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Album chart-topper Sam Bailey… in numbers
X Factor winner's debut album The Power of Love is fastest-selling album of 2014 as it tops charts on Mother's Day
1… the placing of Sam Bailey's debut album The Power of Love in this weekend's Official Album Charts
2… George Michael's Symphonica takes second place and Wilko Johnson/ Roger Daltry with Going Back Home takes third spot.
5… the number of times Sharon Osbourne has been a full-time judge on the series – with Bailey her first winning act
8… the number of times Bailey was top of viewer votes during the 11-week run of X Factor live shows
10… Bailey was the 10th person to win the X Factor
53.4… the percentage of votes Bailey got in the final battle with runner-up Nicholas McDonald
2009… the last time an X Factor winner scored a number 1 with a debut album (Alexandra Burke's Overcome)
2013… the year Sam Bailey was crowned champ
73,000… the number of copies of The Power of Love sold in seven days
148,853… the number of copies of Bailey's debut single Skycraper sold in its first week (reaching Christmas number one)
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text: Toggle navigation The Harry Potter Lexicon Home Blog Lexicon Podcast Harry Potter Minute Essays Sources Support the Lexicon Feedback About the Lexicon Credits Privacy Policy Terms of Use Characters Harry Potter Albus Dumbledore Lord Voldemort Severus Snape Sirius Black Hermione Granger Ron Weasley Draco Malfoy more Places Hogwarts Diagon Alley Privet Drive Ministry of Magic HQ The Burrow more Magic Spells Potions Magical Objects Magical Plants more Events Harry is sorted into Gryffindor Battle of Hogwarts Death of James and Lily Triwizard Tournament more Things Quidditch Hogwarts Express Wands Daily Prophet Aurors Currency Converter more Creatures Dragons Hippogriffs House-elves Goblins Centaurs more Sources The Harry Potter Novels Other Potter Books Interviews Other Canon more Essays The Death Eaters: A Guide To Who Was Where Famous Wizard Cards Albus Potter and the lesson in Quantum Mechanics more Lists Magical People Government Wizarding Atlas more Magic Categories Spells Home Magic Spells # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Scarpin's Revelaspell — "Specialis Revelio" • Spells Used to identify the ingredients of the target potion or the enchantments on a target object. May also be used to untransfigure those who seek to hide their true identities. … Read More Scouring Charm — "Scourgify" • Spells Cleans things with pink frothy soap bubbles. Wand movement: a smooth, sinuous motion, like a letter 'S' (BOS3)… Read More sealing spell — "none used" • Spells Seals a roll of parchment with a touch of the wand. Read More Sectumsempra countercurse • Spells Stops the bleeding and closes the wounds made by the Sectumsempra curse (HBP24). Read More Severing Charm — "Diffindo" • Spells Spell to cut something. Wand movement: a jagged, cutting down motion with the wand: up, then slash down and right, then up again (BoS3)… Read More Shield Charm — "Protego" • Spells This spell creates a magical barrier that will deflect hexes thrown at the caster. … Read More Shock Spell • Spells Spell used at St. Mungo's to treat mental illnesses. Read More Shrinking Charm — "Reducio" • Spells The Shrinking Charm is a spell that causes an Engorged object to return to its normal size. Read More Silencing Charm — "Silencio" • Spells Magically silences the target of the spell. Similar to Muffliato… Read More pig's tail jinx — "silent" • Spells Hagrid gave eleven-year-old Dudley Dursley a pig's tail in Hut-on-the-Rock (PS4). Read More wand sparks — "silent with use of wand" • Spells Wand sparks are red or green sparks emitted from the wand, used as a signal. Read More Slug-vomiting Charm — "no incantation given (no, it's not "eat slugs")" • Spells The Slug-vomiting Charm causes the victim to belch up slugs. Read More Smoke-Ring Charm • Spells A charm to make coloured smoke rings emerge from the tip of one's wand. Read More Smokescreen Spell — "Fumos" • Spells Apparently creates a defensive smokescreen while dueling. 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It would seem that the caster must know at least the general location of the object Summoned. Read More Supersensory Charm — "none given, possibly silent" • Spells Lets the caster sense things out of his or her line of sight. Read More Enchantment Remover — "Surgito" • Spells Surgito is the incantation of a spell that can be used to remove an enchantment. In 1927, Newton Scamander used Surgito to lift an enchantment that was placed on Jacob Kowalski by Queenie Goldstein. The spell caused Jacob to be happy with whatever Queenie wanted but had side… Read More Switching Spell — "none given" • Spells various, depending on the Transfiguration intended A category of Transfiguration spells that swap one thing for another. Read More # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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My ancestor - The Queen... In the final part of our genealogy series, how one woman used findmypast.co.uk to discover her astonishing royal roots
Genealogy – thanks to the internet – is enjoying a golden age. Instead of having to spend hours trawling through dusty archives it's possible to trace your family back through history at the touch of a button.
Last week we showed you the basics of becoming a family detective. This week – with the help of leading genealogy website findmypast.co.uk – we will explain how you can find out whether you are related to the aristocracy or have a secret black sheep in the family.
'The ease with which you can now access millions of records on the internet has revolutionised family history,' says Adam Rees, editor of family history magazine, Your Family Tree. 'If you want to discover whether you have blue blood, you have a vast array of archives at your fingertips.'
Diane Gow, with a picture of her great grandmother Madeline Constance Browne, who was the key to Diane unravelling a rich and aristotic family tree that leads all the way to the current monarch Queen Elizabeth
When 53-year-old Diane Gow first started researching her family tree five years ago she certainly never expected to discover that she was related not only to Her Majesty the Queen but also the late Princess Diana and the joint monarchs William III of Orange and Mary Stuart, daughter of James II.
'It felt quite surreal when I first made the connection,' says Diane, a general studies support worker at her local college in Bangor, Northern Ireland. 'My father had been told by his father that my great-grandmother Madeline Constance Browne had come from an aristocratic line.
But we all took it with a big pinch of salt. After all, Madeline – who died when I was four years old – lived in a small terraced house in Belfast. Although she was something of a lady – she always wore a hat and gloves and made sure there was a table cloth on the table – there was nothing to suggest we were anything but an ordinary family.'
Intrigued by the aristocratic connection, Diane started to surf the net. She joined various genealogical websites, including findmypast.co.uk, and began to travel back in time.
