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Good Riddance to Steve Stockman
Fake candidates are ruining American politics. It's time to start ignoring them.
OK, Texas, what was all that about?
Steve Stockman, the Lone Star state's weirdest lawmaker, crashed and burned spectacularly in the Republican Senate primary this week, losing to incumbent John Cornyn by 41 percentage points in one of the strangest campaigns I've ever covered. He'll soon be gone for good, having given up his relatively safe East Texas seat under the state's campaign rules.
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And I couldn't be happier. I hope to hell I'm done writing about Steve Stockman.
When I last wrote about him for Politico Magazine, the Texas congressman had just declared he would challenge Cornyn, and people here were struggling to figure out why. Stockman, who submitted his papers to run about 15 minutes before the filing deadline, was a known quantity in Texas for his below-the-belt politicking and his vituperative, paranoid political style. Now he was in the process of reintroducing himself to a national audience, which no doubt saw Stockman's mere presence in Texas public life a sign of deep statewide dysfunction. Whether that's true or not, he was crushed on Tuesday, winning only 19 percent of the vote to John Cornyn's 60 percent. It was, in the end, a non-event.
A lot of people I talked to issued unvarnished opinions about Stockman's chances (none) and his persona (nuts). But they'd hedge their words when it came to a much more difficult question: Does he really believe what he says? Is he serious?
"There's a tendency among insiders [in Texas] to give Tea Party people credit for not really believing what they say," Jason Stanford, an Austin-based Democratic political consultant, told me at the time. "Stockman's candidacy will test the proposition."
Some, like Stanford, saw an ideologue who was deranged but essentially earnest in the major points of his worldview. Others, like one senior political reporter in Austin, thought you couldn't say much of anything about Stockman's motivations.
He'd seen Stockman's first term in Congress, from 1994 to 1996, and he'd watched how desperately Stockman had tried to get back into public office before he won a congressional seat again in 2012. He figured Stockman would stay in that seat as long as he could. But now he was essentially throwing it away. "You can't talk about 'reasons' with a guy like that," he said.
Republicans I talked to—none would take up for Stockman, even in private—struck a different tone when asked, given the certainty of his humiliation at the hands of Cornyn's political machine, why he would run. The common assumption was that he had to something to gain—in other words, that he was, on some level, not a fool but a slick operator.
Some thought it was a simple debt retirement operation—his past campaigns had left him deep in the red—or that he was collecting statewide email addresses and voter information to sell or rent for his life after Congress. One congressional aide who got to know Stockman's staff during his second term said they used to talk about how lucrative that particular line of business was. Stockman, after all, ran his first elections supported almost solely by a direct mail-order firm with a grudge against his opponent. He knows a good racket when he sees one.
Now that Stockman's been predictably crushed, what can we say about that question—was Stockman serious? It's a question worth asking in light of the other candidates who've invaded our airwaves recently—are they serious? Is Herman Cain serious? Is Donald Trump?
Stockman's "seriousness" can be assessed in two stages. First, did he run a serious campaign? The answer, of course, is no. I don't just mean that he spent his time hawking Obama barf bags. Stockman never made the slightest attempt to win. It couldn't be called ineptitude or incompetence, because there was no effort. It was an un-campaign, an anti-campaign. It was the negative space where a campaign could have been. It may have been the worst political campaign ever conducted in the state of Texas.
Setting money aside, here's the first thing to do if you want to run as a conservative in Texas: talk to Tea Party groups. Stockman, whose politics tend towards the idiosyncratic "liberty wing" fringe, never had any real connection to these groups, but that shouldn't have been a problem. Tea Partiers in Texas value charmingly old-school retail politics. If you come correct, they'll listen. It's how Ted Cruz first gained traction. Stockman didn't do this. I don't just mean that he reached out to too few Tea Party groups—I mean he never went to any, as far as I'm aware. It's possible that Stockman never attended a single public event in his three-month campaign. No one can really say for sure because his campaign would never talk about it—at all.
In January he was scheduled to address the Northeast Tarrant Tea Party, a particularly feisty group—the kind that would love to see an establishment, inside-game political player like Cornyn challenged. They accommodated Stockman's request to hold a special meeting before the regular meeting, closed to the press, so that he could talk freely. He didn't show. He had just been in Cairo, a surrogate said—one of a number of strange international absences—and he had been delayed by traffic on the drive from Houston to Fort Worth. It was seemingly the last attempt Stockman made to show his face—anywhere.
Online, though, it was a different story. Stockman's social media accounts told frequent and grandiose lies, including many, many variations of the refrain "Cornyn voted for Obamacare." His Twitter account, long a bedrock of his appeal (to journalists, anyway) shifted into even-higher gear. Run by his spokesman Donny Ferguson, it became a constant stream of invective. Another constant feature: He would tout months-old tepid statements from activists as full-throated endorsements. His website featured a list of past or implied endorsements, many from groups that didn't back his Senate run.


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President Obama announced a major step forward for America's young immigrants—"Dreamers"—in the White House Rose Garden today:
These are young people who study in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods, they're friends with our kids, they pledge allegiance to our flag. They are Americans in their heart, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper. They were brought to this country by their parents—sometimes even as infants—and often have no idea that they're undocumented until they apply for a job or a driver's license, or a college scholarship.
Put yourself in their shoes. Imagine you've done everything right your entire life—studied hard, worked hard, maybe even graduated at the top of your class—only to suddenly face the threat of deportation to a country that you know nothing about, with a language that you may not even speak.
In the absence of any immigration action from Congress to fix our broken immigration system, what we've tried to do is focus our immigration enforcement resources in the right places. So we prioritized border security, putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history—today, there are fewer illegal crossings than at any time in the past 40 years. We focused and used discretion about whom to prosecute, focusing on criminals who endanger our communities rather than students who are earning their education. And today, deportation of criminals is up 80 percent. We've improved on that discretion carefully and thoughtfully. Well, today, we're improving it again.
Effective immediately, the Department of Homeland Security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people. Over the next few months, eligible individuals who do not present a risk to national security or public safety will be able to request temporary relief from deportation proceedings and apply for work authorization.
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2014 Liberty Men's Soccer Schedule
A non-conference match at N.C. State and eight home contests highlight a challenging 2014 slate for the Liberty Flames men's soccer team.
"This schedule will be difficult and challenging for our group", stated head coach Jeff Alder, who will enter his 14th year at the helm of his alma mater. "We will play a number of different teams who have done well in their conferences."
"The different styles of play will prepare us for our Big South Conference games as we try to compete for a regular season title and a high seed in the conference tournament."
Liberty will get its 2014 season underway with exhibitions against Virginia Tech and UNCG. Virginia Tech will visit Liberty's Osborne Stadium on Aug. 16, while UNCG will host the Flames on Aug. 23.
