and other removable media. By default, applications look in the directory they're installed in for DLLs before looking in other directories defined by the system. So this virus is able to get the applications installed on the PC to load it without having to fool users into installing anything.


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Via Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator, Center for Medicare Services
It's picking season – pumpkins, apples, Halloween candy…and a Medicare health or drug plan. Today is the start of Medicare Open Enrollment!
In my work with Medicare, one of the questions people ask me often is which plan is the best one. That's not something I can answer, because picking a plan is an important and personal decision. Each person has a unique set of priorities. How do you weigh your options? Now's the time to think about what matters to you, and pick the Medicare plan that meets your needs.
When you sit down to review your Medicare health and drug plan choices this year, keep track of the things you may want in a plan, and pick one that's right for you. Here are some things to keep in mind while you consider your choices:
You should look at your current health care costs to find coverage that works with your financial situation. How much are your premiums and deductibles? How much do you pay for hospital stays and doctor visits? Just like with everything else, the lowest-premium health plan option might not be the best choice for you.
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Ammon McKneely
Nobody dominates El Cap's hard, scary lines like Ammon McNeely. He has close to 30 speed ascents on El Cap and the big walls of Zion National Park, Utah, many of them in-a-day records that won't be beaten for a long time.
Nobody dominates El Cap's hard, scary lines like Ammon McNeely. He has close to 30 speed ascents on El Cap and the big walls of Zion National Park, Utah, many of them in-a-day records that won't be beaten for a long time. But McNeely isn't just some chaser of records. He simply loves to climb, mostly aid and usually single-push-style big walls with his many friends who know him from Camp 4. Most recently, McNeely completed a 27-hour ascent of Zodiac (VI A3 5.7) with Timmy O'Neill and his paraplegic brother, Sean. Back on terra firma, McNeely is a friend to all. He drinks life in big gulps, and often, beer, too, leaving him with a checkered past full of the kind of stories to rival those of Captain Jack Sparrow himself. Here, the El Cap Pirate speaks up just before launching off on another big-wall adventure.
What's with the pirate flag?
The Jolly Roger? I've been piratical since long before I got serious about rock climbing. A longtime friend of mine, LenDog, used to go to the Renaissance Festivals and he got me into it. Now, the Yosemite locals have been calling me the El Cap Pirate for years. Just sailing the granite seas.
Tell me a pirate joke.
This pirate walks into a bar with a big ship's wheel down his pants. The bartender says, Excuse me, sir, but do you know you have a ship's wheel down the front of your pants? And the pirate says, Aaargh, it's driving me nuts!
Why do you aid climb? What is it about aid that appeals to you so much?
To me, aid climbing is just another technique to ascend a big wall. I am not just an aid climber; I'm a climber. I've spent months free climbing sport and trad, as well as bouldering,although big walls are my forte. I love freeing a pitch up there as much as being run out over dicey gear on aid. The wildest thing about aid is you canfind yourself in the most improbable and craziest places imaginable.
To be a climber, do you need to be skilled in alldisciplines?
No way! A climber is anybody who enjoys the sensation of pulling their body upwards.
I've met your son, Austin, a few times. What things have you experienced that you hope he does, too?
True love. Also, having a son as awesome as he is. And the thrill and excitement of an unknown adventure.
What's one thing you hope Austin never experiences?
What's the biggest myth about hard aid climbing?
That we are up there bashing our way to the top with a hammer, disregarding any damage we are doing to the rock. Also, that it is easy because we're only hanging on pieces of gear and not free climbing.
Who do you think is a badass?
My girlfriend, Cheryl, Dean Potter, the Huber brothers, Brian McCray, Mike Libecki, my brother Gabe, and Austin.
Also, Jim Bridwell, Royal Robbins, Chuck Pratt, Warren Harding and John Muir.
Any good whippers?
Unintentional: An 80-foot whipper on the Sun and Steel pitch on the Shortest Straw. I was in the middle of a cold and wet solo winter ascent when a pin blew in an expanding roof. I ripped through two Screamers and eight pieces of gear before I came to rest.
