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City Briefs
News // Norwalk
Feb. 5, 2014 Updated: June 10, 2016 6:44 p.m.
Darwin Day Saturday
NORWALK -- The sixth annual Darwin Day Dinner will be held on Saturday evening, Feb. 8, at the Continental Manor, 112 Main St. in Norwalk. Cocktail hour begins at 6 p.m. and a full course dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
In addition to a science quiz with prizes, Dr. Peter Crane, the Dean of Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will give a talk entitled "The Future of Plants." Tickets are $60 per person, including a full course dinner. We are all reliant on plants and their crucial ability to capture the energy of the sun and turn it into the chemical energy on which we and most other organisms depend.
For more information or to RSVP visit www.DarwinDayCT.org or contact the Southern Connecticut Darwin Day Committee: Craig Tomarkin at ctomarkin@aol.com or John Levin at 646-371-9280 or jlevin@tfm-llc.com.
New York fire commissioner to speak on heroism
STAMFORD — Thomas Von Essen, who was the New York City fire commissioner who led the department during the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center, will speak about heroism and civility at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Ferguson Library. His talk is part of a series on Civility in America, organized by Sacred Heart University, The Dilenschneider Group and Purdue Pharma LP. He is the author of "Strong of Heart: Life and Death in the Fire Department of New York," about the firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. For information about the series, call (203) 964-1000 or register at http//www.sacfredheart.edu/civilityinamerica.
Club sets meeting
NORWALK — Norwalk Garden Club will meet at Gallaher Mansion at Cranbury Park on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Master Gardener Nick Mansini, who authored "The Complete Organic Gardener," will offer his method for starting seeds without soil in the spring. Plans for the 90th Anniversary Celebrations will be discussed as well. Members come with bag lunch at 11:30 a.m. followed by business meeting, dessert and break. Mansini's presentation at 1:30 p.m.
Stepping Stones hours
NORWALK — Jack Frost may be in charge outdoors these days, but even he cannot cool off the red-hot deal that Stepping Stones Museum for Children is offering for weekday afternoon play inside the museum. For a limited time, Stepping Stones is offering half-priced admission after 3 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays and so much more.
Through March 28, guests can take advantage of the museum's reduced-admission twilight hours and enjoy its special brand of play-based learning and kid-powered fun.
In addition, visitors can take part in the museum's new series of afternoon, drop-in programs and pick up a freshly-made pizza-to-go from the Stepping Stones Cafe.
Maritime Garage Gallery opens tech exhibit
NORWALK — Machines, gadgets, all things technology inspire the artwork at a new exhibit at the Maritime Garage Gallery. The exhibit, entitled "Thingamabob", will run from Jan. 29 through April 25 at the Gallery, 11 North Water St.. The event is free and open to the public.
The Maritime Garage Gallery, located at 11 North Water St., is part of the Parking Authority's "Art in Parking Places" initiative, an effort to support art in public spaces making Norwalk a more vibrant destination. The gallery is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 203- 831-9063, or visit www.norwalkpark.org/public-art
Black History at the library
NORWALK — The Norwalk Public Library System will hold a discussion at noon Saturday, Feb. 15, about Wil Haygood's book "The Butler: A Witness to History," the true story of Eugene Allen who worked in the White House from 1953 to 1986 at the South Norwalk Branch Library. Following the book discussion there will be ascreening of Lee Daniels' 2013 film with the same title. For more visit www.norwalkpubliclibrary.org/sono or call (203) 899-2790 ext. 15902.
Senior Centers offers Smart Driver Course
The Norwalk Senior Center and the Westport Senior Center are offering the AARP Smart Driver Course for people ages 55 and older. Four classes will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Norwalk on Feb. 28 and in Westport from noon to 4 p.m on Feb 24. The program is designed to help sharpen driving skills, while making attendees aware of how to compensate for vision and hearing problems and for reaction time, changes faced by older drivers. The course will teach older drivers with new course material and video content. The classroom-only course does not include any driving, physical or written tests. Participants must complete the class to receive certification. Participants 60 and older are entitled by state law to at least a 5% discount on the liability portion of their automobile insurance upon completion of the four hour course. The fee is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. To register, call the Norwalk Senior Center at (203) 847-3115 and the Westport Senior Center at (203) 341-5099. Seating is limited.


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Sandy Hook Families Offered $33 Million Settlement by Gun Maker Remington
Two of the bankrupt firearms manufacturer's insurers are backing the offer of $3.66 million each for nine families, a person with knowledge of the case said
Angels memorialize the 26 people killed in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Photo: Jessica Hill/Associated Press
Zusha Elinson
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zusha.elinson@wsj.com
Updated July 28, 2021 4:38 pm ET
Remington Arms Co. has offered to pay nearly $33 million to settle claims that its marketing practices were in part responsible for the Sandy Hook school massacre that left 20 first-graders and six faculty dead, according to court documents.
The now-bankrupt gun maker proposed a settlement of $3.66 million apiece for nine families who lost loved ones in the 2012 shooting at the elementary school in Newtown, Conn., in a series of filings made in Connecticut Superior Court Tuesday.

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Q: how to call the default voice recorder app programmatically for android phone? i'm trying to create an app that allows voice recording. i hope to call the default voice recorder app just like how i call the camera app. what i wanted is my app will intent/call the default app. after recording, it will return immediately to my app (just like what happen when i call for the camera)
the code that i used for calling the camera :
Intent takePictureFromCameraIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

is there anyway that is close to the code above, where its simple and also achieved what i wanted ?

A: Try this,
Intent recordIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.Audio.Media.RECORD_SOUND_ACTION);
startActivityForResult(recordIntent, RESULT_OK);

And onActivityResult
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What's in POSCO's Smart Safety Helmet?
With a view to implementing the company's 'Safety With POSCO' principle, POSCO is committed to ensuring the prevention of accidents and safety hazards in the workplace. The smart safety helmet POSCO introduced earlier last year was one such measure.
The smart safety helmets which POSCO developed in-house are essentially a 'smart' version of regular safety helmets where a 'smart' band is attached to the helmet. Jung-Hoon Lee from POSCO's Smart Solution Task Force Team oversaw the production and explains how POSCO developed the device. POSCO Newsroom reports.
┃The Beginning
The idea for smart safety helmets was initially born out of POSCO 's Smart Safety Ideation Contest in 2016. Various ideas on smart technology application for worksite safety emerged, and smart safety helmets were considered a breakthrough.
"Based on the idea from the initial concept stage, we started building prototypes. Since safety helmets are mandatory at all production sites, we sought to promote extra efficiency in preventing worksite hazards by adding smart functions.
To create the current wearable version, the R & D team went through countless trial and error. During the prototype stage, there were only design concepts in which POSCO employees' contribution was central. Designing –and building– various safety-related IoT sensors in short timespan proved to be challenging.
"Applying 'All-In-One' method on a single band added too much weight to the helmet. We also tried connecting a cable to a smartphone to operate sensors while communicating with the server. But the employees' feedback was that the helmets were heavy and the wires impeded with their performance. It took a lot of time and effort until the current wireless version was produced."
┃Smart Helmets, Smart Operation
The smart helmet comes with 15 components such as camera, lantern, gas detector, high-voltage detector, vibration motor, wireless in-ear microphone, smart tag, etc.
On the front side, a camera is attached to the smart band allowing full visibility from the control room for all corners of the production sites. The LED lantern attached around the camera enables image recording in darkness. The recorded images can be played back on smartphones, control rooms, and offices.
"Throughout the development process – from the initial ideation stage to the current wireless device via wired-version – we actively sought feedback from the employees in the field. We held evaluation sessions with mock-ups and discussed design and functions in detail. After months of relentless testing, we focused on making the helmet lightweight and wireless. During the process, we only left the most essential functions: the current features including emergency trigger, voice call, CO detectors, etc."
The CO and O2 detector attached to the rear of the helmet measures harmful gas and oxygen concentration level – and SOS button can be activated in case of emergency.
┃A Helmet That Looks to the Future
With the support from Yangso Safety Disaster Prevention Group, 50 units of smart safety helmets had been deployed to Pohang Works and Gwangyang Works respectively. The current wireless headsets will be tested early next year from which point future development directions will be discussed.
The helmet detects harmful gas even in situations where a portable gas detector isn't mandatory, and it can help evaluate on-site situations as it enables video calls between the field and the control room during the inspection. In this way, POSCO plans to regularly monitor the VoC (Voice of Customer) in order to constantly optimize the device by discovering actual cases from the field.
In the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution, POSCO is in the process of completing Smart Factory. For the past three years, the company has devoted more than 1 billion KRW (approx. $ 899.7 million) to safety, recruited safety and health experts, newly established departments dedicated to safety, and upgraded safety equipment to prevent major disasters. As a company that prioritizes corporate citizenship, safety is and always will be POSCO's foundational principle as it steps forward into the Fourth Revolution and beyond.