Six days later, Liberty will open its 2014 regular season and the 39th year of Liberty men's soccer by hosting Bluefield at Osborne Stadium on Aug. 29 at 6 p.m.
The Flames will open the September part of their schedule with four games away from Lynchburg, including three in Lexington, Va. Liberty will visit VMI, who will be a member of the Southern Conference in 2014, Sept. 2, before traveling to Marshall for a contest on Sept. 7.
The following weekend, the Flames will return to Lexington, Va., to take part in a tournament at VMI. On Sept. 12, Liberty will face Robert Morris to open the tournament and on Sept. 14, square off with USC Upstate to close out the tournament.
Liberty will then host non-conference matches against Davidson on Sept. 20 and Howard on Sept. 23.
The Flames finish the month of September by starting their Big South Conference schedule. Liberty will open its conference slate at Winthrop on Sept. 27.
Liberty will continue the stretch of four conference games with a home match with High Point on Oct. 7, sandwiched between contests at Radford on Oct. 4 and Gardner-Webb on Oct. 11.
The Flames will then face American on Oct. 14 in a non-conference match and Big South opponent Coastal Carolina on Oct. 18, before traveling to Longwood for a conference contest on Oct. 22.
Liberty will finish the month with a Big South match at Osborne Stadium against UNC Asheville on Oct. 25 and a non-conference contest at N.C. State on Oct. 28.
The Flames will close out their regular season with two conference matches. Liberty will travel to Presbyterian College for a contest on Nov. 1 and finish its regular season schedule at home against Campbell on Nov. 5.
Liberty will begin its pursuit of the Big South title, starting Nov. 11. The conference's top eight teams will square off at the home fields of the top four teams that day. The winners will then advance to the semifinals on Nov. 14, with the Big South Championship final on Nov. 16. The semifinals and finals will be played at Bryan Park Soccer Complex in Greensboro, N.C. The conference champion receives an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament.
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When life is fair, Hollywood will remake the campy 1962-horror movie "The Brain That Wouldn't Die," only this time it will be filmed in Beaufort County and renamed "The Sales Tax That Wouldn't Die."
Back in 2006, a one percent increase in the state sales tax was implemented in Beaufort County supposedly to help cover the estimated costs of a number of roads projects that at the time although some dubious, were deemed absolutely necessary for the good of the county by the powers to be. The tax was to apply for a period of six years or whenever it generated about $152 million.
Fast forward to the year 2012 when the sales tax is projected to generate the above amount a quarter or two earlier than originally forecasted and rightfully to fade into non-existence. However, lo and behold, County Council is now raising the issue of whether or not the question of extending the tax should be placed on the 2012 ballot. Since the originally approved projects, although some absolutely necessary and some of questionable value, were to be completed with a combination of sales tax dollars and various fees associated with growth and development that did not materialize due to the economic downturn, not all were completed.
Therefore, the suggestion has come forth to keep that sales tax going until all of the projects approved six years ago are completely funded. Of course, the age-old argument that a sales tax is not as harmful to full-time residents since visitors also pay the tax always comes up, but visitors pay that tax when and if they visit, I pay that tax every single time I walk into a store, so bah humbug to that overused rationale.
Moreover are all of the uncompleted projects necessary? Certainly, times have changed so too our priorities may have changed. In addition, as one member of council pointed out, the costs of these uncompleted projects has probably spiraled upward, the voters approved them at a certain cost level, are they still worth doing at today's real costs?
At the same meeting, a number of concerned citizens addressed the council about the hastily built intersection of the current Hampton Parkway and the soon to be expanded U.S. 278. The design and location of the current intersection was suspect from its inception, and will only be made worse after the expansion is completed. Moreover it was only to be temporary until more development funds were available, and we all know how that age-old promise turned out.
If we are asked to keep this eternal tax alive shouldn't the voters be given a new list of priorities with capped costs, better reflecting today's individual problems areas such as the Hampton Parkway intersection instead of stubbornly going forward with a nearly decade-old list of projects.
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Google Bumps Up Size, Cost of Motorola Cuts
Google says that cuts at its newly acquired Motorola Mobility unit will be broader than it first thought, and it will now spend $300 million on severance charges. In August, the company told investors that those charges would cost $275 million. Google says it will also spend another $90 million on "other charges related to facility and market exits," and says more cuts and charges may come, "some of which may be significant."


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NEWARK — A new tract of single-family houses and townhomes has begun taking shape, making it the city's first new housing in more than a decade.
Trumark Homes will build 164 residences on 12 acres between Cedar Boulevard and Timber Street, renewing Newark's aging housing stock.
The project signifies that the Bay Area's building boom has come to Newark, and city leaders say they expect it stay for a while. Several projects are planned, including 550 homes approved for the Dumbarton transit-oriented development on the city's western edge.
"This is the first of a number of projects adding high-quality housing in Newark," said Assistant City Manager Terrence Grindall. "We're looking forward to it energizing our community."
Trumark will build 84 detached three-story houses averaging 2,200 square feet, and 80 attached two- and three-story townhomes.
The Danville homebuilder broke ground on the project last month and expects to complete it by early 2017.
The property, a former recreational vehicle/boat storage facility, is bounded byTimber Street, Cedar Boulevard and Interstate 880.
"It will provide a much better window into Newark and will improve that section of Cedar Boulevard," said Christopher Davenport, a Trumark Homes executive.
The project's total value, based on projected sales revenue, might reach $115 million, said Jason Kliewer, Trumark Homes' chief investment officer.
"We want to develop … in major job centers," he said. "Newark's proximity to Silicon Valley is highly attractive to us."
The detached single-family homes on small lots, which in the Bay Area average nearly $1 million, will start at around $750,000, Kliewer said. The townhouses will list for about $550,000, he said.
None of the development's 164 units are designated for affordable housing, city leaders said.
Newark allows developers to choose whether to include affordable housing or pay a fee of $25,000 per unit and, "almost universally, they choose the fee," Grindall said.
Newark will use Trumark's $4.1 million fee to acquire land for affordable housing, he said.
The new development will give the city tax revenue and a needed infusion of fresh housing stock, said City Manager John Becker.
"Most of Newark's homes were built between the 1950s and the '70s," he said. "New homes generate property tax revenue and new residents that shop in your city. These types of housing projects are absolutely critical for the future of Newark."
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MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Joan Mondale, the wife of former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale known for her advocacy of the arts, died Monday in a Minneapolis hospice, her family said.
Mondale, 83, who had just entered hospice during the weekend, was surrounded by her husband, sons and family members when she passed, the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune reported.
"We are grateful for the expressions of love and support we have received. Joan was greatly loved by many. We will miss her dearly," Walter Mondale said in a statement.
She also is survived by her sons Ted and William. A daughter, Eleanor, died of brain cancer in 2011.
