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I've always wanted to believe in ghosts.
Sure, ghosts have that scary quality inherent in the unknown. If 24-hour cable news pundits have taught us anything, it is that the things we fear are usually the things we know the least about, and there are few things I can claim to know less about than something that might not even exist.
When I was a kid I watched the cartoon "Ghostbusters" religiously. My favorite character was Slimer, though I did find him to be somewhat of an enigma, because to me, ghosts were supposed to be dead people yet there was no explanation for who Slimer was in his life before death. The poor hygiene and bloodshot eyes probably indicate he spent his life as a newspaper reporter.
Sure, there are people who will claim that some ghosts are just born ghosts, as was the excuse given by the creators of Casper, who desperately didn't want their young fans staying up at night with the disturbing thought that Casper was the phantom of a dead child — but for me, a ghost being a dead person was the most exciting part about being a ghost. It meant that I would have more to look forward to in the afterlife than castles made of clouds and reuniting with dead relatives — being a kid, I didn't have many dead relatives, so you can see how a reunion with my Great Uncle Frank wasn't that exciting to me.
If I were a ghost I could haunt my enemies and see girls naked, which at 12, remained a top priority when considering potential superpowers.
Today the existence of ghosts are more important to me than ever before. While I wanted ghosts to exist when I was a kid, so as to increase the possibility of me one day having cool supernatural superpowers, and of course, abusing said powers, today I want to believe because they remain one of the final true unexplained mysteries.
A few years ago I had one of those no-nonsense editors who never cracked a smile, describe in vivid detail to me how he and his wife lived in a haunted house. Here, an educated, credible source, was describing to me the night he watched a coffee cup slowly creep across his table as if being dragged by someone's finger, before finally crashing to the floor. Unexplained noises in the night, angry voices, toilets flushing, and finding puddles of what appeared to be blood in the center of his kitchen. He said that his youngest son referred to the undead house guest by name, and his own research much later would prove his son's guess at the ghost's name correct. Before he and his wife had moved into the house, the previous owner, an alleged child molester, had committed suicide in their kitchen.
I begged my editor to let me visit his house so that I could have my own first-hand ghost story to share, but he said that after giving the ghost a good yelling at, neither he or his wife had seen any sign of it in months.
I think my curiosity with ghost stories is influenced by my being an agnostic. Being agnostic is the spiritual equivalent of straddling the fence. I know that there are a lot of things within organized religion that conflict, and plenty of things about an afterlife that just don't sound credible, but at the same time I would badly like to believe that there is more to existence than existing. We know evolution rewards survival, it rewards those animals who have developed traits to live longer, to be better at breeding, better at killing, but we still don't know why it seems so important to survive in the first place.
That is one of those unexplained mysteries that will probably keep me up at night for years to come, but fortunately, it is those very unexplained mysteries that make waking up in the first place so much fun.
Robeson County is no stranger to the unexplained and mysterious. For example, in between Maxton and Laurinburg, at the corner of Stewartsville Cemetery Road and Old Maxton Road, there is an area known as "Gravity Hill." In this space, it is said, that if one leaves their car here in neutral at the bottom of the hill, the car will begin to gently roll up the hill, as if being pushed by some invisible force. Spooky.
Sure, we've all heard similar stories, and there are physicists who say that these Gravity Hills are merely optical illusions, which is OK — because there is a chance they aren't.
And that chance is enough to give me the hope that one day I'll be able to have cool ghost powers, and maybe even take time to have a beer with my Great Uncle Frank.
James Johnson may be reached at 910-272-6144 or on Twitter @JJohnsonRobeson.

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A visitor died Sunday after being pulled from Hanauma Bay.
Honolulu police say the 42-year-old man ran into trouble while in the water just after 10 a.m..
Lifeguards brought the man to shore and performed CPR, until Emergency Medical Services arrived on the scene to take over treatment and then took him to a nearby hospital emergency room.
The man was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police have classified the case as an unattended death.


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Kathryn Watson, News-Press Staff Writer
August 11, 2011
One might guess that complete strangers from three different countries -- Poland, the Czech Republic and the United States -- would have little in common.
But as 13 high-school-aged exchange students with Liberty Education Tours learned as they trekked across the country by plane and bus on a two-week tour of historic Ronald Reagan sites, people have certain commonalities that not even geographical and linguistic barriers can disguise for long.
"For me, it seems similar," 18-year-old Lucie Charvatova from the Czech Republic said of the assortment of students she had been traveling with from Washington, D.C., to California since Aug. 1.
The tour stopped Wednesday at the Reagan Ranch Center on State Street, and his home in Rancho Del Cielo.
The sponsored students hail from from downtown Los Angeles, to Nipomo, to Georgia and overseas. All were selected and sponsored by the Reagan Legacy Foundation for the purpose of simply giving them a flavor of the principles of freedom Mr. Reagan so dearly held. For many of the international students, this August visit was their first to the United States.
"I met so many interesting people and I improved my English skills," 18-year-old Konrad Jaworski of Poland told the News-Press outside the late president's residence at Rancho Del Cielo, where students had a private tour of the ranch from Young America's Foundation staff members and Michael Reagan himself, son of the late president.
Despite their differences, the students found common ground, with the Spanish-speaking Americans teaching their newfound friends Spanish, and the Polish students teaching their native tongue to their American peers.
The tour, a part of the Michael Reagan-founded Reagan Legacy Foundation, was open to any European or American high school student with at least one year remaining of their secondary education, and a grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale to qualify.
At the ranch, Michael Reagan shared his fond memories of the 688-acre property and 1,600-square-foot home, where he and his children would visit for special occasions like Thanksgiving dinner.
"Everything is there the way that he left it," Michael Reagan told the students of his father's residence.
Students were enthralled by stories of "Rawhide," the Secret Service code name for the powerful man who loved to spend his free hours riding horses on the trails he cut with his own hands.
The ranch, as Michael Reagan and Young America's Foundation staff members explained, was Mr. Reagan's place to relax and rejuvenate, away from the demands and pressures of public life.
Undoubtedly, they said, Mr. Reagan was a president at all times, taking and making official calls and devising policies on the grounds of Rancho Del Cielo, which means "Ranch in the Sky" in Spanish. The late president even signed his famous tax-cutting bill, which slashed the top marginal tax rate from 70 to 28 percent, on the property almost exactly 30 years ago.
