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SHERMAN -Schools remain one of the safest communal environments, but the best way to prevent violent actions is to foster an atmosphere of trust between students and adults, the Sherman Central School Board learned Wednesday night, Jan. 16.
School Superintendent Kaine Kelly shared information he received from a presentation on school violence he attended on Wednesday, Jan. 9 at Chautauqua Lake Central School. The event was organized by Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace and Undersheriff Charles Holder.
A positive result of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., and others is schools are forming a much more visible bond with law enforcement, Kelly said. It was noted at the presentation, however, that school violence is not an epidemic. Rather, school killings have been occurring for more than 100 years. The largest school massacre occurred in Bath Township, Mich., on May 18, 1927, when a disgruntled school board treasurer detonated a bomb, killing 38 children and six adults.
The problem with violent school incidents is they lack commonality, according to FBI crime data, Kelly said. However, attacks are rarely sudden events. Most attackers somehow "leak" their intentions either by bragging or talking with someone. Most attackers also do not outwardly threaten their victims and most were known to be dealing with some sort of loss, he said. "Someone knows," Kelly said. "It's seldom a secret."
Schools need to focus on prevention by fostering a personalized relationship with the student body and creating a "student-first" environment in which "students know where to go and who to trust to share suspicions and rumors," Kelly said.
Kelly noted Sherman's small size has helped to foster this type of environment.
"We see our kids from grades four to 12 every day," he said. "This is one area in which I feel that Sherman does an incredible job. Our students feel connected to our adults."
If a violent incident does occur, however, a school must be prepared to respond. Teachers and staff must be aware of protocols for action and have an escape route in the event of an active shooter.
"Anybody who can get out should get out and run," Kelly said. "Leave any belongings behind, and prevent others from entering the area.
"What really came out of the presentation was that we, as a school staff, need to be vigilant, make specific plans and involve caretakers and parents," Kelly said. "We have to have a protocol for immediate action."


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Being misunderstood is something that happens to all of us...
There are times I'm misunderstood because I've spoken too quickly, too slowly, rashly or just plain foolishly.
Sometimes I'm misunderstood because others' feelings or concerns, unrelated to my words, obscure what I'm trying to say.
There are times I'm misunderstood because I simply haven't adequately considered, prepared or communicated what I want to say.
Sometimes I'm misunderstood because I've failed to understand the person I'm speaking with.
Sometimes I'm misunderstood because my ego or my agenda has overwhelmed my message.
And, truth be told, sometimes I'm misunderstood because I truly don't know what I'm talking about.
And misunderstanding others is something all of us do...
There are times I misunderstand others because I've only half-listened or paid no attention at all to the person speaking to me.
Sometimes my own feelings and concerns keep me from understanding what I'm hearing.
There are times I misunderstand because I'm predisposed to hear only what I want to hear, what I expect to hear, what I hope to hear.
Sometimes I misunderstand because I'm busy listening to my own thoughts while someone is speaking.
There are times I misunderstand because I'm so closed to what I'm hearing.
And sometimes I misunderstand because I don't have the knowledge I need to understand what I'm hearing.
I know I'm slow to confront the prejudice, stubbornness and pride within that lead to my misunderstanding others.
And all too often I fail to see that those who misunderstand me do so with no malice or ill will.
Misunderstanding erodes relationships and spoils trust.
Unresolved misunderstanding can lead to confusion, mistrust, grudges, resentments and hurt. Misunderstanding can lead us to make enemies of our neighbors.
Perhaps most critical is the reality of how misunderstanding clouds our thinking and obscures what's true.
Understanding is the posture of humility, the attitude of docility, the inclination to respect and the graciousness of acceptance...
When the road of discourse is freely shared, understanding can be a path to what's true...
Knowledge of the truth and the gift of wisdom are understanding's end and promise...
Understanding is always truth's servant and never its master…
Here's an examination of conscience to help fine-tune our appreciation of the value and importance of understanding:
Do I listen with a desire to learn, to discern and to understand?Mutual understanding can be a path to the truth, a path we need to learn to walk together. Being misunderstood is something that happens to all of us and misunderstanding others is something all of us do. Growth in the grace of understanding is something we all need to pray for - so let us pray…
Do I speak with sincere respect for those who hear me?
Do I listen as intently to others as I hope others will listen to me?
Do I speak the truth charitably when it calls others to accountability?
Do I listen with acceptance when others speak a discomforting truth to me?
Do I recognize the impact of my own limitations on how I understand others?
Do my words and tone invite others to consider and understand what I have to say?
Do I listen patiently to others who disagree with me?
Do I speak patiently to those who misunderstand me?
Do I remember that some people have been misunderstood all their lives?
When it seems someone else will "just never understand,"
do I ask myself if I'm the one who's being stubborn?
Do I seek to understand as intently and sincerely as I seek to be understood?
Do I understand that there's always more for me to understand?
Do I know how to converse without needing to convince?
Do I know how to debate without needing to defeat?
Do I forgive those who misunderstand me?
Do I ask forgiveness of those I've misunderstood?
Do I open myself to truths, old and new:
truths I've not known or have not understood; truths I've rejected?
Do I allow what's true to correct my misunderstanding?
Do I seek to understand so that I might gain wisdom?
Do I seek, do I pray to be more understanding?
Lord, you made and understand all things. Help us to understand one another as you understand each of us. With your Spirit's gifts, help us to grow in understanding and guide us, together, to your truth. Amen.
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Plzenska Restaurant, named after the famous Czech beer Pilsner Urquell, presents classic Czech cuisine in a typical beer hall atmosphere.
As this is Municipal House, the interior of the restaurant is exquisite, with magnificent Art Nouveau features from the days of the First Republic, including ceramic mosaics, a golden clock and beautifully restored furniture by Sadílek. The decorative windows are all original.
The food at Plzenska is good, traditional Czech cuisine, prepared and presented with style. For a true taste of hearty Czech fare, we recommend the chef's specials like the Spicy Grilled Marinated Spare Ribs, the Roasted Pork Joint and the Bohemian Duck. The latter is served with typical red cabbage and dumplings.
There are other classic Czech dishes to choose from too, like smoked pork, sausages, goulash and fillet stroganoff, plus juicy wild boar medallions, brushed with cranberry sauce and served with potato pancakes - delicious!
For a more international palate, Plzenska Restaurant makes a nice leg of lamb with grilled aubergines, grilled salmon and several fresh salads.
You may also want to leave space at the end of a meal at Plzenska for a nice blueberry cake or apple strudel.
The Czech wines are reasonably priced, but we highly recommend ordering an ice-cold glass of Pilsner Urquell beer to accompany your meal, in the traditional Czech fashion.
A live accordion or double act, 'Duo vejk', complete the atmosphere, providing good entertainment every night. The high ceiling and the beer hall style setting carry the music well.
Plzenska Restaurant is located just a few minutes walk from both Wenceslas Square and the Old Town Square.
For well presented, tasty Czech fare in the heart of the city, and in a stunning building, Plzenska Restaurant takes some beating.
For a fine dining option within the same building, Municipal House also offers the Francouzska Restaurant.


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Forensic investigators will determine whether a body found by hunters Saturday is a man who has been missing since July.
Homicide investigators charged Alexius Foster with the murder of Antonio Williams last month. Witnesses said they saw Foster shoot Williams and steal his car from a location in Holt.
Dove hunters called 911 Saturday after finding skeletal remains on property on Joe Mallisham Parkway, just off Interstate 20/59. Forensic test results confirming the identity of the victim are expected within the next few days, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit commander Sgt. Dale Phillips.
"If these are the remains of Antonio Williams, that would be a huge breakthrough in this case," Phillips said.
Another breakthrough in the case came last Tuesday, when Williams' 1995 Ford Crown Victoria was found near a housing project near Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. Investigators recovered evidence from the vehicle, Phillips said.
Williams, 30, was last seen in Holt on July 17.
Phillips would not say whether any other items were found in the wooded area beside a field, about 300 to 400 feet off Joe Mallisham Parkway.
