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Forty-five years ago this Sunday, Neil Armstrong flubbed his line – he was supposed to say “one small step for a man” – and stepped onto the Moon. Over the next 41 months, twelve astronauts followed (some literally) in his footsteps. Then we went home. We haven’t been back to the lunar surface since 1972, the year Atari took off and Tricky Dick was sworn in for the second time. Now, with the future of space travel largely in the hands of private companies, would-be lunar landers will have to be patient, comforting themselves with the fact that when we go back, “we” will be a much larger group of people.
NASA, which has spent the last forty years commuting from Florida to low orbit, has had its budget shaved and its purview widened. The goal is Mars or science. A visit to the moon isn’t necessary to expand the map, collect samples, or scare the Russians, so they’re not doing it. Still, it would be awesome. Only roughly a third of the world’s population had the opportunity to witness the last landing. The other sixty percent of us deserve a chance to marvel at the scope of human accomplishment.
But the private companies beginning to offer space travel packages aren’t inclined – yet, anyway – to get into the Moon business. It’s too complicated.
“Space Adventures has no plans to put clients ‘on’ the Moon,” said Stacey Tearne, Vice President of Communications at Space Adventures, Ltd. The reality is that it’s easier to get to the dark side of the Moon than to its surface, which is precisely why Space Adventures, to quote its marketing material” “Will fly two private citizens and one professional cosmonaut on a free return trajectory around the far side of the moon. They will come within 100km of the Moon’s surface.”
A spokesperson for Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the much-hyped company already delivering cargo to the international space station, offered the following response to a request for comment: “SpaceX has no plans to go to the moon. Sorry!” And XCor Space Expeditions, which is based in California, is focused on orbital and suborbital private trips. Still, Tearne says would-be astronauts shouldn’t give up hope.
“With the commercial availability of both suborbital and orbital vehicles, we expect to see in the next 5-10 years a sharp increase from the hundreds who have traveled to space to thousands,” she said. “In the next 50 years, we expect to see a space-based economy with a myriad of destinations for short-term stays and eventual settlement.”
In other words: Space is a big place and the moon will one day be a popular destination, a sort of 81-billion-ton roadside attraction.
That’s fun to think about, but you’re probably wondering how you will walk on the moon before you need a cane. The best bet is a bit of a long shot. Seattle-based LiftPort wants to run supplies back and forth between the surfaces of earth and moon using a tethered cable system that would allow for soft landings and the human transport. That’s could be a very long, very awkward elevator ride.
Rocket and elevator technologies are both far from the testing phase, so it looks like the 50th anniversary will likely come and go without another human (American or otherwise) bounding across the lunar surface. We may not be obliged to go for the sake of research or even exploration, but after so long it seems like we almost need to go back – if only to prove we can.
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Foreign Airlines Resume Direct Flights to Travel Spots Other than Bali: Sandiaga
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno said that a number of foreign airlines have resumed direct flights to tourism destinations in Indonesia other than Bali. For example, he mentioned Malaysia Airlines' direct flights between Kuala Lumpur and Pekanbaru.
The minister said this was a good sign ahead of the G20 Summit. "We appreciate and thank all those who have facilitated this," Sandiaga said on Monday, September 19.
In addition to Malaysia Airlines, Sandiaga also mentioned Jeju Air's direct flight to Manado, North Sulawesi. This is a new route that was agreed by Jeju Air and the Governor of North Sulawesi, Olly Dondokambey. The agreement was signed on Friday last week, September 16th.
Sandiaga said his ministry is also coordinating with Garuda Indonesia. The flag carrier will resume direct flights between Bali and Japan's Narita (Chiba) and Kansai (Osaka) airport every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, starting November 22.
"Hopefully the opening of direct flights will not only encourage Indonesians to go abroad but also attract visits to Indonesia," the minister said.
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-When in Magento an order is placed using AIM authorize module.Curl connection is set up for 30 seconds.Here first the request is sent to Authorize.net payment gateway which internaly communicate with credit card gateways and as per the response responds back.
-This response is then handled by magento code.
-As there are few internal communication response from Authorize.net might be delayed by few seconds not if server is loaded and is slow curl might time out as the execution time will add up.
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This view is from a writer rated Lean Left.
Surveys show majorities of Democrats and Republicans are proud to be American, preferring life in the U.S. to any other place. Many people agree on key aspects of what it means to be a “true American.”
A false narrative popular today states that Republicans are extremely proud of America and don't see any faults, while Democrats are embarrassed by America and only see faults. Surveys show this is a gross overstatement. A majority of Democrats are still proud to be American, and majorities in both parties say that some things about America make them ashamed.
By and large, Democrats and Republicans are proud to be Americans, yet they are not blind to the country's faults.
Check out the surveys below from the past few years.
Archbridge Institute and the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth
(Survey conducted October 2020)
- 87% of American adults were proud to be American, including 99% of Republicans and conservatives, 82% of Democrats, and 75% of liberals
Harvard Carr Center
(Survey conducted July 6, 2020 - July 28, 2020)
- 74% of Americans said “I would rather live in America than any other place,” including 89% of Republicans, 71% of Democrats, and 68% of Independents
- 74% of Americans said “Some things about America make me ashamed” including 84% of Democrats, 74% of Independents, and 60% of Republicans
- 73% of Americans said “I’d rather be a citizen of US than any other country” including 91% of Republicans, 67% of Democrats, and 67% of Independents
- 71% of Americans believed that “Americans have more in common with each other than many people think,” including 78% of Republicans, 74% of Democrats, and 66% of Independents
More In Common
(Survey conducted July 11, 2020 - July 20, 2020)
- 80% of Americans said that they were “grateful to be an American,” including 95% of Republicans and 74% of Democrats
- 79% of Americans said that “if I could choose to live anywhere in the world, I would still pick America,” including 94% of Republicans and 72% of Democrats
- 74% of Americans said that they are “proud to be an American,” including 93% of Republicans and 66% of Democrats
(Survey conducted June 18, 2020 - June 19, 2020)
- 70% of Americans were at least “somewhat proud” to be an American, including 92% of Republicans and 61% of Democrats.
(Survey conducted June 3, 2019- June 13, 2019)
- 88% of Americans were at least “moderately proud” to be American, including 98% of Republicans and 84% of Democrats
- 70% of Americans were at least “very proud” to be American, including 95% of Republicans and 51% of Democrats.
(Survey conducted November 24, 2018 - November 27, 2018)
In response to a question about what it means to be a “real American”:
- 90% of Americans believed it involved treating people equally (90%)
- 88% of Americans believed it involved taking personal responsibility for one’s actions
- 81% of Americans believed it involved accepting people of different racial backgrounds
- 78% of Americans believed it involved accepting people of different religious backgrounds
(Survey conducted June 1, 2016 - June 7, 2016)
- About 80% of Americans owned some patriotic merchandise, including 60% with an American flag, while only 16% owned no patriotic merchandise
Bella Jasper is currently a high school student who is deeply interested in politics and journalism. In her writing, she hopes to provide a sense of commonality in politics. Bella has a Lean Left bias.
This piece was edited by AllSides.com Managing Editor Henry A. Brechter (Center bias) and News Editor Micaela Ricaforte (Center bias), and was reviewed by James Coan (Center) of Braver Angels.