But the ranch tells the story not just of an American president, but of a down-to-earth person who cut wood with a chainsaw, enjoyed Louis L'Amour books and dearly loved his wife.
"There was no politics, just ranch stuff," the late president's son told the News-Press on the gravel grounds of the ranch. "The ranch was special for the family also, because it was out of the political realm, which made it really kind of special and nice."
Some students on the tour were fascinated by politics, like 17-year-old John Thomas Justus of Cleveland, Ga., who plans to run for a political office in the future. Others, like 17-year-old Aaron Booker from Los Angeles, weren't so much.
But for 12 days, the students from different national and ideological backgrounds were thrown together for 24 hours a day to discover firsthand the life of the man esteemed "The Great Communicator."
Aaron, who said the conservative realm was something new for him, was intrigued to see "a view from the other side."
Last year, a different group of students traveled throughout Europe through Liberty Education Tours. This year, the 100th anniversary of Mr. Reagan's birth, the students caught a glimpse of the path of his multifaceted life.
The trip, slated to culminate Friday at the Reagan Library with a special graduation ceremony for the students, began in Washington, D.C., where the group attended the 2011 National Conservative Student Conference.
From there, the group stopped in Illinois, where the late president was born and raised. For a handful of students, their favorite memories related to watching the Chicago Cubs play the Cincinnati Reds. To commemorate the Cubs' Ronald Reagan Day Celebration, Michael Reagan and his family threw out the first pitch.
Then they ventured to California.
For each student, the trip meant something slightly different -- and each had a slightly different highlight. While the trip wasn't necessarily transforming for some students politically, they seemed to agree that it was quite unforgettable.
"For me, it was Reagan's home in Tampico (Ill.),"18-year-old Anna Patryja Gzepiel of Poland said, calling the old residence the most memorable part of the trip for her.
"The view was amazing in Chicago," said 18-year-old Konrad Jaworski of Poland, who said he also thoroughly enjoyed eating hot dogs at the baseball game.
"I would just like to say that this has been a tremendous privilege to be chosen to go on this trip, especially this year, on the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birth," Thomas said.
Anyone interested in Liberty Education tours can log onto www.reaganlegacyfoundation.org.


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Thursday's San Diego Union Tribune included this interesting article about the 1985 Michigan-Iowa contest (today 1:00 Eastern ESPN Classic) as remembered by that game's quarterbacks, Jim Harbaugh and Chuck Long. Both men are currently college football coaches; Harbaugh at the University of San Diego and Long at San Diego State.
I was particularly struck by a few items in this piece:
* Is this the last time Michigan threw for fewer than 60 yards in a game?
* How were we so close when Iowa had the ball almost twice as long as we had it, especially considering they lost only one turnover, didn't miss any field goals, and committed just three penalties?
* Why the hell was Bo concerned with the color of the freakin locker rooms?
Although recalling this game continues to provide a collective bummer for Michigan fans, it gave me reasons to become even more encouraged about our chances tomorrow (beyond the facts that we're at home, relatively healthy, and our defense has demonstrated that it could be the best we've ever had. Oh, and we're playing a team that just lost to Indiana.):
* The '85 Iowa defense was among the tops in the nation, the '06 Iowa defense is not.
* Drew Tate is a solid and dangerous quarterback, but unlike Chuck Long he won't be finishing second in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
* Though he has his faults, I am almost certain that Lloyd won't be spending emotional or physical energy on meaningless crap that has nothing to do with winning.
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Wednesday, 1 July 2015 from 19:00 to 20:00
Divertimenti Knightsbridge
227-229 Brompton Road
SW3 2EP London
United Kingdom
£6.00. Ticket price includes a glass of wine plus a 10% shopping discount on the night at Divertimenti.Book here
Three of the freshest and most exciting new voices in cooking and food writing are together on July 1st for the last in the summer series of Culinary Salons at Divertimenti Brompton Road. Among them Ukrainian-born Olia Hercules, a trained chef, food writer and stylist and author of Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & Beyond.
Debut cookbook from the Observer's Rising Star in Food 2015
Olia Hercules was born in Ukraine and lived in Cyprus before moving to the UK to study a BA in Italian, followed by an MA in Russian and English. She worked as a reporter for Screen International before her interest in food as an amateur reached its apogee and she decided to retrain to be a chef at Leith's School of Food and Wine. She kicked off her culinary career working at Fulham's Union Market with Aaron Craze before landing her dream job as chef-de-partie at Ottolenghi's. After having her son, and filming for The Food Network, Olia began writing for Sainsbury's, The Recipe Kit, and The Guardian. Find out more about Olia at oliahercules.com
If you join this event you'll have an opportunity to get a signed copy of Olia's book, meet the author and ask your questions!
Alternatively, you may find her book on Amazon
You'll also meet:
Shivi Ramotaur was born in Trinidad and now lives in London. She is a food writer, cookery school teacher and author of Caribbean Modern. And Rosie Birkett is a food writer, stylist and journalist and author of A Lot on Her Plate.
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My brother has a ferret. What kind of animals do you have besides regular ones like dogs, cats and fish.
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a rabid mother in law...
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I have a ferret too! Her name is Lily and she's so cute!!
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African gry parrot, nice pet. It comes onto my hand and clims to my shoulder. Love it.
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I used to have three little chipmunks called Milly, Molly and Mandy. Cute little things they were.
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I have a bearded Dragon named Zoe'
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I only have three dogs,
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Adelaide woman Anna Bartsch recounts how she thought she would die when her Air Bagan plane crashed then burst into flames on Christmas Day in Burma, killing at least two people and injuring many others.
TONY EASTLEY: Two Australian survivors of a fatal plane crash in Burma are hoping to board another plane today, this time to return home to Adelaide.
They were among five Australians who escaped the burning wreckage of an Air Bagan jet which crashed near Heho Airport on Christmas Day.
The crash killed one of the 71 passengers, while a motorcyclist on the ground died after being struck by debris.
Most of the passengers were foreign tourists including, Anna Bartsch and her partner Stuart Benson, who escaped serious injury.
Anna Bartsch spoke to Rebecca Brice from a hotel room in the capital Rangoon.
ANNA BARTSCH: I sort of wasn't aware that we were going to crash until we actually did because I'd sort of stopped looking out the window at that point and was talking to Stuart in the seat next to me.
So the first thing sort of that I really realised was the impact, the first big sort of thud and there were a number, a few sort of big thuds and some sort of skidding which obviously felt, you know, it wasn't just a bumpy landing.
