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trying to get all my pokemon to lvl 100, i got this so far
nidoking lvl 70
espeon lvl 71
charizard lvl 50
dragonite lvl 65
pupitar lvl 53
gyrados lvl 57
pretty pleased with my progress thus far
trying to get all my pokemon to lvl 100, i got this so far
nidoking lvl 70
espeon lvl 71
charizard lvl 50
dragonite lvl 65
pupitar lvl 53
gyrados lvl 57
pretty pleased with my progress thus far
Spoiler:- :
My current team on silver version:
the one and only shiny ive ever had or found:
Being sad that my Silver copy will no longer save. Sigh...
cleared the Ice Path and level grinded a bit before i defeated Claire.
got the Spell Tag from Santos, then headed to the Dragon's Den where I received theRisingBadge and got the Extremespeed Dratini(:
then headed south toward New Bark, but got a call from Ralph saying that the Qwilfish were swarming- so flew out to Violet and went south and caught a Qwilfish.
back to Route 45, beat trainers and gathered the items.
then in New Bark Prof. Elm gave me a MasterBall stored some money with Mom before heading for Tohjo Falls!!
PS: still waiting on someone to give me suggestions regarding my team. please look at my post above- any moveset suggestions would be wonderful!!
Sage Chow sent out Bellsprout!
May StarClan Light Your Path
I have too many playthroughs going on.
The reason I never posted was because I spent so much time trying to get Eevee's happiness to go up by taking it to the salon people in Goldenrod. I finally managed to get it to evolve into Espeon. I realized I would need a surfer to get to Cianwood so I figured I would go ahead and get my 6th team member. So I surfed east of Ecruteak on a random Poliwag I captured and skipped every trainer on my way to the Lake of Rage. Once I was there I captured the Red Gyarados and claimed it as my final team member. I spoke with Lance about the weird signal and headed back to Mahogany Town.
Crystal Team:
Just started a new game on gold, picked chikorita and set off to mr pokemons house training my chikorita on the way. Got to mr pokemon's house received the mysterious egg and got my pokedex from prof oak. I then started to head back at prof elm's request along the way defeating my rival and getting chikorita to lvl 9 now im catching some pokemon for my team.
With Out Evil There Would Be No Good In A World Were for Every Shade Of Blue There is a shade Of Grey
I restarted Crystal. I got Totodile this time around, but I don't plan on keeping him because I've already got a team planned out consisting of Poliwrath, Vileplume, Electabuzz and Miltank. Right now, I'm in Ecruteak. I've went ahead and caught a Miltank first before advancing though. After that I went to battle the Kimono girls and taught Surf to Poliwhirl. After this, I'm going to explore the Burnt Tower and after that I might go train some more before challenging Morty.
Current team:
Current Crystal Team:
Typhlosion Lv 54 @Charcoal
Fire Punch
Flame Wheel (will become Flamethrower soon)
Quick Attack
Suicune Lv 53 @Mystic Water
Ice Beam
Rain Dance
Gust (will become Hydro Pump)
Victreebel Lv 54 @Miracle Seed
Razor Leaf
Sludge Bomb
Giga Drain
Sleep Powder
Raikou Lv 52 @Magnet
Zap Cannon
Quick Attack (will become Thunder)
Spark (will become Rain Dance)
Lugia Lv 62 @Leftovers
Hydro Pump
Heracross Lv 51 @Leftovers
Horn Attack
Take Down (will become Megahorn)
Currently training at the Elite Four and Mt. Silver to beat Red.
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I finished playing the first half of the game, challenging the E4 with a ~L51 team. I evolved my Poliwhirl at L51 and have Poliwrath learn Lock On, then I also trained until I got my other team members on par. The Elite 4 wasn't really hard considering that my Pokemon are on a higher level compared to theirs. Then, I continued my journey to Kanto.
In Kanto, I first got the ThunderBadge from Lt. Surge. Then I traveled to Saffron and Cerulean, finishing up on the Power Plant and PokeDoll sidequest, getting a Magnet Train pass. Along the way, I challenged Sabrina and interrupted Misty's date. Then I went through Rock Tunnel and Lavender Town (gotta love the town music <3 ) and got the EXPN Card. After that, I went to Celadon and challenged Erika.
Vileplume had a field day with Sludge Bomb
Now I'm headed to the Cycling Road.
I decided to do a nuzlocke run of Crystal as I am bored and to pass time before the English release of B2W2. This will be my first nuzlocke run so it will be challenging!
I started up the game and decided to play as the girl, why not? I named her Crystal for obvious reasons and went through the introduction. I went to the lab and decided to use Cyndaquill, I will need all the help I can get to succeed. I nicknamed him Quill and progressed onto Route 29. The first Pokemon I encountered was a Hoothoot, but I couldn't catch it. I picked up the Potion and battled a few wild Pokemon to get Quill to level 7, before reaching Cherrygrove City.
I did the tour to get the map, healed up and continued onto Route 30. I encountered a Zubat but knocked it out as I have no Poke Balls. I eventually made it to Mr.Pokemon's house and received a Pokedex and the Mystery Egg. After getting a call I hurried back to the lab after knocking out my rival and his Totodile with ease. Named him Silver and gave the Egg to Elm. I received Poke Balls and went back to Route 29. I encountered a Rattata, and caught it. Named it Rattus and trained it to level 6. Saved here and will continue tomorrow.
Omega Ruby
My Gold version turned 10 years old in August, so a few weeks ago I decided to play it for a bit. I started the game up (internal battery is still alive despite being ancient) and looked at what Pokemon I had in my party. I noticed that I had a Chikorita that I'd traded over from my dead Crystal version earlier this year, so I decided to go train it. First, I flew to Mt. Silver and leveled it up against some of the wild Pokemon there. Once it had evolved into Bayleef and was level 20 something, I went to the Pokemon League and beat the Elite Four. By the time I finished doing that, Bayleef had evolved into Meganium.
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It's been a long time since I played my Gold version, so I went back to playing it last night. I was just about to battle Falkner after training my Pokemon at the Sprout Tower, so I got that underway. I defeated his Pidgey easily with Geodude, but I switched to my Chikorita after that because I wanted it to get some experience. Unfortunately, Falkner's Pidgeotto was a tough Pokemon, so I had to use my Mareep instead. I defeated Falkner's Pidgeotto before it could do too much damage, and I headed out to the Pokemon Center after winning the Zephyr Badge. I then headed to the local Poke Mart since I had to collect the egg from Professor Elm's assistant. I also bought some items there before leaving. Once outside of Violet City, I wandered south on Route 32. I collected a Miracle Seed from a guy there, and then I saved the game shortly after capturing a Wooper in the tall grass.
