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G-Unit is also frequently pitted against the Agency of Clandestine Services ("ACS"), a rogue black ops subsidiary of the CIA, and their deadly military "M-Division" who are working to use these monsters for their own nefarious purposes. In their battles against the Supernaturals and ACS/M-Division, G-Unit struggles to learn the true origins of the creatures, the reason for their incursions on Earth, the mystery of the Sigil of Baphomet, and why ACS/M-Division has taken such a strong interest in the monsters.
GRISLY pays homage to the sci-fi/horror films of the 1950s. A mix of TV's X-Files and True Blood, the GRISLY universe is full of supernatural mysteries. The GRISLY short film touched upon a small portion of these mysteries and the full universe will be expanded in the future GRISLY TALES graphic novel and GRISLY TALES TV series. The characters in the GRISLY universe can best be divided into The Good, The Bad, and The GRISLY.
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Our Nature is to Change Our Nature: Bertrand Ogilvie and Political Anthropology
"Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature." Democritus
The idea of "second nature" is one of the longest standing philosophemes in the history of philosophy. Its origin can be traced to Democritus' writing on education and habit and from that point onward it appears quite frequently in the history of philosophy, reappearing in the a long history of thinkers that includes Aristotle, Pascal, and Hegel. Given that the theme often asserts both a default, a lack of instinctual determination, and an excess, the possibility of constituting memory and habits, it is possible to argue that "second nature" is the concept of the human underlying any humanism. As longstanding as the concept is, however, it often functions as that which is implicit in a discussion of habit or memory, rather than an explicit theme. The philosopheme names and enacts a relation between excess and default. Bertrand Ogilvie has broken this trend, placing the concept front and center in his new book, La Second Nature du Politique: essai d'anthropologie négative.
Ogilvie is a an author of a book on Lacan, and, more recently, L'homme jetable: essai sur l'exterminisme et la violence extrême, which forms the basis of some of Balibar's reflections on violence. Balibar writes the introduction to the latter book and Pierre Macherey provides the introduction to the former.
Despite the long history of the term, Ogilvie is not interested in tracing a history of the concept. He is primarily interested in how it functions today, or how it can function to articulate an understanding of politics. Ogilvie examines the idea of "second nature" according to the logic implicit in its particular oxymoron. Specifically, Ogilvie argues that second nature would have to be a break with nature, considered as an origin and foundation. To say that mankind has a second nature, can constitute itself in a second nature, is to say that humanity has no nature at all, at least as something stable. As Ogilivie writes, "There is only the human that is instituted, and not an originary privilege of essence." Ogilvie also suggests that the concept dispenses with the end, with any finalism, or goal. (His most Spinozist point). There is neither an origin nor end, just the effects of transformations on prior transformations.
This would be the concept in all of its radicalness, the basis for a negative political anthropology. However, this is not how the philosopheme functions historically; it has generally functioned as a way of gesturing toward culture and transformation, without ever transforming the basic idea of nature. Second nature has been added to nature, to essence, without transforming it. This is usually done by grounding this second nature into some representation that would stabilize it, some idea of history, society, or politics. Ogilvie spends part of the book critiquing the various concepts or edifices that have constructed stability, demonstrating how second nature must necessarily rewrite society, citizen, and politics. Ogilvie returns to the famous conjunction of man and citizen in the "Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen," a text that has been read and reread from Marx to Rancière. He argues against the naturalized interpretation, making man the basis of the citizen, a point similar to Balibar. However, what makes Ogilvie's reading unique is that he ties the citizen to the emerge of anthropological thought, to the "wild boy of Averyon" and the emergence of the idea of the institution of the human.
Ogilvie's critique is something of a political radicalization of Foucault's famous "empirico-transcendental doublet," the positing of humanity as empirical, conditioned, and transcendental, unconditioned. Foucault's point was that this was necessary for the human sciences to function, posting man as both object and subject of study. Ogilvie argues that these doublets of transcendental and empirical, nature and habit run through not only the social sciences, which are historically constituted in terms of their objects and methods, but conceive of this object in terms of "human nature," but politics. Politically we attach ourselves to ideas of rights, to timeless ideals, while simultaneously developing new modes of transforming habits, concepts, and ways of living. This can be seen as a way of reading all of Foucault's political work, which traces the transformations of discipline and biopower, transformations invisible to the language of rights.
