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American travel journalist Patricia L. Lawrence embarks on an extensive journey of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. With a personable and inquisitive manner, she focuses on Mayan civilization and explores every facet of the culture imaginable. As she travels from site to site, she visits with vibrant personalities who share their deep knowledge of the history, architecture, art, flora, and fauna of Mesoamerica. The field recordings transport the listener to these breathtaking locales, providing a feeling of total immersion in this glorious world.
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Downloaded this had recently been to the countries she was travelling to, but its hardly impressive stuff and misses out most of the interesting sites in the area. However saying that, she does cover tikal (in some fashion) and the excellent ruins of copan. The thing that most annoyed me about this book was the constant reminder ever few minutes that your listening to patricia lawrence on audio journeys..... Highly annoying to the point of pulling your hair out after hearing it a hundred times.
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text: Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook Add to Google+ Connect on Linked in Subscribe by Email Print This Post Bowhunting.Net eNews Bowhunting & Archery News & Articles SEARCH Last Updated: Aug 6, 2010 – 1:11:39 PM Email this article Printer friendly page Eliminating Scent with Enzymes By Kristin Carpenter Aug 6, 2007 – 8:54:13 AM Most everyone is concerned about what goes into his or her body, but when it comes to what we put on our bodies we sometimes seem less concerned. When was the last time you took notice of the "active ingredients" in your scent management product? Three years ago, a little know company exploded onto the hunting scene with a totally new concept in scent management, "PREVENTION". Sounds simple enough, right? So, why weren't any other companies capitalizing on this yet? To answer that question, Dead Down Wind had to go behind the scenes and dig deeper into the heart of the scent management business?way deeper. They took a scary look at the highly concealed and often not mentioned "active ingredients" of the products that were already on the market. In order to prevent human odor, you have to go to the source, human bacteria. This type of bacteria is present in one location only: human skin, and big game know it. Here in lies the problem: to kill these bacteria, most major manufacturers use various types of biocides as their active ingredient. Biocide is a fancy name for a pesticide or heavy metal. While these ingredients can be effective in killing bacteria, they can also be quite harmful to humans, not to mention the devastating effects they can have on the environment. For this reason, most products on the market today instruct you to avoid using them on human skin. Which, remember, is the source of human odor. How can we manage our scent when we can't even get to the source? In 2004, Dead Down Wind developed a totally different logic. By focusing first on the human body, and then the clothing, they created a system that completely prevents scent. By engineering a strand of enzymes that break down the protein bond in human bacteria molecules, Dead Down Wind was able to prevent the bacteria from ever forming. The end result is the prevention of bacteria on the skin. Because many different types of enzymes are already present on virtually every part of the human body, putting Dead Down Wind products directly on the skin (shampoo, bar soap, body foam, field wipes, body lotion) or in the mouth (toothpaste, mouth spray, etc.) is not a concern. In fact, the human body already houses enzymes in the stomach and digestive tract that aid in the digestion of food. As for the environment, enzymes are a completely, all-natural occurring organism; once exposed to air they last for hours, not millennia. After solving the human skin puzzle, Dead Down Wind focused on the clothes. Because clothes come in contact with many different types of contaminants (both physical and airborne), it was imperative that they come up with a solution to a broad spectrum of potential contaminants. What resulted was the bio-engineering of three different groups of enzymes, each focused on an individual core contaminant component. The first group is an organic spectrum enzyme that break down contaminants such as food, pet dander, bacteria and such. The second group are carbon spectrum enzymes that break down contaminants like campfire smoke, auto exhaust and cigarette smoke. It is important to note that this second enzyme is attacking carbon at a molecular level. In fact, this enzyme is one of the core ingredients in a new product Dead Down Wind is currently developing for cleaning carbon-based clothing. The third group's job is to wipe out petrochemical contaminants and odors. This target list is longer than you might think. It not only includes pollutants from motorized vehicles and implements, but also covers an impressive amount of manufactured goods that have hydro-petrol as a main ingredient. Hydro-Petrol emits a distinctive odor and without the protection of the third group of enzymes, your chances of reaching the field undetected would be slim to none. The result of a multi-tiered approach to scent management has allowed Dead Down Wind to not only develop a full line of personal hygiene hunting products, but a full line of clothing maintenance products as well. The 2007 line of products includes, for the body: Body and Hair Soap, Bar Soap, Shampoo and Conditioner, Body Foam, Antiperspirant, Lotion, Powder, Field Wash Cloths, Toothpaste, Mouth Spray, and Lip Balm; and for your clothing: Field Spray, Dryer Sheets, and Laundry Detergent. Also new for 2007 is a line of products created especially for female hunters called "Huntress". Products for Huntress include Shampoo, Conditioner, Body Wash, Antiperspirant, Hair Gel, Body Lotion, two shades of Tinted Moisturizer, and two shades of Tinted Lip Balm. In three short years, Dead Down Wind has climbed its way to the top of the scent prevention market. It's not only the number one scent prevention product on the market; it's also safe for you and the environment. So, go ahead, read the ingredients. Dead Down Wind has nothing to hide but your scent. For complete infor go to: Dead Down Wind © Copyright 1996 – 2010 by Bowhunting.net Top of Page


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Description: Turn your phone into a color flashlight. It helps find your way in the theater is that you keep stepping on. Dance with strobe light.
Version: 2.60
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Yet another flash light app, though this one has more options than most flash light apps. Other than being able change to color and brightness Color Flashlight offers these options:
Text – Display highlighted text
Emergency – Flashes 2 colors
Strobe – A strobe light
Blink – Blinks highlighted text
Police – Flashes red and blue with a police siren
Rainbow – Flashes a rainbow of colors at once which I wouldn't doubt caused my seizure this morning
Scroll – Scrolls highlighted text
Spiral – Creates a spiral of color for hypnotizing people
Disco – Revolving colors with a circle in the middle, similar to the Japanese rising sun
Slide – Scrolling blinking highlighted text
Candle – Picture of a candle, used for concerts that don't allow lighters.


