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Supporting Samaritans
Good Samaritan Network embarks on mission to help more than 18,000 people, families this holiday season
This holiday season one charitable group is embarking on a herculean task: helping more than 18,000 Hamilton County residents and their families in need have a holiday experience.
Good Samaritan Network isn't new to Hamilton County. Nancy Chance, the group's executive director, started assisting families with their holiday needs in 1980.
She said in that first year that 397 families were helped during holiday assistance programs.
According to Chance, food pantries have seen increased numbers of middle-class families using their services, which will likely put the number of those participating in Good Samaritan's programs closer to 20,000.
The organization started ramping up its efforts with the holiday assistance programs this week and plans to distribute baskets, as well as extra items from Gleaners Food Bank, on Nov. 17.
In this month and the next, Good Samaritan will provide families with baskets, free Thanksgiving dinners and a major program in December that Chance said people in Hamilton County will camp out for.
Addressing a need
Troy Halsell of the Noblesville Housing Authority knows how staggering the number of people Good Samaritan helps is and emphasizes the importance of family time.
"…Having meals together is a key component," he said. "Good Samaritan is there to help them with that."
The Noblesville Housing Authority distributes applications to its clients for the assistance programs, which is how the network tracks and registers the families.
Halsell could not give an estimation of how many people the Noblesville Housing Authority refers to Good Samaritan, but he said it happens on a weekly frequency.
The folks at Fishers Freedom Festival contribute to and work with Good Samaritan on different programs.
Food collected at drives at Oktoberfest and Christmas in October was donated to the network.
"I don't know how she (Chance) can work her full time job at the hospital and do all she does for the county," said Jennifer Kehl, executive director of Fishers Freedom Festival.
Kehl said she encourages those who cannot donate items or money to donate their time to Good Samaritan.
Chance said the whole family is welcome to volunteer with Good Samaritan, even the young ones.
Logistics and needs
Of the families that sign up with Good Samaritan, Chance said not one will be turned away.
"Logistics is huge," she said. "You have no idea."
In the past, the Thanksgiving dinner events cost the nonprofit between $10,000 and $12,000. Because the event is expanding to Sheridan Elementary School, Chance believes the bill is going to look like $16,000.
That's just Thanksgiving dinner, which is also delivered by sponsor families to those who can't get out of the house.
Chance sees the "gut-wrenching" reality of what some families go through in Hamilton County on Dec. 8.
She said families camp out the night before to ensure that they won't miss out on one of the only opportunities they have to give their kids a Christmas. Those who were referred to the program receive food, clothes and toys at the 4-H Grounds.
Chance said the phenomenon caught on in the past four or five years, pointing to the ailing economy. She even tries convincing campers, huddled under blankets or with portable heaters, to go home.
They refuse.
"They're afraid they're going to miss the only opportunity they have to give Christmas to their kids," she said, "and it's real. I mean, you can see it on their faces."
Good Samaritan will continue helping people through Dec. 24, and sometimes even on Christmas day.
Chance said no one gets turned away.
To pull it off, 3,000 volunteers will have donated their time by the end of the year, with 2,000 working on Christmas distribution alone. There's some overlap between the numbers, Chance admits, but she said that's how many physical bodies are needed to make it happen.
"If it wasn't for the good people in the community and donors, we wouldn't be able to make it happen," Chance said. "We struggle every day to meet the needs."
Visit gsnlive.org to sign up to volunteer or make donations.
What Good Samaritan needs this holiday season:
-New clothes for older kids (up to age 15)
-Traditional kids' toys
-Cash donations
Event Info:
Nov. 17: Thanksgiving Basket handouts at the 4-H Grounds
Nov. 22: Thanksgiving Dinner deliveries by sponsor families
Thanksgiving Dinner at White River Christian Church (1685 N. 10th St., Noblesville) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thanksgiving Dinner in collaboration with Sheridan Ministerial Association at Sheridan Elementary School (24975 Hinesley Rd., Sheridan) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dec. 6: Volunteers do donation pick-ups and more at 4H fairgrounds from 6 to 10 p.m.
Dec. 7: Volunteers do donation pick-ups and more at 4H fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Dec. 8: Christmas assistance at 4-H Grounds

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Friday, December 7, 2007
The Friday Airing of Grievances
Today I'd like to talk about my disgust with the industry in which I work: The wonderful world of videogames.
This past week there was a huge blow up over the firing of some guy I have never heard of who was an editor at GameSpot, a (admittedly popular) website that I never read. The flame up was over whether or not he was fired because of a bad review, ad money being pulled, and the website being strong armed by a publisher.
I have been in this business for 12 years and this story is as old as PONG.
Did it happen? Did the company (EIDOS) "force" GameSpot to fire this guy over a review of a game that has been panned pretty much all over the Net? I doubt it. I have no idea if it did or it didn't but it would shock me if it did. In all my years in this cesspool of an industry I have never been asked, forced, and even hinted to write a review one way or another because of ad revenue. The people I worked for are pros and would never do that. (I am available for pandering though. Email me for opportunities!) But I doubt they did that.
Now, I'm not saying it hasn't happened before. In fact I'm sure it has. You have to understand the maturity level of a lot of the people who are in charge at a lot of these gaming websites. (Not GameSpot in particular, I don't know many of those guys). But in meeting with a lot of other "big wigs" of various websites -- I am AMAZED --absolutely amazed that something like that hasn't happened elsewhere and drawn attention like the GSpot thing has. Don't kid yourself into thinking that there are not websites out there that serve as mouthpieces for the companies that treat them well.
Even more amazing is the reaction of some of the various editors around netland. Do not put your head in the sand. Our industry needs a serious wake up call. How do you expect the people to trust you when you are in bed with the companies you are critiquing? By "in bed" I don't mean giving favorable reviews to advertisers --I mean the websites and mags are dependant on each other for their own survival and it's a huge, huge conflict of interest. No one seems to say much about that.
