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Don't expect the Metro Council to take on the hot-button issue of barring employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the private sector anytime soon.
Not with August's Metro elections just around the corner.
For now, it appears council action provoked by Belmont University's controversial dismissal of gay women's soccer coach Lisa Howe would arrive with two bills — both potentially contentious in their own right — filed by council members Jamie Hollin and Mike Jameson.
The East Nashville duo first filed a bill last week that could rescind Metro's agreement with Belmont regarding its use of nearby Rose Park, where the university plans to pump $7 million in renovation for athletic facilities. And on Friday, they filed an ordinance that would force third-party vendors that contract with Metro to have written policies that ban discrimination against employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity, as Metro does for its own workforce.
But while these are the proposals on the table, At-large Councilwoman Megan Barry, in denouncing Belmont's actions, launched a broader discussion about city government's role in protecting gay and lesbian workers from discrimination by their employers. In a written statement delivered two weeks ago, the progressive first-term councilwoman raised the issue of prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in the private sector, listing cities of comparable size and demographics to Nashville that have adopted laws protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people at work.
"I look forward to the day when Nashville joins the many dozens of cities and counties across the nation, including Louisville, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Atlanta, that have written sexual orientation into local discrimination laws," she wrote.
Because of its religious affiliation, Belmont would likely be shielded from a countywide ban, Barry correctly noted. "Nevertheless, what's happened at Belmont illustrates in a compelling way how tragic this kind of thing can be for those involved," she added.
Barry, who has hinted at greater political aspirations, would seem the natural candidate to spearhead such a law, having last year successfully piloted an update to Metro's nondiscrimination policy that made it illegal for the city government to discriminate through its employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The council approved the new law by a 24-15 vote. Mayor Karl Dean last week requested that Metro boards and authorities, which do not fall under the law, adopt the same policy. It's exactly what Hollin and Jameson want to apply to Metro's third-party vendors.
But it could be a while before any elected official tries to expand that policy to all businesses in Nashville. Barry said she has no immediate plans to pursue that cause.
"I don't have any proposed legislation that I'm considering in the near future," she said. "But I think that discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation or gender identity is wrong. I hope that Nashville as a community will come together and grapple with this issue, and come to a solution for all of our citizens over the next few years."
Other cities' laws more expansive
Barry's hesitancy could be the result of some political calculation. Though Howe's dismissal shone a spotlight on possible injustices against LGBT people in the workplace, the incident happened to occur nine months before Metro's general election.
With more than half of the 40-member council, as well as the mayor, seeking re-election, Barry probably wouldn't be doing her fellow members any favors by asking them to weigh in on a polarizing issue. Hollin and Jameson's bills could create enough of a firestorm as it is.
Of course, it wouldn't be the first time a council member pursued such a citywide ban. In 2003, also an election year, former At-large Councilman Chris Ferrell proposed a bill that would do just that. (Disclosure: Ferrell is CEO of SouthComm Inc., which is the parent company of The City Paper.)
Ferrell later scaled back the bill to apply only to Metro employees after it became clear that the initial proposal lacked the votes to pass. The issue became contentious. Ultimately, in one of the most memorable votes in recent council history, former Vice Mayor Howard Gentry cast the deciding vote to kill the nondiscrimination policy, voting against essentially the same ordinance Barry pushed through six years later.
Local nondiscrimination polices vary from city to city, and some municipalities have protective measures that apply to housing as well.
Salt Lake City's law has a more expansive employment discrimination ban. It reads, in part: "An employer may not refuse to hire, promote, discharge, demote, or terminate any person, and may not retaliate against, harass, or discriminate in matters of compensation or in terms, privileges, and conditions of employment against any person otherwise qualified because of a person's sexual orientation or
gender identity."
In Salt Lake City, companies in violation of the law are subject to fines. The measures do not apply to religious organizations.
Asked if she would consider proposing a new, broader nondiscrimination bill during a possible second council term, Barry said, "It's something I believe in."
"What happens in the next council term will be decided on how different initiatives play out in Nashville," she said. "If tomorrow, every workplace decided to not discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity, then we wouldn't need the legislation."
Tough sell
Writing sexual orientation and gender identity into the city's nondiscrimination law could be a difficult sell for a council some say is poised to become more conservative after August's election.
At-large Councilman Ronnie Steine seems like a logical candidate to vote for such a law, having last year voted for Barry's update. Still, he seems apprehensive about expanding it.
"I think the ideal of having a community in which no one discriminates is a goal that is certainly admirable, and something we need to strive towards," Steine said. "I'm not inclined to try to legislate that. I think clearly that's part of why we want to make sure the government is setting an example for the
entire community."
Predictably, council members who voted against Barry's ordinance a year ago are wary of a more expansive nondiscrimination law that would apply to the public sector.
"Obviously, I would be concerned about any laws that infringe on the right of businesses to choose their employees and to run their business as they saw fit," At-large Councilman Charlie Tygard said. "The less government intervention on businesses the better, in my personal opinion."
Not surprisingly, LGBT advocates are likely to support Barry if she decides to move toward a broader policy.
"In principle, we would support that," said Chris Sanders, who chairs the Nashville committee of the Tennessee Equality Project.
"We saw very strong support for the nondiscrimination ordinance in 2009," Sanders said. "There were 10 congregations in Nashville that were supportive of that effort, who endorsed the effort. There were 51 community groups that endorsed the nondiscrimination ordinance in 2009. I can't say that all of them would support applying that to the private sector, but we had overwhelming support for the [2009] ordinance."
Asked for his thoughts on Hollin and Jameson's proposal to obligate Metro's third-party vendors to the city's nondiscrimination policy, Sanders called it "an appropriate next step."
"It's a privilege to do business with Metro, not an automatic right," he said.
As elected officials explore the role of government in legislating against employment discrimination, it's worth noting that companies large and small have started to write sexual orientation into their own polices.
Last year, Memphis-based FedEx made headlines when it agreed to add gender identity into its corporate nondiscrimination policy. According to Sanders, other businesses or institutions that have done the same include AT&T, UPS, Bank of America and Vanderbilt University.


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The Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR No. 07-02) was released for public review on September 17, 2007. The 5-acre project site is located within the 356-acre Huntington Central Park and generally located southwest of the intersection of Goldenwest Street and Talbert Avenue. The Draft EIR analyzes the potential environmental effects associated with the construction and operation of a new one-story senior center (approximately 45,000 square feet) on an undeveloped portion of Central Park.
The Draft EIR begins its mandatory 45-day public comment period on September 17, 2007. The comment period closes on October 31. A Notice of Availability of the Draft EIR has been mailed to all property owners and tenants within 1,000 feet of the site and to other interested parties. A public comment meeting will be held on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 6:00 P.M. in Room C/D of the Huntington Central Library.
