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Two local teens are facing criminal charges after parents discover their children using narcotics in the home. One of the children suffered an adverse reaction from the illegal narcotics and was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
On January 30 at approximately 5:44 p.m., a 15-year old Friendswood girl was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2a. Officers were called to a residence in a west side subdivision when the girl's mother found the 15-year old smoking synthetic marijuana out of a plastic water bottle used as a bong. The girl was transported to the Galveston County Juvenile Detention Center.
Then, on February 3 at approximately 9:17 p.m., a 13-year old Friendswood girl from the east side of the city was transported to the hospital after experimenting with synthetic marijuana and cocaine. Following her release from the hospital, the 13-year old girl will face charges in a Harris County juvenile court. She is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1.
Jan. 29 (6:09 p.m.) A vehicle was burglarized in the 300 block of Melodywood Drive. Unknown persons entered the vehicle between 4:00 p.m. January 26 and noon on January 27. When the victim walked out to his vehicle, he noticed that the driver's side door was ajar. He opened the door and saw several items out of place. Nothing was missing.
Jan. 31 (6:53 p.m.) A vehicle was burglarized in front of Dance Expressions located at 130 S. Friendswood Drive. Sometime between 6:10 p.m. and 6:50 p.m., the passenger side window was smashed and the victim's purse was stolen. Credit cards from the burglary were used at two convenience stores in Houston within 30 minutes of the burglary.
Feb. 3 (8:29 p.m.) A vehicle was burglarized in the 16400 block of Blackhawk Blvd. There were no signs of forced entry indicating that the vehicle was left unlocked. The only items missing were two checks.
Jan. 29 (2:38 p.m.) An expensive watch is missing following a showing of the home by a real estate agent. The residence is in the 700 block of Stonecreek Circle was scheduled to be shown on January 26. His watch was there when he left the residence and was gone when he returned.
Jan. 30 (11:01 a.m.) A black 2010 Ford F150 pickup truck, with Texas license plate BU85801 was stolen from the 300 block of W. Castle Harbour Drive sometime between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 a.m. The victim is not sure that the doors were locked. The truck has a Friendswood Fire Department sticker on the back of the truck and the front left mirror is missing. There was also a weapon left inside the truck.
Jan. 31 (2:44 p.m.) Friendswood Kroger, located at 151 N. Friendswood Drive, called police to report the theft of $500 worth of baby formula that occurred on January 28. The theft was not reported at the time because the suspicious activity was not reviewed on surveillance video. The suspects are described as three black males driving a dark blue Dodge Magnum.
Feb. 1 (10:55 a.m.) Sometime between 8:00 a.m. January 25 and 10:30 a.m. February 1, two motorcycles were stolen from the 100 block of Canal Drive. A blue and white 1993 Kawasaki KLR250 and a black and pink 1996 Honda CR80R were entered into the State database. On February 2, the victim found both of the motorcycles for sale on Craigslist. Houston Police Department was contacted, both motorcycles were recovered and a man named Julio Garcia was arrested for Auto Theft. Garcia's bond was set at $5,000.
Jan. 28 (11:21 a.m.) A Friendswood resident's company account was used to make and pass fraudulent checks. The checks were written in November 2012 totaling more than $600.
Jan. 28 (5:04 p.m.) A resident in the 500 block of Misty Lane reported a fraudulent electricity account opened in her name. The victim received a collection notice and found that the account was for an address in Dallas.
Jan. 28 (5:36 p.m.) A resident in the 1800 block of Trail View received a call from her bank stating that her account had been compromised. Three forged checks cleared the account. The account has since been closed.
Feb. 1 (1:11 p.m.) A resident at the Enclave Apartments located at 5000 Watkins Way called police when he discovered that his ATM card had been used fraudulently. When he checked his account online, he noticed six unauthorized charges. All of the charges were to Alltel Wireless and totaled $365.
Criminal Mischief
Jan. 28 (11:20 a.m.) The owner of some livestock kept on a 496 acre property near the 3000 block of Prince George reported damage to his barbed wire fence. The fence was checked at approximately 12:30 p.m. on January 27. Sometime after that, unknown person intentionally cut the barbed wire fence causing cattle to wander freely. It is a felony to cut a fence which contains cattle.
Police are looking for information about a suspect vehicle involved in at least two cases of criminal mischief late Saturday night. Officers responded to the first call at 11:11 p.m. where a mailbox was vandalized in the 2100 block of McKissick Drive. The suspect vehicle was described as a full size white diesel truck. The following morning, a resident in the 200 block of Stanley Ct. told police that he heard several gunshots the night before at around 11:30 p.m. At about the same time, the complainant heard a diesel truck at the end of the cul-de-sac. When the resident ventured out the next morning, he noticed that two globe light fixtures at his neighbor's home were damaged and a mailbox was also damaged at another residence in the 200 block of Stanley Ct.
Domestic Violence
Jan. 28 (7:45 p.m.) William Russell Romeo, 17, of Friendswood, was charged with Assault by Threat-family violence. Officers were dispatched to a disturbance at a residence in the 300 block of Winding Road. The caller told police that her son was having a meltdown and was trying to break things, kick in doors and threatening to kill others in the house. The disturbance began when Romeo was grounded from using the car. His father arrived and was going to take Romeo to his home for the night. As Romeo was leaving, he made threats toward his mother about coming back and killing her. At that point, Romeo was taken into custody.
Jan. 29 (12:00 a.m.) John Neil Delesandri, 39, of Friendswood, was charged with Assault by Threat-family violence and Interfering with an Emergency Telephone Call. Officers were dispatched to a domestic disturbance in the 900 block of Lost River Drive. Delesandri left the residence before officers arrived. Delesandri allegedly arrived home, came in the house and started yelling at his wife. He was carrying a large kitchen knife and was extremely agitated. He stabbed the bed in close proximity to where his wife was sitting. She attempted to call 9-1-1, but Delesandri quickly took the phone away from her. Once Delesandri left the residence, she was able to call police for help. Officers found Delesandri at a relative's residence in the 600 block of Heather Lane where he was taken into custody.
Jan. 31 (6:25 p.m.) Deborah Ann Hayden, 61, of Friendswood, was charged with Assault by Contact. Officers were dispatched to a domestic disturbance in the 2500 block of W. Ranch Drive. Hayden is accused of jumping on top of her husband during an argument over finances.
Feb. 1 (9:51 a.m.) Kathryn Martin Lane, 50, of Friendswood, was charged with Assault by Threat-family violence. Officers responded to a disturbance in the 300 block of Laurel. Lane allegedly threatened her husband with a knife. Lane was upset because her husband called a wrecker to remove a car from their driveway.
