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On Wednesday, CFPB Director Richard Cordray delivered remarks at an Exchequer Club luncheon in Washington, DC. During a brief question and answer segment, Mr. Cordray confirmed that the Bureau does not intend to delay the effective date of the mortgage rules and fully expects institutions to be in compliance when the rules take effect in January 2014. Financial institutions and their trade associations have expressed concern about implementing certain aspects of the myriad rules in the short time allowed by the CFPB and the potential impact on credit markets. Most recently industry representatives highlighted specific challenges at a House Financial Services Committee hearing that focused on the potential effects of the ability-to-repay/qualified mortgage (ATR/QM) rule.
Mr. Cordray generally downplayed the potential market impact and cost of compliance with the CFPB’s mortgage rules, with a particular focus on the ATR/QM rule. Mr. Cordray explained the CFPB expects that the spread between QM and non-QM loans, if passed to the consumer, should be only 10 basis points, and that, as a result, concerns over the significant cost of compliance with the ATR/QM rule’s requirements are overblown. Some market participants believe this estimate may be overly optimistic and not in line with the factors they are considering in making pricing decisions on non-QM loans. These observers believe that the underlying CFPB economic analysis for the estimate includes a series of critical assumptions based on limited data, such as the probability that a borrower will allege a rule violation and estimated repurchase and litigation costs.
Mr. Cordray reiterated the agency’s promise to provide further guidance on the interplay of fair lending compliance and QM lending although, given his expectations that QM and non-QM loans will not vary significantly from a pricing perspective, he expressed the view that the issue is not a major concern. He also downplayed concerns that changes to FHA premium requirements will cause more QM loans to exceed the APR threshold required for QM safe harbor status, an issue recently addressed by FHA Commissioner Galante.
In response to an observation from BuckleySandler Partner Jerry Buckley that the assignee liability provisions of the ATR/QM rule may act as an impediment to private capital re-entering the secondary market — an issue that could become more critical since the Federal Reserve Board has signaled it may soon begin to taper its quantitative easing activities, which have buoyed secondary market liquidity — Mr. Cordray acknowledged that the provision could possibly serve as a brake on secondary market liquidity. He also noted the CFPB’s ongoing work with the FHFA to develop a national mortgage database, which is intended to allow the agencies to monitor, among other things, the health of the secondary market. | <urn:uuid:8d280696-8214-482e-a09c-185c070d6120> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/cfpb-director-affirms-mortgage-rule-effe-82601/ | 2014-12-25T11:06:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1419447547257.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20141224185907-00021-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951143 | 575 | [
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UPDATE 1-BOJ board member says yen fall helping exports, revenues
* BOJ to pursue powerful easing via bond buying - Morimoto
* Adds Japan's economy to resume moderate recovery
* Recent yen falls to underpin exports, revenues - Morimoto
By Leika Kihara
KOCHI, Japan, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymaker Yoshihisa Morimoto on Wednesday reassured markets of the central bank's resolve to push on with monetary easing as a weaker yen and a pick-up in global demand look to be boosting the export-reliant economy.
Morimoto, a former utility executive, said the government also had a role in beating deflation, such as through deregulation and reforms to encourage more investment in new business areas.
"Recent exchange-rate moves will likely underpin exports and corporate revenues," Morimoto told business leaders in Kochi, western Japan, reiterating the BOJ's view the economy would recover as overseas growth picked up.
"The BOJ will continue to promote powerful monetary easing through steps including massive government bond purchases."
The world's third-largest economy has contracted for three consecutive quarters. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who won office in December, is pressuring the central bank to take bolder action to revive growth and end two decades of inflation.
Abe's push for fiscal stimulus and radical monetary easing has knocked the yen to 33-month lows against the dollar, helping underpin a stock market rally to 4-1/2 year highs.
PRICE, WAGE RISES
In January, the BOJ doubled its inflation target to 2 percent and made an open-ended pledge to buy assets from next year.
Two of the BOJ's nine-member board opposed the new inflation target, arguing that it far exceeded levels deemed sustainable and would not have much impact on expectations, minutes of the January meeting showed.
On Tuesday, Morimoto toed the central bank's official line, saying core consumer inflation was likely to approach 1 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2015, and may rise further if efforts to boost growth succeeded.
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Last week I posted a sarcastic status update about Herman Cain on my Facebook page, and since then have come up with a few more. At Mike's request I am dedicating a blog post to funny Herman Cain one-liners, and I am asking YOU to post your best one liner as well. Let's see what you got!
If Herman Cain took a lie detector test it would probably come back positive for gonorrhea.
3. Do you suspect your man of having numerous marital infidelities, but you can't prove it? Take out presidential nomination papers in his name.
4.Herman Cain might have lost the presidential nomination, but he's got a great shot at becoming Governor of California.
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89 U.S. 641
22 L.Ed. 772
22 Wall. 641
October Term, 1874
APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus:
By the act organizing the Court of Claims, A.D. 1855, power was given to it to hear and determine all claims against the United States founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States.1
Doubts, however, were suggested immediately upon the act going into practical operation and on suits being brought against the United States, whether the act meant to allow the United States to file set-offs in such suits, and to give jurisdiction to the court to hear and determine them in the way usually practiced in suits between private parties. If the act did thus mean, its meaning was not clearly expressed. Congress accordingly, by an act passed March 3d, 1863,2 enacted that——
'In addition to the jurisdiction now conferred by law, the court shall also have jurisdiction of all set-offs, counterclaims, claims for damages, whether liquidated or unliquidated, or other demands whatsoever, on the part of the government, against any person making claim against the government in said court; and upon the trial it shall hear and determine such claim and demand, both for and against the government and the claimant; and if upon the whole case it finds the claimant is indebted to the government it shall render judgment to that effect, and such judgment shall be final, with the right of appeal, as in other cases,' &c.
A still subsequent act—one passed June 25th, 18683—enacted:
'That the said Court of Claims, at any time while may suit or claim is pending before or on appeal from said court, or within two years next after the final disposition of any suit or claim, may on motion of the United States grant a new trial in any such suit or claim, and stay the payment of any judgment therein, upon such evidence as shall reasonably satisfy said court that any fraud, wrong, or injustice has been done to the United States.'
These two acts being in force, one O'Grady sued the United States in the said Court of Claims, to recover the proceeds of certain cotton, confessedly his, which had been seized and sold under the Captured and Abandoned Property Act, and which proceeds were now in the treasury of the United States. That act, provides4 that the owner of such property shall be entitled to receive the residue of the proceeds thereof, 'after the deduction of any purchase-money which may have been paid, together with the expense of transportation and sale of said property, and any other lawful expenses attending the disposition thereof.'
The United States appeared, pleaded various pleas, but no plea in the nature of set-off, nor did it make any claim for or allusion to any sum as due for a 'tax' on the cotton under any act of the United States, approved June 30th, 1864, or any other act, or as due otherwise for any tax.
The Court of Claims having heard the case and allowed to the United States a deduction from the gross proceeds for its outlay of purchase-money, expense of transportation, sale, and other lawful expenses as claimed, decreed in favor of O'Grady for $72,450.
On O'Grady's presenting his claim as thus fixed for payment at the treasury, the secretary refused to pay it without the deduction of $4181, which sum he alleged that the had a right to retain as a tax under acts of Congress, in force at the time of the capture of this cotton, one of which did confessedly assume to impose a tax of two cents a pound upon all cotton produced or sold and removed for consumption, and upon which no duty had been levied, paid, and collected; the tax being made by the act, until paid, a lien upon the cotton in the possession of any person whomsoever,5 and another of which6 enacted that 'whenever any cotton, &c., shall arrive from any State in insurrection against the government, the assessor shall immediately assess the taxes due thereon.'
This deduction was submitted to under protest, and an agreement was entered into 'that the rights of the several parties in respect to this tax are reserved, and remain subject to the decision of the Supreme Court.'
To bring the question to this court under this agreement, a petition was filed—the petition in the present case—praying judgment for $4181.40, the amount of the tax claimed. The government pleaded that the government 'is not indebted to the claimant in the said sum of money or in any part thereof.'Judgment was given for the claimant, and the government now brought the case here.
The sole question thus was whether the secretary was justified in withholding the amount for the reason stated by him, to wit, the debt of the claimant to the government for the tax of two cents per pound on cotton.
Mr. C. H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, for the United States, appellant:
The cotton itself, on the sale of which the tax was claimed, was confessedly liable to that tax; the question, much agitated some time since, about the constitutionality of the cotton tax, not being here raised.
Why, then, could not the secretary deduct it?
It has been decided that the government held this sort of property as trustee for the owners.7 This being so, it is but a reasonable construction of the language of the statute to hold that the payment of an excise tax due upon the property, and made a lien thereon, was a lawful expense attending the trust, which the secretary was justified in deducting. The deduction of the tax may be assumed to be made at the time of the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the cotton into the treasury, and as the statute makes the amount due certain no technical assessment of the tax was necessary.8
Besides, it is not to be presumed that the statute intended that the owner should be paid the amount of the proceeds of the cotton and the government lose its lien for the tax. The sale of the cotton by the government would entirely destroy the lien unless one subsisted on the proceeds in the treasury; and construing the act imposing the tax and the Captured and Abandoned Property Act together, full effect can be given to both by holding that the lien for the tax remains upon the proceeds in the treasury, and the tax is to be deducted before payment thereof to the owner.
Messrs. P. Phillips and T. J. Fuller, contra:
We raise no question in this case about the constitutionality of the cotton tax, since the judgment below can be fully sustained, conceding the tax to be constitutional.
The institution of the Court Of Claims was to remove the anomaly of permitting a party to contracts, express or implied, from an arbitrary decision in his own cause.
Claims against the government were therefore submitted to the judicial determination of officers, whose tenure of office under the Constitution was regarded as a guarantee of independence. Thenceforward, claimants under contracts, express or implied, had a standing in court to enforce them. But under the organizing act the court only had jurisdiction when an individual was plaintiff and the United States were defendants.
There thus remained in the hands of executive agents the assertion of claims in favor of the government. Ordinarily these could only be enforced by suits in the courts of the United States. But it often occurred that when a party had a liquidated admitted claim against the government, he was met on demand of its payment by the assertion of a claim due by the party to the government, and on a settlement of these conflicting rights the claimant had to submit to such decision as the government agent might make of it.
This presented an evil which the institution of the court was intended to remedy, and in order fully to remedy the evil, the amendatory act of 1863 was passed.
If this view of the legislation is the correct one, and it was the object of Congress, as we suppose, to give to parties dealing with the government the same protection of the judiciary as was offered to dealings between individuals, it follows that any counterclaim which the government had against O'Grady, should have been presented before the court was called to adjudge the original claim, and thus enable the claimant to contest its validity or justice and have judicial action upon the same. It is violation of the spirit as well as the letter of the law for the secretary to withhold his counterclaim—the character of which was fully known to him—to permit a judgment to be rendered in favor of the claimant, the finality of which is declared by statute, and then to refuse payment thereof, unless the party should allow a deduction for an asserted claim on the part of the government, the amount and validity of which should be determined by his own judgment.
If, then, the government had any right to the tax, it was bound to assert that right in the course of the litigation, and having failed to do so has thereby forfeited it.
In addition to its ability to have set up its counterclaim in pleading, the government had the right to move for a new trial under the extraordinary provisions of the act of June 25th, 1868.
Having failed to do this, it is precluded in every way from doing what it now attempts to do, by the act of its Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.
Judgment was recovered by the claimants for the whole amount of the net proceeds of the cotton in the original suit, and it is not even suggested that the United States filed any set-off or counterclaim in that case, nor would it now make any difference if the claim of set-off or counterclaim had been filed in that case, for if filed and rejected the appropriate remedy of the United States was by appeal to the Supreme Court. Appeal to this court in such a case undoubtedly would lie; nor was that the only remedy left to the United States, as the Court of Claims, on motion, might grant a new trial in such a case, if it appeared that any fraud, wrong, or injustice had been done to the United States.9
But the United States did not appeal from the judgment of the Court of Claims, nor does it appear that any application in their behalf was made to that court for a new trial, as expressly authorized by an act of Congress. On the contrary, it appears that the United States acquiesced in the judgment and claimed to deduct from it the amount now in controversy as due to the government for the internal revenue tax. Such a power is not vested in the Secretary of the Treasury, nor in any other executive officer of the government, even if it could be; and it is clear that the judgments of this court, rendered on appeal from the Court of Claims, if no such power is conferred by an act of Congress, are beyond all doubt the final determination of the matter in controversy; and it is equally certain that the judgments of the Court of Claims, where no appeal is taken to this court, are, under existing laws, absolutely conclusive of the rights of the parties, unless a new trial is granted by that court as provided in the beforementioned act of Congress.10
By the act of the 3d of March, 1863, it was provided that no money shall be paid out of the treasury for any claim passed upon by the Court of Claims till after an appropriation therefor shall be estimated for by the Secretary of the Treasury, which provision was of course as applicable to the judgments on appeal, rendered by this court, as to the original judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, as the subject-matter of the suit in either case is one 'passed upon by the Court of Claims.'11
Either party by virtue of that act was allowed an appeal to the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court declined to take jurisdiction of such appeals, chiefly for the reason that the act practically subjected the judgments of the Supreme Court rendered in such cases to the re-examination and revision of the Secretary of the Treasury.12
Subsequently Congress repealed the provision conferring that authority upon the Secretary of the Treasury, and since that time no doubt has been entertained that it is proper that the Supreme Court should exercise jurisdiction of appeals in such cases.13
Judicial jurisdiction implies the power to hear and determine a cause, and inasmuch as the Constitution does not contemplate that there shall be more than one Supreme Court, it is quite clear that Congress cannot subject the judgments of the Supreme Court to the re-examination and revision of any other tribunal or any other department of the government.
Opposed to that is the suggestion that the internal revenue tax is a lien upon the property taxed, and that the lien, when the property is sold, is transferred to the proceeds of the sale, as in the case of a maritime lien when the res is sold and the proceeds of the sale have been paid into the registry of the court. Whether that is so or not is not a question in this case; but suppose the question is presented, it is a sufficient answer to the suggestion, that the United States, if they desire to enforce such a right, must seek some other remedy than the one pursued in the case before the court, as it is clear that when such a claim as that preferred by the claimants in the original petition passes into judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction it ceases to be open, under any existing act of Congress, to revision by any one of the executive department or of all such departments combined. Remedies, such as have been suggested, if seasonable, may be pursued in a proper case, but it will be time enough to decide the question whether any remedy now remains when the question is properly presented.
Should it be suggested that the judgment in question was rendered in the Court of Claims, the answer to the suggestion is that the judgment of the Court of Claims, from which no appeal is taken, is just as conclusive under existing laws as the judgment of the Supreme Court, until it is set aside on a motion for new trial.
Act of February 24th, 1855 (10 Stat. at Large, 612).
12 Stat. at Large, 765.
15 Id. 75.
12 Stat. at Large, 820, act of March 12th, 1863.
13 Stat. at Large, 16.
Act of June 30th, 1864, § 177, Ib. 305.
United States v. Klein, 13 Wallace, 128.
Dollar Savings Bank v. United States, 19 Wallace, 227.
15 Stat. at Large, 75.
Ex parte Russell, 13 Wallace, 664.
12 Stat. at Large, 768.
Gordon v. United States, 2 Wallace, 561.
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These little beauties need no introduction! You don’t need us to tell you how much fun adding jewels to your project is! They are now easier than ever to use! These flower centers are secretly stickers… no more adhering them one at a time!
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Is it me or I can't set from/to "period of time" dates? I find it really helpfull to know how much time do I have to finish a task. Or may be "untill" and "end"
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There are some crazy vending machines out there that sell canned bread, fishing tackle, and even underwear. Today, Outerwall announced it will acquire ecoATM to expand its network of vending machines that are far more practical.
ecoATM makes automated self-serve kiosk systems for recycling mobile devices like phones, tablets, and MP3 players. Using a patented combination of artificial intelligence, advanced machine vision, robotics, and electronics diagnostics technology, the machines scan your phone for damage, compare it to prices in secondary markets, and then make you an offer for cash or store credit. There are currently around 400 ecoATMs in 24 states.
The acquisition by Outerwall will help ecoATM scale and accelerate its national roll out.
Outerwall — formerly known as Coinstar — invested in two of ecoATM’s funding rounds. EcoATM raised a total of $31.4 million in venture capital, and Outerwall currently holds a 23 percent ownership stake. Outerwall has been around for 20 years and powers well-known kiosk systems like Coinstar money exchange, Redbox entertainment, and Rubi coffee kiosks. This acquisition will fuel Outerwall as it enters new areas of business, starting with recycled electronics.
The market for recycled devices is growing quickly as mobile penetration increases in emerging markets and people want high-quality devices at lower costs. Furthermore e-waste is a mounting problem. The EPA found that more than 135 million mobile devices are trashed every year in the United States and only 11-12 percent of those are collected for recycling. This results in 17,200 tons of e-waste, and that’s just from mobile devices. Add in computers, monitors, keyboards, televisions, etc., and that number skyrockets. Electronic waste is harmful to both human and environmental health.
In response to this alarming environmental threat, there is a growing demand for innovative solutions to mitigate the problem. ABI Research forecasts that the worldwide market for e-waste recovery will hit nearly $14.7 billion by the end of 2014. Manufacturers are setting up buy-back programs.
Outerwall gets the dual benefit of entering the lucrative and growing vertical of electronics, while also promoting sustainable environmental practices. Outerwall CFO Galen C. Smith said in a statement that Outerwall expects ecoATM to yield a positive return on invested capital in the coming years.
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A FEW OTHER EVENTS FOR
- It’s the birth date of Robert Kraus (1925-2001) Leo the Late Bloomer, Whose Mouse Are You? .
- Happy birthday, New Hampshire, which became the 9th state in the Union in 1788. Read The Trouble with Jeremy Chance by George Harrar and Lucy’s Summer by Donald Hall, illustrated by Michael McCurdy.
- On this day in 2000, NASA reports evidence of possible ancient water on Mars. Read Mars Needs Moms! by Berkeley Breathed.
- It’s Go Skateboarding Day. Read Skateboard Tough by Matt Christopher.
- It’s also World Handshake Day. Read Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price and Hands: Growing Up to be an Artist by Lois Ehlert.
Around this time of year we celebrate the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. This date looms large for the hero of our featured book, a kid who just can’t get a break. He’s never seen his father and lives with an odious and repellent stepfather when not away at boarding school for disturbed kids. He’s ADHD, hyperactive, always in trouble, and to make matters worse, he gets kicked out of school, again. Even those who like him say “you are not normal.” And weird things happen to him; on a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of his teachers turns into a monster. Before she can kill him, he slays her with a ballpoint pen that miraculously turns into a sword.
Welcome to the world of Percy Jackson. In The Lightning Thief, the first volume of a series of gripping books, he discovers that he is a demi-god, the offspring of a mortal and a Greek god. His only safe haven turns out to be Camp Half Blood, where other demi-gods, kids his age, learn survival skills. To avoid a war among the Greek gods, Percy, son of Poseidon, must locate Zeus’s stolen thunderbolt and deliver it to the annual family get together on the solstice. An inventive plot, engaging characters, non-stop action, and an unpredictable ending have helped make the stories of Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan some of the most beloved reading for ten- to fourteen-year-olds in the last few years. Riordan was just voted author of the year in the Children’s Choice Book Awards administered by the Children’s Book Council. And as young readers devour Percy’s saga, they also learn a lot about Greek Mythology.
Much like Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, Camp Half Blood sounds like so much fun that everyone wants to attend. Since 2006 the good folk at BookPeople, an amazing independent bookstore in Austin, Texas, where Rick Riordan lives, have hosted several summer sessions of Camp Half Blood, a day camp where participants act out their roles as demi-gods. Not only do they study history, mythology, and literature, but also chariot racing, archery, and lava wall climbing as well. How I wish I could be there! But if you can’t this summer, you can at least curl up with The Lightning Thief and its sequels — a perfect time for a Percy Jackson readathon.
Here’s a passage from The Lightning Thief:
A word about my mother, before you meet her.
Her name is Sally Jackson and she’s the best person in the world, which just proves my theory that the best people have the rottenest luck. Her own parents died in a plane crash when she was five, and she was raised by an uncle who didn’t care much about her. She wanted to be a novelist, so she spent high school working to save enough money for a college with a good creative-writing program. Then her uncle got cancer, and she had to quit school her senior year to take care of him. After he died, she was left with no money, no family, and no diploma.
The only good break she ever got was meeting my dad.
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Chicago Business and Commercial litigation services.
Litigation is the cost of doing business. Companies should prepare for it today in order to better defend against it in the future. Running your business honestly and being truthful in your dealings will not prevent your business from being sued or prevent the need for you to initiate litigation to protect your business. The professionals at J. Paye & Associates are ready to help businesses prepare for litigation, and to continually review their practices to ensure that they will be able to protect themselves now and in the future. Some of the services we offer include:
- Breach of Contract
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At J. Paye & Associates, our lawyers are experienced trial attorneys who know how to prepare you for and protect your interests during litigation. We provide excellent quality litigation services whether you have 1 or 100 employees. Whether you are dealing with a breach of contract issue, product liability, a shareholder derivative action, or other business or commercial lawsuit, we can help. We will assist you through every step of the business litigation process: conducting negotiations, taking and defending depositions, drafting and filing pleadings, conducting discovery, and trying and defending cases in Federal and State court. We can and will aggressively represent you in your complex business litigation among the Federal and State courts. Contact us to find out how we can protect your business from the inevitable, but not the insurmountable.
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- Defended small business in a collection action brought by Commonwealth Edison.
- Represented architectural design firm in a breach of contract action against JP Morgan Chase.
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Homeowners in Baton Rouge fear termites because they have the ability to cause structural damage in the home. In many cases, the damage has already been started by the time that termites are discovered. Since these pests are highly destructive, it’s important that the pest control methods used are both fast and effective.
There are two types of termite protection systems that we recommend: traditional liquid barriers and baiting systems. At Dugas Pest Control, we offer both types of protection options, better known as Termidor (liquid) and Sentricon (bait). Let’s take a closer look at the pros and cons of each and which type of termite control will be best for your home if you are faced with a Baton Rouge termite infestation.
What is Liquid Barrier Protection Systems?
Termidor is a non-repellent liquid that cannot be detected by termites. The liquid is injected into the soil around the home so that it creates a barrier that keeps termites out. When the termites crawl through the soil, they come into contact with the liquid bait and then unknowingly bring it back to their colony. Through activities like grooming and eating, the insecticide is shared with the colony and begins building up in the gut of the termites, causing them to perish in little time.
Termidor is very effective, and because the insecticide is spread throughout the entire colony, it kills off the termites in six to eight weeks. This unique ‘Transfer Effect’ is what Termidor prides itself on, as other forms of termite control are more easily noticed by these pests and won’t be transferred to the colony. Other benefits to this type of barrier system are that it lasts up to 10 years and has cost-effective warranty renewals.
What are Bait Systems?
