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Immigration forum seeks to allay fears
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a resident of Shoreline West
on Jun 8, 2007 at 11:50 am
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren "made an agreement with ICE that they wouldn't do any large-scale raids in Santa Clara County."
Well, I guess since the laws doesn't apply to illegal aliens, I feel no obligation to adhere to the law either. I will now offer cash discounts in my business and not report the transactions or pay taxes on them. Don't like it? Zoe Lufgren can give me amnesty
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 8, 2007 at 12:09 pm
These public appointed and elected officials should hang their head in shame for not upholding the law. The illegals are breaking the back of America causing increased health costs for American citizens, crowding our schools, taking jobs that high school and college age students used to do. There is in fact a federal law against aiding and abetting illegals aliens. These officals are in violation of these laws.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 8, 2007 at 12:18 pm
And the Mayor of LA wants more federal funds to fight gangs taking over his city! Yet he welcomes illegal immigrants and protects them. You get what you deserve when you let your community leaders break the law. We all need to rise up and fight this imbalance of justice and demand our immigration laws are enforced or all of us should ignore the law and sue counties, cities, states and the federal government if we are arrested for ANYTHING!
a resident of another community
on Jun 8, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Take notice of the "elected officials" who work only for criminals and against law abiding citizens.
It's not a republican/democrat issue: they are selling us out for their own personal power. Take note of how they voted on the senate bill. Our own Senators turned down an amendment that would have prevented gang members and felons from getting legal status.
We must throw them out - the politicians and the illegals - or we will lose the country our forefathers fought and died for, as well as our childrens futures.
a resident of another community
on Jun 8, 2007 at 12:59 pm
In reading your elected and school officials blatantly defy the law I'm aghast. Must you remind them:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" ?
The aliens have no claim to your public officials concern-those very officials are supposed to be securing your inalienable rights, not compromising them, or concerning themselves with the well being of foreign nationals.
John said it best:
"We must throw them out - the politicians and the illegals - or we will lose the country our forefathers fought and died for, as well as our childrens futures."
a resident of another community
on Jun 8, 2007 at 1:04 pm
If Zoe Lofgren and that school board is still in there after next election, the voters of that community have acted against themselves as well as their own children.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 8, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Zoe Lofgren, Barbara Boxer, the utterly corrupt Dianne Feinstein, Jane Harman, many, many other polticians, as well as the whole democratic machine in Sacramento, should be arrested for being in vioaltion of not enforcing the immigration laws NOW on the books. They have been on the books since 1986. They have not been enforced since 1986. Americans are being misled. You either have laws that are enforced or you live in a state of lawlessness(like now).
a resident of another community
on Jun 8, 2007 at 2:40 pm
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a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 8, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Wow, Don... I really have to differ with your interpretation of "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
See, that says to me that ALL men (women, what-have-you)... no matter where they, or their parents, originated.
This country would be nothing without immigrants. And they ARE created equal with certain unalienable Rights.
a resident of another community
on Jun 8, 2007 at 5:28 pm
As a Hispanic who has lived in Latin America, to hear elected officials aiding a large group of individuals on how to continue breaking our laws, being a cost to our taxpayer and a relative danger to our citizenry, would seem to me to be a challenge from them to be impeached. Any public official who engages in a conduct that aids the criminal acts of another is himself engaging in criminal acts and at the very least a dereliction of his duties implicit in his/her oath of office.
Amanda: Immigrants, are created equal. They were created equal in their country. The circumstances of their arrival in this country; the trail of actions and decisions taken by them define them as legitimate residents and visitors, or illegal aliens who have sefishly foisted their presence upon our comunities consuming its assets while depressing wages and driving up the cost of those comodities which their aggregate demand affects. One of the certain unalienable rights implicit in our constitution is to have laws applied without preference. The amnesty proposals being shuffled in congress are the ultimate in prefferential treatment to a minority interest group to benefit a yet smaller albeit mucho more politically and economically powerful elite.
If the country had been built on the pattern provided by those who will break the law in order to improve their lot in life, we wouldn't have government; we'd have organized crime... Just like Mexico and other third-world countries where might makes right.
The clowns in office should be impeached or voted out of office. The illegal aliens should be reported to the applicable authorities for any and all of their ancilliary crimes.
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jun 8, 2007 at 8:26 pm
without the fear opf deportation the Latino illegal aliens in Mountain View [portion removed by Mountain View Voice staff].
Why M.V. city leaders and its public safety officials would encourage illegfal aliens to continue to break the laws of this land is beyond me. This meeting for some ungodly reason is meant only to subvert federal immigration law and is morally and ethically wrong. Just as wrong as Zoe Lofgren is to make a backroom deal with ICE not to operate in Santa Clara County. Shamme on this immigration lawyer who is masquerading as a congresswoman. She is obviously profiteering from all the immigration cases sent her way.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 8, 2007 at 9:39 pm
By Ann Coulter
May 23, 2007
We either have to deport all the illegal aliens immediately or we must grant amnesty to all illegal aliens. Some would have us believe that because we can't deport them all, the only alternative is too grant them amnesty. There is no middle ground.
Should we stop enforcing laws because we can't catch all the people who break them?
