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Buccaneers Begin a Rebuilding Process In 2009September 6, 2009
Raheem Morris has some big shoes to fill in Tampa Bay this season.
The first year head coach has the distinct pleasure of following Jon Gruden--the only coach to take the Bucs to the Super Bowl--and Tony Dungy, who is responsible for turning the perennial laughing stock of the NFL into one of its most respected franchises from the late 90's into the new millennium.
The Buccaneers are in a rebuilding mode. Gone are the familiar faces of Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dunn, Jeff Garcia, Ike Hilliard & Joey Galloway that had been the veteran staples over the last few seasons for the Bucs.
Enter Barrett Ruud, Derrick Ward, Byron Leftwich & Kellen Winslow--the new face of the Buccaneers.
Not nearly as impressive a list.
Couple the Buccaneers rebuilding--which is always tough--with the fact that they play in a very touch NFC South Division and it creates a potential equation for disaster.
Lacking any true star power, and facing one of the toughest schedules in the NFL, Morris will certainly have his moxy tested early and often this season.
Today we are going to take a brief look at the teams in the NFC south that the Bucs will have to face this season.
This is what many consider to be one of the most impressive and explosive teams in the NFL. Drew Brees set the world on fire last year, passing for 5,069 yards and 34 touchdowns last season.
Brees has a bevy of weapons at his disposal as well. Marques Colston, Devery Henderson and Robert Meachem create a very impressive trio of wideouts, and Jeremy Shockey is still a very dangerous option at the tight end slot.
Throw the super hero like explosiveness of half back Reggie Bush in there, and the grinding style of Pierre Thomas, and this offense if enough to make anyone cringe.
This is worrisome for the Buccaneers' defense. The run stopping ability is not as much a worry as the secondary is. Cornerback Ronde Barber is no spring chicken anymore, and while he may not show it all the time, has lost a step. Aqib Talib has potential on the other corner, but is still very young, and very immature.
Tanard Jackson will miss the first four games of the season due to a violation of the leagues substance abuse policy, and Sabby Piscitelli will be a regular starter for the first time.
Jackson is talented, and I have a hunch that Piscitelli will be a stud in this league eventually, but that promise of talent will not be enough to thwart the Saints impressive aerial attack this season.
The Falcons were one of the leagues pleasant surprises last season. Posting a 4-12 record in 2007, Atlanta was bad enough to have a great first round pick, and they used it to make a franchise changing decision, selecting Matt Ryan, a quarterback out of Boston College.
Ryan took the reigns of the franchise, and with the help of newly acquired running back Michael Turner, led the team to an 11-5 record and a playoff birth.
Talk about a great turn around.
Turner, an understudy of the future Hall of Famer LaDanian Tomlison ran for 1,699 yards in his first year as "the guy". Turner's back up, Jerious Norrwood, was no slouch either, finishing at just under 500 yards on the ground at an average of 5.1 yards per carry.
Ryan passed for 3,440 yards and 16 touchdowns. Not as impressive at Brees' numbers, but non the less, this guy got the job done. Roddy White, Michael Jenkins and Brian Finneran are all back this year to give Ryan tons of options through the air.
The team also added Tony Gonzalez, who many people consider to be the greatest tight end to ever play the game.
Keith Brooking will anchor the defense again this season, and will be sure to turn in yet another Pro Bowl performance from his linebacker spot. Pass rushing guru John Abraham will be healthy this season, and could spell trouble for the Buccaneers inexperienced offensive tackles.
The Panthers were 12-4 last season and won the NFC South. When you are led by Jake Delhomme at quarterback, and DeAngelo Williams in the backfield, you can always expect big things.
Williams was one of the most exciting players in the NFL last year, rushing for 1,550 yards and a 5.5 yards-per-carry average. Couple that with the efforts of rookie Johnathan Stewart last year, and the Panthers were a scary team to defend on the ground.
Steve Smith is back at wide receiver for the Panthers, and he is one of the most explosive guys in the league. Dwayne Jarrett has a big upside as a receiver for the team, and Mushin Muhammed is always one of the biggest silent surprises in the league each year.
Jon Beason, Chris Gamble and Julius Peppers anchor a defense that is exciting and at times can be dominating.
As much as it pains me to say, I don't see how the Bucs can stand much of a chance at finishing anything better than 6-10 this season. The division they play in is what many consider to be the strongest in the league. What's more is the team has to play very tough out of division teams this year such as the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants.
I see the season breaking down like this...
New Orleans wins the division, Carolina wins a wild card birth, Atlanta finishes at third with a record that would be good enough to win a division if they were in the AFC, and the Bucs finish last, get a high draft pick, and continue the rebuilding process.
Thomas Gemkow is the official Tampa Bay Buccaneers Correspondent for WhatTheBucs.com, a blog that is part of the FanBall.com sports blogosphere. Currently residing in Lake County, Thomas has been a local sports correspondent the St. Pete Times, Citrus County Chronicle, Ocala Star Banner & was honored by the FCCPA in 2003 for his sports and feature writing ability. You can check out his archived work at his personal blog site, ThomasGemkow.com or follow his updates on Twitter @ThomasGemkow


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Dessert PartyFebruary 12th, 2007 , by admin
Friday night my husband's and my Bible Study group had a dessert party. Just the idea of a dessert party makes me shiver - so much sugar, so many avoids, so many temptations.
I had already over eaten last week. I stayed away from avoids, but I ate too many nuts and too much dried fruit. I had just turned the corner and was getting back into my usual routine. I didn't need an excuse to splurge on desserts.
I took fruit salad to the party. It was very pretty: pineapple, blueberries, cherries and red grapes. The colors even went along with the Valentine theme.
I was probably the only one who ate all fruit. However, ever so many people commented on what a great idea it was, and most people had a spoon of fruit on their plates alongside the cake and ice cream.

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World Briefing | Europe: France: Teachers Strike Over Longer Hours
Published: December 19, 2006
Up to half of France's schoolteachers went on strike to protest a government plan to increase the number of hours they spend in the classroom. Several thousand gathered in Paris to march on the Education Ministry in a demonstration of their anger at the measure, which is to be signed next month. The ministry is seeking to add one to three hours a week to some teachers' rosters in an attempt to reduce the state teaching payroll by up to 2,800 posts.


