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Trudeau Wins Seventh Gold Ring at WSOPC Seminole Coconut Creek
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Post by Ryan Knuppel on October 1, 2019 - Tags: 2019 WSOP Circuit
A high-roller event that required a $2,200 buy-in took place as a part of the World Series of Poker Circuit last weekend. The circuit stopped at Seminole Coconut Creek, a casino located in Coconut Creek, Fla. A couple of days ago, it wrapped up, and Jeff Trudeau emerged the winner, having managed to best a field that consisted of 73 entries. By winning the event, Trudeau officially won his seventh WSOPC ring.
The amount of money he won in the event is $46,363, meaning that he has a bit more than $1.7 million in poker earnings. However, the cash was not as important to him as the fact that he won another gold ring, which he could showcase in his amazing portfolio as a poker player.
Trudeau stated that he felt pretty good after the victory. He added that he had just run very well, especially during the final table action. Finally, Trudeau concluded that he had been very fortunate in a couple of spots, which also contributed to him winning the title and the prize money.
His start at the final table was pretty good, and one of the main reasons for that was the fact that he was the chip leader. However, he faced some tough opponents along the way, so his journey to the victory wasn't all that easy. In fact, four out of the eight people who made it to the final table were WSOPC champions at some point of their careers, so it was pretty difficult to draw the line of who the winner would be.
When he was asked about the competition at the final table, Trudeau stated that there had been a lot of great and tough players and that he had been trying to play his best against them.
Needless to say, he indeed had the best game and managed to win his seventh gold ring — something that not many players have achieved during their careers.
The Final Table Results
A total of eight players sat down to wrap up the event, and the first one to go out was John Corsi, who managed to win $4,683. The next one was Nicholas Visconti from Boca Raton, Fla. He earned a total of $5,636 as the seventh-place player.
Sixth place was occupied by Chad Eveslage from Ramsey, Ind. Everslage won a total of $7,128. After that, Bett Bader from Jericho, NY, had to hit the rail in fifth place, winning $9,451.
Sam Panzica, a poker player from Saline, Mich., ended up in fourth place and won $13,108.
Third place belonged to Carlos Guerrero from Orlando, Fla., who earned $18,984.
The last two players who took part in heads-up play were also residents of Orlando. Trudeau's opponent was David Porciak, who already had half the chips than Trudeau. He gave fierce resistance and even became a chip leader at one point. However, Trudeau eventually managed to take the lead and win the tournament.

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Let's discuss one mistake I made today and the ways I invented in order to prevent committing the same mistake again.
So I made this image the other day about the wave structure. That W4 did not seem right for it went down and back on the same candle. It was a liquidity break.
A liquidity break happens when the market is trying to find footing, trying to find orders. During a news event the participation dies off, so a "larger" stack would turn the price away.
The Burns outlined the Cover Long level – with a displacement of 16 pips on the upside, and the Cover Shorts levels by a displacement of 20 pips on the downside – so this part was already in order.
As you can see, the Green Burns were the starting points of Wave 1 and Wave 3. The beginning and the ending of a move are not that different – this will come back later.
Now, let's talk about the real Wave 4.
The most obvious thing on the image above is that the wave 4 found footing at the Green River. I have been saying out loud, that the Green River has the power to reverse a move, any move. What's more is that usually the first leg would land on the closer end and the second would go to the further end.
Dynamics: a subtle thing, but you could read this above as well: the SDU projection box on the upside was thrusted into, the SDD projection box on the downside was left untouched, and the SDU to the upside was blown right trhough (a sign of a starting move).
Of course there are the Green ellipse highlights of the lows by the Wishing on a Star, which mean buys as well as the green rectangle, which represents losing the oversold status (- which is now factored in the candle shading).
The blue arrows represent a right shoulder (for this was a Head and Shoulders reversal). There was a cross up warning earlier.
The 2 new added features are the on screen RSI divergences (in yellow) and the black, computer identified Terminal looking moves (based on 3-4 candle price behavior).
Let's talk briefly about what happened afterwards.
There was a Failed Buy (no liquidity/too fast run up) that represents a warning: Sell the next cross below RSI2 – 93. This means the first settled 30 minute value below 93 – after being above. If you look in line with the DDI-T print, you shall find it. (I just noticed that the price actually spiked into the DDI-Ts projection box).
The last wave (I would argue that the whole Wave 5 was an ABC up) got kicked off with a Green Burn again. Price failed in the Bull Zone 1 where the Short Time Frame Bulls covered. There was a count sell, the red line got exceeded and there were 3 overlapping terminal lines – as well as a starting, – terminal looking – move to to kick off the move to the downside.
The Successful Sell would urge you to take a sell again on the cross below 93.
The green highlight box is 1 fluctuation size away from the swing above – white line connects it. There is an inversion of the overbought and the oversold lines – this may mean the market embedding – which of course would mean counter trend to the upside, since this is still an embedded oversold market.
If I had to pick a buy zone, it would be the spark zone with the green sticks.
My personal mistake was the wrong wave count and complacency: 235% gains in 2 weeks does not exactly make you being on your tip toes wanting to hedge – the 82% balance to equity ratio and the late night combo made me turn off the Auto Trading (and the auto hedging with it), for at 80% half hedge would kick in and at 70% another half, and overnight a mere wrist move at the broker would push the ratio below 80 even if the price did not proceed further. There was no disaster coming out of this, but I missed out on plenty of monies as a result (i.e. my usual daily 20% and only made 5%).
Another, in your face screen plot from yesterday is yet another way of plotting the daily fuel limits. Now they are two triangles projected from the weight and the fuel overbought/oversold areas are the two flat ending lines of the triangles. The coloring has a path of least resistance logic which is based on the number of near term 4h dojis above versus below.
The 4-h overbought embedding may sustain as long as you do not get 2 opens below the overbought line which is going to be adjusted to the new swing high soon (during the Sunday open). The way not to lose the embedding to the upside at all is by taking out the high in the first 4 hours.
If it loses the embedding, then these 5 waves to the upside were all she wrote.


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São Luís or São Luiz (Portuguese language for Saint Louis) may refer to several places in the Portuguese-speaking world:

Brazil
São Luís, Maranhão. Capital of Maranhão.
São Luís de Montes Belos. Municipality of Goiás.
São Luiz do Paraitinga. Municipality of São Paulo.
São Luiz, Roraima. Municipality of Roraima state.
São Luiz Gonzaga. Municipality of Rio Grande do Sul state.
São Luiz, São José Neighborhood of São José, Santa Catarina
Jardim São Luiz. Neighborhood and district of São Paulo
São Luís do Quitunde
São Luís do Curu
São Luís Gonzaga do Maranhão
São Luís do Piauí
São Luís do Paraitinga

Portugal
São Luís (Portugal), a parish in the municipality of Odemira in Beja

Rivers
Rio São Luiz, a river in Acre, Brazil

See also
List of cities in Brazil
San Luis (disambiguation)

