Trayvon Martin case: a Vote of no Confidence in Police Chief Sanford

Trayvon Martin case: a Vote of no Confidence in Police Chief Sanford: In the tense meeting on Wednesday that underscored growing tensions on the set of Dea

h an unarmed black teenager, local officials in Sanford, Florida, passed a vote of no confidence in the police chief as protests spread to the north of New York, where the parents took the young man was killed in March in Manhattan require arrest the murderer.

Measurement of no confidence has increased from 3 to 2, after more than an hour discussion, and if it is not necessary, as a result of the public and the groans and applause punctuated the debate highlighted by exciting the wrath of Orlando suburb for about a month after a 17 - year Trayvon Martin died on 26 February. Much of this anger is directed at the fact that the killer has confessed, 28 years old, George Zimmerman, who was described as Latino, and white, was not arrested.

Dozens of residents gathered in Sanford Sanford City Hall, where the City Commission, Mark McCarthy set the tone for the meeting, acknowledging that he called for the overthrow of the Chief of Police Bill Lee 10 days ago at a meeting with the head of the city, Norton N. Bonaparte Jr.

"I take no pleasure from the public flogging of our police chief. This is a good man," said McCarthy.

But McCarthy said the issues surrounding the case, and negative publicity thrown on the town after the murder, were largely the result of improper handling of the investigation. Questions, he said, include whether the police were too quick to accept the claim that Zimmerman fired in self-defense, despite the fact that Martin was not armed and that witnesses described hearing someone calling for help before the shot was heard .

A lawyer representing the family, Martin, Benjamin Crump, said the teenager was on a cell phone with his girlfriend and was concerned, he was followed by a strange man in the last seconds before it is slaughtered. And the two women who live near shooting scene said that Martin was lying face down, with Zimmerman hanging over him after he was shot.

"If it was self-defense, why does he [Zimmerman] on the back Trayvon?" One witness, Mary Cutcher, told CNN, in an interview.

City commissioners Patty Mahany and Randy Jones opposed the motion of censure, saying the city should await the outcome of the grand jury investigation is scheduled for April 10, and the Department of Justice investigations. "It's fast decision in a situation which will not," said Mahany, a call vote of no confidence in the "reflex".

Only the city administration, Bonaparte, Lee can be done, or to demand his resignation, and he gave no indication he was considering it. But as speaker after speaker, black and white, took the microphone to ask why Zimmerman was not arrested, it became clear that Napoleon faced with pressure showed no signs of abating.

The Reverend Al Sharpton is connected to a rally in Sanford on Thursday, and the city planned for hundreds or even thousands of people at a special meeting Monday night to focus on the case.

Union Square in Manhattan, hundreds of people marched in memory of teen killed in the alleged March Hoodie million on Wednesday, including the parents of Martin. Martin was wearing a hoodie, when he was killed while walking to a shop, where he bought some sweets and drinks.

"We will not stop until we get justice," said the father of a teenager, Tracy Martin, thanking the crowd in New York, who chanted "We want to arrest," according to The Associated Press.

"My son did not deserve to die," the mother of a teenager, Sybrina Fulton, told the crowd, reports AP. «My heart is in pain, but also to see the support from everyone who is actually a difference."

More than a dozen people spoke at the meeting of Sanford, the vast majority of black residents complain that the Police Department was quick to stop the black, leaving gaps for the accused of similar crimes in the wild. Several speakers reported arbitrary arrests and harassment by the police.

"I was born and raised in Sanford, and I have had this problem many times," said Robin Riggins, a black woman.

The resident, however, ruled in favor of Lee, saying that the case should be allowed to "go his own way."

"There are two sides to every story," said a resident, a white man who said he lived in Sanford for decades. "We can not rush to judgment and CEO Lee will be responsible for any What happens if we find in the investigation, he did his job."

He noted that Lee was on the job only 10 months.

Previous leader was forced to resign after a protest at the beating of black man in downtown Sanford white man, who is the son of a policeman. The police did not arrest a person, even if the beating was captured on video.

Coptic Pope Shenouda in Mourning With his Eyes to the Light of The Future

Coptic Pope Shenouda in Mourning With his Eyes to the Light of The Future: A few hours after his death was announced Saturday, thousands of Coptic Christians inconsolable gathered in Cairo and Alexandria churches, came together to mourn the death of the leader and "father" figure, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria.

Shenouda's body, dressed in a golden crown and evening gown with a gold knob sticks a cradle on his shoulder, was placed vertically on the papal throne in the church in Cairo, where he remained on the screen until "that his funeral on Tuesday.

On the basis of the wishes in his will, Shenouda will be buried in Saint-Bishoy monastery in Wadi Natrun, in the Nile Delta, where he spent his time in exile after a dispute with the late President Anwar Sadat.

In Cairo, thousands of people smashed in the door of the cathedral on Saturday and Sunday, featuring a cross tattooed wrist to pass, a symbol of many Coptic Christians use to succeed in a predominantly Muslim society.

Many common words, the pain, some console themselves, while others shared their concerns.

"Be patient," said the young man, as a group of people were pushing and shouting at each other, to enter into the temple in the vicinity of Cairo Abbaseya. "If you do not put up with each other, now that you know?" He said, weeping.

Shenouda was not only the spiritual leader of the community, but the 88-year-old also served as a representative of the Christian Copts, when it comes to political issues.

Adamant supporters of President Hosni Mubarak dismissed from 1981-2011, Shenouda believed in "peace", known for his supporters for their words of wisdom, love and patience.

Although critics have seen as a restriction of the Christian community in the figure, many Shenouda Coptic Christians saw the bridge, the link to their problems, to dominate the country's Muslim leaders.

"He taught us to forgive even our enemies," Munir Yahya, the Secretary of 54 years in the cathedral in Cairo, told Daily News Egypt.

"It's scary. He was not only a leader, but our father for all of us," said Yahya devastated to face serious.