Join us for ""Building On Our Success – What's Next?" the theme of this year's Kansas Association of Community Foundation's Annual Conference (KACF). As the community foundation field celebrates its 100th birthday, it is a perfect time for Kansas community foundations to recognize their successes and prepare for the future.
We welcome all board members and executive directors of community foundations and other non-profit organizations in Kansas and other States as this conference is relevant to the entire field! We believe community foundation partnerships are not limited to one state. We welcome everyone to take advantage of this opportunity to hear national and regional experts at a conference that is tailored to the needs of smaller rural and growing urban foundations.


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Given the specificity of nation-building processes in East Central Europe, the narrative axis of national movements has linked the city and the village. The linear process of urbanisation has relied on a logic that interlocks rural and urban spaces in this region. Both capitalist and state socialist modernisation brought an influx of rural migrants from the countryside to urban centres on the one hand, and on the other, gave rise to numerous artistic and social movements which fostered an interest in rural space and culture (eg. folklorism, (agro-)tourism, rural sentimentalism). It is only from this point that we see the emergence of tensions between popular culture rooted in traditional folk culture, cultural activities stimulated by new technologies and the everyday life cultural strategies of urban communities and subcultures. Different political regimes during the 20th century brought to the fore either rural or urban segments of the population, which in turn had a significant impact on popular culture. After the fall of state socialist regimes, transition discourses under the heading of the Washington consensus in economic terms along with European Union accession policies, significantly restructured the interrelatedness of the city and the village.
This conference will focus on a question of in-betweenness that might be dubbed "rurbanity" comprising challenging phenomena that go beyond the simple urban/rural, "café/pub" split.
The Centre for Study of Popular Culture is seeking papers which address the interconnectedness of urban and rural themes in the popular culture of East Central European societies. We encourage interdisciplinary approaches as well as applications from those who seek to incorporate audio-visual material into their presentations. The goal of this conference is to offer a space for discussion among the disciplinary discourses of history, anthropology, sociology, cultural geography, musicology, gender, subculture, youth, ethnic, nationalism, labour, literary, film, television, leisure, tourism, sports and food studies. It is intended as an event bringing together scholars from different backgrounds who focus their research interest on East Central Europe.
Submission of panel proposals 15 May 2015.
Submission of paper abstracts 10 June 2015.
Notification on acceptance 30 June 2015.
Conference registration will open 30 June 2015.
Full conference papers are due 15 September 2015.
Full version of papers for publication 5 December 2015.
Author, name and affiliation with full contact details.
In addition to the regular submission of paper abstracts we also welcome the submission of panel proposals. Maximum 5 papers in English can be submitted in a panel proposal. If 3 or more papers of the proposed panel pass the review process, the panel will be accepted.
Panel title, name of proposing organisation / individual, name and full contact details of the contact person, name and affiliation of panel chair, panel abstract (between 200 and 300 words in length) as well as title, author, affiliation of author and name of each paper to be presented in the panel.
Paper/panel submissions will be subject to peer review.
The organizers intend to put together a themed monograph, in which selected papers will be published as full-length chapters.
All submissions must be made exclusively via email urban.rural.popculture@gmail.com.


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Артиллерийская инструментальная разведка или АИР — составной элемент сил артиллерийской разведки, предназначенный для обслуживания стрельбы своей артиллерии, решения задач метеорологического обеспечения, выявления и определения координат целeй в расположении противника, проведения фотограмметрических работ и т. п. Как правило, под АИР понимается вся совокупность тех средств артиллерийской разведки, которые ведутся посредством измерений с использованием приборного и инструментального оборудования.

В зависимости от технического оснащения службы АИР подразделяются на звуковую, оптическую, радиолокационную и радиотехническую разведку. В состав АИР входят также фотограмметрическая служба, службы топогеодезической подготовки и метеорологического обеспечения.

Зарождение артиллерийской инструментальной разведки в русской армии связано с разработкой в 1909 году штабс-капитаном Н. А. Бенуа первой в мире звукометрической станции. В Советской Армии первые подразделения АИР появились в 20-х годах XX века.

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Q: Method GET to parse XML from another source into a hidden url I am trying to parse some xml data by passing the variables with a form with the get method into my own domain.
If I put the link of the XML engine in my file it parses perfectly the information.
By using the form to change information dates, type of rooms, etc. i can get the variables in my url but I have no idea how to make that vars pass onto the hidden URL of the xml engine.
Ideas?
Here's a quick peak of what I am doing:
<form id="formulario" class="fechas" action="prueba.php" method="get">
<select class="checkin" id="checkin" name="checkin">
            <option value="2010-10-27">2010-07-27</option>
            </select>
<select class="checkout" id="checkout" name="checkout">
            <option value="2010-10-27">2010-07-27</option>
            </select>

This gets me something similar in the url such as
http://www.lisboando.com/prueba.php?checkin=2010-10-27&checkout=2010-10-29
But I need this line of code to get the variables also, it isn't doing it:
$url ='http://www.somedomain.com/cgi/xml/engine/get_data.php?checkin=$checkin&checkout=$checkout&rval=$rval&pval=$pval';

Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks beforehand for any help, really appreciate it.
Flavio

A: Just use double quotes:
$url ="http://www.somedomain.com/cgi/xml/engine/get_data.php?checkin=$checkin&checkout=$checkout&rval=$rval&pval=$pval";

A: You need to make your form submit to your XML engine instead of the prueba.php page (which I assume is your form ??)
Change the action attribute of the form tag to the URL "http://www.somedomain.com/cgi/xml/engine/get_data.php"


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ACADEMY: U7 talent identification session
First U7 development centre session a success
On Wednesday evening the Carlisle United Academy hosted their first U7 development centre session in the Neil Centre here at Brunton Park.
Academy coach Ben Benson said: "The centre is made up of 12 local players who will receive four training sessions over the next couple of months.
"We use the U7 development centre as forerunner to the U8 programme which starts in September. Sessions like this allow us to plant the seeds with the players regarding our playing philosophy and attitude.
"Like any programme, this is a process and every time we see the players there will be a progression in the themes of the sessions. The first focus for us is always team work as we are trying to blend players from different teams into one group.
"Ultimately, at this age, it's all about fun and enjoyment, but we start drip feeding messages in that they will hopefully be able consolidate over the course of the other sessions.
"We are very deliberate with spreading the programme over a couple of months. The reasoning for this is to see which players are capable of retaining information and then acting upon it in the next session.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the players and parents for attending the opening night. We are already looking forward to the next series of sessions."