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|Reviews for Should I Trust?
| Clap Clap Raise Your Hands chapter 1 . 6/1/2005
wow, i love the first and last verse most, the last one especially though, so clever and the last line is amazing, i can really relate, it takes time to trust, i guess for me i just trust people as much as i have to, it takes a lot for me to trust someone totally, barriers i wont let down, but slowly it's getting better :) x weasel within x
(i feel very song - y now, you may have inspired me to write something!)
| Moon-Chaser chapter 1 . 12/2/2004
I have the same issues. I can see why it might mean a lot, to be that honest in a poem takes guts. Thanks for sharing.
Keep it up.
| Keith Andrew chapter 1 . 10/28/2004
Yet another great work, you are really good. I love the repeating line "Should I trust?" it really added to the musing quality of the poem, great stuff
Keith Andrew
| Out-Of-Reality chapter 1 . 9/6/2004
Beclieve me I know what you mean! I have way big trust issues with even my close friends. This really expressed the emotion of that. Awesome stuff


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Did you know that there is a root vegetable that really looks like a Carrot, but it's not orange and it isn't rich in Vitamin A like the carrot is. This root vegetable is called Parsnip (Pastinaca Sativa). Parsnips are usually either white, brown, pale, or yellow in color and they taste a little sweeter than carrots. Yes, parsnips can be eaten raw, but most people prefer it being cooked. Pretty much people cook Parsnips the way you would cook a carrot or a potato, which means it could be fried, roasted, boiled, put in salads, stews, soups, or casseroles.
Parsnips grow bigger and have better flavor if they are grown in colder countries, but there must be good healthy soil in order to accomplish that. In Roman times some people believed that Parsnip was an Aphrodisiac vegetable which means it increased sexual desire. Since Parsnip is so rich in Vitamins, Minerals, and Nutrients people use it for baby food products. The Nutrients in a cup (133 grams) of Raw Sliced Parsnips are: Continue reading


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What's Cooking Wednesday: Top Ten Food Records of 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, so does our exhibit "What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?" which will end on January 3, 2012. It's been a great year for food here at the National Archives. We've had amazing guests come and speak, … Continue reading
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What's Cooking Wednesday: Whale Surprise!
Today's guest post comes from Jennifer Audsley Moore, who is an archives technician and volunteer coordinator at the National Archives at Kansas City. Whale: It's what's for dinner. At least, that is how the U.S. Food Administration and U.S Bureau … Continue reading


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Can you spell Y-u-g-o-s-l-a-v-i-a? I thought you could!
The article does conclude that the current non mexican immigrants ARE very much like the others who came.
Despite this fact, I suspect you are very much against chinese or indian immigrants anyway, even thought the article pretty much says that they assimailate easily and behave pretty much the same or better than native born.


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Schwab is cutting costs, again. Charles Schwab Corp. announced January 7 that it will begin charging a flat $8.95 per online trade of equities or non-Schwab exchange traded funds to retail investors, including clients of Schwab Advisor Services-affiliated advisors who use Schwab's E-Delivery Services.
In addition to the pricing move on trades, Schwab also introduced in the New Year Schwab Managed Portfolios–ETFs, a fee-based advisory service that was scheduled to be launched January 19. These portfolios have an investment minimum of $100,000, and will use ETFs representing up to 20 asset classes, including equities, fixed income, real estate, commodities, and TIPS.
In announcing the moves, Schwab said it expects the lower fees may reduce its Q1 2010 consolidated revenues by "$15 to $20 million."
As for its ETF family, Schwab Investment Management launched in December two new exchange traded funds to join its four other low-priced ETFs introduced in November that feature no commissions on trades for Schwab customers. The two new funds, each with expense ratios of 0.15%, that began trading on December 11 are the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF (SCHG) and the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF (SCHV). The first four Schwab ETFs–U.S. Broad Market (SCHB), U.S. Large-Cap (SCHX), U.S. Small-Cap (SCHA), and International Equity (SCHF)–were launched November 3 by the investment management arm of Charles Schwab Corp.
Charles Schwab Investment Management (CSIM) said the four ETFs launched November 3 had already attracted $209 million as of December 9, with average daily trading volume across the four ETFs of 555,000 shares since their inception. The ETFs for a planned January 2010 launch are one for emerging markets and the other for international small-cap stocks.
ETF Assets Up 45% in 2009
The move may be a reflection of both the popularity of ETFs among retail investors, but their underutilization among institutional investors. In its most recent Vision Focus report released January 11, State Street Corp. noted that ETFs now account for almost $1 trillion in assets, but points out that "institutional investors often do not take full advantage of these flexible investment tools." State Street held more than $200 billion worth of ETF assets as of December 31, 2009. State Street Global Advisors' monthly Snapshot of the ETF industry in the U.S., ETF assets rose 45%, or $242 billion, in 2009 to $775.8 billion, led by strong growth in commodity ETFs (assets for the year were up 105%), fixed income ETFs (assets up 78%), and international ETFs (assets up 78%).
Even companies like T. Rowe Price are getting into the action. ETF guru Tom Lydon reported that T. Rowe has filed with the SEC to offer a family of actively managed ETFs.
And if the transparency, liquidity, low price, accurate index tracking, and–in Schwab's case at least–free trading doesn't encourage advisors and their clients to buy ETFs, perhaps an early January announcement by Invesco PowerShares, a major ETF manufacturer, might do the trick: 116 out of 117 of Invesco's ETFs paid zero capital gains distributions for 2009.
With tax planning likely to move to center stage due to the Obama Adminisration's need to pay for the economic stimulus and healthcare reform, ETFs might be getting top billing very soon.


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Get your freekeh on
Published 5:43 pm, Tuesday, July 2, 2013
If you're trying to eat more healthfully, whether that means adding fiber or incorporating more meatless meals into your diet, try freekeh, an ancient grain processed from green wheat that can be used in recipes that call for rice or other grains. One cup of prepared freekeh has 130 calories, 4 grams of fiber and 6 grams of protein. Freekeh Foods brand has launched its certified organic line of the grain in three flavors, original, tamari and rosemary sage; $3.99 for an 8-ounce bag. Here's a recipe using freekeh in vegetarian tacos; for more recipes go to www.freekeh-foods.com.
Freekeh Vegetarian Tacos
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From Freekeh Foods
Makes 6 servings
18-ounce package cracked freekeh (1 cup) (original or tamari variety)
2½ cups water or vegetable broth
114.5-ounce can fire-roasted crushed tomatoes
1 medium purple onion, diced
2 tablespoons fajita seasoning or taco seasoning
2-4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 sweet red or yellow pepper, diced
6 garlic cloves, diced
1 teaspoon cumin
2 tablespoons chili powder
115-ounce can black beans or small red beans, rinsed and drained
A few shakes of hot sauce to taste
Serve with blue or white hard corn taco shells or soft corn tortillas
Instructions; Pour freekeh and 2½ cups of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil for 1 minute. Reduce heat to low. Stir in a few spoonfuls of the crushed tomatoes, onion and the fajita seasoning. Cover and simmer for about 25 minutes until the freekeh is tender. While freekeh is cooking, in a separate skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Toss in onion, peppers and garlic. Toss in cumin and chili powder and cook for about 4-5 minutes until the onions are slightly translucent.
Add in the beans and tomatoes (including the liquid from the can). Simmer for 4-6 minutes. Once the freekeh is done, add it to the other ingredients and cook for another minute or two. Fill taco shell or burrito wrapper and serve with your favorite toppings.
Go Texan, honey
If you're on a buy-Texan kick, try Goodbee's Honey, perhaps the newest honey on supermarket shelves. Goodbee's is raw honey, meaning it's bottled just as it exists in the hive, wildflower pollen and all. That means it skips the heating and filtering that can change its taste and appearance. It's sourced in Argentina but tested and bottled at the Round Rock Honey Co. in Round Rock. You can buy 1-pound jars for $5.49, exclusively at HEB stores.
This hummus is Better For You
If someone told you they'd made hummus with less fat and salt, fewer calories and it's gluten free, you might clutch your throat, hacking in mock horror. Hold on a second. The folks at Eat Well Enjoy Life did just that in their new "Better For You" line - and it's pretty darned tasty. New flavors are Classic, Roasted Garlic, Roasted Red Pepper and Spicy, and they have just 50 calories and 2.5 grams of fat in a two-tablespoon serving. Find them at Central Market, Kroger and Super Target for $3.49-$4.49.
New coffee flavors
Chameleon Cold-Brew has added three new flavors - East African, Indonesian and mocha - to its bottled coffee line. The Austin-based company makes its coffees from 100 percent organic fair-trade beans. They're available exclusively at Central Market stores; $5.49 for a 16-ounce bottle (all flavors) or $9.99 for a 32-ounce bottle (original only).


