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A beautiful and a luxurious bag from Chanel, it's also a boy bag with chain around the edges. Stunning! Just stunning! Of course we are definitely talking about the Boy Chanel Python Flap Wallet.
Sophisticated, sassy, and gracious, this Boy Chanel Python Flap Wallet is everything you could wish for. Made from python, lambskin & bronze metal, having this with you on a Friday night out or at a formal dinner date will make you look sexier and stylish.
The python leather is a big wow for us! It adds depth and beauty to the bag's black canvas while the golden CC logo in the middle brings more justice to its beauty. Truly a masterpiece on its own. And btw, the bag features the newest CC Boy Clasp.
Style code A83220, measuring 4.1' x 7.6' x 1.2' inches, priced at $2600 USD, €2535 euro, £2150 GBP, $4050 SGD, $21300 HKD, $4050 AUD available via Chanel boutiques.
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GUCCI DIONYSUS PYTHON MINI SHOULDER BAGCategories:Other Brands
Gucci is putting its best foot forward by promoting its Dionysus Bag in the front line. Considered to be one of the hottest and most-in-demand Gucci bag right now, this Dionysus Mini Shoulder Bag is recreated this time in metallic gold python.
A mini structured bag with Gucci's signature textured tiger head spur closure embedded with Swarovski crystals, this treasure is especially made to cater for women who loves attention-grabbing bling and shiny accessories. I mean, who couldn't resist that shiny Dionysus shoulder bag right?
It also has the sliding chain strap that lets you wear it in multiple ways. Combining functionality and style, you can wear this Gucci creation as a shoulder bag and as a top handle bag.
What's more? Crafted in beautiful metallic python leather, embellished with a tiger head spur, hand-painted edges with hand-stitched details, a pocket under the flap with sliding chain to wear cross body.
Perfect for those glittery night soirees and evening parties, pair this sparkling bag of a gem over your black figure-hugging mermaid dress and you'll certainly look like a million dollar woman.
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A brand that's perhaps not as familiar to Singaporeans as it should be, Italian label Zagliani was founded in 1947 with a focus on using on the finest of exotic skins, from python to karung, shagreen to ostrich and yes, even crocodile. Experts in regards to the know-how of precious skin treatment, Zagliani's bags are known to be strong, yet light and still incredibly soft to the touch.
Take the Zagliani Python Mya for instance, which you'll now find on LaPrendo where it retails for SGD3330. Measuring 27 cm across by 17 cm, the sumptuous all-python skin bowler-style bag is roomy and generous, the inside lined with leather that also comes with a zipped pocket and a pair of patch pockets for your tech accessories.
Better yet, it even comes with its own detachable chain sling, which can only be a good thing. Check it out, along with other styles at Zagliani online at LaPrendo, where they ship internationally.
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Victoria Beckham Simple Tote In PythonCategories:Other Brands
I like how Victoria Beckham calls a spade a spade, that is, when it comes to her bags. No fancy names, no naming each of her bags, say, after her growing brood, it's simply, 'half moon leather shoulder' (because it's shaped like a half moon), or even the 'textured shoulder bag', because it's exactly that. And today we have something called the Simple Tote, that's well, a simply-structured tote good for work or play without all the unnecessary bells and whistles.
Now on sale via Net-A-Porter for 50% off (yes, that's the other reason why you're reading about this), what was GBP1850 is now GBP925, or just over SGD1700 for a full exotic python tote which in my bags (sorry I meant books) is a pretty good deal. Measuring 35 cm across by 30 cm in height, it's a handsome bag, the insides lined with suede that also comes with an additional zip pocket on one side.
And if you don't do exotic python, there's another tote from Victoria (known as theLiberty) that comes in Red and priced at just GBP770 after 30% less, which is also a pretty good deal. Heck, just head over to Net-A-Porter's full sale selection where there are countless bags and SLGs that are going for a song right now. In other words, head on over and shop before it's really Goodbye. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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THE COLORS OF THE LADY DIOR SHINY PYTHON BAGSCategories:Other Brands
A shiny shimmery treat for all of you bag lovers out there, these Colors Of The Lady Dior Shiny Python Bags are the real deal. From afar and up close, these bags look extra luxurious and extravagant. Though we are 100% sure that the price doesn't come cheap, at least remind yourself that these are bags which are worth the splurge given the name and the craftsmanship put into creating them.
Perfect to take with you during evening galas and events, these shiny python bags from Christian Dior will give you that big and bold fashion statement. You can select from a number of colors available from their collection: one can opt to bring home the silver colored bag or the golden-toned, the pink one or the bright and lively fuchsia color.
Aside from the wide array of colors that you can choose from, we are also loving the additional trinkets of D,I,O and R. We kind of figured that these charms finish off the look of the Lady Dior Shiny Python Bags.
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Sofia Vergara handle Bally SS15 python handbag out to the streets of New YorkCategories:Other Brands
May 4, 2015, the Latino actress Sofia Vergara handle Bally 2015 Spring Paula Medium Luxury python handbags, appeared on the streets of New York. Day, Sofia Vergara wearing a tight red dress printed with Bally python handbag full of exotic, bright smile, style sections.
Bally 2015 launched a series of spring and summer in a variety of bulk bags, are made of soft, fine leather, embellished by many details reproduction Bally design tradition. Soft Hobo handbags are Bally Crest series to a leisurely style transformation. The python handbag crafted in luxurious, sophisticated style. With adjustable shoulder strap, refined interior trim and zipper pouch, the details of everything.


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Rodger Cleye set out to make damn sure kids in his neighborhood had a fun halloween this year. Candy, you see, if a cop-out. The best adults are the ones who make robots. Every child knows this. Rodger knows this too, which is why he built the Robo Theater, a five-mph, remote-controlled projector with a five-foot screen.
And candy is part of the problem, people: what kids need now is a motivation to get out and exercise, even if that exercise involves slowly wandering around the cul de sac, watching Ice Age 3, kept alert by the slight but always present threat of becoming a pedestrian fatality. [Hacked Gadgets]

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals fans put a stop to Tuesday night's game at Kauffman Stadium with a standing ovation in the fifth inning, forcing Kansas City pitcher James Shields to walk off the mound and doff his cap.