Once we settled and I suppose realised okay we've crashed but we don't have any major injuries, okay, alright, we better get off but then sort of looked out the window and that's when there were flames outside of our window. We were right down the back, we were probably the furthest towards the back and the fire I think started from the tail because the wings had been ripped off by this point. We didn't realise that but we'd come in through some trees that had ripped off the wings.
So the flames I suppose, that was when I think I actually became fearful. There is a very limited time here potentially, there is fire at the back and we could see smoke coming from the front and figured well there is probably some big fuel reserves around the wings in the middle. It is just sort of where we are heading because we couldn't get out the back door and couldn't get out the side door.
So it wasn't- the impact that felt was so quick, it was then those moments afterwards when we thought right, we are trapped in this thing, it's on fire and it's probably about to explode and we can't get out.
REBECCA BRICE: That must be a terrifying experience?
ANNA BARTSCH: Yeah, it's very, very fast but I definitely recall consciously thinking I reckon this might be it, yeah.
REBECCA BRICE: And so you made it, you made it out alive with...
ANNA BARTSCH: And just about everybody did which is incredible.
REBECCA BRICE: Yeah.
ANNA BARTSCH: Probably a lot of that is due to the fact that the plane itself landed in this field that was quite deeply ploughed dirt so we actually nestled into it and dug a big trench through it really with the plane so I think that probably absorbed a lot of the impact and hence people's injuries probably weren't as bad as they otherwise could have been and so everybody was, almost everybody was able to get themselves out without too much trouble once the doors were open.
REBECCA BRICE: And then there's this small matter of being in the middle of a field with none of your belongings.
ANNA BARTSCH: Yeah, we didn't realise until probably 10 minutes later that we didn't have anything with us, you just didn't think about that. There wasn't great systems in place I suppose organisationally for dealing with this, but that's probably a good thing, I probably would have worried if it was something they had down to a fine art.
REBECCA BRICE: How does an experience like this change you?
ANNA BARTSCH: I don't know. I imagine it probably will be something that in years to come I see as a very significant and probably will have some impact but at this stage I think the first thing is adrenalin, the second thing 10 minutes later was shock and there was that sort of emotional outpouring of shock after we realised we were safe and after we realised there were a lot of people around us that were safe.
But then the rest of the day was just sort of, it was like watching a movie.
TONY EASTLEY: Plane crash survivor Anna Bartsch in Burma, speaking there with Rebecca Brice.


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Range of FRS/GMRS radios and an intro to MURS
The range of FRS/GMRS radios is wildly over-rated. You shouldn't believe the advertising claims. They are OK as a cheap radio, within their limitations. If you are going to go with this band I recommend instead the Garmin Rhino hand-held GPS with GMRS radio built in.
Note- KE4SKY has the same regard for this radio as I and many other users in the loop also have found
Available here
These low-power UHF radios with fixed antenna are reliable within a half mile or so unit-to-unit in average terrain. To get longer range you must have an unobstructed line of sight path between units, no blocking buildings, foliage or terrain. They work great if one station is up high in the clear on a mountaintop talking to somebody down in the valley below, but if you are inside your car talking to somebody else in a convoy, do not depend upon hearing each other if you cannot actually SEE the other car.
Best is to get your ham license and a 2-meter rig. Portable ham rigs do much more than direct unit-to-unit simplex. Repeaters provide wide-area coverage, phone patch, and Voice Over Internet protocol over linked repeaters providing transcontinental and international coverage.
If you aren't interested in studying and taking the exam for a ham license, the best bang for the buck for local communication within a few miles, is the Multi-Use-Radio Service or MURS. The Business Pool VHF frequencies formerly known as the VHF "color dot" frequencies were moved from Part 90 to Part 95 of the FCC Regulations to became a new Citizens Band Radio Service for private, two-way, short-distance voice or data communications service for personal or business activities of the general public.
No license is needed. Anyone in the US is authorized by rule to operate a MURS transmitter if they are not a foreign government or a representative of a foreign government; they use the transmitter in accordance with the rules. No illegal activity, no profanity, be an adult and play nice. An MURS station is not required to transmit a station identification announcement. The channels authorized are available on a shared basis only and may not assigned for exclusive use of any entity. Users must cooperate in the selection and use of channels in order to reduce interference and avoid interference to other MURS transmissions. Around cities you will hear fast food drive-in windows, warehouse operations, trash collection, building maintenance and construction site crews. The wide-band FM channels 154.57 and 154.60 get more use than the 151 Mhz. narrow-band ones.
MURS operation is authorized anywhere a CB station is authorized.
MURS operation is NOT authorized aboard aircraft in flight.
Unlike FRS and GMRS, MURS stations may transmit voice or data signals, including digital selective calling or tone-operated squelch tones to establish or continue voice communications, remote control and telemetering functions, except that MURS transmitters may not be operated in the continuous carrier transmit (CW or morse code) mode.
MURS users shall take reasonable precautions to avoid causing harmful interference. This includes monitoring the transmitting frequency for communications in progress and such other measures as may be necessary to minimize the potential for causing interference. This all comes under the general heading of that the FCC calls "good operating practice." It is common sense and courtesy. MURS stations are prohibited from operating as a repeater station or as a signal booster. This prohibition includes store-and-forward packet operation. MURS stations are prohibited from interconnection with the public switched telephone network.
The biggest advantage of MURS over FRS is that you can use a more efficient, elevated antenna with "gain" to increase your useful "radio horizon" and range. http://www.dpdproductions.com/page_murs.html At VHF frequencies antenna height is more important than transmitter power. The higher the antenna the better the reception. For two hand-held units on flat terrain, standing in the open without foliage, buildings or terrain obstructions, with both transceivers held at face level, theoretical line of sight is 5 miles, which is the best range you can hope for on simplex without improved antennas.
If the transmitting station remains standing with the transceiver held at face level, but the receiving antenna is elevated 25 feet above ground, range approximately doubles to 11 miles. If the receiving station were standing on top of a 250 foot hill the line of sight range would be about 20 miles. The highest point of any MURS antenna is not allowed to be more than 60 feet above the ground or 20 feet above the highest point of the structure on which it is mounted. Using a 6dB gain vertical antenna, at maximum legal height, fed with low loss coax such as LMR400 on your home base, and having a 3dB gain 5/8 wave mobile antenna mounted on the roof of your vehicle, having a good ground plane, you can work mobile-to-base simplex from 10-20 miles, depending upon terrain.
