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"Developing Deans' Interpersonal/Negotiating Skills as Leaders, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Orlando, FL, March 1, 2013. Paper Co-author, presentation made by S. Wepner, V. Clark Johnson, & S. Lovell.
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"Collaborative and Innovative Ways to Support Private School Sustainability." Panel Discussion at the Fifth Annual Private School Leadership Conference, US Department of Education, Washington, D. C., September 2009.
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"Deans United: Creating Local Synergy Between K-12 Urban Education and the Teacher Education Landscape." American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, New York, February 2007 (Paper Co-Author with A. Thurman and L. Post).2006
Henk, W. A. (2006). "Responding to Revise and Resubmit invitations: Beating the odds for literacy publishing". In S. Wepner & L. Gambrell, Writing for literacy publications, Newark, DE: International Reading Association, 130-149.
Melnick, S. A., & Henk, W. A. (2006). "Researchers at the gate: Factors influencing districts' right of entry decisions." Educational Administration Quarterly, 42(4), 652-6612005
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Mallette, M., Henk, W. A., Waggoner, J., & DeLaney, C. (2005). What matters most? A survey of accomplished middle level educators' beliefs and values about literacy. Action in Teacher Education, 27(2) 33-42.
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Port Arthur ISD seeks tax increase
Chamber recommends voters say no
Sept. 25, Port Arthur residents will be voting on a proposed Port Arthur Independent School District tax increase the district says will generate an additional $5.5 million in revenue per year based on current taxable values. The PAISD Board is asking taxpayers for an increase of 13 cents per $100 of assessed value in their property taxes to generate this revenue.
According to PAISD, the additional revenues will be spent for replacement of buses and vehicles, capital improvement needs, addressing legal obligations required by a court ruling and to help maintain the existing work force. Revenues will not finance facilities.
"We plan to increase the salaries of our employees by about $1.2 million," said Phyllis Geans, assistant superintendent for business and finance for PAISD. "And then we've got over 38 buses that are more than 10 years old. Funds will be used to replenish our bus stock. It's going to take us awhile because buses run between $75,000 to $100,000 for each bus, and our fleet is between 60 and 70."
PAISD also has a lawsuit with Valero concerning tax overpayments.
"We have $18 million that was assessed," said Geans. "We received about $7.5 million from TEA. The remaining dollars would need to come from our funding. We plan to use the $3 million payment that is due next week from the fund balance, and we would be replenishing it if we are successful with the ratification of the rate."
A PAISD presentation, available on its Web site, also points out state funding cuts of $5 million. The cuts resulted in hiring freezes, larger class sizes, reduction of operating expenses for supplies, overtime, travel, first-semester suspension of after-school programs and other operating expense reductions necessary to absorb the $2 million lost in federal funding. Funding that's needed for state-mandated salary increases.
The Board presented its case to the Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 21. Many members of the Chamber were not convinced by the Board's presentation during a meeting between the two entities, William McCoy, president of the Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, said in a recent letter addressed to Chamber members.
"We appreciated the superintendent's time in meeting with Chamber members, but many left the presentation without the conviction that the additional revenue need was compelling," said McCoy. "A very large percentage of our members expressed their concerns about additional taxes, particularly during these difficult economic times."
The Chamber Board met Aug. 22 and held a special meeting Aug. 29 to discuss the proposed tax increase.
"After careful deliberation, the majority of the directors voted that the Chamber not support the proposed tax increase," the letter stated. "These are very tough economic times and it is vital that property tax rates in Port Arthur be competitive with other cities and regions so as not to impair the city's economic recovery efforts or job growth."
The Chamber commended PAISD for making improvements in student achievement, managing recent construction projects well and increasing its funds balance from $5 million to $30 million, improving its credit rating.
In a PAISD flyer announcing the election dates and locations, the district reminds the residents of Port Arthur that it remains academically acceptable for the 2011-12 school year, has received 10 TEA gold performance acknowledgements, and had a successful first year implementing the CSCOPE curriculum. They also mention that math and science scores continue to rise, graduation rates continue to increase and the district has had two years of excellent audit results, including superior achievement of the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) five years in a row. All PAISD schools have been renovated or newly built, with all projects completed at or below budget from bond funds, according to the district.
Regardless of these achievements, McCoy suggested in an interview with The Examiner that the PAISD Board reconsider the timing of its proposed tax increase.
"We currently have the highest school tax in our area, and we're competing for new businesses, and even people buying new homes — that rate affects our ability to do that," McCoy said. "In this time, when most people are tightening their belts and cutting their budgets, the school district should try to do the same thing. We are very much willing to work with them in looking for private funding, going over their budgets with them, anything we can do to contribute time, money, products. We're not abandoning the school district; we're just saying for this particular issue, we can't support it."
Early voting for the Tax Ratification Election (TRE) will be held Sept. 10-21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at city hall and the public library, with general voting Sept. 25 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Community town hall meetings will be held Tuesday, Sept. 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Memorial High School auditorium, and Tuesday, Sept. 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Abraham Lincoln Middle School auditorium.


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It's a huge honor and thrill to be invited to join the ranks of the original Pajamahadeen at Power Line, and I'll try hard to live up to the standard Paul Mirengoff and the rest of the troika have set. It's a tough assignment: John already has the beauty pageant beat, and Scott the music and culture beat. Paul was Power Line's incomparable sports correspondent, and while I'll try to fill that gap as best I can, my knowledge of soccer equals my level of interest in the sport–close to zero. If soccer were any more boring, it'd be farming. (Sorry, Paul.) On the other hand, can there be any better sign that America is getting back to basics than the fact that the next Super Bowl pits the Steelers versus the Packers–teams with names taken from two core industries otherwise battered by regulation and foreign trade?
So I'll offer my first sports dispatch with reference to Charles Murray's quiz about how to tell whether you're a member of the elite class or the class of real Americans oriented outside the Bos-Wash corridor. (What does this have to do with Carol Browner? Patience, I'll get there.) Charles asked in a widely noted Washington Post article a few weeks back whether people could identify, without Google, Jimmy Johnson–not the football coach, but the NASCAR driver. I saw him and raised him Dennis Anderson and Tom Meents.
Yup–we're talking monster trucks. Anderson is the driver of the legendary Grave Digger (who, strangely, wins almost all of the competitions), while Meents pilots Maximum Destruction. Who says American exceptionalism is dead? Who else but Americans could combine the melodrama of professional wrestling, the kinetics of demolition derby, the celebrity driver culture of NASCAR, and the high octane and decibels of drag racing? Not even the French on a Jerry Lewis bender could come up with this. The one aspect of the professional wrestling and NASCAR scene notably absent from monster truck culture is scantily clad women, but as about one-third of the audience is boys under age 10, I guess I can understand this.
So yesterday I took in my first ever indoor monster truck show at the Verizon Center in downtown DC, part of the Monster Jam 2011 series that will culminate in the World Finals in Las Vegas in March (I'll be there!). Strangely, there is no coverage of the results in today's Washington Post sports page. (I'll save the suspense: Grave Digger swept all three categories of the competition.) Between Grave Digger's aerobatics, the quad racing, and the motocross aerial circus, my first thought, as an environmental policy wonk, was: "This has to be a massive air quality violation." I am sure the ambient air inside the Verizon Center was above at least three of the six one-hour "criteria" air pollution standards. Just think of the children! How did our puritanical pursuers of second-hand smoke let this get by?
And that made me thankful that the Washington elite ignores monster trucks after all. Carol Browner, recently and happily departed from the White House, played the "do it for the children" card to justify every new regulatory extension when she ran the EPA under Clinton. And even though she is gone, the EPA continues on automatic pilot extending regulations long past the point of diminishing returns.
One of the well-known but glaring incongruities of modern life is that indoor air quality, in American homes especially, is often much worse than outdoor air quality, but fortunately we don't monitor and regulate people's homes. Instead, the EPA is currently extending regulation of outdoor air pollution beyond the point that it will deliver any health benefits, while at the same time our government demands that we use mercury-laden light bulbs in our homes that present a much greater risk than any mercury emissions from industrial sources (as noted here on Power Line a few days ago).
Now, when it comes to regulating indoor air pollution, I can hear the ghost of Ronald Reagan: Don't give them any ideas! Actually, the idea of regulating indoor air quality in private residences has come up from time to time. And in one of those strange coincidences, the bureaucrat who ran California's Department of Health Services Indoor Air Quality Program and who advocated more government regulation of indoor air quality was a fellow named . . . Steven Hayward. This other Dr. Hayward has passed away, though you can still find him on the internet (under Steven B. Hayward). Our mail used to get mixed up from time to time when I lived in Sacramento. But about one thing I'm sure: he didn't go to monster truck rallies. Grave Digger and friends are safe–for the moment.
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Fracking oil companies and their toxic waste
Hydraulic fracturing wastewater shown to contain high levels of radioactive contaminants has been sitting in two open containment pits in Hants County, Nova Scotia, since 2007, the Media Co-op has learned.
A Freedom of Information request has also revealed that the water likely contains a slew of other chemicals, including known carcinogens and endocrine disruptors.
Triangle Petroleum Corporation, the Denver-based company responsible for creating the ponds, announced on April 16, after having stalled on remediating the wastewater for over four years, that it was "contemplating a total exit" from its operations in Nova Scotia. The company's announcement coincided with the provincial NDP's announcement that its review of the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing, initially slated for a Spring 2012 release, would be extended into 2014.
This needs to be ended everywhere. Its no time to study something that is destroying ground water across the continent. Its time to ban it.
I totally agree fracking should be banned, but with a federal government and provincial governments allowing the practice, banning seems a very, very long way off - if ever. And it's widespread in the US - there's even a film that discusses it (Gasland). And we have a babble thread on the topic already open not to mention the previous threads on the subject, and discussions on rabble, too.
ETA: Has anyone seen an update to this story? Quebec bans any fracking pending studies
This is probably the most famous case related to fracking in the US:
Dimock, PA Water Deemed Safe By EPA
Dimock became ground zero for the debate about fracking after Josh Fox, the director of Oscar-nominated 2010 documentary called "Gasland," visited the town and met residents who feared their water was contaminated by the drilling.
I am interviewed in that article. The author and I have a fairly long interview piece coming up on commercial news radio this weekend.
One of the things we got from persistent Freedom of Information pursuit of documents, is the lab data with all the readings for the radioactivity in the water.
We have not yet managed to come up with some independent competent advice on interpreting the results. So if you know of anyone who knows their way around NORM standards and measurements- or might know someone who knows someone.... send me a PM.
Interesting how such a clear East/West divide has developed in Canada, and to a lesser degree the US, over rolling out the red carpet to fracking.
It is universally gung ho by governments in the West [and I believe the BC NDP is on record as supporting the continuation]. Our governments in the East are not to be trusted, but they have been more cautious from the beginning.... and now we have moratoriums that are facts on the ground, and it remains to be seen whether they will ever be lifted. [At least not until after gas prices rise substantially.]
This is very true for New York as well. Pennsylvannia is still gung ho, and the industry has forced divides in communities, but their are definitely starians much more than in the west. [Arkansas is more or less the same situation as PA, bit less intensity.]
and the fracking for natural gas and poisoning ground water goes hand in hand as backup for industrial wind turbines, which is really all about "green washing" - another lovingly dividing situation in communities. I think that there needs to be sustainable development.
Don't worry the city fucks are paying for their ignorance and selfish denyal of what is happening to their country men that depend on aquifers and safe water etc. A little known fact about the finished product (natural gas) that is piped in to their homes poisoning their family 24/7 and they haven't got a clue..I kid you not it"s like potty training trying to inform people on how their government is a true terror organization killing people in the long term....poisoning them and getting away with it. Whether they like it or not Radon gas is in natural gas , piped thru pipelines and in their homes and lungs ...and I'm not even mentioning what the toxic byproduct of CO(carbon monoxide) is doing to them..I'm saving that one for a song. Which you can preview here:
About Radon in natural gas
New http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zky2bn0Gtyg New
Audio clip of the article author and I- live interview.
In which I toss out the additional fact that other waste waters were dumped in Halifax Harbour.
Well at least they are placing a moratorium on any develoment...I hope the people there are getting their water supply checked for heavy metals , radioactive compunds and a good thorough analysis...this may help , especially if they have water lab results from before the frackers came for possible injunctions later.
These company's will do litterly anything if the government doesn't intervene and they will show no mercy to anyone they poison or the environment they contaminate, but they do understand the word injunction and that has to be done by someone directly affected.....I sure hope in the future you don't get a ruling I seen once where the progniosis was , after peoples water supplies were contaminated and the crown jumping up and down saying it's the "crowns water and we can do what we want to it"..how do you like that...for a response.
From the Geneva convention it's a crime to make water unfit for human consumption or cause people to move away due to poisoning the water or making it unfit for them to grow crops etc...Neocon F*&^s like to always point out ..that's for times of war...The gist here is your not allowed to treat your worst enemy's that way, how can the government allow a company to treat their own citzens like that... I think yer lucky you have a government that is at least listening...
Here listen to the soundbytes in this song (about a minute in)....an actual town meeting, and some radio reports...not included is the sound byte where the gas company said "They will decide whats good for the people of the province"...removed cause the gas spokesman married a close friend..damn..boy did he get shit for that .
Canadians don't care how polluted their precious water becomes. Funny that.