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Episode 97 – Developing a Winning Attitude
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"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou
It is so easy to blame outside circumstances and events for our results. We can look externally to our environment and other people, however, many of our results are dependent on our internal thoughts and mindset. If you have lost hope in your team or your ability to succeed at a goal, you are probably down in the dumps. If you are down in the dumps, chances are you are … Read the rest
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Summer of ZAGREB!!! Really? YES.
Ah, the Croatian summer: sunny days in an azure postcard; pale ancient stones, illuminated in the moonlight; the soft tones of the sea, gently slapping against hulls of the harbored boats; wining and dining inside a 2,000 YEAR OLD Roman palace!
Summer in Croatia is magical! Of course, all of this magic is located on the country's thin and oddly shaped coastline. When people think of Croatia they think of summer vacation, and when they think of summer vacation, they think of the Dalmatian coast. And fine, the coast is awesome, but I think Zagreb gets a bad rap in the summer months. In fact, the best time to live in Zagreb is. during. the. summer.
It is a testament to how coast crazy Croatians are when a metropolis of around a million people can shrink to such an extent that it feels like a small town in Oklahoma. Seriously. On some of my late night adventures I stumble through the streets of Zagreb and I am reminded of my similar stumbles as a student at a major university in Oklahoma. Now nothing kills a small Oklahoma college town like summer. Between May and August, the population of this town is cut in half, leaving you in the warm, sweltering crouch of the Bible belt with around 35,000 townies. While the exodus of students and professors took with it the finer culture of the town, Zagreb in the summer still retains its urban charms, just with fewer people. This is what makes Zagreb wonderful in the summer.
Now I admit, I tell friends of friends and distant family who ask me for advice on Croatian summer travel to um… basically… skip Zagreb. AND I STAND BY THIS!! If you are in Croatia for 5 days after seeing Prague and Budapest, well then there is really no reason for you to waste your time in the ZG (except to go to the Museum of Broken Relationships). Let's face it, whatever Zagreb has, some other European city has it better. Old Churches? Prague's got 'em (and they are not in a perpetual state of repair), Art museums? Oh I don't know: Paris has a few, Berlin too, Vienna, Budapest. Nightlife? I think Zagreb was voted the most boring capital in Europe. The joy of Zagreb in the summer only comes to those who live here.
The joy of Zagreb in the summer
As someone who has spent considerable amounts of time in Dalmatia during the summer as well as during the other seasons, the summer might actually be the worst time to be on the coast.
First, it is crazy crowded. Parking anywhere is impossible and actually becomes an act of inspired (desperate) creativity. It's amazing what can constitute a parking space in Split in the summer. The sliver of pavement beside that tree: PARKING SPACE! That impossibly narrow space between a dumpster and a wall: PARKING SPACE! That spot that looks too small, no it's not, yes it is, I'm just going to trrrrrry, and you're right too tight, but we are still going to do it. Everywhere and anywhere becomes a PARKING SPACE (as your bumper grinds against another bumper, pole, house, or rock).
Second, it's crazy loud. I don't know about you, but I actually find it difficult to fall asleep to the bass thumping from a mid-1990s BMW that for some reason is just idling below my bedroom window in the wee A.M. hours. Nor do the piercing whines of screaming mopeds crisscrossing the city as they deliver food serve as a nighttime lullaby. Crowds, tourists, mopeds, young drunks, late-night bench sitters, woo girls with straw pork-pie hats, all of these shatter Dalmatia's natural beauty and old ambiance like a fat brick through glass.
Well known local street singer performing on Ilica street
But then, there are those moments of respite when you drift in the sea with the taste of salt on your lips and the scent of pine wafting in the air. Then you see how the Dinaric Alps, looming large behind you, and the silhouettes of the nearby islands fall into the most perfect composition. Briefly, you believe that God must be an artist to have created the Croatian coast, and you feel an inner peace overtake you. A tranquil harmony has calmed your heart. Of course then you have to get out of the water, find your car, try to get out of your impossible parking space just to find another impossible parking space all over again when you get to your mother-in-law's house. Gah! So much for bliss and zen.
Zagreb in the summer has none of these problems. It might not have the scenery of the Adriatic sea, but it also doesn't have the headaches that go along with it. It's the opposite of crazy crowded. It's crazy empty. But, there are still enough people around that you don't feel like you've been dropped on the set of a post-Apocalyptic zombie film. Summer Zagreb becomes like a big playground for those of us who remain. Parking? Always a free space. Lines? Gone. Traffic? None. The crowds that clog the winter gray have dissipated like the fog and left you in a sunny, spacious wonderland. You can even believe that all of it, the cafes, parks, social services, movie theaters, museums, book stores and restaurants, have all been created just. for. you!!
Take Bundek for example. In the off-season months there is usually a huge line of kids climbing up to the biggest slide. And NOTHING is more fun than trying to get a bunch of 3 to 5 year-olds to stand in line (they need this training for later). In the summer though, my daughter can go down the slide as many times as she wants because there is no one else around. Or at the doctor. We were able to see two doctors and go to the hospital all in one day with only a total 20 minute wait time. Grocery store? No people, no line. Night time noise? The night's calm is only rarely broken by the whine of a mo-ped, or the bass of a car. They soon pass, leaving in their wake a pleasant quietude.
Sometimes it seems that the very things we want to take a vacation from, actually come with us. Spending a summer in Zagreb is a nice vacation from everyone else's vacation.
By: Cody McClain Brown
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I am a writer, teacher, and political scientist living in Zagreb Croatia. I write a popular blog about Croatian culture, politics and economics (http://zablogreb.likecroatia.hr/ ). I teach second year English at the University of Zagreb faculty of Political Science. My professional area of research concerns mobilization, protest and repression, and domestic conflict. I recently completed my doctoral dissertation entitled: "Why Do They fight: Explaining Participation in the War in Croatia." This research was funded by Fulbright Research Fellowship for 2011-2012 in Croatia.
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By Sandra Evans
Bicycling guides provide you with an easy way to learn about the best routes in the state, both urban and rural. And because they contain route maps and advice, they are great to take with you on rides for reference. With a guide, will be able to learn what to expect before you hit the road.
Listed below are five of the most popular Texas bicycling route guides:
1. Best Bike Rides Texas- Written by Andy White, this book contains biking routes from all over the state. Route lengths range from 15 to 100 miles, making this book perfect for cyclists of all levels. Informational route maps are included. Available at Barnes and Nobles and Amazon.com.
2. Mountain Biking Texas- Written by Christopher D. Hess, this guide also contains maps for suggested routes throughout the state of Texas for all cycling levels. Also included is insider advice about each region's trails, historic background information, trip preparation and trail ratings for physical and technical difficulty. Available at Barnes and Nobles and Amazon.com.
3. Mountain Biking Central Texas- Written by Rick and Becky Youman, this guide is unique, because it includes directions to each route's nearest swimming or refueling spot. With over 50 trails, this book contains bicycling options for all levels with maps and descriptions. Available at Amazon.com.
4. Mountain Bike! Texas and Oklahoma- Written by Chuck Cypert, this guide contains great bike routes in Texas and Oklahoma. Because this book carries a more conversational and humorous tone, you will find it both educational and enjoyable to read. Contains historical side notes for each trail. Available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.
5. Hiking and Backpacking Trails of Texas: Walking, Hiking and Biking Trails for All Ages and Abilities- Written by Mickey Little, this book contains detailed information for hiking, backpacking and biking through the Texas rural landscape. Though it is not specifically a bicycling guide, it is a good beginner guide for hikers who enjoy occasional biking. Available at Barnes and Nobles and Amazon.com.
Sandra Evans owns the website Sports Management Degrees. In her leisure time, she enjoys playing tennis and writing.
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Still no white smoke over vacant Bishop of Limerick position
ADMINISTRATOR of the Diocese of Limerick Fr Tony Mullins has confirmed he has discussed the vacant position of Bishop of Limerick with the papal nuncio - but he remains in the dark as to when the new man will be in place.
Limerick has been without a Catholic bishop since December 2009, when Dr Donal Murray resigned in the wake of criticism of him in the Ryan Report on clerical child abuse in Dublin.
Hopes had been high that a new bishop would be appointed after the visit of an apostolic visitation from Rome last year. The appointment of Archbishop Charles Brown as Ireland's papal nuncio in earlier this year was also seen as a sign the process might be expedited.
Fr Mullins said he had discussed the vacancy with the nuncio but the appointment remained in the hands of the Vatican.
"We are, I believe, in unprecedented times in relation to the appointment of bishops in this country because we have seven dioceses that are vacant. The change of the nuncio certainly delayed it somewhat because he is a central figure in gathering up the information that is sent to the Congregation of Bishops who make the ultimate decision. The new nuncio, Archbishop Brown, is in the country about six months at this stage and I know that he has engaged in his work of consulting. But he has a lot of work to do with seven dioceses," said Fr Mullins.
He was commenting upon publication last week of an audit on child protection procedures in Limerick by the National Board for the Safeguarding of Children.
That report made mention of the episcopal vacancy, saying it was "very apparent that the continued absence of a bishop in the diocese is not helpful either to the clergy or to the people of the diocese".
The report praises the efforts of Dr Murray in strengthening child protection policies in the diocese - including sharing information of child abuse complaints with the gardai and HSE - swiftly after his appointment in 1996.
"I would be very anxious that we would have the appointment of a bishop as soon as possible but that is a situation where the authorities in Rome and in the Holy See will make their choice on," said Fr Mullins.
"In the meantime, I will try as best I can to continue the good work of Bishop Murray in relation to the safeguarding of children. It has to be a central focus of our work as we continue to do that."