I recall several years ago when PC Gamer ran a review of Diablo 2 -- it was a very early review of the game (by print standards) and Blizzard had the PCG team review the game at the Blizzard office! They had pictures of all of these happy, smiling, PCG staffers blasting away. It's that kind of thing that leads moderately intelligent people to think that something just isn't right. Was that Diablo 2 PCG review biased? Who knows. It scored a 95% or something and it WAS a great game. But that's not important -- it was the appearance of favoritism that is the problem. If the gaming media wants people to take it seriously -- and believe me when I say -- people do NOT take it seriously --then the media has to divorce itself from the game companies. They have to. There is no other way. The relationship should be about getting product to review, doing previews based on fact and stop acting like you're writing for Teen Beat Heart Throb Magazine. Conduct interviews that aren't the same "So, why is this game super awesome?"
And -- they have to stop taking ad money from game companies. All of it. Find another source of income. I don't care if it's mafia money -- just stop taking cash from the people that you are judging. When THAT happens -- this all goes away.
But ya know, there is one more thing that bugs me about all of this:
Do people actually care? If GameSpot came out tomorrow and said, "Yep. EIDOS asked us to take action and damn it..we fired his ass!" Would readership at GameSpot drop like a rock? I honestly don't know the answer to that question.
And that's a problem.
5 comments:
- Brandon said...
I can tell you the answer to your last question: no.
I forget who, but someone did a network traffic graph for Gamespot.com post the Gerstmann thing and traffic didn't drop one bit. This is with most people believing that Gerstmann was canned because of his Kane & Lynch review. People like to talk a good game about blackballing this place and not buying that thing, but they rarely go through with it. In the end, we're all just sheep.
- December 7, 2007 at 2:52 PM
- todd brakke said...
If you get a chance, listen to the Games for Windows 12/4 Podcast (at 1Up), though, skip the first three minutes. It's an interesting, and frank perspective, on advertising vs. editorial, especially as it pertains to print pubs.
But, I agree. As long as the ad revenue game sites and magazines generate comes disproportionately from game companies that's a recipe for corruption of the editorial process.
- December 7, 2007 at 3:37 PM
- Danciy said...
As a representative for an indie gaming company, it never stops amazing me how much more cozy I feel knowing if we've paid our dues to a site/magazine. Advertising, without question, gets us more attention from the actual magazine or site. I don't know if I'd go as far as getting us more favorable reviews, but it certainly garners reviews where we usually wouldn't have much luck.
- December 9, 2007 at 11:09 AM
- bill abner said...
I think our industry, from an editorial side, needs a complete overhaul of Black Death proportions.
I'd like to stay though if allowed. :)
Seriously, I just think we need to rethink the way we do business.
IF large websites and mags stopped taking ad money, where would indie places advertise? What is option B?
- December 9, 2007 at 11:37 AM
- Danciy said...
A great question, bill. And honestly, something we have to think about regardless if we are paying for advertising with sites/mags, or not. So far, no plan B equates to being on and amongst the sites/mags that gamers are reading! Online and print publications exist and continue to grow for reasons beyond just the game companies themselves. Obviously, gamers utilize the content game publications are sharing. As indie, we can't really justify spending a ton of money on print advertising-- with the result being a small ad amongst huge two-page, cover-to-cover ads of the big, wealthy gaming companies. However, wouldn't it make sense that IF those sites/mags stopped taking advertising money from game companies, they'd still need games to review? We aren't looking for the benefits of having an ad as much as the benefit of what a thorough review does for our company. I'd hope by some trickle effect that by the time big gaming companies stopped getting preferential treatment that smaller companies would begin to be viewed more like a valid company instead of an unneeded step-child. Perhaps, the current two-paragraph reviews (or non existent ones) would become more detailed and a few words longer.
My option b: I'm contemplating asking my devs to do one of those astounding, growing-in-popularity, accidental porn tapes. ;-)
- December 10, 2007 at 1:08 PM


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ORDER R.V. Raveendran, C.J.
1. The petitioner was working as a Khalasi in the Central Railway. He was arrested in a criminal case under Sections 302, 147, 148 and 149 of the IPC in the year 1991, as a consequence of which, he was kept under suspension by order dated 19-2-1991. After trial, the Additional Sessions Judge, Maihar, District Satna, convicted him on 9-10-1993 and he was sentenced to undergo life imprisonment. As a consequence of such conviction and sentence, the petitioner was dismissed from service on 9-3-1995. Such dismissal was not in pursuance of any disciplinary proceedings by holding an inquiry but on the basis of the special procedure which enabled the employer to dismiss an employee on the ground of conduct which led to his conviction on a criminal charge.
2. The petitioner was being paid subsistence allowance from the date of suspension to the date of his dismissal from service (19-2-1991 to 8-3-1995). The subsistence allowance was stopped with effect from the date of dismissal. The petitioner challenged his conviction in Criminal Appeal No. 1004/1993. This Court by judgment dated 31-8-1999 acquitted him by giving benefit of doubt. Thereafter, the petitioner gave a representation dated 4-10-1999 for reinstatement in view of his acquittal, the said request was rejected on 3-8-2000. Feeling aggrieved, the petitioner approached the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jabalpur Bench, in O.A No. 1139/2000. During the pendency of the said application, the respondents reconsidered the matter and reinstated the petitioner into service by order dated 4-10-2001. In view of it, O.A. No. 1139/2000 was closed as having become infructuous by order dated 18th March, 2002.
3. Thereafter, the petitioner made a representations dated 24-5-2002 and 10-6-2002 for treating the period between 9-3-1995 and 4-10-2001 as period in service and for payment of part pay and allowances under F.R. 54 (7).
The said request was rejected by communication dated 19-6-2002 wherein the period from 19-2-1991 to 8-3-1995 was treated as period during which he was entitled to subsistence allowance, and the period from 9-3-1995 to 4-10-2001 was treated as dies-non. The said order treating the period 9-3-1995 to 4-10-2001 as 'dies-non' was challenged by the petitioner in O.A. No. 606/2002. The Tribunal dismissed the petition by order dated 1-10-2002 holding that as the petitioner did not do any work during that period and had absented for reasons of his own involvement in an incident for which the employer was not responsible, the employer can not be saddled with the liability to pay him his salary and allowances for such period. The Tribunal followed the decision of the Supreme Court in Management of Reserve Bank of India v. Bhopal Singh Panchal, AIR 1994 SC 552. The said order of the Tribunal is challenged in this petition.
4. The petitioner strongly relied on Fundamental Rule 54 and a decision of learned Single Judge of Delhi High Court in Mohan Lal v. Union of India, 1982 (1) SLR 573 and a decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal in Rama Nand v. Union of India, 2003(1) ATJ 378.