We also can't catch all thieves, people who drive over the speed limit, burglars, rapists, murderers, etc., so why don't we grant amnesty to all of these people? What we need is "comprehensive crime reform". We need to know who these people are and then these people will be able to stop living in the shadows. We can then make them pay a fine. This will not be amnesty.
Apparently, my position on immigration is that we must deport all 12 million illegal aliens immediately, inasmuch as this is billed as the only alternative to immediate amnesty. The jejune fact that we "can't deport them all" is supposed to lead ineluctably to the conclusion that we must grant amnesty to illegal aliens — and fast!
I'm astounded that debate has sunk so low that I need to type the following words, but: No law is ever enforced 100 percent.
We can't catch all rapists, so why not grant amnesty to rapists? Surely no one wants thousands of rapists living in the shadows! How about discrimination laws? Insider trading laws? Do you expect Bush to round up everyone who goes over the speed limit? Of course we can't do that. We can't even catch all murderers. What we need is "comprehensive murder reform." It's not "amnesty" — we'll ask them to pay a small fine.
If it's "impossible" to deport illegal aliens, how did we come to have so much specific information about them? I keep hearing they are Catholic, pro-life, hardworking, just dying to become American citizens, and will take jobs other Americans won't. Someone must have talked to them to gather all this information. Let's find that guy — he must know where they are!
How do we even know there are 12 million of them? Why not 3 million, or 40 million? Maybe we should put the guy who counted them in charge of deporting them.
If the 12-million figure is an extrapolation based on the number of illegal immigrants in public schools or emergency rooms and well-manicured lawns in Brentwood, then shouldn't we be looking for them at schools and hospitals and well-manicured lawns in Brentwood?
I believe that the shortage of unskilled, non-English-speaking Mexicans we experienced in the '60s has been remedied by now.
Since Teddy Kennedy's 1965 Immigration Act, more than half of all legal immigrants have been unskilled, non-English-speaking Mexicans. America takes in roughly 1 million legal immigrants each year. Only about 30,000 of them have Ph.D.s. Why on earth would any rational immigration policy discriminate against immigrants with Ph.D.s in favor of unskilled, non-English-speaking immigrants?
Say, don't Ph.D.s and other skilled workers have more influence on government policy than unskilled workers? Aren't they more likely to bend a president's ear? Yes, I believe they are! Noticeably, the biggest proponents of the government's policy of importing a huge underclass of unskilled workers are not themselves unskilled workers.
The great bounty of cheap labor by unskilled immigrants isn't going to hardworking Americans who hang drywall or clean hotel rooms — and who are having trouble getting jobs, now that they're forced to compete with the vast influx of unskilled workers who don't pay taxes.
The people who make arguments about "jobs Americans won't do" are never in a line of work where unskilled immigrants can compete with them. Liberals love to strike generous, humanitarian poses with other people's lives.
Something tells me the immigration debate would be different if we were importing millions of politicians or Hollywood agents. You lose your job, while I keep my job at the Endeavor agency, my Senate seat, my professorship, my editorial position or my presidency. (And I get a maid!)
The only beneficiaries of these famed hardworking immigrants — unlike you lazy Americans — are the wealthy, who want the cheap labor while making the rest of us chip in for the immigrants' schooling, food and health care.
These great lovers of the downtrodden — the downtrodden trimming their hedges — pretend to believe that their gardeners' children will be graduating from Harvard and curing cancer someday, but (1) they don't believe that; and (2) if it happened, they'd lose their gardeners.
Not to worry, Marie Antoinettes! According to "Alien Nation" author Peter Brimelow, "There is recent evidence that, even after four generations, fewer than 10 percent of Mexicans have post-high school degrees, as opposed to nearly half of non-Mexican-Americans." So you'll always have the maid. As New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said, our golf fairways would suffer without illegal immigrants: "You and I both play golf; who takes care of the greens and the fairways on your golf course?"
We fought a civil war to force Democrats to give up on slavery 150 years ago. They've become so desperate for servants that now they're importing an underclass to wash their clothes and pick their vegetables. This vast class of unskilled immigrants is the left's new form of slavery.
What do they care if their servants are made citizens eligible to vote and collect government benefits? Aren't the fabulously rich happy in Venezuela? Oops, wrong example. Brazil? No, no, let me try again. Mexico! ... Well, no matter. What could go wrong?
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a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 9, 2007 at 7:55 am
"Immigrants, are created equal. They were created equal in their country."
Wow, we still have a vastly different sense of what "equal" means. To me, equal means EQUAL. The same. I have respect for the rights of ALL people, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 9, 2007 at 10:40 am
I'm sure you do have respect Amanda--for everything but the law. You said without immigrants we are nothing. No, without the law, we are nothing. That is what makes us something, what even allows us freedom and safety.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 9, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Bobby, we are a country BUILT on immigrants. Without immigrants, the Native people would remain as the dominant race. America is what it is, historically because of immigrants, for better or for worse.