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Most freeware video conversion applications offer a limited set of features that are restricted to converting videos from one format to another. As a result, you end up installing a bunch of different software apps for video conversions, picture-to-video conversions, and video fix-ups.
Here to combine all these features and present them in a single package is a tool called VideoMach.
VideoMach is a desktop application that lets you convert videos between different file formats. Picture-to-video conversions are also supported. A wide range of file formats are supported including AVI, JPEG, MPEG, RGB, WAV, and more.
Video fix-up features are also supported; these include rotating videos, resizing them, removing borders, sharpening videos, adjusting colors, arranging videos into arrays, overlaying text / logos, and adding audio to animations.
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The download page has two versions to choose from w/o explaining the difference. A free 'sponsored' version, and a shareware version. By sponsored, do they mean ads in the program, in the installation process...but more functional. Shareware version doesn't have these sponsors, but is more limited than 'sponsored' version? Their comparison table does not distinguish between these two options. Anyone tried them both, or know the answer?


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yes Geoff, but Sheldon Cooper is nuts! My mum is Nanna, and my gran was Granna. My MIL decided she would be Grandma when our kids came along.
I ventured to the plot at lunchtime but it was extremely cold so I didn't stay long. And I'm not working tomorrow - OH and I are off to London, to some sort of records office he wants to go to, but I can't remember why!
I'm supposed to be selling some stuff on ebay but I keep buying things instead!


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The 28.9 percent growth rate was below 2008's eye-popping 41 percent but still among the world's highest despite government controls highlighted by this week's dispute with Google Inc. over Internet censorship.
The number of people going online by mobile phone rose 106 percent to 233 million, spurred by the launch of third-generation services that support video and other Web products, said the government-sanctioned China Internet Network Information Center. China's population is more than 1.3 billion.
It said 8 percent of Web surfers use only mobile phones to go online.
China's government aggressively promotes Internet use for business and education but tries to block access to material deemed subversive or pornographic. Google caused an outcry among Chinese Internet users when it announced this week it might pull out of China over censorship and e-mail hacking.
Online commerce in 2009 totaled 250 billion yuan ($37 billion), CNNIC said.


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High school football player collapses from heat, dies
ATLANTA - A 15-year-old high school football player died Tuesday from heat stroke after collapsing one day earlier following an off-season workout.
Coroner Stephen Boyle said Tyler L. Davis, a rising junior at Rockdale County High School, was taken to the county hospital before being transferred to Children's Health Care of Atlanta at Egleston, where he died.
Rockdale County is in the eastern suburbs of Atlanta.
James Ginn, spokesman for the Rockdale County Public Schools, said the district is investigating the death, and the school has canceled all football-related activities "until further notice."
Monday's workout session was voluntary because formal football practices do not begin statewide until today, Ginn said.
The football players lifted weights indoors for about an hour before heading out to the field to perform running and passing drills. Water was available to them throughout the training session, and they were outside with frequent breaks from about 5 to 6:45 p.m., he said.
After practice, the players returned to the locker room, where the boy collapsed, Ginn said.
Georgia, like much of the rest of the nation, has been sweltering under blistering heat. Temperatures hovered in the mid-90s throughout the state Monday and Tuesday, with the heat index between 100-105 degrees.
NCAA's Confederate flag ban could be expanded
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The NCAA will look into expanding its ban of championship events in South Carolina, possibly disallowing baseball and football teams from hosting postseason games because the Confederate flag is displayed on Statehouse grounds.
Robert Vowels Jr., the head of the NCAA's Minority Opportunities and Interest Committee, said his group received a request from the Black Coaches Association about expanding the ban, which currently prevents predetermined postseason events - like basketball regionals and cross country championships - from being awarded to South Carolina sites.
"I think it's something worth looking at," said Vowels, the commissioner of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
The NAACP started an economic boycott of South Carolina in 2000 because the Confederate flag flew over the Capitol dome. The Legislature voted that spring to move the flag to the Confederate monument in front of the Statehouse. However, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has continued its boycott, saying the legislative action did not go far enough.
In 2001, the NCAA announced a two-year moratorium on awarding predetermined postseason events to the state. The governing body has continued the ban indefinitely, saying in 2004 that significant change on the issue had not taken place in South Carolina.
Two Gnats get promoted
Two of the top Sand Gnats moved up to the next level Tuesday.
Outfielder Dee Brown and starting pitcher Craig Stammen will both join the high-Class A Potomac (Va.) Nationals today as they visit the Lynchburg (Va.) Hillcats in a Carolina League game.
Brown hit .278 with six homers and 51 RBIs in 103 games with Savannah.
Stammen went 6-9 with a 3.58 ERA.
The Gnats had Tuesday off and will start a four-game series today at Greensboro (N.C.).
GSU names interim men's soccer coach
STATESBORO - Kevin Kennedy has been named interim men's soccer coach at Georgia Southern University, athletics director Sam Baker announced. Kennedy replaces Kevin Chambers, who resigned to take a position in GSU's admissions office.
For the past six years, Kennedy has been the director of coaching and club director of the Augusta Arsenal Soccer Club. He oversaw a coaching staff of 25 and business operations of the club, in addition to serving as a staff coach for the Georgia Olympic Development Program.
Since January 2002, Kennedy also served as head coach of Augusta's Aquinas High School, leading that program to the 2005 Georgia High School Association's Class AA/A state title.
Kennedy holds an undergraduate degree from Augusta State, where he was a three-year captain, and a master's degree from GSU.
Georgia wins Junior Challenge Match for third straight year
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The teams split the opening two matches, then Georgia rattled off wins in each of the next three to take the lead. A dominating win in match No. 8 by Macon's Russell Henley put Georgia on top and carried it to the win.
Savannah's Brendan Gillins, the lone area player on the Georgia roster, beat Spartanburg's Clint Tolleson 1 up on Sunday after losing Saturday.
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Domo in Brookside is one of those places I always forget about despite its close proximity to my home. More often than not when I think sushi, I think Kaiyo or RA Sushi, both of which are in Leawood. But I recently went to Domo for lunch and was pleased I did.
I've been to Domo several times, but it had been a while. I recall having always had a good meal there, but it is rare for me to not be happy with whatever sushi I order wherever I am–unless of course the fish itself is off.
Fortunately, I went with a friend who eats a lot of sushi and is more discerning than I. She's the one who turned me on to Kaiyo years ago, and we both think it's the best sushi restaurant in town. So I knew I could count on her expert opinion.
We ordered a house salad with miso dressing, seaweed salad, and three sushi rolls, including the beautiful Sexy Mama.
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PSXE Poll Update: Parents Need To Pay Closer Attention
The violent video game debate continues to rage, and some politicians want to make the ESRB ratings legally binding.
However, while a lot of readers here at PSXE do agree with that, a few more simply say parents need to be parents; i.e., pay closer attention to what their children play.
This isn't an argument that has an easy solution. While making the ratings legally binding probably can't hurt, it may also only prove to be a band-aid, as clueless parents will still buy their kids Grand Theft Auto V. Perhaps education is the best possible method; make it plain to parents that in fact, it might be a good idea to do their research and accordingly pass some household rules. Then again, as the ESRB has been around for almost 19 years now and the education is always easily accessible, maybe parents will just continue being clueless.
This week, it's all about the PS4, which may be announced later this month. What do you expect from the announcement? Do you think you'll be blown away? Or are you bracing for disappointment?
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Sunday, February 03, 2013 @ 10:57:46 PM
Retailers should at least be made to display signs explaining the rating system, large enough that parents can't help but notice them.
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Sunday, February 03, 2013 @ 11:08:43 PM
Sunday, February 03, 2013 @ 11:51:10 PM
Monday, February 04, 2013 @ 2:50:36 AM
what are parents suppose to do, follow their kids to their friends place?
there are times where kids cant be supervised, so those times its up to the sellers of this content who need to be responsible.
if it was impossible for kids to buy this inappropriate material in the first place, than parents wouldent need to be more attentive in the first place!
as for ps4 im bracing for disappointment.
all the rumors and consensus is leading towards a conventional shift in what we expect.
the WHOLE point, as ive said so many times, of playstation has always been to bring THE most technically advanced system to the masses!
from the outer reaches of space, off the alien planet, to planet earth.
but the ps4, well, its like the vita kinda outdated and poultry.
isent it funny that ever since the father of playstation got das boot, the brand has fallen apart?
vita was the first playstation product created without father ken, and its been a massive flop!
ps4 seems to be following in its footsteps.
oh well, i wont say i told you so.
always said $onys criminal treatment of their father would come back and bite them in the a$$!
however i dident think it would come so soon.......
oh well, as the saying goes you dont bite the hand feeding you!
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SYMANTEC has rolled out Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009, which are aimed at addressing the changing online threat landscape.Company vice president, Asia-Pacific and Japan consumer business David Freer said online threats have moved from duping users into opening attachments, to the current situation where cybercrooks hack into known and legitimate Web sites to prey on unsuspecting visitors.
"This means that one can still be attacked by visiting legitimate sites as attackers focus on finding Web site flaws," he said, adding that as more people spend time online, attackers are regionalising threats and making them language and service-specific.
Those who are accustomed to viewing and downloading multimedia such as videos and photos also are open to attacks, as hackers use this platform to dupe users into installing fake codes and set up applications that will lead to Trojan, malware and spyware installations.
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Norton Internet Security 2009 is priced at RM169 for a single PC licence while Norton AntiVirus 2009 goes for RM129 for a single PC licence. Both products will be available in the middle of this month.
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Thank you to those who've commented on my Drained post. Along the lines of what BC said in one of those comments happened to me this past weekend. I'd decided to – finally – move on to the new projects by burying the old ones (meaning, post them online). I'd dusted off (not literally) the first short film I'd made in 2005 (shot in '04) and was about to convert it when I realized: I know how to edit video. Why not make the changes in the movie that have always bothered the hell out of me? Minor tweaks, I said to myself.
Not recommended if you don't know what follow these decisions. I ended up spending the whole weekend digging up all the footage from the shoot. Let's just say 'minor tweaks' is no longer minor. I did not, however, change anything in the way the story unfolds. Besides, couldn't mess with the parts with music because the score fits like a glove. Long story short: I'm uploading the movie online this Friday so you guys can check it out over the weekend.
Going back to BC's comment and illustrating my point: Editing this has gotten me all charged up again. I can't wait to shoot again. Being on set, or lack thereof, working with actors my favorite part in production. It's when collaboration makes sense, and then makes magic. I'm not good at collaborating during writing or editing. I'm not against it. I just haven't found anyone worth collaborating with.
But…all that's for another day. Right now, I feel good about being back to writing and workin' towards a new project. You're right, BC, it can't be forced.