He said that the forensic investigators are also testing whether the body could be a man who was reported missing from Holt area on July 1. But that man is older than the estimated late 20s to early 30s of the person found Saturday.
It was unusual when investigators charged a suspect with murder before finding a body when they charged Foster with Williams' death in August.
Investigators sought Foster for questioning in June, after his uncle, George Foster Jr., 76, was found dead at his home near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 20th Street. Authorities believed that Alexius Foster knew something about his uncle's murder because he had been in the area the previous night. Police released his photo to the media, asking for information about his whereabouts.
Alexius Foster was eventually located and interviewed, when he told officers that he had avoided them because of an outstanding unrelated misdemeanor warrant. According to court documents, Alexius Foster believed that Williams is the person who told investigators where he was.
Phillips called Foster a "person of interest" in his uncle's homicide, but stopped short of calling him a suspect.
"He is under investigation in other cases and could have charges pending," Phillips said.
Foster has been held at the Tuscaloosa County Jail on $1 million bond. He "vehemently denies the accusations in this case," defense attorney Steven Money wrote in a bond reduction request filed last month.


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Tweets Gov. Walker, whose tweeting style is more tweety than that of Gov. Jindal, who tweets"
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Thanks to electronic evidence, charges will most likely not be filed against a man accused of shooting an elderly Grand Junction resident.
Michael Burton of Glenwood Springs was arrested for allegedly shooting 63-year-old Carl Pellham in late August because of a supposed confession he gave the night of the shooting.
However, further investigations have proved that Burton was not in Grand Junction the night Pellham was shot and now, Burton's family is asking for his name to be cleared.
Burton was arrested as the result of a woman who claimed the suspect confessed that he had shot Pellham that night, but as it turns out, according to police, the woman is actually Pellham's sister and the details of the shooting actually came from the victim.
Upon hearing of the alleged confession, police did have probable cause to arrest Burton, but as the investigation went on, cell phone and debit card records proved that Burton was in Glenwood Springs the night Pellham was shot.
He was facing several charges in regards to the crime, including attempted murder and second degree assault on an at-risk adult, however, on Wednesday, the Mesa County District Attorney's Office will decide whether to file charges or not.
But while the feeling is that a case against Burton is a dead end, his family wants his innocence to be fortified.


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Friday, August 3, 2012
Norman L. Vuksinick CASTLE DALE - Norman Lavelle Vuksinick, age 78, passed away July 31, 2012 at Castleview Hospital while surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born April 12, 1934 in Spring Glen to Martin Albert and Rose Marion Guide Vuksinick. Married Arlene Reva on Aug. 17, 1957 in Helper. Norman worked for Hi-Land Dairy from 1957 to 1966 as a delivery man delivering milk products to many residences in Price. In 1966, he went to work for the Price City Police Department working his way up the ranks from Sergeant to Captain. He was the first Captain for Price City Police Department leaving in 1982 after 16 years of service. In 1982, he went to work for the Emery County Sheriff Office and after 14 years of service retired as a Sergeant in 1996. In addition to serving his community he served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Norman cherished the time he spent being with his family. He loved teasing his grandkids, enjoyed camping and always looked forward to Christmas morning with his grandkids. He was enthusiastic about his time with the police force and loved to reminisce about the good old days. He will be missed greatly by all those who knew him. Norman is survived by his wife of 54 years, Arlene, Castle Dale; son, Norman S. (Kathy) Vuksinick, Castle Dale; daughter, Tracy Vuksinick-Wood, Castle Dale; four grandchildren, Casey (Jill) Vuksinick, Price, Stephanie Vuksinick, Price, Amber Wood, Price, Kenny Wood, deployed with the National Guard and one great-grandson, Lucas Case Vuksinick, numerous nieces, nephews and a community of friends. Preceded in death by his parents, brother, Martin L. Vuksinick, and niece, Melanie Vuksinick Hamann. Funeral Mass, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, Noon at Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church in Price. Vigil service, Thursday evening 7 p.m. at Mitchell Funeral Home. Family will receive friends at Mitchell Funeral Home in Price Thursday and Friday one hour prior to services. Committal service: Castle Dale City Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Mitchell Funeral Home where friends are welcome daily and may share memories of Norman at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net.
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Does security fit into the cloud
Posted in Software, 31st January 2011 11:22 GMT
Video Early last week our usual host Tim Phillips was joined by Andrew Buss, service director with Freeform Dynamics, and Eran Feigenbaum, director of security for Google Apps, to discuss security in the cloud.
They look at whether SaaS is a safe option for businesses. What happens when the network is not available? Whether SaaS solutions are more secure than your own data center. And they ask how can you be sure service providers are not snooping your email, selling your data to the highest bidder, or divulging all your secrets?
The panel get a good grilling from the live attendees too who help to really get to the points that matter to your peers. So if you've been thinking about SaaS solutions for your business and still have some outstanding questions, this could be just the fillip.
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It's health care brinksmanship, with hundreds of billions of dollars and the well-being of millions of people at stake.
President Barack Obama's health care law expands Medicaid, the federal-state health program for low-income people, but cost-wary states must decide whether to take the deal.
Turn it down, and governors risk looking callous toward the needy. Not to mention the likely second-guessing for walking away from a pot of federal dollars estimated at nearly $1 trillion nationally over a decade.
If the Obama administration were to compromise, say by sweetening the offer to woo a reluctant state, it would face immediate demands from 49 others for similar deals that could run up the tab by tens of billions of dollars.
As state legislatures look ahead to their 2013 sessions, the calculating and the lobbying have already begun.
Conservative opponents of the health care law are leaning on lawmakers to turn down the Medicaid money. Hospitals, doctors' groups, advocates for the poor, and some business associations are pressing them to accept it.
"Here's the big thing: The state does not want to expand Medicaid and get stuck with the bill," said Dr. Bill Hazel, Virginia's health secretary.
Medicaid covers nearly 60 million low-income and disabled people but differs significantly from state to state. Under the health care law, Medicaid would be expanded on Jan. 1, 2014, to cover people making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line, or about $15,400 a year for an individual.
About half the 30 million people gaining coverage under the law would do so through Medicaid. Most of the new beneficiaries would be childless adults, but about 2.7 million would be parents with children at home. The federal government would pay the full cost of the first three years of the expansion, gradually phasing down to a 90 percent share.
The Supreme Court said states can turn down the Medicaid expansion. But if a state does so, many of its poorest residents would have no other way to get health insurance. The subsidized private coverage also available under Obama's law is only for people making more than the poverty level, $11,170 for an individual. For the poor, Medicaid is the only option.


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Too many diet drinks may cause heart problems in postmenopausal women: Study
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The largest study of its kind suggests postmenopausal women who drink two or more diet drinks a day may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke.
According to research conducted by a team at the University of Iowa, women who consumed two or more a day were 30% more likely to suffer a cardiovascular event and 50% more likely to die from related disease than women who never or only rarely consume diet drinks.
"We were interested in this research because there was a relative lack of data about diet drinks and cardiovascular outcomes and mortality," Dr. Ankur Vyas, the lead investigator of the study, said.
For the study, researchers divided a group of women into four consumption groups: two or more diet drinks a day, five to seven diet drinks per week, one to four diet drinks per week, and zero to three diet drinks per month. They were monitored for nearly nine years.
Vyas says the association between diet drinks and cardiovascular problems raises more questions than it answers.
"We only found an association, so we can't say that diet drinks cause these problems," Vyas said, adding that there may be other factors about people who drink more diet drinks that could explain the connection.
"It's too soon to tell people to change their behaviour based on this study; however, based on these and other findings we have a responsibility to do more research to see what is going on and further define the relationship, if one truly exists," he adds. "This could have major public health implications."
About one in five people in the U.S. consume diet drinks on a given day, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and studies have found artificially sweetened drinks to be associated with weight gain in adults and teens, and seem to increase the risk of metabolic syndrome, which makes both diabetes and heart disease more likely.


