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Sacramento police release new video from fatal shooting of armed mentally-ill man
Sacramento officer says police 'offed' suspect who charged at them with knives
Sacramento police have released nearly two dozen videos from a fatal police shooting of a mentally-ill man in south Sacramento that provide additional context beyond edited footage the department issued in January.
The newly-released materials include in-car and body camera videos, though none show the moment Dazion Flenaugh was killed by officers last April. Police spokeswoman Linda Matthew said the department does not have footage of officers firing.
The new footage was released late Wednesday in response to a Public Records Act filed by The Sacramento Bee. It includes an eyewitness account from a K-9 officer who approached the scene in his vehicle as three other officers shot at Flenaugh. In blunt terms, he tells a colleague how the officers "just offed" Flenaugh.
Much of the new video is in-car camera footage of officers responding to the scene. Many of the clips do not show the crime scene at all.
The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said in January that the shooting was justified because the three officers – Dustin Southward, Jeffrey Carr and Eric Toomey – believed they were defending themselves and others from death or severe injury. The DA's Office report said that the officers saw Flenaugh charge at Southward holding what appeared to be a large meat cleaver and a kitchen knife.
"I was pulling up right on them when this whole thing occurred," the K-9 officer says to someone who appears to be a supervisor in newly released video captured by his body camera.
Later, he tells a colleague that he saw Flenaugh with weapons.
"There's a big old steak knife about, or a big old knife about that long," says the K-9 officer, gesturing with his hands.
"And in the grass over there … is a butcher knife and he was charging," he says.
"It was legit," he adds.
"Good," his colleague says. "That's why you come to be out here."
The first officer continues, "And I was pulling up the street right here, and they just offed him. Which they should have."
The second officer replies, "Yeah, absolutely."
Matthew declined to identify the K-9 officer. Faces are blurred in the video, and some audio is redacted.
Damon Flenaugh, Dazion Flenaugh's brother, said he remains disturbed by the way police handled the incident.
"I just feel like when you sign up to be a cop, you sign up to be a hero. You sign up to save lives, not take them," Damon Flenaugh said. "There was not a moment they cared about his well-being or not one time they tried to save his life … I understand the human element of it all (but) they are not dealing with people, they are dealing with situations."
Department spokesman Matthew McPhail cautioned against judging the officer by one comment. He could not say if the officer faced discipline over the remark, but said such cases would be evaluated by the "totality of the event as well as the officer's history" to determine if the comment was part of a pattern of behavior.
"You can't really look at it in isolation," said McPhail. McPhail said he could not comment on this situation, but "The reality is people in any profession talk to each other in a different way than they would speak to others."
The incident with Flenaugh began just after 8:30 a.m. on April 8 in an area of modest ranch homes near Center Parkway and Lerner Way. A 911 caller reported a man peering over fences. Witnesses told The Bee that Flenaugh was confused and disoriented but not violent.
Police located Flenaugh based on the description and detained him, but did not appear to be charging him with a crime. At one point, two officers discuss giving him a ride home.
Flenaugh had spent the previous night at the home of his mother, Christina Robbins, a few streets away from where the 911 call was placed.
Flenaugh grew extremely agitated in the back of the police car. Flenaugh had untreated bipolar disorder, according to his family. A coroner's toxicology report found methamphetamine and amphetamine in his blood.
In previous video released by police, Flenaugh talks to himself and searches for a way out of the cruiser. When an officer opens the door to check on him, he flees.
That officer can be heard calling Flenaugh a "freak."
Officers initially did not pursue Flenaugh, but dispatchers soon after relayed reports of a man running through backyards and breaking into at least one home. In one surveillance video, Flenaugh is seen running up to the front door of one house and swinging a large pickax, hitting the door three times in an apparent attempt to get in. When the door holds, he jogs off with the pickax.
In another video released in January, one officer looking for Flenaugh tells a bystander, "There's some nut, tweak, just freaking out. He's back there somewhere. If you see him, just hit him with a baseball bat a couple times … That'll mellow him out."
More police were called to the chase and Flenaugh was located behind a car in a driveway on Center Parkway near Lerner Way, where he was ultimately shot dead.
Mark Harris, an attorney for the Flenaugh family, said that he was concerned by three comments taken together – calling Flenaugh a "freak," suggesting that he ought to be hit with a bat and the casual way in which his death was described as being "offed."
"It shows a pattern and practice of insensitivity," Harris said. "Rather than constructive measures taken to de-escalate, there was the opposite - he got what he deserved."
In January, police released six videos and five dispatch audio files from the incident in response to Public Records Act requests filed by The Sacramento Bee.
The Bee filed a subsequent request asking for all video from the incident after determining the police department withheld some footage. The city agreed, based in part on an ordinance passed in November that requiring the department to release video in critical police events within 30 days.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said that although the ordinance has hit "some bumps" during its implementation, he is "proud" of the city for putting it in place.
"It's important to just take one step back and recognize that our city is the only city in the region that has a comprehensive video release policy," Steinberg said. "This is culture change … I believe fundamentally that this policy is not just important and right for the community but it's also good for the men and women who protect us because it will show over time that the vast majority of our law enforcement officers … do a great job."


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Hannover Messe 2013: Bosch Rexroth wins Hermes Award for Open Core Engineering
This year's prestigious international Hermes Award goes to Bosch Rexroth. Presented annually at Hannover Messe, the award singles out outstanding innovations pioneered by individual companies. In this video, Bosch Rexroth chairman Dr. Karl Tragl explains why the company was chosen in 2013 for its Open Core Engineering system.

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He is, by far, my VERY favorite movie producer (I think I watched Annie Hall 10 times) and now, it makes me happy when I hear the sound of the clarinet in the background of the movie Manhattan and he is the one playing it, thinking I have heard him live.