The frequencies available in the Multi-Use Radio Service are:
Frequencies Authorized Bandwidth
151.820 MHz 11.25 KHz
151.880 MHz 11.25 KHz
151.940 MHz 11.25 KHz
154.570 MHz 20.0 KHz
154.600 MHz 20.0 KHz
Multi-Use Radio Service transmitters must be certificated in accordance with Part 95, Subpart J of the Commission's rules. Business band land-mobile radio service radio units certificated prior to November 12, 2002 do not be re-certificated. You can buy used, surplus VHF "high-band" business radios and have a commercial 2-way radio shop program them for you into the MURS frequencies and legally use them without a license.
No MURS unit, under any condition of modulation, may exceed 2 Watts transmitter power output. This is not the handicap it may seem, because unlike FRS, there are no antenna restrictions. While it is illegal to use a A VHF marine band radio on land, http://www.mcminnarc.com/marine.html antennas which are designed for the VHF Marine band will also work just fine for MURS. A 3 dB gain 5/8 wave antenna whip on your vehicle doubles effective radiated power.http://www.dpdproductions.com/page_murs.html#mursmobile58ngp
On your cabin erect a 6 dB gain base station vertical antenna on the chimney cap or above the highest point on the structure.
http://www.palmettoantennas.com/vhf-base-station-antenna-ham-2-meter-murs-fir2.html This quadruples effective radiated power. A higher gain directional yagi antenna, http://www.bluestarantennas.com/home/product_info.php?products_id=185 having at least three, but ideally four elements or more on a boom of at least half wavelength (about 1 meter) gives the longest range in fixed location point-to-point operation. An antenna of 10dB gain, resonant on your working frequency could reliably communicate up to 50 miles or so with a similarly equipped station up on high terrain and in the clear.
An easily found option for MURS and 2m here
This is a 7Dbi gain antenna which is an improvement as decibel increases are geometric.
A reliable source for refurbished business band radios is http://www.reddogradios.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=213
They can provide business band ICOM VHF portables reprogrammed for the 5 MURS channels for a little over $100 each. If you also have a ham license they can also program your local ham 2 meter repeaters and simplex frequencies into the same radio.
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National Treasure
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Nicolas Cage is the history-buff hero.
Photo: Robert Zuckerman
(PG) General release
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There's something of The Da Vinci Code about National Treasure, with its plot that revolves around secrets of the Masons and Knights Templar, and codes and clues that can only be deciphered by an obsessive scholar - plus a girl, a deadly adversary, and trips to sites of cultural significance. There's also a touch of the Indiana Jones franchise about this Saturday-matinee action-adventure search for legendary treasure among tombs and monuments.
But there are a couple of significant distinctions. This is a firmly American enterprise. National is the key word. No uncomfortable excursions into foreign climes. The movie's settings (apart from a preliminary sally into the Arctic Circle) are major American cities. The origins of the mysterious loot might go back thousands of years, but the history in this film concerns the founding fathers, the Liberty Bell and, above all, the Declaration of Independence - a sacred document which, we understand, has a secondary function as a treasure map.
Nicolas Cage plays a character, Benjamin Franklin Gates, who has inherited a belief that this fantastic, if unspecified bounty can be located, and has found a sponsor, Ian Howe (Sean Bean), who has the money to help him realise his quest. Soon, however, he discovers that Howe - treacherous Briton that he is - can't be trusted. Howe plans to steal the Declaration of Independence and use the treasure it will reveal for his own enrichment: to protect the document, Gates realises, he will have to steal it. The film swiftly becomes a caper movie.
Gates has a single sidekick, although he acquires a glamorous co-conspirator (Diane Kruger) along the way.
He must steal the Declaration, decipher its secrets, restore his relationship with his father (Jon Voight), fight off Howe and his minions, and find the treasure. Director Jon Turteltaub keeps things moving competently, Cage makes a reasonable enough history-buff action-hero, in a wide-eyed, cheerfully silly, instantly forgettable neo-Boy's Own Adventure that barely sets foot outside historic Washington and old New York.


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Is snack time pita panini a diabetic-friendly appetizer for plum pudding day?Next >>
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Snack time pita panini is not only diabetic friendly appetizer but also serves its purpose of being kids friendly favorite snack time stuff! It is made with raisins, choco chips, peanut butter all filled in pita bread and topped with fresh banana chunks. What else you wish for, it is a complete health package with lots of fiber, protein and healthy carbohydrates. I would say it is a very good appetizer for the sweet tooth or Plum Duff day to include in your menu.
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Social Networking is all the rage these days with such sites as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Classmates, Reunion, and Plaxo. Essentially, these sites function as Internet based communities for the purpose of sharing similar interests. They're great for staying connected with friends, family and associates, but how can you use them to build your career.
Historically, Internet Job Sites, such as Monster.com, have been one of the least effective ways to conduct a job search. This is because of the intense applicant competition that develops when any job opening becomes public. By itself, Internet job searching is the most convenient and passive way to find a job and that's precisely why everyone is doing it. However, I rarely have clients come to me and say, "Wow, I just posted my resume on this job site, and I am getting so many great interviews."
Since most jobs are never even posted, In-Person Networking is the most-time consuming job search technique, yet the most effective. The new phenomenon of Social Networking allows us to harness both the Internet and In-Person Networking to create a powerful high tech and high touch approach to job searching.
I recommend that you:
- Initiate your social networking with just Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter.
- Follow the directions for setting up a profile which is free and easy.
- Invite in as many appropriate "contacts", "friends" or "followers."
- Post an update about your job search – be focused and specific.
- Request a "coffee talk" and ask for career advice and three additional contacts.
- Add more connections and thereby increase your "deputized job search agents."
- Social networks are merely "virtual" relationships.
- Take your "virtual" network to the next level and nurture a "real" network.
- Don't get overwhelmed with networking – just take the first step and log on.
- Be patient and persistent – it takes time and effort to build your "real" network.
Networking is a planned and systematic approach of reaching out and contacting friends, family, colleagues, alumni and anyone who can open doors for you. Networks whether Internet-based or In-Person based are safety nets. The larger your network, the more safe you are. Social networking is an exciting and useful tool to help you build and maintain your real safety net in case of a career emergency.
Tom's Tip: Social Networking beats NOTworking.
Keep Climbing,
Dr. Tom


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01/13/2012: Check out the update on this story here.
Despite pledges to clamp down on unethical trade in wildlife products, pangolin flesh and scales are offered for sale on a well-known website.