5. F.R. 54 of Fundamental Rules corresponds to Rule 1342 of the Indian Railway Establishment Code Vol. II ('Railway Code' for short). As we are concerned with a Railway servant, we will refer to the relevant para of the Railway Code. Sub-rules (1), (2), (3), (4) and (7) of Rule 1343 of the Railway Code [corresponding to Sub-rules (1) to (4) and (7) of Fundamental Rule 54] which are relevant are extracted below:--
F.R. 54. (1) When a railway servant who has been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired is reinstated as a result of appeal or review or would have been so reinstated but for his retirement on superannuation while under suspension preceding the dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement, the authority competent to order reinstatement shall consider and make a specific order--
(a) regarding the pay and allowances to be paid to the railway servant for the period of his absence from duty including the period of suspension preceding his dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement, as the case may be; and
(b) whether or not the said period shall be treated as a period spent on duty.
(2) Where the authority competent to order reinstatement is of opinion that the Railway servant who had been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired has been fully exonerated, the Railway servant shall, subject to the provisions of Sub-rule (6), be paid the full pay and allowances to which he would have been entitled, had he not been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired or suspended prior to such dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement, as the case may be:
Provided that where such authority is of opinion that the termination of the proceedings instituted against the railway servant had been delayed due to reasons directly attributable to the Government servant, it may, after giving him an opportunity to make his representation and after considering the representation, if any, submitted by him, direct, for reasons to be recorded in writing, that the railway servant shall, subject to the provisions of Sub-rule (7), be paid for the period of such delay, only such amount of such pay and allowances as it may determine.
(3) In a case falling under Sub-rule (2), the period of absence from duty including the period of suspension preceding dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement, as the case may be, shall be treated as a period spent on duty for all purposes.
(4) In cases other than those covered by Sub-rule (2) (including cases where the order of dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement from service is set aside by the appellate or reviewing authority solely on the ground of non-compliance with the requirements of Clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution and no further inquiry is proposed to be held) the railway servant shall, subject to the provisions of Sub-rules (6) and (7), be paid such amount to which he would have been entitled, had he not been dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired or suspended prior to such dismissal, removal, or compulsory retirement, as the case may be, as the Competent Authority may determine, after giving notice to the railway servant of the quantum proposed and after considering the representation, if any, submitted by him in that connection within such period which in no case shall exceed sixty days from the date on which the notice has been served as may be specified in the notice :
Provided that any payment under this sub-rule to a railway servant [other than a railway servant who is governed by the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936)], shall be restricted to a period of three years immediately preceding the date on which orders for reinstatement of such railway servant are passed by the Appellate Authority or reviewing authority or immediately preceding the date of retirement on superannuation of such railway servant, as the case may be.
(7) The amount determined under the proviso to Sub-rule (2) or under Sub-rule (4) shall not be less than the subsistence allowance and other allowances admissible under Rule 1342 (F.R. 53).
6. In Mohan Lal (supra), Delhi High Court considered a case where a Government servant was kept under suspension on 20-7-1965 in view of a criminal case against him. When he was acquitted in the criminal case, he was taken back to duty on 31-7-1970. The Government servant requested that the period of suspension should be treated as period spent on duty. The said request was rejected and the said period was held to be period 'not spent on duty' under F.R. 54 (3) and his request for full pay and allowance for the said period was also rejected. The Delhi High Court interfered with the order holding that F.R. 54 was not applicable to cases where a Government servant was suspended in view of the pending criminal case, and it was applicable only to the case of reinstatement (on revocation of the suspension order) where an order of dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement passed in departmental proceedings is set aside. As there was no provisions of law whereby a Government servant could be denied the benefit of 'duty' and full pay where such a servant is suspended due to the pendency of a criminal case in which he is acquitted, the Court directed that the petitioner therein be treated as on duty for the period of suspension. In that context, the Delhi High Court made the following observation :--
"It is a mandatory requirement of F.R. 54 (3) that period spent on suspension should be treated as a period spent on duty for all purposes when a delinquent servant is fully exonerated and his order of dismissal, removal or compulsory retirement is set aside. On plain reading, F.R. 54 (3) is not applicable to the present case. The term "fully exonerated" is not defined or explained in the Fundamental Rules. Fundamental Rules 54 (4) throws some light on the concept of full exoneration. The said rule provides that if a Government servant is exonerated for non-compliance with requirements or Clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution, the Government mentioned therein, to pay an amount smaller than the full pay. The spirit of the provisions appears to be that if a delinquent servant is exonerated merely for non-compliance of the technical procedural Rules and is not exonerated on merits, he is not entitled to full pay. Even assuming that the petitioner was acquitted on benefit of doubt, it can not be said that he is acquitted for non-compliance with the technical Rules of procedure. Indeed, in criminal law an acquittal on benefit of doubt is a complete acquittal on merits. Reasoning of the D.I.G. is contrary to law. The State did not prefer an appeal against the order of acquittal by the Magistrate. Therefore, the judgment of acquittal has become final. It means that the acquittal on merits has become final. If it was a mere case of a doubt according to the strict requirement of rules in a criminal trial, the petitioner could have been proceeded against departmentally. Technical rules of evidence are not applicable to departmental proceedings. The petitioner was charged under Section 294 of the IPC. Indecent behaviour with a woman is certainly a conduct unbecoming of a Government servant. But it appears that the respondents were convinced that there was no sufficient evidence to hold that the conduct of the petitioner was unbecoming of a Government servant. By inference one can reach this conclusion, as no departmental proceeding was held against the petitioner. The impugned order was passed by the D.S.P. within four months of his acquittal. The impugned order can not be justified under F.R. 54(1) (2) (3) or (4)."
7. Following the said judgment of the Delhi High Court, the Tribunal in the case of Rama Nand (supra) held that an acquittal by giving benefit of doubt is a complete acquittal on merits and conviction is obliterated on acquittal and consequently any conduct leading to the conviction was also obliterated and could not be considered in any manner to the detriment of the employee; and that therefore the employer had to treat the employee as deemed to have been reinstated from the date of his dismissal and accord him consequential financial and other benefits.