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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Rich Rodriguez: Ladies Man...or Photoshop victim?
Man, I gotta tell ya, Mrs. Rodriguez is hot! Wow! Wow, wow, wow. Well done, Coach.
Uh, what's that Benny? That's not... oh. Oooooh.
Never mind.
Ed. Note: Yes, it did take great restraint not to go with an alternate caption for the above pic along the lines of, "So that's my spread offense in a nutshell. Tell me about yours."
ED. NOTE II: The Big Question - is this pic Photoshopped? What say you? Looking at it again - and reading SiC's comments - me thinks the smoking hot brunette might have been an addition.
(Big HT to LM)
24 comments:
- tommertoffo said...
My concern is that this picture may indicate the Rich Rodriquez is more interested in how the Michigan Head Coaching position will benefit him. You're right, there never was a picture like this with Bo.
- March 28, 2008 8:51 PM
- beast in 'bama said...
Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun - you don't stare at it, it's too risky. You get a sense of it, then you look away!"
- March 28, 2008 9:46 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
okay, so maybe this is the loss of family values fat, slow lineman was complaining about?
honestly, the two girls that are in the original pic look about the right age to be students. the photo shopped brunette is hot, whoever she is.
and frankly, i'm sort of glad to see this (photo shopped girl aside). nice to have a coach that will stop, talk to fans, and pose for a pic.
and Bo was very warm w/ fans. they just didn't have internet, youtube, or photo shopping.
after 13 years of "mr wilson" the head coach, glad to see someone w/ a little life & personality in charge. just so long as he lays off the after dinner drinks...
- March 28, 2008 9:52 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
A hint of scandals to come?
Those are WV co-eds...right?
I'm sure he's harmless in AA.
Roddy - 1
Vest Boy - 0
- March 28, 2008 9:57 PM
- Hawkeye State said...
Larry Eustachy approves.
- March 28, 2008 10:18 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
SiC I was thinking the same as you. Either that or maybe the one of the on the left goes to Eastern and was just visiting.
I have to believe Bo was awesome with fans; a buddy of mine, in Bo's last week on campus, tracks him down and asks Bo to sign a football for him. There are freaking TV trucks EVERYWHERE and Bo stops for 5 minutes to chat with a student.
- March 29, 2008 1:17 AM
- Jeff said...
You're allowed to look at the menu as long as you order at home.
And I agree, that the main reason there are not similar pictures of Bo is that there was no internet back then.
- March 29, 2008 2:58 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
I hate to be the one to break this to you all, but that's Eliot Spitzer in the shadows behind RR.
- March 29, 2008 9:39 AM
- srudoff said...
hey look - someone even bothered to photoshop rrod's wedding ring off of his finger!!!
"hey, they call me The Rod - what's your name?"
- March 29, 2008 10:36 AM
- jcloverboi said...
kind of gives credence to the nickname "DickRod," doesn't it?
- March 29, 2008 12:34 PM
- zen wizard said...
I am gonna vote, Photoshopped--for the simple reason that if it is real, Grandpa Amnesiastein over there on the left is breathin' a mouthful of hair.
And it looks like, for him, just BREATHING would be hard enough.
But anyway, way to go, Rod The Mod!
You da playuh, etc.!!
- March 29, 2008 12:50 PM
- TitleIX said...
like the new thumbnail fo' sho'
re: photoshopping
glad you all said so cuz these old eyes thought it was real at first
- March 29, 2008 1:38 PM
- Daniel said...
Too bad this photo says "Jan 07". . . we can't claim these chicks (even the purported babe photoshopped in) then.
- March 29, 2008 2:54 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
for those who are interested, Red & the Boyz are headed to Denver for the Frozen Four.
we're still good at something!
- March 29, 2008 9:33 PM
- MGoBlue93 said...
Corey, you going to the frozen four?
- March 30, 2008 2:02 AM
- jcloverboi said...
probably should post this under the boren-related thread, but i wouldn't worry too much about your o-line next year. uga started 3 freshman on the line, and what was once considered a weakness for the team actually turned out to be a relative strength. interestingly enough, our o-line coach--stacy searels, formerly of WVU. if he could do THAT with a triple-frosh package, ya'll should be fine. i know what you're thinking--why would searels leave WVU? perhaps he was tired of being paid in coal and sheep...
sorry, i still have some unresolved anger about sugar bowl '06--we couldn't stop a spread offense either.
^cue price is right losing sounder
WV: jqhubhno
john q hates ugly babies...? hells no...
- March 30, 2008 2:05 AM
- Corey said...
MGOBLUE93 ... yeah looking for tickets as I type this. I have been pulling all my angles to get tickets!
IF THERE ARE STUDENT READING THIS AND YOU WANT SOME EXTRA $$ for getting me 6 tickets let me know!!!
- March 30, 2008 2:32 AM
- MGoBlue93 said...
I can get student tix (but I think there is a limit of four). That's the way it was last year when I got tickets for the west regional at The Can.
If history is any indicator MGoBlue.com should have a link up by tomorrow.
With all three Colorado teams out of the tourney and the WCHA not representing well, I'd be shocked if you couldn't score tix. Attendance has been way down at most of the sites thus far. Quite frankly, last year against NoDak was lame... you'd think the M Club of Denver would have at least showed up. There wasn't much Maize in the crowd. I hope that changes this year!
- March 30, 2008 5:21 AM
- zen wizard said...
If Dick Rod is such a coozehound, wouldn't he have been better off in West Virginia?
I would think the babes there would just be impressed if you have a car that runs, all your teeth, and are not a close relative.
- March 30, 2008 4:34 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
"If Dick Rod is such a coozehound, wouldn't he have been better off in West Virginia?"
It's like you all have been saying. Think how much better RR will do at Michigan with the far superior talent. I guess this includes the babes too.
- March 30, 2008 4:43 PM
- zen wizard said...
Michigan does have pretty women.
Good luck to Dick Rod on his quest.
I hope, as a sidenote, the football thing works out, too!
- March 31, 2008 2:35 PM
- harry hasselhoff said...
Definitely Photoshopped. Too bad for Coach Rod, but the flash should reflect off everyone - wearing too much makeup doesn't render the hot brunette immune to a flash. Plus, why would somebody take a picture of those four people with one of them so clearly behind the brunette (jokes aside).
- April 02, 2008 5:19 PM
- Chari said...
I don't know about the validity of it but the girl on the right I know from HS.
- April 02, 2008 9:29 PM
- r said...
Must be a cheerleader...WVU fans know all about his previous....experiences with school cheerleaders while he's coaching
- April 02, 2008 11:48 PM