Feb. 2 (11:57 p.m.) Alan Joseph McNaughton, 31, of Friendswood, was charged with Assault. Officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of Brigadoon after receiving a call about a man kicking a woman on the ground in the backyard of the residence. When officers arrived, they separated the man and woman. McNaughton was sitting on top of his wife and had a shotgun lying beside him. Police also learned that McNaughton allegedly poured gasoline on a fire near his wife in an attempt to scare her. McNaughton was taken into custody and the shotgun was taken for safekeeping.
Feb. 3 (3:11 a.m.) Keisha Marie Warner, 41, of Friendswood, was charged with Assault by Contact. Warner allegedly assaulted her boyfriend at their residence in the 1300 block of Deepwood Drive. The assault followed a night of partying in Houston and a heated discussion about their relationship. Another witness was present during the assault.
Jan. 30 (3:46 p.m.) Gonzalo Garcia, 32, of Alvin, was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 2a. An officer observed Garcia smoking out of a glass pipe while he was driving. Garcia was stopped in the 1500 block of W. Parkwood Avenue. Garcia stuffed something in between the seats. When questioned, Garcia handed the officer a glass pipe and a bag of synthetic marijuana.
Jan. 31 (5:25 p.m.) Nijoni Okoneski Dempsey, 39, of Alvin, was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance in Penalty Group 1. Dempsey was a passenger in a suspicious vehicle parked at Mary Queen Church in the 700 block of Cedarwood Drive. As soon as the occupants saw the officer, they took off out of the parking lot at a high rate of speed. At the same time, Dempsey was observed reaching toward the center dashboard. The driver gave the officer consent to search the vehicle. The officer found a black zippered pouch behind the dashboard area where Dempsey was reaching. The pouch contained 1.5 grams of crystal methamphetamine along with 30 more empty baggies. The driver of the car was released with traffic citations.
Feb. 4 (1:28 a.m.) Bruce Joseph Goss, 55, of Friendswood, was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Danielle Krystal Stephenson, 26, of Friendswood, was charged with Public Intoxication and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Goss was stopped in the 5000 block of FM 2351 after making an illegal lane change. Goss and his passenger were extremely nervous during the routine traffic stop. The officer checked both Goss and Stephenson on his in-car computer and found that Stephenson had outstanding municipal warrants. Goss then exited the vehicle and denied having any contraband but told the officer that he had a pocket knife in his pocket. Twice, Goss tried to reach into his pocket and grab the knife. The officer reached into Goss' pocket to retrieve the knife and pulled out not only a knife but a metal pipe with brillo pad shoved in the end. The residue in the pipe tested positive for methamphetamine. Stephenson exited the vehicle and was unsteady on her feet and continued to sway as the officer interviewed her. She also had the smell of alcohol on her breath. Both were taken into custody and transported to jail. At the jail, Stephenson was searched by a female police officer. Stephenson had a pipe stashed in her underwear. The pipe had brillo in the end and also tested positive for methamphetamine.
Driving While Intoxicated
Jan. 29 (1:55 a.m.) Christopher Justin Taylor, 33, of League City, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. Taylor was stopped in the 2100 block of FM 528 after an officer observed the vehicle change lanes illegally and swerving outside its lane of travel. As the officer approached Taylor, he detected the smell of alcohol. After a brief interview, Taylor admitted that he had too much to drink and should not be driving. He failed a field sobriety test and refused a breath test.
Jan. 30 (2:27 a.m.) Robert Nelson Burns, Jr., 26, of Friendswood, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. An officer responded to a call about a vehicle in a ditch in the 200 block of Oak Drive. When the officer arrived, she noticed a grey Toyota pickup truck in the ditch. The vehicle had struck a mailbox and a culvert. The officer approached Burns and asked him what happened. He tried telling the officer that he was a passenger in the vehicle, allowing his friend to drive. However, Burns did not know his friend's name and said that he had just met him that night. He told the officer that he got out on the passenger side; an impossible feat given that the vehicle's passenger side was resting against the wall of the ditch prohibiting the passenger side door from opening. Two witnesses told the officer that they saw Burns sitting in the truck, in the ditch, and witnessed him exit out the driver's side door. They did not see a second person. Burns exhibited signs of intoxication including the smell of alcohol on his breath and insisted that when he left the bar an unnamed friend was driving him home. Burns failed a field sobriety test and refused a breath test. Once he was taken into custody, the officer searched Burns' and found the keys to the truck in his pocket.
Jan. 31 (2:17 a.m.) Ronald Ray Howell, Jr., 43, of Pearland, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. Howell was stopped in the 1400 block of S. Friendswood Drive after an officer noticed that he was having a difficult time keeping his vehicle in one lane. As the officer approached the vehicle, he could detect the smell of alcohol. Howell appeared to be intoxicated, having thick, slurred speech and a sluggish demeanor. He failed a field sobriety test and refused a breath test.
Feb. 1 (2:44 a.m.) Raphel Santiago, 37, of Pearland, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. Santiago was speeding in the 200 block of E. Parkwood Avenue. As the officer approached the vehicle, he detected the strong smell of alcohol coming from the vehicles interior. Santiago's clothing was disheveled, his zipper was down and he exhibited signs of intoxication. Santiago failed a field sobriety test and refused a breath test.
Feb. 2 (2:47 a.m.) Steven Richard Anson, 24, of Houston, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. Anson was stopped in the 1500 block of Sunset Drive because he appeared to be having a difficult time staying in a single lane of travel. He also made a wide right hand turn putting his vehicle into oncoming traffic. Anson exhibited signs of intoxication, failed a field sobriety test and registered .147 on a breath test.
Feb. 3 (3:00 a.m.) Jeremy Cole Bledsaw, 33, of Alvin, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated-2nd offense. Bledsaw was speeding in the 2800 block of W. Parkwood Avenue. He had slurred speech and the smell of alcohol on his breath. When he exited the vehicle, he swayed back and forth and failed a field sobriety test. Bledsaw refused a breath test; however, a search warrant was signed by a Galveston County judge ordering the collection of his blood.
Feb. 3 (2:54 a.m.) Eduardo Torres, 26, of Alvin, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated and Possession of Marijuana in the 1400 block of W. Parkwood. An officer was following behind Torres and noticed that he was weaving outside his lane and driving dangerously. The officer checked Torres on his in-car computer and found that Torres' driver's license was expired and suspended and he had a warrant for theft by Check out of Bexar County. Torres exhibited signs of intoxication, failed a field sobriety test and had a glass jar containing marijuana inside his car. Torres refused to take a breath test.
