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|2009-11-25, 22:27
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|2009-11-25, 23:44
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New girl's voice... Deeper than expected... A lot deeper.
Kinzo... is just a perverted old man, no? Considering the sense of the characters' clothing. Bunny ears and all... Iyah, I'm sure all old men want to do what he does once in their life, sure.
I'm sure everyone wants to have a phone in their basement jailroom too. Wait, why doesn't anyone find it strange there is one in the first place. React a little.
As always, Maria proves to be Rosa's daughter. Loved the face distortion festival they had.
Maria, there is a reason she hits you more. The shrink told her its the only way to cure your mental illness. Let her hit you mor~e.
As always, an entertaining series, this "mystery" anime.
|2009-11-26, 07:49
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Pretty good episode but it kinda bored for me...
> Rosa's torture was okay but a bit dissapointed DEEN took out Sakutaro's VN scene & shortened Rosa's "self-introspection".
seriously...why is DEEN always doing it to Rosa? Her image in anime is a lot worse than VN's..!
She looks more like an evil mom rather than a frustrated one...
> Back to the torture scene, it was less bloody than what I had imagined. When I readt the VN, I imagined it would be a bloodbath torture scene..well, fracturing & twisting bone (plus Rosa's screams) in the anime was scary enough to traumatized me~ O.O
> Gaap... looks loli-ish..I got impression she is a mature woman from her VN sprite. Love her voice, though...it's sexy~ =D
> Also, I've noticed that some of the animation were odd.. like, Rosa's arm suddenly became very long during the torture scene & her wing crest was gone during family conference massacre~
|2009-11-26, 09:30
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|2009-11-26, 09:52
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I'm giving this episode a rare 10/10 because of the Goldsmith awesomeness and The Sweet World of Witches scene. I understand that they needed to cut the Sakutaro scene for time management, but miragecoordinator was saved very well.
|2009-11-26, 16:59
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I think I'm one of the only people who expected Gaap to have a deep voice, but the novel builds her character as a more sophisticated demon, mostly due to her snobby fashion sense. XD
Goldsmith scenes are awesome. I'm really excited because I loved episode 4 and now we're finally getting to the heart of it.
|2009-11-27, 03:25
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Well this was a messy episode. You'd think Rosa would choose a different approach after her hand got blown off . Maybe she just thought there was nothing left to lose at that point. Too bad Rosa was too distracted by the hand to use a comeback to "this way, you won't be able to hit me anymore, will you?" I figure with one more hand, two feet, and a head Rosa still had a few ways left to hit Maria. Still she did a good job defending herself considering her right hand was in broken bits on the floor.
Combined with the first twilight it was one heck of a mess. Heads getting twisted off, limbs getting deformed, heads getting blown to bits, etc. When the old guy takes charge he really speeds up the killing.
Guess we'll get to the Ange flashbacks later. Probably time to get into the actual crimes anyways. Wish Battler and company the best though they are hardly in for a good time there.
|2009-11-27, 05:03
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Age: 34
Didn't get time to watch the raws due to studying but the subs are good.
The Good:
1. Goldsmith pretty much dominates every scene he's in. That's some perfectly intense presence there old man!
2. Lol no Gaap sideboob. I guess you can't really show that at this point. That said, she's got a very fitting voice.
3. I happen to think that Maria and Rosa going completely apeshit, the second classic scene of the fourth game, was superbly done. Fantastic voice acting from Ami Koshimizu and Yui Horie.
The Bad:
1. So NOW they decide to let Shannon's chest jiggle every 10 seconds, when shit hits the fan?
The setup to the core of Ep4's story begins next week. Like some chapters before it, next week could potentially be epic beyond belief.
|2009-11-27, 05:16
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I freaking loved this episode.
My opinions on Gaap's voice were the same as everyone else's: I thought it was a little low, but now I absolutely adore it.
I was surprised at first by 00's voice, but it grew on me ^^
The first twilight was dramatic and freaking amazing. Genji's face, despite the fact that it was probably there to add to drama, just sent all drama and horror out the window.
I loved the Rosa torture scene as well. Mirage Coordinator just boosted it up even more. Maria saying 'Uso Da' to Rosa would have been the icing on the cake.
all in all, a very good episode. I'm especially glad that there aren't any terrible animation mistakes like last week >.<
|2009-11-27, 07:05
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some mentioned that in some scene rosa's arms looks abnormally long, I tend to see it as that the arms have already been stretched and fractured very badly inside those sleeves. Considering what Maria can do, that's not out of the possibilities.
and godamnit Beato, you are just training Maria into an ultra sadist, you sick b****
once again, Kinzo is still "invisible". Kyrie/Nanjo/Shannon/Kanon could be as good as dead anyway. Gohda/Kumasawa/Krauss all "seen" Kinzo in the previous arcs so still no further developments to this matter.
and I thought Miragecoordinator was LD's theme song?
|2009-11-27, 07:44
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|2009-11-27, 09:08
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I really enjoyed this episode, plenty of thrills & (blood) spills in this one. It'll be interesting to see what Kinzo has in mind for the cousins. I was kind of hoping to see a reaction from Battler about Virgilia's reappearance, given what happened in the last game, but i guess that'll come in due time probably.
I liked what i saw of Gaap & Siesta 00, moreso in 00's case given her actions toward Krauss and Rosa. It's just unfortunate that these characters have been introduced so late given that there's only a few episodes left...
|2009-11-27, 09:14
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Just passing by...
How was Gaap introduced in the SN? Can some one tell me? or give me a link of the SN?
If it's gonna be spoiler or something, then PM me please?
These type of characters with low voices attracts me, like Father Alexander Anderson from Hellsing. =]
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THOMAS R. MOCKAITIS is a Professor of History at DePaul University. He conducts international presentations about terrorism and counterterrorism (CT) for various programs with other experts through the Center for Civil-Military Relations at the Naval Post-Graduate School. He was the 2004 Eisenhower Chair at the Royal Military Academy of the Netherlands. He has also lectured at the U.S. National Intelligence University, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) School, the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the Canadian Forces Staff College; he has presented papers at the Pearson Peacekeeping Center (Canada), the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (UK), and the Austrian National Defense Academy. A frequent media commentator on terrorism and security matters, Dr. Mockaitis has appeared on Public Television, National Public Radio, BBC World News, all major Chicago TV stations, and various local radio programs. He appears regularly as a terrorism expert for WGN-TV News. He is the 2008 recipient of the DePaul Liberal Arts and Sciences Cortelyou-Lowery Award for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service. Dr. Mockaitis is the author of Soldiers of Misfortune? (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2014); Avoiding the Slippery Slope: Mounting Interventions (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2013); The Iraq War: A Documentary and Reference Guide (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio/Greenwood: 2012); Osama bin Laden: A Biography (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2010); Iraq and the Challenge of Counterinsurgency (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2008); The "New" Terrorism: Myths and Reality (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007); The Iraq War: Learning from the Past, Adapting to the Present, and Preparing for the Future (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2007); Peacekeeping and Intrastate Conflict: the Sword or the Olive Branch? (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999); British Counterinsurgency in the Post-Imperial Era (Manchester, UK: University of Manchester Press, 1995); and British Counterinsurgency, 1919-1960 (London, UK: Macmillan, 1990). He co-edited Grand Strategy and the War on Terrorism with Paul Rich (London, UK: Frank Cass, 2003); and The Future of Peace Operations: Old Challenges for a New Century with Erwin Schmidt (a special issue of Small Wars and Insurgencies, London, UK: Taylor and Francis 2004). He is an editor of Small Wars and Insurgencies and has also published numerous articles on unconventional conflict. His most recent work, Conventional and Unconventional War: A History of Conflict in the Modern World is forthcoming from ABC-Clio/Praeger. Dr. Mockaitis earned his B.A. in European history from Allegheny College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in modern British and Irish history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The COIN Conundrum: The Future of Counterinsurgency and U.S. Land Power
December 14, 2016
Authored by Dr. Thomas R. Mockaitis.
