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When August rolls around, so does the rumble of motorcycles in South Dakota.
And while people make their way to Sturgis from far and wide to attend the most famous motorcycle rally in the world, they also find their way to Mitchell.
The 78th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is now in full force in Sturgis with entertainment, food, vendors and, of course, motorcycles. Like many motorcycle shops across the state, Sabers V-Twin and Klock Werks in Mitchell are busy catering to the needs of motorcyclists from all across the world.
Blake Sabers, who owns Sabers V-Twin, always avoids scheduling many clients during the weeks before Sturgis because he knows from experience that walk-ins happen frequently this time of year.
"I pretty much plan for two weeks not scheduling much because we don't know what we're going to get, but we know everyday something is going to show up," Sabers said.
Sabers V-Twin hasn't had a booth at the Sturgis rally for about 10 years. The custom and service motorcycle shop made trips to Sturgis for four years before deciding to stay local in Mitchell during the rally.
"I would rather make money staying home than spend money going out to the rally. Every year, it was getting more and more expensive for us to have a booth out there," Sabers said. "The return on the investment wasn't really what we were getting."
As one of the only V-Twin - short for a two-cylinder engine shaped like a "V"- shops on the way to Sturgis, Sabers said they still see a lot of business during the rally. This past winter, the company decided to focus specifically on service work, and with the change came an increase in profits from both local and national customers, especially around the rally time.
"Mitchell is a good stopping point for people to spend the night. (Monday) morning, I pretty much had people waiting when I got to work," Sabers said.
He is happy to see people stop in Mitchell and appreciates all the support the community gives to motorcycle riders.
Like Sabers, Klock Werks' Brian Klock couldn't think of a better town in which to have a motorcycle business. That was evident during the large turnout at the Palace City Pre-Sturgis Party on Aug. 1.
He says the city made a huge impression on those from out of town who attended the large event and Klock was really excited to see members of the community, who weren't motorcyclists, at the celebration.
"There is a sense of community that is growing and continues to foster around the Corn Palace," Klock said. "The Corn Palace is the hub of the wheel that is Mitchell, South Dakota, and we're starting to use the property that the city has acquired and it's really fantastic."
Now in Sturgis, Klock says people are still talking about the party and how great not only the event was, but also the people.
"I've had people who came to me and said, 'I missed the event, and I'm so bummed out.' That's all everybody is talking about out here," Klock said.
Klock has attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally for 43 years and has countless stories of interactions and friendships he has formed with motorcycle enthusiasts from all across the world.
He also credits the event for making it easier for Klock Werks to share its brand and for bringing people right to its front door. Many people stop at their shop in Mitchell on their way to and from the rally, not only because of the popularity of the company but also because of the central location of the city.
"Everyone knows that Sturgis is the absolutely best rally. It's where everybody comes because the riding is so stunning, the people are so nice and it's like a family reunion," Klock said. "I really feel Mitchell has the opportunity to become a gateway to Sturgis, where people want to meet even if it's not for the party or the event."


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Building Tomorrow's Workforce: BotsIQ Successes
Kenny Seliga ('10) – Fayette AVTS BotsIQ Team
Kenny participated on the team through the Robotics Club at Fayette AVTS.
Although he originally planned to be an electrician, after his experience with BotsIQ he decided to continue his studies and to become and electrical or mechanical engineer. Kenny is well on his way to a successful career!
He worked as a co-op at Advanced Acoustics Concepts (AAC) in Lemont Furnace during the school year. His experience with BotsIQ helped him on the job; and his on-the-job experience helped him with BotsIQ work.
He will continue working at AAC during the summer and part-time during the academic year, when he begins his studies in engineering at Penn State-Fayette. He plans to complete his engineering degree at Penn State-main campus.
2011 Update: Kenny now has a very responsible position at AAC as a Production Technician testing cables. He writes test programs and helps debug cable issues.
Joe Kotvas ('08), Matt Resnik ('07), Cody Harris ('08)
Plum High School
Matt Resnik – Plum High School 2007
California University of PA
Major: Technology Education
"BotsIQ was one of the most enjoyable activities I participated in during my high school years. It taught me problem-solving and how to improve an existing design, which is very important in Technology Education. I went to college "only" based on what I learned from BotsIQ."
We hope Matt will start a BotsIQ team, once he begins teaching!
Joe Kotvas – Plum High School 2008
Penn State – New Kensington
Major: Mechanical Engineering
"I always wanted to do some type of engineering but after building a battlebot, I decided that mechanical engineering is for me."
Cody Harris – Plum High School 2008
Penn State – New Kensington;
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Minor: Off-Road Equipment Maintenance
"My junior year in high school I was trying to decide what I wanted to do after high school. Our teacher came to us with the BotsIQ program… Two years in BotsIQ helped me decide on pursuing a degree in engineering."
Joe Constantino – Plum High School 2008
Grove City College
Major: Electrical Engineering
"BotsIQ really helped me pick my major and excel in school by teaching me a wealth of knowledge about mechanical and electrical components and how to make them work together. It also taught me valuable lessons in teamwork and sportsmanship."

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Counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the name St Johns Bank and Trust Company, St Louis, Missouri, are reportedly in circulation
St. Johns Bank and Trust Company
Saint Louis, MO
Bonnie Ehlenbeck
Voice (314) 428-1000
Fax (314) 423-5207
Special Alerts
August 2, 2011
TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer)SUBJECT: Counterfeit Cashier's Checks Summary: Counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the name St. Johns Bank and Trust Company, St. Louis, Missouri, are reportedly in circulation.
St. Johns Bank and Trust Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 081017575, which is assigned to St. Johns Bank and Trust Company. The items are dissimilar to authentic cashier's checks and the city name appears as "ST. Louis." A security feature statement is embedded in a darkened top border rounded corners. Counterfeit items display one signature line.
Authentic cashier's checks have a double-lined border. A vertical security feature statement and padlock icon are embedded in the inner-right border. Checks also display two signature lines.
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
Any information you have concerning this matter should be brought to the attention of:
Bonnie Ehlenbeck
Vice President
St. Johns Bank and Trust Company
8924 St. Charles Rock Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63114
Telephone: (314) 428-1000
Fax: (314) 423-5207
E-mail: email@example.com
Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 3501 North Fairfax Drive, CH-11034, Arlington, Virginia 22226, or transmitted electronically to email@example.com. Questions related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2011/index.html. To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.
Sandra L. ThompsonDirector
Division of Risk Management Supervision
Attachment (not available electronically)
NOTE: As a security precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site electronic images of fraudulent items or authentic checks that have been counterfeited. This is to avoid attempts by others to use these instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Financial institutions can view images of the fraudulent items and authentic checks (marked as VOID) using the FDIC's free, secure Web site, FDICconnect. (See more information about FDICconnect at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06032.html.) Printed copies of each Special Alert and its attachment(s) may also be obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center (telephone: 1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200; fax: 703-562-2296; or e-mail: email@example.com).
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)


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Did anyone watch the Oscars last night? Do people even watch the Oscars anymore? I usually tune in to watch part of the red carpet and the opening monologue. Apparently I missed all the drama!
I checked out of the Oscars to watch Episode 2 of Big Little Lies. I've been excited for this show to air. I liked the book, and they amped it up with a killer cast. I don't have HBO so I missed last weeks episode and went to my mom's house to watch the first two last night. I was definitely impressed.


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Alex O'Keefe enters his 3rd year as a member of the Tufts Strength and Conditioning staff. A 2008 graduate of Springfield College, his coaching experience includes time at Auburn University, the University of South Carolina as well as Athletic Evolution. Throughout his career he has been fortunate to work with a vast number of sports and a great deal of athletes including youth, collegiate, professional and Olympic levels.
O'Keefe's responsibilities with the Jumbos includes Women's Soccer, Squash and Fencing as well as assisting with Football, Women's Basketball, Men's Lacrosse, Softball, Hockey, Track and Field, Men's Soccer, and Men's Swimming. His Unique approach allows him to develop a great connection with the athletes, which leads to their success not only in the weight room but also on and off the field.
O'Keefe has a degree in Applied Exercise Science for Springfield College as well as his NSCA CSCS.


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Calendar may be a method to call some time (this sort of because the example). These kind of names are called calendar dates. This date might be in line with the moves of celestial bodies like the sun and moon. Calendars could also refer to tools that illustrate the machine.
And on this situation we will reveal about 2017 monthly calendar printable sept hopefully that which you give below can be useful for everyone.