Second nature offers no guarantee, no way of linking these transformations to anything better. Our transformed nature can just as easily lead to genocide and mass destruction as it can to the liberation of the multitude. Here Ogilvie's writing on second nature intersects with his writing on "l'homme jetable" the disposable man of mass death that for him defines modern existence. As Ogilvie argues it is necessary to avoid both catastrophism and providentialism in any analysis of the present. It is necessary to think the current moment without any telos, any finality, negative or positive, in order to grasp its constitutive conditions. One could say, taking Italian figures as orienting points, that Ogilvie distances himself both from Negri and Agamben. (His earlier book, L'homme jetable includes an interesting reading of Spinoza's nightmare of the "scabby brasilian" one that connects it not to the consitutive power of the imagination but the unthematized horror of colonialism. Colonialism too is a conatus, a striving).
Ogilvie's thought takes place in what could be considered a general revival of philosophical anthropology. A revival that includes Virno, Balibar, and Stiegler, to name a few. What Ogilvie adds to this theoretical conjuncture is the insistence of the negative, not the negative as an apocalyptic vision of what is to come but the indetermination internal to every determination.
The title of this post is a lyric from the song "Anyone" by the obscure DC punk/blues band Kingface. This song informed my critique of invocations of human nature long before I read Marx, Foucault, etc. I could only find a recording of it from a reunion show recorded this year.
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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles season 2 episode 10 review
Big spoilers lie ahead, as Sarah Connor continues to prove itself one of the very best TV treats currently running.
By Billy Grifter | November 27, 2008 |
Be prepared for the biggest spoiler yet this season!
Strange Things Happen At The One Two Point is both a Chinese proverb about the game Go, and the title of episode 10 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. And having just watching it, I'm in need of even more proverbs and psychotherapy, because my brain may have just exploded!
Not only did the events in this story entirely freak me out, I've now gone to that paranoid place where just about anything can happen, and in this show it might very well do so.
It starts simply enough with Agent Ellison waking in the early hours to find Cameron using a section of rebar to probe for the body of Cromartie in his back lawn. She doesn't trust him and her view isn't paranoia. What she and the others don't know is about Ellison's relationship with Miss Mimetic Polyalloy herself (Catherine Weaver), the AI that she's been building and the involvement of Dr. Sherman in that project.
Missing that piece of the jigsaw, Sarah and Derek are raiding the software company where they think the AI that becomes SkyNet is kept, except they're entirely wrong. Part of the problem is that having seen the bloody three fingerprints on the wall, Sarah is now seeing them everywhere. She's clue crazy, and pretty soon, so are we. They appear as 'go' counters, in a company logo, and there are even spots of blood on Sarah's face. They're freakin' everywhere!
When Ellison goes to see Catherine Weaver, he's told that an electrical power cut over the weekend has caused the death of Dr. Sherman. But more accurately, the 'Babylon' AI, who gets the charming name of John Henry later on, killed him when it decided to withdraw all electrical power from the rest of the building to keep itself operational throughout the blackout.
Agent Ellison interrogates the system to find out if it killed him intentionally, or accidentally. It seems that it realised he'd die, but didn't think it really mattered, making it an obvious candidate for the job of SkyNet.
This is all good stuff and keeps the bigger story arc rolling along, but mixed in here are two scenes that blew my mind entirely. The first provides some explanation for the appearance of Jesse, and her highly suspicious actions. Derek finds the photos she'd taken of John, Sarah and Cameron and gives her 30 seconds to explain. We then get the revelation that she wasn't sent back by John, but by a group of unhappy fighters who think in the future John starts to make bad judgements, and they decide the bad influence is a future Cameron. So she's here to take this Terminator out! Eeeek!
If that put me into a mental spin, almost the very next scene completely shot me out of the sky in flames. Jesse then meets….Riley, and they're not strangers!
The second noodle musher is that Riley and John didn't meet by accident, and Riley knows exactly what a Terminator is, because she's from the future also. At this point my jaw was on the ground floor while I was lying face down upstairs!
It seems that Jesse is her 'controller', and Riley was chosen to infiltrate and get close to John, except she's getting emotionally involved now she's this close.
Had these reveals not occurred, then maybe the final scene where Ellison goes to talk to the AI would have had more impact. By now I was far too distracted by these events to fully appreciate the reappearance of entirely repaired Cromartie, who now goes by the name of 'John Henry'.
I better get my therapy well organised for this weekend, so I'm more rational by the time the next part of the story comes along!
Read a review of the episode 9 here.
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Oklahoma doesn't have the worst health problems due to methane gas releases from the oil and gas industry in the nation but it's in the top ten, according to a new analysis from two national environmental groups. As for the worst, they belong to Texas, especially the Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio areas.