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Hartley Steiner's last chapter is It Will Get Better and in her closing she ends with: "And don't forget to take care of yourself!" For sensory challenged kids' lives to get better, for their family life to get better, and for parents to have the TIME to take care of themselves, parents must KNOW about Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). They must find a healthcare professional who can help them. Sensational Journeys: 48 Personal Stories of Sensory Processing Disorder by Hartley Steiner with a foreword by Lucy Jane Miller, Ph.D., OTR is the perfect book to read to do just that.
While walking to my computer with this book in hand, it dawned on me that by the power of print I was holding a quick snapshot of the lives, the dearest thoughts, and the heartfelt advice of these 48 kind families who shared their story with the world. Each family did this so others would not have the same struggle to get their sensory challenged child back on track. Reading these stories describing the unusual behaviors of their children should raise a red flag for all families who care for children with unexplainable behaviors.
In the Foreword by Lucy Jane Miller, PhD. OTR, we immediately learn an encouraging fact:"If your child has SPD, he or she CAN GET BETTER! Not cured, but better. Given the appropriate treatment, most children improve, improve, and improve. Most will do well with some support mechanisms in place in regular (mainstream) classrooms, and, when they grow up, they will become functioning members of society…"
Parents and caregivers of children with sensory issues will surely appreciate Sensational Journeys: 48 Personal Stories of Sensory Processing Disorder. However the biggest impact this book can have is to educate parents, therapists, teachers, daycare providers, and early intervention staff about the symptoms of children who are sensory challenged so the immediate help these children need is given.
Like I was, you too will be angered as you read each story to find the same ending… fought with the system for much too long, finally got a diagnosis of sensory processing disorder and then things started to fall in place. Why are so many children with sensory challenges falling in the cracks when the results of the SPD Scientific Work Group study found that as many as one in six children have sensory issues that affect their lives?
Unfortunately, at the present time, sensory processing disorder is not included in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Therefore parents have difficulty receiving support and special treatment services. Also SPD is a diverse disorder sometimes shown as having three major patterns and six subtypes. So individuals with SPD can be so different that a diagnosis is difficult to arrive at. But with Dr. Miller's hopeful message these children must be "found" and they must receive treatment.
How Families Felt.
Signs Were Everywhere.
Should Have Acted Sooner!
- I observed more traits about my son that just didn't seem typical. …it was impossible not to notice the growing list of oddities. I couldn't shake the nagging feeling that something was wrong.
- It was becoming clearer and clearer that my child was not like other children.
- I did beside myself with frustration and confusion …not understand what the problem was; I chalked this up to another parenting failure on my part.
- I'd always known something was "off". Since birth, I had been compiling a list of "quirks"—behaviors and preferences that didn't seem typical.
- Even though everyone told me she was a perfectly healthy 9-month-old girl, my "mommy instinct" was ringing loudly.
What Are Some of the Signs of Sensory Processing Disorder?
You must keep in mind that there are children with sensory processing disorders who are sensory overresponders, sensory underresponders and some who are sensory cravers; therefore, their behaviors vary accordingly. Moreover some children may have other disorders like autism or Asperger's syndorme combined with SPD. Sometimes in the same family siblings have the exact opposite behaviors. The following are but a few non-typical behaviors documented in the book.
- Being a difficult baby
- Taking forever to fall asleep, wouldn't nap, erratic sleep pattern,
- Having gastrointestinal issues
- Being super sensitive to temperature, touch, noises, smells, textures, …
- Drooling past the teething stage
- Having increasingly awful meltdowns
- Feeling no pain, never cried
- Not meeting developmental milestones
- Hitting, running into other kids
- Shrieking with hunger but not eating
- Stuffing his mouth with food he would not even chew
- Crying and fighting through baths, shampoos, haircuts, nail cutting, hair brushing, dressing, …
- Refusing to get hands or clothes dirty
- Having difficulties with fine-motor skills, gross-motor skills, and balance
Emma Benefiel sums up living with SPD this way: "Living with SPD changes your whole world. It affects every aspect of your life. Every day—every event—is planned carefully."
Michelle Wood wrote:"And the 2 years before his diagnosis were the hardest of my life. It challenged my marriage, my mental health, and my physical well-being."
So parents ignore the following comments, believe in your mothering/fathering instincts and if you have ANY concerns get an evaluation.
- He's just a boy.
- He'll grow out of it.
- It will get better.
- He's just acting out.
- It's his terrible twos.
- Let's wait and see.
- Give it more time.
Parents, do not despair; there is hope and there is help. Start by reading Sensational Journeys: 48 Personal Stories of Sensory Processing Disorder by Hartley Steiner.
Hartley Steiner lives in the Seattle area with her three sons. She is the award winning author of the children's book on sensory processing disorder, This is Gabriel Making Sense of School. See our review of this book here.
She is the founder of the SPD Blogger Network. Hartley is a contributing writer for the SPD Foundation's blog, S.I. Focus Magazine and Autism Spectrum Quarterly, among dozens of other online websites and blogs.
You can find her chronicling the never ending chaos that is her life on the blog Hartley's New Life and on Twitter as @ParentingSPD
Buy Sensational Journeys: 48 Personal Stories of Sensory Processing Disorder Amazon.com Amazon.ca Future Horizons, Inc.
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You do not know every damn thing there is to know about kids so please shut the hell up already.
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Se is 13 weeks pregnant with her first child. And apparently is now an expert on all kids everywhere, and feels the need to constantly tell me how to take care of my kids.
I have an 18 month old daughter, I've had custody of my severely autistic brother since I was 18, and am 27 weeks pregnant with our second daughter, and I am not even close to knowing everything there is know about kids.
You can't know EVERYTHING about all kids. You may know alot about kids. You may know everything about YOUR kids. But you can't now everything about every child on the planet.
But apparently since she's pregnant and read a parenting book she is now a genius when it comes to kids -.-
She tried to tell me that letting dd play with other kids at the park instead of playing with her myself was going to "stunt her social development".
Now, I'm no expert, but isn't it GOOD for kids to play with other kids instead of ONLY playing with mommy and daddy?
She tried to tell me that I shouldn't use a prescription on dds "diaper rash" and should use baby powder and Vaseline instead.
It wasn't a normal diaper rash. It was a yeast infection on her skin. She has under developed kidneys and is prone to UTIS, kidney infections,
Yeast infections and yeast infections on her skin. Her doctor says she will most likely outgrow this when between 4-6, but until then we just have to deal with it. He prescribed nistatin for use as needed for yeast infections on her skin. And antibiotics for the kidney infections, and if she starts showing signs of an infection I have to immediately start giving her the antibiotics. (She's been hospitalised for 5 infections.)
Vaseline and baby powder wasnt going to help at all.
One day she questioned how frequently dh and I have sex. I told her we hadn't had sex since finding out I was pregnant and she goes on a huge rant about how sex is perfectly safe while pregnant. Why yes, sex is safe while pregnant. Assuming you aren't high risk and on pelvic rest like I am.
She went on for twenty minutes about how caffeine wouldn't hurt my brother when I told him no soda. Caffeine wasnt even the reason I told him no. I don't mind him having soda occasionally. And Caffeine doesn't affect him. But sugar does. And we he had a doctors appointment that afternoon and so did I, I want about to take him anywhere all hopped up on soda.
And according to sil I shouldn't have let dd eat pizza because she's "to young for it.".
I seriously just want to fucking smack her.
Best of luck!!
I have started saying, "oh that's one of many things that make us different." I don't say it meanly, just after every piece of advice or criticism. Every time. She finally shuts up!
Next time she decides to give you some advice give her some advice on where she can stick her advice.
I totally understand your frustration. If it helps, remember that she is in for a HUGE wakeup call when she delivers and realizes she doesn't know everything, so try to keep the peace in the meantime.
Let her know she is reading the wrong books...you shouldn't use baby powder on babies at all. They breathe in the dust and causes lung problems. Other than that...use sarcasms and lots of it. She'll find out the truth soon enough.
LOL Oh God, she sounds like a nightmare, lol. No advice, but good luck!