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Summer School 2018
After the last ICAF festival in March 2017, our Spanish colleague Eva García approached us with the suggestion to hold the next ICAF Summer School in her hometown Barcelona. She had attended our very first Summer School in the Netherlands at the end of August 2016 and saw many possibilities to improve it – as did we. After an extended working session with Eva in rural Catalonia in August 2017, we decided to go for it, got our ICAF intern and Barcelona resident Laura Blanch involved and the rest, as they say, is history. With a financial contribution from Barcelona's prestigious Grec Festival and in-kind support from the Sala Beckett in the Poblenou neighbourhood, the invaluable partnership with Eva's organisation ComuArt, and the help of many local volunteers, we managed to produce our very first ICAF event outside of the Netherlands.
The second ICAF Summer School took place between 22 and 29 July. It attracted close to 60 highly qualified participants from Catalonia, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, the USA, China, Australia, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and many other places. Our artist teachers came from Mexico, the UK and the USA. For them, for the participants and for us as organisers it was a challenging but ultimately a very rewarding experience.
From 4.30 p.m. on on Sunday afternoon 22 July 2018, the first guests were beginning to trickle into Sala Beckett, a former workers cooperative that a few years ago was converted into a pleasant, easily accessible and well-equipped performing arts and workshop location in the popular neighbourhood of Poblenou. For the days to come it was going to be our ICAF home away from home. By 6.30 p.m. most everyone had been registered and Eva García and Eugene van Erven could proceed with the official opening of the summer school, which included the launch of The Way We Move, a photo book documenting ICAF 2017. Later that evening, we all walked to the Can Ricart Square for what had been intended as an outdoor meal and open air film screening of the ICAF film documentary directed by Northern Ireland's Chris McAlinden. However, a severe thunderstorm and torrential downpour forced us to quickly improvise an indoor space instead for dining and film screening. Many hands made light work and the evening turned out to be quite delightful after all, despite the climatological setback.
On Monday morning those of us staying in The Student Hotel Marina (guest teachers and Rotterdam crew) met for breakfast and then travelled by streetcar to Sala Beckett. There, at 10 AM, the three modules officially began...
Teatro Linea de Sombra (Mexico)
Teatro Linea de Sombra (TLS) is one of Mexico's most respected performing arts collectives known for its collaboration with visual artists and cultural theorists. Through meticulous research in the tradition of South American collective creation it tackles important social and political issues like migration and violence, creating impressive shows in the process.
At the outset of this module, artistic director Jorge Vargas and his associate Alejandro Flores made clear that TLS is not a community arts organisation. They do not actively involve residents in their projects as participants, although they do engage them as consultants. This constituted a big difference with the highly participatory practice of several participants in this module and caused tension, that only diminished slowly in the course of the week. Another challenge – and point of contention - was the lack of time to respectfully and carefully engage with people and material in the Raval neighbourhood that Jorge and Alejandro had chosen as their territory for research.
In the end, however, this collision between participatory and engaged avant-garde art proved very productive indeed. In the process, we learned a great deal about the philosophy and methodology of TLS and how Jorge and Alejandro think and work. We also came to appreciate them as human beings and colleagues working, perhaps, in a different part of the cultural sector but with a similar drive and vision for arts in society. And they, in turn, learned a great deal from the resistance they encountered in our summer school and from our joint attempt to implement their approach in a context that is literally worlds apart from the circumstances they work in back home in Mexico.
Forklift Danceworks (USA)
Maria Valls from Madrid assisted the facilitators in this module and sent us the following report: "Allison Orr, founder of Forklift Danceworks in Austin Texas, and her colleague Krissie Marty shared with us their methodology for co-creating performances with members of different sectors of society, letting themselves be inspired by the beauty of movements and gestures from daily life.
With that in mind, a group of participants that had come from all corners of the earth accompanied Allison and Krissie when they visited workers from Barcelona's sanitation company Urbaser. They proposed to work alongside the Urbaser employees during several days with objective to learn from each other and possibly but not necessarily to collectively create with them a short choreography. The workers agreed, were thrilled in fact, and during the following days the summer school participants had to wake up before the break of dawn, have breakfast at 4 a.m., held intimate conversations with their Urbaser partners, learned the art of sweeping streets and handling huge water hoses at midnight. In the afternoons, back at the Sala Beckett we formulated questions and pondered over possible answers. Meanwhile, Allison and Krissie transmitted their special ways of listening and observing, which formed the basis of their work. Their method motivates and enthuses.
On the final day, the summer school participants and the Urbaser workers decided to jointly mount a small showcase of what we had created together, for the participants in the other modules. Looking back, the Forklift module allowed us to experiment with an artistic process, discovering unsuspected talents in others. Above all we realised that apart from Forklift's own undeniable talent and artistry their greatest expertise lies in building and maintaining human relations. Hallucinating. We all stay in contact. Life sometimes offers gifts like that."
Critical Facilitation (UK)
The role of facilitator was central in Sheila Preston's group. Who are you as a community arts facilitator? Why are you doing this work? How do you choose to be present in the group? What do you communicate consciously and unconsciously about yourself and your intentions? What are your personal motives, pitfalls and dilemmas?
Sheila created a safe and yet a critical space in which participants were able to take a closer look at these questions, both on a conceptual and on a personal level. The group consisted of very diverse practitioners, all of whom brought a different arts discipline and life and work experience to the table. This week reminded many of us that being honest and critical about oneself as a facilitator is incredibly important, but also makes one very vulnerable. Not one facilitator is neutral; all of us have personal agendas, histories and wishes. We shared our vulnerability in Barcelona in all its strength and honesty, and we were challenged to dare to fail, to admit it, to learn from it, to ask for help, and to forgive ourselves. We've learned to observe and listen better, that we have the right to be silent and don't always have to know what to say or do all the time. The group dynamic in this module showed our capacity to see each other's humanity with all its beauties and flaws and to be able to accept all of that. That reflection, honesty and acceptation is healing and something that we can take with us and spread throughout our local contexts.
Farewell Party
Looking back, the 2ndICAF Summer School had its interesting but also complicated challenges, but then again that is part and parcel of learning. All in all, it was a very rewarding experience for most everyone. Participants learned heaps from our guest teachers and vice versa. Being confronted with someone else's practice over four intensive days and reflecting critically on it taught many of us something about ourselves and the limits of what we do and why we do things in a particular way.
As ICAF team, finally, we learned that we are indeed capable of transplanting our special spirit to another context, but that it would have been impossible without the generosity, energy and flexibility of our many partners and volunteers in Barcelona. We are very, very grateful to all of them.
Jasmina, Anamaria, Eugene


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SECC State Agency Leadership lunch
Friday, August 16, 12:00pm
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Tuesday, August 20, 2:00pm
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Operation Millenium : "Bomber" Harris's Raid on Cologne May 1942
Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount, 2004. First edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. 218 p. w/illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. The history of the first thousand plane raid which was directed at Cologne Germany in World War Two. More


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5280 Magazine: Stem Ciders Goes All Out
"The little cider company that could readies itself for growth."
Amanda Faison – 5280 Magazine
"The little cider company that could readies itself for growth."
Amanda Faison – 5280 Magazine
"In this cocktail built for two, Stem Cider's L'Acier is the perfect partner. The Denver cidery's bright, clean and dry cider also shoots out tannin for structure and dry fruit notes, working as a broad and crisp cider topping to this approachable cocktail. To love!"
Kathy Casey – CIDERCRAFT Magazine
"Clean and Crisp: We always love to find new-to-us ciders that are reminiscent of a clean and crisp white wine. This year we really enjoyed Stem Ciders' Real Dry and The Cider Farm's Equinox."
Cider Soms
"Chicago is most certainly becoming a powerful cider city after a strong showing in early 2017 with the conclusion of CiderCon and Cider Summit."
"At the 2017 CiderCon the USACM expanded their awards program, honoring outstanding cider makers, distributors and events from each region of the country. Watching the winners (listed below) accept these well-deserved awards was a great crescendo to this amazing celebration of the cider industry!"
Jason Tremblay – Cider Culture
"Stem Ciders has been a pioneer of innovative approaches toward cider making, from their Novo Coffee cider to their Raspberry Apple Cider, to barrel-aging ciders, this Denver-based company is consistently pushing the boundaries on flavorful ciders without added sugars."
K.C. Cunilio – PorchDrinking.com
"Stem Ciders, based in Denver, Colorado, has big news to announce—the company is expanding its operations to Lafayette, Colorado. The $7 million facility, which will be located in Vista Business Park, will enable the company to expand production to 100,000 barrels in the future, compared to the estimated 10,000 barrels being produced throughout 2017."
Kristen Kwiatkowski – Cider Culture
"The 5th annual Chicago Cider Summit at Navy Pier was another great success for cider makers and lovers alike. Once again blessed with a sunny, winter day – the view of Lake Michigan from the Grand Ballroom couldn't have been more beautiful for sipping cider."
Kim Leshinski – Hail to the Ale
"Denver-based Stem Ciders is building a $7 million restaurant, taproom and production facility on a bucolic four-acre plot in Lafayette in this year. Stem Ciders, which will continue operations at the RiNo taproom it opened in 2014, broke ground last week on its slated two-story, 30,000-square-foot facility."
Anthony Hahn – Daily Camera
"Stem Ciders plans to build a $7 million restaurant, taproom and production facility on a four-acre plot in Lafayette — complete with its own apple orchard. The cidery, which will keep fermenting and pouring at the RiNo taproom it opened in 2014, started construction on the two-story, 30,000-square foot facility Jan. 20. Its goal is to open by the fourth quarter of 2017."
Amy Dipierro – BusinessDen