WRT the law, I absolutely respect the law. There are laws I disagree with, however, as does everyone, I'm sure. This is also part of what makes this country run, the fact that we get to agree and disagree with legislation.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 9, 2007 at 9:13 pm
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Emma Lazarus, enscribed on a pedestal at the Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty is next to Ellis Island, where my great-grandparents and my sons' grandfather emigrated to this country. They came to live the American Dream, worked hard, and made a life for themselves. My family benefited from their courage and vision. The immigration debate strikes at the very foundation of our country. How can we now say to immigrants, "Sorry, you've got bad timing - you should have arrived a century ago," or "Well, you just happen to have been born in the wrong country - too bad!" Imagine waving a magic wand that could ship out every illegal immigrant from California overnight. The impact on our society would be profound! The California economy would grind to a halt. There would be a shortage of produce and crops. Thousands of necessary and vital jobs would be instantly vacant. Just for fun, rent or borrow "A Day Without a Mexican" from the public library. It's a comedy, but I can tell you that I haven't looked at produce in the grocery store or a bottle of California Chardonnay the same way again. What will you say to children born in this country - rightful American citizens just like you and me - when their parents are rounded up and deported? You did the "lawful" thing? If our society worried more about doing the humanitarian thing instead, we'd be a lot better off.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 10, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Wow, Amanda and Tanya, [portion removed by Mountain View Voice staff].
[Bobby: you need to do a little better than that. -Don Frances]
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jun 11, 2007 at 10:45 am
Emma Lazarus wrote 'New Colossus' in 1883. The US Census Bureau estimated the US population at 50 million in 1880. Today it's over 300 million.
Perhaps, basing 21st century immigration policy on a 19th century poem is unsound judgement.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 11, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Well, tax revolt, can you let us know when the Constitution (1787) and the Bill of Rights (1789-91) become "outdated"?
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 11, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Don Frances I don't know what you are talking about. Are you trying to manipulate my message, since you deleted part of it--as if I said something terrible? Explanation please?
Mountain View Voice Editor
on Jun 11, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Don Frances is a registered user.
Sure thing. We're trying to regulate these comments so that they meet a high standard of discourse. One thing we're watching out for is comments that dismiss others' arguments without explanation. These are often one-liners, e.g. "Well that's stupid."
You didn't use that word -- I think you said "prejudiced," which isn't a bad word on its own. But it requires at least a little bit of explanation as to why you think the other person/argument is prejudiced.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 11, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Ok, fair enough. The comments made by both Amanda and Tanya, while fully supporting the massive illegal immigration that continues, give no support whatever, to American citizens that must continue to pay for it. In job depression, higher taxes, lost jobs, increased crime, and submission to a foreign culture--none of which the immigrants of the past subjected this nation to. Conclusion: the two posters mentioned are totally prejudiced for the interests of illegal aliens and against the interests of hardworking,taxpaying, lawabiding American citizens. The reasons for their attitude is something only they know.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 11, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Nice straw man...
I never said that I fully supported massive illegal immigration, nor, as I look back, did Tanya. All of your "supporting statements" are assumptions based on your own prejudices.
What job depression? Are you lining up to go out to the fields to work? We're hardly lacking for work for all people. Jobs are plentiful, we're not in a recession.
Higher taxes, sure, we have to support other people. We also have to support all children through education bonds and taxes, and many elderly and chronically ill through our contributions to medical insurance payments. That's simply part of living in a society, and I, for one, am happy to do it.
Some increased crime, I will give you is an issue, but the fact that you are applying it solely to immigrants is inaccurate and a prejudgement of your own. Crime exists, and most of it is done by people legal to this country.
Lastly on your laundry list of issues, I find the foreign culture to be enriching. It is an asset to our society, not a detriment. Again, this arguement only reflects your own bias.
My position, as I've stated many times in this debate, is for the rights of ALL people, and to find a balance within to reach that end. Any other "prejudice" you read into that is on you.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 11, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Sorry, Amanda but your arguements are based on faulty premises. For example,job depression does not mean only people getting less working to pick vegetables, hard work, no doubt. By the way, 75% of all agriculture in the U.S. is done by Americans. Here, however, you are trying to get people to believe illegal aliens are "only doing the jobs Americans don't want to do". Where have we heard this before? So on this at least,you agree with President Bush. Bet your not a Republican either. Carpenters, masonry work, drywalling, painting, construction,--all formerly well paying blue collar jobs, that Americans wanted to do, aren't well paying now. It's called wage depression. Maybe this is no great concern with your circumstances. Higher taxes? you say you for one are happy to pay them. Well, I have found that in life people are about as happy as their circumstances allow. Some people are on fixed incomes. They are not happy to pay increased taxes. Some AMERICANS struggling to raise families, are not happy to do it. Perhaps, surprise, they can't afford to be happy about it. Increased crime. I never said I am only applying it to immigrants. I simply said they are adding their share to what we already have, that's why I called it "increased" crime. Also, since so many illegal aliens have several names, it's kind of hard to catch them, like our home grown criminals. Then when they flee to Mexico,for instance, the Mexican government won't send them back to us, Amanda. Foreign culture is something I have no problem with. I speak more than one language. I have traveled, I'd bet, more than you have. However, I have the feeling that I'm not the only American who does'n really like to see the Mexican and other flags, constantly flown in my face, during the Marches--in my country. Can I say that, my country? I'll bet some Americans don't like press one for... I'll bet some Americans don't like to have their childrens educational day cut short by having to learn Spanish, for instance, because certain ethnic lobby groups demand it. Now if you'll notice Amanda, my arguements have been centered around what is good for long time , hardworking, taxpaying American citizens, and other legal residents. Not people who were never invited here in the first place. You see, Mexico for example, won't allow foreign flags to be flown in their schools, they won't allow foreigners to protest on their streets. They won't pay for bilingual education. They won't pay for peoples expenses who are not Mexican citizens, and those aren't straw men speaking, those are the Mexican laws talking. I figure hardworking American citizens, in the United States, are owed as much as the citizens of Mexico.
