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The decades-long trend of declining crime across San Diego County took a turn last year, when reported incidents increased by 7 percent.
Regional law enforcement officials say they are concerned, but not certain if there is cause for alarm.
"Nobody in law enforcement likes it when the crime rate goes up," Sheriff Bill Gore said Wednesday, adding that it is cause for concern. "Crime rates have been going down for 30 years. We didn't think crime would go to zero."
The 2012 numbers were released Wednesday by the San Diego Association of Governments, which each year tallies the seven major crimes tracked by the FBI: homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor theft.
The countywide figures, in rounded numbers, show that reported crimes rose from 76,000 in 2011 to 81,000 in 2012, a 7 percent increase.
Violent crimes rose 7 percent, property crimes rose 6 percent.
Crime rose by 7 percent within the city of San Diego, which had 35,000 crimes in 2011 compared to 37,000 in 2012.
Incorporated cities and unincorporated county areas served by the Sheriff's Department saw an 8 percent increase in crime, from about 16,000 to 17,000.
The local numbers seem to echo, and exceed, a national upward trend in crime figures.
"Nationally, for the first six months of 2012, we saw a less than 2 percent increase in the numbers — a slight uptick," said James Austin, president of nonprofit JFA Institute, a Washington D.C.-based criminal justice research and consulting firm.
"By region, most of that increase is produced in the Northeast and the Western region, and San Diego is part of the Western region. So that is consistent."
With the 2012 increase in crimes, authorities around San Diego County have asked themselves "Why?" and looked for ways to slam on the brakes.
Some are ready to place at least some of the blame on the state's public safety realignment law, also known as AB 109.
"It's too early to say," said Cynthia Burke, director of SANDAG's criminal justice research division. "It's something law enforcement is tracking."
The realignment law went into effect in October 2011, shifting responsibility for certain lower-level criminals from the state to the counties. The counties are tasked with housing and supervising offenders convicted of nonviolent, nonserious crimes. Some say the result is a strain on local law enforcement officials' ability to keep an eye on the offenders once they get out of jail or prison.
San Diego police Chief Bill Lansdowne pointed out that in 2011, the city had its lowest crime rate in 42 years. Then came last year's spike.
There were more homicides, rapes, assaults, home burglaries, larcenies and car thefts. The only crime category to drop was nonresidential burglaries.
"I believe AB 109 is starting to have an effect on our crime," Lansdowne said. He said lower numbers of police officers, because of budget cuts, were also a likely factor.
Gore, too, said financial constraints and staff reductions have had their effect, and he hopes to fill 250 empty deputy positions by mid-2014.
In recent months, Lansdowne said, the department has focused crime-fighting efforts on areas seeing the greatest increases. One result, he said, is that homicides are down by 36 percent so far this year, compared to the same time last year, and gang-related crime is down 86 percent.
He also is hiring more officers, and looking forward to San Diego's share of a $1.6 million state grant to county law agencies to address AB 109 issues.
Within the county last year, Ramona saw the largest increase in crime — 28 percent — with 546 crimes reported in 2011 and 699 in 2012. Most of the crime was burglary and theft, said Lt. James Bovet, in charge of the town's sheriff's station.
Do you get a sense crime increased in your community in the past year?
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Encinitas ranked next with a 23 percent crime increase, followed by Escondido, Solana Beach and Valley Center, each with 22 percent increases.
The biggest jumps in those towns occurred in aggravated assault, residential burglaries and larceny. Car thefts also were up substantially in San Diego and Escondido.
In Escondido, however, a reduction in the crime analysis staff caused a late-year work overload and some 2011 case data wasn't entered until 2012, artificially boosting last year's figures.
Countywide, crimes against senior citizens went up 22 percent. The SANDAG report said law enforcement attributed that increase to an aging population, and better reporting.
Bovet said he was watching closely last year as the mountain community's crime figures edged up.
"Our overall crime rate is low, but this increase was so dramatic, we had to take some quick steps," he said. "We analyzed our crime problems and prioritized out staff with more deputies per shift. I tasked my deputies here to pretty much talk weekly to a probationer. We do more to keep track of our known criminals and parolees."
Bovet said deputies also broke up two burglary rings late last year, making several arrests.
"I can tell you, this year, we've seen significant decreases in crime," Bovet said. "We'll keep monitoring it and do what we can do."
At SANDAG, Burke said the 2012 upturn in crime "is something to be concerned about, without a doubt. Is the sky falling? No. Are you likely to be stabbed when you walk out your door? No."


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There are over 200 4-H leaders in Clark County, and we are always looking for people who have what it takes to become a 4-H leader. If you have a passion for working with young people, an interest in using principles of youth development to help them grow and learn, and time to make a difference in a few young lives, then you have what it takes to become a 4-H leader.
No Farm? No Problem!
Some people hesitate to become a 4-H volunteer because they don't live on farms. We understand why lots of people think you need to live on a farm to be a 4-H leader: When 4-H started in the early 1900s most people lived on farms, so some of the most important life skills for young people to learn were related to animal and plant sciences. Some 4-Hers still choose animal and plant projects, but you don't have to have animals or live on a farm to be a 4-H member or leader! On a nationwide basis, there are more 4-Hers who live in cities than in rural areas!
Any place that young people and adults can gather to have fun through hands-on learning is a good place to start a 4-H club. There is a long list of 4-H projects, many of which have nothing to do with animals or plants. Both short-term activities and year-long 4-H projects take place in all kinds of settings. Leaders hold 4-H meetings in apartments, houses, garages, and backyards. You'll find the Clover in parks, gardens, playgrounds, stables, and forests. You can also spot 4-H leaders and their members in classrooms, churches, and community centers, as well as in bus windows on their way to conferences and field trips.
Let Us Help You Get Started
We'd love to talk more with you about the possibility of becoming a 4-H leader, and answer any questions you might have. Applicants must fill out an application, give consent for a background check by the Washington State Patrol, receive approval from WSU Extension faculty, and complete a basic training workshop. We look forward to hearing from you!
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- Complete both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Volunteer/Leader Application and return the paperwork to us via US Mail: 1919 NE 78th Street Vancouver WA 98665 or email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Undergo a WSP Criminal History Record check, and a personal reference check
- Complete two online trainings
- 4-H Volunteer Training. The password is: volunteer
- Universal Volunteer Training
- Participate in a face-to-face interview with the 4-H Program Coordinator
- Attend New Leader Training, held every month. Contact the WSU Extension 4-H office for the next training date.
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Arakelian v. Omnicare, Inc., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84828 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 18, 2010).
In Arakelian v. Omnicare, Inc., the Southern District of New York reinforced a rule long followed by New York State courts when it held that an employee terminated without cause is not bound by non-competition and non-solicitation provisions of a restrictive covenant in the State of New York.
Under the rule, a New York court will "not enforce a non-competition provision in an employment agreement where the former employee was involuntarily terminated." SIFCO Indus., Inc. v. Advanced Plating Techs., Inc., 867 F. Supp. 155, 158 (S.D.N.Y. 1994).
In Arakelian, the plaintiff brought suit against her former employer, OmniCare, Inc., after she was fired from her position as Vice-President of Business Development. The plaintiff sought, among other forms of relief, a declaration that the non-compete and non-solicit provisions of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement she had signed were void and unenforceable.
In a lengthy 30-page opinion, Judge Paul Crotty described the rationale behind refusing to enforce non-compete and non-solicit agreements in situations where an employee has been terminated without cause:
Enforcing a non-competition provision when the employee has been discharged without cause "would be 'unconscionable' because it would destroy the mutuality of obligation on which a covenant not to compete is based."[1] This rationale applies with equal force to covenants not to solicit a former employer's clients and employees; solicitation is simply a form of competition.
Judge Crotty concluded that the non-compete and non-solicit provisions of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement were void and unenforceable, and then granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the declaratory judgment claim.
Employers should be aware that New York sets itself apart from other jurisdictions in refusing to enforce non-compete and non-solicit provisions against employees terminated without cause. Most other jurisdictions only refuse to enforce a restrictive covenant if the restrictions are unreasonable in time or scope. New York Courts will not even reach the question of unreasonableness if an employee was terminated without cause.
It is also important to remember that in this day and age of large multi-state corporations, choice of venue is important. The Restrictive Covenant Agreement in Arakelian explicitly stated – perhaps to the detriment of OmniCare – that the agreement was governed by New York law.
In addition, where the provisions of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements themselves span multiple states and regions, "these agreements will not apply for competition or solicitation within New Yorkstate, regardless of the residency or other status of the competing or soliciting worker."
A special thanks to Margaret Corchado for helping with this post. Margaret is a third-year law student at Brooklyn Law School.
[1] Morris v. Schroder Capital Management International, 445 F.2d 525, 529-530 (2d Cir. 2006).