Please submit any questions or comments to the Project Planner, Jennifer Villasenor, [email protected]
Below are the Draft Environmental Impact Report and Technical Appendices
Chapter 3: Project Description
Chapter 4: Environmental Analysis
Chapter 4, Section 1: Aesthetics
Chapter 4, Section 2: Air Quality
Chapter 4, Section 3: Biological Resources
Chapter 4, Section 4: Cultural Resources
Chapter 4, Section 5: Geology and Soils
Chapter 4, Section 6: Hazards and Hazardous Materials
Chapter 4, Section 7: Hydrology and Water Quality
Chapter 4, Section 8: Land Use and Planning
Chapter 4, Section 9: Noise
Chapter 4, Section 10: Public Services
Chapter 4, Section 11: Recreation
Chapter 4, Section 12: Transportation
Chapter 4, Section 13: Utilities
Chapter 5: Other CEQA Considerations
Technical Appendices
Appendix 2: Visual Resources Technical Report
Appendix 4: Biological Resources Technical Report
Appendix 5: Cultural/Paleontological Technical Report
Appendix 6: Geotechnical Report
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Recommendation ITU-T L.1310 contains the definition of energy efficiency metrics test procedures, methodologies and measurement profiles required to assess the energy efficiency of telecommunication equipment.
Metrics and measurement methods are defined for telecommunication network equipment and small networking equipment.
These metrics allow for comparisons of equipments within the same class e.g. equipments using the same technologies.
Comparisons of equipments in different classes are out of the scope of this Recommendation.


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Skimble GPS Sports Tracker - FREE
by Skimble Inc., Version: 1.0.4 , 1730 KB Official Site
Package name: com.skimble.app , Last Update: 2013-08-22 01:01:07
344 ratings (4.134 average)
50,000-250,000 downloads
Stay healthy & fit with Skimble GPS Sports Tracker. Track over 30 sports and share your accomplishments with friends on Facebook & Twitter. Connect with other active people, compete on the leaderboards and stay motivated! Record activity details like GPS path, difficulty and style.
Last comments from Android Market
Brandon (Brad) (*)
Not as good as the one for iPhone.
Micaiah (*****)
Super fun competing to be more active
Dan (**)
No walk activity? Step measure?
ilovepool (***)
Love it, but when I got a phone call during a run, it lost my track. I didn't even answer the call. Evo
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Loved it until recently. Have had 2.2 for a month and it still worked. But, after Reseting my phone, now Force Closes after each run. DInc 2.2
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Was working welll before froyo, but now wont track GPS... please fix
Gabriel (*****)
Great app for people like me who do lots of sports!
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Not working on froyo. Crashes, blank screens, looses data... do not rely on it.
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Has tried to cover tuem all, has covered all poorly. Below the competitors like Runkeeper and Endomondo, even Google tracks.
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Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Bobcats guard Ben Gordon and Head Coach Mike Dunlap had a heated dispute in shoot around Monday morning, prior to Charlotte's defeat of the Boston Celtics later that night.
According to Wojnarowski —
As Dunlap led the Bobcats in a morning shootaround on Monday before a victory over the Celtics, Gordon refused Dunlap's request to stop bouncing a ball as the coach spoke, sources said. Before long, Gordon began baiting Dunlap, telling him that he needed to "humble himself," sources said.
Gordan refused to give the ball to Dunlap, and eventually tossed it toward a ball rack, sources said.
Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins was in the practice session and ultimately intervened, sources said.
"Beyond disrespectful," was how one league source described the scene.
The Bobcats front office has not taken any action on disciplining or suspending Ben Gordon as of yet, in what Wojnarowski believes is an effort to not hurt his trade value. That very well may be true, but now that this report is out in the open there's no question that whatever trade value he did have has been diminished to an extent.
Brooklyn has been the only team to have serious interest in acquiring Gordon according to most reports, but it feels as if that's a last resort type of deal for them now. The Nets have been linked to names such as Josh Smith, Paul Millsap and Carlos Boozer within the past week, so it seems fairly obvious that there first priority is finding an offensive minded PF. Problem is, the Nets have no one to send back in any kind of trade except for the names Marshon Brooks and Kris Humphries. Most teams in the league have no interest in either of those names, or are asking for more, so Brooklyn is a fish out of water in what would be the ideal trade for them. Where the Bobcats come in is in the fact that they wouldn't mind in taking on Humphries. In fact, it makes perfect sense for Charlotte. The salaries and years on Gordon and Humphries contracts are practically identical and PF fills a much bigger need for the Bobcats.
It will be interesting to see where the Bobcats go from here with Gordon, especially if they're forced to hang onto him. One thing now seems clear — if Charlotte is able to convince someone to pull the trigger on a deal involving Gordon, it's going to be at the last second of the deadline when the Nets get desperate (Feb. 21).


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GRIMM IMAGE, CAMOBEAR RECORDS & SOMEONE CLOTHING PRESENT: Swine & Dash Summer Tour 2010 Featuring:
SLEEP OF OLDOMINION & JOSH MARTINEZ are….
( w live band)
With Opening Acts: NABAHE & Everybody Knows, JFK of Oldominion, Abadawn, DJ L.A.
JAE (The Shape Shifters) & Other Special Guests
Live ART by:.. Mr. Benally & Fhidel (Life Can End)
Chase & the Dragon (DJ and Drums)
Hi Hey Hello.
Sleep, Josh Martinez and DJ Zone are the original Chicharones, but they will be traveling with a drummer and a bass/guitar player for their summer tour in 2010. Spin recently called The Chicharones, "The Best Bar Band in North America." It's easy to see why. Expect 5-part harmonies, a razor tight band, costume changes, syncopated dance moves, stage magic, standup comedy and the joyful interplay of 10 year veteran performers Sleep and Josh Martinez. And there's also rap.
