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We meet at a cafe for coffee and have some sexy talk, gentle touches and get to know each other a little and also build some sexual tension. You are wearing a short skirt and you tell me that you are wearling sexy lingerie underneath.
I tell you I want to make you cum without removing any of your clothes, and I want to do it in a public place.
You decide that you want to do it while shopping, so we head off to a nearby department store. We go the the shoe department so you can try on some shoes. You sit in the chair and I kneel in front of you, take off your shoes and help you try on several pair. As I slip the shoes on and off you, I run my hands up and down you leg, going slightly higher each time. In a teasing manner, you briefly part your legs to give me a glimpse of your panty-covered pussy. When I am sure nobody is looking, I reach under your skirt and pull the crotch of your panties to the side so that I can see your pussy. I try to put my finder in your pussy, but you close you legs to block my access.
I try again, but the same result. Then, I make it just barely to your pussy-lips before your suddenly stand up. My fingers have only briefly touched your pussy, but I can smell your wetness on them. I put my finger in my mouth and taste your sweet pussy juice, which reminds me of what is yet to come.
We move from the shoe department to the dress section of the store, where we find a secluded corner with only an occasional passer by. You start looking through the clothes on the racks. While you are facing the racks I come up close behind you. I gently kiss you on the back of the neck while I raise your skirt from the back. I run my hands over your silky panties as they cling to your butt cheeks. Then, after a few minutes of kisses and touching, I step to your side as I face away from the racks. As you continue to look at the clothes, I slip my hand under the front of your skirt. Your panties are still pulled to the side, so I have easy access to your pussy. I gently rub my fingers over your pussy lips as I glance around to see if anyone is watching -- an old lady on the next row gives me a strange look, but it does not deter me. As I continue to rub your pussy lips, I slowly slip my middle finger into your vagina -- you are really wet, so it goes in easily. As my finger enters you, I see your eyes close and a small smile appears on your face. I start slowly slipping my finger in and out. As I bring my finger out of your vagina, it glids easily up over your clitoris which I lubricate with your pussy juice. After a few strokes, I can feel your clit getting harder and bigger. I slide your clit between my two fingers and start to focus my attention there. As I slowly rub, you begin to let out uncontrollable little sounds as my finger massages your clit. Each stroke begins to send little shocks of electricity through your body which gives an occasional involuntary convulsion. You are now starting to audibly moan as the tension builds in your body. I pull my finger briefly out of you pussy and put it in your mouth making you taste your own pussy. Then, I kiss your deeply with my tongue so that we can share the taste of your pussy. I resume massaging your clit and you are beginning to breath harder and harder.
You reach over to me and place your hand on my crotch and feel the bulge that is growing inside.
I withdraw my hand from under your skirt and take you by the hand. I select a dress from the rack and lead you to the dressing room. We both enter an unoccupied room. I hang the dress on a hook and push you down in the chair. I lift your skirt up over your waist and force your legs wide apart. For the first time I get an unobstructed view of your pussy -- which by now is dripping with your juices. I kneel in front of you and pull you toward me. We can hear other women in the adjacent rooms trying on clothes and talking, but we try not to make too much noise.
I reinsert my middle finger into your vagina and again resume moving it in and out. But, then I slowly add another finger, so that two digits are filling your vagina. The addition of the second finger causes you to let out a brief gasp of pleasure. With my free hand, I unbutton your shirt and release you breasts from the confinement of your bra. As I continue to finger fuck you, I reach up with my other hand and squeeze your nipples between my fingers. Occasionally, I stand up and kiss you with my tongue and take your nipples in my mouth without ever missing a stroke of my fingers in your pussy.
With my hand palm up, I plunge my fingers deeper into your vagina so that my two finger can reach the roof of your vagina and I begin to massage your G-spot. This makes you breath even harder. As I run my fingers back and forth over your G-spot I notice the head of your clit beginning to poke out from your pussy lips as they briefly part with each stroke of my hand. The sight is too much for me to resist. I move my head down to your crotch and without missing a stroke of my hand gently lick your pussy lips -- running my tongue in ever smaller circle until it lands on the tip of your clit.
I flick my tongue repeatedly over the tip of your clit and each time I can feel your body tense. Then, I suck your clit into my mouth so your clit is captured between my lips. I hold your clit hostage in my mouth as my tongue runs back and forth over it. I begin to pick up the pace of the strokes of my hand and your hips start to match my pace thrusting back and forth.
My hand moves faster and faster while my tongue flicks up and down faster and faster over your clit. Then, as your excitement builds your legs clamp onto my head. I can feel your muscles tighten. You can stand it no longer -- you uncontrollably scream out "yes, yes" as your body begins to shudder in orgasm. Wave after wave consumes your body and the room begins to spin. Each time my tongue touches your clit you body shakes uncontrollably. Slowly, I withdraw my fingers from your vagina but continue to occasionally flick your clit with my tongue until your body collapses in complete exhaustion.
I get up and walk out of the dressing room without saying a word. As I leave, the lady at the entrance just smiles at me. I wait for you outside the store. It is a few minutes before you join me since your legs were sharking so badly that you had to wait for them to calm down before you could stand.
We walk to a nearby cafe for a glass of wine and to talk about what just happened. You then tell me how you want me to finger fuck you at the next public place. I agree and off we go to the next finger fucking adventure.


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Gallery: Kate Upton Does The Empty Stomach Pose A Lot In Jalouse Magazine
For the October issue of Jalouse, its editors managed to stop engaging in corporal punishment long enough to put Kate Upton in their cover editorial. Between this and Carine Roitfeld, it seems the French have taken her up in defiance of the rest of the fashion world's rejection of her non-skinny body and conventionally pretty face. Perhaps in an effort to show everyone she's fit for editorial, Kate does a lot of stereotypical fashion poses in this one, specifically one generally referred to as "the empty stomach," or sometimes "the broken doll," depending on its execution. Are you convinced?
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And we thought Facebook had privacy issues
The Chicago Tribune reports that a math teacher at a Catholic school was fired after ticking the "atheist" box on a Facebook questionnaire and posting a comment to the forum Atheist Nexus.