I just started over on Pokemon Gold. I named my Trainer Ethan and started with a Cyndaquil. I was training before I got to Mr.Pokemon and Cyndaquil evolved right before I arrived in Violent City.
I headed south on Route 32 on my way to Azalea Town. I battled some trainers as I moved towards the Pokemon Center near Union Cave, and I eventually stumbled upon a bridge where some Fisherman trainers were fishing. I battled them and I registered one of them in my Pokegear. I battled some wild Pokemon in the tall grass before entering the Pokemon Center. I healed my Pokemon there and obtained the Old Rod. I headed out to try it near the water's edge, but all I found were Magikarp. I captured one anyway and stored it in my PC. I headed inside Union Cave after battling a trainer outside. I captured a wild Geodude as soon as I entered the main cavern there, and I battled the trainers inside as I made my way south toward the exit. I had a tough time battling against the wild Pokemon and trainers, but I kept at it since I needed to level up my team for the next Gym battle. I saved.
Found my Silver version after almost 7 years (it was under a bed at my grandparents cabin, is that weird?)anyway, much to my dismay it can no longer save and restarts every time you turn it off. Volkner has had his butt kicked so many times this month before I get bored, turn it off, and go play Soul Silver.
Fairy Safari: Togepi, Spritzee, Clefairy
Dedicated Pokemon breeder with access to titles from Gen III (R/S/E/Fr/Lg/Col/XD) to Sun/Moon.
Working on finishing Pokedex in Sun! Need Lunala, Pheromosa, and Celesteela, willing to trade Sun version exclusives or trade-evolution Pokemon!
I exited Union Cave after training for a bit, and I arrived at Route 33. I headed west towards Azalea Town after battling against a Hiker, but I spotted Team Rocket near the Slowpoke Well just outside of town. I knew they were up to no good, so I healed my Pokemon at the Azalea Town Pokemon Center and I went to Kurt's house and I talked to him. He went to the Slowpoke Well to confront Team Rocket for cutting off Slowpoke tails, and I went after him. Once inside the well, I had to battle against several Team Rocket grunts until I cleared out the cave and Team Rocket fled. I obtained a Lure Ball from Kurt after I saved the Slowpoke Well, and I gave him a White Apricorn so he could turn it into a Fast Ball. I headed out after that and I trained a bit at Union Cave. I returned to Azalea Town and I went to the Gym. I battled a couple of Gym trainers and then I saved the game before continuing on.
Its 2/2/13. Today i decided to get old my gbc (which is older than a lot of the forum members) and play crystal. Possibly blue since ive never beat it. A trip down memory lane. Even gonna reatart crystal.
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Current obsession: Pokemon X
I returned to the Azalea Town Gym after healing my Pokemon and buying some items, and I went to battle against Bugsy. I arrived at his spot near the tree in the middle of the Gym, and I challenged him. I used my Geodude against his Metapod, and I was able to win that match with Geodude's Rock Throw attack, which was super effective. I switched to my Pidgeotto when Bugsy sent out his Scyther, and I had Pidgeotto attack with Gust. That did a lot of damage, but Scyther withstood it and attacked with Fury Cutter. I was able to beat it with another Gust attack, then I used my Geodude against Bugsy's Kakuna. I won the battle with Rock Throw, and I obtained the Hive Badge and the Fury Cutter TM. I left the Azalea Town Gym and I visited the Pokemon Center again. I healed my Pokemon, then I battled against my rival as I wandered toward the Ilex Forest. I saved the game afterwards.
The Five Region Challenge
Spoiler:- Regions:
Kanto - Team: Badges: 8 Currently: COMPLETED!
Johto - Team: Badges: 16 Currently: COMPLETED!
Hoenn - Team: Badges: 8 Currently: COMPLETED!
Sinnoh - Team: Badges: 8 Currently: COMPLETED!
Unova - Team: Badges: 8 Currently: COMPLETED!
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All you need is LOVE- The Beatles <3
The Graceful Assassin
Credit to FairyWitch
I healed my Pokemon again after I defeated my rival near the Ilex Forest gatehouse, and I went inside the forest after that. I battled some wild Pokemon as I made my way deeper into the forest and I eventually found a kid who had lost his Farfetch'd. I had to find the Farfetch'd and lure it back to its trainer. I obtained the Cut HM after I helped the kid and I taught it to my Oddish. I cut down the tree in front of the forest shrine and I went around the forest some more. I collected items that I found on the forest floor and I eventually found the forest's northern exit. I obtained the Sweet Scent TM from a girl at the gatehouse there and I arrived in Route 34. I battled some trainers and I captured a Drowzee in the tall grass. I then visited the Day Care Center and I left my Oddish there to train. I battled some more before arriving in Goldenrod City, and I saved the game at the Pokemon Center.
Sunny - Butterfree Lv22
Sleep Powder
Dart - Ariados Lv23
Poison Sting
String Shot
Night Shade
Sporax - Parasect Lv24
Stun Spore
Fury Cutter
Sokka - Heracross Lv22
Horn Attack
Fury Attack
Not sure who the last two will be - I'll just go with the flow.
Thanks again, Master Leo!
The Five Region Challenge
Spoiler:- Regions:
Kanto - Team: Badges: 8 Currently: COMPLETED!
Johto - Team: Badges: 16 Currently: COMPLETED!
Hoenn - Team: Badges: 8 Currently: COMPLETED!
Sinnoh - Team: Badges: 8 Currently: COMPLETED!
Unova - Team: Badges: 8 Currently: COMPLETED!
I decided to explore Goldenrod City upon arrival. I headed over to the Goldenrod City Department Store and I did a little shopping there. I found some items in the basement and then I headed over to the Bike Shop where the shopkeeper gave me a Bike that he wanted me to promote. I headed over to the Flower Shop and then the Radio Tower. I got the radio for the Pokegear and then I battled some trainers at the Goldenrod Tunnel place. I did some training on Route 34 afterwards and I caught a wild Ditto in the tall grass. I spent another 30 minutes training at the Ilex Forest although that didn't pay off as much as I wanted, so I just returned to Goldenrod City. I arrived at the local Gym and I started battling against Gym trainers. I was able to make it to Whitney's spot, but I didn't battle her yet since my team wasn't exactly good enough yet. I went back to Route 34 for more training and I saved.
I recently completed the Kanto badge quest in my latest scramble challenge on Crystal. Due to all of my Pokemon being around Level 50 when I reached the foot of Mt. Silver, I decided to dedicate time to training my team before exploring Mt Silver. However, there are obviously very few high leveled training spots in Gen 2, therefore I took it upon myself to search for a Chansey holding a Lucky Egg to the east of Fuchsia City on Route 14. After days of searching with no success (and understandably so, given that Chansey has a 1% encounter rate and then an 8% chance of carrying a Lucky Egg), the prize appeared today on Good Friday after around five encounters. My first Chansey of the day happened to be holding the much-coveted Lucky Egg! I felt a bit guilty about using my Murkrow's Thief attack to steal Chansey's item, so I caught her so that she never has to be too far away from the Lucky Egg, and I nicknamed her 'Easter' as a reminder of when I found her.