Shields had just notched his 1,500th career strikeout. But the crowd, knowing full well the situation, might also have been cheering the fact he sat down Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on three pitches.
The Rockies, the hottest-hitting team in baseball, met perhaps the most overlooked ace in the majors, and Shields helped the Royals defeat Colorado 5-1 in the first of a two-game series.
"He commanded the plate about as well as you can," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said of Shields. "He handcuffed us all night."
In a flipping of personalities, the Royals got home runs from cleanup hitter Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain (his first since last July), while the top of the Rockies' order went 2-for-15 with six strikeouts.
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Shields was dolling out strikes like a pitching machine. Perhaps the 32-year-old, now in his ninth season, knows something about the Rockies the rest of baseball hasn't figured out.
"He used his fastball, and obviously had a good changeup," Rockies catcher Jordan Pacheco said. "All his pitches were working for him. When you have a major-league pitcher doing that, it's tough to battle through."
Shields left after seven innings with eight strikeouts and no walks, and 75 of his 98 pitches were strikes. And a four-seam fastball was the third strike on four different batters.
The Rockies whiffed a season-high 12 times.
Rockies starting pitcher Franklin Morales, on the other hand, struggled to find the strike zone early. Still, after he eventually got ahead with two strikes on Perez in the fifth, the Royals catcher smoked an 0-2 pitch 392 feet for a two-run homer onto the left-field mezzanine. It put the Royals ahead 4-1.
Morales left the next inning after going five innings, allowing eight hits, four earned runs and four walks against no strikeouts — and he allowed two key home runs.
"I need to pitch better, man, because that's my job," said Morales, who has allowed at least four runs in three consecutive starts. "But when I got behind in the count, every time I got in trouble."
Morales finished after throwing 99 pitches (55 for strikes), but at one point, he had just 17 strikes in 40 offerings.
"Frankie was working from behind most of the night," Weiss said. "You get in bad counts, and it's tough to be successful. He battled. It was a tough night."
Colorado's lone run came after three singles in the fourth inning. The last, by Justin Morneau, plated Tulowitzki.
The Rockies got to Missouri as winners of seven of their past 11 games. But Colorado (23-18) lost two of three in Cincinnati for its first series loss in nearly a month.
They'll have to rally Wednesday to avoid the same fate in Kansas City.
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"Going after" evil people is sort of redundant, because the way they become evil is to kill guards (c'mon we all know you can't do it from rats and beetles). So as long as it's illegal to kill guards, then it's taken care of.
"Going after" evil people is sort of redundant, because the way they become evil is to kill guards (c'mon we all know you can't do it from rats and beetles). So as long as it's illegal to kill guards, then it's taken care of.
Ok, this isn't the time for me to start griping about how much I despise that being evil is a mechanic, and alignment is a mechanic. If it were up to me, that'd be roleplay alone, I never like it when I have to actually "choose" being evil, good, or neutral like a hair color. Granted at least there's deeds in Eaxia that get you one way or another, but I still don't like it. And that's how I feel BEFORE I knew that it actually keeps critters from attacking you. Right, so I won't talk about that now ;->
OPHELIA wrote:How about reporting stealing? Or reporting being turned into a zombie? What will the laws entail? Is it illegal to steal? Is it illegal to use dark magic? How bout dueling on the streets? Or just dueling in front of guards?
OPHELIA wrote:It would be good if we knew some reason that there are guards (more history, nudge, nudge) Whom do they serve? Whom are they guarding us from?
ASTRID wrote:One thing I'd love to see in the new justice system is active participation by good and lawful aligned Paladins. Maybe something like an ARREST command (with skill/level/stat/something checks) that would allow a good paladin to escort a wanted criminal to jail, and improve the paladin's good alignment.
ASTRID wrote:And public executions for especially heinous crimes. They could load your body into a cart and dump it in some random location outside the gates for your friends to find and ressurect.
MO wrote:i love these idea's, it's great to hear some new things are in developement.
before these guards are actually going to attack "evil" characters maybe there should be some way for some of other guilds out there to get a "good" alignment. i don't know if this has been fixed yet but attacking some critters actually gave you a evil alignment. i don't know one way a barbarian can change his/her alignment form evil to good, besides waiting it out. any suggestions?
As far as I know the only way to become evil is by killing guards. But what about killing players, esp. good ones.
And therefore killing evil folks would indeed become a deed of good.
Holy Paladin for instance gives the person no title options aside from Racial or Squire/Page.
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ALAMEDA – Raiders coach Dennis Allen said Friday that he intends to stick with Matt McGloin as his starting quarterback for now. However, Allen also wants to get another look at Terrelle Pryor before this season ends.
It's all part of Allen and general manager Reggie McKenzie gathering as much information as possible on their quarterback situation before they head into the offseason.
"I don't think he's done anything to play himself out of that position," Allen said of McGloin, who started the past three games in place of Pryor.
At the same time, Allen stopped short of anointing McGloin the unquestioned starter the final four games.
Most important, the Raiders need to have a firm grasp on what they have in McGloin and Pryor. To that end, Allen said he wants to see more of Pryor this season, too.
"We need to have a good evaluation of what we have at the quarterback position as we move forward," Allen said. "These last four weeks will be instrumental in us being able to do that."
Next year's NFL draft is regarded as a quarterback-rich one. The Raiders can't afford to overlook that position if they aren't sold on either McGloin or Pryor as the long-term answer at a position that has been unsettled since Rich Gannon retired.
Pryor backed up McGloin the past two games – he sat out a third game with a right MCL sprain — and he is the only other quarterback on the roster now that the Raiders waived rookie Tyler Wilson, a fourth-round draft pick in April.
The Raiders hitched their fortunes to Matt Flynn as soon as they traded incumbent Carson Palmer to the Arizona Cardinals and acquired Flynn via trade with the Seattle Seahawks.
By the end of training camp, it became apparent that Pryor was the better option as the starter for the regular-season opener.