Even giving the school the benefit of the doubt here--let's hope there were some performance-based reasons for the firing--how on earth is a Facebook questionaire at all germane to the job performance of a math teacher? It's not like Abby Nurre was preaching atheism to her eighth-graders at St. Edmund's Catholic School in Fort Dodge, Iowa. How did the school even know about the postings, unless they are in the habit of Googling their teachers' names. Besides, did it ever occur to anyone at St. Edmund's that an unchurched person might come to faith through the Christian witness of a Catholic school? Not in this case...
When people who do believe in God behave like this, it's no wonder fewer and fewer people want to be associated with us.


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SOJ. Another year down the tubes.
Woody loves publicity. this is why he puts up and supports Rex's bravado and this is why he asked to trade for Tebow. Let's organize something and give him publicity.
Like someone mentioned above, putting an ad up on the NY Daily News will be picked up by everyone in the local/national media. Simply embarass them. That will put everyone on notice.
I hear Woody is planning a ticket price increase for all the suckers who purchased PSL'S. Woody believes the lack of success on the field is directly tied to the fans not giving him more of their money.
the ad should be organized here from this forum and written by someone with good writing skills maybe someone in advertising and be signed jetsinsider.com members and fans.
woody wants all good publicity its time we hit him with some bad and wake his dumb rich ass up.
How do you make a billionaire budge, you don't.
Turkey bags on fans heads for Thanksgiving....with big J&J shampoo signs saying "No More Tears"!


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Claudia Fernandez celebrates as she crosses the finish line during a "Walk on Water" event at Florida International University in Miami, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Students from Florida International University have been walking on water for a class assignment.
To do it, they wear water shoes that they created.
The students had to make it to the other side of a 175-foot (53-meter) lake on campus Thursday while wearing the aquatic shoes in order to earn an "A'' on the assignment. Alex Quinones was the first to do so in just over a minute, earning himself $500 and major bragging rights.
A total of 79 students competed in the race.
Architecture professor Jaime Canaves says the annual race is a lesson in in life as well as architecture. He says he wants to show his students that as long as they research and test their work, anything is possible, even "walking on water."


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Unemployment Rate Drops
ST. MARYS — After edging up to start the year, the unemployment rate for Auglaize County in February decreased.
In data released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Auglaize County registered an unemployment rate of 5.8 percent, down from 6.2 percent in January. Last year, the unemployment rate sat at 6.8 percent.
"I think it's good that they are going in the right direction," St. Marys Development Manager Susan Crotty said. "It appears the decrease is fairly consistent across the state so I believe it's most likely seasonal — but since it did drop, I hope that means more of our citizens are finding employment."
Working together with other communities has helped the region fair better than the rest of the state regarding employment, Crotty noted.
"We are more effective as a region than we are individually," Crotty said. "Working with my Auglaize County partners and West Central Ohio partners helps us to be more effective in our marketing and reach a wider audience. That allows us to promote the area and to let people know what is positive around our region regarding business development."
The rest of the region saw similar results. Mercer County, which has the lowest unemployment rate in the state, settled in at 4.8 percent, down from 5.2 percent in January. Allen County registered a rate of 8.3 percent (down from 9.1 percent), Shelby County was at 6.9 percent (down from 7.6 percent), Van Wert County was at 7.6 percent (down from 8.5 percent), Logan County was at 7 percent (down from 7.8 percent), Hardin County was at 7.6 percent (down from 8.3 percent) and Darke County was at 7.5 percent (down from 8.4 percent).
The statewide unemployment rate for February was 7 percent — which was unchanged from January.


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HULL - Marshall James Carey, 79, died Sunday, January 27, 2013.
A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late Harold and Julia Hill Carey. He was preceded in death by a son, Stan Carey; and brothers, Artis and Kenneth Carey. He served his county in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. Marshall was the founder of Shade Tree Racing, which he was very passionate about, and he loved to fish. He was of the Baptist denomination.
Survivors include his wife, Leola Bray Carey; children, Gail (Tim) Richey, Mark (Martha) Carey, and Brant Carey, all of Hull; a brother: Jack Carey, Gainesville; sisters, Miron Bentley, Wilkesboro, N.C., and Gatha Dixon, Athens; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 30, at Union Baptist Church at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Billy Owensby officiating. Pallbearers will be Chris Bennett, Brian Hayes, Keith Hardy, Kole Hardy, Royce Bray, Kevin Scott, Craig Self and Jimmy Crowe. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 29, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Growing for Gods Glory, c/o Union Baptist Church, 2900 Hwy. 106 S, Hull, GA 30646.
Lord & Stephens, Danielsville, is in charge of arrangements.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN 6) — More than 6,000 students graduated from Portland State University (PSU) on Sunday. The Class of 2014 from PSU was the largest in the state.
Back-to-back ceremonies took place at the Moda Center for the student who came from 44 different states and 51 nations. They ranged in age from 19 to 72-years-old.
A former valedictorian of Reynolds High School was among the graduates. Eddie Ramirez was brought to the United States from Mexico when he was just 1-year-old. He said he learned he was undocumented when he was 8-year-old and worried he would never be able to attend college.
"I got to orientation at Portland State, and my mom in tears, said 'We can't afford this, we have to look at other things.' But now, being able to be a commencement speaker today and representing other undocumented students and earning a spot on OHSU, it's a blessing and something that was an obstacle at first but that's who I am," said Ramirez.
Ramirez explained he was able to attend college because of the Dream Act. He is now enrolled at OHSU, continuing his education to become a dentist.
PSU President Wim Wiewel said the university is about accessibility and possibility.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A complaint filed with California regulators says Southern California Edison boosted the cost of replacing defective steam generators at the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant.
The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility complaint says the utility violated federal securities law by manipulating inflation calculations so Edison could recover more money from ratepayers.
The Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/15dZd18 ) says the complaint filed Wednesday with the state Public Utilities Commission claims Securities and Exchange Commission filings show costs may have been hiked up to $100 million.