I am now training in preparation for the final battle against Red.
Typhlosion - Lv 55
Ariados - Lv 54
Noctowl - Lv 54
Sandslash - Lv 50
Miltank - Lv 50
Lanturn - Lv 51


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Q. Yesterday I was playing doubles and serving. My first serve hit the net and I thought it rolled to a stop. It did not, but I threw my second ball up to hit it anyway at which point the opposing side said "stop." Once the ball stopped rolling, I asked for two serves, as they stopped me in the middle of serving. They would not give it to me as it was my serve that was rolling. It was on our side of the net, so it was not impeding them.
It was just a friendly game, but we wanted to clarify in case it came up on League play.
A. If you had waited for the ball to stop moving, and then started your motion and THEN your opponents stopped you, you would have a case for a first serve. However the ball was still rolling. Your opponents were not certain where that ball was going to settle. You started your motion before clearing the ball or waiting for it to stop or move off of the court. They had a right to stop you and not give you a first serve in this case.
Q. Two cases regarding self-officiated match code interpretation:
1. A legal serve is returned hard and near sideline for a winner. Server realizes he served a ball that had rolled from adjacent court, which was less lively than the ones they had been playing with, and after the point requests to do the point over. Should he get it over?
2. Just before a second serve, receiver calls time due to stray ball; server proceeds with serve. Does he get two serves or one?
1. The point stands as played with the ball from the adjacent court.
2. If the server began his/her service motion and play is suddenly stopped due to outside hindrance, the server gets a first serve. If the server was not in the second-service motion and there is not a long delay between the first and second serve, then the server only gets the second serve.
Q. This fall I was involved in a match during the final match of the 5.0 Men's Nationals in Palm Springs. I was involved in a third set super breaker at #1 Doubles. I was serving to the Deuce Court up 7-5 in the breaker. I hit a long first serve that my opponent hit into the side fence of the court, I served my second serve. Upon serving my second serve he returned the serve and announced that he was not ready and that I could serve another second serve. It is my understanding that when you make an attempt to return a serve then you are deemed ready and you lose the point. Or at the very least give your opponent two serves. The roving umpire did not know the rule. Fortunately for my team we ended up winning the National Title- but what is the correct rule. Can the player return the ball and tell you they are not ready? Thank you for your answer.
A. Any serious attempt to return any serve forfeits your claim that you were not ready to receive serve.
Q. If my opponent serves and I call a let, but he does not agree, who has the final say?
A. Few people know this, but according to "The Code, a Players' Guide to Unofficiated Matches", any player (in singles or doubles) can call a service let (ball touching the net). It must be done promptly. Usually the receiver(s) make the call and many players on the serving side decide not to get involved with the call thinking maybe they were mistaken.
If the server hears a clear let and the receiver does not call it, it is best for the server to call it ASAP. Otherwise, the server hears a let and the receiver hits a winner, and after some hesitation, the server asks "Did you hear a let?" That is always difficult situation to resolve after the point has been played.
Q. I play in a mixed-doubles group. I was receiving. The server's first serve was a fault. The ball bounced off the back fence and rolled into my playing area. I stepped out of receiving position to pick up the ball and put it in my pocket. Before I could remove my hand from my pocket the server began service. The ball was in, but I made no attempt to return it calling a "Let" since I wasn't ready. Does a receiver have an obligation to call out, or hold up a hand when he believes he is being quick-served by an opponent?
A. The server may not serve until the receiver is ready. The server must look to see if the receiver is ready. If the receiver is not ready it is recommended that the receiver holds up their hand or says "wait please." In this way there is no doubt that the receiver is not ready.
Q. I'm playing doubles, and I'm serving to the deuce court. The receiver's partner is standing very close to the "T". I try and serve to the "T", but my serve is a little off, and the ball hits the receiver's partner in the chest. Is this a fault with a second serve coming, or does the server get the point?
A. The server wins the point. Any serve that hits an opposing player prior to the bounce no matter where they are standing, is point to the server. A let that hits an opponent prior to the bounce is a let.
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New Zealand have confirmed a 38-man squad for two upcoming camps, with ten uncapped players being mixed with All Black veterans.
New Zealand have named a 38-man squad for two upcoming training camps, with ten uncapped players being mixed with All Black veterans.
The group, which will undergo the camps before being whittled down on June 2, contained no major surprises. It includes all of New Zealand's core playing group barring captain Richie McCaw, who is taking a sabbatical from the game.
"There's some young players who are really putting their hand up," said boss Steve Hansen.
"It's about getting that mixture of experience and youthful enthusiasm and making the decisions at the right time to introduce new blood."
While some veterans such as lock Ali Williams, hooker Andrew Hore and centre Ma'a Nonu have struggled for form this year, Hansen was confident they could still perform for the All Blacks.
He said he was in no hurry to drop players who had proved themselves at international level and when the world champions set about rebuilding their team it would be a gradual process.
"You can't dump everybody at once because you need experience to win Test matches… there's a lot of guys have still got a lot of rugby left in them," he said.
"They'll come into our environment, they'll play Test matches and, if they can play to the level we expect, they'll stay there. If they can't, then we have to make decisions."
Sam Cane was the only specialist openside flanker named in the absence of McCaw.
But Hansen said Luke Braid, Tanerau Latimer and Matt Todd were all capable of providing cover at number seven and the selectors did not believe including them in the training group would provide any new insights.
"We know these guys, so we thought we'd just keep monitoring them on the field," he said.
Hansen said Highlanders centre Tamati Ellison was omitted from the training group after confirming last week that he will play in Japan at the end of the Super Rugby season, but he could still be called up if needed.
Rene Ranger was included despite rumours he is considering an offer to play in France, with Hansen saying he would be disappointed if the outside back was offered a chance to add to his three Test caps and still departed.
The All Blacks open the Test series against France in Auckland on June 8.
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Forwards: Kieran Read, Victor Vito, Sam Cane, Liam Messam, Steven Luatua, Brad Shields, Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Luke Romano, Ali Williams, Dominic Bird, Owen Franks, Ben Afeaki, Tony Woodcock, Ben Franks, Wyatt Crockett, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Andrew Hore, Keven Mealamu, Dane Coles.