Camille Seddiq Melli Secretary of the Orthodox Church in Alexandria, said the pope's death was "a great loss to the Egyptian people, Christians, Muslims and earlier. He was known for his patriotism and his concern for the unity of the nation."

As Church leaders gather in Cairo for the funeral on Tuesday - Cairo airport and preparing to receive foreign guests - said Seddiq Cathedral of Alexandria to set a later date to receive condolences. All the prayers in churches across the country today are unofficial and are the result of individual efforts in the ode to the Pope, he said.

Accordance with the rules of the church written in 1957, less than 2,000 prominent churches and communities, including bishops, archbishops and heads of the monastery will decide on the successor to Shenouda.

Meanwhile, the Coptic community in mourning would continue until the "alarm" phase, and the political and social arena, Egypt remains unpredictable.

In Egypt, the first presidential elections since the overthrow Mubarak is scheduled for May, as well as the development of a new constitution started, Yahia feared that no one will act on behalf of the Coptic minority, representing about 10 percent of Egypt's 85 million.

In Egypt, continue to suffer from political changes, since January 25 uprising in 2011, last Christmas, the first time, Shenouda sits inside the cathedral in Cairo with the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose political arm is dominant after the revolution, the country's parliament.

"There is a radical Islamist front moves in Egypt and their ideas were violations, they want to reach as many people quickly," said Yahya. "Even some of our fellow Muslims reject these radical ideas, so you can imagine how disturbing it is that we start writing our first constitution."

For many Copts, Shenouda was their voice and their savior.

"He used to represent the Copts to the members of the regime, no one could do it, but it," said Hanan Fikry, a founding member of the young nation's development and freedom, without the government, which grows with the participation of Egyptian Christians in the public sphere.

In the eyes of the Coptic community in Egypt and throughout the world, it was a man who genuinely loved and cared for the Christian community in Egypt, the people who often feel vulnerable and voiceless, trying to be heard.

"Although we disagree with some of his policies, there is no doubt in his achievements, whether or not to provide us with the Supreme Council of the armed forces or in parliament," said Fikry, who slammed the SCAF responsibility in the murder of 27 demonstrators during a crackdown on a demonstration in October, mostly Coptic.

SCAF members also took part in the celebration of Christmas at the Cathedral in January.

"The country's leadership must now act with caution when it comes to the Coptic community, because they are orphans," she added.

But despite her grief loss Shenouda, who was Pope Coptic Egypt for 40 years, the Christians of Egypt are hoping that the departure of the patriarch will push the other members of the community for their rights.

"So, after the revolution, the Copts have found their way out of the church and started asking for their rights. Death to Christians Pope even bolder and bolder as their right to their own," said Fikry.

She expressed concern that the SCAF that respect the Coptic Pope Shenouda respect for, can turn away from the Coptic community.

But for Fikry, the Coptic community itself is changing.

"We're starting to see how the Egyptians, and not just followers of the Pope. We saw [the way] to ask for their rights."

In addition, Andrew Isaac, a Christian activist and director of 25 years, is hoping that the departure of the pope will promote Egyptian Christians to revolt against the Church in any official they find oppressive or a representative of their interests.

"I hope that whoever replaces him will never interfere in politics. What people say about the pope today its participation and support of the regime should be a warning for the future consequences of the Pope involved in politics," said Isaac.

He was referring to criticism of the Pope's support for the Mubarak regime. Muslim clerics and religious leaders have advised citizens not to participate in the uprising that finally toppled Mubarak in 2011.

Isaac believes that because Shenouda was a leader and a pious man who really loved to give the Coptic community, its political "mistakes" that the Christian community remained silent for decades can not remember.

"It will be remembered for his good works, which are many. But I want to see the Coptic community to take to the streets and demand their rights," he added.

"I want to see the Coptic community revolt and demand their rights, and not follow the spiritual leader that tells them when to protest, and when not to talk."

Corned Beef and Cabbage: Ireland Said no Thanks

Corned Beef and Cabbage: Ireland Said no Thanks: It's St. Patrick's Day, so naturally we think of corned beef and cabbage. This dish, like the Irish, like pepperoni pizza and Italian chop suey is Chinese.

In other words, not very Irish at all.

The duo wrote Belfast Irish descent, Peter Morwood and Diane Duane, former resident of New York's approach to this topic on the website of European cuisine. People are "here", referring to Ireland, "sometimes there is a corned beef and cabbage," they say, but "they do not eat all that much." - And almost none on the day of St. Patrick.

PHOTO: St. Patrick's day rate

Some restaurants in Ireland to serve corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's - but "almost without exception," those who eat it will be a tourist.

Corned beef and cabbage, the pair say, not the national dish of Ireland. This is not the corned beef is not the history of Ireland, this is just what the Irish do not eat them.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, cattle grown in the country, is often used for corned beef - which was then mostly in the mouths of British citizens and British Army and the United States, according to Serious Eats. The Irish were too poor to afford their corned beef. They ate mostly pork and lamb.

But these days, most native Irish people, for example, residents of Duane and Morwood, find a corned beef and cabbage "too poor, just like that, old or boring, or too ... to go."

Although corned beef is not hard to do, it may take a long time. Los Angeles Times recipe for a tasty sounding New England style beef, cabbage and pickled vegetables with mustard horseradish cream takes about 3 1/2 hours total time to prepare.

Should I? This is for the cook to decide.

You can simply order a pepperoni pizza. Pizza has its roots in Italy, but it's the Americans who love pepperoni. In fact, if you order a pepperoni pizza in an Italian pizzeria (who was not a tourist destination), you will probably get red pepper pizza. As told About.com, pepperoni means "pepper" in Italian. If you want pepperoni, you will have to apply for piccante Salaam.

However, pay attention to the forum PizzaMaking.com "sausage is not pepperoni, and in this case, it seems that the Italians are up to us and not vice versa."

A chop suey? According to one legend, the dish was thrown together with waste cooking in a restaurant in San Francisco in the late 19th century. Other sources to debunk this story, saying that the sources of chop suey joint jumped base, which originated in the Pearl River Delta in southern Guangdong province, China.

