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A etimologia dos nomes das unidades federativas do Brasil é variada, parte dos nomes tem sua origem baseada nas línguas tupi-guaranis, enquanto que outros na língua portuguesa.

Unidades federativas atuais
  — duas hipóteses: do apurinã uwákürü, "rio verde", por meio da corruptela a'quiri ou a'kiru, em referência ao rio Aquiri; ou do mundurucu áquiri, uma touca de penas. A grafia atual data de 1878, quando um comerciante paraense não entendeu a escrita do colonizador João Gabriel de Carvalho Melo, que havia pedido mercadorias para a "boca do rio Aquiri". Nada tem a ver com a unidade de medida acre.
  — plural de "alagoa", que é uma variação de "lagoa". O estado leva o nome da cidade de Alagoas, antiga capital da província e atual município de Marechal Deodoro. A cidade de Alagoas tem como origem as povoações de Santa Maria Madalena da Alagoa do Sul, em referência à lagoa Manguaba, e Santa Luzia da Alagoa do Norte (atual município de Santa Luzia do Norte), em referência à lagoa Mundaú.
  — três hipóteses: do tupi amapá, "lugar da chuva" (ama, "chuva" + paba, "lugar", "estância" ou "morada"); derivação de ama'pá, nome da árvore apocinácea Parahancornia amapa na língua geral setentrional; ou do nheengatu para "terra que acaba", em referência ao então limite da colonização portuguesa, ou "ilha", em referência às ilhas do litoral do estado.
  — a partir do rio Amazonas, que, por sua vez, foi batizado pelo explorador espanhol Francisco de Orellana que relatou ter encontrado mulheres guerreiras ao longo do rio em 1541 e as associou às amazonas da mitologia grega.
  — de bahia, a grafia arcaica de "baía", em referência à Baía de Todos-os-Santos.
  — do rio homônimo, cuja etimologia tradicionalmente diz-se vir do tupi cemo ará, "canto da jandaia", mas isso é incerto.
  — nome dado à capitania por seu donatário, Vasco Fernandes Coutinho, aonde chegou em 23 de maio de 1535, domingo de Pentecostes, dedicado ao Espírito Santo.
  — dos goiases ou guaiases, uma tribo indígena que supostamente existia na região até a chegada dos bandeirantes. Lá os exploradores fundaram Santana de Goiás, futura capital da capitania de Goiás e atual município de Goiás, capital do estado anterior a Goiânia.
  — Talvez uma corruptela do tupi para-nhana, "rio que corre". Maranhão é um nome antigo do rio Amazonas (cf. rio Marañón); talvez do espanhol marañón, "cajueiro", que de qualquer jeito também viria provavelmente de uma língua ameríndia (já que o caju é nativo da América).
  — sentido literal, por causa da vegetação densa na região. O nome teria sido dado por bandeirantes na década de 1730.
  — derivado do anterior, por ser a porção meridional (sul) que se separou em 1977.
  — sentido literal, por abrigar campos de extração de inúmeros minérios, principalmente ouro, denominadas "minas gerais" em oposição às minas particulares ou por sua variedade de tipos de minério. No início do século XVIII, a região era simplesmente denominada Minas. Em 1710, surge a capitania de São Paulo e Minas de Ouro e, em 1732, desmembra-se dela a capitania de Minas Gerais.
  — do tupi pará, "mar", "rio largo" em referência ao estuário do rio Amazonas. Pará era outro nome do rio Amazonas.
  — do rio homônimo que banha a capital do estado, João Pessoa. Paraíba vem do tupi paraíba, que significa "rio ruim" (pará, "rio grande" + aíb, "ruim" + a, sufixo). no caso, ruim para navegação.
  — do rio homônimo, do tupi paranã, "rio-mar";
  — do tupi paranabuka ou paranambuco, que significa "fenda do mar", "mar furado" (paranã, "mar" ou "rio caudaloso" + puka, "fenda"), em referência a uma pedra furada por onde o mar entra ou aos navios que furavam a barreira de recifes.
  — do tupi piaby, que significa "rio das piabas" (piaba ou pi(ra)awa, "piaba" ou "piau" + 'y "rio").
  — sentido literal, referindo-se à Baía de Guanabara, descoberta no dia 1 de janeiro de 1502 por Gaspar de Lemos. A palavra "rio", na época, referia-se também a sacos e baías.
  — sentido literal, em referência ao rio Potenji.
  — sentido literal, por julgar-se que a Lagoa dos Patos, de formato longo e estreito, fosse um rio (de fato, abriga a foz do rio Guaíba). A lagoa foi o local do estabelecimento da colônia portuguesa de Rio Grande de São Pedro, a atual cidade de Rio Grande.
  — em homenagem ao marechal Cândido Rondon, explorador da região.
  — três hipóteses: do pemon roroima, "montanha verde-azulada"; do ianomâmi roro imã, que significa "montanha trovejante"; do étimo das línguas caribes para "fonte dos papagaios", a partir de roro, "papagaio", e imã, "pai" ou "formador".  Todos esses termos se referem ao Monte Roraima, montanha na divisa entre Brasil, Venezuela e Guiana.
  — duas hipóteses: em homenagem a Catarina Medrano, esposa de Sebastião Caboto, que chegou à ilha de Santa Catarina em 1526; ou em homenagem a Catarina de Alexandria, considerada santa pela Igreja Católica.
  — assim batizado devido ao colégio jesuíta de São Paulo de Piratininga, fundado em 1554 no dia 25 de janeiro, em que os católicos comemoram a conversão de Paulo de Tarso.
  — do rio homônimo, do tupi antigo seriîype, que significa "no rio dos siris" (seri, "siri" + îy, "rio" + pe, "em").
  — do rio homônimo, que, por sua vez, vem da tribo indígena homônima que habitava o rio. Do tupi tukantim, que significa "bicos de tucanos" (tukana, "tucano" + tim, "bico").
  — sentido literal, por ser esta unidade um distrito à parte na federação e, durante mais de um século (1889-1990), administrado diretamente pela União (Governo Federal).

Antigas unidades federativas
 Estado da Guanabara — do tupi wanaparã, "seio do mar".
 Território de Fernando de Noronha — em homenagem a Fernando de Loronha (ou Noronha; ambas as grafias coexistem), primeiro arrendatário do Brasil.
 Território Federal do Guaporé (atual Rondônia) — do tupi gua (lago, lagoa, baía) + mporé (fonte), donde "fonte do lago".
 Território Federal de Ponta Porã (atual parte de Mato Grosso do Sul e Paraná) — nome híbrido luso-tupi, de "ponta" + poranga (bela, bonita), donde "ponta bonita".
 Território do Rio Branco (atual Roraima) - sentido literal, em referência ao rio Branco, afluente do rio Negro e de águas relativamente muito mais claras.
 Território Federal do Iguaçu — do tupi antigo  'ygûasu, que significa "rio grande" ( 'y, "rio" + ûasu, "grande").

Classificação
Entre os muitos tipos de topônimos que existem, a tabela abaixo agrupa os topônimos das atuais unidades federativas segundo o que apontam quando suas etimologias encontram-se na língua portuguesa.