The second option that Baton Rouge homeowners have is Sentricon, which consists of termite bait stations. These stations are placed in the soil several feet apart from each other. They surround the home, and when termites crawl through the system, they come into contact with the slow-acting bait. Sentricon is not as effective as Termidor, but it will decrease termite numbers and possibly even eradicate the colony as a whole.
There are other advantages you will want to consider with this baiting system. Sentricon does not involve drilling around the home, and the bait systems are the most environmentally friendly option. For those concerned about the chemicals used in liquid bait, baiting systems may be the best option. However, there are drawbacks to consider with this type of system.
First, bait systems are much slower to act and can take six to eight months to take control of the problem. In the meantime, termites can be feasting on your home and causing a great deal of headache. Also, it’s easy for the bait stations to be disrupted due to weather changes, lawn maintenance and other outdoor activity. And, whenever these systems are moved, termites often detect this and will avoid the tunnel. They end up dodging the bait and building new tunnels, something that a liquid treatment would prevent.
Homeowners must also keep in mind that bait systems do cost a bit more in the long-run. They are less expensive initially, but there is more maintenance needed to keep the bait systems working properly.
Which Termite Defense Product is Most Recommended?
Since there are benefits to both liquid barrier and bait systems, Dugas Pest Control is pleased to offer both forms of termite treatment because each treatment system may be the best solution for any particular termite situation. Our job as termite control specialists is to inspect your property, understand your concerns, and make a recommendation for eliminating the termite problem in a manner which makes each home or business owner comfortable with the solution.
Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late
Spring season is coming, and the termites will be soon be out in force here in Baton Rouge. Subterranean termites become active as the weather gets warmer in March, April and May. Then the Formosan termites will begin to swarm as we get into May, June and July.
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You know those crazy bumps on the road that make your car rattle if you veer off the road? Well ,some crazy engineers from Honda Motors American Division, thought it would be cool to make grooves on the road and see if they could make a song. All to commemorate the New Honda Civic. What they did was pretty cool !!
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2008 Neuroscience Citation
|The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awards the
2008 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience to:
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and
Columbia University, USA
Professor of Neurobiology
Yale University School
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A major problem in modern brain science is understanding how the complex neuronal circuits of the adult brain and spinal cord are assembled during development and how they function in the adult organism. The human brain contains as many as 100 billion neurons, most of which make hundreds to thousands of synaptic connections with specific target cells. Even though each human brain is functionally unique, its basic circuitry appears to be constructed according to common principles. Neuroscientists are faced with the challenge of determining the rules that govern the formation of neural circuits and the mechanisms whereby they function.
Central to this challenge are three questions:
- How do neurons in the embryo organize themselves during development into the highly ordered and complex circuitry of the adult brain?
- How do neurons acquire the distinct identities that allow them to connect to appropriate targets and acquire their unique functional properties?
- What patterns of signaling do neural circuits use to control specific behaviors?
Pasco Rakic has deciphered how neurons in the embryonic brain arrange themselves during development into the highly ordered, densely interconnected, and immensely complex circuitry of the adult cerebral cortex. His radial unit hypothesis has had a major impact on our understanding of how the three-dimensional organization of the mammalian brain into layers and modules arises from an initially two-dimensional structure.
Thomas Jessell has defined key cellular and molecular mechanisms that control the development and functional organization of the spinal cord. His work has delineated combinatorial arrangements of transcription factors and extracellular signals that generate different classes of motor-, sensory-, and inter-neurons as well as steps that drive their assembly into neural circuits that mediate reflex behavior and motor coordination.
Sten Grillner has elucidated basic principles of neural circuit organization and function that control vertebrate locomotion using lamprey as a model organism. By combining cell physiology with pharmacology, behavioral analysis, and computer modeling, he has deciphered the existence of a central pattern generator for locomotion in the spinal cord, thereby linking circuit function to behavior. | <urn:uuid:5bfb2604-adb7-4f2c-a050-3545139a5fa9> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.kavlifoundation.org/2008-neuroscience-citation | 2014-12-22T07:00:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802774894.154/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075254-00053-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91244 | 482 | [
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This modern pizza is full of French flavours from the Basque-style vegetables to the blue cheese. Elegant and tasty.
To prepare the Piperade vegetables, heat the olive oil in a pan, add the vegetables, garlic and sun dried tomato juice and season. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and leave over a low heat until the vegetables are just soft to the touch. Remove the vegetables from the heat and add the olives and basil to warm through. Pour over the pizza base. Sprinkle over the blue cheese and garnish with fresh herbs. Place in the oven at 200°C for approx 20 minutes.
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Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is caused by obstruction of hepatic venous outflow involving either the hepatic veins or the terminal segment of the inferior vena cava. Prevalence remains largely unknown but estimates range between 1/50,000 and 1/100,000. The obstruction leads to hepatic congestion and ischemic necrosis. Severity depends on the speed of onset and extent of the obstruction. Obstructions are generally caused by thrombosis (primary BCS). With time, thrombi reorganise to form a fibrous tissue that leads either to localised stenosis of the thrombotic vein or to diffuse obliteration resulting in its transformation into fibrous cords. Localised stenoses may present as the appearance of a membrane-like structure. Secondary BCS results from tumour invasion into the lumen or compression of the vein by an expansive lesion. The principle manifestations of BCS are ascites (which are often massive and intractable) leading to undernutrition and renal insufficiency, gastrointestinal haemorrhage due to portal hypertension, and hepatic insufficiency resulting in encephalopathy and severe infections. However, asymptomatic forms have also been reported. Primary BCS is associated with a combination of factors that lead to a susceptibility for venous thrombosis: primary myeloproliferative syndromes (present in 50% of cases and manifesting as a 'forme fruste' or atypical forms of the disease, but identified through detection of a mutation in the JAK2 gene), Factor V Leiden thrombophilia, protein C deficiency, antiphospholipid syndrome, Behcet disease, paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (see these terms), use of oestrogen-progesterone oral contraceptives and inflammatory colitis. Diagnosis can usually be established by non-invasive means through imaging of the hepatic veins and the inferior vena cava (Doppler ultrasound, tomodensitometry and MRI) but requires a radiologist with sufficient experience and with an awareness of the potential diagnosis. Hepatic venography or cavography, and liver puncture biopsy are not usually necessary. The natural course of the disease is very severe (less than 10% of patients survive for more than 3 years without treatment). At present, when the diagnosis is made quickly and treatment is initiated rapidly, the survival rate is 90% at 5 years. Treatment approaches include correction of the factors leading to an increased risk of thrombosis, long term anticoagulant therapy, recanalisation of the obstructed veins by interventional radiology, TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) and liver transplantation in case failure of other treatment methods. The long term prognosis depends on the associated risk factors for thrombosis.
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Every girl wants to be one of those popular, everyone loves-you-but-hates-you girls. Don't hesitate, read this for thorough information.
1People always want to be a person if they are talented. Any sport such as dance, cheer, basketball, soccer, lacrosse, hockey, etc. will do. But then again, EVERYBODY can play a sport. That's why a serious talent is mandatory. Anything like playing the flute, being a great poet, or an exotic sport (i.e. rugby, figure skating.) This really intrigues people as to read into you.
- If you aren't good at anything, find a random sport AND talent and practice, practice, practice. You won't be bad forever. Find a unique talent, something out of the norm so you stand out.
2For hair, you need to keep it looking healthy and clean. Bumble and Bumble, Paul Mitchell, Pantene, Matrix, Aveda, etc. are all wonderful brands, but whatever works for you is important. "Works for you" means looks clean, shiny, smooth, and healthy.
- If you are growing your hair out and refuse to cut it, then hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Otherwise your ends will split and get stringy and your hair WILL NOT be long. Scene bangs, long layers, and highlights are very stylish. Highlights are a big must unless you have either banana blonde, slick black, or fiery red locks.(if you have really noticeable natural highlights your fine)
3Buy quality flat-irons, crimpers, etc. Conair Deep Wave Iron creates beautiful, soft crimped waves. Get a good blow dryer, Bedhead has great ones. Another very important thing is getting trims and cuts often.
4For skin, use a good brand. Clinique, Estee Lauder, Bobbi Brown, and Lancome DO work but what's really important is to get at least eight hours of sleep and drink a ton of water. If you aren't sure what type of skin you have, go to Clinique and get tested. Buy the whole line of your number of skin. Buy concealer, foundation, blush, bronzer, mascara, eyeliner, eyeshadow, and more. Buy what's right for your skin.
5For clothes, this is the super fun part. You can shop anywhere really, as long as the clothes are good quality. Wearing Abercrombie or American Eagle will make people want to be you. The key to mixing up your wardrobe is going exactly two weeks without wearing the same piece of clothing, making it look like you have endless amounts of clothes. Shoes are fine to repeat, but definitely not clothes. The most important thing in clothes is to make sure they suit your body. They should fit properly (finding a good tailor can help tremendously) and cover the parts of your body that are covered by a bathing suit. Leaving a bit up to the imagination is extremely attractive because it shows that you aren't the type that will show your body to just anybody. Another thing that helps is first building a wardrobe of basics (plain tees, pants, tanks, cardigans, oxfords, polos, etc.) and then reading fashion magazines to find out the latest trend. Only buy a few of the trendy pieces: Heidi Klum says that in fashion, "One day you're in, and the next day you're out." Trends come and go, and you don't want to look like a slave to fashion. Whatever you wear, be comfortable in it, make it yours, and own it!
6Accessories. Most of these "It-Girl" types are in love with Juicy Couture, Coach, Marc Jacobs, or Michael Kors. Or even all four is fine, but you should have a signature brand. You should have two designer bags; a fun one and a basic one. Louis Vuitton and Michael Kors make very nice ones. Also, owning the cutest shoes is KEY to being a girly girl. Get something stylish, good quality, and appropriate for the occasion. (For example, don't wear platform stilettos to a track meet, it will only make others see you as ridiculous) For starters, make sure you have a pair of cute flats (Juicy Couture and J. Crew make very nice ones), a nice pair of boots (Equestrian boots are all over the place this Fall, although a nice cowboy boot or booty will make you stand out in the crowd. Beware the Uggs though, they're a thing of the past), a pair of special occasion shoes (cute heels, not tacky ones), and a cute pair of sneakers or everyday shoes like Toms. For jewelry, Juicy Couture has really nice pieces, but get a tad pricy. If you cannot afford Juicy Couture jewelry for daily wear, American Eagle has great jewelry. It doesn't look cheap or knockoff-ish. But it does break easily, so careful!
7Friends. It's very important to have friends. Having a best friend isn't quite mandatory, but it is quite beneficial. Make sure your friend knows the real you, because otherwise your relationship will most likely fall apart, and that's ugly and unglamorous. Your friend should be a good listener, a good critic, kind, and cool.
8BE A LEADER. Always have back-up plans, impressive things to say, and ideas for your friends. Be ADMIRABLE. You need to take the front role to make sure that everyone is always following. If all your friends want to have a sleepover, YOU throw it. If your school has elections, run for president. If you want it, go for it and people will admire your confidence.
- Popularity is not key but does help. You don't need to be a Regina George but do you really want to be a Layne Abeley? Popular people are usually talented, pretty, charming, spontaneous, and smart. Popularity, however, is temporary and fickle. Don't confuse popularity and happiness because they are completely unrelated in the real world.
9Have cool STUFF. Have a really fun bedroom; Ikea and PB Teen have great pieces. PB Teen IS expensive, but they have amazing quality and seriously gorgeous.
- A "cool stuff" girl is usually constantly envied. You don't HAVE to be rich, but you will need a ton of money for this article. The "cool stuff" includes; Juicy hoodies, a bunch of lipgloss, a credit card, and designer purses. Also, Macbooks, iPhones, and LV bags work too. You DO want to be envied.
10Study people. Admire people. Have an inspiration. Pick someone, anyone. Pick a few people and combine them! Ideas for people are Massie Block, Audrey Hepburn, Jacqueline Onassis, Selena Gomez, or Miley Cyrus.Ad
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- Don't TRY to be intimidating. Let it come naturally. People will automatically be intimidated by you in general. You don't need to purposely try, cause this will just scare people off and give you a heck of a rep.
- Do not try to look like a spoiled brat. Its okay to let a "Don't tell anyone, but my mom got me a Juicy bag for my birthday and I found it!" or "My dad opened a new business, it's doing GREAT!" slip once in a while. Don't make a habit of endless bragging, though.
- Don't TRY to be popular, do these steps subtly. Change over a reasonable period of time. Like over the summer, Christmas break, etc. Don't change in a week, because people will see through you and the whole thing won't last.
- Be kind to everybody at first, once you've gained popularity, its easy to fall unless you manage to be a tad attitude-esque. You can laugh to make someone jealous, roll your eyes when that one girl acts really weird, or "accidentally" say something envious about you in front of that girl who totally stabbed you in the back. Don't do this all the time, because you'll seem insecure and really mean.
- Buy cool stuff like a Macbook, highlights, re-decorate your bedroom randomly. It makes you look rich.
- NEVER be mean to your friends. Friends are meant to BE your friends.
- To be looked up to, don't envy others.
- Usually, by the time seventh grade begins, people start accepting themselves and begin to respect their parent's rules about owning a phone or computer or Facebook. Also, they make changes to themselves NOT because some other girl is "prettier" or more "popular". They make changes (like going to the gym or working out) to feel better about themselves, NOT TO COMPARE TO OTHER GIRLS.
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After it had been demonstrated that test systems containing some alkaloids or alkaloid N-oxides exhibited an antitumor effect several attempts were made to use PAs in medicinal treatment of carcinosis [391-393]. Since indicine itself does not show mutagenic properties its N-oxide (28) was successfully applied in clinical studies on infantile leukemia. Unfortunately, liver damages like liver necrosis and liver cirrhosis were observed as side reactions so that a further therapeutic utilization was no longer justified [394-404].
In the Pharmacopoea Sinica of 1978 the alkaloid monocrotaline is described. It was used for the treatment of dermatomas. On account of its highly toxic and carcinogenic side effects it is not mentioned in the new edition of 1985 and also no longer used.
The saturated alkaloid platyphylline (48) displays spasmolytic and antiasthmatic properties and was included in the Pharmacopoe of the former UDSSR <Soviet Union> (1980). Compared to other spasmolytics and antiasthmatics it exhibits no particular effect so that it has gained no importance.
The use of medicinal plants represents a considerable risk of health. Because of the liberalization of the international world trade an increasing number of medicinal plants are offered as "miracle drugs" and imported to Europe without control as the example of the Emilia herb demonstrates [152, 153]. The medicinal plants of the genera resp. the species of the latter compiled in Table 1 should not be used on any account because they contain toxic PAs which may cause damage to health.
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Here is an (altered) copy of a letter sent out to the families of the Sugarbears (the Chinook unit in Alaska) by the leader of the Battalion Family Readiness Group (aka FRG):
This is an email all FRG leaders received from (the Battalion FRG Coordinator) and she wanted me to pass it along to all of our families:
Dear Arctic Knight Families,
I am emailing you in response to all the concern and response to the CH-47 that crashed in Afghanistan 2 days ago. It has been rumored that a former 4-123 Arctic Knight was among the casualties on that aircraft. I highlight the word rumored because the Rear Detachment and myself have no official information confirming or denying this rumor. I have been in touch with the 18th Aviation Brigade Commander’s wife, Mrs. ***** *****, last night and this morning. Her husband, Colonel *****, and the 12th Aviation Brigade Commander are still working this accident which means that all notifications have not been made. Until that time no names will be released.
The Rear Detachment and myself will send out an email to every family member in 4-123 if this rumor turns out to be a rumor and no former 4-123 soldier was among the casualties. If the rumor turns to be an actuality then I will contact your Company FRG leaders with a message and you will be contacted by your key caller and the battalion will send the family our sympathies.
I want to thank you for all your concern and caring and I also want to remind you that this soldier rumored to be killed and all other soldiers that have PCS’d from our unit are now part of another family support group. I pray for all of them but our Rear Detachment cannot field phone calls about every incident that happens in all other units. They are working tirelessly to support our 500 soldiers deployed and still deploying (we have 5 soldiers leaving Saturday to deploy over) and their families here. Please, if you have any concerns or questions contact your Company FRG leader or myself. We will get the most accurate information out to you as soon as we can. Aviation is a small community and when we lose an aircraft and soldiers we all feel it throughout. This war has cost ***** and myself some friends so I understand your concern. Please be patient until we can get the proper authorities, DA, USARAK, or 18th AVN BDE to confirm or deny the rumor.
Until then, please pray for the families that are facing this terrible loss and are still waiting to know. Pray for our warriors fighting the same cause in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and here in Alaska!
4-123 Families Care!
This is unbelievable. This is NOT what the Chinook community is about. We are a FAMILY and it doesn't matter if he was no longer a part of that unit - he was still family. And where does that leave his wife and children? Five months is not enough time to develop and nurture bonds that will sustain you through a tragedy such as this. The people most able to help SSG Sander's wife and children are those people they left behind in Alaska.
And while I understand that the Rear Detachment and the FRG in Alaska are there to help the families of THAT unit, those people were FRIENDS with the Sanders and therefore DESERVE THE HELP OF THE REAR DETACHMENT AND THE FRG.
I am so angry right now that I could spit nails. This is the height of insensitivity and callousness. It is incomprehensible to me that someone who is supposed to be in a position of SUPPORT could do this.
Several Chinook family members - many (if not all) being either current or former Sugarbears themselves, sent a letter in reply. Here is the (altered) text :
Subject: A soldiers message regarding SSG Sanders, ALWAYS A SUGARBEAR
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:16:50 -0700 (PDT)
We just finished reading the message you sent out to all the FRG leaders concerning the CH-47 crash and I felt compelled to respond. I'm sure your intent was not to be dismissive but that is how it was interpreted by many families. The death of SSG Chuck Sanders is not a rumor - it is a fact. I understand the reasons behind waiting for official notification but that doesn't change the fact that (his wife) is now a widow and (his children) are without a father. It makes no difference that the Sanders’ are no longer in our Battalion. They arrived in Germany just a few months prior to his deployment so I'm sure they are much closer to the people in Alaska than to their current FRG.
The FRG is about taking care of actual people, not serving a select group of customers. If you take the personal aspect away you are left with nothing but a lot of work and useless meetings. There is never a greater need for the FRG than when someone dies - regardless if they are in Germany or Alaska. We have already received numerous e-mails offering help from people outside of the Battalion who are not concerned about whose command he was under.
What they care about is the person. I feel pretty confident that (his wife) is not interested in the sympathies of a Battalion - what she needs is understanding and compassion from individuals. I can understand the frustration involved in dealing with numerous phone calls and having no answers but please do not send out an e-mail that insinuates that it isn't our FRG's problem. Many friends of the Sanders’ remain in Alaska and they need the support. The FRG is there to support the emotional and physical needs of families and if this incident doesn't meet that criteria then we need to re-evaluate what we are doing.
He was not just a former soldier from 4/123, he was a good friend to many of the people here and in Alaska and his family will continue to belong to the SUGARBEARS and the chinook community indefinitely. She and the kids deserve all the help we can give.
(also signed by 14 other Chinook family members)
That pretty much covered everything that I would have said only without the expletives.
And for the record, SSG Sanders' funeral will be Thursday, April 21, 2005. His family could still use the prayers and good thoughts.
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Daley reshuffles management lineup with new CTA president
As was widely rumored, Richard Rodriguez was named Thursday to head the CTA.
As usual, Mayor Daley tapped one of his top "cabinet" member in moving Rodriguez from aviation commissioner to lead the nation's second-largest transit system, which faces deficit spending this year and equipment headaches.
At least naysayers can't whine that the 38-year-old Rodriguez doesn't have transportation experience!
Rodriguez spent less than a year as aviation chief. Before that he managed all construction projects for O'Hare and Midway, and the city building department prior to the airport gig. That was a tough job because he worked to bring the construction and permits department back together again.
Rodriguez will need to stay tough under the weight of the budget and equipment problems already looming as the 800-pound gorilla in the corner of his office at Lake and Clinton.
Plus, Daley expects him to prepare the CTA for the hoped-for 2016 Olympics bid.
So Rich, here's wishing you the best of luck in a pressure-cooker job. We look forward to you continuing a great dialog and open communication with your customers.
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Bird - Osprey
Adopted in 1994 by an Act of the House of Assembly, the Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, is a bird of prey sized between the larger eagle and the smaller hawk. Their main source of food is salt-water or fresh-water fish, depending on where they roost and hunt, and can often be seen hovering above the ocean, rivers and lakes looking for a meal. Then, in a spectacular display of aerobatics, they dive feet-first, skimming the water's surface, and then rise majestically into the air with a fish clasped in their talons. Ospreys migrate south in the Winter where younger birds remain throughout the Summer. Older birds return to Nova Scotia to mate, returning to the bundled nest of sticks and twigs which they used the previous year.
Tree - Red Spruce
Adopted by an Act of the House of Assembly in 1988, the Red Spruce, Picea rubens, represents the strength and resiliency of Nova Scotians. Able to survive in virtually any terrain and condition, the Red Spruce is the anchor of Nova Scotian economy; it is the province's number one lumber product. In early settlement history, the twigs of the Red Spruce were brewed into a tea which made an effective cure for scurvy. It has been a staple of the shipbuilding industry for centuries.
Stone - Stilbite
Adopted in November 1999 by an Act of the House of Assembly, Stilbite is found in abundance along the Bay of Fundy and the Minas Basin. Nova Scotian Stilbite is widely-known in geographic circles for its pleasing colours (grey, white, brownish-red, or yellow) and its beautiful crystalline shapes. Because of its natural structure and inherently-sticky surface, Stilbite is used as water softeners and filters as well as molecular sponges.
Gemstone - Agate
Adopted in November 1999, the Agate is commonly found in the Jurassic basalt flows found along the Bay of Fundy. Although most commonly found in greys and whites, this beautiful, translucent gemstone is also found in shades of blue and a few other colours. Used most often in jewelry, the Agate is the birthstone for the month of May - the month in which the provincial flower, the Mayflower, blooms.
Berry - Wild Blueberry
Adopted in January 1996, the Wild Blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, is native to Nova Scotia - one of the 5 regions in Canada in which the berries grow naturally. Originally hand-picked in the wild, the Blueberry is now cultivated throughout Nova Scotia and harvested by machines. Once popular primarily as market fare, the Blueberries are now grown, frozen, and exported to an number of countries around the world.
Sailing Ambassador - Bluenose II
Launched in July 1963 from the Lunenburg shipyards of Smith and Rhuland, the Bluenose II is a worthy replica of the world-famous Bluenose. The original Bluenose, also built by Smith and Rhuland in 1921, while performing as a fishing vessel for 25 years (the average lifespan of ships at that time were only 10 years), also became a world-class racing yacht in six international competitions. When diesel-power became more prevalent at the beginning of World War II, the Bluenose was sold to the West Indian Trading Company in 1942. Sadly, she sank in 1946 when she was run aground on a reef near Haiti.