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Glee star Michele: 'I never dated Mr. Schuester'
GLEE star LEA MICHELE has denied reports she and her TV teacher MATTHEW MORRISON were once an item.
Tabloid reports suggest the actress/singer and Morrison, who plays music teacher Will Schuester on Glee, dated when they were both stars on Broadway in 2007.
Michele, who plays Schuester's star pupil on the show, says, "I've known Matt for years. He's been a friend of mine from New York. People are going to make things up. I think it's just because we really are so close."
The actress/singer has revealed she is dating a fellow thespian, but refuses to name him: "He's a theatre guy. He works on Broadway."
Michele has also been romantically linked to actor Theo Stockman.


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[Verse 1: Mr. Metaphor]
Step right up, step right up and listen close
Some shorties try to high post, I block 'em out
Puff blunts and drink private stocks of stout
I gots no doubt, so let the flow out my windpipe
I make ya clap, clap ya hands like Twin Hype
I keep my stems ripe, puffin' on a peace pipe
Quick fast like greased light, I'mma recite
Rhymes re-ignite the mic
When the beat strikes
It get me hype when ya punks try to beat-bite
Tight, lyrics that I write is outta sight
Like a satellite
You can't battle right
Grab the mic tight
Loose like cellulite
I can tell you might be the type to bite
Enormous appetite
All you rappers bite, unite
And form like parasite
And swarm like locusts in the night
With the focus to bite
I take flight and rise the farenheit
[Verse 2:]
Arms locked in combat
Bombs locked on target
[All block a march?] while the flows are bombarded
Arch rivals stifled by the likes of me and Met'
Slice ya face and neck
Place the set, collect, pay your debt
Place your bet
Stakes is hijinks, chase my jet
[If crazy heads] don't make 'em pets
I'm with the dead
Got butt-naked snakes and bad fate to take my bread
I fucked mother nature, made a ten-acre spread
And ain't break a sweat
Flowin' like period on the 28th of Mayhem
I make sense that's worth a pennyweight
Evacuate, this track'll make you chickenheads ejaculate
You can't imagine it
My fire make ya flow evaporate
Set the date, step to the square
I scared the record straight
Defecate in ya mouth and house you like Section 8
Near the rate
Of these litigates will leave a better taste in your flow
So middle aged men, will obliterate
I could burn ya, I could learn ya
Somthin' by ya, I could earn ya title
(Famous Last Words)
I could defeat you, beseech you
To retreat, delete you
(Famous Last Words)
Son I blast you, I smash you
Point my gat at you, bless You
(Famous Last Words)
I'm the toughest, brag, and puffin' drags
With eight heads in a duffle bag
(Famous Last Words)
[Verse 3:]
MCs scared to be square
My style's intimidatin'
They mimic me, timidly, simulatin' my symmetry
Claim they innovatin'
I sin like Satan
Breaking they flow with flames DISINTIGRATIN'
When they taking it all in vain
Main lie generatin'
Dollars and followers at the same time
They call my name hollerin' in the Hall of Fame
I shine like halogen, got it locked with ball and chain
Ya'll all remain minute
I dilute, ya potency
No MC could hold the fate of my future
[Verse 4: Mr. Metaphor]
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Curse you
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I got more tech than Apex
That spray necks
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I take a ?four?
I stake me all in they heart
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And stole a Go Kart
Went up the flow chart
When the show start, I cause a ruckus
With rhymes on like [island?]
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Metaphors has risen over the top
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See through my eyes
Then a peacock
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I'm gattin' flocks of MCs
Who plastic Glocks in they rhyme
But due time, I reach my true prime
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As I chant a rhyme, you can't deny
My plan to plant your mind inside my pocket
The lyric pilot keep ya in the cockpit
I rock shit, I fucking box it
I'm highly toxic poison
I make more noise than a block orchestra
I'm stalkin' ya
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Tell a friend, tell a foe, Tell a ho
Tell any fellow
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I'm coming at you like a helo-copter
Chop ya
Couldn't hold the mic if I spot ya
This song was originally featured on 1998's Lyricist Lounge – Volume One compilation. The badass instrumental for this song is from Tom Waits's "Singapore," from the 1985 album Rain Dogs.
The battle rhymes in the song are heavy on wordplay and double-meanings.


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Schools across the state joined nationwide celebrations of Computer Science Education with more than 170 events over the past week – from an Hour of Code at Kailua Elementary to a family friendly event hosted by Daniel K. Inouye Elementary that featured coding activities, robot obstacle courses and much more.
"It's wonderful to see students and teachers get excited about Computer Science education, not just during this Computer Science Education Week but year-round," said Superintendent Dr. Christina Kishimoto. "We've been working on advancing Computer Science curriculum as part of our Strategic Plan. We look forward to presenting our plans before the Board of Education on implementation across cross-disciplinary fields such as Math, Science, STEM, Advanced Placement and Career and Technical Education."
In support of the Department's efforts in developing rigorous K-12 computer science standards, Governor David Ige yesterday added his name along with other governors to the Governors Partnership for K-12 Computer Science.
Computer science (CS) education is tied to the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) Strategic Plan and implementation strategies. Earlier this year, HIDOE's Office of Curriculum Instruction and Student Support met with the Hawaii State Student Council to get their perspective on a CS education rollout effort. The CS activities rolled out this week across the state is a reflection of the teacher collaboration taking place as well as raising opportunities for students to voice the importance of digital learning.
"We know that the workforce's top jobs are in need of kids who are educated in computer science," said Sarah Milianta-Laffin, seventh grade teacher, Ilima Intermediate. "If we're going to get to that place, we have to get kids excited about it – we have to be their cheerleaders because we're teaching them about a world that we haven't been taught about ourselves."