A MICHAEL JACKSON mimic said yesterday he fears songs he recorded are being passed off as the superstar's voice on a new blockbuster album.
Ricky Galliano, 27, claimed he was paid in wads of cash to copy the tragic singer's style on 21 tracks in secret sessions at a Swiss studio.
Jackson family members said they also believe a fake voice was used for the Christmas release called Michael.
Music giants Sony dismissed the claims as "far fetched" and said they went to "extraordinary lengths" to ensure the vocals are genuine.
But the King of Pop's youngest brother Randy, 48, tweeted: "I heard the music and immediately said it wasn't his voice. Some of the songs are him and some aren't. I would bet my life on that."
Impersonator Galliano - who met ***** several times before his death aged 50 in June 2009 - said a go-between who he thinks was from Bahrain summoned him to studios in Lausanne in October.
He said the man - who was flanked by bodyguards and lawyers - paid him 2000 euros up front for each song recorded.
Italian-born Galliano said: "They were most insistent that I make my voice sound as much like Michael's as possible - to mimic him exactly."
Studio owner Mohammed Ben Salah said he was told the songs were for a Jackson tribute disc.
A Sony spokesman said six of *****'s former producers and engineers heard the album tracks and confirmed it was "definitely" his voice.
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The project uses the ATtiny45 to connect to eh USB port in order to create a LED notifier that can be attached to the EeePC.
This bulbdial clock is a modified version where 72 LEDs were charlieplexed to produce an arrow represented by a shadow which points to the numbers on a dial.
The project illustrates the effect of persistence of vision to easily create a ceiling fan LED display.
The project illustrates the assembly of a LED matrix display made in 16x24 Green SMD LED matrix.
The Shift Brite project utilizes a simple clocked serial interface to receive a 10bit brightness value for each color to produce over a billion possible colors while containing high brightness LED module that has red, green, and blue elements.
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Other albums reviewed in 2003
A review of her album 'American Life'
From 'Like A Virgin' to 'Like A Prayer in the '80s, and 'American Pie' to 'American Life' in the '00s, Madonna has never been one to shy away from experimenting with new sounds. And the trend continues with her new album.
On 'American Life' she teams up once again with Mirwais Ahmadzai (who produced her 'Music' album) and together they've hit the jackpot yet again. We're already familiar with the singles - the title track, and the (well below average) James Bond Theme 'Die Another Day' - but the rest of the album is different.
'Hollywood' (possibly the next single) is a slow ballad that talks about dreams and ambitions of making it here (just like Madonna did in New York many years ago). On 'Nothing Fails' she shows how well she can still carry a mellow tune, and displays the gentle side to her song writing. If this is not a future single, I'll eat my hat.
'Nobody Knows Me' contains a computerised vocal similar to what Cher pioneered with great commercial so success on 'Believe', but this one gets a bit repetitive after the first minute, but will still be huge in the dance clubs.
Definitely her most autobiographical album to date. From the listing of nannies and bodyguards on the title track to "Jesus Christ will you look at me / don't know what I'm suppose to be" on 'X-Static Process'. Mother and Father' is a song of, divided gratitude and appreciation for her mother "there was a time I had a mother / it was nice", to hatred for her dad "my father use to go to work / I use to think he was a jerk". While the lyrics may be a little corny, the thumping beat rescues this track.
For anyone who thought Madonna had dried up, 'American Life' is the perfect response, and should add to her current tally of 55 Top 20 hit singles on this side of the Atlantic.
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Area: 13.338 km²
Population: 715.328 (2000)
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The province of Muğla is located at the south of the Aegean Region and is founded at the skirts of the Asar (Hisar) Mountain spreading towards the plain and is a beautiful and clean tourism paradise with its original architecture, whitewashed walls, red roof tiled roofs, authentic chimneys and narrow streets.
Districts : Muğla (center), Bodrum, Dalaman, Datça, Fethiye, Kavaklıdere, Köyceğiz, Marmaris, Milas, Ortaca, Ula, Yatağan.

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Life on this planet arose about 4 billion a long time back when the primary cells formed within a primordial soup of advanced, carbon-abundant chemical compounds.These cells confronted a chemical conundrum. They necessary specific ions from your soup to be able to carry out standard functions. But those billed ions would’ve disrupted The straightforward membranes that encapsulated the cells.A crew of scientists at the University of Washington has solved this puzzle using only molecules that would have been present on the early Earth. Applying cell-sized, fluid-loaded compartments surrounded by membranes fabricated from fatty acid molecules, the workforce uncovered that amino acids, the creating salkon.pl blocks of proteins, can stabilize membranes in opposition to magnesium ions. Their success established the phase for the first cells to encode their genetic info in RNA, a molecule associated with DNA that requires magnesium for its creation, when preserving The soundness in the membrane.
Images of membranes (circles) taken making use of transmission electron cryomicroscopy. Prime: membranes in an answer that contains no amino acids. Base: membranes in an answer containing serine, an amino acid, which triggers membranes to type numerous levels of concentric membranes. Scale bars: one hundred nanometers. Credit history: Alex Mileant/Caitlin CornellThe results, released Aug. twelve within the Proceedings from the Nationwide Academy of Sciences, transcend outlining how amino acids could have stabilized membranes in unfavorable environments. Additionally they show how the solidne-ubezpieczenie.pl person building blocks of cellular constructions — membranes, proteins, and RNA — might have co-localized in watery environments on the ancient Earth.
“Cells are created up of very differing kinds of buildings with entirely different types of making blocks, and it has never been apparent why they’d appear together within a purposeful way,” said co-corresponding creator Roy Black, a UW affiliate professor of chemistry and bioengineering. “The belief was just that — by some means — they did come alongside one another.”
Black came for the UW following a job at Amgen for the opportunity to fill from the crucial, lacking information behind that “by some means.” He teamed up with Sarah Keller, a UW professor of chemistry and an authority on membranes. Black had been impressed from the observation that fatty acid molecules can self-assemble to kind membranes, and hypothesized that these membranes could work as a good floor to assemble the setting up blocks of RNA and proteins.“You could envision differing kinds of urokipolski.pl molecules transferring inside the primordial soup as fuzzy tennis balls and challenging squash balls bouncing all-around in a giant box that may be being shaken,” mentioned Keller, who can be co-corresponding writer within the paper. “For those who line one particular floor In the box with Velcro, then only the tennis balls will keep on with that area, and they’re going to find yourself close collectively. Roy had the Perception that area concentrations of molecules may very well be enhanced by an analogous system.”
The team Formerly confirmed which the developing blocks of RNA preferentially attach to fatty acid membranes and, amazingly, also stabilize the fragile membranes from detrimental results of salt, a typical compound in the world previous and present.Visuals of membranes (circles) taken working with transmission electron cryomicroscopy. Leading: membranes in a solution of magnesium chloride, a salt that disrupts membranes, and no amino acids. Bottom: membranes in a solution of magnesium chloride and serine, an amino acid, which triggers membranes to form numerous layers of concentric membranes. Scale bars: a hundred nanometers. Credit: Alex Mileant/Caitlin Cornell
The team hypothesized that amino acids may also stabilize membranes. They made use of various experimental strategies — which includes mild microscopy, electron notatkii.pl microscopy and spectroscopy — to check how 10 distinctive amino acids interacted with membranes. Their experiments disclosed that specific amino acids bind to membranes and stabilize them. Some amino acids even brought on large structural adjustments in membranes, including forming concentric spheres of membranes — very similar to levels of an onion.“Amino acids have been not simply defending vesicles from disruption by magnesium ions, but they also designed multilayered vesicles — like nested membranes,” stated lead author Caitlin Cornell, a UW doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry.
The scientists also found out that amino acids stabilized membranes by way of variations in concentration. Some scientists have hypothesized that the main cells can have fashioned within shallow basins that went via cycles of high and very low concentrations of amino acids as water evaporated and as new water washed in.The brand new findings that amino acids safeguard membranes — as well as prior benefits demonstrating that RNA creating blocks can Participate in an identical function — indicate that membranes may perhaps are actually a web page for these precursor molecules to co-localize, giving a possible mechanism to elucidate what introduced together the ingredients for life.
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Keller, Black as well as their team will flip their interest e-modik.pl close to how co-localized making blocks did a little something a lot more impressive: They bound to each other to form functional machines.“That’s the up coming step,” claimed Black.Their ongoing initiatives can also be forging ties across disciplines in the UW.“The College of Washington can be an unusually good spot to make discoveries due to enthusiasm in the scientific Neighborhood to operate collaboratively to share equipment and concepts across departments and fields,” explained Keller. “Our collaborations While using the Drobny Lab plus the Lee Lab ended up crucial. No single laboratory might have finished it all.”
Co-authors are Gary Drobny, UW professor of chemistry; Kelly Lee, UW associate professor of medicinal chemistry; UW postdoctoral researchers Mengjun Xue and Helen Litz from the Section of Chemistry, and James Williams within the Division of Medicinal Chemistry; UW graduate learners Zachary Cohen during the Division of Chemistry and Alexander Mileant during the Biological Structure, Physics and Design and style Graduate Application; and UW undergraduate alumni Andrew Ramsay and Moshe Gordon. The investigate was funded by NASA, the Countrywide Institutes of Wellness and also the Countrywide Science Foundation.