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Katrina: Five years later…and building strong!
Five years ago, communities along the Gulf Coast experienced devastating loss and damage as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As the long road to recovery began for thousands of Americans impacted by this tragedy, the Corps was called upon to do their part to help rebuild, restore and reconstruct the Hurricane and Storm Risk Reduction System in the Greater New Orleans area.
What was once a patchwork of levees, floodwalls and pumps before the hurricanes is becoming a true System that will provide 100-year level perimeter protection against hurricane storm surge to greater New Orleans. Today, the area already has the best perimeter defense in its history, and work continues at a record pace. We are driving hard to have in place a system that can defend against a 100-year storm by June 2011.
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With this scientific expertise, we were able to design and have nearly completed construction on the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier, the Corps' largest-ever design-build civil works project. At almost two miles long, this $1.3 billion project is being called the "Great Wall of Louisiana," and it is one of the key components in the Hurricane and Storm Risk Reduction System's ability to defend against the effects of a 100-year storm. Another key component of the system is the nearly $1 billion West Closure Complex, a gated surge barrier containing the largest drainage pump station in the world – now at 40% complete after only one year of construction.
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For spring break Quinn (16) and I boarded a flight to the Cold Nawth.
I didn't really research the weather much before we went. There was no point, because the whole reason for the trip was to go see Quinn's favorite team, the Raptors, play basketball on their home turf. We bought tickets for 3 games, and then planned the rest of the trip around those dates.
Landing in Toronto, we took a train into the city and walked outside. It was 17 degrees. Quinn was in shorts. Seriously. Only a Texan would wear shorts to Canada.
Holy Mother of God, it was so cold. I had on a full length down parka, and Quinn was in shorts and a hoodie. Being 16, there was no way I could convince him to change, so we walked most of the way to our Air BnB apartment like that. I finally made the decision to duck into a restaurant to grab some quick lunch in hopes he would go in the bathroom and change into something less likely to get frost bite of the knees. He did, and was much less numb.
I know there are horror stories out there about Air BnB, but after such a positive experience in Japan, I can't imagine not trying it each time we travel. This one did not disappoint either. Here is our view…for around $88 a night.
What can I say about Toronto? We loved it, in spite of the fact that the week we were there was so damn cold. Like 11 degrees. We were frozen for the first 2 days, then you sort of get used to it…….after you buy big scarfs, better gloves and learn to layer your clothing.
Let me take a moment here to make an observation: I am not sure how people fall in love in the Cold Nawth. Everyone is so bundled up and covered from head to toe. How do they see each other? I was all hunkered down in my giant scarf thingie, trying to keep my nose from freezing off my face and thinking this must make socializing interesting. And hat head. Seriously, static was off the charts. I finally started braiding my hair so it wouldn't end up in dreads. Cold Nawth problems.
This city is so easy to navigate by foot. Our apartment was on York street near the waterfront, and we walked everywhere. We took the subway one time just for the experience. We put in 7-11 miles a day, and there is simply no other way to really explore a city than on foot. You see everything, and run into so many treasures you would miss if traveling destination to destination underground or via a bus. I highly recommend this because it is all about the journey, so find those gems on foot!
When it snowed, we hit the streets. It was gorgeous walking around that city with a soft snow falling on us.
As cold as it was, I am really glad we hit Toronto that week. I think it snowed for 4 of the 10 days we were there. This was Quinn's second time to ever see it and I think it was just magical.
Kensington market was for sure a favorite. All the little vintage shops were a blast to comb through. Bonus points for more snow!
I think we walked up there almost every day.
We got street tacos from Seven Lives.
Ducked into coffee shops to get warm cocoa at every opportunity. Here is one from Dolce Gelato.
We even found a warm fire to drink chai lattes in front of at Jimmy's Coffee.
Chinatown was another favorite.
More snow from 13 stories up.
For a month before this trip, I blew my Pinterest board up with Toronto stuff. I had a pretty good idea of the things we should see. It seemed that food was the theme of my Toronto Board, and Toronto delivered. I won't go into detail, but here are a few pics. Toronto is an ethnic melting pot so there was so much variety. I knew some of the places I wanted to hit, but many of them were just holes in the wall that we wandered into and scored on.
Sansotei Ramen was one such place. There was a line outside, after dark, with temps in the low teens. It was well worth the wait.
Cold hands and hot green tea.
Oh mah gawd, it was delicious.
I haven't had good Ramen like that since japan. And the Sakura crepe cake was amazing.
Burger Priest was delicious. We had to wait a long time for our order, and when I asked, apparently the order never got to the cook. So what did they do? Made our food very fast, added fries and shakes to the order AND gave us our money back even though we insisted they didn't need to do that. Best burger joint in Toronto IMHO.
Ice cream around Toronto
Wonderful noodle bowls we stumbled on in Little Italy.
This place was amazing, and I cannot remember the name of it. The dipping noodles were killer. I have all of the places saved on Trip Advisor, but I am much too lazy of a blogger to look them all up today. Le sigh.
I did not like this macha and red bean ice cream though. Blek blek blek.
Dumplings from Mothers Dumplings
The Mothers hard at work.
Pizza and stuffed meatballs from Scaddabush. You cut your pizza with scissors.
And I cannot tell you how amazing hot beverages are in this city.
This right here….it was like drinking melted chocolate. This place is in the Distillery District and it is a must do when you go to Toronto. Total indulgence.
More hot cocoa. I had some espresso and hot cocoa's several times a day. Boing!
We also got lucky and there was a small maple syrup festival going on down the street from our apartment. I believe it was called the Sugar Shack Festival. Maple snow candy was the bomb. It is rolled around in snow and has a sweet, cold, crunchy thing going on. Very good.
We also had to do the CN Tower. I am afraid of heights, and when I walked out on the glass floor, a bunch of kids started jumping up and down on it as hard as they could. Little maniacs. I died 1000 deaths.
Kudos to the weirdo who thought this one up.
Graffiti Alley. Incredible street art.
We toured a castle. This place was a bit odd. It was built during the Victorian Era and was decorated as such, but the tourist board had all kinds of medieval castle decor too….. ….complete with jousting and some gargoyles thrown in for good luck. It was confusing.
Aaaaaand Raaaaaaaaptors basketball!! So much fun.
The first game was kind of a dud, but the last game of our trip was excellent.
And then the next morning we took off for home.
What a fun, eclectic city Toronto is. So glad to have spent time there one on one with my son.