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Every business wants to be in Facebook, have a lots of "likes", "friends", "fans", etc. and if you are reading this blog is because you are searching for more information for your business or yourself, but beyond have a nice look, and profile picture, what do you need is purpose, the main idea, why you are here in Facebook?
Have a Plan, what do you want achieve?
continue to engage your existing fans, creating loyalty rather than get new customers.
'And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give,'
maybe your plan is just getting more and more people on fan's list, but looks what happen when you put your effort in give more to your existing fans to get them "fall in love" with your product.
Walmart effect is not so effective here
Real relations and good connection instead of quantity, a decent list of loyal fans and readers is worth more than 3000 blind friends, in other words, if 5 friends "like" one of your product's posts your exposure potential increase several times than if you just have 3000 "not answering" friends
Always have a website beyond your Facebook Fan page
Do you really wants control of the way your business looks and the amount of information do you want a display? Facebook doesn't give you the opportunity of customize and craft and measure your user experience as a real website
Ranking in Google
Don't get me wrong, if your webpage ranks better in Google than Facebook, you should know every point (and more) I explain in here, usually Facebook ranks and index very well in Google (normally at top 5 results), for a customer, gives a better impression and reputation to find both, your webpage and your Facebook profile ranking at the first page in Google.


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Tagged data structures are an extensible way of serialising data in a platform independent way for transmission across a network etc. This package implements the tagged structures from libevent 1.4.0-beta.
A tagged structure is described in a text file and might look like this:
struct foo { required int count = 1; optional struct[bar] names = 2; } struct bar { repeated string s = 1; }
The numbers after the equals signs are the tag numbers for each element of a structure. The tag numbers must be unique within a structure and should be sequenctial (but are not required to be).
The tag numbers must also be fixed for all time. When deserialising,
unknown tags are ignored. Thus one can add a new (non-required) element to
foo in the future and still interoperate with older code which knows
nothing of the new element.
Each element in the description looks like:
<presence> <type> <name> = <tag number> ;
The possible presence values are:
optional and
repeated. The
types are (currently):
struct[NAME] and
Other modules in this package parse these descriptions and automatically
generate Haskell code for them. You should have a binary called
codec-libevent-generate which does this. See the documentation for
Codec.Libevent.Generate about the structure of the generated code.
Once you have generated the code, you can import it as a regular Haskell module and serialise/deserialise these structures. You can also use the libevent library to process them in C.
This module contains helper functions and is imported by the code generated
by Codec.Libevent.Generate. Apart from the
TaggedStructure class, there's
probably not anything generally useful here.
- getBase128 :: Get Word32
- putBase128 :: Word32 -> Put
- getLengthPrefixed :: Get Word32
- nibbleLength :: Word32 -> Int
- putLengthPrefixed :: Word32 -> Put
- lengthPrefixedLength :: Word32 -> Int
- putTaggedWord32 :: Word32 -> Word32 -> Put
- putTaggedString :: Word32 -> String -> Put
- putTaggedVarBytes :: Word32 -> ByteString -> Put
- decodeString :: ByteString -> String
getBase128 :: Get Word32Source
Decode a base128 encoded integer. This is a variable length encoded int where the last byte has the MSB set to 0.
putBase128 :: Word32 -> PutSource
Encode a integer in Base128 form
getLengthPrefixed :: Get Word32Source
Decode a number where the first nibble of the first byte is the number of nibbles in the number. The remaining nibbles appear in little-endian order following, with 0 padding to the nearest byte.
nibbleLength :: Word32 -> IntSource
Return the number of nibbles, n, required to encode a given number. n >= 1
putLengthPrefixed :: Word32 -> PutSource
Encode a Word32 by prefixing the number of nibbles and following with the nibbles of the number in little-endian order
lengthPrefixedLength :: Word32 -> IntSource
Return the length of the length-prefixed representation of a Word32
putTaggedWord32 :: Word32 -> Word32 -> PutSource
putTaggedString :: Word32 -> String -> PutSource
putTaggedVarBytes :: Word32 -> ByteString -> PutSource


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Over the years I've had the opportunity to create impactful experiences. I've worked for brands in different markets: automotive, healthcare, retail, education and banking.
Everyday we learn and grow. I've been fortunate enough to work with the most creative and talented people in the world. Each of these experiences contributed to what I believe in today.
© 2018 Simon van Acht. All rights reserved