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Age of War 2 is a mix between a defense game and a strategy game. The goal is to destroy the enemy base while defending yours. You can build turrets to defend your base and units to attack the enemy's.
The twist of the game is that you can evolve as well as unlock new units and defense means. The more you evolve, the more you will become powerful.

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Touched by these medals and broken jewels, abandoned at the bottom of baskets in flea markets, I had the idea 4 years ago to give them back life, by reworking them, by assembling them, so that they transmit their stories and find their powers of protection, their stories and regain their powers of protection.
Of beliefs, of know-how, of times and origins.
Working with existing resources, limiting the use of supplements and sourcing them consciously, encouraging recycling and zero waste, even in packaging, staging, communication, collabs…
A renewed creative approach for each piece of jewellery, according to a line of inspiration. A very personal universe personal universe transmitted in all my work.


SMALL COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Stillman still after its first road victory
Published: Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 11:00 p.m.
The Stillman College football team heads to Kentucky State this weekend in need of a turnaround.
The Tigers (3-4 overall, 2-4 in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play) will take a two-game losing streak to Frankfort, Ky., in search of their first road victory. Stillman is 0-4 in games played away from its own stadium.
Stillman is sitting in sixth place in the SIAC standings with three games to go. The Tigers were picked to finish seventh in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll. Kentucky State is in fourth place at 6-3 overall, 5-2 in the conference. The Thoroughbreds scored a narrow 30-27 victory home victory over Miles College last weekend.
Stillman safety Larry Albert, a sophomore, is averaging six solo tackles per game. He is second in the SIAC in total tackles and eighth nationally in Division II standings.
Kentucky State is ranked fourth in the conference in scoring at nearly 24 points per game while giving up just over a third-best 19 points per game. The Tigers are seventh in the SIAC in scoring at just over 19 points per game while giving up just over 21 points per game, the league’s sixth-best average.
The revenge factor favors Stillman. Kentucky State won 37-17 at Stillman last season. The series between the schools is tied at 1-1.
Shelton State Community College closed out its regular season Tuesday with a 7-1 victory over Bossier Parish Community College to finish out with an 11-5-1 record. The Buccaneers will host District Championships Nov. 4-5 in the National Junior College Athletic Association tournament.
Shelton State, which won the Alabama state title, will host Tennessee champion Hiawasee College at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4 in the NJCAA round of 32. The winner will play the winner of the Nov. 4 noon match between the still-to-be-decided Georgia state champion and Florida champion Polk Community College on Saturday Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. in the round of 16.
The winner of the Nov. 5 game will advance to the eight-team national championship tournament Nov. 17-21 in Phoenix.
The University of West Alabama has a chance to surpass last season’s victory total in front of a television audience Saturday when the Tigers visit Henderson State in Arkansas. The 6 p.m. contest has been picked as the Gulf South Conference TV Game of the Week and will be televised regionally by CSS.
UWA hasn’t played on television since the Tigers played at Arkansas Tech in 2000, a game that was also televised by CSS.
UWA is 2-7 overall, 0-7 in conference play. Henderson State is also 2-7 with one league victory. The Tigers, who are coming off a 23-13 home loss to Southern Arkansas, won two games in each of the last two seasons.
“These are two teams that are, no doubt, very hungry for a win," UWA coach Sam McCorkle said. “I am very proud of our football team. To be as young as they are and to be put in as many adverse situations as they have been, they have never given up.
“We are definitely looking forward to again taking our teenage Tigers on the road for another tough GSC matchup."
UWA rodeo teams
second at home
The UWA men’s and women’s rodeo teams both finished second at the UWA Showdown last Thursday through Saturday.
Senior Chance Smart and sophomore Anthony Norwood led the UWA men. Smart won the bull-riding event and Norwood won the steer-wrestling event. The women’s team was led by senior Kasidi Griffin, who finished third in breakaway roping and sixth in goat-tying.
The Tiger Wrangers will compete in the Murray State Rodeo in Kentucky Nov. 17-19.
Bevill State basketball
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Bevill State Community College has renovated the Coliseum in Fayette, home to the school’s men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball teams.
New bleachers have been installed throughout the gymnasium, including a center section of padded chairback seats. These reserved seats are on sale for $60 per seat or $100 for two and are good for all men’s and women’s basketball games in the 2005-06 season. Call 1-800-648-327, extension 5606 for information.
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Space shuttle Endeavour swoops over Santa Cruz, Monterey
Space shuttle Endeavour flew over Santa Cruz at 10:45 a.m., swooped along the coast, and soared over Monterey at 10:52 a.m. during its last aerial hurrah.
All eyes were on the sky for Friday's majestic sight as Endeavour flew low to the ground to wow Central Coast sky watchers.
Even amateur photographer armed with only iPhones shot amazing images.
PHOTOS: Shuttle soars low over Santa Cruz, Monterey
"It was amazing at the Santa Cruz wharf," Santa Cruz photographer Mark Woodward said. "A few dozen people had gathered and were in awe as the shuttle came into sight from over the Santa Cruz Mountains, then made a slow banking turn as it headed toward Monterey."
"As Endeavour flew off, there was as round of applause and cheers, it was a very impressive and amazing sight to see," Woodward said.
At Rio Del Mar Beach in Aptos, hundreds of people stood on the beach and chanted "USA! USA!"
Students at Ord Terrace Elementary School in Seaside gasped when they caught their first glimpse of low-flying Endeavour, screamed with glee, and started running for a better view.
The shuttle took off Friday morning and made a few laps over Sacramento as spectators jammed rooftop buildings and streets around the State Capitol building for a glimpse.
Matthew Montgomery took a break from his work as a legislative aide and brought his 2-year-old son, Tavion, to watch from Sacramento.
"I was going to leave him in daycare but thought this is a once-in-a-lifetime deal," Montgomery said.
Endeavour then soared over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Athletic's baseball stadium at 10:30 a.m.
Peggy Burke was among the crowd that jammed the waterfront along the San Francisco Bay, reflecting on the end of an era.
"It's just a shame that the program has to end, but I'm so glad they came to the Bay area especially over the Golden Gate Bridge," she said. "Onward to Mars."
The shuttle also gave Los Angeles lots of love by flying over landmarks including the Santa Monica Pier, the Hollywood Sign and Disneyland before it ended its 5-hour flyover in la la land.
NASA's shuttle fleet, which retired last year after three decades of flight, was assembled near Edwards Air Force Base 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The youngest shuttle, Endeavour replaced Challenger, which blew up during liftoff in 1986. NASA lost another shuttle, Columbia, in 2003 when it disintegrated during re-entry. Fourteen astronauts were killed.
During 25 missions, Endeavour spent 299 days in space and orbited Earth nearly 4,700 times, racking up 123 million miles. Under White House orders to explore beyond low-Earth orbit, NASA is hitching rides on Russian rockets to the orbiting laboratory until private companies can provide regular service.
Endeavour will remain at an airport hangar for several weeks as crews ready the shuttle for its own road trip. Unlike Atlantis, it will creep through city streets to the California Science Center near downtown until it retires at a Los Angeles museum.