Ver também
 Unidades federativas do Brasil
 Etimologia dos nomes das capitais do Brasil
 Toponímia do Brasil

Bibliografia

Etimologias
Toponímia do Brasil

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Redefining identity management in the digital world
Art Coviello February 19, 2014
Prior to the internet and the migration of much of our lives online, our public identity, while potentially a complex amalgamation of different roles, was essentially integrated and unified. Today, we are able to distill and separate those different roles into distinct online identities based on the groups with which we choose to interact – from the consumer one that Amazon and Netflix know, to the medical one that our healthcare providers know, to the professional identities that our employers and colleagues know, to the social one that our Facebook friends know. Each of us have different approaches to how much overlap we allow between our identities. For example, we may connect our social and consumer identities but we may not feel comfortable connecting our social and professional identities.
For those of us tasked with managing the security of the digital world for the enterprise, there are serious ramifications to this evolution of identity. Specifically, how we manage identity must evolve as well if we are to maintain the security of our organizations.
The need for this evolution has been exacerbated by the growth of the consumerization of IT, as represented by the growth of bring-your-own-device (BYOD). Managing identity on single-purpose, work-provided mobile devices that were connecting to on-premise applications over third party networks was challenging enough. That challenge has expanded exponentially thanks to the fact that work identities now co-exist with personal identities on a multi-purpose, user-provided device that connects to on-premise apps and apps in the cloud.
We need to redefine identity management to meet these new challenges by shifting our perspective on identity management and updating its technological underpinnings.
We must first shed our IT-centric approach to identity management, focusing less on being a gatekeeper of IT assets and more on facilitating the goals of the business. The only way to do this is by allowing business owners to own and drive identity management controls, as they are the ones best positioned to understand the identities and corresponding roles supporting their business.
Secondly, we must update how we approach identity management from a technological perspective. We need to get beyond usernames and passwords. We need to enhance our methods of authentication from one- and two-factor to multi-factor and from a single point in time to continuous authentication. We need to move to a Big Data approach to identity management that is able to analyze and correlate our numerous identities and roles to efficiently and effectively enforce the right level of authentication and authorization for a wide variety of access patterns. And finally, identity management must be universal, enabling access from any device to any application.
Our identities are evolving online. Identity management can't afford to stand still. We have the ability to adapt to the new realities of the digital world. Now, as Nike would say, we need to just do it.
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Coronavirus cases hit 1M in the US
The United States has hit the 1M mark in number of coronavirus cases according to the John Hopkins University and Medicine coronavirus research centre.
That's about one-third of all reported cases of the disease in the world.
As of 11:30 a.m. PT on Tuesday, there have been 57,266 deaths from 1,002,498 confirmed cases in the US. Around 5.6 million people have been tested across the nation.
The US federal government has extended its social distancing guidelines to April 30. Major events have been called off or postponed, and many employees are being told to work from home, while others have been laid off.
President Donald Trump on Thursday invoked the Defense Production Act to ensure that manufacturers such as General Electric, Hill-Rom, ResMed and Royal Philips can "secure the supplies they need to build ventilators needed to defeat the virus."
Meanwhile, companies like Apple have donated millions of face masks to medical workers to help curb a shortage, while Boeing has said it'll make thousands of plastic face shields each week and provide planes to carry supplies, according to Trump.
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To protect against the spread of COVID-19, people are encouraged to practice social distancing and to thoroughly wash their hands.
On Monday, the CDC added six more coronavirus symptoms to its list to help you decide whether to get a test. The CDC says you may have contracted the coronavirus if you have either a cough or shortness of breath. You might also have COVID-19 if you're suffering from two or more of the following:
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The number of COVID-19 deaths reported daily in the U.S. is still relatively variable, but since reaching a record of 2,683 COVID-19 deaths on April 21, no day has reached that number so far.
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General James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps stated, "A Marine is a Marine....there's no such thing as a former Marine. You're a Marine, just in a different uniform, and you're in a different phase of your life. But you'll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quantico. There's no such thing as a former Marine."
Nicholas Montijo is in a different phase of his life. Nick is a Marine who was injured in Afghanistan in 2009 and has had a number of therapies and surgeries since then. Nick spent time at BraveHearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center, a PATH Intl. Premier Accredited Center in Poplar Grove, Illinois, as a volunteer during sessions as a sidewalker and horse leader, learning to feed and turn out horses. This past week, May 8-11, Nick was one of the candidates attending the PATH Intl. Registered Instructor Onsite Workshop and Certification at BraveHearts and applying for the certification process. Nick had completed his preparations at BraveHearts during 2013 and 2014, acquiring riding lessons and completing his student teaching hours.
Nick passed certification to become a PATH Intl. Certified Registered Instructor. PATH Intl. congratulates him on this new phase of his life.
Nick is an Alumnus of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), which supported Nick's goals by funding many of his sessions at BraveHearts. Through a partnership between WWP and PATH Intl., veterans who are WWP Alumni and who are interested in therapeutic horsemanship may qualify to receive funding for sessions at PATH Intl. Premier Accredited Centers.
Nick most recently competed and won first place at the Midwest Horse Fair in the National Snaffle Bit Association event. He looks forward to helping on a bigger scale, both inside and outside of the arena, bringing more veterans to discover therapeutic horsemanship at BraveHearts or other PATH Intl. Premier Accredited Centers across the nation. Nick feels he now knows firsthand what horses have done for him.
Nick is grateful for the session funding from WWP and also for a scholarship covering the costs for the workshop certification from the American Paint Horse Foundation. Nick is also thankful for the entire BraveHearts organization for supporting his endeavor.
As a reward for his accomplishment Nick was presented with the opportunity to ride with world renowned horse clinician Buck Brannaman, Sept.19-22, during Brannaman's Foundation Horsemanship Clinic at Sunflower Farm in Bristol, Wisconsin.
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8,9 and 10 May 1957
Don Smith's Whirlwind Innings
1957 was Don Smith's annus mirabilis and the centre piece of that season was his 166 against Gloucestershire. Over the years there have been a number of whirlwind innings played at Hove that stand out, including Gilbert Jessop in 1903, Ted Alletson 1911 and Hugh Bartlett in 1938 and Don's innings against Gloucestershire in the first match of the season at Hove surely ranks among them.
Sussex set 267 to win in 195 minutes
The visitors took the first innings and made a sound 322, with most of the top order getting in and Derek Hawkin's maiden century earning him a cap. When it came to Sussex's turn, they found run making difficult against the accurate slow-bowling of Sam Cook and 'Bomber' Wells. Leslie Lenham, aged twenty, and playing only his second game for the County, was unfortunate not to emulate Hawkins with his maiden century but on 95 he played the ball onto his foot from where it went into the hands of short-leg. With a first innings lead of 43, Gloucestershire batted confidently in their second innings, and they declared just after lunch on the third day, setting Sussex 267 to win in just 195 minutes.
After eighty minutes, Don Smith and Les Lenham had made 81 together, but were so far behind the clock that a victory seemed beyond Sussex. In John Marshall's words, 'Don Smith then transformed the game with an innings of electrifying brilliance.' In 58 balls after tea Sussex scored 82 runs and Smith made 74 of them – in 27 minutes. He hit eight sixes and four fours off the 34 balls he received and went from 48 to 104 in 19 minutes while 28 balls were being bowled. Six of his sixes came during this spell.
Don Smith batting in 1953
A bombardment on the pavilion
The first wicket fell at 163 when Les Lenham was run out for 34, and Smith continued to attack the bowling with a ferocity that few of the spectators had seen before on the County ground. The bombardment was concentrated on the pavilion, where the boundary was its shortest, and where most of the sixes landed. One six struck a Mr Ernest Williams of Barrington Rd, Worthing on the jaw causing him to be taken to hospital.
When Smith was out lbw for 166, off the bowling of Lambert, he had hit nine sixes and eleven fours out of 253 in 175 minutes. Jim |Parks then steered Sussex to victory with just eight minutes to spare.
While it is true that Alletson hit 189 in 90 minutes and Jessop hit a ball over the old South Stand, Smith's innings was so ferocious that it must surely rank among the hardest-hit hundreds that have been seen at Hove. A month later, he scored an unbeaten 147 against the touring West Indies and was then selected for three of the Test matches. Click here for an article on Don Smith's career
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Q: Word VBA: Underlining specific words within a bullet/paragraph So lets assume we have a table with only 1 column. And within each cell there can be many bullets(pointers) of sentences as follows:

*

*In particular to Teachers Bullying (Oct): 201720/11/20

*In particular to Staff Being Crazy (Nov): 2016/22/1021

*Recurring feedback on Students Truancy (Dec): 201711/12/12

I am already able to iterate between the bullets(paragraph objects) and get each sentence;
But what I want to know is... Is there a way to underline words between 'In particular to' or 'Recurring feedback on' up until ':' has occurred ?
The codes are as such:
Dim objParagraph As Paragraph, rangeStart As Integer, rangeEnd As Integer
For Each objParagraph In Selection.Range.Paragraphs
  If objParagraph.Range.Text Like "Recurring*" Then
rangeStart = Len("Recurring feedback on ") +1

Else
rangeStart = Len("In particular to ") +1

End If
rangeEnd = Len(Left(objParagraph.Range.Text,
             InStr(objParagraph.Range.Text,":"-1))
'Format Range(start,end).underlined = true ?
Next objParagraph
Sorry for bad English :/

A: Okay,
I've tinkered a bit and the following should get you going.
Dim ran As Range, rstart As Long, rend As Long

Set ran = ActiveDocument.Content

With ran
    With .Find
        .ClearFormatting
        .Replacement.ClearFormatting
        .text = "In particular to "
        .Replacement.text = ""
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Execute
    End With

    While .Find.Found
        rstart = .End
        .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        .Find.text = ":"
        .Find.Execute
        rend = .Start
        ActiveDocument.Range(rstart, rend).Font.Underline = wdUnderlineSingle
        .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        .Find.text = "In particular to "
        .Find.Execute
    Wend

    .Find.text = "Recurring feedback on "
    .Find.Execute
    While .Find.Found
        rstart = .End
        .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        .Find.text = ":"
        .Find.Execute
        rend = .Start
        ActiveDocument.Range(rstart, rend).Font.Underline = wdUnderlineSingle
        .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        .Find.text = "Recurring feedback on "
        .Find.Execute
    Wend

End With

In case you wish to restrict the processing to a table, just replace
Set ran = ActiveDocument.Content
with
Set ran = ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range

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China's spectacular economic growth has been the hallmark of global economy for the past few decades. While economists debate whether China can maintain its current high growth rates in years to come, the dragon magic is not ending soon. The rise of China's currency, the Renminbi (RMB), seems to be the single most important phenomenon in global finance in this decade.
The United States Dollar (USD), also known as greenback, that gained momentum as an international currency after the collapse of Bretton Woods system in 1973 celebrated its 150th birthday in July this year. The RMB was first introduced in 1949 shortly before the communist takeover of the mainland to fight the hyperinflation that plagued the Middle Kingdom under the Kuomintang government. Ever since the opening up of the Chinese economy in late 1970s the RMB has been kept undervalued as part of Beijing's mercantilist policies.
Now, owing to a number of factors China has taken several steps to internationalise its currency. What makes an international currency? There are three major variables that will determine Beijing's attempt to globalise its currency: the size of China's GDP, its volume of trade and the convertibility of RMB. Internationalising a currency also has to accord three key functions beyond its territory. It has to be used outside of China as a unit of account, a medium of exchange and a store of value.
With over $5 trillion GDP in real exchange rates ($10 trillion in purchasing power parity terms) China is the world's second largest economy — after the US. It also ranks second after the US in terms of trade volume ($2.8 trillion). Beijing's another notable financial strength is it's gargantuan foreign exchange reserves ($3 trillion). However, in internationalising RMB, there is one deficit — the Chinese currency is not fully convertible due to a plethora of restrictions placed as far as its capital account is concerned.
Then why is a non-convertible currency drawing so much global attention? The short answer is the ongoing debt and other economic malaise in America and Europe do not bode well for their currencies. Whereas China's better economic outlook, including its projected overtaking of America as the world's number one economy within this decade, accelerated RMB's ascendance much earlier than one could anticipate even a couple of years back.
Whirling in a "dollar trap," Beijing is worried about the potential long-term (relative) decline of the USD that could depreciate China's holding of huge USD denominated assets, which is somewhere between $1.6 to $2 trillion that include nearly $1,000 billion treasury bonds and approximately $300 billion agency bonds. Internationalisation of RMB will require China to hold less USD denominated assets, thereby minimising risk of capital losses on its foreign-exchange reserves. However, it cannot be done hastily. Beijing intends to diversify its reserves away from the USD without wiping out their value.
While it might take some time to make the RMB, also known as "people's money," as the third dominant global currency after the USD and the Euro, China has launched a number of pilot projects to materialise that goal. Beijing wants to internationalise its currency in three stages — price and settle international trade, as an investment vehicle and as an international reserve. A number of specific projects in this connection have been initiated. They are: settlement of trade through RMB, development of offshore RMB bond markets and currency swap agreements.
A pilot cross-border settlement agreement between Hong Kong and five of its large trade cities, including Shanghai and Guangzhou, has been launched. Banks in Hong Kong, Macau and Asean can participate in China's pilot scheme for RMB cross-border settlement. The objective is to facilitate settlement of trade goods and services related transactions.
By the first quarter of 2011, 7% of China's total trade was settled in RMB. Indeed, of late the RMB has emerged as a de facto currency of settlement and payment in Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and North Korea.
Moreover, to ensure the availability of RMB liquidity, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank, has signed currency swap agreements worth over RMB 800 billion ($130 billion) with a number of countries including South Korea, Malaysia, Belarus, Indonesia, Argentina, Iceland, New Zealand, Singapore and the southern Chinese territory of Hong Kong. This will allow China to receive RMB instead of USD in exchange of its goods.
The facilities could be extended to other countries with which China has extensive trade relations. Some analysts foresee that almost $2 trillion worth of cross-border trade can be settled in RMB. A number of recent academic papers argue that the internationalisation of Chain's currency could lead to the creation of a de facto RMB currency bloc in East and Southeast Asia. This is largely due to China's emergence as the largest export and the second largest import market for developing Asia.
Hong Kong, which has become a dual currency city of late as its own currency is pegged to the USD, is the epicentre of Beijing's attempt to make RMB an international currency. The mainland is placing much emphasis on its special administrative region to make it an offshore RMB trading hub. Indeed, in many ways — from political freedom to financial products experiments — Hong Kong is the mainland's laboratory. Singapore is also in the race to make the city-state an off-shore RMB trading hub.
The RMB deposit accounts in Hong Kong are growing exponentially — amounting to over RMB540 billion by the end of May 2011. The development of RMB bond market is critical for the internationalisation of China's currency, particularly to set the benchmark "risk-free" interest rate for RMB debt. Foreign investors are allowed to invest in RMB- denominated bonds (known as the "dim sum bond") in Hong Kong. The Asian Development Bank sold RMB1.2 billion ($180 million) of RMB-denominated debt. Corporates and banks are issuing similar bonds.
The PBoC is allowing the foreign enterprises to raise RMB fund in offshore RMB markets and repatriate them back to the mainland as FDI. The enterprises in China can remit RMB out of the mainland for outward direct investments. There is also a proposal to allow offshore RMB funds to invest in the equity and bond markets on the mainland through qualified foreign institutional investors.
While these are all important steps to globalise RMB, no currency has ever been internationalised before its capital account has been fully liberalised. This is also necessary to make RMB a vehicle currency in a third country outside of East Asia.
Then why China is pursuing a gradual liberalisation policy regarding its capital account convertibility? The reason is China's financial system is not mature enough to absorb shocks associated with the mobility of foreign capital and exchange rate volatility, inter alia. Moreover, there is a strong export lobby in Beijing that opposes a rapid convertibility of capital account as such a move could appreciate RMB exchange rate — costing export competitiveness. Nevertheless, Beijing is committed to take the necessary measures with regards to capital account convertibility for the RMB gradually, as stated in its12th Five-Year Plan.
There is another concern. In the absence of a market-determined Chinese exchange rate and strong expectation for the RMB appreciation, importers of the mainland's products may not be very comfortable using RMB as a settlement currency, though foreign exporters have much incentive to receive RMB.
That said, the RMB's emergence as an international currency offers much food for thought for Bangladesh Bank. The currency is being used for trade settlements in Myanmar and Nepal. Sri Lanka is also allowing the RMB for international transactions. Pakistan is the next in line. With China being the largest trading partner of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Bank should do the necessary homework to embrace the rise of RMB.
This article originally appeared at The Daily Star and is reproduced with permission.