Pryor played well enough in his first four starts to validate Allen's decision. In the midst of that four-game stretch, the Raiders waived Flynn on the heels of a disastrous start in place of an injured Pryor.
Then came a lackluster four-game stretch in which Pryor had eight passes intercepted, completed 50.8 percent of his passes and recorded one touchdown pass, some of that while Pryor played with a hurt knee.
McGloin sparkled in relief of Pryor against the Houston Texans, and then played well enough against the Titans and Cowboys for Allen to stick with him for the foreseeable future.
Yet, there's also the matter of next season and beyond, especially since the Raiders are 4-8 and close to being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
— Allen said he's more concerned than usual about the players that suffered injuries against the Cowboys because there's only a month left in the season.
Right guard Mike Brisiel (knee), running backs Rashad Jennings (concussion) and Jeremy Stewart (ankle/knee), linebacker Kaluka Maiava (calf), safety Usama Young (neck) and cornerback Mike Jenkins (stinger) got hurt against the Cowboys.
Darren McFadden is healthy enough to handle a full workload if Jennings isn't cleared to play against the New York Jets on Dec. 8, Allen said. McFadden returned Thursday from a hamstring injury that sidelined him for most of four games.
— The Raiders are assured a non-winning season for the 11th straight season. They finished 8-8 twice during that span.
Some of those teams came under fire for players tuning out the coach or throttling down once things went south. Allen is confident that his players won't go down that road.
"When you watch us play and you watch us work every day, there is absolutely nothing that would give me any indication that there is anybody in that locker room that has any give up in them," Allen said.
Long-time observers routinely mention how hard the Raiders play under Allen and his staff. At some point, Allen said, the hard work will manifest itself in more victories.
"I like the guys that are in that locker room," Allen said. "I understand where we're at from a record standpoint, but these guys have gone out there and given us everything that they've had every single week. I continue to expect to see that for the last four weeks of the season."
— Khalif Barnes' first NFL start at guard didn't go quite as well as planned, Allen said. However, he got better as the game progressed and is considered an option at the position moving forward.
— Left offensive tackle Jared Veldheer played every snap Thursday in his first game action since last season.
"He held up good," Allen said. "I saw him (Friday) morning, and he said he was feeling pretty good, so he got out of that clean."
Allen planned on spelling Veldheer with Matt McCants from time to time, but Veldheer's surgically repaired triceps didn't present any issues.
— Strong safety Tyvon Branch (ankle) worked out with team trainers Friday. Allen said he is hopeful that Branch will return to game action soon. Branch missed the past 10 games.


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Red Pandas are classed as 'vulnerable' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (on the IUCN 'red list'), with numbers in the wild decreasing. There may as few as 10,000 animals remaining in the wild. Threats include hunting (although this is illegal in all countries), poaching and loss of habitat as humans move into Red Pandas' traditional environments.
Conservation efforts around the world include designating protected areas and captive breeding programs. Red Pandas adapt well to living in zoos and there has been success with breeding Red Pandas in zoos. Visiting the Red Pandas at Melbourne Zoo is an opportunity not only to meet these animals, but also to learn about the threats to many species, what the international community is doing to try to conserve this species, and how Zoos Victoria is contributing to the fight.
Nepalese Red Pandas are found in dense forests and bamboo thickets of remote mountain areas of Nepal, China, India, Bhutan and Burma, at elevations of 1970–3660 metres. While classified as a carnivore, it is one that has adapted to a diet almost exclusively of bamboo.
Adults are 50–65 cm in length, with a tail of 30–50 cm. The Red Panda is named after the reddish colour of its long, soft fur, which camouflages the animal against the red lichen often found on trees in its habitat.
The Red Panda's fur is has a thick under layer that insulates the body against the cold, and an upper layer of long hairs that repel moisture. The muzzle, lips, cheeks and ear edges are white, and there are dark red-brown 'tear tracks' from the eyes to the corners of the mouth.
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The Secretary of the Navy may replace without charge any medal of honor, Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star medal, or Navy and Marine Corps Medal, or any associated bar, emblem, or insignia awarded under this chapter that is stolen, lost, or destroyed or becomes unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was awarded.
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2001—Pub. L. 107–107 substituted "stolen, lost, or destroyed" for "lost or destroyed".
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WASHINGTON – House Republicans want to slash the 2014 budget for Great Lakes environmental programs by nearly 80 percent – a move that could stall the ongoing cleanup and restoration of the Buffalo River.
Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, lashed out at the proposed cut Tuesday, a day after a House subcommittee unveiled a spending plan for environmental programs that would reduce Great Lakes funding from $285 million this year to $60 million for the fiscal year beginning Oct.1.
It's far too early to know exactly how the Environmental Protection Agency would implement the budget cuts that Republicans are seeking, but Higgins said it's inevitable that a project as major as the Buffalo River cleanup would suffer.
"This would be a major, major setback to the Buffalo River remediation project," he said.
The $44 million cleanup project has already resulted in the removal of a million cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the bottom of the river, as well as the creation of the Times Beach Nature Preserve.
The next phase of the project, set to be completed in 2015, involves removing an additional 500,000 cubic yards of sediment from the river and the City Ship Canal, capping contaminated sediment on 8 to 10 acres of land and creating aquatic habitats in spots along the waterways.
The Army Corps of Engineers, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and private partners are also involved in the cleanup effort. But the bulk of the funding for the effort has come from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative – the program that House Republicans are now targeting – which has funded restoration projects across the Great Lakes basin for the last four years.
In unveiling the spending bill for environmental programs and the Department of the Interior, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold D. Rogers, R-Ky., avoided any mention of the Great Lakes.
Instead he described the cuts generally as a matter of necessity.
"This is a difficult budget year, and this bill reflects the extraordinarily hard choices needed to maintain critical investments and services for local communities," Rogers said. "In order to do more with less, the legislation seeks to protect vital programs that directly affect the safety and well-being of Americans, while dramatically scaling back lower-priority, or 'nice-to-have' programs."
Environmentalists said House Republicans have targeted the Great Lakes program for cuts in previous years, but never before suggested slashing its budget by any more than $50 million, much less the $225 million cut proposed for 2014.