Some Chicharones Quotes:
"Best Bar Band in North America" (Spin)
"With their 4th album, Swine Country, The Chicharones deliver a completely original masterpiece." (Urb)
"Innovative and entirely unique hybrid of clever pop melodies and intelligent, layered songwriting that borrows from everywhere and sounds like nothing else." (Vice)
"Josh's insightful, socially-aware lyrics and evocative voice, paired with Sleep's mastery of complex rhyme schemes and rapid fire delivery, brings a forward thinking album, ready to break through musical barriers'" (Exclaim!@#)
Chicharones Swine & Dash TOUR DATES:
(Day/Date/City/Venue): Fri 7/2/2010: MCCALL, ID @ Forrester's Club
Sat 7/3/2010: GREAT FALLS, MT @ Machinery Row
Sun 7/4/2010: WHITEFISH, MT @ Private Party
Mon 7/5/2010: Off Day
Tues 7/6/2010: BIG SKY, MT @ Black Bear
Wed 7/7/2010: SPOKANE, WA @ Mama's Thai
Thurs 7/8/2010: BOZEMAN MT @ Zebra Lounge
Fri 7/9/2010: JACKSON HOLE, MT @ Mangy Moose
Sat 7/10/2010: BOISE, ID @ The Reef
Sun 7/11/2010: SUN VALLEY, ID @ Whiskey Jack's
Mon 7/12/2010: Off Day
Tues 7/13/2010: BOULDER, CO- TBA
Wed 7/14/2010: FORT COLLINS, CO @ Aggie Theatre
Thurs 7/15/2010: DENVER, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Fri 7/16/2010: DENVER, CO @ Private Party
Sat 7/17/2010: PARK CITY, UT @ Starbar
Sun 7/18/2010: LAKE TAHOE @ Lakeside Pizza
Sun 7/18/2010: RENO, NV (Sleep)
Mon 7/19/2010: SACRAMENTO, CA- TBA
Tues 7/20/2010: ATWATER, CA @ Urban Illustrators
Wed 7/21/2010: SANTA CRUZ, CA @ Catalyst/Atrium
Thurs 7/22/2010: SAN JOSE, CA @ Mountain Charlie's Saloon
Fri 7/23/2010: LAS VEGAS, NV @ The Meatheads
Sat 7/24/2010: NEVADA, CA @ Cooper's Ale House
Sun 7/25/2010: PALM SPRINGS, CA @ Space 120
Mon 7/26/2010: TUSCON, AZ @ Congress Hotel
Tues 7/27/2010: TEMPE, AZ @ The Big Fish Pub
Wed 7/28/2010: ALBUQUERQUE, NM @ Burt's
Thurs 7/29/2010: GALLUP, NM @ The Juggernaut
Fri 7/30/2010: LAS CRUCES, NM @ El Patio
Sat 7/31/2010: YUMA, AZ @ The Dunes Bar
Sun 8/1/2010: FLAGSTAFF, AZ @ Green Room
Mon 8/2/2010: SEDONA, AZ @ Relics
Tues 8/3/2010: UTE RESERVATION IN AZ- TBA
Wed 8/4/2010: GRAND JUNCTION, CO @ Tenacious Bro's Club
Thurs 8/5/2010: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO @ The Blacksheep
Fri 8/6/2010: PUEBLO, CO @ Senate Room
Sat 8/7/2010: DURANGO, CO @ Summit
Sun 8/8/2010: SHIPROCK, NM @ Nizhoni Park
Mon 8/9/2010: FARMINGTON, NM @ 3 Rivers Ballroom
Tues 8/10/2010: TBA
Wed 8/11/2010: TOAS, NM- TBA
Thurs 8/12/2010: ESPANIOLA, NM -TBA
Fri 8/13/2010: SANTE FE, NM –TBA


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China To Impose Export Control On High Tech Drones and Supercomputers
Aug 03
hackingbear writes: Following similar hi-tech export restriction policies in the U.S. (or perhaps in response to the U.S. ban on China,) China will impose export control on some drones and high performance computers starting on August 15th, according to an announcement published on Friday by China's Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs. The ban includes (official documents in Chinese) drone that can take off in wind speed exceeding 46.4km/hour or can continuously fly for over 1 hour as well as electronic components specifically designed or modified for supercomputers with speed over 8 petaflops. Companies must acquire specific permits before exporting such items. Drones and supercomputers are the two areas where China is the leader or among the top players. China is using its rapidly expanding defense budget to make impressive advances in (military) drone technology, prompting some to worry that the United States' global dominance in the market could soon be challenged. The tightening of regulations comes two weeks after an incident in disputed Kashmir in which the Pakistani army claimed to have shot down an Indian "spy drone", reportedly Chinese-made. China's 33-petaflops Tianhe-2, currently the fastest supercomputer in the world, while still using Intel Xeon processors, makes use of the home-grown interconnect, arguably the most important component of modern supercomputers.
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By Team Titleist On April 13, 2011
A pair of loyal Team Titleist members got to experience life (and, of course, golf) inside the ropes last month at the inaugural RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup.A couple weeks before the event, Team Titleist members Neil Hicks and Michael Young received e-mails notifying them of their selection to play in the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup's Thursday Pro-Am at Wildfire Golf Club at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa and attend the tournament's pairings party that same night – courtesy of Team Titleist and the LPGA.Neil would later describe it as "an experience of a lifetime," from the conditions to the coaching to the camaraderie.The results weren't bad either: With some help from Pro V1 loyalist Grace Park, Neil and Michael's team shot 12-under 60 (29-31) and finished in third place.You can check out some pictures from the day in the slideshow at the bottom of the page. Neil also passed along the following note to Team Titleist about the experience:
Thank you so much – it was a great time!
It was so much fun playing with fellow Team Titleist member Michael Young – we played great and actually became pretty close by the end of the round. We have a round set up together real soon!
Grace was so much fun to play with. She gave pointers, shared laughs and just had a great time.
The caddies were hilarious, helping us with yardages and giving us some angles and lines just like they would for their pros in competition. That made the experience so much fun as well.These girls are good!
I have played competitive golf for many years, and to see the lines that the pros and their caddies see was unbelievable. Maybe it's because they do it on a daily basis - but it is truly a gift, something that I would love to chase!
Luckily enough Michael's parents followed us all day long with an excellent camera and took pictures! It was a great addition to the day.
Wednesday night the pairings party was fun. Arrived at the resort, and checked in. The gifts that we received for participating in the event were amazing. Fresh pair of FootJoys! Some wine glasses, new shirt, towel, etc. Overall the pairings party was a great experience to interact with the golfers off the course and just have a great time.
The overall experience was amazing! It was so much fun being on the inside of the ropes playing just like the PGA and LPGA tour players. Treated like royalty! Food, drinks, all kinds of goodies.
I have been to numerous PGA and LPGA tournaments over the years. It is amazing how well they prep the course for the tour players. Let me tell you firsthand that the fairways are PERFECT! The rough is truly ROUGH! And the greens roll so true it is crazy.
I wish that I could play on those conditions every day! I am envious of all tour players that get to play on those conditions day-in and day-out. Has always been a longtime dream of mine to play with the pros.
I could keep going on and on...
Thanks again to everyone at Team Titleist!
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April 15, 2011 at 8:51pm
It was such a great experience! something that i will never forget.
A million thanks to Team Titleist!
April 13, 2011 at 8:59pm
what a memory to have for the rest of your life!!
April 13, 2011 at 5:57pm
Very nice story. Congrats on being selected for the pro-am. Another fine example of the benefits Team Titleist members enjoy.