The twin-reactor plant in northern San Diego County has been shut down more than year. A tiny radiation leak led to the discovery of damage to hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.
The PUC is already investigating the costs of the outage.
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I have been in a tough twitter negotiations, and I think I have made a deal with an informed Indians fan that would send Shin-Soo Choo to Cincinnati.
We would be giving up Tony Cingrani, Chris Heisey, a PTBNL (from low minor leagues) and possibly Mike Leake (though he is not apart of the original deal, and would only be given up if the Indians got something better from somewhere else).
I would probably do this. Lets assume, for this exercise, that Choo is only a Red for a year.
Remember that Choo bats lead-off, can play left field, and has an extremely high On Base Percentage.
If the answer is no, where would you steer the negotiations? If the answer is yes, why do you like it? and Do you think a trade like this is realistic IRL.
This was just a little fun that I sprung on him lol.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Dell Inc.'s dell stock on Thursday was downgraded to market perform from strong buy by Raymond James analyst Brian Alexander who said he doesn't see the current buyout price of $13.65 rising significantly. "We don't expect a sweetheart deal," Alexander said in a note. He said that while the stock has been trading above the deal price, and thinks the offer "will be sweetened, through a combination of higher offer price and/or special dividend, we highly doubt the ultimate price exceeds $15." Dell shares were up a fraction at $13.80 on Thursday.
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Maple sugar was first discovered by a Native American named Chief Woksis – or that is the story that Pam Marquette, a park ranger at Springton Manor in Wallace, told earlier this month at the maple sugaring education program for young children.
"There are several, several stories that tell how Native Americans discovered how to make maple sugar," said Marquette. "The best story that I like is about Chief Woksis.
Woksis came back to camp after an unsuccessful hunt and was so frustrated that he took his hatchet and slammed it into a nearby sugar maple tree. The sap from the tree dripped all day into the wooden pot that his wife, "Mrs. Woksis," would use to boil the stew, and the stew tasted better than ever that night.
"I don't know if it's true or not, but it sounds good," said Marquette.
The program was geared toward children between 3 to 7 years old and taught them about sugar maple trees, the history of maple sugar and how the sap is extracted.
"I like connecting kids with nature, and I really think it's really important for the next generation to be able to appreciate all the different services that we get from nature," said Robin Spurlino, also a park ranger at the county farm.
Sugar maple trees are identifiable by their five lobe leaves and perpendicular branches, but it has to be at least 31 inches around before it can be tapped.
The perfect time of year to tap a tree is usually around this time of year – February or March – when daytime temperatures rise above freezing and nighttime temperatures drop below freezing.
"When it starts warming up, the sap will go up the tree, and then when it gets cold, it goes down the tree," said Marquette. That's when "we say the sap is running."
Sugar maple trees are only in the northeast of the United States, so while the Native American's discovered maple sugar, the colonists found a better way to extract it – they drilled a whole into its trunk and used a wooden spiel guide the dripping sap into a bucket.
"When the colonial people came over, the Europeans wanted more and more. They really like the maple syrup," said Marquette. "To find the perfect place to drill a whole, we have to look for a big root and on the sunny side of the tree."
Today, the sap is collected in bulk, and Marquette said it takes about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup.
The kids sampled real maple syrup, corn syrup and table syrup – which is just corn syrup with maple flavoring – and voted on their favorite. While Aunt Jemima's table syrup was a close second, the pure maple syrup was their favorite.
"Here at the farm in particular you can really make that connection and seeing how the land provides for our well-being," said Spurlino.
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Her Change
I have been reading alot of stories where Edward left, and Bella got changed, and welcomed into another Vampire family. So I wanted to make my verson of it. So here it is. Basically, Edward leaves Bella again. And one night Victoria breaks into her house. She take's Bella. But she also take's someone else.
Stephenie Meyer owns everything!
1. Bringing Charlie into the Vampire World
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I woke up, hearing a huge bang, and broken glass was everywhere. There standing on my windowsill was Victoria. I screamed. But I knew no one would help me. Edward was gone along with the rest of the Cullen's, and I didn't know any other people that could help me. That's right, they left me again!
Charlie ran into my room upon hearing me scream. "No Charlie get out of here!" I said. But he wasn't listening to me, he was gaping at Victoria. "Dad! Get out of here!" I screamed again. Victoria laughed.
"Well, I only came here for Bella! But I'll take the puny man too." She said with an evil smile on her face. She grabbed Charlie and threw him over her shoulder, and she threw me on the other shoulder.
I wiggled, and squirmed. But I couldn't get out of her grasp. "Let Charlie go! He has nothing to do with this!" I screamed. I looked over and Charlie was staring at me.
"And you do?" He asked. I nodded my head. Victoria laughed harder as she jumped out my window. She put us in the back seat of a car, and got in the passenger seat. Another, bigger vampire, one that reminded me of Emmett, got in the drivers seat. "Step on it, David!" She said to him. And we were off, Charlie was staring out the window, and I was staring at him.
Charlie finally looked at me." How are you apart of this?" He asked softly. I turned to look at Victoria. I didn't know if I should tell him. And she was the only one who I could ask. She nodded her head before I even asked.
"OK…This is going to sound Crazy but. Here goes." I started, my voice was shaky. "The, ummmm. The Cullen's are vampires, as are Victoria and David…." And I told him everything I knew about Vampires. I told him what happened with James. And I told him how Edward read's minds, Alice see's the Future, and Jasper can sense and control emotions. I told him everything. Everything except the part where Edward snuck into the house every night. When I was done his eyes were popping out of his head and he fainted. I heard Victoria chuckle. I ignored her.
"Victoria, Where are you taking us?" I asked in a innocent voice. "And what's going to happen to us?"
"Well if you must know, we are going far away. To Australia. And I'm going to torture you and Charlie for a few years and eventually, when I get bored. Kill you." She said looking excited.
I wanted to save Charlie, So I had to do something. "Ummm….why would you want to kill me? Don't you know I am immune to most Vampire's powers. And Aro thinks I'm going to have great powers." I said, still unsure of how I was going to save Charlie from her.