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Counterinsurgency (COIN) continues to be a controversial subject among military leaders. This engaging monograph examines how the U.S. Army has absorbed the lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan and assesses its ability to combat insurgencies, while maintaining preparedness to perform other missions.
Soldiers of Misfortune?
May 13, 2014
Authored by Dr. Thomas R. Mockaitis.
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What roles have security contractors played in missions in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Avoiding the Slippery Slope: Conducting Effective Interventions
June 04, 2013
Authored by Dr. Thomas R. Mockaitis.
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Operation ODYSSEY DAWN was the most recent in a long list of foreign interventions by the U.S. military. Difficult as such operations may be, the need for them remains a constant in international security. The author considers how to mount such interventions effectively without getting bogged down in protracted occupations that are costly in blood in and treasure.
Resolving Insurgencies
June 17, 2011
Authored by Dr. Thomas R. Mockaitis.
How do insurgencies end? Through historical analysis of relevant case studies, the author tackles this challenging question, reaching the surprising conclusion that outright victory is seldom the answer.
The Iraq War: Learning from the Past, Adapting to the Present, and Planning for the Future
February 23, 2007
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The Iraq War has been the subject of heated political debate and intense academic scrutiny. Much argument has focused on the decision to invade and the size of the force tasked with the campaign.
Civil-Military Cooperation in Peace Operations: The Case of Kosovo
October 01, 2004
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The humanitarian intervention in Kosovo illustrates the challenges and possibilities of civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) in peace operations. Properly analyzed, this case study yields invaluable lessons that may inform the conduct of future missions. The current missions in Iraq and Afghanistan make this study timely and relevant.

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Earth : Asia : South Asia : India : Plains (India) : Madhya Pradesh : Jabalpur-Sagar Division : Jabalpur
Jabalpur is a major city in Madhya Pradesh.
Jabalpur an ancient city in central India on the shores of the holy river Narmada and on the tributary plains the Hiran, Gour, Ken and Sone rivers. The Narmada River valley is famous for its Marble Rocks, a unique formation where the whole river flows for nearly 2 kilometers between varied coloured and tinted marble rocks with a deep water fall. Its cardinal point are 23 degree 10'N latitude and 79 degree 57' E longitude with altitude of 393 meters mean sea level.
Pleasure resort and capital of the Gond Kings during the 12th century, Jabalpur was later the seat of the Kalchuri dynasty. The Marathas held sway over Jabalpur until 1817, when the British wrested it from them and left their impression on the spacious cantonment with its colonial residences and barracks. Today Jabalpur is an important administrative, industrial and business center of MP and India. Population wise ranks 27th in the country.
Jabalpur is an industrial city with a large component of defense industry and a lot of smaller cottage industry. It is a great education center as well, with two universities, Rani Durgavati University and Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, and with about 30 colleges with a range of faculties. It also has several engineering and medical colleges.
Vinoba Bhave, the modern saint philosopher of India, christened this city as Sanskar Dhani- the capital of various cultural influences. He was impressed by its cosmopolitan character and communal harmony. The city has a sizeable population of people from Bengal, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and South India who live in total harmony and peace and add richness to the life in the city. One can also see the fusion of cultures in this city. The culture here is also reminiscent of British and Gond Tribes, which is now shaped by local businessman and engineers and doctors. Similar to some Mexican cities, families are very close-knit and often get together for ceremonies and festivals.
The best time to visit is September to March. Summers should be avoided. Rains are beautiful too if you live in a better location(July to September). The city has awesome climate.
City life
The people in this city are very artistic and cultural oriented. It is considered very friendly to sing songs for no reason at all. Unlike other cities in India, most educated people here are only good with Hindi and local variants of the language. English speaking population is generally employed in government institutes and their English could be old Shakespearian. Hence this city is the perfect place to dip into the central culture of India. People here generally listen to local Radio as a part of their life. You can eat pizza with youngesters at Domino's. However most people are likely not to eat it regularly as it is considered very unhealthy. City life is very moderate and relaxed. Most of the residents will wake up early and go for work and come back in evening to have a hearty dinner with family.
You can talk about anything and everything including Gandhi, food, music, education, roads, religion in summers. They are generally more open to discussions in summer over the winters. The best way is to ask questions and once they are comfortable, they will tell you more. Use of "do not eat", "drink", "stand up" may sound rude to North Americans and Europeans, but they are not intended to be impolite. Infact if you know their local language, you will be surprised to see how polite they are. Abusing someone is considered as generally very rude and unfriendly. Most educated people do not mingle with locals for this reason. People will be open to suggest, if they know the stuff better than anyone else. Dussehra is the best and most photographed festivals of this city and it totally changes the pattern for atleast a week. Diwali is also very well celebrated here. Holi is generally dirty with bad colors which might cause severe irritation to eyes and skin and can be avoided with use of fruit-colors. You can ask your guest to check this before they shop for colors for Holi. For a new educated traveller, it is good to talk about local colleges and the education standards or the local cuisine(which ranges infinitely). The city is cool and very absorbent to different religions. The best high school education is provided by Christian schools, yet they are very expensive and completely lack the local cultural flavor.
Get in
Jabalpur is well connected by air, train and road.
By plane
Kingfisher Airlines operates daily flights from Delhi to Jabalpur. Indian Airlines operates flights four days a week from Delhi to Jabalpur. Their is no direct flight to Mumbai. Jet Airways has a flight from Mumbai to Jabalpur via a 6-hour layover in Indore.
By train
Jabalpur is well-connected with superfast trains and express trains from Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bhopal, Bandhavgarh (Umaria), Jaipur, Lucknow, Chennai, Patna, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Goa, Jaipur, Nagpur, New Delhi, Varanasi & Patna.
By car
The national Highway (Varanasi-Kanyakumari Road NH7, Jabalpur-Jaipur Road NH12) passes through Jabalpur and there are daily bus services from Jabalpur to Nagpur, Katni, Jaipur, Gwalior, Bhopal etc.
Get around
You can rent a taxi to go to places like Bheraghat, Bandhavgarh and Kanha. These should be available at the Railway station or at the hotels. Cycle rickshaws are by far the most common means of transportation inside the city.
By taxi
In order to hire local taxi for local use in Jabalpur & its near-by places visit local bus-stand or websites of Jabalpur travel agents. Before taking any taxi service it is necessary to take quotations from more than one taxi-providers and also keep in mind the credibility of Taxi provider, if is registered operator or not, service level, credibility etc. Some prominent taxi providers of Jabalpur are: Indus Excursion, Marble Travels, Ervina Travels, Bhatti Taxi, Jabalpur Travel Agents, Singh Travels, Jain Travels, MP Holiday Tours
There are a lot of restaurants and small road side shops that offer a lot of different varieties of food. The Chowpatti in Civic center offers different varieties of food stalls including bhels, sandwiches, dosas, chinese, etc. Prakash, a local chaat vendor is famous for his aloo-tikkis.
Navneeta, Hotel Samdareeya, Hotel Roopali Inn, Indian Coffee House, Traffic Jam and Arihant Palace are nice restaurants for dinner. For those interested in fast food, there is Cafe Coffee Day and Dominoes Pizza. You can get some the best indian -chinese food at Clock Tower and Kamling.