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Sportsheets Nominated for OC Business Journal's 2013 Family-owned Business Award
Family-owned-and-operated manufacturer honored for local business excellence
Sportsheets® has received a coveted commendation from the Orange County Business Journal with a nomination for its 14th annual Family Owned Business Awards. Named alongside some of the most respected mainstream companies in southern California, Sportsheets holds an especially unique standing as this is the first time the publication has recognized a family-run operation for its success in the business of bondage and pleasure.
Every year the Orange County Business Journal carefully selects a group of local family-owned firms to honor their business accomplishments and contributions to the community. Sportsheets stands alongside an impressive list of fellow nominees, including Anaheim White House, Friar Tux Shop, Nekter Juice Bar, Pacific Coast Orthopaedic Institute, and Rogers Gardens, to name a few.
Founded by company CEO Tom Stewart in 1993, Sportsheets® quickly became a family business when his sister, Julie Stewart, joined as a business partner. Since then, several other members of the Stewart family have joined the Sportsheets® team and the company has grown to become a true family affair.
And now the company boasts a genuine commitment to product quality and domestic manufacturing while employing more than 60 local contractors and employees.
"We create and maintain jobs within our community and beyond and are dedicated to sustaining local and U.S.-based manufacturing processes as part of our ongoing pledge to make a positive impact on our economy," Sportsheets® President Julie Stewart. "It's an honor to be a part of the Family Owned Business Awards and we look forward to celebrating with the other nominees at next month's gala event!"
This recognition comes to the family-owned-and-operated manufacturer following two consecutive honors as one of Orange County Business Journal's Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2012 and 2013.
"I am so proud of the company that Sportsheets has become over the last two decades and to see how welcomed we are within the mainstream business community," Tom Stewart said. "Especially after being inducted into Inc. magazine's 5000 fastest-growing businesses list, we're showing the world that adult businesses like Sportsheets are significant and successful – and serious contenders for awards like these."
The 2013 Family-owned Business Awards will take place during a luncheon Nov. 13 from 12 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, Calif.
For more information about Sportsheets®, please visit http://www.sportsheets.com
Sportsheets® International has helped ordinary couples find new pleasure and explore new positions together with specialized "relationship tools" since 1993, when the Sportsheet™ Bondage Bed Sheet sexual positioning and restraint system broke into the market. The company now offers more than 350 specialty items, including the Sportsheets® Premium restraints, sexual positioning products, and strap-on harnesses; the award winning Sex&Mischief® line of products for beginners; the Manbound collection for gay couples; Naughty Night Out™ bachelorette line; Tease the Season™ Christmas novelties; XOXO2U™ Collection of Sportsheets®-inspired romance; and the award-winning Sex in The Shower collection. All of the company's brands individually and collectively support its goal of Keeping Couples Connected!®"


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At some point in the late 1980s, Robbin Gordon-Cartier '93 decided it was time to leave her job as a corporate trainer for restaurants and do something else with her life. "I was tired of traveling," she says, "and I really wanted to get a college degree."
That was the beginning of a remarkable journey for the award-winning harpist and educator that has included performing and teaching around the world, and building harp programs from scratch in New Jersey public schools. Gordon-Cartier is the director of the harp program at the Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts in East Orange, N.J., and teaches harp to students who, if not for her, would not have had that opportunity.
Drawn to Montclair State by the Second Careers Program—and because she had aunts who had attended—Gordon-Cartier earned a degree in Music Education and began teaching at the Roosevelt School in Elizabeth, N.J. "I was the vocal and general music teacher," she recalls. "I used my harps to accompany my choirs and eventually began teaching harp to students who expressed an interest." That was the beginning of what eventually became a full-fledged harp program at the school.
Two years later, Gordon-Cartier was invited to work in the East Orange District to start the harp program at the Cicely Tyson School. Though the challenges have been many, Gordon-Cartier's love of teaching the harp keeps her motivated. "The challenges now are the upkeep of the instruments and the need still for more new instruments," she says. "Full-sized pedal harps are a big expense!"
In addition to her work at the school, Gordon-Cartier has appeared on television, in recordings, and on stages around the world, and teaches master classes and at conferences. She is often consulted for advice on starting harp programs in schools and has recently accepted a position as Concert Artist and Harp Faculty at Kean University with the goal of building a harp program there. A Salvi Harp Artist, Gordon-Cartier is also the president of the North Jersey Chapter of the American Harp Society and is the 2nd vice president and director-at-large on the Board of Directors of the American Harp Society.
In all this, Gordon-Cartier is most proud of not giving up. "My husband, Ric Cartier, was instrumental in convincing me that I was not too old to go to college. I received my bachelor's degree ten years later than most students but have been able to make up for lost time since then," she says. "You are only too old when you stop learning and passing on what you learn."


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Convert Canon C100 AVCHD to FCP
January 5, 2013 7:55 am / Posted by Jack Fisher to Camcorder Tips
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FCP Solution-Convert Canon C100 AVCHD MTS to Final Cut Pro X
Compared with the high-end EOS C300, C500 camcorders, Canon C100 is a good choice for more photographers for the much lower price. The C100 provides the core performances same as C300, along with the amazing hardware specifications, it safe to say this model is perfect for those who love shooting videos. It records 1920 x 1080 Full HD videos in AVCHD format to SD cards at a bit rate of 24Mbps, offers an ISO range of 320-20000, and supports outputting videos to external recorders.
Key features of C100
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To the photography an enthusiast, this C100 is definitely cannot be missed. The quality is satisfactory; however, edit Canon C100 AVCHD MTS in FCP is a little difficult for the new users: FCP does not accept AVCHD MTS files directly! So, How to make Canon EOS C100 1080P/1080i files editable in FCP ? Below is a good solution.
As is known to us, Apple ProRes MOV is the best format for FCP, so, to edit Canon C100 AVCHD with FCP, you just need to convert the AVCHD files to MOV for FCP, and to do the job, iOrgsoft Canon EOS C100 1080i/1080P AVCHD Converter for Mac is an ideal choice. Download the AVCHD Converter for Mac for free, below is the simple guide to transcode Canon C100 MTS files to Final Cut Pro.
Load Canon C100 AVCHD files
Install and run the Mac AVCHD Converter, then hit the "Add Files" button to import MTS files from your Canon C100 camcorder. You can simply drag the files to the program directly.
Choose MOV as output format for FCP
This AVCHD Converter Mac has optimized MOV format for FCP, you just need to go to "Final Cut Pro"to choose "Final Cut Pro"-"Apple ProRes 422(*.mov)" as output format for FCP, some other ProRes MOV formats is listed here for you to choose.
Convert Canon C100 AVCHD to FCP
Finally, click the big "Convert" button start transcoding Canon C100 AVCHD to ProRes MOV for FCP. The process will take a while depending on the length of your video. After finish converting, you can simply transfer the converted AVCHD footages from Canon EOS C100 to FCP.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's three-match ban has been reduced on appeal, but he'll still miss the Milan derby.