Jan. 29 (4:01 p.m.) Lance Eon Johnson, 30, of Webster, was charged with Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon and No Insurance. Kristy McBeth Stark, 34, of Webster, was charged with Failure to Identify. A random license plate check showed that Johnson's vehicle did not have insurance. He was stopped in the 200 block of E. Parkwood Avenue. Johnson gave the officer an expired insurance card and claimed that he did not know that his coverage had lapsed. During the traffic stop, the officer also attempted to identify a female passenger. Stark first told the officer that her name was "Christyl McBeth;" and told the officer that she had an ID card. The officer checked her identifiers but was not able to find an ID card for McBeth. When questioned, Stark confessed to providing a false name because she believed that she had warrants for her arrest. Once the officer confirmed Stark's identity, he found that she had two warrants in Webster. Stark was taken into custody and Johnson allowed officers to search his vehicle. During the search, officers found a club that Johnson revealed as an item he kept for protection. Johnson is a convicted felon from Louisiana with a cocaine possession conviction
Jan. 28 (12:04 p.m.) Alfredo Salgado, 59, of Houston, was charged with Operating an Out of Service Vehicle. Salgado was stopped while driving a commercial vehicle in the 100 block of W. Edgewood. An inspection was conducted and the vehicle was placed out of service due to several unsafe equipment violations including bad brakes. An orange sticker was placed on the vehicle and the driver was told that the vehicle could not be operated. Approximately 15 minutes later, the officer observed the out of service vehicle driving in the 1100 block of Mustang and unloading his load. The officer checked and verified that the repairs had not been made. Salgado was taken into custody.
Jan. 28 (3:39 p.m.) Juan Fuentes-Orozco, 37, of Webster, was charged with No Driver's License, No Insurance, and Displaying Wrong License Plate in the 3200 block of FM 528. Orozco was driving with an expired temporary tag. He did not have any type of identification and has never been issued a driver's license.
Jan. 30 (3:11 p.m.) Eric Lamar Eitson, 23, of Fresno, was charged with Driving While License Invalid in the 1500 block of S. Friendswood Drive. Eitson was stopped for a license plate violation, he did not have insurance and his Georgia license was suspended.
Jan. 31 (4:36 p.m.) Juan Pablo Gutierrez, 25, of Alvin, was charged with Driving While License Invalid in the 300 block of W. Edgewood Drive. He had a suspended driver's license and no insurance. The passenger also had a suspended driver's license.
What is Dating Violence? Do you have questions about your relationship? About a friends?
Dating violence is a pattern of abusive behaviors used to exert power and control over a dating partner. Any teen or young adult can experience violence, abuse or unhealthy behaviors in their dating relationships. A relationship may be serious or casual, monogamous or not, short-term or long-term. Dating abuse does not discriminate - it does not see gender, sexual identity, economic status, ethnicity or religious preference.
Teens and young adults experience the same types of abuse in relationships as adults. This can include: physical abuse, verbal or emotional abuse, sexual abuse and digital abuse (the use of technologies or social media networking to intimidate, harass or threaten a current or ex-dating partner).
Nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). One in three girls in the U.S. is a victim of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner, a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence (The National Council on Crime and Delinquency Focus).
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month! Start talking about healthy relationships. Remember, love has many definitions, but abuse isn't one of them.


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What We'd Like to See in the Next Resident Evil
Should the next Resident Evil get back to the series' roots, or is Capcom on the right track?
Should the next Resident Evil get back to the series' roots, or is Capcom on the right track?
Everybody's favourite Resident Evil film director/producer/writer, Paul W.S. Anderson, wishes Capcom and the Resident Evil series a happy 15th anniversary at Tokyo Game Show 2011.
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Shinji Mikami is a 25-year veteran of the video game industry. We reflect on his long and varied career in this feature.
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JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon apologized again Wednesday during his appearance on Capitol Hill for not knowing what was going on in the bank's London office last April when it unexpectedly posted a $2 billion loss.
But as the trades unfolded, he and the bank's vaunted risk management committee weren't the only responsible parties out of the loop as the trades unfolded. More than 100 bank regulators from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve, who are permanently embedded at the bank to monitor its activities for safety and soundness, also weren't aware of the size of the risk being taken on by "the London whale."
That suggested to senators on from both sides of the aisle at yesterday's Senate Banking Committee hearing that the regulatory agencies may not be up to the task of monitoring the sophisticated trading strategies deployed by large financial institutions, even after passage of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
"Is your bank too big to regulate?" asked Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, after pointing out that JPMorgan had grown from $607 billion in assets in 1999 to over $2.3 trillion today. "As a practical matter, neither you nor the OCC can manage a bank of this size. 'Too big to fail' banks are too big to manage and too big to regulate."
"Financial regulators are supposed to be monitoring the activities of banks like JP Morgan Chase to ensure that they operate in a safe and sound manner," said ranking member Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. "As we learned from the most recent financial crisis and this particular incident, regulators do not always meet our expectations."
The sudden and as yet unexplained loss at JPMorgan dealt a setback to the banking industry's efforts to scale back regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. For the past year, they have been successfully skirmishing at regulatory agencies to delay or weaken implementation of the law and challenging the requirements that they set aside more capital to protect against potential losses.
Now, even Republicans, who are usually sympathetic to the banking industry's complaints about excessive regulation, are taking populist-sounding positions against big money-center banks like JPMorgan. While lawmakers aren't calling for more regulation or breaking up the banks, they are pushing for raising capital requirements. The Federal Reserve on June 7, as part of the international Basel III agreement, proposed raising the percentage of at-risk assets that banks with $500 million in assets must keep in reserve.


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In our continued effort to support artists from around the globe, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is proud to present these special programs throughout the New York Film Festival.
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Tapping into both the Lincoln Center and NY film community, the Film Society offers an immersive creative experience for selected upand-coming filmmakers. Talks and case studies will help to inspire filmmakers artistic instincts. Participants include directors Paul Schrader and Robert Lepage (MET).
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Building on the success of the recent Critics Academy at the Locarno Film Festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is partnering with Indiewire and, with the support of Film Comment Magazine, will launch Critics Academy NYFF at this year's New York Film Festival. As we did in Locarno, this partnership will nurture promising critics and journalists as they attend and cover screenings and events at the 50th New York Film Festival. Throughout this year's event the writers will participate in workshops and mentor sessions that include candid discussions with noted critics, working journalists, filmmakers and members of the film industry, including writers and editors from Film Comment Magazine. Coverage will be published on FilmLinc.com, as well as Indiewire's Criticwire blog and other outlets.
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For the second year at NYFF, we are proud to collaborate with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and IFP on our day long symposium for twelve rising filmmakers. RBC is known for taking a leadership role in supporting emerging artists across many mediums and many companies. Key note speakers include acclaimed directors, Jonathan Demme and Mira Nair.


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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert—didn't know he was still around?—has apologized for a late-night TV sketch that aired in Israel earlier this month and angered the Vatican:
A Vatican statement released Feb. 20 said the skit, broadcast earlier this month on a late-night show, had "ridiculed—with blasphemous words and images—the Lord Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary."