Many schools are incorporating courses in coding, which has been well received by students.
"Coding is a superpower," explained Mitchell Togiai, seventh grader at Ilima Intermediate. "In the world that we live in today where technology is everywhere, it's really important to learn how to code."
Capping off CS Week
This evening, Superintendent Kishimoto and members of her leadership team will be attending a close out event – Momilani Elementary's third annual CS for ALL Night. Due to the popularity of the annual festivity, the event is taking place at neighboring Pearl City High School. It will feature hands on activities connected to concepts in computer science such as computing systems, networks and the Internet, as well as algorithms and programming.
Big Island schools participating were:
- Chiefess Kapiolani El
- Honaunau El
- Honokaa El
- Kahakai El
- Kealakehe El
- Kealakehe High
- Kealakehe Inter
- Keaau El
- Keonepoko El
- Konawaena El
- Mt. View El
- Naalehu El
- Waikoloa El & Middle
- Waimea El
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Chinos: Topshop
Boots: Topshop
I was always a bit apprehensive when I bought these chinos... I had to buy them from the Tall section because I didn't want them too short. Starting to love them more now I've bought some black pumps and the weather's getting slightly warmer now. I feel like I'm in the army when I wear my boots with them!
The fashion world has gone a bit mad lately...
1. John Galliano, Dior's creative director, has been sacked... All I see is mixed reactions over this - either it serves him right and Dior made the right decision, or they jumped the gun way too quickly and firing him was a step too far. Then the issue of who will take his place and whether they will live up to the expectations... If Dior will keep their spark without Galliano. My thoughts? Dior will be absolutely fine without him... and he can pick himself up with his designer label (despite his show being cancelled...)! You can see my two posts about him on Silhouette - HERE and THERE.
2. Lady Gaga walked the plank... Erm, I mean catwalk, for Mugler at Paris Fashion Week. Personally, I can't stand her... but she did suit the show (well, considering her stylist is Nicola Formichetti, one of Mugler's designers, she would do). She certainly did bring a certain edge to the catwalk, and anyone who can walk in towering platforms deserves some credit - CHECK OUT THE SIZE OF THEM HEELS!
Photos via Daily Mail
3. Apparently, Primark are losing sales. It's one of the cheapest fast fashion stores around, and with the current recession still intact, it's pretty unbelievable. For the last few years, I've pretty much hated Primark, but lately I've actually been willing to go in there myself and even BUY stuff! It's got a lot better since then, yet the sales are dropping? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I can't imagine the store closing anytime soon anyway.
And one last thing, check out my little post about H&M joining forces with Fashion Against Aids HEREEE.


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So you've broken up with someone . . . if you're a Facebook addict like myself, probably one of the first things you're going to think about, while you're curled up in a snivelling heap clutching a picture of you together, is how you handle the break-up via social media. And that's not even considering how to change your relationship status without the whole world noticing . . . it's how you're going to cope with seeing them moving on from the window of a computer or smartphone!
But it's okay . . . because Facebook is now testing out a new break-up feature in the States. And this is apparently going to help you get over your ex. Because, when you change your relationship status to single, it will offer you the opportunity to hide their status updates and photos from you, untag posts of them, and hide your status updates and photos from them!
I guess I can see some advantages to this. It means you don't need to read into each and every single cryptic status update your ex posts, wondering whether or not they are regretting the break-up. You don't need to analyse any picture of them that has any member of the opposite sex in it, wondering if this is them moving on. And if you are wanting to wallow in your own miserable status updates to gain shitloads of sympathy from your friends, you can do this without them seeing . . .
Is this not merely a temporary fix though? You can still unhide the posts if you want at any point, right? You could drive yourself crazy that way.
The fact of the matter is this: Facebook has already got a break-up feature available, and it's accessible no matter where you are in the world.
It's called "unfriend" . . . followed by "block".
Hard though this might be (and trust me, I know this!!!) . . . is it not ultimately the best way to move on?
Monday, 23 November 2015
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I only have one ex as a facebook friend. We don't interact much and when we do, I'm reminded of why we're not together anymore. I don't know why I stay friends with him on there and pretty much ignore all of his posts.ReplyDelete
If I was dating a guy and we broke up, I think that I'd probably hide his posts, yet I know I'd still check out his page on the sly.
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Last year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it had granted private carrier a waiver to allow some of its drivers to use either 5/5, 4/6 or 3/7 splits to satisfy their federally required 10 sleeper berth hours per day. This waiver applies to drivers for that company who run electronic logging devices, have at least 26 hours of off-duty home time from Friday night to Saturday night each week and are limited to 10 hours of driving time per day. The agency said this research will determine whether flexible sleeper berth periods will have a significant effect on levels of fatigue or unsafe driving habits compared to today's 10 consecutive sleeper berth hours.
Similarly, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute announced in December it had received a $2.5 million contract to perform a related study, which will also include Washington State University and SmartDrive.
Driver participants will be studied in groups of 50 in cycles of 90 days. Then, the agency will collect data over five 90-day periods – studying "driver alertness, sleep quantity and changes in health metrics," according to the agency's research synopsis.
Kimberly Honn, a researcher at Washington State University, claims "this study will examine the safety impact of providing participating drivers the opportunity to use a 'sleep when you are sleepy' strategy to manage their individual fatigue."
Although this study is still in its early stages, it is a big step forward for trucking and its truckers.
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More Chivas Quotes
But first, let me point out that United GM Dave Kasper appeared at RFK field level in his playing gear yesterday morning as Coach Tom Soehn spoke with the media. Soehn stopped speaking and stared.
"I'm speechless right now," he said. "You've got to give me a second."
Kasper played in yesterday's staff game, which was held too far away for me to provide appropriate play-by-play. One of these years we'll get video.