At nights the small vendors near Fuhara serve tasty food and desserts like Lassi, Rabri and Khova Jalebi.
However Jabalpurians(residents of Jabalpur) are often friendly and reserved to foreign tourists. If you could make a friend here, chances are high that he/she will invite you to their home for food. Depending upon their social, educational and spiritual beliefs, the cuisine will differ considerably. In more noble families, smoking and drinking is considered as strictly "No-No", the youngesters could help you out. Again drinking below the age of 18 is not allowed. Infact drinking is seen as immoral for most of the well-educated families. For sure, the food in the city dwellings will not leave you unsatisfied.
Most of the residents work in government institutions which have their guest houses. These guest houses are also called as Rest houses and are comfortable places to pass the night. Again, finding a local friend is most helpful as they would be willing to let you stay in their house for few days/nights. This way it is easier to see the country life here.
Get out
The city is close to following places of interest:
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Blu Monday with The Collective–While you're out and about this evening, Aug. 11, stop by Blu 47 Restaurant and Lounge, 47th and King Dr., 'round 7 p.m. That's where The Collective will be holding forth once again, promising fresh n
Blu Monday with The Collective–While you're out and about this evening, Aug. 11, stop by Blu 47 Restaurant and Lounge, 47th and King Dr., 'round 7 p.m. That's where The Collective will be holding forth once again, promising fresh new connections, great exchanges of information, live music and grown folks who know how to party.
"We are an eclectic mix," they say, "creative, business savvy, artistic and intellectual, representing a wide range of diverse backgrounds, industries, interests and passions." Individually, members of the The Collective are Darryl Petty, David Dixon, Kirk Townsend, Pamela Taylor, Terri Winston, Claudette Rober, Fran Bell, Lester McCarroll, Kevan Ware and Gary Harris.
2008 Summer Cabaret Series–The Auditorium Theatre stage will be transformed into an intimate cabaret space on Saturday when jazz trumpeter Orbert Davis & Friends present "The Center of the Song," also billed as "An Evening of Romantic Jazz." The audience will be up close and personal with the musicians. Limited seating, so don't delay. Call (312) 922-2110 or visit http://www.chicagojazzphilharmonic.org.
Film Noire–The 14th annual edition of the Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, currently running at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, through Aug. 28, celebrates the Midwest's "biggest and best" of the Black experience on film and spotlights world-wide talent with a special focus on Chicago area-based filmmakers.
On Aug. 6, 6:15 p.m., there's a special advance screening of Trouble the Water. Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, it provides a sneak preview of one of the most acclaimed documentaries from the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal went to New Orleans to cover the activities of the National Guard, but after being blocked by red tape, chanced upon a much more interesting subject, Kimberley Roberts, a 9th Ward resident, rapper and amateur videographer. What emerged from her on-the-spot footage and powerful personality is an amazing story of authentic heroism in the face of unimaginable adversity. On Aug. 9, 5:30 p.m., five Black Harvest directors will dissect the process of making a film (from getting the money to casting, production, post-production and distribution) during a free panel discussion and workshop, "How to Get a Movie Made," designed especially for filmmakers, including aspiring ones. Screenwriter Sergio Mims, Black Harvest co-founder, coprogrammer and consultant, heads the panel, which includes producer/ actor Simeon "Simbo" Henderson and directors Mark Spencer, Francis Polo, Kameishia Wooten and David Muhammad. New this year, a free vendors' market in the Gallery Caf%uFFFD from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m., providing information and demonstrations of production equipment.
Among films slated for screenings during the month: Mark Spencer's The Ballad of Sadie Hawkins and The Gilded Six-Bits, Hezekiah Lewis' Curtain Call, Deri Tyton's The Party Line, Mike Merrill's Caught in the Game, Christopher Nolen's Subtle Seduction, David Muhammad's The Opposite of Life, Rachel Goslins' 'Bama Girl, Andre Malette Jr.'s Champion Sound, Dante James' The Doll, Sidney Winters' T.A.C.T.I.C.A.L., Josiah Kibira's Bongoland II: There's No Place Like Home, David Weathersby's Soul of a Woman, Larry Bryant's Urban Genesis, Robert Patton-Spruill's Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome, Kofi A. Oliver's Vista/View, Calvin Standifer's Free to be Free and Being a Woman, Torsten Evans' The Dirty Bird, Francis Polo's 9 to 5, and Andrew P. Jones' Kings of the Evening (starring Tyson Beckford, Lynn Whitfield, Glynn Turman, Linara Washington and Reginald T. Dorsey).
Also to be screened is a host of films that have garnered raves and awards at major festivals around the world from Berlin, Toronto, Tribeca to Sundance, including: Faubourg Trem: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, Liberty Kid, A Good Day to be Black & Sexy, White Lies/Black Sheep and Heart of Fire.
At Saturday's opening, the Deloris Jordan Award for Excellence in Community Leadership was presented to NBC 5's Warner Saunders followed by a "Black Harvest Feast," an exciting selection of five short films conveying the spirit and feeling of the monthlong festival: Tyrone Huff's Chiles, Boris Schaarschmidt's Spent, Stacy Pyles' Mista Nice Guy, Adedapo Akisanya's Behind Closed Eyes and Kameishia Wooten's Southern Cross. LeeAnn Trotter emceed.
On Aug. 5, special guest Elvis Mitchell, film critic and cultural commentator, hosted an advance screening of HBO's The Black List, Vol. 1, a series of dramatic portraits of influential African Americans: Toni Morrison, Lou Gossett Jr., Bill T. Jones, Suzan-Lori Parks and Sean ("Diddy") Combs.
Personal appearances are a unique feature of Black Harvest and some programs feature receptions after the show. Check http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org often for updates. Black Harvest is supported by National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council, American Airlines, Alphawood Foundation and Playboy Foundation. Special thanks to fest consultant Sergio Mims, Black Harvest Community Council and the many filmmakers who help make it possible.
A.K.A Honors–A quartet of exemplary women, representing various disciplines but all bound by their achievements and commitment to service, were inducted as honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., at its Centennial (that's 100 years!) Celebration in mid-July in Washington, D.C.
The four, inducted by Barbara A. McKinzie, international president, are C. Vivian Stringer, head women's basketball coach at Rutgers University and author of Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph; Carol H. Williams, founder, CEO, president and chief creative officer of the Carol H. Williams Advertising Agency with offices in Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit and New York, who crafted one of the most creative campaigns in advertising history, Secret antiperspirant's Strong Enough for a Man, but Made for a Woman; Dr. Zoanne Clack, a physician and writer, consultant and producer on ABC-TV's award-winning drama, Grey's Anatomy; and Deborah S. Stewart- Parker, president and CEO of International Business Solutions Inc., who launched her career at General Motors in 1977 as a member of an elite team of "non-technical graduates" assigned to learn the automotive business from the ground up and was the first woman to lead an assembly plant at Ford Motor Company.
Michelle Obama, wife of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has accepted an invitation to join the sorority, according to AKA members, who add that once she's formally inducted, she cannot become a member of any of the other "Divine Nine" organizations, as African American sororities and fraternities are often referred to. However, a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama, said: "Because of her respect for each of the historically Black sororities and fraternities, her membership is non-exclusive. She looks forward to working with all of them to help bring change to their communities."
Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai, environmental and political activist from Kenya and the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "contributions to sustainable development, democracy and peace," will be sworn in when members of the sorority journey to Kenya to perform the induction ceremony.
And besides the honorary sorors, a limitededition AKA Centennial Barbie series was introduced at the convention by Mattel Inc. Selling for $50, she's dressed in salmon pink and apple green (of course!), matching jeweled shoes and gold jewelry. Look for her in Wal- Mart retail outlets and chains.