But the Chinese stew, like pizza pepperoni and corned beef and cabbage, thoroughly Americanized.

"Justice Has Been Served" For Tyler Clementi: Jurors Discuss the Verdict

"Justice Has Been Served" For Tyler Clementi: Jurors Discuss the Verdict: ERI, New Jersey jury found guilty Dharun Ravi invasion of privacy and intimidation by spying on his roommate Tyler Clementi Rutgers in September of 2010. There are some costs associated with the incident (different), that jurors should discuss and Bruno Ferreira said Star-Ledger: «It was very difficult, very difficult. Do not mean that we would personally biased towards the defendant. You should look at all the facts and evidence. That's why you have 24 counts of conviction, and 11 witness statements of innocence. and there was no evidence to prove the ... It was very difficult, but it was a great experience. You feel like justice was done. "

Clementi, who was gay, committed suicide the day after he was Ravi advertising to spy for the second time, and while Ravi is not charged, connected with his death, the jury should have been working with the prosecution evidence, including the fact that Ravi has admitted to police that he invaded the privacy of Clementi, Clementi saw Ravi Twitter, which refers to sexuality, Clementi and watch it at the meeting and invited his intimate friends [Ravi] free direct meeting Clementi, Clementi had requested a room change permanent advisor , Ravi deleted tweets and other messages. Although the prosecution said that the actions of the Ravi, and contribute to spy on others, to spy on the Clemente and his guest, were born out of hatred for homosexuals, the protection of Ravi tried to emphasize that what was then 18 years old was just silly and immature.

Another member of the jury, Kashad Leverett said. "It was pretty hard to imagine Tyler, because he was not present to give their thoughts, but the evidence that has been granted, he testified that he believed that he was afraid because of his sexual orientation orientation."

Sworn Lynn Audet told the New York Times, that the fact that Ravi saw Clemente for the second time, "what changed my mind .. Would a reasonable person is closed, and he was there, not tweeting about it," and the texts to send Ravi Clementi, apologizing and saying that he was a close friend who was gay, Odeh said: "My first impression was to believe what he said. Then we started to read the things we've found things in there that I interpreted as covering more .. . each, was a good friend in high school, this person has never been presented as a defense witness. If this person came forward and said, 'Hey, we were good friends, and he knows that I am gay, and he has no no problems with it, "which could undermine me in another direction."

Leverett was unequivocal with Star-Ledger: .. "We did the right thing by making the right choice, because of evidence that has been proven, some people may think that this is not innocent or he is guilty, but at the same time, I have learned in this process, if you're not in the room Court, you will not know the real details. "

Ravi faces 10 years in prison, his sentence May 21

CBS Outdoor and the Integration of The New MTA Transit Signs of Violation of the Entrance to The Subway

CBS Outdoor and the Integration of The New MTA Transit Signs of Violation of the Entrance to The Subway: CBS Outdoor, the world's leading provider of advertising outside the home, and the New York MTA, operator of the world's largest transit systems, installed a new network of 100 state-of-the-art digital displays in New York City Transit subway stations around the entrances of Manhattan. In addition to these new digital networks, significantly improves the ability to communicate with millions of passengers every day, but also emphasizes an innovative approach to CBS Outdoor transit advertising business, where he proved himself a leader of industry.

Installing a new network dashboard city became fully operational on February 28, consists of 100 double-sided poster. Both sides of including paid advertising, and on the opposite side of the entrance station also includes information about the passengers, including route changes and other important messages from the MTA.

"We are very pleased to launch this project with our partners in the MTA", says Rich Ament, senior vice president of business development. "In addition to these screens mark a huge step forward in the ability to communicate with the MTA customers in such a way, in real time, at the opening of one of the busiest transit system in the country for advertisers looking to reach this audience. At the same time, this project demonstrates once again CBS Outdoor commitment and experience in managing the advertising system in transit through the country, and enhances our ability to start the screen's most technologically advanced and creative digital media outside the home. "

"These panels provide the city as a dynamic platform for advertisers, as well as the ability to communicate with our customers," said MTA senior director of corporate and internal communications, Paul Fleuranges. "The screens provide additional income MTA and will soon be able to provide information in real-time services to our customers before they get to the platform."

On CBS Outdoor

CBS Outdoor is one of the largest media companies outside the home in America (USA, Canada, Mexico and South America) and has a significant presence in Europe in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. In traditional open and transit advertising properties, this division gives advertisers and the breadth of the vast geographical scope and depth, providing many opportunities for dialogue on key markets. For more information, visit www.cbsoutdoor.com.

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Happy Pi Day

Happy Pi Day: Today is a special day for lovers of mathematics.

March 14, 3/14 is Pi Day - a day to celebrate the mathematical constant which represents the ratio of circumference to its diameter, whose symbol is the Greek letter pi. William Jones first used the pi symbol to present this ratio, the ratio that is constant for all circles. The use of later popularized by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1737, according to the Pi Day website.

Pi Day, officially recognized by the House of Representatives of the United States in 2009, marked not only wee but it is also a day during which schools and teachers are encouraged to promote the study of mathematics.

So the lover of mathematics, to make Pi Day?

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics offers the following suggestions to keep the feast of mathematics:

"Why not organize a competition is accompanied by a wee read of the competition have feet? Make pies square, not round, as the" cake box "is the area bounded by a circle."

If this excites you, you can always follow the schedule of activities aimed at Pi Day the self-proclaimed technology geek Mylonadis Harry. His work includes the preparation of n (Pi) ancakes, make crop circles and the calculation of pi by throwing frozen hot dogs.

You can also sing a few songs, like Pi Day "Pi Day", "The Number Pi" and "Song of the Day Pee." (See video on the day the song Pi)

While the mathematical constant, of course, reason enough to rejoice, fans of science and mathematics is one more reason to celebrate March 14 - the anniversary of Albert Einstein. Renowned physicist, was born March 14, 1879. In the city of Princeton, New Jersey, where Einstein lived for many years, a joint celebration of the anniversary of Pi Day / Einstein is known as Pi Day Princeton. Three-day event, also called Geek Freak weekend, including reading groups, fiddle contests for children, neighborhood trolley tours of Einstein, "Mathlete" Competition and much more.