"Cuts of this magnitude would bring Great Lakes programs to a halt," said Joel Brammeier, co-chairman of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition and president and CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes.
Republicans are not likely to get the full cut they are seeking because Democrats control the Senate and the White House, but Higgins and other supporters of the Lakes fear that the GOP's opening volley will make some sort of major cut in Great Lakes funding inevitable.
"These are 80 percent cuts," Higgins said. "Even if we get half of it back, it's a major, major cut."
And the cuts go far beyond the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Clean Water State Revolving Loan fund, which finances repairs to aging sewer systems, would be cut from $1.03 billion this year to $250 million in 2014.
"This is a major pullback," Higgins said, adding that communities throughout the area have relied on the loan fund to modernize their sewer systems.
Higgins said that he will offer amendment to restore the Great Lakes funding when the spending bill reaches the House floor and that he'll be looking to find Republican partners to join him in the effort.
They may not be hard to find. Nine Republicans – including Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence – were among the 38 lawmakers who signed a bipartisan letter in April calling for $300 million in Great Lakes funding. Collins could not be reached to comment, but he and the other Republicans who signed the letter may well join Higgins' fight against the budget cuts.
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The new series brings together symbols beyond the aesthetics of conventional consensus is to go to the text of the re-interconnected, re-energize vitality. Where winning is as hybrid-like, but also an unprecedented combination of no expectations, from the principle of harmony and defeated Beng give birth to a strong contrast vertigo style. Thinking through the various elements of tubers to train radical rebirth, this re-ignite the ashes over the fire has not been extinguished, constantly scratching the surface of the world's known, and embrace the unknown deep.
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Those dust had buried but immortal, will re-emerge in the fortunate reunion. And sudden flashes of reproduction so that it can give a whole new meaning. However, memory is not a passive record of history, it is a full and elaborate poetic interpretation, through to have in a new interpretation of the prophecy senses the new definition.
Men's autumn and winter series is moving in the field of mobile poetic rebirth, liberation coexist with a destroyed area. On the one hand, it is destroyed in the past, it will mercilessly end and irreversible; on the other hand, it liberated the past, given the possibility of its elusive.
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Some people love 'em. Others hate 'em. Either way, you're likely to see a whole more of the twisty CFL light bulbs.
The compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) is making its way into more and more light sockets around the world as many citizens are ready to make the switch in an effort to cut energy use.
CFLs are expected to last much longer and use less than a third the energy of the traditional incandescent bulb.
CFLs are also much costlier for the initial cash outlay, and that seems to be a problem for many buyers.
Dale Pfund, owner of D&R Hardware in Fayette, thinks that's the reason sales haven't blossomed at his store.
Take the CFL floodlights, for instance. The traditional bulb sells for $4.99 and typically lasts about six months before burning out. The CFL version sells for $14.99 and is expected to last for four years.
The savings is obvious, but so is the price tag.
"How do I convince the consumer of savings?" he says. "Will people spend the extra money to save? That price is the sticking point."
He's ordered a new CFL display unit from GE that will arrive in January and he's hoping that will make a difference in sales.
Yellow porch lights, industrial lights for the barn, three-way lamps—the CFL options continue to grow.
Gail Johnson at Johnson Hardware in Morenci reports better success in moving CFLs out the door.
"About a year ago we started replacing regular bulbs on the shelf with the new ones and they're a hot item," she said. "People are really starting to buy them."
She has plenty of satisfied customers, although she's heard of problems with CFLs not fitting due to light fixtures that are too small to handle the new bulbs. This has particularly been a problem with three-way bulbs.
Johnson, herself, hasn't quite adjusted to the light from a CFL at home, and some buyers think the light isn't bright enough. Larry Fox isn't among that crowd.
"I put them in every place that they'll fit," he said. "I think they give off just as much light and I think the light is softer on the eyes. I'm sold on them. I think they're great and my likes them, too."
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She appreciates the opportunity to participate in a "greener" lifestyle.
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That's soon to be the case in Australia where incandescents will be phased out by 2010.
Earlier this month, Ireland topped that by announcing the end of incandescent sales in that country by the end of 2008.
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Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Michael P Mosley to Bank of America, N.A., dated August 29, 2008, recorded in Deed Book 449, Page 784, Appling County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to M&T Bank by assignment to be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($78,750.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of Appling County, Georgia within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in April, 2012, the following described property: SEE EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in Security Deed and by law, including attorney's fees (notice of intent to collect attorney's fees having been given). Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: M&T Mortgage Corporation, P.O. Box 1288, Buffalo, NY 14240, 800-724-1633. Please understand that the secured creditor is not required by law to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the mortgage instrument. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Michael P Mosley or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 137 Colonial Drive, Baxley, Georgia 31513. The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. This law firm is seeking solely to foreclose the creditor's lien on real estate and this law firm will not be seeking a personal money judgment against you.
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EXHIBIT "A" All that tract or parcel of land lying, being and situated in Land Lot No. 284 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, and being designated as Lot No. 119 of Block 8 of what is known as Weatherly Park Subdivision, on that certain survey and plat thereof prepared by E.E. Singletary, G.R.L.S. No. 786, recorded in Plat Book 4, Page 239, of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, and incorporated herein for a more full and complete description and all other legal purposes. Said property is bounded, now or formerly, as follows: North by Lot Number 121 of the above described plat: East by Lot Number 118 of the above described plat: South by Lot Number 117 of the above described plat; and West by the eastern right of way of Colonial Avenue. This being the same and identical property conveyed from Robert L. Kleffman and Elizabeth L. Kelffman to Guy P. Portulas by deed dated December 14, 1999, recorded in Deed Book 332, Page 27 of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia.
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Argumentum ad baculum
Argumentum ad baculum or argument from force (a.k.a. appeal to force, scare tactics, or appeal to fear) is the fallacy committed when one appeals to force or the threat of force, causing fear which thus brings about the acceptance of a claim.
- "Give me all your money or I'll kill you."
- "If you don't believe in God, you'll go to hell when you die."