With sales figures on the rise around the world, it seems that print books are making a comeback.
As well as being the start of Big Garden Birdwatch in the UK and a week that includes Australia Day and National Croissant Day in the US, January 26 – February 2 is National Storytelling Week. Now in its 19th year, the annual festival of the story will see a range of events up and down the country, celebrating writers and readers and the tales that connect them.
Of course, central to all stories is the book, which appears to be going through another transition. After years of having their sales steadily eroded by digital formats, the print book is back on the rise, with sales across a number of European and international markets increasing.
According to the latest figures from Nielsen Bookscan, the UK's print book market has grown by 2.1%, which represents an increase of £34m in sales and an additional 627,000 books being bought. Such print success is repeated in countries such as Italy, where print book sales were up by 1% in 2017, and Germany, where ebook sales only account for 4.6% of the entire book market.
The physical books market is in much better health than the ebooks market, and we see that continuing.
At the same time, the sales of ebooks have plummeted. According to figures from the Publishers Association, consumer ebook sales in the UK fell by 17%, in 2016 from a high in 2014. Arnaud Nourry, Chief Executive of French publisher Hachette Livre has described the ebook as a "stupid product", saying that the decline in ebook sales is "not going to reverse".
Print gives the reader a physical connection to the book, a welcome combination of touch, sight and engagement that allows you to switch off from the normal world and lose yourself in a great story. In a world dominated by digital media that has a tendency to carry content that's more negative than positive, they provide a refreshing sense of control and a deep emotional connection.
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Lam Hin Ting (; born 9 December 1999) is a Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a holding midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers.

Youth career
Lam spent one year of his football career at Hong Kong Barcelona Football School before spending the next eight years with Chelsea Soccer School. In March 2016, he went on a 20-day trial with Portuguese club Cova da Piedade. However, due to the language barrier between him and his teammates, he was unable to communicate with them and was not offered a contract.

Club career

R&F
Upon Lam's return to Hong Kong, he resumed his school education. Three days after his returned, he was contacted by R&F coach Leung Chi Wing who offered him a chance to play professional football at a RMB$6,000 per month salary. He agreed to the deal and trained with the team at its Sanshui base.

Lam was handed his first team debut 18 September 2016 in a Senior Shield match versus Hong Kong Sapling and at age 16, became the youngest player to appear in the competition. On 1 October, he made his first league appearance in a game against Pegasus.

In recognition of his performances, he was named a finalist for the Best Young Player award for 2016-17.

Dreams
After the conclusion of the 2016-17 season, Lam considered returning to Portugal for another trial. He ultimately decided to sign with Dreams, following Leung who had been named the manager of the club. He scored his first two goals for the club in a 4-2 win over Southern.

R&F
Following Dreams' decision to self-relegate, Lam rejoined R&F, signing a contract on 24 July 2019.

On 14 October 2020, Lam left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.

Happy Valley
On 10 November 2020, Lam signed with Happy Valley.

Rangers
On 14 July 2021, it was reported that Lam would sign with Rangers.

Disciplinary issues
Throughout his career, Lam has been on the end of supplemental discipline due to poor behaviour.

On 21 March 2021, Lam was sent off post-match for alleged sexual harassment of referee Gigi Law. This allegation was confirmed by the Hong Kong Football Association on 19 April 2021 and Lam was banned 10 matches.

On 28 December 2021, the HKFA banned Lam from representing Hong Kong for one year and fined him $6,000 after it emerged that Lam and his teammates broke team rules and violated COVID-19 protocols during the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification tournament in Japan.

On 10 September 2022, videos began circulating on the internet of Lam tossing his kit at a referee after being sent off in a local futsal match. Rangers responded by suspending Lam indefinitely for his actions and for participating in football activity without permission from the club.

Honours

Individual
Best Young Player: 2018

References

External links

Lam Hin Ting at HKFA

1999 births
Living people
Hong Kong footballers
Association football defenders
Hong Kong Premier League players
R&F (Hong Kong) players
Dreams Sports Club players
Happy Valley AA players
Hong Kong Rangers FC players
Association football fullbacks
Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong


What about the Surface Pro 1 combo with Type Cover 2 or with Surface Pro 2? It's really good for note taking and it's a very powerful and capable ultra book and tablet at the same time. Build quality is great and monthly firmware updates for whatever bug fixes or enhancements are delivered. With your use case that you have described, you can get away with Surface 2 and Type Cover 2.
yah that combo sounds good. how is it for preparing presentations on powerpoint and and using powerpoint for viewing slides in lectures and note taking?
Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 1 do NOT come with Microsoft Office. OneNote however is now a free application to download from onenote.com. You can download and install applications from the both the Windows Store or whatever desktop applications you can find on the internet, USB stick etc that you are use to installing right now on a Windows 7 machine.
Your university might be able to hook you up with free MS Office if they are enrolled in the Student Advantage program. If not, you can buy Office 365 University between $100 ~ $140 from various online stores in NZ like PBTech which is a 4 year license for MS Office 2013 Pro and that includes 60 minutes free Skype calling every month and 20GB extra OneDrive storage. You can also load this on 2 machines be it even 1 PC and 1 Mac.
Surface 2 does comes with full version of Microsoft Office 2013 Student version which includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote but you can only install applications from the Windows Store. Personally I use a Surface 2 because it fulfils my needs.
If you need PEN and note taking support then you need Surface Pro 1 or Pro 2. They both have a built in Wacom digitizer to accomplish this task.
Microsoft Office in both the Surface Pro or Surface 2 works like any other Office suite would in Windows 7. You can do presentations etc as you normally would. Below is a video of Surface Pro 1 + OneNote. OneNote also supports ink to text so it will convert your handwriting into text if you want it to.
panda123: I was thinking of a mac too but how is the PowerPoint /Microsoft word equivalent for macs? Some problems might be some software I use for biomed only have a windows version and not mac. Is the mac book air specs good enough to dual boot windows?
No problem dual booting to windows on a Macbook. Only thing is that you will use up some hd space if you want to run both OSes.
There are also a couple of virtualisers that you can use to run Windows, such as Parallels and VM Ware. Which means you can run Windows on top of OS-X and have it have its own window. Its the way I would go if I needed to run both Windows and OS-X on my machine.
It's 10.6". It's .4" smaller than 11" machines.
Go to Noel Leeming. Have a play with Surface devices. See if you like the design, screen size etc with Type Cover 2 and make up your mind.
Quick update everyone. my budget have just increased, can spend up to $2000 now. Any new products you guys can suggest for me now?
joker97: my minimum is 13.3"
Yep I'd agree, anything else to too small for serious work.
You should also consider if you need a CD/DVD drive, most ultrabbooks don't have them.
Dell XPS 13 with i7 Haswell CPU, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD and 1080p touchscreen for $2000. It's 20% off atm until 27th March.
Or Surface Pro 2 with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD with Type Cover 2.
What about other brands like samsung, acer, asus etc?