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Recent Russian propaganda, state media fake news and disinformation is in a state of relative silence. I am calling it a strategic pause. This, coupled with the slap in the face to Russia regarding the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches, indicates Russia is contemplating a serious and unprecedented response. I can't help but come to a few conclusions, based only on gut feelings but you should see the line of reasoning.
A few conclusions can be made.
This type of action has only one precedent, the crusades.
Any inkling of separation of church and state in Russia will be lost.
If combined with paramilitary or military actions, there are no laws on record regarding religious warfare.
Without applicable laws, there will be no timely response.
Like Crimea, we will be frozen in our response.
Russia can execute this campaign simultaneously across large areas of Ukraine or simply in one or two.
The preceding information campaign must be exceedingly well thought out, planned, wargamed, replanned as a result, orchestrated, supplied, and executed.
Only this point appears to be somewhat of a reality.
There is a strategic pause in mass communications propaganda.
The Russian Orthodox Church is not bellicose in its response to the Ecumenical Orthodox Church's order of autocephaly to the Ukraine Orthodox Church.
Illiaronov at the Cato Institute reiterates what other experts have observed, that the autonomy of the Ukrainian church demolishes the mythological imperial "Russian World" construct, and that the Chekist regime will treat this as a threat akin to the loss of confidence in the Communist ideological construct that led to the collapse and disintegration of the Soviet Empire in 1991, and resist by all means available. There is an apocryphal claim that Stalin once remarked that the CPSU and its ideological and propaganda bureaucracy served as a substitute for the ROC, to keep the masses of Russia placid and obedient.
The Independent produces a nice summary of the events of the last couple of weeks, interviewing a number of key players in Kyiv. It appears that the mass defection scenario is unfolding, and the more mischief the Russians produce, the faster things will unravel.
Polish Orthodox Church (a tiny minority church in deeply Catholic Poland) creates a spat with the Kyiv church.
Also some Russian reports of interest and a likely Sputnik propaganda play.
Paul Goble Staunton, November 17 – Vladimir Putin views autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox as having an equally fateful and negative impact on Russia as the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Andrey Illarionov says. The Kremlin leader will never forgive Kyiv for this and will do all he can to block it. During a conversation with Ukraine's Glavred news agency, the former Putin advisor and current senior fellow at Washington's Cato Institute says that the Kremlin is truly alarmed about Ukrainian autocephaly (http://glavred.info/ukraine/10027652-putin-nakazhet-ukrainu-za-avtokefaliyu-eks-sovetnik-prezidenta-rf-sprognoziroval-budushchee-posle-tomosa.html). Since 2014, he argues, Ukraine has done nothing as important as its pursuit of autocephaly except for military resistance. Gaining that independent status for the church shores up the country's political independence and weakens "the imperial position" of the Moscow church, pointing to its eventual exit from Ukraine and ultimately from Belarus as well. According to Illarionov, "Putin recognizes the seriousness of the situation in the religious sphere and thus is already preparing for Ukraine a decisive response to the actions of the Ukrainian Orthodox church." That is because the Kremlin leader knows that if he loses on this, he loses far more than he can and still have his current agenda survive. "By its importance," the autocephaly of the Ukrainian church "is comparable to the disintegrations of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire." After both those events, "the political disintegration of the empire began in the religious sphere. Putin understands this very well and therefore doesn't intend to surrender his positions." If the Kremlin leader can't stop autocephaly – and it certainly appears that that train has left the station, Illarionov says – he will certainly seek "'to punish' Ukraine for its acquisition" out of his own self-regard and because such punishment will serve as a warning to others not to try anything similar. What Putin will try will depend, however, not only on the mechanisms at his command but also on the reaction of Ukraine, other post-Soviet states and the West where unfortunately many do yet not understand that Moscow's loss of an imperial church just like its earlier loss of an imperial communist party prefigures much broader losses in other sectors as well. Consequently, Putin's response almost certainly will be far more negative than most in the West now imagine, including the possibility of a major military move. In the mind of the Kremlin ruler, that despite all the negative consequences it would entail may pose fewer negatives than doing nothing and watching his imperial dreams dissolve.
Andrei Illarionov, a Russian economist, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and a former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is convinced that the autocephaly, that is, canonical independence, of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in Russian perception is equivalent to the collapse of the Soviet Union, therefore the Kremlin will attempt to retain its influence in the religion field until the last. "The Kremlin takes these processes very painfully. Perhaps, nothing that Ukraine has been doing for the last four years has been as effective (with the exception of direct military resistance) for ensuring the state independence of Ukraine and for destroying the imperial positions of the Russian Orthodox Church, for its inevitable withdrawal from Ukraine and its potential withdrawal (not today, not tomorrow, but in the foreseeable future) from Belarus," Illarionov said during a chat with the audience of the Glavred news outlet. According to Illarionov, Putin is aware of the seriousness of the confessional situation, therefore he is already preparing for Ukraine a decisive response to the UOC activities. "By its significance, this event is comparable to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. Following the previous (1917) and latter (1991) stages of political disintegration of the imperial space, the empire is now starting to disintegrate in the confessional sphere. Putin is well aware of this and therefore he does not intend to step back. And, obviously, he is preparing a response to Ukraine to either prevent autocephaly (it seems to be too late though), or somehow "punish" Ukraine for achieving it," the expert concluded. As reported earlier, according to ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian church could have received the tomos on autocephaly 10 years ago, but Moscow had prevented this from happening.
Metropolitan of Cherkasy and Kaniv of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate Sofronii (Dmitruk) admits that he is a supporter of the creation of the Autocephalous Church in Ukraine. He said that will come to the unity Council, which is to announce the creation of a single Orthodox Church to elect its Primate. This priest said in an interview with BBC Ukraine. I have this position I am the Cathedral will go, but not to shout: "Hurrah, it's done", and to watch. I'll go as an observer in order to decide how best to proceed to be good for our people. Imagine. We (UOC-MP) there are monasteries and parishes – many 12 thousand. And that of these 12 thousand will go to the new Church, the rest will remain. And these transitions will occur with great difficulty, perhaps not without blood. But it's all very simple can be solved, without any schisms, – said the Metropolitan. According to him, if all the bishops of the UOC-MP has decided to move to a Single local Church, then the "no split would not exist." He said that all the supporters of the Moscow Patriarchate also went to the priests, and parishes and monasteries would belong to the Autocephalous Church. Metropolitan Sofrony added that he would like to all the bishops of the UOC-MP was present at the unity Cathedral, but knows that many bishops will not come. "I would like to see more. Tell the reason: in my opinion, if the Primate of the new Church will choose by vote, then – if we want it to be a legitimate Church in the full sense of the word, it is necessary that its head was from the canonical Church. And that Primate was on it, then it is necessary that the Church (its members) was the majority," he said. The Metropolitan stressed that he is not afraid of punishment for coming to the Cathedral, because participation in it is not a canonical violation. The priest admits that Unification Council can come much more than the three hierarchs of the UOC-MP, which was in the "Ukrainian house". Known (the supporters of the autocephaly of the UOC-MP, – 24 channel) two I and Alexander (Metropolitan of Pereiaslav and Vishnevsky Alexander (drabinko). Then there was Simeon. Maybe there are six or twenty – who they are, who knows. This is how the Parliament performs three-four-five people, and vote all. Similarly, well-known may be a few people, and then others can change their attitudes and their actions – he concluded. We will remind, the former press Secretary of the Primate of the UOC-MP, and now the project leader of the open Orthodox University of Saint Sophia, and Archpriest Georgy Kovalenko said that on 22 November will take place the Unification Council, which is scheduled to announce the creation of a single Ukrainian Orthodox Church to elect its Primate. According to the head of the UOC-KP Filaret, the Cathedral may be held in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev.
Church can't be a political organization. His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy claimed this on the air of Inter TV channel. 'A church cannot be a political organization. Perhaps, it's fashionable and we would probably be applauded today if we became like this, we would be in the service not of saving the human soul, but in the service of the political system … But we will answer the God, and also history will judge us,' Onufriy claimed. Reportedly, the Russian Orthodox Church decided to completely cease the Eucharistic relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
WARSAW – The Polish Orthodox Church's Bishops' Council has declined recognizing the Constantinople Patriarchate's decision to resume the Eucharistic communication with Ukrainian "non-canonical churches", the Polish Orthodox Church said on its website on Nov. 16. "The Holy Bishops' Council bans priests of the Polish Orthodox Church from having liturgical and prayer contacts with the 'clergy' of the so-called Kyiv Patriarchate and the so-called 'autocephalic Orthodox church,' which have done much evil in the past," the Bishops' Council said in a statement. They say, this decision is caused by the fact that several dioceses and a monastery in Poland, which were set up by "head of the self-proclaimed Kyiv Patriarchate Filaret's supporters without any authorization and which the Polish Orthodox Church has not recognized before and now is not going to engage in fraternal communication with them only because of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's decisions." Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church have earlier said that they refused to recognize the rehabilitation of the leaders of Ukrainian church schism.
The decision of the Polish Orthodox Church banning their priests to enter into liturgically prayer contacts with representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, which supposedly in the past "committed a lot of evil", there is a pattern of casuistry В УПЦ КП відповіли на заборону польської Церкви контактувати з українськими священиками This was stated press Secretary of the Kyiv Patriarchate Archbishop yevstratiy Zorya "The point about the prohibition to enter into liturgically prayer spiritual contacts with the so-called Kiev Patriarchate, and the so-called Autocephalous Churches, "who in the past committed a lot of evil" is just a sample of casuistry! That is, we are talking about all the clergy of the two Churches or only those which, in the opinion of the Polish Church "has committed many evil"? Who and what determines the measure of a perfect evil was a lot or a little? Or refers to the Church, who "committed a lot of evil"?", he said. The priest stressed that after the Unification Council, which shall announce the establishment of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church, there would be no the UOC-KP or the UAOC, and will be one Church. Therefore, even if the decision refers to both the Church and not just a specific clergy who in the opinion of the bishops PAPS "made a lot of evil", and this interpretation will lose relevance after Thomas! And a Polish Cathedral may not be taken into account, – said the speaker of the UOC-KP.
Speaker of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate, Archbishop Eustraty claimed that the information on the appointment of the bishops' council on November 22 is false. He claimed this on Facebook. 'I officially state: the information disseminated in the announcement does not correspond to reality. Again, I have to repeat: only the official report on the date of the Council will mean that it has already been determined,' the speaker claimed. Earlier, Archpriest Heorhiy Kovalenko, former press secretary of the leader of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate claimed that the bishops' council may be held on November 22. On October 11, the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate supported that the autocephaly provision for Ukraine is prolonged. Also, it has officially approved Constantinople as Ukraine's mother-church. Besides, the Synod lifted the anathema from Filaret, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate, and Makariy, the Primate of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Filaret stated that a united Jubilee Bishops' Council would take place soon to create a unified Ukrainian local church.
MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian Orthodox Church says unknown attackers hurled Molotov cocktails at the landmark St. Andrew's Church in the capital Kiev and assaulted a priest. The attack followed a move by the Patriarch of Constantinople to pave the way for the independence of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine from the Russian branch of the church. Ukrainian Orthodox Church spokesman Evstratiy Zorya said Thursday that unknown men threw Molotov cocktails at the church in the morning and attacked a priest with pepper spray. The imminent creation of the new Ukrainian church has raised concerns of violence between backers and opponents of the church split. Ukraine last week turned over St. Andrew's Church for permanent use by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople whose leader is regarded as "first among equals" for Orthodox Christians.
RT Published on Nov 15, 2018 In the biggest rift in modern Orthodox history, the Russian Orthodox Church has cut all ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate, after it accepted a breakaway division of Ukrainian Orthodox Church as independent.
New amendments could halt training, foreign funding, and missionary outreach by evangelicals.
Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), the only canonical Orthodox church in the country, are summoned "for talks" to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), head of the UOC-MP legal department, Archpriest Alexander Bakhov, said. KIEV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 17th November, 2018) Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), the only canonical Orthodox church in the country, are summoned "for talks" to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), head of the UOC-MP legal department, Archpriest Alexander Bakhov, said. "As it became known, the SBU began inviting some bishops of the UOC 'for talks' or 'for conversations.' After the recent events around the UOC, this is quite expected, even indicative, but I want to note that the procedural law does not contain such a form of communication as 'talk' or 'conversation.' Therefore, dear our bishops and priests, I doubt that they will talk with you about God," Bakhov said on Facebook. Kiev authorities are working to establish a single local autocephalous (independent) church in the country based on the non-canonical Ukrainian orthodox churches. In mid-September, two exarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople started working in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate (UOC-KP), which came as part of Constantinople's preparations to grant autocephaly to the UOC-KP. The initiative has been strongly criticized by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). The ROC, in turn, has gone on to sever diplomatic ties with Constantinople. The ROC Holy Synod, the UOC-MP Holy Synod and the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) have also decided to suspend services with the hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. At the same time, the Moscow Patriarchate has noted that none of the local churches supported the Ukrainian autocephaly project. Father Superior of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra Metropolitan Pavel and other ROC and UOC-MP bishops and priests have earlier repeatedly said that Ukrainian nationalists had threatened to seize monasteries and churches belonging to the UOC-MP, and that Constantinople's decision might fuel the nationalists' efforts.
Flying to Solovki in the White Sea will be far more comfortable as business tycoon Gennady Timchenko invests 2,6 billion rubles in local infrastructure. The planners originally wanted to extend the local airfield from today's 1,500 meters to 2,000 meters. That would allow for bigger aircrafts to land in the remote and picturesque island. However, Patriarch Kirill reportedly halted the plans. It could lead to an overwhelming increase in tourists to site, he feared. The Solovki islands in the White Sea is a major stronghold of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Patriarch himself is a regular visitor. His latest visit was in August this year. Then, a big group of political and economic bigshots accompanied the church leader. Among them were leader of the Northwest Russian Federal District Aleksandr Beglov, Arkhangelsk Governor Igor Orlov and leader of the Russian Institute of Strategic Studies Mikhail Fradkov, the Church informs. It is company Stroytransgaz that will engage in the upgrade, BBC Russia reports. And the sum to be invested is 2,6 billion rubles (€34.6 million). According to the broadcaster, the company is also involved in similar infrastructure upgrades in Valaam, the other major church island in the Russian north. Stroytransgaz is owned by Gennady Timchenko, the businessman who is considered a close friend of President Vladimir Putin. The upgrades in Solovki include a new hard cover on the airfield, as well as a full reconstruction of the local air terminal building, new storage houses, new taxi strips and airport ramps. Also electricity and light systems will be fully renovated, BBC informs.
With the resurgence of a Kremlin-endorsed monastery, islanders on Valaam have endured trials, evictions and arson. Valaam, Russia – Varvara Sergeeva's great-grandfather was among the tens of thousands of clerics, monks, nuns and believers executed by Communist iconoclasts in 1937. Pavel Orleansky had served as a deacon in the revered Orthodox Christian monastery on Valaam, the lake island just south of Finland. Sergeeva learned about his fate from declassified KGB archives in 1988, when during the Perestroika reforms the USSR celebrated a millennium of Christianity in Russia. Soon after graduating from high school, Sergeeva decided to get baptised and leave her native St Petersburg for Valaam to help revive the monastery. "I felt absolute happiness. What was happening was unreal," says the stately, fair-haired 44-year-old at a cafe in St Petersburg. "It's a wonderful place, very pure, very vivid." But in the past decade, Sergeeva and her son have faced a forced eviction from their Valaam apartment, an arson, confiscation of property, a string of lost trials and debilitating health problems, all as a result of the resurgence of the monastery and the Orthodox faith in Russia, and the Kremlin-backed restitution of religious property.