8. We find that the decision of Delhi High Court was prior to the insertion of F.R. 54-A and 54-B and related to a case of suspension only. The decision is not therefore of any assistance. Further, we have carefully considered the decision of the learned Single Judge of the Delhi High Court in Mohan Lal and the decision of Central Administrative Tribunal in Rama Nand, holding that an 'acquittal on benefit of doubt' as a 'complete acquittal on merits' amounts to 'full exoneration'. We respectfully disagree. 'Acquittal by giving benefit of doubt' is not 'honourable and complete exoneration'. While acquittal by giving benefit of doubt does not take away the right to institute or continue the departmental inquiry, a honourable or complete exoneration will come in the way of initiation or continuation of the domestic inquiry [Vide R.R. Kapur v. Union of India, AIR 1964 SC 787 and Corporation of Nagpur v. Ramachandra G. Modak, AIR 1984 SC 626 and State of Andhra Pradesh v. K Allabaksh, (2000) 10 SCC 177].
9. The position with reference to F.R. 54, 54-A and 54-B (corresponding to the Rules 1343, 1344 and 1345 of the Railway Code) may be summarised thus:--
(i) When a Government servant (or Railway servant) is subject to a disciplinary proceedings and inquiry and as a consequence is dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired and such order of termination is subsequently reversed or modified by the Appellate Authority or Reviewing Authority, the principles in F.R. 54(Rule 1343 of Railway Code) would apply in so far as pay and allowance for the period between the date of suspension to the date of termination and the period between the termination till the date of reinstatement.
(ii) If the order of dismissal, compulsory retirement or removal of the Government (or Railway) servant in pursuance of the disciplinary proceedings is set aside, not by an Appellate or Reviewing Authority under the Rules, but by Court of law, then the consequences would be governed by Fundamental Rule 54-A (Rule 1344 of Railway Code).
(iii) When a Government (or Railway) servant who has been suspended is reinstated, then the principles in F.R. 54-B (Rule 1345 of the Railway Code) will apply.
10. But when a Government (or Railway) servant is dismissed or removed or compulsorily retired, not in pursuance or any disciplinary proceedings, but without inquiry on the ground of conviction in a criminal case, then F.R. 54, 54-A and 54-B (or corresponding Rules 1343, 1344 and 1345 of Railway Code) would not apply. As a consequence, we will have to fall back on the general principles and Fundamental Rule No. 17 (1) which provides that no work will mean no pay. Therefore, the Government (or Railway) servant will not be entitled to any pay for the period when he was not in service. He will be entitled to be reinstated from the date of acquittal. If he is not reinstated on acquittal, he will be entitled to pay and allowances from the date of acquittal. This position is made clear by the Supreme Court in several decisions.
10.1. In Ranchhodji Chaturji Thakore v. Superintendent Engineer, Gujarat Electricity Board, Himmatnagar, (1996) 11 SCC 603, the Supreme Court considered a case of an employee dismissed from service on account of his conviction by a Criminal Court for his involvement in an offence under Section 302/34, IPC. Subsequently the employee was acquitted and as a consequence reinstated. The Supreme Court considered whether back wages should be paid to the employee for the period between the date of dismissal and the date of reinstatement. The Supreme Court held thus :--
"The reinstatement of the petitioner into the service has already been ordered by the High Court. The only question is whether he is entitled to back wages. It was his conduct of involving himself in the crime that was taken into account for his not being in service of the respondent. Consequent upon his acquittal, he is entitled to reinstatement for the reason that his service was terminated on the basis of the conviction by operation of proviso to the statutory rules applicable to the situation. The question of back wages would be considered only if the respondents have taken action by way of disciplinary proceedings and the action was found to be unsustainable in law and he was unlawfully prevented from discharging the duties. In that context, his conduct becomes relevant. Each case requires to be considered in its own backdrop. In this case, since the petitioner had involved himself in a crime, though he was later acquitted, he had disabled himself from rendering the service on account of conviction and incarceration in jail. Under these circumstances, the petitioner is not entitled to payment of back wages."
10.2. The question again came up for consideration in Union of India v. Jaipal Singh, (2004) 1 SCC 121. The Supreme Court after expressing agreement with the view in Ranchhodji, observed thus :--
"...If prosecution, which ultimately resulted in acquittal of the person concerned was at the behest or by department itself, perhaps different considerations may arise. On the other hand, if as a citizen, the employee or a public servant got involved in a criminal case and if after initial conviction by the Trial Court, he gets acquittal on appeal subsequently, the department can not in any manner be found fault with for having kept him out of service, since the law obliges, a person convicted of an offence to be so kept out and not to be retained in service.... Though exception taken to that part of the order directing reinstatement can not be sustained and the respondent has to be reinstated in service, for the reason that earlier discharge was on account of those criminal proceedings and conviction only, the appellants are well within their rights to deny back wages to the respondent for the period he was not in service. The appellants can not be made liable to pay for the period for which they could not avail of the services of the respondent. The High Court, in our view, committed a grave error, in allowing back wages also, without adverting to all such relevant aspects of considerations. Consequently, the order of the High Court in so far as it directed payment of back wages are liable to be and is hereby set aside.
The respondent will be entitled to back wages from the date of acquittal and except for the purpose of denying the respondent actual payment of back wages, that period also will be counted as period of service, without any break."
10.3. In the Management of Reserve Bank of India v. Bhopal Singh Panchal (AIR 1994 SC 552), the Supreme Court considered a provision in the service regulation which provided that an employee who is absent from duty without any authority shall not be entitled to any pay and allowance during the period of such absence (similar to F.R. 17) and observed thus :--
"It is only if such employee is acquitted of all blame and is treated by the Competent Authority as being on duty during the period of suspension that such employee is entitled to full pay and allowances for the said period. In other words, the Regulations vest the power exclusively in the Bank to treat the period of such suspension on duty or on leave or otherwise. The power thus vested can not be validly challenged. During this period, the employee renders no work. He is absent for reasons of his own involvement in the misconduct and the Bank is in no way responsible for keeping him away from his duties. The Bank, therefore, can not be saddled with the liability to pay him his salary and allowances for the period. That will be against the principle of 'no work, no pay' and positively inequitable to those who have to work and earn their pay."