Diane had no idea she would be related to the Queen when she began her search
The key was finding a newspaper cutting that gave her the name of Madeline's father – Nicholas John Clinton Browne, a sea captain. Diane then simply entered his name into the 'Search all records' box on findmypast.co.uk and she was able to discover his extraordinary story.
'Within seconds I saw that there was a record of his name in the At Sea Deaths 1854-1890 register,' says Diane, who lives with her husband Paul, 50, and daughter Lauren, 23. 'This told me that he had drowned, together with the rest of his crew, on 3 December 1883 – it turned out that his ship, the Dartmouth, was wrecked off the Welsh coast in bad weather.'
Diane made more spectacular discoveries the further back she searched. Using resources on findmypast.co.uk, together with thepeerage.com (which is free) and genealogical forums, she was able to show that Madeline's family had links with not only the English aristocracy but with royalty.
'Madeline's grandfather was called Sarsfield Vesey Browne and, working my way through his line, I discovered that Mary Stuart is my nine-times-great-grandmother, and her husband William is my nine-times-great-grandfather,' she says.
'It was quite a shock. So far Her Majesty the Queen appears four times in my tree – twice in my blood line and twice through marriage. I'm her 12th cousin once removed. I'm also connected to Princess Diana – we are related through the wonderfully named Agmondesham Muschamp, a colonel from Surrey who died in 1642. When I tell my friends what I've discovered, and to whom I'm related, they think I'm a little bit mad – but it's all here in black and white.'
If you think you may have royal connections it's worth checking out the Royal Household Staff 1526-1924 records on findmypast.co.uk. Simply go to the 'Search records' option at the top of the homepage and select 'Institutions & organisations'. Scroll down until you see 'Monarchy & royal families'. The records of the Royal Household – which number about 75,000 – will cost you 10 credits per view. (See below for details on how to claim free credits.)
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Break mirror of narcissistic culture, pope tells Shalom community
Today's narcissistic culture leads to sad souls who worry more about keeping up appearances than caring for others, Pope Francis said.
Speaking to young people of the Shalom community, Pope Francis warned them of the sadness caused by narcissism, when "you live worried about putting makeup on your soul, about looking better than you are, about contemplating whether you're more beautiful than others."
"It is the sickness of the mirror," the pope said. "Young people, break this mirror!"
"Don't look at the mirror because the mirror deceives," he said. "Look outside, look at others, escape from this world, from this culture we are living in that is consumeristic and narcissistic."
The pope met Sept. 5 with an estimated 4,000 young men and women from the Shalom community. Founded in 1982, the group is comprised of married couples, celibate individuals and priests living out their faith through communities based on contemplation, unity and evangelization.
According to the group's website, the Shalom community has missions in 17 countries, including the United States, Israel, Brazil, France and Madagascar.
After listening to the experiences of three young Shalom members from Chile, France and Brazil, Pope Francis responded to each of their experiences off-the-cuff in his native Spanish.
Juan, a young man from Chile, spoke about finding meaning in his life by praying, sharing and evangelizing. Those three characteristics, the pope said, are "verbs of movement, of coming out of yourself" to share the good news of God's mercy "in a world marked by desperation and indifference."
Christians, he added, are called to proclaim the love of God who, like the father in the parable of the prodigal son, waits for his children "even in life's worse moments."
"That son was in the worst of sins, in the worst of situations and when he said, 'I will go to my father,' the father was already waiting for him," the pope said. "That is mercy, to never lose hope. Additionally, it looks like our God has a special preference for sinners."
Responding to Justine, a Shalom member from France who was baptized during the Year of Mercy, the pope said proclaiming the joy that comes from God can help young people today who are living "centered only on themselves."
"A young person who looks at himself, who lives only for himself, ends up — and I hope you understand the verb, because it is an Argentine verb — 'empachado' (stuffed) with 'self-referentiality,' meaning, full of self-focus," he said.
Pope Francis said that instead of looking at themselves in the mirror to see how impressive they are, young men and women should instead "look into the mirror to laugh."
"Try it one day: look, and start to laugh at what you see there, it will refresh your soul. Knowing how to laugh at yourselves gives joy and saves us from the temptation of narcissism," the pope said.
Recalling the experience shared by Mateus, a former drug addict from Brazil, the pope warned that drugs are one of the main instruments "used to dominate us," and drug use uproots people "from your family, from love, from everything."
The pope called on young men and women to connect with their roots and to "give freely what we have received."
"If you are here, if we are here, it is because we were freely brought here. Please, let us give freely what we have received," Pope Francis said.
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Stanford Professor gives talk on ecologies of Chinese computing
On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Dr. Thomas S. Mullaney, Associate Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University, visited Carnegie Mellon University to discuss the history and development of Chinese computing, the topic of his upcoming book, The Chinese Typewriter. Mullaney specializes in the fields of East Asia, the History of Science, and Global History, and received his PhD from Columbia University. His works have been published in Journal of Asian Studies, The Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Times.
Invited to Pittsburgh by Carnegie Mellon's Department of History, Mullaney presented his lecture, "The Ecologies of Chinese Computing." He began by first explaining the fundamental difference between the characters of the Chinese language, and the letters of the Latin alphabet that dominate the Western world. There is no such thing as "typing" in Chinese. The language is written electronically by input, retrieving information from a database to print something on paper or on screen.
When Chinese linguists began to develop the Chinese typewriter in the early 20th century, Mullaney explained, they considered the basic idea of typing: what you type is what you get. In the 1940s, Lin Yutang, a Chinese linguist and inventor, introduced the concept of putting only the radicals that make up characters and several common characters on a keyboard because it is impossible to fit over 50,000 characters on a keyboard, compared to the 26 characters of the Latin alphabet. Instead, a typewriter would have a database of characters and parts of characters from which a writer would retrieve by pressing the keys.
Many different innovations have contributed to the progression of Chinese computing throughout the 20th century. One innovation Mullaney presented was predictive text, which placed characters next to each other that were commonly used together. For example, each of the characters in the name 'Mao Zedong' were spread apart on the keyboard, but through predictive text, were organized next to each other, which lends to quicker, more efficient typing. Another innovation was autocompletion, similar to today's autocorrect. Because Chinese languages are not necessarily spelt, the concept of autocompletion is a retrieval mechanism. Not all of the parts of a character are needed to arrive at an unambiguous location in the character database to print the desired character.