More from our Spanish-translating Chivas reader:
Ramón Morales (Informador)
"We have what it takes to beat DC United tomorrow. There is no doubt that the teams in the United States have improved and while it will be a tough game, I am confident that we can manage a victory in order to suffer few problems in the return leg in 'el Estadio Jalisco.' " Â
"We know how we need to play against them (DC United), they have improved a lot since we last saw them but haven't changed their style of play. They are a disciplined team and even though they have the League's top scorer, we can beat them." Â
Owner Jorge Vergara (from El Universal)
"We want to start off on the right foot in Copa Sudamericana. We have a team filled with youngsters, who are playing well. I am sure that we have resources to play in both tournaments at the same time." (referring to Sudamericana and Mexican season)
"D.C. United is extremely difficult, they are first place and also, they have approached this game very seriously. However, we have what takes to beat them."
Potential Chivas lineup (according to Informador)
Luis Ernesto Michel, Omar Esparza, Francisco Javier RodrÃguez, Héctor Reynoso, Jonny Magallón, Ramón Morales, Édgar MejÃa, Gonzalo Pineda, Xavier Iván Baez, Sergio Santana y Omar Bravo.
Michel was in goal for both games in March, and has played every minute of the current Mexican season. Bravo scored from Santana in the RFK game. Nine of these players started against DCU in RFK; Esparza was on the bench but was not used, and Baez was not on the roster for that game. Those last two would replace departed defender Diego Martinez and playmaker Adolfo Bautista in the starting 11.
Baez (#18) is a 20-year-old midfielder who was used to spell Bautista during the Champions Cup and has until recently played with Chivas's reserves. Santana (#21) has two of Chivas's seven goals in the current season. No other player has scored more than once. Pineda (#7) scored the goal that went through Perkins's hands in Guadalajara. Bravo (#9) scored 11 goals in 21 games last season.
Here's the story from the Chivas Web site, if you want to take a gander. Here's my story in the dead-tree edition.
Dan Steinberg
September 26, 2007; 11:47 AM ET
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Upcoming Singings
The Sydney Shape Note Singers pride ourselves on creating an atmosphere that is inclusive and participatory. No musical or singing experience is needed, just the desire to sing.
We usually sing on the second and fourth Sunday of the month.
|Aug 2017
|13th 3-6pm Dickson St, Newtown
|27th 3-6pm Erskineville Town Hall
|Sep 2017
|10th 3-6pm Dickson St, Newtown
|24th 3-6pm Tote Building, Green Square
|Oct 2017
|Sat 7th 10am-4pm Dickson St, Newtown | Sydney All Day 2017
|Sun 8th
1:00pm-5:00pm Lunch and More Singing
|22nd 3-6pm Erskineville Town Hall
|Nov 2017
|12th 3-6pm Dickson St, Newtown
|26th 3-6pm Erskineville Town Hall
|Dec 2017
|10th 3-6pm Dickson St, Newtown
|24th 3-6pm Erskineville Town Hall
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About the venues
Newtown: Dickson Street Space, 35-39 Dickson Street (off King Street). Come through the side gates to the rear of the building if the front doors are closed.
Transport: Closest train station is St Peters. Buses 308, 370 and 422 stop on King Street nr Dickson; 352 stops on Alice nr Pearl. Bike parking at the back door. Car parks are usually easy to find on the street. Toilets are not accessible by wheelchair.
Erskineville: Erskineville Town Hall, 104 Erskineville Road.
Transport: Closest train station is Erskineville. Bus 355 stops on Erskineville Road nr the Town Hall. Bike parking inside. Car parks are difficult to find. The venue is fully accessible by wheelchair.
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I've mentioned before that I've assumed a lot of things about lightweight gear before actually getting to use it. More often than not my assumptions proved baseless and the gear has performed beyond my initial expectations. Maybe so in this case too? I've never owned a cat cut tarp or even seen one being used. Also Colin Ibbotson has used one it seems in most conditions in this country and gets on well with it. So why not make one? Why not indeed…
I've done this project in proper low tech DIY mode. The material used was some cheapish stuff I found on the internet which looked and felt like 1.1oz Sil Nylon or 1.4oz when it's been coated – around 40g m2. It turns out that after making a tarp for a friend which you can see in the previous pictures in the Lakes SUL trip, the material is actually coated and delaminates if treated harshly. The pattern was made by pinning the material to a flat wall and then plotting out where the corners of each side would end up. Then using further pins and heavy nylon cord the catenary curves were created and carefully transferred to the material. Obviously the material had to readjusted to plot each edge. Not only has the main seam got a cat cut also all the edges also have a slight cat cut so as to keep the fabric taught.
The tarps been put together pretty quickly as I want to use it this weekend on a trip to the lakes with Steven and Phil. I still need to attach the guy lines which won't take long. I also need to seal the seam. This I do with two parts white spirit and one part silicone bath sealant. Most people use a paintbrush to paint in on but this takes ages. I use a glitter pen, the sort that squeeze out a glue with glitter in. Empty the glitter out and replace with the silicone solution and hey presto – a sealant pen. Much quicker and the solution doesn't go off in the air like it does when you're using a brush.
The re-enforcement panels are made from 35g m2 spinnaker fabric. I use this as it doesn't stretch like nylon. I think the combination of the non stretch of spinnaker (but the catastrophic nature of which it can rip) and the stretchy nylon (and ability to withstand shearing) makes a good strong partnership. There may be a reason why other manufacturers don't use this combination, if anyone knows please let enlighten me.
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On Friday, September 29th, the United States cast a vote against a UN Human Rights Council resolution to ban the death penalty against LGBTI people, effectively jeopardizing LGBTI people's lives around the world to preserve the death penalty at all costs. Though the US joined Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and China in voting against condemning the death penalty to punish blasphemy, adultery—and consensual same-sex relations, the ban thankfully passed.