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Eric Holder, whose full name is Eric Himpton Holder, Jr., was born on January 21st, 1951, in New York City. His father, Eric Himpton Holder,Sr., was born in Saint Joseph, Barbados, making Holder Jr., a man of Barbadian descent. His grandparents on his mother's side also emigrated from Barbados. He is the current attorney general of the United States of America, having served since February 2, 2009. He is the 82nd and current Attorney General of the United States and the first black America to hold the position.
Growing up, Holder was considered to be an intellectually gifted child, having been selected from fourth grade to participate in a program intended for such children. He attended a prestigious high school which helped him to focus and gain insight into his future career. In 1969, he graduated from high school and was able to secure a scholarship for future pursuits.
Holder attended Columbia Law School and earned his degree in 1976. He was assigned to work by the Department of Justice in a new program called the Public Integrity Section. While there, he investigated corruption and scandals. In 1988, Holder was selected to become an associate judge of the DC Superior Court under Reagan. He then became the US attorney for Washington, DC, then deputy attorney general for Clinton in 1993. He was nominated by Clinton himself to assume such an office. He created several legal units of investigation, including a domestic violence unit and a program for gun law restriction. In 1997, he was nominated by Clinton to be the deputy attorney general.
In 2001, Holder began work in the law firm Covington and Burling LLC, and he continues to do work there today in tandem with his current work as Attorney General. He also puts his time toward a number of philanthropic causes, such as the Save the Children Foundation, and Concerned Black Men, which seeks to aid troubled youth in the DC area. He has been recognised in a number of media for his outstanding work in his field, one of which is the Legal Times, who recognised him as one of the "Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Past 30 Years".
Under Obama, Holder started as a senior legal advisor to his presidential campaign, and he moved to his current position when Obama was inducted. Aside from his extensive work in the fields of law and his philanthropic pursuits, Holder is also a husband and father of three. To say his work is influential in the United States is certainly an understatement.
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The Concept of Love By Plato in the Symposium Compared with the Concept of Love By John in the Holy Scriptures
J. Warren Slote, Loyola University Chicago
Slote, J. Warren, "The Concept of Love By Plato in the Symposium Compared with the Concept of Love By John in the Holy Scriptures" (1940). Master's Theses. 370.
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Excerpts from the Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer October 1, 2002 (Full transcript)
QUESTION: Can you tell us how the Biden-Lugar resolution is weaker than the resolution that was passed in 1998, specifically?
MR. FLEISCHER: The President appreciates Senator Lugar and Senator Biden's efforts in this regard. The President appreciates all members of Congress for their thoughts and their suggestions. Specifically, on your question, the President believes that the Biden-Lugar draft ties his hands because it pulls back from many of the provisions that Congress itself cited in 1998, such as requiring or asking or demanding of Iraq to cease their support for terror, to stop repression of his own people, to cease threatening his neighbors. Those are three of the specifics that have been in previous contained bipartisan drafts of what the Congress passed, and also what the United Nations has spoken to and supported. That would not be found in the too narrow Biden-Lugar proposal.
QUESTION: But the Biden-Lugar proposal does allude to Iraq being on the list of known state sponsors of terrorism, and the 1998 resolution didn't authorize the use of force to address any of what you just talked about. So how could it be that this resolution is weaker?
MR. FLEISCHER: Because it omits those key provisions that I just cited that the President thinks --
QUESTION: But it provides for the use of force, which the 1998 resolution didn't.
MR. FLEISCHER: Sure. And on that point, the President is grateful, for the fact that still the fundamental issue that Congress is focused on is the authorization of force. And as Congress debates the various "whereas" clauses, we're going to continue to listen to the Congress and work with the Congress. Dr. Rice met earlier today with Senator Lugar. And so we're going to continue the process. It's been a healthy one.
QUESTION: Is this resolution gaining any traction on Capitol Hill, Ari?
MR. FLEISCHER: Oh, I don't think I'm in a position to handicap --
QUESTION: Is it unacceptable?
MR. FLEISCHER: The President earlier today said it ties his hands, and that it's too narrow, too narrowly focused. And so we'll continue to work with Congress. I think what you're seeing in Congress, frankly, has been a real strong, bipartisan effort to support what the President has asked for. And the President has shown a real willingness to work with Congress. This has been a healthy process so far. I think it's winding down, coming to a conclusion. And the President tomorrow morning will meet with the four leaders of the Congress, a bipartisan meeting, House and Senate leaders. And I think that the Congress itself wants to be able to soon resolve this and speak with one voice.
QUESTION: Senator Lugar was up here this morning. Can you tell us who he was meeting with and what the White House message was?
MR. FLEISCHER: I just did. He met with Dr. Condi Rice this morning here. And the two of them talked about this and Condi shared with him really very much what I just shared with you all. And that's why I began it by praising Senator Lugar for his thoughts. You know, this is a process where the "whereas" clauses are going to receive their fair amount of contemplation and debate; properly so. The declarative paragraph is what is the most important paragraph; after all, that's the one that authorizes the use of force with the bipartisan support of the United States Congress. And in this process, you saw earlier, there were drafts that were sent up to the Hill that referenced international peace -- and threats to international peace and security, which was boilerplate language taken out of previous United Nations resolutions, and we worked with Congress on that.
We'll continue to work with Congress on this and listen to helpful suggestions. But, ultimately, I think it's becoming increasingly clear that there is overwhelming bipartisan support for the essence of what the President is proposing. And until the drafting is conclusive and final and done, there's going to be continuing conversations.
QUESTION: One of the "whereas" clauses of the Biden-Lugar proposal does not include is a reference to the attempted assassination of the President's father. Does the President still believe that it's essential that the congressional resolution mention the fact that, as he put it, Saddam Hussein is the man who tried to kill his dad?
MR. FLEISCHER: Take a look at the draft that was publicly released after the initial discussions with the Congress about what was sent up there, and you'll see if that was in there or not. I just don't recall if it was or wasn't. Certainly that has been a factor that led to previous military action by the Clinton administration against the Iraqi regime. So it has previously led to military use of force.
Not an unserious matter to try to assassinate a former President. But there are many reasons that the President has cited, all of which point to Saddam Hussein's willingness to bring harm to the American people.
QUESTION: Is the President's message to lawmakers today and again tomorrow morning, don't send me, or don't write a resolution that looks like Lugar-Biden?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, you heard the President himself. The President said that he does not want a resolution that ties his hands, that will result in the United Nations passing anything that's a pullback from what the United Nations has said. After all, why would the Congress speak in a softer voice than the United Nations when the issue is how to send an effective, clear, unmistakable message to Saddam Hussein so he knows that this time the world means business? And that's why the President feels strongly.
QUESTION: Will he take it that one step further to the lawmakers and say, don't write a resolution that looks like this, this will be unacceptable?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, you heard what the President said. I can't go beyond what the President said. We'll continue to work closely with the Congress on it and we'll see where the ultimate outcome is.
QUESTION: If, as you say, what's most important is the authorizing paragraph, then this debate about the various "whereas" clauses, are they really deal-breakers, or is that part of negotiation? I mean, how much -- if you really care about authorization and you're getting what you want there, why are the "whereas" clauses -- how important are the "whereas" clauses?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, I think the entire resolution is important, and it conveys a message. And the question is, what will Saddam Hussein do once he hears this message? Will he say, this is watered down from what they previously said, that I detect a backtracking from the United States, I detect a backtracking from the United Nations? If that's the message Saddam Hussein hears, that's problematic. And that's why the President thinks it's important that nothing be passed that ties his hands, that sends that clear and effective signal in the authorization of the use of force.
QUESTION: But if the authorization for use of force, either explicitly or in some other way, nods to a regime change, and he gets that message, I mean, why is that less important or less frightening or less intimidating --
MR. FLEISCHER: Let me -- let me --
QUESTION: -- than just stop oppressing your people? I mean, if you can go in and change the regime, you kind of solve the other problem, perhaps.
MR. FLEISCHER: Let me give you an example of something that is not in this draft that has been in previous statements by both the Congress and the United Nations, and that deals with United Nations Security Council Resolution 949. And this deals with ceasing -- Iraq ceasing any threats to its neighbors, which, after all, is what led to the war in 1991, when Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait in August of 1990. That's nowhere found in this resolution by Senator Biden and Senator Lugar.
So, in the event Saddam Hussein were to again threaten a neighbor, attack a neighbor, invade Kuwait, under this too-narrow resolution being discussed right now, the United States would not have the authorization to use force because Saddam Hussein invaded a neighbor.
That's why the President thinks, don't tie my hands, don't do anything that's too narrow. And that would be the case, that cited 949, U.N. Security Council Resolution 949, which we need to enforce. We need to make certain that Saddam Hussein doesn't miss any signals and attack any of his neighbors. But that's nowhere found in what Senator Lugar is working on.
But again, the point I want to emphasize is that we're listening, we're meeting. Condi had a good meeting with Senator Lugar this morning. And she welcomes, and the President welcomes the input from members of Congress. It's leading to a process that is heading toward finality. And that process is going to be inclusive because the President wants to have a big bipartisan vote. But at the same token, the President does not want his hands tied in a way that would confuse the world and weaken the resolutions that we seek to put in place.
QUESTION: If I could -- just one more? So by having these "whereas" sections, would that enable the White House to have the kind of flexibility you're talking about? If there was, say, another inspections process that got approved and somehow starts to happen, he'd have these other triggers that could be cited as a reason for taking action.
MR. FLEISCHER: Again, the inspections is not the issue. The issue is disarmament. Inspections doesn't negate what the United States and the United Nations are working on.
QUESTION: But Congress is trying to keep this focused on the weapons of mass destruction, and that involves --
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, Jean, I think you have to carefully analyze how many people are lining up behind the various proposals on the Hill, when you say Congress wants to keep it focused on WMD. I think that what the President has submitted to the Hill has very powerful, large, bipartisan majorities right now. The question is, different people continue to have ideas and we're going to continue to work with them all.
QUESTION: Yes, Ari, I have two questions for you. The first one has to do with the U.N. Russia, China and France continue to publicly say through high officials that they don't want military action, they want diplomatic steps to be taken. What happens -- and I hope it's not a hypothetical. But if the U.N. does not give the President the resolution he and Tony Blair are asking for, does the President feel the resolutions already existing are enough for the United States to take unilateral military action?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, the President feels that the resolutions that currently exist have been ignored, and if the United Nations were to pass just a warmed-up version of the existing resolutions, then the United Nations is going to be proven to not take Saddam Hussein seriously, and that the United Nations is at risk of being considered the League of Nations.
They've tried it for 10 years and it hasn't worked, and the President believes deeply that it is time for the United Nations to speak differently, to speak effectively, and not to repeat the mistakes that have been made for a decade that have only seen Saddam Hussein continue to build up his weapons. And so that's where the President's focus is. Now, as to where matters stand with China and France and Russia, the dialogue is continuing. There are still conversations taking place at various diplomatic levels, and I think you're going to see those conversations continue for the time-being.
QUESTION: Ari, is there concern here at the White House that the meetings taking place in Vienna between the weapons inspectors and representatives of the Iraqi government are undermining the President's efforts to get a single resolution out of the U.N.?
MR. FLEISCHER: No, I have not heard that. I think there are some people who have had different thoughts about whether it should be one or two resolutions, people in other countries, with or without what's happening with Hans Blix in the meetings in Vienna. And those conversations will continue. But the President, again, thinks it's very important for the United Nations to act differently and not just repeat the mistakes that have been made for 10 years, that have allowed Saddam Hussein to think that he can act with impunity as he builds up his arms. And so the United States position remains that the best resolution -- and what we are seeking -- is one resolution.
QUESTION: Apparently, there's some support building for the two resolution method. What exactly is the White House's position on two resolutions? If it comes down to that, can you live --
MR. FLEISCHER: I just gave it to you.
QUESTION: But is there a middle ground that --
MR. FLEISCHER: I just gave you our position, Ken.