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After a long hard-working term, we are having ice lollies in the sun!
Well done to Year 2 for all their hard work during this week’s SATs tests! Enjoy a well-earned half-term everyone!
David Attenborough class enjoyed creating a pirate ship using themselves!
Working together, showing the values of unity and friendship to make boats with the same size and shape sails.
Today we are painting seascapes in the style of Vincent Van Gogh. Look at our amazing brush strokes!
We have been showing the value of unity and working together to make our own treasure maps. We used metre rulers to measure the length of the wool and made our grid lines. We have labelled the squares using letters and numbers. Now we are busy drawing the features on our treasure map so that we can describe the location of the treasure using coordinates.
Today we are learning about settings and we have created our own classroom island setting. We hope you like it and are impressed by our very smart meadow of children!
Key stage one children were showing the values of unity and friendship at playtime while building fabulous dens!

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The Constitution is a law agreed by the people’s representatives that sets out how the state will be constituted and run, the people’s rights and responsibilities as citizens and the creation of particular institutions to support and safeguard the country’s democracy. The South African Constitution offers protection to both citizens and non-citizens, and is one of few constitutions in the world that indisputably does so.
South Africa’s Constitution is the result of remarkably detailed and inclusive negotiations that were carried out with an acute awareness of the injustices of the country’s non-democratic past. It is the highest law of the land and no other law or government action can supersede it.
An interim constitution was first drafted as the country made its transition from apartheid to democracy. Then, after the April 1994 elections, a new constitution was written in consultation with the public as well as elected public representatives.
This was approved by the Constitutional Court on 4 December 1996 and took effect on 4 February 1997. It is widely regarded as the most progressive constitution in the world, with a Bill of Rights second to none.
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Everyone is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law. Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms. To promote the achievement of equality, legislative and other measures designed to protect or advance persons, or categories of persons, disadvantaged by unfair discrimination may be taken.
The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.
No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds in terms of subsection (3). National legislation must be enacted to prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination. Discrimination on one or more of the grounds listed in subsection (3) is unfair unless it is established that the discrimination is fair.
2. Human Dignity
Everyone has inherent dignity and the right to have their dignity respected and protected.
Everyone has the right to life.
4. Freedom and Security of the Person.
Everyone has the right to freedom and security of the person, which includes the right:
- not to be deprived of freedom arbitrarily or without just cause
- not to be detained without trial
- to be free from all forms of violence from either public or private sources
- not to be tortured in any way
- not to be treated or punished in a cruel, inhuman or degrading way
Everyone has the right to bodily and psychological integrity, which includes the right:
- to make decisions concerning reproduction
- to security in and control over their body
- not to be subjected to medical or scientific experiments without their informed consent.
5. Slavery, Servitude and Forced Labour
No one may be subjected to slavery, servitude or forced labour.
Everyone has the right to privacy, which includes the right NOT to have:
- their person or home searched
- their property searched
- their possessions seized
- the privacy of their communications infringed
7. Freedom of Religion, Belief and Opinion
Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion. Religious observances may be conducted at state or state-aided institutions, provided that:
- those observances follow rules made by the appropriate public authorities
- they are conducted on an equitable basis
- attendance at them is free and voluntary.
- This section does not prevent legislation recognising marriages concluded under any tradition, or a system of religious, personal or family law or systems of personal and family law under any tradition, or adhered to by persons professing a particular religion.
8. Freedom of Expression
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, which includes:
- freedom of the press and other media
- freedom to receive or impart information or ideas
- freedom of artistic creativity
- academic freedom and freedom of scientific research
The right in subsection (1) does not extend to:
- propaganda for war
- incitement of imminent violence
- advocacy of hatred that is based on race, ethnicity, gender or religion, and that constitutes incitement to cause harm.
9. Assembly, Demonstration, Picket and Petition
Everyone has the right, peacefully and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket and to present petitions.
10. Freedom of Association
Everyone has the right to freedom of association.
11. Political Rights
Every citizen is free to make political choices, which includes the right:
- to form a political party
- to participate in the activities of, or recruit members for, a political party
- to campaign for a political party or cause
Every citizen has the right to free, fair and regular elections for any legislative body established in terms of the Constitution. Every adult citizen has the right to vote in elections for any legislative body established in terms of the Constitution and to do so in secret and to stand for public office and, if elected, to hold office.
No citizen may be deprived of citizenship.
13. Freedom of Movement and Residence
- Everyone has the right to freedom of movement
- Everyone has the right to leave the Republic
- Every citizen has the right to enter, to remain in and to reside anywhere in, the Republic
- Every citizen has the right to a passport
14. Freedom of Trade, Occupation and Profession
Every citizen has the right to choose their trade, occupation or profession freely. The practice of a trade, occupation or profession may be regulated by law.
15. Labour Relations
Everyone has the right to fair labour practices. Every worker has the right:
- to form and join a trade union
- to participate in the activities and programmes of a trade union
- to strike
Every employer has the right:
- to form and join an employers’ organisation
- to participate in the activities and programmes of an employers’ organisation
Every trade union and every employers’ organisation has the right:
- to determine its own administration, programmes and activities
- to organise
- to form and join a federation
Every trade union, employers’ organisation and employer has the right to engage in collective bargaining. National legislation may be enacted to regulate collective bargaining. To the extent that the legislation may limit a right in this Chapter, the limitation must comply with section 36 (1).
National legislation may recognise union security arrangements contained in collective agreements. To the extent that the legislation may limit a right in this Chapter the limitation must comply with section 36 (1).
Everyone has the right:
- to an environment that is not harmful to their health or well-being
- to have the environment protected, for the benefit of present and future generations, through reasonable legislative and other measures that prevent pollution and ecological degradation, promote conservation and secure ecologically sustainable development and use of natural resources while promoting justifiable economic and social development.
No one may be deprived of property except in terms of law of general application, and no law may permit arbitrary deprivation of property. Property may be expropriated only in terms of law of general application:
- for a public purpose or in the public interest
- subject to compensation, the amount of which and the time and manner of payment of which have either been agreed to by those affected or decided or approved by a court
The amount of the compensation and the time and manner of payment must be just and equitable, reflecting an equitable balance between the public interest and the interests of those affected, having regard to all relevant circumstances, including:
- the current use of the property
- the history of the acquisition and use of the property
- the market value of the property
- the extent of direct state investment and subsidy in the acquisition and beneficial capital improvement of the property
- the purpose of the expropriation
For the purposes of this section:
- the public interest includes the nation’s commitment to land reform, and to reforms to bring about equitable access to all South Africa’s natural resources
- property is not limited to land.
- The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to foster conditions which enable citizens to gain access to land on an equitable basis
- A person or community whose tenure of land is legally insecure as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to tenure which is legally secure or to comparable redress
- A person or community dispossessed of property after 19 June 1913 as a result of past racially discriminatory laws or practices is entitled, to the extent provided by an Act of Parliament, either to restitution of that property or to equitable redress.
- No provision of this section may impede the state from taking legislative and other measures to achieve land, water and related reform, in order to redress the results of past racial discrimination, provided that any departure from the provisions of this section is in accordance with the provisions of section 36 (1)
- Parliament must enact the legislation referred to in subsection (6)
Everyone has the right to have access to adequate housing. The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of this right. No one may be evicted from their home, or have their home demolished, without an order of court made after considering all the relevant circumstances. No legislation may permit arbitrary evictions.
19. Health Care, Food, Water and Social Security
Everyone has the right to have access to:
- health care services, including reproductive health care
- sufficient food and water
- social security, including, if they are unable to support themselves and their dependents, appropriate social assistance.
The state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of each of these rights. No one may be refused emergency medical treatment.
Every child has the right:
- to a name and a nationality from birth
- to family care or parental care, or to appropriate alternative care when removed from the family environment
- to basic nutrition, shelter, basic health care services and social services
- to be protected from maltreatment, neglect, abuse or degradation
- to be protected from exploitative labour practices
- not to be required or permitted to perform work or provide services that are inappropriate for a person of that child’s age or place at risk the child’s well-being, education, physical or mental health or spiritual, moral or social development
- not to be detained except as a measure of last resort, in which case, in addition to the rights a child enjoys under sections 12 and 35, the child may be detained only for the shortest appropriate period of time, and has the right to be kept separately from detained persons over the age of 18 years and treated in a manner, and kept in conditions, that take account of the child’s age
- to have a legal practitioner assigned to the child by the state, and at state expense, in civil proceedings affecting the child, if substantial injustice would otherwise result
- not to be used directly in armed conflict, and to be protected in times of armed conflict
A child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child. In this section ‘child’ means a person under the age of 18 years.
Everyone has the right to a basic education, including adult basic education and to further education, which the state, through reasonable measures, must make progressively available and accessible.
Everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or languages of their choice in public educational institutions where that education is reasonably practicable. In order to ensure the effective access to, and implementation of, this right, the state must consider all reasonable educational alternatives, including single medium institutions.
22. Language and Culture
Everyone has the right to use the language and to participate in the cultural life of their choice, but no one exercising these rights may do so in a manner inconsistent with any provision of the Bill of Rights.
23. Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities
Persons belonging to a cultural, religious or linguistic community may not be denied the right, with other members of that community to enjoy their culture, practise their religion and use their language and to form, join and maintain cultural, religious and linguistic associations and other organs of civil society.
The rights in subsection (1) may not be exercised in a manner inconsistent with any provision of the Bill of Rights.
24. Access to Information
Everyone has the right of access to any information held by the state and any information that is held by another person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights.
National legislation must be enacted to give effect to this right, and may provide for reasonable measures to alleviate the administrative and financial burden on the state.
26. Access to Courts
Everyone has the right to have any dispute that can be resolved by the application of law decided in a fair public hearing before a court or, where appropriate, another independent and impartial tribunal or forum.