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jun 11, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Well, Tanya, the difference is that the Constitution and Bill of Rights were hammered out by delegates of their respective states (besides Rhode Island) and contains mechanisms so it can be modified via constitutional ammendment. 'New Colossus' was written by one individual and offers no recourse to those who may disagree.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 11, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I think on some of this we will agree to disagree... and that's fine, again, that's what makes this country what it is. I still believe that it takes a village to do more than raise a child, more to take care of everyone within it.
Odd that you've tried to paint me as prejudiced, and republican. You put forth that I supported "massive illegal immigration". Those are your straw men. You're trying discredit me based on things you don't know about me or my position.
I can't speak for what Mexico does, or does not. What I can do is continue to be open minded (which includes that I hear what you are saying, even if I continue to disagree with it). I can continue to fight for those people who are HERE. Their CHILDREN are citizens. They work HARD. They want a better life, for themselves and their families, than what they HAD.
So I ask you, what would you do? These are people... not statistics. They're HERE. The voices in this debate want to just ship them out with no consideration to their circumstances. They find politicians corrupt because they don't agree with current legislation. Is it such a crime to want to HELP people? ALL people?
You speak of American's struggling... WE pay for them as well. I'm equally happy to put forth my tax dollars, my insurance premiums, etc etc, to help pay for MediCal, for WIC, for all the programs that help ALL people in this country. The difference I don't feel the need to differentiate based on where the person originated.
You mentioned my circumstances, and the fact is we don't have tons of extra to throw around. So what? Maybe I'm just optimistic, but again, I feel it's about more than just myself.
Bobby, the biggest difference is that I see the people who are HERE as equally important. ALL people who are here. That's not a prejudice, to the best of my knowledge. I do NOT "give no support whatever, to American citizens that must continue to pay for it." I support them just as much as I do those who are immigrants here.
In the end, this isn't about ME, though. Who cares what I think? Clearly your position (and the others posting here, except for myself and Tanya) seems pretty set in stone. You perceive some damage done that would be fixed by, what? Sending all illegals back to Mexico? Help me out here, because I just don't GET that.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 11, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Is it just illegals? What about H1B's and other resident aliens? Are they a problem too?
The official language of the State of California is English. However, there is no official language in America, and most other states haven't designated one either. I think some cultures that are more family-oriented pass their language along to the kids more easily. They often live in households with multiple generations all together. It isn't a bad thing, just different from what I grew up with. My Dad moved here from Germany when he was 14. He has no accent, and he never spoke German to us at home. Earlier in the 20th century even Germans lived closer together in places like Philadelphia's German Town.
In my opinion, wage depression is caused more by globalization than illegal aliens. There are far fewer manufacturing jobs around now (i.e. blue collar jobs). So there is far more "real-American" competition for the jobs that Bobby mentioned. Those workers are feeling the pinch. Instead of attacking illegal aliens, we should be asking our leaders to reduce the trade deficit and bring some "old-school" jobs back to America.
What is left of our economy when all that is remaining are service industry jobs? When the housing bubble fully collapses, we may be in for a real depression. Construction seems to be the only thing keeping this economy going. So far the Bay Area hasn't seen a downturn. Keep repeating the mantra, "it is different here".
a resident of Shoreline West
on Jun 11, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Those opposed to amnesty should call their Senators and Reps and tell them if Amnesty is passed then you will no longer file tax returns or pay taxes, even if you don't really mean it. Use a fake name or remain anonymous. With gerrymandered districts and campaign finance advantages for incumbents, telling them you won't vote for them is a hollow threat. However, if thousands of angry citizens are threatening a tax revolt, then maybe they will back off amnesty for up to 20 million illegals. Amnesty doesn't just reward the illegals, it rewards our own politicians who've intentionally failed to enforce immigration laws after the last amnesty in 1986. You want to rattle their cages? Call your elected officials and tell them if amnesty passes, the social contract is null and void and you will not submit your consent to be governed in the form of income tax. Again, even if you don't mean it. This is a high stakes poker game, so bluff them. They've lied to us for years.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 11, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Tax Revolt,
Where did this talk of amnesty come from? I didn't see it in the original MV Voice article. It sounds like a good idea though. That would eliminate this whole problem. Thanks. I'll write to my representatives and encourage them to pass it.
P.S. I think they are harder on tax cheats than illegal immigrants. I could be wrong. Good luck.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 12, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Amanda, I also realize that we will have to agree to disagree. Perhaps you feel I am a person who rejects other cultures. Perhaps you feel I am close minded. What is going on in this nation is massive illegality. Massive amounts of Document fraud, welfare fraud, identity theft.( close to a million peoples identities stolen) The liberal/progressive ideology is going to be the end of this nation of freedom and individuality. The elites take advantage of the fact that the American public is torn on the issues. The public school system loves massive illegal immigration because it represents more warm bodies and thus more security and jobs for teachers/administrators. No thought is given as to who will pay for it all. California is broke, if you have'nt noticed. The acquiesence by progressives to allowing mulitple languages will lead us to the way of Quebec, Canada. Strife and factionalism will be the outcome. The village you speak of will be not one, but several villages, because of having several languages. I do not believe it takes a village. The village idea was tried some 80 or so years ago, in another place and lead to massive murder of its own population and finally failed around 1990. I believe it takes a country of individualists, guided by the concept of honoring the law, and having representatives who protect the integrity of those laws for the people. If you look at what Sacramento has done, they have dishonored the laws for years as exemplified by Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, along with the Sacramento establishment. Enough said. We will see Amanda, as time goes on, what actually happens.
a resident of The Crossings
on Jun 29, 2007 at 3:23 pm
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We have an application supported by mapguide APIS in coldfusion. I wanted to know ,if we have similar support in java.