- "If you stop believing in Islam, Sharia law says you must be killed."
- Chile's national motto "Por la razón o la fuerza" translates as "By right or might"
This is an emotional argument, not a logical one. The person making the threat is making no argument for the truth of their claim. This fallacy is related to the argument from adverse consequences (the adverse consequence in question being punishment).
Since this technique is an attempt to intimidate or frighten the target of the argument, it is a variety of the appeal to emotion.
Today, many people feel uncomfortable making such direct threats as the ones listed in the examples. However, believers still often make veiled threats, such as "don't you ever worry about what'll happen to you when you die?" Others, such as Ray Comfort, have no such problems with it, and explicitly use the argument-in fact, it may be their foremost one. Comfort directly compares it with capital punishment, God having the power to commute the sentence if you will believe and beg forgiveness. This reminds people uncomfortably of Mafia dons or courts in totalitarian states, for instance the Soviet Union or People's Republic of China, which had the mechanism written into their system.
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After analyzing the draft needs of all 32 teams, PFT will review how well each team addressed those needs. Up next: The Oakland Raiders.
What they needed: Defensive line, quarterback, offensive line, cornerback, tight end, wide receiver.
Who they got:
Round 1: D.J. Hayden, CB, Houston.
Round 2: Menelik Watson, OT, Florida State.
Round 3: Sio Moore, LB, Connecticut.
Round 4: Tyler Wilson, QB, Arkansas.
Round 6: Nick Kasa, TE, Colorado.
Round 6: Latavius Murray, RB, UCF.
Round 6: Mychal Rivera, TE, Tennessee.
Round 6: Stacy McGee, DT, Oklahoma.
Round 7: Brice Butler, WR, San Diego State.
Round 7: David Bass, DE, Missouri Western.
Where they hit: Hayden, who survived a freakish life-threatening internal injury suffered in November, could be the Raiders' top cornerback in short order. With the second-rounder acquired from Miami, the Raiders added Watson, a tackle prospect with upside. Moore is a good scheme fit, and Wilson could prove a very good value if he plays to his best collegiate form.
Where they missed: The Raiders didn't draft a defensive lineman until Round Six. There's playing time to be had for ends Bass and Jack Crawford (2012 fifth-rounder) and tackles McGee and Christo Bilukidi (2012 sixth-rounder) behind the Raiders' veteran starters, but Oakland could use a little more help at both line positions. In McKenzie's defense, the Raiders have numerous needs, and on first analysis, he did quite well to add talent and depth in this draft.
Impact rookies: Given the state of the Raiders' roster, all 10 drafted rookies have a chance to make the team, and several could earn game-day snaps of consequence in Year One, so we're going to cast a slightly wider net than usual here.
Hayden has the best shot to start. He should compete with Tracy Porter and Mike Jenkins right off the bat. Moore is also a player to watch; the Raiders have revamped their LB corps this offseason but don't have any standouts. A talented fresh face has a chance to make an impact early at this position. Watson's best opportunity to start in 2013 is at right tackle, but that's no sure thing, given his lack of experience.
Rivera is a potential sleeper, given the Raiders' lack of a clear-cut top target at tight end after the departure of Brandon Myers. And then we come to Wilson. Matt Flynn will get first run at the starting job. Wilson will have to be a quick study to challenge Flynn and Terrelle Pryor. However, it's not out of the realm of possibility.
Long-term prospects: Give McKenzie credit — this roster has improved at numerous positions compared to where it stood earlier in the spring. In the best-case scenario for the Raiders' Class of 2013, these three things happen: 1) Hayden is a starter-caliber player from the get-go; 2) Watson and Wilson build on their potential; 3) the Day Three picks other than Wilson provide solid depth, with one or two panning out better than Oakland expected.
Make no mistake: the Raiders have a lot of catching up to do in the AFC West. However, there's vast opportunity for some young players to seize some key roles. The Raiders have to hope more than a few rise to the occasion.


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Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Beer: Black Ops
Web: http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/
Presentation: 750ml — Blown Glass Bottle — Corked and Caged
Vintage: 2009
Style: Imperial Stout
Barrel: Bourbon
Hops: N/A
Malt: N/A
Vessel: Tulip…ish
Recommended Serving Temp: 55 degrees
Commercial Description:
Brooklyn Black Ops does not exist. However, if it did exist, it would be a robust stout concocted by the Brooklyn brewing team under cover of secrecy and hidden from everyone else at the brewery. Supposedly "Black ops" was aged for four months in bourbon barrels, bottled flat, and re-fermented with Champagne yeast, creating big chocolate and coffee flavors with a rich underpinning of vanilla-like oat notes. They say there are only 1,000 cases. We have no idea what they're talking about.
Food Pairings: Grilled meat, ice cream, brownies
Cheese Pairings: Aged Gouda, Cheddar, Parmesan
Music Pairing: Small Black from Brooklyn
Beer Advocate: A- (4.25)
Rate Beer: 100 (4.00)
Timperialstout's Notes:
Being from Philadelphia, I have had pretty much every beer that Brooklyn makes. Well, at least the ones that were available before I moved to Seattle three and a half years ago. In PA, there are some very odd laws based around beer. As a consumer, you have to buy any beer that you want to take home with you from either a bar (six-packs only) or a distributor (full cases only). You cannot buy beer at a grocery store, convenience store, etc. There are a few bottle shops around that sell individual bottles, but they are few and far between. With this in mind, many larger breweries end up producing "variety" cases, almost exclusively for PA consumers. Most of the time, these include 4 different six-packs, but sometimes there's even more variety.
Brooklyn was one of the breweries that offered the variety case and I purchased it quite often. For me, this was one of the few variety options where I liked every beer, even the lager, and that fact stuck with me. I have always respected Garret Oliver and Brooklyn since those burgeoning days of beer nerdiness. As that nerdiness reached full bloom, I abandoned the variety case all together and exclusively shopped at the bottle shops, despite the inconvenience. Those days allowed me to find Brooklyn's Black Chocolate Stout. To this day, that beer is one of the beers I most miss from the East coast. It's just like what you think it would be like, chocolatey, sweet, smooth and warming.