Her face perked up at this information. And she looked like she was deciding on whether or not to do something. "Ok. I am going to change you. And you are going to work for me. But I am still going to torture and kill Charlie."
"No. Because after I am changed, I will be able to kill you. I'll make a deal with you." I said sternly. I knew how to save Charlie.
"What's the deal?" she asked looking a little worried.
"You let Charlie go, and then I'll…" I gulped and looked over at Charlie. "Work for you." I whispered the last part.
"Hmmm…I would. But since he knows about Vampires it's just too risky." She said. Then her face perked up. "I know! I'll change him too. I mean he is your father. Maybe he'll have some special powers too."
I started panicking. What was I supposed to do now? After that conversation everything fell silent. And later Charlie woke up. He looked around and sighed. I guess he realized this wasn't a dream. When I looked at him I started crying. But I stared out the window hoping he wouldn't notice. He did, and he pulled me into a hug. "It'll be ok Bells"
"No…It…Won't." I said in between sobs. And he patted my back and tried to sooth me. Once we made it to the other side of America, they stopped the car. "We are going to be swimming from now on." She said. She and David got out of the car and David grabbed me and threw me against his back. "Ouch." That was going to leave a mark. I looked over and saw Victoria doing the same with Charlie.
They jumped into the ocean, and went under water, but they left us above water. I was terrified. What if there were sharks. I looked over to Charlie, who was looking at me. "Why did you never tell me about your boyfriend being a vampire." When he said that I winced remembering the Cullen's.
"I thought you'd freak out. And humans aren't supposed to know. Other wise they have to be changed into a vampire, or killed." I choked out the last word.
"But you knew." He said softly. And I looked over at him with guilt in my eye's. And then understanding dawned on him. "You were going to be changed. And you were going to leave me. Just like that?" He asked. Trying to stay calm.
"Yes." I replied and started crying.
"Bells. Do you know what's going to happen to us now?" He asked trying to change the subject of me leaving him. I nodded my head.
"Well. What?" He asked.
"She was going to torture us until she got bored, then she was going to kill us. But I told her about me being immune to Vampire powers and how Aro one of the member's of the Volturi said I'm going to probably be really powerful as a vampire. And she said that instead she was going to just kill you, and Change me and I'd work for her. But then I said I'd only do that if she let you go. She said that she couldn't do that because you know too much already. And so now, she is going to change us both, and we both are going to have to work for her." I said.
"Well can't we just kill her if we get changed, then we can get away, and stuff." He replied, After taking in this information.
"Yeah, but then she'd kill you." I said the last part slowly, until I understood. If she was Changing Charlie too, then we could kill Victoria. I really hoped Victoria and David couldn't hear us, I mean they were under water.
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Question of the Day: Songs About Lying
Question of the Day: Songs About Lying
2.20.13 6:56am
For today's Question of the Day we're wondering – have you been lied to recently? Or perhaps you were the one being dishonest? Lying happens a lot, especially in song. So we're asking for your favorite songs about lying, liars, and lies. Leave your suggestion in the comments below.
What we played:
"It's A Wonderful Lie" - Paul Westerberg
"Your Lies" - Shelby Lynne
"All Men Are Liars" - Nick Lowe
"Would I Lie To You?" - Eurythmics


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From the outside, they look like many American country churches built around the turn of the last century — arched Gothic Revival windows, facades clad in white frame siding or in stone, lone steeples rising up into the Texas sky. Cross the threshold of these particular Texas churches and you'll encounter not a simple wooden interior but an unexpected profusion of color. Nearly every surface is covered with bright painting: exuberant murals radiate from the apse, elaborate foliage trails the walls, wooden columns and baseboards shine like polished marble in shades of green and gray. These are the Painted Churches of Texas. Built by 19th century immigrants to this rough but promising territory, these churches transport the visitor back to a different era, a different way of life. Inscriptions on the walls read not in English, but in the mother tongue of those who built them: German and Czech. The story of these buildings is the story of a people striving to succeed in a new country and still preserve the values and culture of their homelands. In 1984, 15 of these churches, with their unique style of art, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Once taken for granted, the painted churches of Texas, and the people who built them, are now capturing the interest of designers, historians and ordinary tourists, both in Texas and out of state.
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Dodge - basic info and current lineup
The new era for Dodge started with Viper, a car so unique, especially since the Dodge company made it. Before the Viper, Dodge was known as abbreviation for Drips Oil, Drips Gas among common people.
Viper's huge commercial success helped the company regain it's long forgotten strength and gave a powerful boost for new models.
One of the new design concepts was a so-called "cab-forward" styling where wheels are pushed to the corners of the car, thus allowing more passenger space.
New design ideas were implemnted in passenger cars Stratus and Neon. Both turned to be great commercial hits.
Dodge has entered a SUV arena with Durango, which created a new niche - it was bit smaller than large SUVs, but also bigger then small ones, big enough for seven passengers, yet more versatile than truck-alike SUVs.
Current Dodge Lineup:
It comes with 3 economy engines: 2.0, 1.4 turbo charged, both with 160bhp and 2.4 multiair with 184bhp.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police say a father and daughter are presumed dead after they jumped, holding hands, from a highway bridge into the frigid Missouri River.
The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/16Nh281 ) reports witnesses told police two people got out of a truck around 11:35 a.m. Thursday, climbed over the railing on the Christopher S. Bond Bridge, and jumped into the water 120 feet below.
Police say the woman was holding something in a blanket that initially was thought to be a baby but more likely was the family's Chihuahua.
The victims are believed to be a father in his 50s and daughter in her 30s who lived in a mobile home in a rural area south of Kansas City.
The bodies have not been recovered.
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Mott Grants $995,500 for Pilot Project at Colleges in 10 States
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an innovative approach to encourage the creation of more start-up businesses to help sustain continued economic recovery, The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) today announced the selection of colleges in 10 states to pilot a Virtual Incubation Network. The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has made a $995,500 grant to launch the pilot project in early 2011 and anticipates a second year of funding of up to $742,500.