Many of the original craftsmen who worked on the original Bluenose were proud to have had a hand in building the Bluenose II forty-two years later. Captain Angus Walters, who piloted the original Bluenose in the race competitions 4 decades earlier, was aboard the Bluenose II on its inaugural voyage to the West Indies. Ironically, this voyage was almost her last when the Bluenose II battled hurricane-force winds of 190 kph (120 mph), but Captain Walters safely sailed her out of the worst storm he had ever encountered and into Canadian history... again.
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|Edith with her "mother": Tante Marthe|
THIS, OF COURSE, is a map of modern Poland. The borders of Poland throughout history--well, that's a seriously messy and violent subject. I won't go into it.
As Nazi Germany collapsed at the end of World War II, the Soviet forces invaded from the east, raping and pillaging. (See Red Army atrocities.) Civilians were ordered to flee to the west, and few remained. Many men--usually elderly--who remained, including one of my relatives, were killed. Almost all women were raped. See Every German female raped.
After the war, Pommern, renamed, was a part of Poland.
Until the "Russian" invasion of 1945, my mother lived in the town of Bärwalde ("bear forest"), Pommern. There were two towns in Pommern by that name at the time, and I do believe that my mother's town--her stepfather was its mayor until his death in 1941[?]--is now named Barwice.
In 1945, mom, then 11 years old, and her mother (actually, her aunt) fled west by rail, ending up in Hamburg, which was ultimately occupied by British forces. At one point as they planned their escape, the pair were faced with the choice of rail or ship (further north), including the 550-foot von Steuben. They chose rail. Their train was among the few that survived strafing by Russian aircraft. They were extremely lucky.
The Steuben was filled beyond capacity with 5000 people, including over 1000 refugees, almost all women and children. It was sunk by a Russian sub on Feb. 10. There were 659 survivors. (See National Geographic: Ghost Ship Found.)
Germans (correctly, near as I can tell) viewed the British and American invaders as much more humane than their Russian counterparts. Mom was very happy to settle in what became the British sector of post-war Germany.
She watched lots of American movies. She got the notion that she must go to America and become an American. Simultaneously, my father, in southern Germany, hatched similar dreams.
She eventually became an American citizen (during the mid-60s). Nobody's more American than my mom.
She voted for Bush, but we don't talk about that.
THE MORE DETAILED VERSION OF MOM'S STORY:
What follows is an account of the war and post-war experiences of Manny and Edith Bauer, based on taped anecdotes recorded in the summer of 2004. Manny and Edith were children at the time of the war’s end (his birthdate is 1932; hers is a year later), and they left Germany for Canada only a half-dozen years later, when Manny was 19 and Edith was 18 (she turned 18 on the boat). The two married not long after. Eventually, Manny and Edith moved their little family (including a girl and boy) to the U.S.A (in 1960).
I have generally resisted the temptation to editorialize about, or to correct, my parents' (usually my dad's) perceptions and historical assertions. I am telling the story essentially from their point of view. (--RJB aka CW.)
The Russians were coming:
By early 1945, the collapse of Germany had begun, and, in the eastern part of the country, the Russians advanced. Manny [my dad] states that the “Mongolians” were by then the vanguard Russian troops. “The Soviet Union had run out of white Russians,” he says. “So the Russians brought in the Mongolians.” These troops, he says, were even more brutal than the Russians.
Edith, who was 11 or 12 years old, lived with her mother in Pommern, in the eastern part of Germany. The woman Edith calls her mother was in reality her aunt, who, along with her husband, took Edith in when her real mother died in the late [?] 30s. [Her death is somewhat mysterious.] In 1939 or perhaps later, her uncle died as well. Edith was very close to him.
In those days, in Germany, no child was legally permitted to be without two parents, and so, when Edith’s uncle died, the town’s chief of police—a family friend—was assigned the role of father-guardian.
At the time of her real mother’s death, Edith’s sister, Ilsa, was sent to live with other relatives nearby.
Edith recalls that Ilsa was somewhat “gung ho,” a patriot. So was Edith, in a way, she now says, for she was an avid athlete, an ardent competitor, and, as we know, the Nazis promoted athletics. Edith remembers attending the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. She loved that sort of thing.
Ilsa’s “gung ho” tendencies got her into trouble with her family at least once. Polish prisoners were supposed to stand aside on sidewalks in deference to Germans. One time, evidently, a Polish prisoner did not stand aside quickly or far enough to satisfy young Ilsa, and so she angrily pushed the guy onto the ground. Someone saw this and reported it to Oma [Grandmother] Losa. There was hell to pay that night.
The family was very clear that they were not the sort to mistreat the Polish prisoners.
In the days before the Russian invasion, Ilsa moved in with Edith and her mother. They lived in a beautiful home on a hilltop—the last house on the eastern side of town, and thus the dwelling that would first encounter the advancing Russians. Already, local soldiers occupied it: ammunition and weaponry was stored in the garden, and men were billeted inside. Now, as the Russians drew close, the local soldiers selected this particular home for their defensive stand.
“It would be like a fort,” says Edith.
Edith’s mother stubbornly refused to abandon her home, protesting, repeatedly, that she had worked too long and hard on it simply to abandon it. The soldiers tried to tell her what the Russian troops would do to women, even to little girls, but she wouldn’t listen. Finally, the soldiers commanded: “Take the two girls and leave here, now!” And so, on the 28th of February 1945—Edith recites the date without hesitation—Edith, her “mother,” and her sister, along with several relatives, abandoned their fine home.
Most of Edith’s relatives lived on farms and thus owned wagons, but Edith and her mother lived in town, and they lacked transportation. The soldiers told them to go the railroad station to await the westbound military trains, so Mom and the girls and a few other relatives packed their most cherished belongings in suitcases and put them on a little wagon—Edith remembers that it was like the little red wagons kids have here in the U.S.—and rolled their stuff to the station.
They waited there for days, enduring strafing and bombing. Edith remembers the siren’s howl and the noise of bombs and guns. At one point, the station [?] suffered an attack that killed fifteen hundred people, including most of their neighbors and relatives, who were also waiting for the trains. (Apparently, German papers ardently covered such events.)
Finally, the trains arrived, and so the refugees hurriedly secured possessions, and themselves, to the open flatcars. Then, at the end, there came another attack. Some people hid by the flatcars, while others dove under nearby wagons. Edith ran clear of the trains and into a hole somewhere. All of a sudden, a portion of one train blew up, killing everyone aboard it.
Edith remembers that, about then, the engineer of her train yelled, “the Russians are closing in on all sides; everybody get on the train; we’re leaving now!”
The engineer was a Pole. Polish prisoners had worked and lived in the town since the invasion of Poland years earlier. People from conquered territories manned much German industry during the war, and, evidently, they did other work as well. Edith recalls that Polish women and girls worked as domestics in her town.
Edith’s mother ran the family lumberyard across the street from their home, and that business relied on thirty or so Polish workers who slept on bunk beds in a barn-like structure. Edith says that her mother prided herself in treating her prisoners with kindness, and, in general, prisoners were not mistreated in the town, though she recalls exceptions.
Manny explains that, on the eastern front, many “German” soldiers were in fact Poles, Ukrainians, and Finns who had decided to join the Wehrmacht [army]. They wore the regular German army uniform, but with a thin armband indicating their non-German nation of origin. (Manny lived in southern Germany.)
Evidently, during the Russian advance into collapsing Germany, some Poles stayed, hoping to be embraced by their new masters; others feared the Russians no less than did the natives and, alongside Germans like Edith and her little group, they fled to the west. Many Poles thus eventually ended up in barracks-like housing—at first, along with German refugees—in what became West Germany, and lived in those conditions well into the 50s.
Edith says that the non-German refugees were often mistreated, though she adds that the German refugees, too, were not treated well, since, wherever they showed up, they represented an added burden on already burdened locals.
Some of Edith’s relatives, including Oma Losa, didn’t make it out of Pommern. Later, Edith learned that the younger girls who remained behind—not Oma Losa, who was older, but virtually all of the younger women, including toddlers—were raped. That was the fate of Edith’s sister-in-law, Frida. Years later, says Edith, Frida refused to acknowledge the event, though what had happened to her was no secret at the time. There was no doubt that it had occurred and that it was traumatic.
The invading soldiers had diseases, and so, says Edith, it was necessary for rape victims to do all sorts of awful things to themselves. Terrible bubbling liquids were used, she says.
Frida was raped, but her husband was killed. He had worked for the diplomatic service, and, when the Russians entered and ransacked his and Frida’s home, they found pictures of him in uniform with his ribbons and medals. They assumed that he was a dignitary, an official. He had built a hiding place behind a false wall, and he and Frida were there when the Russians entered the house; but these Russians were no fools: they tapped on the walls and found the two. They dragged Frida’s husband to the front of the house and hanged him there.
Edith’s little group of refugees learned these terrible facts only later; they learned about the rapes and killings and about the burning of all the homes of the neighborhood; they learned, too, that all the younger people were forced by the Russians into work camps.
For some reason, says Edith, after about two years, the Russians allowed Germans to leave, and so they did, traveling west. That was before the Wall had been erected to prevent emigration.
During that exodus and before, people were scattered throughout the country and had no way to find each other. Agencies such as the Red Cross organized efforts to reunite family and friends. Thus, they would announce that former citizens of town X were to meet in town Y at a certain date. People arrived there, carrying signs with their names on them. This went on for years.
Edith remembers one day—this was years later, when she lived near Hamburg—coming home from work and noticing the smells of cooking wafting from her family’s small apartment. She was alarmed, for she knew that, at that moment, her mother and sister were elsewhere. When she entered, she was astonished to find that the mystery cook was none other than her Oma Losa!
Manny hastens to add that, before Edith and her group left Pommern by rail, they had the option of travelling north, instead, to a Baltic harbor, where a ship awaited refugees. But travel by ship would mean abandoning various larger things that they hoped to take with them. Edith’s mother therefore insisted that they take the train.
That was fortunate: later, they learned that the Russians sank that ship, killing most on board. [After this taping session, my father read an issue of National Geographic that described the sinking of the Steuben. I have done further research, and it appears that three refugee ships (part of a massive evacuation project) were sunk by a Russian sub at about that time, killing perhaps 20,000 people. It is possible that the ship that my mother almost boarded was one of the other two. See also Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. See also Tragedy at Sea.]
Life as refugees:
So Edith’s little group, unlike so many others, did manage to escape to the west, to the area near the western port city of Hamburg. As Edith recalls, the area was at first controlled by the Americans, and then the British.
The Allied soldiers weren’t nearly as cruel as the Russians, but they were no angels. Rape was fairly common—it tended to happen to incautious “bad girls,” says Edith—and theft and ransacking were routine. Soldiers would regularly rifle through refugees’ suitcases and simply take what they wanted. Anyone who owned something of value—say, a radio—removed essential parts so that it didn’t work, hoping that that would deter theft, though Allied soldiers often simply smashed “broken” things.
Americans also tended to destroy anything that sported the Swastika, even though much that had no special connection with Nazism adorned with that symbol.
One had to be careful around Allied soldiers, to not be caught alone and in a quiet place with them. British soldiers seemed to be relatively decent and reliable compared to the Americans.
Edith remembers that many of the American soldiers who drove the trucks were black. She had never seen a black person before that.
Edith and Manny express disapproval at the misconduct of invading or occupying soldiers. German troops, says Manny, faced severe penalties for abusing civilians in occupied territories. Rape was especially forbidden in occupied territories, Edith explains, owing to the importance the Nazis placed on German racial purity. (One hopes that that was not the sole reason for the prohibition!)
Manny remembers that an older German friend named Karl—Manny met him years later, in Canada—was for a time thwarted in his efforts to emigrate, owing to a problem with his German military record. As a Wehrmacht soldier in Italy, some of Karl’s colleagues had taken firewood from a peasant, and the episode was duly noted as a black mark in Karl’s German military record!
Unfortunately for Karl, says Manny, the German army took a dim view of such misconduct relative to civilian populations.
Manny and Edith evidently detect no irony in the fact that, as they say, Germany applied high standards of conduct to its soldiers relative to the treatment of people. [To this day, my parents seem to view the Nazi atrocities that were revealed after the war as utterly strange, as though they were not a part of the Germany in which they lived.]
* * * * *
Edith’s arrival in Hamburg was no picnic. She and her small group were taken straight from the train to a large gymnasium—a kind of regional sports center, with wooden flooring. They were kept in that place with nothing to do for maybe two months.
Edith remembers how local families were forced to share their houses and apartments with the refugees, and this, along with other sacrifices in that time of scarcity and poverty, inspired strong anti-refugee feelings.
“They hated us,” she says, referring to the locals. She recalls when, during any icy February, soldiers came and ordered everyone in a neighborhood outside. Housing was then reassigned and people would be forcibly relocated and separated from their friends. Such events especially caused bitterness toward refugees.
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[IPython-user] (no subject)
Wed Jul 16 21:56:16 CDT 2008
> Mmh, I'm afraid that I'll need a more reproducible test case than
> that, with the actual tracebacks, to give you a suggestion. Because
> the generic case of "import foo, foo missing, install foo, repeat
> import foo" does work:
> You can also try IPython's dreload():
> which attempts a recursive reload.
> But yes, in summary, module reloading in python in general is a bit of
> an unpleasant mess.
Well, what can I say? It seems to work now. I dont know what to say, it
was driving me crazy repeatedly until just now with all sorts of modules.
dreload, i did not know about, I shall once again place IPython in my
coveted #4 spot in my .screenrc removing irssi. Thanks.
Lazyweb Construction Company,
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I’m going to take a moment to brag about my job. My research? Sit front row at a bridal fashion show and take photographs of all the glitz, glam, and glory. When I say you’ll kill for these dresses that I saw, I’m not kidding. There’s no kidding in weddings.
Wedding dresses are just exquisite, and any girl who says she doesn’t love to look is lying. What I love most about wedding dresses as time goes on is how varied they’ve become. Designers are daring to ditch tradition with colored wedding dresses, plunging backs, and sexy silhouettes.
While drooling over each frock as it made its way down the runway, I noticed some blaring trends that I couldn’t not share. You’ve got to nab these ideas before they become the norm. Bare backs, floral-inspired gowns with a twist, non-stop sparkles, and fearless necklines are begging to be shown off on the biggest day of your life.
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For over 20 years, Melissa & Doug has remained one of the leading names in innovative, educational, and fun toys for children. With a commitment to durability and creativity, each Melissa & Doug product is guaranteed to please both children and parents!
This sports-lover's floor puzzle shows the play every football fan waits for: a touchdown! Six points for blue - and high points for this durable puzzle, too: Its 48 pieces are made of extra-thick cardboard, so it's as tough as a lineman.
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Note: Box Elder finished with a 6-5 overall record in 2013 and was third in Region 5 with a 4-2 record. It lost to Woods Cross 42-14 in the first round of the 4A playoffs.
While many football teams are trying to spread out and speed up their offenses, the Box Elder Bees will do the opposite.
“It gives our 11 a chance, with all of them working together,” Box Elder coach Robbie Gunter said of his wing-T offense. “We feel it makes it difficult on defenses. In our region, these guys snap the ball so fast, and we want to slow it down, let that clock run, and try to put them in a bind by keeping them on the sidelines.”
The Bees finished third in the Region 5 race last year, and while they lost a lot of experience with graduation, Gunter said they retained some critical leaders.
“Connor Udy is going to be our quarterback, and he’s done a great job of stepping up and being a leader,” Gunter said. “Riley Burt (running back) is a great player and great athlete and he’s doing a really great job of working with the younger guys and just being a really good example.”
Burt rushed for 511 yards on 83 carries, and his workload will likely increase this season. Udy said he can’t wait to watch his teammate tear up defenses this fall.
“Riley Burt, he’s committed to BYU, and the kid is fast,” Udy said. “He’s so fast and just electrifying. Every time he gets the ball he can break away. I’m just excited to see how he embraces the commitment. He puts on his pads and plays hard.”
Udy said that he’s looking forward to the responsibility of leading this year’s team after being the starting safety last year and backup quarterback.
“Coach has really surrounded me with a lot of great players and put me in a position to be successful,” he said. “I love it. It’s definitely a stronger role and I do much more in the offense, but I love setting the team up. I really love the opportunity to be a leader and help the team.”
Gunter and his players feel confident about the upcoming season, despite losing most of last year’s starting lineup.
“I think we have the potential to be really good,” said Udy. “It’s a matter of putting it together, coming together as one, as a team ... and believing in each other. We have a lot of good individuals, and if we play together, we have the potential to make a run at the region championship.”
The Bees struggled with injuries last year, but that will actually help this year’s squad.
“We had kind of a senior-laden group last year, but we did get our younger guys some time because we had some injuries,” Gunter said. “The younger guys helped out, got some reps. And they’re a very competitive group.”
Gunter said this year’s team will have the same goals they have every year — to win.
“We play football to win,” he said. “Our goal is to win the region championship. We have a lot of work to do, but we’re doing the work.”
Like Udy, Gunter sees the key to the team’s success in its cohesiveness.
“We’re starting to come together,” he said. “We are really about putting the team first, really working together. Other teams have phenomenal athletes, but we just focus on trying to make our 11 better than (our opponents') 11.”
Box Elder Bees at a glance
Coach: In his sixth year as the head coach of the Box Elder Bees, Robbie Gunter owns a 27-27 record. The native of Idaho and SUU graduate has a 63-56 record in 12 years as a head coach.
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Notes and Editorial Reviews
This concise "tragedia buffa" (as Rautavaara calls it) is haunting and unusual in both subject matter and treatment. It is based on a true story of wealthy English-German twin sisters raised in St. Petersburg who move to southwest Finland with their family after the 1917 revolution. Since no one in the family speaks either Finnish or Swedish the father can't earn a living, and their fortunes begin to dwindle. After a few years the father, brother, and eldest sister commit suicide and the mother also dies, leaving just the twins. After the servants abandon them, the unprepared, isolated sisters proceed to toss kitchen scraps into an empty room, and the house becomes infested with rats. If
an occasional visitor from their past appears, they hire a local villager to pretend to be the servant. They live like this until 1987.
In the opera we meet the sisters, Noora and Riina (as they were called by their neighbors), and Eleanor and Irene (the same pair as young girls, sung by different women), in addition to a postman, two village boys, a community caretaker, a lawyer come to buy the property, and from their past, their father, mother, brother, and servant, Gregor. The opera moves between 1987 and 1917, occasionally acknowledging both at once, and also contains dream, or supernatural moments (the sisters are beckoned by a light in the garden). It's neither sad nor funny; there is a bittersweet quality and wackiness that works around the weird tragedy of it all.
Most of the music is in arioso style--brief, expressive melodies--and duets and ensembles abound. The sisters mostly sing together lyrically; since they are somewhat indistinguishable from one another, this makes sense. Frequently accompanied by gentle flutes amid the strings, even their more lucid moments have a dream-like quality. Their younger selves are sung by higher, lighter-voiced women. When the sisters experience the strange light in the garden, the otherwise normal, flowing orchestration turns eerie and hypnotic--and once or twice, menacing. In conversation with real outsiders, the vocal lines are more realistic give-and-take; but when, near the start of the second act, the sisters share a dream, two men in the dream sing a duet as sinuous and expressive as the music for the sisters themselves.
A brief interlude, sung in English when the sisters think they're entertaining a British friend (who is really the lawyer) has a sassy, snare-drum accompaniment and a 1920s pop swagger. After throwing out the intrusive lawyer--intrusive into reality, that is--and the two local boys who acted briefly as the servants, they are left in darkness when the boys turn off the electricity. The sisters wind up in a half-waking, half-dreamlike state ("It is time--it is time to go, time to know/ Everything is prepared, the veil falls off") with friends and family from the past arriving, and they all dance out into the moonlight.
The performances, vocal and instrumental, are beyond criticism, and with only a few longueurs, the opera is very effective. It may not be a masterpiece, and its understatement and strange wit keep it from being as potent as, say, the same composer's Aleksis Kivi--but it is compelling and engrossing, and in its own way quite beautiful and touching. It certainly won't remind you of anything else--Rautavaara has his own voice, and his own persuasive sensibility.
--Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com Read less
Works on This Recording
The House of the Sun by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Raija Regnell (Mezzo Soprano),
Ulla Raiskio (Alto),
Tuomas Katajala (Tenor),
Petri Backstrom (Tenor),
Tommi Hakala (Baritone),
Jukka Romu (Bass),
Markus Nieminen (Baritone),
Mia Huhta (Soprano),
Helena Juntunen (Soprano),
Anne-Kristiina Kaappola (Soprano)
Oulu Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1990; Finland
Date of Recording: 03/2003
Venue: Madetoja Hall, Oulu, Finland
Length: 64 Minutes 29 Secs.
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Overture
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act I: Rotta! Rotta! (Noora, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act I: Milloin tama paattyy, milloin maailma on kyllin tyhja meille (Noora, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act I: John! Victor! (Victoria, John, Eleanor, Irene, Victor)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act I: Minulla on kunnia ilmoittaa etta herra John on ampunut ... (Gregor, Eleanor, Irene, Victoria)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act I: Rina! Ovella on joku! (Noora, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act I: Se on postimies, Hermesson, Postimies (Riina, Noora, Hermesson)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act I: Kenties saapuu, kenties kuitenkin, jos toivoo (Noora, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Irene! Missa sina olet? Mina en voi nukkua (Eleanor, Irene)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Kun kerran aika on, kun kerran aika on, niin itsellesi kerro (Max Holstein, Sandro Riccioni, Eleanor, Irene)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Aamu jo sarastaa (Irene, Eleanor, Noora, Riina, Hermesson, Vikke, Rekku)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Paiva! (Mrs. Vilunen, Vikke, Rekku, Noora, Hermesson, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Kenet saan luvan ilmoittaa? (Rekku, Vikke, Rissonen, Noora, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Kylla kai tassa sentaan viela ollaan niinku samalla (Rissonen, Noora, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Ulos! Ulos! Ulos! (Noora, Riina, Vikke, Rekku)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Miksi on pimeaa? Joko nyt sahko katkaistiin? (Noora, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: On aika - on aika lahtea, on aika vihdoin tietaa (Eleanor, Irene, Noora, Riina)
Auringon talo (The House of the Sun): Act II: Minulia on kunnia ilmoittaa tilanomistaja John von Sonnig! (Gregor, Rekku, Dancers)
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The Sand King emphasizes area of effect damage more than most. All four of his abilities can damage multiple foes at once. Burrowstrike, his mainstay, damages and stuns targets in a line. In addition, when using this ability, the Sand King burrows to the target location which sets him up for additional attacks or spells. This can get him into trouble though, and to help evade counter attacks Crixalis uses Sand Storm. While active, this ability makes the Sand King invisible in the middle of a swirling storm of dust. Although he is unable to move while remaining invisible, nearby enemies will take damage as long as they remain in the storm. The Sand King can finish off groups off units with his Caustic Finale passive skill, which causes a deadly explosion every time he kills a unit with his physical attack. Epicenter, arguably Crixalis' most deadly ability, creates a pulsing earthquake centered on his location. When combined with Burrowstrike, this ability is often fatal to fragile heroes, and leaves tougher enemies wounded and limping for safety.