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Children's workshops in the Easter Holiday . Fry-up! Wed 11th April 2018
We are delighted to announce details of our fun and creative children's pottery workshop sessions for the Easter Holiday.
The great British breakfast provides the inspiration and participants make a plate on the potter's wheel and then fill it with modelled clay bangers, bacon and eggs!
The children will be using terracotta clay and their fired creations will be ready for collection from the Pottery approx. one month later.
Sessions are designed for two age groups although younger and older siblings will never be turned away: 11.30am-1pm 4-8YRS and 2-3.30pm 9-12YRS.
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Use our satin ribbons in a unique way. Can you spot the ribbons? How many do you see? Let's explore this Best Friend Ever Card.
It's fun to create a dimensional card with many colors. Our dies allow us to create a 'window' on a card base. This gives us the option of adding something behind the window for extra character. This Best Friend Ever Card uses the Heart-felt Die. Can you see what we put behind it?
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Circle the City with Love was conceived in spring 2016, the vision of Sr. Rita Petruziello CSJ who hoped for a peaceful event in our cities to show the unifying and transformative power of love to the world. Her vision became a reality through the efforts of a dedicated and inclusive group of men and women.
This group have been meeting on an ongoing basis to keep this movement going. They along with thousands of people across the country and in other countries as well have joined in this effort.
In 2018, communities will come Circle The Cities on Sunday, July 29. To learn more about the locations (and register), click here.
July 17, 2016 - Hope Memorial Bridge, Cleveland, OHIO
- 3,000 people of all ages, races, and creeds
- Standing together on the Lorain Carnegie Bridge in Cleveland in advance of the Republican National Convention
- Holding hands in silence for 30 minutes
- Putting the power of love into the energy fields of our city, our country and our world
January 15, 2017 - International
- 6,000+ people representing 120 locations
- 25 states plus Guam; Perth, Australia; and Rome, Italy
- Putting the power of love into the energy fields of our cities, our country and our world as the president of the United States was inaugurated
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From gastropubs where speciality local food is the star of the show to family friendly inns where the salty sea air serves as the perfect condiment to crisply battered fish and chips, there are pubs a-plenty to pop into across Northumberland.
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Deb concentrates her practice in the areas of employment law and transactional matters, including acquisitions, mergers and multi-million dollar real estate matters. She is the Chair of the firm's Business Organizations & Transactions Practice and Agribusiness Practice. Deb is Vice Chair of the firm's Healthcare Practice, and she regularly provides counsel to healthcare providers on issues related to employment and contractual matters. She is also the firm's current Hiring Partner.
Deb's employment law experience includes litigation in state and federal court, representation before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Illinois Human Rights Commission, and the Department of Labor, and hearings before the Illinois Department of Employment Security. She routinely counsels and guides employers through the extensive number of laws and regulations governing the employment relationship. She works with employers to avoid litigation when possible by counseling them on matters such as employee discipline, terminations, non-compete agreements, independent contractor agreements, employment policies, wage and hour matters, and severance agreements.
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In addition, Deb represents corporate defendants in agricultural arbitration matters such as grain contract defaults before the National Grain and Feed Association.
Upon graduation from Southern Illinois University School of Law, Deb served as in-house counsel for Roadmaster Industries, Inc. in Olney, Illinois. After Brunswick Corporation purchased the bicycle and toy division of Roadmaster, Deb served as the Industrial Relations Manager before returning to the in-house counsel position of Brunswick's bicycle division. She counseled the division in all aspects of its legal needs with a concentration in labor and employment matters, business transactions, and risk management.
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Two-gauge, or 2G, plugs are a specific size and type of jewelry used in stretched ears. A two-gauge plug is roughly 1/4 inch, or 6 millimeters, in diameter.
Plugs are solid and can be made out of many materials, including wood, steel, silicone and acrylic. Plugs are slightly heavier than tunnels, which are another popular type of jewelry for stretched ears. Tunnels are hollow and can be made of the same materials and in the same sizes as plugs. Expanders, also known as tapers, are a third type of earring that can be worn in stretched ears. These pieces have one end that is thinner than the other and are often used to stretch a piercing to the next size, although some designs are worn as normal jewelry.
King's Body Jewelry recommends that those who seldom wear earrings or have only recently had their ears pierced start the stretching process with 16-gauge earrings. From this size, it can take up to seven months or longer to stretch the piercing to a two. For best results, at least a one-month wait is recommended between each stretch, but longer times between provide healthier stretches. A two is also one of the last sizes where it is possible to return to a standard piercing size if the jewelry is removed.


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Love's a Book's main goal is to help people decide if they want to read a certain book or not. I will be reading many books and write my personal reviews but I will also be taking request for reviews and sharing updates on new books being released .Hope yall enjoy. Feel free to comment and tell me what you think about the blog or what you thought about one of the books!
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Beautiful Addictions by Season Vining review
I just could not get into this book. I caught myself having to force myself to keep reading so that I could move on to a different book.
It just kept jumping from person to person with no warning. I'm all for getting different peoples point of view but this one was just confusing. One sec I'm reading one persons thoughts then the next its someone completely different and I don't know it tell a few sec in to it then I have to go back and re-read it to make sure i understood it all again. Please for the love of god TELL ME WHOSE POV WE ARE ABOUT TO HAVE. One sentence would start in Josie's head then the next sentence would be in Tristan's it was way confusing!
Josie has such horrible things that happened in her past she forgets it and now medicates with every drug you can think of, tell she finds Tristian and then hes her new addiction. he is also from her past and knows alot about her she does not.