The AACC initiative was recognized in a White House announcement Jan. 31, as an example of creative entrepreneurship to be encouraged by a new Startup America initiative "to celebrate, inspire and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation," as part of the Obama Administration's national innovation strategy.
The virtual incubator initiative will be implemented by AACC in collaboration with the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), and ultimately through partnerships including with the national network of Small Business Development Centers, many of which are operated on community college campuses.
"Small businesses play an enormous role in stimulating and sustaining economic growth – both in local communities and nationally," said Walter G. Bumphus, president and CEO of the AACC. "This new initiative presents an exciting and innovative way to encourage small business growth without costly investment in new facilities and added infrastructure."
Community colleges are often called on to establish small business incubators to nurture local companies through the most challenging start-up stages of development, increasing jobs and revenue for local communities. Close to 35 business incubators are operated by two-year colleges nationwide. The development of the virtual incubator network recognizes that these services need not depend on a traditional brick-and-mortar facility. Instead the new network will "test-drive" new delivery mechanisms that include support provided at the business site and hybrid in-person and technology processes. The AACC hopes its member colleges will eventually be able to bring the work to scale at hundreds of community colleges, particularly in geographically isolated, depressed and hard-to-serve communities where they are needed most.
The 10 colleges that will lead this effort are:
Rio Salado College, Phoenix, AZ
Long Beach Community College, Long Beach, CA
North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, IA
Mott Community College, Flint, MI
Southeast Community College, Lincoln, NE
White Mountain Community College, Berlin, NH
Burlington County Community College, Burlington, NJ
Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
Lorain County Community College, Elyria, OH
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Green Bay, WI
The American Association of Community Colleges is a national organization located in Washington, D.C., that represents the nation's close to 1,200 community, junior and technical colleges. The colleges represent the largest and fastest-growing sector of higher education and currently enroll almost half of all U.S. undergraduates.
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In regards to the clips usually shown prior to the winner in each category being announced, Associated Television International's, Jim Romanovich tweeted, "There will be no nominees clips shown. Sorry. You have to ask yourself why this show died three years ago. Clips never did actors justice."
In other Emmy news, Executive Producer David McKenzie told TV Guide that though they plan to do something special to let the fans know how sadden everyone is about the cancellations of "All My Children" and "One Life To Live," they are not planning any big farewells this year, considering both soaps will still be eligible to be a part of next year's Emmys for their 2011 storylines.
Previously Reported on March 21:
Good news fans, the Daytime Emmys will be televised live on CBS from 8.00 PM to 10.00 PM EST. on Sunday June 19 from the Las Vegas Hilton. Information regarding tickets will be announced at a later date.
Previously Reported on January 6:
Soap Opera Digest is reporting that the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will return for another year and will take place on June 19. Not only will we get to see the Emmys earlier this year, if they air on television, they'll include a new category for web series titled Special Class Short Format Program.
Soaps.com will keep you posted as details for where the annual award show will be held are released, but for now, are you looking forward to this year's Daytime Emmy Awards? Vote in our poll and let us know!


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The Iron Lady actress Olivia Colman and director Lynne Ramsay were among the honourees at a London awards ceremony celebrating the top females in TV and film on Friday (07Dec12).
Colman was the winner of the MAC Best Performance Award for her portrayal of Carol Thatcher, daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in 2011's The Iron Lady, as well as her comedic turn in British TV series Twenty Twelve, at the annual Sky Women in Film and Television Awards (WFTV Awards).
Ramsay received the Deluxe Digital London Director Award for her movie adaptation of hard-hitting novel We Need To Talk About Kevin, which starred Tilda Swinton.
Previous WFTV award winner Julie Walters returned to the event to hand the EON Productions Lifetime Achievement prize to British producer Ruth Caleb, who boasts a long list of TV and film credits, including A Short Stay in Switzerland and Last Resort.
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle also attended the gala to present The Envy Producer Award to Tracey Seaward for her work on his Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in the summer (12).


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Edwards, a senior, is the daughter of Terry Galen and Tom Edwards.
This trimester, Edwards is enrolled in an English class at Utah State University-Moab, in hopes of getting a head start on her associates' degree.
Outside of school, Edwards has been involved in many community service projects, including helping with the BEACON after-school program and doing service projects on behalf of the National Honor Society. Edwards also interns with the Moab Music Festival.
At school, Edwards participates in a variety of activities. She is a debate co-captain in impromptu and a participant in Lincoln-Douglas debate. She is also co-president of the Earth Club, vice president of the GCHS National Honor Society chapter, and senior class vice president.
Edwards said her post-high school plans include attending college in the Salt Lake City area.
Cresswell, the son of Matt and Heidi Cresswell, is also a senior at GCHS.
This trimester, Cresswell is enrolled in politics and government and a math class at USU-Moab. He says he hopes to challenge himself through those college classes.
Cresswell was a lineman on Grand County High's football team and was recently named to the 2A Academic All-State football team. He is an active member of art club and also participates in the National Honor Society.
Outside of school, Cresswell has received his Eagle Scout award. He also does lawn work for a local dentist.
After high school, he plans to go on an LDS mission, then later continue his education at a college or university.


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Response: Luveni/Women Must Be Visible
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Dr Luveni is quoted (Fiji Times online 15/1) as saying "…the onus is on women to convince the voters that they can become parliamentarians" and that the Ministry of Women is ready to provide assistance.Wednesday 16 January 2013
Response: Luveni/Women Must Be Visible
Dr Luveni is quoted (Fiji Times online 15/1) as saying "…the onus is on women to convince the voters that they can become parliamentarians" and that the Ministry of Women is ready to provide assistance.
I would say it is not for women to prove themselves as capable representatives of their communities in parliament, local government or advisory councils and committees but that society at large must recognise that gender equality in decision making is a prequisite for peace and sustainable development.
The role of the Ministry of Women is to ensure Fiji's treaty obligations particularly the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women is entrenched into processes of the state/government machinery and that community education programmes are aligned to a women's rights based approach.