As of this writing, the above could be found here: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/499471942/Pangolin_Scales.html
A search for the term "pangolin" on a major eCommerce website yields some shocking and appalling results: The endangered animals' flesh and scales are openly listed for sale.
And if that's not shocking enough, who owns the website may be even more disturbing.
Pangolin flesh and scales for sale on Alibaba.com
Pangolin flesh and scales have been found listed for sale on Alibaba.com.
Such transactions are illegal without the required permits issued by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Additionally, if the body parts offered for sale come from an Asian pangolin species, selling these 'products' anywhere outside the country from which they were initially sourced from the wild is also illegal, due to a zero-export quota imposed for all four species living in East and Southeast Asia.
The findings are extremely concerning, given that an estimated 40,000-60,000 pangolins were poached in 2011 to supply the black market demand for their flesh, skin, scales, fetuses, organs, and blood in the Far East – primarily from China and Vietnam.
As of this writing, the following could be found here: http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/123770943/pangolin_meat.html
Cause for concern?
Shockingly, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Alibaba.com, Jack Ma, sits on the board of major international conservation group, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) – along with many other representatives of the corporate world.
Ma, who TNC champions as "one of China's most influential business leaders" and Time Magazine named one of 100 people who "most affect our world" in 2009, joined the organization's Board of Trustees in 2009 and then its global Board of Directors the following year.
TNC has repeatedly flaunted Ma's 'commitment to social responsibility', which they say includes clamping down on unsustainable and unethical trade in wildlife products on Alibaba.com and its sister site Taobao.com.
(Back in 2003, the Washington Post ran a three-piece article exposing TNC's suspicious backdoor dealings with their corporate board members. TNC explains that, despite making some mistakes, they are in a unique position to lead a frontier that uses corporate leverage for conservation.)
Not the first time Alibaba.com has caught heat over wildlife trade
To some, this news may come as no surprise, as Alibaba has been repeatedly criticized for allowing the sale of suspicious wildlife and other animal products in the past.
In 2010, the company pledged its 'commitment to social responsibility' by banning the sale of bear bile products and the fur and flesh of cats and dogs on its site, as well as on Taobao.com, in response to numerous campaigns from wildlife conservation and animal rights groups.
The move followed the business's 2009 ban on the sale of shark fins on their sites, which also seems to have stemmed intensifying heat from various marine and wildlife conservation groups.
Unfortunately, it seems this 'commitment to social responsibility' is more reactive than proactive.
Furthermore, it seems this pledge is also more futile than beneficial, as the mercury-riddled flesh of threatened sharks – such as threshers and blues – continues to be sold on Alibaba.
You can also find the bile of unnamed animals (potentially even that of bears) on the website today, in addition to bile from porcupines, cobras, pigs, cows, oxen, and more.
In fact, the list of illegal and questionable wildlife products (many of which used for traditional Chinese medicines) that can be found on Alibaba is seemingly endless and includes dried seahorses, tortoises, sea cucumbers, shark teeth, snake venom (falsely sold as treatment for AIDS), and the flesh of crocodiles, turtles, and a stream of other animals.
As of this writing, the following could be found here: http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/101405506/Frozen_Meat.html
Even the rare banded pipehorses — a relative of the leafy and weedy seadragons endemic to Australia and New Zealand — have been found listed on the site, a species protected from collection and export by Australian national legislation.
Despite this legal protection, you can clearly see from the screenshot below that the seller falsely claims the origin of the creatures for sale as being Vietnam, which suggests the animals have already been exported from their native waters.
As of this writing, the following could be found here: http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/110183501/Dried_Sea_Dragon_Seahorse_Sea_Woths.html
Online transactions in illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade is an increasing concern for law enforcement officials and conservationists alike.
Recently, LA Weekly reported that a U.S. Attorney's Office filed federal charges against twelve people for selling endangered wildlife products — including sea turtle skin, an elephant's foot, and the furs of a tiger, polar bear, leopard, and a bear — on popular, globally-used websites like Craigslist and eBay.
Insatiable demand for pangolins
These animals are in high demand in East and Southeast Asia, predominantly in China and Vietnam.
There, the flesh of adults and fetuses are consumed as delicacies and their scales are used to make traditional medicines.
According to wildlife trade monitoring network, TRAFFIC, pangolins are the most commonly encountered mammals in the illegal wildlife trade in Southeast Asia.
Pangolins are not medicine
Like other animal-based traditional Chinese medicines, pangolins' body parts and scales are superstitiously used as somewhat of a "cure-all" remedy for things like reducing swelling, improving liver function, weight loss, stimulating blood circulation, and enhancing lactation in breast-feeding women.
Some also believe consuming the flesh nourishes the kidneys.
There is no scientific evidence to back any of the medicinal claims made about pangolin body parts.
In fact, rhino horn and pangolin scales, much like our own hair and nails, are chiefly composed of keratin.
Scientific studies have repeatedly shown rhino horn to be void of any curative properties.
Read more about the illegal pangolin trade here.
Author: Sarah Pappin. Read more about Sarah here.
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Hamels OK'd to pursue arbitration claim against former adviser
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has issued an order that will allow Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels to pursue an arbitration claim for more than $779,000 against his former financial adviser, who in September filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
|Cole Hamels is listed in Billy Crafton's bankruptcy filing as a creditor.
Hamels and Shea are two of 12 current or former athletes who are listed in the bankruptcy filing as creditors, and most have filed either lawsuits or filed for arbitration against Crafton, who worked as a financial adviser for many athletes, including MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA players. Crafton has claimed assets less than $250,000 and liabilities in excess of $20 million in bankruptcy filings.
Among the other athletes who are creditors in the bankruptcy case are Brooklyn Nets guard Jason Terry; Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek; and former NFL quarterback A.J. Feeley and his wife, soccer player Heather Mitts. Many of the players are seeking the return of financial losses they contend they suffered when Crafton was their financial adviser.
A Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing initially stays all court and other legal actions against the debtor. A party to the filing, however, can seek relief from the stay from the bankruptcy court.
Shea and Hamels did that.
In his order, Latham noted that both Shea and Hamels had filed claims with the American Arbitration Association in 2012 and both cases had completed most or all discovery and both were nearing trial when Crafton submitted his bankruptcy filing. Hamels and Shea "may proceed with arbitration in their respective forums," Latham wrote in his order.