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This is our pick of the best of the burbs. For more information, go to www.boston.com and search music, restaurants, arts and crafts, and other goings-on throughout Greater Boston.
Concord: The Winter Family Festival of Music and Art features live music, arts and crafts activities, treats and hot chocolate from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center, 1276 Main St. Opening the show will be the retro-rock band Karen K and the Jitterbugs at 10 a.m., followed by a winner of a Parent's Choice Silver Award, the popular Rolie Polie Guacamole band, at 11 a.m. $10, with $35 family maximum. 978-318-3020.
Newton: Join Newton author Sheldon Stern for a discussion of his latest book, "The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory: Myths versus Reality," Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St. Free. 617-796-1360, www.newtonfreelibrary.net.
Newton: Cabaret Troupe, a group of dedicated performers who tell stories through the medium of contemporary musical theater, perform Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Newton North High School, 457 Walnut St. $7. 617-559-6406, www.theatreink.net.
Wellesley: Philip Barry's "Holiday," a Broadway comedy from 1928 that tells the story of one man's undying ambition to live life on his own terms, opens its run Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theater at Wellesley College, 106 Central St., with shows continuing through Feb. 3. $10-$20. 781-283-2000, new.wellesley.edu/events.Event organizers: Submit items directly at www.boston.com/addevents.


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CORAL GABLES -- Do you remember the last time a Hurricanes tight end caught a pass and got into the end zone?
Clive Walford does. He did it.
Late in the second quarter of UM's 24-6 win at home over Ohio State three weeks ago, Walford caught a pass at about the Buckeyes' 5-yard line, faked two defenders out of their shoes and waltzed into the end zone. The 6-4, 245-pound redshirt freshman from Belle Glade was so pumped about scoring his first career touchdown, he leaped into the arms of guard Harland Gunn and pumped his fist.
But then, the excitement was tempered. UM was penalized for an illegal formation on the play because receiver Tommy Streeter was not lined up with the ball.
"When they called it back I was like 'Oh man'," Walford said. "But what could you do? That's football."
Walford let that play go. But the drop at the goalline late in the fourth quarter against Kansas State a week later -- that's eaten at him a little. UM (2-2) would have rallied to take the lead on the Wildcats had Walford held onto the slightly under thrown pass from Jacory Harris. Instead, the Canes tried unsuccessfully at running it in from 2-yards out on its next three plays and lost 28-24.
Last week against Bethune-Cookman, Walford hauled in an 11-yard pass from Harris, but promptly fumbled it away.
Frustration? Walford said he isn't letting it enter his system. Instead, he's facing his woes head on and taking it all as part of the growth process.
"I wouldn't say any of it is tough luck. I just have to execute," Walford said. "They're giving me the opportunity. I just got to step up and make plays.
"I was supposed to catch that ball [versus Kansas State]. It hit my hands, I dropped it. It was a tough catch. But when it comes down to it, I have to make that catch. I had a chance to help my team win that game and I didn't come through. The following week, I was going hard in practice, got extra work in on that same play to make sure I executed the next time my number was called.
"As for the fumble, when I caught it, as I was tucking it and started running with it, someone came and hit me and it just came out. I didn't even see where the defender was. It happens. The key is not letting it happen again."
The Hurricanes, averaging 29.25 points on offense per game (62nd out of 120 FBS schools), haven't necessarily needed a lot from their tight ends this season. But their production has been minimal. Through four games, Chase Ford (3 catches, 34 yards), Walford (3 catches, 19 yards) and Asante Cleveland (1 catch, 6 yards) have been virtually transparent. That's been pretty surprising considering UM coach Al Golden talked a lot in the preseason about how the tight ends were going to be more involved.
Golden said Tuesday, "it's not like we're dissatisfied with how they're playing... we just have to get more opportunities to get the tight ends involved."
Still, it's now been 15 games since a UM tight end scored a touchdown -- that's when Ford hauled in a 9-yard touchdown pass from Harris with 14:52 to play at Ohio State on Sept. 11, 2010.
While the Canes hves been efficient in their red zone opportunities (UM has scored touchdowns on 8 of 12 trips), both losses can be attributed some to failures in the red zone. Aside from the Kansas State loss, UM had a chance against Maryland to score a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. Instead, the Canes settled for a field goal and 24-23 lead with 4:01 to play. Maryland came back down the field and hit the go-ahead field goal before icing the game on an interception return for a touchdown.
Could this be the week UM's tight ends finally break out and get in the end zone? Well last week, Clemson tight end Dwayne Allen had four catches for 75 yards and a touchdown in the Tigers' 23-3 win in Blacksburg.
After three rough weeks, Walford would certainly love to follow Allen's lead.
"As long as we're winning, that's all that matters to me," Walford said. "But it would be pretty sweet to get to get in that end zone again. And this time hopefully it counts."
> Al Golden said Walford has "worked really well on his hands, but he's an infant in terms of football. He has a large upside, and he's just starting his football intelligence and learning the game and everything. He's a guy we should be getting the ball to better."
But, Golden added: "He's a guy that should be doing it in practice like [Tommy] Streeter and Travis [Benjamin] are doing. Streeter and Travis' practice habits are markedly better than they were even at the start of the year. We need that from Clive so quarterbacks can trust him and carry that over to the game."
> Jacory Harris said Walford's blocking has improved and what he likes most about him is that "he's not someone that complains or anything. He just goes out there, does his job."
"And because of that, I'm sure something special is going to happen for him before the end of the year," Harris said.
> Golden has said multiple times this week he hasn't been happy with the Hurricanes' struggles on third and fourth down and short yardage situations.
"Unacceptable," Golden said of the struggles. "Any criticism there is more than fair. We have to do a better job there. We have to decide what we want our identity to be there. We've tried a multitude of things there. We just have to settle in. but clearly when it's one yard and the game is on the line we have to be able to get that via the run. That's going to be critical for us."
UM has been in 13 situations this season where they've needed one yard to either convert a third or fourth down or score -- the most infamous being in the loss at Kansas State. After beginning the season converting 5 of its first 7 attempts in those situations, UM has converted just once over it's last six tries, starting with the loss to the Wildcats.
"It's on all of us," Golden said Sunday. "... We have to look at the schemes from Jedd [Fisch] and the offensive staff, look at our execution, look at whose hands [we're putting the ball in] for those situations."
> Golden went on the Dan LeBatard Show on 790TheTicket Thursday and discussed the season-ending injury to defensive tackle Marcus Forston.
"Brutal," Golden said. "I feel bad for the young man. That's a position we've just been crushed at. Luther Robinson has been out so far for every game. Curtis Porter has been out for every game. Now Marcus is out. It's been brutal in there at defensive tackle. Again, I feel bad for the young man. It will be a three month recovery. He'll come back and be fine. Right now we need the next young man to step up and play better for us."


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As an RN and manager of the Spanish Valley Clinic, I can tell you that we have had numerous positive cases of both Influenza A and B in the clinics operated by San Juan Health Services. The clinics are not required to report cases of influenza unless associated with a hospitalization or death. Southeastern Utah District Health Department, spokeswoman, Terrie Wright incorrectly described the reporting process.
I am concerned that the article gives the public a false sense of security. It leads one to believe that the risk of getting the flu in the Moab area is low.
The public needs to take precautions and know that indeed we do have an outbreak of the flu locally.
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Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, friends.
I should like to start by expressing the thanks of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), as well as my own, to Her Excellency the first Lady of Zanzibar, Mama Shadya Karume, for doing us the honour of attending this ceremony. I should also like to welcome the Deputy Chief Minister and to express sincere thanks to the Minister of Water, Construction, Energy and Lands who have so kindly and so ably organised this event.
The project we are gathered together to launch today, the restoration and upgrading of Forodhani Park, should be seen within the framework of the Agreement of Cooperation signed back in 2002 between the Government of Zanzibar and the AKDN. As you know, AKDN has been actively involved - for now over a quarter of a century - in Zanzibar's economic and social development, through the Aga Khan Foundation's activities in the Raha Leo community health programme and the Madrassah pre-school programme, to promote early childhood development and the Teacher Resource Centres, through the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development's creation of the Zanzibar Serena Inn, and through the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC)'s restoration and redevelopment of what was known as the Old Dispensary when I was a young man, is now called the Stone Town Cultural Centre, and may, hopefully, soon become the Indian Ocean Maritime Museum.