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Iraq's Faltering Infrastructure
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Violence in oil-rich Basra, Iraq's second largest city, is one of the most serious security challenges facing Iraq 's new government.
The Troubled Afghan-Pakistani Border
The contentious border between Pakistan and Afghanistan remains a site of major conflict, and houses some of the world's most dangerous militants.
Backgrounder by Jayshree Bajoria
U.S-Pakistan Military Cooperation
Pakistan is key to success in U.S.-led counterterrorism efforts, with its tribal areas serving as terrorist havens. But covert U.S. military actions inside Pakistan put the future of the U.S.-Pakist…
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Pakistan's Fragile Foundations
Beset by increased terror attacks and political infighting, Pakistan's viability as a state is a matter of increasing concern. Experts call for reforming weak civil institutions, resolving ethnic dis…
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China-Pakistan Relations
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Islam and Politics in Pakistan
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Nashville, Tenn. (July 6, 2018) – Kentucky Music Hall of Famer, three-time Grammy Nominee and multi-IBMA award-winner LARRY CORDLE is back with another strong collection of original tunes titled TALES FROM EAST KENTUCKY. The album is now available for purchase at major retail outlets. Radio programmers can download the album at AirPlay.com.
Cordle takes listeners down a Kentucky road as he co-wrote all tracks on the album including six songs with his good buddy Larry Shell. Other co-writers include: Donna Ulisse, Trey Hensley, Connie Leigh, Jenee Fleenor, Brandon Rickman, Jim Rushing, and Donnie Clark.
Musicians include Cordle's band members from Lonesome Standard Time: Mike Anglin, Chris Davis, Kim Gardner and Jody King along with guests Ron Block, Mike Bub, Aubrey Haynie, Jenee Fleenor, Clay Hess, Chris Latham, Clay Hess, and Rob Ickes. Guest vocalists include: Don Rigsby, Jerry Salley, Val Storey, Jenee Fleenor, Val Storey, Donna Ulisse, Angie Prim, Brandon Rickman, Josh Swift, and LST member Chris Davis.
The album was produced: Larry Cordle for Wandachord Productions. Please visit Larry Cordle at LarryCordle.com, facebook.com/LarryCordleFan, and twitter.com/larry_cordle.
New Music from Volume Five – DRIFTER Now Released!
Mountain Fever Records is pleased to announce Drifter, the new album from Volume Five, is available to radio and consumers today! The album release comes on the heels of news that Volume Five and their first single, "I Am A Drifter" are among the candidates for nomination for this year's International Bluegrass Music Awards in multiple categories.
Founded by Glen Harrell (fiddle & vocals), Volume Five also includes the talents of Harry Clark (mandolin & vocals), Chris Williamson (bass & vocals), Patton Wages (banjo & vocals), and Colby Laney (guitar & vocals). These five musicians together truly blend into a band with staying power. V5 has proven just that with their previous recordings on Mountain Fever Records. In 2014 they garnered two International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) nominations; Emerging Artist and Gospel Recorded Performance for their album The Day We Learn To Fly. In 2015 they received another nomination for IBMA's Emerging Artist of the Year and a GMA Dove Award Nomination for Bluegrass Song of the Year for "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man" with special guest Rhonda Vincent, a song appearing on their Voices album.
Drifter is a culmination of everything that makes up a great bluegrass record. The musicianship of each of Volume Five's members is only eclipsed by the smooth, caramel-like lead vocals of Harrell who is one of modern bluegrass music's most underrated vocalists. His vocal tone touches on lonesome, guttural and alluring all at the appropriate times. The band's first single, "I Am A Drifter," has already set the tone for the album, making appearances on this month's Bluegrass Today Top 20 Songs as well as the SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction's Most Played Tracks charts. With gems such as "Lonely Wind," "Ranching Man," "Tall Pines," "Scarecrow," and the consummate love song, "Because of You," Drifter, is full of future hits for Volume Five.
Drifter is available to radio programmers via AirPlayDirect.com or by emailing radio@mountainfever.com, and to consumers via various digital outlets and wherever great music is sold.
For more information on Volume Five, please visit VolumeFiveBG.com.
For more about Mountain Fever Records, visit mountainfever.com.
Dave Adkins self-titled album, that recently made its debut at #1 on Billboard's Top 10 Bluegrass Albums chart for retail sales, is now garnering significant success on the bluegrass radio charts. Adkins' original song and first single release, "Change Her Mind," is #1 on Sirius XM Bluegrass Junction's Most Played Tracks with the album at #2 on the station's Most Played Albums this month.
The album and the red hot single continues to climb Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine's National Bluegrass Survey Top 30 Songs and Top 15 Albums Chart and the Roots Music Report's Top 50 Bluegrass Albums and Singles charts.
Many other tracks from Dave Adkins have also been well received. The lightning fast "Turn and Burn," co-written by Dave Adkins, David Morris and Dawn Kenny, was the 2nd Place Winner in the prestigious Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest. The country flavored "Fool-o-sophy" written by Kentucky Hall of Famer Larry Cordle and Country superstar Chris Stapleton, has been appearing on a fan voted Country music chart. The impressive cover of John Michael Montgomery's country hit "Sold" recently debuted on the Bluegrass Today's Top 20 Weekly Song Chart.
Adkins is now out on tour performing songs from his hit album. Music fans can witness his one of kind live performance in Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana and West Virginia, before he heads out west. For a full tour schedule, please visit daveadkinsmusic.com.
May 13 – Simply the Best in Grayson, Ky.
May 20 – Apple Blossom Festival, Elkhorn City, Ky.
May 21 – Laurel County Shrine Club Bluegrass Festival, London, Ky.
May 27 – Dr. Ralph Stanley's 45th Annual Memorial Weekend Bluegrass Festival, Coeburn, Va.
June 2 – Collin Raye, Dave Adkins, Lonesome River Band, and more – Island Opry, Manteo, N.C.
June 3 – Sally Gap Bluegrass Festival, Williamsburg, Ky.
June 12 – 50th Anniversary Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, Bean Blossom, In.
June 18 – Rockahock Spring Bluegrass Festival, Lanexa, Va.
June 23 – RudyFest hosted by Lonesome River Band, Grayson, Ky.
June 25 – South Branch Bluegrass Festival, Romney, W.V.
June 30 – Concert in Downtown Martin, Martin, Ky.
For more information on Dave Adkins, please visit DaveAdkinsMusic.com and join him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Music fans can purchase the Dave Adkins album at his live shows or at iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Mountain Fever Records, DaveAdkinsMusic.com, and many more fine retail outlets.
Lonesome River Band will kick off today's new album release, Bridging the Tradition (Mountain Home Music) with three special performances this weekend.
Tonight, March 18, the band continues the tradition of debuting their new albums at the world famous Station Inn in Nashville. On Saturday, March 19, Mountain Home Music Company will host a release celebration and concert at the Isis Restaurant & Music Hall in Asheville, N.C. On Sunday, March 20, Lonesome River Band will perform at The Barn at Chantilly Farm in Floyd, VA.