I hope the Ministry of Women is providing relevant advice on the Constitution Making process.
Women's leaders, such as through the Fiji Women's Forum and rights-based organisation have been advocating for equality in decision making including through Temporary Special Measures.
Since the second Women's Forum in June 2012, and despite the very limited time allocated by the State for civic education and the often disempowering spaces for women in which the consultations were held, Women's Forum representatives effectively mobilized to deliver over 125 rights based civic education campaigns and programs in communities around Fiji enabling the participation of women in all our diversities, particularly rural women and other minority groups in the Constitutional Consultation process.
As a result of the Women's Forum's civic education activities, over 650 individual and group submissions were made, which included submissions advocating for a strengthened Bill of Rights that includes the full range of civic, political, economic, social and cultural rights and for increased women's participation in decision making roles in particular through Temporary Special Measures as well as providing recommendations on Security Sector Governance and decision making strctures.
I hope the Ministry of Women reflects on the National Women's Plan of Action and collaborates with the relevant women's NGOs to further advance the collective goals of gender equality particularly at a critical time of ensuring there is equity enshrined throughout the democratization process, elections and beyond.
I hope the Ministry of Women will ensure that all the women's groups and individual women who made submissions to the 2012 constitution making process are also given a copy of the Constitution Comissions drafts and that what women have said should form the basis of public discussion as well as the basis of the process for the Constituent Assembly. That is essential for our democratization process to be gender inclusive.
The other step would to finalising the National Gender Policy with women's rights groups.
Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, Executive Director: FemLINKPacific (www.femlinkpacific.org.fj)
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Has anyone tried out FreeBASIC from the LXF 72 DVD?
I've just had a quick look at it tonight and it seems brilliant. BASIC for Linux in which you can use SDL, GL and more! I'm surprised this hasn't taken the Linux world by storm, like AMOS did for the Amiga.
The website is http://www.freebasic.net/ if you're interested and if you only get the CD version of LXF FreeBASiC can be downloaded from it's website.
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... because of the addons, mainly, and because of existing habits. Short examples : if I'm on a web page, and I need to search for "rss" string, for instance, in FF I just type "rss" on the keyboard, without having to hit CTRL+F or /. Fast and simple, as soon as I find, I hit enter to follow the link. Most of my favorite addons are not available for Chrome. FF is rather well integrated with my Linux env, including Thunderbird, whereas Chrome behaves strange, in opening new tabs for example. FF has a lot more control on things you want to do, whereas Chrome has less ability in that regard, though I would agree that speed is sometimes noticeable. Waiting for FF4.
Last but not least - most of the sites I work with don't fully support Chrome, and the latter behaves different in another set of pages, example, a car site : choose a model from the dropdown menu - Subaru/Honda - hit enter - in FF this action selects the model, whereas Chrome treats it like : "display all available models, and I have to click back to Advanced Search. Then, when I finally get the list, middle click with the scroll is supposed to open the link in a new tab, but Chrome doesn't do it, as opposed to FF. I have hundreds of such examples of inconvenience.
I don't fully dismiss Chrome, it just doesn't suit my usage.
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This class will provide attendees with a basic understanding of the process of using plantation records to research a formerly enslaved family. Dr. Lisa Bratton will present on her work with the Bratton Family Papers, which span over a century, from Historic Brattonsville, the only working plantation in South Carolina. Dr. Bratton, a fifth generation descendant of Green and Malinda Bratton who were formerly enslaved at Historic Brattonsville, will present a case study of the documents and show what these detailed records can tell about the life and legacy of the formerly enslaved.
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Plantation records are a genealogical treasure. Dr. Lisa Bratton, a genealogy scholar and a fifth descendant of formerly enslaved Green and Malinda Bratton, will present her research using the Bratton Family Papers - plantation records that includes wills, letters, store records, and other documents. Providing unique insight into the lives of the enslaved, this case study will help attendees as they pursue their own plantation‐era research.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — They engage each other in bitter verbal back and forth from their respective posts separated by some 800 miles of the Pacific Coast.
They claim each other's waiver leftovers — not always, it seems, for a competitive advantage but rather in acts of gamesmanship.
The men in charge, Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh, have been fierce rivals dating to their college coaching days when they were trading words and wins in the Pac-10.
Here we go again, it's 49ers-Seahawks Part I this week.
"You go out and make plays, the chirping stops," 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick said Wednesday.
Everybody involved knows the NFC West will likely come down to these two nemeses when this season's all said and done, with a pair of dynamic young quarterbacks leading the way. The 49ers have captured the last two division titles, after Seattle won in 2010 with a losing record.
The QBs apparently have a friendly wager on this one, too. The loser must shave his eyebrow.
Not that Kaepernick would confirm his on-air bet with Russell Wilson, being hyped through EA SPORTS' Madden NFL 25 game.
"I'm going to let you ask Russell about that one," Kaepernick said. "Not my idea."
In the video clip, featuring the players sitting side by side in a locker room playing the video game, Wilson suggests the loser should shave his eyebrow, to which Kaepernick quips, "All right, I hope you don't like your eyebrow."
The Seahawks are miffed at Harbaugh for several things.
They claim he honked his horn at their team bus leaving Candlestick Park after San Francisco's win last October. Safety Earl Thomas insists that will only serve as fuel, along with all of the other jabs from both sides in recent months.
At least some Seattle players considered the move as mockery. Harbaugh has denied the honk, calling it a "fabrication."
"Of course we'd take it that way," Thomas said Wednesday. "When you carry yourself like a champion on and off the field, good stuff is going to happen for you. … It just seems like he has a lot of personality, that's all fun and games. It's good for the sport of football. He's a competitor it seems like. Our coach is the same way. I don't think our coach would do that."
This budding rivalry between San Francisco and Seattle has intrigue on so many levels. And it appears to have staying power, too, as long as Carroll and Harbaugh keep winning and keep their jobs.
"They think they're the best, we think we're the best," 49ers running back Frank Gore said.
Carroll on Wednesday made several comparisons of the teams, from competitive spirit, to physical play to talent level. And how about coaching styles?
