Alex Florence performed with the drag king troupe The Salt City Kings from 2004-2010 and with the Royal Court of the Golden Spike Empire from 2008–2014. He shares his thoughts on Kingdom of Heaven.
I recently had the pleasure of reading Kingdom of Heaven. The journey of the central character MJ is, in some ways, similar to my own.
Kingdom of Heaven reminds me of my own adventure of finding my own inner drag king, an adventure that later helped me connect my brain, outside appearance and soul.
My drag adventure started at the very young age of 14 when I put on my first "show" for my brother and mother. My debut consisted of whatever I could find to wear that was flannel to channel my inner pop star (via a song by Joey Lawrence). As it turns out, growing up in a very LDS home, with a mother who was and still is very strict on gender roles, my first performance was a flop. Thoughts of freeing the me inside were suppressed for the next decade.
In Kingdom of Heaven, MJ is approached to perform, which sets her journey in motion. Just like MJ, my journey began when I was approached to try out for a drag troupe at the age of 24. MJ and I both experienced a very real moment when she first put herself in drag and the thoughts of "Well, there I am!" surfaced.
I don't want to give too much away other than Kingdom of Heaven isn't about transitioning in the way you might think. We don't know if MJ's journey will take her as far as coming out as transgender. But we do know that her feelings of never quite fitting in to the typical LDS gender roles that have plagued her, her whole life, come to the surface.
Some who do drag enjoy the entertainment value of it, the art of illusion, allowing them to be the magician, letting the audience believe whatever they want to. For others, it is liberating to break out of the "norm," gender role they are stuck in, helping them break down the barrier of what gender is or can be. They are able to create or recreate the character or feelings they keep locked inside. To be able to do bring all of this together and bring their drag persona to life is very empowering.
MJ finds confidence performing as a drag king; it helps her begin to see herself as she truly is. Isn't that what we all want? For our family and friends to look at us and see our authentic selves?
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (book & lyrics by Jenifer Nii, music & lyrics by David Evanoff), the first original musical in Plan-B's 25-year history, receives its world premiere March 31-April 10. Go to PlanBTheatre.org for tickets and more information.


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St. Francisville Main Street receives 2020 National Main Street Accreditation
St. Francisville, Louisiana June 22, 2020- St. Francisville Main Street has been designated as a 2020 Accredited Main Street America program. Accredited status is Main Street America's top tier of recognition and signifies a demonstrated commitment to comprehensive commercial district revitalization and proven track record of successfully applying the Main Street Approach.
" We are proud to recognize this year's 860 Nationally Accredited Main Street America programs that have dedicated themselves to strengthening their communities," said Patrice Frey, President & CEO of the National Main Street Center. "These Accredited Main Street programs have proven to be powerful engines for revitalization by sparking impressive economic returns and preserving the character of their communities. During these challenging times, these Main Street programs will be key to bringing economic vitality back to commercial districts and improving quality of life during the recovery process."
In 2019 alone, $6.45 billion of public and private reinvestment was generated, 6,466 net new businesses were opened, 32,316 net new were jobs created, and 10, 412 buildings were rehabilitated in Main Street America communities.
St. Francisville Main Street's performance is evaluated both locally and by Louisiana Main Street which works in partnership with Main Street America to identify the local programs that meet the ten rigorous performance standards. Evaluation criteria determines the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and include standards such as fostering strong public-private partnerships, documenting programmatic progress, and actively preserving historic buildings.
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Enabling excellent auxiliary manoeuvring in station keeping or dynamic positioning (DP) operations, the Wärtsilä WST-24R provides first class reliability, as well as easy installation, integration and maintenance.
One of the most notable features of the new thruster is the gearbox, which has an 8-degrees tilted propeller shaft configuration. This significantly reduces thruster / hull interactional losses, thereby producing up to 20 percent more effective thrust than conventional non-tilted thrusters and enabling lower fuel consumption. This extra effective thrust directly contributes to the advanced DP capability of a vessel.
Replacing the existing LMT 1510, the Wärtsilä WST-24R thruster offers more than 10 percent added unit thrust as a result of the reduced power density. This, combined with improved hydrodynamics and the dedicated Wärtsilä Thruster Nozzle design, reduces the environmental impact of the propulsion system. The Wärtsilä WST-24R can also be delivered to comply with clean notations and is optionally compatible with the US EPA's VGP2013 stipulations. The overall result of this development has been to create benefits to the customer in both performance and efficiency.
The Wärtsilä WST-24R is also designed to achieve reliability with fewer components. All systems are easily accessible for maintenance, while the combined steering-retraction seals, designed to have no oil to water interface to reduce environmental risk, can be replaced from inboard. The steering is electric, rather than hydraulic, further enhancing the capabilities of the system, and the new retraction system is lightweight and safe with self-locking electric actuation.
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The official launch will take place at the Marintec 2017 conference and exhibition to be held in Shanghai, China from December 5 to 8.
Caption: The Wärtsilä WST-24R thruster offers up to 20% more effective thrust than comparable conventional thrusters.


The author could have better stated that 64-bit chips allows the OS to support more than 4 gigabytes of physical memory (RAM) and even if a smartphone does not have or need more than a couple of GB, this progress will provide developers with increased addressable memory space for their apps which can be beneficiary in terms of performance and security.
32-bit CPU have in theory a physical address space of 32 bit only, so they can address up to 232 Bytes of memory which amounts to 4 GB. However, many factors could make this limit varry, the OS could use part of this address space for other purpose (like memory for drivers), hence the well-known 3 GB barrier on Intel/AMD x86 architecture.
There are many solution to overcome this limit, such as having a larger physical address space (e.g. 36- or 48-bit). If there is OS support, then it usually means that a 32-bit system can have more than 4 GB of memory. One should understand that we are talking about the physical address space, or in layman's terms the amount of RAM supported. However, a process uses a virtual address space which is set in stone to 32-bit, so a process even on such extended 32-bit architecture cannot address more than 4 GB (or even less as mentioned above).
Therefore, 64-bit adds the ability to address more than 4 GB of RAM for the entire system and per process1. But do we need today more than 4 GB of memory usable by a single process?
Security: A process code is loaded by the OS in memory prior to execution, if an attacker knows where in memory it is (e.g. the position is fix), it is easier for him to perform a hack and make your code execute instructions it was not designed to support. So OS have developed several techniques to help randomise the address space to mitigate such attacks. But if you have an address space of 4 GB or of 256 TB, this mitigation does not provide the same effect.
Performance: apart a few mathematical algorithm that can be improved by using 64-bit registers (like cryptographic ones), another performance improvement is in the handling of huge files using memory mapped file (quick introduction about memory mapped files). Basically, 64-bit applications benefits from the added address space when accessing files bigger than a few GB (e.g. videos, etc.).
So with today usage (which could include Full-HD videos, file encryption, added process security) I do see benefits of switching to a 64-bit architecture. And who knows what would be our requirements tomorrow?
Finally, the journalist was thinking that Apple A7 CPU would fit better in an Macbook Air. I again disagree, unless Macbook Airs sporting this CPU runs iOS. Even if OS X could run on ARM, all the current applications would need to be ported to ARM before they can be used. Apple allowed PowerPC applications to run on Intel CPU using Rosetta, because Intel CPUs were powerful enough to cope with the extra translation layer without too much performance loss (although this is debatable for some applications). But I do not think that the Apple A7 is powerful enough to run an x86 translation layer and have application still usable.
I therefore think that even with today usage one could already have scenarios where he could benefits from 64-bit architecture (huge files like videos, encryption, better process security), and in the coming years this is going to be more and more a reality.
I think than the journalist should have better questioned the usefulness of 8-cores CPU than 64-bit CPU on a smartphone. The only usage2 I could think for such a power CPU would be in a hybrid phone, one that could be plugged to a screen and keyboard/mouse set and that would transform itself into a computer.
Disclaimer: I am a software engineer, not an electronic or chip engineer, my views are therefore biased by software and I know just enough about CPU architecture to properly developed and maintained software, that's it. I own an iPad and an Android phone.
One should notice that the physical address space on modern x86_64 architecture is not 64 bit, it is at least 48-bit, so up to 256 TB. And the virtual address space is equally "limited". I do not know the limits for the ARM 64-bit architecture (if Apple is using this architecture).