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User Ratings & Opinions
|Should have purchased sooner
User: Rob G, Nov 22, 2012
|My only complaints are that this should have come with the S3 and there is no way to charge the phone in the cradle. Thankfully I wont have to charge the battery at work to be able to use my phone once I get home. I will now have a fresh battery waiting for me.
|Samsung Charger plus Battery
User: Felix M, Aug 8, 2012
|Great Product. I highly recommend it. Im very pleased with my purchase.
|Amazing value
User: Robert R, Jun 30, 2012
|Based on the product image, at first I thought that this was just a super expensive charger but then realized that this is actually a "kit" made up of the battery charger + battery + wall charger. Under these conditions I dont think that you can find better value out there. Love it!
|Samsung Spare Battery Charging System w/ Standard 2100mAH NFC Battery
User: Sonley L, Nov 14, 2012
I had a similar device for my Samsung Captivate. I loved the ability to charge the phone and charge the extra battery at the same time. This item does not advertise this feature so the phone discharges its battery while in the cradle. I would have preferred charging phone and battery at the same time.
It is convenient to have the extra charged battery in an easily carried case.
|The Slot Is Too Thin
User: Timothy B, Sep 20, 2012
I had one of these for my S1. Of course the S3 has a bigger battery so the battery charger doesnt fit so I got this one.
My S1 was in a case by Body Glove and it fit in the slot of the S1 charger just fine. My S3 is in a case about the same thickness as the Body Glove but the S3 cant stand up in this new charger unless I take it out of the case. Thats not really convenient.
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Three Most Popular Posts So Far
We have a little over 400 posts up on the blog since we started with "Welcome Entrepreneurs" on October 1, 2006. I thought I would offer some guidance to newer readers on which have been the most popular. I have looked at popularity through three lenses: feed clickthroughs, unique page views, and total page views.
Based on feed clickthroughs (in theory selected by regular readers, perhaps influenced by the title):
- Nov-26-2007: Planning Will Save a Software Startup Money
- Aug-25-2008: Three Tests for Negotiating a Software Deal
- Sep-10-2008: Good Blogging is Good Linking
Based on Unique Page Views (in theory the most popular among all readers)
- Dec-4-2008 We Don't Encourage Individuals to Form a Startup
- May-28-2008 Bloggers Covering Electronic Design Automation
- Oct-4-2007 Benefits of SaaS Model
And one more based on total Page Views (some folks must have read this more than once).
Trackback from your site.
Comments (1)
harry the ASIC guy
Hi Sean,
Thank you very much for doing this. I had only started following your blog less than a year ago so I had not had a chance to delve into the archives. I found particular interest and value in the SaaS post and in exploring some of the links in that post (and links form those posts).
Good stuff.


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Peshawar, University of Peshawar has declared the BA/BSC annual exam result 2013. In these exams, all the top three positions are grabbed by girls.
According to BA declared results, Neelum Shahi Malik got first position with 423 marks, second position is taken by Fatima Nawaz with 419 marks while Saba Israr remain third with 413 marks. All the girls belong to Jinnah College for Girls.
In BSC result, Haris Zada of Oriental Degree College secured first position, Khurshid Bakht got second with 468 marks and Shumaila of same institute remain third with 454 marks.


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I love Michigan football because it brings out more passion in me than almost anything else in my life. After my family and select close friends, nothing brings the emotion out like Saturdays in the fall.
Of course these emotions can be both good and bad, and after hearing Michigan was down 10-7 with 4 minutes to go in the first half Saturday, I was unbearable to be around. I headed to the bar to catch the second half and was dumbfounded when I saw the halftime score. It didn't seem possible that 3 touchdowns could be scored in such a short period of time.
Of course I had to call my sister, a fellow rabid fan among many in my family, to find out what happened. So I guess that is another reason I love Michigan football, the rallying cries from my family and friends as we call each other during the game are really awesome.


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5 Years : From Mar 2013 to Mar 2018
The Singapore dollar touched a 2-day low of 1.2526 against the U.S. dollar in early Asian trading on Thursday. If the Singapore dollar weakens further, it may target 1.255 level. The pair is now trading at 1.2520, compared to 1.2503 hit late York Wednesday.
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June Doreen (Monasmith) Daniel
b. July 1, 1926, Peoria, Az.
d. Aug. 25, 1992, Hillside, Az.
w/o William E. (Bill) Daniel
d/o Harry Frederick & Catherine Bartlett (Worthington) Monasmith
Occ: Homemaker
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On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arizona, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
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U.S. credit-card delinquencies in October rose for the first time in a year, while credit card defaults fell to a new five-year low, according to a recent report from Fitch Ratings.
Late-stage delinquencies rose by two basis points to 1.71% in October, reversing a 12-month streak of declines, according to Fitch's latest credit card performance index results. However, through 2012 so far late payments have remained well below the 3% average of the prime index since its inception, Fitch said. Early stage delinquencies, or receivables associated with accounts 30 days past due, remained relatively flat from the prior month at 2.21%. The firm said it expects chargeoffs to remain relatively stable as delinquencies hover at these current levels.
Meanwhile, Fitch reported its prime credit card index for October posted its second month-over-month improvement, falling 13 points to 4.16%. The decline in cardholder defaults marks the lowest level since early 2007 and is down 25% year-over-year, Fitch said. Fitch's prime credit card index was established in 1991.
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Local flavour will be provided by a highly competitive fleet of 13 Maltese boats including Christian Ripard and Lee Satariano's J/122 Artie, overall race winner in 2011 and fully determined to reclaim her crown. 'It's a tactical race,' explained Ripard, 'therefore it's rewarding for the crew when you do well because a lot of hard work goes in. Last year we made over 80 sail changes. It's like a round the cans race for nearly 700 miles!' Arthur Podesta will maintain his unique record of sailing in every single Rolex Middle Sea Race, skippering the First 45 Elusive II. Georges Bonello Dupuis, former Commodore of the Royal Malta Yacht Club, will sail alongside Shaun Murphy on Escape, one of 16 double-handed entrants.
Six separate start sequences will be conducted from Malta's impressive Grand Harbour. 'The start is spectacular because of its location surrounded by high bastions with many good vantage points. We might be looking at a spinnaker start,' added Zammit. The first start is scheduled for 11:00 CEST. The fleet then embarks on a 606-nm anticlockwise loop around Sicily, the Aeolian and Egadi Islands, around Pantelleria and Lampedusa, before finishing back in Marsamxett Harbour, Rolex Middle Sea Race


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Halsey to take charge of derby clash
Mark Halsey will be the man in charge of Sunday's big derby clash between Wednesday and United at Hillsborough.
The match needs a strong man in the middle and Halsey comes with a history of refereeing in the top games in the Premier League, as well as League Cup finals.
Fireworks are expected on the pitch, as they are in every Steel City clash.
He'll be assisted by Glenn Turner and Andy Halliday and Carl Boyeson will be the fourth official.