Once I heard that the brewery that made one of my favorite East coast stouts was doing a limited run of bourbon barrel aged imperial stout, I flipped out. But, alas, I quickly excepted the fact that I would probably never get a chance to try it, being so far away from the distribution area. But then, the other 2/3 of beerblotter took a trip to NYC. I said to them before they departed, "If there is one bottle that you return with, for the love of god make it be Black Ops!" Yadda, yadda, yadda, here we are today.
This monster pours with a huge head of brown and a slight hint of clay color. It should go without saying that the liquid itself is oil black. As the head dwindles, which takes quite a while I may add, there is some serious lacing left on the glass that seems to be caramelized or heated to crystallization on the inside of the glass. It's a sight to see! The head never does fully dissipate, leaving an impressive 1/8 of an inch to the very end.
The scent is outrageously smooth and complex. Notes of bourbon, pretzels, vanilla, white cookie or white cake batter, wood, tobacco and a medicinal booziness exist. As it warms, there is a sense of saltiness that is produced in the nose, possibly a suggestion from the pretzel connotation, or possibly the other way around. Maybe the scent really is of salt and the baked, malty notes bring pretzels to mind. The world may never know. Also uncovered: Burnt sugar, creme brulee, brown sugar, rum, almond biscotti…did I mention that this is complex?
This is smooth without being too cloying or syrupy. The champagne yeast is not as active as I suspected it would feel in the mouth, but it must play a massive role in the body, which is super unique. The use of champagne yeast in beer is rare, but it has produced fantastic results here.
Many of the bourbon flavors are realized on the tongue, which I feel is unique — I generally just get the odors. The dark, roasted malts seem to be most prevalent near the end of the flavor profile. They impart a chocolate nib bitterness, but there is no dryness to be found. Vinous and a bit juicy (read: not drying) with an intense mouth watering nature, but not overly sweet. It's perplexing how the flavor lingers forever and is not dry but it's simultaneously not very sweet. Many of the flavors associated with the scents listed above come and go as the liquid washes over the taste buds. The experience is like eating a slurry of every desert ever made, and it's awesome!
There is a whole butt load of booze in the aftertaste, which makes it a bit challenging to pinpoint the subtle nuances. There is definitely some licorice in there, I did get that.
This beer was shared amongst the three beerblotter members, and each one of us was completely smitten by it. It is, without a doubt, one of the best bourbon barrel aged imperial stouts we have ever had. This beer is not easy to find, especially on the West Coast, but hear me now: do WHATEVER you must to get this!
If you like Brooklyn Black Ops, you should try…
Deschutes Brewery's The Abyss; Big Sky Brewing's Ivan the Terrible; North Coast Brewing's Old Rasputin Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
Disclaimer: This beer was purchased on my own with my own hard-earned money at a local bottle shop, and aged to perfection by yours truly.
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You wouldn't have guessed it by walking outside, but March 20 was officially the first day of spring.
You wouldn't have guessed it by walking outside, but March 20 was officially the first day of spring.
The vernal or spring equinox began in the Northern Hemisphere during the early morning that day. Spring is determined by the tilt of the Earth's axis as it orbits the sun. On March 20, our planet's axis pointed neither toward nor away from the sun, meaning day and night were each approximately 12 hours long.
The beautiful seasons in the northeast are determined by longer or shorter days and not by how warm it is; however, when it pertains to the colorful blooms of wildflowers, warm temperatures, some rain and plenty of sunshine are contributing factors.
Last year on March 20, I decided to conduct a Spring Equinox Wildflower Count with my friend Stan Galenty. It was our inaugural year in which we established a baseline for years to come. The goal was to visit strategic places in the Poconos such as southerly exposed slopes, forested lanes, roadsides and river bottomlands in search of wildflowers, shrubs and trees in bloom.
During normal spring conditions, daytime temperatures average in the mid-40s with moderate amounts of sunshine. Last March was one of the warmest on record and, based upon the 49 species of wildflowers we tallied, it was an unprecedented amount that may never be equaled.
What a difference one year can make!
Two days before this year's spring equinox, the Pocono area was blasted with several inches of snow and below-average temperatures. Whatever diminutive wildflowers were in bloom were certainly hidden beneath a blanket of white. While I was shoveling snow off the driveway on March 18, my mind depressingly pondered, "This year's wildflower count is going to be dreadful." To add insult to injury, the forecast for the spring equinox was to be below freezing.
I began the vernal equinox wildflower count early in the morning at Skytop Lodge, for I had scheduled a mid-morning guided nature walk with a group of enthusiastic guests. Later in the day, I was to meet Stan and continue our wildflower quest.
The start of spring's first wildflower was a small patch of colt's-foot growing along a gravel slope. Typically a bright, showy yellow flower similar to dandelion, the colt's-foot blossoms appeared wilted from the snow and freezing temperatures, while plates of ice bordered alongside the cluster.
The next flower to brighten my chilly morning was nestled alongside ornamental grasses in Skytop's flower gardens. Three crocuses braved the frigid temperature, while one daring specimen opened its vivid violet petals.
I felt invigorated after finding the first two species of wildflowers, but the rest of my journey was not as enlightening. My guided nature hike was full of sights and sounds, but not colorful wildflowers. The blanket of snow revealed tracks of many mammals. An adult bald eagle flew alongside Leavitt Branch Creek, and a well-camouflaged American woodcock startled us as it flushed up from a spring seep. The only colorful plant that I was able to add to the list was the red-colored buds of red maple.
The banks of Brodhead Creek in Price Township were missing the snow cover that blanketed the higher elevations, but the landscape was just as colorless. A grassy roadside revealed a few bright yellow, frozen dandelions and patches of tiny white blossoms of hairy bittercress.
Happy with my finds, I drove to East Stroudsburg, constantly scanning the roadside shoulder for color. Suddenly, golden waves of black willow stems diverted my eyes to the sky. The long, slender willow stems were eye-catching to say the least, but not much else was in bloom.