QUESTION: Isn't it true the State Department is crafting behind the scenes a compromise that would have a two-stage resolution with a trigger -- the second resolution with military force would kick in if Iraq doesn't comply with the first one?
MR. FLEISCHER: The President has said clearly that he wants to see a one-resolution solution. He does not think that we need to send any signs of weakness to Saddam Hussein; that Saddam Hussein will exploit any opportunity he sees that gives him a signal that the world is not united, that the world is not speaking as one, and that the world is willing to give Saddam Hussein more time. Because more time for Saddam Hussein means more development of more weapons.
QUESTION: So just to follow, you're saying that this administration is absolutely, 100 percent, ruling out any support of any two-stage resolution such as the French --
MR. FLEISCHER: I can only say to you as plain as I have, this is what the President believes.
QUESTION: If I could do one more on a separate thing. Just going back to the subject of the congressional resolution, the President and you all have talked about the focus is disarming Saddam Hussein, disarming Iraq. Why then shouldn't the President solely have military force used for that focus, to disarm Saddam Hussein?
MR. FLEISCHER: If you're saying, why should the United States retreat from the previous positions taken by the United Nations and the United States Congress, it's because retreating in the face of Saddam Hussein's threat is not an option.
QUESTION: But it's unfair to really compare it, because the previous resolutions didn't authorize the use of force. You're talking about authorizing the use of military force. And my question is, if --
MR. FLEISCHER: You know, that supposes that the people who passed regime change didn't mean it, or they thought that Saddam Hussein would term-limit himself. And when they passed regime change in 1998, you have to assume that they meant it. And they cited all those reasons in there about the Iraqi violations of the oil-for-food program, which by the way, he uses to build up his arms. So therefore, it's important to mention it, not to leave it unsaid. That's how he's getting his money for arms. They cited his support for terror, his repression of people, his hostility toward his neighbors. All of these were cited in 1998 by the Congress as why regime change is necessary.
QUESTION: But they didn't authorize the use of force to bring about regime change.
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, that's why I said, unless they didn't mean what they voted for in 1998 -- and I don't think Congress indicated that -- or unless they thought Saddam Hussein was into term limits, they remain important criteria today.
QUESTION: Ari, the CBO has new estimates that the war in Iraq would cost between $9 billion and $13 billion. Does the White House think that's too low?
MR. FLEISCHER: Again, the President has not made any decisions about military action or what military option he might pursue. And so I think it's impossible to speculate. I can only say that the cost of a one-way ticket is substantially less than that. The cost of one bullet, if the Iraqi people take it on themselves, is substantially less than that. The cost of war is more than that. But there are many options that the President hopes the world and people of Iraq will exercise themselves of that gets rid of the threat. But it's impossible to say what the President options are militarily from a price tag, because he's made no decisions.
QUESTION: Should they be making these estimates?
MR. FLEISCHER: The Congressional Budget Office is a separate branch of the government, they work for the Congress.
QUESTION: Ari, two questions. First, I noticed the President this morning, when he said the goal is disarmament, did not mention regime change. And when you go through the Lugar-Biden bill, it doesn't really dwell on regime change as being an objective here in the way that it was in '98.
MR. FLEISCHER: If you are asking, has the President changed his opinion about enforcing the law, the answer is, no. Of course, the President believes that --
QUESTION: You didn't raise that, though, as an objection to the Lugar-Biden amendment.
MR. FLEISCHER: I think if you take a look at the language of the resolution that was sent up to the Hill some two weeks ago, the modified draft that was sent up last week, it makes it perfectly plain by citing the 1998 Iraqi Liberation Act that regime change remains our policy. You have that, David.
QUESTION: And the second question is, you just said before, the cost of a one-way ticket is less than that, the cost of a single bullet is less than that. Are you suggesting that two perfectly good alternatives, to your mind, would be an exile of Saddam Hussein --
MR. FLEISCHER: As you know, Secretary Rumsfeld, and many others, including the President, are not shy about saying the Iraqi people -- after all, this was called the Iraqi Liberation Act -- the Iraqi people can help resolve this matter, as well, and the Iraqi military. And so there are many options that the United States is prepared to see, and the President has said the military option is not his first choice, but the President is indeed prepared, if necessary, to use force. And that's why he's asked Congress to authorize it.
QUESTION: Will you help in the one-way ticket scenario? is the U.S. government willing to provide assistance in that regard?
MR. FLEISCHER: I think that's part of regime change, isn't it, if Saddam Hussein is gone?
QUESTION: You addressed David's question about one-way ticket. What about one-way bullet? Is the White House advocating assassination as a possible option for Saddam Hussein?
MR. FLEISCHER: I think that it's fair to say that the Iraqi regime is not satisfied with Saddam Hussein, that Saddam Hussein has created a great many enemies inside Iraq. And it is impossible to last forever as a brutal dictator who suppresses his own people, who tortures his own people, who deliberately brings women in public to be raped, so it can be witnessed by their families. He has not exactly created goodwill among the Iraqi people.
QUESTION: If I could follow on that, would the White House like to see Saddam Hussein dead?
MR. FLEISCHER: The policy is regime change. And that remains -- and that remains the American position. Clearly, in the event that there is any type of military operation, command and control would, of course, be issues that would come up.
QUESTION: Is the hope, though, that he ends up dead in all this?
MR. FLEISCHER: Regime change is the policy, in whatever form it takes.
QUESTION: I just want to re-ask again then, the question I've been asking for several weeks. Is the administration about to rescind the executive order prohibiting assassination of foreign leaders, and claim that he's an international terrorist, and in fact, put out a hit on him?
MR. FLEISCHER: No. The policy remains in place, per the law.
QUESTION: Why is there no consideration to rescinding that executive order?
MR. FLEISCHER: It's just -- because it's not come up as matter that I've heard discussed, Connie. And so I can't tell you why something doesn't get discussed.
QUESTION: Could you ask?
MR. FLEISCHER: I don't really think it's an issue. The policy remains regime change, as expressed by the Congress.
QUESTION: What is the administration's position on what kind of access inspectors should have to presidential palaces in Iraq?
MR. FLEISCHER: Unfettered access, unconditional access, anybody, anywhere.
QUESTION: And that means no prior notice, no -- not a requirement that they be accompanied by diplomats?
MR. FLEISCHER: I can only express it as plain as that. Unfettered, unconditional, any time, and anywhere.
QUESTION: Current U.N. resolutions embraced -- a 1998 resolution embraced an agreement between Secretary General Kofi Annan and Saddam Hussein that told them they would give prior notice and they would be accompanied by inspectors. Is that one of the reasons that you have to have a new U.N. resolution?
MR. FLEISCHER: Absolutely. This is one of the reasons that the existing inspection regime has not worked. Keep in mind, when the Western ear hears "presidential palace," you tend to think of a place in which a leader sleeps -- rather a legitimate purpose. That's not what's going on here. These are places that Saddam Hussein doesn't even go to. These are government facilities, government property, where who knows what is going on, and there's a good reason Saddam Hussein does not want people to go there and take a look at these facilities, even if he never sleeps there. And that's why the existing regime has been a regime that, for 10 years, Saddam Hussein has been able to play cat-and-mouse with the world. And the President thinks the time has come now for the United Nations to do something different, to act differently, so that we don't repeat those same mistakes.
QUESTION: So a new U.N. resolution, the one the U.S. favors, would clear away all the old underbrush and say simply that inspectors have the right to go anywhere, anytime, get at anyplace, no prior notice, no accompaniment by diplomats?
MR. FLEISCHER: Here are the three criteria the United States is seeking in a new resolution that would be tough and effective and different. One, it would make plain for the world to see what Saddam Hussein has violated. Two, it would call on Saddam Hussein to cease his violations of those provisions. And, three, it would make clear what will happen if Saddam Hussein fails to cease his violations.
MR. FLEISCHER: I think it was rather remarkable to see a member of the United States Congress travel to Baghdad, Iraq, to say that Saddam Hussein needs to be believed, while the President of the United States will mislead the American people. And I think it just shows it is certainly the good Congressman's right to say anything he wants, no matter how foolish. And he exercised that right.
QUESTION: Ari, back on Saddam's travel plans and his retirement plans, what steps has the administration taken to encourage other nations to sort of arrange an easy out for this situation?
MR. FLEISCHER: Well, I think this is something that Secretary Rumsfeld has talked about before. My point being, never underestimate the yearning of people to stop being tortured, to stop being suppressed. Don't overestimate the support there is for Saddam Hussein within Iraq. Don't take this as a prediction of things to come, because I can't possibly make predictions of things to come. But don't overestimate Saddam Hussein's support from his own people.
Events will go where events will go. The point the President makes is that the free world needs to be prepared to deal with somebody who has such a history of developing weapons for the purpose of using weapons, and in the process, he has separated himself from the country. And that's why Congress called it the Iraqi Liberation Act.
QUESTION: Ari, one on the declarative portion of the Biden-Lugar resolution as written. The resolution urges the President to work through the United Nations. But, separately and distinctly from that, it would authorize the President to use force when the President could present a determination to the House and the Senate that Saddam's weapons provided such a grave threat that military force is justified. Is the President willing to provide that determination in accordance with that resolution?
MR. FLEISCHER: Again, there is an old adage in drafting of any language on the Hill that says nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. And you've seen the drafts as they've been exchanged, so you know what the various discussions are about. And hopefully, the process will come to a conclusion rather quickly and everybody will know exactly what the language is, and then we'll see how much support there is for it in the Congress.
QUESTION: Does the President have any particular beef with that portion of the declarative part of that resolution?
MR. FLEISCHER: Again, this is not something I can negotiate in the press for the President. I can try to give you indications of where he is on some of these major issues. But nothing's agreed to until everything is, and we'll see what the ultimate outcome is.
QUESTION: If I can just finally follow that? Usually, "compromise" means to a lot of people the idea of a search for the center, a search for middle ground. Is the President searching for middle ground on this issue?
MR. FLEISCHER: I think the center and the middle ground have already been found. I think that right now, if this was put to the Congress in the form that the administration submitted it just last week as a result of the first round of discussions, it would find very large bipartisan support, very large. So the conversations are continuing because the President thinks it's important to listen to members of Congress, to continue the process, to hear. After all, the question of allowing to authorize force is an important issue. But I think the Senators have already spoken.
QUESTION: Ari, could I just clarify the one bullet line -- is the White House from this podium advocating the assassination of Saddam Hussein by his own people, by his military?
MR. FLEISCHER: No, the question was about potential costs and different scenarios for costs. And I just cited the fact that Saddam Hussein has survived as a result of the repression and suppression of his own people, and that's a reality about what life is like inside Iraq.
QUESTION: But I'm not asking you a question about costs. I'm asking you if you intend to advocate from that podium that some Iraqis, person put a bullet in his head?
MR. FLEISCHER: Regime change is welcome in whatever form that it takes.
QUESTION: So the answer is, yes?
MR. FLEISCHER: Thank you. Regime change is welcome in whatever form it takes.
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Dr. Faber is a Therapeutic Optometrist who has practiced in the Dallas – Fort Worth area since 1983. He was born in Grand Rapids Michigan and lived in many cities throughout the state. He attended undergraduate studies at Michigan State University and received his Optometry degree from Ferris State University's Michigan College of Optometry. Dr. Faber's wife Shelley is a RN educator at Baylor All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth. They have two children, Kyle and Hillary.
Dr. Faber enjoys complete family eye care and fits all types of contact lenses including multifocal and high astigmatism lenses. He cares for patients age 18 and above.
In his spare time he loves to do woodworking and remodeling their home in Arlington. Dr. Faber also likes to bowl competitively and travels to many tournaments.
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While I was having my twice-weekly massage (I know, you feel really sorry for me after my accident, don't you? But honestly, the aches and pains in my head and neck have been so bad the massage is necessary medicine.), the therapist asked if I'd like to try some aromatherapy.
She said she had a lavender scent that was good for headaches. When she placed the scented pillow over my eyes, something felt amiss. I didn't smell lavender, but something more medicinal, something not soothing.
I was reminded of travel, but not my trips to Europe or Hawaii, no. The smell made me think of Thailand, India, Vietnam.
Inhaling, I let the household cleanser scent wash through me and then I realized what it smelled like.
Lemon Eucalyptus bug spray. I wore the stuff like perfume last time I was in Southeast Asia, and it worked amazingly well. I sprayed it on every inch of exposed skin every morning and after every shower. I didn't get a single bite until I ran out of it on my last day.
No wonder the scented pillow over my eyes had the opposite effect of calm. Bug spray doesn't go there. But once I recognized the scent and assured myself it was not in fact bug spray, I took a deep breath and relaxed.
Incidentally, I looked at the vial afterward and it was verbena, not lemon eucalyptus, but I can't argue with my nostrils' associations.