The Rossoneri lodged a formal appeal after the striker was sent off for jabbing Bari defender Marco Rossi in the ribs.
The Disciplinary Commission did accept it was not a particularly violent gesture, but the three-match ban has been reduced to two.
This still means Ibrahimovic is suspended for the next Serie A game – the Derby della Madonnina against Inter.
That Scudetto showdown is on Saturday April 2.
The Disciplinary Commission also ruled on two other Serie A bans. Parma's Daniele Galloppa saw his three-game suspension reduced to two.
Lazio defender Stefan Radu also had a third match chalked off his ban.
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Onkyo make a nice receiver, but for my tase and money, I prefer the Denon's. They have a smoother sound to them. I haven't heard the 4308 yet, but until recently was using the 4306 in my bedroom and loved it. The addition of HDMI 1.3 and the new surround formats should put the 4308 off the charts.
thats interesting because i too have always been told that denon's had a warm sound characteristic. where as the onkyo's have been discribed to me as bright. but the specs on the onkyo 905 look awesome. they have the reon video processing chip, torordial(spelling) transformer, and a newer BB DAC's.
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Throughout December, the Henry Clay People are playing free shows each Monday night at The Satellite in Los Angeles, culminating with their annual New Year's Eve gig (which is $10). What we didn't expect to hear from the brothers is that after these shows, the Yorba Linda-bred outfit will be taking a prolonged hiatus, with no plans to move forward in the future. Joey and Andy Siara explained to us why the time is right for the band to take an indefinite hiatus.
OC Weekly (Daniel Kohn): After last doing a residency at The Satellite in 2009, why did you decide to revisit it at this point in your career?
Joey Siara: Having been on the road a lot and outside of a couple of secret shows here and there, kept our local profile minimal the past couple of years, we've gotten away from some of the stuff we've loved like playing these free shows. It's a good point for us, especially since there's a lot of soul searching going on. I'm turning 30, the drummer is leaving the band after this, it's a monumental fork-in-the-road moment that causing us to be sentimental. Recording the live album at The Satellite and working with a cause we believe is representative of the glory years of the band.
Isn't it a little early to say that the glory years of the band are over?
JS: I don't know. We're definitely at a crossroads right now. I think everyone in the band feels that inner buzz that "is this it?" It's definitely a weird moment for the band and there's something cool about not knowing what's going to happen to us next. I think because of that, we are that much more dedicated to making these December shows count and matter, and have all the sentimental value that they should have.
So does this mean the band is going to split or just needs time to refresh and recharge the batteries?
JS: I think we need time to refresh and recharge, but in that time, I think there's a possibility that we're going to come to the conclusion that this is it. I'm reluctant to say that because I don't have any reason to walk away right now. We felt like if we walked away after this record, we'd be proud of it instead of making another record that could be shitty.
Andy Siara: I think the same thing. I think our spirits have been crushed but the music industry by and large after this last record. We poured everything into it and we stand by it, but only a few people heard it.
JS: I disagree with that. I don't think our spirits were crushed by the last record.
AS: Well my spirits have been crushed.
JS: I don't think we ever foresaw the record as being lauded or called historic by people. I think our expectations were pretty reasonable. But at the same time, you put a lot of effort into something, you want to stand by that product and look back in 20 years and be like "I'm proud of this and want to preserve it."
Do the other bands playing at the shows know that this could be your Last Waltz moment?
JS: Actually, very few people that know our band know what's going on. People out there have heard us say that we don't know how long the band is going to be for and there are some people that will take this with a grain of salt. And maybe they should.
AS: But we are losing our drummer, someone who Joey has been playing with for 18 years and me for 10. That's a very real thing and something we never truly dealt with on that level before.
JS: It's one of those questions like "can The Henry Clay People go on without Eric?" We tried before and it was pretty hard and I don't know if I'm willing to try it. It's like making a pizza without flour.
Was Eric's decision to leave the band the impetus for you guys to reevaluate things?
AS: Not necessarily. Eric leaving the band more directly impacts the idea of what The Henry Clay People are.
JS: I would say that me turning 30 and evaluating where I'm at and where I want to be has had more of an influence than Eric leaving the band. His leaving to pursue architecture is probably the result of the same introspection, which are some the themes addressed in our record. There's a lot of things we've passed up on because of this band. It's such a bizarre, interesting way to run through your twenties. It's full of regret and excitement. I love that the band has given me opportunities to stunt my growth.
Was it worth it?
JS: The net positives outweighed the net negatives. It was worth it because the suffering we've had to deal with in this band is mostly temporary. I hope to live for a long time and look back at the temporary suffering and say "whatever, I got to see the country and got to play music on stages and met some amazing people." That part was absolutely worth it.
AS: I'm a little younger, but I wouldn't trade it. We made so many new friends and played so many great shows. Before the band, I had only been out of California a couple of times and I have a second home in five different cities now.
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Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be examining some pressing issues facing the 2013-2014 UConn Huskies as the new season approaches. Today, we'll expand our cultural horizons with one of UConn's foreign-born players. So far we've covered UConn's big men.
Last week, we began our season preview series with a glass half-empty view of UConn's men in the middle. Because the true centers on the roster leave much to be desired in terms of rebounding and interior defense, the best hope for progress may mean more responsibility for 6'7″ senior forward Niels Giffey.
Giffey emerged as a fan favorite last season. Always a hard worker, his talent began to show when given significant minutes. While his individual statistics are hardly mind-blowing, Giffey has a penchant for filling in the gaps left by his teammates.
Fun fact: Giffey and DeAndre Daniels were the only two UConn players to grab 10 or more rebounds in a game last season (Daniels did it three times).
Giffey is also UConn's toughest defender. As a consequence to often lining up against bigger opponents, he has developed a toughness that is evident on the court. He once said he trash talks opposing players in his native German — which, frankly, sounds terrifying.
For worse or worse, UConn will not be facing the same caliber of opponent in the inaugural season of the AAC as they are accustomed to from a generation in the Big East. While Cincinnati will surely throw some haymakers, and Louisville (for one year only) will bring back memories of days of old, there are no more Pittsburghs to bang bodies in the paint like monster trucks for forty minutes a game. Hell, even the referees — terrible as they were in the Big East — will almost certainly call a version of the game that dissuades AAC teams from bludgeoning each other.
With that in mind, Giffey brings an element of diversity to UConn's game. He can spell Calhoun — creating a nightmare matchup for the opposing swingman. He can replace Olander and give the Huskies five legitimate three-point threats on the court at once.
While Giffey himself is not a remedy for the woes of UConn's front court, he should continue to see his minutes rise as coach Kevin Ollie experiments with a new lineup for a new brand of basketball.