It wasn't until I reached Blakeslee that I noticed a small quaking aspen tree in full bloom, its branches showcased in downy, silver buds. I stopped to take photos and headed toward Wilkes-Barre, where I was to meet Stan.
By the look on my face, Stan knew what type of day I was having before he even entered my car.
"We'll have days like this," chuckled Stan. "It still feels like winter."
We drove south toward the Susquehanna River to search along southwesterly exposed cliffs, typically a haven for spring wildflowers. The river corridor was snowless, but the ground was frozen. Along the river were clouds of rosy-red buds of towering silver maples. A residential backyard showcased dangles of bright-yellow arching stems of an ornamental weeping willow.
We finally arrived at the rocky cliffs, our highly anticipated wildflower hot-spot, only to discover remnants of winter. The landscape was colorless, and not one wildflower was in bloom. Last year, this location revealed dozens of beautiful blooms. Bright green mosses were the only signs of life on the rocky outcrops.
We returned to where I picked up Stan and said good-bye. As he walked toward his car, Stan alerted me to a single white blossom of a diminutive plant called whitlow-grass.
"It's one more to add to the list," snickered Stan.
"We'll take it," I replied.
Wow, what a difference a year makes! Last year's unseasonably warm spring equinox yielded 49 species of wildflowers, while this year's count totaled a mere 10.
Apparently, the only things that will remain predictable are future spring equinoxes and our desire to find color.
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Raspberry Pi-sized board called Parallella puts "supercomputing" power into a $99 package (credit: Adapteva)
Chipmaker Adapteva wants to make parallel computing available to everyone, using a Kickstarter project to raise at least $750,000 and a stretch goal of $3 million, Ars Technica reports.
Adapteva calls it "Parallella: A Supercomputer For Everyone," a 16-core board hitting 13GHz and 26 gigaflops performance, costing $99 each. If the $3 million goal is hit, Adapteva will make a $199 64-core board hitting 45GHz and 90 gigaflops. (Adapteva seems to be counting GHz on a cumulative basis, adding up all the cores.)
Both include a dual-core ARM A9-based system-on-chip, with the 16- and 64-core RISC chips acting as coprocessors to speed up tasks. The Adapteva architecture hits performance of 70 gigaflops per watt, and 25GHz per watt, the company says.
A pledge of $99 guarantees supporters a 16-core board by May 2013, while a pledge of $499 guarantees delivery by February. The current hardware is in the prototype phase.
Parallella devices would be fully functioning computers, shipping with an Ubuntu 11.10 port to ARM, with 1GB RAM, two USB 2.0 ports, 16GB of MicroSD storage, HDMI, and Gigabit Ethernet. An open source SDK would allow development of applications for Adapteva's Epiphany architecture using C, C++, and OpenCL. Sizewise, Parallella would be 3.4" x 2.1'', very similar to the Raspberry Pi.
Olofsson said Parallella will offer anywhere from 10 to 50 times the performance of Raspberry Pi, with the latter figure coming from the potential 64-core version. While it's three times pricier than the Raspberry Pi, $99 is dramatically cheaper than most parallel computing platforms, he notes. Boards containing Adapteva chips that are already sold by partner company Bittware cost thousands of dollars.
The definition of "supercomputer" is somewhat nebulous. The slowest supercomputer on the Top 500 list hits 61 teraflops. A cluster of 100 16-core Parallellas would cost $10,000 and provide 10 teraflops, Olofsson said. Whether or not you call it a supercomputer, it could be useful to many people.
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Daniel Sturridge strikes again as Liverpool demolish Norwich 5-0 in Premier League
Daniel Sturidge scored for a third straight game as Liverpool showed their cutting edge with a 5-0 win over Norwich.
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Jordan Henderson broke the deadlock in style in the 26th minute and Suarez doubled Liverpool's lead 10 minutes later to extend his record against Norwich to seven goals in three games.
Sturridge made it 3-0 after the interval before Steven Gerrard added a fourth, while there was also a Ryan Bennett own goal as the Reds moved closer to the European places and left Norwich without a win in six games.
Sturridge was brought into the starting line-up after scoring as a substitute in last weekend's loss to Manchester United, and he looked eager to impress as Liverpool began brightly.
Stewart Downing looped a header over the crossbar at the back post following good work by Suarez, while Mark Bunn made a comfortable save from Sturridge's low 12-yard effort when the new Reds striker could perhaps have played in Glen Johnson.
It was Norwich who carved out the best chance of the opening 20 minutes from a simple set-piece as Robert Snodgrass floated in a free-kick and an unmarked Bennett headed tamely at Brad Jones, starting in place of the injured Pepe Reina, when he really should have scored.
Liverpool continued to boss possession but were finding it difficult to break down an organised Norwich side, until Henderson conjured up something special when he pounced on a loose ball outside the area and smashed a powerful first-time strike into the top corner.
Full of confidence, Henderson attempted an even more ambitious volley from further out which stung the palms of Bunn, but it was a more subtle piece of play which led to Liverpool's second.
Sturridge deliberately let a Lucas Leiva pass from deep go between his legs, bamboozling the Canaries defence and allowing Suarez the freedom to race through on goal and tuck a calm finish into the bottom corner.
Grant Holt had a shot from a tight angle blocked by Andre Wisdom but there was little for the visiting fans to get excited about as Liverpool ended the first half in complete control, with Sturridge and Suarez showing glimpses of an effective partnership.
Liverpool full-backs Johnson and Wisdom had good attacking moments in the early stages of the second period, while the lively Downing also drilled a fierce effort narrowly wide from distance.
Sturridge then got his name on the score sheet for a third successive game since making the move to Anfield, tapping in from close range just before the hour mark following an excellent right-wing cross by Downing.
Captain Gerrard fired in a trademark fourth on 66 minutes with a fine strike from 25 yards which arrowed into the bottom corner, and Norwich's misery was compounded eight minutes later when Bennett got the final touch to a shot by substitute Raheem Sterling.