We are learning about clothes and lifestyles in different countries!
We are learning about toys around the world!
Flat Stanley is all set to travel the world! Safe travels and keep in touch stanley, we cannot wait to hear from you!
What a fantastic penguin project!
Mr.SLack's Class taught us the safe cross code.
Music Time for first class!!!


Global positioning devices used to find trucks, fly planes, or locate missing skiers and hikers are being given pinpoint accuracy previously available only to the military. Until now, civilians using a United States-built network of satellites for navigation got a less-accurate reading than the military out of fear that potential enemies could use the system to target missiles.
The United States no longer will jam the signal for civilian users, but can still selectively block the improved Global Positioning System (GPS) over any given region at will, administration officials said.
The difference will mean satellite navigation can be used to track a missing person to an area about the size of a tennis court. Until now, the area of intense search would have been more like a football field.
GPS is used by more than 4 million people worldwide for everything from navigating in traffic to oil exploration. Boaters and hikers use handheld GPS devices, and similar equipment is now installed in trucks and in the dashboards of some cars. The change will make satellite navigation devices people already own 10 times more accurate, said Neal Lane, White House science adviser, and won't require the purchase of new machines. "The significance of this decision is huge," said Richard Langley, a GPS consultant and professor of geodesy at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. "It will affect a large number of GPS application areas."
Fleet owners have been using GPS tracking systems for navigation and freight tracking services, and are finding that the use of GPS is more effective than ever.
"Our tracking and mapping systems will see a huge boost in accuracy," said Larry Carroll, president of Fleetboss, which supplies GPS-based tracking systems for companies with sales, service, and delivery fleets. "Fleet managers will benefit from having more accurate records of vehicle locations and usage, and individual drivers will benefit from the much-enhanced navigational capability."
"This reinforces the growth predictions for commercial and consumer GPS applications," said Ron Simmonds, president and CEO of Toronto-based AirIQ. "We believe GPS will remain a primary technology for vehicle location for some time to come." The military will still use an encrypted, highly accurate version of the system for guiding precision weaponry such as the missiles used in the Gulf War and last year's Balkan air strikes.


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EasyCare president Garrett Ford recently blogged about the barefoot/shod debate and how heated it can be. Unfortunately when we think of debates, we think of winners and losers; right and wrong. Is the medium of debate in the best interest of horses? It is human nature to want to see things in black and white but hoof care is a very gray subject. The topic of barefoot versus shod should be less of a debate and more of a discussion, an earnest conversation that will improve our ability to care for horses. Polarized views on who is right and who is wrong do not allow for progress. Continued research and education are the keys that will allow veterinarians and hoof care professionals from all backgrounds to find common ground and improve horses' well being.
Our mission is to provide the equestrian community with the best and most innovative hoof boot designs and alternative hoof care products. Our goal is to be the leader in alternative hoof care products and to provide a high level of consumer education which will empower equestrians to improve the lives of their animals. Our vision and values guide our actions and, taken together with our actions, reveal who we are.
I am proud to work for a company that is on the cutting edge of hoof protection and passionate about improving the lives of horses. I consider myself to be pro barefoot but not anti shoe. I believe in the benefits of barefoot and am happy to educate customers who want to transition their horses out of shoes and into boots. I am also happy to assist customers who use our boots over shoes or need a "spare" when their horse loses a shoe. I know what works for me but I do not pass judgment on those that choose something different. If you are passionate about hoof care, be courteous and open minded in your discussions.
As one of the customer service representatives, I am happy to help get your horse into the right boots. I have plenty of hands on experience since my horses have been barefoot and booted since 2003.