When it comes to creating recipes, most cookbook writers are exacting, expecting readers to follow their instructions to the letter. But not Colu Henry. As the author of Back Pocket Pasta: Inspired Dinners to Cook on the Fly (Clarkson Potter), published last summer, she's all about jumping in, improvising, tasting the sauce, and above all, eating. Henry honed her culinary acumen as special projects director at Bon Appetit. But she's also an entirely modern, joyful, social, savvy cook who gained fame by plating delights for the social media buffet table of Instagram. Her cookbook began as a hashtag.
But of course here the road diverges: Unlike most mortals, Henry's impromptu pasta dishes were more like alchemy than well, okay, I'll eat it necessity. While the pasta water boiled, she'd chop this, sprinkle that, dollop this, shred that, and achieve a symphonic harmony of noodles and stuff. About five years ago, she began posting the dishes on Instagram—then a relatively new social media—to show people what she was making for dinner.
Colu Henry cooks an entirely unplanned but inspired meal, using whatever fresh ingredients are on hand, at her home in Hudson.
Then, at a book party, says Henry, "the stars aligned." She worked the room, wine glass in hand and goal in mind, landing both an agent and a publisher by pitching one of its cookbook editors on the spot. She enlisted the help of some talented friends and colleagues, worked up a well-designed proposal with sumptuous sample photographs, and Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, loved it.
With the same matter-of-fact intensity with which she can study her pantry shelves, grab a hunk of something from the refrigerator, and then conceive of a sublime concoction like Orechiette with Fresh Corn and Burrata (on page 116 of Back Pocket), Henry threw herself into making the book. From start to finish, Back Pocket took two and half intense years. From the beginning, she wanted to provide choices and ease, not regimentation. There's a running theme here: Henry knew as much about what she didn't want as what she did. It makes for a perfect mix: a cookbook that inspires you to take your own ingredients and your own ideas, and cook off the page. Rules are meant to be broken, notes Henry. So go break 'em.
Back Pocket is divided not by purpose but by place. A section on dishes collects the flavors of her Italian heritage, tracing back to her ancestral roots in Teora, located in the southern Campania region, and the tenements of the Lower East Side. Another section conjures up the quick and effervescent spirit of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where Henry and her husband once lived. There's a section on cooking while traveling—wherever Henry goes, she tends to cook a meal, jamming with her host over their stove. But the section that's the most joyful focuses on Hudson, where she now lives full time. It's a farm-to-table, peruse-the-markets-and-fill-the-basket celebration of a good life in the country, and it's irresistible.
Henry diverged into talking about her shopping routine, which involves hitting the local farmer's market and then meeting friends for a beer at Suarez Brewery in nearby Livingston—thus turning an errand into an event the same way she turns pasta into, well, something better. And then we were back to the process at hand: "I added some chopped garlic [also from Sparrowbush, garlic freaks take note], and then the radicchio cut into wide ribbons, hot pepper flakes, some of the salty pasta water as the pasta cooked to help the leaves wilt." To that fresh and end-of-summer perfect mix, she returned the pancetta, tossed in the pasta, grated some Locatelli pecorino and let the cheese emulsify into silk, and then topped it all off with some torn basil leaves. "Just what I had around," she says with a certain pleasure.
Henry's book is filled with tips that preach this same blend of doing it right and doing it fun: Never drain your pasta and then rinse in cold water and coat it with oil. That is a sin that ruins its starchy goodness and means the sauce can't stick. But on the other hand, if you want to switch one ingredient for another in a recipe, by all means do.
"I don't generally follow recipes myself," Henry says. "I did write a book with them, but it's to encourage people to figure out what works well and have fun with it. Don't measure so much. Eyeball it. Yes, baking is a different story—that's chemistry, which I didn't do well in at school anyway. But I think really having fun with something, and not being so caught up with the nitty-gritty, that's great." Opinion given, she gets back to business—preparing for a trip to Portland, Oregon, for a food festival. After that, she'll be focusing on the renovation of Otto's Market in Germantown, which she and her husband recently took over with some friends. That will be yet another labor of love, in which Henry turns one thing into something else that's full of surprises and entirely better.
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We strive for children to learn about nature and the real world by their own experience, exploration and discovery.
To learn how to find solutions to problems and take steps to improve them.
In order to work with as many children as possible, our key partners are teachers and parents.
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Pupils snoop through the school "cellar-to-ground", examine its impact on the environment, and based on their findings, they design and implement measures that improve the situation at school.
The environment ceases to be just a lesson for pupils. It becomes something that affects them and what they can influence themselves. Pupils experience genuine participation in the operation of their school and learn the responsibility of their surroundings.
Every year, several dozen schools go through an audit to assess whether they deserve the international Eco School title.
For more information see Eco-Schools international webpage: www.ecoschools.global. Contact Eco-Schools Czech Republic: ekoskola@terezanet.cz.
GLOBE is an international program in which pupils explore nature through scientific methods and help improve the environment around them.
We support methods of research-oriented learning. Data measured by pupils serves scientists to verify different hypotheses and models and is also available to the general public at the globe.gov international portal.
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The program is guaranteed by NASA and NOAA.
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In order to learn about the natural environment, it is essential that teaching also takes place outdoors. Best based on observations and experience.
Within the program, we want children to see the forest as a safe and exciting place that is full of stimuli and can be explored by all senses. They experience the trees, herbs, fungi, animals of our most widespread ecosystem and their interconnectedness personally. They also look at the forest as a place with its own history. From their experience, they can evaluate what is good for the forest.
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During the late 12th century when the city when first settled, it was also a small fishing village. However, in the 17th century it shot to fame during a period known as the Dutch Golden Age. It became one of the key shipping ports, due to its innovations in trade. It was also during this time that Amsterdam was a major centre for finance and diamonds. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the city grew exponentially.
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The Crack: A look into Tam's lack of field space
By Eloise Weir • December 13, 2021
Tam's lack of field space has only been exacerbated by The Crack
Editorial: The emotional impact of distance learning
In addition to its commonly cited academic pitfalls, the student body seems to be experiencing emotional distress at the hands of at-home education.
Quarantine calls for a new wardrobe
By Kennedy Enlowsmith • November 18, 2020
With the social scene of school slowly fading away and social media becoming more popular, Tam's fashion has evolved over quarantine.
The Fan Factor
It's difficult to predict what high school sports will look like when they start back up in the winter, but professional sports games have shown that whether athletes like it or not, spectators have become a crucial part of the sporting experience.
October's featured artist of the month: Junior Natalie Nong
By Emily Stull • October 3, 2020
From experiences of racism to mental health, each piece tells a story.
An ode to the class of 2020
By Chloe Gammon • May 26, 2020
Over the past four years, we have felt the unique historical significance of our high school experience.
Kylie Frame: The face behind Feed the Frontlines Marin
By Emily Stull • May 19, 2020
Frame's nonprofit organization raises money to purchase meals from local businesses and donates those meals to essential workers in the area.
Six feet apart
By Kara Kneafsey • April 23, 2020
This feature illustrates a snapshot of what California's shelter in place order has entailed, outlining the experiences members of the Tam community are going through.
Taupier announces new grading system for distance learning
By Logan Little • April 21, 2020
All students who are considered in "good standing" in their academic courses will receive an A in R5 and R6. These will be averaged with their R4 grades to determine their final semester grades.
COVID-19: A manmade disaster
By Samantha Glocker • April 19, 2020
Although the coronavirus has many possible origins, there is evidence that wet markets play a part in the spread of disease.
Spring sports season canceled
By Jordan Cushner and Jessica Bukowski • April 13, 2020
Spring sectional, regional, and state championship events have also been canceled as a result of the coronavirus.
District offers free meals during school closures
By Saranyu Nel • April 11, 2020
The meal service will take place at Redwood High School between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.