During her tenure as the vice president's wife, Mondale became known as "Joan of Art," a promoter of the arts, particularly American folk art. It was a niche she carved out for herself on the political and cultural landscape.
She wrote a book titled "Politics and Art" and worked in a pottery studio she shared with three others.
She served on numerous art committees and museum boards, including a job as honorary chairwoman of the Council on the Arts and Humanities during the Carter administration.
During her husband's 1984 presidential campaign, she discussed how she saw her role.
"Nine out of 10 women will work at some time in their lives," she said. "I am the unusual one, because I am a full-time volunteer. I am a vanishing breed.
"I have my own identity, separate and independent of my husband's. People know who I am."
Mondale noted at that time she admired former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt as "a woman in her own right."
"I have always admired activist first ladies," she said, recalling she met Roosevelt in her later years. "She really broke ground. She stood out as a woman in her own right with her husband's approval."
A veteran campaigner, Mondale toiled in the political vineyard from 1960, when her lawyer husband sought the job of attorney general of Minnesota. Through two Senate seats and the 1976 and 1980 national campaigns, she went to voters he could not reach because of time or distance.
"I'm his surrogate. I'm his advocate. I enjoy campaigning," she said. The crinkling at the corners of her eyes suggested she meant it.
Joan Adams was born Aug. 8, 1930, in Eugene, Ore. She spent some of her childhood in Ohio and went to high school near Philadelphia as the family was following her father, a Presbyterian minister, from job to job as a college chaplain.
Her father's next stop was MacAlester College in St. Paul, Minn., where she earned her undergraduate degree in history. Three years later, she met the son of a Methodist preacher on a blind date. A 53-day engagement led to a candlelight wedding service, conducted by her father, Dec. 27, 1955.


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Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Feb. 22, 2013
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Craig Lomnad Johnson, 46, 5672 North Bayou Black Drive, Gibson, failure to appear.
Marty Louis Boudreaux, 29, 113 Avet St., Dulac, domestic abuse battery (strangulation), domestic abuse battery in presence of juvenile.
Ray Joseph Matherne, 43, 172 Whispering Oaks Court, Houma, holding for other agency, failure to appear, failure to register and notify as sex offender.
Shameka Gernae Navarre, 27, 804 East St., Houma, failure to appear.
Larry Dontrell Chatman, 22, 215 Al Joseph Lane, Thibodaux, insurance fraud, injuring public records, failure to appear.
Dave Butler, 50, 2717 Anaheim Drive, Houma, writ of habeas corpus.
Edrick Dwayne Johnson, 24, 312 Morgan St., Houma, failure to appear.
Shelley Marie Scott, 28, 4777 Grand Caillou Road, Houma, failure to appear.
Dinah Ray Sanders, 33, 172 Whispering Oaks Court, Houma, failure to register and notify as sex offender.
Melissa Kay Howard, 47, 6498 West Park Ave., Houma, holding for other agency.
Terry James Parfait Jr., 30, 352 Daralyn Drive, Houma, aggravated assault.
John Eugene Youmans, 49, 101 Acapulco Court, Houma, holding for other agency.
Robert Keith James, 42, 3294 Boxwood Drive, Houma, DWI, vehicular negligent injury, disregarding stop sing, contempt of court.
Christopher Jordan Williams, 23, 409 7th St., St. Joseph, holding for other agency.
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Samuel Clark Lirette Jr., 21, 201 Marietta Place, Gray, DWI, improper lane usage.
Feb. 23, 2013
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John Adam Verret, 30, 2583 Bayou Dularge Road, Houma, holding for other agency, two counts simple battery, simple criminal damage to property.
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Monique Deshawn Washington, 29, homeless, theft less than $500.
Sparkle Olivette George, 36, 1102 Dewey St., Houma, two counts failure to appear.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Each new season brings about new challenges and surprises. That's even true for VCU's Paul Kostin, who is now in his 30th season overseeing collegiate tennis programs.
Kostin, who is in his 21st season with the Black & Gold, has his squads at the top of the CAA yet again and ready to defend their conference titles at this weekend's CAA Championships in Norfolk, Va.
"Both of our teams have shown the ability to play really well against quality opponents, so we know that we can do it. Right now, it's just a matter of showing up and playing our best every time and we'll have a good chance of winning," Kostin said.
The women's squad enters this weekend as the number two seed, sporting a record of 18-4 this spring and is ranked 35th in the latest ITA National Rankings. The men's team will be the top seed this weekend after rolling up a 20-5 mark this spring, which includes a perfect 6-0 in matches against conference opponents.
"There's several teams on both sides that can really challenge for the title," Kostin said. "We'll need to be focused and determined to win every time we step on the courts. It's a different season now, it's do or die."
While both teams are among the top two teams in the CAA, both have taken different journeys this spring. The men's squad hit a bump in the road early, but won 13 of their last 15 to enter this weekend playing solid tennis. It was the opposite for the women, who scorched their opponents early, but hit some struggles late.
"I have to say I'm a little surprised about our guys this spring. I thought we had the talent, but we're very young, so I wasn't sure what to expect. They've played well enough to put themselves in a position to challenge for the title and are on the cusp of an at-large bid for the NCAAs," Kostin said. "On the other hand, I'm really looking for our veterans on the women's side to step up this weekend. We've hit some bumps in the road recently, but I know Yana will get them focused and ready to play."
After losing CAA Player of the Year Thibaut Charron to graduation, Kostin looked towards the lone senior on this year's men's squad, Tim Johannsen, for leadership and solid play at out of the top spot in the lineup. Johannsen has done that and more, compiling an overall record of 27-7 with a 20-4 mark this spring.
"That's what I want out of my top guys," Kostin said. "They are at the top of the lineup to win, so they are just doing what I want and expect of them."
The emergence of junior Alex Bara has been the story on the women's side, as the Oradea, Romania native has dropped just one match this spring en route to a 17-1 mark. Bara has worked her way up the lineup, playing at four different sports before Associate Head Coach Yana Carollo etched her into the top spot in the final match of the regular season.
"Alex has been great and she's worked really hard to get where she's at," Carollo said. "We need her to continue her strong play as well as each one of her teammates to step up to the challenge this weekend."
Those teammates include senior Kateryna Yergina (14-6 this spring), sophomore Josefin Hjertquist (18 wins this year) and junior Ana Bara (17 wins this year). The freshmen duo of Olga Terteac and Daria Yakavelva have also given the Black & Gold some help at the back end of the lineup, combining for 44 wins this year.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – UMBC senior Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) won the 200-yd. IM and broke his own school record while freshman Gregor Sporelin (Bamberg, Germany/Clavius-Gymnasium) captured the 50-yd. freestyle event on Day One of the ECAC Championships, Friday night at the U.S. Naval Academy's Lejeune Hall.