Drum Beat–Drummers from throughout Chicago will join Carol Adams, Ph.D, secretary of the Ill. Dept. of Human Services at this year's Bud Billiken Day Parade in a historic march entreating the Black community to return to the values of its African ancestors. Themed Turn the Beat Around!, the message will be to renounce guns and violence and embrace peace and community. Traditionally, a drum call would mean it was time for the village to gather 'round an issue of importance. Nothing could be more important now than to bring healing and direction to our neighborhoods and help our youth realize their unlimited potential. Says Dr. Adams: "We need fewer funerals and more graduations." Young folk from The SafetyNet Works will be among the marchers helping to underscore that point.
Celebration Time, C'mon!–Valerie Elkins wants us to know that the Jamaican American Association of Illinois celebrates Jamaica's 46th year of Independence on Aug. 9, 6:30 p.m., at the Marmon Grand Ballroom, 2230 S. Michigan. A tasty Jamaican buffet by Kingston Jerk will be followed by entertainment by Charles Cameron & The Sunshine Festival Band and dancing to music by D.J. Howie. The $65 tax-deductible, per person evening also includes a raffle, door prizes and silent auction. JAAI provides charitable aid and assistance to Jamaicans and others with needs in the areas of social welfare, education and health. For tickets and/or more info, call (773) 955-8950.
Tribute Time–The life of Justice R. Eugene Pincham will be celebrated when Probation Challenge and Rev. Harold E. Bailey, president, hosts the 29th annual "Portraits of Achievers" Awards Ceremony & Dinner on Aug. 15, 7 p.m., at Condesa del Mar, 12220 S. Cicero, in suburban Alsip. The event, emceed by Maureen Forte, broadcast media personality, will include entertainment by The Impressions. This year marks the first absence of Justice Pincham, co-founder of Probation Challenge, who passed in April. For $50 tickets, call (773) 978-3706.
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By Sally Cohen
Germantown resident Leon Bibbs, 50, didn't set out to be a hero, but on June 8, he became one. Leon, the banquet houseman at the Radisson Plaza Warwick Hotel Philadelphia at 17th and Locust Streets was busy at work when he heard a loud commotion in the ballroom and went to investigate.
"He found a woman co
ughing very hard. Her husband said she was choking," explained general manager Joanne Cunningham.
Soon after Leon's arrival, the guest stopped coughing and couldn't breathe. Leon jumped into action and performed the Heimlich Maneuver, which helped clear the woman's airway. (We cannot report the name of the woman or where she is from because she asked that those details not be used in the story.)
Leon, whose six-week combat training course with the U.S. Army included lessons on safety in emergency situations, isn't a stranger to crisis management. In 1989, he performed the Heimlich Maneuver on a guest at another hotel in Pennsylvania, receiving a safety award for his life-saving action. (Leon spent 21 years in the Army, six on active duty and 15 in the reserves.)
Leon has other awards, too. He's been named employee of the month and has been recognized for "on the spot service" as a result of his life-saving effor
t. It's no surprise that he's also received compliments from guests–"many!" according to Joanne.
Leon joined hotel in 1999 as a supervisor in the kitchen's stewarding department and worked his way up to his current position, where he dedicates himself to catering and banquet guests.
"The banquet guests are very important to the hotel," said Joanne. "Leon is very aware of food allergies and is trained to know what to do in case someone has a reaction. He is unbelievably dependable and personable, and by the end of a conference our guests feel they know him very well."
Guests and hotel colleagues all praised Leon for responding quickly to this week's emergency and for keeping everyone calm.
"There was no doubt in my mind — and the guest's — that without Leon's actions, there could have been a bad outcome," said Joanne.
Leon and his wife, Doreen, have two daughters, Latoya and Lashonda, and a son, Leon Jr. as well as two grandchildren.
Ed. Note: We tried to get additional information about where Leon went to school, his children's ages, etc., but were unable to get it from a hotel spokesman and were unable to contact him directly.


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Sunday, June 27, 2010
P is for Paper
I am still playing with paper and still making paper flowers. It seems that flower making, paper or otherwise, never gets old for me. There are very few flowers outside in my garden, but it's sure colorful here inside my house.
For some reason, this wreath was very difficult to photograph. No matter what I did, the pretty colors wouldn't come through.
A close-up shot, but still not much better.
Oh well, I never professed to be a good photographer.
I hope you have a smashing week ahead. Take care!
11 comments:
- Mary said...
Well I love it. It is hard to decide where and how to photograph things, I think you did just fine. It is a great idea. You always have such fun things. Thank you.
- Sun Jun 27, 05:19:00 PM 2010
- Amy said...
Lettie, your paper wreath is beautiful! Speaking of flowers, I just got a few planted this morning, very late for Michigan and me both. But.....better late than never!
YOU have a smashing week, too!
- Sun Jun 27, 05:24:00 PM 2010
- Jackie said...
Lettie, This paper floral wreath is just beautiful!! I love it!!
- Sun Jun 27, 05:27:00 PM 2010
- Annette said...
I think they are so beautiful. And I love the colors.
- Sun Jun 27, 08:34:00 PM 2010
- Annette said...
I love your paper wreath.. The colors are so lovely. At the moment I'm very busy al kinds of stuff, but I hav emore times I'm going to try too make you flowers... Very times you post I fall I love more and more on the flowers....
- Mon Jun 28, 04:22:00 AM 2010
- Stephanie D. said...
These are so cute!
- Mon Jun 28, 07:43:00 AM 2010
- sweetiepie said...
I think the wreath looks great. Your creations are always so colorful.
Take care.
- Mon Jun 28, 07:43:00 AM 2010
- aafke7 said...
We all will follow the leader!:)
Thank you very much for your kind tutorials!
- Mon Jun 28, 07:51:00 AM 2010
- MandMStudio said...
So lovely:)
- Mon Jun 28, 08:09:00 AM 2010
- Pam said...
Your paper flowers are lovely. So cute.
- Mon Jun 28, 07:51:00 PM 2010
- grnsilas said...
Today I found projects to make for our hospital's fund raisers and gift shop.
My aunt was so pleased with my crochet contributions that I want to surprise her as she is a retired teacher and volunteer there....That is one way to atone for some mischievous people she taught-naming no names.
Also, thanks for the yoyos. I will make baby and wedding gifts for family.
C. Riggs
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The Toughest Sale an Entrepreneur Can Make….Investment Capital to Grow
I enjoy sales, I really do. I see sales as the ultimate example of serving others. You connect with people in your market that may have problems your product or service can solve, and you help them solve their problems. For me it's the ultimate rush helping clients solve problems they have struggled with and felt they must learn to live with. However there is another sale entrepreneurs have to make that is not nearly as fun and can be emotionally and physically taxing if you do not know what you are doing…raising investment capital.
Typically the companies I serve have the capital and or are self funding and I am asked to create a repeatable sales process, based on how their buyers want to buy. Then I train their team how and when to use the sales tools we create for each step of the new sales process. In one instance however, a company I was asked to turn around lacked adequate access to capital to truly scale the business. So I approached raising investment capital as I would any market with various buyer personas , but in this case what I was selling was the viability of the business and future potential. I found there are basically five ways to fund your growth and each has its own characteristics, requirements, needs and challenges. Over a three month period while out making sales calls with customers, I met with as many "potential buyers" for funding as I could to understand shape and I even named my buyers, my ways to raise funds.( I had way to much car time, so stick with me)
Self Fund through sales revenue – "Willy Lowman"
State and Government Grants – "Annette to detail"
Friends and Family- "Have-I" , as in have -I got a deal for you…
Angel Investors- "Michael", like the archangel
Venture Capital –"Barbra", from the show shark tank
The first I called "Willy Lowman" from Death of a Salesman. You are out chasing revenue, cold calling, following up on every potential lead, and networking like crazy. You bootstrap your way, working 12-14 hours a day meeting with clients who could provide that next big order. At night you stuff envelopes with letters and brochures, and scour the internet using social media tools searching for the right contact to speak with at your future targeted accounts.