"What do you think? That's for you guys to figure out, not me," Carroll said.
The coaches certainly provide plenty of entertainment value.
"It is a fun thing to look at," Thomas said. "As a competitive standpoint, you definitely look at it as, OK, I know in their minds — they probably won't say it in front of their players — but they definitely want to win this game a lot more than other games. That just adds a cherry on top to the excitement building up to this game."
So far this week at least, Harbaugh is providing little new fuel ahead of Sunday night's NFC matchup at CenturyLink Field.
He even offered some kind words regarding Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and wideout Doug Baldwin, both former Stanford players. If there's any animosity on Harbaugh's part, he's taking the high road.
"Again, I don't know what you're talking about there," he said. "I have long and good memories, fond memories of both Richard and Doug when we were teammates. I understand now we're competitors. I wish them both long and healthy careers."
What Harbaugh said in June regarding performance-enhancing drugs and Seattle remains fresh for the Seahawks, however. Harbaugh took aim at Seattle's run of performance-enhancing drug infractions, which included an overturned suspension for Sherman.
"You always want to be above reproach, especially when you're good, because you don't want people to come back and say, 'They're winning because they're cheating,'" Harbaugh said then. "That's always going to be a knee-jerk reaction in my experience, ever since I was a little kid."
Go back even further, and there's been plenty of fuming by both sides.
Harbaugh's Cardinal traveled to Los Angeles in his first season at Stanford as 41-point underdogs only to stun the second-ranked Trojans 24-23 and end their 35-game home winning streak. It was largely considered the biggest upset in college football that year and among the best ever.
Then, in 2009, Harbaugh and No. 25 Stanford ran up the score on 11th-ranked USC in a surprising 55-21 rout, even attempting a 2-point conversion with the game way out of reach — prompting Carroll's infamous "What's your deal?" when they met afterward at midfield.
Now, there's a new deal — between Kaepernick and Wilson?
"I don't think Russell will be shaving his eyebrow then," Thomas said.
Gore said the Niners will do their part to keep all of Kaepernick's facial hair intact.
"That's the plan," Gore said.
Notes: The 49ers signed WR Kassim Osgood to a one-year contract to be a "core player" on special teams, and placed LB Nick Moody on the injured reserve/designated for return list. Harbaugh said he will miss seven games. … San Francisco RB LaMichael James, nursing a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee, said he expects to practice Thursday and hopes to play Sunday. "I want to be out there," he said.
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A play called "Dagger" put a deep wound in the Lions' season that eventually proved fatal to their playoff hopes and ultimately resulted in a change in head coaches.
As offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens, Jim Caldwell called the "Dagger" play that gained 27 yards against the Lions' defense in a critical moment in Game 14 at Ford Field. The play set up the winning field goal in an 18-16 victory that pushed the Lions closer to the brink of playoff elimination.
The loss continued a slide that saw the Lions go 1-6 down the stretch and finish with a 7-9 record. Jim Schwartz was fired as head coach the day after the last game.
The Ravens got their record to 8-6 with the victory but lost the last two games to miss the playoffs. Nine days after Schwartz was fired, Caldwell was hired to replace him.
Caldwell recalled the play, and the situation, when he was introduced as the Lions' new coach at a press conference Wednesday at Ford Field.
He stretched out the word long, to "looooong." It was a 61-yarder by Justin Tucker.
It is too simple to say that one play put Caldwell in Detroit as the 26th head coach of the Lions. The Lions had two games left against the Giants and Vikings and would have finished first in the NFC North and had a first-round playoff game at home if they'd won both. Instead, they lost both.
But it's intriguing how much one play can influence a game and what can ride on the outcome.
In his press conference, Caldwell talked about "situational football" and playing "smart."
The situation when Caldwell called "Dagger" was third and 15 for the Ravens at their own 28-yard line, with 2:04 left when the ball was snapped. The Lions had a 16-15 lead. Three receivers were split to the right, with Jacoby Jones lined up to the outside.
The Ravens' pass protection held long enough for Jones to get open on a cut toward the middle, and for Joe Flacco to hit him with the pass in the middle of a group of Lions defenders who were not in position to make a play on the ball.
Jones' catch made it first down at the Lions' 45. On fourth down, Tucker connected from 61 yards to give the Ravens the lead. The outcome was cemented when
Caldwell, who comes from a family that has 17 ordained ministers – including his father and one brother – is a man of deep faith. At his press conference Tuesday, said he believes in providence. Things happen for a reason.
At the very least, it's a weird coincidence that Caldwell is in Detroit partly because the Ravens beat the Lions.
Regardless of how or why it happened, it was one of 982 plays opposing teams ran against the Lions last season, and it was the right play at the right time for the Ravens.
"It's a concept we used, depending on what we were anticipating in terms of coverage," Caldwell said. "The great thing about it, we had two guys who were on the same page. Joe Flacco did a great job of anticipating the route, and Jacoby Jones did a nice job of running it as well.
"We just felt that in that situation we'd get a little bit of rotation and thought there was going to be a void in that area. It doesn't always pan out that way, obviously."


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Theo Walcott cannot put a timescale on contract extension talks at Arsenal
Theo Walcott will put no timescale on contract talks with Arsenal and has called for continued patience from supporters.
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The England international will see his current deal at Emirates Stadium expire at the end of the season.
With no extension agreed as yet, there is a fear that Walcott will become the latest high-profile figure to sever ties with the Gunners.
Talk of a move in January has also been touted, with Arsenal reluctant to lose him for nothing if a parting of ways becomes the only option.
Arsene Wenger has, however, attempted to play down such reports, with there a desire on his part to strike a deal, and Walcott has offered no indication that he is edging towards the exits.
He told Arsenal's official matchday programme for their UEFA Champions League clash with Montpellier on Wednesday: "I am leaving it all to my agents and you will be the first to hear when something happens.
"It's important for me that something gets sorted out, because I enjoy playing for this club.
"I don't think you can put a timeframe on when it will be resolved, though. When both parties are sure, it will happen when it happens.