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Lyle is a senior advisor on infrastructure to the President & CEO of the Council of the Great Lakes Region and is seasoned financial professional with experience and leadership across lending, derivatives, debt capital markets and corporate finance realized during his 33 career with BMO Financial Group.
From 2009 to 2015 he built and led the US Public Finance and N.A. Infrastructure Capital Markets teams for BMO Capital Markets over seeing the winning of notable industry leading mandates that included Maryland Purple Line LRT, Illinois International Port District, Midtown Tunnel P3, Billy Bishop Toronto Island Airport and All Aboard Florida Rail. Lyle is a passionate and persistent advocate for infrastructure renewal in North America through infrastructure project finance and Public Private Partnerships (P3s). Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner appointed him to the board of the Illinois Finance Authority in December 2015. Lyle resides in the Chicago area and graduated from Queen's University (BA Political Science) and York University – Schulich School of Business (MBA).


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Today is Sunday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2002 with 282 to follow.
This is Palm Sunday.
The moon is waxing, moving toward its full phase.
The morning star is Mercury.
The evening stars are Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include financier Andrew Mellon in 1855; magician and escape artist Harry Houdini in 1874; silent film actor Fatty Arbuckle in 1887; pioneer film animator Ub Iwerks, whose artistry helped Walt Disney to realize his vision, in 1901; Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey in 1902; poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1919 (age 83); actors Norman Fell in 1925 and Steve McQueen in 1930; dress designer Bob Mackie in 1940 (age 62); and actresses Donna Pescow in 1954 (age 48) and Laura Flynn Boyle in 1970 (age 32).
On this date in history:
In 1934, the United States granted the Philippine Islands independence, effective July 4th, 1946.
In 1965, white civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo of Detroit was shot and killed on a road near Selma, Ala.
In 1975, the beaver became the official symbol of Canada.
In 1976, Argentine President Isabel Peron, widow of strongman ruler Juan Peron, was arrested in a military coup.
In 1989, the Exxon Valdez hit a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil in the largest oil tanker spill in U.S. history.
In 1991, 12 people were killed and 29 wounded when South African police fired on ANC supporters at a rally in a black township in Daveytown after ordering the crowd to disperse.
In 1992, Jerry Brown pulled an upset win over Bill Clinton in Connecticut, causing serious damage to the Arkansas governor's quest for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 1993, the suspected ringleader of the first World Trade Center bombing that killed six people and injured more than 1,000 was arrested in Egypt and extradited to New York.
In 1995, in a vote nearly along party lines, the House approved a bill that would overhaul welfare.
In 1996, McDonalds stopped selling British beef in its British outlets.
In 1998, four girls and a teacher at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Ark., were killed by bullets fired from a nearby woods. Police arrested two boys, ages 11 and 13, in connection with the slayings.
In 1999, NATO launched attacks on targets in Yugoslavia after the Serbs refused to sign a peace agreement worked out for the future of the rebellious province of Kosovo. The air war lasted almost three months, until Serb forces withdrew from Kosovo.
A thought for the day: Martin Luther King Jr. said, "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."


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The Swans of Elk Island National Park
I spend a lot of time at Elk Island National Park because it's only about 25 minutes driving time away from my home in Sherwood Park. Astotin Lake is a bit of a centerpiece in the Park and some years, it's a stopover or staging area for Trumpeter and Tundra Swans during their migration.Read More


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There are a few distinct smells that waft through the neighborhood indicating exactly what the people inside a nearby home are up to: enjoying a winter fire, grilling up some burgers, doing the laundry. The latter is usually the aroma of scented fabric softening sheets churning about in a warm dryer load. It's an undeniably steamy, comforting smell but when you read about what's really being emitted out that vent, that "fresh" scent really starts to stink.
Today, I stumbled upon a post on re-nest that reveals the unfortunate findings of a new University of Washington study on fragranced laundry products. "The results found more than 25 VOCs emitted from dryer vents, with highest concentrations of acetaldehyde, acetone, and ethanol (two of which are considered carcinogenic). To put it in context, one of the carcinogenic VOC's, acetaldehyde, had emissions that would represent 3% of total acetaldehyde emissions from automobiles in the study area. That might not seem like a lot, but given how commonplace they are in homes, the findings are significant." The carcinogenic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) found were acetaldehyde and benzene, to which there is no safe exposure level, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Professor Dr. Anne Steinemann who conducted the study pointed out that this is particularly alarming because dryer vents are completely unregulated, unlike smoke stacks or car exhaust pipes. And it goes without saying that not only are the VOC's being emitted into the air, but that chemical residues are being left on clothing and leaching into groundwaters which have their own ramifications. But that's a whole other post.
Personally, I'm grossed out by conventional scented laundry products with their overly perfumed "clean" scents. Every time clothes come back from my son's father's home that have been laundered with scented products, I have to immediately re-launder them because the stench is too strong to me. "Clean" really doesn't have a scent, and it certainly doesn't smell like soap or wildflowers. But this doesn't mean I don't love soft, clean clothes and linens!! So I pop a Get Clean Soft Fabric Fragrance Free Dryer Sheet (shown below) into every dryer load.....a completely nontoxic, biodegradable dryer sheet formulated from vegetable-based softeners. The re-nest post underscores this sentiment: dryer sheets aren't inherently bad, just chose unscented versions that are not made of synthetic or polyurethane foam materials to cut the harmful emissions.
Click here to read the complete Chemical Emissions from Residential Dryer Vents During Use of Fragranced Laundry Products Study.
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A few weeks ago the British TV channel ITVBE were asking people on Instagram to hashtag photos that make them happy. So of course, I sent them photo's of Indigo and Molly Mouse thinking nothing would come of it. Having completely forgotten about it, you can imagine my surprise a few weeks later when I had a message waiting in my inbox from none other than ITVBE (massive eeeekkkkk).
It turned out that not only had Indigo's photo been selected to be part of their new advert, but they had also sent a marshmallow pop with her photo on it as a thank you present. I can't bring myself to eat it, it's just too cute! If you'd like a set of marshmallow pops for yourself or as a gift head over to Boomf where a box of nine retails at £15.
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A new take on why 'abolition' and 'postmodernity' arrived together in the same taxi, back in 1965...
If Modernity was all about Grand Narratives, then there was no grander narrative than actually carrying out a capital punishment.
Modernity is best known now for its hubris over its total faith in its predictions about events in the near future.
But imposing capital punishment really is also about being totally certain, certainty about (often hidden) events in the near past.
Certain enough about your reading of them to kill a fellow being, with no chance to revive them, if you are subsequently proven wrong.
But Modernity simply couldn't conceive it might ever be wrong - not about the past and not about the future.
Postmodernity is really all about being less certain , about the past and the future.
Uncertain enough to never want to close all doors to doubt by executing people for crimes that we can't usually see on instant replay video and so remain always open to new evidence and motives.