Virginia Country Music Hall of Famer and 5-Time IBMA Banjo Performer of the Year, Sammy Shelor leads the group that is constantly breaking new ground in Acoustic music. With two stellar lead vocalists, Brandon Rickman (guitar) and newest member Jesse Smathers (mandolin), accentuated by the impressive talents of Mike Hartgrove (fiddle) and Barry Reed (bass), the band seamlessly comes together, performing the trademark sound that fans continue to embrace.
Lonesome River Band had been established for nearly a decade when the band released its landmark album, Carrying the Tradition, in 1991. The critically acclaimed project ushered in a new era for Bluegrass by acknowledging tradition while introducing new elements that expanded the genre. Now, 25 years later, this award-winning band is again set to build on the familiar while adding bold progressiveness to its legend with this latest release, Bridging the Tradition.
Lonesome River Band continues to evolve in the ever-changing landscape of Bluegrass and Acoustic Country music. With Bridging the Tradition, the band once again delivers incredible, ground-breaking music that is rooted in the tradition it began decades ago.
For more information on Lonesome River Band, please visit lonesomeriverband.com and follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Mountain Fever Records is very proud to announce the self-titled new album by Dave Adkins made its debut at #1 on Billboard's Top Bluegrass Albums Chart today. The album was released February 26 and was produced by Adkins who also contributed six original songs to his groundbreaking new project.
Dave Adkins continues his tour with an upcoming performance March 18 at the Branch House Theatre in Fall Branch, Tenn. along with a performance by the ETSU Band. For a complete tour schedule and more information on Dave Adkins, please visit DaveAdkinsMusic.com and join him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Dave Adkins will kick off his self-titled new Mountain Fever Records album this Friday, February 26 on WSM Radio's Coffee, Country and Cody show. Fans can tune in to 650 AM WSM, listen online at wsmonline.com or watch live at the Heartland TV Network. Friday evening, Adkins' returns for his highly anticipated performance at the world famous Station Inn in Nashville. Fans are encouraged to arrive early for the 9:00 p.m. concert.
Known for his high energy live stage performances displaying his powerful vocals, Adkins will then take the show to his home state of Kentucky on Saturday, February 27 to perform at the Lady Lions Bluegrass Show in Vanceburg and later that evening at Simply the Best in Grayson.
Other release concerts include: Thursday, March 3 at the WDVX Radio's Blue Plate Special at the Knoxville Visitor's Center in Knoxville, Tenn.; Saturday, March 5 at Dixie Station in Elsmere, Ky.; and Friday, March 18 at the Branch House Theater in Fall Branch, Tenn.
Radio stations have been extremely supportive of the new Dave Adkins album. They are spinning numerous tracks including "Foolosophy" co-written by Larry Cordle and Chris Stapleton, his killer cover of "Sold" originally made famous by John Michael Montgomery, the Adkins' original and first single release, "Change Her Mind," and many more from this stellar album.
The Dave Adkins album officially releases this Friday, February 26. Pre-orders are now available at iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Mountain Fever Records, Dave Adkins' website and more outlets.
For more information on Dave Adkins, please visit DaveAdkinsMusic.com and join him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
"When Amy Hines sent me her haunting lyrics, I immediately had a vision for the melody, and after reading her haunting lyrics, I knew the title had to be what all dogs on chains are thinking, 'Why Me?' Dog chaining is legal in my area, so after many sleepless nights, tossing and turning, worrying about all the dogs who live all around me on chains, I knew we had to get this song recorded by someone special! I am honored and sincerely grateful Amy chose me as her partner to complete this song. I have true admiration for her and all the happy hearts and helping hands at Dogs Deserve Better, as they rehabilitate dogs from a lifetime of suffering," said Hughes.
The song "Why Me?" came together in one day. They then reached out to Bria Kelly to perform it knowing that her powerful vocals and huge fan following would certainly help bring global attention to this powerful tune.
The lyrics then traveled to Nashville where it was professionally recorded and mixed by musician Scott Vestal who also played acoustic guitar and bass on the recording. Vestal's impressive career includes stints with Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Donny and Marie Osmond, Sam Bush, David Lee Roth, Ricky Skaggs, and many other high profile artists. He has also appeared on numerous national TV shows.
Other musicians on "Why Me?" include the amazing talents of: Jenee Fleenor, (currently performing with Blake Shelton) on Violin; Josh Shilling (lead vocalist with Mountain Heart) on Piano and Harmony; Chris Brown (Belmont University, Sam Bush, Linda Rondstadt) on Drums; and Bob Williams (has played Rhythm and Blues with the Peptonz, American folk music with Carey Creed, Bluegrass with the Grass Menagerie, and classic Rock and dance music with Scott Young and Steppin' Out) on Guitar.
Cetre Peques (Music Video Director) and the entire Who's Johnny Creative production team immediately jumped on board to produce the music video for "Why Me?" in hopes of raising awareness and showing the correlation between animal abuse and crimes against humanity. Dr. Sheri Bias, Liquid Talent Agency joined the team by providing over 50 professional actors.
On July 25, 2015, the actors, writers, producers, and Bria Kelly showed up on 1915 Moonlight Rd. in Smithfield, Virginia. Once the home of Michael Vick's "Bad Newz" dog fighting compound, it is now home of Dogs Deserve Better that operates the Good Newz Rehabilitation Center for Chained & Penned Dogs. After what can only be described as a "surreal" experience, the 22 hours of filming took place on the very property where dozens of dogs had been fought and died. No one left without having a life altering experience.
The song can be purchased for download on CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon and all major distribution sites. A portion of every song will benefit the dogs at the Good Newz Rehabilitation Center for Chained & Penned Dogs (dogsdeservebetter.org).
Donna Hughes, an award-winning Singer-Songwriter and Animal Rights activist, is using her voice to help un-chain dogs. She started a petition, which has now grown to 35k signatures, and has also set up a page a "Dogs Without Chains" Facebook page where she posts all the new tethering ordinances being passed around the nation.
She also set up a page called "Flying Hound Fences," aptly named after her Publishing Company, (Flying Hound Publishing) to organize volunteers to build fences in her area, for those who need help.
Due to her efforts and many other organizations, more and more people have begun filing into their Local County Courtrooms, to argue a ban on chaining dogs. Both "One Less Dog In The Cold" and "Dog On A 10 Foot Chain" have extremely sad videos on YouTube, difficult to watch, but necessary to educate. Both songs have been shared by celebrities such as Wynonna Judd, some of The Real Housewives in Hollywood, Broadway Stars, Pulitzer Prize Winners, and more.
Donna's songs and efforts have been covered widely in the media in global publications and high profile social sites like "The Little Things," with 3+ million fans.
For more information on Donna Hughes, please visit www.donnahughes.com.