While the report says Texas will lead the nation in sicknesses linked to the oil and gas pollutants in the next ten years, it ranks Oklahoma second worst. Colorado is ranked third. Kansas and Arkansas are included in the top 20 states.
A ranking of the top 30 U.S. counties by asthma attack risk shows the seven of the top eight are in Texas. Oklahoma's Woodward County is ranked 13th worst with 623 asthma attacks for every 10,000 children. Ellis County is ranked 14th and Woods County is 15. Harper county is 18 while Dewey County is 22, Roger Mills County is 25 and Beaver County is 27.


In 2000 I was pronounced dead for five minutes, my eyes were set — the death set eyes — open, looking straight up, and there was no pulse.
My husband, Jeff, was in the house at the time and also the R.N. who was taking care of me, as I was very, very ill for many, years. I was standing in the bathroom and I remember being told, "Look at yourself for the last time," so I looked in the mirror, and I looked right into my eyes. There was no fear or anything like that, it was—just look! Then I turned and reached out for the R.N., who was standing by the door.
The next I remember I was going into a pure white light. My soul was taken into this pure white light; it was the most beautiful, wonderful feeling. Words cannot express this, but I'll try. It is like going home, and you have been waiting so long. The most beautiful and wonderful feeling of God's love. This pure white light was God — no sound, no movement, only God; and it was as if my soul was traveling quite fast. My mind, of course, died with my body, so I was experiencing this from my soul, which was going further and further into this pure white light. This light is nothing but love, the love that we have all been longing for. Longing for purity of love, without any judgment of any kind, just a beautiful and sweet love. The further I went, the more and more into the God state I went, and there was nothing but that pure white light of God and His beautiful love. So beautiful is God. Then I heard Meher Baba's voice and He said to me, "You must go back. Your work isn't finished, you must go back." And just like that my soul came back into my body and I opened my eyes.
At the time that I reached for the R.N., she had tried to hold me up, and she said I was dead before I would have ever hit the floor. She called Jeff to come and he laid me out on the floor in the living room and called 911. Dead on arrival. Two ambulances and the fire department came, and all of the men and women were standing there ready to do something, but because I was so long gone, no one had touched me, nothing had been done. Baba brought me back.
As I opened my eyes I looked around and saw a lot of people standing over me, a ceiling and the walls, and I thought: What is this? What kind of confinement is this? Then I felt it in my body — my soul was in my body; but because of Baba's most complete compassion, He never left me to feel how hard it is to have to come back into the body. When you go and die, you don't want to come back. The love there is so complete, so beautiful, so powerful, and so real, you just don't want to come back. Although I have five children, thirteen grandchildren, and my husband Jeff, I really wanted to stay there. But when Baba said, "You must go back, your work isn't finished," there was nothing left for me to do other than to open my eyes and know that this is what Baba wants.
So I stay here, but I always, always have this feeling, this experience of death. So dying for me was hard, but never, never could I ever fear death. Death is beautiful, absolutely beautiful, and you go Home and you know Yourself, and you know what you have been always wanting, longing for, and that is that purity and love of God's Love, and becoming what it is that Baba has suffered and worked for as the Avatar. All the Avatars have helped us to get to know our self as God, and this is what I experience—who I really am; and then come back to tell my story and let others know. There is no reason to ever feel afraid of having the soul leave the body. The soul immediately goes into the pure white loving light, and you go home and it's beautiful. So that's the experience of the love that I have and live with all the time; it never, ever, ever goes away.


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ZEE is a rigorous mindscape; a hallucinatory architecture of light; a dream machine.
An enclosed space is filled with a dense, odorless fog that completely obscures the walls, floor and ceiling. Individuals freely roam this environment, while flickering light filters through the haze, inducing hallucinations and sensory distortions within each viewer. A droning soundscape intensifies this full-immersion experience, shifting dynamically according to changes in the color, frequency and intensity of the light.
Exhilarating and meditative, Hentschläger's pulsing, stroboscopic and mind-altering ZEE pushes the boundaries of human perception and creates an intensely riveting audiovisual journey.
"Hentschläger's piece delivered literally on the hackneyed promise that art will refashion one's way of seeing the world." – Kenneth Baker, Art Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2008
ZEE was originally commissioned by OK-Center Linz, and Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh in 2008.