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Senvion S.A. (opm) - 112 Megawatt order: Senvion concludes first contract in Norway
Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has concluded its first contract in Norway for the supply of 33 Senvion 3.4M114 turbines to Egersund wind farm. The project with Norsk Vind Egersund AS will have a total rated output of 112.2 megawatts (MW) and will produce enough green energy to power more than 73,000 Norwegian households which equals nearly half of the surrounding Norwegian province of Rogaland. The supply contract was confirmed in June this year and the final contract is now effective.
The wind farm was acquired by LUXCARA, one of Europe's leading asset managers for renewable energy investments. Egersund will be part of the portfolio of the fund FLAVEO Infrastructure Europe SCS SICAV-FIS - Solar and Wind, which was set up for institutional investors.
Jürgen Geissinger, CEO of Senvion, said: "The contract for Egersund wind farm is a milestone which reflects the clear global growth strategy of Senvion and its potential to enter new markets with innovative and optimally adapted products." In 2016, six years after introducing the first 3.XM turbine to the market, Senvion has a track record of 765 Senvion 3.XM wind energy turbines which amounts to 2.5 gigawatts installed of this product type alone.
The first turbine installations at Egersund are scheduled for Q2 2017, and commissioning is expected to take place in Q2 and Q3 2017. Located on the North Sea coast of Norway, between Kristiansand and Stavanger, the turbines will be constructed at a hub height of 93 meters. The Senvion 3.4M114 has been optimized for particularly windy locations and is therefore the ideal turbine for the high wind conditions on the south-western coast of Norway. A Senvion service center in Egersund will be responsible for turbine maintenance for 15 years.
The Senvion Scandinavia AB subsidiary began operating in Sweden in 2010. Since then, Senvion has installed turbines from across the 3.XM and MM series in locations ranging from the southern coast to the very north of the country. With Norway, Senvion is entering its second Scandinavian market.
Senvion is a leading global manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The company develops, produces and markets wind turbines for almost any location - with rated outputs of 2 MW to 6.15 MW and rotor diameters of 82 metres to 152 metres. Furthermore, the company offers its customers project specific solutions in the areas of turnkey, service and maintenance, transport and installation, as well as foundation planning and construction. The systems are designed at the Senvion TechCenter in Osterrönfeld and manufactured at its German plants in Husum (North Friesland), Trampe (Brandenburg) and Bremerhaven, as well as Portugal. With approximately 4,000 employees worldwide, the company makes use of the experience gained from the manufacture and installation of more than 6,600 wind turbines around the world. The company's operational subsidiary Senvion GmbH is based in Hamburg and represented by distribution partners, subsidiaries and participations in European markets such as France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Sweden, and Poland as well as on a global level in the USA, China, Australia, Japan, India and Canada. Senvion S.A. is listed on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Quelle: 18. Oktober 2016, www.senvion.com


Isn't "Fall Back Day" the greatest? You know, the day we "fall back" to Standard Time. The day that Daylight Saving Time ends. I like it so much, it just might be my favorite holiday. Oh, I know, it's not really an "official" holiday. But it should be. In fact, they ought to just call it Mother's Day and forget about that inferior shorter day in May.
After all, if you're a mother with kids still at home, isn't time the one thing you wish you had more of? Time for yourself or your family or your laundry. Time to make it to places on time. Time to do things you never do, like catch up in the family scrapbook/photo album, have lunch with a friend, fix your broken earrings, read a book, get 8 hours of sleep. If you're not a mother, you probably wish you had more time, too. And the only day that actually gives you extra time is Fall Back Day, coming to a clock near you this Sunday.
Yeah, I know, it's only an hour, but beggars can't be choosers. My to-do list is so long right now I'd be happy to take advantage of even 15 extra minutes. (And life just seems to go in slow motion when you need to get things done, doesn't it?) And evidently with DST, thought up by Ben Franklin in 1784, a little time goes a long way. According to webexhibits.org, an online "museum", Daylight Saving Time reduces energy usage in some locations, and helps the economy (more daylight time to shop!).
-Don't set your clock back before you go to bed – wait 'til the next day. There's more dramatic impact when you wake up, look at the clock and for a brief moment think something like, "If I don't get up now, I'm going to be late for church!" and then realize, "Aahh, it's really only 6:30 a.m., not 7:30!" That is the blissful, annual moment when time is actually handed to you on a silver platter – so set yourself up to savor it.
-Plan ahead what you're going to do once the time has arrived.
-Be flexible and have a sense of humor. Your best-made plans may have to be put off another year after being up all night with a sick child, or a neighborhood kid selling something rings your doorbell early in the morning and wakes everyone up.


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Prioria platycarpa is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Fiji.

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Looking for the perfect, rarely available single level living in Central Calvert? Storage plus, extra large mudroom, separate office, and a separate hobby room. This all brick custom built rambler will amaze you! Starting with the stunning property, this home features over 1 acre of manicured lawn and gardens. The perfect maintained interior features a sunroom, a large kitchen, and large family room. This home has something for everyone and conveniently offers an oversized deep 3 car garage. Close to everything and a quick trip to DC and Annapolis. Don, t let this one slip away!


Love it, but can't quite figure out that construction on part of his face... is it some transparent mask with strings attached.
The mask is clean now, nice edit. Did I mention the GM corn with eyes look freakishly great here.
Awesome Superb imagination and very well executed..
Monsanto's man said "Yes.....the harvest is ready."
Congratulations on First Place Win. A fascinating work of art, Preemie.
Congrads on the Gold Cup, excellent work.


On September 4, 2014, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II received the Austrian Ambassador in Lebanon Mrs. Ursula Fahringer in the patriarchal residence in Atchaneh, Bikfaya – Lebanon. Were present also their Eminences: Mor Justinus Boulos Safar, Patriarchal Vicar in Zahleh and Bekaa, Mor Clemis Daniel Kourieh, Metropolitan of Beirut and Mor Dionysius Jean Kawak, Patriarchal Office Director.
Her Excellency discussed with His Holiness about the current situation in the Middle East, especially the situation of Christians in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. His Holiness expressed his worries about the absence of security in these countries. He remarked that Christians lost their trust in these countries and were driven to think of immigration as a solution to stop their suffering.
Ambassador Fahringer discussed also the work of the Austrian government in helping the Syrian refugees and distributing humanitarian aid on the needy.


Join us this week for one of the chapter's favorite annual events undefined the NAMA Student Marketing Competition. We will hear presentations from our two university affiliate chapters undefined University of Tennessee – Martin and Mississippi State University. Please be a part of this important meeting as we review their business plans and offer much-appreciated feedback.
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Newcastle have received a much-needed dose of good news as club captain Jamaal Lascelles committed himself to the club until 2024, despite their current malaise.
The Magpies sit 19th in the Premier League table having failed to win any of their first ten matches, but their defence - marshalled by Lascelles - is one of the best in the bottom half.
This news will come as a huge boost to Newcastle's passionate fanbase, and Lascelles vowed to give the fans the results they deserve after putting pen to paper.
"I'm over the moon - it's great news to be tied down to Newcastle for a long time. It's pretty much all I ever wanted: playing in the Premier League in front of amazing fans," Lascelles told NUFC TV.
Manager Rafa Benitez added: "I'm really pleased to see Jamaal sign a contract extension. He's the future of the club and someone who really cares.
Newcastle's quest for that first win continues when they host Watford on Saturday.


Prithi Trivedi is a Fellow in the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's Effective Philanthropy Group. She works across the team's five pillars — evaluation, strategy, organizational effectiveness, organizational learning, and philanthropy grantmaking — to help strengthen the foundation's practices, and the philanthropic sector more broadly.
Prior to joining the foundation, she was part of the Organizational Effectiveness team at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Prithi also taught first grade with Teach for America in downtown San Jose and has worked with UNICEF India.
A Bay Area native, Prithi holds a master of public policy degree and a bachelor's degree in economics and political science, both from the University of California, Berkeley.