Looking to reach the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year, Hussein bettered his school record and NCAA "B" cut time from 1:44.44 to 1:44.40 Friday morning, for the top time of the prelim round. At night, the senior bested the field and himself once again, taking the title with a new top time of 1:44.14. The mark also beats out the ECAC Championships mark of 1:44.60 set by Hussein last year at Harvard.
Last year, Hussein became the first Retriever male athlete, and third overall, to reach the national meet. If he can advance this season, he would become the first UMBC swimmer to reach the national stage twice.
In the morning session, freshman Steven Rigby (Bowie, Md./Bowie) recorded a career-best swim of 1:59.19 in the 200 IM event.
A week after setting the school record in the 50-yd. free (20.29) at the CCSA Championships, Sporlein took the top spot in the event at the Naval Academy to win gold. The rookie placed third in the morning session, touching in at 20.91, but outdid the field in the finals by finishing at the 20.41 mark.
Senior Brian Keane (Hanson, Mass./Boston College HS/Arizona) also swam in the short sprint event, finishing with a time of 21.90.
Freshman Austin Moore (Takoma Park, Md./Northwood) competed in the prelims of the 500-yd. freestyle, completing his swim with a time of 4:51.28.
The 2014 ECAC Championships continue at Navy on Sunday morning with the prelims of the 200 medley relay at 10:00 a.m.


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Only about 95,000 drivers were cited for the violation, meaning fewer than one in every 10 violators got a ticket.
Rob Yingling — a spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates the toll road — tells the Examiner the violations were caused by things like equipment glitches and drivers going through a closed lane before it could be blocked off, and that the violation rate is comparatively low.
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Ao no E-TERU
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|English Translation
taisetsu ni shiteitano
anata no kotoba wo hitotsu kudasai
sayonara jyanakute
Did you take good care of it?
May I have a word from you,
That isn't goodbye?
anata wa tori soshite uchuu
You appear firstÅ@as a bird, and then as the universe
hohoemeba tsunagatta
subete ga hitotsu ni chouwa shiteta ano hi
On that day when all that our smiles would have join
Was connected in one harmony
donna ni koe ni takushitemo
anata made todokanai
aoi aoi aoi tabiji
But no matter how I voiced my longing
It could not reach you
Azure, azure, azure journey
mannaka no kimochi
kirameki to zetsubou no aida no
mannaka no kimochi
These moderate feelings
That are somewhere right in between
Despair and hope
watashi wa mizu soshite honoo
I appear to be water, and then I am flame
ai yori mo chikakatta
subete ga hitotsu ni atatakadatta hi
Nearer than even love
On that day when everything was one warmth
ongaku mo kikoenai
anata kara tou zakaru
aoi aoi aoi tabiji
But I was so far from you
That I couldn't even hear your music
Azure, azure, azure journey
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It only happens twice a year — Vitra is on sale at Design Public. Save 15% on iconic modern classics now through October 22nd 2015. Here is just a small handful of the wonderful products that add a playful feeling to modern design.Vitra Eames Elephant. Vitra's got something for all ages. Charles and Ray Eames designed this happy little elephant back in 1945 but it was never mass produced. Vitra has stepped in and made their design come to life in plastic that can stand up to being left outdoors.
Vitra Eames House Bird. This classic little folk-art guy has been a symbol of the great taste and style of Charles and Ray Eames for decades.
George Nelson Clocks. No mid-century modern wall was complete without one of these playful and functional pieces keeping time.
Uten Silo. Whether you need to corral you office supplies, crafting materials or bathroom stuff, designer Dorothee Becker's Uten Silo has you covered, right within reach on the wall.
Vitra Kast Storage. This modular color-blocked composition floats atop its metal legs. Designer Maarten Van Severen designed several versions — this serves as a low console, perfect to use for a TV. This two-tiered version makes a great sideboard. The tallest version is a shelf/cabinet unit.
Verner Panton Cone Chair. A sale is the best time to pick up that iconic work of art you have been looking for. This eclectic classic plays with geometry and color. Of course, if you're not into the cone, there's always …
The Vitra New Panton Chair. The wide variety of colors and durable polypropylene make this a sculptural chair a versatile piece that works as well in an elegant dining room as it does in a playroom.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most U.S. health authorities recommend people who've suffered a concussion give their brain a break while they recover, but there hadn't been strong data to support that. A new study provides some of the first evidence showing "cognitive rest" does make a difference.
Disagreements over whether resting the brain really aids recovery have "generated controversy," Dr. William P. Meehan III, director of the Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention in Waltham, Massachusetts, said.
"This lack of data has led to variability in the recommendations for cognitive rest, with some experts not recommending it at all, and others recommending athletes avoid all cognitive activity, lying alone in a dark room even, until they are completely recovered," he told Reuters Health.
Meehan and his colleagues studied 335 kids and young adults who came to a sports concussion clinic within three weeks of their injury between 2009 and 2011.
Most of the young people got their concussions playing ice hockey, football, basketball or soccer. The researchers asked them about their symptoms and how often they were reading, doing homework or playing games at each of their appointments.
Kids with minimal cognitive activity were not reading or doing homework, and spent less than 20 minutes on the Internet or playing video games each day. They could have watched TV or movies or listened to music.
Those with moderate or significant cognitive activity did some reading and some homework, but less than usual.
Other kids had not limited their cognitive activities at all since their last clinic visit.
On average, patients took 43 days to fully recover from their concussions.
Kids with more minor concussions tended to get over their symptoms faster. So did those who did less with their brains while recovering, according to findings published in Pediatrics.
"Only those engaging in the highest levels of cognitive activity had a substantial increase in their symptom duration," Meehan said. Kids at all lower activity levels seemed to recover at about the same pace.
"This would suggest that while vigorous cognitive exertion is detrimental to recovery, milder levels of cognitive exertion do not seem to prolong recovery substantially," Meehan said.
This study could affect how and when kids with a concussion return to school, Dr. Amy K. Wagner told Reuters Health.
Wagner studies brain injuries at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania and was not involved in the new research.
"The general public, and even those providing care for people with concussion, tend to 'underappreciate' the strain of cognitive effort on the injured brain," she said.
The paper did not mention whether kids saw a brain injury specialist for persistent symptoms, which they should have, and also did not measure their performance in school, she noted.
Academic performance might be difficult to measure, but it's important if research is going to lead to more detailed recommendations for limiting school activity, she said.
In general, Meehan said, doctors recommend almost complete brain rest for three to five days after a concussion, followed by a gradual return to normal activities.
"Scholar-athletes in particular are instructed to engage in as much cognitive activity as they can without making their symptoms worse, and without their grades dropping," he said.
Athletes suspected of having a concussion should be seen by the most immediately available medical personnel, like an athletic trainer or team doctor, he said, with a follow-up visit to their primary care doctor.