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Lincoln remains in deep freeze after snow
by admin · Published February 5, 2014 · Updated February 5, 2014
UNL students make their way to classes Wednesday after the season's first large storm dropped 4 inches of snow and ushered in single digit temperatures.
By NewsNetNebraska staff
As snowy conditions gave way to sunshine Wednesday morning, brutally cold temperatures remained. Temperatures reached a high of 10 by Wednesday afternoon, but the wind chill temperature remained below zero throughout the day.
Don't expect things to warm up any time soon, either. Temperatures are expected to remain below 10 for the low through the weekend with wind chills dropping as low as -20, according to The Weather Channel.
Although the People's City Mission normally sees a decrease in residents at the beginning of each month due to incoming funds, the weather has caused a recent increase in traffic. Brett Anderson, who is the director of the men's side of the operation, said there has been a 128 to 137 person increase since Sunday.
"It's not usually quite as dramatic as some would think, but it's still an increase," he said.
In all, Lincoln picked up four inches of snow between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. It was the most snow Lincoln has received from any storm in nearly two months. The snowfall also bumps Lincoln's seasonal total to 14.1 inches, which is below what the a total for a normal winter would be at this time.
Because of the frozen ground around Lincoln, the four inches of snow that can be translated into 1/4 of an inch of water does not have much impact on the region as a whole. Al Dutcher, state climatologist, said that although Nebraska is experiencing a shortage of moisture, the Lincoln area is still in decent shape.
He said he looks for the future to produce much more precipitation for Lincoln, and The Weather Channel is already predicting another chance of snow for the coming Tuesday.
Because of the snow, Lincoln Public Schools canceled classes and postponed all activities scheduled for Wednesday. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Nebraska Wesleyan continued with classes as scheduled, though.
Workers shovel snow on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus Wednesday afternoon. Lincoln received four inches of snow from Tuesday afternoon to early Wednesday morning.
Lincoln road crews started clearing main city streets Tuesday night and continued throughout the night. Most main roads were passable by late morning Wednesday. Crews began clearing side streets Wednesday morning, but many side streets were still snow covered by midday.
The snow emergency for Lincoln remains in effect. A snow emergency means parking is banned on emergency snow routes, bus routes and other major arterial streets.
A map showing these routes and updated information on the status of snow operations is available on the city's website at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: snow).
See local students react to the latest winter storm in the video below.
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Fox News, which contracts with both a Democratic and Republican pollster to provide joint data relating to key political races, released a series of surveys yesterday, each providing good news for Republicans. The results may skew slightly Republican because in certain instances they exceed other similarly published survey suggests.
The two firms, neither particularly well known nor quoted in national polling circles, are Anderson Robbins Research (D) and the Shaw Polling Company (R). The two combined to produce polls in five different states during the Oct. 4-7 period. In each place, the sampling universe numbered somewhere between 702 and 739 likely voters. In all but Kentucky, both the Senate and governors' races were tested. Blue Grass State voters won't choose a new governor until next year. As identified in the headline, the other four polled states were Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado and Kansas.
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Defying all pollsters' projections, veteran Sen. Thad Cochran rebounded from his under-performance in the June 3 primary election to win the Mississippi run-off campaign. State Sen. Chris McDaniel came within one-half percent of claiming the Republican nomination in the primary vote, but failed to capitalize on his early momentum.
Virtually all published polling projected the 42-year congressional veteran to be falling significantly behind his Tea Party-backed Republican challenger. Yet, the actual results gave the incumbent a 51-49 percent victory, a margin of 6,373 votes out of the 372,000-plus ballots cast, some 60,000 more than were recorded in the primary. Therefore, the secondary election campaign defied not only the pollsters who almost unanimously predicted a McDaniel win going away, but also voter history that virtually always sees an incumbent lose a run-off election when forced into one. Additionally, this run-off produced more Continue reading >
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Voters will be casting ballots in six states, and the Mississippi Republican run-off contest between Sen. Thad Cochran and state Sen. Chris McDaniel gains top national billing. Most polling suggests that McDaniel, who placed first in the primary with 49.4 percent of the vote, is favored to capture the party nod. His victory would unseat a veteran Republican senator who was first elected to Congress in 1972.
Another US House special election will be decided today as GOP businessman Curt Clawson is poised to win Florida's 19th Congressional District, left vacant by freshman Rep. Trey Radel's (R) resignation. Clawson, armed with $2 million of personal money and strong backing from various Tea Party groups, easily won the Republican nomination on April 22. The former Purdue University basketball player will cruise to victory against Democrat April Freeman in the safely Republican seat anchored in the Ft. Myers/Cape Coral area. He will be sworn into office later this week, and then immediately begin running for a full term. Continue reading >
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Beauprez Will Run
In Governor on March 4, 2014 at 11:10 am
Former Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-CO-7) filed papers yesterday to again run for governor in Colorado. He left the House to run unsuccessfully for this position in what evolved into the Democratic landslide year of 2006, and now he attempts a comeback. Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) appears vulnerable against what, heretofore, seemed a weak Republican field. A Beauprez entry will change the flow of the campaign.
In 2002, Beauprez claimed a 121-vote victory in the first ever congressional race in what was then Colorado's new 7th District, located in the Denver suburbs. The seat was drawn to be marginal and the results certainly proved the design. In his first and only re-election, Beauprez notched a 55 percent win.
After the Beauprez announcement, it wouldn't be surprising to see him quickly ascend to the top of the Republican primary polls. Considering this development, the Colorado gubernatorial campaign becomes more serious.
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A Shocking Colorado Poll
In Election Analysis on November 21, 2013 at 10:46 am
Quinnipiac University, fresh from being the closest major pollster in the closing days of the Virginia governor's race (they projected Terry McAuliffe to be leading 45-41 percent; the final result was 48-45 percent), released a new Colorado survey (Nov. 15-18; 1,206 registered Colorado voters) that produces surprising results.
Up until now, first-term Sen. Mark Udall (D) had been viewed as a prohibitive favorite for re-election. This Q-Poll, however, suggests that competition could be coming his way. According to the data, Udall leads former GOP nominee and Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck (R) 45-42 percent. He's ahead of virtually unknown businessman Jamie McMillan (R) only 43-40 percent. The incumbent expands his edge to five, six, and seven points over state senators Randy Baumgardner and Owen Hill, and state Rep. Amy Stephens, respectively. Clearly, all of these match-ups indicate that Sen. Udall is not yet an electoral cinch.
But, the real eye-opening data relates to opinions of federal leaders and issues, in Continue reading >
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FALL 2001 • VOLUME 8: NUMBER 4
The Muslim Jesus
Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature
by Tarif Khalidi
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2001. 245 pp. $22.95.
Islamic Interpretations of Christianity
Edited by Lloyd Ridgeon. Richmond, Surrey, UK: Curzon, 2001. 255 pp. $45.
Reviewed by Daniel Pipes
https://www.meforum.org/1444/the-muslim-jesus
In 1989, the Iranian media called the showing in Istanbul of Martin Scorsese's blasphemous film, The Last Temptation of Christ, a plot "hatched by world arrogance and international Zionism"1 and soon after fundamentalist Muslims and fundamentalist Christians together protested the movie's screening. A decade later, the "Shari'ah Court of the UK" condemned Terrence McNally to death for his defamatory play about Jesus, Corpus Christi, and again the faithful of the two faiths together protested outside the theater. The man who issued this edict, Omar Bakri Muhammad, commented that "The Church of England has neglected the honour of the Virgin Mary and Jesus."2 Muslim groups also protested when the Brooklyn Museum mounted a scurrilous exhibit of the Virgin Mary.
What gives – don't the Islamists have the wrong religious figure? No: from the Qur'an on, Jesus has always had a special place in Muslim piety, as Khalidi (professor of Arabic at Cambridge University) shows in his exemplary study, The Muslim Jesus. In fact, he even writes about a "Muslim gospel" which, though emphatically denying the divinity of 'Isa ibn Maryam, gives him an honored place as a prophet. The 303 snippets that Khalidi translates and comments on from a wide range of sources (hadith, belles-lettres, mystical works, etc.) do convincingly establish his point that "In his Muslim habitat, Jesus becomes an object of intense devotion, reverence, and love." In an introductory essay, Khalidi traces the origins of the "Muslim gospel" and concludes by observing that this cross-religious history offers some lessons for a time like the present, when Christian-Muslim tensions are rife.
The mostly Christian and British authors of ten fine chapters in Islamic Interpretations of Christianity have a decidedly less cheerful take on their subject. The book deals in roughly equal parts with the premodern and modern eras; in both, it finds that Islamic views of Christianity and Christians are generally harsh. The Qur'an is rather more friendly to an (Islam-receptive) ideal Christianity than the actual one that exists; the hadith literature consigns Christians to social and religious inferiority; the legal literature creates a binary Muslim vs. non-Muslim distinction that is "never" breached; even Jalal ad-Din Rumi, the favorite poet of mystically-inclined Americans, turns out to be less inclusive and more doctrinaire than they realize . In the modern era, Sayyid Qutb's aggressive attitude toward Christians amounted to an aggressive and "radical break" with traditional Sunni Islam; and while one can find enlightened attitudes among British Muslims toward Christianity, most of the views expressed fit into "an older anti-Christian-polemical tradition." There is a long way to go before adherents of these two faiths can achieve the maturity of the Christian-Jewish relationship.
1 Jomhuriye-ye Islami, 3 April 1989.
2 Reuters, Oct. 30, 1999.
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Dame Lillard & CJ McCollum's Beef with Russ, Beverly, and Paul George Explained
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The funniest beef in the NBA going on right now took a HUGE turn last night. For those who caught the tail end of this on Twitter last night (more on this later), I'm going to give a handy timeline for you.
Let's rewind all the way back to May 2nd 2014, Blazers vs Rockets, Game 6. Portland was up 3-2 even though they were underdogs in the series. With 0.9 seconds remaining in regulation and the Rockets leading 98-96, the Blazers needed a miracle to tie or win the game with so few ticks left on the clock. So they set up an inbounds play in which Damian Lillard curled off a screen, clapped for the ball, caught it, and elevated for the shot before time expired and … BOOM. James Harden, professional pest Patrick Beverly and the rest of the Rockets got sent home packing.
Then, in 2019, the Blazers were matched up in the first round against Oklahoma City, and again, were significant underdogs. At this point, there was a long standing "thing" between Russell Westbrook and Damian Lillard, probably dating back to when Russ alleged to the media that Damian Lillard whined his way into making the All Star team in 2018 after a series of snubs.
The first back and forth between the two in person happened when Russ yelled at Dame "I've been busting that ass for years," when Dame stepped to the free-throw line during a late January game in 2019 against the Thunder. Those words essentially gave birth to the rivalry.
And after that, Dame and Russ were must-see TV. So to see them matched up against one another in the playoffs was exciting to say the least. But this isn't about Russ, this is about Paul Pandemic P George. Game 5, after being down 15 (no surprise) Dame and co. clawed back. Game is now tied and with 10 seconds left, Dame seemed to take his time around half court with Paul George giving him space. 2 seconds left. Still dribbling. BANG. Step back 37 footer. And in true Dame fashion, he waved OKC goodbye in one of the most iconic moments in recent Blazer memory.
But after the game, Paul George dismissed Lillard's shot not as skill but essentially as luck. "That's a bad shot, I don't care what anyone says," he said.
Lillard responded.
"For him to say that's a bad shot, that's just kind of being a poor sport," Lillard said. "If anything, it was bad defense, because I had the ball in my hands with two seconds, and I wasn't going to drive, so maybe he should've just bodied up."
The next stage of the beef took place, not surprisingly, in the Bubble.
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When Damian Lillard missed two crucial free throws and Patrick Beverly cackled "Dame Time?" and "Cancun on 3" with the joy of Skip Bayless rattling off a terrible take? What about AFTER the game, when Dame said that he not only sent Paul George home last year with his 3 pointer from outer space and broke up the OKC franchise but also Pat Beverly with a game winner against Houston?
And most importantly, when Paul George and Dame went back and forth on Instagram of all places, culminating in Paul George responding to Lillard's presser with "And you getting sent home this year. Respect."
You remember all that?
I do. But it's not just me that has this day indelible in my hippocampus, CJ McCollum remembers too.
After the Clippers ate shit and blew a 3-1 lead to the Nuggets, CJ took to Twitter in a storm.
That's what you call putting someone in a body bag. And it's a lesson for anyone, especially Paul George aka side of the backboard, Pandemic P, never bring a knife to a gunfight.
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Dr. Hafeez suggests that, "one parent may just have to be the 'bigger' one and give in for the sake of the kids," when there is a dispute taking place. Whether it's over the holiday schedule or bedtime after a party, the kids feel the stress. Also, Dr. Hafeez advises to try to collaborate with your former spouse over presents, so there is no competition over who gives the best gifts. "And never undermine the other parent. If he or she says they aren't allowed to have something, don't buy it! Be an adult," says Dr. Hafeez.
Recovering from addiction is hard. Period. But it's harder when holiday festivities are filled with friends and family drinking everything from eggnog to champagne. "Be prepared for what you may face, before going to a party," advises Dr. Hafeez. She suggests an answer like "I'm choosing not to drink today," or "I've decided to be the designated driver," should get people off your back.
Dr. Hafeez, also offers this advice if you are traveling over the holidays. "Traveling often takes you to places where drinking can be encouraged, such as airports, planes and hotel bars." Prepare yourself ahead of time by reminding yourself over and over that these settings may make you uncomfortable, but you don't have a drink to make yourself feel more comfortable. If you have to, make yourself a note in your phone and read it to yourself if you're starting to feel vulnerable.
While this year may not be the happiest and easiest of holidays, remind yourself that next year will be better. "Looking forward, not back, is the best way to embrace the future on a positive note," says Dr. Hafeez.