Everyone thrives on love, comfort, and the safety of family, friends, and community. But if you are denied these basic comforts early in life, whether through a lack of physical affection or emotional bonding, you may develop intense fears of abandonment that can last well into adulthood—fears so powerful that they can actually cause you to push people away. If you suffer from fears of abandonment, you may have underlying feelings of anger, shame, fear, anxiety, depression, and grief. These emotions are intense and painful, and when they surface they can lead to a number of negative behaviors, such as jealousy, clinging, and emotional blackmail. In Love Me, Don't Leave Me, therapist Michelle Skeen combines acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), schema therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to help you identify the root of your fears. In this book you'll learn how schema coping behaviors—deeply entrenched and automatic behaviors rooted in childhood experiences and fears—can take over and cause you to inadvertently sabotage your relationships. By recognizing these coping behaviors and understanding their cause, you will not only gain powerful insights into your own mind, but also into the minds of those around you. If you are ready to break the self-fulfilling cycle of mistrust, clinginess, and heartbreak and start building lasting, trusting relationships, this book will be your guide.


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Teenager Charged With Starting Melrose Church Fire in 2016
MELROSE -- A teenager has been charged with intentionally starting the fire that destroyed the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose back in March 2016.
The Stearns County Sheriff's Office says investigators recently re-interviewed a number of people and potential evidence was re-examined. On Tuesday, June 5th the Sheriff's Office Investigators conducted an interview with a juvenile. During the course of that interview, the juvenile confessed that they intentionally set the arson fire at the church.
The then 13-year-old has been charged with Arson in the First Degree in Stearns County Juvenile Court. That person's name has not been released.
Bishop Donald Kettler of the Diocese of St. Cloud released a written statement on the arrest:
I am thankful for the persistence and commitment of the local, state, and federal authorities who investigated this arson case. I hope this news can be another step in the healing process for the people of St. Mary's Church in Melrose. I and the people our diocese have been praying for the Melrose community since the time of the fire, and we will continue to offer whatever support they need as they work to build a new church and plan for the future. I will also be praying for the youth who was charged and their family. I hope they, too, receive the help they need. As Christians, we are committed to justice, but justice must also be tempered by mercy, and it must never abandon hope for a person's reform.
Tim Vogel is lead organizer for the group Friends to Restore St. Mary's. Since the fire, the group has been fighting to restore the current church. He says the discovery of who set the blaze doesn't change their mission but it does answer several questions.
"As far as we're concerned nothing has changed because our group is still pushing forward to the restoration of the church. One good thing is that they know who did it, that will get rid of the rumors that have been going around the last couple of years, that part of it is kind of a relief for our group."
The fire was started on March 11, 2016, at 4:45 p.m. The fire was not contained until 8:30 p.m. that night. The blaze caused $5 million in damage.
The St. Mary's Church in Melrose was dedicated in 1899.
Filed Under: melrose church fire, stearns county sheriff's office
Categories: St. Cloud News


Somehow The Weather Channel failed to mention the biggest hurricane to hit Texas since Ike. Maybe it is because this super powerful force of nature blew in from Allentown, Pennsylvania and not from the Gulf Coast. Yes, I said Allentown, PA -- the home of one Alex Meixner, arguably the most dynamic, electrifying musical performer working today. If Alex's energy could be harnessed to an electrical grid, he could power all of Central Texas for a year.
And speaking of Central Texas, that's just where we most recently saw the Alex Meixner Band perform -- at the venerable New Bruanfels Wurstfest, a ten-day celebration consisting of beer and sausage and beer and potato pancakes and beer and kartoffel and, well, you get the idea. Oh yes, and music, too, where every evening as many as three bands play simultaneously in separate musical venues situated within the Wurstfest grounds. That's a lot of music, but, for ten consecutive years, the one band that packs them in to capacity, performance after performance, has been headlined by Alex Meixner.
Step aside Whitesnake, Metalica and Twisted Sister -- Alex possesses a stage presence and exuberance and kinetic energy that makes you guys look lame and tame in comparison. Lederhosen never looked so hip.
Backed this year by three highly talented accomplices, the Alex Meixner Band set a new standard for fun, zaniness, musicality and perspiration. Phalanges flew faster than a hummingbird's wings when Alex literally attacked his button box while belting out a truly eclectic array of unexpected tunes, all with a "Meixnerian" slant that had everyone, including the usually sedate fans of Lawrence Welk Champagne-style Music, cheering wildly and forming Conga lines as long and spirited as any during Carnival in Rio.
Examples of Meixnerian "Loony Tunes" include "The Devil Goes To Munich," an exhilarating adaptation that Charlie Daniels must surely salute along with that other Daniels fellow, Jack. Or how about Sachmo's "When The Saints Come Marching In," featuring Alex's amazing vocals successfully emulating America's beloved Ambassador of Good Will. Or Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," where Alex is accompanied by one of the band members playing a Ukulele -- a dad gum Ukulele! Want another example? How about Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music, White Boy," a groovy, irrepressible rendition performed on a Siwa & Figli accordion.


What Number to Call to See If Cell Phone is Tapped?
If your cell phone battery seems to be going down too quickly, this could be a sign that someone has tapped your phone. The battery may also seem warm even when it's not in use. Each time your iPhone is used, whether by you or by a cell phone tap, the battery heats up and is noticeably warmer.
On Tuesday, he filed a case in Delhi High Court alleging his phone was being tapped. In one audio clip, Roy purportedly asked Vijayvargiya to speak to BJP president Amit Shah and ensure that CBI keeps a watch on four IPS officers to "scare them".


Hi everyone, we're a 2 man team participating for the first time on Ludum Dare. We wanted to use Stencylworks to facilitate development but unfortunately last minute collaboration problems led us to use Adventure Game Studio with no previous experience. Everything turned out pretty well considering we only had 48 hours.
Anyway, we decided to make a quick and fun adventure game - we attempted to immitate the classics by doing stuff like upscaling art we drew on GraphicsGale (tough 50% of the team sticks with MS Paint).
We're both pretty sure there are still some bugs so don't hesitate to comment if you find one! We still have a few hours remaining to fix anything!
Wasn't very hard to find out what to do, but it was fun nonetheless. Congrats!
For some reason the mouse cursor got stuck as soon as I put the mouse inside the window. The cursor simply wouldn't move in a continous fashion. This made the game hard to play for me.
It's possible to escape without unlocking the window, using the poster before attracting someone's attention works anyway.
Nice start for a full game!
One bug I spotted: You can get the key for the window twice, if you look under the bed again, after opening the window.