Closer to home, the Georgia Association of Engineers and Scientists Environment held ice cream social in the Pi Day Pi Day, without events were listed in the University of Georgia (insert your own joke here).

Perhaps the most famous celebration of Pi Day occurs on the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Exploratorium physicist Larry Shaw, also known as the Prince of Pi, Pi Day was founded 24 years ago. Each year the Exploratorium Pi Day celebrations are held, including food and pi pie business.

If you do not celebrate Pi Day on your calendar and make plans for vacation, do not worry. You can still celebrate Pi Day by sending a postcard to all my friends who think mathematics through the website of Pi Day

The Senior Pastor of Crystal Cathedral Said That She Was Going to Start a New Church

The Senior Pastor of Crystal Cathedral Said That She Was Going to Start a New Church: Crystal Cathedral senior pastor said Sunday it is going to start a new church, the move seems likely to divide the society.

"This last Sunday we go to pray in this building," Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman said believers within 11 hours of emotional service at the church 10 000 Glass, designed by architect Philip Johnson.

Schuller Coleman announcement came a day after his parents, church founder Robert H. Schuller and his wife, Arvella Schuller resigns from Crystal Cathedral Board of Administration, which oversees the ministry of the brand "Hour of Power" broadcast. The future of the show and the Crystal Cathedral Ministry of bankruptcy remains uncertain.

Schuller Coleman said that she was leaving because of "controversial" in the relations of the family from the board. She drew attention to the recent firing of her sister and brother-in-law, Jim Penner, who served as executive producer of "Hour of Power" from 1999.

"My whole family has experienced a hostile environment of work," said Schuller Coleman, who was suspended as director general of the ministry in the past month.

After the surprise announcement at the pastor, the Rev. Bill Bennett is sure that members of the Assembly of Crystal Cathedral Ministry held services on Sunday.

"The parish, in principle, can remain where they want to stay," Bennett said later.

He said that the church will return to the Garden Grove, which he called a more "traditional" style of service, with hymns and music. It is unclear who will take over as senior pastor. The church was sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange in February to $ 57.5 million, and the Department has three years to find a new home.

He said the Crystal Cathedral ministry has nothing to do with the plans Schuller Coleman Center for the hope of Christ. In a video posted on the site of the new church, Schuller Coleman, sitting next to Penner said his church a place to be announced within the next two weeks.

Declaring Sunday immediately created a chasm between believers.

Mike Abbott, a mechanical engineer 47 years at Highland said that he will move to the Schuller Coleman.

"It's a shame to split the church like this," he said. "I think that is the birth of a new ministry."

But Shirley zinc in Yorba Linda said she was glad to see Schuller Coleman from the pulpit.

"We must do all realize that the Crystal Cathedral Ministries continue here," said Zink, 67. "I look forward to a traditional church service with the choir, musicians and a great message."

While Schuller Coleman said during the service that his decision was made to "the full support of my father and mother", the two will not officially participate in the new department, said Carol Schuller Milner, who serves as a gateway Speaking on behalf of the family.

Senior Schullers welcomed their daughter for her decision in a statement released Sunday afternoon.

"We will bless his religious activities, that we are all blessed by our children, but we will not be moving it to a new location, we are not ready at that time, to commit themselves to participate in the service at Crystal Cathedral," the statement said. "As we express ourselves in worship is in the air."

The pair face their conflicts with the Crystal Cathedral Ministries, resigned from the board after the failure of the negotiations on financial claims against the church. Schullers elderly, and Schuller Milner and her husband, Timothy, argue that the Church owes them money for copyright infringement, violations of intellectual property rights and contracts outstanding.

The creditors' committee opposed to requirements that have delayed the $ 12.5 million payment to a particular church lenders.

James Kirkland, a long time member of the fraternity, who organized an online blog on the Cathedral Crystal, said he was pleased with the decision to quit Schuller Coleman.

"This is the first step towards the restoration of the Crystal Cathedral and" Hour of Power "to its traditional roots," he said.

Walt Jocketty is Building Character, Cast for The Cincinnati Reds

Walt Jocketty is Building Character, Cast for The Cincinnati Reds: Joey Votto is not only statistically, when to add the red player.

"I do not want to play with a bunch of shots," said Votto. "(Chief) Walt (Jocketty) has done a good job of setting the good guys."

One way to limit the reflection factor Jocketty attract players that he is familiar with his days in St. Louis.

Five players in camp Jocketty spent some time with Scott Rolen Cardinals, Miguel Cairo, Ryan Ludwick, Брайан Esposito and Daryl Jones. In previous years, Jocketty addressed to the former Cardinal Jim Edmonds, Edgar Renteria, Russ Springer and Aaron Miles.

"I think if you look at any club, any CEO, they will do it," said Jocketty ». You want people to, you know, because you know them and know what they can do and what they can bring to the club.

"You brought the guys that were good for you in the past."

Jocketty did the same thing when he was in St. Louis. He brought Mark McGwire, with whom he worked in Oakland, and Larry Walker, he knew, Colorado.

Jocketty large as the first steps have been red, Edwin Encarnacion GM trade and pitching prospect Josh Roenicke and Zach Stewart, Rolen to Toronto in 2009.

Seemed to move immediately into error. The Reds were out of the race. Give up young talent for aging veterans to become a free agent, seemed contrary to the direction of the red trying to escape.

The move proved to be the key to winning the race has done for the Central Red Division title in 2010. Rolen has quickly become a leader. It's not very vocal, but he set an example by training and playing correctly.

Jocketty displays the player's part - his character and intellect - to accept the offer. All the players got in the offseason - Ludwick, Ryan Madson, Sean Marshall and Mat Latos - it's good in the club.

"I think that part is very important," said Jocketty. "You have to have talent, but you guys should have a strong character and good leaders. They spend a lot of time at the club together."