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It has been a weird week in health news. First doctors said that Justin Bieber might save young boys' lives (the "hip" bowl cut is actually a form of sun protection — skin cancer be gone!), and now scientists out of the University of Exeter insist that smelling farts could actually prevent cancer, among other diseases. Uh, okay.
"Although hydrogen sulfide gas"—produced when bacteria breaks down food—"is well known as a pungent, foul-smelling gas in rotten eggs and flatulence, it is naturally produced in the body and could in fact be a healthcare hero with significant implications for future therapies for a variety of diseases," Dr. Mark Wood said in a university release.
Although the stinky gas can be noxious in large doses, the researchers seem to think that a whiff here and there has the power to reduce risks of cancer, strokes, heart attacks, arthritis, and dementia by preserving…
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Goal setting is probably the most powerful tool you can use to motivate yourself. Without goals your journey is sure to land you wherever life may take you! Therefore you need to establish exactly what it is you want to achieve with your training, diet and supplement regime. With a huge proportion of people stating it is their lack of motivation which holds them back, it made complete and utter sense to me to put down 5 'MUST DO' tips. If you are struggling with motivation and a lack of direction then these 5 points should have you back on track within a few bullet points!
Remember the first day you dared to think about going to the gym? Why did you dare to do this? What was it that inspired you to make this decision? Was it the body of your favourite move star? Was it the fact that you felt low in self-confidence? Whatever it was, you need to reconnect to that goal of ambition you started with. Even if the goal has changed that is fine, simply write down what it is you are trying to achieve. Without a purpose your efforts lack substance!
As an example, I aim to increase my arms to 18'' by March, improve my upper chest and to inspire at least 20 people close to me to improve their health. By March you can bet your bottom dollar I will be evaluating the level of success I achieved, and what I can change next time to make my goals come to fruition faster. If these goals weren't in place do you think I would be worried about missing a meal, training half arsed or eating crap? Probably not! Whatever your goal, MAKE sure you understand them to a tee and really connect with them. Make it a challenge and embrace the challenge!
So you now have your goals inked in on a scrap piece of paper, congratulations. Now you need to justify to yourself WHY you are going to be making this journey. It is easy to say 'I want that' or 'I want this' but answering the WHY part is what really counts. For example, so many people will claim they want to lose weight yet 99% of them won't ever achieve this. Are you telling me it is because it is an impossible goal? Hell no!!! It is because they haven't justified WHY they want to achieve this goal, so instead they justify why they cannot achieve it.
So now you have in black and white your goals, write down WHY you want to achieve these goals. This will indicate if there is a REAL burning desire to achieve your goals. If there is, and you really know WHY you want to achieve the goals you set out to achieve you are far more likely to make it happen!
The goal is clear and the reason you want to achieve this goal is even clearer to your mind. GREAT! Now you need to take action. Taking action is easier said than done, and it is the separating factor between the people who achieve and don't achieve.
However, to really get your motivation levels through the roof you NEED to take action on your goals. This is the most empowering thing you can do, because slowly but surely things start to come together.
Commit Yourself
As the journey officially begins you need to make sure your are fully committed! There will be times where you don't feel like doing what you need to do and where it would be easier to not bother. If you do something which commits yourself, you have to continue towards your ultimate goal.
How can you commit yourself? Write an article and put it on FitMag with before photos, tell the world on Facebook, tell your friends and family. In 3 months time if someone says to you ''I thought you were going to do that'' you will HATE it. On the other hand, if someone says ''I am so proud and inspired by the fact you did that'' then you will feel a million dollars!
You have got your goals down on paper, you know you want to achieve them and you are taking action towards them. Really, that is inspiring in itself. However, you need to evaluate your progress on a weekly basis and see if it is working. As you near your end goal be sure to set new goals. The easiest thing in the world is to achieve a goal and then sit back to reward yourself! Don't stop here; you have so much more to give to set the next goal!
Attaining a physique you crave, getting stronger, healthier and fitter are all very achievable! It is yourself which is the influencing factor. If you find yourself making endless excuses go back to point 2 and ask yourself if it is REALLY what you want. If it is, those titanic obstructions quickly become dwarfed by your drive!


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At times life can be difficult and we can feel lost, helpless or distressed. Anxiety and Depression can be a part of everyday life. There are times when life can feel a struggle. Asking for help is hard.
Therapy offers a safe and confidential place where you can explore issues and feelings, developing a greater understanding of them, without feeling any pressure or judgement. It can help you to make changes and find a solution. Counselling or psychotherapy can help you to move forward and enhance your life experience.
The aim of counselling is to provide you with a confidential opportunity for you to explore your thoughts and feelings in safety, to assist your learning, healing, understanding and growth.
My role is to help you through this process without judgement or telling you what to do. I may on occasions give information or offer suggestions. If at any time I feel I cannot help you in this way, I will offer to signpost you to someone who can.


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Does Matt Toner's NDP win signal Vancouver's digital media sector wants to be heard in Victoria?
Matt Toner's success this past weekend in his bid to represent the NDP in Vancouver-False Creek in the next provincial election is perhaps a signal that Vancouver's burgeoning digital media sector wants to be heard in Victoria.I remember when I talked to Toner when he launched his bid for the NDP nomination, it seemed like a long shot because he was facing Constance Barnes, a park board commissioner and daughter of NDP legend Emery Barnes. Toner, a video game veteran who heads up Zeros 2 Heroes Media, a Vancouver social media studio that produces entertainment running the gamut from games to an interactive television portal, and is a visiting professor at Vancouver's Center for Digital Media, launched a campaign called "Can We Do It."
As my colleague Denise Ryan writes in this story of Saturday's narrow win for Toner, apparently the answer to that question is yes.
With Toner possibly facing former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan, who is seeking the Liberal nomination in Vancouver-False Creek, no doubt "Can We Do It," will remain the big question leading up to next spring's provincial election.
It makes for an exciting political race and interesting times for Vancouver's digital media sector.