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This is a collection of 60 x 1-minute segments shot on iPhone. They are presented here as they appeared in the installation at the Courthouse Gallery, displayed on iPhone. Each sequence is 6 minutes long and contains 6 segments. In the installation, they played simultaneously on loops with their accompanying sound.
The darkened display space creates an enclosed visual and aural environment. In making this piece my aim was to create an immersive audience space for the work. Holding the phone to view, the audience is encouraged to contemplate their own relationship with the camera phone images they make themselves. These pieces were shot in portrait, as is much camera phone footage. This device is intended to create a dialogue between conventional images of landscape photography and a personal impressionistic approach to image-making. Exploring format in this way brings an alternative perspective to the work. The shift in the context of viewing the moving image distances the familiar experience.
The majority of these 1-minute segments are handheld shots. They represent mundane environments. Any camera movement mirrors my bodily gesture. Movements within the frame occur 'live' during the recording.
The critical and theoretical context of these pieces is manifest in their amateur mode of production and their mundane domestic content which directly references the WIMIP in my PaR


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THE funeral of former Clarets legend John Connelly will take place next Monday.
John, 74, played 265 games for the Clarets, scoring 104 goals, and starred as Burnley clinched the Championship title in 1960. He had been battling bone cancer and died peacefully last week at his home in Barrowford.
John was also a member of England’s 1966 squad, for which he was belatedly given a winners’ medal in 2007. He also played for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United, where he won his second league winners’ medal.
A service will be held at St Mary’s Church, Yorkshire Street, Burnley, at 10am, before a private burial in Barrowford.
His funeral cortege will pass Turf Moor, at 9.45am, where fans can pay their final respects to the popular, and talented, winger.

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KYBELLA is a formulation of a naturally occurring-substance (deoxycholic acid) that destroys fat cells in the area under the chin. Once those fat cells are destroyed, they can no longer store or accumulate fat, resulting in less submental fullness, a contoured jawline, and a skin tightening effect in the area. Treatment is 1 session every 2 months, for a total of 3 sessions.
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Another big screen try for Madonna
Madonna is reportedly set to premiere her latest movie I Am Because We Are at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
be alarmed, Madonna won't be starring in her new movie, but will be
making an appearance at the festival as a director of her new film.
I Am Because We Are,
is filmed in Malawi, the same country where Madonna recently adopted
her son David, and focuses on how AIDS has affected the children of
poor stricken Malawi who have lost their parents to the disease.
The film also highlights the work Madonna's charity organisation, Raising Malawi, has been doing in the country.
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Along with the new aquatic plants and yellow pedal boats, trash and clumps of algae also float on the surface of the newly reopened Echo Park Lake. Frequent park visitor Darrell Kunitomi was happy to see workers out in the lake this week collecting trash and the aquatic equivalent of weeds.
Kunitomi, in an email, said he has reported the trash several times to city officials:
Lots of trash in lake has been there for weeks. I know, I’ve photo’d it over and over, same stuff. Very glad to see this. Guys in waders in the north end. Hope they got the stuff around the lake.”
Kunitomi said the water-borne trash collects into the same spots where the westerly wind blow it into the corners of the lake.


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Guasave, Sinaloa.- After the controversy that generated the appointment of the owner of the Internal control organ in the last Cabildo session in Guasave, in which Juan Ramón Bojórquez Cempoatl was ratified by a majority of the votes, the attorney-in-fact Efraín Zavala Espinoza presented before the Electoral Tribunal a challenge looking for the session to be held again and he is allowed to propose whoever remains in said position as stipulated by law.
“I presented an appeal, a lawsuit against the municipal president, the council of councilors, the secretary of the City Council and who is held as the head of the Internal Control Body, this for violation of the rights of the public servant… We are asking that it be ordered that that session of the Cabildo be reestablished and that the trustee be allowed to make his proposal and exercise what the Law says in Article 67 bis e, which has the power to propose the new head to the council. of the Internal Control Body if this in turn approves it with 2 thirds ”.
Zavala Espinoza denied that he is seeking said position and stressed that he will end his functions as a trustee, clarifying that he is not interested in the position but in fulfilling his powers and fulfilling the Guasavenses in that sense.
Mayor Aurelia Leal López confirmed that they had already been notified about the challenge, however she indicated that they are sure that it will not proceed, since the Electoral Court is not the corresponding instance for the issue.
“In effect, an appeal was received from the attorney general to the Guasave Council and a timely reply was already given as established by the Law, in effect, it was challenged before the Electoral Court that according to our knowledge it is a resource that is it is going to reject in the second instance because it is totally inappropriate; We are sure that we did things in accordance with the Law, that we did not violate any norm and that things are fine ”.
In this sense, the attorney general indicated that as an elected individual, the Electoral Tribunal is the appropriate instance to present the challenge, so much so that the municipality has already received the notification.
“For violation of the rights of the public servant, that is why it was before the Electoral Court, in the exercise of the functions of the attorney general, for the violation of the rights as an elected individual in the exercise of my functions, is the instance where it takes this type of objections, it is the indicated instance ”.
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It will be in a margin of approximately 10 days, considered the attorney general, that the Electoral Court issues the decision.