The scenario is : on the particular map, if i selact a point, i will be able to get the latitude and longitude of that point. then I need to convert it to screen coordinates i.e from maplayer to screen cordinates. Is there any mapguide api in java to convert these values from lat,lon to x,y .


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Alex.major necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
We are a new start-up games company all about connecting people. All of our games are available on any device as long as it has an internet connection.
Our first title is a game set in the 17th/18th century inspired by games such as Age of Empires or the Total War series.
The designs will be used on display stands at trade fairs and around our offices. They should look professional but simple.
The displays should follow this format:
<-- Large Unit Image -->
(Marketing Text, e.g: Developing a new generation of games that aren't restricted by platform, location or budget.)
Contact Details
email: email@example.com
twitter: @integames
web: http://www.integames.co.uk
The dimensions for the displays are 29.13inches wide, by 78.74inches height.
Although we are supplying the troop images, you should create the background and other design/artwork around then to make the stand look attractive and professional. We are flexible on color pallets, although they should tie in with the units.
The two files attached are the two units. One display should have one unit, and a second display should have the other. The text can be the same on each display.
If you have any questions, please contact me: firstname.lastname@example.com


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|Welcome to WoWWiki!
Hello, Icyveins, and welcome to WoWWiki, the Warcraft wiki! Thanks for your edit to the "Paladin builds" page, and we heartily encourage you to continue contributing!
Some links you may find useful:
We hope you enjoy editing here and being a WoWWikian!
Feel free to create a new topic on the WoWWiki forums if you need help with anything!
One-link policy Edit
We don't really enforce this policy heavily if the links are relevant to the page topic. Thanks for noticing, though. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 28 Mar 2011 5:16 PM Pacific
Thank you for the information. In that case, I might have separate links for class guides, it makes less sense to group them than it does for the different perspectives of our encounter guides ;) Icyveins (talk) 07:01, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
Vandalism Edit
Thank you for helping curtail the recent rash of vandalism. It is very much appreciated! Raylan13 (talk) 16:37, April 26, 2011 (UTC)
Don't mention it! I follow every page where we have links and I read every modifications made, mainly to make sure that no one maliciously removes our links but today it enabled me to spot that act of vandalism. I noticed that several other pages were affected but someone else had already made the necessary undos. Icyveins (talk) 19:42, April 26, 2011 (UTC)
Removing guide links Edit
You did the right thing. There are supposed to be comments that appear with some guidance about how and where to add external links, but I'll see if I can think of something better. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 3 Jul 2011 5:55 PM Pacific
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Welcome to being a patroller and thanks for accepting the role! If there's anything you need, don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page. Hopefully your patroller tag will be added to your profile next week. Raylan13 (talk) 17:12, March 4, 2012 (UTC)
External links Edit
Glad you brought this up! In light of this, we're going to construct a guidelines page to further flesh out what we're looking for with links, as the policy page doesn't really do that at the moment. We'll be looking a lot at ad to content ratio.
For now, go ahead and make a forum post about the links you mentioned restating the reasons, and then we'll do a review/comment and make a more formal determination. This is to open the argument to any that might be interested and to avoid the appearance of bias on your part. Raylan13 (talk) 01:03, March 31, 2012 (UTC)
Badge Edit
In light of the work you've continued to do regarding the external links sections of pages you happen to run across, we'd like to award you with an Experts badge in that category. We recently updated information about the award. If you're interested, please let us know! (We'd love to make you a mod, but understand you already run a phenomenal site...) Raylan13 (talk) 01:24, October 23, 2012 (UTC)
We are very glad we can bring our own small contribution to this wiki :) As for the badge, we are happy to accept it! We would contribute more if we could, but we already cannot find enough time to work on Icy Veins :p Icyveins (talk) 05:49, October 23, 2012 (UTC)
Support for icyveins/icyveinscom with type= with Template:Elink Edit
Better late than never. Icy-veins.com now works with the type= parameter on {{elink}} so you don't have to do
|icon=icyveinscom|site=Icy Veins and can just use simply use
|type=icyveins like so:
- Wikicode:
{{elink|type=icyveins|link=http://www.icy-veins.com|desc=a World of Warcraft info site}}
- Output: Icy Veins a World of Warcraft info site
Hope this saves you at least a little time. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 24 Nov 2012 11:20 AM Pacific
Multiple links Edit
Guidelines have been updated. Please review the policy, guidelines, and list of sites approved for multiple links. Raylan13 (talk) 02:52, December 8, 2012 (UTC)


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I wrote this article in May 2010.
I never got around to post it.
These are the daughters of Eugene Moreau and Rose Lagasse.