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The Last Airbender
Source: The Official Trailer for "The Last Airbender".
This picture, entitled "The Last Airbender", has been posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 in the fan-made gallery dedicated to "The Last Airbender" (cinema).
"The Last Airbender" (also known as "Avatar: The Last Airbender", "Last Airbender, The: Book 1 Water", "The Legend of Aang") is an Adventure/Family/Fantasy film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and written by M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay), released on July 02 of 2010 in the USA . Noah Ringer is starring, alongside Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis, Nicola Peltz and Seychelle Gabriel.
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The Last Airbender
(Source: The Official Trailer)
"The Last Airbender" Copyright © Paramount Pictures
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As specified by the submitter, this picture is coming from the video of the trailer available for "The Last Airbender".
More about "The Last Airbender":
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and written by M. Night Shyamalan (screenplay), "The Last Airbender" (also known as "Avatar: The Last Airbender", "Last Airbender, The: Book 1 Water", "The Legend of Aang") is an Adventure/Family/Fantasy film, released in the USA on July 02 of 2010 . Noah Ringer (Aang) and Jackson Rathbone (Sokka) are starring, alongside Dev Patel (Zuko), Cliff Curtis (Firelord Ozai), Nicola Peltz (Katara) and Seychelle Gabriel (Princess Yue).
As an actor, Dev Patel acted in movies such as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, released in 2012 in which he plays Sonny, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015) in which he plays Sonny Kapoor, Chappie (2015) playing Deon, Slumdog Millionaire (2008) in which he plays Jamal Malik.
As an actor, Noah Ringer has worked on Cowboys & Aliens, released in 2011 (Emmett).
A little information about M. Night Shyamalan (film maker of "The Last Airbender"):
M. Night Shyamalan is an Indian director, writer, screenwriter, producer, and actor. M. Night Shyamalan has directed movies such as The Happening, released in 2008, Unbreakable 2 (2012), Praying with Anger (1992), The Village (2004), The Visit (2015), and The Sixth Sense (1999).
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Part of a fan-made tribute gallery for "The Last Airbender", this image ("The Last Airbender") has been uploaded on Wed, 24 Feb 10 16:59:40 +0000, considering that the poster has done it in a responsible and legal manner. This poster certainly thought doing something well by sharing this picture, however, if you consider that this image has not conformed to a fair-use or is inappropriate, please report this to Theiapolis.com immediately, and we will delete it as soon as possible. Thank you for your help.
Source: The Official Trailer for "The Last Airbender".
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The Town of Sandwich announced that Old County Road is set to be paved this week on Wednesday, October 7 and Thursday, October 8. The dates are tentative and weather-permitting.
The Sandwich DPW expected the contractor to be at the location Monday to make grading adjustments in preparation for the paving.
Should paving begin on Wednesday, drivers should expect delays as the road will be closed during construction. Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes.
A message board in the area will broadcast updates for residents and other motorists who use Old County Road.
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Mormon sweetness.
Latter-day sugar.
Call it what you will, it shows up in our food, in our music and art and in our personalities.
It's the calling card of most members of the church.
When comedians spoof the Mormons, they spin that sweetness into a "too-good-to-be-true" niceness to get laughs.
And if it's inside of you, it's there for good.