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If you are breastfeeding, NuLYTELY® (polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution) may not be suitable for your particular situation. This prescription laxative is used to empty the bowel before a colonoscopy. Because it is not known whether NuLYTELY passes through breast milk, make sure to talk with your healthcare provider before taking this laxative while nursing a child.
No research has been done to see if NuLYTELY passes through breast milk. It is expected that this laxative passes through the body without being absorbed. Therefore, it would not be likely to reach the breast milk, or pass to a nursing infant. However, because NuLYTELY has not been studied in women who are breastfeeding, all potential problems cannot yet be ruled out.
(For more information on this laxative, including what to discuss with your healthcare provider if you are breastfeeding, click NuLYTELY and Breastfeeding.)
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NuLYTELY [package insert]. Braintree, MA; Braintree Laboratories, Inc.;2008 December.
Polyethylene Glycol Electrolyte Solution. Drug Facts and Comparisons. Drug Facts and Comparisons 4.0 [online]. 2009. Available from Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Accessed December 2, 2010.
Micromedex Healthcare Series [Internet database]. Greenwood Village, Colo: Thomson Reuters (Healthcare), Inc. Updated periodically. Accessed December 3, 2010.
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Cast : Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Kyle MacLachlan, Kumail Nanjiani
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"Portlandia" is a Peabody Award-winning satirical sketch comedy show starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. The show is set and filmed in and around Portland, Oregon, which is well known for its alternative culture types. Portland's actual mayor, Sam Adams, also appears on the show, serving as an assistant to the fictional city leader played by guest star Kyle MacLachlan. Each half-hour episode will consist of interwoven short sketches, with some characters recurring from week-to-week. The name "Portlandia" refers to the sculpture of the same name above the entrance of the Portland Building on Fifth Avenue in downtown Portland. The statue also appears in the opening montage title sequence.
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Building Resources (Fireplaces, Hearths & Woodstoves)
There are fireplaces and there are fireplaces!
Very often, the fireplaces, hearths & woodstoves are the focal point of log or timber frame home. Beautiful rock fireplaces add the perfect touch of warmth and charm with or without a fire blazing. As the center of attention, many people will go to extraordinary lengths to adorn this area with custom carved mantles and stoves or inserts with custom doors or screens. You will find some talented artists and leading companies in our list of companies below. Wood stoves are both decorative and quality stoves can be used to heat an entire home.
I like everything about using my woodstove. I cut, split and stack my own firewood and enjoy the exercise that provides. I like the ritual of starting a fire and nursing it back to life in the morning from the overnight coals. I also like saving thousands of dollars each year on LP gas.
The only thing I didn't like (past tense) was storing an ample supply of firewood. If you keep your stove burning 24/7, you're talking about a lot of trips to the door. I decided that the best way to address my problem was to increase the amount of wood I stored inside – and improve my method of firewood 'transportation'.
I simply needed a bigger firewood rack – mounted on wheels so I invented one! Read about the ultimate indoor firewood rack!
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Succession Planning for Your Arizona Business
Successful business entrepreneurs are naturally focused on getting their commercial endeavors off the ground and running, all the way to the bank. Of course, choosing to create or buy an Arizona business and make it your own requires smart planning from the beginning. But once things are sufficiently underway and business operations have begun to hum, it is never too early to plan for business succession.
Even though retirement, disability or death is not likely in the near future, of course the unexpected happens in life and you could suddenly be unavailable to run the business.
Business succession plans
So what exactly is business succession? Basically, when the current owner is no longer able or willing to run the business, or wishes to move on to other endeavors, it is the mechanism that determines who will take over or what will happen to the business. Will ownership and management transfer to others? Will the business or its assets be sold? Will the business simply wind down and cease operations? What other variables might there be and what will be the tax implications?
In a way, you may begin to plan for succession from the inception of the business, since some business formation agreements cover important eventualities such as key principals' departures, business buyouts, exit strategies, turnkey prospects and even public offerings. So the more exciting the new business prospect, the more important it is to retain an experienced Arizona business attorney early on.
Oftentimes your lawyer can counsel and educate you about the various kinds of business entities available to you in Arizona and about reasonable succession agreements that can be implemented from the beginning of the business. Your business attorney can help you to choose the type of business structure that will work well for you not only at formation and during operations, but also when it comes time for you to step down, sell or even dissolve the business. Clearly, therefore, when you set up your business, thinking about long-term goals and succession planning may already be important.
Family concerns
Another important part of addressing succession planning issues relates to whether the business is a family affair. If you co-own the business with family members, employ them in key positions or accept financial investment in the business from them, expectations may exist or grow that those relatives will be part of the succession plan. You will need to consider individual personalities, capabilities, expectations and potential negative problems which might develop from familial infighting.
Key succession issues
Here are some key questions to consider personally and discuss with your lawyer in planning for business succession:
- Who will take over management of the company? Will that person have support and respect from others in management and from employees? Does he or she have the skills, training and experience to successfully take the helm, or could he or she be brought up to speed? Should the person be family, friend, employee or an outside hire?
- Will ownership of the business transfer to someone else if you retire or become disabled? Do you want the business to continue or close down? Should it be sold for the benefit of you or others? If you have a partnership or co-owners, what should happen to your share if they want to continue operations?
- What kinds of insurance are needed to plan for contingencies? Many buy-sell agreements are written to utilize life insurance and disability insurance in well-thought-out succession plans.
- With whom and how will succession decisions be communicated?
- What are the important tax considerations; will the business or individuals absorb tax liability; and how can tax burdens be minimized?
- Can you provide a method of resolving disputes among interested parties?
Skilled legal counsel invaluable
Your lawyer can educate you about the legal issues associated with the various aspects of your succession plan and help you make important decisions. When these questions are answered, your attorney can draft the necessary legal documents to set the plan in motion. You may not need to implement the plan for many years, but good or bad there are lots of surprises in life. Your legal counsel should regularly review your succession plan and make appropriate changes as the business evolves and as the interest holders change.