Cairo plays a role similar to Rolen. Young players often cite Cairo as the man who helped in the game

"I talked to a lot of Miguel pinch hits, because I did not leave much," said Todd Fraser. "Miguel would say," Todd, look at this guy watching trends See how many times he throws Fastball Look, where he throws her to understand that they're going to get you started, "It really helped me ......"

Cardinal communication works both ways. Free agents are inclined to sign with GM, they are comfortable.

"I think whoever is responsible for what parni using the ballclub", said Ludwick. "If he was an idiot, I would not have come here. I have great respect for Walt. When I finished playing, so I had to work in Walt, I think the other. He 'is a good man."

Mystery of Alaska's Orange Goo Solved

Alaska’s Orange Goo Mystery Solved: Strange orange slime that invaded to a standstill in a remote village in Alaska, and has attracted widespread attention in the past year have been identified. Despite the occasional conspiracy theories and speculation on the Internet, it was like nonalien and nontoxic. But beyond that, no one knew what to do. Until now.

Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) initially thought that the strange goo had created millions of tiny crustaceans, eggs, fatty oils through the transparent egg sacs cause a strange orange color. Upon further analysis, scientists have changed their diagnosis, saying that it is in fact the mass of spores on the type of fungus called rust - the so-called its characteristic orange color - but the amount and location have never seen.

But part of it remains a mystery: scientists have been unable to pinpoint the exact appearance of rust, sample tests, they correspond to any of the reference samples, and did not see anyone. What could he say?

This could mean that the ship was a bit strange unknown species of fungi rust. Or it may mean that the sample was not a stranger, but something does not happen to fit in the database NOAA. In the end, specialty Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, but not fungal microorganisms. For this you need mycologist - a botanist who specializes in fungi. In fact, the final set came from a collaboration between the services the U.S. and Canada forest.

Writer Jennifer Frazer covers the story of his strange "Artful Amoeba" blog for Scientific American, and said that the mystery was finally solved, "the identity of the rust was found at the end. This spruce Labrador tea needle rust, Chrysomyxa ledicola, a parasite, like spruce and rhododendron - the total flowering woody shrub understorey conifer in the world -. Labrador tea is called "

This is not the first time when millions of tiny living have caused a massive secret. In 2010, a strange, 4 feet (1.2 meters) and yellow-brown droplets found in the lake in Newport News, Virginia, has caused excitement and made national news. Some thought it was a monster, the other suspect in a strange and even membership in the film. By an irony reminiscent of Alaska mucus, a mysterious drop of water was bryozoans, colonies of small animals that eat algae.

This is not entirely clear why the mushrooms and bryozoans in these cases have appeared in such notable quantities, but there is no doubt that they are perfectly natural phenomena.

Benjamin Radford is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine and author of "Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries". His website is www.BenjaminRadford.com.

Using Social Media For Pink Slime School Meals

Using Social Media For Pink Slime School Meals: More on my main blog, lunch tray, I get a pretty amazing background of the power of social media.

On Monday, the daily online edition reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture bought beef for use in the National School Breakfast program, containing a total of seven million pounds of a substance known as "pink slime". For those unfamiliar with the pink slime, this product (officially called "lean beef trim") the production of beef, LLC, plant in South Dakota. BPI injects a mixture of vegetable oil and fat beef trim (previously used only for pet food and rendering rather than human consumption) with caustic ammonia in an attempt to remove E. coli and salmonella. (Because of where the waste comes from the carcasses of cows, they are more likely to be contaminated with pathogens than other types of meat).

After the devastating practice of BPI statement in the New York Times in December 2009, after which the graphic display of pink slime Jamie Oliver in his "Food Revolution" show last summer, it has been a growing consumer interest in the use of suspensions grown in food. For this reason, fast-food chain McDonald, as King, Taco Bell and Burger agreed to abandon its use in food.

I wrote about the pink goo for lunch tray in 2010 ("Burger, please, keep the extra ammonia and stick E") and I thought then that the U.S. Department of Agriculture decided to put an end to its use in school meals. But I was obviously wrong, as history clearly every day.

I was outraged by the fact that children in U.S. schools serve a dubious product safety - and it is not even considered fit for human consumption in the recent past - so I decided to Change.org petition to start my first on this issue. I posted a link on the set lunch on Tuesday morning, he shared on Facebook and Twitter, and then left home to go to my day.

You can imagine my surprise when several hours later, a petition was collected over 600 signatures. By evening it had reached 1,000. To date, nearly 3,500 people have signed - and increases the number of minutes. At the same time, I was interviewed on the subject of two news channels here in Houston, the petition was mentioned in the blog, Washington Post, and requests for more interviews coming

I was so pleased with the enthusiasm, and we hope that readers of the report Spork to consider signing and exchange, as well as the application. And if you want more information about why the pink dirt does not belong on the food tray of our children, please read this excellent article Tom Philpott today.

Before signing, I would like to note that while this blog HISD school food, I do not know that the meat is served to students of Houston has a pink slime. In fact, because the federal government does not require labeling on ground beef, it is very difficult for any area to know whether they would use beef contains this substance.

Lenny Dykstra Back in Familiar Colors Curls

Lenny Dykstra Back in Familiar Colors Curls: When the Mets announced early in spring training that they go back to scratch their main one house, they were not kidding. We did not know which applies to players past and present ....

Former Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra Back in the familiar colors: stripes on the final match yesterday in Los Angeles judge sentenced him to three years in prison for Grand Theft Auto and filing false statements Financial.

Dykstra, the star of 1986 World Series, who played for both the Mets and Phillies MLB for a career for 12 years, tried to take an extra base on a curve Judge Cynthia Ulfig, asking him to remove the acknowledged "no contest," but she insisted rent luxury car dealers, providing false information and claim credit for businesses showed a false complexity and planning.

"Obviously, he had no money for cars," said Ulfig. "His behavior was a good criminal."