Kurt Hentschläger is Managed and Represented by Richard Castelli / Epidemic
Supported by: BMUKK -Austrian Ministry for Education, Art & Culture and MEDA(TM) – vision beyond
Production Assistance: Shane Mecklenburger / Technical Assistance Touring: Alexander Boehmler, Ian Brill
Important information: Anybody with the following conditions should not attend ZEE: photosensitive epilepsy; asthma, breathing and heart problems; abnormal blood pressure; migraine & headaches; all kinds of eye & ear diseases; claustrophobia or anxiety. Pregnant women are also advised to refrain from attending. Please note: The artificial fog being used is proven, even in extreme intensities, not to be of any health risk; the stroboscopes used in the show are standard theatrical units.
Kurt Hentschläger
A constant innovator and one of the most influential figures in the field of contemporary art and technology, Hentschläger merges conceptual art, sound, video, performance,and technologyin his large-scale installations. Since launching his career in 1983, his work has been commissioned worldwide, including: NoiseGate 2000 for Creative Time's Art in the Anchorage as part of the Austrian duo Granular-Synthesis, representing Austria at the 2001 Venice Biennale, and his most recent installations ZEE, RANGE and KARMA/X are currently touring. www.kurthentschlager.com
About FuturePerfect
ZEE is the inaugural event of FuturePerfect, a new initiative that researches and presents hybrid performance practices, media forms, and artistic ideas that continue to emerge as computer technologies and electronic networks mature and become inseparable from contemporary culture. In particular focus is the future of live performance and related visual culture. FuturePerfect 2011, a performance festival and exhibition, is slated for New York City during Spring 2011. Wayne Ashley is FuturePerfect's founding artistic director, the former Director of Arts in Multimedia at Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM. Contact: Wayne Ashley at waynewayneashley.net. More info: www.futureperfectfestival.org
New York Premiere
3LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich Street, near Rector St., Lower Manhattan
Time: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 5-9pm; Saturday, Sunday 2pm-9pm
Project begins on the hour and the half hour; approximately 20 minutes.
Kurt Hentschläger's ZEE is now previewing BY INVITATION ONLY for individual visits by the press, curators, and professionals in the art and performance community. Due to limited capacity, entrance is by confirmed RSVP only -please contact rsvp@futureperfectfestival.org and include your phone number.
Panel Discussion: Performance, Installation and Immersion–Free
Presented by FuturePerfect and CPR–Center for Performance Research
Venue: CPR–Center for Performance Research
361 Manhattan Avenue, Unit 1, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
In conjunction with the opening of ZEE, FuturePerfect, CPR–Center for Performance Research, 3LD Art & Technology Center, and PS122 invite you a panel on Performance, Installation, and Immersion. Panelists include: Kevin Cunningham (Director, 3-Legged Dog Media and Theater Group), Kurt Hentschläger (Artist, Austria/US), Kora Van den Bulcke and Thomas Soetens (Workspace Unlimited, Artist Collective Belgium/Canada), Allen Feldman (Associate Professor, Anthropology, NYU). Discussants include: Vallejo Gantner (PS122), Morgan von Prelle Pecelli (PS122), Wayne Ashley (FuturePerfect), Jonah Bokaer (CPR–Center for Performance Research), Dr. Frank Hentschker (Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, CUNY), and others to be announced. https://www.cprnyc.org


The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will invest $200 million in 18 agricultural technology centers in Angola.
The investment, to be executed in about 5 or 7 years, aims at training the staff of the Agriculture and Forestry sector and the peasants in techniques of production, processing and commercialization of agricultural goods.
The project will be implemented in the country's 18 provinces under a memorandum of understanding signed between the Angolan Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Institute of Agrarian Development (IDA) and the Sheiki Ahmed Office Dalmjook Al Maktoum of the UAE.
In a first phase, the centers will be set up in the provinces of Bie, Huambo, Luanda and Bengo.
All technological centers will have laboratories to analyze the soils of the different provinces in order to assess the need for nutrients, since there will be a fertilizer mix processing structure to satisfy each region.
IDA director David Tunga said each province will have a major center, while smaller centers will be set up at the level of some municipalities.
The centers' management will be under the responsibility of the investors and after consolidation, they will be delivered to the Government of Angola for autonomous management.
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Ryan Reynolds is extremely lucky he wasn't hurt this weekend in São Paulo where he was a guest at a Comic Con. Ryan jumped off stage and a huge mass of fans pushed forward, collapsing a barricade, nearly crushing Ryan. He had some pretty decent reaction time and rolled back up on stage just in time.
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Anthony Joshua fought Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia last night. It was a rematch from a fight in June where Joshua was shocked by Ruiz, making Andy the first Mexican boxing champion in history. It was a much different story last night however, as Joshua regained the championship.
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After the fight Ruiz talked about how he should've been in better shape and that fame got the best of him.