"For those with prolonged or complicated recoveries, multiple concussions or other concerning factors, seeing a concussion specialist would be preferable," Meehan said. "The easiest way for folks to find one in their area is to consult their primary care doctor."
SOURCE: bit.ly/1gbAnTR Pediatrics, online January 6, 2013.


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Baltimore City is $14,026.32 less poor thanks to developer Blake Cordish. That's how much he paid after the state fixed a three-year-old error that vastly undervalued his Federal Hill mega-rowhouse.
The payment, made on the Ides of March, covers additional property taxes for the past three years on his 4,600-square-foot home on East Montgomery Street.
As The Baltimore Sun reported in January, the state Department of Assessments and Taxation erred when it reassessed his home in 2009. Cordish's home was formed by combining three rowhouses, but the state agency based the overall new value on the footprint of just one of the three homes.
After inquiries from The Sun, the agency revised the assessment retroactively from around $550,000 to just over $1 million. That in turn triggered the city to send the revised tax bills that he paid last month.
Cordish, an executive withthe Cordish Cos.and son of prominent developer David Cordish, has said he was unaware of any problem with his assessment and always paid whatever amount appeared on his city tax bill. He did not reply to an email sent Thursday.
The Sun later identified a second instance where the state dramatically undervalued a Baltimore home after a consolidation. Owen C. Charles, deputy director of the assessments agency, says his staff is continuing to review several hundred lot combinations in the city to ferret out any other errors.


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(Written by Tonia Gibeault, Director – Human Resources for ACUITY, A Mutual Insurance Company)
Life is about choices. For example, one can choose to "know," or one can choose to know. While attending college in pursuit of a degree in business management, I knew I would eventually establish a career in a business or corporate setting. I also "knew" I would never work for an insurance company, nor in the sales or marketing fields. Ironically, however, my first "real job" out of college was as a marketing analyst for my current employer—an industry-leading and award-winning insurance company—over 13 years ago.
I have spent the last decade of my career in ACUITY's human resources department. During this time, I have had the pleasure of interacting with a myriad of students, many who "know" and a few who know. For the few who know, this attribute is a distinct competitive advantage when talking to employers about job opportunities. So, how do you gain this advantage?
#1 – Forget what you "know" by keeping an open mind. If you're a math major, do you "know" you must become a math teacher or work with numbers all day, or do you know that some of ACUITY's brightest and most talented software developers earned their degrees in mathematics? If you're an accounting or finance major, do you know you have transferrable skills conducive to a successful career in underwriting? If you're a history major, do you know you can come very close to rewriting history for many victims as a claims adjuster, positively impacting their lives forever?
I estimate that 95%—likely more—of the employees hired at ACUITY never envisioned working in the insurance industry, simply because they didn't know about the variety of dynamic and rewarding opportunities. Keep an open mind and know there are incredible opportunities outside the commonly known career paths in your field of study.
#2 – Forget what you "know" by doing your research. Many students have their hearts set on one position with one or two companies because they "know" these as their only options. When an acquaintance informed me about the marketing analyst position, I immediately dismissed the opportunity because I "knew" I didn't want to be employed in sales or marketing (nor did I want to work for an insurance company, as you may recall). Thankfully, enough information was shared with me to spark an interest. At this juncture, I transitioned from "knowing" I would never work in the insurance industry to knowing it was a possibility. Extensive research on ACUITY and speaking with someone already in the position solidified my interest. I knew this was a great opportunity to leave my job and begin a career.
Your Career Services team hosts several events throughout the year—including widely-attended career fairs—to broaden the informational and job opportunities available to you. Use these convenient events to educate yourself. Research positions and companies. Know which are best for you.
The return on investment from keeping an open mind and conducting research is substantial. Forget what you "know," and learn what you need to know.
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With Islamists now in firm control of Syria rebellion, civil war might last years
The Islamist consolidation of power over Syria's rebel movement in recent weeks is another indication that foreign policy strategists are correct when they warn that the Syrian conflict is likely to grind on for years before either side is prepared for serious peace negotiations.
Despite the staggering death toll and worsening humanitarian crisis, experts say, the conflict isn't yet "ripe" – a term professional mediators use for the point when warring parties recognize that they're each suffering from a stalemate and are ready to find a mutually acceptable settlement. That phase is a long way off in Syria, analysts say, and the collapse of the moderate rebel command underlines why next month's peace summit in Geneva is considered an exercise in futility.
Holding the conference at this juncture presents a difficult choice for the United States, which is struggling to find Syrian opposition partners who can form a credible, representative delegation to sit across the table from the more sure-footed, fully supported representatives of President Bashar Assad's regime.
The biggest challenge now is how to have a rebel voice in the room, when the Western-backed Supreme Military Council is in tatters and its Islamist rivals reject the Geneva process outright.
In other words, the only rebels who'd show up are those with little or no influence on the battlefield. And the entire exercise is anathema to the fighters who do hold enough sway to implement any agreement under the so-called Geneva communique, a document that calls for talks to a mutually agreeable transitional government that would assume full executive power.
"There has to be a question mark of whether Geneva 2 will go ahead because, while it's embarrassing to have the regime show up and your side doesn't, it's even more embarrassing to have a conference that's just a farce," said Shashank Joshi, a London-based analyst who monitors Syria for the Royal United Services Institute, a defense and security research center.
Helping to craft an acceptable guest list was always a tough project for the United States; the conference has been delayed repeatedly in large part because of the opposition's disarray. The problem became starker over the weekend, however, when Islamist forces descended on a town along the Turkish border and seized the headquarters and warehouses belonging to the Supreme Military Council, which is led by U.S. point man Gen. Salim Idriss.
Initial accounts, repeated by U.S. officials, said that members of the Islamic Front, a Saudi-backed consortium of six Islamist groups, overran the facilities where U.S.-provided nonlethal supplies were kept. The Obama administration, which has long worried that its aid would fall into the hands of Islamist radicals, was alarmed enough to suspend the $260 million rebel aid program. Great Britain followed suit by freezing its own shipments.
The move signaled to close observers of the conflict that the Obama administration finally had recognized how very little clout its Syrian allies had against the ascendant Islamists despite Supreme Military Council claims to represent tens of thousands of fighters. Analysts weren't buying the State Department's insistence that the aid suspension was no indication that the U.S. was easing off its support for Idriss and his men.
Frederic C. Hof, a former administration special adviser on Syria who's now with the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, wrote in a blog post that breathing new life in the Supreme Military Council "would be an operational challenge of the first order," even if the administration decided it was necessary for regional stability.