It was not previously known that Hamels had filed a claim against Crafton, but that arbitration claim was attached to his motion for relief from the stay that was filed in the case.
Since Latham granted the requests by Shea and Hamels to proceed with arbitration against Crafton, an attorney representing current or former NFL players Matt McCoy, Freddy Keiaho and Patrick Surtain has filed a similar motion asking to proceed with an arbitration case they had filed against Crafton in San Diego in July. A hearing had not been set on that motion as of last week.
Crafton's bankruptcy attorney did not answer multiple requests for comment. Attorneys for Hamels and Shea also did not return inquiries for comment.


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EDMONTON (AP) — Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will miss the final five games of the season with a shoulder injury.
The team said Sunday on its Twitter account that Nugent-Hopkins is flying to Cleveland to have his shoulder examined and that surgery is likely.
MORE: NHL injury report
After an impressive rookie season, Nugent-Hopkins' numbers were down this year with just four goals and 20 assists in 40 games. He had 18 goals and 34 assists in 64 games in his first NHL season after being drafted first overall by Edmonton in 2011.
His left shoulder has caused problems for the center, who missed 20 games last season because of it. He had to leave the Oilers' American Hockey League affiliate last December for strengthening and conditioning on the shoulder before playing for Canada at the world junior championships.
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I do love Batman and everything related to him so today I thought abt giving my Batman boxers some real dirty love! I stuff them in and poop them out at the same time with a niiice thick and long turd wich I will lick at a point, oh yes I lovemy shit!
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Tuttosport believe that Andrea Pirlo and Massimiliano Allegri have put their Milan past behind them to work together at Juventus.
One of the main points of interest to Allegri's arrival as Antonio Conte's replacement at Vinovo was the role that Pirlo would play in the team.
Whilst the regista has only recently renewed his contract at the club for two years, speculation had surrounded his position in the side following how his time at Milan ended under the same Coach in 2011.
Minimal playing time in his preferred position for the Rossoneri at the discretion of Allegri saw the playmaker depart on a free transfer to Juve.
However, Tuttosport suggest that the two have now sought to resolve any issues from that period, through a phonecall initiated by Allegri.
Whilst Pirlo had reportedly already received assurances of his importance to Juve heading into next season via club officials, this believed conversation with Allegri has reportedly proved most important.
It is understood that the 46-year-old tactician transmitted 'serenity, confidence and motivation' to the 35-year-old midfielder and that he specifically made clear that the player's position will remain in the centre of midfield and not centre-right or centre-left.
Pirlo apparently responded positively and offered Allegri his own assurance: "Do not worry, you can count on me."
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Watch Jason Kertson from 'The Voice' Cover Andy McKee's "Drifting" Using Two Guitars [VIDEO]
You may have seen 16 year-old Jason Kertson showing off his vocal skills recently on "The Voice", but who knew he had guitar skills as well? Check out this video of Jason playing not one, but two, guitars (one for rhythm and percussion, one for lead) on a cover of Andy McKee's "Drifting":
Pretty amazing, huh? If you get a wild hair, and want to see something EVEN MORE AMAZING, check out the original version:


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THE LAST SUMMER is an Award Winning Finalist
USABookNews.com, the premier online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE 2012 USA BEST BOOK AWARDS on November 16, 2012. Among those Winners is 15 year old Jacquelyn Eubanks. THE LAST SUMMER by Jacquelyn Eubanks was selected as Award-Winning Finalist in the 'Best New E-book: Fiction' category of The 2012 USA Best Book Awards. Over 400 winners and finalists were announced in over 100 categories covering print, e-books and audio books. Awards were presented for titles published in 2011 and 2012.
Eubanks wrote the first draft of The Last Summer when she was only 12 years old. THE LAST SUMMER reached #1 on Amazon in 3 different categories. The eldest in a family of three girls, the author lives in Chesterfield, Michigan, and attends Cardinal Mooney High School in Marine City. She enjoys softball, basketball and cheering on her beloved Detroit Tigers in her spare time.
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USA Book News, said this year's contest yielded over 1500 entries from mainstream and independent publishers, which were then narrowed down to over 400 winners and finalists. Full results listing available online at USABookNews.com
USABookNews.com is an online publication providing coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community.
A complete list of the winners and finalists of The 2012 USA Best Book Awards are available online athttp://www.USABookNews.com.


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Google has just announced that their service Google Places will now be available to users in the form of Google Plus Local. Google Plus Local will be integrated with Zagat, their restaurant-rating service. In other words, when people choose to use Google Plus Local, they will be able to access the reviews on Zagat for free
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Google Places Changes To Google Plus Local
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It's still really quite striking, even after all these years…
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It's still really quite striking, even after all these years…
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MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, nooooo
As seen on Halloween Night, 2011:
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Raccoons just love San Francisco. Remember?
"Via the Legion of Honor's Facebook, comes a link to this outstanding capture from Plomomedia's Flickr Photostream.
Of course, there are scores of raccoons in the area. But is there a reason that this gaze would congregate at a Yelp-rated #18 46th Ave bus?
Well, if the well-paid gardeners and maintenance workers of Strybing Arboretum carry around cans of catfood for the red foxes, can't bus operators have a little fun too?"
[UPDATE: Senator Leland Yee is on the case this AM – he's doing a presser involving this latest allegation. (I guess it's too late to call this an October Surprise, and frankly, it's not all that surprising neither. Let's call it a November Expectation. Brace yourself for more.) Oh, and Leland is onto some Chinatown voting sting operation as well.
And there's this: "Statement from Chiu Campaign on Money Laundering Allegations – SAN FRANCISCO (November 2, 2011): Addisu Demissie, spokesman for the David Chiu for Mayor campaign, released the following statement about a San Francisco Chronicle report of potential money laundering by supporters of Mayor Ed Lee:
"This is now the fourth allegation of illegal conduct by Mayor Lee's supporters, and it should be investigated fully by the District Attorney and appropriate authorities," Demissie said. "With six days to go before Election Day, it will be up to the voters to decide whether this kind of bullying, pay-to-play politics is what they want to see at City Hall for the next 4 years. David is going to spend the last 6 days of this race talking about why he represents a new generation of leadership for San Francisco that will stand tough against the special interests and shake things up at City Hall."
Paid for by David Chiu for Mayor 2011, P.O. Box 641541, San Francisco, CA 94164, FPPC##1337108]
Well, it looks like early-rising City Attorney Dennis Jose Herrera is the first one out of the gates to follow up on today's piece from San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writers John Coté and Heather Knight.