11. Petitioner has not worked between 9-3-1995 to 4-10-2001. The dismissal was on account of conviction in criminal case. Applying the principles laid down by the Supreme Court, the contention of the petitioner that he is entitled to pay and allowances between the date of dismissal and the date of reinstatement, is liable to be rejected. However, the impugned order holding the period between the date of dismissal and the date of reinstatement shall be treated as dies-non, can not be upheld, as it is opposed to the decision of the Supreme Court in Jaipal Singh's case (supra). On acquittal, the petitioner was entitled to be reinstated in service and the period between the date of dismissal and the date of acquittal/reinstatement has to be counted as period of service, without any break. But the petitioner will not be entitled to claim pay and allowances from the date of dismissal (8-3-1995) to date of acquittal (31-8-1999). In this case, the petitioner sought reinstatement on account of the acquittal on 4-10-1999 and that was untenably rejected first and later accepted and reinstated on 4-10-2001. The petitioner will be entitled to pay or allowances with effect from 1-9-1999, though he was reinstated only on 4-10-2001.
12. The petition is, therefore, allowed in part as follows :--
(i) The petitioner will be entitled to continuity of service in respect of the period between the date of dismissal and date of reinstatement. The order directing the same be treated as 'dies-non' is quashed.
(ii) The petitioner will be entitled to back wages only from 1-9-1999 and will not be entitled to any pay or allowances for the period 8-3-1995 (date of dismissal) to 31-8-1999 (date of acquittal).
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A few short years ago, Steve Martin might have seemed like an unlikely new star in the bluegrass arena, but the veteran actor/comedian/author silenced skeptics with the success of his Grammy-winning collection, 'The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo.' On March 15, Steve returns with 'Rare Bird Alert,' a 13-song collection featuring the Steep Canyon Rangers, as well as guest appearances by Sir Paul McCartney and the Dixie Chicks.
"After that album ['The Crow'] was done and I went on the road with the Steep Canyon Rangers, we started working on tunes and I realized I had enough for a second album," Steve tells The Boot. "I'm especially proud of the second album."
Steve and the Steep Canyon Rangers will be hitting the road once again this spring. The tour kicks off with a string of sold-out dates in New York City that includes stops at Joe's Pub and the Highline Ballroom and continues with concerts throughout New Jersey, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Connecticut, as well as TV appearances on the 'Late Show With David Letterman' (March 16), 'The View' (March 17), the 'Colbert Report' (March 21), the 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' (May 3 airdate) and 'Conan' (May 3). While he's a seasoned stage pro, Steve admits playing live music is a quite different matter from what he's done in the past.
"I grew up doing a live show, doing stand-up comedy, so I was quite used to being on stage," says the legendary entertainer, "but I wasn't used to playing music on stage. I had done some of it, but I'm not used to doing a whole show of music, so I had to get used to that. But you adapt fast when you're a professional. You have to. I adapted pretty fast and once I calmed down, I got to really enjoy performing the music and doing humor and doing the shows again."
Steve adds that working with the Steep Canyon Rangers has also been an enjoyable experience. "My wife and her family like to vacation in North Carolina," he says. "When I first met her, we started to go down there and they told me that there was a local band in town that they knew. They came over and played, and I liked them a lot. They were really good."
After the release of 'The Crow,' Steve's agent told him he needed to tour and should find a band. "I said, 'Well, the only one I know is the Steep Canyon Rangers,'" he recalls. "So we asked them if they wanted to play, and it was one of those lucky things where it just worked out great. The repertoire and the personalities were great. They were great on stage with me, and they liked doing the humor. It was just a miracle of a find."
Steve has long had an appreciation for bluegrass music and won a Grammy in 2001 for collaborating with the legendary Earl Scruggs on 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown.' He became involved in the genre again when Tony Trischka invited him to play on his 2007 album 'Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular.'
"I didn't want to just play some old tune that everybody would play," Steve says. "I told him that I had some tunes that I'd written and he said OK. So we recorded 'The Crow,' and then I had some other tunes. I had enough for a whole album, so I went in and did it."
'The Crow,' which was produced by Steve's longtime friend and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member John McEuen, won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy in 2010. The album was released on Rounder Records, which Steve believes was a perfect fit.
"I grew up with Rounder Records," he notes. "They always represented my view of great folk artists and great bluegrass, so they were always in the back of my mind as a label I'd be proud to be on and that's how that happened."
As far as influences on his banjo playing, Steve says, "Obviously Earl Scruggs was the guy who got me really interested in the banjo. But there are so many great players right now. I was out of contact with the bluegrass world for maybe 15 years because I was in films. The big change that came over the bluegrass world, to me, was Sirius[XM] Radio because now I can listen to bluegrass all day."
'Rare Bird Alert' features a mix of instrumentals and vocal tracks. Steve credits his publicist Maureen O'Connor with suggesting he collaborate with the Dixie Chicks, who sing on 'You.' "I had this song and they liked it. We recorded it in an afternoon and we had a great time doing it. Paul McCartney was much more complicated," he says of the legendary musician who sings on 'Best Love.'
"I had met him three or four times in my life and we had mutual friends. I had contacted him through email and he was very gung-ho. When we told him, 'I think we got it,' he would say, 'Oh, let me do a few more.' He was very excited about it."
'Rare Bird Alert' is being issued in three formats: standard CD, vinyl and a deluxe edition that includes special trading cards depicting the artists on the album. The project also features a live version of Steve's comedy classic 'King Tut.' "We do that in our show and it's a big hit," he says. "I wanted to have a couple of live tracks on there to let the audience know that we do a live show and it's a lot of fun."
Another fan favorite from his live shows that made it onto 'Rare Bird Alert' is the hilarious 'Atheists Don't Have No Songs,' co-written with Woody Platt and Graham Sharp. Steve says he enjoys the songwriting process and often uses down time on film sets to write new tunes.
"I generally pick up the banjo and just start playing around," he notes. "Sometimes the lyric will come to me first. Sometimes an instrumental song just sounds like it needs a lyric. When you're doing a movie, there's a lot of down time where you're just sitting around in your trailer. That's when I find the time to get a lot of music writing done, and I like working with the band, too."
When considering which songs should remain instrumental and which will include lyrics, Steve reasons, "It really is just an instinct. When you listen to 'Northern Island,' it's pretty clear that that does not take lyrics because it's a banjo breakdown and it's moving too fast. The melody is in the quickness of the banjo, so it's not prone to needing a lyric, but if you listen to a song like 'Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back,' it is slower paced. That started as an instrumental lick for the banjo, but you can feel the lyric."