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Southland Equipment Service
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Chaminade Silversword battle vs Texas Longhorns highlights college basketball odds menu
Texas Longhorns vs Chaminade Silversword Odds
The Chaminade Silversword will look to boost their win total and cover the spread when they tip off against the Texas Longhorns at Lahaina Civic Center on Monday in NCAA hoops play.
The Silversword sport records of 3-0 and 3-0 ATS heading into this battle, while the Longhorns have 2-0 and 0-1 ATS marks on the season. The OVER/UNDER records are 0-0 for the Silversword and 0-1 for the Longhorns.
View Texas vs Chaminade Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
The visitors opened as 21-point favorites in this one at most sportsbooks tracked at Odds Shark, including Bovada. The total was set to open a bit later (check out GTbets.eu for the latest situation(.
How They Match Up:
Last time out for Texas, they were a 69-46 winner as they battled Coppin State at home. Texas cruised to victory on Monday, running Coppin State out of the gym and running up a 69-46 score at Frank Erwin Center.
In their last action, Chaminade was an 86-60 loser at home against Tennessee. They failed to cover the 18–point spread as underdogs. Chaminade was run off the court by the Volunteers on Wednesday as Tennessee routed them 86-60 at Lahaina Civic Center.
Texas Longhorns Trends:
When playing on Monday are 6-4
Before playing Sam Houston State are 1-2
After playing Coppin State are 2-1
After a win are 5-5
A few Longhorns at Silversword trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Texas's last 12 games on the road
Texas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Texas is 4-9 SU in its last 13 games on the road
Next up:
Texas home to Sam Houston State, Tuesday, November 27
Chaminade at Hawaii, Saturday, December 15


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Nov. 22, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Nov. 22, 2010 at 6:20 pm
After I learned that it meant the fear of snakes I really got the painting. Very good!
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Jul. 27, 2010 at 9:13 pm
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it is a nice painting but what does ophidiophobia mean


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Peter N. Silvestri, 57, is currently serving his fifth term as County Commissioner. His commitment to public service, however, showed at the early age of twenty when he became the youngest member of a school board in Illinois, elected to School Board District 401.
Silvestri has been committed to public service ever since. Known as one of the hardest working commissioners, Commissioner Silvestri serves as chairman of three of the busiest committees: Zoning and Building, Litigation, and Environmental Control. He serves as vice-chairman of more committees than any other commissioner, serving on Contract Compliance, Provident Hospital, Stroger Hospital, Human Relations, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Intergovernmental Affairs, Building and Forest Preserve Real Estate Committees. He is a member of the Construction, Finance, Public Health, Health and Hospitals, Family Court, Roads and Bridges, Rules, Forest Preserve Real Estate, and Zoological Committees.
Other past positions Silvestri has held include: former Elmwood Park Village President and trustee, member and president of the Elmwood Park Board of Education, Elmwood Park Zoning Board, Elmwood Park Civic Foundation, Norwood Park Senior Home Board of Directors, past chairman of the St. Vincent Ferrer Religious Education Advisory Board, and past president of the West Central Municipal Conference and Leyden Norwood Park Municipal League. He currently serves as a member of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, an association of 128 communities. A graduate of De Paul University and its law school, Silvestri is a licensed attorney. Silvestri states that his most rewarding role is that of father to his son Christian. The Silvestris are members of St. Vincent Ferrer Parish in River Forest.


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Do you want an Amazon Fire Phone? If you do, I'll bet you want it at a discount - even with a free year of Amazon's Prime shipping/video/music service, it's a hard sell at two hundred bucks. It's a good thing, then, that the Fire Phone is so often on sale. The latest discount comes courtesy of an eBay seller, who's getting rid of the phones for as little as $140. That includes free shipping and free access to Prime, bringing the effective price down to $40 for a contract-free phone. Not bad.
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Inventing the Internet of Things: by JP Norair
by JP Norair on 13 Oct 2013
@renato_mariotti Trump can fire Mueller, too. The longer it goes, and Mueller has nothing, the greater chance.
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On Waitress Patrol with The Pink Sisters
If anyone had told me that the best girlfriend of my adult life would present in the package of a small, cranky, funny Dutch woman 20 years older and a foot shorter than me, I wouldn't have believed them.
We met in Destin, Florida. Ellie lived in my condo complex, having moved in a couple of months after I did. She was there because her beloved husband of many years had died and she'd sold their home. I was there because my Mom got sick and I came to be near her during her final year.
Ellie and I lived a couple of floors from each other for two years and never went beyond polite hellos in the elevator. One evening we started chatting out on the dock in front of the complex during sunset happy hour, and my husband and I invited her to join us for dinner. The hub was coming off of a 24-hour journey from Singapore to the U.S. and wound up with his head practically in his plate, so Ellie and I sent him off to bed while we continued eating. He began throwing clothes out of the master bedroom into the living room while humming striptease music because he's crazy and fun like that, and then Ellie started bantering with him … and before I knew it, she'd pulled her shirt over her head and thrown it at him. At the time, she was in her late sixties.
The hub passed out, and our dinner continued with Ellie dressed in a bra and Capri pants. I attempted to maintain some sense of normal hostess-like aplomb in the midst of gasping for breath while laughing. I eventually proclaimed my undying love for her, and from that moment on, we became best friends and our adventures began. We were best friends like you are when you're young: holding hands, sharing secrets, laughing and loving and easing each other down the path of life. In the midst of our friendship, we came up with the idea for The Pink Sisters of the Waitress Patrol.
The Pink Sisters were kind of like The Blues Brothers. It's the name Ellie gave us when we were expanding upon our latest brilliant idea, a TV show called "Waitress Patrol." We were at The Donut Hole in Destin, munching on some fries while we watched the lone female server try to deal with an onslaught of customers who all arrived at once. She was so far in the weeds that we even told her that Ellie used to own a deli and I was once a fish house waitress — and that if she'd hand us each a check pad, we'd help her out of the jam by passing out menus and taking orders.
She declined our assistance, but an idea was born and we had to talk it through. Dressed in official pink uniforms, including the special hat, frilly white apron, big plastic name tags and thick-soled white shoes (think of the classic sitcom "Alice"), The Pink Sisters of the Waitress Patrol would hit the highway to lend a hand to our sister (and brother) servers in restaurants along the Gulf Coast. Fine dining places or down home diners, we'd do it all.
We'd ease up to the door in our big boat of a convertible, simultaneously slip on our dark black rhinestone encrusted cat-eye sunglasses and walk into the establishment shoulder to shoulder. Well, more like shoulder-to-elbow, because as I said earlier, Ellie was about a foot shorter than me. That's why she felt like she needed a beehive hairdo, like "Alice's" Flo: "I need the height."
In true men-in-black, Jake-and-Elwood deadpan style, we would announce to the manager in a deep monotone that we were the Waitress Patrol, and we had heard they were short-staffed. We'd case the room, pull off our shades, and with tear sheet order pads in hand and pens tucked into our hair, we'd hit the floor to serve the unserved. We were on a mission from God.
"Hi, I'm Lori of the Waitress Patrol. What'll ya have?"
Once we'd gotten the kitchen and dining room caught up, we would pocket the pads, slip on our shades and nod at the hugely grateful staff as we strode back out to the car and moved on in search of the next restaurant in dire need. We are the Pink Sisters of the Waitress Patrol. Superheroes of the service industry.
This is the kind of thing that went on when Ellie and I started talking. She was every bit as crazy as I am. We probably shouldn't have been allowed to hang out together unsupervised.
Ellie died, quietly, in her sleep while visiting at my house, not long before her 71st birthday. She had seen me through a year plus of treatment for breast cancer, and I'm almost certain that she hung around long enough to see me to the point where she knew I'd be okay. I couldn't have done it without her. The night before she made the big transition we'd had festive beverages and watched old episodes of Johnny Carson on DVD prior to saying our goodnight I-love-you's.
And I know she's out there somewhere — dressed in her pink Waitress Patrol uniform, saying "Kiss my grits!" to some poor soul who stepped beyond the boundaries of acceptable patron behavior.
I sure do miss that woman.