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This weekend at the Art Basel Gallery event in Miami, an artist made news by selling a banana that was duck taped to a white wall for $120,000. It was just a regular ripe banana and some duct tape.
Well, if that wasn't outrageous enough, another guy just went up and ate it. He claims he's a performance artist. He was asked some questions by event security, but was not placed under arrest. At least not yet. But now you have to wonder, was it all just performance art in the first place? For a banana with 120 grand, there really wasn't much security there....
And watch Adam Levin pretend to be a parking enforcement officer in Los Angeles, only to give M5 concert tickets instead - and it wasn't always well-received.
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Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (also known as Rodríguez or Jesús Rodríguez; born July 10, 1942) is an American folk musician in Detroit, Michigan. His career initially proved short lived, with two little-sold albums in the early 1970s and two Australian concert tours. Unknown to him, however, his work became extremely successful and influential in South Africa, and continued to retain a loyal following in Australia. According to the film-makers of the documentary about him, Searching for Sugar Man, at one time he was arguably more famous than Elvis Presley in South Africa, though he was mistakenly rumored there to have committed suicide.
In the 1990s, determined South African fans managed to find and contact him, which led to an unexpected revival of his musical career. This is told in the 2012 Academy Award–winning documentary film Searching for Sugar Man, which helped give Rodriguez a measure of fame in his home country.
On May 9, 2013, Rodriguez received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from his alma mater, Wayne State University (WSU), in Detroit.
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Press Release: Banshee Bikes Signs Team Geronimo as Factory Team
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Banshee Bikes Signs Team Geronimo as Factory Team
Banshee Bikes and Team Geronimo are both pleased to announce their new partnership for the 2010 race season. 2009 isn't even a memory yet, but Jay MacNeil, General Manager of Banshee Bikes, and Team Geronimo are busy preparing for a jump start on 2010 – ready to hit the National, International, and World Cup race circuits on Banshee's new Legend Mk II DH bike and Rampant 4X bike.
Banshee Bikes is amped on teaming up with Team Geronimo for the 2010 season and beyond.
The Mk I, which was not available to the public, has completed 2 seasons of testing and 4 years in development, culminating in the introduction of the lighter, faster and more racer-dialed Mk II version. This is one screaming fast rig, and Team Geronimo is stoked about the upcoming season.
The Banshee Legend Mk I
"Its great to find such an amazing group of riders that have in their hearts the same spirit and passion for mountain bikes and the sport. It's like an extended part of our family and I can't wait to spend time hanging out and hanging on as I try to keep up with them out on the trails" says Jay MacNeil.
Team Geronimo is not a new team – they've been steadily gaining steam over the last two race seasons, but their all-star lineup has expanded by three riders for 2010. Brothers Michael and Brian Buell, of Colorado, have been holding the team together since its inception in 2008, and racking up some fierce results. Now they are joined by Graeme Pitts of California and Cody Eichhorn of Australia.
The Buell Brothers come as a pair - they are the brother team in the Rockies. Michael Buell is the senior brother, and lays claim to having competed in 3 World Cup DH races at Andorra, Fort William and Monte Sainte Anne, as well as many other National and International races. A consistent top 10 finisher pre-2009, Michael's 2009 season suffered from an ankle injury early on, but he managed to make an awesome comeback with a few podium finishes and 4th Overall in the Mountain States Cup Gravity Series. Fully recovered and now relieved of team management by a professional staff, he's ready to get back to the business of full-time training and racing on his new Banshee rides in 2010. He's back!
Michael Buell
Brian Buell has frequent flyer status on the podium in the highly competitive Mountain States Cup Gravity Series, with a 2nd Overall finish in 2009. He was 2005 Junior Expert National 4X Champion, 2007 Collegiate National DH Champion, and has mile-long list of National podium finishes since then, including a bronze medal for this year's 4X National Championships, and 1st place for DS at Colorado Crankworx. His International experience includes 3 World Cup DH races in Andorra, Fort William and Monte Sainte Anne. Better be wearing your sunglasses if he smiles at you, especially in the starting gate! Consistent, strong and great karma (with a capital "K&#8221 – he is one to watch out for in 2010.
Brian Buell
Graeme Pitts is the baby in the group. At 19, he competed in the Pan Am Continental Championships in Chile, came home with UCI points, and pulled off a reputable rookie Pro year with a number of top 10 finishes against some tried and true competitors. In 2008, he was part of the formidable posse of the USA Junior Worlds Team in Italy after only 3 months in the Junior Expert class. Pitts will be spending the early part of 2010 in Australia with teammate Cody Eichhorn and his compadres. When the US race season starts, he will already have gotten into race mode at the Australian National Series, training with their top gravity riders.