The first half was ok the second half felt so bunched together it was hard for me to get through it. I felt like I had read the book before. Although Josie's story really did break my heart and I LOVED ALEX an all his corks. Plus bonus bonus their from Louisiana which is where I live so bonus points for that.
A good book if you want have a crazy up down drama and wasn't my 100% cup of tea.
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At an abandoned villa in Fregene, Italy, a seaside town on the Adriatic near Bari, a work crew accidentally unearths a body. Tests identified the gun-shot riddled body as that of Vito Santoro, a man presumed immigrated to Argentina decades earlier, and missing since the 1950's. The news rocks the Santoro family.
As the family gathers from all corners of the world, its matriarch, Piera, locks herself in her room and refuses to speak to anyone other than her nephew, David, from Canada. She is the only one who knows the circumstances surrounding Vit's death. To David, Piera slowly begins to reveal the family secrets of the past.
With flashbacks to post-war Italy, David learns about the hard luck life of the Santoro family – the unfaithful father, a mother in the throes of depression, and of their children, each of whom struggles towards adulthood desirous of their own needs. Slowly, through Piera and David's conversation, he learns the darkest of family secrets, about love a love unrequited, and his true bloodlines.
This story captivates the reader from the very first pages. Told, with vividness and emotion, while being rich in its simplicity and ripe with emotion, this dark mystery unfolds slowly, entrancing the reader, luring them to its shocking ending. The novel explores poverty and human failure, vice and love, incest and death. It is a deeply intellectual story, moving and fulfilling. I highly recommend it.
The author, Genni Gunn, is of Italian roots, having been born in Trieste and having travelled extensively throughout Italy. Therefore, readers can be assured of the authentic Italian feel within the story concerning cultural and historical issues of the time. Ms. Gunn has been a finalist for the prestigious CBC Literary Awards, has published nine books: three novels, including Tracing Iris, which is being made into a film, and numerous short stories and poetry collections, one of which was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award. But, her talents do not end there. The author has also produced an opera, Alternate Visions, which premiered in Montreal in 2007. Her poem, "Hot Summer Nights," was turned into classical vocal music and has been widely performed all over the world.
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Baroness Howe of Idlicote: My Lords, having recently returned from the dentist I have had even less
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe: My Lords, I feel slightly irresponsible in that what I am about to say is purely a jeu d'esprit. I declare an interest as a member of both the Beefsteak Club and Brooks's Club, which admit ladies as guests but not to membership.
In the 1930s, in the latter of those two clubs, Brooks's, a noble Dukepresumably, at that stage, a Member of this Housewas dozing in an armchair when he became conscious that a man and a woman had entered the room. He waited for them to leave the room. When they did so, he pressed a button and a club servant arrived. The Duke said, "What was that?" The club servant said, "That, your Grace, was the club secretary and Her Majesty the Queen". "The thin end of the wedge", said the Duke, and shut his eyes.
I feel that somewhere in another place the shade of that noble Duke will be enjoying the fact that at least three-quarters of a century later we are still discussing these matters.
Lord Cobbold: My Lords, I cannot accept these amendments. It is not the business of the Bill to make judgments on the composition of clubs. I am probably old fashioned, but in general terms I believe that the purpose of clubs is to bring together like-minded souls. It is for the club to decide its own rules.
Lord Redesdale: My Lords, I should not be surprised if the focus is mostly on clubs in London. However, I got the impression that the clubs mainly affected by the proposal will be golf clubs. I abhor the game of golfI find it boring and cannot play it. However, the amendment may be able to remove a perennial problem that arises in many golf clubs around the country, which I find anachronistic; namely, women not being allowed full voting rights. This issue should be moved forward and the Bill should address it. Many golf clubs rely heavily for their continuance on the income from bars. I raise the matter partly because I had a long and detailed argument with my brother-in-law about voting rights in golf clubs.
Lord Skelmersdale: My Lords, when, a few moments ago, I raised the matter of paragraph 10 of the draft guidance, the noble Baroness the Minister slapped me down, very nicely but very firmly, by pointing out that the conditions refer to licensing objectives. Surely, if that is the case as regards premises, it ought to apply to clubs. There is nothing in the objectives, so far as I can see, which covers the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart.
Baroness Buscombe: My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment. It follows on from the very
Noble Lords have talked about being old-fashioned. They might feel differently were they to be put in the invidious position of being allowed only into certain parts of a premises. At a reception I attended recently I met a wonderful lady who explained to me how one day, as the first woman member of the board of British Rail, she was put in a very difficult position. A luncheon was held in a club that shall remain nameless, a club that invited women in as guests. The luncheon was held on the first floor. The other members of the board of British Rail walked up the stairs and she was in the awful position of having to go up the back stairs. The other members of the board were rightly embarrassed by the situation. It had not even occurred to them how she might feel having to use the back stairs as though she were a second-class member. Having met her, I suspect that she was indeed first-class and ahead of her colleagues.
I need add little to what has been said by the noble Lords, Lord Goodhart and Lord Faulkner of Worcester, and by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe of Idlicote. This is an extremely important area. I am sorry that I was unable to attend the meeting on 11th February when this matter was discussed fully and sensibly. I feel that I have been "meeting-ed out" lately and for some reason I could not be present. I regret that, because I may have been tempted to see whether I could put my name to, for example, Amendment No. 127. I want to show great sympathy for this important amendment. As explained to us by the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, it represents a powerful faction against racial discrimination. In that regard, I have a great deal of sympathy for the proposal, as I hope the Government will.