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Wow, I've been working on so many aspects of the business that I just realized it's practically December! We received a Thank You note from a recent wedding, and that reminded me I needed to update the blog. October was a busy month, with four weddings, and so here are a few selects from Emily and Jason's wedding.
Jas and Em, as they affectionately call each other, are so cute together.
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Here are a few selects from the day:
Here are a few shots of their awesome cake:
Here's a quote from their card:
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The summer is here and the ANTS are back! Each year I try to think of ways to get rid of ants in the house. Now, of course, you can't completely get rid of ants. They're small and can get through any cracks. So, I am going to offer the best way to control the ants in your house. Specifically, the kitchen. I hate for ants to crawl around on my counter tops and stove. Afterall, this is where your food is located when you are cooking. I don't waste time buying expensive sprays or powders anymore. They don't work. So, here is my regime. It has been pretty good at holding the ants at bay.
First, wash down the counter tops, stove and cabinets with vinegar and water. Just combine in a spray bottle. I am not going to say how much water and vinegar to combine. I usually combine my mix so that the vinegar is still strong. Some people might want it milder.
Second, let dry. Then, apply a light dousing of baby powder over counter surfaces and stove. Make sure to wipe these areas down nicely so that you won't have a white powdered covered kitchen. The powder left on towel is enough to wipe down cabinets. So, don't try throwing powder up in the air to cover cabinets. Though, that might be kind of funny…..
Also, you may want to caulk up any holes that you have that are really noticeable for ants to come through. But, don't get carried away with caulking. Like I said, they're ants. They can get through any tiny openings, regardless.
You should notice less ants as the days go by. When you see them return gradually, you might want to follow the steps above again.
You can use the baby powder on the carpet to rid it of ants. Just sprinkle a little on the carpet and vacuum as usual.


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A former resident of No 1 North Place was Captain Michael Trotobas, who parachuted into occupied France in 1942 as a member of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He spent the next 12 months recruiting French men and women into his organisation, the Farmer Network, causing havoc and damage to the German war machine in the north of the country, based in Lille. In 1943 he and his group were responsible for a train derailment, damage to 40 trucks and the destruction of 22 transformers, which halted production at the Fives-Lille engineering works in June 1943. He died following the arrest of one of the leaders of the group who, when tortured, gave the address where Trotobas was living.
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A blizzard of post-SCOTUS commentary, from the Left, expresses the view that Obamacare was an attempt at bipartisan compromise from Democrats, and that, if Obamacare goes down, it's No More Mr. Nice Guy time from the Dems, who will start an all-out push for single-payer health care.
But a review of the history shows that it was Democrats, not Republicans, who scotched efforts to forge a bipartisan health-reform compromise. The reason that Democrats liked Romneycare as a template for national reform is because Romneycare, as a state-based plan, contained no changes to the big federal entitlements: Medicare, Medicaid, and the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored insurance.
Liberal commentators are fantasizing when they argue that a state-based approach to universal coverage, like the one in Massachusetts, would have been palatable to conservatives at the national level. Allow me to explain.
If you're a governor, and you're trying to improve your health care system, you are severely constrained by federal programs and federal laws. You can't do much to reform Medicaid. Medicare dominates the system. The employer tax exclusion unnecessarily ties health insurance to employment, and creates the pre-existing condition problem.
Hence, a state-based approach to universal coverage must, by necessity, work within the federal constraints of Medicare, Medicaid, the employer tax exclusion, and myriad federal regulations. That's why few governors—Republican or Democratic—have made any headway on the issue.
Indeed, a big part of the appeal for Democrats of adapting Massachusetts' reforms to the federal level was that doing so required no structural changes to the three big federal entitlements.
But adding on new federal health-care entitlements, without fixing the existing ones, was reckless from a policy standpoint. Any serious federal approach to health-care reform must tackle runaway spending in Medicare and Medicaid, and reform federal laws—especially the employer tax exclusion—in order to make the insurance market more efficient.
#more#Democrats could have easily gained bipartisan support for a proposal that reformed entitlements along with expanding coverage, but once Al Franken gave them a 60th vote in the Senate, they felt they didn't need to:
Hence, a bipartisan health-care agenda at the federal level will necessarily look quite different than one at the state level. If liberals had bothered to ask, they could easily have elicited bipartisan support for a proposal that [expanded coverage using serious entitlement reform as a funding source].
But they didn't. The Democratically-controlled House passed its plan in 2009 with nearly zero Republican input. In the Senate, the Gang of Six—Democratic Sens. Baucus (Mont.), Conrad (N.D.), and Bingaman (N.M.), and Republican Sens. Grassley (Iowa), Snowe (Maine), and Enzi (Wyo.)—failed to come to an agreement because the Republicans were concerned about the bill's dramatic increase in taxes and spending…
Simply expanding coverage without raising taxes would have been enough, as contemporaneous reporting makes clear. But the Democratic leadership had no interest in a bipartisan deal.
Universal-coverage activist John McDonough, in his book Inside National Health Reform, recounts that Max Baucus' original November 2008 blueprint for health reform "had made known [Baucus'] intention to use changes in the tax treatment of health insurance as his major financing source to pay for reform." As Baucus put it in his blueprint, "It is time to explore ways in which tax incentives can be modified to distribute benefits more fairly and effectively…This could be done by limiting or capping the tax exclusion based on the value of health benefits, or as an alternative, based on a person's income—or both." A salutary idea.
But the President, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) were having none of that. As Roll Call reported at the time, "According to Democratic sources, Reid told Baucus that taxing health benefits and failing to include a strong government-run insurance option of some sort in his bill would cost 10 to 15 Democratic votes; Reid told Baucus it wasn't worth securing [Republican] support."
McDonough, who was on the inside during these discussions, notes that Democratic leaders felt that it was unnecessary to solicit Republican support because Democrats had 60 votes in the Senate. "Reid's directive, backed by the White House and supported by the House, was motivated in part by the seating of Minnesota's Al Franken, the Democrats' elusive sixtieth vote, meaning that Republicans were no longer needed to pass a bill. This directive, though, left Baucus's plan with a gaping financial hole."
Democrats, unwilling to budge on broader reform, then tried to ram through a partisan expansion of coverage, with substantial tax increases and an individual mandate, and zero structural reform to Medicare, Medicaid, and the employer tax exclusion. They got what they wanted. But blaming Republican intransigence for this outcome is myth-making, pure and simple. The blame goes to left-wing Democrats, who refused to entertain a more balanced approach to health reform.
Put simply, liberals' principal goal was and is universal coverage, and conservatives' principal goal was and is entitlement reform. These two goals could have been simultaneously accomplished in a bipartisan bill, but liberals had no desire to reform entitlements.
More at my Forbes blog.
— Avik Roy is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the author of The Apothecary, the Forbes blog on health-care and entitlement reform. You can follow him on Twitter at @aviksaroy.