49-year-old Dykstra made a statement to the probation, saying that he was trying to make amends for past mistakes, including his arrest after police found drugs and human growth hormone in his house, but the judge pressed him anyway.

Dykstra won almost a year credit for his suggestion for the time spent ... I'm sure Lenny will leave prison with a promotional tour, and we'll get to read all about his antics behind bars ....

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Identical Twins Named After NBA Stars

Identical Twins Named After San Antonio Spurs Tony Parker And Tim Duncan: Spurs star received a special tribute to the last nedele.Para from San Antonio, who met while working at a restaurant in AT & T Center after their twins Duncan and Parker.

John Paul Dennison and Crystal met with KENS-TV re-solutions in honor of legendary Creole town of Alamo.

"We know that the Lord brought us together, but he used to do the spurs," said John Paul. "I started as a joke. We were talking at lunch one day and everyone laughs.

"And then we have to think that we really liked a lot of names. They have really cool names."

Parker, the ringleader, has teamed up with Duncan to win three NBA championships during his career in Texas, which began in 2001. Tim also won a fourth championship in front of Tony joined shpory.Stary center appeared in 13 All-Star Games.

The new version of Duncan and Parker weighed almost five pounds each, with Duncan (rightly so), but they are a little more. The guys will be in an intensive care unit for several weeks.

I wonder which NBA team they're going to take?

"As soon as they grow and Dad effect is a little more, we'll paint the walls and black money", Crystal, the boys mother said.

It would be difficult to Duncan and Parker to be Lakers fans!

Patricia Heaton in Central Justification for Twitter Rant by law Students at Georgetown

Patricia Heaton in Central Justification for Twitter Rant by law Students at Georgetown: After radio host Rush Limbaugh got himself into hot water at the request of a law student at Georgetown Sandra Fluke "slut" and "whore" during a heated discussion about the birth of social control on February 27, Heaton was one of his biggest supporters.

The actress, known for his roles in the Middle East, and Everybody Loves Raymond, sent several tweets a negative attitude to Fluke, according to his Twitter to check their students out of 68 000. And after receiving the response, it is not so positive in his jokes, she sent her apologies.

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"Mea Culpa Sandra Fluke! He was not a good 2 U, my re-tweet, I hope that people WD bw / me. You do not like to be dissed, I'm sorry," Heaton, 54, tweeted on Monday.

Here are tweets that Heaton, son of a mother of four children between the ages of 18 and 13, sent at his own expense Twitter Fluke on February 29.

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"Hey, G-Town Gal:? Plz we need to pay for a Starbucks, movie tickets and your favorite hot wings at KFC combo deal is nothing"

"Hey, G-Town Gal: If your parents have to pay for your birth control, maybe they should have a say in who you sleep with instant birth control"

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"If all Tweaton Georgetown Gal posted a condom, her parents would not have canceled basic cable, and it will never be played - it sounds good"

Obama's former nanny living in fear

Once upon a time, gently Evie "Barry" Obama, a child who will grow up to become the most powerful man in the world. Now, his former babysitter transsexual waived his floral dresses, tight, brocade vest and bra, and lives in fear on the streets of Indonesia.

Evie, who was born a man, but believes that in fact a woman, suffered a life of ridicule and beatings because of his personality. She told the soldiers once shaved off her long black hair on his head and smashed cigarette burns on the hands and arms.

The turning point came when she found another bloated bodies floating in the sewage canals transgender backed two decades ago. She took all her clothes a girl in his arms and buried in two large boxes. Half of used lipstick, face powder, eye makeup - she gave them all.

"I knew in my heart that I am a woman, but I do not want to die like that," said Evie, now 66 years old, her lips trembling slightly, as a stream of memories back. "So I decided to take it .... I've lived so people from that time."

The attitude to transsexuals Indonesia is complex.

No one knows how many of them live in a country of huge archipelago of 240 million, but activists estimate of 7 million euros. Because Indonesia is home to more Muslims than any other country in the world, the omnipresence of men living as women and vice versa is often catches newcomers by surprise. They contain a random part, work as a singer in the halls and includes well-known celebrities, talk show Dorce Gamalama.


However, the lack of respect for the community is still very - when transsexuals act in TV sitcoms, they are still the main victims of the joke. They have a much lower profile in recent years, after a series of attacks by Muslim hardliners. And the country's highest Islamic body decided that they should live the way they were born, because each floor has an obligation to fulfill, such as reproduction.

"They should learn to accept their character," said Ichwan Syam, a Muslim cleric in the influential Indonesian Ulema Council. "If they do not want to be treated by medical and religious" they "accept their fate of being ridiculed and persecuted."

Transgender people are turning to prostitution because they work hard to find, but because they want to live in accordance with what they consider their true gender. By doing so, they put them in danger of contracting AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Some, like Evie, chose to hide their feelings. Another push. Last month, a 50-year-old Indonesian transvestite applied to become the next leader of the National Commission on Human Rights, showing in a foreign luxury car with flashing paparazzi cameras as she left.

"I'm too ugly to be a prostitute," Julius Retoblaut said, laughing. "But I can be his bodyguard."

The threat of violence is very real: Indonesian National Human Rights Commission receives about 1,000 reports of abuse each year, starting with the murder and rape of the termination of the group. Worldwide, at least one person is killed every two days, according to the monitoring of the project Trans murders, which collects reports of the murder.

Evie said she chose its current name because she thought it sounded sweet. But she added, as she released her national identity card, her official title and male sex Turdi. A few old-timers near the old Menteng Obama confirmed that her nanny Turdi worked for two years, as well as take care of her baby sister, Maya. Asked about the nanny, the White House would not comment.

Best and worst places to be a woman

In honor of Day of the 101st International Women's Day Thursday, March 7, women's independent analysis of women around the world on the basis of 20 criteria. Some results are brutal: in southern Sudan, the worst place to give birth, there are at least 20 midwives to serve the entire country. Other statistics give hope to women as they move into the 21st century. Literacy of women in Lesotho on men and women serving as head of state in Sri Lanka for 23 years.