2. Caustic Finale
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STARTING ITEM BUILD:
Kelen's Dagger on this hero is a core-item.
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[mythtv-users] How do master and slave backends divide up work?
myth at dermanouelian.com
Fri Jan 4 15:39:00 UTC 2008
On Jan 4, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Ma Begaj wrote:
> I am thinking about building 2nd backend/frontend box.I have already
> have one backend/frontend box.
> I was thinking about the following problem this morning:
> how to make both of the boxes be "independent" but still using the
> same database without having third machine for the database.
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For families with children, we will opt for beach resorts or water slide resort so our cute customers can - after a day tour - cry out their energy and joy at the beach or pool before getting prepared for dinner.
In this website, you will find a quite limited choice of hotels. The purpose is to give general information but, obviously, we hold many many more hotels in our portfolio : when we will be acquainted with your expectations and budget, we will submit a choice of adequate hotels to your agreement.
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On the street: The numbers are in, and they're not good: Our homeless problem continues to worsen
Updated 5:30 am, Wednesday, June 1, 2011
If it seems like there are more homeless people visible on the streets and in the parks of the Houston metropolitan area, your eyes don't lie.
A recently released survey of the homeless population of Harris and Fort Bend counties indicates a 25 percent increase from the previous year. According to the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County, volunteers counted more than 8,500 men, women and children, with more than half that number living in unsheltered conditions.
The comparable count last year was more than 6,800. Add in prisoners at the Harris County Jail without homes and homeless people receiving emergency housing assistance, and the current total tops 13,000.
Equally disturbing is the high percentage of children who lack their own domiciles. The survey estimates 11,000 young people in the area either live in other people's homes or in shelters. A Houston Independent School District spokeswoman says nearly 4,000 students fall into that category, a sharp jump from last year.
The recession and resulting higher unemployment have caused people to lose their jobs and homes. Budget shortages to fund social services at local, state and federal levels are also exacerbating the situation. Last year federal stimulus funds helped thousands of Houstonians get emergency housing assistance, but those dollars are now depleted.
Helping the homeless is not a cheap, one-time proposition. As "Real Change, Not Spare Change," the coalition's strategic plan to address homelessness, makes clear, in order to maintain permanent housing, 35 percent of homeless adults will require lifelong, extensive care; 55 percent will need on-going contact with at least one service provider; and only 10 percent are affected by short-term, one-time homelessness.
Essential services they require include medical and mental health care and appropriate medications, substance abuse treatment and social skills training.
Coalition for the Homeless President and CEO Connie Boyd says there are some positive developments on the horizon. She says community providers are focusing on a coordinated intake system to identify and assist homeless people.
"Most places our size have something already in place but we don't," explains Boyd. While there are a number of excellent programs in place, "we're not connected very well, so people are working triple time to get information to people who are in need." A system that coordinates and shares information can maximize the limited resources available.
In another boost to the campaign to help the homeless here, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has designated Houston a priority community for assistance. At the request of HUD officials, the coalition is producing a self-assessment as a step toward tapping into additional federal resources. That could include technical assistance for existing efforts as well as accessing funding available through the Department of Labor and other federal agencies.
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Belvedere Vodka has commissioned brit luxe accessories designer Jonathan Kelsey (formerly with Jimmy Choo) to create something for their new black raspberry flavor. The result? a bag that would crush all others.
Previously on display for select VIPs at a secret pop-up store in New York's soho nabe, the bag is now on its maiden voyage oversees to a second private pop up in london, where visitors can watch Kelsey's muse Estelle in the making of the ad campaign on giant screens.
The monitors surround the slouchy summer, limited-edition bag in all its white and gold Italian leather glory. And it's accented with more gold detail and a raspberry pink suede interior. but not to miss a beat, Kelsey also outfitted it with a hidden compartment, perfect for that emergency bottle of Belvedere.
Jonathan Kelsey and Estelle Discuss the bag:
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For some reason, I have a pet peeve when I see people using the TRX Suspension Trainer at the incorrect lengths for certain exercises. So, here is the breakdown:
There are 4 length conventions of the Suspension Trainer: 1. “Length Short” 2. “Mid Length” 3. “Length Mid Calf” 4. “Length Long.”
Length Short: The yellow adjustment tabs are at their highest position on the Suspension Trainer. They will line up with the single hash mark on both straps. The Suspension Trainer is used at Length Short position to perform all variation of rows. For example: TRX High Row, TRX Mid Row and TRX Low Row.
Mid-Length: The yellow adjustment tabs align with the double hash marks in the middle of the main straps. ALL standing exercises (except for rows and 3 others which are performed at length long and will be discussed momentarily) are done at mid-length.
Length Mid Calf: Handles are at knee height/foot cradles are at calves. TRX Lunge is done at this length and any exercise that you perform on the floor: Plank, Mountain Climbers, Atomic Push-ups and Hamstring Curls to name a few.
Length Long: When the adjustment tabs are at their lowest point on the straps, the foot cradles should be 3″- 4″ off the floor. The chest press, sprinter’s start and front squats are the only exercises using the Suspension Trainer at “Length Long” when discussing basic exercises. There are other exercises that are performed at this length once you progress into the more advanced exercises which I will discuss in a future blog.
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Kenner police have arrested a man they say waved around a knife on a dance floor Saturday morning.
Cristian A. Garcia, 30, 2700 block of Helena Street, was booked with disturbing the peace, Lt. Wayne McInnis, Kenner Police Department spokesman said in a news release.
A security guard at the Taqueria Sanchez Restaurant/Bar, 2633 Williams Blvd., told police that he took the knife from the man about 1:25 a.m., who then fled, McInnis said.
Police found Garcia in the 1900 block of Veterans Boulevard and he was arrested after the security guard identified him.
Police Chief Steve Caraway said Saturday's incident is indicative of problems he is seeing at some institutions that serve alcohol late at night, requiring police presence if there is an incident.
"It's a drain on manpower," Caraway said, adding that police must leave neighborhood beats to respond.
The Kenner City Council is expected to consider strengthening its laws governing attire, conduct and weapons at establishments that serve alcohol.
Garcia remained Monday afternoon in the Kenner jail in lieu of $2,236.50 in bond, said McInnis. Of that amount, bond for Saturday's incident is $300 and the remaining is for four Kenner attachments: two additional disturbance of the peace, one traffic and one simple battery, McInnis said.
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this is # 16 in the ongoing Saturday Soundtrack series
The Mission (1986)
Original soundtrack from the motion picture, composed by Ennio Morricone, play time of 48:31, and 19 tracks (cues)
Ennio Morricone is certainly a recognizable name to those of us who listen to film music, and if you’re a very casual listener of this music probably all I have to do is remind you that he wrote the memorable music for the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns: A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It has been said by some, and I concur, that those films would not have been nearly as good without Morricone’s inspired compositions. The man – his music – is a legend in film music circles, writing music since 1959.
The music for this 1986 film is one of his greater commercial successes, and it’s a good one. That said, there are some cues here that are wonderful and others I skip while listening to the CD because I think they distract from the whole. One cue, “Gabriel’s Oboe” may be instantly recognizable to even non-film music listeners.
So if it’s not all completely wonderful why am I doing a Saturday Soundtrack on it? Because what is good here is very good indeed. This may be a soundtrack to preview on a download site and pick the cues you want. For me, the CD is in hand and I play it fairly often. You probably will too.
Track list of The Mission CD: 1. On Earth As It Is In Heaven 2. Falls 3. The Mission – Gabriel’s Oboe 4. Ave Maria Guarani 5. Brothers 6. Carlotta 7. Vita Nostra 8. Climb 9. Remorse 10. Penance 11. The Mission 12. River 13. Gabriel’s Oboe 14. Te Deum Guarani 15. Refusal 16. Asuncion 17. Alone 18. Guarani 19. The Sword | <urn:uuid:238a223a-d79d-45d4-8c5a-d5b571f77d6c> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | https://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/have-some-morricone/ | 2016-05-01T23:09:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860117244.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161517-00099-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918087 | 435 | [
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OverDoz. “Why We Never Leave The Ghetto”
More G-Funk goodness from the L.A. rap quartet.
OverDoz. Talks ‘2008,’ Working With Pharrell, and Miami Strip Clubs
Meet the wild bunch from the City of Angels.
OverDoz. “Last Kiss” Video
This video certainly promises much from the group referred to by LA Weekly as L.A.’s “freakiest and cheekiest collective.”
Overdoz “Last Kiss” (Prod. Pharrell Williams)
This is definitely something to bump during the hot-ass summer ahead.
Overdoz “F*ck Yo DJ” ft. A$AP Ferg
OverDoz “Rich White Friends” Video
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Four minutes after an off-duty police officer called for an ambulance at his Deptford home, EMS was dispatched to the scene of an early-morning shooting.
Deptford Police Officer James Stuart placed the call on a “side phone” line, not 911, prompting Gloucester County Communications Center dispatchers to question whether the call was a “joke.”
Dispatchers heard on the emergency call audio recordings claimed officers “mess around” on late morning shifts.
Now, Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton plans to launch a county-wide investigation of police-dispatcher conduct.
The issue of “officers joking around” with dispatchers was raised after the release of Stuart’s Jan. 5 emergency call transcript and audio recording.
Stuart, 29, called a non-emergency phone line at the Deptford Police Department to report his friend David Compton, 27, had been shot in the cheek, according to the audio tape. Days later, Compton died of the fatal bullet wound to the head. Stuart has been charged with Compton’s murder.
On the recordings, police dispatchers contact a Deptford police sergeant to sort out the curious call. It takes about four minutes for dispatchers to receive confirmation that the call is real and to dispatch an ambulance to Stuart’s Stanford Road home.
Typically, an ambulance is dispatched to an emergency scene in under a minute, according to Tom Butts, the county’s emergency management director who oversees the countywide dispatch system.
The dispatch delay, he said, can be chalked up to “the way the call came in.”
“The way it came in is a little bit out of the norm,” Butts said. “I think [the call] should have gone directly to 911, and that police officer should have known that.”
The side phone line is a recorded non-emergency number available to dispatchers in the Clayton-based communications center which allows them to call out of the building. The line is also made available to police officers in the field who need to contact their dispatcher who may be on the line with a 911 call.
“Had it come in as a 911 call, it would have been expedited very quickly,” said Butts. “If a call comes in, we handle it at face value. We send the assets out.”
While an ambulance was dispatched to Stuart’s Stanford Avenue home, the conversation referencing more than one police shift “messing around” has raised a red flag with the prosecutor’s office.
Police dispatcher Patricia Warlow is heard telling Deptford Police Sgt. Edward Kiermeier on the call recording that she knows “the other shifts will, like, mess around late in the morning.”
Deptford Police Chief Daniel Murphy did not return the Times’ request for comment Friday.
“We are reviewing the issue,” Dalton told the Times late Friday. “The police need to maintain a good working relationship with dispatchers. They need to maintain their professionalism at all times.”
The state Attorney General’s Office has not received complaints about false 911 calls by police officers. Knowingly placing false calls to a 911 emergency phone system is a fourth-degree crime in New Jersey.
Butts has not received complaints from dispatchers regarding phony police calls, the emergency management director said, adding that he has discussed the issue with Warlow. He would not divulge details of the conversation, calling it a private “personnel issue.”
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Ok first off Im not a perv or anything but I seen the most beautiful boy in the whole wide world at Coachella.
He was prob. no older then 16 and was only wearing very short blue velvetish 70s style running shorts and sun glasses. He was one of those faces that would make even a straight guy say 'hes hot'. He might of been from out of the country or just plain ole white boy.
Did any one see this kid?
and another was this Italian Stallion out front on Sunday I saw as I was getting rid of some extra tickets. He spoke not a word of english, was wearing a white v neck and blue jeans and tanned.
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If Willy Wonka and the Wizard of Oz started a rock band with Paul McCartney and Pee Wee Herman, it might come close to what McHatton has achieved here…
Following up on his 2011 hit I Think I’m a Bunny, which soared to #1 on the kid’s music charts, McHatton, along with his furry purple friend, Marvy, and adorable seven-year-old daughter, Hazel, bring another helping of sweet, pure, honest, musical interaction. The result is deep, magical fun indeed, and a worthy successor to McHatton’s critically-acclaimed Galactic Champions of Joy (2011) and Sundays at the Rocket Park (2010).
The Sgt. Pepper-esque The Man in the Hat kicks off the show, alerting listeners from the start that they’re in for something wonderful. Old school, classic radio/TV playfulness mashes up beautifully with Todd’s trademark indie-rock, modern sound.
That sense of wonder, beauty, and silliness reaches new heights on this gorgeous, rocking, and often moving album. Fun Time Dream Band overflows with the dense, quirky, sunshine, Nilsson-inspired pop that McHatton excels at, while introducing a new element of innocent simplicity brought to glowing life in the voices of Marvy and his little orange friend, Finch. Wacky absurdity and unexpected, intangible, moments of glory pervade this lush, beautiful collection.
Immediately following the introduction to Marvy’s Dream Band, we’re brought into the infectious, silly, call and response of Here’s the Thing, reaffirming how Marvy and his joyful personality can wriggle their way into our ears and hearts. Next up is Ooh Shiny, one of the standout pop songs of McHatton’s career thus far. Marvy and friends are nowhere to be found on this power pop gem, and yet somehow it maintains its splendid cohesion with the rest of the album.
The new shining star in McHatton’s never-ending arsenal of charming characters is the little fuzzy and orange monster, Finch, who takes the lead on the exceptional synth-pop dance extravaganza Fuzzy & Orange, another of the album’s standout tracks. Alright Already is a party power-pop, fist pumper with Marvy and Hazel joining in on the chorus.
A spectacular scheme slowly unfolds between Marvy and Hazel on the sweetly hilarious The Plan with the Crystal and the Bear.
Big Smiley Face and Warm & Sunny feature Marvy in all his splendid, psychedelic glory. While the term ‘psychedelic’ has been applied to much of McHatton’s music, few tracks have been as over the top as some of the gems on Fun Time. The expansive, whimsical genius of Warm & Sunny will open up new dimensions for freak-out fans, while simultaneously delighting aficionados of simple, joyful pop. Close your eyes and you’ll swear your speakers are spraying the room with Day-Glo colors.
Fun wordplay and storytelling seamlessly intertwine with the luscious, sweet, earthy pop that McHatton excels at on Ee Oh and Hill Larry Us.
Hazel and Marvy take the lead again on Making Cookies and Hey There Neighbor. Their warm, genuine interactions are captured in all their miraculous glory.
McHatton returns to lead with Rainbows Surround You, revealing his obvious deep adoration and admiration for his daughter.
So Nice To Meet Ya is a shout-out for some creative playtime with Marvy and the gang.
Todd McHatton Presents Marvy Monstone’s Mysterious Fun Time Dream Band is the universe’s most magical candy shop; a place where everything is somewhat familiar but altogether strange and beautiful, overflowing with tasty, psychedelic, magical, monster jams. It's a unique, lovely, and altogether exceptional pop album for families, with all the hidden complexities that McHatton is known for. Conceptually rich, McHatton has managed a deep dive into the hearts and minds of his strange and wonderful characters, and the result is a pop masterpiece, with a gooey, celebratory oddity that will appeal to Zappa, Beatles, and modern indie pop fans alike. | <urn:uuid:f5660318-25bd-41be-8b43-46c799cb594e> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/toddmchatton5 | 2016-04-29T11:37:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860111313.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161511-00203-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905608 | 880 | [
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Home > Around Town > Lost in an ocean of sound
Lost in an ocean of sound
Heaven's Gateway Drugs makes a classic
By EA Poorman
Fort Wayne Reader
Once in a while it happens. Once in a blue moon your favorite local band do good and make a great rock n' roll album. Whether you live in Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, or Indianapolis, sometimes in your own Midwest town that local group of 9 to 5ers you watch on local stages and beyond that you admire(and possibly live through through their glories) happen to put out a record that pushes all your buttons. You listen to it and realize that these songs contained on the CD in your player are as good as anything that's getting ten times as much attention throughout the country; the world even.
Fort Wayne, Indiana is lucky enough to have more than just a handful of bands that have given the world plenty to devour with their ears. One of those band in particular is Heaven's Gateway Drugs. They consist of C. Ray Harvey on guitar, vocals, keys, and arranging duties; Derek Mauger on guitars and vocals; Josh Elias on bass and vocals; Eric Frank on drums and percussion; and Ben Carr on percussion and the band's spiritual center and all around shaman. They've been a band for a little over a year, hitting stages back in the spring of 2012, all of them coming from other local Fort Wayne bands (Carr appeared from purple smoke and mystic chants and has stayed since).
In the summer of 2012 the band put out a cassette-only release CPF Cassettte, something to share with the crowds amassed at the Cincy Psych Fest last summer. Well, after many shows, recording sessions in Detroit, MI with Eric Oppitz at Space Camp Studios, and some serious chowing at Eli's BBQ in Cincinnati, OH, You Are Heaven's Gateway Drugs is here and ready to seduce your ears. C. Ray Harvey and Derek Mauger were kind enough to answer a few questions in-between shows.
EAP: It's been a little over a year since Heaven's Gateway Drugs descended upon Fort Wayne and the world. Has it been as wild a ride as it seems?
Derek Mauger: There hasn't been a dull moment yet.
C. Ray Harvey: It's been very busy. What people don't see is that aside from playing a crazy amount of shows, especially out-of-town, we practice twice a week and discuss forward movement within the group on an almost daily basis. It can be difficult to keep a band pushing forward after you check off the initial goals of "write some songs, play a few shows, get out of town, record something" - it's been critical for us to keep posting goals in front of ourselves and moving towards them.
EAP: What have been some of the highlights over the last year?
DM: To name a few; our first show with Night Beats, they're a band we all really like. Setting up a tent city at Off The Cuff Studio with our closest friends — we didn't leave the property the entire weekend, it was like living in a commune. Cincy Psych Fest was amazing, and the pulled pork sandwiches from Eli's were the best food we've ever eaten.
CRH: Hearing kids scream "Get him out of here" while careening through crowds with a guitar. Explaining why I have microphone grill marks on my face to coworkers. Kissing Ben Carr on the mouth. Telling work clients the name of the band and quickly confirming that, yes, it does reference both death cults and illegal substances.
EAP: Talk a little bit about You Are Heaven's Gateway Drugs, your new long player? It's a really great album to my ears, as I'm sure every ear it hits. How was the recording process? Did you record in your practice space or did you go back to Off The Cuff and Jason Davis?
DM: We went up to our friends in Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor's studio called Space Camp Studios in Detroit and did all the tracking in one weekend. We completed a few overdubs back home and then C. Ray mixed the whole thing. Once it was mixed, C. Ray flew out to LA and met with Dave Cooley who mastered it. We loved the way Sisters album sound and that's who they used for mastering, he has also worked with BRMC and Black Angels so he was an obvious choice for us.
CRH: I'm a control freak. I learned more from recording at Off the Cuff and Jason Davis than I could have from working on a laptop in a decade. But I was ready to have more time to experiment and control the mixing process. So we talked to Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor, whose record sounds great, and found out they did it themselves. I worked out a deal to track drums, bass, and guitars with them. We took what we got back and finished vocals, keys, noises, etc. in my apartment. I mixed it there. Then I dropped it off to Dave Cooley for mastering in LA. He did mastering for some Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Black Angels records, so his finishing touch was nice.
EAP: With two distinct vocalists, are the songs penned by the guy singing any particular song? Or are they a complete group effort regardless of the voice coming through the speakers?
CRH: Usually somebody brings chords and maybe a melody. The rest gets worked out in practice. Lyrics are usually penned by the one who ends up singing, but there are several examples on the record of Derek or I writing verses, while the other writes choruses or a bridge. Some were a total group effort. Black Lady and Where Were You were written while recording vocals.
DM: Not necessarily the former, most often the latter. It's essentially who ever has the best melody. Or who gets a nod of approval from Ben.
EAP: The sound is very clean on the record. Much poppier than say a song like CPF Cassette's "Highway Hypnosis" and "Missed Connection(Shadow)". Was that more of an intentional thing, or just letting the songs be what they are?
DM: There weren't any preconceived ideas about what style of songs we were writing, ie- poppy or heavy. But we did go into the studio with the goal of capturing a bigger sound.
CRH: I'm not a fan of making records that sound bad on purpose, unless there is a really strong reason for presenting it that way. I don't think the analog recordings we did sounded bad by any stretch, but I wanted something that was more accessible to outsiders. I wanted a record that sounded like a modern record trying to sound like an old record. I'm convinced that despite the clean approach, it still sounds old to the majority of listeners that are unfamiliar with the genre. If it sounds clean to lovers of garage music, then I feel I've done my job.
EAP: Are you guys surprised by the overwhelming positive reaction from Fort Wayne and beyond to the band and their psychedelic circus?
DM: I'm speaking for everyone but we feel really grateful about the response here. We made a point to make the band about more than just the 5 of us but we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into or what the response would be.
CRH: I am incredibly surprised every time we play a show that I don't think anybody will show up to. I've never been in a band, and honestly haven't seen but a few other local bands that can pull a crowd of over 100 people on a Wednesday night at a venue that isn't the Brass Rail. It's not by accident: we've obviously put together a presentation that goes beyond setting up amps and playing songs. We strive to make an all-senses, overwhelmingly inclusive experience. We still hear feedback trickle back that some people think it's a bullshit front, but it's really just us putting together the show that we'd want to see. We are not trying to be the band that soundtracks your drinking experience. We are trying to be the reason that you came to the bar.
EAP: Are you guys planning on hitting any festival dates this summer? The band is now mobile as HGD now has a "company" van as it were. Will there be some extensive customizing to the HGDs psych van? Will Anton Newcombe be pimping your ride?
DM: There aren't any festivals on our calendar yet, but we do plan on getting out of town at the minimum of a few weekends a month. It's looking like a busy summer already. The van is pushing 30 but it looks like it just rolled off the assembly line, its a beaut. Since it's technically Eric's van, I'd feel bad letting Anton at it without Eric's permission. But I'm sure he could lend us a few pointers.
CRH: Eric Frank has already overseen some marvelous van modifications. We haven't pursued any festivals this year. Austin Psych Fest is a goal for next year. Right now we are focused on stretching our family beyond Fort Wayne and gaining a foothold in a few other Midwest cities.
EAP: Over a year in and it seems like Heaven's Gateway Drugs are in it for the long haul. What's in store for HGD in 2013? European dates? Jools Holland? A galactic love-in?
DM: 2013 is looking like the year of the weekend warriors for us. We all still have good full time jobs so there's a work/band work balance for the time being. Definitely more recording and hopefully putting some new stuff out there this summer. If things continue at the rate they have been, 2014 is going to be even busier.
CRH: More recording. I feel like the cassette last year was a good benchmark of where we started. The full-length is a similar benchmark for where we ended 2012. The songs we are writing now continue to pay homage to, but also widen the well-tread road of psych music. I also feel that our newer material establishes us more as a unique voice in modern psych. Overall, the goal in my mind will always be to use the psychedelic toolkit to craft irresistible pop songs.