Characteristics– You often find yourself bunking on friends couches and driving great distances simply because the meetings need to occur but you lack the capital to afford air flights and hotel rooms. You have a passionate connection to your product and you have the ability to sell convincing presentations that drive early orders. You may hire independent sales representatives to sell your product on straight commission, but quickly find they too require time, your most precious asset at this point.
Requirements – You have to be skilled at taking inventory of what you have to work with and leveraging it to the best of your ability while always being cognizant of the businesses cash requirements, cash flow. You personally will do without. You need tenacity, good old fashioned (excuse the expression)… "piss and vinegar". You will have many doors slammed in your face and you will need the ability to press on in the face of adversity. You know the "right" way to get orders, but you lack the capital today, so you do what you need to do. I have 50 other ugly truths in my eBook you can download off my blog. You have to possess the ability to create learning's through each transaction and adapt quickly.
Need – samples, sell sheets and a clear understanding of the problem you solve, and who potentially has that problem. With some of the software out there today and help from friends in your network you can create some professional presentations and sell sheets. You must have a web site.
Caution – it's not unusual to start a business this way trying to sell your way to success, however know that it is not for the faint of heart, and if you do it for too long you too run the risk of going nuts like our buddy Willy. If whatever you are launching cannot gain traction and begin to result in predictable sales revenues within 12-18 months, cut bait! Chances are you are pushing mud uphill and you have not answered one of the four questions with a yes.
So how about you…have you launched a business on shear tenacity? How did it turn out?
As you look back, how long were you in the bootstrap mode? (Or are you still in it?)
What did you find the hardest part of this phase?
What advice would you give someone who has desperately tried to scale their business, their dream for 18 months with no success?
The key to funding I have learned over time is to truly understand where your company is on the business growth continuum. Is your business pre-cash, do you have a few customers, some revenue… but needing capital to scale, ….?
Once you clearly understand where your business is, you can connect to the right kind of funding. As you move from self funding / friends and family to Government Grants to Angel investors to Venture Capital, you must clearly understand where you are at and what your buyer (investor) requires.
What I have experienced is friends and families are investing more in you and your abilities than the business. They are looking at your past success and your personal abilities. They have a personal relationship with you.
Government Grants/ other Grants are focused on answering a specific issue. You must be skilled at writing grant applications and clearly answering how your product falls into their grant offering.
Angels fund from small $20k investments up to $2 million from larger angel funds. Angel funds are groups of angel investors who pool their monies and invest in companies. Sometimes members of the fund may also wish to make "side car" investments in addition to the fund investment. Angels focus on;
- proprietary product and or technology
- leaders ability to lead organization, monetize opportunity
- the market and your product solution's potential
- your team and its ability to execute
- your exit plan, who would be potential buyers, or do you plan to go public
Venture Capital traditionally invests in opportunities over $2 million. They are industry specific and the cost of their funds in terms of equity in your business is often much greater. They are focused on return on their investment. They have specific business valuation models and your engagement with them will feel more like a business transaction than a relationship. VC's will receive 1,000's of pitches each year and only work with a select few companies that match their criteria. I recommend you watch the show Shark Tank and pay attention to the discussions, the interaction as it will prepare you for possible discussions you may be having should you pursue VC funding.
If you are an entrepreneur and feel the next step to truly scale your company is funding, make sure you understand where your company is at, and what type of funding source best matches your needs. If you are like me, you will find it the most challenging sales process you have ever experienced!


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In less than eight hours, the world will witness either the greatest feat yet in the history of solar-system exploration or another humbling reminder that, yes, it is hard to land spacecraft on Mars.
If all goes well, mission managers anticipate touchdown of NASA's one-ton rover Curiosity at around 1:31 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Monday, or around 3 p.m. local Mars time.
The goal of the $2.5 billion mission is to explore Gale Crater and its central peak, informally known as Mt. Sharp, for evidence that the area may once have been capable of supporting life.
One measure of the mood at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., comes from Adam Steltzner, the lead mechanical engineer for the Mars Science Laboratory's unique descent and landing system.
"We're rationally confident, emotionally terrified, and we're ready" for entry, descent, and landing of Curiosity, he says.
Indeed, the traditional touches that indicate entry is imminent have cropped up among members of the flight team, notes Brian Portock, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission manager. Mission control is loaded for bear with the requisite supply of peanuts for the flight team. One engineer overseeing communications links has grown his version of a play-off beard. And a flight director known for unique hair styles during missions is sporting a stars-and-stripes theme, on majority vote of his colleagues: a mohawk tinted with red and blue on top and with the hair remaining on the sides of his head cut into stars, Mr. Portock said during the final pre-entry status briefing on Sunday.
Much rides on the outcome of this mission in an age of looming, deep budget cuts, and not just for the scientists and engineers associated with the mission, notes Scott Hubbard, former head of NASA's Mars Exploration program and the architect of the methodical approach the agency has taken since the late 1990s to exploring the red planet.
"The stakes for NASA and the science community are quite high," says Dr. Hubbard, who also served as head of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., and is now a consulting professor at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
Twice before, he says, the agency's Mars effort suffered major mission failures that led to a restructured Mars program – once after the loss of the Mars Observer orbiter in 1993 and again in 1999 with the losses of the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander. Each time, he says, the agency analyzed the failures, then bounced back to loft five consecutive successes since 1999.
This time, Curiosity's trip is taking place against a unique backdrop of a proposed budget for Mars exploration that represents a 40 percent cut over its predecessors, he says.
"There's nothing in the pipeline after MAVEN next year," he says, referring to the launch of an orbiter slated to help unravel the history of Mars' atmosphere and the planet's transition from a warm, wet orb early in its history to the dry conditions researchers observe today. The proposed cuts puts the Mars program into "pretty much a going-out-of-business mode."
A success, however, would make a strong case for keeping the program alive and healthy, especially if in the next three to six months Curiosity uncovers organic material in the rocks and minerals that could represent the dog-eared calling cards of ancient, simple forms of life. Finding such markers would make a strong case for continuing along a path that ultimately leads to a Mars sample-return mission – a consistent, high priority in the once-a-decade agenda astronomers draw up for space missions and other key research priorities.
From a technology perspective, Mars Science Laboratory represents the maiden voyage of a system NASA hopes will serve as the foundation for future Mars missions, says Doug McCuistion, current head of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
Through all of the past agenda setting, as well as in conversations with scientists now about how to move forward at Mars on a budget so tight it may not even be able to squeak, no one envisions missions that will require placing anything heavier than one ton on the Martian surface, according to Mr. McCuistion.
Curiosity and its curious landing system represent "the workhorse for the future," he says.
Given all the tests engineers have performed on Curiosity and its landing system, if the landing fails, it will more likely be the planet's fault rather than NASA's, Hubbard suggests – a gust of wind hitting the craft at the wrong time during its descent, or the rover coming to wheels-extended rest on an oddly shaped rock, causing it to tumble turtle-like into a position from which it can't right itself.