Graeme Pitts
Cody Eichhorn - the wild card addition to the team from the Land of Oz. He will arrive from down under ready to race his first Sea Otter Classic – Eichhorn has been dreaming of spending his birthday at Sea Otter for a few years, and now it's becoming reality. Managing to complete Uni (as University is called in Oz) while still racking up a huge list of podium finishes, Team Geronimo's new Aussie competed in 2008 World Championships in 4X, a number of World Cup Races, Kokanee Crankworx, and was invited back to Worlds this year, but was too busy traveling and racing with Pitts in the US of A. He took California by storm, acing out Eric Carter and Rich Houseman in the first round of 4X at Cal State Champs at Mammoth Mountain. He brings the Aussie flair and is an all around crowd pleaser.
Cody Eichhorn
Team Geronimo is also parent to an awesome Junior Development Team based out of Aspen Valley, Colorado. Managed by Brandon Turman, it is a collection of some of the hottest young talent in The Rockies and they are being mentored with Junior World Championships as the objective.
Plans are already in the works for Team Geronimo's collaboration with The Wounded Warrior Project – returning, injured soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan who are regaining their passion for life through bicycles. The team is working with WWP organizers to schedule coaching clinics and entertainment with these worthy riders who put themselves in harm's way so we can all keep living our dream.
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Report: Colts, Manning breaking up
by The Associated Press March 6, 2012 March 6, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — The Peyton Manning era in Indianapolis is expected to end Wednesday, according to a report.
Citing anonymous sources, ESPN reported Tuesday that the Colts plan to hold a news conference to announce the long-expected decision. Manning is expected to attend.
Team owner Jim Irsay and Manning's agent, Tom Condon, did not immediately respond to messages left by The Associated Press. Team spokesman Avis Roper said he could not confirm the decision or the news conference because Irsay was out of town and unreachable.
Manning turns 36 later this month, and missed the entire 2011 season after a third neck surgery. Before that, he'd never missed a game in his 13 NFL seasons.
He is owed a $28 million roster bonus on Thursday, and with the Colts holding the top draft pick, they apparently have decided it was too risky and pricey to keep the four-time league MVP.
Manning led the Colts to the 2006 NFL title, and in 2009 he brought the Colts to the cusp of history with a 14-0 start.
It's been bad news ever since. The Colts pulled their starters against the New York Jets and lost the final two games that season. Indy then wound up losing to New Orleans in the Super Bowl. During the offseason, Manning had the first of his neck surgeries.
Then, after making an early playoff exit in the 2010 season, Manning underwent another neck surgery to repair a damaged nerve that was causing weakness in his throwing arm.
Last July, Irsay signed Manning to a new five-year, $90 million contract extension that everyone expected would keep Manning in Indy for the rest of his career.
But when the nerve did not heal as quickly as anticipated, Manning had two vertebrae fused together in September, a surgery that forced him to miss the first game of his career. There are still questions about how strong Manning's arm is.
But there is no doubt about the impact he's had on Indy's franchise over the past 14 seasons.
He is the Colts' career leader in every major passing category, is one of only four players in league history to throw for more than 50,000 yards and is third all-time in touchdown passes (399).
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Local Plan clears major milestone
Wyre Forest District Council has given the go-ahead for a new draft Local Plan to be submitted to Government.
A special meeting of full council last night formally signed off the document paving the way for it to be submitted to the Secretary of State in April.
The Government will then appoint a Planning Inspector to oversee a full public examination to determine whether the plan is 'sound' which will include holding a series of formal hearings later this year to hear representations from groups and individuals who have put forward objections to the Plan.
The hearings will be open to the public to observe and will be advertised nearer the time when the Inspector sets the dates. Only people who have already indicated they wish to appear at the hearings will be allowed to attend and take part.
Before being formally adopted by full council, the Plan had previously been examined by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, following public consultations held in 2018 and 2019 which generated over 5,000 responses from members of the public and other stakeholders.
Councillor Fran Oborski, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Economic Regeneration, Planning and Capital Investments, said:"This is a major milestone in getting the Plan adopted, which is one of our key priorities.
"The Local Plan will provide a clear direction for future development, creating the right balance between protecting those parts of the district that are important in spatial or heritage terms while accommodating growth to meet the housing needs of present and future residents and space for businesses to ensure that we are a prosperous district going forward."