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THE TALE OF TWO AGENDAS: PUBLIC MUST CALL ON SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO EXPLAIN PRESENCE OF SECRET, HIDDEN AGENDAS
By DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI News and Commentary
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013) — The Pittsfield School Committee‘s dubious practice of issuing two separate agendas for its meetings — one for the public and a separate, secret one with administration recommendations meant for committee members only — raises many questions and at minimum creates a perception of insider dealing.
The public needs to rise up and demand an end to the practice.
We spoke with a retired judge about this, and he agreed: The perception of impropriety is the least of the concerns. As we wrote in our original expose, published below, the recommendations coming from the administration to the school committee raise numerous questions.
A Game Played by and for the Insiders
The issuing of secret “recommendations” implies previous communications between the committee and the superintendent or his deputies. This would be a clear violation of the open meeting laws. It is also likely a violation of the law to have two separate agendas for the same public meeting, with one of them being hidden from the public and available only to the meeting’s insiders. The school committee must issue an agenda for its meetings, but if the administration wants to convey its recommendations in policy items, it must do so in a separate document or in the meeting itself, each time in public and out in the open, not in the windowless back room.
As we pointed out, the “recommendations” are not “recommendations” at all. They are orders, since the committee almost invariably follows the script. Moreover, they subvert the proper relationship between the committee and the school department, which should be one of employer (committee)-employee (PSD). The secret policy orders also call into the question the overall legitimacy of every school department action since the recommendations were first secretly being printed.
PLANET Poster MG1188 Speaks from Experience
One of the most cogent responses to THE PLANET‘s exclusive coverage came from one of our posters, MR.G1188. He writes:
This really is a shock to me Dan. I served on a school committee locally (NOT Pittsfield) for quite a number of years and think perhaps the worst part of this news is that it taints, simply by association, all those school committees who run honestly, openly and properly. I think everyone, no matter where one lives, thinks the school committee is fixed and that all matters are decided in the proverbial smoke-filled room, behind closed doors. I was SO pleasantly surprised to find that not to be the case. We NEVER met privately, never e-mailed each other…and never, never, never had recommendations made by the administration. The School Committee is the BOSS of the administration…not vice-versa. It’s set up that way for a reason. The administration is supposed to answer to the committee which is representing the people! Debate is supposed to be debate; a time where the administration can, and should, make its positions & preferences clear. The committee should then openly discuss, come to their own conclusions and vote their conscience. Wow…to do anything else is unconscionable and should be illegal. The secret agendas, if correlated back with votes over time, should be judged a violation of open meeting laws since all decisions appear to be made in advance rendering the meeting meaningless. Wow. Thanks Dan
These comments are spot on target.
Meanwhile, THE PLANET calls upon both the school committee and the administration to publicly explain why the “recommendations” are there, when this practice began, and to immediately cease the practice. We also call upon the public to contact interim Supt. Gordon Noseworthy and school committee members voicing an objection to this practice of double agendas.
Here is THE PLANET’s original and exclusive coverage of an issue no other media outlet dared to report:
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(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2013) — Keep this in mind as the Pittsfield School Department presents its budget: The outcomes are rigged. Taxpayers find themselves in a game of three-card monte. The dice are loaded. The cards are marked. The butcher has his finger on the scale.
Da Man, he tells you: “Just shut up and pay your taxes, which are going up again this year, chump.”
THE PLANET now offers compelling evidence of the rampant scamming going on in what poses as the deliberative actions of democracy within, with, for, and about the school department. We found it on the agendas of the “Regular Meeting[s] of the Pittsfield School Committee.” You’ve heard of crooked businesses keeping two sets of books? In this case, the school department keeps two sets of agendas, one for viewing, one for the players.
Double-Dealing on School Committee Agendas
Let’s begin by discussing agendas. Do agendas serve a good purpose? Yes, we believe, assuming that the meetings for which they are generated are deemed valuable if not necessary. Once circumstances require a meeting, agendas serve as check lists for points of order, establishing as they do the chronology of presentations during any given official deliberation. Long ago, early in our career in the Dreaded Private Sector, we made it a rule to walk out of any meeting that did not have a written agenda. If the meeting is necessary, the agenda will make that clear. No agenda was almost always a sure sign of a meaningless waste of time.
Agendas presage the flow of the meeting, give a quick look at the gathering’s logic, provide evidence of the thought behind the meeting, help define purpose, help attendees prepare, and, while a meeting progresses, supply a compass to help the chair keep the gathering on target. THE PLANET likes agendas.
THE PLANET does not, however, like the agendas the way the Pittsfield School Committee and the School Administration use them. We don’t like the double dealing, literally — for we have discovered that for each school committee, there are two agendas, not one. The first agenda is the one the public and press see. It lists meeting items, and that’s it. Properly so, the public agendas do not take position on issues. For example, if the item reads, “Appointment of School Nurse,” it will not include a recommendation. The public never gets a view of the second, secret GOB agenda. The second agenda is a stew cooked up between the administration the the school committee.
In the secret agenda, each item includes a “recommendation” from the school department administration to the school committee. For “recommendation,” read “marching orders.”
Serious Business with Taxpayer Dollars
Let’s spell this out for anyone who fails to see the seriousness: The second, secret agenda, which only school committee members and school administrators see, includes the actions the administration dictates to the school committee. In other words, the secret agendas list administrative positions on the various issues, so there will be no doubt when committee members vote that they will be counted “fer” or “agin” the administration. If you want to stay officially in the “inner circle” in Pittsfield, you had better vote the way the recommendation tells you to vote.
To show you how this dishonest process works, consider the agenda of the Wednesday, Jan. 23 meeting of the school committee, selected at random. There were six items for action. Each came with a “recommendation.” For example, item IV A.
“Superintendent Search Update.
That the School Committee accept the Superintendent Search Update, as presented by Bill Garr.”
The school committee voted as ordered.
The word “recommendation” may seem innocuous, but what if committee members disagree with what they are told to do? In that case, even before a meeting began, they would already be at odds with what the Establishment wanted. If they followed through on their convictions, a rare thing for members of the school committee to do save for Terry Kinnas and on occasion Dan Elias, they would have to bear the brand of “heretic” after acting upon their objections. Since they receive agendas prior to the actual meetings, this would encourage pre-meeting consultations to iron-out positions, something that would violate the state’s Open Meeting Laws.
On that same Jan. 23 agenda, Item V, C “recommends that the committee approve the revised FY13 school system operating budget.” With tens of millions of dollars — roughly $92 million — on the line, the “recommendation” is not only presumptuous but borderline illegal. Again, the committee did as told
Taking a Dive for the Short-End Money
The “recommendations” are the equivalent of getting to a boxer before the fight and convincing him to take a dive for the short-end money. They also are kissing cousins of illegal deliberations, since they imply pre-consultative actions involving the committee, through its chair or otherwise, and the administration. How else could the secret agenda be printed with the “recommendations?”
As you have probably put together by now, the school administration’s “recommendations” to the school committee are that in name only. THE PLANET has analyzed several months worth of school committee agendas, comparing the public and hidden versions. In virtually every case, the school committee voted in tandem with the administration. The “recommendations” are actually orders.
The committee followed orders in almost every case where a “recommendation” was made. Such conformity undermines the legitimacy of the relationship between the committee and administration, which should be one of checks and balances. The school committee serves as the collective boss of the administration, but in Pittsfield, it’s the other way around. The proper relationship should be an employer/employee (committee/administration) relationship, the same as you have with your boss at work. As the dictated actions on the secret agenda reveal, though, the administration runs the asylum. What the GOB wants via the school department administration, it gets.
A School Committee on both ‘The Take’ and the Short Leash of Noseworthy-Behnke
Bluntly put, the Pittsfield School Committee is on the take — for what reason or for what gain, THE PLANET cannot say. We can say that the school administration has this group in its pocket, and this year’s school committee election may give voters a chance to give the Conformists the boot and elect quality candidates who won’t put up with this puppet-master relationship.
Don’t be fooled by the stage play presently being enacted by Mayor Dan Bianchi (as opposed to school committeeman Dan Bianchi) and theNoseworthy-Behnke tandem that presently the obscenely bloated, $100 million school department request, which the N-B Team under-handedly calls a $57 million request by leaving out the cost of transportation, maintenance, and benefit packages (all neatly hidden away on the city side of the ledger). This “fight” is being waged for show, so that, when a fake compromise is reached, politics will be served. Bianchi will claim he lowered the budget, when all he did was limit the increase. The school administration will point to its sacrifice as a team player. When the bull gives way to silence, of course, Mary Jane and Joe Kapanski will again be looking at another round of tax hikes.
The blame for this regrettable situation rests with School Supt., interim,Gordon Noseworthy and with every member of the school committee that has gone along with the Double Agenda practice. Now that THE PLANET has exposed the ruse, we call upon Alf Barbalunga, Kathy Yon, Kathy Amuso, Dan Elias, Dan Bianchi, Jim Conant, and Kinnas to cease accepting agendas with Administration orders. THE PLANET calls upon Mayor Bianchi, specifically, to condemn the practice of agendas with “recommendations.” We would like to see Bianchi and chairman Barbalunga issues a joint public statement to that effect. Again, Noseworthy and his crew can call them “recommendations,” but in effect they constitute orders.
The practice should stop, immediately.
As the the final budget, tax hikes will be inevitable until and unless a firebrand steps forward to organize and harness the anger of common, good, tax-paying citizens, turning then into political activists who will march in vast numbers to city hall and attend the upcoming budget deliberations, demanding a stop to the games.
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This should be an issue in the upcoming elections, particularly in the race for school committee, although it could very well enter the mayoral arena, since Mayor Dan Bianchi is a member of the school committee and has not said a word about this untrustworthy agenda daring-do.
“You ten-foot poet among inchlings. Fat! / Begone! An inchling bristles in these pines …” — Wallace Stevens, from “Bantams in Pine Woods.”
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
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Week 11 of the NFL season is in the books, and Big Ten products made quite the impact. All season long, use our Big Ten NFL Stat Tracker to see how ex-Big Ten stars performed each week. Simply click on a player’s name, and the link will lead you to his NFL.com game log. Every Tuesday, Brent Yarina singles out the best offensive, defensive and special teams performances, plus links to their NFL.com highlights. Watch our interview with Nebraska’s Alfonzo Dennard now and see Brent’s Week 11 winners in this post.
The Big Ten Conference released its weekly Wrestler of the Week honor Tuesday. The third honor of the season went to Minnesota’s Kevin Steinhaus, who helped the Gophers upset reigning national champ Penn State. See what else he did to earn the award in this post.
Saturday is still five days away. But it isn’t too early to sneak a peek at the matchups. There’s a lot riding on the line for the last weekend of regular-season action. Penn State and Wisconsin will play to decide who will advance to play Michigan State in the Big Ten title game; Purdue is trying to become bowl eligible; and it’s Ohio State-Michigan week. The storyline: The Wolverines are trying to end seven years of misery and enhance their BCS at-large resume.
Every Sunday night during the hoops season, Brent Yarina recaps the week that was on the men’s hardwood and hands out his weekly honors. See Brent’s first installment, for action from Nov. 14-20, in this post.
Every week during the football season, Brent Yarina posts his latest Big Ten Power Rankings. Week 12 saw Michigan State clinch the Legends Division and a spot in the Big Ten title game. As for the power rankings, they are not meant to mimic the Big Ten standings. What fun would that be? They aren’t scientific, either. They’re simply Brent’s thoughts on where each Big Ten team stands after its latest game and entering its next contest. Agree? Disagree? Tweet @BTNBrentYarina. | <urn:uuid:3949dae7-be01-48ff-bbe4-65360e2252c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://btn.com/schools/minnesota/page/143/ | 2016-04-29T19:56:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860111396.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161511-00093-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950573 | 454 | [
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IN RE: the Claim of ARNALDO RIVERA, Respondent. BYRNE DAIRY, INC., Appellant. COMMISSIONER OF LABOR, Respondent.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Calendar Date: February 25, 2014
Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed November 2, 2012, which ruled that claimant was entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
After the employer received complaints from certain customers regarding stores not being merchandised properly, claimant, who was the merchandiser assigned to these stores and had been previously warned regarding his job performance, was terminated. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ultimately ruled that claimant's unsatisfactory job performance did not constitute disqualifying misconduct and found him eligible for benefits. The employer appeals.
We affirm. “Not every discharge for cause rises to the level of misconduct disqualifying a claimant from receiving unemployment insurance benefits” (Matter of Donovan [Bay Orthopedic & Rehabilitation Supply Co.—Commissioner of Labor],
96 AD3d 1312, 1312 [citations omitted] ). Here, the Board chose to credit claimant's explanations regarding his job performance that support a conclusion that he was not “deliberately failing to carry out his job duties.” Inasmuch as “[t]he Board is the final arbiter of factual matters involving questions of credibility ․, we cannot conclude that the Board abused its discretion in finding claimant to be eligible for benefits” (Matter of Poladian [Smithmyer—Commissioner of Labor], 87 AD3d 1196, 1197 [internal citations omitted]; see Matter of Garcia [BS & F Auto Parts, Inc.—Commissioner of Labor], 104 AD3d 985, 986 ).
Peters, P.J., Stein, McCarthy and Rose, JJ., concur.
ORDERED that the decision is affirmed, without costs.
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VeganMoFo: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Everyone knows that the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a classic horror film, but what about the sequel? I consider it an enjoyable movie, much sillier than the first and pretty gross. I think the Breakfast Club movie poster spoof is an obvious indication that this movie was supposed to be more campy than the original. Last year, I watched it with a group of people who had never seen it before…and none of them liked it! They all said it was horrible.
I will say that this movie is the only sequel that follows the timeline of the original, it has John Siedow (the cook) from the original, and it is also directed by Tobe Hooper. So unlike some sequels that have nothing to do with their original film, this one has a lot of ties and I think that alone makes it worth watching. No matter if it seems good or bad, I always want to see where a sequel will take the story of a movie I really like.
Not only does this movie have Bill Mosley (Otis from Devil’s Rejects) at the beginning of his long horror movie career, but Dennis motherloving Hopper plays a grief-crazed uncle hellbent on revenge! Makeup effects by Tom Savini are also a bonus.
If you don’t want to watch the movie, you can just listen to this awesome song by the biggest local band my town has ever had.
Entree: In this movie, Drayton Sawyer is famous for his chili. Texas chili is special though, no beans allowed!
Side: Who wants to eat chili without cornbread? I find most cornbread recipes too dry, so when I discovered corn spoon bread (recipe below), I was in love.
Dessert: I’ve never been to Texas, but I remember one of my mom’s friends was always bringing Texas Sheet Cake to get-togethers (I think she just used german chocolate frosting from a can, but whatevs).
Corn Spoon Bread
This recipe is from one of my zines, which is no longer in print. This is a veganized and modified version of a recipe I found years ago. I hate most cornbreads because I find them too dry. But this bread is dense, extremely moist, and flavorful. I used to put whole kernel corn in it as well, but about half of the people who ate it that way didn’t like it, so i’ve omitted it from the recipe. But if you really love corn, go ahead and add it in. I don’t go through things like vegan mayo or sour cream very fast, so this is a good way to use things like that up.
1 1/4 c all purpose flour
3/4 c corn meal
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 c non-dairy milk
1/4 c canola oil
1/4 c maple syrup
1/2 c vegan sour cream, plain yogurt, or vegan mayo
1 can creamed corn
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a square nonstick baking pan (or a muffin pan).
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt. In a smaller bowl, whisk together the rice milk, canola oil, maple syrup and sour cream (it’s okay if the sour cream is a little lumpy). Add the wet ingredients into the dry. Add the creamed corn and gently mix until just combined.
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It’s hard to believe a seaside amusement park once existed in San Francisco’s West End, twirling carnival-goers on the Big Dipper and shooting them up on the Diving Bell. This legendary amusement park, Playland at the Beach, embodied the strange, wacky, and fun-filled carnival scene of another era, and now, the former seaside park lives on, in miniature, as the new Garden Railway exhibit at the Conservatory of Flowers. It’s one more reason to bring the kids back to Golden Gate Park.
Go: The exhibit is now showing and will be up through April 15, 2012. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Travel deets: If you’re driving in, see if you can find free three- to four-hour parking on Conservatory or John F. Kennedy Drives before heading to the Music Concourse Garage. Those taking public transportation will be best served by one of several Muni bus lines.
What to see: The twinkling carnival lights of Playland at the Beach brighten the miniature amusement park scene, which is amazing in its detail. The whole thing is made from recycled bits like old pencil sharpeners and discarded light fixtures. The kids won’t be able to hop on the teeny rides, but they’ll still be excited to watch the mini airplanes spin and the carousel twirl.
Playland’s famed attractions are all there, including the Fun House and Candy Factory, while surrounding landmarks that once stood in the area, like the Sutro Baths and Victorian-era Cliff House, complete the scene. The set includes dwarf plants and model trains and trolleys winding their way through the Garden Railway. And of course, the museum’s themed galleries are filled with wild and beautiful foliage, from giant water lilies to meat-eating plants.
Possible lunch spots: Food isn’t allowed in the museum and there’s no café or restaurant on site. If you bring your own picnic, we recommend enjoying it before you come in. Restaurants at nearby Golden Gate Park museums include The Moss Room at the California Academy of Sciences and the de Young café.
How to dress: Many of the plants at the Conservatory come from the jungle so it’s no wonder it feels like one inside. Temperatures can reach as high as 85 degrees or more, so be prepared to peel off layers.
Need to know: Strollers aren’t allowed in the museum, but may be parked outside. If you’re looking for interactive play opportunities for the young ones, there are some arcade games, a photo booth, and fun house mirrors to run through.
Bonus: Check out the scavenger hunt spinning wheel first – it’s a great way to get the kiddos involved with exploring the museum.
Cost of trip: Free to $7 depending on age and residency. The Conservatory is free the first Tuesday of each month.
— Renee Macalino
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Dec 8, 2015 at 4:21 PM
The family of Mr. Lyles will receive friends Saturday, March 29, 2014 from noon until 1 p.m. with funeral to follow at J.C. Hellum Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Nathan Waters will serve as eulogist. Interment will follow at Wilson County Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Lyles, age 67, died March 19, 2014.
Survivors include his children, Gregory (Mary) Lyles, Shantell Britt, Garry (Toni) White Jr.; three brothers, Walter, Donnie, and Alvis Lee Owens; Jr.; sister, Debbie (Rufus) Walker; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
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Carnival Imagination Cruise Review by carnivallover809: Carnival Imagination - Western Caribbean
Overall Member Rating
Carnival Imagination - Western Caribbean
Destination: Western Caribbean
WOW! This April 5th me my mom, and two friends went on Imagination and it was everything I expected!!!! It was like I was walking on a floating resort! We live in Miami so it only took us about 15 mins to get to the port, we waited in line for about 20 mins for booking and registry.....(much faster than our other cruises), we got in the ship about 3:40 and went straight to our cabin. We had a oceanview on the "upper deck". It was very spacious and had a awesome view! The bathroom could of been a little bigger but I'm not complaining! Before the cruise embarked we had to do an emergency evacuation testing it took like ten minutes. After it we went straight to the pool it was nice but a little crowded!
Food- Food was very nice, I liked the mix of foods. They had elegant, fast food, and just original restaurants. The Pride dining room was my favorite it had good service and our waiters were so happy and helpful!
Cabin- Almost every night you would get a More towel animal on your bed which are very cute! The room was always clean! It was very nice and a medium sized.
outdoor activities-the pool with the spiral slide was very crowded but worth the wait! The diving board pool was not too crowded and was very relaxing to lounge in the chairs. The spas were very nice but kind of boring for me -- well I am 14 so I was too excited to go do other things!
Children/teens-the teen disco club is so fun you meet allot of friends! For toddlers and up there are also rooms! They have parties too. On on floor there is a arcade room which is pretty fun.
Ports- Our first port was Key West, Grand Cayman islands and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. They were all very beautiful islands with so many fun excursions to do, swimming with dolphins, riding horses on the beach and so much more .....they also have lunch at the cafe in the ship.
We had an awesome time on our cruise and I hope we will go on one soon. We might go on Carnival Liberty in September 2005! Thank you carnival for a wonderful, unforgettable vacation for me and my family! Less
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|The Standing Advisory Group on Technical Assistance and Cooperation (SAGTAC) was established in 1996 to advise the Director General on the Agency’s technical cooperation (TC) strategy and policies.
Groups such as SAGTAC provide advice for enhancing scientific, technological and security benefits for Member States.
The IAEA has four of these advisory groups; the others are the Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Energy (SAGNE), the Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Applications (SAGNA), and the Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation (SAGSI). Members of these groups come from various backgrounds and are appointed by the Director General. They are drawn from national authorities, nuclear research and technological centres, academic institutions, international organizations and multilateral agencies. The members serve on the group in a personal capacity and not as representatives of a government or organization.
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Rejoice, sci-fi fans who love to laugh: This week on Community
star Enver Gjokaj will guest as Lukka, whose got his sexy eyes set on Britta. And today we learned that Sawyer himself, Josh Holloway from Lost
, will guest on the upcoming season 2 finale.
And we thought it couldn't get much better than Levar Burton and Malcolm-Jamal Warner! Community
continues to surprise and delight us in just the best ways.
Even better news? Holloway will pop up in the show's sequel to its amaaaazing
"Modern Warfare" paintball episode in season 1. According to EW
, he "will emerge as a mysterious figure who shows up on
campus" during the paintball war. A paintball sequel was good enough news, but adding the badass Sawyer to the mix? I officially cannot wait.
In other Community
news, star Donald Glover, who moonlights as a rapper under the name Childish Gambino, released his latest music video for his new track, "Freaks and Geeks." The video is minimalist, showing Glover rapping alone in a well-lit warehouse, but it highlights what should be highlighted: His talent. What can't
this man do? Watch the video below, if you're alright with NSFW language:
One last thing: Greendale's resident man with a magnetic attitude, Magnitude, now has his own Twitter account.
Sample tweets include: "POP POP!" and "Yo yo yo yo yo yo! POP POP!"