"My last contract took six or seven months, so we have to be patient, myself as well. But I'm enjoying my football at the moment, so it's not affecting me at all on the pitch."


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The Saturday Special with Michael Zwerling- October 12th 2013- Guest: Bill Simpkins- Keeping the Community Afloat (Who's Trying to Pee in the Pool?)
Keeping the Community Afloat (Who's Trying to Pee in the Pool?)
Bill Simpkins joins MZ for this edition of "The Saturday Special". The Simpkins Family Swim Center has benefitted the people of Santa Cruz County by promoting healthy families. The Simpkins Swim Center is a precious community resource that some of it's founders feel is being underutilized. What more can be offered and what can be done to get more people through the doors? The answer is not as simple as you might think. It seems that local government doesn't quite share the same enthusiasm as Mr Simpkins. What's the deal? Who's trying to pee in the pool? Find out, as we journey to the deep end of the pool with Michael Zwerling.


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In Helsinki, Norway's contribution particularly dealt with presenting user empowerment, while keeping a low profile on other issues. This approach reflects the ambiguous situation of mental health services at that time. In the initial phases of the Action Plan 1098 – 2008 mental health services provision was defined as in a critical situation, both regarding the number of hospital beds and regarding community-based/municipal services.
All in all, WHO recommendations did not influence developments in Norwegian mental health policies, but subsequent to the World Health Report the Helsinki Declaration and the WHO Action Plan were some times being cited to support policies already approved.
The image of Norway as an active partner in WHO seems to be related to the history of the relationship between the two (particularly to the role of some highprofile participants), to the extensive funding from Norwegian governments, and to health issues not related to mental health. There are few indications that Norway played an important role in the work on the Helsinki Declaration and the WHO Action Plan – apart from the issue of user perspectives/participation and services for children and adolescents.
Anglo-American countries, the UK in particular, seems to have attained a prominent role in WHO, and according to our informants, at the time of the Helsinki meeting WHO was particularly concerned with mental health developments in Eastern and Central Europe, and was looking for examples of strategies for closing down the asylums and strengthening community-based services. At the time of the Helsinki Meeting, it seems as though Norway did not represent an example to follow, given the structure of their services. At that time, mental health in Norway was a policy field where the strategies were based upon the definition of a "crises" mentioned above. Also, characteristics of the specialist services were regarded as contradictory to the WHO recommendations, and consequently a low-profile strategy seems to have been adopted. In addition, notwithstanding the sociological profile of the Action Plan, with an increase in community- based services, there was still ambiguity and resistance to the reduction of hospital beds.
At the Helsinki meeting Norway could not merely present good intentions for future developments. The Norwegian Action Plan at that time had been at work for some years, and Norwegian representatives had to be prepared to answer questions about what they had achieved from it. In the beginning of the Action Plan period the researchers studying the implementation of the plan reported little progress, which might be one reason that Norwegian representatives kept a relatively low profile, except for the issue of user perspectives.
Another explanation could be that the Helsinki Declaration was an initiative from the regional branch, WHO Europe. For some reason it seems that Norway has a weaker connection to WHO Europe than to the global WHO. Many European countries have their own WHO office – Norway does not.
In spite of shared ideology in the Norwegian Action Plan and the Helsinki Declaration about ways to develop mental health services, there are no indications of reciprocal influence between the two documents and the processes around them. The important finding is that there is a continuous exchange of ideas and practices, based upon a public health perspective as a shared knowledge base. Thus, it seems that WHO has contributed not so much to formulating national regulatory instruments for implementing mental health policies as to represent an agency to form a "public health alliance", strengthening the arguments for community-based services in the country.
RAMSDAL Helge, VOLD HANSEN Gunnar, HELGESEN Marit & FEIRING Marte (2009), Norway, Mental Health and WHO, KNOWandPOL Report.


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TROY -- A Troy police patrolman violated two provisions of the Troy Police Department Code of Conduct related to the officer's conduct and degree of impartiality when the patrolman allegedly beat up a South Troy resident who then sustained two black eyes, abrasions and a bruised wrist.
Brian Houle, a First Street resident, received a letter from the Troy Police Department dated Nov. 20 referencing a personnel complaint that he issued against Officer Kyle Jones. The letter states that an investigation found that there was sufficient information "to sustain that Officer Jones violated two provisions of the Troy Police Department Code of Conduct." The provisions were in relation to Jones' conduct and degree of impartiality towards others, according to the document.
The letter signed by Chief John Tedesco, however, also stated that the investigation did not find sufficient information to sustain the allegations of excessive force and Jones was exonerated of that allegation.
Tedesco said he declined to comment about the letter since litigation is pending. He did say that Jones, who has worked with the Troy Police for about two years and worked with the North Greenbush Police before that, had an "exemplary" record.
Houle filed a notice of claim against the Police Department over the summer. In his notice of claim, he also named Michael Bechard and Michael Johnson as officers who responded to a call for backup and then helped facilitate the continued beating which included Houle having his "face smashed on the ground" with his hands cuffed behind his back. "I thought that would qualify at excessive force," said Houle. "This strengthens the argument for a public safety commissioner to have someone else oversee the police department. I feel like what is happening here is unjust."
Now suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, Houle said he gets headaches, has random outbursts, and has had a harder time sleeping since the June 26 incident. He said that he has also heard of other recent instances where Jones or other police officers have beaten members of the public. That information was not substantiated by the police.
Houle felt that Jones, and the other officers, should be held accountable for what happened and be "brought to justice." He thought that charges such as stalking and assault would be appropriate. "I still don't know why he was at that house at 1:15 a.m. That really bothers me," he said, noting that he had never met Jones before the beating which seems to have stemmed from an online dispute on Facebook. "This man is an animal."
Jones was unable to be reached for comment.
Along with a pending civil lawsuit, charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest are also pending against Houle. Four depositions have been taken for his likely lawsuit. He said the money from the lawsuit was not as important as the officers being reprimanded for their actions. "There will be no negotiations until they are criminally charged," Houle said.
Danielle Sanzone may be reached at 270-1292.