Don't Be a Victim – Fight Back !!
You can become a victim of crime in a matter of seconds. Blink your eyes and the damage is done. Sometimes that damage is irreversible. Nationally recognized crime victim advocate Polly Franks is launching two brand new websites to help Americans protect their families, their homes and themselves.
The first website is www.youfightback.net, where you can acquire nonlethal products to have on hand to keep from becoming a statistic. Stun guns, pepper spray, alarms, safety kits and instructional dvds are just a few of the items available that could mean the difference between life and death.
The second website is www.watchem.org. Here you will find the means to protect your home and family even when you're not home. Hidden cameras, recorders, GPS trackers, surveillance systems and many other products will give you that added measure of safety for all that you hold dear when you're away.
Protecting your family, your home and yourself is your responsibility. Criminals zero in on people they can see as victims. Don't be one of them.
First Url: Don't Be a Victim !!


After 18 months of Pulsar Helion thermal vision use, the arrival of the new Pulsar Accolade was a teasing prospect but was all that glittered really gold?
Going to a twin biocular format rather than just a single eyepiece initially left me with the thought that night vison in both eyes would be compromised, but after using the Accolade for a few weeks, my mind was changed. Much as marketing teams like to denounce the facts about human night vision capability and time taken for full adaptation to darkness, the benefits of both eyes in operation with the Accolade appeared more gradually.
The simple fact I was able to commit to is that a Biocular format immerses and involves you within your otherwise invisible thermal environment whereas a Monocular seems more of a spectator's viewpoint. Both Helion and Accolade use the same thermal processors and image enhancement technology, with my personal reference always being for close range focal capability and field of view to be treated as the priority between models.
The second fact is the ergonomic benefits. Carrying the balanced Accolade around your neck more like a conventional binocular is easier with a short neck strap, perhaps even slung onto your chest above regular daylight binoculars is a possibility. Unlike the older Quantums, which had binocular like side mounting points for the neck strap, the long slender shape of the Helion hangs looser and can spin and rotate during carriage so not as easy or fast to lift to your eyes at often critically brief moments.
The Accolade hangs straighter and having twin eyecups, fits into both orbital sockets, greatly assisting locking the device into position and you tend to feel far more solidly positioned within the smaller pinpoint focal zone of the ocular lenses that clarify the internal screen. The Helion, with one eyepiece, is critical and factually, more tiring as slight misalignment of your eye leads to an unfocussed image and takes fractions of a second to re-find the position for your eyeball from which you initially focussed the eyepiece.
With tools liked the Stadiametric rangefinder and multiple control buttons, the Accolade clears up the tactile issues of finding the right button intuitively in darkness without a second thought, yet no matter how much I use the Helion, I still find myself applying pressure to the wrong clarinet style button layout for the function I desire.
Plus, holding with both hands, keeps the image far more stable so again, less tiring during a process some may find a little nauseating.
Weigh these factors off against cost and size! Well cost is undisputable, but I cant help but feel the ergonomic benefits are the key factor of choice, as is often the case with any optics where internal capabilities are almost identical.
Both have a superb battery system and at the end of the day, if you need to keep full night vision capability in one eye, there is nothing stopping you using a single Accolade eyepiece to your `off riflescope` eye.
Interestingly, if you try this with the single eyepiece of the Helion, it might look less bulky, but the carry strap to wrap your knuckles is only right handed, whereas you have full ambidextrous capability on the accolade.
In the end, money is the only factor to my mind.


Super heroes do exist, they just don't have super powers, only a lot of courage and heavy machine guns loaded with ammo. But the monsters, those are even worse than you can imagine. This time a special team will have to fight and shoot at evolved Aliens, equipped with high-tech weapons.


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Ones man's epic adventure for the cancer fight
Thursday 18 December, 2008
Cancer Council Victoria supporter, Mr Mike McKenzie, will ride his bicycle from Melbourne to Perth in memory of loved ones lost to cancer on Thursday 18 December.
Mr McKenzie, 58, said after losing several close friends to cancer in the past 18 months and facing his own skin cancer diagnosis, he was motivated to see what he could do to help the cancer fight.
"I decided to ride to Perth to honour those who I've lost to cancer and inspire those along the way to become aware of the impact cancer has in our lives and the important work of the Cancer Council," Mr McKenzie said.
"I plan to raise $10,000 for the Cancer Council, and I've already raised $2,000 through donations," he said.
With his wife and youngest son as his support crew, he plans to arrive in Perth on Australia Day - to meet this goal, Mr McKenzie will cover between 90 to 120 km each day, and even intends to ride on Christmas Day.
Cancer Council spokesperson, Ms Irene Manitta, said Mr McKenzie was a great example of the type of people who undertake physical challenges to raise money for the Cancer Council.
"Mr McKenzie will ride over 3600 km in challenging summer conditions - it's an amazing example of the extraordinary lengths Victorians go to raise money to fight cancer.
"He also proves age is no barrier for epic adventures, and I hope he inspires others to create their own fundraising event for the Cancer Council," Ms Manitta said.
To donate to Mike McKenzie's fundraiser or to create your own fundraising event, call 1300 65 65 85, or visit www.mycause.com.au and search for 'Mike McKenzie'.
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The Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 2010, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Thunderous optimism in the annual Europe concert by the crack German players
by David NiceSaturday, 01 May 2010
"Madness! Madness! Everywhere madness!" The unsung words of cobbler-philosopher Hans Sachs in the third-act prelude to Wagner's Die Meistersinger might seem like an odd opening manifesto for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra's annual May Day ceremonial concert this morning, hosted this year by Oxford in the gorgeous venue where the Berliners had last played under Karajan a very long time ago. But there was method in it. Whether or not Oxford's traditional May Day eve revels last night had any drunken brawl as threatening as the one which set Sachs meditating on human folly there was certainly a bacchanalian atmosphere outside the Sheldonian - and even more to be found inside.
As concert-goers arrived, Morris men were gathered at the pub opposite; a student with dyed hair drunkenly wished us a merry morning, and all seemed right with the world. Never for long, as Daniel Barenboim of all conductors knows only too well, but all the more reason for him to send the orchestra thundering towards the final optimism of Brahms's First Symphony, leaving us jelly-limbed and open-mouthed.
I've never heard anything quite like it. Bows flew, strings sounded as if they might have snapped; even the orchestra was taken aback by the Dionysiac frenzy Barenboim had pulled out of the bag at the last minute. It wasn't up to that point the most radical of interpretations: all earth and fire, little air and water, Barenboim didn't always make the phrases fly. For that you'd have to go back to the Abbado era in Berlin, or Jurowski's drastic rethink at last year's Proms.
Yet the sound of it had to be heard to be believed. That was clear from the first opening consolation of horns in the Wagner prelude. Later little flecks of colour - gurgling woodwind, a couple of bars of deeply significant clarinet phrases in an otherwise string-laden slow movement - gilded the nut-brown colour of Elgar's Cello Concerto. You couldn't get away with a lazy entry in the revealing acoustics of the Sheldonian Theatre, and yet the BPO never felt cramped here; their sound is innately rather than explicitly forceful.
There was an added, unspoken frisson in seeing a vivacious young cellist play the melancholy old man of the Elgar under Barenboim's direction. To begin with, I thought Alisa Weilerstein (pictured right) would be as passionately extrovert as Jacqueline Du Pré - a legendary interpretation, of course, but by no means the whole introspective story. Yet she reined in for the great Adagio, working in close collaboration with her ever-sensitive orchestral colleagues to make every settling on a home key a little miracle.
At first the Brahms symphony felt rather more externalised; it took the searing oboe work of co-principal Jonathan Kelly to bring the necessary tears to the eyes. Nice, too, to see Daishin Kashimoto's co-front-desker pat his knee in warm congratulation of his soaring solo at the end of the slow movement. Barenboim did find a lightness in the intermezzo-like sequel, but at first seemed to be driving too hard in the finale as the clouds parted for the horn solo and the big string tune in the finale.
From the development onwards, the intensity went up and onwards to that final dithyramb. Hardened critics were shaking; and I certainly haven't heard the orchestra play this well live since Abbado's Brahms Third at the Proms. Go figure. The only pity of it was that while many European countries broadcast the event live on television and radio today, the BBC has it on hold for future transmission. Am I surprised?
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Permalink Submitted by Jan Renner (not verified) on Sun, 02/05/2010 - 06:25
Excellent concert. I have to admit that I saw the concert last week in Berlin and the Oxford perfomance only on TV (living in Berlin and being a visiting fellow at Cambridge University it obviously was impossible for me to come to Oxford...). Even though I still prefer Abbado's 'singing' Brahms (for me his Berlin Brahms cycle in 1995/96 was even more sensational than his outstanding Mahler perfomances) to Barenboim's rough and edgy interpretation, but I agree with David that this was still the best from this orchestra since Abbado left in 2002 (there was one excellent Brahms concert with Thielemann two years ago but that is it). Barenboim is a great musician and live performer and has the great ability to make you forget for one or two hours that classical music is mainly based on reproduction rather than on creation. It is a pitty that the BPhO rarely go on tour with other conductors. So, instead of waiting for another three decades why don't you come to Berlin from time to time and listen to some concerts of the BPhO or the Staatskapelle ? Best wishes from Berlin Jan
Permalink Submitted by David Nice on Mon, 03/05/2010 - 15:41
Thanks, Jan, and agreed on all points. It was my bad luck the last time I was in Berlin to catch your wonderful orchestra under its present music director. Much as Sir Simon has achieved some good things, and bits of all his BPO recordings have been interesting, any work he conducts these days never totally flies for me, and that concert included the worst performance I ever hope to hear of Ravel's Sheherezade by Magdalena Kozena (poor French, poor phrasing, poor style). So next time I must plan a visit around a concert with a really good visiting conductor...and make sure I hear the Staatskapelle as well. If I might add a little footnote here about an astonishing day in Oxford, the next visitors waiting to take over the Sheldonian were the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightnment, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Schola Cantorum. What I managed to hear of an afternoon rehearsal - chiefly Handel's staggering Dixit Dominus - was almost as wonderful in its way.
Permalink Submitted by Louise (not verified) on Tue, 04/05/2010 - 10:06
Sounds like it was a fantastic concert - wish I could have been there. The EuroArts DVD label will be releasing this concert in September.