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Q: PopUp Alarm on selected days and selected time in android I want to popup an alarm on selected day i.e. Monday ,Tuesday and so on. And at selected time on every week. I've an idea about interval but I don't know how to get the next day and popup alarm ?

A: You need to use the AlarmManager and get a WakeClock while processing the Intent in Service (make sure to release it and chose the right kind).
Here is a great example :
https://stackoverflow.com/a/8801990/220710
To get the day current day of the week, look at this question :
Android: how to get the current day of the week (Monday, etc...) in the user's language?
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setInexactRepeating(int type, long triggerAtMillis, long intervalMillis, PendingIntent operation)
Schedule a repeating alarm
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Then you would need to set :

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*intervalMillis = ms in a week

*triggerAtMillis = System.currentTimeMillis() + ms to the next Monday, Tuesday or
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*intent = the intent you want to fire to a Service that
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First Known Meteorite To Hit Someone Sells In Christie's Online Auction
By Nina Godlewski @NinaGodlewski
The lights of an approaching plane are pictured as a meteor streaks past stars in the night sky, on the outskirts of Cancun Photo: Reuters/STA
You've probably never considered what you would pay for a hunk of space rock, but on Wednesday bidders at Christie's got the answer to that question. Space enthusiasts placed online bids on meteorites that have fallen to Earth over the years that price in the thousands. But there was one special meteorite that went for a pretty penny.
A piece of a meteorite that fell in Sylacauga, Alabama, in 1954 and hit a woman who was napping on her couch sold for $7,500 on Wednesday, Gizmodo reported. The 10.3 gram rock, called the Sylacauga Meteorite after where it landed, contains iron-nickel flakes and looks pretty much like a rock. But it's famous for hitting, and severely bruising, Ann Hodges a 34-year-old enjoying an afternoon nap on her couch. The story goes that the meteorite blasted through the roof of Hodges' apartment and bounced off of her radio set before hitting her, according to Christie's. She sustained a nasty bruise but was otherwise physically OK after the hit.
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A meteorite essentially is a space rock that has fallen to the surface of the Earth. Meteorites differ from meteoroids and meteors in that they make it all the way to Earth's surface without burning up in the atmosphere. Meteors burn up in the atmosphere, you probably know them better as shooting stars.
The meteorite was small though, about the size of a softball when it hit Hodges, National Geographic reported. The portion that sold Wednesday was just a fraction of that size, measuring about ½ x ¼ x ⅛ inch. That's about the size of a dime, if you saw it on a sidewalk you probably wouldn't think twice about the famous meteorite.
After the meteorite hit Hodges she and her landlord were involved in a fairly well-known court case over who rightfully owned the rock. The landlord, a woman named Birdie Guy, argued in court that she had right to the meteorite because it had landed on her property. The two ended up settling out of court, Guy gave over the rock in exchange for $500 from Hodges and her husband Eugene. The full meteorite is now at the Alabama Museum of Natural History.
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May 15 | 2013
Joyce launches new fan project #JoyceAndMe
JOYCE DIDONATO LAUNCHES #JoyceAndMe CAMPAIGN TO CROWDSOURCE ELEMENTS OF HER 'BEST OF' ALBUM
The album, released September 2, will celebrate 10 years of acclaimed recordings with Virgin and EMI Classics
"DiDonato's feat is that she makes us believe. And that's as great a gift as her voice."
~ NPR Music
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 – New York – Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato has launched a new campaign urging her fans to help crowdsource various elements of her upcoming 'Best of' album, which will celebrate 10 years of recordings with Virgin and EMI Classics. The #JoyceAndMe crowdsourcing campaign will last from May 15th until July 1st, giving fans a chance to help Joyce determine the album title, musical contents and parts of the liner notes. The album will be released worldwide September 2nd (September 3rd in the U.S.) to coincide with Joyce's highly-anticipated performance at the Last Night of the BBC Proms.
The four parts of the crowdsourcing campaign, to be conducted across Joyce's Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts, will invite fans to submit their ideas for an album title (May 15-21), vote on their favorite title (May 22-27), suggest which of Joyce's recordings they would like to see on the album (May 29-June 4), and share photos and stories about Joyce's concerts and recordings, some of which will be included in the album liner notes (June 10-25). The campaign will end July 1st, when Joyce will give her fans the first look at the album cover.
Joyce is an exclusive Virgin/EMI Classics recording artist, and has recorded five acclaimed recital albums (including the Grammy™-award winning Diva, Divo and last year's Drama Queens), five complete operas and two concert recordings. She was also featured on conductor/arranger John Wilson's chart-topping Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies, as well as Emmanuelle Haïm's Lamenti project.
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This spring break, I went on the ultimate adventure.
Ever since I found out I'll be graduating a semester early from my university, I've been trying to do everything in my capacity to hold onto my youth and freedom. It was a chilly January day when I made the impulsive decision to buy a ticket somewhere far, far away. Two of my wonderful friends just so happened to be leaving for their semester abroad in Australia, and that's when it hit me. Foreign? Check. Accents? Check. Cityscape, adventure, and wildlife? Check, check, and check.
Australia was pure magic and everything I wanted to experience. I could even imagine myself living there. It has gorgeous, amazingly clean cities, an unbelievably beautiful nature scene, and most importantly, the best people.
I was lucky enough to stay with a friend during my time there, and was introduced to the most awe-inspiring people. After exploring Sydney and its beautiful architecture for the first half of the week, I was graced with a road trip where I made the coolest mates. From swimming in a waterfall to cliff jumping, it was the most lively time I'd had in a while. Venturing Australia with those beautiful souls gave me a newfound love of simply getting out and enjoying the world. After all, that's what life is about: meeting new people and exploring new places as they come to you.
I couldn't be happier with my spring break experience, and I hope the same goes for all of you. Spring break may only be a week, but make your week count. To clarify, you don't need to fly somewhere else to get out of your comfort zone and explore. There is always something new to seek wherever you are.
This spring break was the best one I've ever experienced, and it taught me the importance of living out your dreams and wildest adventures–a lesson I'll keep with me for the rest of my life.