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Dear readers, the following news we are going to break are sibeh breaking indeed. According to a credible source, certain contracts drafted by J Team Productions for it's female artistes come with certain clauses typed in font size 3. Yes, how sneaky indeed! These are usually located at a separate page affixed to the main contract and given only to female artistes who are not fat and doesn't look like Patricia Mok. Below is a short sample graciously provided by our source for our viewing pleasure. We salute you sista!
Role Tokens needed
Calefare 1 soft lotion hand job
Calefare with dialogues 1 BJ
3rd Supporting Actress 1 BJ + 1 tit-wank
2nd Supporting Actress 1 BJ + 1 tit-wank + 1 Fuck
1st Supporting Actress 1 BJ + 1 tit-wank + 1 Fuck + 1 Golden Shower
Lead Actress All of the above + multiple entries
Special Report on the Singapore Biennale 2008
Singapore up-and-coming and most controversial conceptual artist, H*men Chiong will be performing his most audacious and provocative work to date in conjunction with the ongoing Singapore Biennale. 30 years old H*men, who has a Master in Contemporary Arts from Preston Arts University will defecate in full public view for his performance in the Art Museum. The title of his performance, "I shit therefore I am" is a message directed towards the authorities, media, society, heck basically everyone that piss him off, he said from the couch of his parents home in District 10.
The act, depending on the bowel movement on the actual day, will probably last less than 5 minutes and will take place within a 45×45 inches perimeter cordoned off by white tapes in the main foyer of the museum.
Asked for his reasons for doing this act, H*men get agitated and started jabbing his finger in the air saying, "This is a protest to all that are not right in the world today. And we have too many wimps in the local art scene not willing to push the boundary by using art to voice out their disgusts and displeasures. All we see are sculptures, paintings and installations that seems to conform to culture and societal norms. Safe, boring and bordering on retarded."
As the recipient of the prestigious "Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence" given out by New York's Reiman S. Wiekenson Arts Foundation this year, H*men also viewed this accolade as acknowledging his innate talents and bestowing upon him the responsibility and burden to take the local art scene forward somewhat like a shepherd herding a flock of lost sheep, thus this performance.
"If not me who, if not now when?", he added with a deadpan expression.
And with such a controversial performance, comparison are inevitably being made with artists like Vincent Leow who peed and drank his own urine, Josef Ng who snipped off his own pubic hair and Shannon Tham who vomited into a bucket. But H*men was quick to retort with hints of elitism that it's an unfair comparison.
"Please don't compare me to them. The values and qualities of our performances are miles apart, miles miles apart.", he gesticulated with his arms spread out to emphasize the gulf.
When questions centering over the vileness and purposelessness of the act were put to the Art Museum, Matthew Ngui, part of the curatorial team for Singapore Biennale 2008 , was quick to defend the rationale for selecting and approving it.
"We felt that H*men's performance art warrant artistic merits regardless of what everyone think. Sure, anyone can defecate, but to do it while conveying a statement of intent, to demonstrate one's disillusionment with society, with the system and the world at large, that takes a certain amount of talent. I would urge the public to look beyond the surface of the act and think of the underlying message that the artist is trying to send out."
Dissing concerns about the foul smell and sight emanating from the act, he added,"The whole intention of the act is not just to engage and provoke the audience on an intellectual level but also to 'assault' and overwhelm all the five human senses so as to achieve the desire impact that the artist wanted. If anyone come expecting an inanely wholesome performance, it's better that they stay home and stick to Mediacorp programs."
And finally when asked what valuable "insights' and "enlightenments" he hopes the audience will derived from his performance, H*men just smiled and said," Actually I don't give a damn." And to drive home the point, he lifted a leg and expelled an audible stinker that permeated the whole room within an instant .
Other notable attractions at the Singapore Biennale 2008
"Emptiness of the Human Soul" by Alphonse Boucher
This modernist masterpiece by the late Frenchman has taken the concept of minimalist painting to a whole new level. The art piece was sold for an astonishing US$25 millions during an auction 5 years ago. Till today, critics and art academics are still debating over the influences and impacts this painting has on the art world.
"3000 Bristles and a Suit" by Jason Anthony Ngiam
This performance art created a sensation when it debuted at New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York last week. The sight of a man in a suit brushing his teeth in a nonchalant manner has art critics lapping it up and calling the performance "fun and rebelliously chic". Wall Street Journal has even included Ngiam as the 10 New Faces to Look Out For in its latest arts column.
A replica of Sophie's own table in her home. This installation art is a continuation of a series of works to illustrate the despondent nature of todays modern urbanites. Others in Sophie's award winning series include bed, wardrobe, kitchen sink and many many more.
Money-Face with Richie Ong
What a week. I haven't felt such adrenaline since indulging in a foursome two months ago. If you haven't known by now, the past week has been one hell of a ride in the financial market. The collapse of Lehman Brothers, the near collapse of Merrill Lynch and AIG (for now) has triggered a major sell out and bloodletting in Wall Street. The impact is severe with worldwide implications. Just take a look at our own backyard.
Above were not Apples fans queuing for the over-hyped iphones. No. These sorry ass were actually worried policyholders who were anxious to terminate their policies at all cost and losses. A predictable move from amateur investors. The ST Index meanwhile, has been competing with our regional rivals to outfall each other, last closing at 2559. Things are looking so bleak that I have to step out of my loft to make a statement to calm the market. Now you must be wondering who the fuck am I if not the Prime Minister to make such a bold statement. I don't profess to be a man of many talents, but when it comes feeling the pulses and sentiments of the market and maybe chicks, I'm the one the authorities go to. In fact, I have been receiving non-stop calls from ministers, the media and clients since the event unfolded, especially those fucking ministers. Of all time and places, they have to choose to contact me just when me and me girl was busy manoeuvring our bodies to the beat of Tom Jones's Sex Bomb. To be more specific, Baldy quick-dialed me just when I was about to give me girl a "present" from the rear. The bald one was anxious to know when is the right time to release much needed cash into the market to stabilize it. Whoa whoa, hold it botak, I was saying to myself in between thrusting. We haven't even get started on the cowgirl and missionary, there's no urgency for any premature action yet. So I told him," Tharm, ai zai. The fundamentals of our economy are strong and we should hold out for as long as we possibly could before unleashing it for maximum impact. Any premature release of funds would only render us a laughing stock in the eyes of our neighbours. All in all, we should be able to eh ride out the current crisis."
The next to call when me and me girl were in the middle of our cowgirl routine was Woody. As chairman of our main financial regulator, Woody was exceptionally slow to grasp the severity of the situation until it's too late. Heck, the man was still talking about Fannie and Freddie when everyone's focus and attention was on AIG. I have half a mind to grab him by the collar, slap him a few times and tell him to prioritize his issues correctly. Instead, considering my license is to be renewed in the next few days, I reassured him by saying," Goh, ai zai. The fundamentals of our economy are strong. We're on top of the situation. Yes, the market maybe shifting back and forth, left and right, up and down, but overall, we're still maintaining a firm and flexible grip on the situation"
The last to call when we were in the last stretch of our copulation was Hairdo Lim. He wanted to hear my recommended "stimulants" to expand the economy and estimated projected growth for next year. By then, me and me girl were reaching a climatic crescendo and the last thing we need was for some joker cutting in and talking about projections and stimulation, so in between agitated heavy panting I said "CHEEBYE! FUCK OFF LAH!" and promptly hanged up on him. On hindsight, what I should have told him in the first place was yes, our economy is undergoing rapid SHRINKAGE at the moment and there are absolutely no potential for any BIG substaintial growth but overall, the fundamentals of our economy remains strong.
The above writer is a declared bankrupt with a tendency to self hallucinates and in the midst of repaying his debts. Rather than viewing this as a smirch in his career, the writer associate this liability as street cred to be worn on the sleeves. The writer counts among his confidantes, Nick Leeson, Jerome Kerviel and the newly-minted jackass Richard Fuld even though none of them has ever heard of him.
Another Open Letter from James Tomez
I nearly choked on my meatballs when I collected the newspaper from my doorstep this morning. There on the front page with his usual deadpan expression is our Wong. I remembered asking myself before I proceeded to read the article in full details, what on earth did the fucker do this time round. Well apparently, our Home Team has scored yet another "own goal" by allowing a man with a wrong passport to clear several layers of security at the airport before boarding the plane bound for Ho Chi Minh City. I was like, what the fuck! Again? As if letting our no. 1 terrorist absconded and 2 inmates briefly escaped from custody were not enough, the Home Team deemed it fit to add another to make up a threesome. What the fuck is going on Wong? Are you guys currently the David Villa of screw ups. Are the various agencies having some sort of competition to see who can screw it up bigger, better and more hilarious than the others? Wong, saying you are appalled and flabbergasted are not enough. I myself was appalled and flabbergasted when my GP diagnosed me with erectile dysfunction. But did the fact absolve me from my responsibility towards procreation as dictated by my religion? No Wong no. In my case, I took full responsibility. I divorced my wife. Who am I to deny her the chance to experience the joy of pregnancy albeit by another man. Likewise, who are you to deny another capable person from taking over from you after a hat-trick of screwed ups by your ministry under your stewardship. Sometimes it takes a man to admit he fucked it up big time. Sometimes, a midget. But regardless of shapes and sizes, Wong, it's time for you to step up to the plate, and took full responsibility for all the ineptitude as displayed by your men. While you are at it, it doesn't hurt to offer a formal apology and knowing you as a jerk who's totally oblivious and clueless about showing any remorse, here's a video to help you out. Pay special attention to DOGE-FUSE.
An Open Letter From James Tomez
As I lounged in my Pierro Lissoni designed sofa with my copy of the Straits Times yesterday, I was immediately taken aback to read about the escape of our country no. 1 terrorist Mas Selamat or "Maha" Selamat as he's known to all his followers by now from our detention centre. To say I was disturbed is an understatement. To say I was disgusted is not an exaggeration. My entire belief in our country's security system has been literally shaken to the core. My confidence on our Government's readiness to tackle international terrorism has plunged by a few hundred notches and is still plunging. But what was more appalling was to see the manner the Home Affair Minister reacted to questions raised by the MPs in Parliament. Our Wong made a half-hearted apology before providing half-baked answers to queries from the MPs in his usual nonchalant demeanour. Fuck, he even made time to put on a smile here and there in a pathetic attempt to soften the tension and lighten up the mood in the house. To that I can only say "FUCK YOU!" This is no laughing matter Wong. Your vague standard ministerial response to any uncomfortable questions posed is no longer applicable in this instance. We are talking about a dangerous terrorist with an Al Qaeda mindset and a PAP ego. A terrorist with the ultimate aim to cause massive destruction and casualties in our tiny island city state. In fact, the thought of having such person loitering among us send a shiver right down to my balls. The anxiety that I experienced after learning of this news was so severe that I lost all appetite to finish my plate of Swedish meatballs and THEY WERE DAMN DELICIOUS MIND YOU! Your half-fucked apology is not enough Wong. You must explain. Explain why a terrorist walking with a limp could somehow managed to escape a heavily guarded compound not in the night but in broad daylight. Explain why a terrorist walking with a limp can avoid detection for so long even though the authority has expended so much manpower and resources in this manhunt. Wong, saying sorry is just not enough this time round. Sorry also must explain.
Disclaimer: The writer is writng in his own capacity as a concerned citizen and the views and opinions expressed here are clearly his and his alone. Cheeky Times bear absolutely no responsibility to whatever is written here. In fact, to protect our own asses, we'll even go as far to say that the editors for this blog are complete illiterate.
Cheeky is on Facebook
Ok due to Eddyboi's raving review of Facebook, cheeky decided to sign up for an account just to see what actually is the big deal about it. A quick browse of the networks reveal that Facebook is indeed a class apart from Friendster. For one thing, there are less of those childish, preening 16, 17 years old punks infesting the social networking website. What you get is a different demographic group altogether, a more mature sophisticated network of preening working adults ( Heck, even cheeky's boss is on Facebook).
Over at Friendster, you have impressionable teenagers sending smileys (yawn….) to their friends or posting lengthy praising testimonials of their friends (Tish gurl here ish miie sista.. real blood sista.. she horx berii cuttiex derr lorrx.. hehex.. ii love euu manz.. ) just so they hope these friends could reciprocate the same gesture on their profiles. How lame is that? No no no. We uber-cool people @Facebook (see how Cheeky make use of the abbreviation in this context, how cool is that) do things a little differently with a bit more class because we know life is more than just a popularity test. Over @Facebook we don't do smileys. We poke people and if you feel you are up to it, you can even mass poke a whole group of people till your hearts content, and the amazing thing is, Facebook actually limit the number of pokes you can use just so to make sure your poke is a high quality one. So right now cheeky is busy contemplating, selecting and compiling a list of people to poke over the weekend and if you are game enough, why don't you sign up too and give cheeky a few pokes here and there.
Cheeky's Poking Checklist
Individuals to be poked:
1) Maria Ozawa and Sora Aoi (Cheeky is gonna to poke you like you never been poked before)
2) Jeanette Aw
3) Jessica Alba
4) Rui En
5) Lin Ziling
6) Jeon Ji Hyun
Groups to be mass poked:
1) All the female newscasters @Channelnewsasia
2) All the female journalists @Straits Times (only the chio ones, so the likes of Ong Sor Fern, Cheong Suk Wai can go poke themselves)
3) All the gorgeous people who had ever graced the cover of FHM
Groups to be mass poked with a large object:
1) PAP (you guys are so gonna to be poked for all the price hikes in recent months)
2) Singnet (here's a court order so shut the hell up and lay still . . . and stop crying!)
Cheeky is disappointed – very disappointed that his ISP didn't even bother to put up a fight in the ongoing Odex saga (not that cheeky is an anime fan). They basically just rolled over, pulled down their pants and gave Odex an open invitation to sodomise them. Fuck, not even dispatching a lawyer to attend the hearing. This is it man. Cheeky is changing his ISP once his contract expired. Luckily cheeky only download Hentai.