Steve reveals that 'The Great Remember (for Nancy)' is an instrumental tune written in memory of his friend Nancy Short. "That sounds like a song that could take lyrics, but I actually talked it over with my wife and … lyrics almost come to a listener and that's why I actually didn't write lyrics for it, because the mood is so clear in the song. I didn't really want to ruin it with lyrics. I didn't want to direct the listener one way or another because it's such an emotional song."
Two of the songs on 'Rare Bird Alert,' including the title track, were written on the set of 'The Big Year.' Filmed in Canada with Jack Black and Owen Wilson, the comedic film about bird watching is slated for a fall release. "It's actually a real term that bird watchers use," he says of 'Rare Bird Alert,' which his wife suggested as a song title. "They can call in to a hotline and find out where a rare bird is hanging around. Everybody flocks to it."
In addition to writing songs and acting, Steve is also a novelist, playwright and children's author. "I'm glad I have all these things because you're never bored and they feed into each other. I'm actually working on some music for a film," he says of the upcoming animated film 'Turkeys.' "Because I've been in film, I know how movies work and I know how to contribute to the story with the music. You don't want it to be too long or too short. I've been around film for so long, I'm not a naive songwriter and can actually contribute to the story with the music because I've been around a film set. With the music, I'm not just a guy playing music on stage, I've done comedy and shows before, so I can do a show that's entertaining as well as musical, so everything overlaps. It's really nice."
A Golden-Globe-nominated actor, Steve's known for such films as 'Parenthood,' 'The Jerk,' 'L.A. Story,' and both 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and 'Father of the Bride' flicks. Though actors who moonlight as musicians are sometimes met with skepticism, Steve has earned the respect of the bluegrass music community.
"I was ecstatic with the reception," he acknowledges. "I came in as an outsider, so I didn't know what the reception would be like, but it was very warm. The IBMA's [International Bluegrass Music Assn.] treated us very well. The Grammys treated us very well, and I couldn't have been happier.
"What I find about bluegrass musicians is that they are very, very friendly and they are very, very smart," he continues. "They are very witty and they are all really good people. They seem to help each other and the people I've met have been very generous, not only to me, but to other people."
In an effort to support and encourage his fellow bluegrass pickers, he has established the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. Noam Pikelny was the first recipient of the award last year.
Steve hopes he can help introduce people to bluegrass and knows that some of his film fans may investigate the genre thanks to his involvement. "When we were doing our shows, I always had the feeling that there were a lot of people there who were familiar with bluegrass and there were also a lot of people there who weren't," he says. "I had the feeling that everybody left loving bluegrass so that made me feel good."
'Rare Bird Alert' will be released March 15. Listen to the full album here.


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11. Justin Germano – 21 – RHP – The comments he garnered this season were largely unwarranted. While his ERA was higher than previous seasons, his command was still excellent. Germano is not a burner, but has pinpoint precision with all his pitches and will be in Portland sometime this year. He won't turn 22 until August and could very well have a future in the Big Leagues by 2006. The biggest thing for Germano is to continue to keep the ball down. As a pitcher who puts the ball in play on the ground, the infield behind him will always be important. If he gets the ball up in the zone, his homer totals will start to rise and his effectiveness will be limited.
12. Ben Howard – 25 – LHP – How will Howard handle being sent back down to Portland. Many pitchers who make it to the big leagues and get sent down never make it back. The main issue for Howard in 2003 was the long ball. If he can limit the big hit, he will be fine. His ERA was actually better in the Majors than it was in the Minors last season. Howard is still learning how to pitch effectively after toning down his mechanics to improve his pitch location. He did lose speed off his fastball, but it could prove to be a huge win for him in the end. He is the top candidate to be pitching in the Bigs come 2005.
13. Dennis Tankersley – 25 – RHP – Tankersley remains one of the most talented pitcher in the organization. The Padres kept him this offseason specifically to give him time with pitching coach Darren Balsley. Word is he has lost some speed off his fastball, but that could just be a lack of confidence in his delivery and overall stuff. This is likely the last season he will have a chance to prove he belongs with the club, otherwise a change of scenery could be on the horizon.
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Danish Sailing Vessel taken by pirates
FoxNews.com - Somali Pirates Capture Danish Ship With Seven on Board
Somali Pirates Capture Danish Ship With Seven on Board
Published February 28, 2011
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COPENHAGEN Somali [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]pirates[/COLOR][/COLOR] seized a Danish yacht with seven people on board, including three children, the Danish foreign ministry said Monday.
The ship was captured while traveling through the Indian Ocean, AFP reported.
It is now being sailed toward Somalia, the Ministry told the wire service.
Read more: FoxNews.com - Somali Pirates Capture Danish Ship With Seven on Board
This will continue ad nauseum until civilized governments discover the 'backbone' to stop and put a complete end to this.
Until then lets all just continue to sing "Kumbaya".
yeah :(
Any word on how the're doing now? Any hope of ransom or rescue?
I think there must have been a translation error...as except in very few instances, yachts aren't ships.
But the real situation at hand is that the somali pirates are extending their range both in terms of distance and types of vessels captured.
And the fact that they're now holding kids as hostage is despicable.
The key word in all this new piracy is: SOMALIA. It's not Kenyan piracy or Yemani piracy or Madagascar piracy....it is SOMALIA.
So why does the UN not form a joint-effort and take over Somalia? Make that counry an example of what happens to pirates.
I am about the last person to ever call for military action, but this Somalia piracy is getting ridiculous.
I recntly read that one of the three major somalian powers has started a small "coast guard" to discourage pirates from operating out of their village harbors. But as of right now UN red tape prevents them from obtaining ships or supplies, or even seized engines from other pirate skiffs.
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pirates sucks
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Send in the Marines. Don't hear about Barbary pirates any longer. Go in destroy everything that floats and out. Only kill as needed to destroy boats. Low risk to personnel., low collateral damage, no country building. Do it repetiively if necessary. Have UN signatories to law of the sea take turns. Hard to be a pirate without a boat.
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That happen more than two years ago!!!