The skit made a sarcastic reference to Mary becoming pregnant at age 15 by a school friend, and said Jesus could never have walked on water because "he was so fat he was ashamed to leave the house, let alone go to the Sea of Galilee with a bathing suit."
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I understand that coexistence is always influx in Israel, but I really don't think the actions of a private television station warranted a governmental response. With the ridicule Christianity often receives here in America, I didn't even realize apologizing was an option.
Bill Maher and Christopher Hitchens sure would keep President Obama busy.
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Astrid Kirchherr took her favorite picture in April 1962, days after her fiancé, Stuart Sutcliffe, died in her arms on the way to a Hamburg hospital. You may have seen it: Sutcliffe's best friend, John Lennon, sits in sombre half-light with a boyish George Harrison behind him.
"When you see John's little face, it's so sad," Kirchherr says, a catch in her throat even now. "He looks so lost sitting there, and there's this 18-year-old boy standing behind him looking so strong. I always get the feeling George is saying, 'Don't worry John, I'll be there with you'."
Kirchherr's pictures have told and retold such stories countless times since the faces of her Liverpudlian friends wallpapered the world 40 years ago.
But the earliest shots, taken by a beautiful, 22-year-old German photography graduate in a disused fairground in Hamburg in late 1960, resonate most strongly. The innocence and ambition in their young faces seem to grow more significant every year that celebrity and mortality continue their strange dance.
"In the early days, they looked quite rough, having their hair combed back with grease, really looking like rock'n'rollers," Kirchherr says of that first shoot, two years before the Beatles' first single. "So I thought it would suit them the most between all these wagons and steel and rust."
"It was early in the morning, because I only used daylight, so the poor guys had to get up very early. They only stopped playing at four o'clock in the morning, and we met about nine or 10."
"But, you know, they were so excited to get their pictures taken that they were all standing on the corner when I drove around. They all looked neat and nice, even though they only had a few things to wear. They couldn't wait to go with me to take the pictures."
Kirchherr's accidental role in 20th-century pop culture was detailed in the 1994 movie, Backbeat. It was she who cut the hair of "fifth Beatle" Sutcliffe, and subsequently Harrison's, in the style that would soon part the world. She also helped cement the Beatles' chemistry by effectively removing Sutcliffe, a poor musician, but a brilliant painter, from the musical equation. As told in Backbeat, a film Kirchherr praises for its accuracy in mood and detail, he would die of a brain haemorrhage 18 months after their engagement.
If you look closely, another of her fairground pictures foretells that story with chilling prescience. It's an image of Lennon as a resolute, 20-year-old, teddy boy, staring down Kirchherr's lens as Sutcliffe blurs into the background.
"Yes, yes, I know," she whispers. "When Stuart passed away, I was so young and so selfish about living and having fun. It was only when we did the film that I (was able to) review all my feelings and the part of my life I had with Stuart. Then it really affected me. I felt the loss so much."
"I learned so much about love and affection from him. That influenced my whole life. I have never met a man who I could still say, 'That is the love of my life'. Stuart is. I never met anybody as full of love and giving as this young man."
After his death, Sutcliffe's sister reclaimed his paintings and sold them, Kirchherr reports sadly. She's since married and divorced twice.
Kirchherr shot the Beatles again, as the biggest stars in the world, on the set of A Hard Day's Night in 1964, but gave up photography a few years later, when it became apparent that all anyone cared about was her Beatles pictures.
It would be another 15 years before she saw a penny for any of them. It was only the labours of "a friend" in the early '80s that returned all of her negatives and copyrights to her in Hamburg. She guesses she threw away hundreds of thousands of dollars in the preceding 20 years.
"I'm a very, very silly girl," she says lightly. "I've gone a bit better now, but then I just had the joy of taking pictures, and I never cared about my negatives. I just gave them away whenever anybody asked for them."
"I never cared about the money so much, because it was such a joy meeting them and becoming very close friends with them. They gave me so much in return, as far as love and affection was concerned. They always cared about me and looked after me, especially George."
Kirchherr lost touch with Lennon when he moved to New York in the early '70s, but says she still catches up with "Paul and Richie". She last saw Harrison in mid-2001, months before he died, when he invited her to his English mansion for a last weekend with his family.
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Dude, I'm Phaaaaaat!
When I was a kid, I was trained to do category type searches by the Dewey Decimal library system. Later, as I got older, the Yellow Pages reinforced this category type search.
When I needed my Hair Cut I let my fingers do the walking and I looked up Beauty Salons. If I needed to drop a few pounds I looked up weight loss.
And I'm not the only one.
These category searches are so programmed into how we look for information, that they've become some of the most competitive keywords on the net: "travel", "weight loss", and of course, "sex".
Our neural networks have been programmed to do Category type searches. But the average 16 to 24 yr old doesn't know how to do category level searches. If a 21 yr old has a leaky sink, they're going to search under "leaky sink" not "plumbers".
Why don't the Millennials use Category Search?
(The Millenials are the generation born from 1980 to 1995. They are currently our biggest demographic. With 79 million, they even outnumber the Baby Boomers)
1) The Millennials Brains do not have the same neural networks that ours do
That's a fancy way of saying that they haven't been trained to use category search. Young people no longer use the Dewey Decimal system and paper Yellow Pages. If they want to find something they go to a computer terminal and look up exactly what they're looking for. And with a few refined searches, they usually find it.
The internet (which wasn't in mass consumption when we were kids) allows Millenials to search in natural terms. There is no need for them to "re-train" their brains to think in terms of Category Search the way generations before have.
2) The Search Engines are smarter.
When I first started using the internet in 1991, it was really difficult to find anything. The search engines couldn't handle more than a couple of keywords and the average searcher didn't understand Boolean Search.
In fact, search engines are so smart now, they can compensate for the fact that I can't spell. I can search for "boulian search" and get the "hey dumbass, did you mean?" result:
Okay the dumbass part was mine - Note to Google: the next evolution of search should include an opt-in to make search more FUN (you know, for the Millenials)
In fact, the latest advancement of search has Google recently putting stop words (I, and, in, the, etc) back into Search. Barry discusses it here with links to Bill and Dan.
3) The Millenials are a Demand Generation
They haven't known Depressions, World Wars, Oil Crisis's and rampant Inflation like our grandparents, parents, and us. They haven't had to worry about goods being in short supply. It's about them and their needs. I don't need a beauty salon I just want my hair cut.
So what's the implication of this?
Category type keyword phrases such as "weight loss" and "plumbers" is fine if your target market is 30+. But if you're marketing to the 16 to 30 demographic then you had better have a very robust long tail strategy.
And if budget is a consideration (when isn't' it?) and you have to make spending decisions, you may even want to forgo those pricey category keywords in favour of the long tail.