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Is the amount of things we read enough to justify having "knowledge" if we don't apply what we've learned?
I've been thinking a lot about how much I identify with being a reader and how, in some way, that makes me feel "better" than people who don't read as much as I do. I know "reading" in and of itself doesn't make any person better than the next. There's also an extensive conversation we could go into about the accessibility of books at affordable prices specially in developing countries, but today we're going to focus on something different: Is reading enough? How much weight does applying what we read hold? And are we really applying what we read to better our lives or just to "get it over with" and move on to the next book?
Changing Others vs Changing Ourselves
A lot of times I think we can get so consumed with this identity we've build around reading that we forget that the true purpose of reading and learning in general is to broaden our understanding of ourselves, of the world and of other people. A broader understanding, in theory, should lead to being better at dealing with conflicts/being less affected by other people's actions because you understand where people are coming from, their motivations and points of view.
But what if we catch ourselves only using that "knowledge" to further justify our points of view and not really trying to understand others? What if we get caught up in a cycle of trying to get everyone around us to change and be more "open" as we are instead of using what we know and our new found "openness" to truly understand others?
Are We Really Applying What We've Learned?
With learning, for the most part, the lessons only stick once we apply them. But in most reading communities, specially the ones with a focus on personal development books, we fall into the trap of applying the lessons once and assuming we've mastered them. A lot of the time, we don't realize how mechanical we're being by applying the lesson so we can "move on" to the next chapter or the next book and don't actually incorporating those lessons into our lives.
This is the reason why I've slowed down on my reading and am choosing to focus on turning all the lessons I take from everything I read into active parts of my life. I read less, but I apply more and make sure the lessons develop into habits.
Change Habits, Change Outcomes
The choice to focus on applying instead of consuming mass amounts of information is a hard one to make because FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) is real and most of us would like to read as much as we can in our lifetime. But when we realize that the most important thing we get out of reading is the people we become and not the amount of things we we can quote, choosing to consume less so that we can get more out of each book we read seems like the logical choice. We just have to take the leap and do it.
How do you approach reading? How much are you retaining/applying from the books you read? Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Leave them all below!


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US warns Israel against Chinese investment, pushes 'can't be friends' with China line
Though President Donald Trump has repeatedly talked up his unwavering support for Israel and its now troubled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the US Senate is becoming restless over China's growing ties with the Jewish state.
In particular, Israel's decision to lease a port in the northern city of Haifa to the Shanghai International Port Group has come under intense scrutiny. A draft text of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act – which sets out the US military's budget and priorities for the forthcoming year – includes a specific reference to the port.Also on rt.com 'The Chinese are coming': US attempts to turn the Philippines against its Beijing ally
As Haifa has long been a docking point for the US Sixth Fleet, the NDAA warns Israel that Washington "has serious security concerns with respect to the leasing arrangements," and urges the Israeli government "to consider the security implications of foreign investment in Israel."
The bill was passed on Thursday by the Senate Armed Services Committee, chaired by Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma), a staunch supporter of Israel. It will likely pass a full Senate vote before Congress breaks in August.
Inhofe's warning builds on increasing anti-China pressure from the Trump administration. The Israeli government's supposed reluctance to perform security vetting on Chinese investments has already angered the White House, as has Tel Aviv's awarding of several key infrastructure contracts to Chinese companies. These include a $1 billion private port at Ashdod awarded to China Harbour Engineering Company, and a $4.1 billion contract for light rail transit in the Israeli capital, for which four state-owned Chinese firms are currently bidding.
American officials told the Israelis last year that "the United States could not be friends with a country for which China was building ports," Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. National Security Advisor John Bolton also raised spying concerns surrounding Chinese tech firms Huawei and ZTE with his Israeli counterpart Meir Ben-Shabbat in April. Both firms are currently bidding on Israel's 5G network.
American lawmakers, particularly Republicans like Inhofe, are reluctant to criticize Israel. However, Washington does hold significant leverage in the form of the NDAA, which is adjusted every year to reflect US geopolitical goals.
In its current iteration, the $750 billion bill allocates more than $500 million to missile defense systems in Israel like the Iron Dome, David's Sling, and Arrow 3. It also provides support for Israeli anti-drone systems, and operations against so-called 'terror tunnels' used by Palestinian militants to sneak into Israel. On top of the NDAA's provisions, the US Senate passed a bill last year enshrining a $38 billion military aid package to Israel, to be administered over ten years.
Although the US underwrites a significant chunk of Israel's defense and is reluctant to criticize the Jewish state, the Trump administration and Congress will possibly have to weigh the importance of the alliance with Israel against the need to counter China, raising new tensions between the long-time allies.
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Portraiture usually memorializes a person at their best, within the framework of an important life event. In this series I try to capture moments that are not traditionally a part of our collective memory, arguing that they are more relevant than we assume, and glamorizing the quotidian— brushing your teeth, waiting for water to boil, standing at a bus stop in the rain, sending late-night emails in bed, etc. These are the people that lived alongside me at the age of 19.