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Sky Bet Championship: Feb 23-25
@SkyBetChamp
Things are heating up both ends of the Sky Bet Championship table, and there are plenty of huge fixtures to look forward to again this weekend.
Baggies take on the Blades
Just one point separates Sheffield United in second place and West Bromwich Albion in fourth place.
The two sides meet at The Hawthorns at the weekend, with both looking to strengthen their automatic promotion credentials.
The Blades have not beaten the Baggies on away soil since October 2003, when they won 2-0 with goals from Michael Tonge and Ashley Ward.
Meanwhile, Darren Moore's side are looking to complete a league double over Sheffield United for the first time since the 1998/99 season.
League leaders to extend gap at the top?
It has been a season to remember so far for Norwich City and manager Daniel Farke, with the Canaries currently top of the Sky Bet Championship.
Bristol City are the visitors to Carrow Road on Saturday looking to put distance between themselves and Derby County in the race for that final Play-Off spot, as the Rams dropped points to Millwall in midweek.
The Robins are the only team in the top four tiers with a 100 per cent record in 2019, winning six out of six league matches so far.
The Canaries currently house the league's top-scorer in Teemu Pukki - the Finn has notched 23 goals this season and is looking to become the first Championship player to score in seven consecutive appearances since Jordan Rhodes back in 2013.
Battle at the bottom
Reading and Rotherham United are currently level on points after 33 games in the Championship, making this a massive clash for both sides.
The Royals sit just outside the relegation zone on goal difference, but a win on Saturday could see the Millers leapfrog their opponents into 21st position.
Home soil has been vital for Reading in recent years, having not lost to Rotherham in their last 16 home games.
Paul Warne's side have drawn their last four league games, and the last time they drew five in a row came all the way back in March 1998.
East Midlands derby under the lights
An eagerly anticipated East Midlands derby takes centre stage in the last game of the weekend, coming from the City Ground on Monday evening.
Martin O'Neill has steadied the ship at Forest since his arrival back in January; the former Republic of Ireland boss has not faced Derby since the 2007/08 season, winning both respective fixtures 2-0 and 6-0.
Derby missed the chance to get back into the Play-Off places after losing 1-0 against Millwall on Wednesday evening at Pride Park.
As tight as this fixture could be on Monday night, fans will not be wanting a repeat of the last two games, which have seen the teams share the points and score no goals in the process.
Around the grounds
Automatic promotion chasers Leeds United and Middlesbrough are both at home this weekend, welcoming Bolton Wanderers and Queens Park Rangers respectively.
Birmingham City entertain Blackburn Rovers on Saturday, and the Blues will be hoping they can make it eight wins in their last 12 home games.
Hull City travel to Brentford and Preston North End are also on the road, heading down south to Millwall.
Dean Smith's Aston Villa have only taken one point from Stoke City in their last five league games, they head to the bet365 Stadium at the weekend.
Down at the bottom, Wigan Athletic welcome Ipswich Town to the DW Stadium hoping to halt a three-match losing streak against the Tractor Boys.
Elsewhere, Sheffield Wednesday host Swansea City at Hillsborough.