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Luna Llena by Malu Trevejo: Zumba Style!
Learning never stops. Dancing to new rhythms should never stop as well.
Learning never stops. Dancing to new rhythms should never stop as well.
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Where to start? There's so much good stuff to say. Well, why do we love the Percy Jackson books so much? Because of the action and the adventure. Yet there's one thing more. The one thing that Mr. Riordan does better than anyone else--the humor! And that's what this book has LOTS and LOTS of! This book is LOL with capital L's. I Laughed completely out Loud while reading this thing. So will you! I mean, just look at some of the title chapters--"The Golden Age of Cannibalism"---"Athena Adopts a Handkerchief"---"Apollo Sings and Dances and Shoots People"--"Dionysus Conquers the World with a Refreshing Beverage." How great are those? And then you get into the stories of those old Greek myths with heaps of Percy's trademark humor. For instance, when Demeter, the goddess of agriculture disguises herself as an old woman and takes care of a mortal baby. "She sang him nursery songs from Mount Olympus, like 'The Itsy-Bitsy Satyr' and 'I'm a Little Cyclops.'" Or when Apollo goes to slay Python, the giant snake and says:
"Yo, snake!"
Python opened his eyes. "What do you want?"
"To sing you a song about my awesomeness."
"Oh, please, just kill me now."
"Okay!" Apollo drew his bow and shot the snake between the eyes.
There are so many more examples. Just wait until you hear Athena and Arachne trash talk either other before the weaving contest. But there's more than just humor. We must remember that these old myths were stories. There are still reasons we tell them thousands of years later. They are still great stories. They still excite and move us. We want to find out what happens next. Take a look at the story of Typhoeus. Or the story of Persephone. And no one tells a story like Mr. Riordan. This book will keep your attention, make you laugh, make you thrill, make you disgusted (some of those gods were disgusting--more about that in a minute) or do all those things at the same time. I haven't enjoyed a Rick Riordan book this much since I first read The Lightning Thief these many years ago and a whole new world of enjoyment opened up for me. This is it, guys! Get to your local library and check one out.
BTW, did I mention the totally great illustrations by the fantastic John Rocco, the guy who's done the Percy Jackson book covers? Well, he has created the absolutely perfect pictures for this book. Drama, awsomeness, creepiness, more awesomeness. That's what you'll see in these illustrations.
OK, I do need to add a NOTE TO THE YOUNGER READER GUYS AND OR THE GROWNUPS. If you are a seven or eight or even a nine-year old or if you're the parent of one, this may not be the book for you. These old Greek myths dealt with some revolting stuff, like the stories dealing with the Titans and their encounters with the gods. And the gods themselves were pretty disgusting at times, willing to transform poor mortals into yucky things or put them in awful tortures for the pickiest reasons. And they spent most of their time chasing around for...well, you know. The brilliant Mr. Riordan presents all those stories entirely appropriately for older kids. I'd call them PG rated. If you are or have a younger reader guy, you might want a book such as D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths, a G-rated book and an oldie but goodie and maybe the best intro to Greek mythology for kids ever.
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Hello! I have some of my experience, affiliations, and cleantech articles posted here. Please shoot me any question or comment and I will get back to you.
In a nutshell, my work is to help people achieve radiant health. I am passionate about advancing innovative solutions that protect human and environmental health.
My passion to advance new clean technologies began during a high school field trip, where we visited the local wastewater treatment plant. I saw first hand how we were releasing somewhat harmful water back into the river. Afterwards I became focused on identifying ways to improve our water treatment technologies and their underlying economics. I came to learn that broader portfolio of clean technologies–renewable energy, advanced water treatment, and smart agriculture–all hold great promise to help improve people's lives over the short- and long-run. Especially for those who have to spend the most just to get the basic resources of electricity, food, and water.
I attended Loyola Marymount University to study water treatment in more depth for my undergraduate studies. Afterwards I went attended MIT to understand how new clean technologies like reverse osmosis membranes are successfully commercialized. It was there through my research at the Sustainability Initiative in the Sloan School of Management that I became energized by the problem of advancing early-stage clean technologies. I was fortunate to meet, work with, and learn from many professionals working to solve this complex problem in the greater Boston area and beyond. The "valley of death" and heavily skewed risk/reward ratio in cleantech is difficult to overcome but by no means impossible.
Since then I joined Flex, a global design and contract manufacturing firm that has the ability to address many of the cleantech challenges head on. My first role was in the corporate strategy team where I did go-to-market strategy for residential solar, an in-depth exploration of 5G technologies and commercial opportunities, and new venture creation in utility-sacle solar. Then I joined the corporate development team in the energy and industrial business segment, where I am today. My work has been in investments and partnerships for smart and connected grid edge products, product management for utility solar, and M&A across the business segment. It's been a privilege to have direct involvement in addressing the challenges of scaling new and mature clean technologies.
All my work is driven by a strong desire I have to know God, glorify Him, and speak to the radiant life He offers us in Jesus of Nazareth.


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At Smiths Training Services, we conduct first class 4WD heavy vehicle training and plant/machinery operations training to anybody in around the South East Queensland area.
All of our equipment and machinery licenses and courses are suitable for the mining, construction, warehouse industries throughout Australia and the Pacific Region. From dangerous goods handling training, forklift training and working B-Double driver training to working at heights training, excavator training, roller and grader training. Smiths Training Services complete written reports for all equipment training and driver training, evaluations and assessments. We even offer pre-employment driving evaluations. Heavy vehicle training.
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As a Certificate IV qualified heavy vehicle driver Trainer and Assessor, registered with Queensland Transport, we ensure that all assessments and training meet the standard requirements to reach a competent level, as required by State and Federal legislations. We also ensure that you are meeting the National Driver Training Organisations (NDTO) code of conduct.
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Our trainers are also available to travel overseas (please contact directly to arrange). Locally, we have trainers traveling to the Chinchilla area and all over Queensland beyond to deliver training. This saves time off the job, saves on travel expenses and gives your staff practical work-specific experience on your equipment.
Smiths Training Services choose to align with a number of RTO's to enable us to deliver a wider range of training services. Unlike many training providers, we do have access to most of the machinery listed on this site for your training purposes. Click here to view our RTO partners
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Okay, I have to admit it – when I read the ingredient list to the Glowing Green Smoothie I was a tad skeptical! However, I sipped this down so fast & can't wait to make it again and again! The banana gives it a creamy consistency & the apple and pear really brings tartness to the smoothie! Try it out, I do not think you will be disappointed in how yummy this actually is, despite being SOOO healthy!
- Chop up: 1 head of romaine, 3 celery stalks, 1 apple & 1 pear
- In a Vitamix (or blender) add: 1.5C water, romaine, 1/2C spinach, celery, apple, pear, 1 banana & the juice from 1/2 a fresh lemon
- Blend until smooth.
Now pour yourself a huge glass & enjoy! I had mine for breakfast, but no matter what time you have this treat you will be pumped full of energy & ready to go!
PS. This freezes, so just put in tupperware & defrost the night before OR the smoothie will last in the fridge covered for up to 2.5 days!Nutritional Info Per Serving (Serves 2): 215 calories – 1 gram of fat – 55 carbs – 5 grams of protein
For ingredient list & original recipe continue reading…
Glowing Green Smoothie Ingredient List:
- 1 head of romaine
- 1/2C spinach leaves
- 3 celery stalks
- 1 apple
- 1 banana
- 1 pear
- 1 lemon
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is there another reciever available?
Solved! Go to Solution.
tell them you need the box that does component video with 5 rca cables... (it also has HDMI) and the clock
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why is there no clock on my new reciever?
is there another reciever available?
There's no clock because the manufacturer didn't build one into it.
There are dozens of various cable boxes out on the field. Go to your local Spectrum store to exchange your box for one that has a clock.


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"Vampires Of Venice" will have the earliest start time ever for any episode of New Who
Graham Norton seems intent on increasing his credentials as Doctor Who 's greatest enemy. After gatecrashing "Rose" all those years ago, and then ruining the cliffhanger to "The Time Of Angels" last week, now his Wizard Of Oz show is causing Doctor Who to move back to the earliest start time its had since the show returned in 2005.
"Vampires Of Venice" will now start at 6pm, Blimey, some of us are barely out of bed then on a Saturday. According to The Doctor Who News Page , "The earlier spot appears to be to accommodate a longer edition of Over The Rainbow . It is understood that the production team of the talent show were reluctant to be scheduled against Britain's Got Talen t and wanted Doctor Who to be moved to an earlier slot."
Annoying or what? Has the BBC stopped caring about Doctor Who , shunting it back into less prestigious time slots? Or maybe, with Over The Rainbow struggling in the ratings, and the fact that nearly two million people are recording Doctor Who every week to watch later (not to mention about a million are watching it on iPlayer) Doctor Who no longer needs to chase overnight ratings. And it is sensible not to schedule two vote/talent shows opposite each other. So we can see why the BBC has done it. Just seems a bit of a shame that the show is now seen as handy scheduling Pollyfilla.