Mullaney continued his argument by discussing the keyboard that the Chinese government developed in the closing years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). This keyboard had 256 keys, some with full-body characters, but mostly with bits and pieces of characters, bringing back Lin Yutang's original ideas thirty years later. This keyboard was considered a medium-sized keyboard in comparison to the QWERTY keyboard used in the West.
To bring his lecture to the present day, Mullaney conceded that in the 1990s, the Chinese input system slowly began to look just like the QWERTY keyboard. However, he labeled this era as "a nervous system of Input Wars," when hundreds of different input systems in China were competing with one another all while standardization was becoming more common. Most of these systems were structure-based systems, not the Pinyin system — the input of romanized Chinese characters by pronunciation that we see so commonly today. One structure-based system still prominent today is the Wubi input system, which is much faster and transcends specific dialect pronunciation.
Mullaney also explained other input systems, such as shaped-based retrieval, which assigned characters to a particular shape of Latin characters, and the Double-pinyin method, which used Latin letters as variables for different elements of Chinese pronunciation. Though they are not in use, these systems are a testament of the creativity of Chinese linguists in a globalized world dominated by Latin languages, especially English.
Despite the prevalent use of the Pinyin system, Mullaney stressed that we should not assume that the 'phoneticization' of characters is complete or concrete. On the contrary, he said, the capacity of structure-based systems such as Wubi is great, beginning with their efficiency.
At the end of his lecture, Mullaney challenged the audience to think about how Chinese computing has evolved, and how it will continue to evolve in the face of constant technological advancement. Mullaney's upcoming book, The Chinese Typewriter, will be released in the summer of 2017.


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Ofsted release report on our Childcare Centre
The Alton College Childcare Centre greeted an unexpected Ofsted inspector to the premises on 5th May this year, to undertake a routine, no-notice-required inspection. The College are absolutely delighted to have received the Inspection report which rates the quality of the provision as "outstanding".
The Ofsted report, which can be accessed here, claims that: 'Children are extremely happy and settled at the nursery, which provides a very welcoming and bright, child friendly area for children to play and learn'. It goes on to say; 'Every child is valued and included to ensure none are disadvantaged. The staff''s excellent knowledge of each child ensures they very successfully promote children's learning and development. Excellent links are in place with the parents to ensure the children make the best possible progress. The staff team are committed and enthusiastic, and regular monitoring of the provision ensures priorities for development are identified and acted upon; resulting in continuous improved outcomes for children.'
Our team of qualified childcare staff are overjoyed at the results of the inspection and continuously work hard to improve the quality of supervision the children receive; the child's safety, welfare, education and development the forefront of all activities.
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Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has unveiled the first draft of a Smart Grid framework that lays the foundation for a secure, interoperable, next-generation power distribution system.
The report, titled "Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0" and developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, identifies about 80 existing standards that apply to the development of the new grid infrastructure, and outlines steps to address key gaps remaining to be addressed.
"The Smart Grid will ultimately require hundreds of standards," the framework says. "Some are more urgently needed than others," because equipment such as smart meters that can monitor residential power use and provide data back to the utility, already are being deployed. The current report "is only the beginning of an ongoing process that is needed to create the full set of standards that will be needed to manage their evolution in response to new requirements and technologies."
The framework is the product of the first phase of an aggressive three-phase program by NIST to establish Smart Grid standards by the end of the year.
NIST's three-phase approach to standards development is:
- Develop a consensus among utilities, equipment suppliers, consumers, standards developers and other stakeholders on needed standards; and producing a Smart Grid architecture, an initial set of standards to support implementation and plans for developing remaining standards by early fall;
- Finalization of today's report after a 30 day comment period will complete this phase;
- Launch formal partnerships to develop the remaining needed standards; and
- Develop a program for testing and certification to ensure that Smart Grid equipment and systems comply with standards;


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In the upcoming episode, titled "Assaulting Reality," of NBC's crime-drama series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her team will investigate a rape case where a contestant on a dating show will claim that she was raped by one of the show's members.
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According to the synopsis of the episode by TV.com, "The SVU squad investigates and becomes part of a dating reality series when a contestant claims she was raped."
In "Assaulting Reality," Melanie Connor (Comfort Clinton), a contestant on dating show "Heart's Desire" accuses the show's host, Ryan Ledder (Adam Gregory), of raping her.
In the promo of the episode, Melanie watches helplessly as Ryan climbs on her bed and starts kissing her forcefully. Soon, the video footage was aired all over the country and Rollins (Kelli Giddish) comes across it.
Later, Melanie claims that she has no memory of the incident. However, soon she announces on live TV that she was raped. When Benson steps in, Ledder claimed that it was a false accusation and the incident was just a part of the script.
Benson and the rest of the team start working on the case. However, it is not as easy as they thought it to be as it is getting extremely difficult for them to concentrate while the show is filming.
The promo also shows Ledder kissing another contestant. When Benson tries to interrogate the contestants, they didn't agree to it as they don't want their opportunity to become famous with the show.
Though Benson is facing a lot of hurdles in the current case, she is determined to solve it at any cost. Whether she will find about the real culprit or not, will be seen once the episode airs.


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I began my day far too early, 8:55 a.m. to be exact, by consuming a two-month expired blueberry yogurt and having "Push It" stuck in my head. Did I sleep in the same outfit that I wore all day yesterday, and am I wearing it again all day today? Maybe. Maybe.
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I like to create my own version of BBQ sauce using the sauces available at home, hubby called it the Chinese BBQ, it is very tasty even my toddler can eat three at a time!
This easy BBQ chicken wings is our all time favorite, easy to make and a good company to a good movie!
2 lbs of Chicken wings
1 tbsp of light Soy Sauce
1 tbsp of Chinese cooking wine
2 tsp of Oyster sauce
2 tsp of dark/sweet soy sauce
1 tsp Chili powder
1 tsp of garlic powder
1/2 tsp or to taste of salt
1. Marinate chicken wings with all the above ingredients for at least 2-3 hours, I did mine overnight.
2. Place the wings on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and broil for 10 minutes, turn the wings and broil for another 5-6 minutes or until slight charred.