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For the dough: In a medium bowl, mix the yeast with the warm water and let sit for 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil, salt and sugar, and whisk. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix the all-purpose and whole wheat flours. Make a hole in the middle and pour in the yeast mixture. Slowly hand mix the flour until all the liquid is absorbed. If too wet, add more flour, 1/4 cup at a time. Sprinkle a clean work station with flour and knead the dough until smooth and elastic. Coat a large ceramic bowl with the remaining olive oil. Place the dough in the ceramic bowl and flip over to coat in the oil. Cover the top of the dough with plastic wrap and cover the bowl with a dish towel. Let rise until the dough has doubled in size, 2 hours. Punch down the dough and let rise for another hour.
Heat canola oil to 350 degrees F in a deep-fryer. Dust a clean surface with flour.
Tear small chunks of the dough and roll into sticks. If they get too sticky, toss in flour and roll some more. Deep-fry until crispy and golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on a wire rack.
For the chocolate nougat fondue: Melt the honey nougat milk chocolate over a double boiler on medium-low heat. Add the bittersweet chocolate and whipping cream. Stir until melted. Pour into a bowl.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Pick up Sticks block tutorial
I've had a few requests for a tutorial on my recent 4 by 5 bee blocks, and I figured what the heck! I based this block on one by Amandajean at Crazy Mom Quilts and I thought she had a tutorial up, but no such luck, so here we go...
Start with a square of fabric about an inch bigger than you want your finished block to be. I wanted a finished 12" block so I cut my square 13". We'll be trimming our blocks later so nothing needs to be precise at this point. I then cut 3 strips of freezer paper 1" wide by about 14" long. Again, the length doesn't need to be precise, it just needs to be bigger than the square.
The pieces of freezer paper will act as templates for the strips of scraps in the block. Take one of the pieces of freezer paper and iron one end of it to a scrap. Now fold the freezer paper back on itself, exposing about 1/4" of fabric. Using the folded edge of the freezer paper as a sewing guide, add a second piece of fabric. Iron the second piece of fabric down then continue adding scraps in this manner until all 3 of your freezer paper pieces are covered. At this point I like to remove the freezer paper then iron it back down since it sometimes gets distorted with all that stitching.
Now trim your strips so they are 1 1/2" wide, using the edge of the freezer paper as a guide.
Ok, time to start inserting those strips! Make a random, angled cut in the fabric square.
And sew in your first strip! Use the edge of the freezer paper as a guide and don't worry if your square isn't perfect after inserting the first strip - remember, we're trimming!
Repeat for the second strip. Now flip the block over and pull off the freezer paper pieces. If you're making lots of blocks, save them and reuse them.
Now it's time to tackle the cross strip. Make a cut that goes through the 2 inserted pieces. Sew one edge of your 3rd strip to one side of the cut.
This is the hardest part, sewing the second seam so that it looks like the inserted strips are interwoven. I like to put my thumb nail along the 1/4" seam allowance where the stitching crosses, then flip over the fabric so I can judge if my placement is good. Because I can't take photos with one hand, I've used a pin in the photos above to show this step. Keep moving the pieces around and checking until you get a good match, then hold it or pin it in place. Then sew!
Your block is finished! Or almost, it just needs a good trim!
Add some quilting, and voila. xox, c
12 comments:
Awesome tutorial! I didn't realize this type of block could be so easy to make. If you wanted to line up your scrappy strips in your subsequent blocks, so that they continued seamlessly, how would you recommend getting the angles and positioning right?ReplyDelete
That is pretty cool I like that concept.ReplyDelete
Oh that is so fun! I'd love to make a block like that. Thank you for the tutorial :-)ReplyDelete
Oh the quilting makes it even more perfect!ReplyDelete
Cool, thanks for the tute!ReplyDelete
They do look similar but don't worry.ReplyDelete
You're an honest person.
The greatest ideas are sometimes thought of by two people at different places on the globe ...
Don't worry. Ali is also cool!
They look similar, but are not the same what so ever. Please don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise.ReplyDelete
It's like making blocks with log cabins, there's not so many ways to put a 4x4 grid of log cabins together. I can't tell you how many I have seen that make stars or stripes.
Love this quilt by the way :)
I agree with Betty and Sharon. Keep the tutorial because you've done nothing wrong. If you had copied and attempted to make money, that'd be an entirely different matter.ReplyDelete
Hmm, I didn't take them to be the same, although, yes, the idea is similar. I agree with the others--similarity doesn't necessarily mean plagarism. You came up with your own idea, your own instructions and design--it is your own, just like Ali's is her own. Great minds think alike!ReplyDelete
I agree! You've done nothing wrong....tutorial isn't being sold, you haven't copied anything. Keep up the awesome work!ReplyDelete
What's the old saying.."there's nothing new under the sun"? I love your tutorial..it's different in the way you have pieced your "sticks". (which I think looks great!)ReplyDelete
Glad to meet our Canadian quilters. Thanks. crystalbluern at onlineok dot comReplyDelete


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That's a really good point I hadn't thought of that jolt. The novel is very biased against Liu Bei, so it's easy for me to to look at it from a novel stand point and not from reality.
As for He Jin surviving? The man was a chef who had been given a lot of state power so I doubt that Han in itself would've lasted much longer. I imagine rebellions would constantly still break throughout the country. Eventually having the Han decline to the point of completely being obliterated. So I don't know if a Three kingdom situation would occur, but seeing as how the government was in decline even before He Jin I don't think the Han could've lasted much longer.


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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Robot Ideas
Ironically, this illustration was created from start to finish on the computer. Even the sketch work was done in Painter. But let's never forget that the computer is merely a tool and our minds must stay active in the creative process from start to finish. I don't think humans are in danger of being replaced anywhere in the near future.
11 comments:
- Rico said...
I agree with the sentiment... best creative tool is still the mind, a pencil and a piece of paper.
- November 5, 2009 at 2:38 AM
- jim bradshaw said...
Right on Rico.
- November 6, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Breadwig said...
Jim, I'm so glad you don't have a computer brain.
- November 6, 2009 at 7:36 PM
- jim bradshaw said...
bryan - 000101010?
- November 6, 2009 at 7:40 PM
- sandybau said...
You have an amazing style! I was looking around your blog (sometimes I feel like a curious mouse, digging around blogs!) and I've found incredible pieces! Those floppy disc artworks look really great!
- November 9, 2009 at 11:56 PM
- jim bradshaw said...
Thanks Sandy. I'm glad you enjoyed your visit. I thought I heard little scratching noises coming from my blog. ;)
- November 10, 2009 at 7:55 AM
- sMacThoughts said...
Thanks for your comment on my blog, and I am so glad to have found yours... I recognized your name (you are one of my flickr contacts) but have never seen your blog. You have a wonderful style and talent!
- November 11, 2009 at 3:21 PM
- jim bradshaw said...
thank you so much for the kind words. ^__^
- November 12, 2009 at 8:07 AM
- johann said...
oooooooh lovely aged and patinaed stuff... nice woodcut feel...printmaking sort of style... strong and bold...
I see I have been entranced by your work before... Cant keep a good one down can you?
Sweet stuff man!
- December 3, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- Phil Brown said...
JIm - really find your style great - alot of variety but it all holds together on the character of the drawing.
- December 9, 2009 at 4:44 AM
- jim bradshaw said...
thanks a lot guys.
- December 18, 2009 at 8:09 AM


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Inmates complain about food at TCF
Inmates at the Territorial Correctional Facility in Tafuna have launched a public complaint about the daily meals they receive in jail.
The complaint, in a letter written to Samoa News, has it that the inmates consume mackerel soup (sua pilikaki), noodles (saimin) and oatmeal three times a day.
According to the letter's author, Mike Agasiva, who is an inmate, they eat mackerel everyday, even on holidays like Christmas 2011, New Years 2012 and also the past Presidents Day holiday.