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In a move that will surprise no one — not even the most ardent believer that Tim Tebow will absorb any and all indignities and then say he's "excited" for more — Tebow will ask to be traded or released by the Jets if Greg McElroy starts the last two games of the season, according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.
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Cal Evans had an issue - it involved XAMPP, PHP 5.3, PEAR and phar:
If you are installing PHP 5.3 and when you run go-pear.bat you get this: phar "C:xamppphpPEARgo-pear.phar" does not have a signature.
The short method to getting it working correctly is to update your php.ini file with a few small changes to the require_hash setting. Cal goes through the long method he took to finally get to that point - decision on the platform (XAMPP), version of PHP to use and some googling around that lead him to this and this to help resolve his problem.
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1 U.S. 17 from County Road 640 Homeland to Ninth Street N.E. Fort Meade: Crews will work on reshaping ditches and work on shoulders. Expect possible lane closures.
2 Polk Parkway North Frontage Road between Caribbean Circle and Underpass Road: The City of Lakeland will have the eastbound lane closed in conjunction with the Turnpike Enterprise project.
3 U.S. 98 south of Manor Drive to north of County Road 540A and U.S. 98, Manor Drive to Old Bartow/Eagle Lake Road: The project involves widening U.S. 98 to a six-lane, divided highway from just south of Manor Drive in Bartow to just north of C.R. 540A. Contractor will be performing miscellaneous activities.
4 State Road 544 west of US 17/98: Crews will work on a driveway entrance. Expect lane closures from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
5 State Road 540 (Cypress Gardens Boulevard) at Cletus T. Allen Drive: Crews will remove two driveway entrances and work on sidewalks. Expect lane closures from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
6 State Road 33 one mile north of Dean Still Road: Crews will work on a residential driveway. Use caution.
7 State Road 33 from south of Aida Street to north of Socrum Loop: Contractors will begin milling and resurfacing the roadway and working on drainage improvements and sidewalks, among other projects. Expect intermittent lane closures.
8 State Road 60 from west of U.S. 98 to west of U.S. 17: Crews will work to provide additional lanes. Crews will work on concrete pavement, asphalt milling and resurfacing, drainage improvements, sidewalk, lighting, signalization, signing and pavement marking and landscaping. Motorists should expect periodic lane closures through Dec. 11 while crews put up new signs.
9 State Road 572 (Airport Road) at Gay Street: There will be lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
10 U.S. 17 north of Avenue M NW: Contractors will work on a driveway and sidewalks, among other repairs. Expect lane closures from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
11 State Road 33 near Interstate 4 at Bridge Water Center Lane: Crews will work on milling, resurfacing and adding a right-turn lane. Expect lane closures from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
12 U.S. 17 (Havendale Boulevard): Crews will be removing a driveway and constructing a new one. Expect lane closures from 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
13 U.S. 98 from Brooks Street to Edgewood Drive: Crews will widen the roadway from 4 to 6 lanes. Expect intermittent lane closures.
14 South Florida Avenue at McDonald Street: Crews will work on a driveway and sidewalk. Expect lane closures from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
15 State Road 33 at Edward Street: Contractors will work on driveway removal and gutter construction, among other projects.
16 State Road 37 north of Carter Road: Crews will be constructing a new driveway entrance. Use caution.
17 State Road 659 (Combee Road) near Bob Rawls Road: Contractors will work on a driveway. Expect lane closures from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
18 U.S. 17 between Crossover Road and State Road 60: Crews are constructing the Bartow Northern Connector from U.S. 98 to U.S. 17. Expect intermittent lane closures on U.S. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
19 U.S. 98 North across from Little Cypress Drive: Crews will work on a driveway entrance. Use caution.
20 I-4 between the Hillsborough and Osceola county lines: Workers will repair the cable barrier and guardrail. No lane closures are expected.
21 U.S. 27 from north of Ritchie Road to south of Barry Road: Crews will perform mobilization operations. The project will widen U.S. 27 from four lanes to six lanes. Expect traffic shifts.
22 State Road 33 from Jenkins Nissan car dealership to Deeson Point Blvd./Combee Road intersection: Crews will work on asphalt milling and resurfacing and sidewalks among other projects. Expect traffic shifts and intermittent lane closures.
23 State Road 60 from east of Alan Loop Road east of Peace Creek: Contractors will remove asphalt and resurface the roadway. Expect intermittent lane closures.
24 U.S. 27 at Cottonwood Drive: Montoya Electric Service crews will be installing an emergency traffic signal. Use caution.
25 U.S. 27 at Homerun Boulevard: Crews will work to install a right turn, driveway, curb and gutter. Expect lane closures between 9 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.
26 State Road 655 (Recker Highway): Tampa Electric will be replacing a pole between Jan Phyl Place and Sidney Circle. Use caution.
27 State Road 572 west of South Pipkin Road: Dranefield Road will be closed just east of Old Salen Road from 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 16 until 4 a.m. on Dec. 17 as crews repair the asphalt.
28 State Road 33 north of Glenwood Drive: Crews will work on driveway removal and median modification, among other projects. Expect lane closures fom 8 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
29 State Road 17 in Frostproof between F Street and I Street: Crews will work to upgrade a water main. Expect lane closures.
Road Watch: A Guide to Closings & Construction
1 U.S. 17 from County Road 640 Homeland to Ninth Street N.E. Fort Meade: Crews will work on reshaping ditches and work on shoulders. Expect possible lane closures.