Check out those photos from this Thursday's Community
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By N.Ananthanarayanan. NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The postponement of a lucrative Twenty20 Champions League in India has added to fears regional security concerns and the financial slowdown could strike into the heart of the global cricket hub. The inaugural $6 million prizemoney league was shifted to October 2009 on Friday, the eight-team, five-nation event having originally been postponed due to security worries after last month's attacks in Mumbai. The organisers said scheduling was a big concern. Top players from Australia, India, South Africa, England and Pakistan were to have featured in the event originally planned from Dec. 3 to 10. The postponement will only increase tension among cricket officials with less than three years left until the 2011 World Cup is staged in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Pakistan have already been hit by domestic security concerns and the Mumbai attacks have strained political ties with India, who seem to have all but scrapped a bilateral tour from January. Experts feel economic woes are also beginning to hammer sponsorship and advertisement in India, cricket's global hub. SCALED DOWN A senior Indian cricket official admitted the situation would impact the game but was confident of a turnaround. "These things do happen, like national emergencies, all these happen in a nation's history," Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) treasurer Mohinder Pandove told Reuters on Saturday. "This is a temporary setback, but things will improve." He said commercial expectations may have to be toned down. "For the conduct of the game there is no problem, only the scales might slow down a bit for sometime." The International Cricket Council (ICC) allayed fears soon after the Mumbai attacks on whether the World Cup might be shifted. Pandove felt two elements would aid recovery in India, where cricket has a frenzied fan base since the 1983 World Cup win. "Whatever the scenario is, everything like sponsorships that comes into international cricket, is through India. "The second good aspect, historically nobody has disturbed cricket even during the worst days this country has faced. "We are very hopeful and positive the World Cup will be as successful as the previous ones." However, Indian media predict a sharp downturn in Indian sports endorsement, which in recent years has reflected the pace of growth in Asia's third largest economy. The Economic Times daily reported on Saturday that an over 20 percent growth in a 15 billion rupee ($309 million) cricket dominated, sports-led advertising was a thing of the past and projections for 2009 were well under double digits. The chief of Rajasthan Royals, who won the multi-million dollar Twenty20 Indian Premier League launched this year, said after the initial league postponement that they were braced for security and financial challenges. "The reality is that the IPL and all franchises have always made security a priority, and this will need to continue to be the case," Royals chairman Manoj Badale told Reuters. "The postponement of the Champions League is indeed unfortunate and like any other team we are having to delay projected revenues."
Reality bites for India after League setback
Last updated on Friday, 19 April, 2013, 06:46 PM
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(UNDATED) - An annual survey assessing children's well-being in the 50 states ranks Indiana 30th -- one spot better than last year.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks the states on 16 measures in four broad categories.
Indiana vaulted ahead 13 slots to 21st place in children's health, largely on the strength of a half-a-percent improvement in four years in the number of low birth-weight babies.
Indiana Youth Institute president Bill Stanczykiewicz says that translates to hundreds of lives. The percentage has steadily improved for four years -- Stanczykiewicz credits efforts to educate women on the importance of prenatal care and avoiding alcohol and tobacco during pregnancy. A decline in the number of child deaths due to fewer car crashes also boosted Indiana's health ranking.
The improvements were offset by backsliding on economic measures. One in four Hoosier children lives in poverty, while one in three have parents without fulltime jobs. The data is from the recession year of 2011, but have been going up for six years.
Stanczykiewicz says the slippage underlines the need to improve job training and education.
Indiana's performance on education and "family and community" measures, such as the number of children in single-parent homes, was essentially unchanged.
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All of the major search engines have acknowledged support for rel="nofollow"
While all engines that use the
nofollow value exclude links that use
it from their ranking calculation, the
details about the exact interpretation
of it vary from search engine to
Google states that their engine takes
"nofollow" literally and does not
"follow" the link at all. However,
experiments conducted by SEOs show
conflicting results. These studies
reveal that Google does follow the
link, but does not index the linked-to
page, unless it was in Google's index
already for other reasons (such as
other, non-nofollow links that point
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Review proper set-up, movement and muscles trained. QR codes provide access to step-by-step videos demonstrating correct form and multiple exercise options.
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Water bottle/towel holder
Keep your water and towel in arm's reach with our convenient water bottle and towel holder, standards on every Prestige machine.
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So if you haven’t heard, the Mitchell report came out today. And if you don’t know what that is, it’s the report put together by Senator George Mitchell that uncovers the apparently vast network of illegal substance use – specifically, performance-enhancing drugs – that has been pervasive throughout Major League Baseball for the last decade. The release of this document reminds me of a question I had at the outset of this investigation: How did this become a Congressional issue? A senator heading up the investigation? Now, according to an article on espn.com: “In light of the report, two hearings on Capitol Hill were scheduled. The House Government Oversight Committee will invite Selig [the commissioner of baseball] , MLB Players Association executive director Don Fehr and Mitchell to appear at a hearing on Tuesday, and a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has called for hearings beginning Jan. 23.”Seriously, our Congress has nothing better to do than have a hearing about what we all already know to be true – professional athletes cheat?Tell me someone out there agrees. Or disagrees for that matter. How is this an issue for the United States Congress? | <urn:uuid:db611606-36c0-484d-bf6e-8e05d383ddb0> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | https://blog.bethelks.edu/2007/12/the_mitchell_report/ | 2016-05-03T16:18:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860121618.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161521-00213-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9514 | 242 | [
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The Nexus One is Google’s latest self-branded smartphone. It has gone a long way since the Google G1 over a year ago. So, before you have one delivered to the Philippines, check out our Google Nexus One review first.
The Samsung i780 is a touchscreen smartphone that looks like the Blackjack. It supports triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz and single-band UMTS/HSDPA at 2100MHz. Has WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. A GPS is included. The 2.55-inch touchscreen display has a… | <urn:uuid:950a7a3e-8eb8-4ab1-a70f-9a14c3834004> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://mobilemanila.net/search/smart%20promo%20philippines | 2016-05-06T07:26:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461861735203.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428164215-00221-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.826996 | 143 | [
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Rafaeli (רפאלי in Hebrew) is a surname of Italian descent, which was first found in Lucca.
Spelling variations of the family name Rafaeli are Rafael, Raffaele, Raffaeli, Raffaelo, Rafele, Raphael, Raffaello, Raphae'l, and many more.
This surname is also known to be popular in Israel and means "son of Rafael." It is also the surname of families of Spanish descented families.
Coat of arms
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"Indie Nation" highlights interesting games from the independent scene. Series installments are written pretty much whenever we feel like it.
I've tried to start this post about a dozen times, forever attempting to write an opening sentence that begins with, "imagine a game where..." before descending into confusion and unhelpful metaphors. Maybe this game is like the exact opposite of Jumping Flash, I thought. Perhaps it's a skydiving game mixed with retro, high score-hungry sensibilities. Maybe it's the Battletoads wind tunnel level turned into an entire game, only it's in 3D.
In reality, though, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity is none of those things. Or, maybe, all of them. All I can say for sure is that it's a game about jumping off the tops of buildings, falling as close to other buildings as is perilously possible, and flipping off spectators as you plummet to the earth. Oh, and it's quite fun. That, I can say for sure.
It's also got one of the coolest release formats I've seen outside of Mount & Blade. The full game is technically scheduled for a Q3 2009 release, but is available for preorder now. Doing so will not only get you a discount of ten bucks off the eventual $25 launch price, but will also net you a download link for what the developers have humbly dubbed a "pre-release demo."
This "demo" comprises nearly half the full game; thirty of the eventual eighty levels. You can preorder the game here, or hit the jump for my impressions of the demo.
Just in case I hadn't used enough poor analogies before the jump, watching the below gameplay trailer made me think of another. A Reckless Disregard for Gravity is sort of like Burnout: if you're not constantly feeling the anxiety of being an inch away from death, you're not playing it right.
Players earn points by getting dangerously close to buildings, smashing point plates, and flipping off protestors -- all while plummeting to the ground, feet-first. Despite what the immensely fast-paced gameplay might initially lead you to believe, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!! rewards finesse and skill over all else. It's not just about the exhilarating fun of flying to the ground at terminal velocity; it's about looking damn good while you do so. Any schmuck can fall; it takes a skilled player to fall with style.
Levels contain multiple routes and allow for multiple scoring strategies, which surprised me quite a bit. You wouldn't expect a game as seemingly linear as this to afford the player as much strategic choice as it does; do you want to go after the point plates and use your triple-shot powerup to double the score you receive from them, or do you want to focus more on hugging the buildings? Which route will you take to get to the end?
The level design seems pretty solid based on the levels I played, which is a relief. Even though every stage tasks you to basically accomplish the same goals -- fall, score, don't die -- they still feel individually varied enough that I never felt bored. One stage might task you to follow a twisting chain of point plates down to the landing pad, while another might challenge you to fly as close as possible to a mountain for as long as possible before finally deploying your parachute. Some of my favorite levels involve alternately flipping off and giving thumbs-ups to protestors and fans as you plummet past them.
It may not come as much of a surprise given the title, but AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!! also possesses a tremendous amount of character. The level descriptions in the main menu tell behind-the-scenes stories of the game's development, or make charmingly unrelated jokes (the description for one unfinished level reads, "people who tell you to press alt+F4 for God mode are assholes"). One level, buyable for 3000 "teeth" (the currency one earns by performing well), unironically functions as a noninteractive meditation aid. A blurry visualization of a typical level appears onscreen as a relaxing voice tells you when to breathe. It adds nothing to the gameplay, and can actually feel like sort of a gyp once you've paid for it. But it's bizarre. It's got personality. It's different.
Analogies aside, maybe those last three sentences are the best way to describe AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!
There's only one thing that really bugs me about AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!, but it's a relatively large thing: the campaign progression. Rather than just unlocking new levels as you complete old ones, you've gotta purchase new levels using the aforementioned "teeth" points. Getting a five-star ranking on a level nets you so many, getting a four-star earns a little less, and so on. In theory, this structure ensures that the player will not progress to new levels until they have learned the necessary skills to achieve high scores in previous stages. In practice, it just made me feel that no matter how well I was doing, I wasn't doing well enough. Though I received four-star rankings on the nearly all of the first twenty levels I played, I was perpetually only a few hundred teeth away from total bankruptcy. I was only barely able to afford new levels, even though the star-based grading system suggested I was actually doing well.
As such, I didn't get much of a chance to feel the sheer thrill and intensity of some of the better-designed levels as I was constantly worrying about getting a decent star rating. AsI flew through the air with reckless abandon, I couldn't stop myself from worrying if I would get enough teeth to advance to the next level, or if I'd have to spend the next few hours redoing previous stages to get more cash. I would liken this to worrying about one's taxes while driving in a demolition derby. If the game were structured in a more conventional sense (say, where a new level is unlocked so long as the player achieves greater than a 3-star ranking on the preceding level) I think I would have had a much more enjoyable time.
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Heat oil over medium heat in a 10-inch skillet and brown chicken 8 minutes, turning once. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over chicken. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken from skillet. Using 2 forks, shred chicken. Return chicken to skillet and toss with sauce. Serve with buns, tortillas or hot cooked rice. | <urn:uuid:16fd7313-ca63-4bd2-ae8c-3ec41f6401b0> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://www.mrsdash.com/recipes/appetizers-entrees-hot-snacks/sloppy-pulled-chicken | 2016-05-06T07:20:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461861735203.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428164215-00221-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.86976 | 82 | [
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John Clayton, a lobbyist, on the role of the lobbyist
Online PR News – 26-June-2014 – Atlanta, GA – John Clayton, a Lobbyist, has been involved in Georgia politics at the highest levels for many years. He began soon after graduating from the Georgia State University School of Law with the Georgia House Appropriations Office.
After leaving government to serve as the Deputy Finance Director to former Governor Roy Barnes’ reelection campaign, John Clayton, a Lobbyist, returned to the House to get involved in the 2002 election campaign of Terry Coleman. John Clayton, a Lobbyist, played an important role in the election of Terry Coleman as Speaker of the Georgia State House of Representatives.
During his career John Clayton, a Lobbyist, has worked in both Democrat and Republican Party politics at the state level, and as a lobbyist has been an advocate for private sector clients.
During his career John Clayton, a lobbyist, has learned that many people are not really clear about what it is that a lobbyist does. In many cases, he tells such people, lobbyists serve as an unofficial extension of a congressional office staff. There are hundreds of bills and amendments introduced during each legislative session, so it is impossible for legislators to gauge the potential effects that each one may have on affected groups or individuals. Lobbyists assist lawmakers’ staffs by communicating complicated issues and by knowing how to break an issue down into relatively small and simple parts. The goal is to make the learning process of the Member and/or congressional staff person easier, but to still provide them with accurate and timely information. John Clayton, a lobbyist, tells people that in that sense, lobbyists perform a valuable service not only to their client but to the staff and Members of Congress as well.
The success of any lobbyist such as John Clayton, a lobbyist, is based solely on his or her reputation and credibility. You are only as good as your last piece of advice or information, so anything that doesn’t work Giving is quickly noted and long remembered. John Clayton, a lobbyist, is skilled enough to avoid any serious pitfalls. He knows that lobbyists are given only one chance to make a mistake and lose the credibility that is necessary for success.
John Clayton, a lobbyist, tells people that lobbyists help their clients in many ways. For example, a hypothetical congressman may represent half a million constituents, along with the interests of dozens of towns and cities, several counties, and hundreds of businesses. Lobbyists want to do everything possible to make sure their needs are known to that hypothetical congressman, so they’ll need an office and staff that advances their needs. A lobbyist works to make sure the client’s needs stay high on the agenda and makes sure others don’t get a competitive advantage. Not having Washington representation can leave a client at a serious disadvantage.
Clients may seek a direct appropriation to fund a specific need. Lobbyists like John Clayton, a lobbyist, often assist the congressional offices with information that must be submitted to the appropriate congressional committee or federal agency for funding approval.
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I have a 2006 pontiac torrent 2wd. My third brake light works but the other brake lights dont
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 AT 9:59 PM
In the diagram below, check for voltage at the splice legs for splice 304, lite blue wire. I have to backtrack the wire from the rear to find the splice. That usually indicates a bad Multifunction switch in the steering column. The 2 lower brake lights run through the turn signal switch so the turn signals can be canceled for the brake lights. | <urn:uuid:3d0abead-e8ef-42c1-8642-875d139c2a80> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | https://www.2carpros.com/questions/2006-pontiac-torrent-brake-lights--2 | 2016-05-06T08:45:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461861735203.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428164215-00221-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.855125 | 111 | [
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Using find gives you the most flexibility in file or directory searches.
Lets say you run a virtual hosting server, and want to find mail files larger than 500k, you could do this:
Is it long? Yes. Is it versitile? I think so.
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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:36:09 BST, n3td3v said:
> He has no excuse for what happened, he is a global international
> hacker leading the release of the exploit code, its his entire
> responsibility to make sure his company is secure, even if the servers
> that were vulnerable were owned by AT&T.
And how, *exactly*, is he supposed to fix servers that aren't under his administrative control?
Tell you what - the next time that the company that you get Internet access from has an issue, why don't you go ahead and fix it for them, and let us know how that all works out, 'kay? | <urn:uuid:ebc15653-880f-47a2-829f-081e2df26756> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://engardelinux.org/modules/index/list_archives.cgi?list=full-disclosure-uk&page=0015.html&month=2008-08 | 2016-04-30T13:08:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860111865.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161511-00095-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983455 | 161 | [
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Non-believers unite in the satirical, irreverent comedy, Rapture-Palooza, arriving on Blu-ray Disc (plus Digital UltraViolet), DVD (plus Digital UltraViolet), and Digital Download August 20 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. From the writer of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and the producers of Bad Teacher, the laugh-out-loud film features a hilarious cast including Craig Robinson (TV's The Office, Hot Tub Time Machine), Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, Twilight saga), John Francis Daley (TV's Bones, TV's Freaks and Geeks), Rob Corddry (Warm Bodies, Hot Tub Time Machine) and Ana Gasteyer (TV's Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls).
When the apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are raptured to heaven, Lindsey (Kendrick) and her boyfriend Ben (Daley) are left behind in suburban Seattle. Amidst talking locusts, blood rain showers and pot-smoking wraiths, the young couple attempts to live a normal, everyday life. When the Anti-Christ (Robinson) settles down in their neighborhood things quickly take a turn for the worse, especially after Lindsey finds herself as the object of Satan's affection. With the help of family, friends and a lawn-mowing zombie, the duo set off to stop the Devil from taking an unwilling bride and they may just save the world in the process.
The Blu-ray Disc and DVD include an audio commentary with Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry and Rob Huebel, deleted scenes, a gag reel and a featurette. The Rapture-Palooza Blu-ray Disc and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.99, respectively.
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Does the 22-year-old Compton-born MC have any other songs as good as his breakout "Rack City"? His sophomore album tries its damndest to answer this question in the affirmative.
Find it at:Amoeba Music
Until recently, there wasn't much reason to care about Tyga. The 22-year-old Compton-born MC's biggest claim to fame was that his cousin is that guy Travie McCoy from the emo-rap band Gym Class Heroes. His 2008 debut album, No Introduction, was executive produced by Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy and was a weird, mall-punk take on Black Eyed Peas-ian hip-hop. He signed to Young Money a few years back, but apart from appearing on the label's 2009 posse album, he mostly stayed quiet, releasing a string of mixtapes into the ether. Lacking the star power of fellow YMCMBers Nicki Minaj and Drake, Tyga seemed destined to remain on the sidelines.
But then "Rack City" happened. Originally released on his Well Done 2 mixtape, the slithering ode to Bay Area twerk music became a massive hit. There is everything to like about the song. It's futuristic but simple, sexy but silly, quotable ("Got your grandma on my dick") and ingratiatingly catchy. "Rack City" is on some level a genius pop moment, and at this point it's also a meme: There are Tumblr homages, a version that serves as the Los Angeles Clippers unofficial theme song, and urban myths about its creator being forced to dance to the track at gunpoint. Now all of a sudden, people are reassessing Tyga. Does he have any other songs-- let alone a whole album's worth-- anywhere near that good?
Careless World: Rise of the Last King tries its damndest to answer this question in the affirmative. Tyga isn't a gifted lyricist, but he has a few key things going in his favor: a workmanlike ability to ride a beat, a solid singing voice, and a great ear for melody. Executive producer Jess Jackson (previously an unknown UK garage guy who asserts himself as an emerging hitmaker here), leverages this by giving him juicy, hook-laden cuts. These songs don't reinvent the wheel and sometimes openly cop from existing hits. "Muthafucka Up" is basically "6'7"" Part Two, "Black Crowns" takes a moody page out of Noah "40" Shebib's playbook, and so forth. Still, they sound big and sturdy, built for the radio.
In terms of persona, Tyga goes a long way here to establish himself as a complicated and sensitive dude. Clearly he's seen Drake's success and understands the value of adding some introspection into the mix. So while there is no shortage of flossed-out hedonism (not only "Rack City" but the equally gooey Lil Wayne collaboration "Faded"), you've also got several lovelorn jams. Occasionally this feels forced, and he's clearly not operating on a "Marvins Room" level, but for the most part he pulls it off. "And when I said I love you, yeah, I fuckin' meant it, and we ain't gotta bring your moms and your sister in it," goes one line in "Love Game" that feels like a specific bad memory from a specific bad argument.
Pair these moments with elegant summertime jams like "This Is Like" (featuring the poor man's Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke) and you've got yourself a surprisingly solid pop-rap effort. Its one major flaw, aside from a few cringe-inducing moments-- there is at least one brostep breakdown, one track features a voicemail from Tyga's mom telling him how awesome he is, and that inexplicable MLK sample-- is that it's way, way too long. Twenty-one tracks at nearly one-and-a-half hours is an insane length for an album with this kind of pop instinct. Set aside that complaint, though, and I'm left without much to pick at. "Rack City": Not a fluke. | <urn:uuid:8c736125-1d54-4570-976e-26cf0beaac4e> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16367-careless-world-rise-of-the-last-king/ | 2016-04-30T13:11:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860111865.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161511-00095-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964478 | 879 | [
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Bo Polskie dziewczyny są najlepsze <3 Because Polish girls are the best
Wiesz gdzie można obejrzeć jej filmiki? ;)
i don't know about this.... :-/
she was good at teasing the cock, but i think she made the mistake of gripping it too hard at the end. i reckon her boy would have come easier and shot his spunk higher. i loved all his foreskin moving up and down his swollen bellend!
She is so sexy, such a tease! And what a nice cumshot!
I'd let that sexy face suck me any day, but seriously I don''t see how dude got off, I couldn't with that handy :(
I cum every time i watch this. Fantastic
Damn, she could handle me any day ! Her eyes look so sexy
I think she has done that before...LOL!
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Gene Simmons Now Wants To Throw 'Anonymous' In Jail
from the good-luck,-gene dept
Either way, his antics caught the attention of the folks behind "Operation Payback," from the group Anonymous (an effort that I still think is equally misguided), and they took down Simmons' website with a DDoS attack (after an apparent dispute internally over whether or not Simmons should be a target).
Either way, it appears that the attack only sharpened the rhetoric from Simmons, in his standard speak-first-understand-later manner. He posted on his site that he was working with the FBI to "sue their pants off" for "hacking" his site:
Some of you may have heard a few popcorn farts re: our sites being threatened by hackers.Well, good luck with that. It tends to be a lot harder to identify folks behind a DDoS attack than you might think. Also, I'm curious why the FBI even cares, but we've seen the FBI kowtow to celebrities in the past, so it's possible. Either way, all this has done, so far, is to get Anonymous back to taking down Simmons' website. My guess is that, just like his previous comments, this looks like Simmons as all-talk-and-no-action. But, the more he tries to become the latest version of Lars Ulrich, the more he's going to regret it.
Our legal team and the FBI have been on the case and we have found a few, shall we say "adventurous" young people, who feel they are above the law.
And, as stated in my MIPCOM speech, we will sue their pants off.
First, they will be punished.
Second, they might find their little butts in jail, right next to someone who's been there for years and is looking for a new girl friend.
We will soon be printing their names and pictures.
We will find you.
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Hey, Hey Thrifty loving friends! We’re Monica and Jess from East Coast Creative and we’re super thrilled Brooke asked us to stop by for a visit!
We love Brooke and had so much fun with her during our Creating with the Stars competition earlier this year! She was an awesome blog mentor! So, thanks again for having us- now, onto our projects!
I’ll be honest, I (Monica) am not much of a Girly-Girl, but I have a daughter that definitely is! I have to go way outside myself to think of how to make things girly and “fancy” for Kira. For her 5th Birthday party, she wanted a Brave theme, so today I’m going to share how I put it together without too much work, and kept both girly-girl and not-so-girly-mommy happy!
Using PicMonkey (free editing software) I whipped up some simple invites with a little Celtic flair. I printed them on card stock and called it a day! Easy Peasy!
You can download my blank invite template here
The majority of decorations for the party were also functional- I made lawn signs for each of our “Highland Games” events…
Simply printed on 8×10 computer paper, I mounted them on one piece of foam core, cut them out and added metal yard stakes to keep them in the ground.
The birthday girl helped me make a Family Crest banner on a drop cloth. We used a projector to get the outline and then she got to color it in with markers.
Old fabrics turned into a shabby pennant banner- We just tied cuts of fabric and knotted them onto twine.
The look was simple, but worked for us (and Kira was happy to be able to help prepare every step of the way!)
Games & Activities
This party was ALL about the games! The decor and food were fine, but the games rocked! We decided we’d come up with lots of different activities to make up The Highland Games.
All we needed was a fallen tree and a rock- if you don’t have a tree handy (we live in the woods) you could use a 2×4 or 2×6 board.
I had my hubs cut some kid-sized logs for the kiddos to carry. They had to show us just how strong and fast they were!