Restoring Forodhani Park is part of AKTC's long-term objective to revitalise the historic seafront of Stone Town as a major contribution to the social, cultural and economic development of this island. It is our hope that AKTC will bring its technical expertise and managerial assistance to the Government of Zanzibar, in a public private partnership, to ensure both an urban and an environmental regeneration of this central, this core area of the seafront of Stone Town. And let us not forget that Stone Town is a World Heritage Site, with an urban fabric and a townscape that have remained largely intact through the centuries, boasting several fine, indeed unique buildings. AKDN views this area of Stone Town's seafront as a continuum, from Kelele Square to the present ports area, and Forodhani Park is the hub and the heart of this seafront continuum. Let us also remember that in Stone Town have come together, over the past hundred years, the cultures of Africa, the Arab Peninsula, India and Europe to create this unique Swahili aesthetic. Stone Town is surely a symbol of how variety and diversity can breed creativity and originality.
Forodhani Park, once a flourishing garden, was the landing point of the former Sultans of Zanzibar. In the 19th century, it was characterised by warehouses and customs buildings, destroyed by the British in 1896. By 1935, the area in front of the Fort had become a public garden and the Jubilee Gardens (today's Forodhani Park) were laid out to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee, with bandstand, pier, fountain and seats being added the next year, in 1936, to celebrate another Silver Jubilee, this time of Sultan Khalifa.
I cannot help thinking that all this seems enormously appropriate to our ceremony today when I recall that my brother was born in 1936 and this year is his Golden Jubilee. No doubt from Silver to Golden is simply a question of inflation!
Since 1936 Forodhani Park has become perhaps the most visible image of Stone Town, a point of Social gathering, family leisure, active trade and intense visitation by tourists, be they local or foreign. This is an area of public life, civic discourse, leisure and entertainment, a focal point for Zanzibaris, for residents of Stone Town and for foreign visitors.
And this is why Forodhani currently presents such a complex challenge to upgrade and to improve. The intensity of use of the site is inevitably causing damage: vendors of all kind, particularly food vendors, are everywhere; all manner of entertainments take place simultaneously; pedestrian traffic is extreme and vehicular traffic constant and constrained; ensuring cleanliness is almost impossible and preserving the landscaping, the vegetation quite impossible. The balance between business, between commercial activity and leisure has been lost; control over what takes place here, and how, has become well-nigh impossible. Demand has outstripped capacity.
It is thus necessary, in my view, to see the restoration work on which we will now be embarking as not exclusively revolving around questions of horticulture, of recreating and maintaining the original, or even appropriate landscaping. It will be essential, I believe, to decide what kind of commercial or business activity can take place in what areas of Forodhani and with what controls. The right balance will have to be identified between commercial and leisure activities, business and recreation. How can vehicular traffic be rationalised and how can one ensure that it does not damage the ecology of the park nor inhibit utilisation of Forodhani? How is pedestrian traffic to be handled? And I would strongly recommend that while these questions are being tackled, so should other questions of infrastructure, in particular sewage, drainage, signage and lighting. Indeed, it would be desirable, in my view, to place this work on infrastructure in Forodhani Park within a programme and plan for upgrading all the basic infrastructure of the entire seafront continuum, from Kelele Square to the Port.
AKDN and AKTC believe that restoration and rehabilitation work should lead to the self-sustainability of what is restored and rehabilitated. Forodhani Park should emerge self-sustainable through the income generated by activities on site, from operations and from neighbouring development. This income must be sufficient to ensure optimum maintenance of the Park, its infrastructure and its built environment, as well as to ensure its efficient management. It will be necessary to identify those commercial operations within the Kelele Square-Ports continuum that have the potential to generate the funds required, and to give these commercial operations some level of priority. In this regard, I would urge consideration of the stabilisation of the pier, which is not only an historic construction with an iconic presence, but is a potential source of income. In the same line of thought, the future of Blues Restaurant should be reviewed. Certainly Zanzibar Serena Inn, nearby as it is, stands ready to assist in any manner that may be deemed fit. We have also already initiated talks with Government and the Municipal and other local authorities on the potential of buildings such as Mambo Msiige and it is my hope that these discussions will be continued and will prove fruitful as they relate directly to questions of self-sustainability, purposeful conservation and productive utilisation.
I hope this project will prove a catalyst for the socio-economic development of Stone Town and that we can rely on the active support and indeed partnership of the Government of Zanzibar, local municipal and other authorities, the Stone Town Conservation and Development Authority and all other stakeholders, public and private. Our experience elsewhere has been that catalytic urban projects, such as this one, lead to a wider development, in fact to an area development, with improved economic prospects and an improved quality of life for the inhabitants of the entire area. The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, for instance, working with AKTC in Cairo, has enabled citizens around the Cairo Park to set themselves up in small businesses, to improve their professional and money earning capabilities and to bring improvements to their housing.
May I conclude by saying that it is my deepest hope that we will achieve buy-in from, and the active backing of, local citizens, of the residents of Zanzibar. Ultimately, this is their project, created and designed for them. The primary users of the improved and upgraded Forodhani Park will be the residents of Stone Town themselves. They will have a facility in which they and their families can safely experience quality leisure time. And with this, commercial and restoration activities around the Park will be stimulated. Forodhani will remain a hub, but from and around that hub we can expect to see significantly expanded economic and social opportunity and activity.
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MET Pain: Renee Zellweger
Does that hurt? Because it looks like it hurts. To be her. It looks like it hurts a lot to be Renee Zellweger. Some stars, you see them, you feel comfortable, at ease, very relaxed. Other stars, like Renee, as soon as the photo comes up you cringe, there's an ache in your back, you automatically adjust, maybe rub out a shoulder.
Transfer Pain.
She's giving it to you. She's trying so hard to pose that her pain is so palpable, it's coming out of the photograph and into your own muscles.
Like, does the dress have to be so tight? Imagine how small it is, this dress, to be almost too small for her, to the point where I don't know if she can walk. Was it necessary? Would she have looked fat in a size up?
Back in the day in China, my crazy people they used to bind the feet of young girls. And when the feet were unbound they were all cracked and crooked and nasty and stank. Sometimes I look at Renee, when she's encased in a strapless dress on some red carpet, and I wonder if it's the same. If that's how she slimmed herself down, if not literally than figuratively, because, really, it's the same extreme.
Ps. It's Carolina Herrera. She ALWAYS wears Herrera. And it's ALWAYs like this. So she's disqualified.
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Posted on 10/12/2009 10:45:32 AM PDT by Mind Freed
NEW YORK New York City police say a 49-year-old gay man leaving a corner deli near his home was beaten by two men in an apparent hate crime.
Jack Price remains in a medically induced coma. He is in serious but stable condition.
Police say the two suspects taunted Price and yelled anti-gay slurs while he was in the store early Friday. They attacked him outside, not far from his home in the middle-class Queens neighborhood of College Point.
Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Aleman was arrested Sunday and charged with assault and aggravated assault as a hate crime. The name of his attorney was not on record.
A second suspect is being sought. The police department's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
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The police department's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating
So instead of assault, he get's charged with aggravated assault because he hated gays. What if these two guys had beat up someone else who wasn't gay in the same situation. If there were reports of these two guys screaming I hate you to a straight guy and then proceeded to beat him into a coma, they would be charged with regular assault, but since the guy was gay it aggravated hateful assault. And why does the police department have a hate crimes unit? Aren't most crimes pretty hateful?
Or need only certain political constituencies apply?
but gays are special....
something that happened to me. I had done nothing and said nothing. Just walked the streets of NYC.
Wonderful town. Not.
only whited people are racist and perform hate crimes
Of course they are. Gays are even mentioned in the National Anthem: "O'er the land of the free and the homos depraved."