Warden Lumana'i Maifea told Samoa News that there are 170 inmates housed at TCF.
According to the letter, prisoners have oatmeal for breakfast, mackerel soup for lunch and noodles (saimin) for dinner. The inmate in his letter explains that they use three cans of oatmeal for the daily breakfast and two cases of noodles for dinner, which is never enough for all the inmates.
(Samoa News notes that every time Chief Justice Michael Kruse asks an inmate who is up for sentencing what he had for dinner, the response is either mackerel gravy or noodles/ saimin.)
The Warden vehemently denies these complaints that "all the inmates have for their meals are mackerel", explaining to Samoa News that it's true that the inmates receive mackerel during a meal, however, "the inmates have mackerel twice a week… there are different meals that are received by the inmates."
He added that the inmates have three meals a day, seven days a week.
Samoa News was able to view a container, which stores the frozen food supplies for the inmates for their daily meals, which included cases of chicken, chicken franks, turkey tails, beef, lamb flaps, turkey wings, etc. A store room with cases of saimin, mackerel, bales of sugar and flour and other items was also viewed by Samoa News, including a cooler area for eggs, butter, etc.
Warden Maifea said the inmates usually have mackerel on Mondays, because on Saturdays and Sundays inmates have visitations from their families and they are given all sorts of food by the visitors.
Maifea told Samoa News that "some Mondays they have curry mackerel, Tuesdays they have lamb flaps, Wednesday, beef soup, Thursday turkey wings and on Fridays, turkey tails are served."
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The cabs of the new C Series Challenger tractors have been redesigned and equipped with the latest electronic controls. Included in the new controls is an integrated ISOBUS system that will communicate with any brand of implement. The ISOBUS controls are in the MT700C, MT800C and MT900C Series track and articulated tractors.
"Challenger is leading the industry in integrating ISOBUS into our on-board control center," says Jason Hoult, product marketing manager for Challenger tractors. "ISOBUS is the future of electronic communications in agriculture, and the C Series Challenger tractors are leading the way."
The ISOBUS system is part of the Challenger's new Tractor Management Center (TMC) monitor. Nearly all tractor and implement functions are controlled from this one monitor. So all data from the tractor and any implement are automatically handled from the monitor and then transferred to a computer. As a result, an operator will not need to install another monitor in the cab with wiring to control new equipment, as long as the equipment also is ISOBUS compliant.
Hoult says that in the future, most farm equipment will operate on the standard communications language of ISOBUS. He expects this to occur in five to seven years.
The Challenger TMC also features a restyled console for better ergonomics and ease of use. All of the key function controls are on the console near the operator including a button to activate the Power Management feature, which operates the vehicle in the most efficient engine speed and transmission gear. Also included in the controls is a one-touch headland management system that allows preprogramming of sequences.
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Schwarz Family History
"Schwarz Family History." Prairies 7, no. 7: June/July 1984, 53.
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Friedrich Schwarz was born at Beresina, Russia, on April 2, 1862. He died in McIntosh County, around the Coldwater Vacinity, on September 26, 1904.
He married Christina Kruuse in October 1887. She was born in Tarituno, Russia, on March 16, 1863, and died on March 19, 1922 in McIntosh County near Coldwater.
They came to the U.S. on June 17, 1892 with three of their children (Alvina, Alfred, and Adeline) on the First Bismarck ship, led by Captain Albers.
The family homesteaded on 160 acres in McIntosh County, north of Coldwater, on W½, SE ¼, NE¼-33-160-67. The filing papers were signed on July 5, 1892.
The Schwarz family became U.S. citizens on May 14, 1898. There
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Alvina was born on August 21, 1887 in Russia, and died on August 17, 1933 in Jamestown. She married Christian Eberle on November 25, 1923, and lived in Jud, North Dakota.
Alfred was born on December 27, 1899 in Russia, and died on May 9, 1972 on the homeplace. He never married, and was the last person to live on the family farm.
Adeline was born on November 30, 1891 in Russia, and died on September 4, 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska. She married John Wall on January 10, 1915 around Ashley.
Emelia was born on July 17, 1894 on the farm in McIntosh County, and died on January 12, 1948 in Kulm. She married Gotthilf Roloff of Kulm on June 25, 1914.
Eduard was born on November 11, 1896 on the homeplace, and died on December 23, 1974 in Kulm. He married Rachel Flagel in May 1, 1924 in Forbes.
Marie (Mary) was born on July 19, 1899 on the homeplace, and died
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Control of the Senate was captured by the left in September 2011 elections for the first time since the founding of the Fifth Republic. Reforms regarding police custody were approved in January to grant suspects the right to remain silent and to have an attorney present during questioning. France continued to face criticism for a controversial ban on full facial coverings, which came into effect in April, and restrictions on internet freedom.
After the French Revolution of 1789, France experienced both republic and monarchist regimes until the creation of the Third Republic in 1871. The Fourth Republic was established after World War II, but eventually fell victim to domestic political turbulence and a series of colonial setbacks. In 1958, Charles de Gaulle, France's wartime leader, created the strong presidential system of the Fifth Republic, which stands today.
Jacques Chirac, a right-leaning Gaullist, was first elected president in 1995. In the first round of the 2002 presidential election, Jean-Marie Le Pen—head of the far-right, xenophobic National Front—unexpectedly received more votes than Lionel Jospin, the prime minister and head of the center-left Socialist Party (PS). However, with Socialist support, Chirac defeated Le Pen overwhelmingly in the second round.
In late 2005, the accidental deaths of two teenagers of North African descent who were fleeing police touched off weeks of violent riots. Most of the rioters were youths descended from immigrants from North and sub-Saharan Africa. Despite their French birth and citizenship, many reported discrimination and harassment by police in anticrime operations. The violence provoked a major discussion about the failure to fully integrate minorities into French society.
The ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) nominated party leader Nicolas Sarkozy as its candidate for the 2007 presidential elections. However, Sarkozy's law-and-order message, pro-American foreign-policy views, opposition to Turkish European Union membership, and other positions made him a controversial candidate. Sarkozy defeated the PS candidate Ségolène Royal in the second round, with 53 percent of the vote, and the UMP renewed its majority in subsequent parliamentary elections.
The government's popularity declined in late 2007 when riots erupted after two teenagers of African descent were killed in a collision with a police car. Unlike in 2005, the riots were better organized, and scores of police were wounded.
By May 2008, Sarkozy's popularity was the lowest of any first-year president in 50 years. His reputation recovered somewhat with a revived foreign and domestic agenda, including economic liberalization, though it declined again with the arrival of the global economic crisis. The economic downturn caused an increase in already high unemployment and incited many protests in 2009.
The government considered a number of reforms in 2010 to decrease the country's debt, the most significant of which was an increase in the retirement age from 60 to 62, which became law in November. The controversial proposals touched off weeks of protests and strikes throughout the summer and fall.
On September 25, 2011, indirect elections for some half the seats in the Senate gave control to parties on the left for the first time in the history of France's Fifth Republic. Jean-Pierre Bel was also elected the country's first Socialist Senate president on October 1, 2011.
During the year, the government imposed a series of controversial legal measures, such as restrictions on internet freedoms, and a ban on full facial coverings. However, measures were taken to improve the rights of suspects in police custody.
France is an electoral democracy. The president and members of the lower house of Parliament, the 577-seat National Assembly, are elected to five-year terms. The upper house, the 348-seat Senate, is an indirectly elected body whose members serve six-year terms. The prime minister is appointed by the president. Until 1986, the president and prime minister were always of the same party, and the president was the most powerful figure in the country. However, since 1986, there have been periods lasting several years in which the president and prime minister hailed from rival parties. In such circumstances, the prime minister has the dominant role in domestic affairs, while the president largely guides foreign policy.