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Skip to comments.Professor Who Vandalized Pro-Life Display Against Abortion Defends Actions
Posted on 04/15/2006 5:17:19 PM PDT by rhema
Highland Heights, KY -- A Northern Kentucky University professor who destroyed a pro-life display against abortion and encouraged her students to vandalize it as well is defending her actions. Dr. Sally Jacobsen, a British literature professor, called the display "silly" and said her free speech rights allowed her and others to trash the display. As LifeNews.com reported on Thursday, Jacobson and several students from her class vandalized a pro-life display of hundreds of crosses that the campus pro-life group had set up earlier in the week.
The professor and her students were caught on camera and seen by other witnesses trashing the pro-life display.
Jacobson admitted to the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper that she and nine of her students engaged in the vandalism.
"I did, outside of class during the break, invite students to express their freedom-of-speech rights to destroy the display if they wished to," Jacobsen said.
She told the newspaper she had "no comment" as to whether she was involved, but a reporter form the NKU student newspaper caught Dr. Jacobson on camera.
Jacobson told the Enquirer she was upset by the pro-life display which she labeled a "slap in the face" to women who might be considering "the agonizing and very private decision to have an abortion."
The professor claimed it wasn't clear who put up the cross display, but members of Northern Right to Life, the campus pro-life group, received permission from the school to use the lawn outside the campus center for it.
After Dr. Jacobson and NKU students destroyed the display, members of the group decided put new crosses up in their place and camp out overnight on Thursday to make sure they weren't vandalized again.
The student group also told The Northerner student newspaper it plans to press charges with local police.
"We called the police and told them that we decided to press charges," Julie Broering, treasurer for the group, said. The decision came after members of the pro-life club held a day-long meeting and vote.
David Tobergte, an administrative sergeant with the University Police said those involved could face felony theft charges and any students could also face university sanctions regarding the incident.
Related web sites: Northern Kentucky University
Ah yes, good old liberal tolerance.
I'm guessing that she is the heavier of the two.
Met a new neighbor tonight, after I noticed a bumper sticker on their car that was parked on the street.
It read: ABORTION IS NOT HEALTH CARE
I rang the bell and welcomed them to the neighborhood.
This is one one those rare case where the MSM coverage matches the Pro Life Press almost exactly.
>>A new way to debate: vandalize!
About a dozen students at Northern Kentucky University could face expulsion after a professor recruited them to trash an anti-abortion display on campus.
Literature professor Sally Jacobsen said the display - which the university allowed after a student group formally obtained permission - "horribly violated" her personal beliefs and she was only encouraging her students to practice their freedom of speech.
But President Jim Votruba said Jacobsen is wrong - free speech doesn't extend to vandalism and theft. NKU turned the case over to police and said both Jacobsen and the students face disciplinary action.<<
That is a funny definition of "free speech". So I take it people have freedom of speech rights to trash her car then? Maybe dig up her gardens? Take her coat and pee all over it?
She probably thinks the palestinians that destroyed Jewish gravestones on the Mount of Olives were expressing their freeedom-of-speech rights.
For any sane college president, the response to that should be "Go clean out your office. I want you gone by noon." Now we just need to find a sane college president.
Silly you. Didn't anyone ever tell you that only 'politcally correct' speech is free... /sarc
[said her free speech rights allowed her and others to trash the display.]
Ah yes, she believes in people's right to free speech as long as that speech doesn't conflict with hers.
Let me get this straight. I can go into her classroom and destroy it. I can claim freedom of speech. This women needs a freakin dope slap.
"This women needs a freakin dope slap."
I was gonna say to slap her stupid, but she's already there.
Why is it that the women who most strongly favor abortion are the ones that no-one would ever want to impregnate?
I don't want to turn blue.....
What's next for this professor? Go to the library and collect books she doesn't like for burning?
The dirty little secret of the hard Left is that they are often really Fascists, and hence antiliberal, but they usually don't openly advocate blatant Nazi tactics like this witch.
NKU needs to run her off campus. Otherwise they might as well give her the Joseph Goebbels Chair of Propaganda Studies.
Nazi references are overused on the internet. Here it fits like a glove -- or a jackboot.
Anyone whose mind is that warped doesn't need to be placed in a position of influence over kids.
As a commentary on her actions, I invite all like-minded Freepers to join me in exercising our right to free speech by taking sledgehammers to Dr. Jacobson's car.
Dr. Sally Jacobsen
Office: Landrum 545
Office Telephone Number: (859) 572-5506
E-mail Address: firstname.lastname@example.com
What do you expect from small, twisted pro-abort minds?
Dr. Sally Jacobsen shown with The Sphinx in London
[Librarian] was put under investigation by OSUs Office of Human Resources after three professors filed a complaint of discrimination and harassment against him, saying that the book suggestions made them feel unsafe.
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Do my free speech rights extend to busting this nutcase in the chops?
Here's her home page and contact info. She is also (suprise) the diretor of Womens Studies.
When you see a liberal display you do not like, your 'free speech' allows you to destroy it.
I have a slightly different take on that. Perhaps part of the reason she's overweight and rabidly "pro-choice" now is because as a young woman, she had an abortion and is still in denial about the negative psychological and emotional impact that had on her.
All of that fits with typical "post-abortion syndrome" symptoms. (That's not to say that all overweight women have had abortions; just an observation.)
Tenure means...
...never having to say you're sorry...
Yes. Being "slapped in the face" with the truth that the unborn are human life can take its toll on the soul. That's why it's "agonizing" for those with a conscience left in them. It's called the guilt of the sin of murder.
I'd like to test her tolerance to mace or pepper spray.In their own twisted minds,these idiots think that they are enlightened.
I'll be danged...looks like she could have been the trimmer one.
Looks like the hefty one was providing "muscle" for this elegant excercise
of First Amendment rights.
..Someone in my church....when in her younger days, had 2 abortions....2!!
I think she hasn't recovered from the guilt....she carries around a very large pronounced belly....
..and is constantly seeking doctors and medicines for 'vague ailments'....
Oh great. A college 'professor' who doesn't understand our 1st Amendment.
Another stereotype shattered.
Bingo! I have wondered this for years!
I think they're jealous that they can't get abortions too. Or something.
Cool! And *my* free speech rights allow me to trash her car! Right??
To quote from "Animal House"..."Fat and stupid is no way to go through life."
Cool! And *my* free speech rights allow me to trash her car! Right??
Tolerant (emphasis on the "rant") Liberal Debate/Freedom of Speech ping.
It's a totally natural progression from socialism to Fascism.
The "masses" will never willingly submit to the schemes of the elite leadership. So the elites naturally have to impose their will by force.
They know what's best for you, after all.
Its just stunning that an education Aemrican could claim that their free Speech includes destroying other's speech they don't like... but sadly this is not an isolated case.