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In a stride to the University's internationalization program, Dr. Mercedes D. Masipiqueña, former director of Cagayan Valley Program on Environment and Development (CVPED) and Prof. Jouelle Taggueg from the College of Forestry and Environmental Management (CFEM), both from ISU Cabagan, visited Leiden University in The Netherlands from Sept 29 to Oct 10, 2014 to discuss the 2015 Water Course and possible linkage with the Faculty of Humanities, also of Leiden University for the hosting of their BS students in International Studies who will undertake their internship in the Philippines. Dr. Masipiquena presented the details of the water course 2015 to interested students from Leiden University while Mr. Jouel Taggueg talked about expectations for the fieldwork in Isabela. They also discussed cost-cutting measures and sharing of costs by ISU, Leiden University and Mabuwaya Foundation.
While in Netherlands, Dr. Masipiqueña visited visited Louwes scholars managed by CVPED at CML, Leiden University.
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TPWD Outlines Course of Action for Quail
AUSTIN – State wildlife officials are taking a "boots on the ground" approach to bobwhite quail management in Texas as part of a strategic action plan that involves hunters, landowners and science. The plan focuses on habitat management and does not include changes in harvest regulations.
Because regulations will not compensate for losses in quail habitat, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is making no changes to the quail hunting season for 2012-13. The season will open Oct. 27 and close Feb. 24, 2013 with a daily bag limit of 15, possession limit of 45.
"Hunting is a tool to regulate harvest of quail, but not a tool that could impact quail recovery at a landscape level," said Robert Perez, TPWD Upland Game Bird Program Leader. "Hunting didn't create this problem."
The long term trend in declining bobwhite populations have also impacted more than two dozen other grassland bird species that are not hunted. Biologists recognize the primary cause for these declines is loss of usable habitat.
During the next four years, TPWD will implement and monitor quail management strategies at three "focus area" sites in different parts of the state. The model for the project was developed in cooperation with the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative and the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture and is a component of TPWD Wildlife Division's Upland Game Bird Strategic Plan.
"These efforts will allow us to test the hypotheses that given enough usable habitat, we can sustain viable populations of quail over boom and bust cycles," Perez said. "Historically, our wildlife biologists have worked with landowners to develop management plans for quail, but we've never attempted to quantify those efforts at a larger scale."
During the upcoming hunting season, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists will also be looking to hunters to help collect and report data that can be used to more accurately monitor quail harvest. Currently, TPWD relies on information gathered through its annual Small Game Harvest Survey of hunters to determine bobwhite quail harvest, which does not include daily harvest by county.
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Speaking out
Leader of "Nuns on the Bus" shares message of social justice at CSB
March 13, 2013
By Mike Killeen
She's swapped quips with Stephen Colbert, traded jabs with Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and spoke before a hushed 2012 Democratic National Convention - all in a span of a year.
It has been, S. Simone Campbell said, an unbelievable year.
But she would gladly trade all of that for a federal budget that would not harm people with cuts to social programs.
Campbell, who spoke to a crowd of more than 400 people at the College of Saint Benedict March 6, is the executive director of NETWORK. The organization sponsored the nine-state "Nuns on the Bus" tour during June 2012 to educate people about the economic injustices that would be caused by these cuts.
"I have a hunch that people want to know that we're in this together," Campbell said. "I think that's why community becomes so important. If I know somebody has my back, I feel really different.
"I was in a class and I asked students if that was their experience. This one guy said, no, he thought he was on his own. It didn't matter to him. That made me really sad for him. How do you survive, if you think you're on your own?
"I believe we're in this together. It's 100 percent," she added.
Campbell's appearance at CSB, which was sponsored by the College of Saint Benedict Koch Chair in Catholic Thought and Culture and in collaboration with the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at Saint John's University, seemed to resonate with students.
"At CSB and SJU, we have many students who are passionate and informed about social justice issues," said John Merkle, professor of theology at CSB and SJU and director of the Jay Phillips Center. "Sister Simone's message about the need for a federal budget that responds to systematic economic injustices in our society resonates with these students' concerns and inspires them to advocate for a budget that would help repair the fabric of our society."
"Many students said they wanted to meet her because they so deeply identify with her passion for justice within their Catholic faith and struggle with other aspects of Catholicism," added Jennifer Beste, associate professor of theology at CSB and SJU and the newly appointed Koch Chair. "I was so impressed with many students' desires to integrate their faith with their desires to enter politics to make our nation and world a more just and peaceful place."
Politics has been anything but peaceful in the last year. Campbell partially believes that "hunger" for spiritual leadership coincides with the divide between the left and the right.
"Fear is so rampart in our society - fear of the other," Campbell said. "The reason people don't talk to each other is that they're afraid. They're afraid they're not going to survive economically. Politicians are afraid they won't get re-elected. People are afraid that somebody else will take advantage of them. People are afraid."
Campbell hasn't been afraid to take on the big boys.
On her DNC speech: "I said I would (speak), if I could lift up at the margins of our society and say I was pro-life, and that we have a big tent that everyone's welcome in," Campbell said. However, her initial draft of her speech was edited and changed into a political speech. "I said, 'I'm not giving a political speech. My value to you is that of a faith person, who'll give a faith speech. If you want a political speech, get a politician.' " Officials allowed her to give her initial speech.
On twice going head-to-head with Colbert on "The Colbert Report": "The only instruction you get is that his character is conservative, a curmudgeon, ignorant and doesn't want to learn anything, so just push back. It's fun. I enjoyed it. I discovered I have a mind that sort of goes like his does, which is pretty scary," Campbell said, laughing.
On meeting with Ryan: "Before he was nominated (for vice president), we had asked for a meeting. They said he would give me a meeting if I came alone without staff and didn't bring the press. He was polite. He didn't want to hear any about what the impact of his budget would do," Campbell said.
Campbell said she is hopeful of meeting Ryan again down the road. If Ryan agrees, he could heed the words of Merkle.
"From my conversations with students, I know many of them are fed up with politicians who put their political ideologies above critical human needs and the social services that address those needs," Merkle said. "Sister Simone presented these students and others in the audience with a compelling case for advocating for a federal budget that would help to reduce inequality and provide greater economic opportunity for all citizens."
Watch S. Simone's talk at CSB.