Testify, DJH:
"Too many of Ed Lee's supporters act as though they're above the law — on money laundering, on ballot tampering, and more — and Ed Lee isn't strong enough to stop it.
Earlier this year, Ed Lee was picked unanimously to be an Interim Mayor. He wasn't picked to be a Reformer. He'll never be a Reformer.
In Ed Lee's world, the notorious Willie Brown Administration deserves an A+, Rose Pak is not a cancer on Chinatown, and corner-cutting PG&E ("KABOOM!") is simply "a great local corporation" and a "great company that gets it."
Oh well.
Is Ed Lee Breaking Bad? Has the City Family corrupted him? Or has he corrupted the City Family? A little of both?
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"Herrera calls on FPPC to join D.A. in investigating new Ed Lee campaign money laundering charge – CitiApartments' former eviction goon led reimbursement-for-donation scheme, suggesting political payback for City Attorney's 2006 tenant-protection lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 2, 2011) — City Attorney Dennis Herrera this morning called on the state Fair Political Practices Commission to join District Attorney George Gascón in reviewing new allegations reported in today's San Francisco Chronicle that Ed Lee's mayoral campaign received donations that appear to have been illegally laundered to skirt San Francisco $500 per donor contribution maximum.[1] Andrew Hawkins, a property services manager whose harrowing tenant intimidation tactics were central to Herrera's lawsuit five years ago against the Lembi Group landlords' once high-rolling CitiApartments empire, promised reimbursements to at least sixteen employees in exchange for maximum contributions to Ed Lee's mayoral campaign at an Oct. 18, 2011 fundraiser, according to the Chronicle.
It is the second major allegation of campaign money laundering to benefit Ed Lee's campaign. The first, involving GO Lorrie's airport shuttle, is the subject of separate investigations by Gascón's office and the FPPC, the state commission responsible to investigate and impose penalties for violations of the California Political Reform Act. Such schemes have been prosecuted as felonies in California for conspiring to evade campaign contribution limits, and for making campaign contributions under false names.
"I think San Franciscans have now seen enough," said City Attorney Dennis Herrera. "Too many of Ed Lee's supporters act as though they're above the law — on money laundering, on ballot tampering, and more — and Ed Lee isn't strong enough to stop it. If this is how they behave before an election, just imagine how they'll behave after the election, if Ed Lee wins. This scheme is clearly a bid for political payback by CitiApartments henchmen for my litigation to protect tenants five years ago. It is patently illegal, and I call on the FPPC to join the District Attorney in investigating."
Hawkins is listed in Ed Lee's campaign disclosures as the owner of Archway Property Services. As the one-time head of CitiApartments' "tenant relocation program," the gun-carrying Hawkins is reported to have coerced more than 2,500 tenants out of their rent-controlled units, and once boasted in civil court testimony, "I run people out of their apartments for a living. It's what I do."
Several recipients of Hawkins' email invitation to an Oct. 18 event on Russian Hill made contributions to Ed Lee's campaign on the same date. All contributed the maximum $500.
Herrera sued the CitiApartments residential rental property behemoth in Aug. 2006 for an array of unlawful business and tenant harassment practices, which sought to dispossess long-term residents of their rent-controlled apartments. The coerced vacancies freed the company to make often-unpermitted renovations to units, and then re-rent them to new tenants at dramatically increased market rates. The illegal business model enabled CitiApartments, Skyline Realty and other entities under the sway of real estate family patriarch Frank Lembi to aggressively outbid competitors for residential properties throughout San Francisco for several years — before lawsuits and a sharp economic downturn forced the aspiring empire into bankruptcies, foreclosures and receiverships.
A 2009 San Francisco Magazine feature story on the Lembi real estate empire[2] described Andrew Hawkins as "a burly former nightclub bouncer who headed up CitiApartments' relocation program." Hawkins reportedly led teams as large as 14 full-time employees, according to the report, and the company estimated that "Hawkins relocated more than 2,500 tenants." An earlier exposé in 2006 by the San Francisco Bay Guardian[3] cited civil court testimony in which Hawkins boasted to one tenant's family member, "I run people out of their apartments for a living. It's what I do."
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I don't know, do you think the Roxie should be able to serve beer?
(I don't care. Sure, why not?)
"Soon to be offering BEER! You heard it here first. Always interesting programming of flicks not found in the ubiquitous multiplex. Even if I've never visited without wishing I could power wash the interior, who wouldn't love a good movie and a BEER?"
The NIMBYs put the kibosh on that effort.
Here's an update this AM, straight from the Roxie Theatre itself:
"Cold Beer At The Roxie Theater!
At a spry 102-years young, the Roxie Theatre has applied for a permanent beer license. Over the past year, the Roxie has used its non-profit status to obtain day use permits for on-site alcohol, and the response was so overwhelmingly positive that we're trying to make it permanent. Our application is in!
The Roxie hopes to add beer sales as part of its mission statement to make the theater a place of gathering and celebration, as well as a business model for the survival of neighborhood theatres. In 2008, the Roxie became a non-profit. With the litany of struggles independent theaters have faced recently (illustrated by the closing of the Red Vic), beer sales will help increase our revenue by offering a more complete night out, as well as drawing new folks into our one-of-a-kind mixture of programs unparalleled in the Bay Area.
Have no fear- The Roxie is dedicated to its mission of reaching the widest and most diverse audiences and our programming will continue to reflect this cause. You will still find a smattering of family friendly events throughout our calendar, and all of our programs will clearly indicate when it's for only those 21 and over. It has not yet been decided if beer will be offered every day, just weekends or just special events. We care the most about building a community, so we invite you to join us at this exciting new chapter so that we can develop this model together."
The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, aka AB 32, is in trouble, or something, per the California Business Alliance for a Green Economy. Seems that California courts might be slowing down/delaying implementation.
Get all the deets of their recent letter to Jerry Brown, below.
How Soon Is Now for AB32?
Here's the letter:
"May 31, 2011
The Honorable Jerry Brown
Governor of California
State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: AB 32/cap and trade rule
Dear Governor Brown:
We, the undersigned California CEOs and business leaders, are dedicated to the successful implementation of the
state's landmark law, AB 32. Like you, we believe AB 32 is benefiting our economy and environment and is crucial
to attracting additional clean technology investment to the state.