I hear what my noble friend Lord Skelmersdale says about whether such a proposal is apparent in the licensing objectives. But I believe that in this House we are in a privileged position. When scrutinising legislation, we can look for any opportunity to try to put right matters which we passionately believein different ways; we have the wonderful right to differto be discriminatory and unfair and which compromise the quality of people's lives for no good reason. I have great sympathy in relation to Amendments Nos. 127 and 128. It is an extraordinary situation when a woman has the right to vote for a committee but no right to have membership of the committee. That happens in many cases still, and it cannot be right. I appeal to all noble Lords who have never been in the position of being discriminated against to imagine what it feels like to be compromised in that way.
Lord Davies of Oldham: My Lords, we had an extremely interesting debate in Committee on similar
The noble Lord, Lord Lester, was present at the meeting to which noble Lords referred when we discussed these issues and after which he tabled the amendments. He has a great reputation for the work he has done in this area. I regret that he is not with us today, but the noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, did more than an ample job of stepping in for him, as noble Lords would expect. He presented the amendments with customary force.
I make the obvious point that the Government support the broad concept behind the amendments. We recognise exactly what the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, spoke aboutthe adverse effects of discrimination. She is not the only contributor to this debate who could have made that point with force. Only temporary ill health may have restrained the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, from speaking about the issues with force.
Discrimination on sexual grounds is not acceptable in our society, and we want it to be removed. There is another amendment dealing with the equally important issue of racial discrimination. The Government recognise that substantial work is being done in this Session of Parliament to address those issues. A Private Member's Bill is passing through the Commons with government support. My noble friend Lord Faulkner referred to the fact that tomorrow we will discuss another Private Member's Bill on equality. There is activity in Parliament to promote the principles of equality.
Our contention is that the Bill is not a suitable vehicle for advancing these issues, which need to be addressed more comprehensively. When they are addressed, the subsequent provisions will be valid for all institutions in the land. This Bill is concerned only with licensing; it has a restricted objective.
I was concerned in Committee by the contention that the Government, by repealing the Licensing Act 1964, were weakening the defences against discrimination. I am happy to take this occasion to reinforce what I conveyed in my letter to the noble Lord, Lord Lester, to which noble Lords who attended the meeting have also had access. It is important that the whole House should be aware of the fact that we are not reducing the protection against sex discrimination in clubs by repealing Schedule 7 to the Licensing Act 1964. This important issue was raised in Committee when I expressed my concern about the need to address it. I am now able to assert that the Bill marginally strengthens the position rather than, as some who spoke in Committee feared, weakens it.
As we know, sex discrimination in club membership is currently not unlawful. In determining whether a club may be registered for the purposes of the 1964 Act, the magistrates, in cases where a club does not conform to the provisions in Schedule 7 to that Act, have a discretion to consider whether it is established and conducted in good faith. Schedule 7, as a consequence, gives no absolute protection with regard to the mandatory application of its provisions.
There is only one area in which magistrates have to apply the provisions of Schedule 7 and have no discretion, and that is in the area of elective committees of clubs. Even here, however, the provisions of Schedule 7 provided a derogation. Although Schedule 7 applies certain voting requirements for elective committees, to the effect that all members entitled to use the club must be entitled to vote for the committee, there is an important exception. Where the club is primarily a men's club, women may be excluded from voting. Where the club is primarily a women's club, men may be excluded from voting. That obviously undermines any value which Schedule 7 has in reducing sex discrimination. The Bill removes that anomaly in the mandatory area and therefore improves the position.
Clauses 61, 62 and 63 clearly improve the position. Under the Bill, where a club supplies alcohol, the committee which purchases the alcohol must be elected by the members of the club. The effect of the formulation in Clause 63(2)(c) is that all members of the club of any class of membership must vote for the committee. For these purposes, the reference to "member" would not include "associate members" as defined in Clause 66. They are members of another recognised club or a guest of such a person. Unlike Schedule 7 to the 1964 Act, this provision does not have any exceptions and can therefore truly be seen as a strengthening of the voting rights from the standpoint of the prevention of sex discrimination. I therefore feel that we have taken on board the representations made in Committee and have ensured that the Bill marginally improves the position.
The noble Lord, Lord Goodhart, also emphasised the significance of Amendment No. 127 on the issue of race discrimination. I believe that that stems from a concern that the Bill, when enacted, would override the provisions of the Race Relations Act 1976. However, it is already unlawful for an association, which would include a qualifying club, to discriminate on the grounds of race under Section 25 of the Race Relations Act 1976. That is a specific provision in law, and the rules of statutory interpretation mean that the provisions in the 1976 Act will not be overridden by the provisions of Part 4 of the Licensing Bill. Therefore, although I have listened to the noble Lord's comments on Amendment No. 127, I believe that the amendment is unnecessary.
Amendment No. 127 also has the disadvantage of being somewhat disproportionate as it would impose the further condition, for a club to be a qualifying club, that it had not committed an unlawful act under Section 25 of the Race Relations Act in the three years prior to the application for a club premises certificate. I realise that the noble Lord regards that as a powerful sanction. However, the Government maintain that the provisions of the 1976 Act will apply in relevant cases to counter any abuse.
I have made it clear that the Government have every sympathy with the intention behind these amendments, but this issue is best tackled by means of sex discrimination legislation. As I have indicated, the race relations issue is covered by existing legislation.
The Bill improves on the current situation and will not remove any protection against discrimination on the basis of either sex or race afforded by existing legislation. I heard what the noble Lord, Lord Cobbold, said. He will recognise that on this occasion, his was a minority voice. It is a voice that we hear on many occasions, the last time being in Committee. However, the Government stand four square with the principle that the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, identified in her concluding speech.
The noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, referred to the provisions that would be affected by Amendment No. 128. If all the members of the club have voted for the committee, it would surely seem odd to then place a form of control on the way in which members of private members' clubs elected members of the committee. Surely there should be freedom of choice for the club, as long as we guarantee that all members have the right to elect the committee. Under this licensing measure, they have the right to apply for a licence.