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"I'm Confused:" ICE Official Has To Explain To Dem Senator That Illegal Immigrants Break The Law
She's a Legislator, and she doesn't understand the basics of Law.
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Despite the continued media hysterics over the past several months including the meltdown after President Trump said kind words to Vlad Putin — the US president's approval rating remains unchanged since May.
And President Trump's approval rating is currently at 48% on Rasmussen Reports.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
Manchester bomber was rescued by the Royal Navy from Libyan warzone and evacuated back to Britain - three years before he slaughtered 22 people at a pop concert
Both Salman Abedi and his brother were rescued from Libya by the Royal Navy
The HMS Enterprise took Abedi to Malta before he headed back home to Britain
He was on a gap year from Manchester College when he was saved by the ship
Abedi's younger brother Hashem is in jail in Tripoli facing trial over the attack
If you don't have much time, watch from 4:10 to 9:20. A woman asked police why Muslims were being permitted to engage in group prayer in a park, despite the fact that ordinances forbade that, and such ordinances were in fact enforced against all religions except Islam.
The cop refused to enforce the law or explain why it was merely "discretionary" in this case.
But that's not even the outrageous part.
The outrageous part is that the very next day, police pounded on the door and arrested her for "perverting the cause of justice" -- all on videotape.
Russia slashed holdings in US Treasuries by 84 per cent from March to May
Country is no longer considered major holder of Treasuries with just $14.9B
Sell-off did not seem to affect yields much, having little impact on bond market
Some speculate that US sanctions prompted Russia to move out of TreasuriesOH, AND BY THE WAY,
A Republican lawmaker is demanding some answers from the FBI after he says the bureau admitted to working with the controversial Southern Poverty Law Center.
In a letter obtained by Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., says the FBI has "admitted to working with the SPLC," in a development he describes as "surprising and worrisome."
"This is surprising and worrisome, as the SPLC is known to use its platform in order to denigrate and disparage certain groups by labeling them 'hate groups,'" he said.
He said that groups such as the Christian Family Research Council (FRC) have been labeled a hate group, while members of "Antifa" — a broad collaboration of left-leaning, anti-fascist activists — have not been given such a label.
He added that Floyd Corkins, who shot an FRC employee, later said he targeted the group as the SPLC had labeled it an antigay group.
"The SPLC's conflation of mainstream political advocacy groups with legitimate hate groups and domestic terror groups is absurd, frequently indiscriminate and dangerous," he said.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
Fourteen victims of anti-Trump rioters at a Trump campaign rally in San Jose, California in June 2016 filed a class action federal civil rights lawsuit in July against San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, Police Chief Edgardo Garcia, the City of San Jose and several named and unknown attackers.
Dozens of Trump supporters were assaulted, spit on, beaten, cold-cocked, egged, chased, tackled and bloodied as they left the San Jose Trump rally by mobs of far left, Mexican nationalist, Socialist, SEIU and anarchist thugs.
One female Trump supporter was egged and spit on by hundreds of Mexican nationalists chanting "F*ck you!" --- (Note: The liberal Washington Post said she "taunted" them — by wearing a Trump shirt, smiling, and flashing the peace sign!)
Another Trump supporter was cold-cocked with a bag of rocks while walking to his car and left bleeding.
A Jordanian man has been found guilty of two honor killings after taking to the stand to defend himself in a desperate attempt to avoid the death penalty.
Ali Irsan, 60, a Jordanian immigrant, has been convicted of killing his daughter's husband – Coty Beavers – and her friend Gelareh Bagherzadeh after his daughter converted to Christianity and married a Christian man.
The jury deliberated for just 35 minutes before reaching the verdict Thursday. Jurors will begin hearing evidence Friday morning on punishment, and he could be sentenced either to death or life imprisonment without parole.
Against the advice of his own attorneys, Irsan took the stand Wednesday declaring he had nothing to do with the deaths of Beavers and Bagherzadeh in Houston in 2012.
Irsan was grilled by prosecutors on his relationship with his wife and his devout faith as they tried to paint him as a radical Muslim who believed his daughter's marriage had brought shame on the family.
"Oh, crap, I've already decided to publish yours and my letters in my blog and my agency isn't going to like that lat line (last line) when they skim this for things that threaten our income stream, but maybe if I keep typing enough more words so that it's a little buried in the body instead of being the last thing in the letter, nobody will see it. Now is the time for all good men to suck a c-nt. Aids aids aids, n—er n—er n—er. Oswald acted alone. The government is lying. I have sex with children. The FDA is run by pharmaceutical companies that pay doctors per prescription. Your food is poison. We are in the middle of a mercury-induced autism epidemic. Plastic never degrades. The meat industry contributes more to the greenhouse effect than the automotive industry. Obama is being politically assassinated by his own party because they'd rather have a better chance at winning. They've done nothing to get us out of Iraq. Your vote means nothing. Withholding your income tax is punishable by imprisonment because if half the people that voted did it, we could have the government on its knees. Nobody wants that because we are the government, we are pigs, we wipe our asses with Arab skin and we enjoy it," it went on and on.THERE'S MORE. GO SEE IT.
And Major-General Qassem Soleimani has claimed that if the US starts a war, "Iran will finish it". Mr Soleimani, who heads up the Quds Force of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps, was reported by various Iranian news agencies as having made his comments during a speech in the city of Hamedan.
He said: "As a soldier, it is my duty to respond to Trump's threats. If he wants to use the language of threat, he should talk to me, not to president Hassan Rouhani.
"What could you have done against Iran in the past 20 years that you haven't done already? At the end, the victory belonged to the Iranian nation.
"You know that this war will destroy all that you possess. You will start this war but we will be the ones to impose its end. Therefore you have to be careful about insulting the ian people and the president of our Republic."
And in an apparent reference to acts of terror, he added: "You know our power in the region and our capabilities in asymmetric war. We will act and we will work."
"You know that this war will destroy all that you possess. You will start this war but we will be the ones to impose its end.
"Therefore you have to be careful about insulting the Iran people and the president of our Republic.
"I think it's a horrible thing that Germany's doing. It's a horrible mistake. How can you be working for peace and working from strength when somebody has that kind of power over you," the US president said. "You've given up all of your strength. I think it's very bad for Germany. It's very bad for the German people. And I don't think it's very good for NATO, if you want to know the truth."GO READ THE REST.
On Wednesday, President Trump won another major victory, as the European Union delegation meeting with him agreed to significant concessions to avoid a trade war.
Those concessions included lowering industrial tariffs on both sides, ratcheting up LNG exports and soy beans to Europe, and aligning regulatory standards so European markets would be more receptive to medical devices from America, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The European delegation included European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and his top trade official Cecilia Malmström. Car tariffs were also to be discussed. As
The Journal noted, "Last week, Mr. Trump threatened 'tremendous retribution' if his meeting with the EU officials doesn't lead to what he considers to be a fair auto-trade deal."
On Wednesday, Trump stated, "Over the years, the United States has lost hundreds of billions of dollars to the European Union and we just want it to be a level playing field for our farmers, our manufacturers, for everybody."
Juncker acknowledged, "We are close partners, allies, not enemies, we have to work together." Trump has claimed that the EU imposes 10% tariffs on auto imports, whereas the U.S. imposes 2.5%.
The U.S. does impose a 25% tariff on light trucks, as opposed to the 10% rate in Europe. The emphasis on soybeans comes as China has imposed tariffs on $34 billion worth of U.S. goods, including soybeans and pork.
In response to the announcement of European concessions, the stock market leaped upward. CNBC reported:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 172.16 points to close at 25,414.10 after falling more than 100 points earlier in the session. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.2 percent to an all-time high of 7,932.24 as Google-parent Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon all jumped. The S&P 500 gained 0.9 percent to 2,846.07, closing less than 1 percent from its record high, as tech rose 1.5 percent.
An Odessa waiter's viral Facebook post about a patron leaving a racist message instead of a tip was allegedly fabricated, according to the Odessa American.
Khalil Cavil was waiting tables on July 14 at Saltgrass Steak House in Odessa, when he discovered the patrons left a note on the receipt, according to a previous Reporter-Telegram article.
According to Cavil's Facebook post his name "Khalil" was circled on the receipt with"We don't Tip Terrorist" written across the top.
In response to the incident, Saltgrass Steak House COO Terry Turney released the following statement:
"After further investigation, we have learned that our employee fabricated the entire story. The customer has been contacted and invited back to our restaurant to dine on us. Racism of any form is intolerable, and we will always act swiftly should it occur in any of our establishments. Falsely accusing someone of racism is equaling disturbing."Obviously, the COO gets it.
Speaker Paul Ryan: You know what I'm going to do. I'm going to tell the story on what we've done. Look, two years ago, we, House Republicans, ran on a platform called "The Better Way" and then along with the newly elected President Trump, guess what we did? We did what we said we were going to do. We kept our promises and we enacted a very promising agenda that is now occurring. What's the result? We are stronger at home and abroad, we are rebuilding our military, we're confronting the opioid's crisis we're ending human trafficking. We are fixing things so that we improve people's lives.AND THEN THERE'S THIS:
That's right, the same pompous, self righteous media members who wail, gnash their teeth and assert that Donald Trump is trampling their sacred freedom of speech by calling them "fake news" want to know why Facebook doesn't go ahead and censor Faux News for all their lying, perfidious dishonesty.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
"I've spoken of the Shining City all my political life. …In my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity…."
Ronald Reagan in his farewell address to the nation. It should come as no surprise that American Pastor Andrew Brunson is now to be released from prison:
Incarceration without cause
The State Department has been hard at work and his name was at the forefront of this event: Advancing Religious Freedom:
A Goal of our President Please note this paragraph from the prior link:
"In announcing the Ministerial, Pompeo stressed that "where fundamental freedoms of religion, expression, peace and peaceful assembly are under attack, we find conflict, instability, and terrorism.
On the other hand, governments and societies that champion these freedoms are more secure, stable, and peaceful."
Hillary Clinton gave lip service to the concept of religious freedom and human liberty. So did George W. Bush.
But it is the current President who has shown Biblical backbone:
Yea, a man may say, "Thou hast faith, and I have works."
Show me thy faith apart from thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. James 2:18
We have a POTUS who is a living example of his own evolving faith. His faith – in the American People and our capability to effect the world with our own goodness has been demonstrated today.
My belief is that his faith is also rooted within the best of the Judeo-Christian traditions.
God Bless America and God Bless our President.
Firefighters work to subdue fire in Gush Etzion community after Arabs throw Molotov cocktail. Residents evacuated, heavy damage to homes.What would you do if this was your home?
Numerous police officers rushed to the scene of a potential kidnapping in the Dutch city of Almere, local broadcaster Omroep Flevoland reports. The alarm was raised when a girl was forced into a car in the city's Haven district.A video of the cultural enrichment event:
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...Problematic is that once Khalil put up his Facebook post exposing anti-Muslim sentiment, Salt Grass management was thrust into the spotlight.Read the rest HERE. Worth your time.
They made an unbelievable error in judgment.
The employee should have been suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation. Instead, management banned a customer.
Management should have vigorously noted the unverified nature of the hatefest and welcomed all customers to experience the warmth of their dine-in restaurant culture....
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This is the message of a damning report produced for the UK government by the National Audit Office. It confirms what many have long suspected: recycling is an empty ritual, devised by green zealots, enforced by bureaucrats, but with no practical benefits whatsoever.
Obviously, being an official report, it doesn't state the truth quite so bluntly. But it leaves the reader in no doubt that Britain's recycling targets are just an empty, EU-driven exercise in green virtue-signalling and that the whole process positively invites fraud and corruption.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday the President will remain 'uninvolved' [for the time being] and won't declassify the Carter Page FISA docs despite a request from the House Intel Majority.
"The president has purposefully remained uninvolved in this process. He has said repeatedly that he wants the Department of Justice to be fully transparent with these requests from Congress, and he's going to continue at this point to remain uninvolved," White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday.
"However, he sees more and more every single day that this is proving further and further to be a total witch hunt, particularly because it was based on a false and unverified and discredited dossier," Sanders added.
House GOP Intel Committee members asked President Trump last month to declassify the Carter Page FISA docs, in a letter obtained by Fox News' Catherine Herridge.
GOP lawmakers led by House Intel Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) asked President Trump to declassify the document.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
The targets were random, but last night's mass shooting along Toronto's Danforth Ave. was clearly planned and deliberate.
Shortly after 10 p.m., the gunman picked his way along the still-busy street of bars and restaurants, firing as he went. The first victim was sitting in a parkette. The next ones were finishing up a late-evening birthday dinner. Some were shot while they crossed the road. Others came face-to-face with the calm man with the handgun and were spared.
It's still not clear how many bullets were fired. Some witnesses say they saw the man reload at least once. But by the time the shooter completed his five-block stroll, two people were dead -- an 18-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl -- and 13 more were wounded.Surely this has nothing to do with that super peaceful Religion That Must Not Be Named?
Faisal Hussain has been identified as the gunman in the deadly Danforth Avenue shooting rampage.
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) released Hussain's identity on Monday evening, hours after he opened fire on a number of Danforth Avenue restaurants, killing two people and injuring 13 more.A Muslim goes on a shooting rampage and murders people? Shocking!
Hussain's family issued an email statement to CBC Toronto saying they are devastated by what happened and suggested that their son was struggling with severe mental health challenges, including psychosis and depression.It wouldn't be surprising to find out that the parents are cousins.
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Israel declared a Jewish ethnostate. Am now hopeful someone can whip down and turn these chuffing speakers off. pic.twitter.com/PnvKz5TmCY— Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) July 20, 2018
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There is a suspicious level of 'no information' in the story.
When you lose freedom of the press it takes the censors time to get approval to release the truth. We'll get the whole story after it is approved for publication.
An "unprovoked attack by a single evil individual" is, apparently, new Police newspeak meaning "not terror related". Which, of course, means that
You know what?
I think this really was the work of a single evil individual: The Ada County Sheriff's Office told Fox News on Sunday 30-year-old Timmy Earl Kinner has been arrested in connection with the attack.
Kinner has been charged with 9 counts of battery-aggravated assault, and 6 counts of injury to a child, according to jail records. Kinner is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, sheriff's officials told Fox News.Gates of Vienna did the necessary digging, and got the story the GOVERNMENT-MEDIA/ACADEMIA COMPLEX DID NOT APPROVE FOR PUBLICATION:
Have you heard of an accused killer named Timothy Kinner? No? Well, it's not really surprising if you haven't. Unless you were paying very close attention to the news on July 1, you wouldn't have noticed the story.
On the evening of June 30 a Mr. Kinner, a resident of Los Angeles, allegedly entered an apartment in a refugee-resettlement complex in Boise, Idaho. He was carrying a knife, and started stabbing people at the party, most of them immigrant children. The nine victims were from Syria, Ethiopia and Iraq. One of them — the 3-year-old birthday girl — later died in the hospital.
With all those puir wee bairns, the attack should have been a top news story for weeks.
Especially since the victims were black or brown "refugees". Their photos should have been shown over and over again on every news broadcast. Nancy Pelosi should have been tut-tutting on the floor of Congress about the puir wee bairns.
But it didn't happen.
The story quickly disappeared.
If you're wondering why,GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
Trump's message comes after Rouhani issued his own warning to the U.S. president earlier on Sunday. "America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars," Rouhani told a group of diplomats.
The tweet also came shortly after Trump's secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, delivered remarks on Iran at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Sunday evening.
During his address, Pompeo compared Iran's leaders to the mafia, while also declaring U.S. support for the people of Iran, especially protesters who have taken to the streets recently in opposition to the current regime.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
A federal judge ruled against stripping away the U.S. citizenship of a convicted terrorist tied to a plot to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge, citing a lack of evidence to prove that the status had been granted based on misrepresentations.
Iyman Faris, 49, was sentenced in 2003 for aiding and abetting al-Qaida by scoping out the iconic New York bridge as a part of a plot to cut through the cables supporting the structure.
He had met with Osam bin Laden in Afghanistan and worked with 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Faris is set to be released on Dec. 23, 2020, but a court filing last year in a U.S. District Court argued that Faris lied on immigration papers and that his terrorist affiliations demonstrated a lack of commitment to the Constitution.
Originally born in Pakistan, Faris became a citizen in 1999. He worked as a truck driver in Ohio and was married to an American woman.
Federal Judge Staci Yanle ruled this month in favor of Faris, saying that there was not enough evidence to prove that any misrepresentations influenced the decision to grant him citizenship.
"American citizenship is precious, and the government carries a heavy burden of proof when attempting to divest a naturalized citizen of his or her citizenship," she wrote on July 11.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
Hillary Clinton on Saturday criticized President Donald Trump over his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that "hardly anybody who believes in freedom gets along with" the Russian leader and that Trump "wants to be friends with Putin for reasons that we're all still trying to figure out."
Speaking at Ozy Fest, a festival in New York City, Clinton called Russian interference in the 2016 election "a direct attack on our democracy," and said, "the great mystery is why the President has not spoken up for our country. We saw that most clearly in this recent meeting with Putin."
Clinton said "it's no surprise" that she and Putin "did not exactly get along," but added, "to be fair, hardly anybody who believes in freedom gets along with him because he is always trying to dominate, intimidate and direct how people and nations behave."
Clinton also warned that the US is still "very vulnerable" to potential future election interference from Russia. "Several of the intelligence professionals, including Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, have said the Russians are still at it," Clinton said.
"They are still looking for ways to steal information about voter registration, for example."
Clinton added, "there are some tech experts in Silicon Valley with whom I have met who say that maybe what they'll do this next time is to really disrupt the actual election — shut down the servers that you send results to, interfere with the operation of voting machines because still too many of them are linked to the internet.
It really is quite simple. Everyone is smart except Donald J. Trump. That's why they all are billionaires and all got elected President. Only Trump does not know what he is doing. Only Trump does not know how to negotiate with Vladimir Putin.
Anderson Cooper knows how to stand up to Putin. The whole crowd at MSNBC does. All the journalists do. They could not stand up to Matt Lauer at NBC. They could not stand up to Charlie Rose at CBS. They could not stand up to Mark Halperin at NBC. Nor up to Leon Wieseltier at the New Republic, nor Jann Wenner at Rolling Stone, nor Michael Oreskes at NPR, at the New York Times, or at the Associated Press.
But — oh, wow! — can they ever stand up to Putin!
Only Trump is incapable of negotiating with the Russian tyrant. Remember the four years when Anderson Cooper was President of the United States? And before that — when the entire Washington Post editorial staff jointly were elected to be President? Remember?
Neither do I.
The Seedier Media never have negotiated life and death, not corporate life and death, and not human life and death. They think they know how to negotiate, but they do not know how. They go to a college, are told by peers that they are smart, get some good grades, proceed to a graduate degree in journalism, and get hired as analysts. Now they are experts, ready to take on Putin and the Iranian Ayatollahs at age 30.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
A three-year-old boy has been seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in the English city of Worcester, police said.
The boy was left with serious burns to the face and arms after what police believe was a "deliberate attack" in the Home Bargains store on Saturday afternoon.
A 39-year-old man from the nearby town of Wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. He remains in police custody, local West Mercia Police said in a statement.
Police on Sunday also released CCTV photos of three men they would like to speak to in connection with the incident, adding "they may have information vital to the investigation."
"At this time we are treating this as a deliberate attack on a three-year-old boy," West Mercia Police Chief Superintendent Mark Travis said in a statement.
If it weren't for President Obama we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set up a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today including Special Counsel Mueller's investigation. President Obama is responsible for that. It was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assessment in the first place.GO READ THE WHOLE THING.
A Christian pastor was knocked unconscious in eastern Uganda during a debate with Muslims about the divinity of Jesus Christ, while another pastor saw his services forcibly shut down after Islamists became angry that some Muslims were choosing to convert to Christianity.
Tom Palapande, a 38-year-old pastor in Butaleja District, was knocked unconscious by Islamists who threw rocks at him and other church leaders during a village debate, Morning Star News reported on Friday.
Palapande held a two-week evangelistic campaign in June, which included discussions on Islamic and Christian scriptures, the Trinity, and Jesus as the Son of God.
The last subject infuriated Muslims, however, who began throwing rocks at him, chanting "Allah akbar," or "God is great."
Fitton said Saturday evening Judicial Watch received the requested documents and even though they are heavily redacted, they confirm the FBI and DOJ misled the courts. Obama's Deep State DOJ and FBI withheld information about Hillary Clinton and the DNC being behind the information used to obtain the FISA warrant. Tom Fitton: .@JudicialWatch now has Carter Page FISA docs. They are heavily redacted but seem to confirm the FBI and DoJ misled the courts in withholding info about Clinton-DNC being behind the info used to get the FISA warrant.