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Dictated: Dictated by phone on March 5, 1923
Published: Printed from a typewritten copy.
Source: Lenin's Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1976, Moscow, Volume 45, page 607a.
Translated: Yuri Sdobnikov
Transcription\Markup: R. Cymbala
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Dear Comrade Trotsky:
It is my earnest request that you should undertake the defence of the Georgian case in the Party C.C. This case is now under “persecution” by Stalin and Dzerzhinsky, and I cannot rely on their impartiality. Quite to the contrary. I would feel at ease if you agreed to undertake its defence. If you should refuse to do so for any reason, return the whole case to me. I shall consider it a sign that you do not accept.
With best comradely greetings
 A separate sheet, appended to the present letter, contains this note by a secretary: “Comrade Trotsky: To the letter communicated to you by phone, Vladimir Ilyich asked to add for your information that Comrade Kamenev is going to Georgia on Wednesday, and wants to know whether you wish to send anything there yourself. March 5, 23.”—Ed.
 The letter is connected with the “Georgian question”.
After the October (1922) Plenum of the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee, there was a sharpening of the conflict between the Transcaucasian Territorial Committee of the R.C.P.(B.) and the Mdivani group (see Note 723). Having met with resistance from the Georgian Communists, the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Georgia, on which the Mdivani group had a majority, resigned on October 22 on the plea of its differences with the Transcaucasian Territorial Committee. Mdivani’s supporters lodged a complaint with the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee. On November 25, 1922, the Politbureau adopted a decision to send a commission to Georgia, with F. E. Dzerzhinsky at its head, to examine urgently the statements by members of the Central Committee of the Georgian Communist Party who had resigned, and to work out measures to establish tranquility in the Georgian Communist Party.
Lenin was highly anxious over the “Georgian question”. On December 12, Dzerzhinsky reported to Lenin the results of his trip. Lenin was dissatisfied with the work of the commission, believing that it had taken a biased approach to the conflict, and had failed to note the grave errors made by G. K. Orjonikidze. Lenin connected the “Georgian question” with the general question of establishing the U.S.S.R., expressing alarm over whether the principles of proletarian internationalism would be consistently implemented in the unification of the Republics. In his letter, “The Question of Nationalities, or ‘Autonomisation’”, he censured Orjonikidze’s action and the connivance at it on the part of the Dzerzhinsky Commission, and of Stalin. Lenin placed the political responsibility for the whole affair chiefly on Stalin, who was the C.C. Secretary General, with reference to his grave mistakes in unifying the Republics (see present edition, Vol. 36, pp. 605–11).
Lenin, far from supporting, in fact criticised the fundamentally erroneous stand of Mdivani and his supporters on various aspects of the Transcaucasian Federation and the formation of the U.S.S.R. (see this volume, Document 777); but considering that at the time the main danger lay in dominant-nation chauvinism, and that the task of fighting the latter was to be shouldered mainly by the Communists of the formerly dominant nation, Lenin concentrated attention on the mistakes made by Stalin, Dzerzhinsky and Orjonikidze on the “Georgian question”. He pointed out that in this matter, especially when, in connection with the unification of the Republics, there was need for “particular circumspection, tact and tractability”, and that “in this case it is better to overdo the tractability and mildness in treating the national minorities than to underdo them”. That is the context in which to view Lenin’s words about his being “on the side of the ‘offended’ in the ‘Georgian conflict’” (see this volume, Document 814, and also Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Edition, Vol. 45, p. 486).
Lenin’s letter to Trotsky was written in connection with the forthcoming discussion of the “Georgian question” at a Plenum of the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee.
 This letter was read to Trotsky the same day on the phone by Maria Volodicheva, assistant secretary of the C.L.D. and the C.P.C. On the plea of ill health, Trotsky said he could not undertake such an obligation.

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Brighton graduate blasts off for six-month mission on the International Space Station
University of Brighton graduate Dr Sultan Al Neyadi will make history as the first Arab astronaut to take part in a long duration space mission on 26 February.
Dr Al Neyadi will be part of a NASA/SpaceX crew bound for a six-month stay on the International Space Station, blasting off on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
Dr Al Neyadi, 41, said he “felt ready and excited” for the launch, scheduled for 07.07am GMT on Sunday 26 February. “Just the idea of waking up every morning and having access to a window you can see and scan the whole world in 90 minutes is amazing,” he said during a recent NASA media briefing.Continue reading “Brighton graduate blasts off for six-month mission on the International Space Station”


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Our 2012 Lenten Series is entitled: Faith under fire...life in a Stormy world. This is the 4th in that series. In it, Mr. Matt Pridgen (www.mattpridgen.com) tells of how the Lord saved him when he had no idea he needed to be saved. A powerful and moving and ....odd....story. May it bless you and point you to Jesus.
Our 2012 Lenten Series in entitled: Faith under fire...life in a stormy world. This is the 3rd in that series but the first one with a working recording available. Brenda and Brett McBride tell there heart breaking story of loss and their glorious story of healing and redemption in Christ.


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Blockchain enthusiast, Creative Director of Rhubarb Media, “Tummler” of The Creative Space
Chad Ballantyne is a father of three and husband for 26 years! He’s spent the last 25 years of his life in some form of creative communications as a speaker, musician, producer, and designer. He’s now the Creative Director of Rhubarb Media, a design studio in Barrie and is the “Tummler” at Simcoe County’s first coworking space, called The Creative Space (TCS). (www.thecreativespace.ca) TCS is located in a beautifully redeemed century building in downtown Barrie and has become a hub for freelancers, startups and other digital nomads since 2009. It’s a community space where business, art and life collide. Chad’s passion is to help others do what makes them come alive. He has a strong desire to see social change in local communities and through his work with Rhubarb Media and the Creative Space, he has helped dozens of social and arts and culture organizations though in-kind work, personal activity and financial contributions.
In the past 14 months he has be an integral part of launching a new cryptocurrency named PIVX. www.pivx.org Rhubarb was commissioned to rename and brand and market this coin and in 12 months of it’s inception it went from a value of .06 USD to over $14USD with a market cap of over 700Million. His vision for PIVX has transformed, not only the product, but is slowly transforming crypto-culture. His focus on community, regional efforts and making a difference in the world is baked into the PIVX brand.