The Local Plan proposes to deliver just over 6000 new houses over the period 2016-2036 and 29 hectares of employment land. The documents being proposed for approval also include a number of Statements of Common Ground which have been reached with neighbouring authorities and with key stakeholders.
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Before the release of the Bohemian Babydoll Dress and Top pattern, I would like to extend my appreciation to the testers who did a wonderful job providing suggestions, feedback, and photos. A BIG thank you to: Ula, Julia, Robin, Tasha, Tanya, Stephanie, Maria, Hannah, Vicki, Janice, Sherri, Trinh, Liz, Laura, Rachael, Amanda, and Chrystal.
The Bohemian Babydoll Pattern is available for purchase HERE.
2 comments on "Bohemian Babydoll Dress and Top Pattern Testers"
Such beautiful tops and dresses!
Can't wait to start sewing it!


Finally a spring day with some soul warming sunshine! 75 degrees in the garden today felt amazing! I took a brief walk around and snapped a few photo's of the beautiful pre easter day.
Thursdays are Deepwood days and some fun projects are underway! Besides the usual planting of the teahouse garden, the great room has had some new flower additions this spring. We also replaced a historic Malus 'Firebird' Crabapple in the Scroll garden.
The Teahouse Garden is looking splendid with the early season tulips, and the trade mark Lord and Schryver Forget-me-nots providing the foil for the spring bulbs.
Thanks to a generous donor the Lower Terrace renovation project is underway! This photo shows after the removal of the patio pavers that were crumbling away. The project is getting the steps redone, a new pathway surface to prevent erosion, the patio relaid, and the historic arbor rebuilt. The Lord and Schryver drawing hanging at Gaiety Hollow shows the arbor with Clematis on the West side and a canopy of Lilacs with Peonies underneath. Stay tuned for updates on this wonderful restoration taking place.


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Maida Vale man was killed for his benefits, court is told
By Court Reporter
Published: 7:00 AM February 10, 2013 Updated: 1:34 PM October 14, 2020
Matthew Tinling is accused of murder. - Credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images
CCTV footage of twitching bedroom curtains reveal the moment a man was murdered for his disability benefits, a court heard.
Richard Hamilton's decomposing body was discovered by a neighbour on April 9 last year, two weeks after he was last seen.
The 45-year-old had been stabbed 21 times in his bedroom at the Shirland Road hostel, Maida Vale, where he was living sometime between March 27 and 29.
However, detectives believe CCTV showing the curtain in the front bay window moving for about 20 seconds at around 2am on March 28 shows the precise moment Mr Hamilton was killed. Soon after, the basement laundry light is switched on and off.
Prosecutors at the Old Bailey allege it was neighbour Matthew Tinling, 25, who killed Mr Hamilton as he tried to force him to disclose his PIN to his bank account. He denies the charge.
The jury was told Tinling was seen leaving the building several times in the hours after the attack, dumping bags in bins at the front.
Both men were drug users staying at the hostel for the homeless, where – it is claimed – it was common knowledge Mr Hamilton had more money than other residents because he received £197 disability allowance every fortnight on top of £272 in other benefits. "That was to be his ultimate downfall," prosecutor Zoe Johnson said.
Tinling allegedly used the PIN to withdraw £240 from Mr Hamilton's account on April 8 last year.
His bank and Post Office account cards have never been recovered but Tinling's DNA was recovered from the plastic wallet used to store them and the curtains in Mr Hamilton's room, it is claimed.
Fellow residents also claim to have seen him threaten and attack the victim in the past.


Making the transition to a running program from a walking program is an important time. Many people make the mistake of not doing this gradually, and injury is a common result. Though walking and running are similar activities, they are not exactly the same and your body will need time to adapt to the increased ground reaction forces.
When is it safe to make the transition to running?
When you've been consistently walking at least 10 miles a week you're probably safe to begin the transition to running. Obviously this isn't a hard and fast rule though - some people can do fine on even less mileage and others need an even greater amount. You'll know you're ready when you've been walking consistently for at least a month, and you're not fighting any injuries. Don't start a running program if you're currently walking and fighting an injury.
Most people do well to walk the first 5-10 minutes of their session, before beginning to include short bouts of running. This allows the body time to warm up. It is also helpful to include one or two repetitions of the calf and hamstring stretches after this initial walk time, before you try some short bouts of running.
Pace on the running segments shouldn't be fast, just ease into a nice comfortable run and try to keep your shoulders relaxed and your posture tall.