How close are we to getting to hear some new DH songs?
Well, the record is being mixed right now, but I would assume we'll be posting new songs online very soon after the new year.
In comparison to the previous Demon Hunter albums, will this by your heaviest, fastest, most aggressive record yet?
It's cliche to say, but 100% yes. I think that will be a very obvious thing to people that hear it. We're definitely still working with the DH formula of groove-oriented heavy mixed with melodic… but the heavy is usually faster this time around. And the melodic tends to be a little darker, little moodier.
With all the member changes, was there any ever thought given to, this might be the end of Demon Hunter?
No. That never entered my mind. I see no end in sight. That might change in the future, you never know… but as it stands right now, I can see myself doing this until I'm an old man.
Some IVM readers wanted to know more of the background and experience of Patrick Judge and Randy Torres.
Well, Patrick was a friend of our drummer Yogi, and the two of them spent a little time together playing for a band in Nashville called The Becoming. Patrick did some tech work for us in 2008, and he's such an insane guitar player and an amazing guy in general, that when we actually needed to fill a guitarist spot, he was a total shoe-in. His skill level, especially for his age, is shocking.
We've known Randy for a few years, and he lives in Seattle now, so when we played a few shows this year, he was available and interested in helping us out. However, Randy was just filling in and we have since officially filled the spot with a buddy from North Carolina named Ryan Helm. Ryan plays in another Solid State band called The Ascendicate, whom I helped sign to the label a few years ago. Ryan's a great guy and we're really stoked to have him in the DH family.
What was it about these two guys that made them Demon Hunter material?
Honestly, personality is a huge thing for us. We like to have fun doing this and we see it as much more than a job. Obviously they have to be able to play the material well, and have a decent amount of experience playing live, but more than that for us is how we vibe off of one another. We like to be as tight-knit as possible.
So with the new members, does this mean that you guys might tour a little more?
Well, we're still lining up tour plans for 2010, and it's looking like we will be out a little more frequently. However, there are some of us still in the band that can't be on the road all the time.
What bands are you guys listening to now?
This year, I've been obsessed with Throwdown "Deathless," Alice In Chains "Black Gives Way To Blue," Bury Your Dead "It's Nothing Personal," White Lies "To Lose My Life," Living Things "Habeas Corpus," Coalesce "OX," Mastodon "Crack The Skye" and Napalm Death "Time Waits For No Slave" to name just a few.
Has anything ever embarrassing ever happened to you guys on stage?
On the last day of last year's tour, the guys in the other bands (as well as the crew from DH) pulled a prank on us when we hit the stage. Every night we hit the stage during this epic sample from the movie 300. It ends with the famous line, "Tonight, we dine in Hell!" and then we kick into the first song. On this night however, our sound guy, Josh, took out that quote, and replaced it with the song "It's Raining Men." At that point, all of the guys from the other bands ran onto stage with their shirts off and danced around us. I was a little tough to kick right into "Storm The Gates Of Hell" after that.
What is the craziest pit you have caused?
We've played a few festivals where you have these pits all around the crowd, happening simultaneously. That's pretty amazing to see from stage.
What has been your favorite show and what made it your favorite?
Man, I've played a lot of really fun shows. One that stands out to me at the moment was the last time we were in Dallas. There's just such a vibe there. The fans go off. They love some metal down in Texas.
Everyone has music in their library that they are embarrassed of, care to tell us what you might have in your library or snitch on anyone else in Demon Hunter?
I've never really been one to feel guilty about what I listen to. I like so many different styles of music. I got over the need to please others with my music taste after high school. With that said, I listen to a lot of British pop rock. Bands like Elbow, Doves, South, The Cooper Temple Clause, I Am X, Athlete, The Hours, Biffy Clyro, The Black Ghosts, The Divine Comedy, Feeder, Editors, Pulp, The Music, Hard-Fi, Placebo, and of course the more popular bands like Radiohead, Oasis, Blur, etc.