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'Sparkler' bomb makes crater in Vidor yard
Updated 5:37 pm, Thursday, August 1, 2013
A "sparkler" bomb was detonated in a Vidor yard Tuesday night, causing a small crater and property damage, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Sgt. Chad Hogan, spokesman for the sheriff's office, said a man living in the 1000 block of Pine Cove Lane in Vidor told deputies that he heard a loud explosion just after 10:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The man ran outside and noticed a hole in his yard where a device had exploded. The man's windshield was also cracked in the blast, he told deputies.
Deputies determined someone made a bomb with sparklers and detonated the device in the man's yard, Hogan said in a Thursday statement.
Pieces of the device were located near the hole in the yard, he said. No one was injured.
If anyone has any information about this incident, they are asked to call the Orange County Sheriff's Office at 409-883-2612.


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I am beyond delighted to bring you today's guest post. It comes from my sister of another mother (seriously we are freckishly similar) and very dear friend, Nic of My Bottle's Up. If you are not familiar with Nic and are not already reading her fabulous blog you are missing out. I met Nic about a year and a half ago and loved her the minute I finished reading one blog post. She is witty, and hysterically funny, but also passionate, caring and beautiful. I could go on for ages.
Before I hand you over to Nic let me just say I can so empathize with what she is going through with her son right now. Parenting a two year old can be tough. Show her some love and support.
i just let my 26 month old son scream for over an hour during what should have been his nap time. yup. i did. i turned off the monitor, turned up the volume on my itunes, and i let my son scream… this was of course after i had done the obligatory "is he stuck in between crib rails?" or "does he have shit in his pants?" check.
he was not stuck in between crib rails. he was standing, handing me his blanket and screaming "ALL DONE."
he was shitless in his pants. dry as a bone, in fact.
i picked him up, rocked him for a few minutes, and laid him back down… and he stayed down… for 10 minutes.
then something not of this earth entered my son's room, proceeded to invade his 25 lb body and take hold like a leech for over an hour.
he sounded like an angry, possessed, demonic i don't know what… and i just listened and tried not to listen but still heard him for over an hour.
this week has been a particularly rough one for the magoo. and yeah, i ranted… cuz i have a blog and occasionally you'll find that people do that on their blogs.
it's an outlet.
today, when i endured the wrath of yet another napless afternoon for my son, filled with tantrums, turmoil and total chaos, my outlet was not my blog, but instead, my husband's voicemail.
i called him. at work. he didn't answer. and when his message finished and the beep BEEPED, i held my cell phone up to the monitor for 1 minute and 5 seconds.
my husband returned my call just minutes later, to let me know he in deed received my message.
"this sucks," was a portion of his response.
both he and i are at a loss… our son has developed a habit of doing this scream-until-mom-or-dad-comes-in thing beginning at 6 am (when he used to sleep until 7:30) and then again when he goes down for his afternoon nap. his nap used to last from 1 pm until 3 pm.
as of now, i'm lucky if i get 45 minutes until the demonic wails begin.
so today, i let him howl… until his voice was hoarse. i told my husband that i was not getting him out of that crib, come hell or high water.
and i stuck to it.
am i the worst mother on the face of the planet? nah. at least not yet.
did i make the right decision? hell if i know. i know it felt right at the time.
in my opinion, the terms "right" and "wrong" are overrated. what you do for your child may be "right" and work for you one day but not the next. i guess that's just the awesomeness that comes with parenting.
what i do know is that this week has been unbelievably challenging with my toddler son.
i also know that with age comes all sorts of changes in behavior, mood, habits, etc…
lastly, i know that those of you reading this and judging me for leaving my son in his room for over an hour to scream will have your turn.
we all do, us parents.
we take turns and endure these challenges in this thing called parenthood.
if you do things another way than i do… awesome.
if you do things similarly to the way i do… awesome.
if you judge me and my parenting according to this post and the experiences i have shared with you so candidly… watch your back, because i will let the wrath of my son loose on you and you will find yourself begging me for forgiveness on hands and knees.


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Koch-Zanone, Ball-Hamilton, Turnage-Schumaker Families :Information about Elizabeth Caple
Elizabeth Caple (b. 1842, d. date unknown)
Notes for Elizabeth Caple:
[Ball-Hamilton 0818.FTW]
According to 1880 Census, Elizabeth was born in TN, and parents were born in NC and SC.
Hiram was 63 years old, and wife Elizabeth Capel-Burnett (1st husband Nathaniel Seth Burnett), was 38 years old.Children shown:Anna B., (Annie Belle Burnett-Ball) age 11, bn. AR, Josephine Burnett, age 10, born AR, Seth Kenner Burnett, age 8, b. AR, and Amy Burnett, age 6,
More About Elizabeth Caple and Nathaniel Seth Burnett:
Marriage: 10/15/1867, Saline Co., AR, Bk C, p 118.
Children of Elizabeth Caple and Nathaniel Seth Burnett are:
- +Annie Belle Burnett, b. 1868, d. 03/20/1889, AR69.