Alyce LaGasse had also this picture taken in 1921.
See anything…
Déjà vu…?
Meet Alice and Beatrice Moreau, they are Alyce's cousins.
Their mother, Rose Lagasse, is David LaGasse's sister.
Rose was the eldest child of Idala Lagasse.
Next time, we will meet Eugène Moreau and his wife Rose… in 1947.
Before I leave, I will leave you with this picture…
Anchors aweigh…
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GershBV necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 123 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Digitally Imported
Internet radio service http://www.di.fm
electronic music fans
We have a very old header image of 770x120 here in use on our site at http://www.di.fm
image link: http://static.di.fm/images/live/header_site.gif
I have long lost the original file to that image. And now we have a new logo I'd like to gradually introduce instead of the circular shape with http://www.di.fm under it that you see. I am attaching the new logo.
What I would like:
1) Create a new 770x120 header image that would be very similar in color tones. It doesn't have to look the same, you can make it look better than the current one. But it does need to be very similar in style to the rest of site now so that people will not notice that much of a difference in the ambiance.
2) Incorporate our new logo into this new header, the new logo is attached (note, in case you are confused, there should NOT be any mention of http://www.di.fm spelled out in the final header image. Take that all out.)
3) The new tagline to use in the header should be "addictive electronic music". Spelled exactly like that, lowercase.
If you'd like to see an example of this logo on grey background along with one acceptable form of seeing the tagline see here:
DO NOT: do not change the logo shape or dimension, or font, or relative size of icon vs the text. Use proper constraints when resizing to fit, that's all.
Thank you.


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Each Gemini die is polished to a gloss finish in swirls of black and red. The etched numbers are inked in gold for easy reading after each roll-to-hit and saving throw.
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Washington D.C., Sep 24, 2013 / 04:23 pm ().- The new head of a Catholic communications training group says he hopes to help the faithful present the complex truths of the Gospel in understandable ways amid a sometimes hostile modern world.
"I'm very excited to begin my work at Catholic Voices USA," said Scot Landry, new executive director of the organization.
"Catholic Voices offers communication tools and approaches that allow lay people to confidently share Catholic teaching on hot-button issues in a concise and compassionate manner," he told CNA on Sept. 24.
"Given the speed of communications today and the shorter articles and attention spans common in new media, these tools for communicating a few key points about a topic can help readers and listeners grasp our main messages."
"There are many issues today that Catholics want to speak out about in a persuasive manner, such as the growing threats to religious liberty, care for immigrants and all the vulnerable, and many others," Landry explained. "These issues are complex, yet the Catholic Voices approach can help present the main messages in a way that others can understand our respect our point of view."
Modeled after its British counterpart, Catholic Voices USA trains lay people to present Catholicism in a positive way, countering misrepresentations and making the case for the Catholic Church in the public square, through debates, media interviews and informal discussions with friends.
Before coming to Catholic Voices, Landry was the president of iCatholic Media and secretary for media at the Archdiocese of Boston. Prior to his work with the archdiocese, the Harvard graduate worked in marketing, brand management, consulting and executive positions at companies including Procter and Gamble, Parthenon Consulting, and Eze Castle Software.
He explained that participants in the Catholic Voices USA program love their faith and want to share it accurately with people, while discussing it with those who disagree or are misinformed.
Landry said that the organization's 10 principles of civil communications on contentious issues have been well-received and have already helped him in sharing his faith more effectively.
"I hope that I can share these methods with other Catholics who are willing to accept this sacred responsibility of proposing our faith's way of life to those around us," he said.
Kathryn Jean Lopez, director at Catholic Voices USA, called Landry's experience in communications and management a "game-changer" for the organization.
"Scot's leadership promises to grow CVUSA to meet evangelical needs throughout the country," she commented, adding that this is "an exciting time for Catholic Voices USA."
Landry has been praised by Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, who said that "Scot exemplifies the dedicated Catholic layman, husband, and father."
"His incredible energy and fine intellect have been a great gift and we know that he will continue to make an impact in the Church," the cardinal added in his Aug. 30 blog post.
"There is so much polarization in the country, and we need a way of being able to witness to our faith in such a way that it can be heard by secular society," Cardinal O'Malley explained. "I believe that Catholic Voices has developed a paradigm to do that. This is a great contribution to the life of the Church and I know Scot will make huge strides there."
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Pratt & Whitney Artifact Rediscovered During Library Renovations
While moving artifacts out of the Raymond Public Library to prepare for renovations, workers discovered an old shovel hidden in a closet behind books. The shovel was a surprising and valued find once it was determined that it was used at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft factory on July 16, 1929, nearly 85 years ago.
Among the attendees of the ceremony were Frederick B. Rentschler, then the president of Pratt & Whitney, and his wife, Faye. Faye Rentschler used the silver-plated shovel to dig the first hole as company representatives, local businessmen and elected officials observed.
An article from the Sept. 29, 1929 edition of The Bee-Hive, a newspaper published by Pratt & Whitney, gave an account of the groundbreaking event and described the $2 million building project.
"The ceremony was held on the rear of James G. Harvey's home on South Main Street, East Hartford," The Bee-Hive reported, "a short distance south of the 600 acres on which the company will build the largest and most modern aircraft engine plant in the world."