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Curried Chickpea Soup
Though I'm pretty picky with my soups, making soup makes me feel really happy and peaceful. I love that I can just quickly and unevenly chop up vegetables, throw them into a pot with spices and herbs, simmer away and have delicious smells emanate. I love seeing the floating vegetables and bobbing bay leaves. Ahh soup, why can't you always be as delicious as this curried chickpea one?
If this sounds good, you might also like:
Hungarian Mushroom Soup
Curried Split Pea Soup
Thai Coconut Corn Stew
White Bean and Roasted Garlic Soup
Curried Chickpea Soup
Adapted from Rebar
Serves 8
8 cups vegetable stock
1 tbsp oil
1 yellow onion, finely diced
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 bay leaves
8 garlic cloves
3 tbsp minced ginger
1 jalapeno peppers, seeded (more if you like it spicy)
1 red pepper
6 ripe tomatoes
1 tsp cumin, ground
1 tsp coriander, ground
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp turmeric
3 cups canned chickpeas
1/2 can coconut milk
1/2 bunch cilantro, minced
1. Heat the oil in a soup pot and add onion, 1 tsp salt and bay leaves. Saute until the onions are soft and golden. Meanwhile, place the garlic, ginger, jalapenos, pepper and tomatoes in a food processor and pulse until the vegetables form a rough puree. Set aside.
2. Add all the spices to the sauteed onions and continue cooking and stirring for 5 minutes. Add the vegetable puree and another 1/2 teaspoon of salt and simmer until small blobs of oil pool on the surface. Add the chickpeas and stock and bring to a simmer. Cook several minutes, then add the coconut milk. With an immersion blender or regular blender, puree a portion of the soup to thicken it. Simmer and season to taste with salt and crackked pepper. Add chopped cilantro just before serving.


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It is no secret that investors love receiving dividends. With up to half (or more) of all total returns through time coming from dividends, companies that are raising their dividends year after year tend to end up being the most sought after by investors. Among dividend-paying companies exists a classification of the Dividend Aristocrats. These dividend payers are the companies inside the S&P 500 Index with a history of having raised their dividends for 25 years or more.
24/7 Wall St. has gone through the stocks that fall into the Dividend Aristocrats index and featured the Dow Jones Industrial Average companies. These corporate giants have stated or admitted on their own that they are in the 25-year dividend hike game.
What is different now after seven and a half years of a bull market is that many companies are starting to run into issues. It seems rather obvious that some companies are likely to have issues when it comes to being able to keep growing their dividends at the same rate they have been used to. We have made an effort to screen out many of the dividend aristocrats that might run into issues ahead on being able to keep hiking those dividends.
Investors should know that not all the companies raising dividends are created equally. Some companies cannot maintain their pace of hikes indefinitely. Many other companies just haven't been paying dividends for anywhere long enough to count. It seems that only a few energy companies can keep raising dividends.
Many investors might assume that the largest and most continually growing dividends would all be Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks. Guess again. Not even one-third of the current 30 Dow stocks have a history of 25 consecutive years of dividend hikes. 24/7 Wall St. has featured the seven Dow stocks first for the club of 25 straight dividend hikes.
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TRENTON — A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted former Passaic City Councilman Jonathan Soto on charges of pocketing $22,000 in bribes from undercover operatives seeking his help in obtaining lucrative municipal and school contracts.
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"These guys are comedians, man," Soto said by telephone Wednesday. "I don't even know anything about it. I've been indicted on drug charges?"
Soto, fellow Passaic Councilman Marcellus Jackson, city Mayor Sammy Rivera and former Assemblyman Alfred E. Steele of Paterson were among 11 officials rounded up in an FBI sting operation that stretched from Atlantic County to North Jersey. Six of the officials, including Jackson and Steele, have since pleaded guilty to accepting bribes and are awaiting sentence.
Rivera was indicted two weeks ago on extortion and bribery charges and is awaiting trial. He is accused of offering to peddle his official influence in return for $50,000 and actually taking $5,000.
Soto, 32, a social studies teacher at Lincoln Middle School, had been suspended since his arrest. He remains free on $200,000 bail and will be arraigned as soon as the case is assigned to a U.S. District Court judge.
The indictment alleges that Soto extorted bribes from representatives of an undercover FBI company that offered insurance brokerage services to school districts and municipalities.
Soto allegedly accepted six payments from two cooperating witnesses in exchange for assurances that he would influence city officials to help secure contacts for the company.
According to the indictment, Soto was secretly recorded throughout the investigation, starting with a meeting with the FBI's informants and a Pleasantville school official in an Atlantic City hotel room in October 2006. He agreed to use his official position and influence to obtain insurance brokerage contracts from the city and the school board in return for corrupt payments and took $2,000 at that time, it alleges.
In subsequent conversations, Soto variously referred to payoffs as "cake and green broccoli," said he could enlist friends in other cities, and agreed to accept two $25,000 payoffs for himself and a conspirator, described as a high-ranking elected government official in Passaic and identified only as "Individual 1," according to the indictment.
"[Individual 1] giving you the green light for you guys to come down is huge," the indictment quotes Soto as saying. "Because it won't just be the city. It will be the city, the [Board of Education] and everything else. The sky's the limit in Passaic."
Soto allegedly accepted $5,000 "for the boss," at a rest stop on the Garden State Parkway and another $5,000 and $2,500 days later at a shopping mall in Egg Harbor Township, the indictment alleges.
After learning that a resolution authorizing the promised brokerage services had been rescinded by his colleagues in his absence, Soto sought to reassure the FBI operative that "the real power is with [Individual 1]" as opposed to members of the council who had voted against the resolution and for its rescission, the indictment said.
Over the next few months, Soto allegedly pocketed two more payoffs of $2,500 and $5,000, acknowledged he had passed on $10,000 to his unnamed co-conspirator and helped engineer the defeat of a competitor vying for the city's health insurance contract, according to the indictment.
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Soto was recorded saying he was "trying to cop some … weight," and "that he has to stop smoking," the indictment alleges. It accused Soto of asking an undercover informant to pay him in drugs rather than money.
Soto said Wednesday that when FBI agents arrested him, they threatened more jail time if he didn't answer their questions truthfully.