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|6 years 51 weeks ago
|This is Just Delicious
Keep serving it up. I may go best with some fava beans and a nice little Chianti.
Perhaps the Boren family could serve the dessert, their favorite little family pie.
|6 years 51 weeks ago
|But Hey
At least Musberger compared Tressel to that other great American of deception Richard M. Nixon, so he can't be all that bad. And remeber that Nixon had some major foreign policy accomplishments. But would you want your son to work for Nixon?
|6 years 51 weeks ago
|ESPN Sportscenter
Has not been so enjoyable to watch since January 2, 1998.
|6 years 51 weeks ago
|How Fitting
That the two OSU coaches who did the most to establish, continue and enhance the Buckeye brand of Top Ten football depart in such an ignominious fashion. Woody for belting an opposing player...during the game! And Tressel the serial turn the other cheek cheater who established no institutional control while his players lined their pockers for......ten years!
So Brent Musberger said that JT was a great guy. Have you ever noticed that most con artists and pathological liars are very likable? Of course they are because they say only what they think you want to hear.
Then there is Gordon Gee, selected by Time magazine within the past 12 months as the top university president in the USA, with MSC 3rd. Really? Could we have a revote?
|7 years 1 week ago
|It Really Seems to be Time
For all of Coach Grumpy's players who are now surfacing with stupid comments to just shut their pieholes. What good due those comments do for..........anything?
|7 years 1 week ago
|I Trust Brady & Coaches
Moreso than the rating gurus. I like every single kid on the UM list so far and do we ever need each and every one of them.
|7 years 2 weeks ago
|Another Bit of Evidence
To the theory that all roads lead to poo.
It also reminds one of the famous French Flatulist (professional farter) Le Petomane who performed at Moulon Rouge from 1892 on. Wikipedia has a wonderful summary of this artist's incredible career.
|7 years 2 weeks ago
|Another Detroit Catholic League Kid
At least that's what they called when the schools were in the city rather than the suburbs. Hoke & group seem to be getting the cream of the crop in the Detroit area.
Let's see that Mojo work in Flint for Dan O'Brien.
Go Blue!
|7 years 2 weeks ago
|Great News for All Blue
Fans and DLS alumni. This is probably the first ever UM football scholarship to a DLS Pilot. The last player that I recall was a walk-on in 1962.
This is going to be great to watch in the next several years. Brady Hoke guys are a collective recruiting machine.
Go Blue!
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|It's a Simple Post About Colors and Uniforms
Nothing more or less, so go wild with your crazy responses.
The assholic combinations of Nike uniforms are absurd. The response that my post engendered simply displayed what a bunch of dufundi respond to simple posts.
By the way, you have one very ugly cat.
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|No So Dueche Bag
My mother never went to college.
So WTF did yours do one way or the other?
What kind of slimey worm are you that my post made you comment about a dead person? Are you proud of insulting a nice person who died 15 years ago? If so, then die now.
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|Thanks So Much
I could give a crap about the name of the very minor bowl game and perhaps you might get it if you might expand your universe of understanding humor. Of course I know that it is the Champs Sports Bowl because I am watching it with a bunch of NCSU alumni, but you apparently could not get that part.
I sincerely wish you the best with your contemporary understanding of traditonal university sports.
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|Maybe Yeller Was Not the Color
Of his true love's hair. I just don't know.
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|But I Only Wear It
When I post.
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|Whoa There Now
I thought he was dating my sister's niece by in-law-hood. So we can't trust the kid? He goes both ways? In different directions? Bummer.
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|She Sure is Pretty
But would it offend you if one recommended a good dentist?
I mean, I'm just sayin'.
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|The Post Sure
Did bring out a lot of bitchiness.
As Rotney King said, "Can't we all just get along?"
And no Pulitzer, Oscar or Grammy was awarded for his literary or artistic performance.
The recruiting analysts seemed to think that Coneliue had some talent. Why not Blue unless we can get a lot better talent?
|7 years 21 weeks ago
of shit rather than ratio, but the ratio is also pretty disheartening.
|7 years 21 weeks ago
|Great Post Tagg
I agree with all of your comments and truly don't understand the over-ratio of shit that has been lobbed at RR since he arrived. Of course the victory meltdown and destruction of the longest streak of bowl games threw gas on the fire. There is a dufus on MGoLive, actually the site is mostly dufundi, who cannot stop hurling criticisms at RR's wife. How low can one go?
Sent from 37,000 feet up without lighting in the cabin.
|7 years 22 weeks ago
|So Happy That Blake
Has good hips. This characteristic seemed to enter recruiting jargon a few years ago when the height challenged Bouboucar had good hips. Hopefully Blakes good hips pan out better for Wolverine fans than did Booboos.
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|I Remember Her
It was not a pretty scene at all. Some pants became wet in fact.
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|Nothing Happens on 1/2011
IMO......Here's looking at 1/5/2011 with a new coach from the west coast and then pandemonium regarding recruiting.
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|The Names Stink
Or stunk if they are gone. What's wrong with east and west?
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|We All Must Wish
The best for this kid at law school and beyond. Makes one proud of the alma mater.
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|Come On Down
Desmond and welcome to the Blue Nation
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|Does This Mean?
That Coach Beilein can put together a winning team with his kind of recruits? It seems like an impressive beginning to a season that was not so promising due to the youth.
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|This is Really a Winner
Quarterback U are you in the design field? You modification of Anthony T's design brings it all together.
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|I Was Going to Vote
For Anthony T until I saw your design. Wolverine Will wins hands down. The realistic attitude to the world is beyond sublime.
Go Blue!
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|There's Something About Desmond
That I like and it's not just the classic Michigan first name. All of the evaluations seem to stress his football instincts. Wasn't that one of the big criticisms of our linebackers and safeties this year? Without picking on individual players who tried their best, it seemed that some of them were out of position so often due to poor reaction.
I also am very impressed with the intellectual capabilities. A 27 ACT? Yahoo buckaroo!
Come on down Desmond Morgan.
|7 years 23 weeks ago
|There is a great job
Thanks very much. Bring it on Brandon.


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Right now there are 1800 pediatric patients waiting for a transplant.
Three years ago Lauren was one of them.
After nearly seven months in the hospital, we received the word that a donor heart had been found for Lauren. I don't know the story of the child and the family involved, but my heart breaks for what they went through. I thank that family for deciding to donate their child's heart so that our child could live.
Thank you for family photos.
Thank you for candlelight services at Christmastime.
Thank you for vacations.
Thank you for dirty faces at camp.
Thank you for the chance to perform and to share God's story.
Thank you for all-by-for-me hairstyles and smiles with wrinkled noses.
Thank you for learning to read.
Thank you for field trips with friends.
Thank you for afternoons at the playground.
Thank you for monkey bars...
and doing flips.
Thank you for giving my daughter life.
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LA CROSSE, Wis (WEAU)- When it comes to the 2012 presidential election both political parties believe the women's vote will be the deciding factor.
Women that are being sought after are right here in this state. Monday in Onalaska, family members of Congressman Paul Ryan held a luncheon for the women of the Republican Party.
Paul Ryan's sister-in -law Oakleigh Ryan visited with more than 70 ladies from the coulee region to talk about their importance in this race.
"When I hear Paul or Mitt Romney, they are trying to engage me as a woman in the issues facing this country and get us involved. I like that more than someone saying its okay and it's just a bump in the road," said Ryan.
Real clear politics averages out polls, its latest average had Obama beating Romney by a 3.5% margin. A gap that isn't big enough to be sure of anything.
"I do believe that it's going to be close and every vote counts. With women working hard to get the base vote out, we are going to be extremely important," said republican Sue Lynch.
Political expert Cecilia Manrique from UW-La Crosse says that women tend to be in the middle when asked what party they side with.
"Women being independent minded would rather be associated with issues rather than with a party," said Manrique.
Both political parties have realized how essential it is to get the women's votes not only for Wisconsin but national as well. That's why the debate on Wednesday will have many women's issues discussed.
"They will not address women specifically, but will address the issues they find very important," said Manrique.
La Crosse Democratic Chair Vicki Burke believes that Obama will have no difficulty finding the women's vote this year, since he has had it in the past.
"He understands their issues and is better equipped to help them because of his understanding with those issues," said Burke.
Studies have also shown that women who are breadwinners in the family can also have an influence on their husbands vote as well.


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DEVENS -- The Joint Boards of Selectmen discussed the possibility of an overlay district for Devens as they reviewed the discussion with the MassDevelopment Board of Directors on Oct. 10.
The MassDevelopment Grant Road development plan is a five-year project. Because of that, Joint Boards members believe it unlikely that MassDevelopment will end its dealings with the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone (DREZ) within those five years.
"The plan for Grant Road is not final, but it seems to be a huge commitment for MassDevelopment to do," JBOS member Tom Kinch of Devens said.
"MassDevelopment is fully committed to that project," MassDevelopment executive vice president George Ramirez said.
"That's a five-year project, so one of the things that has come up here at this board is how long is MassDevelopment going to stay at Devens," Kinch said. "Whether it's 2033 or something before, it's going to be farther out rather than sooner.
"We're looking at the possibility of some sort of a transition," said Kinch, "which is great for the residents here because we would like to see something like that. But we don't know if it's 2033 or something before ... There's been a lot of talk recently about maybe in the next couple of years, MassDevelopment moving out. If the Grant Road project goes on, that's a five-year project."
"I know we don't have any plans to go anywhere in the foreseeable future, other than the full buildout of Devens, and if that takes until 2033, then that's what it's going to be," Ramirez said.
JBOS member Leo Blair of Harvard chimed in with a point of clarification.
"I think there is some disconnect that goes on," Blair said. "There is a difference between (MassDevelopment) being finished with (their) development commitment and the longevity of that and the governance. So when we talk about a transition, were talking about administration and day-to-day governance of the area with the zoning still in place and (MassDevelopment's) activity still in place.
"As far as I'm concerned," said Blair, "this could go until 2133. I don't care. But the transition from this being a commercial enterprise to a community and having it overseen by towns that are in the business of providing services to thousands is something we are very interested in happening. That isn't something that will be determined by MassDevelopment's timeframe of developing. It will be determined by what the towns decide to do as part of a transition plan in accordance with Chapter 492."
The JBOS transitioned into a discussion about how each of the town's Board of Selectmen feels about the idea of creating an overlay district, previously proposed by Blair in 2009.
"I discussed the plan at our last selectmen meeting and there seems to be reason to go forward on it, to investigate where it could go," JBOS Chairman Gary Luca, of Ayer, said.
The rest of the board agreed, with members noting that selectmen from Harvard and Shirley would also be willing to further explore the plan.
JBOS discussed an overlay district as being the governing body of DREZ while MassDevelopment continues its work in the DREZ or moves out. In a previous interview, Luca described the overlay plan.
"(Devens) would have a town administrator or town manager and have different groups to deal with everything (in Devens). Historic boundaries will still be there, so Devens residents in the Harvard boundary can still vote in Harvard, and the same for the other towns. When it gets fully developed, the revenue stream could be divided up between the towns, theoretically."
JBOS suggested a meeting with all selectmen to discuss the overlay plan becoming a reality in the next few years.
A meeting is set for Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Ayer Town Hall.