By the end of December, Pratt & Whitney was ready to move its production equipment into the new 500,000-square-foot facility in East Hartford. The first machine in the new plant was powered up on Dec. 30, 1929.
Renovations began on the Raymond Memorial Library in East Hartford, Conn., on Oct. 13, 2013. The library will be expanded by 14,000 square feet and there will be added space for computer rooms. "It was the place I lived in," State Rep. Henry Genga said of the library. "We had a lot of great people and resources. But it's long overdue."
Final renovations will include the display of two Pratt & Whitney engines, a J57 cutaway and an R-1830. To further add to the modernization of the library, a 747-engine cowling will but cut and positioned to create an entry into the exhibit. The groundbreaking shovel will also be displayed once renovations are complete.
"Nineteen sixty-eight," Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said at the groundbreaking ceremony in October, referring to the last time a major project had been done at the library. "Quite frankly, that's too long of a time to have transpired without this kind of project taking place."
The renovations to the library are costly and Pratt & Whitney provided a grant to help fund the construction. The expansion of the library is expected to take about 14 months. During the construction, other library branches in the area have altered their hours. Susan Hansen, the director of the East Hartford Public Library stated that the bookmobile will soon be available, along with numerous databases that will be available online 24/7.


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Fifty-one weeks ago, Josh Hill finally reclaimed some ground. After years of injuries, setbacks and false starts, he won a heat race in Minneapolis. Normally, a heat race win isn't much to celebrate—heck, the AMA doesn't even keep official stats on heat race wins—but it was a big moment for Hill. He'd been fighting for three years to just get anything, just something, going.
The speed in that heat race proved he could make it back from massive injuries incurred back in 2010. But it didn't send the walls tumbling down—his best main event finish of 2013 ended up being seventh. With a SX-only contract, he fell off the radar again when Lucas Oil Pro Motocross began. He went to Australia during the off-season and appeared to have a championship in hand, but it was ripped away during a controversial rough riding bout with the Moss brothers. Then he lost whatever momentum he'd built in Australia when he wrenched his back before Anaheim 1. Just as he was getting back on track from that, he broke his collarbone … the same old spiral, again.
Ever since Hill broke his leg and smashed his foot attempting a backflip in the summer of 2010, it seems like every season is a make-or-break for the former amateur phenom. Every time he starts to rebuild momentum, another set back sets in, like a first turn crash in the very first turn of his first heat race at Anaheim 1, 2012, and a practice crash and broken hand at Anaheim 1, 2013. Momentum stopped, momentum stopped.
He keeps clawing, though, and found himself with a season-best seventh last weekend in St. Louis. Injuries have started to deplete the 450SX field now, and Hill is surely glad to finally not be part of that list. He seems to be getting faster each week, and he blossomed in Houston, looking fast, loose and relaxed all day. Hill was one of the first to jump the big quad before the finish line. He was throwing his bike flatter and flatter over the jumps. He was fifth fastest in practice, then grabbed a rare good start in his heat race and led for a bit before dueling with Ryan Villopoto. When RV went down, Hill had the lead again, and took off for another heat race win. It took 51 weeks, but he had himself another small victory in the U.S.
Unfortunately, more misfortune was coming. In the main event, Josh smacked a tuff block in the first turn and went down. He started in last. He rode well coming from 22nd, and finished 13th.
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Actually, it's not a story about a seedy hotel, but that doesn't matter.
You are here for the gross part and I'm not about to disappoint.
Let me start at the beginning.
The Evil Spawn was wrapping up her summer season of softball, so we had one final trip.
I say summer season, because next year starts in about 8 minutes because June 2013 is just around the corner and we've got to get these girls practicing (sarcasm alert!).
Since we had this one last tournament and we were tired of living in No Tell Motels, we had the ingenious idea to rent a house.
It would be fun.
It would be close to Lake Michigan.
The whole family together.
It would be like a vacation, except for the fact that 14 hours a day we would be sitting in lawn chairs at some faceless softball field in 197 degree heat.
Actually, it's fun. Except for the part where your underwear starts sweating. I hate that.
One would think a person's underwear would dry out in extreme heat, but it's just the opposite.
But, I digress. We rent this house and it seems like a great idea.
I probably wouldn't have done this 10 years ago, but now with the interweb it's just so simple.
Pictures online. Reviews by other God fearing kind-hearted folks.
What could possibly go wrong?
Turns out a lot.
The pictures didn't exactly reflect the level of disgusting that wrapped itself around the house like a thick winter coat on a chubby 4-year old.
Turns out people who rent their homes for money don't use the word "filthy" or the phrase "should be condemened" when they are trying to make a buck.
I should have realized we had a problem when cockroaches met us at the front door. And they were on their way out.
The look on my wife's face as she was sentenced… I mean walked in to this rental property was disturbing. She looked like a teenage girl in a horror movie when the phone rings and the call is coming from inside the house.
She was scared. And rightfully so.
The highlights were as follows: old food in the refrigerator, a mysterious hair attached to the TV remote, enough trash hidden under the raised cabinets to start your own dump, and a cat in the corner of the bedroom.
Actually, it wasn't a cat.
It was a dust bunny in the shape of a 47 pound cat. I swear it growled at me when I reached down to pet it.
I was afraid to turn on the lights. Not because I didn't want to see more dirt, but because I was frightened to touch the light switch. There was a layer of something on it that reminded me of a petri dish.