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Samuel was a U.S. Marine war veteran of two wars and loved both his country and his family every day of his life.
Samuel is survived by his beloved wife of 38 years Francine Echols, his children Rosemary Langenhorst, John Underwood, Michelle and Mike Bays, David and Teresa Echols, Joel and Angie Echols, Denise and Jeff Bolton, as well as his sister-in-law Rhoda Howard and her children Tesa Smith, Peggy Chambers, Gerald Echols, and by his many grandchildren and great-grandchildren who all loved him dearly.
Arrangements are being handled by Park View Funeral Home, 3661 E. French Camp Road, Manteca. Services will be held on Tuesday February 10, 2009 at 2 p.m. at the Park View Memorial Chapel, 3661 E. French Camp Road, Manteca, with internment to follow at Park View Cemetery, with Pastor Mike Dillman presiding. A celebration of Samuel's life will be held after the service at the First Assembly of God Church.
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Originally posted by Crimson_King
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Do you mean the artist only wants to draw Mohammad pictures and dont want people to support drawing other religious figures for the reason other 2 pictures may be offensive.
Is the end point not against censoring & right to expression in whatever way anyone wants to depict anyone? I read all statements in thread and everyone saying its right to expression......so what is the problem now? If I target I target all religion is it not how it works?
If one person A can draw derogatory 1 figure person B can draw derogatory picture of different figure also. All who support this freedom need to understand its slippery slope..it can be turned against also.
If you want to draw and say anything you want, you need to remember same right will be practiced by other person.
Originally posted by lee anoma
I find all of this focus very suspicious and well-timed.
So who started this New York based radical Islam website?
I was surprised when I looked into just that.
It was created by Yousef al-Khattab, who was born Joseph Cohen, an American Jew who converted to Islam after living in Israel and attending an orthodox rabbinical school. He came back to New York, starts this radical Islamic website and starts spewing antisemitic and anti-American sentiments online.
So this American Jew who after going to Israel and studying the religion so seriously, suddenly became so vehemently disillusioned with Judaism?
. . . . .
this whole thing smells as fishy as an Israeli dressed as an Arab and dancing around as the towers fell.
Originally posted by boredsilly
My guess is Jews own the website and planted these comments to spread hatred towards muslims. You people as usual take the bait hook line and sinker ... too easy really.
Originally posted by blupblup
I don't think you understand the concept... The reason the Artist has asked for pictures of Mohammed is because it's the only religious figure you cannot draw and it's actually in response to Death Threats that were directed at the shows creators and the network that carries the show. Please understand this fundamental point, i understand what you're saying and have no issue with it, it's just not what this thread is about or what the artist is trying to highlight.
Of course this is a statement about censorship and all forms of censorship are wrong, but there are plenty of other causes and artists/comedians who are highlighting these other forms of censorship.
You can of course target all other religions and I urge you to do so, however this is about the artist mentioned in the OP and what They are asking people to do.... If you have a problem then why not start your own campaign and request drawings from artists depicting all other gods/prophets, instead of pointlessly trying to pick holes in this one and failing miserably to do so.
Of course they can, however the article does not mention anywhere that the drawings should or even can, be derogatory.... so where are you reading that this is intended to be offensive and/or derogatory??
Originally posted by Carseller4
Originally posted by Gentill Abdulla
Let me tell you a little fun fact about Muhammad.
It was Abu Bakr, a friend of Muhammad's as I'm sure you know, BEGGED him to marry his daughter.Then when Muhammad finally gave in he married her, but also kept her in the utmost respect.
But I'm SURE you know that as you want to stick with WHATS IMPORTANT!
Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert, and Jesus did not fall to the temptation.
Mohammed was tempted by Abu Bakr, with the offer of his daughter in marriage, and after 3 years of holding out fell to his temptation and consumated the marriage when she was only 9 years old.
Yeah I totally was off base by criticizing Mohammed on this one.
Come on? You are defending this?
Originally posted by Crimson_King
So the intention is to draw something against which someone object? That's what you're saying ultimately by claiming it's right to expression and freedom of saying anything and anyone wants too.
If this is the case why are organisations like ADL working inside USA who are famous to label anyone anti-semitic and Nazi who says anything against Jews or holocaust and are then hollered by mainstream media until the person is publicly humiliated and his/her life destroyed? Why no similar art project against Jews?
There is no point in the whole thing. You ultimately want freedom to draw something which offends others but when the table is turned on you, you are suggesting:
"other artists are doing it so we dont have to"
"this thread is about freedom of expression buy only limited to drawing 1 particular figure"
and why are you suggesting that??? because it offends you and dont want to see those pictures and dont want to accept that drawing those pictures are also freedom of expression.
If the Muslim "religion" consider it derogatory to even depict a living form of Mohd. or watever the name of their God is then the only main reason to draw is to offend and depict images of their God.
Similarly Swastika or Seig Heil or Hail Hitler or Nazi regalia is considered derogatory in Jewish religion for watever reasons that is why it is not allowed to wear that sign/ looked down upon and in many countries there are laws against it. Even in USA anyone who wears that sign is targeted not only by media but by politicians...organisations.
It is funny there is so much uproar over this with cries of censorship when just only few days ago someone in USA was charged for possessing cartoon or porn depicting underage teens. Why was the person charged bcoz' other ppl find it derogatory & dats y its against law lol! So wht abt this censorship? Heck! we are talking abt censorship on a forum where there are rules about what can be talked about and what cannot be for ex. drugs, personal consumption, illicit activity, porn etc. Wat about this censorship? Why is it censored?
Talk about freedom of expression when u stand up for everything else also otherwise u are only standing up for what u think is right and not for other's freedom of expression.
Originally posted by webpirate
The Muslims can use a cartoon to try to help them and their people out. However, as is obvious from this story, there are now sects from Israel who can't take the cartoon and labeled it as psychological warfare.
Sound familiar?
Originally posted by hotbakedtater
Now the owner of the Facebook page is NOT going to participate in her own event, due to the "appalling" hatred she is seeing from those participating, depicting very hateful Mo pictures.
Here is her statement:
"Apparently this has turned into a mud-slinging fest, because most people posting on this event's Wall just don't get it.
Why did I create this event? I saw the fantastic cartoon now shown on this page, and thought it was a very nice (and polite + respectful) way of making the point that while Mohammed might well have insisted that he not be depicted by Muslims (to prevent idol worship), there are plenty of non-Muslims who value freedom of expression -- and that we can all live together with mutual respect."
Now, in what world is this lady living that she is appalled and aghast by the immature responses? They were responding in kind!
And I would not be surprised AT ALL if some group like the ADL were not behind the more "appalling" Mohammad pictures submitted.
With the furor over this Facebook page, what a great opportunity for the ADL and their keyboard commandos to jump in and stir up some chum, see what bites. They'll make a new report on it.
What did this lady expect in these tense times, Kumbaya???
It is too easy to make a Facebook anymore.
I propose waiting periods and licenses to use the internets!!! And background checks too.
Originally posted by blupblup Do you understand what this argument is about?
Are you even talking about this specific argument or are you just rambling about all forms of Censorship and so on?
I really don't see how you can have an informed opinion on this when you have NO IDEA what you're talking about and no idea what South Park is about...
There is no similar "Art Project" about Jews because they did not threaten to kill the creators and network people of the show for just Saying someone's name
.... do you understand that??
Yes its equally ridiculous as threat of ruining someone's life and publicly humiliating coz after that the person is anyway finished.
Making death threats for saying the name Mohammed.... It's beyond ridiculous.
Just stop trying to argue with me,
No.... South Park never intended to show Mohammed, they were pointing out, through the medium of comedy, that it is a crazy state of affairs when you can show Buddha doing coke and Jesus surfing Porn, but have to put Mohammed in a bear suit or the back of a van because depictions of him are somehow banned.... funnily enough they're banned for Muslims,
None of what you're talking about has anything to do with this issue.
People show images of jesus, as you did, as a zombie... hell South Park have Jesus as a regular character.... yet no death threats from Extremist Christians... Please... read up on the matter a little and stop talking about completely unrelated things like swastikas?
Originally posted by Crimson_King
If this is the case why are organisations like ADL working inside USA who are famous to label anyone anti-semitic and Nazi who says anything against Jews or holocaust and are then hollered by mainstream media until the person is publicly humiliated and his/her life destroyed? Why no similar art project against Jews? Why are people not making swastika's and other images which are ridiculed in public because they are offending to Jews? Or tell me that its not true? Is it or not? Is there no threat then?
Originally posted by Alxandro
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You realize you're going to hell for that one, don't ya. The fact that it got a chuckle out of me tells me I'll probably be joining you. I'll just keep telling myself that wasn't really Christ that wasn't really Christ,..Edit to ask, does Mohammed have a last name?[edit on 25-4-2010 by Alxandro]