Re: Danish Sailing Vessel taken by pirates
NY Times article today (May 14, 2013, page A4) says piracy in Indian Ocean has decreased markedly over the past 18 months due to international forces on patrol. Only 5 ships were taken last year, and none (so far) this year. This compares to 47 ships taken in 2010. The article describes how the bookkeeper, responsible for dividing up the ransom paid for a German ship three years ago, was arrested in Germany last Wednesday. He faces 5 to 15 years in prison on charges of "kidnapping and grievous bodily harm", since the captive crew was tortured by the pirates. Though hopefully a thing of the past, pirates are still being tracked down. Justice can be slow, but it is inexorable.
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Foster Mom here, with exciting news - Bat Girl has flown the nest to her forever home! Break out the catnip, time to celebrate!!!
The wonderful kitty mom who found the babies did indeed decide to keep 'Batty'. She's now the youngest of 4 cats, in a loving home with lots of attention from mom and dad. And they live in my neighborhood so I may see her again soon.
My foster room is empty for a while, but keep an eye on this page for the adventures of future fosterlings.
Hi Kitties and Humans,
This is foster mom. I'm writing to let you know the great news, Tigger has gone to a wonderful, loving forever home! A couple with two cats (who they say are their children) came in to Petsmart last Sunday and said "this is the one!" By Tues evening Tigger was checking out his new digs and lovin on his new parents. Oh, and guess what they named him? Oscar! :)
Several of us volunteers worried about BatGirl being by herself in my foster basement, so on Wed. afternoon she went to go live with the wonderful foster mom who rescued the litter when they were tiny. "Batty" has the run of the house, and is slowly adjusting to four older kitties (and they to her, she has lots of cattitude!) I'm still taking her to Petsmart on Sundays for now, but I'm not sure how long that will go on, they are quite attached to her.
We hated to split them up, and I can tell they miss each other. But we couldn't pass up such a great home for Tigger, and hope that things work out for Batty - she now has a great foster home with lots of attention that could turn into a forever home. They both seem very happy now.
I'm taking a break from fostering for a month or two, so I can take care of some other tasks for the rescue group. Soon, though, there will be more foster kitties moving in for you to meet.
-Foster mom
Hi, I'm Tigger...they also call me Lil' Dude. I'm not sure why, since I'm the biggest of my litter. That's a good thing, because my sister BatGirl needs to be put in her place once in a while by a big brother! :) Really, though, we get along well with each other.
I also have the loudest purr, I am pretty laid-back as far as kittens go anyway. I love to be held by my foster people, and climb on the big cat tree we have here. They gave us a box to play in, that is really fun too.
Well, I gotta go now, we're going to PetSmart today to look for furever homes!
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When you use MS PowerPoint do you use animations for the entrance and exit of specific items on your slides?
Do you use a lot of them?
I know that sometimes I'm left with a list of 20 or 30 different animations. It can get rather confusing and there's nothing more aggravating than previewing my work only to find that things are making their entrances and exits all out of my intended order.
Sometimes it seems like an impossible task to sort it all out – unless you know about the visual clues PowerPoint is giving you while you work on animations.
Visual clues?
Yep. Did you ever notice all the little numbers found all over your slide while the Custom Animations pane is open?
(By the way, don't panic if you don't see these as soon as you open your presentation for editing. They're only visible when the Custom Animation pane is open. If the pane is open and you still don't see them then you haven't set any animations yet.)
Well, those numbers can be more helpful than they first appear.
Each one is linked to a different animation in your list.
If animations are set to happen in sequence "With Previous" or "After Previous" then all elements in the sequence get the same number – like this:
When you click on a specific animation in the list you'll find that the animation number attached to the object in the slide will be highlighted so that you're sure of what it belongs with.
This can really help sort out the order when many of your objects are generically named. I mean, after all, who really knows which item is rectangle 53 versus rectangle 52?
Anyway, my point is that the combination of these features can really help you sort it all out efficiently.
If you see that something is out of place based on its numbering then simply drag it to the correct location in the animation list.
The dark horizontal line lets you know exactly where it will be placed in the sequence should you release the mouse button right then.
Or, the other option is to select and animation and use the Re-Order buttons at the bottom of the list.
I personally never use those – I find it way easier to drag and drop animations – but to each his own. I'm sure that someone prefers the buttons.
At any rate, with this little bit of knowledge about the visual clues PowerPoint is giving you just might be able to save yourself a lot of frustration while trying to get things in the "right order".
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Media Matters' Brock Calls On Publisher Of Discredited Benghazi Author To Investigate How Book Was Vetted
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UPDATE: Simon & Schuster imprint Threshold Editions, publisher of The Embassy House, has announced that it has withdrawn the book from publication.
After CBS retracted its flawed 60 Minutes report on Benghazi featuring discredited "eyewitness" Dylan Davies, Media Matters founder and chairman David Brock wrote to CBS and its affiliated publisher which published Davies' book, calling on them to investigate the vetting of Davies' story, halt production of his book, and reprint it as a work of fiction. Davies' book The Embassy House featured the same discredited story that caused CBS to retract its report.
CBS retracted its story Friday morning after The New York Times reported that the story Davies told 60 Minutes in its October 27 broadcast conflicted with the account he gave the FBI -- namely, his claim that he went to the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi while it was under attack, scaled a wall, and dispatched a terrorist with his rifle butt.
According to the Times, Davies told the FBI he didn't go to the diplomatic facility until the day after the attack. On November 8, 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager told The Daily Beast that "CBS news confirmed with our own sources at the FBI that the story he told the FBI was not in agreement with what we were told."
TPM published the letter from Brock, which is posted below:
Mr. Les Moonves
President and CEO, CBS Corporation
Ms. Carolyn Reidy
President and Chief Executive Officer, Simon and Schuster
Ms. Louise Burke
Executive Vice President and Publisher, Threshold
I am writing to express my concern about the veracity of The Embassy House, a purported non-fiction first-hand account of the attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi released by Threshold Editions and authored by Dylan Davies, writing under the pseudonym Sgt. Morgan Jones, and Damien Lewis.
On 60 Minutes, Davies told CBS correspondent Lara Logan he had "scaled the twelve-foot high wall of the compound that was still overrun with al Qaeda fighters" on the night of the attack, struck one of those terrorists in the face with his rifle butt, and went to the Benghazi hospital where he saw Ambassador Chris Stevens' body. Following revelations by The Washington Post that Davies had previously said he was nowhere near the diplomatic compound the night of the attack, I called on CBS to retract its story and for an independent committee to probe all aspects of how the story was reported.