Strong & Fast kids!
This was a total kid favorite!! We used foam core and a Sharpie to make a bulls eye shape. I picked up two suction cup arrow sets at the Dollar Store.
The kiddos got to dip their arrows into the paint and then shoot!
It was way fun- way messy- and downright awesome!
We were also left with some pretty cool “artwork” when we were done!
-Catch a Wisp-
We couldn’t get floating spirit-like wisps, but we could get the next best thing… pool noodles!!
This game was basically like an Easter egg hunt for wisps… Daddy helped hide ’em, and the kiddos found them!
I buy the flower shaped noodles every summer- there are so many fun DIYs you can do with them!
I use my Cutco bread knife to slice them down- it cuts super easily.
You’re left with cute little flowers- or in this case…wisps!
Here are a few other games we had: balloon volleyball, sponge toss, and crown decorating.
The food for this party was inspired by the banquet hall with the clans- it was man food all the way!
Since nothing was overly fancy, I’m not sharing recipes, but hopefully this give you a few ideas!
What says Celtic clan members like chicken legs?
We also had “Cauldron Punch” that was yellowish-green like the potion Merida got
These bear paw cookies are just a basic chocolate recipe in the shape of a paw, with almond slivers as claws.
Aren’t they so cute?? Well, in an “I’m a vicious bear” kind of way.
My awesome Mother-in-law made a simple cake and decorated it to look like a bulls eye. The birthday girl loved it!
I’ll be honest, I really hate party favors. I don’t think they’re necessary and most times I skip them all together, but for some reason, I did them for this party.
-Cotton Candy Wisps-
We picked up a few bags of cotton candy from a local carnival- actually I called Jess and she picked it up for me when she was there with her fam.
And since her party was right before she and all her friends headed off to school, I hit up the 19 cents crayons and gave each kiddo a little school encouragement.
So, there you have it- A Brave Party! Hopefully this gives you some simple ideas if your little princess is into Brave as much as mine was!
We’d love to have you pop over and visit us at East Coast Creative sometime, and we have some big news- on July 7th our new DIY show Knock It Off is premiering! Check out our KIO Facebook page for more info!
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Jan. 9, 2013
PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- Senior Evan King (Chicago, Ill./Kaplan Prep) of the University of Michigan men's tennis team was named the Big Ten Conference Athlete of the Week in recognition of his performance at the Key Biscayne Individuals, the conference office announced Wednesday (Jan. 9). The weekly accolade is the first for King this season and the seventh in his Wolverine career.
King was crowned the event's individual champion after posting a 3-0 record at the No. 1 singles position and a 2-1 mark at the top of the doubles lineup. King clinched the individual title by earning a 6-1, 6-4 decision over Texas' Sudanwa Sitaram on Tuesday. King opened the event with a pair of singles wins, including a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Denver's No. 47-ranked Enej Bonin.
King also claimed a pair of doubles decisions, teaming with junior Alex Buzzi (Key Biscayne, Fla./Gulliver Prep) to defeat Texas' No. 13 tandem of Chris Camillone and David Holiner, 8-5, before earning an 8-5 win over the LSU's 33rd-ranked pair of Chris Simpson and Stefan Szacinski.
The Wolverines will open the dual match season at home on Saturday, Jan. 19, as they welcome TCU to the Varsity Tennis Center. The match will begin at 6 p.m.
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The Legendary Origins of Silk
Silk is one of the oldest textiles known to man, but the methods of silk production remained a mystery in the West for centuries. Legend has it that a Chinese empress discovered silk in the 27th century BC while bathing; a cocoon dropped into her steaming bath water and unraveled. The empress had her handmaidens weave the strands together, and so the first silk thread was made.
A Fabric Worth It's Weight in Gold
Whatever the truth to that story, silk was solely a Chinese product and the silk workers kept the harvesting process a well-guarded secret for almost 3,000 years. In Roman times silk was a valuable commodity, literally worth its weight in gold. The ever-increasing demand for the lustrous material led to the creation of the Silk Road, a trade route that connected Asia with Europe, around 200 BC.
Silk fibre comes from the cocoon of the silk worm and it is extremely versatile. It’s comfortable to wear year-round, as it is naturally breathable and absorbs moisture. Silk takes dye very well, resulting in rich depth of colour; it is lustrous, reflecting light for that telltale sheen. Surprisingly, silk batting, commonly used as an insulation layer in coats, provides 20% more warmth than goose down.
Strongest Natural Fibre on Earth?
Silk’s biggest secret, perhaps, might be its strength. Pressure tests have been done proving that a steel filament of the same diameter as a silk one will break before the silk does. Silk’s inherent elasticity insures that it can stretch up to 20% without damage. Silk, it turns out, may be the strongest natural fibre in the world.
Indulge Yourself with Silk: A Practical Luxury
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Who needs the main events anyway?
Every pay-per-view, including WrestleMania, needs to have a strong undercard. Not every match can have the biggest stars facing off because the crowd would be completely burnt out by the time the event gets toward the end, especially with a PPV that's four hours long.
Having good matches leading to the main events can get fans excited because they set the tone for things to come. If the undercard suffers, the fans will start to lose interest, even in the matches featuring the biggest stars.
WrestleMania XXIX features a lot of rematches and feuds fans have already seen before. With the midcard matches, fans are treated to much fresher rivalries and wrestlers they haven't seen in the ring against each other.
Here are three matches that should be a lot of fun to watch and may even manage to steal the limelight from the main events.
Chris Jericho vs. Fandango
It was at WrestleMania XIX that Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels had what was arguably the best match of the night. Ten years later, he has a great opportunity to once again steal the show.
This is Fandango's debut match in WWE, and you couldn't imagine a better opponent he could face. Even in a loss, Jericho would make Fandango look like a million bucks. He's been doing it against others his entire career.
Johnny Curtis won't need a ton of help in the ring, but he needs to have a strong performance against an established star like Jericho so fans will start taking his seriously. Being a ballroom dancer isn't the best gimmick to get immediate legitimacy from the crowd. Going toe-to-toe with Jericho will be great for Fandango.
Considering the quality of both wrestlers, this one should be fun to watch even if it's given 15 or so minutes.
Mark Henry vs. Ryback
It's a wonder why Mark Henry and Ryback haven't locked up sooner. You're never gonna see this on a list of greatest WrestleMania matches ever, but there's something to be said for putting these guys together. They're guaranteed to deliver 10 minutes of two strong guys trying to overpower each other.
Watching two big guys face off is always a great visual. Henry had some matches with Big Show back in 2011 that weren't great but brought a certain excitement value.
It's hard to envision where Henry will end up after the event, but he needs the win much less than Ryback.
Since Ryback looks like he's headed for a huge push after 'Mania, it makes sense to have him go big over the World's Strongest Man. Getting Henry up in Shell Shocked would be a great highlight and something the company could play over and over again when Ryback goes up against John Cena.
Sheamus, Randy Orton and Big Show vs. The Shield
With all of the big matches on the card, it's almost easy to forget The Shield is making its WrestleMania debut. The group has been fantastic in the ring ever since making its in-ring debut at Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
The Shield operates great as a team and actually looks to have a game plan going into matches rather than typical six-man tags, when it's just six guys fighting each other with no strategy in mind.
Having the trio of Sheamus, Randy Orton and Big Show takes away from this match a little bit. One, Orton doesn't have friends. Two, there's no real rhyme or reason as to why these three are actually a team, and there doesn't look to be any sort of future for them.
Here's to hoping that Orton doesn't turn heel as the leader of The Shield. It would hurt the whole idea of why The Shield's been fighting injustice and tearing apart WWE from within.
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Ripoff Report’s on site review of Marko Rubel's offices found that the company has a commitment to total client satisfaction. Their procedures and processes conform to the highest standards in this particular industry. This means that clients can expect that the company will deliver the value through their products and services. Any customer issues are handled within 48 hours, and most of the time immediately. The customer support team listens carefully to client concerns and sees them as an opportunity to become more efficient as a company in the services offered and the support for those services.
ProfitGrabber founder, Mr. Marko Rubel, has assembled a small team of very experienced investors to help new or seasoned investors utilize the cutting edge tools and services offered by this company. Their automation tools, the training courses and other services are constantly evolving with the changes in the real estate market, allowing investors to maximize on the business opportunity and improve their investing business. In this company, the customers always come first.
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..The information provided in this report is based on comments made by Marko Rubel and his staff during an on-site inspection held by a third party verification company with no biases toward Profit Grabber. .
Profit Grabbers offers a software automation tool, and as a company they offer real estate education courses. They continually add new tools as the market changes to make their services the best choice for investors, and they have video testimonies on our website for interested potential clients. The company states that the experienced real estate investor as well as the person who wants to invest in real estate is their target market. Their software is designed by experienced real estate investors not marketers. The company buys properties monthly, so they have real world experience, which gives they feel gives them the competitive edge. Marko Rubel, the owner of Profit Grabber states their vision is “To be the pre-eminent real estate investment Education Company, offering products, education, and systems based on real applications, not on theory.”
The company has a ticket system where clients submit tickets and their support team calls them back within 24 hours, in the California office they have 10 people and feel they are well staffed to handle calls. The company feels that to accommodate growth in the future, they can extend the hours of their customer support, to make room for more people to be helped hours throughout the day. Furthermore, as their sales grow they will expand their customer service team.
Marko Rubel states that they don’t get many complaints at all. If there is a problem the call back immediately and respond within a reasonable timeline while maintaining a pleasant and professional attitude. The company feels that sometimes they get clients who have trouble installing the system because they don’t follow the right procedure but the company has coordinated a customer support team who can personally help each client. They feel that customers are happy with the one on one experience.
Profit Grabber states that they are committed to do whatever it takes to make clients happy by having employees address any customer concerns in a timely fashion. The company now has a bonus for employees based on customer satisfaction. Through Ripoff Report, they feel that the Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program helps them protect their reputation, because they feel they treat people fair and this will help protect them from any malicious reports.
During our interview of their management, one of the top executives of the company told us that Mr. Rubel's personal business philosophy is to treat his customers as he would want to be treated. She told us that Mr. Rubel is obsessed with the success of his students and the result shows through the success stories and through the amount of "Thank You" letters received each week, which is sometimes overwhelming. The whole team has a mission statement that says it all: "Our goal is to show our students the fast track to financial freedom by providing them with the best education, the most effective tools and timely support!" This company is clearly committed to customer satisfaction.
MARKO RUBEL / Statements from the owner.
”I started in real estate without having any money or credit, so I know that everyone can achieve financial freedom IF they take action. For me, taking action made me a millionaire and gave me the lifestyle I always wanted. A lot of people want to improve their life but they don't step up and actually do it. If you are determined to becoming financially free, we have the systems to make it happen for you! You just need to follow me, so take action and start now!"
Marko Rubel is different than most so called "gurus" in this industry. His concern for the success of his clients is unparalleled. The expertise shared has empowered many to leave their job and start a full-time real estate investing career. As Mr. Rubel says: "It's not about working hard, it's about having the system and working really smart!" The quality of their trainings is widely recognized and appreciated by their clients.
Ripoff Report encourages you to hear from the actual customers at this website: http://www.MarkoRubelReviews.com. The above site also contains over 200 actual clients' feedback and survey forms. This is unheard of in this industry - complete transparency. If you are considering doing business with them, or investing in their services you owe it to yourself to review the above website .. Ripoff Report is amazed and never saw a lineup of like this of satisfied customers. Marko Rubel and his team take client/student satisfaction seriously as well. Testimonials and comments such as this are very common: "I've spent tens of thousands of dollars on other gurus, and if someone would give me all that money back in return for Marko I wouldn't take it, we made a lot more on our first deal!" You can meet this people and see their video review at this website: www.MarkoRubel.com
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In summary, after our investigation, which included on-site in-person review of their offices, discussions with Mr. Rubel and many of his past and current associates, Rip-off Report is convinced that Marko Rubel and his company is committed to quality delivery of services resulting in total client satisfaction.
Read more about why consumers should feel confident when doing business with a member of Rip-off Report's Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation & Customer Satisfaction Program. Yes, it’s a long name for a program that does a lot for both consumers and businesses alike.
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NOW TO THE ORIGINAL REPORT THAT WAS FILED
Marko Rubel: Profitgrabber Pro Turn-Key Systems Scam; Con; Misrepresentation; piece of crap program Phoenix, Arizona
Additionally, I found the support service less than helpful. hey are more like a back up SALES department-- VERY PUSHY and not willing to be accountible.
Additionally, when I emailed the company complaining about the "tricky" return policy (which, again, was NOT STRESSED up front-- we realized it when we read through the paperwork later) and our dissatisfaction with the product, we got NO RESPONSE. Nor has the BBB gotten any response to our formal complaint. My personal opinion is that if you really have a quality product and someone is as dissatisfied as we are, you make it right, even if it means returning the money/taking the product back. If he is SO SUCCESSFUL-- he can afford it.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 05/11/2010 02:39 PM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Profit-Grabber-Marko-Rubel-Ripoff-Report-Verified-Safe/Phoenix-Arizona-/Marko-Rubel-Profitgrabber-Pro-Turn-Key-Systems-Scam-Con-Misrepresentation-piece-of-cra-602147. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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Captain America: Civil War
The bad news is, there are about ten movies in here. The good news is, most of them are fun.
The first shot on the screen is a closeup of Angelina Jolie's lips. And what lips they are, plump and pouting and almost bruised. Eventually we tear ourselves away from the sight, and realize she's talking. She's telling the story of why she happens to be in a jail cell; these flashbacks will eventually reveal that she has been condemned to death by garroting--a nasty way to go, as the executioner turns a screw to tighten an iron collar around your neck.
This prologue undermines any romantic illusions as the story itself begins, circa 1900, introducing us to a wealthy Cuban coffee planter named Luis Durand (Antonio Banderas), who anticipates the arrival of a mail order bride named Julia Russell (Jolie). Handsome and rich, he has never married ("Love is not for me. Love is for those people who believe in it"). His expectations for the bride are realistic: "She is not meant to be beautiful. She is meant to be kind, true and young enough to bear children." "You don't recognize me, do you?" Julia murmurs in a thrilling low register, as he finds her standing before him at the dock. He does not. This sultry vision is not the plain woman in the photograph he holds. She confesses she sent the wrong photo because she did not want a man who was attracted only to her beauty. He confesses, too: He owns his plantation and is not simply a worker there. He didn't want to attract a gold-digger.
"Then we have something in common," she says. "Neither one of us can be trusted." Actually, he can.
"Original Sin" is based on the novel Waltz into Darkness , by the famous noir writer Cornell Woolrich. Another of his books inspired Hitchcock's "Rear Window"--and indeed this one was earlier filmed as "Mississippi Mermaid" by Francois Truffaut, in 1969 (Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve played the roles). Like many good thrillers, it really gets rolling only after we think we've already seen through the plot. There are surprises on top of surprises, and I will tread carefully to preserve them.
The purpose of the movie is not really to tell its story, anyway, but to use it as an engine to pull Banderas and Jolie through scenes of lurid melodrama, dramatic ultimatums and stunning revelations. Another purpose is to show off these two splendid human beings, and I am happy to report that there is even a certain amount of nudity--which you would expect with this passionate story, but then again you never know, now that studios are scurrying into the shelter of the PG-13 to hide from pruny congressmen.
Jolie continues to stalk through pictures entirely on her own terms. Her presence is like a dare-ya for a man. There's dialogue in this movie so overwrought, it's almost literally unspeakable, and she survives it by biting it off contemptuously and spitting it out. She makes no effort to pretend to be a nice woman--not even at the first, when Luis believes her story. She's the kind of woman who looks a man in the eye and tells him what she wants, and how soon she expects to get it. Banderas skillfully plays up to this quality, spaniel-eyed, lovestruck, so overwhelmed he will follow her literally anywhere.
The movie is not intended to be subtle. It is sweaty, candle-lit melodrama, joyously trashy, and its photography wallows in sumptuous decadence. The ending is hilariously contrived and sensationally unlikely, as the movie audaciously shows an unrevocable action and then revokes it. I don't know whether to recommend "Original Sin" or not. It's an exuberant example of what it is--a bodice-ripping murder "meller"--and at that it gets a passing grade. Maybe if it had tried to be more it would have simply been watering the soup.
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A Floral Wonderland
The beautiful black waters of Swan Lake form the setting for the spectacular Iris Gardens. The lake is dotted with colorful islands, and wildlife is abundant. The only public park in the United States to feature all eight swan species, Swan Lake Iris Gardens is also home to some of the nation's most intensive plantings of Japanese iris, which bloom yearly in mid to late May and last until the beginning of June.
The garden also boasts many other floral attractions, including colorful camellias, azaleas, day lilies, and Japanese magnolias. A Braille Trail enables the sight-impaired to enjoy the scents and sensations of the gardens, and a Butterfly Garden and Chocolate Garden both delight the senses.
The garden host several annual festivals throughout the year, including SC's oldest festival, the Iris Festival, Earth Day Celebration, Recovery Road Race, an Easter Egg Hunt, the Taste of the Gardens and the Fantasy of Lights.
Swan Lake Iris Gardens began in 1927 as a private fishing retreat for Hamilton Carr Bland, a local businessman. At the same time he was developing the 30 acres of swamp on what is now the north side of West Liberty Street, he was landscaping the grounds of his home with Japanese iris. They failed miserably, and after consulting expert horticulturists from as far away as New York, he ordered his gardener to dig up the bulbs and dump them at the swamp. The following spring, they burst into bloom. The accidental garden, referred to by Southern Living magazine a "lovely mistake," has since been developed into one of the finest botanical gardens in the United States.
Swan Lake Iris Gardens Recognized as a Top Performing Attraction as Reviewed by Travelers on the World's Largest Travel Site
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We are through July on the calendar, meaning we are fully past the halfway point of the year and approaching the end of 2012 already. By the time that August comes around, we will have been through two-thirds of the entire year.
A heck of a lot has happened in WWE, as new champions have been crowned, milestones with RAW have been made, records at WrestleMania have been broken and reigns with titles are approaching historic levels. This is where the credit for what has happened in WWE is supposed to be dealt out.
Winning is everything. Don't believe what they tell you in Little League. Just ask the Olympians in London right now how much winning means to them. Anyone can lose a wrestling match, but only something special can be a winner of a match.
Dozens of superstars have won matches so far in 2012, but only the best and most viable superstars win often. Here's a list of the 10 superstars with the most victories on RAW, Smackdown, NXT, Superstars and on pay-per-view.
Please note that the records and win totals are only showing the numbers through July 31, 2012. This does not include taped episodes that may have been recorded in July, but did not air on or before July 31, 2012.
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A thoroughbred trainer, an owner and an ex harness trainer have been found guilty in New Zealand racing's first EPO case.
Ashburton trainer Len Faber, Dunedin owner Calvin Fisher and retired Invercargill trotting trainer Donny McRae escaped charges of attempting to administer the prohibited substance EPO but still face heavy penalties for conduct detrimental to the interests of racing.
The controversial blood doping substance, which has been the scourge of competitive cycling, was found during a raid of Faber's stables last September, resulting in two of his runners, The Hand Of Faith and Force Majeure, being ordered out of feature races at Riccarton.
Racing Integrity Unit investigators were alerted to the syringe of EPO when contacted by vet John Beeman who visited Faber's stable the previous day to administer pre-race medication to the two horses.
During an April sitting into the case, a Judicial Control Authority committee heard how Faber quizzed Beeman about the drug, which he claimed was given to him by another vet, and supposedly made horses go faster.
Faber told him he was not prepared to use the drug unless he knew what it was or that it was safe to admimister.
When Faber asked what kind of racing advantage the substance might provide, Beeman replied that if it was EPO it would produce more red blood cells in the body, leading to better ability to carry oxygen to tissues, improving performance and reducing fatigue.
Beeman told Faber that EPO was the drug that Lance Armstrong and many disgraced Tour De France cyclists had taken to boost their performance, to which Faber replied that was exactly what he'd been told when given it and that it couldn't be detected.
When interviewed the following morning by racecourse investigators Robin Scott and Kylie Williams, Faber initially said he had no drugs on the property other than those given him by Beeman. He later admitted the substance he had shown Beeman was in his car.
Faber also changed his story about where he got the drug. At the morning interview he said he had been given the vial by an owner, whom he did not name. On second interview that afternoon he identified the owner as Calvin Fisher.
The committee heard how Fisher had been given the vial by his friend Donny McRae, who uses EPO in the course of his own medical treatment.
McRae, who held a harness trainer's licence until 2011, pleaded guilty but was too unwell to attend the hearing - he undergoes renal sympathetic denervation to combat hypertension, gets dialysis and has type II diabetes and had his right foot amputated in December, 2013.
McRae, who regularly attends Dunedin Hospital for treatment when he stays with Fisher, told Scott that Fisher had asked him to look at one of his horses, Dragon's Glory, (whom Fisher co-owns with Faber) who was very weak and testing their patience.
McRae said the horse didn't look too good and, believing it was spelling, he told Fisher he could have some of his out of date EPO, inject it, then get a blood test done to see how it worked.
Fisher claimed he took the vial thinking of it as a last resort to strengthen the horse, but never as a raceday enhancement.
While Fisher denied that McRae specifically identified the substance as EPO, committee chairman Murray McKechnie said all the evidence pointed to the contrary.
McRae and Fisher were close friends and had talked about cyclists and the drugs they had used and there had been a direct reference to Lance Armstrong. By July, 2013, the conduct of Armstrong had become notorious worldwide.
The RIU pointed out Fisher acknowledged in cross examination that he was aware that Lance Armstrong had taken EPO and he had discussed Lance Armstrong juice with McRae. Fisher acccepted that Lance Armstrong juice was EPO.
In dismissing the more serious charge of administering EPO, McKechnie, however, said the evidence did not establish, beyond the passing of the vial to Faber, that any further actions were taken by Fisher or Faber to use the substance.
Both men had recounted that any use of the substance in the vial was conditional on consultation with a vet.
Faber had spoken to Beeman about what might be in the vial which was unopened, and the packaging around it had not been disturbed.
"We conclude that Mr Fisher's conduct was in the nature of preparation and the actions he took were too remote to constitute any meaningful steps towards the commission of the offence of administering a prohibited substance to a horse."
McKechnie said Faber was not a persuasive witness. He was hesitant in many of his answers and the accounts he gave of the relevant events were not consistent.
He concluded that while Faber may not have known for sure the substance in the vial was EPO he did know it was highly suspect. He was not straight forward with his vet because he was highly suspicious of its contents.
The committee was satisfied that there were a number of conversations between Fisher and Faber about the vial and, given Fisher's knowledge of what it contained, it was a compelling inference that some of that information must have passed to Faber.
While Faber made no attempt to administer the drug before his discussion with his vet, he had the vial for many weeks (about two months) and had done nothing to have it checked out.
"The argument for Mr Faber that he did the right thing in raising the subject with Dr Beeman may have some initial superficial attraction," McKechnie says in his decision.