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Two recent incidences where school staff have shown unprofessional conduct regarding student discipline are very concerning. One was an incident in Olympia where a student was placed in a padded room, and the other incident in New Jersey where classroom teachers were demeaning a student with autism.
I consider each case as unprofessional due to actions of staff members not following professional and positive guidelines regarding discipline and interactions with students. Staff always must refer to parents in regards to what kind of discipline is used and written consent through Adversive Behavior Plans anytime physical contact or isolation is used on students.
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It's Official: Seth Meyers Will Take Over NBC's 'Late Night' in 2014
With Jimmy Fallon's impending takeover of The Tonight Show set for next February, Seth Meyers has been considered the frontrunner to be the new host of NBC's 12:35am show, Late Night, for months now. NBC made Meyers's new job official yesterday when they announced him as the fourth host of Late Night.
Bill Carter at The NY Times has some new info about the transition:
- Meyers is expected take over Late Night, like Fallon and Tonight, around the time of NBC's Winter Olympics coverage in February.
- Meyers will stay on SNL through the fall season and will most likely leave at midseason in December to start working on his new show in January.
- Meyers wants to continue to have comedic characters visit his desk like he does on Weekend Update and says he intends to hire "A company of writer-performer hybrids who can come on and do stuff on the show. We're in the very early stages of thinking about all this, but that's very interesting to me."
- Beyond that, Meyers isn't sure what his version of Late Night will be like or if it'll even have a house band. He tells The Times, "I don't want to make any broad pronouncements about how the show is going to be, whether it's going to be the same or different. But I have to draw on my background in improvisational comedy and sketch comedy and stand-up comedy and try to find some mix of that."
- No word on who will take over Meyers's Weekend Update hosting duties or head writer duties at SNL. With SNL writer/stand-up John Mulaney's sitcom pilot not moving forward at NBC, he seems like the best man for the Weekend Update job to us.


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Litigation Release No. 20766 / October 2, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael Jinyong Park, Individually, and Doing Business as Park Capital Management Group, Civil Action File No. 3:08-CV-00962 (M.D.TN)
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") today announced the filing of a civil injunctive action against Michael J. Park ("Park"), individually, and doing business as Park Capital Management Group ("PCMG"), of Brentwood, TN. The Commission's complaint, filed on September 30, 2008 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, alleges that from 2001 to June 2008, Park engaged in securities fraud by convincing investors to transfer money to Park to manage through PCMG by representing to them that they would earn substantial returns on their PCMG accounts through investments in publicly traded securities and/or in investment pools that Park managed. According to the complaint, once the investors transferred funds to PCMG, Park misappropriated the funds to subsidize his lifestyle and to finance a mortgage business that he owned and controlled. The Commission's complaint further alleges that to induce investors to open accounts with him, Park told investors that he and PCMG generated high annualized returns. For example, according to the complaint, one investor invested $1.2 million over a three-month period after Park told him that PCMG's managed accounts had annual returns of 28%. The complaint alleges that Park further represented to the investor that he would receive annualized returns of 36% if he kept his investment with PCMG for 18 months. Similarly, the complaint alleges that Park told another investor that he would receive annualized returns of at least 20% to 25% by investing in an investment pool.
According to the Commission's complaint, to further his fraudulent conduct, Park provided fraudulent stock purchase confirmations and/or quarterly account statements to investors on PCMG letterhead showing that various stocks had been purchased for their accounts. These confirmations and quarterly statements also falsely showed investors that their investments had grown significantly, in one instance by as much as 25% in one quarter.
The complaint alleges that Park admitted his fraud to investors in a letter, dated June 30, 2008, in which he told investors that their accounts with "Park Capital Management Group had no current liquid value" and that he was "unable to return the value of their investments." The complaint further alleges that Park also admitted that 15 to 18 of the PCMG accounts were not "legitimate.
The Commission's complaint seeks permanent injunctions against Park from future violations of Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 10(b) and 15(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. In addition, the complaint seeks disgorgement of Park's ill-gotten gains plus prejudgment interest thereon and civil penalties.
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Price advice
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Expert tips
Combine with a visit to the Forbidden City. Leave the park by the south entrance and cross the street to enter the palace through the quieter north gate.
Avoid weekends in high season when the park becomes overrun with cap-wearing Chinese tour groups.
Try to visit before 9am or at sundown to see the locals singing, dancing and performing tai chi together.
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Conservatives Celebrate "Empty Chair Day". Yes, Really
Clint Eastwood's speech to an empty chair at the RNC has already spawned an InvisibleObama Twitter feed, a bunch of memes, and some hasty denials of responsibility from Romney, his campaign, and the Republican party.
But some conservatives think Eastwood was just great--and they're holding National Empty Chair Day (fittingly, on Labor Day) to let everyone know. People tweeted pictures of empty chairs in different poses with the hashtag #emptychairday, and prominent conservative bloggers hyped the "celebration."
Michelle Malkin, predictably, helped start the party:
"It's fun. It's funny," Malkin explained to POLITICO. "Clint Eastwood resonated with voters outside the snotty, derisive NY-DC-Hollywood axis. He braved derision and ridicule for standing on the convention stage. Activists on the right wanted to demonstrate … their appreciation. As always, humor is the best medicine."
The Facebook page for Empty Chair Day (with 1777 likes as of this viewing) explains:
Set an empty chair on your front lawn Monday, September 3, 2012 to stand with Clint Eastwood and send a message that it's time for new leadership. Put a sign on it "we gotta let him go" or "we OWN this country" or whatever phrase in Clint's speech that struck a nerve with you. For more info, go to www.twitchy.com. Let's do this folks! Invite your friends. Post your ideas/pics of your chair, please keep it clean everyone!