Wouldn't we all avoid the inevitability of death if we possibly could? But, death will come – not just our ultimate physical deaths, but countless smaller deaths will precede that final demise. As Rev. Craig Barnes asked: Do you get to hang onto your parents forever? Or your children? Do you get to keep your youth? Your work? Your health? Even if you do succeed in holding onto these things for a time, eventually you will lose them, or "die" to them.
In light of the losses we are certain to experience, some people try to hide themselves away from life, as a form of self-protection. Ironically, they take themselves to virtual tombs of their own making. They may think that by remaining entombed and unengaged in life, they won't be wounded again. Safely tucked away, they will not face further loss.
Do you know people like that? People who have just given up, closed up, boarded up the warmth of their spirits like a beach home before the threat of a hurricane? Maybe you've been tempted to close yourself up and shut yourself away from engagement with life for some reason. Grief or anger can lead you into a tomb. Resentment, apathy, bitterness or addiction can do it. Even grumpiness, cynicism and pessimism, those persistent little dissatisfactions with life, can be the maladies that seal you away from life.
The danger that comes with lingering in self-imposed tombs is that it leads insidiously to further loss. While we may enter as a temporary means of self-protection, staying there in those airless, dreary places can lead to moral, spiritual and emotional decline. Finally, those places will become the cold sites of our physical deaths, too. Is that what we really want? Is that what God wants for us?
The story of Lazarus from the Christian scriptures seems to say no. Lazarus was Jesus' dear friend who suddenly died and was placed in a tomb. When Jesus arrived several days later, he called into that place of certain death, "Come out!" and out came Lazarus, still wrapped in grave clothes, but stumbling toward the bright light and new life.


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By: Katie Forcade
Who knew two back-to-back seasons had such a difference? To anyone watching from afar, it would be the exact same sport, just in a different season. Freshman Hope Sikora (Fall cheerleader) says that the obvious difference between fall and winter cheerleading is the fact that the time of year is different, along with the sport being cheered for.
During the fall season, cheerleaders cheer for the football teams at Tuscarora. Their season goes from the first week of August until the last week of October. Sophomore Hannah Franklin (Fall cheerleader) says that football is more interesting to cheer for because the experience is more realistic.
"I love both [seasons]. Fall cheer was such a challenge with remembering stunts and working hard on tumbling. Winter cheer is just as much of a challenge with remembering dances and cheers. They're both fun," says freshman Sabrina Dyson, a fall and winter cheerleader.
Winter cheerleading starts in the middle of November and goes through February. The cheerleaders are compiled into one varsity team, whereas fall cheerleading was composed of three teams (freshman, JV, and varsity). This season, the cheerleaders are not standing outside cheering on the football team, but are inside cheering for the varsity basketball players, both the boys' and the girls' teams.
As for comparison between the two seasons, there are several differences. "We do more dancing [in winter cheerleading]," says freshman Sam Krnich, who cheers for both fall and winter teams.Winter cheerleaders do not get to compete, whereas fall varsity cheerleaders do. With that difference, many more try out for fall cheerleading compared to winter cheerleading. "In winter cheerleading, you barely stunt, there [are] a lot less people on the team, and more games occur in the season," says Franklin.
Freshman Samantha Callejas, a winter cheerleaders, says winter cheering differs from fall cheering because people don't take it as seriously they do in the fall. Winter cheerleaders don't have the chance to compete, but winter season is difficult because the cheerleaders have to be into the game to know what to cheer.
"I didn't do winter cheerleading because I am committed to competitive cheerleading at my all star gym [instead]. Also, as the year progresses on, school work tends to get harder, so I didn't want to stress about that [along] with a busy cheer schedule," says Sikora.
Speaking of a busy schedule, Callejas says it is hard to balance school with winter cheer, but cheerleaders have study hall once a week, which makes it a lot easier for Callejas to keep up her school work. "Study hall is a life saver!" Dyson says about balancing school work. "I stay organized and I take advantage of my time in Flex and study hall during cheer," says freshman Abby Knuff, a fall and winter cheerleader.
During the week, the winter cheerleaders practice after school for game preparation. Knuff says that practice helps the team fix and learn cheers and dance routines, or even fix mistakes made at previous games. Krnich stated that with all the cheers to memorize, practice helps the team work on all of them.
Even though she couldn't do winter cheerleading, Sikora states, "I absolutely love cheerleading because it's a fun way to spend time with friends and my life revolves around it. Without cheer, I don't know what I would do."
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Someone whose main job is to work in a dealership will likely not have enough time in their schedule to fully understand and grasp every aspect of automotive SEO.
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Supervise the formation of trauma team in advance of patient arrival.
Coordinate with doctors and surgeons to arrange admissions to facility or transfers to other providers.
Assisted emergency department doctors and other nursing staff to deliver treatment to patients.
Ordered laboratory and pathological tests, imaging studies, respiratory treatments, and surgical consultations and performed support services as ordered by the ED doctor.
Served as the unit charge nurse for three years.
Served as member of nursing team that cared for patients in inpatient pediatric unit.
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Named LPN manager in the fall of 1999.
Worked to help provide for the care of residents at a local assisted living center.
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Helped residents prepare for activities, maintain clean living environments, and complete daily physical activities.
Former member of ballet company that still instructs students privately in free time. Competitive runner with three first-place and eight top-10 age group finishes to credit. Enjoy summer camping trips and water sports.
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THREE people from Dumfriesshire have been been selected in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
News broke last night that Annan Riding of the Marches convener and and prolific fundraiser Stuart Thompson, from Gretna, is to be made a MBE for services to charity and the communities of Annan and Gretna.
Also from Annan, playgroup leader Marie Dunbar gets a BEM for services to early years education and the community in Dumfries and Galloway.
And there is an OBE for Julie Joseph, from the Lockerbie area. She is the chief executive of Common Thread Ltd and is being honoured for services to childcare provision in Scotland and charity.