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How Traveling Helps You Become a Better Marketer | Ep. #518
In episode #518, Eric and Neil explain why it is very important to travel in order to successfully market to other countries and regions. Tune in to hear how traveling will help alter your perspective and the differences between some countries around the world.
[00:27] Today's Topic: How Traveling Helps You Become a Better Marketer
[00:34] Eric just got back from Japan and the trip gave him a lot of perspective.
[00:49] He was invited to speak at an event and was given the opportunity to meet a lot of Japanese marketers.
[00:52] He learned that LinkedIn isn't popular there and people are more traditional in the work force.
[01:15] A guy Eric met has his employees working from 7am to 10pm, which is a big difference from the American work culture.
[02:15] The majority of the people in this world do not live in the US. If you really want to learn how to market to people in other countries, you have to travel.
[02:35] Neil learned that Brazilians prefer to purchase from Americans over Brazilians.
[02:42] In Brazil, when you do a payment plan, the law states that you must see the payment plan through.
[03:06] Without traveling, you won't understand what drives people to purchase.
[03:22] The US is a melting pot, so traveling will be helpful to understand places within the country.
[04:00] Eric met the CEO of a marketing agency and realized that in Japanese culture, it's important to woo and entertain your clients in person.
[04:47] Once you sign with an agency, the relationship spans years, unlike in the US, where people jump around a lot.
[05:18] The cost to acquire a customer in Japan is more than in the US.
[05:44] Their LTV (Life-Time Value) in Japan is almost double what it is in the US.
[05:59] What Eric and Neil do in Japan wouldn't work in the US.
[06:25] In Germany they are very efficient, while Amsterdam is more laid back.
[07:08] Go to singlegrain.com/giveaway for a special giveaway.
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Speaker 1: Get ready for your daily dose of marketing strategies and tactics from entrepreneurs with the guile and experience to help you find success in any marketing capacity. You're listening to Marketing School with your instructors, Neil Patel and Eric Siu.
Eric Siu: And today's we're going to talk about how traveling helps you become a better marketer. So I'll kick things off. I actually just got back from my trip in Japan two days ago, and being there has given me a lot of perspective. When I traveled there I had the fortunate opportunity of ... there's a listener of this podcast, Jeff Crawford, invited me to speak at something and I got to meet a lot of Japanese marketers. And I learned different things about Japan, like how LinkedIn is not popular there, how people are very traditional there when it comes to the workforce. So that alone is a good insight. And I also learned that blood type's very important to them. So as a marketer I get these insights being there that I just otherwise wouldn't know of.
And I also learned at the same time that people there, they work really hard. Like the guy I talked to that I met from Entrepreneurs' Organization, his people, the Japanese are known for working maybe even too hard. He has his people working from 7:00 a.m. and they go home at 10:00 p.m. or so. So that alone just teaches me kind of the differences, the nuances between these different countries. And then there's some things that I see that are really efficient about the Japanese culture, how these people work, how the marketers work, how things are seen there. And I get to integrate that into my own life around kind of business and marketing at the same time. Do we need to be working those amount of hours? Probably not. But are they doing some things really efficiently that I can probably take over and integrate? Absolutely. And I'll elaborate on that in a second.
Neil Patel: Yeah, Eric makes a good point. I've traveled all around the world. I don't even know how many countries I've been to. But I've learned so much because ... See, everyone thinks that oh, United States, it's amazing, it's an awesome country. And it is, don't get us wrong. We love the US. We live here. And it really is the land of opportunity. But the majority of the people in this world do not live in the United States. Out of the seven-plus billion people that are here, the United States has three hundred-plus million of them. So we don't make up the majority. Yes, our GDP is high, but we don't make up the majority. If you really want to learn how the majority of the world works and how to market to them, you have to travel.
For example, I learned in Brazil that they don't trust Brazilians. They prefer buying from Americans over Brazilians. Or I learned that in Brazil when you're selling products and you're marketing, you always have to break things into payment plans. And I was like why would you do that? And Brazil, unlike the United States, when they do payment plans, they have to by law continually pay each of those payments. And the credit card companies will give you all the money upfront and charge them over a period of 12 or 24 months, which is pretty cool, and it makes marketing much more effective and allows you to spend more money on paid ads. And I've learned different things in different regions. But without traveling you won't know how people are and operate in the cultures and what affects them to purchase or build trust within a brand.
Even the United States, yes, we're American and we love this place, but United States is a melting pot of so many different cultures and ethnicities, so even if you're just focusing on the US market, by traveling abroad, and even to different places within the United States, like if you're trying to market to people in Nebraska, their way of life and how they operate and live is totally different than someone living in Los Angeles, California. But understanding that and seeing that will help you figure out how you can maximize your marketing and even generate more revenue.
Eric Siu: Yeah. So just to give you a couple more examples. The Japanese, everybody that I met there, a lot of people there will ... you're kind of, especially in their service business ... The place that I spoke at was a marketing agency, and I met with the CEO for a little bit. We talked and he's like, "Oh, I gotta go." I was like, "Oh, where are you going?" And he's like ... it was about 7:30, 8:00 p.m. ... he was like, "I've gotta go entertain the clients." So in the Japanese culture, it's about taking the clients all the time, going out drinking with them and so on and so forth. But the reason why that's important, why I really respect that, is because I know that, especially in the services industry over here, that when you take the client out, when you actually meet them in person and you aren't just sitting behind a screen all the time, you build an actual relationship, and that increases the amount of business that you can do and it also leads to other opportunities that you just wouldn't otherwise expect.
But over there, the Japanese culture, they're taking the clients out all the time, they're befriending them. They've also very loyal, too. Like the big agencies over there, like the Dentsus for example, people stick with them forever because that's just the thing. You end up signing with an agency, you start to build that relationship, and that is for years and years and years. It's not like over here in the States where you sign with a client and then maybe in three months or so, six months or so, if you're not doing a good job, they can you. There's plus and minuses to both sides. I see the merit in canning someone if they're not doing their work. But I also see the merit in building a relationship for the long term because that's what it's all about at the end of the day. We're all human. We like to build relationships with each other, and that's how we scale.
Neil Patel: Yeah, speaking of Japan, with my software company, Crazy, we learned something interesting. The cost to acquire a customer in Japan costs us more than it does in the United States. The conversion, though, of a trial to a paid customer in Japan is way higher. In Japan, culturally they don't believe in charging back or canceling. If they like something and they do their research, they're there and they pay for it and they pay for the long run. Our LTV in Japan is almost double than what it is in the United States. That's a huge difference. So when we were running the numbers, at first we were like oh, whoa, it's not worth it. And then when we were looking at the LTV, we were like oh, this makes sense. And I didn't understand why until I started to understand their culture. I was like oh, we should just do what we're doing in Japan everywhere. And that doesn't work. It's not like we were doing anything unique. It was their culture. And without knowing that, we wouldn't be able to adjust our marketing to specific regions.
Eric Siu: Yeah, and so when you look at Salesforce, huge, huge company, their biggest customer base is the United States. Number two is Japan. And it's very similar to what Neil was talking about, so I highly recommend looking into that a little bit more. And just to give you a final example, and Neil definitely has more specifics here around his travels, but when I'm in Amsterdam, for example, or when I'm in Germany, for example, I can tell that, especially the Germans, they're very efficient. They get to the point. They get things done. They're great. That's why they're one of the strongest countries in the world. And the same thing when I'm in Amsterdam, for example, people are laid back, but they still work really hard. So my point of saying this all is that traveling gives you perspective that you otherwise wouldn't know, and the perspective is ... you take these little things and you take these little tweaks and implement them into your own life, and that's going to help you grow.
Neil Patel: Yeah, so I think we've pretty much covered everything in this episode. And Eric has a little bonus for you guys.
Eric Siu: The little bonus is just go to singlegrain.com/giveaway, and that's the special giveaway for you. So just go there, check it out, and we'll see you tomorrow.
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February 1, 2010 2:37PM
Manhattan Says No to Terror Trials
By Roger Pilon
Today, Politico Arena asks:
Terror trials: Is it time for the administration to retreat and rethink? Is it generally mishandling the terrorism issue?
On no issue is President Obama getting acquainted with reality more clearly than terrorism, or so it seems. He blazed into office, guns holstered, as the anti-Bush, putting Eric Holder's Justice Department in charge, not of the War on Terror, a phrase he banished from his administration's lexicon, but of "bringing those who planned and plotted the [9/11] attacks to justice," as Holder put it in November when he announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others would be given civilian trials in downtown Manhattan. But as the manifold costs of such a trial became increasingly apparent, and as even New York Democrats have grown increasingly restive, the White House, it seems, has backed down. We await the line of congressmen saying "Bring the trial to my district."
How could it be otherwise? The administration's law-enforcement approach to terrorism has been unserious and folly from the start. In an understated yet devastating piece in yesterday's Washington Post, former CIA director Michael V. Hayden cataloged that folly, nowhere more evident than in the FBI's handling of the would-be Christmas Day bomber, who was Mirandized and lawyered up long before he could be seriously interrogated by agents with the background to elicit the intelligence we need – not to prosecute terrorists, but to prevent future terrorist attacks. The most telling revelation in Hayden's piece came at the end, however. In August, the government unveiled its High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) designed to interrogate people like the Christmas Day bomber, and it announced also that the FBI would begin questioning CIA officers about alleged abuses in the 2004 inspector general's report. Was the HIG called in to interrogate the Christmas Day bomber? No – it has yet to be formed. But the interrogations of CIA officers are proceeding apace. So much for the administration's priorities. Is it any wonder that Scott Brown's pollsters report that terrorism, and the administration's mishandling of the issue, polled better even than Brown's opposition to ObamaCare?
Foreign Policy and National Security, Constitution, the Law, and the Courts
9 11 attacks, christmas day, eric holder, FBI, interrogation, interrogations, khalid sheikh mohammed, war on terror


Source: Monument to Confederate Captains from Person County (1931), Roxboro. Photo courtesy of Tom Vincent of North Carolina Civil War Memorials.
This rectangular stone marker with roughly-cut edges has inscribed on it the names of Confederate captains from Person county who lost their lives in the Civil War.
The monument commemorates Confederate leaders from Person County who were killed in battle, perhaps the most famous being Captain Edward Satterfield who went "the farthest at Gettysburg."
The memorial is located on the courthouse square in downtown Roxboro, NC near the intersection of Main Street and Court Street just to the right of the Confederate Memorial and to the left of World War Two Memorial. Located on the other corner of the courthouse square (intersection of S Main Street and Abbitt Street) are Robert Lester Blackwell Memorial, Veterans Memorial and Korean War Memorial.