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Van Loveren Wine Estate on R317 between Robertson and Bonnievale
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Barry street, Robertson, Robertson, 6705
The Robertson Bowls club welcomes anyone to join young and old for fun family time.
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Our Flying club has grown over the years and our landing strip has grown popular for the skydivers
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Situated just outide of town. A beautiful 18 hole Golf course at Silwerstrand view great views of the mountains
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The olives are grown on the farm El Olivar in the Breede River Valley,bordering the town of Robertson.They were awarded as the best blended extra virgin oil on earth,Olyberg's roots are firmly grounded in Klein Karoo soil.Olyfberg Products that are availa ...
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Our estate is easily accessible by turning off the N1 at Worcester and taking the R60 toward Robertson. After 14km, turn left into the Nuy Valley at the sign. Continue for 4km and turn left at the ochre coloured Willow Creek entrance wall. After passing t ...
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We are a small family-run boutique olive farm nestled in the renowned Robertson Wine Valley. We extract extra virgin oil and process our own unique range of olive products. Come and enjoy the ambience with us and sample freshly produced olives and tapenad ...
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This new "foefieslide" adventure is situated in the lovely mountains surrounding the Ceres Valley. A mere 1.5 hours' drive from Cape Town, it is the perfect breakaway from the hectic city life! Our Ceres Zip slide Tour offers 8 slides, totalling a length ...
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18 Paul Kruger Street, Robertson, Robertson, 6705
Specializing in Gifts, Homeware, Decor, linnen.
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9 Voortrekker street, Robertson, Robertson, 6705
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9 Albert Street, Robertson, 6705
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Dobson Art is a production of Arts & Crafts [Paintings, Mosaics, etc]. Working form home Dobson Art ensures quality to clients.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 8th Nov 2007 17:33 UTC, submitted by WillM
One year after sealing their surprise alliance, Novell and Microsoft have announced an expansion of their technical collaboration to 'link together the existing Windows and Linux frameworks'. The firms will extend their existing collaboration to focus on virtualisation, standards-based management, directory and identity federation and document format compatibility. As part of this process, Microsoft said that both companies are 'now working closely' at the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Massachusetts.
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RE[3]: Good for Novell!
by JMcCarthy on Thu 8th Nov 2007 19:18 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Good for Novell!"
RE[4]: Good for Novell!
by IanSVT on Thu 8th Nov 2007 19:22 in reply to "RE[3]: Good for Novell!"
RE[5]: Good for Novell!
by JMcCarthy on Thu 8th Nov 2007 19:39 in reply to "RE[4]: Good for Novell!"
First, I am labelling people who advocate the use of proprietary software (in Linux), or people who not only don't believe in free-software (in Linux), but actively chastise it, as rif-raff.
Unless I'm mistaken these people haven't done much to support GNU/Linux, except maybe giving away the occasional trinkets, which may be nice to have, but certainly are not necessary, and infact maybe more harmful in the long run because any time money gets involved, the ideals that got us here in the first place become subordinate to $ and an are generally unimportant.
Basically every country in the world founded on a noble idea is now living proof of this.
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RE[4]: Good for Novell!
by l3v1 on Fri 9th Nov 2007 07:11 in reply to "RE[3]: Good for Novell!"
Why I miss the good ol' days and hope Linux is a failure gaining desktop market share. It'll still be a good desktop for me though
I don't know if we're thinking about the same thing, but I also miss something, which is basically the by coders for coders attitude, without the "enemy" keeping an eye on it ["enemy" ~ closed source company competitors]. In the days which most of today's users would call the dark middle ages of Linux [which they've never seen since they're mostly new Linux users] I mostly felt the developments were great, I loved what I saw, and I wasn't held back by an unpolished GUI and by frequent need to solve issues by hand, since the underlying stuff was nice. These days the line of development mostly is driven by mass average user "demands" which is not a bad thing in itself [well, depending on who those "users" are], since the polish is nice to have, still, we just keep fading the whole Linux/FOSS concept. The MS-raised generation gives less and less f*ck about the ideas behind Linux&co. , and the "get the work done" approach is also strong, but I don't like it being exclusive. You can get the work done and at the same time follow the FOSS ideas, it's no magic.
These days deals like the Novell-MS pact raises less and less eyebrows, moreover there are masses who congratulae the ideas and the prospects what these deals project. This feels sometimes very disturbing, since it reflects their sometimes unrealistic hopes about the possible outcomes of such an agreement, and is not really based on the past behavior of the agreeing parties.
Thing is, and maybe I'm on drugs that I don't know about, I wish we'll see a change in the landscape at least as changing as Linux's appearance caused in the last 1.5 decade, and soon.


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On 06/28/2009 01:12 PM, Seth Vidal wrote:
2. I've yet to see this majority you speak of.
Here I am, part of the silent KDE-users majority, who uses Fedora because it provides great KDE experience. I am frustrated however by the fact that even finding Fedora KDE download page is experience similar to looking for Linux laptops on Dell website...
I have been using Red Hat Linux since RH 4.2 through 9 and then following Fedora... Attitudes I see from Fedora Gnome camp are exactly what makes KDE users (and I presume developers too) wary of the distro. It certainly worries me. Looks like you are afraid of actually getting bigger KDE majority for some reason.
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