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(a) The Legislature finds that the continued expansion of the nation's economy is dependent upon the ability of its institutions of higher education to increase the quality, quantity and productivity of its citizens who are engaged in scientific and technical fields of study. Failure of the United States to compete in these areas may lead to lower standards of living, dependence upon foreign intellectual capital and international insecurity. The economic future of West Virginia is equally dependent upon the ability of Marshall University and West Virginia University, the state's two doctoral-granting, public research universities, as well as its other higher education institutions to promote, educate and train researchers and research support staff in these diverse fields of study.
The Legislature further finds that a recent emphasis on the creation of innovative curricula and the receipt of significant private donations by Marshall University and West Virginia University has led to major expansions in certain areas of study, including energy, national security technology, environmental sciences, health and biomedical sciences, biometrics, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Despite these expansions, the additional investment of both private donations and state moneys is critical to recruiting world-class scientists, researchers, research staff, technicians and professional degree graduates, as well as providing funding for laboratories and scientific equipment.
(b) The purpose of the Legislature in enacting this article is to establish a state fund to be administered by the Higher Education Policy Commission to address the findings outlined in subsection (a) of this section. The fund will make public moneys available to the state's two doctoral-granting public research universities, Marshall University and West Virginia University, and a state land grant higher education institution, West Virginia State University, to match qualified private donations and qualified private donation pledges; thereby creating an incentive for donors to support certain priority areas of study consistent with each participating institution's long-range strategic plan for research. Creation of this fund promotes strategic private donations targeted to specific areas of research and creates a sustainable source of funding for research initiatives that are critical to achieving long-term goals including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Research-based economic development and economic diversification; and
(2) Increased potential for patenting, licensing and related technology transfer and commercialization of scientific and technological research in the state.


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Threaedjack, but when I first heard that term Baby Sprinkle (Which I also never heard of) I immeadiately thought of two things, a baby boy peeing or a picture I saw recently. For those two reasons, I hope I never see that term in an invitation! I much rather see, "She is having her second baby! We are hosting a small..." Something that is upfront about it and not coy..
An abbreviated shower is still a shower. And I've always wondered, what do they leave out to make it a "sprinkle" and not a "shower?" The food, the games? I suspect that in many cases, it's called a "sprinkle" but is really a shower. The only thing I think of when I hear "baby sprinkle" is what happens when you aren't prepared when changing a baby boy's diaper. Not something I'd want to be invited to.
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Dr. Forrest Flaniken, senior vice president of Wycliffe Bible Translators and an adjunct professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University's Orlando campus, was fatally injured in a traffic accident while riding his bicycle on Sunday. Dr. Flaniken was 53.
According to news reports, Dr. Flaniken was struck by a vehicle as he rode in the southbound bicycle lanes on South Avalon Park Boulevard. The 18-year-old driver is facing criminal charges, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Dr. Flaniken had taught at PBA since 2001. He taught the Budgeting and Accounting course to nearly every student in the MacArthur School of Leadership's organizational management program at the Orlando campus, said Dr. Craig Domeck, dean of the Orlando Campus and assistant professor of leadership at PBA.
Dr. Flaniken and his wife, Kristen, joined Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1992. He helped oversee the move of the organization's U.S. headquarters from Huntington Beach, Calif., to Orlando in 1999, according to the Wycliffe web site.
He is survived by his wife and three sons, Forrest III, Nelson and Spencer. Services are pending.


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Tyneside LUG will be meeting in the People's Gallery of the Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, on Saturday, 14th October. We should hopefully get started at 11 o'clock, to finish at about 4.
Members of the public will be free to bring along their PC to this event. Experienced Linux users will be on hand to assist with the installation of Linux, or to solve problems people are experiencing with existing Linux computers. Installation media will be freely available to take away. Support is ongoing, of course - Tyneside Linux User Group is happy to help with problems by email, IRC (chat) or at our monthly meetings.
Bringing a PC is not mandatory. If you just want to come and talk about Linux, or you want to see what Linux looks like on somebody else's PC, then come along.
Tyneside Linux User Group
How to get there


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ATLANTA (AP) — A new government report says autism is more common than previously thought, burdening as many as 1 in 88 children.
Health officials attribute the increase largely to better recognition of cases, through wide screening and better diagnosis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the numbers Thursday. They are the latest in a series of studies that have been steadily increasing the government's estimate for autism.
This new estimate means autism is nearly twice as common as officials said it was only five years ago, and likely affects roughly 1 million U.S. children and teens.


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WILLIAMSBURG, April 12, 1774.
Within these few days I have discovered that an attempt has been made to counterfeit the TWENTY SHILLING BILLS of 1769, a forged bill of the sort, I am persuaded very innocently, to be exchanged at this office. Though the forgery is basely executed, I think it prudent to caution the public against impositions. The print, the coat of arms, the signing of Mr. Blair's christian name, the different devices, and especially the badness of the figures of the dates, will point out the forgery to every one tolerably acquainted with the good bills. The water lines differ very materially from those of the genuine paper. Instead of the water letters K.E.R. appearing under the signers names, as they ought to do, there is to be seen something like an obscure W. and the letter A. very plainly; the letters K.E.R. are thrust forward under the coat of arms. Till this bill made its appearance, I never had the slightest reason to suspect that any other than the 5l. Bills had been counterfeited, and thrown into circulation. If any gentleman should upon good grounds entertain doubts of any of the rest of the paper money, I beg it, as a singular favour, that he would be pleased immediately to transmit every suspected bill to me by express, of which I will gladly pay the expence. RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
Virginia Gazette (Rind) April 14, 1774
Language notes:
Water lines or letters are watermarks, the signature or trademark of a papermaker added by means of a thin wire to the paper mold before processing individual sheets of paper. Counterfeiters would have found it almost impossible to duplicate an authentic watermark.
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Kiprusoff absolutely stole this game.
And with that performance the Flames find themselves in a playoff position (although tied for 9th) for the first time this season. Hockey is exciting again, for the first time in years, but I wonder how long it will last? You would think the youth of Calgary can only continue at this rate for not too much longer.


text: The Chinese micro-blogging service Weibo has exploded with rumors that new North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was assassinated today at the North Korean embassy in Beijing. Twitter death rumors are totally cross-cultural. Here's one version of the rumor, cleaned up from the crappy Google translation: According to reliable sources, North Korean leader [Kim Jong-Un was killed] in Beijing in February 10 2012, at 2 o'clock and 45 minutes. Unknown persons broke into his residence shot and were subsequently shot and killed by the bodyguard. Official Internet Rule: Any (Chinese) Twitter post that begins with "according to reliable source" is almost certainly fake. But this hasn't stopped Chinese netizens from speculating that the killing was a military coup, and posting blurry pictures purporting to show an unusual number of vehicles parked at the North Korean embassy. ChinaSMACK staff writer Joe Xu suggests reports of large number of cars at the embassy may have sparked the rumor. "Rumors like this pop up every other week," he writes on Twitter. We will only know Kim Jong-Un's fate for sure when a new picture of him looking at things emerges. http://gawker.com/5884033/chinese-twitter-says-kim-jong+un-was-assassinated-this-morning-in-beijing


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Submission + - Intel dismisses 'x86 tax', sees no future for ARM (extremetech.com)
MrSeb writes: "In an interview with ExtremeTech, Mike Bell — Intel's new mobile chief, previously of Apple and Palm — has completely dismissed the decades-old theory that x86 is less power efficient than ARM. From the story: "There is nothing in the instruction set that is more or less energy efficient than any other instruction set," Bell says. "I see no data that supports the claims that ARM is more efficient." The interview also covers Intel's inherent tech advantage over ARM and the foundries ("There are very few companies on Earth who have the capabilities we've talked about, and going forward I don't think anyone will be able to match us," Bell says), the age-old argument that Intel can't compete on price, and whether Apple will eventually move its iOS products from ARM to x86, just like it moved its Macs from Power to x86 in 2005."