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Ambrose's Patriarchs: Ethics for the Common Man
In this welcome new book Marcia L. Colish offers the only monograph-length study of the patriarch treatises of Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-397), in which he develops, for the first time in the patristic period, an ethics for the laity. Ambrose the ethicist has been viewed primarily as the author of advice to those with special callings in the church, such as priests, widows, and consecrated virgins. His views have been characterized as advocating asceticism and promoting a Platonic view of human nature, in which the body is a moral problem. Ambrose's patriarch treatises, argues Colish, are instead aimed at lay people who did not have special callings in the church, but who led active lives in the world as spouses, parents, heads of households, professionals, and citizens. These treatises reveal a different side of Ambrose and show that he developed an ethics of moderation based on an Aristotelian and Stoic anthropology, which he modified in the light of biblical ethics and St. Paul's view of human nature.
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Denis DiderotDenis Diderot got the Libra Zodiac sign of the Western Astrology
Born on October 5, 1713, Denis Diderot was a French philosopher and art critic. He also was a writer. Throughout the Enlightenment age he is known as a sponsor to the Encyclopedie. He wrote the discourse Le Neveu de Rameau which is the basis of articles about desires. He wrote La Religieuse abut a nun who is forced into slavery at the monastery where she served. He married Antoinette Champion in 1710 and they had one child who survived. Diderot was not faithful and had affairs with Madeleine de Puisieux and Sophie Volland. Letters to Sophie Volland are some of the most vivid of descriptions of the daily life of the philosophic circle of Paris. Diderot never became wealthy and had to sell his library to Catherine the Great of Russia to produce enough money to provide a dowry for his daughter. He translated Temple Stanyan?€™s History of Greece in 1743 and also translated Robert James?€™s Medicinal Dictionary in 1748. He wrote his first original work the Pensees philosphiques in 1745 and then composed a volume of questionable stories Les bijoux indiscrets in 1748. His Lettre sur les aveugles a l?€™usage de ceux qui voient or Letter on the Blind in 1749 presented him as an original thinker. He wrote romantic plays, Le Fils naturel in 1757 and le pere de famille in 1758. Diderot wrote about free will and held a materialistic view of the universe. He suggested that human behavior is determined by heredity. Diderot died on July 31, 1784 in Paris France. He was 70.
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Bath has excellent transport links. Bath Spa train station is on the main line between Bristol and London, Bristol Airport is about an hour away and the city is close to the M4 motorway.
The University of Bath campus is located outside the city in Claverton Down, on the east side of Bath. On arrival at the conference, delegates should come straight to the Chancellors' Building, the main entrance of which is near the campus public transport arrivals area and the East Car Park. Follow the MEI Conference signs, which will lead you into the building and up the stairs to the MEI registration desk on the first floor.
Below you'll find information on getting to the University of Bath, including details of parking, conveniently located railway stations and airports, and onward journey advice. More comprehensive travel advice can be found on the university's own website. Although we are confident that the directions and timescales detailed below were correct at time of writing, we advise you to confirm your own personal travel route with the relevant travel operators directly, as arrangements are subject to change without notice.
Post code for SatNav: BA2 7AY
Use 'Norwood Avenue, Bath', not Quarry Road, to get to the main entrance of the campus and visitor car parks.
Find your way using Google Maps
Parking on campus
Delegates arriving by car should park in the East Car Park, near the accommodation in The Quads, and then walk to the Chancellors' Building. There are ten disabled parking spaces and six electric vehicle charging spaces in the East Car Park. You must display your Blue Badge if you are parking in a disable parking space. If this car park is full there is an East car park overflow.
Please be aware that any cars parked in the East Car Park will need to display a official parking permit, which will be made available to registered delegates.
Once you have checked into the residential accommodation on your first day, we recommend that you park in the East Car Park and walk to the conference venues. There are two drop-off spaces available to visitors for up to 20 minutes outside The Quads' Damson building. There are ten designated parking bays for visitors with disabilities outside The Quads' Damson and Chestnut buildings.
For national train times and enquiries please visit the National Rail Enquiries website or telephone them on 03457 48 49 50 (local rate charged).
The nearest railway station to the University of Bath is Bath Spa.
Great Western Railway offers special fares to delegates attending the MEI Conference at the University of Bath. Conference Fares are available from most Great Western Railway stations. Information on how to access this special fare is available here.
Onward travel from Bath Spa railway station
The main bus station is just along the road to the left as you exit Bath Spa railway station. You can catch a number 20 bus from bus stop Bh to the University (please note that the University U1 bus service will not be running during the conference). This printable map shows the location of the bus station and stops, as well as a timetable and information about PlusBike. A bus journey from Bath bus station to the university campus will take 10 to 15 minutes.
Alternatively, you could take a taxi. Bath Spa station is a major station with taxis usually available on a rank. Advance booking is not normally necessary, unless arriving early in the morning or late at night. The taxi rank is located at the station entrance; if you require an accessible taxi please approach a member of staff.
Local taxi firms:
Bristol Airport has flights to over 125 destinations. The Bath Bus Company operates a service between Bath and Bristol Airport. The Air Decker bus service stops near the main Bath bus station, where you can catch the number 20 bus to the campus. The journey from Bristol Airport to Bath takes 50 minutes and costs £14 one way. Tickets can be booked online.