As the Millenials start to dominate the economy, smart marketers will think about how to better market to this demographic. From a search perspective, this has a tremendous implication on Keyword Strategy and how we optimize sites. Optimizing for the long tail is now much, much, more important.
It's not about targeting thousands of additional keywords by cranking out tons of low quality content. It's about finding really good ways to talk about your product or service in natural language. This could be in the form of articles, blogs, or user generated content.
So Nike, Pepsi and Wii: when I search for "Dude, I'm Phat!"; "Crush my thirst" or "I'm bored"
I'm not finding you ... and neither is your target market.
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This is great, original thinking Jenn. I've not really considered the nuances in search marketing across generational spans before. I've always seen it as being more in the realms of the traditional methods of advertising and marketing (who, incidentally, always seem to get it tragically wrong when it comes to anything regarding youth).
Great article.
Fo shizzy!!!!!
This could be my favorite of all your wonderful posts, Jenn!!
Very insightful post.
There was a great book written in the 80s called "Media and the American Mind." I still recommend it to my clients who are trying to gain a better understanding of how important media shifts are to understanding key demographics.
Good post – but it's not demographics
Do a Google trend on the search terms
If it was demographically caused, then cities with younger median ages should have different results
They don't
People's thought processes are different – which makes them search with different terms
Great article and a whole new spin on keyword research & long-tail targeting!
That post was sick!
Metacognition is my favorite meta of all. Never met a cognition I didn't like.
I take your well-made point on Millenials. However, marketers have always been taught to meet needs and solve problems – so key terms like "baby christening present" and "holiday reading" should already be commonplace. Not a million miles from your "crush my thirst" example.
Nick, Shana and Erica – thank you! btw, I haven't heard that one yet Shana!
Thank you Ray, I will look for that book.
Dev – that's good right?
Elizabeth – I LOVE your comment!!!
Alan – point taken
Thank you Peter – I didn't realize that there was that much differentiation in age on a by city basis. I'll have to look into this further.
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Ya, you are right that If we need to search my Hair Cut we look up for Beauty Salons. And this is showing the importance of category while searching for information easier.
You know why web directories exists today? Because they target middle and old age audience who are so habitual to these category based searches that they even ignore search engines some time.
So If we need to target middle age and old age people, submission to web directories will be very much important step.
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Good point and I agree that there is a difference in the way people search although I would think the trend is moving towards more natural search and away from categories, even for Baby Boomers.
Not only is this a very important factor for Marketers to consider, it's equally important for online directories and the yellow page industry in general. Granted, you can't "search" naturally using a printed yellow page book but most yellow pages have an online equivalent and few offer anything close to natural search.
This is one thing we're striving for at Bizwiki (see the initial version at http://www.bizwiki.co.uk). No one, not even Baby Boomers, want to be limited to searching the way the site wants them to which is what a lot of online yellow page sites have been doing until relatively recently.
I know that Michael Taylor at the Kelsey Group mentioned that there are further tentative moves in this direction which is good news for all internet users.
Us silly new generations, messing up teh internetz.
good post, and I'm to late to know this blog.
I'll subscribe to your blog.
Wow, I never thought about that before with the yellow pages and categories but I think you're right. I'll have to think about that while writing my posts
I too never thought about the yellow pages and its categories and i completely agree.
Very informative. Thanks. It helped me more acquainted with SEO.
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I think that's one fizzy article. There are also some pertinent points to keep in mind.
Very insightful – but would not a Boolean Search inside a category search yield a lot better and more relevant results? Why not make it possible to do both? And while we are at it why not catalog the net according to a 'modified' Dewey decimal system. That way people who seek advertising could avoid facts and vice versa!
*If a 21 yr old has a leaky sink, they're going to search under "leaky sink" not "plumbers".*
thats really a perfect example search engines are more about searching ways, searching the exact thing you looking for at your first try is itself an art and i like the idea of category search i'll dig into this one now to expand my search horizons.
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The fact that Google can correct me when I spell wrong has made my life easier in every way, shape or form. I constantly get Google correcting me, but it sure done help.
Us silly new generations, messing up teh internetz.
I personally use all types of information that is available to me. I usually start with the internet then move to more local publications if I don't find what I'm after.
As it is, i am a millennial and I think this is not the right phrase: 'he Millennials Brains do not have the same neural networks that ours do'. Not all are the same, depends on how lazy and dumb they are!


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Look up some videos on youtube for "motorcycle tire plug kit". It's basically the same way you plug a tire on a car. That said, most riders in the USA do not consider plugging a motorcycle tire to be a reliable long term solution. They tend to fail, and on a motorcycle, this is a big deal. You might not even feel you are on a bad tire as you go into a corner at speed. Most people see it as a temporary solution until they get to their next stop where they can buy a new tire.
You should read some ride reports, look at wikitravel, guidebooks, news reports, and see what catches your attention and what you would like to check out. Lonely Planet is a crappy guidebook, but I'm still glad I had it and ended up doing a camel trek for 7 days in Thor desert. These resources can give you ideas.
If you spent time in Lima and La Paz and were comfortable with safety issues, then India is not even worth thinking about in this respect as it is a many times better. It's not even close. One of the few places that can be sketchy occasionally is Kashmir. From time to time there are protests, road blockades, etc that can turn nasty. Otherwise, just pay attention to your stuff in tourist areas and don't worry about it.
Sleeping in tents is no problem. Use common sense. In some of the mountain areas, locals set up tents to rent to tourists, actually. But you better bring a good tent. 14,000 feet at night can be damn cold even during the middle of Summer.
I always stayed in hotels so I'm not sure about hostels. I can tell you that India is not as cheap as I expected. It was cheap, but often bad value. Shopping around for a pleasant, clean room with clean bathroom was usually not that cheap and required me to go to many places and obviously negotiate a lot. The "cheap" places are often ridiculously filthy and bug infested... so bad I would rather sleep on the street than in that sort of hotel room. So... some areas were full of $50-$100+ hotels that were alright (but sometimes still dingy even at this pricetag). And some areas like Ladakh had tons of very nice, clean and pleasant accomodations for dirt cheap. (~$15). It's hit or miss. You can't rely on all places being good value. Some places you will be pleasantly surprised what great value you got, and some places you will be shocked at the accommodations prices.
I carried a lock and a bike cover. I also installed a $20 alarm that makes noise when people mess with the bike. I had zero trouble. I did try to park in secure or very visible areas at the hotels, but I did not stress about it too much.
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"We will also be carrying a tent and sleeping bags so I'd expect we will sleep somewhere (hidden) off the side of the road many nights when we're in between cities. What do you guys think of that? Crazy idea?"
Unless you really love to camp, and absolutely want to do it, I'd say leave that gear at home. Plenty of cheap accommodation is almost everywhere, even though as said before, cheapest places can be filthy, but you still won't have to spend a lot compared to US for example.