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Back in the early 80's my little brother had an Atari 2600. I saw an ad on TV this morning that reminded me of that great Activision game, Pitfall:
I spent many happy hours vine-swinging Jungle Harry over tar pits and alligator-filled lakes. Oh, how that digital Tarzan yodel takes me back!
Another family favorite was Megamania. Check out the thrilling gameplay (you might want to skip the lame intro on the video, though):
Hamburgers, cookies, bugs, radial tires, diamonds, steam irons, bowties... and, oh wow, it still gets my heart going seeing those falling dice at the end! Yeah, could you tell that's what all those objects were?
Also, not to be missed, is this classic 80s ad for Megamania. Rock out to the Megamania tune, and look on, in awe, as the rocker shoots radial tires with his guitar neck:
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AUBURN, Ala. -- Nell Fortner led the United States to an Olympic gold medal and directed a WNBA team for three seasons.
Her next challenge: Replacing Joe Ciampi, Auburn's winningest women's basketball coach.
"He's done so much for women's basketball," Fortner said Thursday of her predecessor. "The neat thing about Joe is he's a great person.
"It may be daunting, but I'm honored. I'm really honored to have that opportunity to follow him."
So honored that she cut short a vacation to Key West, Fla., to come to Auburn and made a quick beeline for the mall for appropriate clothing for an introductory news conference- except for shoes. She wore flip flops.
Fortner is Auburn's second major hire of the past month, joining new men's coach Jeff Lebo.
Ciampi retired after his 25th season, shortly after taking the Tigers to the NCAA tournament for the 16th time. He went 568-203 and led the Tigers to three straight national championship games starting in 1988.
"I know that this program is already in great shape but to take it to another level is the challenge I have before me," Fortner said.
She spent the last three seasons as the head coach and general manager of the WNBA's Indiana Fever, compiling a 42-56 record before resigning in September after failing to make the playoffs.
Fortner was more successful coaching amateurs. She led the U.S. Women's National Team to a 101-14 record from 1997-2000, including gold medals at the 1998 World Championships and the Olympics two years later.
Before that, she led a Purdue team that returned just four players to a Big Ten Conference regular season title in 1997 and was named league coach of the year.
"I missed the college game," Fortner said. "I enjoyed my opportunity in the pros, but the college game is different. I love the players from that age group."
She has served as an ESPN studio analyst since 2001 during the offseason, including the last four NCAA tournaments. Tennessee coach Pat Summitt put that job in perspective when Fortner started pondering a return to the college ranks.
"Pat Summitt told me, 'Nell, you've got a decision to make. Do you want to talk about the game or do you want to coach the game?'
"When she put it that way, I said there's no doubt. I want to coach the game and be back around those players."
Fortner was also an assistant coach for the 1996 Olympic gold medal-winning team that won 52 straight games.
The former Texas player was an assistant under Hall of Fame coach Leon Barmore at Louisiana Tech from 1991-95.
Fortner also helped lead the Texas volleyball team to the 1981 national championship.
"When we started this process, we were looking to find a successor to someone who coached 25 years here at this level," said Hal Baird, athletics assistant to the president. "It's clear to me it's going to take some extra skills, a wide range of success at different levels.
"I don't think anybody exemplifies that or reflects that more than Nell Fortner. I don't know how you could have a whole lot more experience than that."
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Greetings this is Captain Obvious reporting for UnNews on the real economic crisis the world is facing and not the propaganda bullshit from the mainstream media.
As you well know, I always state the obvious, it is my superpower. I am an Independent Centris Moderate and not some American liberal or Neocon who both are wrong on many issues by the way. As usual I am the voice of reason stating the obvious that both the left and right refuse to admit to or acknowledge.
Where do I start? Hmmmm, tough choice, I'll pick on the right first. We got governments like the USA run by Right-Wingers that cannot balance a budget even if they tried. They run the country like it is Enron and spend spend spend all of your hard earned tax payer dollars to lobbyists and special interest groups that contribute them campaign money (cough cough bribes, fraud, campaign reform,shills, sockpuppets). The Republicans have George W. Bush who is really the sockpuppet for Dick Cheney and Haliburton and big oil. There I said it, but while you loopy liberals cheer me and start to light up those lighters, the Liberal Democrats have control of Congress and they too spend spend spend on pork projects and are just as bad as the Neocon Republicans.
Speaking of which, American liberals are slaves to Hollywood, the MPAA, the RIAA, the Liberal media and any Internet crackpot with a blog about conspiracy theories like Peak Oil, Global Warming, New World Order that make the blog owners rich via advertising. Some of which that installs malware trojans on your computers and steals your passwords and credit cards by people in China, North Korea, and other shithole Communist countries, all the while causing readers of those conspiracy theories to freak out and do panic spending charging as much as $50,000 to credit cards and thus are unable to make house payments and car payments, but while they made their own financial decisions. This is all because the people who promote these hateful conspiracy theories want to see the US economy ruined, as part of their "revolution" of overthrowing the US government and replacing it with a leftist Communist one instead.
They blame, of course, Bush and the NWO for putting a gun to their head and telling them to charge every iTunes download they really don't need to their credit cards, buy some video games, toys, and cheap crap made in China, and then when the bullshit is stacked so high it collapses and falls on them, blame the Neocons. Let us not forget liberals with a drug habit, they smoke or snort away their house and car payments and help contribute money to terrorists to murder more people and take money out of their nation's economy.
Thanks to those liberals who use illegal drugs, 9/11 would have never happened if they didn't buy Osama's poppies and pot plants. Not to mention Hillary Clinton being a former lawyer of Wal-Mart made sure that those China trade deals got over that Bush veto because Democrats have over 60 seats in the senate to over-ride a veto and will outsource 1.2 million US jobs to China, India, Russia, and other nations who make cheap knockoffs of American products. Harry Reed and Nancy Pelosi also helped, in exchange for more lobbyist money.
Hey is it me, or do those Liberal Democrats who say they are for the poor and working class always making millions of dollars each year as a Senator or Congressperson from lobbyists and special interest groups by giving bullshit speeches in the Middle-East about how bad the USA is, and taking money from special interest groups and lobbyists from the Middle-East? That's right, the Liberals work for companies owned by the Saudi Royal Family who owns Kingdom Holdings, Osama bin Laden's relatives and they control Apple, Disney, and big oil and are buying up US stock as our economy collapses due to all of the above. The Liberal Democrats, like the Clintons, earned over $150 Million dollars that way, oh but I must also point out that they got special deals on Dotcom stocks and sold before the Dotcoms went bust. Just ask Comic Book Fans and Stan Lee on that, as Hillary screwed their Dotcom comic book company. Stan Lee is like a father to me, and was going to publish Captain Obvious comic books before Bill and Hillary did backstab him and Peter Paul and take off with millions for the Clintons.