I can't stand being mugged when it's not loving. If you can't mug me without providing warm affirmation, then don't even bother!
During the Rodney King LA riots, I saw black men beating up hispanics and then pulling their pants down spray painting their genitalia black and laugh at them.
The video aired on the networks but seems to have gone down the memory hole.
There is plenty of hate among persons of all backgrounds. But you are right on how the laws have been written.
how do they differentiate between a love or a hate beating?
Or is it just by default? -If you beat a black person or a gay, then it is a 'hate' crime?
When a black gang beats a white person- is that a 'love' beating as opposed to a 'hate' crime?
It's certainly not apparent from the article; there's no information suggesting that.
Gay Man Beaten on Street in Apparant [Fixed-Just Crime] Crime
(All violent crimes are hate).
I think we need mandatory minimum sentences instead of hate crime laws. The reason for hate crime laws is because people have got off with lenient sentences for committing their crimes off particular demographic groups.
For example the murderer of Sean Kennedy in South Carolina only got 3 years in jail, but if you assault someone so badly where their brain's stem gets separated and their facial bones got broken its an insult.
So if someone assaults someone of any demographic group, they should get tougher sentences overall.
Mark my words - as more and more of these special thought crimes statutes get passed, homosexuals will be instigating fights themselves. Think about it - two men get in an argument. Now the homosexual will be more inclined to get into a physical fight, knowing that the other combatant will be prosecuted more harshly. George Orwell predicted as much.
In the late 1970s, I was a college student in Atlanta. On those visits home, I'd take a Greyhound Bus from Atlanta-Chattanooga and return. From bus station to campus was a trek through the downtown 'projects' (no longer there - torn down / replaced during the 1996 Olympics). I'd often make that walk between midnight and 1AM and was never bothered.
However, on one bus ride travelling home, an older fellow, probably in his 50s sat beside me. He wanted me to stay at his place for the night and would pay me $50. He started rubbing my leg and was insistent that I join him.
As a 19 yo, I was both embarrased and disgusted at the same time. Nothing like this had ever happened to me. I got up, brushed past him, and got another seat. Further attempts would have made me mad enough to physically harm him - but he left me alone.
Had I slugged him, would it have been a hate crime? Today, probably so. After all, it would have been my word against his. We were both adults and there wouldn't have been any proof he'd done anything.
Personally, I'd rather the gays just get back in the closet. If there are so many gay-haters out there looking to beat them up, wouldn't it be safer for the gays? Turns out the out-of-the-closet, in-your-face gay movement is getting the special privleges they want ... and next they're coming after our kids and grandkids.
Better to have them out so women can better select appropriate mates (and not accidentally marry a closet case).
As opposed to an "I really, really like you" crime?
All Violent crimes are hate motivated.
Maybe we should all just wear "raindow wear" so if we ever get assaulted they will put it on special priority investigation.
It was a hate crime. The hateful gun haters left him unable to defend himself. Damn them to hell.
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Nerlens Noel took just one shot from the field and missed six of eight free throws.
Yet there was no doubt that the big man with the big hair was the most important player on the court as Kentucky beat No. 16 Mississippi 87-74 on Tuesday night.
The 6-foot-10 freshman set a school record with 12 blocked shots and altered countless others, leading the Wildcats to their fifth victory in seven games.
Kentucky coach John Calipari - who is always a tough critic - said Noel played well but was still struggling with consistency. Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy was in a more complimentary mood.
``He was the difference in the game,' Kennedy said. ``I think we can all agree with that. An incredible defensive presence.'
Kentucky (14-6, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) looked like it might run away with the win, taking a 73-56 lead with 10 minutes remaining after trailing by one point at halftime. But the Rebels roared back with 16 straight points, cutting the deficit to 73-72 with 4:22 left.
Ryan Harrow nailed a 3-pointer to stop Ole Miss' run and Kentucky was able to hold on for the road victory. Noel was terrific in the final few minutes - flying all over the court with his distinctive flattop haircut - blocking four shots despite playing with four fouls.
While Noel was patrolling the paint on defense, Kentucky got a career-high 26 points from Kyle Wiltjer. The 6-10 sophomore hit 10 of 19 shots from the field, including 5 of 12 from 3-point range.
``I tried to be aggressive,' Wiltjer said. ``They were playing my shot pretty tightly, so I was able to drive a little bit and my teammates found me. We did a good job in transition. It was a great team win.'
Archie Goodwin scored 24 points and Alex Poythress added 15 for Kentucky.
Goodwin made 6 of 11 shots from the field and 12 of 14 from the free throw line. He had six rebounds and four assists.
Ole Miss (17-3, 6-1) had its nine-game winning streak snapped. LaDarius White led the Rebels with 22 points while Marshall Henderson added 21. Henderson made 5 of 19 shots from the field, including just 2 of 11 from 3-point range.
``We're getting better as a team,' Calipari said. ``That's a good win.'
Ole Miss led 38-37 at halftime despite making just 13 of 44 shots (29.5 percent) from the field. Henderson led the Rebels with 16 points and White had 15.
Kentucky stayed close thanks to Wiltjer's 17 points while Goodwin added 10, but the Wildcats struggled at the free throw line, making just 10 of 20.
Both teams struggled with foul trouble for almost the entire first half and had to dig deep on the bench for bodies.
But once the second half started, the Wildcats were back at full strength and their offense exploded. Wiltjer hit two early 3s to push Kentucky ahead and the lead grew to 73-56 with 10 minutes left.
Kentucky's offense was good during that stretch, but the Ole Miss defense was just as bad. The Wildcats made several easy baskets in transition and off offensive rebounds.
And with Ole Miss needing points, Henderson was mostly silent in the second half. The Rebels came back anyway, with the stunning run that cut the deficit to 73-72 with 4:22 left.
Once again, the Rebels were let down by their defense. Harrow hit the wide open 3-pointer and the Wildcats were able to slowly put the game away. Harrow finished with 13 points.
``We got a little rattled, but we regrouped,' Wiltjer said. ``I'm proud of the guys for stepping up. That was huge for us in that situation.'
Ole Miss shot just 28 of 85 from the field (32.9 percent). The Rebels did outrebound Kentucky 52-45 and grabbed 26 offensive rebounds, but the poor shooting was tough to overcome.
``Our guards shoot a combined 10 of 38 from the field,' Kennedy said. ``That's not going to get you much.'
Murphy Holloway became Ole Miss' all-time leading rebounder on Tuesday, passing Walter Actwood's record with his 946th rebound in the second half. The 6-7 senior is the only player in the SEC averaging a double-double, but was mostly quiet against Noel and the Wildcats with 10 points and eight rebounds.
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GSW senior Jonathan Smith was named Peach Belt Conference men's soccer Defensive Player of the Week this afternoon by the conference office.
Smith makes some history as the first GSW soccer player to receive a PBC weekly award in what has been a week of firsts for the Hurricanes. GSW won their first Peach Belt conference game on Saturday, shutting out USC Aiken 1-0. The shutout was the team's first since the 2006 season.
Smith anchored a defensive backline that smothered the 2007 PBC co-Player of the Year, Kofi Akyere from USCA for 90 minutes and prevented him from taking a shot.
Earlier in the week, Smith and the Hurricanes defense held Thomas University's top two scorers to a combined three shots and one goal in a 2-0 loss.
An Albany, Ga. native and graduate of Deerfield-Windsor High School, Smith becomes the fourth GSW student-athlete to win an athlete of the week award from the PBC since the Hurricanes began competing in the conference in the fall of 2006. Smith joins golfer Adam McKenney (September 26, 2008) and men's basketball players Adrian Robinson (January 2, 2006) and Anthony Sargent (February 25, 2008) as award recipients.
Smith and the Hurricanes are back in action tomorrow at Brewton-Parker College for a 4 p.m. non-conference match.


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NEW YORK — The chief executive of the National Rifle Association said Sunday that his organization would lead a national campaign against efforts by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York to persuade Congress to adopt stricter gun controls.