I understand that there is no way in which I can satisfy all the representations made on these amendments. They stem from a position of real principle deeply felt by Members on both sides of the House, and I am dealing with a measure that is on the margins of these issues. I hope that I have given the assurance necessary that the Bill makes a marginal step in the right direction. In addition, we have other legislation on the stocks to which noble Lords will address themselves in due course.
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Bronwen Murphy
Music and theatre are Bronwen's first loves. Theatrically, she has been involved in a small number of productions in varying capacities, namely as assistant director in the University of South Australia's productions of The Legend of King O'Malley and most recently as Musical Director for an original student-created show called Slumway. Musically, Bronwen has played the Trumpet since the age of nine and has been a member of numerous ensembles such as K&N Youth Brass, Adelaide Youth Orchestra and Enfield Brass, as well as competing and placing in State and National Solo Championships. She has also been asked to perform at functions on behalf of the Neurosurgical Research Foundation and was involved in the promotion of their Todd to Torrens event. Bronwen has a Bachelors Degree in Media Arts, Majoring in Music Media and Sub-Majoring in Children's Literature and is now completing her Honours Degree in Drama, she is also a qualified Instrumental Teacher, teaching Trumpet and Trombone.


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Hi everyone,
Remind me never to talk about the weather again. Since posting about the beautiful sunny weather and abundance of nature the wheels have fell off. For the past 3 days the wind has been extremely gusty and the pollen count is off the Richter scale, woes betide folks with bad hay fever. In the midst of all this like the valiant troupers that we are my friend and I braved the elements and visited a "new" needlework shop. Well it was new to us it has been in business for years but moved to another location. I found some lovely twisted silk called High Twist by Kacoonda an Australian company.
Here is a little photo of the thread
On the stitching front Looking Glass has advanced a little more. Have made an error which I am going to leave because it is the Gloriana silk border and re using Gloriana is not a good idea, it tends to shed fibre if you rip it out and is then a bit thin when reused. If you notice I changed direction of the last leg of the Smyrna crosses. It would also be impossible to change now because all the motifs within this area are anchored into this border. So this piece is what I call "unique" because they're won't be another like it anywhere. Other stitchers are way too clever to make the same mistake, right?
Here is Looking Glass so far
And lastly, some exciting news. My second design "Nile Jewels" has been released for sale in the USA through our good friends at Scarlet Thread. If you would like to see the design, hop over to Its a Stitchy Thing from my blog list and take a peek or go to my post of 28 August. Hope you like it; I used some of my favourite colours for this one.
Bye for now, Carol


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Five Massachusetts state troopers have been struck while on duty in a five-week span.
In the most serious of those crashes, state police Sgt. Douglas Weddleton of Brockton, a 52-year-old husband and father of four, died during a traffic stop of a suspected drunken driver on Interstate 95 in Mansfield.
The back of the state-police cruiser is smashed beyond recognition. Its roof and rear left door are pushed upward, and its gas tank and tailpipe jut downward.
The mangled wreck stands as proof of the impact that state Trooper Corey Rose absorbed on Saturday, when that cruiser was hit from behind as Rose sat inside during a traffic stop on Route 24 in Taunton.
Rose is the fifth Massachusetts State Police trooper struck by a motorist while on duty in a five-week span. In the most serious of those crashes, state police Sgt. Douglas Weddleton of Brockton, a 52-year-old husband and father of four, died during a traffic stop of a suspected drunken driver on Interstate 95 in Mansfield.
The series of crashes has prompted state police to launch a comprehensive review of safety procedures, equipment and policies in an effort to protect the safety of the troopers.
State Police Col. Marian McGovern, standing in front of Rose's cruiser, announced the reforms during a press conference Thursday at state police headquarters in Framingham.
McGovern said her agency started the review last week, is considering new ways for troopers to approach vehicles they have stopped, and inquiring as to what style and color of emergency lights work best.
Among the ideas was one from a Massachusetts resident who wrote state police a letter in response to the crashes. The resident recommended installing flashing-arrow lights on the cruisers' rear bumpers. The arrows, similar to the arrow boards used on construction sites, would tell drivers to change lanes.
As state police look to improve their procedures, McGovern said, troopers will continue special patrols to enforce both drunk-driving laws and the state's "Move Over" law. It requires drivers to slow down and change lanes for emergency responders, including police, ambulances and tow trucks, during traffic stops.
That law went into effect in March 2009. Approximately 4,500 drivers have been ticketed for violations through June of this year, according to the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Of those, about 3,300 were found responsible of the offense.
State Sen. James Timilty, D-Walpole, who sponsored the Move Over law, said it has worked, but he would like to see it better publicized.
"We have to do a better job educating the public," he said.
Mitch Librett, associate professor of criminal justice at Bridgewater State College, said policy can minimize risks but never eliminate them completely.
"Whenever human beings experience a tragedy, the one thing that makes it a little bit more palatable or easier to accept is to believe that some good can come out of it," he said.
"And in this case I think there's a possibility that some good may come out of it," he said. "There's the impetus that safety improvements can come out of it."
From June 13 to July 17, five Massachusetts state troopers were struck while on duty. Among them was Weddleton, who died.
Police are still searching for the driver of a Mitsubishi Gallant that lost a side-view mirror when it hit Trooper Sean McGarry on Route 128 in Peabody on July 4.
In Saturday's crash in Taunton, Matthew Charette, 24, of Bridgewater, was charged with drunken driving after his car struck the cruiser from behind.
The impact pushed Rose's cruiser into a car driven by Fatima Baptista of Brockton, whom the trooper had pulled over on a traffic violation – failure to observe the Move Over Law. There were no serious injuries in the collision.
The drivers in the other three accidents also have been charged with drunken driving.
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