And if you wild-camp anywhere else but maybe the most remote areas, expect there to be people within hearing distance. They will gather around your camp, and just look at you - you are their tourist attraction!! It is the 2nd most populous nation on Earth, and even areas, that we consider "rural", are mostly quite densely populated.
And if your female companion is with you, then just forget about camping. The risk is definitely not very big, probably non-existent for most parts, but note that there have been some very grim stories about women, also foreign women, being gang-raped in India, would be enough for me to just find some guesthouses to stay in. Other than that, it's quite safe - except for traffic, that is everything but !! Good luck.
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local bikes have limited soft luggage options for carrying your stuff. custom racks for mounting hard bags and such bags are common, though only for bullet enfield (regarded as a tourer bike here)
India has growing touring community and ample resources available for planning.
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For really good hotel options, join the fb HVK group.
The hotels (for varying budgets) on offer are chosen after getting inputs from people who have stayed there and are members of the group, so you will not be sent to a pokey, unknown place. On top of that, there will be a certain discount over the rack rate in almost all instances
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Thank you everyone for the replies so far. I just have a few more questions to ask if I may.
I plan to do the Manali -> Leh -> Kargil -> Srinagar -> Jammu route in the first half of October. I've read that the mountains roads won't be closed then from snow (perhaps only from landslides), but am slightly concerned about camping at that time of the year. From Wikipedia the weather averages from 30F for the lows to 80F for the highs. How big of a factor does the wind chill play up there? 30F with no wind and sun isn't too bad, but 30F can also be very miserable. Thoughts?
The route (Manali -> Leh -> Kargil -> Srinagar -> Jammu) is about 735 miles according to Google Maps. Assuming 150 miles a day, that's about 5 days. I assume it will take longer than that. Is 8-10 days a good estimate to cover that route or should I plan for more?
I've also read about permits being required to go on some of the roads on that route. Is that true?
Thanks again.
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I don't know how green the Kashmir valley will be, but if you google image search for Sonamarg, you will see why it's a very nice place to spend a day. In Srinagar, there are houseboats, Dal lake, Gulmarg and some other places where you could spend some time.
You can do Manali to Jammu in 5 days, but it's much enjoyable and memorable if you do it in 10. Especially since you have taken the pain to reach this far.
Also, keep a spare day or two in the itinerary in either case. You are doing significant altitude gains when climbing from Manali. If you get altitude sickness, you are not riding for a day or more. I like to take a break in a hotel if I do wet+cold camping two days in a row, your tolerance might be different.
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Columbia, Mo. ?Ben Askren (Hartland, Wis.), Missouri?s two-time wrestling National Champion and 2007 graduate, was named Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year as announced today by the conference office. Joining Askren is Nebraska volleyball player Sarah Pavan as Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year. Askren becomes the first Tiger to earn conference Athlete of the Year honors since men?s basketball player Anthony Peeler was recognized for his work in the Big Eight Conference during the 1991-92 season.
?I feel honored to win such a prestigious award,? Askren said. ?It encompasses so many great athletes in the Big 12 Conference. This is a great culmination to my athletic career at the University of Missouri.?
Throughout the course of his senior campaign, the 174-pound grappler continuously pushed himself to excel on the mat and in the classroom. Askren claimed six tournament titles including his third Big 12 medal and fourth All-America honor. In addition, Askren was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and Southern Scuffle as well as being awarded the Gorarrian Award for most pins recorded at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
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Just days after photos surfaced of his boyfriend kissing another man in a New York park, Anderson Cooper has been posting photos of his vacation in Croatia - with fellow gay television personality Andy Cohen.
Cooper has not commented on the photos published in The Daily Mail of Ben Maisani smooching a hunky mystery man in a park but he appears to be in fine spirits this week.
Cooper tweeted a photo on Tuesday (14 August) and Cohen posted the very same shot. And just in case there was any doubt that the two were in the same place at the same time, Cooper then tweeted a photo of Cohen with the caption: 'Look who just took the same instagram pic as me @bravoandy.'
But it all appears to be more of somne kind of unofficial talk show host summit or sorts since Kelly Ripa is also along on the trip.
All that's missing is Kathy Griffin!


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This morning, Justin Timberlake released his highly anticipated lyric video for his new single "Suit & Tie". Lyric videos are produced to help fans memorize lyrics and to build suspense for artists' actual music video. Typically they will not feature the artist themselves. However "Suit & Tie" strays from the norm, showcasing new clips of Timberlake throughout the video. Check it out below!
The song featuring Jay-Z recently broke on-air records and and soared to the top of the global charts, becoming iTunes top-selling single in its debut week.
In conjunction with the release, the former 'Nsync vocalist posted a letter on Countdown.JustinTimberlake.com:
I hope this gets to you the right way. It's the only way I know to do it. Some people may criticize me for the last 3 days. But it was fun, right?? Right?!?! Besides, I'd rather speak directly to all of you. And, who can knock me for having a little bit of fun with it?
Well... No more teasing. Although, it was A LOT of fun. (Did I mention that I'm having fun with this?? Ha!)
*Makes a serious face*
This year is an exciting one for me. As you probably have heard through the "grapevine," I'm gearing up for a big 2013.
Back in June of last year, I quietly started working on what is now, my next Journey with that thing I love called MUSIC.
The inspiration for this really came out of the blue and to be honest, I didn't expect anything out of it. I just went into the studio and started playing around with some sounds and songs. It was probably the best time I've had in my career... Just creating with no rules and/or end goal in mind and really enjoying the process.
What I came up with is something I couldn't be more excited about! It is full of inspiration that I grew up listening to and some newfound muses that I've discovered along the way.
I'm calling it "The 20/20 Experience," and it's coming out this year.
I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it.
That's all I'm giving you for now... I know, I know! Again, with the teasing!!!
Get ready. This is going to be fun (well, at least it is for me).
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5185 Transit Road, Clarence NY 14221
Web: Kabab & Curry
Phone: 716.565.3822
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"Though we'd love to see more competition in the sadly underserved Indian category, Kabab & Curry does a great job - we'd feel comfortable if it was the only option."
Once upon a time, the famous Tandoori restaurants dominated the high-end of Western New York's Indian dining scene, dazzling diners with spicy meals and silver-flecked gulab jamun desserts. Now the local crown belongs to Transit Road's Kabab & Curry, which adds a few Pakistani dishes to the standard list of Indian favorites, but won our favor by consistently doing the spectrum of traditional Indian dishes proud. Though its garlic and vegetable-infused breads could stand to be more flavorful, the remainder of its dishes should never be accused of lacking for authenticity, as everything from the spicy Karahi and Jalfrezi items to its Indian curries and Tikka Masalas come out tasting perfect.