Here's a couple portraits I drew of my friend Gina's kids Rachel and Raam (below).
So what do YOU say? Sweet or disturbing?
I'll be set up at the "Naturally Isis Natural Hair Parade and Festival" this year!
Is this dude EVER gonna finish this comic?
Here's some sketches from my old SamaxAmen.com sketchbook section. I took the link to the sketchbook off the main page, since it only confuses people to see these sketches which are like ten years old, but they are still there for people who have linked to them.


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LONDON: Don't waste your money buying dodgy products that claim to "detox" your body — instead, eat healthily and trust your liver and kidneys to do the job, scientists said in a report published on Monday.
British science students who reviewed a range of "detox" products — from bottled water to face scrubs — say many were "meaningless". The investigation was kicked off by a campaign to demolish "dodgy" science claims — where companies use phrases that sound scientific but do not actually mean anything.
Despite a lack of scientific evidence, consumers are being misled into believing "detox" products actually work, said the report by Voice of Young Science, a group representing PhD and post-doctorate students working in science.
No two companies use the same definition of "detox", and their claims are "meaningless", the study found, concluding that "detox"has no meaning outside of clinical treatment for drug addiction or for poisoning.
The liver and kidneys, the scientists said, were the most efficient "detox" system to rid the body of harmful chemicals.
"Detox is marketed as the idea that modern living fills us with invisible nasties that our bodies can't cope with unless we buy the latest jargon-filled remedy," said biologist Harriet Ball, one of the authors of the report. "There is little or no proof that these products work, except to part people from their cash and downplay all the amazing ways in which our bodies can look after themselves," she added.
One researcher, who investigated a well-known face wash which claimed to "detoxify" the skin by removing toxins, said the "toxins" turned out to be the usual dirt, make-up and skin oils that any cleanser would be expected to remove. And a five-day detox plan from a pharmaceutical chain was criticized for not being backed by evidence.


(CNN) -- Adrienne Walker, a TSA employee in Atlanta, said her pantry is stocked, even though she has been working without pay during the partial government shutdown. But she knows her colleagues with children need groceries more than she does.
The idea for the pop-ups came after the food bank saw a surge in calls from furloughed government workers, contractors and others to a helpline in the past two weeks, said Muthiah, whose organization partners with more than 400 groups in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.


WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 08, 2015 – USTA Foundation, the national charitable organization of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), today announced that it has partnered with longtime US Open sponsor JPMorgan Chase & Co. to award 10 National Junior Tennis and Learning (NJTL) chapters with $10,000 each. This is the second consecutive year of the partnership, with the donated money to go toward year-round tennis and education programming. JPMorgan Chase will also once again launch a Twitter campaign to award one of the 10 NJTL chapters with an additional $10,000.
#ReturnTheServe, JPMorgan Chase's twitter campaign, will begin on July 10, the birthday of NJTL co-founder Arthur Ashe. The NJTL chapter that secures the most mentions will receive the additional $10,000. The campaign will conclude Aug. 14 and the winning program will be announced on Friday, Aug. 21. For more information, visit chase.com/usopen starting on Monday, July 20.
Rodney Street Tennis & Tutoring – Wilmington, Del.
MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation – Jacksonville, Fla.
New York Junior Tennis & Learning – Woodside, N.Y.
Portland After-School Tennis & Education – Portland, Ore.
In January 2014, the USTA Foundation combined with USTA NJTL, a national network of 513 community-based tennis and education programs serving more than 225,000 youth, to become a fully operational foundation.
athletes and future leaders to come. We are proud to once again partner with the USTA Foundation and join in its efforts of supporting the NJTL network's positive impact on kids."
USTA Foundation, the national charitable organization of the USTA, helps serve up dreams for under-resourced youth; individuals with disabilities; and wounded, ill and injured service members, veterans and their families. The foundation supports programs nationwide that leverage tennis and education to help those in need, primarily through the National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) network, and other efforts to assist military personnel, veterans and individuals with disabilities. To date, it has awarded more than $19 million in grants and scholarships to hundreds of programs, benefitting thousands of children and adults through a tennis, education and health curricula. For more information on USTA Foundation, visit www.ustafoundation.com. Or stay connected through Facebook at www.facebook.com/USTAFoundation, and on Twitter at @USTA_Foundation.


Project & program management assignments related to realize the joint venture benefits. Including topics on new converged BSS as well as technology refresh on legacy.
Streamline development and maintenance of next generation provisioning solution into KPN BSS/OSS architecture together with Huawei (handling millions subscriptions) with a focus on OSS area, replacing all BSS-OSS interfaces.
Program management for engineering and delivery of mobile surveillance systems to support current military operations (Urgent Operational Request) for a North American customer.
Program management for delivery programs concerning tactical communications equipment to various customers in Europe and Asia.


T Clemente Band is back in the UK for a number of shows including the Cambridge Rock Festival on Saturday, July 28, 2018. Check out our calendar for more details.
Our upcoming album "Man Machine" is expected to be released some time this summer. Stay tune.
Yes, new album coming early part of 2018! All 11 songs are written, final arrangements - done. Finishing touches, mixing, mastering then publishing.
T Clemente Band will be rockin' United Kingdom, September 2015.
Check out our schedule & venues!
One of the many things I absolutely love about Fireworks magazine and the Fireworks team is they give valuable space to relatively unknown artists! Opening up the musical spectrum to us contributors and music lovers alike as well as giving these deserving artists some international exposure!
This band is just one of those examples, Teddy Clemente may be well known around the San Francisco area but his national and international profile is not quite there; however I think this is all about to change!
"Lost In Time" is about to sky rocket this awesome guitarist and his musical crew into the stratosphere! A driving and daring collection of Hard yet Melodic Rock, this album is going to turn heads. Clemente, himself, is a Progressive guitarist and composer of the highest grade. His arrangements are sterling and with help from producer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Berry, he borders on awe-inspiring!
On this release, he also introduces us to vocalist Amanda Dieck whose talents run parallel to Clemente's. Her voice has an almost limitless depth so she can be harsh and tough when called for, followed by melodious and soulful and then completely breathless – and that can all be in just one song! ….Time' also features long-time musical friends David Lauser on drums and the aforementioned Berry who lent keyboards, bass and guitars to the sessions. You may know Lauser's work from Sammy Hagar whilst Berry is an excellent producer that is sought after in California.
Okay…so the music? The music – ah, yes- get ready for a pulsating Hard Rock, journey, one that is peppered with Progressive leanings like you have never quite heard before! From the almost unbelievable string-bending of Clemente to the ballsy rhythms laid down by Lauser and Berry to the super-sonic melodic voice of Dieck, ….Time absolutely shines on all selections! The talent of the musicians shines through the overall created gems that we hear and each of the fourteen tracks is a killer! Fourteen tracks that mesmerize you! This album is a hard driving effort that is so naturally performed, again at times, it is just unbelievable!
"…..Time" is one of those records that will turn the tide of music. It is an album that you will not be quick to forget and one that will call you back for more- time and time again!
The best band you're not listening to.
Filipino-born Californian guitarist T Clemente's third album wears its influences on its sleeve, but the song writing and performances are so strong everything sounds fresh as a daisy. It helps that Clemente has a great team around him – drummer David Lauser played on Sammy Hagar's mid-80s classics, and lead vocalist Amanda Dieck has a gorgeous, soaring voice. The music is so catchy you'd swear you'd heard these songs somewhere before. Sacrifice matches the bombast of Rainbow at their Graham Bonnet-powered peak, while Children And Their Future and Dreams sound like forgotten Pat Benatar tracks. Never Alone is a belter of a tune and In My Heart is an irresistible power ballad. Flying under the radar for too long, it's time Clemente's luck changed.
Bay Area axe slinger Teddy Clemente has pretty much been flying under the radar, at least on a national level, for the better part of his career, but after one listen to his latest release Lost In Time, one gets the feeling that his fortunes could be changing very soon.
Keeping many of the key ingredients intact that made his last full length effort Illusions the strong effort that it was, Clemen...te has once again turned to fellow San Franciscan, multi-instrumentalist, producer & arranger Robert Berry, to help him carve out another solid slab of melodic classic / hard rock. Veteran drummer David Lauser (Sammy Hagar) is once again back behind the kit, as is vocalist Tom Duell, albeit in a more reduced role this time around. For the lead vocal duties Teddy has wisely turned the mic over to Amanda Dieck and man does this woman hit the ball out of the park with each and every song. Her majestic sounding voice is just brimming with arena rock power and coupled with Teddy's endless arsenal of scorching riffs and melodic solos on hard rock nuggets "Retaliate", "Sacrifice", "Take The Shot" and "Time To Get Away", it is nothing less than a perfect match. What really works here is just how well the metallic crunch of the above mentioned songs blend in seamlessly with the softer and more reflective compositions "So Far Away", "In My Heart", "Dreams" and one of my personal favorite tracks on the album, "Children And Their Future".
What it all comes down to is that Lost In Time gives the listener such a diverse and well-rounded listening experience, that not only serves to highlight Clemente's obvious skills as a guitarist, but more importantly, reveals his distinct flair for writing, top notch rock anthems that stick in your head long after the music has finished. Pretty hard to top that, don't you think?
California Music Industry Summit on Friday, June 14, 2013 & St. James Gate on Saturday June 15, 2013 are cancelled. .
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Craven wrote: "So I have been rapidly becoming a fan of local original music. Bands like Gundacker Project and Finding Stella have opened my eyes to the wonderful original songs of these talented writer/performers.
The latest to leave me wanting more is the T. Clemente Band. They played Saturday night at Neto's and blew me away. The amazing voice of Amanda Dieck , mind blowing guitar work and writing of Teddy Clemente and seemingly impossible drum work by Jesus Garcia have me hooked. Solid backup by Mark Crissman on vocals, stellar bass by my buddy, Harold Lee (Martin), and innovative keyboard work by Bryan H Yoshida make this band a must watch. If you have not seen them you are missing out. In fact Harold had been trying to get me to come see them all year and only recently have I been able to.
The attached video is long. 13 minutes, but it is awesome. Set your preferences to 720p HD, turn up the volume and prepare to smile! The drum solo by Jesus Garcia absolutely is worth the wait at the end. Enjoy!
Craven wrote: "My apologies to Jeff Mayer for not mentioning his terrific guitar playing. I've been a fan of his for years....sorry buddy."
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