On Thursday, the political arm of the U.S.-backed opposition, the Syrian Opposition Coalition, tried to put a bright face on the Islamist fighters' capture of the headquarters, saying they really had come at Idriss' request to fight off an attack by the al Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
But that account was greeted with skepticism. In any case, Joshi said, it doesn't change the fact that the moderate rebel command doesn't have the manpower or fighting prowess to challenge the Islamists' authority.
"Once you have Islamists in charge of your checkpoints, in charge of your bases, and with the keys to your warehouses, that's not something you get back easily," Joshi said.
None of this portends a productive Geneva conference, should the meeting take place as scheduled Jan. 22. Even before the aid suspension, veteran foreign policy strategists playing out possible peace scenarios earlier this week found only dead ends when they tried to map out paths to a negotiated resolution to the nearly 3-year-old conflict.
An organizer of the exercise, Kristin Lord, executive vice president of the Washington-based U.S. Institute for Peace, which sponsored the exercise, said that participants saw two potential arcs for Syria: an eventual power-sharing body without Assad but with his regime largely intact, or further fragmentation and even partition of the country if current conditions persist.
With virtually no control over either the fighting or the opposition politics, Lord said, the best move for the Obama administration was to focus on helping neighboring countries secure their borders from the jihadist influx and introduce educational and other programs for the 2.3 million refugees that have fled Syria in hopes that one day they'll return and rebuild their ravaged nation.
"Everyone did recognize that in all likelihood it was going to take a long time to resolve the conflict," Lord said. "There's no magic bullet that could solve it tomorrow."


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Is It Already Too Late for Black Friday Deals?
What are the best strategies for shopping on Black Friday and this holiday weekend? Kelli Grant joins The News Hub with tips on surviving holiday shopping.
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... the the ... welcome ... new sub at the state line ... to console its Black Friday traditionally the busiest shopping day of the end of this yet ... is it already too late to get the best deals ... MarketWatch's Kelli Grant joins us now to tell us ... how to get those best able to weather weakness the books ... I mean you've missed the boat with a bow quite yet I mean I've ECB if you want one of the doorbusters that was eight or nine o'clock last night but ... you still owe quite a lot available in stores and online ... okay ... um did tell us more about some the shopping strategies um I mean what one of the summit friends of the best reading strategies in all official ... I mean that that that would see Bebe typically male thing we focus was that what I think the misfortune of these the non shopping right now apart is when we do we'll continue to hear that some the best deals are necessarily on Black Friday but ... if you haven't gone out yet today I'm probably the best thing to do when people look online a lot of the same sales that were available in stores are available online she can avoid ... whatever remnants of the crowns are left in me and probably get some pretty good prices ... but that now the only openings that we so this this year actually on Thanksgiving day ... I know ... some somewhat this one very happy about that what about the Shell posted a twelve month I think it really worked out very well for shoppers were hearing a lot from Walmart a couple the other stores were people ... they were saying that they got in line with the few hours before the store open with many were missing most of your Thanksgiving and they still didn't get the doorbusters that they wanted for ... in previous years when the stores were opening for five in the morning you could've gone in line with the ten o'clock at night news did a pretty good chance of getting a doorbuster ... now you really do have to miss most of your Thanksgiving to do it ... and was superstardom and ... run the whole point was that I I think it does in an anemic and there is ... really like when you're investing the store busters you have to ask herself what is my time more that you know how how how valuable it your time to be getting into two hundred dollars discount on TV ... yes ... I mean it seems anyway I mean when adding that the TVA is the ... basis of that of a gamble so um one of the things we saw a few years ago was that the retell is where the woods yet right and so they didn't buy much inventory and so if the sword believe we have to get it ... what about this here is is the isthe going to be the same situation we are hearing that little lot of different untrained eye this is a doorbusters baby really just try only to have a couple of those on hand but ... it we were hearing from a lot of shoppers that mean the end of the things that they wanted on and it really comes down to the bids for cream of Black Friday at least a really think sales even as early as Monday is this week ... at me knowing that no but that the past week and I'm so some of these hot deals the choppers me he wanted wordy so ... interesting so shut up should I be iam don't only new thing is of the best way for me to go ... I think it is a smart strategy at this point we see like Saturday and Sunday for sales tend to be a little bit slower than Black Friday but ... ended the deals tend to be online in really in retailers like Amazon want to get the big players on one surfer cyber Monday sales as early as Saturday night Sunday at this point it was to meet one twenty nine degrees on on Sunday here in York and then on Sunday I've that they they go shopping is like will keep everyone up owned by the computer ... um well in theory anyone nobody else to go out right now in the stores are pretty much quiet after all of my jacket off and elegant yet so you know after the shares to move made with a price and there was a was a pleasure


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It seems that February 11 will be marked as the day when world leaders step down !! Mubarak stepped down on February 2011 and Pope Benedict XVI announced that he will step down also on February 2013.
Benedict XVI announced today that he will step down exactly at February 28,2013. A very quick and surprising announcement, the man did not wait for two or three months but for two weeks.
When the news hit the wire , I thought it was some kind of hoax like that rumor yesterday about the Duke of Edinburgh's death yet what you know !! Soon enough an official statement was posted in the Vatican's official website and the man himself spoke to the World about it.
Benedict XVI said that he can not continue in his position because he has no strength. In other words he suffers from some health issues that may affect his ability to continue as the Spiritual leader of the Catholic world. I thought the Popes continue in their position till death regardless of their health condition !! First time to know that they
The 85 years old Pontiff is considered the second Pope in 600 to resign from that extremely important position after Gregory XII.
Needless to say now the Conspiracy theories websites got nothing to speak about except the Nostradamus' Prophecy about the Black Pope linking it to Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana. There is good chance that Turkson could be the first African Black Pope of Catholic Church for the first time in history. Now You got people online calling him the Antichrist already !!
This is of course the conspiracy theories on why Benedict had to step down now !!
Anyhow Cardinal Turkson's views about considering Islam as demographic threat in Europe tells me he is not that different from Benedict XVI , after all we live in times of radicalism and extremism.


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Citibank: Would You Like A Tortilla With Your Money Sir?
In 1995, Raul Salinas, brother of the former President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari, was in a Mexican prison on a murder charge. There was a problem for Salinas. He had accumulated $100 million from the drug trade. Salinas needed to move the money out of Mexico
Editor's Note: If you did not get enough of the grime on Wall Street in our last article, then please enjoy this next story on Citibank's involvement with Mexican drug money.
I always carry a copy of the federal document which proves that I was wired by the FBI in 19931. The fact that the FBI wired me provides me with instant credibility, that is, with everyone except the mainstream press.
The mainstream press cannot print my articles because to do so would be to anger Wall Street and, thereby, cost the newspapers advertising dollars and the publishers their membership in exclusive clubs and prep schools.
What they don't want you to know is that Citibank has been involved in illegal money laundering ever since, the late, Walter Wriston, former Chairman and CEO of Citibank, retired in 1984.