In 2011, the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the head of Women United Nations, said in his closing remarks: "The education and equal access and participation in science and technology for women of all ages not only necessary for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women - they are also an economic necessity, offering women the knowledge and understanding of the need for continuing education, employment, improving the physical and mental health, as well as full participation in the socio-economic and political development. "Moreover, the position of women and girls is in its essence, a moral question, which reflects the state of human rights within the society as a whole.

Key findings 10.

1. The best place to be a politician: in Rwanda. Women hold 45 of the 80 seats in the Parliament of Rwanda - the only place where women hold a majority. Or, Belize, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, no women members in their parliaments. In the U.S., women hold 93 out of 539 seats in Congress.

2. The best place to give birth: Greece has the lowest rate of maternal mortality in childbirth (one in 31,800). Southern Sudan is the highest. The United States ranks 40 out of 181 countries and has improved its maternal mortality rate (up to 17 per 100,000 population) over the past 100 years.
3. The best place to break the glass ceiling: With 45% of managers, Thailand has the most women, "the dog at a high level." It is believed that about 20% of American women in leadership positions, while in Japan the figure is only 8%.

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4. The best place to longevity: On the positive side, women in Japan have a life expectancy of 87 years (average life expectancy for men is 80). Women in Lesotho is home to approximately 48 years on average. Hope for the life of American women 81.3 years on average, but decreased in the international rankings over the past five years because of obesity, smoking and other risk factors.

5. The best place to be an athlete: Topping the list of five of the ten paid athletes in the world, the United States. Saudi Arabia is the worst and did not send a woman to the Olympics.

6. The best place for Reproductive Rights: Sweden does not have the consent requirements for abortion and allow women to have abortions without restrictions up to 18 weeks. Nicaragua, the Philippines and El Salvador has a total ban on abortion. In the U.S. it is a hot issue with the restrictions and availability varies from state to state.

7. The best place for high-skilled jobs: almost 60% of highly skilled jobs in Jamaica are women, compared with 2% of jobs similar to Yemen.

Eight. The best place to be an artist: in Sweden, the government mandates, subsidies from the films will be divided equally between men and women, and the Council promotes equality in general. Despite the fact that it is not a bad place to be a woman artist in 2011, only 5% of the 250 best films made by women are gross.

9. The best place literacy for women (than men), Lesotho ranks first in literacy among women 95%. Male literacy is 83%. In Ethiopia, only 18% of women are literate.

10. The best place to be a woman: political participation, education, health and employment statistics, the independent ranks Iceland as the number one country for women around the world.

Rush Limbaugh Calls Georgetown Student Sandra Fluke a ‘slut’ For Advocating Contraception

Rush Limbaugh Calls Georgetown Student Sandra Fluke a ‘slut’ For Advocating Contraception: Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called a student at Georgetown Law School, "whore" and "prostitute" this week, after she says that birth control should be covered by health insurance for religious institutions.

Fluke Sandra, a law student of the third year, testified about politics at Georgetown contraception during the informal hearing last Thursday, which was led by House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.).

Pelosi Fluke organized to give evidence after excluded from the official Congressional hearings on the mandate of contraception in the health of the nation by law. Republicans, who ran a rumor that the name of Fluke were submitted too late (Democrats do not agree). None of the women who testified at the hearings in Congress voted in favor of the mandate.

At the hearing, Pelosi said Fluke his friends in Georgetown, a Jesuit university, to pay up to $ 1,000 per year for birth control as well as health plans on campus, do not include cover contraceptives for women.

"What happened?" Limbaugh on his show Wednesday night. "That makes her a slut, right? That makes her a prostitute."

"She wants to get paid to have sex," said Limbaugh. "She has sex so that she can not afford birth control."

Thursday, Limbaugh expanded his thoughts, but offered no apology. Speaking about the controversial remarks Foster Friess, a supporter of former Senator Rick Santorum, Limbaugh said: "I'll buy all the women at Georgetown University, to put that much aspirin between their knees as they want."

On Thursday evening, Fluke has appeared on MSNBC "Ed Show," referring to comments Limbaugh "beyond civil discourse."

Tell us: Should Rush Limbaugh apologize for his remarks? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

2012 National Pancake Day at IHOP

2012 National Pancake Day at IHOP: On Tuesday, National Pancake Day at IHOP. For 22 hours, IHOP national restaurant offers guests a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes. In exchange for the free pancakes, customers are invited to make a donation to support the existing local Children’s Miracle Hospital or another local charity organizatsii.Sedmaya annual promotion aims to raise awareness about the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals and other local charities.

IHOP National Pancake Day is dedicated to the promotion around the Carnival, which is observed in many countries, such as pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, according to legend, on the eve of Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent.

IHOP does not necessarily promote its Pancake Day Pancake Day itself. Carnival this year comes a week after the carnival last year, when IHOP served four million free pancakes and raised over $ 2.5 million, National Pancake Day fell on March 1, the week before carnival. The explanation for the planning, IHOP said to provide a full month to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network.

Arizona, Michigan Primary Results of The Restoration Mitt Romney as The GOP Favorite

Arizona, Michigan Primary Results of The Restoration Mitt Romney as The GOP Favorite: In politics as in sports, is a victory regardless of the margin of victory. To do this, Mitt Romney, of course, grateful. His nail biter win by 3 percentage points in his home state of Michigan, in conjunction with the eruption of 20 points in win Arizona primary, which Mr. Romney back on dry land, as a firm favorite of the presidential nomination of the Republican Party.

But victory came at the cost. The problem, led by Rick Santorum, who interrupted the debate three weeks ago, sweeping the competition in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri, at the head of the Republican Party in his own version of the class struggle and to identify weaknesses of Romney as a candidate. A series of images fed Romney missteps as a plutocrat out of touch. Mr. Santorum spice to the rhetoric of culture wars to attract voters and blue-collar social conservative, said the strain of Republicanism that repels women and independent voters.