"It was said for Mr Faber that he would not have used the substance unless it was given the all clear by a veterinarian. That argument could lead to a situation where trainers take into their possession material or substances which they strongly suspect to be unlawful and would then seek to excuse themselves by saying that they were not going to engage in any administration of the substance until they had obtained a veterinary clearance.
"The committee takes the view that Mr Faber should never have taken possession of the vial."
Further, after been told that all the big trainers were using it to win races and it didn't prove positive, he must have been suspicious that something about it wasn't kosher and should have gotten rid of the vial.
Faber said he never intended using the drug and, in the end when the horse came right, it sat there for so long he forgot about it.
The charge Faber faced did not require proof that he knew the vial contained EPO, McKechnie said in his judgement.
The circumstances of the discovery of the EPO and the scratching of his horses had led to intense media interest and publicity, which was plainly detrimental to the interests of racing.
It was also detrimental to the interests of racing that owners and trainers should be in possession of substances which in the case of Fisher he knew to be EPO and in the case of Faber he had information which all pointed to the substance being prohibited.
The committee will not decide on penalty for the trio until either further submissions are put or another hearing is scheduled.
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing's chief veterinarian Andrewe Grierson said, internationally, EPO had the highest possible classification of a class one drug. Controlling bodies viewed any trainer found in possession of EPO as having committed a grave offence.
Faber, Fisher and McRae face a fine of up to $50,000 and/or suspension or disqualification for any period up to life.
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Friday, February 20, 2009
According to my mom and nobody else, the Twins have signed Joe Crede for less than the $7 million he was asking for initially. I can't find a damn thing online right now, and there was nothing on channel 4 news, but she swears channel 11 reported that Crede is on his way here and has officially signed. On a related note, I'm sitting at home watching channel 4 news on a Friday night. Just kill me.
[EDIT: Found a link. No real details. But it's still awesome. Just like how I'm awesome for reporting this before that damnable Aaron Gleeman.]
[EDIT: After thinking about it for about five minutes, I've decided not only to purchase a Joe Crede jersey, but also buy season tickets. Home AND away.]
[EDIT: Finally watching Wednesday's Lost episode. HOLY SHIT!]
[EDIT: I bought some crazy irish vodka tonight because it was on crazy, Walmart-like sale. I figured the Irish like booze, and for some reason I associate potatoes with Ireland, so we should be good to go. Turns out, now I remember, that the reason you associate potatoes with Ireland is because of the "Great Potatoe Famine" and so they don't much have them anymore. Still good Vodka though, but that scared me for a bit.]
[EDIT: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was a good movie. City of Ember, not so much. Too weird, even for me. And with little to no backstory, damn thing was impossible to get in to.]
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Farmer’s work is driven by a quest for excellence and
Stephen Farmer is a storyteller.
He believes a big part of the Carolina story reveals –
and renews – itself each fall when a new class of undergraduates arrives
As the director of undergraduate admissions since 2004,
Farmer regularly tells students’ stories to the Board of Trustees. In a few
days, he will talk about the Class of 2014.
It is a story filled with impressive numbers, soaring SAT
scores and ever-higher grade-point averages. In a sense, those statistics are a
reflection of the job Farmer and the admissions staff have done recruiting some
of the smartest students not only in North Carolina, but also across the
country and around the world.
But Farmer likes to make people look beyond the numbers.
Numbers can measure something of a person’s head, but reveal nothing of the
heart. And it is these intangible qualities that Farmer and the admissions
staff painstakingly look for each year sifting through some 24,000 applications
to forge a class of 3,960.
Making a good decision about a prospective student requires
taking into account the person’s background, opportunities he or she enjoyed
and any obstacles that were overcome.
“We can’t use a formula to make our decisions, because
people are people, not numbers,” Farmer said. “That can be frustrating for our
candidates, because it can make it hard for them to predict their chances. But the truth is, in order to treat
everybody fairly, we can’t treat them quite the same.
“There are just so many individual circumstances that factor
into how well students have done so far, and how well they’re likely to do from
this point forward. Taking those things into account in a humane way, not in a
rote or formulaic way, but in a supple way, a nuanced way – that’s the
way you’re fair to people,” Farmer said.
There is no antagonism between being a great university and
being diverse, welcoming and inclusive, he said. “Everybody here, I think,
learns better when they learn in a community that’s as rich and diverse as the
state we serve.”
If there is one story Farmer is reluctant to tell, it is his
His story is really the story of his parents, their
opportunities and the opportunities they gave him. Both grew up in large farm
families in the rolling hills of north central Virginia.
His mother graduated at the very top of her high school
gradation class of 23 students. She wanted to be a teacher, Farmer said, but
she didn’t think it was possible, so after high school she went to work in the
county office building, where she stayed for 42 years.
His father was a machinist in a factory working 10-hour days
Monday through Friday and a half-day on Saturday to make ends meet.
“I sort of assumed I would go to college, but my parents
didn’t because they didn’t know whether they could afford it,” Farmer said.
“They didn’t have a lot of money and had no experience with financial aid. But they always encouraged me, and they
supported me every way they knew how.”
He was accepted at Duke University and received a merit
scholarship that allowed him to graduate without any debt. After graduating in
1984 with a degree in English, Farmer entered graduate school at the University
of Virginia with thoughts of becoming
But in 1993, he got his first professional job working in
Virginia’s admissions office, where for the next seven years he led efforts to
recruit students for the honors program.
His work changed when he came to Carolina in 2000 as
associate director of undergraduate admissions, and in a way he did not fully
understand at the time, Farmer said, so did he.
Service to the state
A fundamental part of the Carolina story is its
long-standing commitment to the state, Farmer said. It is a story that reflects
the University’s special relationship with the people of North Carolina.
“The University has a lot of things to do, and there’s no
doubt that the best thing we can do for the state and the people here is to be
a great research university.
“But beyond that, our trying to find ways to be a force for
good, our using what we know for the good of all instead of the good of a few,
I think those are things that a great public research university can do. I
don’t know of any that does those things better than this one.”
You can see evidence of that commitment, he said, in
programs such as the Carolina Covenant, which for the past seven years has
enabled talented students from underprivileged backgrounds to graduate from
And with the C-STEP program, which serves as a bridge for
high-achieving students from community colleges to transfer to Carolina at the
start of their junior years.
And with the Carolina College Advising Corps, which has
helped students and parents in the far reaches of the state learn how to apply
for admission to college and how to get financial aid.
“I don’t think there is any other university in the country
that would let an admissions office do the kinds of things we’re encouraged to
do, which is to strive for excellence, and at the same time, encourage all high
school students throughout the state to go to college,”
Farmer’s commitment to the students he recruits, and the
state he serves, helped him earn a 2010 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service
“I was telling somebody a few months ago that I’m really
lucky because the job I have here is unlike the job that any other admissions
director has anywhere,” Farmer said. “It’s much more fun to serve a university
that people really care about. I’m convinced that one reason they love it so
much is that Carolina has always been a university that cares about people.
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If you are not interested in a technical peculiarity that occurs in aggregated data sets, just ignore this post.
I am often asked what my thoughts are about selecting the single best attributes (e.g., best name and best address) when multiple attributes are known. I always respond with, “truth is in the eye of the beholder.”
This came as a hard lesson. In the mid-1990’s, I built a data warehouse that was being fed daily by over 4,000 disparate operational systems belonging to handful of widely recognized consumer brands. The goal was to better understand the customer by recognizing when the same person was transacting across different brands all held by the same holding company. The underlying motivation: the more fully the customer is understood the more you can sell to the customer.
There I sat with a number of marketing VP’s, each representing their brand’s interests. And while everyone worked for the same parent company, there was one question no one could agreed upon: When a consumer has transacted with all of the brands, each time using a slightly different name or new address, which name and address should be considered the enterprise-wide GOLD standard? As it turns out, there is no such thing as a single version of truth.
The name and address supplied to a human resources system by an employee is the best name and address for an IRS filing, even if a different name and address has become available from another system. And a hotel statement better be sent to the address supplied by the guest when he or she checks out of the hotel – not some other address deemed “best” because of its perceived currency and reliability from some other data source. For a direct marketing piece, a name and address from a loyalty club program is generally better than the hotel reservation data provided over the phone. Why? Because loyalty club data is more reliable as consumers want to receive their points statement in the mail.
Thus, the definition of best varies based on who is asking the question. So when I am asked how to determine the single best version of truth I recommend being prepared to deliver every version of truth -- for truth is in the eye of the beholder.
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What is the price for screw in dentures and is it done immediately after my teeth is remove
Q. Please can you give me an approximate price for screw in dentures…also is the procedure carried out as soon as my old teeth are removed
A. In my practice I like to remove the teeth and fit the implant retained teeth at the same time as I use the Anklos implant. The Ankylos implant is a very good implant for immedaite placement so choose your surgeon carefully as some dentists prefer to leave you with a full denture for a few months before placing the implants. The cost vary from around £4000 for a removable denture held with implants to £12,000 for fixed teeth.
Dr Andrew Moore
Advance Dental Clinic
104 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JG
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Good Sunday Morning. How are you enjoying the growing number of Tigers trade rumors? First Ubaldo Jimenez, now Derek Lowe. In this update on the ESPN.com Rumors blog, they float Magglio Ordonez or Casper Wells as pieces going to Atlanta in a potential deal.
Leading Off: What’s the worst part of the Tigers two-game skid?
A) It smells like last year when they were swept by the Indians to start the second half.
B) They’ve lost six of their last eight series.
C) It comes at the hands of the White Sox.
D) A two-game losing streak is cause for concern?
Yeah, it could be all the above. Let’s add another one: they were blanked by Edwin Jackson. Jeez … On the bright side, Carlos Guillen returned to the lineup after 11 months and went one for three … From the AP story: “It’s a tough injury,” Guillen said. “Sometimes you feel good for one week, and the next day you’re sore. Right now, I’m at the point where I’ve been playing 15, 20 days in a row, and I feel good every day.” … Hey, speaking of second baseman, look who broke out of an 0-for-18 slump with a game-winning hit.
[callout title=The Rundown]
The Tigers are in second place, one game behind the Indians.
There are 14 days left until the July 31 trade deadline.
Fifty years ago today, following a year-long illness, Ty Cobb died at age 74 in Atlanta.
On this date in 2000, the Tigers acquired outfielder Dusty Allen from the Padres for infielder Gabe Alvarez. In 1989 they traded outfielder Billy Bean to the Dodgers for outfielders Domingo Michel and Steve Green. Way back in 1942, they acquired righty Jack Wilson from the Senators for infielder Eric McNair (McNair refused to report).
A-Jax Still Hurting: Austin Jackson has missed the past five games with a sore wrist and seems likely to miss today’s game too. Speculation here is that if Jackson goes on the disabled list, Clete Thomas might be first in line for a call up. It sure would be nice to see ol’ Clete back in Detroit.
For Me, It was the Jason Thompson Trade: This blog post in the New York Times asks a terrific question: When Did You Lose Your Fan ‘Innocence’?
As we are constantly reminded, major league sports are, at heart, a business. Many personnel decisions are based on dollars and cents, not legacies and fan favorites, and it is often the fans who take these decisions the hardest.
What about you? What trade hurt you the most (and it doesn’t have to be a Tigers player)? Or maybe it was a work stoppage or something else.
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I've hit my 15lbs weight loss today and I've been feeling good and bad about it.
Good because they're gone, but bad that I had them to lose in the first place!
I've started and deleted this blog a few times throughout the day, this is the final draft.
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Modern-day slavery is not a hidden crime and every person has a “part to play” in rescuing victims from their misery, Wales’ new anti-human trafficking coordinator has claimed.
Stephen Chapman said Wales is now leading the way when it comes to tackling the illegal trade of human trafficking and other nations are watching its work “with interest”.
Speaking to the Western Mail, the former deputy director at the UK Border Agency said the notion that trafficking is “hidden” is a myth. Instead, “people have just not been looking for it,” he said.
His words came as he unveiled plans to set up a “leadership group” for trafficking in Wales, with representatives from health boards, local authorities, the police and criminal justice system, immigration agencies and charities.
This group will be supported by four regional “delivery groups” in Gwent, North Wales, South Wales and West Wales, which will raise awareness of trafficking and ultimately ensure all frontline professionals receive training in recognising its victims and perpetrators.
Mr Chapman, who lives in Newport with his Welsh wife and children and most recently helped organise security for the Olympic Games, said his new role was as a “catalyst” for change.
“People want to work as a team they don’t want to work in isolation,” he said.
“I’m very pleased to report back that there is a lot of good work being carried out, but sometimes some organisations are working in isolation and what I want to do is create a round table in which everyone is aware of what everyone else is doing.
“It is about building trust and building confidence to operate and about putting that hand out to organisations who we haven’t worked with before.”
Among those are religious organisations, which Mr Chapman said have a “vital role to play” in recognising and protecting victims.
“If you are coming from a different country where the officials and police are corrupt you will find your church,” he said.
“I also think we are very lucky to have Bawso, which is a very capable organisation that gives support across Wales.
“What we are doing is very new here. I sit on the human trafficking strategic board and people from other countries in the UK are very envious of the fact that this role has been created and the other three nations are looking at this role with interest.”
But despite working for and representing the Welsh Government, he said his role was more one of a “critical friend” and a conduit to “take messages back”.
As part of that work, he recently attended a “summit” in North Wales in response to local concerns about traffickers using Holyhead to bring their victims into Britain.
But Mr Chapman warned against confusing traffickers with people smugglers, saying that because trafficking victims and perpetrators often enter the country legally it is harder for border staff to recognise them.
“Traffickers bring people into the country through our ports and airports legitimately,” he said.
“A lot of victims who come here don’t know they are being trafficked. It is only when they reach their final destination, when their passports have been taken off them, when they are in debt and bondage, when they are being abused physically and sexually, that they realise they are being trafficked.”
Trafficking can take place into and out of the UK and internally and officially-recognised categories include sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, forced criminality, tissue and organ donation and domestic servitude, but Mr Chapman said traffickers “don’t recognise those boundaries”.
“A trafficked child working in domestic servitude will be moved on to work in the sex industry or a factory – they can work across it.
“It’s a deed that doesn’t recognise age, gender or colour. We are calling them human trafficking victims, but I like to use the word slavery, because that is what it is. And the perpetrators are criminals. I think we are being kind calling them traffickers.”
Anecdotal evidence collected by charities like the Cardiff-based Black Association of Women Step Out (BAWSO) has found that victims often do not come forward because they wrongly believe they will be deported, he said, while others are threatened by their traffickers.
“There is a fear of retribution on their families, and let’s not beat around the bush – that could be death,” he said.
“They may also feel that they are in the country illegally, which they might not be, and they might feel that they will be imprisoned or deported because they have been forced into criminality.
“What I can say to them is that the public are becoming aware of your plight, we will be cracking down on the people who trafficked you and we will be rescuing you.”
He said “everyone” could help root out modern-day slavery in Wales, adding: “A lot of people say that human trafficking is a hidden crime but I say people have not been looking for it.
“I ask the public to use their common sense. You might suddenly see a lot of people moving into a house on the road, they could be coming in and out at different times, people could look like they are in a shabby condition or undernourished, there could be a lot of security around them – after all, they are slaves.
“The people taking your call to the police or to Crimestoppers are non-judgmental professionals. They are all trained and they will act.
“It is about being a good neighbour. Trafficking affects all aspects of society and everyone has their role to play. How would you feel if a member of your family had been trafficked, would you want a member of the public to make the call?”
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Subject: Single UNIX Specification Version 2
To: None <[email protected]>
From: J.T. Conklin <[email protected]>
Date: 09/16/1997 22:50:54
Go Solo 2, the authorized guide to Version 2 of the Single UNIX
Specification is now available. The book comes with a companion
CD-ROM with the specification in HTML and PDF formats (a welcome
change from the proprietary format used in the first version).
I often refered to the first Go Solo while working on making NetBSD
standards compliant, and expect that the update (now that it's in a
format I can actually use on a NetBSD box) to be even more useful.
Those of you who hack on NetBSD with similar goals might find it
For those of you who don't need instant access to the specification
but would find it convenient to browse through it from time to time,
the Open Group has put the spec on the web at:
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We have, in emergency services, always been in the business of doing more with less. It’s our creed. But there comes a point where we are expecting the outputs to exceed the inputs, or we are shoving more input in than we can possibly output, and in either case, something is going to blow. †This can be written:
Where t = tempo, r = resources and f = frustration: ?t + ?r = ??f.
When we reach the result ??f, it has been often expressed with an expletive and a raised middle finger. †To illustrate, let’s think about this like a mall parking lot, shall we?
In the preferred scenario, we have a goal and in order to achieve that, we have to put something into the process to make it occur. †If we have our theoretical parking lot, so long as the number of cars that go into the lot are equal or less than the number of cars exiting the lot, there won’t be a lot of pain. †However, when the balance tips and the number of cars entering the lot exceed the number of cars exiting, there will be quite a deal of anger, especially if the input of cars continues to exceed the available number of spaces and a bunch of mouth-breathing numbskulls drive around the lot aimlessly, exponentially adding to the confusion. †In normally high-performing organizations, situations like these can evolve into frustrating moments when we continue to expect more and more for less and less, without considering that what we have is a definite resource issue. In those finite resources, of course, we are referring mainly to time and funding.
If I were to build you a house, and money was no object, time was no object, and you didn’t care what it looked like, I would have absolutely no problems putting you in a home. †If money were no object I could buy what I want; pay myself what I want; I could hire people who have built homes before; and any number of resources I could possibly need, I could get, if you know what I mean. †Likewise, if time were no object, I wouldn’t worry about how long it took for permits, or whether or not the subs were there on time. †And of course, if you didn’t care what it looked like, I could build you a tent and charge you several million dollars.
When we begin to place limiting factors on the outputs, there occurs a correlating †increase in pressure. †As managers, it’s easy to delegate. †There are plenty of managers out there, however, who delegate without consideration for the resources needed. †It doesn’t do us any good to keep throwing more plates in the air for our subordinates and expect the outputs to remain consistent. †It’s the theory of laminar flow: the more pressure you add, the more chaotic the environment and the less effective the output. †You need to either decrease pressure, add capacity, or increase the size of the discharge.
The most challenging part, however, is remembering that the personnel you most trust with pulling off clutch moves are the same ones who tend to get loaded and loaded until they reach a snapping point. †These are your high performers who won’t dare tell you “no” because they really want to succeed and to help you to succeed as well. †It’s important to discuss the workload with these individuals and if you find you have to back off the heat for a while, make it happen. †They’ll appreciate your recognizing the situation and in allowing them to adjust their pace, may be able to come back stronger in the long run. †But keep beating that same horse and I can reassure you, it might take a while, but when it does go down, it won’t be peacefully.
Your job as a leader is to continually evaluate the situation and adjust. †If additional resources exist, you can add these, but unfortunately, that isn’t a likely scenario. †So it comes down to heat if we want to increase the outputs. †As leaders, we have to constantly assess whether the heat we add to the problems is sufficient, or too much. †If it is not enough, things will go at their own pace and may never be accomplished. †Too much heat and you run the risk of backlash. †But the right amount of heat creates change. And if change is what is required, you are going to be the one with your hand on the throttle. †Manage it wisely; it’s a temperamental machine sometimes. | <urn:uuid:d9439e04-3b68-4195-94fd-244cb381046e> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | http://www.firehousezen.com/2010/10/12/increasing-tempo-and-decreasing-resources-equals-frustration/ | 2016-05-01T06:03:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860114285.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161514-00097-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964054 | 990 | [
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We love him for the enemies he has made,” said Edward S. Bragg in his speech seconding the nomination of New York Gov. Grover Cleveland to be the Democratic candidate for president in 1884.
Republicans are saying that about Texas Gov. Rick Perry. He’s not the first Republican to be victimized by Democratic efforts to criminalize policy differences. But he could be the last.
A grand jury in Travis County (Austin), a dark blue island in the red Texas sea, has indicted Mr. Perry on two felony counts for vetoing an appropriations bill.
Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was arrested last year after “driving for about a mile in a bike lane, swerving and veering into oncoming traffic.” Her blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit.
As Travis County DA, Ms. Lehmberg oversees the “Public Integrity Unit,” which prosecutes insurance fraud, motor fuels tax fraud and government corruption and is funded by the state. Outraged by her conduct, Mr. Perry demanded she resign and said he’d veto funding for the Public Integrity Unit if she didn’t. She didn’t, so he did.
For “special prosecutor” Michael McCrum, that constituted “coercing a public servant” and “abuse of power.”
Democrats make bogus criminal charges against Republicans to hurt them with voters who read only the headline “so and so was indicted.”
But there must be some ambiguity for “lawfare” to work, and the news media must be complicit. As were The Washington Post and The New York Times in June, when they trumpeted recycled charges by Democratic district attorneys in Wisconsin against Gov. Scott Walker, without mentioning that months before a state judge had ruled their witch hunt lacked probable cause; a federal judge issued an injunction to halt it.
So flimsy are the charges against Gov. Perry liberals described them as “B.S.,” “fishy,” “sketchy,” “far-fetched,” “unbelievably ridiculous,” the “stupidest thing I’ve seen in my entire career.” Stupid enough to be denounced by The New York Times and The Washington Post.
The video of Ms. Lehmberg’s booking — which has gone viral on YouTube — shows she was abusive and violent and had to be restrained. That she’s still the DA is the real abuse of power, people who watch it likely will conclude.
If the purpose of the indictment was to wound Mr. Perry as a presidential candidate, it’s backfired. Republicans — including potential rivals for the GOP nomination — have rallied behind him.
Govs. Walker and Chris Christie of New Jersey also are boosted by Mr. McCrum’s epic overreach, because more people now will think charges against them are politically motivated, wrote Michael Lind in the liberal webzine Salon. So liberals carpet-bomb the indictment, hoping to make it go away before blowback gets way out of hand.
For some liberals, outrage is genuine. The criminalization of party differences is “un-American, an extremely dangerous trend,” said law professor Alan Dershowitz.
This is “the most egregious example to date of a blatant attempt to distort the law for political ends and criminalize lawful conduct,” said former Justice Department prosecutor Sidney Powell. “Torturing statutes to create crimes out of conduct that is not criminal has become a burgeoning industry for creative prosecutors fueled by their own ambitions.”
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention in 1884 erupted in applause at Mr. Bragg’s barb, which was aimed at Tammany Hall, a charnel house of corruption. Grover Cleveland was elected that November, ending a GOP string of six consecutive victories.
Mr. Perry should fight these bogus charges as publicly as he can. After they’re thrown out, he should demand Mr. McCrum be disbarred. To end “lawfare,” we must punish those who practice it.
Which seems to be what Mr. Perry has in mind. He went on offense right away and has assembled a crackerjack legal team.
“First on the border crisis and now on his own indictment, he has shown an uncanny ability to seize the national stage and convey his impressive leadership skills,” said Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin.
“Rather than play the victim as too many conservatives do when treated unfairly … Perry is stepping out as the Republican willing — and able — to take on liberal incompetence and abuse.”
We love him for the enemies he has made.
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