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Houston motorists sue DPS over search of 'womanly parts'
Updated 4:25 pm, Wednesday, July 3, 2013
A state trooper has been fired and another suspended for their roles in a full cavity search last year of two motorists on the side of the road on Texas 288.
Brandy Hamilton, 27, and Alexandria Randle, 26, were headed home to Houston from Surfside on Memorial Day 2012 when Trooper Nathaniel Turner pulled them over for speeding, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in the case.
The women spent the day at the beach with family and friends.
Turner radioed for a female officer, Trooper Jennie Bui, to check out the women. The search went beyond checking pockets, and no standard pat-down of the women was conducted, the lawsuit alleges.
"Then Defendant Turner tells Plaintiff Hamilton 'she is about to get up-close and personal with some womanly parts,'" the lawsuit states. Turner told Hamilton, "She (Bui) is going to search you, I ain't, because I ain't about to get up-close and personal with your woman areas ... she is going to put some gloves on."
Bui conducted the full cavity search on the women with the same pair of gloves, according to the lawsuit.
"Do you know how violated I feel?" Hamilton could be heard telling Bui on the dashcam audio.
A videotape shows that Hamilton is visibly upset during the search.
No drugs were found during the stop, which lasted about 40 minutes, according to the lawsuit. Turner wrote her a ticket for possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a statement Wednesday via email:
"Upon learning of this incident, the Department's Inspector General immediately conducted an internal investigation, and Trooper Jennie Bui was subsequently terminated by DPS on June 29 (2013). Trooper Nathaniel Turner was suspended from duty on June 10 (2013), and remains suspended by the department pending the outcome of an internal investigation also being conducted by the DPS Office of Inspector General."
DPS Director Steven McCraw stated in the release that the department "does not and will not tolerate any conduct that violates the U.S. and Texas constitutions or DPS training or policy."
The lawsuit also names as defendants DPS Director Steven McCraw; Brazoria County Sheriff's Deputy Aaron Kindred, who responded to the scene; and Brazoria County Sheriff Charles Wagner.
Chief Deputy Jeff Adkins of Brazoria County SO declined to comment, saying, "We have no comment at all about pending civil litigation."
Houston attorney Allie Booker, who represents the women, called the search a violation of her clients' constitutional rights.
"These women were violated in ways that no person should endure in broad-open public, on the side of the road, with tons of passerby, and in view by two males, Defendant Turner and Defendant Kindred," she stated in the lawsuit.
"This search and seizure was highly unreasonable," the lawsuit states.


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Drop the Charges Against Fatima Naoot
Fatima Naoot is a well-known and widely published Egyptian poet and journalist who was charged with "contempt of religion" for Facebook posts she wrote in October 2014 in which she criticized the Muslim holiday Eid Al-Adha. She was sentenced to three years in prison on January 26, 2016.
Fatima Naoot has published seven collections of poetry and has translated several famous pieces of English-language literature into Arabic. She contributes regularly to various news publications in Egypt and has continued to write for these outlets since her sentencing.
Naoot used her Facebook to denounce the annual slaughter of animals for the Muslim holiday Eid Al-Adha (English: Feast of Sacrifice.) The feast commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac, which is viewed as a major event in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. She is a practicing Muslim and one of several prominent Egyptians who have had their rights to freedom of expression stifled by the country's strict laws against criticizing Islam. As the feast approached, Naoot made the following post to her Facebook page:
"Millions of innocent creatures will be driven to the most horrible massacre committed by humans for ten-and-half centuries. A massacre which is repeated every year because of the nightmare of a righteous man about his good son."
Naoot has maintained that her statements did not constitute contempt of religion and emphasized her own Muslim faith throughout the trial. She has also remained vocal on social media stating that the trial has not demoralized her.
In December 2015 state prosecutors took up the case against the poet for her October Facebook post. Fatima Naoot's trial began in January 2016, and she was sentenced later that month to three years in prison for"contempt of religion."
Naoot and her lawyer submitted an appeal that March, which was rejected because she did not appear in court. She was in Toronto, Canada at the time attending a conference and award ceremony of Egyptian-Canadians as a Guest of Honor. The poet was required to pay a bail of EGP 20,000 ($2,252 USD) to remain free from prison upon her return.
In response to Fatima Naoot's trial, Egyptian Member of Parliament Mona Mounir has introduced a bill to repeal Article 98 of the penal code, under which the poet and many others were sentenced. Article 98 specifies a sentence between 6 months and 5 years for acts that "exploit religion in promoting or favoring verbally or in writing or by any other means any extremist ideologies with the aim of provoking sedition, disparaging or contempt of one of the divine religions or any sects belonging to it or harming national unity or social peace."
Fatima Naoot is not currently imprisoned, and is expected to remount an appeal against her sentence on September 1, 2016.


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Jaroslav Hlinka, brought over from the Czech Republic by Milan Hedjuk this summer, is turning out to be the find of the century. And in the very least, the press department. James Mirtle and Paul Kukla both point to a Denver Post article about him, and the vast majority of Avalanche fans who have asked me anything about the team have been curious about him. Aside from winning the Czech scoring title, he is a hell of a deal at $600,000 on a two way contract (can be moved down for less money to Cleveland Lake Erie if needed). So, how did he get here? From the Denver Post:
Jaroslav Hlinka kept waiting for someone connected to an NHL team to ask him if he wanted to try the North American pro game. He wasn't claimed when he was draft-eligible. He played parts of 10 seasons in the Czech pro league, parts of three seasons in Switzerland, one year in Russia and has appeared in six World Championship tournaments with the Czech Republic's national team.
And still, he waited.
See, maybe it's just me, but with all the emphasis put on the North American player, and the ease at which they are scouted, it's way too easy to overlook gems like this. I may be putting the horse before the cart (wait, isn't that how it works?), since Hlinka hasn't really proven himself in the regular NHL season, but in the 'insignificant' pre-sesason, he has 6 assists, which leads the Avalanche. Points wise, he is showing up on the top 20 leader board (along with three other Avalanche), so given the impact he is having, and the impact the pre-season is having on the regular season (can you say head injury, boys and girls? I knew you could), it's likely he will either be on the opening night roster, or will be one of the first call-ups from the Monsters.
And frankly, how would you treat the Czech scoring leader? If you have an undrafted thirty year old player with ability on the cheap, are you going to send him down to the AHL, just to see him get fed up with the minor league lifestyle, and head back home? Or worse, take a contract with another team and light up your red light? These are some of the factors that have to be weighting on Coach Q and Francois Giguere right now, as they are making the final cuts to the Avs roster. There are no easy answers right now, but given his displayed ability and his low cost, Hlinka is making the decision easier / harder on the Avs. Again, from the Denver Post:
It can be tricky, so it all seems to indicate Hlinka and rookie center T.J. Hensick likely will be on the active roster for opening night. Hlinka's six assists lead the team in the preseason, and he and Hensick are the only Avs to play in all five games so far. Hlinka said of the transition: "Of course, this is faster. There is more contact. But hockey is just one sport."
Just one sport. Wow. I'm sure there are some parts of that sentence getting lost in translation, but what a bad-a$$ statement. And what did it take to get Hlinka to the Avalanche?
The Avs scouted Hlinka at the world championships, and also asked Colorado winger Milan Hejduk about him.
"I told them he was a great player, a great playmaker," Hejduk said. "We played against each other in juniors. We played together a couple of times on the national team. He was always a really good player, so it's kind of amazing that he wasn't drafted. Sometimes, I guess, guys can be kind of hidden."
Thank goodness the Avs found him.
The vitals:
Jaroslav Hlinka, No. 17
Position: Center.
Shoots: Left.
Height: 5-feet-10. Weight: 185 pounds.
Born: 1976, in Prague, Czech Republic.
Background: Hlinka has spent his entire career playing primarily in the Czech Republic league, in addition to stops in the Swiss and Russian leagues. He was a member of Czech Republic's world championship teams in 2006 and 2007 and compiled six points in nine games and seven points in seven games, respectively.