The headmaster's son at my daughter's private school threatened to block my tailpipe.
We met him recently and there he was single parenting a baby girl.
Somewhere along the way, he found humanity.
How old is that pic?
Guess she didn't get the Director of Womens Studies job that she was baby sitting...
Make that a flannel Brown Shirt.
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United Nations peacekeeping operations: new trends
NEW YORK, 11 June 2014
STATEMENT BY H.E. Karel J.G. van Oosterom Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations Open Debate of the Security Council on "United Nations peacekeeping operations: new trends"
Mr President,
Thank you for organizing this timely and important debate about the continued evolution of Peacekeeping Operations.
The Netherlands aligns itself with the statement by the European Union.
We would like to take this opportunity to pay our respect to the men and women who have sacrificed so much in the service of Peace. In particular we pay homage to those fallen in Peacekeeping operations and welcome the renewed attention for the commemoration of fallen peacekeepers on the 29th of May. We express the hope that further enhancements to the commemoration will be agreed upon in the coming year.
Our common aim is to improve mission effectiveness, protect civilians and personnel, and facilitate transition after the end of conflict. To realize this aim, in our view four dimensions are fundamental: Innovation, Integration, Instruction and Information.
Circumstances in which peacekeeping operations take place have changed fundamentally. In the past, the key function of missions was inter-position in fixed locations between states. Nowadays, non-state actors, rapidly changing environments, challenges which are at the same time military, political and socio-economic, new threats and new mandates call for new and innovative approaches for our peacekeeping missions.
Key elements for us are the use of new technical possibilities, enhanced robustness and the need for guaranteed escalation dominance. For our contribution to MINUSMA, the Netherlands has deployed cutting-edge equipment and technology. The more effective we can make Peacekeeping Operations, the sooner transition to the post-conflict phase can take place.
The new challenges also call for better integration of our efforts.
Peacekeeping operations cannot function in isolation. In conflict-situations peace, justice and development issues are closely interlinked. Therefore planning of peacekeeping operations must integrate Diplomacy, Defense and Development (3D-approach). This integration should be done at the strategic, operational and tactical level and during the whole lifecycle of a mission.
At the operational and tactical level, strengthening logistical support to balance mission tasks with the necessary assets will help mission start-up and effectiveness.
Civil-military co-operation and coordination at the country level are fundamental to effective mandate implementation. Such coordination is vital in the complex situations in which missions operate.
Optimizing inter-mission collaboration ensures the best use of existing assets and resources, as well as temporary backstopping when necessary.
In order to improve integrated mission planning and execution, we encourage the strengthening of the planning capabilities in the UN secretariat and at mission management level.
When addressing the new challenges, we should further improvement the instruction of peacekeepers. The most valuable asset of the United Nations is its personnel. Our men and women serve in dangerous locations where they can find themselves in harm's way while upholding the ideals of the Charter and the international community's Responsibility to Protect.
Solid training for military and police personnel is of key importance. It prepares them for their difficult task and directly contributes to the effectiveness of the mission. With the multidimensional mandates of today's peacekeeping operations, peacekeepers need training that establishes basic understanding of the entirety of activities conducted by a mission, as well as the mission's roles and responsibilities.
Special attention should be given to the gender and child protection perspective, but also to the role of women in conflict prevention, peace-making and peacebuilding processes. I would like to echo the EU's words welcoming the UN's resolve in preventing and combating sexual exploitation and abuse and emphasize the key role senior mission leadership plays in ensuring accountability.
Reinforcing the capacity of regional organizations to conduct such training would be one way of providing cost-effective instruction. The Netherlands is actively engaged with regional training programs aimed at enhancing the capabilities of Peacekeepers.
Adaptability and anticipation are fundamental requirements in situations of conflict, and we must ensure Peacekeeping Operations fulfil both. In order to make balanced decisions, around the clock situational awareness is crucial.
All Sources Information Fusion Units, such as fielded by the Netherlands in MINUSMA, contribute to such awareness. They are the eyes and ears of the UN in the field, supporting military efforts, but also contributing to the Rights Up Front Initiative through early-warning concerning Human Rights and Protection of Civilians. We encourage the introduction of similar units in other missions in need of better situational awareness.
In conclusion
In applying innovation, integration, instruction and information, peacekeeping missions will be more effective in realizing the mandates given to them by this Security Council.
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Last Tuesday night at the Spartan Center, the 2008-09 Emery High Lady Spartan basketball team opened their season with three convincing wins over the apparently under-manned North Sevier Wolves. The sophomore team started the evening off with a 49-18 victory followed by the JV team's 71-36 win. The varsity team then completed the sweep with a 66-30 win.
The varsity team played good defense all game long and shot the ball really well, as they appeared to be a cohesive unit on the floor. Coach Steve Gordon after the game to his team, "We played good defensively tonight. On offense that extra pass helped us a lot. If everybody continues to work hard, we will be a tough team to beat."
The team shot 75 percent at the free throw line making 9 of 12 attempts. From behind the 3-point line, the team shot 53 percent as they made 9 of 17 attempts. Elsewhere on the court, the team shot 58 percent as they made 15 of 27 shots. Not a bad shooting night in anybody's book.
Emery led 19-4 at the end of the first quarter and 40-15 at the half. Jodi Robertson helped the team get off to a quick start as she scored 10 points in the opening quarter including two 3-pointers. Jessica Murray put in three 3-pointers in a row as she led the Spartans for the period. She finished with 10 in the second quarter as she also made her free throw attempt.
The Spartans played the third quarter a little sloppy as one might expect when you are beating an opponent as bad as they were at this point. They were outscored 9-7 in the third quarter but finished the game strong as they outscored the Wolves 19-6 in the final period.
Robertson finished with 14 points in the game and point guard Frankie Komar finished with 11 points. Komar also had five assists. Murray finished with 10 points. ShiAnne Allred and Abbie Kay each scored nine points in the game. Allred also led the team with seven rebounds and Kay had six rebounds and also three blocked shots. Taylor Mann, off the bench, also pulled down six rebounds.
Lacey Montgomery scored seven points, Tiffany Tuttle scored three points, Mann two points and Taylor Jewkes scored one point.
In the JV game the Spartans also got off to a fast start as they outscored their opponent 23-4. Murray led the team with nine points in the quarter. Mann scored six points. Emery continued their dominance in the second quarter as they won the period 19-7. Tuttle and Kay each had six points in the period. The third quarter was more of the same as they won the period 19-8.
Scoring in the game were Tuttle with 12 points, Mann and Murray with 11 points, Markette Tanner with eight points, Whitney Roper with seven points, Kay with six points, Jewkes and Brooke Jensen with five points, Shailee Stokes with four points and Jolynn Jennings with two points.