The mayor and the NRA executive, Wayne LaPierre, appeared separately on the NBC's ''Meet the Press.'' Bloomberg, a billionaire and a registered independent, said he was spending $12 million on advertising in support of pending federal legislation to curb gun violence. In reply, LaPierre, said, ''He can't buy America.''
''He can't spend enough of his $27 billion to try to impose his will on the American public,'' LaPierre said. Referring to Bloomberg's well-known campaigns against smoking and junk food, he said: ''They don't want him in their restaurants, they don't want him in their homes, they don't want him telling them what food to eat. They sure don't want him telling what self-defense firearms to own.''
Bloomberg formed a super PAC last year to donate to candidates and causes that he supports. The causes include gay rights and tougher gun laws.
The national advertising campaign that Bloomberg will launch Monday will focus on senators who he believes might be persuaded to support a pending package of federal regulations to curb gun violence.
The ads will run in 13 states — including Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Arizona — blanketing the senators' districts during an Easter congressional recess that is to be followed by debate over the legislation. The Senate legislation would expand background checks for gun buyers, increase penalties for people who buy firearms for those barred from owning them, and would give law enforcement new tools to combat illegal gun trafficking.
LaPierre said that gun owners would make up a political counterweight to the mayor.
''We have people all over, millions of people, sending us $5, $10, $15, $20 checks, saying, 'Stand up to this guy that says we can only have three bullets,' which is what he said,'' LaPierre said. '' 'Stand up to this guy that says ridiculous things like the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them.' I mean, it's insane, the stuff he says.''
Bloomberg said the NRA's power was ''vastly overrated.'' Moreover, he said he was ''cautiously optimistic'' that Congress would follow public opinion and vote for stricter gun controls. The Senate is expected to begin debate on gun legislation next month after it returns from a break for the Easter and Passover holidays.
''Ninety percent of the public, 80 percent of NRA members even, say that they think we should have reasonable checks before people are allowed to buy guns,'' Bloomberg said. ''They all support the Second Amendment, as I do. There are an awful lot of people that think that this is one of the great issues of our times. We have to stop the carnage.''
And he had a warning for lawmakers who oppose stricter gun controls. ''If 90 percent of the public want something and their representatives vote against that, common sense says they are going to have a price to pay for that,'' Bloomberg said.
''We're running ads around the country,'' Bloomberg said. ''We've got people manning phone banks and calling. We're trying to do everything we can to impress upon the senators that this is what the survivors want, this is what the public wants.''
The bill going to the Senate floor is expected to include enhanced background checks.
Asked if his lobbying efforts were thwarting the will of the American people, LaPierre said, ''No, not at all.'' He added: ''The whole thing, universal checks, is a dishonest premise. There's not a bill on the Hill that provides a universal check. Criminals aren't going to be checked. They're not going to do this. The shooters in Tucson, in Aurora, in Newtown, they're not going to be checked. They're unrecognizable.''
LaPierre criticized the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, set up by the FBI to determine whether prospective buyers have criminal records or are otherwise ineligible to buy guns.
''It's not fair, it's not accurate, it's not instant,'' LaPierre said. ''The mental health records are not in the system, and they don't prosecute any of the criminals that they catch. It's a speed bump for the law-abiding. It slows down the law-abiding and does nothing to anybody else.''
LaPierre said gun control advocates ''want to take this current mess of a system and expand it now to 100 million law-abiding gun owners.''
Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, predicted that the Senate would approve some kind of universal background check.
But he said that Congress must recognize concerns that the federal government would keep and possibly misuse records of gun purchases.


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RENO -- As record or near record cold settles into the western United States, many homeless people are being exposed to the potentially lethal conditions.
A representative from Volunteers of America said more than five hundred can be accommodated at the men's, women's and family shelters on Record Street. However, she said a warehouse with one hundred more beds is being used as an overflow shelter.
Cynthia Miller said she has been staying at the family shelter with her son for three months.
"One day we prayed to God to help us find a place and the same day they called us and said that they have a room available which was such a blessing," Miller said.
At the shelter, there are games for the kids and case-workers to help find more permanent housing situations.
"I still have a couple months here but they're definitely helping us out in trying to find a more permanent residence for us," Miller said.
Miller said she was recently hired to work in a local casino.


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In the parking lot after Jets game
Id say it has to be in line at the Bank,
late on a friday when it is busy. Some epic crop dusting.....
Once my friend took a dump on the golf couse,
I knew i kept the wet wipes in my golf bag for just such an emergency.
In the parking lot after Jets game
In the car, stuck in traffic, on the way to work. Once I nearly **** myself in the car.
****tiest start to the day ever.
I dont know about the worst place to be, but I have been noticing an alarming urge to poo everytime I am in the mall recently.
Its like clockwork...weird.
In the middle of some hot and steamy sex.
10 minutes into an hour massage.
I wasn't going to make it.
So I violated this Exxon station whose bathroom door was way too close to the cashier/register inside. Busy morning, lots of people stopping in to get gas, coffee, smokes, etc. Flimsy door.
The toilet was missing its lid, and the seat wasnt even bolted on, but at least there was toilet paper. This wasn't like easing a log into a pool, it was the loudest & smelliest dump to the point of being obnoxious. And of course nothing amplifies sound like sitting in a concrete & tile box.
I finished as fast as I could, and did the walk of shame out of there, eyes on the floor. I knew the line of 7 people deep were just waiting to see what type of foul human being was capable of making such noises and olfactory violations. I was almost going to make a pity purchase as a small token of apologizing to the station owner for my scatological disaster, but thought better of it and just got the hell out of there.
I can't for the life of me remember the name of this blog, but this guy related the absolute worst dump story....
He was on a private plane on a road show with clients as well as competitors. There was no real bathroom, only a pop up type thing under one of the seats in the back that had only a small curtain that only covered about halfway to the ceiling.
After sweating it out and trying to hold it in for 1/2 hour, he had to displace his female client from the seat and proceeded to pollute the entire plane with basically the **** that Fish described above. People tried to ignore him but that's pretty much an impossibility when you're in such tight quarters.
Reading that story made me cringe - really felt for the guy. Could have been any of us.
Holding cell, immediately following snorting all the coke as you're getting pulled over.
I only crap at home.
Not because I'm freaked out about public toilets (edit: this is pretty much implied I guess. Would be extremely difficult to be a plumber AND be freaked out by public toilets. kinda like being a Veterinarian who is allergic to dogs)...but because I worked as a plumber for most of my life doing new construction.
By the time there was a working toilet at the jobsite...it meant I was finished and was off to the next rough/finish.
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Your Average Business Trip Gone Horribly Wrong
Posted by gselevator 316 days ago
Quite a few years ago, we were in the middle of an investor roadshow, marketing a new high-yield corporate bond offering. Sound exciting? Well, its anything but.
In a nutshell, a roadshow involves taking borrowers (bond issuers) to meet potential investors. A roadshow is a series of back-to-back investor meetings and group investor lunches, all sandwiched in between market update calls and flights to the next city, where the process repeats itself. They are arduous, grueling and sometimes very stressful. Its a nonstop scramble from hotel to meetings to airports. There are dozens of reasons why a deal can go sour, and angry clients dont want to hear any of them.
A typical roadshow investor meeting entails bankers and clients going through a hard-copy PowerPoint presentation, addressing any structural, disclosure or financial issues in the offering prospectus, and taking Q&A. By the time this spectacle concludes, Ill have heard the same presentation more than twenty times.
The worst job, by far, on any roadshow is that of the analyst. Analysts are the pledges of the financial world. Its where everyone has to take his two or three years of licks after coming out of the training program. Its masochism born out of stupidity. What at first seems like the big time soon turns into eighteen hour days, seven days a week, all of it mindless crap like churning out pitch books and just about any other **** work the Associates dont want to do.
On roadshows, analysts are responsible for carrying pitch books and prospectuses, which can be ****ing heavy. In addition, they oversee all logistics (hotels, flights, cars, etc.) and most importantly, do anything the client asks. All of this has to be done without ****ing up period. The job ****ing sucks, but all analysts want to do it.