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He wanted to quit, desperately, but what would his wife say? He had plans, big plans, secret plans he had never dared tell her. They could just disappear, duck out, not tell anyone and never look back. There was an island off the coast of Brazil he found on a website called PrivateIslandsOnline.com. They were asking four million Euro for the land, and maybe he could come up with the ten percent if…
A noise at the back of the shop broke his reverie, shoes scuffling on the wooden slats. He looked down at his hands, surprised to find them still holding two Toprol pills, beta blockers that were supposed to help with his anxiety. He'd been about to take them when his mind drifted to that island, and leaving this place, and getting the hell out of here, and getting lost in sandy beaches and daylight and warmth, and so he popped them now, dry-swallowing eighty milligrams before his visitor approached. He hid the prescription bottle in his coat, quickly checked his eyes in the mirror and moved out into the light.
His visitor was short and stocky and dressed in a dark coat and slacks.
"Are you Tony?" was all he could think to say and immediately regretted it.
"Who else would I be?" the visitor barked.
"Right, sorry."
Tony looked around the shop, frowned, and blew into his hands to warm himself. "How can you stand it here?" Tony asked.
"That's…" He thought about blurting out everything, telling Tony how, in fact, he couldn't stand it here, how the walls, the winter, the endless coldness were closing in on him like a straight-jacket, that there were times when he was so close to screaming it took every ounce of strength in his body to stifle the terror in his throat, but instead he finished, "that's none of your business."
Tony nodded, like he didn't really care about the answer, he was just making conversation. He had the look of a man who thought anyone he talked to was wasting his time. The two of them stared at each other for a moment longer.
Finally, Tony offered, "So."
"You have my money?"
"Do you have my… stuff?"
"The money first."
The man nodded, thinking about his wife and what she would say when he proposed this idea to her. Maybe she felt trapped too, maybe all this time she just went along with it, with this life, with him in this job, because she thought she had to. Maybe she was doing it for him. Maybe the walls were closing in on her as well. The man held up a finger, disappeared inside the back office, opened up a drawer under a workbench and fished out a tin. Inside was a roll of bills, thick as one of his fingers, bound by a rubberband.
He took it out to Tony, who was now stamping his feet, shifting his weight from side to side as if that would somehow raise his body temperature.
"You can count it if you want."
The man had never done anything like this before and Tony made him feel it. Tony stared at him as if he were the gum on the bottom of his shoe. Instead of answering, he just tucked the wad into his pocket and withdrew a small satchel. He started to hand it over, and then stopped. "One more thing," Tony said.
This was new. The man suspected that if he lay down with this sort of dog he'd wake up with fleas and here it was, the hook, the catch, the trap door underneath his feet. What was Tony going to ask for? More money? A favor? What?
Tony jerked his finger at a box over his shoulder. "I want one of those."
"Yeah. The big one."
"It's already spoken for, inventoried…"
"That's your problem."
"I'd have to replace it with…"
"You want the goods or not?"
The man sighed. "Fine." He didn't know at this point what it would take to remedy the situation with Mr. Spackles in inventory, but he reached over his shoulder and pulled down the box and handed it over to Tony, who tucked it under his arm and then handed over the bag.
"Pleasure doing business with ya." And with that, Tony exited the way he came.
The man breathed a sigh of relief. By the time Mr. Spackles figured out the box was missing, he'd come up with an excuse. Blame it on quality control or he could claim he stepped on it—he was always doing clumsy things anyway, it was plausible. They could make a new one by the deadline.
He carried the satchel into the back office again and dumped the contents on to the workbench, then pivoted the desk lamp over so he could take a better look.
Tony was an artist. It was him all right, but it wasn't him… freshly shaved, hair dyed blond… Tony had done it all in Photoshop from the photos he'd provided and transferred them to these IDs. Driver's licenses, passports, social security cards, all for he and his wife. It was happening. It was real. They could do it. Forge a new life for themselves. The Toprol was starting to take effect; he felt even-keeled, steady, positive. The ceiling in the shop seemed a little bit higher, the endless shelves a little less oppressive.
He looked at his pocket-watch… it was well past midnight. Not a creature was stirring. He put the fake identities back in the satchel, turned off the desk lamp, and headed home.
His wife was up, surprising him when he came into the house and stamped the snow off his boots.
"Where were you?" she asked.
"Checking inventory."
"You have to get some sleep, Chris."
"I will, I will."
"This is the homestretch."
"I know. Listen…"
Maybe it was the beta blockers, maybe it was the way she looked, her smile, the light in her eyes like he'd married her yesterday, maybe it was the lateness of the hour and the warmth of the fire, but he thought he might as well spring his idea on her now, before he had a chance to stop himself.
"I want to go," he said.
"I want to leave. Now. Just pick up and go. Get out of here."
"Oh, Chris."
"I mean it, Miriam. We can do it. We can disappear." He stumbled ahead, now a bit unsure of himself but trying to find his footing. He pulled the satchel out, dumped the contents on the table in front of her.
"You can help me shave, dye my hair to match this picture. I've put some money away…"
"And go where?"
"Brazil. There's an uninhabited island there…"
"Yes… I can put a down payment on a..."
"Are you out of your mind?"
Her words stopped him cold. "I just…"
"You just what?"
"I just thought maybe…" The walls were starting to close in on him again, like they were on rollers, pushing closer.
"What about the children?"
"Someone else can…"
"There is. No. One. Else. Chris."
She picked up the fake identifications and threw them in the fire. He watched them blacken, curl.
She walked over and slapped him across the face. He could feel his cheek redden.
"Now we're going to pretend this never happened. You're gonna get up from here, take off your damn suit, get in bed, and when you wake up tomorrow, you're gonna walk smiling back to the shop, you're gonna tell the elves that they're doing a hell of a job, and you're going to get your ass in that sleigh on Christmas Eve and do what you do best… get the toys out to all the good children in the world. Do you understand me?"
"Yes, dear."
"Tell me you understand me."
"I understand."
"Good." She jabbed her finger under his nose. "Because I didn't spend the last two-hundred and fifty years building this empire to watch you blow it away because you don't know how good you got it."
She took her finger down, patted his cheek, softer this time, and walked toward the bedroom.
Chris swallowed and looked up at the ceiling, then at the fire, where the charred remains of his dreams lay curled in the coals. The walls pushed closer until his eyes clouded and he couldn't see them anymore.


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One Man & Two Guvnors - Original Cast Recording
The National Theatre has brought its acclaimed production of "One Man, Two Guvnors" to America under the direction of Nicholas Hytner. Featuring James Corden in the lead role ("The History Boys," "Doctor Who"), this play with music contains a retro score, accurately composed by Grant Olding, that will keep you tapping your feet with enjoyment from start to finish.
Olding is a musical chameleon. Having collaborated with Hytner on several theater scores in the UK, he has created a wonderful recording based on the "skiffle" music of early 1960's England, a folk-based genre that began in America with Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie, subsequently coming into popularity overseas when the Englishman Lonnie Donnegan became a star with cover versions of his American counterparts. The movement directly affected a quartet based in Liverpool, and is highly discernible in the early music of the Beatles.
Wanting a house band to provide live performance before, after, and during scene changes for the production, "The Craze" was created, and they provide the catchy hooks and lyrics of Olding's (all of which are strategically placed within the show, loosely based on Goldoni's "The Servant of Two Masters"), and are increasingly accompanied by the cast throughout the evening.
Fans of The Kinks' hits "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" will enjoy the homages "The Ballad of Ted and Calista" and "Strung Out Dolly." "My Old Man's a Gannet" could easily have been written by Guthrie (writer of "This Land Is Your Land"). Olding himself handles the lead vocals on the recording, with Phil James, Richard Coughlan and Benjamin Brooker ably encompassing these new tunes from an era that only older baby boomers may recall, but the score is both an effective calling card to go see the production (currently at the Music Box Theater), and an entertaining stand alone listen.
"One Man, Two Guvnors" Original Cast Recording
CD / Digital formats
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For the fourth time this semester, a bomb threat forced the evacuation of several buildings at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Holt Hall, Grote Hall and the EMCS building are evacuated after a bomb threat was called in at 8 a.m.
Emergency services personnel had to respond to a bomb threat at UTC in October, last week, and on Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Bomb threats are disruptive and inconvenient for schools and businesses, said Sgt. Al Tallent, head of the Chattanooga Police Department bomb squad and Homeland Security coordinator.
"We treat any bomb threat as if there is a live device, because we do not know what's there," Tallent said. "When one of these goes on, it's nothing we can take care of in five minutes. Our main priority is to protect lives."
Firefighters, emergency personnel, Chattanooga and UTC campus police are called to any location where a threat has been made, and that draws emergency services away from other needs.
"Not only is it disruptive, but you've also got police and firefighters responding to the scene, sometimes with sirens on, and that can increase the risk of an accident," said Bruce Garner, the Chattanooga Fire Department's public information officer.
Though police can prosecute those who call in threats, the best way to stop the problem may be through students, said Chuck Cantrell, associate vice chancellor for communications and marketing.
"We are very aware that students get irritated at this," he said. "The best way to stop this is for the students who know information to turn it in."


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CRYSTAL LAKE – While researching business opportunities eight years ago, Paul and Gail Wasserstein discovered alpacas at the Lake County Fair.
"I found them enchanting," Gail Wasserstein said.
Three weeks later, the couple brought five alpacas to their home in Barrington. They recently moved – with their herd of more than 50 alpacas – to a 37-acre former horse ranch near Crystal Lake. They plan to expand their business, Andean Vista Ranch, into a full-time job after retirement.
Alpacas, a member of the camel family, are native of South America. They were first introduced into the United States in 1984 and remain a cottage industry here. More than 90 percent of alpacas live in Bolivia, Chile and Peru, according to trade groups.
However, their numbers are growing in the U.S.
Illinois is home to 4,482 registered alpacas, according to Alpaca Registry Inc., an industry association for owners and breeders which said virtually all alpacas are registered.
McHenry County is home to about eight alpaca farms and new farms continue to pop up throughout the state, said Don Kent, president of the Illinois Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association and owner of Tall Corn Alpacas in Marengo.
"It's still a very, very small industry. It's a niche market," he said. "But more and more farms are sprouting up."
Alpaca fleece is touted as hypoallergenic, nearly 10 times warmer than wool, breathable, and it competes with cashmere as a luxury fiber, Gail Wasserstein said .
The Wassersteins moved to the ranch on Oak Ridge Road last November and spent two weeks transferring their herd to the new home. Nearby homeowners have welcomed the couple and their odd-looking animals to the neighborhood.
"We had cars pulling over to the side of the road to see them," Gail said. "[Our neighbors] were all very nice and very welcoming."
Gail works full time as a human resources manager in the manufacturing industry while her husband, Paul, now works part-time. He takes care of the day-to-day needs of the herd. Gail oversees the breeding and showing of the alpacas.
Though neither had a farm background, they decided to try raising alpacas. One acre can support eight to 10 alpacas. By comparison, the rule is about one horse per acre, Gail said.
"They don't require a lot of care," she said. "It's more about how much time you want to spend with them."
When Paul lost his job, they started selling alpacas for additional income. Their first alpaca sold for more than $22,000. Prior to the recession, Gail estimated they had average annual sales of more than $100,000.
"Just like everything in the economy, [prices for alpacas have] softened now," Gail said.
There also are tax benefits to owning alpacas and other livestock. For one thing, it allows the Wassersteins to get agricultural zoning for their property. Property taxes are much lower on land used for agriculture than for commercial or residential property.
"My first return on investment was when I filed my taxes and received back all the federal taxes I had paid in my [human resources] job," Gail said. "[The tax advantage] was the last thing I heard that catapulted us into alpacas."
Gail said they used a year of her income to cover the costs of buying a start-up herd. They jumped in after discovering the tax benefits. Since then, they have reinvested much of their profits into the business in their quest to breed the perfect alpaca.
The Wassersteins take part in alpaca shows around the country and have produced several national champions from their breeding.
"Showing is the best marketing we feel we can do for our business," Gail said. "To get out there and have our breeding program evaluated against other breeding programs. We strive to be one of the top breeders in the country."
The Wassersteins enjoy working with the alpacas, which is perhaps the most attractive part of their retirement plan.
The money and tax benefits were all "added pluses" to "finding something that we loved to do and a business that we could run and enjoy," Gail said.
"We don't ever plan to retire," she said. "This is what we plan to do."