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Kenny Chesney says he hopes to see his face in the tabloids less often in 2006. Maybe his aim is to see his name in Forbes magazine, though, because that’s where it is.
Kenny, country music’s top moneymaker for last year, is the third overall moneymaker in music for 2005 with a whopping $110 million, according to Forbes. No doubt, that’s more money than anybody from Luttrell, Tenn., ever made in a year. Another Luttrell native, the late Chet Atkins, may have received more awards than Kenny, but I doubt he ever made 110 big ones in a year. However, Chet owned most of the land on Music Row, so he did OK for himself.
Kenny’s been out kegging with college kids again. He’s been to clubs and bars Tuscaloosa, Ala., Athens, Ga., and his beloved Knoxville, Tenn., making money for Habitat for Humanity through his Keg in the Closet tour. This is how Kenny whets his appetites for the big arenas. While he was out gigging for fun, tickets went on sale for his upcoming The Road and the Radio tour. The first nine shows alone brought in millions. It appears to me Kenny is still the fans’ favorite hillbilly.
Carlene Carter Weds Hubby No. 4
Carlene Carter, daughter of June Carter Cash and Country Music Hall of Fame member Carl Smith, tied the knot with Los Angeles television personality Joe Brown on Feb. 4. It was her fourth trip to the altar. The couple married in Jamaica at Cinnamon Hill, the property owned by her late mother and stepfather Johnny Cash. The ceremony took place at the foot of a waterfall where voodoo was practiced by Annie Palmer in the 19th century and where Jane Seymour and Roger Moore filmed the James Bond hit, Live and Let Die. The bride, wearing an ivory beaded dress, rode a golf cart to the waterfall where her hubby-to-be waited. She walked an orchid-petaled path to meet her bridegroom while a violin and flute played. The three-layer chocolate wedding cake was shaped like an autoharp — Carlene’s grandma Maybelle Carter’s signature instrument.
Keith Urban Jams at Radio Seminar
Sans Nicole Kidman, it was an amazing performance by Keith Urban when he jammed for country radio programmers at last week’s Country Radio Seminar at the Nashville Convention Center. Keith was joined by Ronnie Dunn, who performed “Brand New Man” and “Believe,” but it was Dolly Parton who brought the house down. She sang “Jolene” and “Two Doors Down,” before saying, “Radio asked me how I keep things lively after almost 40 years of marriage. I told them, ’When we make out, I look at my husband and pretend he’s Keith Urban.” Looking at Keith, Dolly added, “Ain’t nothing you and your long-legged girlfriend can do about it!”
Willie Opens the Closet
Even that little line that runs across the bottom of my television screen read, “Willie Nelson records ’Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other).'” So I figured I’d check it out. On Valentine’s Day, Howard Stern’s satellite radio show debuted Willie Nelson’s gay cowboy homage, “Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other).” The song was written in 1981 by musician-songwriter Ned Sublette, a Lubbock, Texas, native who now lives in New York. Willie allowed, “Since everybody is talking about the acclaimed film, Brokeback Mountain, and its Academy Award nomination, it seemed like the right time to play the song, and Stern seemed to be the man to play it.” Willie recorded the song last year during an iTunes Originals session and mentioned the song to Stern in an interview. Coincidentally, Willie also recorded “He Was a Friend of Mine” for the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack.
Willie told the Dallas Morning News he’s sung cowboy songs before but never one like this. He noted that the song has been in the closet for 20 years, and it’s time for it to come out, so he’s just opening the door. Willie, of course, has a personal connection. Two years ago, David Anderson, Willie’s friend and tour manager for 30 years, told his boss he was gay. Anderson said releasing the song is Willie’s way of telling him everything was OK. Anderson added, “More than anything I want people to know — gay, straight, whatever — just how cool Willie is and … his way of thinking, his tolerance, everything about him.”
Toby’s Show Dogs
From the road, I hear Toby Keith is calling singer-songwriters Rebecca Lynn Howard, Scotty Emerick and Sarah Johns his Show Dogs, a reference to his new record label, Show Dog Nashville. While the Westminster Dog Show is showing off the best of the litter, Toby is showing off the best of his label.
Brad Hosts Families of Sago Miners
Leave it to Brad Paisley to do what’s right. When Brad realized his tour was stopping in West Virginia — his home state — he had to do something for the families of the fallen Sago coal miners. The show was sold out, but he made arrangements to provide free tickets, transportation, hotel rooms and a special dinner for the families. Afterwards, Brad and opening act Sara Evans met with each family individually. West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and first lady Gayle Manchin also attended. Brad, if that isn’t love, the ocean is dry.
Texan Pat Green has joined the RCA Label Group’s BNA roster.
Another Texan, Jack Ingram, is set to open a series of shows for Sheryl Crow. Sheryl was looking for a house with acreage in the Nashville area when she took up with Lance Armstrong and moved to Austin, Texas, with him. Since Sheryl split with Armstrong, I wonder if she’ll be looking our way again.
I hear Travis Tritt’s agreement with newly-formed Category 5 Records is a multi-million dollar, multi-album deal.
Hank Williams Jr.’s new single, “That’s How They Do It in Dixie” features guest appearances by rowdy friends Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson and Van Zant. But where was the rowdiest — Kid Rock?
Miranda Lambert is the topic of a four-page spread in the March issue of Blender magazine.
I’m happy to report that good guy Mark Wills has a new record deal with Equity.
Rascal Flatts’ video for “What Hurts the Most” debuted this week. Their Feels Like Today album is certified quadruple platinum. That’s 4 million copies, friends and neighbors.
One of Music Town’s finest country bluesmen, Lee Roy Parnell, releases a new album, Back to the Well, on March 7 on the Universal South label.
After 30 years, GooGoo is gone from the Grand Ole Opry. With the candy company no longer sponsoring the show, there will be no more of the theme song line, “Go get a GooGoo/It’s good.”
Phil Vassar nominated for national Emmy for outstanding original song for “Live for Today,” a theme for segments featured on NBC’s Today.
The upcoming Tim McGraw-Faith Hill stage reunion sparked ticket frenzy. Shows were sold out immediately and performances added to accommodate ticket demand.
Jo Dee Messina, in Torino, Italy for the Winter Olympics as a special correspondent for Westwood One Radio Networks, reports she enjoyed visiting with the U.S. women’s hockey team after they defeated Switzerland, Germany and Finland.
Look for Reba McEntire and the cast of her Reba sitcom in the TV Guide issue dated Feb. 20-26. Recent Miss America host James Denton is also pictured from an episode in which he appeared. Remember? He and Reba kissed on the mouth! What a hard job.
Lyric Street newcomer Trent Tomlinson opened the show for Bon Jovi last week at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville. Hanging out backstage were Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and John Rich.
Blaine Larsen celebrated his birthday on the road. Headlining act Gretchen Wilson surprised Blaine midway through his set when she walked onstage singing “Happy Birthday” and holding a birthday cake with 20 burning candles.
See the new Hot Dish recipe of the week: Chicken Salad.


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Hoppes Garden Bistro in Cayucos will close after dinner service Sunday, its owners said Tuesday.
The longtime restaurant is owned by Brendan Fritzsche and his wife, Amanda.
The American food restaurant, located at 78 N. Ocean Ave., offers filet mignon, lobster risotto, quinoa, corn and baby spinach, grilled wild king salmon, and Cayucos red abalone, among other dishes.
The Fritzsches will continue to own and operate their nearby Schooners Wharf restaurant.
They purchased Hoppes from family members of Wilhelm Hoppe, who ran the business for several years on the North Coast before his death in 2010.
Hoppes family members continued operating the restaurant until the Fritzsches took it over in May 2013.
There are a lot of circumstances that led us to decide to close, Brendan Fritzsche said. We wanted to put more of a prioritization on family life. And the concepts of the restaurant were no longer resonating.
Fritzsche said that sales had been dropping and never rebounded to what the owners hoped for.
Brendan Fritzsche said Schooners, at 171 N. Ocean Ave., is a completely different concept than Hoppes. The Schooners menu includes fish and chips and Hearst Ranch burgers, as well as seafood and steak.
No plans have been made to sell Hoppes, and the Fritzsches are completing their scheduled special events and working to close out their lease contract.
Were sorry we couldnt keep things going, Brendan Fritzsche said. But well have more time with Schooners and to spend with our two young daughters and as a family.


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Author(s): Yon JH, DanielJohnson J, Carter LB, JevtovicTodorovic V
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Abstract It was shown recently that exposure of the developing rat brain during the peak of synaptogenesis to commonly used general anesthetics can trigger widespread apoptotic neurodegeneration in many regions of the developing rat brain and persistent learning/memory deficits later on in life. To understand the mechanism by which general anesthetics induce apoptotic neuronal death we studied two common apoptotic pathways--the intrinsic and the extrinsic pathway--at different time points during synaptogenesis. We found that the intrinsic pathway is activated early on during anesthesia exposure (within two hours), as measured by the down-regulation of bcl-x(L), up-regulation of cytochrome c and the activation of caspase-9 in 7-day-old rats (the peak of synaptogenesis), but remains inactivated in 14-day-old rats (the end of synaptogenesis). The extrinsic pathway is activated later on (within six hours of anesthesia exposure), as measured by the up-regulation of Fas protein and the activation of caspase-8 in 7-day-old rats, but remains inactivated in 14-day-old rats. Anesthesia-induced apoptotic neurodegeneration is age dependent with vulnerability closely correlating with the timing of synaptogenesis, i.e. the developing brain is most sensitive at the peak of synaptogenesis (7 days old) and least sensitive at the end of synaptogenesis (14 days old).
This article was published in Neuroscience
and referenced in Journal of Pregnancy and Child Health


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We have arrived at the end of another week, and also the end of another month. It seems like only yesterday I was recovering from a hangover courtesy of cheap champagne. This weekend promises to be just as entertaining for all of America (or at the very least, the dudes) with the Super Bowl on Sunday. If you were busy contemplating not working on Tuesdays from now on, odds are you missed it.
Blagojevich, hair unhappy with obvious ouster
Never mind that he’s facing federal corruption charges, Illinois Gov. Rod “The Bod” Blagojevich was kicked out of office yesterday. Blagojevich became the former governor after making a heart-wrenching speech about how he has not been allowed to tell his side of the story and bring in witnesses who will defend him. State senators responded by unanimously voting him out and banning him from ever holding public office in the state again. Upon replacing Blagojevich, Gov. Pat Quinn pledged to clean up the office of the governor, and make sure the tape recorders were off when solicits or accepts bribes.
Being a Patriots fan, I have no recollection of there ever being a game
Police say they have recovered 27 Super Bowl rings that were made for the New York Giants last year. The rings were reported stolen from a Massachusetts jewelry store in June, the robbery netted an estimated $2 million. The rings have been sent to the Giants since being recovered, and a Boston area couple has been arrested in connection with the robbery. In other news, Bill Belichick could not be reached for comment.
And the dad is heading back to Iraq soon to get some peace and quiet
A mother of six gave birth to octuplets this week. Bringing her total count to 14 children. The mother has not been identified, but it is said she had feritility treatments and they did a little better than she had expected them to do. Here’s a question: if you already have four kids, why are you concerned about fertility?