The sophomore team led 12-2 at the end of the first quarter, 22-10 at the half and 34-12 at the end of three periods. Scoring for the sophomores were Mann with 16 points, Kim Oldroyd and Murray with six points, Stokes and Jewkes with four points, Jennings with three points and Tanner, Courtney Tuttle, Makia Sherman, Roper, and Mandy Davis all with two points.
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Skip to comments.Group: Calif. transgender law repeal will qualify (gathers enough signatures)
Posted on 11/11/2013 3:06:15 PM PST by xzins
Opponents of a new California law that gives transgender students certain rights said Sunday that they had collected enough signatures for an initiative that would repeal the law.
A coalition of conservative groups called Privacy for all Students submitted 620,000 signatures to get the initiative on the November 2014 ballot, said Frank Schubert, the political strategist handling the signature gathering effort.
To qualify, at least 505,000 valid signatures must be submitted. To verify the signatures, each of California's 58 counties will first check that the overall count is correct, then conduct a random sampling to make sure they are legitimate. After that, it is likely the state would order a full review.
If, after all of the reviews, the group has the requisite number of valid signatures, the initiative would qualify for the ballot.
California is the first state to pass a law detailing the rights of transgender K-12 students.
One of the provisions gives transgender students the choice of playing on either boys or girls sports teams. It also allows them to choose which restroom that want to use. Supporters of the repeal effort argue the law violates the privacy of non-transgender students.
"It shows the degree of opposition that exists to opening the most vulnerable areas of public schools to the opposite sex," Karen England of Capitol Resources Institute, a coalition member, said in a statement.
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Are people going to want to bother with this initiative, knowing it will be nullified by the courts.
The courts will just nullify the repeal. They are near gods who don't have to listen to mere peons.
One would think that a group of politicians could get no dumber than to allow boys to masquerade as girls and get on female sports teams.
Wrong. They also allow boys to wander into female bathrooms and oogle their classmates.
These politicians are devoid of moral sense.
I guess libertarians will be fighting with the other side too
Are people going to want to bother with this initiative, knowing it will be nullified by the courts.
Yeah, seems courts now control everything ever....
Judicial Tyranny because there is no recourse...
applies to showers too I think
I can't think of a constitutional right to ignore gender reality that's being violated. No way that Justice Kennedy would go along with this.
Geeze, when our HS football team is down 42 points, we wouldn't dream of saying they should quit.
I am sorry, but I was sick to horrified with 'conservatives' saying Ted Cruz should quit
One would think that a group of politicians could get no dumber than to allow boys to masquerade as girls and get on female sports teams.
Wow, an unscrupulous volleyball coach could take state by recruiting boys off the boys team for the girls team....
It will only be fair.
Disturbing, but fair.
Libertarians aren't this dumb. At a minimum they'd insist on lockable single occupant restrooms that are for any person.
That would be a rational response, but pretending that a 6'6" muscled male should be on the girl's basketball or volleyball team is simply ignorant in the classical sense of that word.
Shocked...shocked I say....just shocked that anyone would even think such subterfuge would enter into the mind of coachdom! /sarc
In most cases, they aren't masquerading. A Christian school in California was told by the wrestling league that it was coed, and they had to accept matches against girls for boys on the wrestling team. The school said, fine, we will just take forfeits for those matches. The wrestling league said, they either have the boys wrestle girls, or leave the league. I think they want to remove the stigma against males hittling females.
I'm old-fashioned but I still call them NORMAL PEOPLE.
How about when your HS football teams wins, then the league informs them the league decided they actually lost the game.
If a federal judge has a certain number rulings tossed by the appellate courts, for other than technical grounds..that judge should be removed..
Exactly! Aren't these the same folks that nullified the vote of the people of California when they 'found' a constitutional amendment unconstitutional, which is most certainly an oxymoronic outcome.
The Supreme Court upholds these decisions.
Who really cares? The homosexuals will find a homosexual activist judge to declare it unconstitutional, and Brown, and Harris will not appeal. This is a big waste of time and money in a state that no one cares about any more.
If this initiative is upheld the California schools will probably build special bathrooms and showers for the cross dressers. There would be four types of bathroom/showers. One for normal boy, one for normal girls, one for males who call themselves something else, and one for Chaz Bono. Who cares how much it costs.
I'd say that collecting 600,000+ signatures in 90 days means that someone cares.
It'll be struck down by fa6 Kennedy if it even gets that far.
I would vote for the repeal...Let's hope
that it actually gets on the ballot.
I think allowing boys to pretend to be girls on sports teams is too much even for Kennedy. Scotus as it is today would not approve this foolishness.
Funny how far they had to go before the people of this state took notice. Still I wonder how much that number was influenced by the young girl who called Rush Limbaugh's show to complain about this. Rush didn't interfere when she stated the website for the petition two or three times.
I've heard Rush reaches something like 20 million a day...that's amazing if accurate.
20 million a day, how is that measured? If its 20 million a week, does that mean 4 million listened daily M-F?
I don't know. But I "think" I've heard that number thrown around.
That is one step in the process of ensuring that there is no stigma associated with males shooting females. Or any other uncooperative civilians. All part of the plan.
"In the future everyone will be required by law to spend some time as a man and some time as a woman."
For my mandated time as a woman, I want to be a butch lesbian.
"Wrong. They also allow boys to wander into female bathrooms and oogle their classmates."
Oogle their classmates, or google them?
Too late, what's left of the Republican Party and "conservatives" in CA have already beat us to it.
Anthony Weiner will move to Calif and return to high school.
Celebrate Perversity!
Nullified by the Courts? Sadly, it will never even pass here.
and this will go all the way to the district liberal court and then to the SCOTUS and then we'll see the wishes of the people ignored yet again while the perverts and mentally sick get another step passed on their bigger agenda.
Back in the sane early 60's, I was a volunteer coach for a sorority's volleyball team. And that was a far as it went.
Today, who knows? I wonder if they do "towel flicks" in their showers? If I put on a dress, can I find out?
We can get rid of our many bad judges/justices by impeaching them or in some cases voting them out.
The first 2 replies were my thoughts. The courts will just toss it out.
Not on this one. I don't see Kennedy agreeing that boys should be on girls' sports teams.
That's where they've over-reached on this one.
Robert Heinlein had six sexes in his imaginary future. Hetro male, Homo male, Hetro female, Homo female, ambi male and ambi female.
He lacked imagination. He missed mutilated male and mutilated female.
At least the normal people are trying.
It would not surprise me if the state courts find this law constitutional, but if it reaches the level of the Federal courts, I believe it will be struck down as it causes both emotional and potential physical harm to children. Even in this day and age, I cannot see that the federal courts would allow children to be put in harms way by a law like this.