New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Washington on Monday for a state visit set to boost the burgeoning economic relationship between two countries, which had relatively marginal commercial dealings a decade ago.
Bilateral Trade: Two-way trade, just $5 billion in 1990, reached $14 billion in 2000 and rose to nearly $50 billion last year, according to US figures, making US India's largest trading partner. The US sells India aircraft and parts, advanced machinery, cotton, fertilizers, and computer hardware. It imports Indian textiles and leather goods, Internet services, agricultural products, gems, leather products, and chemicals. India reckons trade has at least doubled in the past five years, while US exports to India have tripled in that period.
Investment: US cumulative direct investments through mid-2008 of nearly $16 billion in power and oil refineries, telecommunications, electronics, food processing and services make the US one of India's largest investors, according to US statistics.
Information Technology: India says two in five of America's Fortune 500 companies outsource their software in India. With India's growing wealth, the telecom sector has grown about 20% a year in recent years. India has courted investment in the sector, projecting that it needs some $84 billion worth of telecom equipments to hit its target of 650 million subscribers by 2012. The US hi-tech regions of the Silicon Valley in California and Route 128 Corridor in Massachusetts have deep ties with their Indian counterparts, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Nuclear Power: The 2005 US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, which eases strictures on US nuclear exports to India, opens India's potential $150 billion market in power plants. This offers potential for big deals for US nuclear reactor builders such as General Electric Co and Westinghouse Electric Co, a subsidiary of Japan's Toshiba Corp.
Arms Sales: India's embassy says US arms sales to India have risen from almost nothing a few years to about $3.5 billion last year. The US is competing with Europe and Russia to supply India 126 multi-role fighter aircraft worth up to $10.4 billion, the biggest such market in decades. In March, the Obama administration approved a $2.1 billion sale to India of eight Boeing Co P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, the largest US arms transfer to India to date. In January 2008, Washington and New Delhi clinched India's previous largest US arms purchase — six Lockheed Martin Corp C-130J Super Hercules military transport planes valued at about $1 billion, including related gear, training and spares.


Many of you know that my claim to fame is that I've taken naps on some of the most famous trout streams in North and South America. It's an honor I accept proudly and hope to expand my resume' in the coming seasons. But as I bask in the sunny glory of my accomplishments it is becoming obvious to me that advancing years are opening up another category for me; taking unplanned dunks in many of those same streams.
I could blame it on an inner ear thing. A couple of years back I was climbing out of the Chattahoochee River after some shoal bass fishing and as I got both feet up on the bank I simply began to fall backwards for no apparent reason. Fell off a four foot bank flat on my back on a big rock in the river. Ouch! I honestly thought I had broken some ribs. And this was about 3 days before I was headed to Yellowstone. Thankfully, I was just bruised and scraped up a little. Turns out I did have an inner ear problem so I didn't have to chalk that one up to getting older.
I could also blame it on the fish. While fishing the Madison River with my friend Don Baldwin in 2008, I hooked a nice rainbow in a riffle just upstream of a section of rapids where the river diverted around a huge boulder and logjam. Of course the fish immediately took off for the rapids and with the force of the river helping her, it was impossible for me to get her back upstream to me so I decided to carefully pick my way around the boulder while holding on to the log. It's funny how having a good fish on the end of your line can make you do irrational things. As I got half way into my maneuver, I realized there was no bottom beneath my feet. I see Don running to put his gear on the bank and hear another angler nearby yell, "Are you going to help him?". Don's reply, "Heck no, I'm getting my camera!"
My only other option as I see it is to blame these events on, as my eye doctor told me, too many birthdays. It's difficult to accept this one but it may be true. This past Saturday, after a fine low country boil lunch with the Rabunites on the Chattooga River, I hit the Delayed Harvest section about 2:00 for an afternoon on the most beautiful river in the southeast. It was one of those days where I literally did not care if I caught anything or not. I really do have those! I found myself an hour and a half later still working the same pool. It's one of the deepest pools on the river, the water was crystal clear and I could see several big fish sitting near the bottom. I got into my hard-headed mode and decided to keep changing things up until I got one. Never happened. One dinky rainbow was the only one I fooled. But back to my story. I was standing on a ledge on the east side of the river overlooking the pool and turned around to walk out. In my mind, all this happened in slow motion when my right boot began to slide off the edge. I suppose I could have thrown my body backwards and landed in 18" of water on the ledge but your mind will trick you into thinking you'll regain control, catch your balance and walk safely out. Never trust your own mind in these circumstances!
Remember, the pool I've been fishing is a good 8 or 10 feet deep, right off the ledge, sudden drop. I'm now swimming...in 46º water! Invigorating but not recommended. You need to understand, I didn't stumble and catch myself then stood up. I was FLOATING! If anyone was near enough to see me, I didn't notice but I'm sure they've got stories of "the crazy fly fisherman up in that big hole up there." I realized all I could do was float downstream until I could touch bottom but I'm laughing hysterically as I'm floating. What else can you do? It had to be a funny thing to see. Honestly, the only part of me that wasn't wet was the very top of my hat. The rest of my hat was wet from being underwater.
Easing out of the river looking like a haggard muskrat, I was grateful for the wading pants I was wearing because they were tightly cinched up around my waist and prevented me from taking on a serious amount of water. The velcro adjustable waist worked equally as well as a belt would have. That was fortunate. To give you an idea of how foolish part of your brain can be, I actually considered going back out and fishing more. That would have been nothing short of stupid! Sure it was a beautiful mid-60's afternoon but when the sun started going behind the ridge in an hour or so, the temperature would drop significantly. A clearer mind came to me from somewhere and I walked the mile or so to my truck.
Now, here's the point of this story. I was unprepared. During the winter months, I always keep a duffle bag of dry clothes, an extra jacket and even a towel for those really drenching moments as Saturday turned out to be. But I hadn't switched to winter mode fishing this past weekend and I had nothing in my truck to change into or even dab a little river water off with. Many of you have heard my diatribe about wearing a wading belt at all times so I wont' get into that topic again. What I do want to encourage you to do is put together an emergency bundle of dry clothes (preferable something that will help you warm up like fleece) and keep it in your vehicle at all times. You owe it to yourself and to your family. I could have been in serious trouble if it had been cold and I was miles up the Chattooga River alone. Hypothermia is a deadly thing and it doesn't have to be 32º and you soaking wet to kick in. It could just as easily happen on a 55º day under the right conditions.
And if you think you won't fall in because you never have, think again, Kemosabi. As the title of this post says, "It's not if, it's when!" If you wade fish, you will fall in! So be prepared. Know your own capabilities, don't hesitate to use a wading staff, always use a wading belt and, above all, keep a set of dry clothes in your vehicle! This is the voice of experience talking to you. Listen to it!


Munich is one of the largest cities in Europe and it is one of the cities that record millions of tourists annually. It is the capital of Bavaria one of the states in Germany and it is the third biggest city in the country. The geographical location of that city makes it one of the business hub nubs of Europe. It is within the famous Isar River; this makes it possible for residents and tourists to have a breathtaking view of Europe. It is not surprising that tourism industry is a booming business in that great city. Tourism is the most thriving business in Munich. There are several attraction centers in the city such as churches, gorgeous architectural buildings and many others. The nightlife that is available in Munich is the best that anybody can get anywhere in Europe. Movement to and out of Munich is possible by the air, the rail, the road and by the sea. It is not difficult for thousands of tourists who travel to the city to have access to it. There are several social activities that take place in the city which have international recognitions. One of such world acknowledged festivals include the Oktoberfest. This is a festival that involves annual beer drinking and people do come from all parts of the world to grace this important event. One of the things that make Munich comfortable to visitors is the comfortable hotels in the city which pride itself among the best in the world.
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