With 99 percent of reporting counties of Michigan, Romney won 41.1 per cent, 37.9 per cent Santorum won, Ron Paul won 11.6 percent, and Newt Gingrich won 6.5 percent. Arizona, with 100 percent reporting, Romney won 47.3 percent, 26.6 Santorum won, Gingrich won 16.2, and Paul won 8.4 percent.

In the main season is immune to the impulse, 10 Super Tuesday contest March 6 wide open, with the potential to win at least three of the four GOP candidates still in contention.

However, Romney has won the lion's share of the delegates awarded on Tuesday evening - 29 awarded to Arizona, and at least 11 out of Michigan. Santorum has also won at least 11. Overall, Romney now has 163 delegates, 83 Santorum, Newt Gingrich, 32, and Ron Paul is 19 years old, according to the Associated Press. All told, the 1144 delegates needed to capture the GOP nomination.

Super Tuesday states allocate 437 delegates, mainly proportional to the results. This indicates that the use of bounce may last until spring.

But now that Romney can enjoy the results on February 28 and a sigh of relief over what could be. Two weeks ago, polls showed Romney in Michigan back Santorum by 10 points. Losses would have been humiliating and threw her campaign into crisis. He was born and raised in Michigan, and his father ran a business in the automotive and served as governor. In his victory speech, he called himself «Comeback Kid», but he said that he was in the right direction.

"A week ago, experts and social scientists were willing to rely on," Romney said his primary night rally in Novi, Mich. "But in Michigan and Arizona, I'm meeting my mother and dad and grandparents of students, all are concerned about what happens to this great country. I was convinced that we are gathered here today, and take a giant step towards a better future. Today, their efforts have helped lead our great victory. "

Romney then spent much of his speech focused on Obama and not his GOP opponents - a return to its strategy of pitching itself as the inevitable candidate.

Santorum began his speech on the night of the primary exclamation of how he came as a candidate - he worked in relative anonymity, as the other candidates jumped and ran around him.

"Wow," Santorum said on Tuesday evening in the city of Grand Rapids in Grand Rapids, Michigan, "a month ago, they did not know who we are, but they do now."

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Santorum has devoted part of his speech in honor of his wife and mother of their professional achievements and education, visible efforts to restore its image among women and among voters in higher education.

Indeed, the exit poll showed Romney of Michigan beat Santorum in women 43 percent to 38 percent. When voters were classified by level of education, the only category Santorum was out of those who never went to college. Santorum raised eyebrows for the first time he called Obama "a snob" for the development of the college.

McNugget Resembles George Washington

Nebraska woman is selling her Chicken McNugget on eBay, which she says resembles George Washington’s face: Nebraska woman in the auction of three-year McDonald's Chicken McNugget looks like it thinks that the first president of our country George Washington. And it looks like it is on the way to make money on the sale. But, it's all for a good cause.

Sioux City Journal reports that Rebecca Speights patriotic McNugget sale to raise funds for church summer camp. Over time, the display, McNugget has received 17 different proposals, and ranged from $ 356 on Ebay. At the auction scheduled to end on March 1.

"I looked at the McNugget and I started to laugh:" Speights told the magazine. "I saw the portrait of George Washington, looking at me."

Since she found a piece on politically birds? Speights Ebay writes on his page: "As I was cleaning, I noticed one particular nugget and laughed, I picked it up, get a better look, and of course it was the image of President George Washington .. I decided to take home and show my husband is to find a fit . "

And, as George Washington himself, it's not a chicken McNugget. Speights, wrote that she ate almost everything that the city is Sioux McDonald three years ago. After her children refused to have a McNugget, Speights said she noticed the similarity in Washington.

And now, a nugget he seems to have a spiritual journey of all kinds. "We share many laughs over this," President George Washington Chicken McNugget "Speights writing." But now he was called to a higher purpose. "

Family Worship Center Sioux City hopes to raise $ 15,000 to send 50 children to summer camp, but probably not for sale McNugget.

T nugget really look like George Washington to you? Personally, I do not see any resemblance to the father of our country. Give us your thoughts. Whose face do you see printed within the boundaries of the chicken McNugget? Send the best estimates sideshowblog@yahoo.com ~ ~ V ~ ~ ~ ~ V = head of the joint venture, and we will work some of the results. The attentive reader has already intervened in his belief that the image looks like Robert the Bruce in the 1995 Mel Gibson blockbuster Braveheart, rather than to George Washington.

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Fat Tuesday Feeds Entire Gulf Coast

Swedish Fat Tuesday Delicacy Kept Alive In Portland: Mardi Gras. This is reminiscent of beads, party and fancy floats in New Orleans, as people cram all the fun they can before Lent begins.

In fact, Mardi Gras has long been noted in the coastal cities from Texas to Florida. And that means big business.

"This is a more regional thing, Mardi Gras is to Texas () Gasparilla (Pirate Festival) in the Tampa area," said Stephen Toomey, whose family started the chain of Mobile, Ala.-based Mardi Gras party supply stores.

"It means a way of life of people living in these communities, but the fact that it creates many jobs."

Tourism officials estimate that more than 1 million visitors pour into the mobile field each season to watch the Mardi Gras celebration. The city claims to be the place where the celebration of Mardi Gras originated in the U.S. in the 1700s.

New Orleans and Mobile have long questioned where the tradition since its founding, the French actually began.


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Mobile visitors spend money in hotels, restaurants and shops during the celebration, which may last several weeks and includes dozens of parades, balls and other events.

In 2004 a study conducted in the city Mobile Mardi Gras assessed the impact of $ 225 million, the regional economic and tourism leaders say they grew as a holiday is becoming increasingly popular.

"I would say that tens of thousands of dollars are spent on a variety of beads and removed, and the things that are thrown from floats. He really likes all types of retail trade and tourism," said David Randall, president of the Convention and Mobile Bay Tourism Office.

"From the standpoint of the Bureau of conferences and visitors, you hope that people come to Mardi Gras, fall in love with the area and come back to visit again when the weather is better."

In small towns like Fairhope, Alabama, with a population of 17,000 near the Florida line, Mardi Gras is a great help.

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