A former career diplomat turned banker, Wriston is credited with expanding Citibank's business model. He pioneered financial services for large multinational corporations and later introduced the ATM machine for the convenience of regular consumers.
Wriston was a champion of free banking and deregulation but never for the sleezy banking which has increasingly taken its place.
Due to the mortgage meltdown, Citibank recently received $25 billion from the federal government- your tax money- to shore up its balance sheet. Before long they might even need more to cover up for other misdeeds.
In 1995, Raul Salinas, brother of the former President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari, was in a Mexican prison on a murder charge. There was a problem for Salinas. Salinas had in his possession $100 million, which he had accumulated from the drug trade. Salinas needed to move the money out of Mexico.
So Salinas gave his girlfriend a check to open a Citibank account. Numerous checks were deposited in the account until the account reached approximately $100 million. A personal investment company was then set up to hold the drug tainted money.
2Eventually everything unraveled and in 1999 Congressional hearings were held. Cuban born, Amy Elliot was the manager of the Citigroup Private Bank responsible for Mexican billionaires. Elliott moved the money to offshore entities in countries, like Switzerland.
In Congressional testimony Elliott said that knowledge of the illegal money laundering went to the very top of Citibank. She named William Rhodes, Vice Chairman as one of the men who knew about it.
What is even more disturbing is that bureau agents felt that the arm of finance is stronger than the long arm of the law.
James Kallstrom was Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at this time. Kallstrom was number three at the bureau and was in charge of the FBI office in New York City. The New York office was charged with investigating the illegal money laundering by Citibank.
But Kallstrom sought to be accepted by the money men of Wall Street. So, according to FBI Special Agents, Kallstrom did the unthinkable.
While the FBI was investigating Citibank, Kallstrom was providing Citibank with results of the FBI investigation into Citibank's money laundering. Kallstrom provided Citibank with the names of confidential informants, cooperating witnesses, documents, etc.
The FBI conducted an internal investigation and proved that Kallstrom had violated federal law by providing confidential FBI information. Many FBI Special Agents were horrified.
These agents, decent men, demanded that Kallstrom be prosecuted for leaking information. But Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, refused to prosecute Kallstrom.
He was permitted to retire with his full pension. Later James Kallstrom was appointed Director of the Office of Security for the State of New York.
But Citibank, the largest bank in America, knew that it was too big to be indicted. Citibank continued to launder money. And Citibank thanked America by continuing to launder money- this time on the soil of America's most important ally.
3In 2004 the Japanese government revoked Citibank's license because Citibank was laundering money for Japanese nationals. It is not clear into which tax haven this money was sent.
But there is a strong probability that this laundered money went to the People's Democratic Republic of Korea to help finance its nuclear arsenal.
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Minority Staff Report for the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Hearing on Private Banking and Money Laundering; A Case Study of Opportunities and Vulnerabilities.November 9th 1999
2 http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/110999_report.htm
Amy Elliott Testimony
a) http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/110999_elliott.htm
PBS Series on the Citibank Salinas Affair
b) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mexico/family/citibankaffair.html
New York Times: Japan Shuts Unit of Citibank
3 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/18/business/worldbusiness/18citi.html
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Sharing the kindness
Each year around the holidays, the Enterprise gets in the spirit of the season by sharing stories of good deeds, kind acts and all-around nice things members of our community do for one another. These stories and others on pages 5-7 focus on acts of kindness, big and small. Consider them our gift to you. Happy holidays.
It all started when Kari Biesendorfer asked her friends to ignore her upcoming 40th birthday.
Don't buy her a drink, don't get her a gift, she insisted. Instead, she asked people to donate money to Bal Swan Children's Center, a preschool that serves both typical children and children with special needs. Bal Swan hopes to raise $75,000 by Jan. 15 to continue funding educational programs, scholarships and therapy services.
Biesendorfer, a Bal Swan board member, said she would do a good deed for each $10 donation made to her personal Bal Swan donation website, plus 26 additional good deeds in memory of the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Biesendorfer thought she would get at least 40 donations, but was floored when she learned she had raised more than $1,895. More donations are still rolling in, she said.
"It has been so, so incredible to see the outpouring of support," said Biesendorfer.
With more than 200 good deeds to carry out, Biesendorfer enlisted the help of her 9-year-old daughter, Zorah, and set out to bestow acts of kindness big and small. They dropped off doughnuts to the local fire station, donated to area charities and even bought a lottery ticket for a stranger when the Power Ball lottery reached a record $587.5 million. They also made holiday cards for people at a senior center, wrote anonymous thank-you notes to teachers and bus drivers at Zorah's school and baked muffins for a new neighbor.
"The biggest thing for me is being able to pass this on to my daughter and teach her about kindness," she said.
Bal Swan Executive Director Brian Conly heard about Biesendorfer's project and decided to try it out himself. He involved his two young children and his wife to help complete random acts of kindness.
How to help
Bal Swan Children's Center serves children who are typical preschoolers and preschoolers with special needs. The organization aims to raise $75,000 by Jan. 15 to fund programs and services. Donations can be made on behalf of an individual or to Bal Swan's general donation page.
To donate, visit givetochildrenatbalswan.org
Conly said it has been fun to brainstorm good deeds and see his children get excited to help. Lily, 6, and River, 3, especially enjoyed visiting playgrounds, where they left picture books for families to take. The books tell a story about kindness and giving to others.
"They wanted to put books at every playground we saw," he said.
The family also taped movie theater snacks to a Red Box kiosk, handed out hot chocolate to people in town and left coupons for free items at Sonic in areas where people could see them.
Conly said the acts of kindness are a catalyst to injecting a positive attitude into the community that already offers so much support to Bal Swan's mission. The school, a nonprofit, relies on donations to offer scholarships for costly programs and keep class sizes low to benefit children with special needs, such as behavioral, mobility or nutritional needs.
Adding acts of kindness into the mix has taken a critical fundraiser to the next level, he said.
"It's about offering avenues for people to support something you really care about," he said.
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Name Number: 4 Meaning: Stability, Sameness, Regular, Rules, Condition, Responsibility, Routine, Frame, Detail, Order
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A: this guy added me on msn last night and started asking me about (insert name here) B: ugh sounds like such a Brindon!
He is the symbol of perfection. Often very handsome. He can also be known as a girls magnet, since he does have everysingle a girl would admire. He did drop from paradise according to the ancient Greek Legends. Then he migrated to India and was born in Brinthavanam Gardens. This is when the Hindu God Brahman discovered perfection and decided to name it Brindon. Many generations after a boy called Brindon has always been perfect for the girls and people around him. Many always loved him, but he was against the idea of cheating and chose his lover carefully. Once attached the hardest person to dislodge. He has a great personality who will adapt to anyone at anytime.