Parties organize and compete on a free and fair basis. The center-left PS and the center-right UMP are the largest parties, though the largely unreformed French Communist Party on the left and the far-right National Front party receive significant support. The National Front, led by Jean-Marie Le Pen's daughter Marine, is opposed to immigration and advocates an increasingly eurosceptic position; the party's popularity has risen as President Nicolas Sarkozy's support has declined.
Members of the French elite, trained in a small number of prestigious schools, often move between politics and business, increasing opportunities for corruption. In 2010, Labor Minister Éric Woerth was accused of corruption for allegedly accepting illegal donations from L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt on behalf of Sarkozy's campaign in 2007; however, no direct connection to Sarkozy has been found in investigations that were ongoing at year's end. Formal corruption charges were brought against former president Jacques Chirac in 2009 for events that dated back to when he was mayor of Paris. On December 15, 2011, he was found guilty of diverting public funds and abusing public trust, and received a two-year suspended sentence. Furthermore, in September, a former aide accused Chirac and potential presidential candidate Dominique de Villepin of receiving $20 million in cash from leaders of former African colonies to finance elections. An official inquiry into the allegations was dropped in November, however, due to lack of evidence. Meanwhile, two of Sarkozy's political allies, Thierry Gaubert and Nicolas Bazire, were arrested in September on charges of misuse of public funds in an arms sale to Pakistan in 1994; the investigation was ongoing at year's end. France was ranked 25 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
The media operate freely and represent a wide range of political opinions. Though an 1881 law forbids "offending" various personages, including the president and foreign heads of state, the press remains lively and critical. However, journalists covering events involving the National Front or the Corsican separatist movement have been harassed, and they have also faced difficulty covering unrest in the volatile suburbs. Reporters covering criminal cases or publishing material from confidential court documents have occasionally come under pressure by the courts to reveal sources. In 2010, daily newspaper Le Monde filed a complaint against the government after a public prosecutor was ordered to obtain a list of calls made by two of its journalists in connection with the Bettencourt case. In September 2011, the government confirmed that its intelligence agency had requisitioned the reporters' telephone records, claiming that its actions were legal as they were in defense of national interests. In November, the offices of the magazine Charlie Hebdo were burned and its website hacked the day the magazine's cover was due to feature a cartoon depiction of Mohammed.
While internet access is generally unrestricted, a new domestic security law, which came into effect in March 2011, allows the filtering of online content; while this is ostensibly to prevent child pornography, free media advocates call it unnecessary censorship. A separate March decree requires internet companies to provide user data, including passwords, to authorities if requested; several major companies including Google and Microsoft have protested.
Freedom of religion is protected by the constitution, and strong antidefamation laws prohibit religiously motivated attacks. Denial of the Nazi Holocaust is illegal. France maintains the policy of laïcité, whereby religion and government affairs are strictly separated. A 2004 law bans "ostentatious" religious symbols in schools. In October 2010, the Senate nearly unanimously passed a bill banning clothing that covers the face, including the burqa and niqab, in public spaces. The ban went into effect in April 2011. Violators of the ban can be fined up to €150 (approximately US$215) or ordered to take citizenship lessons, and a man who forces a woman to wear a niqab can be fined €30,000 (approximately US$43,000). The first fine, of €150, was issued in April to a woman in the northwest of Paris. In addition, a controversial September 2011 directive bans street prayer, affecting thousands of Muslims in Paris who had previously prayed in the street due to a lack of space in local mosques. Academic freedom is respected by French authorities.
Freedoms of assembly and association are respected. Civic organizations and nongovernmental organizations can operate freely. Trade union organizations are weak, and membership has been declining since 1980. Nevertheless, civil service unions remain relatively strong, and strike movements generally gain wide public support.
France has an independent judiciary, and the rule of law is firmly established. The country's antiterrorism campaign has included surveillance of mosques, and terrorism suspects can be detained for up to four days without charge. In response to repeated challenges from the European Court of Human Rights, the National Assembly adopted new rules in January 2011 that extend the right to suspects to remain silent and to have an attorney present during questioning. In February, members of the judiciary went on strike in cities throughout the country to protest executive interference after Sarkozy publicly criticized the handling of a well-publicized murder case. Prisons are overcrowded, and suicides are common.
French law forbids the categorization of people according to ethnic origin, and no official statistics are collected on ethnicity. However, the riots and violence in 2005 and 2007 fueled concerns about Arab and African immigration and the failure of integration policies in France, where minorities are underrepresented in leadership positions in both the private and public sectors. Discrimination against immigrants and religious and ethnic minorities remains a problem.
During 2010, France deported at least 8,000 Roma to Bulgaria and Romania and dismantled over 400 camps on the outskirts of French cities. Although the government claimed that the deportations were part of a larger crackdown on illegal immigration, a leaked memo from the interior ministry revealed that officials had been instructed to prioritize the dismantling of Roma camps, thus constituting illegal discrimination. Deportations continued during 2011, with official statistics reporting nearly 5,000 deportations in the first three months alone. Close to 6,000 were evicted between April and October according to the nongovernmental European Roma Rights Center.
Corsica continues to host a sometimes violent separatist movement. Low-level attacks against property and government targets continue to occur, though people are rarely harmed. In 2001, the government devolved some legislative powers to the island and allowed teaching in the Corsican language in public schools.
Gender equality is protected in France. Constitutional reforms in 2008 institutionalized economic and social equality. However, in the 2011 Global Gender Gap report, France ranked the lowest of 131 countries that responded to a question on wage equality. Some electoral lists require the alternation of candidates by sex. Women hold only 18 percent of seats in the legislature and 22 percent of Senate seats, but have served as key ministers, as well as the prime minister. Discrimination based on sexual orientation is prohibited by law. While a type of civil union for same-sex partners is recognized, the Constitutional Council upheld a ban on same-sex marriage in January 2011.


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Bruin, N. and Flynn, E. V. (2003) N-covers of hyperelliptic curves. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (134). pp. 397-405. ISSN 0305-0041
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@TwilightSaga_UK just released a twimazing poster for the 'Complete Twilight Saga Screening'.
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You will be able to pre-book your tickets to see 'Breaking Dawn Part 2' and for 'The Complete Twilight Saga Screening' starting October 1st.
These will be a ONE DAY ONLY extravaganza, kicking off on the afternoon of Thursday 15th November. You'll be able to see all four previous films in the Saga back-to-back in the run-up to the midnight screening of 'Breaking Dawn – Part Two' with EXCLUSIVE introductions from the cast, premiere coverage, music videos and other footage. And every screening attendee with receive an exclusive Twilight Saga gift with purchase when they arrive at the cinema!
Tickets will also go on sale on October 1st in the US.
Advanced ticket sales for Summit's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2" will go on sale Oct. 1, more than six weeks before the film's nationwide release on Nov. 16.
Sale date, which begins at midnight EST, has been agreed upon by the two largest online ticketing sites, Fandango and Movietickets.com.
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The UncertainFriday, September 30th, 2011
There are many things in life that we know for sure that it will happen sooner or later. It is things that whatever we do to prevent it never we succeed. Many things we are certain that it will happen over the course of life.
Questions that have no answers leave us occupying our minds with some of nonsense of medieval times. What are those questions and why do we ask ourselves these types of questions?!
Since mankind existed on earth they have questioned the reason of their existence: why I am here? How and when did we become the only dominant creatures of the known universe? Are we really the only beings of our kind who possess this knowledge? What knowledge do we really possess if we can't answer the most pressing questions?