Duration on the running segments should be about 30 seconds at first, and separate these by at least 3-4 minutes of walking. This sounds conservative and it is... for good reason - many people get tripped up in this transition phase and get injured. It is better to be conservative than be injured. You'll gradually lengthen the running segments and shorten the walking segments until you're able to run continuously. Don't feel as if you have to do this every time out the door though. It is wise to hold at each "level" for more than one session before increasing. The program outlined below is a good start for those who've never run and will get you going in about 3 months.
Week one - Total mileage = 15 miles. You'll start with 30 seconds of running for every 4 minutes of walking.
Week two - Total mileage 15 miles. This week you'll do 45 seconds running for every 4 minutes walking. Still just walk the "easy" days.
Week three - Total mileage 15 miles. This week 60 seconds running and 3 minutes walking.
Week four - Total mileage 15 miles. This week 90 seconds running to 2.5 minutes walking on the "medium" days and 45 sec running to 4 minutes walking on your "easy" days.
Week five - Total mileage 15 miles. This week 2 minutes running to one minute walking.
Week six - Total mileage 15 miles. This week 3 minutes running to one minute walking.
Week eight - Total mileage 15 miles. This week 7 minutes running and 1 minute walking.
Week nine - Total mileage 15 miles. This week 10 minutes running and one minute walking.
Most people will hold at this level for several weeks before deciding they're ready to build again. Keep in mind that this transition plan is just that - an outline of a reasonable progression for someone who's never run before. "Your mileage may vary!"


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Transport no longer a 'nuisance' policy, Kallas says
Kallas: 'When this commission started, I had suddenly the impression that transport is only a nuisance' (Photo: European Commission)
By Honor Mahony
EU transport commissioner Siim Kallas likes to point out that when the European Commission first started discussing its economic plan for this decade, there was no mention of the role transport policy could play.
In the often-changing sands of the EU executive's policy hierarchy, Kallas perceived the policy area to be on a downward trend when he formally took over the brief in early 2010.
"When this commission started, I had suddenly the impression that transport is only a nuisance. That it was seen as only being about CO2 emissions and was not recognised as an important part of the economy at all."
Since then focus has shifted from treating transport only as a 'pollution-creating' sector that must be restricted to highlighting the role infrastructure policy can play in helping to revive the EU's economy.
It was one of the only sectors to see a money increase under proposals for the EU's next longterm budget (2014-2021) published at the end of June and a transport ideas paper setting out policy direction for the coming decades underlines the ideological shift. "Curbing mobility is not an option," says one of its key points.
Events have also helped. Iceland's ash-spuming volcano last year served to remind the general public what it means when planes cannot take off and governments of the futility of talking about national airspace.
But while the momentum behind the policy may have stepped up a gear, getting things done on the ground is a slow process. It needs longterm thinking but short term politics often get in the way.
Kallas' department will try and tackle this in two major initiatives this year.
Directly after the summer, it will publish proposals aimed at tidying up the process by which infrastructure projects are selected for EU co-funding.
Meanwhile, a new airport package will overhaul rules on airport landing and takeoff slots. The commission argues that if slots were allocated more efficiently, millions more passengers could use European airports each year.
But it is with railways that Kallas harbours the most ambitions. One EU official said that he is keen to see the same kind of liberalisation in the rail sector as in the air sector, which has resulted in an explosion of cheap air travel.
However it is also the most complicated area. Getting EU railways aligned with one another is a huge technical challenge. Different countries have different tracks, signalling systems and electricity supplies.
"All the complication of Europe is clearly seen here. So many footnotes, no many exemptions, so many combinations," said Kallas of the reworked first railway package, agreed by member states in June.
A fourth railway package is due to be published next year.
And the environment?
Kallas has been criticised for what some say is paying only superficial heed to the environment, with the sector being the only one where greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.
His spring discussion paper says EU emissions from transport should be reduced by 60 percent by 2050 and emphasizes the polluter-pays principle.
Green groups say that the non-binding 60 percent target will mean the EU will not achieve its overall goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 95 percent by mid-century.
Christian Egenhofer, from the Centre for European Policy Studies, points out that under a "business as usual scenario" volumes in all transport modes is expected to increase substantially but particularly for road freight and passenger transport, with a corresponding rise in greenhouse gas emissions.
There are other gaps too, say environmentalists. Aviation is to be included from 2012 in the EU's pollution-reducing emissions trading scheme, but the marine sector, where emissions are expected to increase by over 65 percent between 2010 and 2050, is not.
Kallas takes a pragmatic line by way of response, arguing it would be "quite impossible" to set binding targets.
"Politically this target is binding. For people in politics, if something is written then the surveillance is there and it cannot be forgotten."
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