Agents then asked him if he had ever taken drugs in his lifetime, and he said he admitted to smoking marijuana once because "they scared the [expletive] out of me."
If convicted, Soto could face up to 20 years imprisonment on the conspiracy and extortion charges, 10 years on the bribery counts, and one year on the drug counts.
Soto's attorney, Jose Ongay, said he was unaware of the indictment.


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Today I find myself out checking the higher trails on my usual routine as the sun was at its zenith, in which says so little in these parts. One thing is the fact that the sun sits lower and rides along the hills, just above actually. Secondly, the sky, seems to be a storm, a bad winter's storm brewing up in the north as the low-pressure front is just coming upon us.
Listen to me, I sound like a fucking weatherman. I crack myself up sometimes at the shit I say to be quite honest. The new snow, the heavy snow anticipated is the whole reason I am out here today and making, well, a full day of it. You see, world renowned snowboarders, skiers, and the likes will be swarming down from all over the world.
Even in the spite of the time of the season means very little up here. One could always say, "It's so damned gloomy all the time…" They'd be right in saying that while they're constantly bellyaching about their trivial shit.
Nevertheless, this portion of the Black Hills is a very secluded, and some might say, "With trails less traveled upon." In that would be the truth. Though, once upon a damned time, this area all around me was bustling with active gold mining, a railroad, a small town just up the side of the eastern slope here that included a brothel and a school for all the whore's children. Mining isn't much of a family life, was it?
It isn't much of a life period as history would tell us. That is if you were some piss-ant working for the owners of these old mines now in utter ruin. Sure, there are a few openings but you have to know where to look and hope to god you don't fall into some old air shaft leading a couple of thousand feet down. Most are about a couple of hundred or so into utter darkness. Regardless, it's more than enough to fuck up your whole day if you fell into one. No one would know, no one would find you. Out of the entire history of this area, there has never been made mention of anyone that fell, and saved, or for that matter, ever recovered.
This area, yeah, it's not for kids and idiot adults to go off this beaten path. Most of the folks, those even from out of state don't come up here. They don't visit the old graveyard now overgrown by the woods reclaiming the scarred land. They don't even know about the wretched ruins of the old Miller's Place that looks like an old castle made of crumbling stone. Shit, it's all cordoned off and there are trees, squirrels, ravens, and whatnot that holds residence there. The state was going to restore that some time ago since the Millers were so filthy rich and powerful. They ate up and owned most of the mines eventually. I don't really know anything more about those kinds of people or the history, which is not all too flattering according to the local historians. Still, that old place, all dilapidated and all, yeah, that's on my rounds too. I'll be seeing that soon enough. You see, it sits up along that ridge east of me. One will see it if you keep on walking south along the trail. Comes into view now and then. That is if it isn't covered by the low clouds, fog, and the likes.
Regardless, no one has any business leaving the trail and heading up there to look around or explore. Never a good outcome.
You see, the Northern Black Forest remains shrouded in heavy mist and the kind of darkness that plays upon the weaker minds out here. I mean, just the gloom in the area, and pick whatever season, it don't matter and it just throws up one hell of an "Unwelcomed" sign to anyone with some wits about them.
Out here miles from nowhere is not for the frail of heart. In fact, you must cultivate a strong mental attitude if you're out here. People lingering around these parts especially in the winter has one hell of a death wish. You see, they just don't last long and if these fools are lucky enough maybe by late spring or mid-summer, their mortal remains may be found. But that's the exception to the rule in these parts. Out here, most of the time, it's the wildlife, the environment that gets you in the end. And trust me I know all too well.
It's my job, it's what I do as sheriff and all.
Do you want to hear something that will raise the small prickly hairs on the back of your goddamned neck?
Last week before all the people from out of state for all the snowboarding fiasco would be showing up, I was out here like I am now. The only thing different is I'm carrying this rifle. I didn't need anything like this out here before. That in the past. I saw something that gives me more than enough cause to carry such a cannon. Better to be safe than sorry – better to be alive than dead, I say. That is, if you're carrying special ammunition like I have. I won't bore you with the details.
Back to the story of my adventure up here from last week…
I guess I was up by Murderer's Creek along the old Iron bridge, the "Hanging Bridge" aptly named for the executions of some gold miners gone wrong along with some of the other social "Shames," Interesting name for the despicable who found a noose around their condemned necks. You'll find all this just south around that bend in front of us.
That bridge and most of the old events are now two full centuries ago and whatever ghost town it later becomes fell to the insurmountable grip of these woods. These very haunted woods. Just before noticing the sun dipping lower across the hills is when I saw the bloody unmistakable tracks of an adult Silverback Werewolf. The tracks left off to the right side of the bridge, breaking through the thin ice as it stomped through the shallow creek to the freshly laid maiden snow on the other side and disappearing into the tree line.
I reached down resting on my feet for a closer examination when I took into the account the size of an animal, a paranormal creature that some professor says doesn't exist. I put the creature about three hundred plus pounds and nearly seven feet tall by its gate. I suppose some village idiot would think its Bigfoot or some Bullshit like that – I would leave it right at that. No need for anyone really discover the brutal truth otherwise. I took off my heavy glove from my right hand as the frost built up on my beard. With my index finger, I dipped it carefully into the small freezing pool of blood in the right paw print and tasted it. I found my eyes widen as the blood began telling me the story. You see, I have a secret to tell; He is not the only changing out here in these woods.
And before you go off half-cocked and say something you'll soon regret, I for one was born this way just like a few of my kind in the region. You might say, "We're as old as the hills." You wouldn't be too far off the mark.
Listen, you've been around my kind, my kind are your doctors, your teachers, bartenders, friends, in-laws, and the like to include police and law enforcement. Moreover, I got this problem and it's bigger than you or I.
The blood I tasted wasn't his at all. The blood belonged to the victim, a woman that would be found brutally raped while he was still in human form. How do I know this?
The blood never lies…
The blood doesn't hide anything…
All is revealed through the blood…
I can see through my mind's eye of what her blood was telling me. I saw that he began to change into his normal self-reaching into her stomach and pulling out her backbone. My ears rang with the snap of her spine. Damn, she was very much alive at the time. The Werewolf barely knew of her and under his false pretenses of being quite the charmer and lover boy. The bastard, he brought her along this otherwise beautiful winter's day. Oh yeah, a right down gorgeous day all things considering.