When I was an analyst, if another bank was responsible for roadshow logistics and I wasnt traveling with them, I would often give their analyst intentionally incorrect information, the wrong floor, or the wrong tower, anything to make them look bad. Although the banks may be working together on one deal, were always competing for the next one.
I was senior enough on this offering that I was there to represent the firms relationship with the investors, as well as to help sell the deal. For this roadshow, given the schedule of meetings and travel logistics, it made sense to travel by private plane. Flying private with a bunch of bankers is nothing like being Vinny Chase.
On a commercial flight, with some basic preparation, you can make sure you arent seated anywhere near a more senior colleague or a client. Instead of working, or reading the latest copy of IFR (look it up, it sucks) or some other industry periodical, you can watch a movie, get some sleep and have a few drinks. The best part of any airport lounge or any first-class cabin is that no matter what time of day its generally socially acceptable to drink.
My routine is as monotonous as the roadshow. Phone alarm clock goes off at six-thirty in the morning. Blackberry alarm clock goes off at six-forty five. The first wake-up call comes at six-fifty five, and the waffle wakeup call arrives at seven sharp. A waffle wakeup call is something that many of us do on a business trip. Upon first checking into a hotel, I pre-arrange breakfast room service with strict instructions to come in and make sure that I am awake and/or still alive. You cant risk waiting to do this before you go to sleep, in the likely event that you wont have any recollection of getting back to the hotel that night.
Six-thirty isnt particularly early by my standards, but it is after the typical night out on a roadshow wining and dining the client over dinner and drinks and then more drinks and more drinks. Banks usually pay for the roadshow expenses out of deal fees (1-2% for a decent high-yield deal), so the client wants to, and expects to, have a good time, especially if the deal is going well. In many cases, its the most exciting thing these ****s will do all year, so they want to make the most of it.
The client festivities usually wrap up by midnight. Corporate execs are not cut from the same cloth as investment bankers. From there Ill get into the elevator with the clients, talk about what a big day we have coming up and drop them off on their floor before doubling back downstairs. I usually have pre-made arrangements to meet anyone I can friends, colleagues, competitors, or even other clients for more drinks. Well carry on as long as we can, then work our way back to the hotel for a nightcap (two-ish), where we can sit back and watch the whores-on-parade, as they escort the drunken businessmen back up to their rooms. Anyone who has spent any time in continental Europe or Asia knows that this is not in any way an exaggeration.
The client breakfast usually starts downstairs at 8:00am. Having scarfed down two coffees and some waffles in my room, this is when Ill order a jasmine tea and a fruit plate just to make a point to the client that Im a dedicated professional. I usually accompany that with a quick line about how ****ty the hotel gym is. The treadmill shakes too much at high speeds is a fan favorite. The client is almost always impressed, unless he was actually at the gym.
The first meeting, and my third coffee of the day, starts at 9:00am. Four hours, three meetings, one ****ty investor lunch, and an unknown number of coffees later, were only halfway through with our day. Come 6:00pm its finally time to head to the airport. Im ****ing exhausted, and I feel like ****. Here would seemingly end yet another tedious day of the roadshow.
Im a really nervous flyer to begin with, and I am immediately reminded of the endless number of statistics that say flying private is substantially more dangerous than flying commercial. Not to mention all the anecdotal evidence running through my mind, thanks to The Discovery Channel and Aaliyahs Behind the Music. We pack into the plane. There are six of us, two people from each bank, and two clients. Every seat on the plane is occupied. As exhausted as I am, I dont think too much about it, and quickly try to settle into my seat ahead of the three-hour flight to our next city.
Just over halfway through the flight, all the coffee in my stomach feels like its percolating its way down into my lower intestine. Its nothing out of the ordinary, and my internal clock comforts me with the knowledge that the timing of my future BM will be right around ten minutes after hotel check-in. After all, I havent taken a dump on a plane in about ten years, no reason to think that streak will end on a relatively short trip in a private plane. I try and fight through it, having mastered Cosmo Cramer-like skills for being able to push it back for hours and sometimes days at a time.
I hunker down and try and focus on other things. What feels like an hour, but probably isnt more than twenty minutes, passes. We then enter what turns out to be pretty violent turbulence. With each bounce, I have to fight my body, trying not to **** my pants. Thirty minutes to landing, maybe forty five I try and tell myself, each jostle a gamble I cant afford to lose.
On a plane like this, the flight attendant isnt really as much an attendant as someone who keeps the pilots company. Trying not to draw attention to myself, I signal to her and she heads toward me. I start to think about insurance, had I worn boxers or boxer-briefs? I had no ****ing clue.
Excuse me, where is the bathroom, because I dont see a door? I ask while still devoting considerable energy to fighting off what starts to feel like someone shook a seltzer bottle and shoved it up my ass. She looks at me, bemused, and says, Well, we dont really have one per se. At this point she reads my mind, or just couldnt miss the fact that I looked like Alec Baldwin after a 3-day coke binge. She continues, Technically, we have one, but its really just for emergencies. Dont worry, were landing shortly anyway.
Im pretty sure this qualifies as an emergency, I manage to mutter through my grimace. I can see the fear in her face as she points nervously to the back seat. The turbulence outside is matched only by the cyclone that is ravaging my bowels. She points to the back of the plane and says, There. The toilet is there. For a brief instant relief passes over my face. She continues, If you pull away the leather cushion from that seat, its under there. Theres a small privacy screen that pulls up around it, but thats it. At this point, I was committed. She had just lit the dynamite and the mineshaft was set to blow.
I turn to look where she is pointing and I get the urge to cry. I do cry, but my face is so tightly clenched it makes no difference. The toilet seat is occupied by the CFO, i.e. our ****ing client. Our ****ing female ****ing client!
Up to this point, nobody has observed my struggle or my exchange with the flight attendant. Im so sorry. Im so sorry. Thats all I can say as I limp toward her like Quasimodo impersonating a penguin, and begin my explanation. Of course, as soon as my competitors see me talking to the CFO, they all perk up to find out what the hell Im doing.
Given my jovial nature and fun-loving attitude thus far on the roadshow, almost everybody thinks Im joking. She, however, knows right away that I am anything but and jumps up, moving to the middle where I had been sitting. I now had to remove the seat top no easy task when you can barely stand upright, are getting tossed around like hoodrat at a block party, and are fighting against a gastrointestinal Mt. Vesuvius.
I manage to peel back the leather seat top to find a rather luxurious looking commode, with a nice cherry or walnut frame. It had obviously never been used, ever. Why this moment of clarity came to me, I do not know. Perhaps it was the realization that I was going to take this toilets virginity with a fury and savagery that was an abomination to its delicate craftsmanship and quality. I imagined some poor Italian carpenter weeping over the violently soiled remains of his once beautiful creation. The lament lasted only a second as I was quickly back to concentrating on the tiny muscle that stood between me and molten hot lava.
I reach down and pull up the privacy screens, with only seconds to spare before I erupt. Its an alka-seltzer bomb, nothing but air and liquid spraying out in all directions a Jackson Pollock masterpiece. The pressure is now reversed. I feel like Im going to have a stroke, I push so hard to end the relief, the tormented sublime relief.
Im so sorry. Im so sorry. My apologies do nothing to drown out the heinous noises that seem to carry on and reverberate throughout the small cabin indefinitely. If thats not bad enough, I have one more major problem. The privacy screen stops right around shoulder level. I am sitting there, a disembodied head, in the back of the plane, on a bucking bronco for a toilet, all while looking my colleagues, competitors, and clients directly in the eyes. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain! briefly comes to mind.
I literally could reach out with my left hand and rest it on the shoulder of the person adjacent to me. It was virtually impossible for him, or any of the others, and by others I mean high profile business partners and clients, to avert their eyes. They squirm and try not to look, inclined to do their best to carry on and pretend as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening, that they werent sharing a stall with some guy crapping his intestines out. Releasing smelly, sweaty, shame at 100 feet per second.