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Marching on with the spooky meals, today my Paigey Pie had this brunch-time bento.
Packed in a Sassy box:
- freaky froggy cinnamon toast
- raspberries in a spider shaped silicone cup
- ghostly string cheese
- ham on a jack o' lantern pick
The freaky froggy was made using the frog prince Lunch Punch sandwich cutter (minus the crowns!), and the creepy details were almond slivers for fangs and a little black icing I had handy. Nutella would work great too (and be yummier to boot!).
The sting cheese ghosts are just a regular mozzarella string cheese stick cut in half and the eyes are made with the same food safe marker I showed ya yesterday. :)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
brunch bento: freaky froggy & friends
Posted by Melissa at 12:23 PM
Labels: Halloween, holiday, Lunch Punch, sassy box, theme
5 comments:
- Jenn @ BentoForKidlet said... [Reply to comment]
Eep what a spooky froggy!! I love your Halloween bento :D
- October 21, 2010 at 12:34 PM
I love the spooky string cheese, that's smart!
- October 21, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Kristen said... [Reply to comment]
I think this is my favorite one so far! Love the freaky froggy, although the hot dog mummy was pretty awesome, too! :-)
- October 22, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- Becky A said... [Reply to comment]
ok, I finally broke down and ordered the new Lunch Punch...too cute!
- October 22, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- Rich & Christen said... [Reply to comment]
Just found your website and I'm blown away by your creativity, attention to detail and sheer love that pours out to your kids through something so simple as lunch. Thank you for the inspiration to do the same thinking outside the ol' box.
- October 24, 2010 at 1:10 PM
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Deputies shocked by magnitude of Beaumont drug bust
Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies raided a Beaumont residence on Thursday, June 12, and made a shocking discovery. After days of watching the home, investigators say they knew they were walking into a drug den but were astounded by the scope of the operation.
According to a news release from JCSO, members of the Narcotics Task Force and patrol deputies executed a search warrant at 3930 Sunbury Drive in Beaumont. Deputy Rod Carroll said as they approached the residence, investigators detected the distinct smell of marijuana.
"You couldn't smell it coming up the driveway like you can with a meth lab, but once you got up toward the front door, there was a really strong odor," said Carroll.
Once inside, deputies observed several subjects and discovered a multitude of drugs, paraphernalia and a mushroom growing operation during the search of the home, according to JCSO. Investigators reportedly found seven pounds of hydroponic marijuana with an estimated street value of $35,000, 25 "Mollies" or "Ecstasy" pills, which contain MDMA (3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine), with an estimated value of $500, a half-ounce of DMT (dimethyltryptamine), a psychedelic compound with an estimated value of $1500, hallucinogenic mushrooms, approximately 25 gallons of liquid containing THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), which is the mind-altering ingredient found in cannabis, a small amount of edible candies containing Jello mix, THC oil, and molded to resemble Lego blocks and $10,203 in U.S. currency.
Deputies arrested 32-year-old Conrad Hammon of Beaumont for felony possession of marijuana. Hammon was being held at the Jefferson County Correctional Facility on a $10000 bond, and has since been released. In addition to the felony possession charges, Hammon faces other potential charges including possession of a controlled substance and intent to distribute.Jefferson County Sheriff Mitch Woods and JCSO Narcotics Task Force Captain Troy Tucker both expressed surprise at the magnitude of the drug bust made in the small residential neighborhood.
"We executed the search warrant, and we really weren't expecting all this," Captain Tucker related.
"What you see right here in front of you is way more than personal use," Sheriff Woods said indicating the two long tables covered with drugs.
"And this is just some of it," Carroll chimed in agreement. "We didn't bring it all in."
Captain Tucker said the operator of the illegal enterprise was actually extracting THC from marijuana and using the oil, and potentially other drugs, to create candies that resembled Lego blocks, which he suspects could mean the dealers are honing in on area youth.
"This was a detailed operation," Tucker explained. "You know, the THC oil, it appears they were extracting it from the marijuana and using it to lace a Jello. If you look here, this is more of a Jello replica of Lego blocks that just about every kid has or had. We're in the initial stages of the investigation and we don't know if this was just disguising the THC and that's it, or if it was being used to target young adults or maybe children."
Sheriff Woods echoed Tucker's fear, saying, "We kind of suspect, from the stuff that was found, that some of the stuff being produced is targeted toward younger age drug users."
Tucker said the task force has seen illegal confections recently but not in the shape of building blocks.
"We have seen other candies, but not the Lego blocks," said Tucker. "That's new for me. I want to say probably a few months ago we had gummy rock-like candy that was in its package and they would get a needle and inject the narcotics into it and put it back in the bag."
The drug candy is not the only up and coming narcotic nuisance deputies are dealing with, Tucker said. Other new drugs are becoming problematic, and new twists on old drugs are also a problem.
"We have a drug called DMT that is new to this area," Tucker said, pointing out the task force has only been seeing the powerful hallucinogenic over the last year. "We are also seeing a surge in what they call Mollies, which is a pure form of Ecstasy, MDMA. Now, sometimes when we get to the lab, it's not as pure as the true term of Mollies are meant to be, but they do contain MDMA."
Captain Tucker said deputies knew nothing about the operations at the residence until they received information from a concerned citizen the week prior to the raid.
"Now, the house, we don't know who long it's been in operation," Tucker related. "They were under our radar until just this past week. And going in, it was set up in the garage, in the bedrooms, multi refrigerators to grow mushrooms. The brown, tar-looking substance, that's the THC that was extracted from the marijuana using what looked like a typical pump connected to a pressure cooker, and they had alcohol in there to break down the substance."
Five subjects were reportedly at the residence at the time of the raid. Hammon confessed, telling investigators the drugs were all his, but Tucker said he suspects he took the fall for all parties involved because they are relatives. He said the investigation is far from over and more arrests could follow. He also reports that the illegal substances collected at the residence are being taken to the Jefferson County Crime Lab for examination and determination of additional charges against the accused Hammon, who Tucker classified as a major player in the local drug trade.
"When you go into a house like this, you have drug notes, you have computers," said Tucker. "We have to go through all that and see if we can make a case on other people involved. We also want to find out who they're selling to in an attempt to go speak with them and see if we can recover some of the drugs that were put on the street, and see if they will cooperate. During the course of an investigation, you may find out there's another house that they owned, another person at the house that actually dealt with them that would shore up our case.
"(Hammon) is going to be charged right now, and we're going to get this all to the lab and find out the quantity of the THC, and the Molly, the DMT and the Ecstasy, and then we'll come up with the appropriate charge to add to it."
Tucker said he and the Task Force members along with JCSO are pleased to have assisted the community in ridding it of the criminal enterprise.
"Our commitment is to get this stuff off the streets," Tucker said. "The guys (task force), they did a great job this week, and this a product of their hard work."
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