Yeah, after he finished with her, sexually, and otherwise, he dumped her remains under the ice of the creek about a mile further up. The blood also shows me his identity in human form and of course, again in his more natural form.
There just isn't any way I can cover up this hideous crime this time with the people involved. The victim is a resident and much loved in the region. I know the woman killed, her father in which is a good man, and his wife, Betty that I've been banging for at least a full decade now. For those of you pretending to hold the higher moral ground, you can hold that against me too. But remember, when you slip, you fall a long ways down and I hope it hurts. Judge if you must, but Betty and I are more than a thing.
Now, this awful news was going to hit the family the hardest. The community will panic as it did before, and even before that as I can remember as for the last full century clearly.
Snowboarders and the like will be flocking to this region and I can't hide this one. No nothing like the other ones.
I rose up and reaching for my radio, I called it in. I'll lead my deputies to a haphazard roundabout to the woman's mangled body. When the dust settles, I'll square things up with this new idiot stranger in town…


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Hops Hash - Does it work?
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Sensi Seedling
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Topic: Hops Hash - Does it work?
Posted: 17 January 2011 at 00:07
Hi Folks,
Im thinking of buying some hops hash but i was wondering does it actually work or is it just more shit that people try to scam people online with. I would love to hear your feedback and if you have tried it (was it any good?)
kind regards,
The Shak
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|Quote Reply Posted: 17 January 2011 at 14:05
Absolute crap. Never heard of it, myself. Smoking a lump of it may give one a vague buzz/headache, but that's probably true of most common, non-toxic herbs.
The rule is: if you can order a 'smoking mixture' legally online, it's not likely to be much fun.
And the price charged for this stuff in particular is outrageous
Sensi Seedling
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|Quote Reply Posted: 17 January 2011 at 14:52
You see my problem is they have brought in a ban on legal highs in Ireland and i cant seem to get anything anywhere (of the not legal variety as well) so i thought i would see if i could order something online. There is a bit of a dry spell at the moment.
I could try order Mary Joy or something but im afraid of it getting caught in customs plus i dont know what would happen if they found it i.e. would they come right to my do asking questions.
This is when i found hops hash online but i have heard different stories in forums, some say it works and order say it doesnt so im not sure what to do.
The Shak
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|Quote Reply Posted: 18 January 2011 at 11:18
I dunno. I'd be careful about ordering borderline stuff like that as well. And I think it's pretty unlikely that 'hops hash' gives any pleasurable effects. Think about the quantities of hops that are grown all over Europe for beer-making.
If the collected resin was any fun, Europeans would have been using it for centuries.
It's a bit of a short-term solution, but the prices mentioned for a small amounts of that 'hash' would cover a quick jaunt to Amsterdam, where you could at least smoke real cannabis for a few days.
Seeds are legal in Eire, but that's the opposite of a short term solution.
Sensi Seedling
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|Quote Reply Posted: 18 January 2011 at 13:41
This is truly annoying as all i want is a good smoke. You know there was a time when people smoke opium and everything, this was the norm. Just because they didnt want the hemp ruining the paper industry as it was a better alternative.
All the crap with the legal highs in Ireland was totally blown out of proportion. Christ they had gaurd (Police) standing outside headshops trying to put people off going into them before the ban came into affect.
Now if i other something called hops hash i will probably get into trouble and it doesnt even contain THC : /.
The Shak
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|Quote Reply Posted: 26 April 2011 at 02:01
Hi there, sorry to revive an ancient thread, yet as the CEO of Hops Hash incorporated, I felt compelled to intervene on this discussion.
After you shot down our fine product (this discussion appears as the third result in google when Hops hash is typed) we have lost 80% of our customers, the factory has closed and we are working from a small industrial unit. The photos we were using, tragically are copyrighted and 3 lawsuits have been filed so far.
I am at the end of my tether here. Lupulin is actually THC in a heavier, rearranged chemical structure, is Cannabis's sister, when early flowering looks identical to colas, is literally identical in scent, when burnt, to Neder Polm (Pollen of the highest quality) and it has effects near-identical to top of the line CBD dominant hashish, ie: clean, relaxed, yet not over stimulating or 'trippy' in the slightest as certain (Ice-o-lator) hash can be.
Anyway, as a proponent of THC filled Hashish in all its forms, here at Hops hash, all we ever wanted was to provide a sidekick to the old doob, to aid in bringing mellow effects to the table when high THC/low CBD varieties of sinsemillia or hashish marijuana are used. A wise move would you not say? This hash can act as a sleep inducer when buzzy sativas are used.
Please, please, think about things before assuming that Tetrahydrocannabinol Delta Nine is the only valid herbal psychoactive smoke on Earth worthy of consideration. As the company is now at the point of disbanding, our group of scientists have been laid off, if only the societal hierarchy had listened.
Thank you for your time.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 26 April 2011 at 09:34
Wow, this little post caused the loss of 80% of your customers and the collapse of the hops-hash industry?
"the company is now at the point of disbanding, our group of scientists have been laid off, if only the societal hierarchy had listened. "
What a load of toss.
"Lupulin is actually THC in a heavier, rearranged chemical structure"
Um, the thing about rearranging chemical structures is that this creates entirely different chemicals. You should have checked this with the army of scientists before they were laid off.
Also, the links you provided had no information on hops. Yahoo answers? Really?
I guess this is the work of a troll, rather than the true CEO/employee of HopHash International(TM)(C)(R)
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|Quote Reply Posted: 26 April 2011 at 11:29
Champagne for my real friends.
Real pain for my sham friends.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 26 April 2011 at 14:10
All the information provided in those links contained information to reinforce my claims, as you eloquently noted, with validity, a re-arranged chemical formula is, of course, a new chemical yet that is why it is called 'Lupulin' and not 'Cannabinol':
"And for a good many of these years we have used the word "hop" as a slang term for "dope" or a narcotic drug such as opium. We have referred to a person intoxicated with a narcotic as "hopped up". But do you realize that the hop plant and the hemp plant (from which the drug marijuana is produced) are closely related members of the same botanical family?
The active principle in hops is a fine, yellow resinous powder called
"lupulin" which is always classified as a narcotic because it will dull
the sense in moderate doses.