I lived in California for almost 20 years, I am not sure what happened to that state, It's more than just a weak Republican party. So many people down there are completely at odds with the state government but feel powerless to fight it. Instead, many are voting with their feet. I am one of them, I love that state, but I will never go back.
Yes, we all know how this will end up, don't we?
This particular sexual perversion will somehow be "found" in the Constitution as well.
You are talking as one who has been transported here from a past decade. We are now on an accelerated slide to depravity. There is NOTHING OFF THE TABLE ANYMORE. And I mean absolutely nothing.
Are there really any conservatives left in Cali-porn-iah?
Quite a few of those are Leftists, surprisingly.
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Maxim Bolt, researcher, British Museum
I am the anthropologist on the British Museum's Money in Africa project. I have come to Malawi, in central-southern Africa, to explore how money actually works – in action, outside the glass-fronted cases of our gallery in the Museum.
Living and spending time with people in Blantyre, the country's economic hub, I am learning about how people handle their cash. And, in a country where more and more people have bank accounts, I am learning what people use them for.
This might all sound obvious, but here are a few quick first impressions that point to differences from what UK readers might be familiar with. The highest value banknote – 500 Malawian Kwacha (MK500) – is big, colourful, covered in elaborate security features, and often brand new. It looks and feels high value. But it is worth about £2, and large payments involve thick wads of notes (plastic cards are almost never used). Meanwhile, although the cost of a newspaper is MK200, people use the battered MK20 and MK50 notes all the time. Public transport in mini-buses, for example, costs MK50 or MK70. As I quickly discovered, all this means a lot of paper.
And bank accounts? Considering all the paper, it is maybe unsurprising that, for some businesspeople I have met in Blantyre's poorer, high-density urban areas, bank accounts offer protection against losing everything in a household fire, or a robbery. For others, bank accounts take all of those banknotes out of the everyday politics of family life. As I get to know these and other people better during my three months here, I hope to discover more about their concerns and goals. And I hope to understand the effects of people taking their cash out of their homes and businesses.
My research in its early days has taken me to poor urban areas and wealthy suburbs, to the streets of the city centre and to a peri-urban settlement (a settlement adjoining an urban one) built on the steep banks of a small stream. As I gradually learn more about the everyday realities of money in Malawi, I will be updating this blog, and would welcome any comments or questions. Hopefully, my posts will give you a sense of how wide-ranging the British Museum's research is.
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Question 1 of 30
What country does Carly move to in the final episode of "iCarly?"
In the "iCarly" finale, Carly heads to Italy to move in with her father, Colonel Shay.
Question 2 of 30
Where does SpongeBob Squarepants live?
Rock Bottom
Upper Umbrella
Bikini Bottom
SpongeBob lives in Bikini Bottom -- in a pineapple under the sea, of course!
Question 3 of 30
Where does Tori Vega go to school?
Bayside High
Hollywood Arts High School
The show "Victorious" follows Tori as she learns singing, dancing and acting skills at Hollywood Arts High School.
New York High School of the Performing Arts
Question 4 of 30
What is Sam's weapon of choice on "iCarly?"
butter sock
Bad girl Sam keeps her enemies in check with a butter sock -- a weapon made from a simple sock and a stick of butter.
Question 5 of 30
What two shows were crossed/combined to create "Sam and Cat?"
"iCarly" and "Victorious"
"Sam and Cat" features the adventures of Sam from "iCarly" and Cat from "Victorious."
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Question 6 of 30
Where does SpongeBob Squarepants work?
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The Krusty Krab
SpongeBob is a proud, spatula-wielding fry cook at The Krusty Krab.
The King Krab
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What is the name of Tori's older sister in "Victorious?"
Tori's older sister Trina suffers an allergic reaction at the big school showcase, forcing Tori to sing in her place in the show's pilot episode.
Question 8 of 30
What singing star's little sister starred in "Zoey 101"?
Britney Spears
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Christina Aguilera
Mandy Moore
Question 9 of 30
What award does Nickelodeon give to winners of its Kids' Choice Awards?
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Question 10 of 30
Who plays the role of Cat on "Victorious?"
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Jennette McCurdy
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande plays the sweet, yet oblivious Cat on both "Victorious" and "Sam and Cat."
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What type of business do Sam and Cat run?
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roller rink
Question 12 of 30
Who is the oldest of the Harper quads?
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Who is SpongeBob's best friend on "SpongeBob Squarepants"?
SpongeBob Roundpants
Michael Nopants
Patrick Star
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Who is the technical producer of the webshow on "iCarly"?
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What is the name of Sam and Cat's neighbor?
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What is the name of Tori's BFF on "Victorious"?
Andre was not only Tori's best friend, but was also the person to talk her into attending Hollywood Arts in the first place.
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What kind of animal is Sandy Cheeks on "SpongeBob Squarepants"?
Sandy is a squirrel who hails from Texas. She is an air-breather, and must wear a diving helmet to survive in the undersea world of Bikini Bottom.
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Where do Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn head for vacation in Season 2?
The quads head off to Hollywood after winning an Ultimate Hollywood Vacation. Lost luggage and a case of mistaken identity means that the trip turns out a little differently than they had planned.
Question 20 of 30
Where does Michelle Hathaway move with her family at the start of "The Haunted Hathaways"?
Los Angeles
New Orleans
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tap dancing
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Which superhero does Henry Danger work for?
Captain America
Captain Man
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Colonel Mustard
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Which of the following is NOT a ghost on "Haunted Hathaways"?
Michelle Hathaway and her family discover that their home is haunted by three ghosts, including single dad Ray Preston and his sons Miles and Louie.
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What are the names of the superhero twins on "The Thundermans"?
Max and Ruby
Cole and Dylan
Max and Phoebe
Max and Phoebe are twins, and part of the Thunderman family of superheroes.
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What type of instrument does Squidward play on "SpongeBob Squarepants"?
Squidward plays the clarinet, which he affectionately refers to as "Clary."
Question 26 of 30
Where is the secret lair located on "Henry Danger"?
Junk N' Stuff
Captain Man and Henry work out of a secret lair known as the "Man Cave," which is located beneath Junk N' Stuff.
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What does Goomer do on "Sam and Cat"?
fry cook
dog groomer
MMA fighter
Goomer is a struggling MMA fighter who also happens to be managed by Dice.
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Where does Max Thunderman dream of going to school one day?
Evil College
Villain University
Max dreams of attending Villain University. While his twin sister Phoebe is a model student, Max spends his time lurking in his evil lair -- in his basement.
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What sport does Taylor participate in on "The Haunted Hathaways"?