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Getting a Ticket For Not Partying Hard Enough
We were trying to party hardy, really we were. Perhaps we are a little under-stated, but we were having fun, just like everyone else in New Orleans! The Ticket Officer wasn't buying it. She gave T a ticket! A Ticket and a Scolding for not partying hard enough! Seriously. I mean T often looks serious, but just because he looks… Continue reading


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Can you provide growth forecasts for the gaming software and console industries?
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Corporate Governance
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Diversity & Inclusion
Do you have information on faith-based networking or Employee Resource Groups?
Employee Engagement
How can companies engage millennials and create loyalty among this group of employees?
Do you have basic economic information on Mexico?
What is The Conference Board Global Economic Outlook?
Where can I find R&D spending as a percentage of sales by industry?
How do companies foster innovation?
Labor Markets
Can you send me statistics on "Gen Y" workforce participation and job tenure?
Leadership Development
Can you identify best practices in developing leaders within organizations?
Corporate Citizenship/ Philanthropy
How do companies govern Corporate Responsibility?
How can we measure our CSR impact?
Strategic HR
What are current practices around Shared Service Centers?
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In 2008, when Katherine Sprowal's son, Matthew, was selected in a lottery to attend the Harlem Success Academy 3
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Matthew is bright but can be disruptive and easily distracted. It was not a natural fit for the Success charters, which are known for discipline and long school days. From Day 1 of kindergarten, Ms. Sprowal said, he was punished for acting out.
"They kept him after school to practice walking in the hallway," she said.
Several times, she was called to pick him up early, she said, and in his third week he was suspended three days for bothering other children.
In Matthew's three years of preschool, Ms. Sprowal said, he had never missed time for behavior problems. "After only 12 days in your school," she wrote the principal, "you have assessed and concluded that our son is defective and will not meet your school criteria."Continue reading the main story
Five days later, Ms. Sprowal got an e-mail from Ms. Moskowitz that she took as a veiled message to leave. "Am not familiar with the issue," Ms. Moskowitz wrote, "but it is extremely important that children feel successful and a nine-hour day with more than 23 children (and that's our small class size!) where they are constantly being asked to focus and concentrate can overwhelm children and be a bad environment."
The next week, the school psychologist evaluated Matthew and concluded he would be better suited elsewhere: "He may need a smaller classroom than his current school has available."
By then, Matthew was throwing up most mornings and asking his mother if he was going to be fired from school. Worn down, Ms. Sprowal requested help finding her son another school, and Success officials were delighted to refer him to Public School 75 on the Upper West Side.
At that point, Ms. Sprowal had come to believe her son was so difficult that she was lucky anyone would take him. She wrote several e-mails thanking Ms. Moskowitz, saying she hoped that Matthew would someday be well-behaved enough to return to her "phenomenal" school.
Three years later, looking back, Ms. Sprowal said she felt her son had been done an injustice. Matthew, who has had a diagnosis of an attention disorder, has thrived at P.S. 75. His second-grade teachers, Johanny Lopez and Chanté Martindale, have taught him many ways to calm himself, including stepping into the hallway for an exercise break. His report card last month was all 3s and 4s, the top marks; the teachers commented, "Matthew is a sweet boy who is a joy to have in the classroom."
Matthew's story raises perhaps the most critical question in the debate about charter schools: do they cherry-pick students, if not by gaming the admissions process, then by counseling out children who might be more expensive or difficult to educate — and who could bring down their test scores, graduation rates and safety records?
Kim Sweet, director of Advocates for Children of New York, said she had heard many such stories. "When we look at our cases where children are sent away from schools because of disabilities," she said, "there are a disproportionate number of calls about charter schools."
There is no more tenacious champion of charters than Ms. Moskowitz, whose students earn top test scores and who has plans to build a chain of 40 schools. She saw Matthew's experience in a far different light, as her spokeswoman, Jenny Sedlis, explained in two voluminous e-mails totaling 5,701 words.
"We helped place him in a school that would better suit his needs," Ms. Sedlis wrote. "His success today confirms the correctness of his placement. I believe that 100 percent of the time we were acting in Matthew's best interest and that the end result benefited him and benefited P.S. 75, which now has a child excelling."
Ms. Sedlis denied that Matthew had been suspended, and said he was not disciplined when he was kept after school.
"Practicing walking through the halls is the opposite of a punishment," she wrote. "Just as in math, when a child does not get a concept, we re-teach. We don't let the child fail. We ensure he gets it. We take the same approach with behavior. If a child is struggling, we re-teach. This is an example of when the school went out of its way to help Matthew be successful."
Ms. Sedlis noted that two Success board members were leaders of well-respected special-education schools, Donna Kennedy of Gillen Brewer and Scott Gaynor of the Stephen Gaynor School.
She also offered counterexamples, like Iris Ayala, whose 6-year-old son, Alexander, has an attention disorder and speech problem but has thrived at a Success school.
Ms. Ayala said Alexander often acted up, running out of the classroom. But the school gave him special-education help, she said, and now he is reading above grade level. "I love the school," Ms. Ayala said.
Alex or Matthew — whose experience is more emblematic? You would think data could help shed light here.
Indeed, Ms. Sedlis cited figures from the city Education Department's Web site showing that the attrition rate is lower at the Harlem Success schools than at traditional public schools in the same district.
On the other hand, every traditional public school that is housed with a Success charter has more special-education children as well as students for whom English is the second language, according to numbers posted on city and state Web sites. At Success 3, the school Matthew attended, 10 percent are in special education and 2 percent are English language learners, according to the publicly available data; Mosaic Prep Academy, a district school that shares its building, has 23 percent in special education and 13 percent learning English as a second language.
But Ms. Sedlis said that the Web sites were wrong, and that 7.6 percent of students at Success 3 had limited English. "It is imperative that you not use incorrect data," she wrote. "It is a complex system and I will walk you through it and produce voluminous documentation."
Even if not a single number on the Education Department's Web sites can be trusted, there is one indisputable fact: The traditional public schools handle the most severely disabled children, which Success charters do not serve. At Mosaic Prep, 58 percent of the special-education students — 46 children — are those requiring the "most restrictive environment" and are in classrooms of their own. At Success charters, the special-education children are classified as needing the "least restrictive environment" and are mainstreamed, though two of the charters will add classes strictly for special-education students in September.
Ms. Moskowitz has enormous political clout, and without my asking, Laura Rodriguez, a deputy chancellor, sent an e-mail saying the Success charters were getting better about special education. "Harlem Success has made a real commitment to improving services for students with disabilities," she wrote, "and we'll continue working with them to enroll and serve even more of these students moving forward."
Serving children with special needs lowers test scores. At P.S. 75, Matthew's new school, 17 percent are in special education, and for 17 percent, English is a second language. In 2009, 76 percent of the school's general education students were proficient in language arts. But when special-education scores were factored in, proficiency dropped to 69 percent.
Still, Robert O'Brien, who has been principal there for 14 years, says the most gratifying part of his work is with the children who lower his test scores.Continue reading the main story