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Children are being recruited in multiple capacities and significant numbers within the ranks of armed groups in the Syrian conflict. The participation of children in the conflict carries an inevitable multigenerational impact; violence is likely to continue beyond the cessation of hostilities.
By Sara Mahmood*
A recent report by the UN Children’s Fund has estimated that at least 8.4 million Syrian children, which represent more than 80 percent of the country’s youth, are affected by the conflict that began in 2011. A substantial number of these children are not only victims of the violence inflicted upon them, but are also recruited for participation in armed groups.
Although many terrorist groups, such as the Islamic State (IS) and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) are perceived as the chief recruiters of children in the Syrian conflict, other groups also enlist children within their ranks. As such, the exact numbers remain unclear, but the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported that children have fought on the frontlines, acted as spies and snipers for non-state armed groups, such as the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Islamic Front and Ahrar al-Sham. Consequently, the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) affiliates, including the People’s Protection Unit (YPG) and Women’s Protection Unit (YPJ) continue to make use of young boys and girls in armed combat despite their claims of demobilising them.
The Expanding Roles of Children in War
The recruitment of children under 18 in armed conflict is banned in International humanitarian and human rights laws in accordance with the straight-18 approach. Moreover, the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Convention of 1948 prohibits enlisting children under the age of 15 in any capacity within armed groups. Broadly, the participation of children is not only limited to partaking in armed combat, but is inclusive of acting as human shields, spies, snipers, executioners and messengers and treating the wounded. Over the years, the need for a larger fighting force and tactical considerations have facilitated the role of children frontrunners in armed conflict, whereas previously they possessed secondary roles as logisticians, spies or informers.
The exploitation of children in conflict is not unique to the Syrian case or Islamist cause. Children have participated actively over the years in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli security forces forcibly recruited Palestinian children as informants, whereas Palestinian armed groups, specifically Hamas, utilised children within their ranks as suicide bombers and human shields. In Sri Lanka, the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have conducted door-to-door forcible recruitments, abducting children as young as eleven years old and conducting vast propagandist campaigns to attract children to their cause.
Children provide a low-cost pool of recruits that can act as human shields to protect experienced and invaluable fighters from attacks. Moreover, the involvement of children in the Syrian conflict makes all children potential targets for suspicion resulting in interrogation, abduction and torture at the enemy’s hands. Children also provide leverage over the enemy, as the Syrian army has arrested and taken hostage countless children from families and members of rebel groups, in order to force them to surrender.
However, symbolically the significance assigned to children in war goes beyond their tactical utility. The youth represents the future generation and gaining their support ensures that the groups preserve and intensify their operational presence, while garnering ideological resonance as well. As such, the children recruited today will be the fighters and leaders of the various armed groups tomorrow.
Lack of Schooling – An Opportunity to Ideologise
According to UNICEF, more than two million children were out of school in Syria in 2015, and the number is growing with the progression of the conflict. In this scenario, terrorist organisations and militia groups have been able to recruit children with ease as more than half of the schools in Syria shut down.
In particular, IS frequently conducts recruitment campaigns for children under the guise of providing free education, with an approximate number of 670,000 children out of school in IS-held territories. IS as the purveyor of ‘Islamic values’, seeks to indoctrinate children through its curriculum that demonises the apostates or disbelievers. This demonisation legitimises violence in the eyes of children and tends to desensitise them.
Such propagandistic efforts are not isolated to IS, but are consistent within the training and indoctrination of other groups in the Syrian conflict as well. Thus, militant groups searching for a radical change to the existing status quo in the Syrian conflict tend to prioritise children to ensure their ideology reverberates. The training of children in war also denotes an emphasis on the current and successive generations symbolising and fighting for each group’s cause.
The Multigenerational Implications
As the conflict reached it 5 year mark, a UNICEF report stated that 1 in 3 Syrian children have been born and grown up amidst the conflict. Research has indicated that the consequences of recruiting youth in conflicts don’t end after cessation of hostilities. A study on the long-term effects of persecution and violence on Jewish children in Nazi Germany, revealed that children subjected to repeated war violence experienced ‘sequential traumatisation’. In this sense, repeated exposure to and participation in violence makes children susceptible to continual psychological trauma. This traumatisation has been linked to suicide and psychological illnesses in the case of adult war veterans, and also tends to increase the likelihood of continued involvement in violent activities and recidivism in children as well. Moreover, other studies have also suggested that the involvement of children in wars could possibly lead to the steady internalisation of violence the norm.
Consequently the participation of children in armed conflict induces a cyclical pattern of violence that is likely to persist at three levels, (a) children involved in violence are likely to fall back towards the same, (b) children will continue to represent and fight for their respective groups in light of the systemic indoctrination (c) and the present generation of children will act as a catalyst for the mobilisation and recruitment of subsequent generations.
Thus, it is evident that the use of children in conflict lays the ground for future instability in Syria. Moreover, regardless of an end to the conflict, the effects of the war will be manifested within the youth from the ranks of the varying stakeholders for generations to come.
*Sara Mahmood is a Research Analyst with the International Centre for Political Violence & Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.


Roy Keane and Souness have condemned Manchester United players that they get managers sacked in the club due to their poor performances and unseriousness after they got trashed again by in form Liverpool side.
Liverpool ran riot at Anfield, as expected when they stuffed their rivals 4-0 – just a goal short of their thrashing at Old Trafford earlier in the season. Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane all got on the scoresheet – the former grabbing a brace – to put the Reds temporally top of the Premier League.
And for the former Red Devils captain Keane, it just underlined his thoughts on the current squad – which is a million miles from the one he commanded 20 years ago. He said after the match: “I think it was anger at the start at the season, now I just think it is sadness. You look at the team today, there was no heart, no soul, no leaders.
“They lacked quality, they were so far off. If you look at the Manchester United fans, they don’t look surprised by the scoreline. They kept going to the end but you felt as though Liverpool could score whenever they wanted when they went forward.


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PC Games (Windows)
Music sequenzer (NES / ColecoVision)
Joystick Mod (ColecoVision)
Speed Mod (ColecoVision)
Head to Head Tank Challenge (ColecoVision)
Light Grid Racing
Toby at Collectorvision
whether he would like
to program the game: Light
Grid Racing to ColecoVision.
Todd accepted, and Todd has taken the game up to new
With over 200 levels has Tood created a game that fullfill what we can
ecpect from such a game.
For the ARCADE mode, is the graphics
retained as it is,
since that is the way the actual arcade looked.
In ENHANCED modes will you find levels and modes like: Line
Destroyer, Power Boost, Hole in Wall, Teleport,
Recognizer, Side Blaster,
Bonus Stage, Inner and Outer Walls.
CONTINUE feature - You can go to the later levels without having to start
from level 1 each time.
The Tron game has these modes:
ARCADE - 1 PLAYER
ARCADE - 2 PLAYER (Alternating)
ENHANCED - 1 PLAYER
ENHANCED - 1P VS 2P
ENHANCED - 1P AND 2P VS CPU (Coop)
= PAUSE (fire1 or fire2 to continue)
# = Main Menu
Light Grid Racing will be for sale via CollectorVision Games around 2015
Text will again be
updated later in March 2015.
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