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If you're like many Californians, you've seen – and maybe even worked in – poor working conditions.
But do poor working conditions equal a lawsuit?
Here's what you need to know.
What Are Poor Working Conditions?
It's a fact that poor working conditions can affect long-term health, but not all poor conditions are unsafe.
(Learn how to identify unsafe working conditions.)
If you're in an unsafe work environment, you must:
- Tell your immediate supervisor to give him or her a chance to correct the issue.
- If your immediate supervisor doesn't correct the issue, go to your next-higher supervisor.
- Report the situation to Cal/OSHA's Enforcement Branch if you cannot get anyone within your workplace to address it.
Poor working conditions that involve your health and safety could ultimately lead to you having the right to refuse to work until your employer corrects the situation, or until your employer investigates and determines that there aren't any safety violations.
Don't refuse to work until you've talked to an employment lawyer, though. If you do, and you weren't entitled to do so under the law, you could be putting your job at risk.
Many factors that contribute to working conditions include:
- Cleanliness. Employers have to ensure that the workplace is reasonably clean and free from health hazards.
- Fall prevention. In workplaces that involve heights or other fall hazards, employers must provide risk mitigation.
- Lighting.Employers must provide adequate lighting, at least as far as is practical, to allow safety.
- Maintenance. Employers are responsible for maintaining safe equipment and workplaces. This includes maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment, but also free from safety hazards.
- Temperature. Freezing or too-hot conditions are typically unacceptable, but not always.
- Ventilation. To protect employees from dust, mold and other airborne hazards, employers must ensure workplaces have adequate ventilation.
This isn't a complete list of what employers are required to provide, but in general, employers are required to provide a safe workplace.
Can You Sue Over Poor Working Conditions?
Your first action when you encounter poor working conditions that threaten your safety – or the safety of other people in your workplace – should be to talk to your supervisor. If that supervisor doesn't adequately address your concerns, take it up a level by talking to your supervisor's boss. When you've gone as high as you can, you may need to talk to Cal/OSHA's Enforcement Branch. They'll investigate the situation.
Important note: If a safety hazard doesn't pose an imminent danger, notify your employer of the problem in writing.
Your employer is not allowed to retaliate against you for reporting a safety violation. If it does, you could have an entirely different type of lawsuit on your hands.
Talking to a Lawyer About Poor Working Conditions
If you're reasonably sure that the working conditions in your workplace are so poor that they could entitle you to refuse to work until they're corrected, talk to an employment lawyer. Here's what you can discuss with your attorney:
- Describe the conditions. Let your attorney know what's wrong in the workplace and whether you believe you're encountering safety hazards. Explain why these hazards are dangerous to you and to other workers.
- Talk about incidents that have occurred. If any of the safety hazards in your workplace have led to an accident, let your lawyer know.
- Discuss the actions you've taken. If you've approached your supervisor or anyone else in the company with your concerns, let your attorney know. Explain when, where and how you broached your concerns with supervisors, as well, and tell your attorney about those supervisors' responses. If you have filed a complaint with Cal/OSHA's Enforcement Branch, provide your lawyer with supporting documentation as well.
- Find out what your options are. Your attorney will most likely tell you to approach supervisors with your concerns if you haven't already. If you have, your lawyer will evaluate the situation and tell you what your next steps could be.
- Find out what kinds of outcomes are possible. Ask your lawyer what might happen if you follow through with the next steps. You may want to ask if you're entitled to refuse to work until the situation is corrected, or if there's any type of legal recourse you're entitled to.
Do You Need to Talk to a Lawyer About Poor Working Conditions?
While there's no guarantee that you have a case, it can't hurt to talk to an attorney if you suspect you've been subjected to unsafe or poor working conditions.
Call us at 818-230-8380 for a free case review. We'll answer your questions and talk about possible outcomes of your case, as well as give you the legal advice you need.


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Preview: Justice League of America #41
A new era starts for the League right here, as the team regroups with a new roster. Make way for the World's Greatest Heroes – Batman, Green Lantern, the Atom, Green Arrow, Donna Troy, the Guardian, Cyborg, Mon-El, Starfire, Dr. Light and, yes, Congorilla.
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