Taylor is a serious gymnast. One of her home's ghostly occupants, Miles, is the one who finally helps her make friends on the gymnastics team.
figure skating
Question 30 of 30
What test does Charlotte pass to earn her job on "Henry Danger"?
the SAT
the pickle test
After Charlotte passes the pickle test by smashing open a jar of pickles, she is granted a job working with Captain Man and Kid Danger.
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Keep in mind there is 26 ways a corporation veil can be pierced. You can set up LLCS that report as S Corps (That's what I do) or just an S-Corp or LLC online yourself, an accountant or lawyer can do it. If you're not making money yet I would go with an LLC. You can use The Company Corporation who are suppose to be really good and will give you 50K in legal service if your corporation is pierced. Anyone can sue you for anything no matter what you do! An LLC protects your personal assets but that doesn't stop someone from going after them...you just have a better chance of the judge dismissing it.
Again this isnt legal advice this is just how I roll.
C corp is just not a good idea for any small business because you get taxed twice on the companies earnings if you ever take money out of the company.
With an S-Corp or an LLC taxed as an S-Corp you can essentially avoid paying payroll taxes on roughly half of the Corps earnings. To keep out of trouble with the IRS you should pay yourself a salary that is roughly half of your yearly income, then you can take the other half as a distribution, which will keep you from paying the roughly 15% payroll tax on the distribution (but you are still paying income taxes on the entire amount of the Corp's earnings).
If you do an LLC taxed as a partnership you pay self employment (payroll) taxes on every dollar of the Corp's earnings, but you can legally avoid paying workers comp by being taxed as a partnership IF you don't have any employees (there are many ways to pay actors without making them employees).
Not trying to brag, but FYI I am a CPA who does taxes for a living.
I pay myself and wife a salary and in our state we still have to pay unemployment tax for my wife and I ..in case we fire ourselves (Nuts).. however they just raised the tax to over 60K in wages per quarter..so for the first year we have escaped that tax.
C&D you mentioned something that has piqued my interest. My current accountant has shown me how to "post" expenditures for teh corporation when using my personal funds and or credit cards. Simply making journal entries. But what I am hearing from you is that this is not good, and everything should and must be paid through the corporation?
With this being the case, I am assuming than the officers would need to "loan" the corporation funds (we are in the early stages so personal funds are providing OPEX)?
The surest way to keep yourself out of trouble would be to make a capital contribution into the company using your own personal funds, then once the funds are in the company pay the expenses. You are absolutely allowed to take money out and put money into your own company, and this does not pierce the veil. Just write a check out of your personal account, deposit it into the company's bank account, then pay your expenses out of the company account. This is the "best" way to do it and avoid trouble. Making journal entries for these purchases is probably the second best way, but I'm not a lawyer and I don't know how easy it would be for a prosecuting attorney to nail you for just making journal entries. But if you go the route of making a capital contribution into the company you really don't have anything to worry about.
Has anyone used legal zoom for an LLC for Indiana? Their website has a $99 economy llc startup. Seems easy enough but what am I not getting it seems a little to easy??
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They take 68 names and put them in a bracket. So what's the big deal?
Oh, but it is. You can't have March Madness or the Big Dance or (insert cliché name here) without Selection Sunday. As NCAA tournament committee chairman Dan Guerrero said in 2010 after announcing the field, "We provided the colors to the palette." Not to mention the choices for the office pools.
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It is arguably the nation's most scrutinized non-sports sporting event. Not a shot will be taken or a point scored while the bracket is announced by the tournament committee, yet there will be loud cheers and angry boos.
On those remote television broadcasts of teams watching the show from their school cafeterias, have you ever not seen all the players scream with joy when their names were called, even if they've been thrown to the wolves or, even worse, Duke?
Just like those who disagree with the handiwork can be livid. "I had one caller that said to me I was a fraud because George Mason was in the tournament," committee chairman and George Mason athletics director Tom O'Connor said in 2008. "I just chuckled at that, because they were an automatic qualifier. I understand emotionalism."
The basketball-speaking world puts its heart, and sometimes its temper, into Selection Sunday. For a show starring a bunch of tired NCAA committee guys in suits, it makes for fine drama.
Why do we love it?
This is not a reality show, where we see every piece of laundry, dirty or otherwise, like it or not, with nothing left to the imagination. There is still a curtain over these proceedings. We love intrigue.
This is the jury coming out of the deliberation room, finally delivering its verdict. Or the season finale to The Bachelorette. Or the card being pulled out of the envelope at the Academy Awards. And the winners for best Big Ten teams in a supporting role are ...
Selection Sunday is definitive. Then again, it creates more questions. It is a road map, except nobody really knows where it will end up. We get a solution and a mystery in the same hour. We love two for the price of one.
Everyone connected in the remotest way with college basketball is pretty much in the same canoe on Selection Sunday. We love equality. The players and the coaches and the officials and the boosters and the cheerleaders and the networks and the drummers in the pep band. Everyone is waiting.
Waiting to see who goes where, to play against whom and why. Waiting to see who was rewarded and who was penalized, who got lucky and who got shafted.
By Selection Sunday, the speculation has droned on for weeks, with a lexicon that this day has created. The bubble. RPI rankings. Bad losses.
Sequestered in a hotel room surrounded by television sets, computer printouts and coffee cups are the committee members. Sports' answer to a papal conclave. "I don't know if it's night or day most times," Gary Walters said of chairing the committee in 2007.
It must finally all be settled, the names dripping out over a full hour, as CBS squeezes in the last commercial minute. Then the complaining begins.
We love complaining. Why was Team A seeded No. 2 and Team B No. 4? What's Team C, from North Carolina, doing in the Boise Regional?
"We are going to be second-guessed, good, bad or indifferent," chairman Craig Littlepage said in 2006. And they certainly were that March, with many voices charging that too many little guys were invited and too many big guys left out.
Three weeks later, one of the little guys, George Mason, was in the Final Four on a fairy tale.
We love fairy tales, and the first chapter is Selection Sunday.
Sometimes, there is genuine outrage, because nobody wants to be told no. We love outrage. The ire of the Syracuse fans could have melted all the snow in central New York when the Orange were left out in 2007 with a 22-10 record.
"Let me state that Jim Boeheim is a good friend of mine," Walters said that day about the Syracuse coach. "I hope he still is a good friend of mine."
There is no answer sheet to this process. Nothing absolute. Just opinion, wrapped in numbers, intuition and deductions. All done with the clock ticking, like James Bond trying to defuse the bomb.
We love moments of truth with the clock ticking.
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"It would be the height of arrogance for me to believe that we are 100% as it relates to our selections."
Selection Sunday can be loud, surprising, open to debate and very, very human. Just like the tournament. Maybe that's why we love it. Selection Sunday sets the mood.