From lupulin come two lupulic acids - humulone and lupulone. One of
these, "humulone", has the following chemical formula: C21H30O5. "Cannabinol", the active principle of marijuana, has the chemical formula.of C21H26O2."
The link provided contained an image of an early flowering Hops plant, which validated my claims that Hops Strobiles in bloom indeed DO have clusters of calyxes, dual white stigmas and of course the famed glands Lupulin:http://santewinery.com/images/baby-hops.jpg
Finally for an overview of Humulus Lupulus in general I apologize that I did not supply a more informative link, I thought in this day and age of goldfish attention spans, most people would simply want to see the fact: "Hops is Cannabis's sister" here is a bit more info for your pipe:
Anyhow, you are obviously a wise individual who enjoys to question all that is, I thank you for engaging me as opposed to shooting me down before I hit the ground.
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|Quote Reply Posted: 26 April 2011 at 15:07
You are obviously a charlatan and a rip-off artist who enjoys the opportunity to swindle people who may not be well-informed about cannabis. I thank you for the opportunity to shoot down your scam business.
I doubt "Lester Fleetwood" is your name and we can be fairly certain that you lack the credentials you've put after your pseudonym. Your report that this thread damaged a non-existant company and its staff of trained scientists is laughable.
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"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes When You're Fast Asleep"
For some reason that line from Cinderella is circling in our heads. Oh, we know why! Every one of our dreams and wishes have come true thanks to Tom Hardy and a little lip synch app.
While clicking around the internet yesterday we stumbled upon a video of Tom Hardy rocking a black leather jacket lip synching along with "Grease" from the film Grease.
Be still our swiftly thumping hearts.
Then, as often happens, we fell down a Tom Hardy rabbit hole only to discover this is something he has done a lot. Like, a lot a lot. From Action Bronson (get it… Tom played Charles Bronson in Bronson) to "Hard Knock Life" from Annie, these videos give surprising insight into Tom's personality. First of all, who knew he was so well versed in show tunes?
Second, this solidifies Tom's reputation as a hip-hop lover and gives us an excuse to post this only tangentially related video of Tom rapping with his baby.
A lot of his lip synch videos also feature Tom's Mad Max: Fury Road stunt double Jake Tomuri. It is so cool that they are pals. Plus, Tom's adorbs dog makes a bunch of cameos.
Thankfully, some internet angel compiled all of them together. Check it out here.
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MURFREESBORO – His name is Ed'Marques Marquell Batties. Coaches and teammates simply call him Ed.
If the wide receiver reaches his potential in his MTSU debut season, play-by-play man Chip Walters will quickly get accustomed to calling Batties' name.
"I expect a lot out of myself. I like to be on a high pedestal because that pushes me to work harder and play better," Batties said. "I am out here every day competing for a starting spot, and I know the coaches expect things from me. I have to make sure I sell out every play so coaches know what I've got."
Batties has been on campus for nearly a year, but the junior college transfer took a redshirt last season.
The junior college All-American at Kilgore (Texas) College signed in 2013 and some considered him MTSU's best wide receiver of that recruiting class. But Batties did not arrive until midway through preseason camp last August because he had to finish up some junior college classes. With fellow junior college transfer receivers Devin Clarke and Chris Perkins getting an eight-month head start, Batties spent last season on the scout team.
"Getting here in the middle of camp and being behind, if he had played it would have ended up wasting his year," coach Rick Stockstill said. "He didn't get coached last fall because he was on the scout team. So really the first time he was coached was in spring, and that was just for 15 days and the weather was bad. Now he is getting a bunch of reps, going every snap.
"He is seeing a bunch of things, terminology-wise and coverage-wise. We are lining him up in different positions. He is getting a lot, and I think he will only get better."
Batties, a 6-foot, 195-pounder, is being moved around the field as coaches experiment with his skill set of soft hands and quick feet.
It's quite a difference from last season when Batties watched MTSU home games from the sideline and road games on TV.
"That was different for me, not playing," Batties said. "But I understood what was going on, and it made me even hungrier to finally get there."
Coaches are playing a balancing act with the new wideout in camp. At first glance, he looks like one of MTSU's best playmakers.
"I think from what we saw in the spring, he's got a chance to be a very dynamic receiver," Stockstill said. "But that's just going on potential. He's got some make-you-miss to him."
As for his unique name, Batties has a unique story behind it.
His aunt took a part in naming him. She had twin boys named Demarques and Jamarques. So along with his dad's name, Eddie, she called her nephew Ed'Marques to match his cousins.
"And people always get my first (Ed-MARK-us) and last name (Ba-TEES) wrong," Batties said. "But it always makes my mama proud for people to get my name right."


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I say it every month but wow – we have packed SO much in this month. It's been a whirlwind and I am sure I should be on my knees with exhaustion! We really have done so much. We have been to birthday parties, family meals and had friends round to play. We have spent hours and hours outside – something we are all much better for, and milestones have been reached.
We have continued with our music classes and Mr D, in particular, is doing well at these. Both Mr D and Miss E are learning the recorder but I think Mr D finds it easier and he is able to pick up the rhythm a bit better. Our class isn't on now for a couple of weeks so I have some things I want to practice with them whilst we wait for it to restart and I suspect I'll share our experiences so far.
We have had lots of fun at our weekly Spanish group and I finished my own adult learning Spanish course, there is an option to continue this but I think I will stop for now and spend more time on revising what I have learnt so far and work through some workbooks to help perfect my reading and grammar knowledge.
We have had days out to the Llangollen Bike Festival which was lovely although we did get soaked when we were caught in a huge storm! We went to the Traction Engine Rally in Chelford and have spent a lot of time in Reddish Vale observing the many different birds – I even managed to spot a Kingfisher on my most recent trip which was wonderful. It flew off before I managed to get a picture.
We have picked more blackberries than I dare think about and have made jam and five or so crumbles to enjoy. We have had days out with friends to local parks and they have had great fun with their grandparents learning all about the Thunderbirds – I suspect my dad enjoys this just as much as the children do!
August feels like a month when all three have suddenly grown. Mr D has really developed his mathematical understanding. It's hard to explain but he just 'gets' things now; things in the past that would have required much more thought from him. His confidence is growing and he mastered how to ride his bike; much to his complete and utter joy. Miss E too is growing – her hair looks to be losing those curls and she's become utterly absorbed by the natural world around her. She picked up a beech tree seed a week or two ago when we parked up and she has been fascinated ever since. She has drawn the seed and has observed them as they open up and the seeds come out. She has also been very taken with the two swans and cygnets at Reddish Vale and has been totally mesmerised by them.