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Packers.com is examining the Packers' roster, position by position. In the fifth installment, we look at the defensive line.
GREEN BAY—A defensive line that got younger with the additions of
The Packers defensive line made more big plays and offered more of a pass rush in 2012, but it surrendered a lot of rushing yardage, especially in games against the Giants, 49ers and Vikings. In those six games alone, the Packers allowed 1,280 yards rushing.
Pickett, however, would be in his 13th season next fall and will turn 34 in October. Clearly, younger would be better for a Packers defensive line that has nose tackle
Worthy, a second-round pick in 2012, flashed quickness and athleticism in a season dedicated to conversion from the 4-3, penetration role he played in college, to the 3-4 Okie role he was asked to play for the Packers. He was still able to notch 2.5 sacks, before a knee injury late in the season ended his participation.
Daniels is an undersized, high-energy player whose rookie season was highlighted by a fumble recovery and subsequent 43-yard return for a touchdown, a play that triggered a late-season win over the Lions.
To help bolster the competition on the defensive line, the Packers signed
Seven defensive linemen on an offseason roster would seemingly invite additions.
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NASHVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam says his goal of ensuring that all tax-supported K-12 schools are accountable for student achievement underlies his moves to cap enrollment at a low-performing online school and proceed more cautiously than some like with his school voucher program.
"We've introduced accountability in the process everywhere," the Republican governor told Chattanooga Times Free Press editors and reporters last week.
Haslam has introduced legislation to cap enrollment at the Tennessee Virtual Academy in Union County. For-profit company K12 Inc. runs the online academy under contract with the school system and accepts K-8 students from around the state.
Haslam said he and state Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman acted after the rapidly growing school achieved dismal results in its first year of value-added testing, which measures student gains.
"I think one of the messages of our administration, hopefully, is it's about outcomes, not inputs," Haslam said. "And if we have places that are getting state dollars and students, it needs to be about outcomes."
The administration's bill caps new online schools' enrollment at 1,500 until they meet state standards for student learning.
That won't apply to the Tennessee Virtual Academy, which currently has 3,200 children enrolled.
Another provision says no more than 25 percent of online schools' enrollment may be out-of-county students, at least until the school proves it can meet state achievement standards.
That provision wouldn't apply to current classes at the Tennessee Virtual Academy, but it could affect future students.
Haslam also introduced a limited school voucher program for low-income families. Children in the bottom 5 percent of schools -- known as "priority schools" -- could use public money to attend religious and other private schools.
There are 83 priority schools statewide and six in Hamilton County.
The program is limited to 5,000 students in the 2013-14 school year, which begins in August. That would grow to 20,000 by the 2016 school year.
Before accepting any vouchers or "scholarships" from public school students, private schools would have to agree to administer annual state assessments or nationally recognized norm-referenced tests, approved by the state school board, that measure students' progress through a value-added assessment system.
"We thought it was smarter to [say] let's wade in, see impact; does it make a difference in performance for that student?" Haslam said.
There is also a political calculus to his approach, Haslam said.
Opponents, including local school systems and the Tennessee Education Association, "say this will kill our existing school systems because you're going to be pulling those kids out," the governor said. "And other people say no, this is going to be the world's greatest because ... school systems will have to compete for kids and it'll make it better."
Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, of Blountville, said he and other GOP senators want a bigger voucher program that isn't limited to students at the lowest-performing public schools.
"I've had blunt decisions with him about this," Ramsey said last week.
Haslam called it an "interesting situation."
"We have people, even in our party, who are on both sides of this, some of whom have said, 'You didn't go big enough,' and others saying, 'I don't want a voucher, period."
House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, is carrying the administration's packet of bills, including the voucher legislation. He said he is comfortable with Haslam's limited approach.
In 2011, Senate Republicans passed a voucher program hitting the state's largest school systems. But it didn't pass the GOP-controlled House.
Ramsey said Haslam seems to be trying to craft a bill that will pass in the House.
"Well, that's usually not the way we do things," he said. "Our Founding Fathers set up two bodies for reason.
"We'll pass our bill. They'll pass a bill, and we'll have a compromise in the middle."
"But," he added, "I think we'll pass a stronger bill on our side."


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In other words, milk it, milk it as hard as you can, then lump it into the grab bin with the other "play 99 MMOs for just 22 bucks a month" station pass games. Like EQ, EQ2, SWG, Vanguard, Matrix On... oh, sorry, that one was actually allowed to die instead of hanging on life support.
There's little that gives me less hope for an MMO than being a SOE title. Usually Sony has not caught on to the fact that MMOs aren't "done, now ship them and cash in" games. Either you keep developing them or they turn into EQ
Usually Sony has not caught on to the fact that MMOs aren't "done, now ship them and cash in" games.
They've released a version for a console. This will make updates and expansions *much* harder than if there was only a PC version. So it looks like your answer is: no, they haven't caught on at all.
I thought most MMO's flopped eventually, and it so happens that Star Wars was no exception. Pedigree doesn't save a game that isn't fun and MMO's are hard to make FUN for the number of people that have to like it in order for the game to keep on going successfully.
no other company could so grandly flop a mega merchandise like star wars.
Maybe you missed the fact that perhaps nine out of every ten SW games for the past three decades have stunk to high heaven, regardless of who was involved. I've lost count of the number of SW games I've seen in that time, but I can probably count the good ones on the fingers of one hand. It's apparently a prime target for the "bang out a piece of tat and cash in quick" labels, probably because the guy behind the license has no objections on quality so long as there's a profit in it.
usually I'll fanboy for Sony, but...
Yeah, after SW:G and EQ2...
God I almost feel like setting fire to my PS3 adn Bluray player.
Let me tell you my thoughts form the beta:
The game is clearly designed as and plays like an arcade game made for a console; one that happens to have other people running around playing the same arcade game. Every once in a while you need/want to get some of these other people to join you in what you are doing. For the most part though I preferred to play it alone; which is not good considering theis is supposed to be an MMO. Also, the controls are clearly designed for a gamepad including limits on how may
I was also in the beta, color me unimpressed, the graphics were very nice, but customization & controls are horrible. I see this one being an absolute failure, and I really wanted it to succeed...
Whoever is using the PS3 controller, if this article is anything to go by.
No no no. It's always 'Batman... if he has time to prepare.'
Batman. Every. Single. Time.
... I want you... to remember, Clark...
I want you to remember... my hand... at your throat...
William Shatner?
I'm going to disagree with the interface evaluation- I actually like it quite a bit on the PC side with the mouse/keyboard set up, and to me that was preferable to the PS3 interface. I could use hotkeys and the mouse combos, which is my preferred playing style, and I thought it worked great.I agree with some of the commentors that the menu interface is a bit clunky, though.
I'm an EQ2 player, been so for like 4 or 5 years.
Do they advertise EQ2 on TV? No.
I think they might in gamer mags, but I don't know, I don't read them anymore (too many of them are just paid advertisers these days, no real reviews or unbiased reports. Plus i'm totally sick of the bullshit hype they do).
But when it come to advertising, Sony sucks big ass donkey balls and always asks for seconds.
Not to mention, sony couldn't even do Free to Play correctly for EQ2. You know, instead of bring new peeps into the already existing servers (that they had to merge recently because of lack of players), they make a new fucking server for it. So, now you have a bunch of noobs, on a free to play, but damn, you better pay out your nose for market shit, server. If the peeps decide they like the game and want to pay for a subscription, are they really going to want to leave the server they were on and made friends on for a normal eq2 server? No, they won't.
Let's discuss Star Wars Galaxies. You know, where sony was in charge and they made it so becoming an jedi was so easy it made the hardcore players quit?
DCU would be best served by anyone other then having Sony as there sugar mom.
Now me, personally, i'm waiting for Champions Online to become Free to play in january. Why? Because I'd like to have a superhero MMO that I can play on occasion. I don't need another subscription for a game I won't find that interesting. Would I spend money for stuff? Probably. I do with DDO even though I don't play that game that much. I'd rather spend $10 every few months then $15 every month.
I'd love a game that played like Freedom Force as an MMO. I remember creating X-men vs the Hulk scenarios and ending up with entire city blocks leveled. Of course you would need to instance battles like that but how cool would it be to have Superman hit Doomsday into a building which collapses, Michael Bay style, all around him? Throwing cars at flying heroes to know them out of the sky...
City of Heroes had some knockback but nothing like Freedom Force's epic combat.
That's what Champions Online was supposed to be. Same company, same theme, didn't turn out as well as hoped. Very sad.
Finally, dust off my original PS3 for this game. The only way that the PS3 controls are superior is if that they let you customize the inputs. Customized inputs should be required for all console games.
Will there be an open beta? I know FilePlanet subscribers could play it, but they haven't opened it for non-subscribers like previous games.
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Hartsville, S.C. – A 26-9 run by the Barton Bulldogs in the final minutes of the game sealed the Coker Cobras fate, as Barton battled back from a 15 points half time deficit to beat Coker 77-69 in Conference Carolinas men's basketball on Wednesday night.
The win moves Barton to 15-4 overall, and 11-1 in the conference, while the loss drops the Cobras to 9-10 overall, and 5-7 in the conference.
The Cobras opened the game firing on al cylinders and quickly going on a 12-2 run that had Barton scrambling to figure out what to do. The Bulldogs could not figure out an answer to the Coker big men, Mason Ambler (Atlanta, GA) and Michael Gore (Landis, NC) in the first half, and Coker found themselves up by 15 at the half to a team that had given them a 40 beating earlier in the year.
Then the second half came and the sleeping giant awoke. Barton battled their way back throughout the first 14 minutes of play, and then it was a three pointer from Bobby Buffaloe with about six minutes left that tied the game for the first time since the opening tip, and from then on the Bulldogs never looked back, showing why they are one of the top teams in Conference Carolinas.
Coker did not roll over and fought hard to keep it close, down by just six with under a minute to go, but in the end they could not get the big shot to fall.
Ambler had a team high 18 points with seven rebounds, five assists and three steals, while Josh Poston (Myrtle Beach, SC) had 12 points with four rebounds. Vatrick Thompson (Columbia, SC) also had 12 points and Gore chipped in with 10 points and five rebounds.
L.J. Dunn led the Bulldog attack, scoring 18 points and grabbing 8 rebounds, with Greg Mammel netting 14 points. David King had a game high 14 rebounds with seven points.
The Cobras next game is scheduled for Saturday, when they host Belmont Abbey at 4:00 p.m., while Barton will travel to Erskine.