On November 7, 60 Minutes released a statement that they had "learned of new information that undercuts" Davies' account of his actions on the night of the attacks. Given this new information, serious questions must also be raised about Davies' book, The Embassy House, recently released by Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, which is a part of CBS Corporation, which owns 60 Minutes -- a fact not disclosed in the 60 Minutes story.
Your spokesperson, Jennifer Robinson, told The New York Times that in light of revelations that the F.B.I. report is not consistent with the story that Davies wrote, Threshold "will review the book and take appropriate action with regard to its publication status."
Given that Logan has indicated that 60 Minutes will "correct the record on our broadcast on Sunday night," I believe that appropriate action from Threshold would include:
- Conducting a thorough investigation into how Davies' story was vetted and by whom
- Halting publication of the book immediately
- Reprinting the book indicating that it is a work of fiction
In my most recent book, The Benghazi Hoax, I chronicled how the media has repeatedly bungled the facts about Benghazi attacks turning a night of terror into a phony scandal. The 60 Minutes report raised serious ethical questions for CBS. Likewise, publication of The Embassy House as non-fiction also raises serious red flags.
I hope you take this opportunity to reassure readers of your standards and accountability.
David Brock
Chairman, Media Matters for America
UPDATE: Jennifer Robinson, spokesperson for Threshold Editions, wrote in an email to Media Matters:
In light of information that has been brought to our attention since the initial publication of THE EMBASSY HOUSE, we have withdrawn from publication and sale all formats of this book, and are recommending that booksellers do the same. We also are notifying accounts that they may return the book to us.
For more on conservative media myths about the September 2012 attack, read The Benghazi Hoax, the new e-book by Media Matters' David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt.
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The time is once again here. This is my last post for the Sweden.se film blog. We'll see when I return. I've looked over my notes for what to bring up in the final text and I decided not to do a "Best of" list or "Don't Miss This In 2012″ list. I want to keep it easy breezy so instead I want to give you a little bullet point review of David Fincher's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" – The remake of the Swedish film that truly put Swedish cinema on the world map a couple of years ago (Of course Stieg Larsson's book helped a bit too).
The 3 things I really liked about The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
The story – Looking back on the Swedish one you quickly see that Fincher has chosen not to use as many strings as Niels Arden Oplev, the Swedish director. Instead he focuses more on key elements that makes the story push forward, never leaving you bored or out of place. It builds better character and storyline, which leads me to the next part.
Lisbeth Salander - here played by Rooney Mara – Damn does she nail it. Don't get me wrong. Noomi Rapace did a great job giving cinema birth to this character but Rooney Mara just takes the role to another level. Of course a huge part of this is because of David Finchers directing but she's truly the ace in Dragon Tattoo deck.
Stellan Skarsgård – This man, this legend, this Swedish teddy bear of an actor is so good in this film that you actually forget who played this character in the original. Skarsgård is on a great roll right now. This year he was in both Lars Von Trier's Melancholia and in Hollywood blockbuster Thor. Next year you'll find him in one of the biggest movies of 2012, The Avengers, with no other than Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Ruffalo and a guy named Robert Downey Jr, you might have heard of him?
The 3 things I didn't like about The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Deja vu – Even if I think this time around the film is generally better crafted, better looking and gives a harder punch, I can't shake the feeling that I've already seen this before. If you've seen the first one you don't NEED to see this one.
The music – Trent Reznor is doing just fantastic film scores these days. Most recently he went home with an Oscar for his score in The Social Network. Here his music takes the back seat and just kind of goes for the ride (not counting the trailer or opening credits). Never really pushing forward. Autopilot is the best word for it and that's too bad.
Joel Kinnaman – Swedish actor Kinnaman is getting more and more doors open for him Internationally. He broke through here in Sweden with Easy Money (Snabba Cash) and is now doing great in America with the TV-show The Killing. In The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo he pops up in the beginning of the film, in a none speaking part. That's fine I'm thinking. He'll be back later for some real acting. Then towards the end he comes back, only to say one line of dialog like "you've got a call". I mean come on!
I understand that just being involved in this project is a great thing and to act, even for those 3,5 seconds, with Robin Wright and Daniel Craig is something you kill family members for. But when the part could just as easily be played by a sock puppet you might want to leave that family member alive (depending on what kind of present they gave you for Christmas of course).
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They'd a' been at Wildcat last Friday ef we hedn't skeered 'em so.
She hed 'long with her another performer, a darn good-looker, too, as near as I could make out in the dark.
But hed hardly attack a party as large as ours, cried Lindley.
I hed it fro' one o' t'workmen last neet; I hed a pint or two, or it might be three, wi' him.
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Alright, heres my issue.
I've been told to do these things :-
Start the game using Luniaclient.exe - It brings me to the updater anyway
Edit the Patch.ini - Same thing happens
Let it run for awhile - Left it for 1/2 hour, still nothing
Reboot straight after install - same result
Reboot Twice after install - Still nothing
Clean Reinstall - Same result
Reboot modem - Same thing
Install East Asian Language files - I already Have them
Redownload - Done it 2x, Same Result
Any Ideas?!? Lunia looks like a good game and some of my friends are already playing. And i really want to play it as well. Any solutions to fix this problems??


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Elegant old farmhouses are everywhere in scenic Albemarle County, Virginia, but until recently, this wasn't one of them. When architects Keith Scott and Julie Dixon first drove up the property's oak-draped drive, they discovered an uninspiring ranch that seemed out of step with its neighborhood. In spite of the home's lack of charm, Keith says, "Our clients didn't want to tear it down. They wanted us to transform it into a house worthy of its surroundings—to make it look like a classic 19th-century farmhouse." Drawing on local traditions and vernacular architecture, the duo designed a three-story addition in front of the ranch, thereby shifting the emphasis to the new portion, which includes a gracious entry, light-filled living room, and family bedrooms. With finishing touches such as period-appropriate hardware and lighting, the farmhouse now sprawls across its sunny knoll in perfect harmony with its more-historic neighbors.
A drab 1950s ranch in Virginia is reborn as a dignified 19th-century-style farmhouse with the help of a smart addition designed by architects Keith Scott and Julie Dixon.