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Senate Bill Proposes Anti-Terror Database
Submitted by: motoboy
"Counterterrorism authorities would be granted unprecedented access to law enforcement and commercial databases containing billions of records about private citizens under a bipartisan bill to restructure the intelligence system that the Senate began debating yesterday."
"The proposed national information-sharing network eventually would link hundreds or thousands of local, state, federal and commercial computers ... The new network would enable authorized investigators to draw on details about where suspects live, the cars they drive, their associates, their police records and their possible ties to terrorist activities." [emphasis added] ...
.... and the guns and ammo they recently bought.
Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Says: Bush Silence on Repeal of D.C.'s Un-Constitutional Gun Ban Shows He's All Talk No Action on Second Amendment
"The following statement has been issued by Constitution Party Presidential candidate Michael Anthony Peroutka whose running mate is Dr. Chuck Baldwin:"
"At various campaign stops around the country, President Bush has said, to applause, that he stands 'strongly for the Second Amendment, which gives every American the indivisible right to bear arms.' But, his failure to support Rep. Mark Souder's (R-Ind.) legislation which would repeal all of Washington DC's laws which prohibit private gun ownership shows that when it comes to the Constitutionally-protected right of individual citizens to keep and bear arms, Mr. Bush is all talk and no action." ...
NC: Ban's expiration creates controversy
Website: http://www.rpa-pac.org
"Since a national act banning assault weapons expired Sept. 13, activists on national, local and campus levels have debated its impact on the future of gun violence." ...
"David Jones, director of the North Carolina Governor�s Crime Commission, said nothing negative has been said 'among commission members or anyone in our circles' about the ban. 'By and large, they would be in favor of its continuation,' he noted.
"In Durham, activist groups such as the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham, are adamant in their approval of the ban."
"'We have increased the risk factor for this community,' RCND director Marcia Owen said. 'The availability and accessibility [of assault weapons] has increased the risk to public health.'" ...
KABA Note: But according to the CDC there is no evidence showing that bans of this nature have any effect, so your "public health" argument is spurious.
DC: Gun Ban Vote Scheduled for Today [second item on page]
... "'With the House scheduled today to vote on the D.C. Personal Protection Act, which would end the District's ban on handguns and allow residents such as Lawson to pack a pistol to fend off, say, a gunman in the back alley, she confesses that sometimes it does not seem like such a bad idea.'"
"If the bill is signed into law, it will nullify two lawsuits by District residents fighting for their Second Amendment rights, including one that has Cato Senior Fellow Robert A. Levy as co-counsel. Levy argues that the legislature should let the courts decide the issue so the Supreme Court can give a pronouncement about the real meaning of the Second Amendment." [emphasis added] ...
CA: Assault weapons ban was simply a fallacy
"The assault weapons ban, part of President Clinton's 1994 crime bill, has just passed into history. Politicians, leaders of law enforcement agencies and gun-control advocates are predicting dire rises in crime and literally thousands of assault weapons pouring onto America's streets." ...
"American-manufactured assault weapons were not banned from production by the 1994 law. Certain cosmetic features, i.e., bayonet lugs, flash suppressors and collapsing stocks were banned from firearms produced for civilian sale after the bill's effective date. It did not ban the sale or resale of firearms produced with those features before that date." ...
"The federal assault weapons ban is and was a fraud. It was all smoke and mirrors. Anyone with an ounce of brains could have figured this out. But politicians, the news media, law enforcement, pro- and anti-gun groups all conspired to keep this from the public. The general public never had a clue what it was all about."
AZ: Plenty doubts in Kuenzli killing
Submitted by: medicdave
... "I am dumfounded by the blood lust for vengeance exhibited in the following statement by Dave Engleman: 'Harold Fish must be tried and found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Grant Kuenzli.'" ...
"Incidentally, Fish maintains that Kuenzli cursed him and threatened to kill him. If Fish is telling the truth, that indicates to me that Kuenzli thought that Fish's first shot, which actually went into the ground, had killed one of the three dogs Kuenzli had with him."
Sounds like things are heating up as Harold Fish's trial draws closer...
NC: Hospital guard cleared in shooting
"A hospital security guard who shot and killed a man who was threatening another person with a knife did not use excessive force, Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt said Tuesday."
"Britt said the guard, Johnny Thompson, shot Billy Rae Oxendine in self-defense. Thompson shot Oxendine once in the chest after he came toward him with a knife."
"The shooting happened on July 7 in a hallway at Southeastern Regional Medical Center's labor and delivery unit."
But aren't guns banned in many hospitals? If this was a university hospital, aren't guns banned on the campus?
NY: Woman says she shot man in self-defense
A central New York woman faces second-degree murder charges after she allegedly shot her finance in the home they shared.
Forty-seven-year-old Theresa Debo told police she killed Richard Moore in self-defense.
State police say Debo shot the 50-year-old Moore Friday night in the couple's home in Scriba, in Oswego County about 35 miles northwest of Syracuse.
Prosecutors say she told police she killed Moore after he had hit her in the head and knocked her down. Authorities say Debo claims Moore's handgun went off as the two struggled over the weapon the gun went off.
She's being held without bail.
TN: Man shoots stepson in west Knox Co. dispute
"A man shot his stepson Tuesday night in a dispute between at least four Knox County family members."
"... Sheriff Tim Hutchison says it revolves around a previous charge against the man who was shot."
"The sheriff says 29-year-old Albert Cannon assaulted his aunt, 48-year-old Debra Waggoner. The sheriff says Cannon's mother and stepfather tried to step in. 'They were unable to stop the assault and the stepfather went and got a firearm and shot his stepson one time.'" ...
"Cannon's aunt was taken to Parkwest Hospital. 'At this time, we don't know of any charges,' the sheriff says. 'It does look like it was obvious self defense from this 29-year-old that apparently snapped at...over some criminal charges that he had received in the past.'" ...
KS: Foiled With Firepower
"The thief that thought this liquor store was going to be an easy target didn't know he was going to run into Harry. Not Dirty Harry, but Harry Forbes, Jr. and his 357 hand gun."
"'There's no time to think. You just do what you know you've got to do.'"
"And for Forbes that meant grabbing his 357 handgun and defending himself and his business against a robber. He knew the thief meant business the second he came in the store."
"'This is a hold up or a stick up, whatever. I knew they weren't playing cause they had masks on, head gear on so I just moved,' said Forbes."
"It all happened and was over in a flash."
"'No time to get scared. It all happened in a couple of seconds.'" ...
Israel: Court releases settler suspected of manslaughter of Palestinian
"The Kfar Sava Magistrate's Court released Yehoshua Elitzur, the settler who shot a Palestinian taxi driver to death two days ago, to house arrest yesterday."
"The judge, Nitza Maimon-Sha'ashua, ruled in her decision that she did not see any evidence suggesting criminal intent in the shooting of 46-year-old Sa'al Jabara, and accepted Elitzur's claim that he had fired in self-defense." ...
"Elitzur told investigators that he got out of his car in order to check the Palestinian vehicle, and when he tried to stop it the driver tried to run him over." ...
Armed self-defense works!
TX: Houston Police Arrest Prairie View A&M Officer
"Houston police arrested an off-duty police officer for reportedly hitting a man's car while driving under the influence of alcohol over the weekend, Local 2 Troubleshooters reported Wednesday."
"The accident happened in the 4100 block of Graustark at about 2:50 a.m. Sunday. Police said 30-year-old Isabel Orellana, an off-duty Prairie View A&M University police officer, was off duty and in plain clothes at the time of the accident."
"Orellana was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated after she reportedly hit Steve Lam's pickup truck and then fired a 9-mm pistol at least nine times at him when he tried to take her car keys away." [emphasis added] ...
But Sarah thinks people like this are the only ones who can be trusted with guns.
TX: Shooting victory spotlights woman's expertise
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"For the fourth time in a decade, Fort Worth police range master Dorcia Meador has won the title of National Women's Police Champion."
"Meador, a 26-year veteran of the Police Department, won the honor last week while competing in the National Police Shooting Championship in Jackson, Miss. The event was sponsored by the National Rifle Association."
"She won the same title in 1994, 1995 and 1998 and is believed to be the first woman to win four times." ...
TX: Border Patrol accused in immigrants' deaths
Submitted by: Border Patrol accused in immigrants' deaths
"U.S. officials are investigating allegations that Border Patrol officers threw rocks at several illegal immigrants who had crossed the Rio Grande, forcing them to re-enter the river and leading to the drowning deaths of two women and a teenage girl." ...
"'If an agent feels that he can safely rescue someone, then he or she may do it. Obviously we do not require our agents to risk their lives,' Smith said." ...
Sarah would prefer that "elite" officers like these have a monopoly on lethal force. Would you? Rosie would rather we all trust our lives to officers like these who have no duty to protect us. Would you?
KY: Mattingly cleared in fatal shooting
"A Jefferson County jury acquitted former police Detective McKenzie Mattingly last night of murder, manslaughter and reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Michael Newby." ...
"Police Chief Robert White said yesterday that he supports the jury's verdict but stands by his decision to fire the detective for violating police policy." ...
"In his closing arguments, Davis said the case was simple: Mattingly made several bad decisions before shooting the teen three times in the back. He never saw a gun on Newby or told other offices he thought the teen had a weapon." ...
"Police found a .45-caliber handgun tucked in Newby's waistband after he had been shot." ...
AL: Tragedy warns us to be safer with guns
"The accidental shooting death of deputy Karl Keller�s 2-1/2 year old stepson sent shivers down my spine, along with lots of other sportsmen and gun owners around Marshall County."
"It reminded me� all too clearly � that I haven�t always taken all the safety precautions I should take with my own guns in my own home."
"The boy who lost his life was only about 4 months older than my own son and that hit home."
"I�ve talked to many of the officers close to this case. It appears that Deputy Keller was distracted for just a brief moment as he was putting up his pistol and that opened the way for the child to get it, play with it and die." ...
But only cops and the military are responsible enough to be trusted with guns, right Sarah?
VA: Investigator's intent questioned in shooting
"A Lovettsville woman remains in stable condition after being shot by her husband � a Sheriff's investigator."
"The Sheriff's Office and the Commonwealth's Attorney's office labeled it an accident, but it is being investigated, said Sheriff's spokesman Kraig Troxell."
"He refused to identify the investigator, who has been with the department for 15 years." ...
"Troxell gave this description of the incident on Sept. 23: It was late at night when the investigator began cleaning a recently acquired older handgun � an antique small-caliber French pistol. The weapon suddenly discharged, with a bullet striking the investigator's wife." ...
But only cops and the military are careful enough to be trusted with guns, right Sarah?
UK: Police criticised over gun deaths
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"The brother of a woman who was shot dead along with her son by her estranged husband has criticised the police response to the tragedy." ...
"[East Berkshire coroner Peter Bedford] said police could not have prevented their deaths."
"But after Wednesday's verdict, Frank Mullane condemned the six-hour delay before officers entered the house."
"Earlier, the coroner was told Mrs Pemberton pleaded with a police operator that she had 'about one minute before I die' as she hid in a downstairs cupboard while her husband rampaged through their home in Hermitage, Berkshire."
"However, despite receiving the call at 7.11pm, police did not enter the property until 1.53am the following day." ...
Canada: Ferguson murder trial goes to jury
The fate of a Pincher Creek police officer is in the hands of a jury.
R.C.M.P. Constable Michael Ferguson is accused of second degree murder. He shot and killed a prisoner in a police cell five years ago.
In closing arguments, the crow prosecutor said Ferguson shot Varley in a fit of rage.
The defence argues it was self-defence because Varley had tried to grab the gun.
This is the third time Ferguson has been tried on the charge.
Court has been told the encounter between Ferguson and Varley began October 3rd, 1999, when the officer was dispatched to a hospital in nearby Pincher Creek.
Varley and Ferguson got into a fight at the hospital.
Varley was arrested for public drunkenness and taken to police cells where a second scuffle occurred 10 minutes later.
DC: Citizens go unarmed in D.C. while pols are free to protect themselves
"It is one of the benefits of being a politician. While handguns are banned for citizens in Washington, D.C., congressmen are allowed to have a gun for self-protection on the Capitol grounds. Well-known liberal politicians such as Senators Chuck Schumer and Ted Kennedy have armed bodyguards. The wives of politicians, such as Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's wife, Linda, also have bodyguards. Undoubtedly, these politicians and their families have extremely good reasons for this protection, but many other Americans, especially those living with the high crime rates in D.C., also feel the same way."
"Later today, the U.S. House of Representatives will finally vote on whether to overturn D.C.'s handgun ban." ...
DC: Bill Repealing Most D.C. Gun Laws Passes in House
"A bill that would repeal most local gun laws in the nation's capital passed the House Wednesday, over the objections of city officials including the mayor and police chief."
"'I've seen various members of Congress try to do some low down, dirty, mean things to the people of the District of Columbia, all to promote their own political agendas against the will of the people who live here,' said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C. 'This bill to repeal the city's gun safety laws ... scrapes the bottom of the lowest level yet,' said Norton, who can vote in committee but not on the House floor."
"The District of Columbia Personal Protection Act was approved on a vote of 250-171, following a contentious debate that included everything from gun control and crime rates, to terror alerts and home rule." ...
KY: Crimes hit one-third of women at University of Kentucky
"More than a third of undergraduate and graduate female students surveyed at the University of Kentucky said they had been victims of sexual assault, other physical attacks or stalking, according to findings released yesterday."
"In most cases � 82 percent � the women knew the perpetrator, the survey found."
"UK officials said they are taking additional steps to ensure student safety because of the results of the survey, which involved 1,010 students."
"'We're concerned about things that have happened in the past and are taking very definitive steps to ensure safety for all our students, faculty and staff,' UK President Lee Todd said yesterday." ...
From the UK Nursing School Student Handbook: "No firearms, ammunition, or dangerous weapons are allowed in buildings, University vehicles or facilities ..."
Put your money where your mouth is President Todd and allow your students to use the most effective self-defense tool in existence.
CA: 'Michael Moore Hates America' Premieres in Hollywood
Submitted by: Mitch
... "'Michael Moore Hates America' deconstructs the genre of documentary film to show viewers how filmmakers can manipulate interviews and statistics to communicate a desired message, and therefore, how deceptive that message often is. ..." ...
"Elizalde is supportive of the documentary, and says 'The movie will do to Michael Moore and 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' what the bloggers have done to CBS and Dan Rather and America deserves to hear the truth.' Immediately following the screening will be an exclusive reception with the film's Director, Michael Wilson, his production team, and Congressional Candidate Victor Elizalde."
MN: Crow Wing gun permits drop to $10
"Crow Wing County revised the fee for gun permits to $10."
"The change came in response to the district court decision stating the state's conceal-and-carry law was unconstitutional. The sheriff retains the authority to issue permits to people seeking to carry, hold or possess a pistol for the cities of Brainerd, Baxter, Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Breezy Point, Emily, Crosslake, Crosby and Deerwood."
"The new fee replaces the former $100 fee. Commissioner Gary Walters voted against the action, saying the $10 fee did not cover the costs for administration and background checks. Crow Wing County Sheriff Eric Klang said he expects the state to revert back to the previous policy." ...
Poster's note: It is not a 'policy', it is the law. Under the old "may-issue" permit to carry law (currently in effect while the ruling on the new "shall-issue" law is appealed) the maximum fee allowed is $10.
NH: Gun club idea got nowhere at school
Blake Douglass said he often feels alienated at Londonderry High School. The 17-year-old sportsman � ready to take on the school system in court over its rejection of a photo for the yearbook in which his broken-open shotgun rests on his shoulder � said he does not belong to a single club. 'They don�t offer any clubs that I�m interested in,' Douglass said during an hour-long interview last night at the Pelham Fish and Game Club. 'I had inquired about (a gun or trap-shooting club) a few times.'"
"In past years, he said, assistant principals and teachers confiscated his gun magazines during his lunch periods." ...
NC: North Carolina's Magnum Bears
"Chris Bantos laid flat on his stomach - not the best position to be in when a huge, mad, black bear is inches away. But his redtick hounds were swarming around the bear and there was no way for him to get a clear shot without endangering the dogs. The hounds were baying, the bear was growling and the thick bay restricted his vision to a few feet."
"'I had to crawl through the pocosin just to get to the bear because the cover was so thick,' Bantos said. 'I never got off my belly. I knew the only way to miss the dogs and hit the bear was to shoot at an upward angle. All of a sudden the bear turned in my direction. I don't think he saw me. He just decided to run that way to get away from the dogs.'"
"With the bear running straight at him, Bantos quickly trained the sight on his .44-caliber Magnum revolver and fired. Shot through the neck, the bear dropped instantly. The range was less than 10 feet. Bantos didn't want to speculate on what would have happened had he missed." ...
MD: Police stress women's safety in RAD course
"For any woman who has found herself alone on a dark night, or in a situation that has left her feeling uncomfortable and unsure of what to do, the Towson University Police Department offers a solution."
"Rape Aggression Defense, a four-part course designed to teach students how to avoid becoming involved in a potentially dangerous situation, will begin Monday, Oct. 4 from 6 to 9 p.m." ...
"Lt. Charles Herring of the Towson Police said the course is a good confidence builder."
"'It offers crime prevention techniques and good hands on experience using proven self-defense methods,' he said. 'We practice what we teach.'" [emphasis added] ...
Is that so Lt. Herring? Are you saying that your officers face expulsion (firing) and criminal charges if they are caught with a weapon, and that their sole recourse when facing an attacker is the techniques taught by RAD?
IL: New air guns causing a stir in Wilmette
"Wilmette has set aside a proposed law to ban possession of all air guns in the village, but a recent string of incidents involving a new generation of plastic pellet guns has led to arrests and reminders that the guns are already illegal to shoot in town."
"In past years, some injuries and many broken windows were caused by misuse of BB and pellet guns that fire steel or lead projectiles."
"This year, police said they are seeing more problems with AirSoft guns." ...
"'The issue is that it's illegal to discharge in the village even in your own back yard, even in your basement,' [George Carpenter, Wilmette's chief of police] said. 'We defend that prohibition because this is not a toy, it can be dangerous when misused.'" [emphasis added] ...
So if I am not misusing it, just shooting it at an approved target, with an approved pellet trap, against an approved backstop, in my own basement I am violating the law.
So much for the concept of private property.
Argentina: Four dead in Argentine school shooting (follow-up)
"A 15-year-old student drew a handgun and opened fire in a school classroom in southern Argentina on Tuesday, killing four classmates and wounding five, authorities said." ...
"The episode touched off a debate on national television about rising violence in public schools in Argentina, home to 36 million people and long considered one of the safest countries in South America."
"Stabbings and beatings of students and teachers have been reported in recent weeks, raising public concern about the nation's schools. Surging school violence has also come on the heels of a crime wave in Argentina marked by ransom kidnappings, street shootings and carjackings." ...
Paragraphs 2 and 3 seem to contradict each other, no?
KABA Note: And only the cops and military are 'authorized' to have guns . . .
Haiti: Street gangs hijack food aid in Haiti
"Street gangsters are holding up aid convoys, crashing food distributions, breaking into homes to steal food and shooting anyone who gets in their way, subjecting tens of thousands of weary storm survivors to life-threatening delays in getting food and water."
"The failure of Haiti's U.S.-backed government to disarm the gangs, including the Cannibal Army that started the revolution that ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristide, has created a climate of insecurity that jeopardizes lives in the calamity visited on Gonaives by Tropical Storm Jeanne." [emphasis added] ...
"The security chief for the U.N. stabilization mission in Haiti, John Harrison of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was touring Cassolet Tuesday to find a safe place to distribute food." ...
Bangup job guys!
Philippines: Another newsman killed, 54th since 1986
"Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a correspondent of a national tabloid yesterday, an act described as barbaric and inhumane since the fatality succumbed to seven bullet wounds from a .45 caliber pistol."
"The fatality is the 54th newsman killed in the Philippines since 1986, the National Press Club (NPC) said. NPC President Antonio Antonio has condemned the killing, which came a few days after Today assistant business editor Jose Villanueva was killed in a holdup."
"Supt. Elmer Macapagal, Bataan police director, assured newsmen who now have armed themselves for protection that they are doing all they can to get the killers ..." ...
But if guns are banned, why should journalists need to arm themselves? And if armed self-defense is viable for journalists, then what about shop-keepers and businesspeople and housewives and teachers and . . .
UK: Dunblane father demands ban on gun sales over internet
"THE father of a girl killed in the Dunblane shootings yesterday called for a clampdown on the sale of guns on the internet as an MP revealed how he acquired an airgun for �80 on eBay."
"Mick North, whose daughter, Sophie, died in the school tragedy, said he was horrified that such a reputable website seemed incapable of preventing such sales."
"At a fringe meeting at the conference, Steve McCabe, Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green, revealed how eBay's rules banning the sale of guns was regularly flouted by unscrupulous sellers who advertise on the auction site. He said: 'Instead of advertising the gun for sale, they invite bids for empty bags and boxes that come with a 'free gift' of a gun.'" ...
South Africa: Masked youth rapes 5 teen girls
"Five traumatised Limpopo girls are receiving counseling and emergency HIV/Aids drugs after being raped by a lone attacker on Tuesday evening."
"A masked youth reportedly ambushed the teenagers while they were collecting firewood ..."
"Captain Moatshe Ngoepe said: 'He was apparently armed with a pistol and threatened to shoot anyone who tried to run or scream.'"
"'He ordered them to strip naked, and raped them, one by one.'"
"'The girls were ordered to close their eyes and cover their faces with their hands during the whole ordeal. They were terrified, and obeyed.'"
"After he'd raped each girl once, the man told the weeping teenagers to run off home before he felt up to a 'second round'." ...
But surely this scumbag's pistol is registered, as required by the Firearms Control Act!
South Africa: Grandson sees farmer 'executed'
"Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt for two thugs who murdered a farmer in front of his 10-year-old grandson on Wednesday."
"The men apparently asked farmer Samuel Nkosi for directions on Wednesday morning, but returned just minutes later angry that the directions were 'vague' and that they'd got lost."
"'The traumatised child, who was milking cows with his grandfather at the time, tells us the men drew a pistol and cold-bloodedly executed Nkosi,' said captain Thabisile Gama."
"'The child says the men were extremely angry, and refused to listen to Nkosi's pleas for mercy. They just shot him.'" ...
But wasn't the Firearms Control Act supposed to prevent men like this from getting guns?
Reporters today are far removed from America's founding values and are alarmed and contemptuous of gun owners as dangerous lower classes. � HENRY ALLEN, WASHINGTON POST