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Hi All,
I recently purchased a 1977 R75/7. I think she's a beautiful bike. My first BMW. Rides really nicely. A great combination of power and excellent handling. The bike came with a Bates fairing (I removed), the Bates bags in the picture and the Wixom Trunk (I will likely remove, but keep for long trips)
She's not perfect, of course, right now both carbs are weeping a small amount of gas (enough on the left side to spot my boot when I am riding.) I have never worked on Bing Carbs, so hope to learn through research (Clymers, ownwers manual, shop manual, airheads groups, etc) and hopefully with some assistance from airhead folks on this site. At a minimum the carbs need cleaning, possible rebuild? Thoughts? Also oil pan has a slight drip, collect right at bottom of pan and drips from there. Probably needs new gasket? Thoughts on this? I have spent the last week reading the boards here and have already found lots of great information to learn from. Thanks to the active members here for building out such a useful resource of information!
I am open to any other advice, guidance from classic airhead owners here. Like I said, I am just starting out as the owner of this bike. I want to treat her right. So am looking for any and all thoughts--to do's, don'ts and any other advice you might have.
Tonight I went for a sunset ride. Here's a picture of the bike. Best, Terry


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Another Israeli spokeswoman, Tzipora Menache, stated that she was not worried about negative ramifications the Israeli onslaught on Gaza might have on the way the Obama administration would view Israel. She said "You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House. You see, I know it and you know it that no American president can be in a position to challenge us even if we do the unthinkable. What can they (Americans) do to us? We control congress, we control the media, we control show biz, and we control everything in America. In America you can criticize God, but you can't criticize Israel"
Let's see how long this video stays on Youtube before the ADL censors hired by Youtube pull the video. Can't have that much truth getting out about that nation of homicidal maniacs, Israel and its decades long planned ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians getting out to the general public.
A 21st Century holocaust, financed by American tax dollars and wholly supported by a corrupt US Congress and Zionist dominated White House.
Video: Gaza farmers devastated by war AlJazeeraEnglish Jan 29, 2009
The scale of the damage caused by Israel's war on Gaza continues to emerge.
Palestinian agriculture officials estimate the cost to the strip's farming sector will be more than 200 million dollars.
Al Jazeera's Mike Kirsch reports from Gaza, where many farmers are devastated at having to start again from scratch.
More evidence of Israeli's being nuttier than a rabid skunk and worshippers of death and destruction.... as long as the dead and destroyed are us GOYIM and the property belongs to non-Jews.
Jews view all GOYIM as Amaleks, and have sought to utterly destroy them thru ought history. These days, instead of using clubs and spears, the Israelites use napalm, White Phosphorous and Depleted Uranium, all the better to get rid of us Untermenschen.
One cannot help but wonder how could a group of people, who claim to be the victims of a holocaust, commit another holocaust against another nation. What is it that feeds, perpetuates and intensifies this Judaic genocidal spirit although all Arabs, including Palestinians, had offered these Zionist Jews many agreements of coexistence, peace and security? The answer comes through their media outlets, through the words of their scholarly educators, and through the teachings of their Rabbis.
"All of the Palestinians must be killed; men, women, infants, and even their beasts" cries the religious opinion of Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, the director of the long-established Tsomet Religious Institute. He wrote that Palestinians are like the nation of Amalekites, who attacked the Israelite tribes led by Moses on their way to Jerusalem. He stated that the Lord sent down in the Torah a ruling that allowed the Jews to kill the Amalekites, and that this ruling is known in Jewish jurisprudence.
The Torah states: "Annihilate the Amalekites from the beginning to the end. Kill them and wrest them from their possessions. Show them no mercy. Kill continuously, one after the other. Leave no child, plant, or tree. Kill their beasts, from camels to donkeys." Rosen stated that Amalekites are not a particular race, but rather all those who hate and oppose the Jews; Christians and Muslims.
Many leading Israeli Rabbis support Rosen's views. Israel's former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu advocated carpet bombing of Gaza stating that "there is absolutely no moral prohibition against the indiscriminate killing of civilians during massive military offensive on Gaza" (The Jerusalem Post, 30 May, 2007). His son Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu amplified his father's genocidal call stating: "if they don't stop after we kill 100, then we must kill a thousand, then we must kill 10,000 and even a million"
Or maybe kill SIX BILLION of us GOY, which would free up the planet for Israel. But save a few hundred thousand for slaves.


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Kenneth Clarke has launched a frontal assault on David Cameron's EU reform plans, declaring that he was seeking to dismantle one of Margaret Thatcher's greatest legacies by challenging the free movement of people in the EU.
In a provocative intervention on the eve of the Rochester and Strood byelection, the former Conservative chancellor also accused John Major of encouraging people to vote Ukip, after he floated plans to reform free movement on behalf of No 10.
In an interview with the former political editor Michael White at a Guardian Membership event, Clarke said: "If you all start saying how wise Mr Farage was and how we must persuade everybody to let us tackle this problem [of immigration] it is not surprising, angry, disappointed, protesting people go out and vote for Mr Farage. I would have hoped that John would have avoided that trap. I expected him to do so. We should have talked about what he was going to say."
Clarke also:
• Challenged the prime minister's plans to hold an in/out EU referendum by the end of 2017, on the grounds that such polls do not settle matters. He said referendums are generally favoured by the likes of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
• Claimed that Thatcher became embittered in her old age as she disavowed key achievements such as the creation of the EU's single market. "In her embittered old age her friends persuaded her that it was all Europe that had got her," he said. "She led a pro-European government."
• Expressed astonishment that the prime minister had sacked the highly able Dominic Grieve as attorney general in the recent reshuffle.
• Warned that the Russian parliament would cheer if Britain declined to accept rulings from the European court of human rights.
Clarke issued a warning when he was sacked in the summer reshuffle that he would speak out on the EU in the runup to any referendum in 2017, by which time he will have been an MP for 47 years. At the Guardian last night he let rip, and said fellow EU leaders would not agree to change the free movement of people on the grounds that it is a fundamental tenet of the EU and had been championed by Thatcher in the creation of the single market.
He said: "The idea that you are going to make Brussels give up freedom of movement of labour – Margaret Thatcher was an advocate of this. It was a British Conservative government that gave momentum to the single market.
"The Conservative party and the Labour party have been advocates of freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labour. It is one of the underpinning things of greater prosperity that we are all trying to get back to."
Clarke said he had spoken to Major before he delivered his speech in Berlin in which the former prime minister said free movement would have to be placed on the negotiating table in the light of the high levels of EU migration to the UK. Major's speech was designed to prepare the ground for a key intervention by Cameron in which he will set out his plans to reform free movement.
But Clarke accused the former prime minister of "feeding the credibility" of Ukip by calling for changes to free movement. He said: "My old friend John – we discussed his speech in Berlin. I think he thinks he is being helpful by trying to see if he can get some concessions that will get us off the hook. But immigration should not be central to this reform thing.
"I understand why Eurosceptics bang on about European immigration. They are trying to get David to add to his menu for reform things which they know are incompatible with membership of the EU and he can't get them.
"Next time I see John I shall ask him because it is all feeding the credibility of Farage ... The free movement of labour – we [have] signed up to that for years. Just as a single market means the free movement of goods, the free movement of services, the free movement of labour. That is irremovable. It's our own negligence that stopped us years ago having tougher rules against people coming here just for benefits. The treaties were never intended to do that. Very few do."
Clarke mocked the prime minister's plans as he called on ministers to challenge Ukip. "Of the 400,000 Frenchmen in London – which of the hedge fund managers can stay and which have got to go back?" he asked.
Clarke said of the Tory response to Farage: "We are giving him too much credibility. It is the background to this current byelection. You've got to have the courage to challenge some of this."