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Submission + - Robots assimilate in cockroach society (nytimes.com)
sufijazz writes: "Scientists have gotten tiny robots to not only integrate into cockroach society but also control it. This experiment in bug peer pressure combined entomology, robotics and the study of ways that complex and even intelligent patterns can arise from simple behavior. Animal behavior research shows that swarms working together can prosper where individuals might fail, and robotics researchers have been experimenting with simple robots that, together, act a little like a swarm.
The BBC also has a video story on this."
The BBC also has a video story on this."


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For Teachers, Children's Literature @ NYPL
Booktalking "The Black Stallion and the Lost City" by Steven Farley
Booktalking The Black Stallion and the Lost City by Steven Farley, 2011
The waiting... waiting... and more waiting. That's the central theme of this Black Stallion novel set in the middle of a movie production... Alec aboard the temperamental Black, of course — Alec being the only person who can ride the Black. Alec plays Alexander the Great, and the Black is Bucephalus, Alexander the Great's horse. The Black, of course, does not want to wear his race costume, and some of the other animals do not always do what their trainers want either. Lots of different animals inhabit the tents on the set when they are not being used for scenes.
Drama ensues when two horse collide during a race scene and they go into a river. The Black and Alec slip into the water. The Black then pursues a phantom albino mare, and Alec follows. They end up in an adventure and in a magical place where the Black is stabled in a stall bedded in fine grass sprinkled with colorful flowers. His water bucket and hoof pick are plaited in gold. Alec is intrigued with a girl from the movie set, Xeena, and he sets out on the Black to find her when she goes missing. With Xeena and Alec double-riding the Black, injuries on all sides, Alec and the Black never knew that this movie set would be the least of their adventures in this foreign spectacular place.
A Horse-Crazy Girl: I grew up inhaling the aura of the terrific Black Stallion novels that were written by Walter Farley. I was a horse-crazy girl, and I could not get enough of the fantasy of a boy and his horse stranded on an island who became the best of friends. I also watched the movie and the television shows. Walter's son, Steven Farley, continued the tradition by writing his own Black Stallion novels, which seem very similar to his father's books. The stories are very intriguing, and always include the wild, temperamental Black as the focal point.


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Ciinro, to be honest, you look so much better without the dye, crazy hair, and metal. You are quite a handsome guy!!
Ciinro, to be honest, you look so much better without the dye, crazy hair, and metal. You are quite a handsome guy!!
You have beautiful eyes in the two close-up facial pictures.
Nice photos...
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Love the pics!
You look better with your natural look, you are just too sexy now !
I'm STILL loving your 'new' look !!!!
Those are some great pictures!
You keep posting all those awesome pix to remind me.
Looking good!
Interesting thread. Lol.
Looking great Ciinro! Really! You look super!!
Great pics!
Amazing thread u r adorable
Woooww... super nice.!!
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Love the pics!
Love the pics!
Oh what a tangle! Caught in the drapes or just a little shy?
Nice, all around buddy. I sure would love me some of that. Both sides!!
Great back side as well. We could make passionate love all the time. Where'er!!!!¡!!!
Love the pics!
Personally, I'm mostly attracted to twinks.. but once in awhile I see a more mature guy that I really find attractive. But not only do i find you attractive, I think your quite HOT also!
Oh, and that belly thing... Brother I SO feel your pain! If you figure out how to git rid of yours, let me know how!


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THE generosity of speedway racegoers has taken aback Coastal motor sport stalwart Todd Auton.
Auton's mother-in-law Dorothy Butters died along with fellow Coasters Evelyn Lutwyche and John Dickson when a bus transporting cancer patients to and from Launceston crashed at Elizabeth Town last year.
In response, Auton organised fund-raisers at two speedway meetings last month - at Carrick and Latrobe.
The nights raised $3665, which was donated to the Cancer Council in Devonport yesterday.
``We thought, `Righto, we'll pitch in and see what we can come up with.' So we all got together,'' Auton said of the motivation for the fund-raiser.
``It was well supported by all the people at the venues.
``It was amazing.
``We're pretty stoked with the way it went.
``There were so many people that wanted to help and throw in.
``It's a cause that touches everybody.''
Money raised will help the Cancer Council with ongoing costs in the wake of the crash.
``When I told the Cancer Council what we'd raised they were rapt,'' Auton said.
``All the money will help.''


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Obama Dedicates Chavez National Monument
(KEENE, Calif.) – Four years after borrowing Cesar Chavez's "si, se puede" motto for his "yes, we can" campaign slogan, President Obama today dedicated a new national monument to the farm worker turned civil rights advocate, a move that could help bolster support from Latino voters.
Speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 at Nuestra Senora Reina de La Paz, the farm where the late Chavez lived and led his worker movement, Obama paid tribute to the labor leader, saying he "gave workers a reason to hope."
"The movement he helped to lead was sustained by a generation of organizers who stood up and spoke out and urged others to do the same," he said. "It drew strength from Americans of every race and every background, who marched and boycotted together on behalf of La Causa. And it was always inspired by the farm workers themselves.
"Our world is a better place because Cesar Chavez decided to change it. Let us honor his memory. But most importantly, let's live up to his example," he said.
The Chavez National Monument, the first such site to honor a contemporary Mexican-American, will serve as a reminder that "no matter who you are or what you look like or where you come from, this is the place where you can make it if you try," Obama said.
With less than a month until Election Day, Obama appealed to Latino voters, whose support could be critical to winning several battleground states. "The recession we're fighting our way back from is still taking a toll, especially in Latino communities, which already faced higher unemployment and poverty rates," he said. "Even with the strides we've made, too many workers are still being denied basic rights and simple respect.
"But thanks to the strength and character of the American people, we are making progress. Our businesses are creating more jobs. More Americans are getting back to work," he said. "And even though we have a difficult road ahead, I know we can keep moving forward together."
Chavez, who helped found the United Farm Workers union, is buried on the grounds, where his widow Helen still lives. Before delivering his remarks, the president toured the Chavez Memorial Garden and laid a single red rose on the site where Chavez was laid to rest in 1993 at age 66.
"Every time somebody's son or daughter comes and learns about the history of this movement, I want them to know that our journey is never hopeless. Our work is never done," Obama said.
"I want them to learn about a small man guided by enormous faith and righteous cause, a loving God, the dignity of every human being. I want them to remember that true courage is revealed when the night is darkest and the resistance is strongest and we somehow find it within ourselves to stand up for what we believe in."
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text: What would you do if someone told you that it was against the law to actually wash your own car on the property of a house that you bought and paid for. Would you be upset, repulsed, what? Apparently that's exactly what happened to this gentlemen after his neighbor (who apparently doesn't like him) call the cops over to do one thing. Bust. His. Balls.


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With the bulk of the 2014 proxy season behind us, this webcast's panel will discuss the key trends and issues that emerged this past season and what implications they hold for issuers and investors. Among the questions that the panel will discuss: What impact is increased engagement having on proxy voting? Which ESG issues are receiving the most traction and why? What lessons should companies take from the 2014 season and how can they apply them to the planning for 2015?
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