'Inventing Race' is the intriguing title. But I first went to LACMA West. It was of particular interest to me to see the Latin American collection of art there, coming from New York. Here could be seen superb works by Diego Rivera, David Alfonso Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo, Carlos Merida and others: fascinating works that brought back deep memories of childhood. Through such works it is possible to experience a full range of human emotions painted by true masters in their medium. Then, at the main LACMA entrance could be found bronze sculptures by Rodin, Francisco Zuniga, G Kolbe and others. Walking up some steps, I found myself in the central court. The Museum is composed of five different buildings (not including LACMA West) - not an easy layout for first time visitors.
The exhibition is a collection of casta ('caste') paintings, created primarily in the 18th century, for the European market as providing evidence of the seemingly harmonious mixing of races in Mexico. But there is an underlying agenda here which, while attempting to demonstrate the extent to which the status of a family group is lowered when cultures mix, actually portrays the Spaniards as the number one race.
On first entering the gallery, you find a collection of paintings that appear merely to depict people dressed in different costumes with careful and elegant poses. There are also word captions inscribed on the paintings though the connection with the words is not immediately clear. But once you properly focus on the painting, and read the text, it is no longer possible to just look at the works themselves; you are compelled to read every phrase about them and grapple with the flood of emotions - ranging from anger to sadness to outrage - that they inspire, for those 'unfortunates', born to mixed race parents. These works actually come to represent the cruel oppression and outright criminal legacy of the colonial Spanish culture.
To follow are just a selection of the accompanying text.
From Spaniard and Black, a Mulato is born.
From Spaniard and Mulato, a Morisco is born.
From Spaniard and Indian, a Mestizo is born, generally humble, quiet and unassuming.
Mulato and Indian make a Calpamulato, of impulsive temper, strong and stocky.
From Indian and Calpamulato a Jibaro is born, usually restless and always arrogant.
From Spaniard and Mestizo, their fondness of horses is passed to a Castizo.
From Castizo and Spaniard, a Spaniard is born.
From Spaniard and Castiza, the beautiful result resembles her father in every way.
From Mestizo and Indian, a Coyote is born.
From Black and Indian, a Wolf is born, bad ilk, and astute pickpockets.
From Wolf and Indian, a Cambujo is born, usually dense, lazy and slow-witted.
One must add here that it is sad (to say the least) that most of the above sentiments are still very much alive today in the global culture, and the habit of labelling people is still actively and fundamentally detrimental to race relations. Because of the negative phrases here applied on each painting, this exhibition forces one to confront the issues of race unequivocally, and hopefully to seek solutions in mitigation.