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Here they come: 1,400 freshmen to move in at Rowan U on Sept. 3
Here they come: 1,400 freshmen to move in at Rowan U on Sept. 3
The Rowan community once again will be heavily involved in this annual rite of passage, with administrators, faculty and staff from Residential Learning and University Housing, Facilities Management and Public Safety departments assisting. Numerous upperclassmen, including representatives of Greek and other organizations, will volunteer for the day, assisting freshman and their families and friends as they unload and move in the new students' belongings.
According to the Office of Admissions, the University has received deposits from 1,687 freshmen this year. Firm statistics on the exact size of the Class of 2015 (known as 10th day statistics) will be available in early September.
(Upperclassmen will move in on Sunday, Sept. 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. About half of the students living on Rowan Boulevard will move in on Monday, Sept. 5. Classes start Tuesday, Sept. 6. Move-in and classes were delayed for a week due to Hurricane Irene.)
Move-in day will kick off a number of events designed to get freshmen acclimated to University life during Welcome Weekend. For more on Welcome Weekend, visit: http://www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/main_office/welcome/


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It was supposed to be the start of something new — the era of Jake Locker at quarterback — and the continuation of a resurgence that began a year earlier.
It nearly turned into the end of the line for coach Mike Munchak. Uneven play in every unit combined with an almost comical number of injuries, particularly on the offensive line, sent the Tennessee Titans to a 6-10 season and a fourth straight year as playoff spectators.
They never won more than two games in a row. They gave up more points (471) than any team in the league and more than any team in franchise history. One of their losses was to a team that finished 2-14 (Jacksonville) and one of their victories came only after they allowed 14 points in the final 18 seconds of regulation.
Outside of one singular Sunday in Miami (a 37-3 victory over a non-playoff team), things never went smoothly, looked easy or happened according to plan.
These were the 2012 Tennessee Titans.
Offensive MVP: Chris Johnson, running back. He overcame a terrible start to finish fifth in the AFC with 1,243 rushing yards and along the way rediscovered his big-play ability, as evidenced by his three touchdown runs of 80 yards or longer.
Legitimate questions remain about his down-to-down productivity, but when he gets going, it generally is good for everybody. The team was 4-3 when he rushed for 90-plus yards and five of his six rushing touchdowns came in victories.
Defensive MVP: Derrick Morgan, defensive end. He was not a dominant player, but then again, no one else on that unit was either. He was consistently productive, which was a welcome departure from his first two injury-riddled seasons.
He had a team-high (and career-high) six-and-a-half sacks and never went back-to-back games without at least one quarterback pressure. He also proved capable as an every down defender and finished second among the team's defensive linemen in tackles.
Top newcomer: Zach Brown, linebacker. Many analysts were quick to criticize the Titans' second-round selection of him, but his speed was considered a necessary element for the defense.
He was thrust into a starting role sooner than expected because of injuries to others but quickly made it clear that he would not be replaced. He finished among the team's top three in sacks, interceptions, tackles for loss and fumble recoveries. He capped the year with two interception returns for touchdowns against Jacksonville.
Best performance: One thing that was true of the Titans for most of the season was that things went best when the defense made things easier on the offense, as was the case in the 37-3 victory at Miami (Nov. 11).
The defense forced four turnovers, one of which was an interception Colin McCarthy returned for a touchdown, and allowed just two third-down conversions. The offense went just 28 yards to score the game's first touchdown and later kicked a pair of field goals after takeaways in Miami territory.
Worst performance: So many to choose from, but the lowest of the low had to be the 51-20 loss at home to the Chicago Bears (Nov. 1). Chicago scored touchdowns on a blocked punt and an interception return, and forced five total turnovers (four fumbles, one interception).
The situation was made worse by the fact that the Titans came into that one after two wins and an overtime loss in the previous three weeks. Confidence was high but quickly shattered, and never really
Turning point: Coaches and players worked hard to accentuate the positive through most of the first three months, but a 24-19 loss at Jacksonville (Nov. 25) cast an undeniable pall on things.
The following day offensive coordinator Chris Palmer was fired, and it was clear that this season was beyond repair. The Titans went 2-3 after that but never really got back on track.
Coach's call: Three weeks into the preseason, Munchak made the decision to go with Jake Locker at quarterback and made it clear he did not plan to look back.
Had he been able to gaze into the future and know that the offensive line would finish the season without four of its five projected starters and that he would change offensive coordinators along the way, he might have opted to stick with veteran Matt Hasselbeck for another season. As it was, Locker's growing pains did nothing to smooth out the bumps they encountered along the way.
Highlight reel: Nate Washington's 71-yard touchdown catch against Detroit (Sept. 23) was memorable for more than just the fact that it broke a 27-27 tie with 3:11 to play in the fourth quarter.
Washington lined up in the slot and ran straight down the seam guarded man-to-man by a single defender. Locker's pass was short, but Washington leaped, reached over and behind the defender and caught the ball. From there he basically strolled the rest of the way to the end zone.
Do over? If there is one moment the Titans would like to have back, it's the final play of their 19-13 overtime loss to Indianapolis (Oct. 28). Defensive end Kamerion Wimbley came within a whisker of deflecting Andrew Luck's swing pass to running back Vick Ballard, and middle linebacker Colin McCarthy was caught out of position when Ballard made the catch and ran it in for a touchdown (barely).
The Titans had won two straight before that game and never trailed in that one — until the final play.
3 — touchdowns on punt returns, the most in the NFL in 2012 and tied for the most in franchise history. Darius Reynaud took back two in Week 17 against Jacksonville and threw a lateral that led to Tommie Campbell's in Week 3 against Detroit.
4 — interceptions by two different players, safety Michael Griffin and cornerback Jason McCourty. The last time the Titans had two with at least that many was 2008, which was also was the last time they made the playoffs.
64 — receptions by first-round draft pick Kendall Wright. He not only led the team but he finished tied with Jacksonville's Justin Blackmon for the most by a rookie this season.
Next season: The Titans will host the New York Jets for the fifth time in eight seasons and second straight, although given the "thriller" those teams staged last month it's not likely that game will be on Monday Night Football again.
If there's one contest that is likely to send Titans' fans on the road it is the one at St. Louis, where the franchise will face former coach Jeff Fisher for the first time.
One to watch: Akeem Ayers, linebacker. The second-year player wasn't always perfect in 2012, but he often was hard to ignore. He finished as the team's leading tackler, intercepted a pass, forced a fumble and displayed rapidly evolving skill as a pass rusher.
Coaches have asked a lot of him since the moment he arrived, and by the end of the season he looked to be more comfortable with all of it.
Ultimately, what happens next will determine how this season is remembered.
Either it will be the beginning of the end for Munchak's time as head coach, which began with so much promise, or it will be the crucible that forged resolve and development among the many younger players currently on the roster. Either way, no one will remember it fondly, but if it's the latter at least it can be written off as a necessary evil.
Hah, that team was going no where with that O line no matter who got injured. Guess we can blame the last decade of flops and failures to injury too. Bad talent analysis is more likely. Clueless! Hire a scout from New England please.
Go Dores, Preds, Titans! Go Nashville a great place to live!