The Story: Years ago, Kabab & Curry opened its doors in a small, two-restaurant plaza on Transit near Maple, replacing two Chinese restaurants that had previously occupied the space, one quite memorably offering some of the area's best fare. Our first visit to the freshly opened Kabab & Curry was pleasant rather than fantastic, but in the many intervening years that have passed since then, both the menu and the cooking have improved. There's a buffet that we haven't tried, despite becoming all but obsessed with Indian buffets out in Southern California, and that should tell you something: we're not willing to pay extra for similar foods at dinner time unless we're extremely impressed with the quality. Here, we've always been impressed, though the dinner prices are on par with most Indian places - a bit more expensive than, say, a comparable Chinese meal. As an offset, Kabab & Curry offers free Wi-Fi Internet access, an added reason to stop by during lunchtime for a meal with your laptop.
Highs: Arguably its least traditional offering, the restaurant's Seekh Kabab Sampler ($6) comes with a staggeringly tasty, lick-the-plate-quality spicy red tomato sauce that we've had and loved in Chinese and Japanese restaurants as well. Inside the sauce are peppers, onions, and bite-sized juicy pieces of chicken, shaped almost like ringlets, and lacking only in one sense - though the price is fairly reasonable for the quantity, you'll wish you had twice as many.
Traditionalists can't go wrong with the Lamb Karahi ($17), however; named for the mini wok-like vessel that it's typically cooked in, this spicy, ginger and tomato-heavy dish lets you taste both lamb and the intense sauce, playing off of each other. Shrimp, beef, and chicken versions are also available. As spice fans, we're also very partial to the Jalfrezi dishes ($16), which use a spicy, thin Pakistani red sauce to add incredible heat to your choice of meats.
Thankfully, Kabab and Curry actually takes your spice requests seriously, offering virtually any dish with as little or as much kick as you want; we prefer the extra spice, but have not heard complaints from those who have ordered less powerful concoctions. Milder, similar dishes such as the Chicken Tikka Masala ($13) or Chicken Makhani ($13) offer creamier tomato sauces, the Masala leaning sweet and the Makhani buttery. An oven-baked dish, the Chicken Tandoori ($11-17), is there for those who don't like sauces; it has been cooked to preserve the natural moistness of the chicken, and comes out glowing red from the baked-in yogurt coating.
For dessert, the Ras Malai ($4) - a sweet, syrupy cream sauce broth that soaks two cold pressed coins made from sweet cheese, garnished in pistachios - is close to textbook here, not mindblowing but consistently good. Described on most Indian restaurant menus, it isn't the sort of item that easily frightened diners would order, but it rewards the adventurous with a combination of unique texture and unmitigated sweetness that we find ourselves craving. Those looking for something similar, either during the meal or afterwards, should try the Mango Lassi, a fruit-flavored yogurt milkshake that is equal parts addictive and filling, or a similar ice cream ($3), sorbet ($4).
The service has also been consistently friendly and impressive in our many meals at this restaurant. While the servers may vary from meal to meal, we've never once felt poorly treated, and even when the crowds grow here, the wait staff manages to make individual tables feel important, earning better tips and more respect from us than many other local places.
Lows: Beyond its flat Naan breads ($2 plain, $4 flavored), which are a la carte and could benefit from more garlic or onions, Kabab & Curry could stand to offer complimentary chutneys ($2) and pickled Achar ($2) as enticements. Having dined at the restaurant with Indians and non-Indians, we think that a super-simplified starter menu for less adventurous diners (read: most non-Indians) would also help, as we continue to be surprised at some diners' reflexive fear of all things Indian. The name alone will frighten some potential visitors off, given how many Western New Yorkers have been raised in fear of the word "curry;" they shouldn't think twice about coming in and giving something here a try.
The Verdict: From where we stand, the choice between Kabab & Curry and Tandoori used to lean in favor of the latter, but these days, Kabab & Curry completely dominates the local Indian restaurant scene. Though we'd love to see more competition for this sadly underserved category of food, which has seen many of its best local establishments decline over the years, this one does such a great job that we'd feel comfortable if it was the only strong option. It's consistently delicious, and highly recommended.


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Time with a loved one is hard to come by these days. With the fast-paced beat of the world around us, it can be tough to find those extra minutes to focus on the person who means the most to you. This would be an easy way to steal some time away, with fun personal touches added. Unpack this wine and cheese party for two in your living room, backyard, or favorite local park and you'll have all you need for some time well spent with your significant other or just a good friend.
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Handkerchiefs (used as napkins)
Plates and glassware
Bottle of wine
Draw desired design on erasers with pencil.
Use an X-acto knife to trace and cut background (negative space) areas of design. (I used a flat-head-shaped blade, which helped to get a clean cut.) Cut about 1/8-inch deep.
Use craft paint to test stamp on scrap paper.
Create a design by stamping a repeating pattern across wine canister and picnic box.
Cut a piece of card stock to size of a note card and stamp same pattern across bottom. After paint dries, write a handwritten note (because a handmade, handwritten note speaks volumes).
After picnic set is dry, pack a picnic! Grab your favorite bottle of wine and place it inside canister and pack cheese that complements the wine. Wrap crackers, plastic plates, plastic wineglasses, a knife, and napkins in a piece of fabric and place it inside box, along with note.


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I love a challenge, and my ex-trainer and current BO knows it. She also knows that if there is nothing else I can do well, I CAN bring back horses that no one else seems to be able to handle or bring back from abuse.
One of the boarder's horses, a Trekhner (sp??) mare named Blitz (an appropriate name, really), is, according to the BO and owner, a compelete psycho. She apparently goes ape-****-crazy when removed from her (large) pen. They moved her to the pen directly acorss from her normal one one day, and the mare paced for 24 hours straight, never stopped. Wouldn't eat, wouldn't rest, and never stopped screaming at the top of her lungs. By morning she was covered in lather and still pacing. Fearing she would do herself an injurgy or create and ulcer or colic, and she was working up the other horses, she was returned her to her pen. Apparently she is also terrified of everything when being led and is constantly in your lap when she is frightened. I don't know if they are just exaggerating of if she really is this bad. Whatever the case, she's bad enough that the owner has slated to be euthinized if I cannot bring her around.
When my BO told me that I was "the defining factor as to whether or not this mare is put down", I nearly had a cardiac.
'You can't put that on my shoulders!" I objected. "I can't have that on my concence."
My BO then said,
"Look, the mare is either psychologically tripped out,in which case she can't afford a paid trainer, or there is some physiological issue like a brain tumor that cannot be detected without vet work the owner can't afford. If you can't get through to her, don't feel bad. If anyone can do it, its you, and if you can't then there's no hope for the mare. Give her the chance."
Finally, I agreed to it.