Intentional: The 200-plus-foot rope jump I took on South Seas that I called the Alcove Drop. I came 30 feet from hitting the slab below.
When were you at your lowest?
The time my son was taken to another state by his mother when he was young.
When were you at your highest?
Seeing my son born, my first El Cap route, my first skydive.
What pisses you off?
[Laughs] I'm not pissed that often, but narrow-minded people, a few unhappy Yosemite rangers and people who act holier than thou can piss me off.
Have you ever chopped fixed gear?
Other than fixing a few of my mistakes? I've only chopped a handful of chicken rivets on El Cap that were obviously not drilled on the first ascent.
Describe climbing in five words.
Euphoric, soulful, rewarding, challenging, intense.
Tell me something in pirate speak.
Avast, matey! Ye best not hornswaggle me duffle or me grog, and stay away from me ropes or ye shall be keelhauled or sent to Davy Jones' locker! Aaarrrrgh!


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Tornado Shelter Plans Perry
Virtually every state in the U.S. is subject to tornadoes, hurricanes, or both. The intense winds that accompany these tornados could cause extensive damage to structures and endanger the lives of building occupants. Safe rooms designed to FEMA guidelines provide near- absolute protection from wind forces of up to 250 miles and from the impact of associated wind borne debris.
FEMA P-320, Taking Shelter from the tornado: Building a Safe Room to Your Home or Small Business for homeowners and builders includes an informational booklet and tornado shelter construction plans:
• Background information to help you understand the dangers
• Guidance on the level of risk Locally
• Guidance for choosing a safe room design
• Thorough safe room construction plans for builders and contractors
View the FEMA Shelter guide here to find out more about the proper design of tornado shelters in Perry:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is pleased to have this opportunity to update and improve the advice through this new variant of FEMA P-320, Taking Shelter from the tornado: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business. Since the Rst edition of FEMA P-320 was issued in 1998, more than 1 million copies of this publication have been distributed, and almost 25,000 residential safe rooms have been constructed with FEMA funding help.
View the FEMA Shelter plans for building a secure room for your Perry home or small business here:
Building a safe room in your home or small business.
FEMA P-320 Safe Room Construction Plans Taking Shelter From The Tornado:
View the FEMA P-320 Safe Room /Tornado Shelter construction plan here, or contact us today about tornado shelter plans in Perry:
This publication provides advice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about the planning, design, construction, and operation of safe rooms. It presents important information about the design and construction of community and residential safe rooms that will protect people in Perry during extreme-wind events such as tornadoes and hurricanes.
View the FEMA P-361 Safe Room / Tornado Shelter construction plan here:
This manual is meant to offer guidance for engineers, architects, building officials, and property owners to design shelters and safe rooms in buildings. It presents information about the design and construction of shelters in the workplace, home, or community building that will provide protection in response to manmade hazards. Because the security needs and kinds of construction vary greatly, users can pick the methods and measures which best meet their unique situations. The use of experts to apply the methodologies contained in this document is encouraged. Contact FlatSafe today about installing a tornado shelter in your Perry home.
View the FEMA 453 Safe Room / Tornado Shelter construction plan here:
The intended audience for this Tornado Recovery Advisory
(RA) is anyone involved in the planning, policy-making, design, construction, or approval of tornado shelters, such as designers, emergency managers, public officials, policy or decision makers, building code officials, and home or building owners. Homeowners and renters should also refer to the Tornado RA titled Residential Sheltering: In-Residence and Stand-Alone Shelters. The purpose of this advisory is to present information on different types of shelter design guidelines, code requirements, and other standards that pertain to the design and construction of tornado shelters in Perry. There are many different tornado shelter criteria, each of which offers different levels of protection to its shield occupants.
View the FEMA DR-1699-RA2 Safe Room / Tornado Shelter construction plan here:
A wind shelter is an interior room or other space within a building, or even a whole separate structure,
That is designed and constructed to protect its occupants from high winds, usually those associated with tornadoes or hurricanes. Wind shelters are meant to provide protection against both wind forces and the impact of wind borne debris. Wind shelters typically fall into two classes: (1) residential safe rooms or shelters and (2) Perry community shelters.