I could go on and on, but it gives me the willies and I feel like I need to save part of this story for my therapist.
And as a favor to all of my loyal readers, I'm not even going to tell you my theory on the mystery hair.
My wife tried in vain to find a hotel room for us to stay in, but they were all booked. Turns out Priceline and William Shatner couldn't save me on this night.
So I went with Plan B.
I slept in my clothes.
I did survive the night, but then I had to use the restroom and shower.
Honestly, in my 44 years on this Earth, I don't recall feeling dirtier after a shower than before. And I grew up in an era where you showered after high school PE.
Something positive did come out of this experience (besides the partial refund).
I have a whole new respect for my wife's fear of portapotties (she can't be the only one who would rather explode than take one step into these plastic boxes of infection).
Actually, now that I think about it, I would have been better off sleeping in a portapotty.
As an added bonus it was our wedding anniversary.


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The Asus Eee is responsible for changing an industry, bringing new life into Windows XP and making traditional laptop manufacturers rethink the importance of budget offerings. So can the Asus Eee 900 with its new £300 plus price point continue the success? We get typing to find out.
Still featuring the same plastic finish and hinged design, the Asus Eee 900 at first glance from the outside looks virtually identical to the previous Eee PC models. Slightly larger and heavier all around (it measures 225 x 170 x 33.8mm and weights just under 1kg), it's as if the laptop has been celebrating its success with a few too many pies.
The slightly bloated design over its predecessor is because the new Eee 900 packs in more technology pretty much everywhere. A new screen, bigger solid state drive, new speakers, new webcam, new OS options and even more memory means this is an upgrade in practically every area.
Open the Asus Eee 900 up and the biggest and most noticeable difference in the Eee's appearance is the new screen. Getting a boost in size from 7 to 8.9-inches the portable laptop loses the speakers either size of the display (they are now tucked underneath) and the extra real estate is replaced with more screen. The move is certainly a welcomed one. Vastly improving on the previous model, the display now sports a resolution of 1024 x 600 rather than the previous 800 x 600. In reality this means you get more on the screen, ideal for websurfing.
Aesthetically the keyboard is the same, slightly on the small size but nothing you can't get used to when out in the field. This isn't after all a desktop replacement, but more a laptop for on the move or on the sofa.
Other noticeable features to the new model include the speakers now sitting underneath the chassis, a 1.3 megapixel camera as standard for video chats that sits above the display and a wider multi-touch touchpad for controlling your mouse.
Taking tips from Apple's laptop range, the touchpad offers two finger scrolling and even the same pinch functionality found on the iPhone and the MacBook Pro ranges allowing you to zoom into images with the same gesture. It's a bit of a gimmick, but still a really interesting move and the first time we've seen the technology on a non-Apple machine.
Out of sight and there are plenty of changes too. You still get the Intel Mobile chip rather than the new Intel Atom offering, but you do get an increase from 512MB to 1024MB of RAM making it speedier than before.
More noticeable though will be the massive leap in storage capacity. The new model features either a 12GB or 20GB hard drive depending on the operating system you opt for.
Users of the Linux version will get 20GB while XP users only 12GB. The move, according to Asus, is that rather than offer two prices, the XP model comes with a smaller drive because the Microsoft OS licence has to be paid.
If you opt for the XP variant, you will also get Windows Live Suite and MS Works thrown in at the same time while Linux users get OpenOffice installed as standard.
On the downside there isn't a DVD or CD player, nor is there any FireWire or Bluetooth support, but then at £329 you can't have everything.
In-use and the Linux version we had on test was incredibly easy to use. There are two modes available, the Easy mode and a Desktop mode, although the latter will involve you installing some software (it took about 3 minutes). The Easy mode, like the original is designed to appeal to first time users. Everything is grouped into tabs like Learn, Work, Play or Internet and all the programs you'll need (all 40 of them) have been pre-installed on the system so you are ready to go out of the box.
Everything is open source, so you use Firefox for internet browsing, Thunderbird for mail, Skype for Voice over IP calls and OpenOffice for word processing. In fact, the only thing you are missing is a decent image editor, however GIMP, a fully featured image editor, can be easily downloaded for free via the Internet and installed.
Where's the catch? The only concern we have is the battery life. With various rumours, reports of different batteries being accidentally shipped we are awaiting confirmation from Asus what battery the model will ship with in the UK. Our battery gave us around 2 hours use with the Wi-Fi on constantly and moderate use of the applications. We expected more, but then we did notice that the battery was only a 4400mAh rather than the suggest 5100 mAh battery which would give you more go for your charge.
As an entry-level machine you get a lot of bang for your buck. The lightweight appeal, the fast software and the easy to use interface means this will serve your needs if all you need is internet, word processing and email on the go, on a budget.
Where things start to get murky is if you are looking to do more than that on the go or from the sofa.
At £329 the Asus Eee 9000 starts competing against fully functional cheap laptops that will offer more features and a bigger screen albeit in a bigger box, something that wasn't in the equation when the Eee PC was just £212.
So what's our advice? If you are looking for a desktop replacement this isn't going to be it. If you are looking for a field computer for the train, for college or for using around the house from the sofa, the Asus Eee will be just the laptop for you at a price that isn't going to make too much of a dent in your bank balance.