She is also doing well at her gymnastics class and having something that is solely hers is doing her the world of good. We will see how this goes, she has only been three times so far but she seems to be enjoying it, which is of course the main thing.
Mr H is on the brink of toddlerhood – he is going to be the slowest of the three to take those first steps. He is beginning to push himself to standing and will balance for a second or two. He hasn't attempted any steps yet, but he is getting more and more confident and I know it will happen in the next five weeks or so – and there'll be no stopping him when he gets going. I'm looking forward to him joining his older siblings in out stomps outside.
This month I joined a local gym – I'd planned to get out running but it just never happened. I think by the time I am ready to go out I simply can't be bothered. The gym is working for me as I'm able to get to some of the classes (I love spin classes) and having the weights is also something I find useful. I am managing a good routine and have been making the most of Damian having some time off this last week to get there first thing – I feel much better for it. I did do a fabulous class on Bank Holiday Monday morning – it was a stretching based one and it's just the sort of thing that really works for me. It's not one I'll be able to make that often as I wouldn't be back in time for Damian to head to work, but it is one I'll tap into as and when I can I think.
September promises to be an exciting month. It is, of course, the start of our Home Education journey. We have a 'not starting school' picnic to head to early next week as well as the return of PE classes and the start of another group I am giving a try. Mr D will be heading to a local football club too one evening next week to see how he likes that and I am confident that September will see him also progress to the next stage with his swimming too. I love September and with it the promise of autumn – my favourite season. I'm really excited to get stuck into our nature curriculum (which I've written about here). I am on the hunt for a couple of books and I am looking forward to working alongside the children as we learn more about our natural world and develop some new skills together.
I hope your August has been as enjoyable as ours! My monthly picture is one of all five of us this time – it's a real favourite of mine.


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Everlight Electronics Co (億光電子), the world's largest supplier of LED lights and lighting components, announced yesterday that it had scrapped a plan to send its workers on unpaid leave.
The company said in a statement that it was "deeply sorry" for the anxieties it had caused.
The announcement came in the wake of strong public criticism of Everlight's furlough plan, which was scheduled to begin next month as a means of coping with slow demand amid a global economic downturn.
Critics have highlighted that Everlight chairman Robert Yeh (葉寅夫) was recently able to donate NT$100 million (US$3.35 million) to his alma mater, National Taipei University of Technology.
They have also questioned the necessity of the furlough plan in light of the company's profitability.
Everlight posted pre-tax profits of NT$538 million in the first quarter of this year and NT$425.86 million in the second quarter.
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Under the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法), a company must present proof of a decline in business before it can lay off workers, she said.
Meanwhile, Cabinet spokesman Philip Yang (楊永明) said the government would continue to closely monitor domestic and international economic changes, as well as the employment situation.
The government would ensure employers comply with the law in the event of a furlough, Yang said.
For example, employers must negotiate with workers and obtain their consent before sending them on unpaid leave, and should make sure that the workers' monthly income is not lower than the minimum wage, he said.
Employers are also required to report to authorities about their furlough plans, he added.
The number of companies in Taiwan's three major science parks asking employees to take paid leave has dropped to 13 for next month, compared with 28 for last month, the National Science Council said yesterday, citing the results of a recent poll it conducted.
Regarding unpaid leave, it is not as prevalent as the media has reported, the council said, adding that only three companies in the science parks have resorted to it.
So far, two companies in the Southern Taiwan Science Park have implemented an unpaid leave system that will affect an estimated 180 employees, Southern Taiwan Science Park deputy director--general Lin Wei-cheng (林威呈) said.
Most of the companies asking employees to take paid or unpaid leave are in the solar energy and LED industries, Lin said.


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|The bascule or "jackknife" bridge, probably in the 1910s.
Since its earliest days in the 1910s, the Port of Long Beach has needed reliable access to Terminal Island. The first bridge from Long Beach to the island was a single railroad track built on a wooden trestle by the Salt Lake Railway. By 1908, though, it was clear something better (and something that didn't block access to Craig Shipyard) was needed. So in that year the trestle was replaced with a 187-foot bascule drawbridge, commonly referred to as the "jackknife" bridge, because it opened and closed just like a pocket knife.
The jackknife bridge was in place for years, but at some point during the mid-1930s it was removed when the Union Pacific stopped using it. Incredibly, there was no bridge there for several years, leaving the Badger Avenue Bridge (now known as the Henry Ford Bridge) over the Cerritos Channel as the only rail link to Terminal Island. (We'll have more on this bridge in Part 2 of this post.)
|Driving over the pontoon bridge had its ups and downs.
In the 1960s, the pontoon bridge was replaced by the Gerald Desmond Bridge, which eliminated the need for a movable bridge and could handle much larger traffic volumes. These days, time and traffic have taken their toll on the Desmond (nets called "diapers" are placed underneath it to catch chunks of concrete), and the bridge is slated for replacement beginning next year. The new bridge will allow the largest post-Panamax ships to enter the Port, as well as accommodate more traffic. For more information on the replacement project, go to www.polb.com/bridge.
Read a Steve Harvey L.A. Times column about the pontoon bridge.
See a photo gallery of the Terminal Island bridges.
|Traffic congestion could be a problem sometimes.


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It was a comfortable environment with a nice common area for you to meet other travellers. It was affordable, staff can spoke clear English and I received great customer service. Rezma was fantastic. She took a few of us on a walking tour to show us some good places. I also got sick near the end of my trip and she made sure I was okay. The beds were comfortable and the lockers were nice and spacious. The bathrooms were always clean. I would definitely recommend this hostel!Arriane L
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Slap bang in the middle of backpacker alley – like pants street and shoe lane, but for backpackers – See You At Lily's is undoubtedly the finest establishment i've ever stayed in that is co-owned by a former Big 4 management accountant who saw the light and a 20-year old who has all the characteristics of one of those freakily clever kids that come up on Countdown aged 12 or something and end up destroying a 68 year old Oxbridge professor apart from ever being on Countdown.
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