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Extreme Sea Levels Predicted to Increase
Credit: Mathew Waters
A new study has predicted that future global warming will lead to an increase in extreme sea levels, with consequent flood risks to coastal infrastructure and human populations.
Extreme sea levels occur through a combination of high tides and extreme weather events, which can generate storm surges and high wind waves. These phenomena are exacerbated by progressive rises in mean sea level and predicted increases in tropical cyclone activity.
Researchers have taken account of all these processes for the first time to assess future risk of extreme sea levels out to the year 2100. They predict that the extreme sea level events that occur, on average, once every 100 years at the present day, would occur almost annually along most global coastlines by the end of the century.
The research team also calculated that the impacts of extreme sea level were significantly reduced in scenarios where CO2 emissions were mitigated compared to a business-as-usual scenario, largely due to reduced thermal expansion of the oceans and lower rates of glacier and ice sheet melting.
The research was undertaken by the National Oceanography Centre and an international research team, from Italy, Greece, the Netherlands and the U.K.
Dr. Svetlana Jevrejeva from the National Oceanographic Centre, said: "The projected rise in extreme sea levels will increase the frequency of catastrophic flooding events along many of the world's coastlines, with massive socio-economic impacts. The global coastline covers some 620,000 kilometers (385,000 miles), so mitigating the impacts of increased extreme sea levels will be a major challenge."
The new results indicate that upgrades to existing coastal defenses would require an average increased height of at least 50 centimeters (20 inches) by 2100, although locally this may need to be in the order of one to two meters. Without sufficient mitigation the impacts on human populations could be significant, especially as by 2100 it is estimated that up to 500 million people will be living in coastal areas less than five meters above sea level.
A further study led by the National Oceanographic Centre found flooding from rising sea levels could cost $14 trillion worldwide annually by 2100, if the target of holding global temperatures below 2ºC above pre-industrial levels is missed.
The researchers also found that upper-middle income countries such as China would see the largest increase in flood costs, whereas the highest income countries would suffer the least, as a result of existing high levels of protection infrastructure.
MarEx Magazine
The Human Side
By Capt. Jonathan Kjaerulff
Greening the World's Blue Highways
By Mia Bennett
By Wendy Laursen
Martin Kits van Heyningen, Chairman, President & CEO, KVH Industries
By Jack O'Connell
Celebrity Cruises: Different by Design
By Allan E. Jordan
Interview: Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, President & CEO, Celebrity Cruises
By Tony Munoz


The Lil Shooter 2 indoor/outdoor soccer net can be used as a 6-ft x 2.5-ft goal or flipped over to be a 6-ft x 4-ft goal. The soccer goal is constructed of 1.312-in OD galvanized steel tubing and includes a 3mm 1.75-in mesh braided, knotted PE net with hook-and-loop net fasteners. Perfect soccer goal for youth and use as a soccer practice net! Easy portability to and from any backyard or field. Sold as a pair.
We like turning the soccer goal over to practice keeping shots down. So far, kids like the challange. Goal is sturdy too.


What sets the Sabrina apart from other work boots is the hand burnishing and leather. Tumbled Montana leather in this case. Of course, the flawless shape, rugged lug sole and stacked heel don't hurt either. But the hand burnishing is the special sauce. The result is a patina that glows and gets even better with age.


All MCB students are required to hold at least one Committee Meeting by the last day of Spring Quarter every year starting the Second Year. The meeting is an opportunity for the committee to guide, assist and evaluate progress toward a doctoral degree. Please note: The General Exam does not replace a Committee Meeting.
This requirement applies beginning in Year 3 for MCB and Year 2 for MSTP.
At least 1 week prior to your Supervisory Committee meeting, you must now provide your committee with a 1-page summary of your accomplishments since the last Supervisory Committee meeting.
There are now 3 options for overall evaluation on the Annual Supervisory Committee Report. These options will help give you context for comments you'll receive after the Supervisory Committee meeting.
Most of you will meet this 1st option. This option shows that you are meeting or exceeding research and academic milestones and are on track to graduate in 5-6 years.
Some of you may face this 2nd option. This option indicates that you have made partial advances toward previously expected goals, but the committee has concerns about your progress toward passing your general exam or graduation. This option requires an additional Supervisory Committee meeting in a time frame determined by the committee, preferably within 6 months of the last meeting.
We anticipate very few of you will encounter this 3rd option, but this helps alert us to serious problems as they arise and we want to do our best to help you remedy them. If progress is subpar, you will be placed on MCB Academic Probation as of the current date of the last Supervisory Committee meeting.
Probation is the mechanism by which the Supervisory Committee can communicate serious concerns about your ability to achieve a timely PhD in MCB, within the 5-6 year time frame. The first step, MCB Academic Probation, will not appear on your transcript.
If you are put on MCB Academic Probation, it is essential that the Advisor and Supervisory Committee work with you to provide specific recommendations and short-term milestones so you have a chance to exit probation by the following quarter. If you meet these requirements in the following quarter, MCB Academic Probation will be removed.
If you do not meet the milestones, you'll be placed on Graduate School Academic Probation, which is reported to the Graduate School. It will appear on your transcript. After placing you on Graduate School Academic Probation, the Supervisory Committee must again provide specific recommendations and milestones for you to complete in order to have probation removed.
If you do not meet the Graduate School Academic Probation requirements defined by the Supervisory Committee, the MCB Directors will recommend you go on Final Graduate School Academic Probation, which is also reported to the Graduate School. Once Final Graduate School Academic Probation is activated, you will have one last quarter to demonstrate sufficient progress before dismissal from the MCB Program and UW.
Academic Probation is a serious step, but it can speed resolution of the issue in whichever direction is best for the you, your Advisor, and the MCB Program.
To help in the evaluation process, the Advisor and Supervisory Committee fill out the Annual Committee report after the meeting to summarize the consensus of the Supervisory Committee concerning your Academic/Research Progress and Recommendations. The new report allows the Advisor and Supervisory Committee members to provide comments on your strengths and areas that need improvement. This will also help us understand the reasoning behind the option chosen.
The form should be signed by you, your Advisor, and all Supervisory Committee members present at the meeting.
Meet with Faculty Advisor to formulate or update Individual Development Plan (IDP).
Contact Committee Members to schedule Annual Committee Exam before end of quarter.
-Three members of the committee (including the Chair) must attend.
-The GSR is encouraged but not required to attend the Annual Committee Meeting.
Hold Annual Committee Meeting the last day of Spring Quarter.
Complete and submit the following to theAnnual Committee Google Form Upload Site.
Hold annual committee meeting by the last day of Spring Quarter each year.


A collection of sample chapters from my books. Can be used for reviews, sharing, and as an introduction/taste.
Right now it is in PDF format.
If you don't want to or can't download the PDF, you can also find the samples on Wattpad at the link below.