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At least eight Taliban militants were killed in a drone strike in western Farah province, provincial police confirmed in a statement.
In addition, seven other Taliban militants were wounded, the statement said.
The deone strike was carried out by foreign forcea in Shewan village in Bala Bulok district in the province, the statement said.
However, the statement did not provide further details.
Taliban so far has not commented on the report.
This comes after a foreign forces' drone strike targeted Mullah Mohammad Rahim Mannan, also known as Mullah Abdulmannan Akhund, head of Taliban's military commission and designated governor of Helmand.


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aroma- very damp and forest like. distinctly "forest like" in aroma, light notes of beef jerky or smoked meat.
taste- first infusions- woodsy, dark brown/red liqeur. tastes of smokey wood, with a slight sweet element inside the taste. light mouth feel "clean tasting"
second infusion- dark dark brown almost black liquid. taste is still smokey but more of a leathery taste comes through.. reminding me almost of a scotch like taste.
as i drink this tea i am envisioning myself within an old leacture hall or colonial pub. very rustic and Wise tasting.
third infusion- before taking a sip already noticing a more lingering mouth feel of this tea after the second infusion aroma is smoothing out, still catching some brief spicy meat like notes, but over all smoothing out into a more balanced roastyness.
taste smooths out and mellows into a more lingering and slow taste that develops over several seconds.
over all this is a great pu erh for the ripe variety…
it wouldn't stand up against a good raw pu erh in my opinion.
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Dallas City Council Amends Anti-Discrimination Ordinance To Strengthen Transgender Protections.
On Tuesday, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved a rewording of the city's anti-discrimination ordinance in order to better protect transgender residents from being denied employment, housing or access to public places based on gender identity and expression.
The vote in favor of equality is less about adding new protection for transgender folks than it is a clarification to reaffirm existing protections.
Not to get too bogged down in the specifics here, but gender identity was inaccurately included under the definition of sexual orientation previously. In the words of Diane Sawyer: "Sexual orientation is who you go to bed with. Gender identity is who you go to bed as." Under the new wording, "gender identity and expression" is listed separately and is more clearly defined.
"We're a very diverse city and we want to make sure everyone is protected," said Mayor Mike Rawlings following the meeting at which the vote took place.
It's a huge win not only for the trans community, but for Dallas as a whole, really. We're not always known for being a cutting edge or progressive city, which is partially why the news is so surprising. It's even more amazing given that the City of Houston launched a petition to repeal the ordinance, saying that allowing "men in women's restrooms in restaurants, bars, hotels, and other private businesses" is "bad for Dallas families."
Oh, come on. Aside from the fact that the idea of trans people assaulting women in bathrooms is a myth, anyone familiar with the #wejustneedtopee movement on social media will be quick to point out that more U.S. Senators have been arrested in bathrooms than trans people.
Huffines' nonsense aside, this vote a good look for Dallas, which now extends civil rights to members of the trans community — something that's not guaranteed under state law. For once, we're doing the right thing here, and before a lot of other places have taken the same steps.
Don't let the remarks of a bigoted politician and some extremist wingnuts deceive you. This is definitely a good thing.


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It may not always be warm enough to strip off in low season, but you can still visit some of Mallorca's beaches where you can take in the sea air and invigorate your senses.
With this in mind, we have chosen three beaches, one on sand, the others promenade walks still allowing for a good brisk ramble.
Each offers the opportunity of refreshments at the end or along the way and doesn´t involve taking your clothes off!
Platja d'es Trenc
A car is essential for this walk. About a 40 minute drive east from Palma, this is probably the most famous beach on Mallorca. With very little development in this part of the island, this beach is completely unspoiled offering endless skies and a white, caster sugar soft sand.
It brings in huge crowds in the summer, but in the low season you can pretty much have the place to yourselves. `Trenc´ translates as ´ravine`, where the coastal dunes part, revealing salt flats. These salt flats are a hive of activity as they have been for centuries, producing fine sea salt. You could even take a tour of the Flor de Sal flats and visit their welcome centre.
Well sign posted with a dedicated paid car park, you can take refreshments after your walk in the pretty town of Colònia de Sant Jordi just 6km away.
If you are staying in Palma, you don´t need a car for these next two.
Port de Sóller
You can reach Port de Soller by taking either the 211 bus from Placa Espanya in Palma, or the century old electric train to Sóller and then the tram down to the Port (please note: the train is out of service for maintenance in January each year).
A perfectly formed horseshoe bay, Port de Sóller brings to mind an Amalfi coastal town, with its steep sides and dramatic cliffs supporting hotels and homes, each jostling for the best views.
On arrival at the Port, you can choose to turn left, and head up to the lighthouse and take in the spectacular views as your reward as you climb, or choose to stay on the flat and complete the full semi circle until you reach the marina.
Depending on the time of day, you may see one of the local trawlers heading back with their day´s catch or even a visiting super yacht. The waterfront is lined with bars and cafes ready to supply you with refreshments year round.
Playa Ca'n Pastilla
Sitting east of Palma and gateway to the five kilometre long Playa de Palma beach which ends at Arenal, this is one of Mallorcas beaches which is accessible from the capital if you fancy a good long walk.
Alternatively, if you fancy a shorter one way walk, you can take the 15 bus from Placa Espanya, get off at Ca´n Pastilla and slowly walk back to Palma, approx one and half hours.
If you want to feel the sand beneath your feet, the beach is extremely wide. If not, you will find a traffic free beach promenade that stretches all the way from s'Arenal back into Palma, with a fantastic selection of restaurants, cafés, and bars if you need a pit stop on the way.
So what are you waiting for ?
Don't kick the leaves of autumn, enjoy longer days under Mallorca´s blue skies.


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AVMA expands relationship with student-geared agricultural organization
With the goal of encouraging more students with rural backgrounds to consider veterinary medicine as a career, the AVMA Executive Board has approved an expanded relationship with the National FFA Organization.
The National FFA is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
Currently, the AVMA participates in the National FFA convention as an exhibitor in the career show. Also, for the past two years, representatives from the AVMA have conducted two one-hour workshops on career opportunities in veterinary medicine with several hundred students in attendance.
The board approved funding an additional $17,000 annually beginning this year, $2,000 of which is in the 2007 budget. The Council on Communications put forward the recommendation.
Increased funding would allow the AVMA to expand its booth space at the convention, increase its visibility, and potentially invite constituent groups to join the Association in staffing the booth and distributing their association materials.
The expanded relationship would also include opportunities to participate in the National Agricultural Education In-Service meeting, National Association of Agricultural Educators convention, and National FFA Collegiate Scholarship Program.
An expanded relationship with the organization could reach more than 490,000 students enrolled in agriculture education and the 12,000 teachers and advisers who influence them, according to the council.


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Remembering Dora Young - Street Renaming
Dora Young was the 29th Assembly District Leader and Executive Co-Leader of the Guy R. Brewer Democratic Club, who as the City Clerk of Queens married over 300,000 couples civil ceremonies at Borough Hall. She was honored with a street renaming - 197th Street at the corner of Linden Blvd. has been renamed Dora H. Young Way. Senator Smith is seen here with Brenda Carr, Dora Young's niece. (second from left), Millie Rivas, Fred Simmons and some young constituents