Liberal Democrats also passed that housing bill, you know the one. Equal rights for stupid people to get mortgages as well and Dubya signed off on it as well. Stupid people that make $15,000 a year but lied and said they made $45,000 to banks that are stupid enough to believe them without even doing a credit check. Stupid banks and stupid people working with stupid politicians, equals the housing bubble about to burst. But now we have a bailout of $700 Billion dollars to banks, but the banks are stupid so they give that money to the politican's stupid friends instead of the US citizens that really really need it.
Oh yeah the rest of the world, the USA economy is tied to your economy even if you live in Canada, the EU, the UK, Australia, or even Caspirar that sunk into the sea because it was a small island nation that Andy Kaufman was from. In 3 days after the US economy collapses, so will yours. Nice knowing you, I may be just the smartest US citizen of all because I state the obvious instead of some bullshit blame somebody else excuse that my fellow Americans are using. Face facts, most Americans are ignoring my news report because nobody cares about taking responsibility for their decisions, actions, and behaviors in the USA or the rest of the world for that matter. We're all about to win Darwin Awards, and find out if God really exists or not, because once we all die, we'll know the real truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Don't lay that bullshit on me, people, you are all just pissed off because you've all become a victim of some stuff you started long ago, and now the shit has finally hit the fan.
Now you know the real conspiracy theory, both the left and right are incompetent.
But I suppose there is still hope for a change as Barack Obama will take over the White House in January 2009. He won in a landslide because he is the only US politician who hasn't screwed anyone over yet. That only is because he has even less experience than Sarah Palin and hasn't done too much but make pretty John F. Kennedy speeches about promises of what he claims he will do. Plus he looks good in a bathing suit and has such a nice smile. Rumors say he is the Black Jesus but others that he is from Krypton and is really Superman but can even Superman save stupid people from their own bad decisions, bad behaviors, and bad actions, and lack of sticking to a budget so they can pay off their bills? Sorry to say, but even Superman isn't immune to mass stupidity on a nationwide level. That $100 Trillion debt to China is his Kryptonite and he's going to have to spend 3 times as much as Bush spent just to fix the damage caused by Bush and Congress.
I'll admit the one thing Barack Obama did right was vote against the Iraqi war, at his Boy Scout meeting, Troop 312 Chicago Illinois at the Trinity Church. After that he was elected to the US Senate and three years later he is elected President, and nobody can remember how he voted in the Senate because he had one of the shortest terms ever for a Senator. But his main qualification for being US President is that he is definitely not George W. Bush. But that is not saying much as a majority of US voters claim they want anyone but Bush, and John McCain was the older, even dumber, version of Bush.
I'd save the day, but nobody cares about me, I ran for office and nobody voted for me. I, of course, would do the obvious and come up with an obvious plan to fix the economy and set things right. But instead Barack Obama won, maybe he has a magic wand or something that can magically wipe out all of the debt in the USA and bring back those lost jobs without spending more money than Bush, who knows? Maybe Obamanomics really does work magic?
Once again this is Captain Obvious reporting for UnNews.
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Karim El Ahmadi has said it was brilliant to finally turn out for Villa in a competitive match in the Premier League, but like everybody else, he was bitterly disappointed we got nothing from the game.
Speaking to the Birmingham Mail following the West Ham game, our new midfielder said:
'For me it was very exciting, it felt good, but we had the chance to win there and we were not lucky. If only we could've won it, it would've been better but it was great to play in a Villa shirt in a competitive match.'
El Ahmadi rightly is looking forward to his all important debut though, Villa Park:
'I'm looking forward to it, hopefully we can get some points against Everton.'
With Everton up next at the weekend, KEA has the chance to renew a brief friendship he had with Fellaini when they both turned out for the Moroccan youth team. Although he concedes that whilst Fellaini was a big boy back then, he has obviously paid a lot of attention to his hair since:
'I would have been 20 and he was a little younger. He was big back then - but he didn't have such big hair, he's grown that!'
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Short Story Collections
- Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, New and Selected Stories by Lee Smith
published in 2010
Lee Smith, who published her first book of fiction 40 years ago, is as beloved a storyteller as exists in America. Now she collects fourteen short stories - seven brand new ones along with her favorite seven from her earlier collections. The result? A book of dazzling richness. Smith's stories, famous for unmistakable voices and a craft so strong and sure it is transparent, strike dead center at the turning points of her characters' lives. Here those characters range from an eleven year old boy who loves vocabulary words, to a young bride who has married "way up," to Mrs. Darcy herself, an older woman making it through widowhood her own way. As the New York Times Book Review put it, "In almost every one of [her stories] there is a moment of vision, or love, or unclothed wonder that transforms something plain into something transcendent." -Shannon Ravenel, Algonquin Books
- News of the Spirit
published in 1997
- Me and My Baby View the Eclipse
published in 1990
- Cakewalk
published in 1981
"If you wish to purchase any of these books, I encourage you to do so from your local independent bookseller. If you do not have one in your area, just follow the link to amazon.com."
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PALMYRA — A Newport man was seriously injured after his van collided head-on with a pickup truck on Warren Hill Road on Sunday.
Roger Greenlaw, 51, was flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Deputy Jeremy Leal, with the Somerset County Sheriff's Office, said at the scene.
While Leal did not know the extent of his injuries, he said Greenlaw was fading in and out of consciousness. Both vehicles were destroyed in the 9:30 a.m. crash; the impact compressed their front ends about three feet.
Greenlaw had been traveling west with his 10-year-old daughter in the front passenger seat when his 2006 Ford van drifted into the opposite lane on a curve near 743 Warren Hill Road and struck a pickup truck head-on.
Leal said speed may have been a factor in the crash. The road also had many icy patches.
Everett Graham, 80, of St. Albans, was driving the oncoming 2004 Ford F150 pickup. His wife, Phyllis, 74, sat in the passenger seat. Both sustained chest injuries and were taken by ambulance to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield.
An ambulance took Greenlaw to Hartland Consolidated School, where LifeFlight touched down to bring him to the Bangor hospital.
A spokeswoman at Eastern Maine Medical Center said she did not have a status update on Greenlaw. Everyone had been wearing seat belts; the airbags in both vehicles deployed.
"Obviously those were some factors that prevented more serious injuries," Leal said.
Greenlaw's 10-year-old daughter, who Leal did not name because of her age, will be fine. She complained of wrist pain, Leal said.
Tim Kuespert, Hartland assistant fire chief, said rescue workers closed about a two-mile stretch of Warren Hill Road for a couple hours.
He knew of at least one other serious crash that had occurred nearby on the road.
"Slow down, watch the conditions," he cautioned. "We hope the best for the families."
In addition to the sheriff's office and Hartland firefighters, St. Albans firefighters, Maine State Police and Sebasticook Valley ambulance responded.
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