"Ok," I said. "But I'm laying this rule down now. If I take this mare on, I want all the time in the world I need. Don't rush me. If she's as crazy as you say I'm going to be taking such tiny baby steps at a time she won't realize she's taking them. If I take her on, I want every last second with that mare that I want. I do NOT want this decision to put her down to be made until I hand the lead rope to you and say,'that's it. I can't get through to her'. Until I say those words, I want your promise that I will not be rushed, and she will not be put down until I am convinced there is NOTHING I can do."
The BO agreed to this. While I am not comfortable with this mare's life being on my shoulders, it's either try to help the mare through, or her life is taken from her immediately. I figure, I should at least give the mare a chance.
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Plane forced to land after Ukrainian hijacker attempts to divert jet to Sochi
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A Turkish plane was forced to land after a Ukrainian passenger claimed to have a bomb and attempted to reroute the commercial airliner to Sochi, Russia, according to reports.
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The alleged hijacker, identified as a male Ukrainian citizen, said he was armed with a bomb and was fooled into believing the plane actually landed in Sochi when it was diverted to Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Istanbul, according to CNNTurk.
How the crew tricked the hijacker remains unclear.
The alleged hijacker is a Ukrainian citizen born in 1969, according to Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasyl Zvarych.
The passenger claimed the bomb was in the plane's baggage compartment and that he was carrying the detonator, according to reports from Turkish media.
The pilot sounded an alarm and a Turkish F-16 military jet was quickly scrambled, forcing the plane, with 110 passengers on board, to land, according to AFP.
The Wall Street Journal reports that it was actually two F-16 fighter jets that accompanied the Pegasus Airlines flight as it flew into Istanbul, citing Turkish state media outlet Anadolu.
CNN reports that Turkish officials did not have details on why the alleged hijacker sought to divert the plane to Sochi.
At the time of writing, it is also not clear if there were actually any explosive devices discovered on the plane, according to The New York Times.
The man was taken to the Instanbul Security Headquarters, according to reports.
Zvarych was not convinced that the incident was actually any attempt to commit an act of terrorism, though he said the Ukrainian security services would be looking into the case.
The Ukrainian security service, the SBU, said in a statement that the alleged hijacker was heavily drunk, according to Interfax.
"He tried to enter the pilot's cabin, calling out, 'Let's fly to Sochi,'" an SBU representative said, according to Interfax.
"Whatever the alleged hijacker's intentions or actions, the timing of the incident is bound to raise already-high tensions about security at the Sochi Olympics, which began Thursday," the Wall Street Journal reports.
Cihan News Agency of Turkey published a photograph of the alleged hijacker, according to CNN, though Turkish officials have yet to confirm the authenticity of the image.
Despite a great deal of media coverage of the attempted hijacking, the opening ceremony went forward without any apparent awareness of the reports on the part of the participants.
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One Response to Plane forced to land after Ukrainian hijacker attempts to divert jet to Sochi
meh February 7, 2014 at 10:57 PM
by their actions, if he did have a bomb, they were just begging him to blow it up.
if youre on a hijacked plane, the authorities will do all in their power to put your life in danger.Reply


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What Are Derek Hough's Valentine's Day Plans?
Maybe Derek Hough should be the next Bachelor. The 27-year-old Dancing With the Stars pro still seems be on the lookout for Miss Right — or at least Miss Right For Valentine's Day.
Derek talked to Access Hollywood at the premiere of Safe Haven, his sister's Julianne Hough's new movie. Derek said he's so proud of Julianne's success and her ability to stay humble and caring, but he was warned that there's a certain love scene in the movie that he'll have to skip. Julianne stars in the romance with Josh Duhamel, but she's dating American Idol host Ryan Seacrest.
What about Derek? Does he have any special Valentine's Day plans? "I don't," he said, making a sad face to the camera. "Anybody want to go on a Valentine's date with me?" He shrugged, adding that it was "sad."
If he wants to find a date, it probably wouldn't be too hard. Besides, what happened to that pretty brunette girl he was with back in December, on that double date with Mark Ballas and BC Jean?
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The Crossroads of the Aether
The Red River Regional Steampunk Expeditionary Society serves as a nexus for Steampunks in North Louisiana, East Texas, and South Arkansas. We also have members from around the nation who are interested in seeing Steampunk thrive in our region. We want to see the Steampunk Aesthetic advanced in art, literature, music, and philosophy.
Clockpunk, Dieselpunk, Reactorpunk, Wild West/Weird West and anywhere in between is a valued part of our group.
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The days are getting longer, the temperatures are rising. It is time once again for explorers and adventurers to start taking that long view of the distant horizon and preparing to embark on the next…Continue
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Hello, Edouard. I think that you probably could get in touch with the head guy, Carlos McDaniel, and get a faster response if you went to his page and sent him a private message. There also is a Facebook page, if you belong there.
Does the Red River Regional Steampunk Expeditionary Society have some sort of business or calling card. I work in an antique store here in Ruston and am seeing more La. Tech students come in expressing an interest with steampunk. I would have to get permission from the owner before putting some cards in the store but I think he would be amenable. Might be a way to recruit some more members.
Re: Cpl. Viktor Reznov search for a hand gun. Might I humbly suggest a steampunkified broomhandle Mauser. It is my understanding that this was the base for Han Solo's handweapon. If its good enough for Han Solo, its good enough for me. Seriously I have always liked the look of the Mauser and I think it wouldn't take much modification to make it uniquely steampunk. I think first think I would do would be to modify the handpiece, making it faceted rather than rounded. Possibly a different material. A Tortoiseshell look would be interesting but mother of pearl would also be interesting. I would also like to see one done with a malachite look. Just a few ideas. Good look with the build.
The Russians came up with their own "futuristic" weapon around 1895 or so, the Nagant automatic revolver. Google it and see what you think of it if it were steampunked with a few bells and whistles.
Sounds great, but I'll be in Giddings, TX for the Weird West Fest on that date. Maybe next time! It sure sounds like fun, tho. Octavia
I am so thrilled to finally be a member of this group! I've already met lots of great people, and look forward to participating in upcoming events. That is, when I'm not off exploring the world.
Welcome, Astrid! Check us out on facebook for the most current information and to meet more of our members.
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Gefilte Fish In Tomato Sauce
- Prep Time : 5 min
- Cook Time : 1 hour
- Ready Time : 1 hour, 5 min
- 1 loaf frozen:gefilte fish, partially thawed
- 2 - 3 cups:spicy and chunky marinara or pizza sauce
- olive:oil
- Slice the partially frozen fish into portions and fry in some hot oil for a few minutes on each side, until lightly browned.
- Pour sauce over all. Cover and simmer for an hour or so.
- I usually make this in advance and serve cold. This recipe can be doubled or tripled.
I have no idea who sent me this recipe but my kids love it