Im so sorry. Im so sorry is all the ashamed disembodied head can say over and over again. Not that it mattered.
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|New CHS Principal Mark Laughner feels a "Familiar Sense" about the Charlestown community and school he now leads
|Written by George Browning
|Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:00
Walking into the principal's office at Charlestown High School, one is immediately struck with a dose of "Pirate Pride." Earlier this month, the Greater Clark County School Board named Mark Laughner Charlestown High School's new principal. Laughner comes to Charlestown by way of Jeffersonville's Parkview Middle School, where he served seven years as principal. Laughner began his teaching career in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida as a social studies teacher, before stints teaching at Clarksville High School and an Assistant Principal position at Clarksville Middle.
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Appeal results mailed today
The informal appeals process in the county's property revaluation ends today as results are mailed to residents who appealed their property value.
The Catawba County Tax Office reviewed informal appeals from property owners who disputed the market value appraisers established during the valuation process.
The county received 5,455 appeals as of March 7. Those appeals represent about 6.33 percent of the county's more than 80,000 parcels, according to Catawba County tax administrator Mark Logan.
The percentage of county parcels disputing the property valuation increased about two points this year from the previous revaluation in 2007, when 4.36 percent of county parcels appealed the valuation. In 2003, appeals represented about 6.55 percent of county parcels.
The number of appeals vary per revaluation cycle, Logan said, and are often related to the state of the economy.
Letters mailed Friday will have an explanation of the tax office's decision about the property appeal. Logan said people who appeal their property value often present documentation to correct or change information on file by appraisers about the home, such as the number of bathrooms or additions to the property.
Appraisers collect the information presented in the appeal and make a decision about the property's value. They could choose to keep the valuation the same or they could lower the price.
If property owners remain dissatisfied with their property value, the first state-mandated appeals process starts April 18 with hearings before the local Board of Equalization and Review. Hearings with the board are scheduled until every remaining appeal is heard, Logan said.
The local Board of Equalization and Review will mail its decisions to property owners. Property owners dissatisfied with the local Board of Equalization and Review's decision have 30 days after they receive the board's decision to appeal to the North Carolina Property Tax Commission.
After the tax commission, the next step in the appeals process is the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
County officials appraise property based on the Schedule of Values, which is an appraisal manual to ensure all property is valued in a uniform and consistent manner. Revaluation notices were mailed to property owners in November.
Property valuation notices do not set the tax rate. County commissioners will set the tax rate as part of the budgeting process this spring. The current rate is 53.5 cents per $100 of valuation.
Tax bills are mailed each year in July or August. The bill will reflect the new property value, and payment is due Sept. 1.


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Darrington, WA (PRWEB) May 17, 2013
Tooth decay is an epidemic in American children with 50% of 5th graders showing active signs of the disease. The World Health Organization says that worldwide, 60–90% of school children and nearly 100% of adults have cavities. What are the long-term effects of this transmissible infection?
Research is showing a strong connection between the oral bacterial imbalance and serious systemic issues like heart disease. So why is this disease so rampant, yet it is also 100% preventable? Answer: there has been no way to properly screen patients for their risk, or susceptibility to the infection before the cavity forms.
Dr. Ryan Johnstun and his team were not satisfied with the excessive and avoidable statistics and knew they could do better. In an effort to provide the absolute best care modern science can offer they are now proud to provide the only in-office, chair-side caries susceptibility screening test on the market.
Developed by CariFree, a caries research company, the CariScreen test measures the levels of cavity-causing bacteria in the biofilm in seconds. Never before has such predictive information been available to patients or practitioners. Dr. Johnstun can also tell his patients what the statistical likelihood is that they will develop new decay in the next year.
Dr. Johnstun says: "When I started practicing dentistry I was stunned at the numbers of patients I saw that constantly had cavities. For some patients it takes more than just brushing and flossing to prevent decay, and implementing CAMBRA into our office has let us treat this disease in these patients and really prevent problems for them. It saves them time, money, and irreplaceable tooth structure."
For decades the only approach to managing dental caries was to work backwards: drilling out decayed areas of the tooth and patching the cavity. The traditional approach did not tell the patient exactly why they had the disease or what specific things they could do to get better. The drill and fill model, as Dr. Doug Young DDS, MS, MBA (leading expert on dental caries) states, is like "building a deck on a house while it is burning down."
While national statistics on decay rates continue to climb, Dr. Johnstun and his team are determined, with the implementation of the CariFree CariScreen test, to stop this devastating disease in its tracks. Patients who see Dr. Johnstun can expect the best assessment, diagnosis and therapy recommendations at their next appointment.
For more information or to set up your screening, call (360) 436-1008.
About Dr. Johnstun:
Learning never ends for Dr. Ryan Johnstun, even after earning his Bachelor's degree at the University of Washington in 2003. He immediately began an accelerated Dental Program at the University of the Pacific Dental School in California. In 2006, he graduated from the program with honors. From there, Dr. Johnstun began his practice at Darrington Family Dental.
Dr. Johnstun continues his pursuit of new knowledge through different means. He regularly attends seminars on the current trends and innovation in dentistry. As an Arlington dentist, he is an active member of the Snohomish County Dental Society and the Washington State Dental Association. He is also a member of a study club, which meets monthly for advanced dental education. He sets aside two days each month to practice with a mentoring dentist, Dr. Jeffrey Prager, from Bellingham, Washington.
Dr. Johnstun, our dentist in Arlington, strongly believes in constantly growing his knowledge in Arlington dental services. He does this through courses, lectures, reading, and interaction with other dental professionals. By doing this, he believes he can achieve his ultimate goal which is to offer better care for all his patients.
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Animal Castration
We have a 9-month-old dog that the vet said should be castrated due to his hyperactive and obsessive behavior.
We know that according to Judaism, a dog should not be castrated. But in this instance the dog may have to be put down if he does not have the operation. He has been referred to a behavior center, but we think they will not see him if he is not castrated.
Is it really better to destroy a dog than to give him an operation that has been recommended by a vet?
I know for a fact that there is both halacha and inferences from the Torah which involves the importance of being kind to animals. How kind is it to allow a dog to remain crazy from hormones, when there is an expedient solution at hand? How kind is it to kill a living being, created by God, when it is easily avoidable?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
You are correct that the Torah prohibits castration of both people and animals (Leviticus 22:24; Talmud – Shabbat 110b, Chagigah 14b).
The Torah's opposition to causing pain to animals in unequivocal.
Besides the general Biblical prohibition against causing needless pain to animals ("Tzar Baalei Chaim"), there is a whole list of separate mitzvot designed for the protection of animals, including: to unload a donkey whose load is too heavy (Deut. 22:4); to give your animal a day off of work on Shabbat (Exodus 20:9); not to muzzle an animal when working in the field – i.e. don't prevent it from eating what it sees (Deut. 25:4); and many, many others.
So why would the Torah forbid castrating animals?
One reason is to teach us the sanctity of life. Sefer HaChinuch (291) says that God created the world in a way that animals are equipped to procreate, and we have no right to negate that. So please be assured that the Creator of the World has taken animal discomfort into account when He commanded us against castration.
Although castration is ordinarily forbidden, in a case like yours where your dog is suffering and liable to be put to rest, we may be lenient. The proper approach would be to sell or give the dog to a non-Jew, who can then give it to a non-Jewish veterinarian to perform the castration. This will save the animal from being destroyed. Of course, this should be a real transaction, not a joke.
Could you then take or buy the dog back? If the non-Jew wants to sell the dog back to you, it is permitted to take it from him. However, you cannot make it a precondition in the original sale that the dog will be returned to you.
One more point to mention: It appears from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein that in order to heal a person, a castration may be performed. However, it is unclear if the same applies to an animal. ("Igrot Moshe" C.M. 2:30)
For more details, see Shulchan Aruch (OC 448:3 with Mishnah Berurah) and Shulchan Aruch (Even Ha'ezer 5:14 with Rama and Beit Shmuel 19).


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