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2013 NBA schedule: Heat face Rose-less Bulls, Magic host Knicks
The Heat face the Bulls on Friday before taking on the Wizards Sunday. The Magic host the Knicks on Saturday.
By Jason Patt@Bulls_Jay Jan 4, 2013, 11:31am EST
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The past couple of seasons, the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls have been staples at the top of the Eastern Conference. But when the two teams meet for the first time this year on Friday at American Airlines Arena, the game will have a little less luster due to the injury to Bulls' star Derrick Rose.
Miami comes into Friday's game off a thrilling overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. LeBron James should be ready to play despite battling a knee issue. Chicago beat the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night, and will likely have Joakim Noah back in the lineup after he missed the Magic game with an illness.
Miami will be back in action on Sunday night when they host the Washington Wizards. The Wizards are just 4-26, but one of those four wins came against the Heat back on Dec. 4.
Orlando has just one game on the docket this weekend, a Saturday night tilt against the New York Knicks at the Amway Center. The Magic have lost seven games in a row, while the Knicks will be coming off a blowout victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night.
Elsewhere in the Southeast Division, the second place Atlanta Hawks take on the Detroit Pistons and Boston Celtics in a back-to-back on Friday and Saturday. Washington takes on the Brooklyn Nets Friday before the Miami game on Sunday. Finally, the Charlotte Bobcats face the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday and the Pistons on Sunday.
Here's the full weekend schedule from SI.com.


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Transit of the Future; You Read It Here First
By Patrick Tuohey on Feb 5, 2015
"Futurist" Zack Kanter wrote for Business Insider that the coming autonomous, or self-driving, cars will reshape the U.S. economy. While the whole column is compelling, the main point is here:
A Columbia University study suggested that with a fleet of just 9,000 autonomous cars, Uber could replace every taxi cab in New York City—passengers would wait an average of 36 seconds for a ride that costs about $0.50 per mile. Such convenience and low cost will make car ownership inconceivable, and autonomous, on-demand taxis—the "transportation cloud"—will quickly become dominant form of transportation—displacing far more than just car ownership, it will take the majority of users away from public transportation as well. With their $41 billion valuation, replacing all 171,000 taxis in the United States is well within the realm of feasibility—at a cost of $25,000 per car, the rollout would cost a mere $4.3 billion.
Back in November 2013, we observed largely the same thing without the benefit of the Columbia study:
In contrast to light rail, the rapidly progressing leaps in driverless car and cycling technology are allowing people more freedom and choices in how they get from point A to B. Indeed, the future of transportation is in flexibility, not inflexibility. Google driverless cars allow for cheap and easy transit while respecting individual freedom. In several places, state legislatures have altered their traffic laws to allow for such cars.
Sadly, Kansas City is still bent on building what the people do not want, 19th-century fixed rail. Meanwhile, it fights innovation from Uber and Lyft. Our conclusion then remains true today:
The fixed rail they will be installing downtown offers none of that flexibility or popular appeal. Rails do not take passengers where they want to go; rail takes people where city planners want or need them to go (not to mention a car ride to the stations in most cases).
To add insult to injury, the rail system that is being built likely will be abandoned by the hip urbanite core that it is meant to attract as soon as something sexier comes along … like a Google car.
Patrick Tuohey
Senior Fellow of Municipal Policy
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