While Californians overwhelmingly rejected Proposition 23 last year and its attempt to indefinitely delay
implementation of AB 32, key provisions of the law are now facing additional challenges that also threaten to delay
implementation even further. While the cap and trade program is one of many AB 32 rules, we believe it is critical
to the success of the overall program.
First, we reject the calls from some environmental organizations for a wholesale revision of the AB 32 cap and
trade system. We take particular issue with these organizations calling for such revisions in the name of jobs and
the economy. As business leaders who are responsible for creating the jobs that have become such a popular
talking point, we can tell you that nothing will do more harm to the emerging California clean economy sector than
continued regulatory uncertainty. By far, the biggest impediment to creating real jobs is delay. The implementation
of AB 32 has proven to be a bright spot during this recession. It has attracted clean technology manufacturers,
investors, businesses and jobs to the state. Undermining this market signal with indefinite delays will jeopardize
this progress.
Second, a recent court decision based on a lawsuit filed by several organizations has effectively halted the cap and
trade rule development. As a result of this lawsuit, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is unable to do any
work related to the rulemaking. If the delay persists, we are increasingly concerned that the state will fail to meet
its deadline for the rule to go into effect in 2012. Further, we believe efforts to derail California's cap and trade
rule will jeopardize the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) as California's participation is crucial to the success of the
WCI. A strong regional carbon market anchored by California is important to the business sector and it will increase
the size of the market for California's clean technology industry.
For businesses, uncertainty in the marketplace hurts investment, innovation and growth. Forcing businesses to
remain in virtual regulatory limbo will only exacerbate the problem. In order to give businesses the confidence that
California will lead the nation with the creation of a robust, economy-wide cap and trade system, it is vital the
state resolves this issue as soon as possible. We look forward to working with you and your Administration on the
implementation of AB 32 and strengthening California's clean economy.
Signers after the jump.
Well, that will be it for now from the Golden Gate Restaurant Association vis-a-vis Healthy San Francisco. They should have made a deal, it would seem.
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'Healthy San Francisco' stands, as U.S. Supreme Court denies legal challenge. Rejection ends four-year legal battle over popular universal health care program that serves more than 53,000 San Franciscans
SAN FRANCISCO (June 28, 2010) — The U.S. Supreme Court this morning denied review to a legal challenge to a key provision of "Healthy San Francisco," conclusively ending a contentious four-year attack aimed at gutting the City's popular universal health care program. At issue in the lawsuit brought by Golden Gate Restaurant Association in 2006 was whether the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, preempts local laws such as San Francisco's from requiring ongoing employer spending for employee health benefits, or alternative payments to a local government. In rejecting GGRA's petition for review on this, the last day of the Supreme Court's 2009-10 term, the high court effectively sustained a Sept. 30, 2008 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding the legality of the City's employer spending requirement for health care.
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California Attorney General Jerry Brown can't abide you fretting over your recalled Toyota or Lexus – so he just struck a deal with Toyota USA so that you'll be taken care of when getting service.
It's all going to be on a case-by-case basis, so if you're totally freaked out and you just don't want to drive your car no mo, then maybe your dealership can send somebody to come around your place to pick up your car, fix it and return it as good as new. Or you can get a loaner if your repairs go into extra innings.
Read the news, below.
Brown Forges Deal with Toyota to Help Consumers While Recalled Vehicles are Repaired
Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that his office has reached an agreement with Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. to provide California Toyota owners with at-home pickup and vehicle return and cost-free alternative transportation while their recalled vehicles are being repaired.
"This agreement goes a long way towards easing the burden caused by Toyota's massive recall," Brown said. "It will now be much easier for Toyota owners to get to work and take their kids to school while critical safety repairs are made on their cars."
Under the terms of today's agreement, Toyota will provide owners of recalled vehicles the following services:
– Pick-up and return of vehicles by the dealership;
– Transportation to the dealership and/or to the owner's place of work;
– Alternative transportation, such as a rental car, loaner vehicle or taxi reimbursement for a reasonable period that the customer is unable or unwilling to use his or her car; and
– Expedited scheduling for repair services.
These services will be provided by Toyota through the dealers at no cost to either the owners or the dealer.
The following Toyota vehicle recalls are covered by today's agreement:
– September 29, 2009 for floormat entrapment;
– January 21, 2010 for sticking accelerator pedals;
– February 8, 2010 for anti-lock brake system issues; and
– February 12, 2010 for drive-shaft failure.
The following vehicles are involved in the recent Toyota and Lexus vehicle recalls: 2005-2010 Avalon, 2007-2010 Camry, 2009-2010 Corolla, 2007-2010 ES 350, 2008-2010 Highlander, 2006-2010 IS 250 and IS350, 2009-2010 Matrix, 2004-2009 Prius, 2010 Prius, 2009-2010 RAV4, 2008-2010 Sequoia, 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2007-2010 Tundra, 2009-2010 VENZA, and 2010 HS 250h.
More information on the specific vehicles affected by the recalls can be found at www.nhtsa.dot.gov and www.toyota.com/recall.
Californians are encouraged to contact their local Toyota and Lexus dealers if they believe they are eligible for these accommodations. Consumers can also contact Toyota's customer service center at 1-800-331-4331 or Lexus at 1-800-255-3987.
This agreement will remain in place until all Toyota vehicles subject to the recall have been repaired. If additional safety recalls arise, an extension of this agreement or other appropriate provisions will be pursued.
Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. is based in Torrance, CA.
The Shen Yun Performing Arts traveling show has been known as the Chinese Spectacular, Holiday Wonders, Divine Performing Arts, and other names since 2006, but some folks around town just call it the Falun Gong Show.
Well, they're ba-aaaack for 2010, performing in San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento from January 2nd through January 10th.
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Check out the Wiki entry – it's lays out the whole story well.
Anyway, they're back "to hijack Chinese New Year" – on the streets, on your bus, they're everywhere.


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As David and I designed our timber frame home, we wanted to think forward to a time in our lives when we might not want to climb up the stairs to our bedroom…or maybe when we could no longer make that trip. However, it was important to us that we kept the footprint small, so building up rather than out was the best option. So we worked with our designers to make sure that the first floor would be accessible if we happened to be wheelchair bound.
Making the hallway (all five feet of it) wider than required and all of the doorways 34″ or greater meant that we could get around with ease. Open spaces in timber frame homes offer opportunities to move furniture and create flexible spaces that will change as needed. The exterior doors are wide and it would be no problem to add a ramp if needed.
With my wonderful clawfoot bathtub replaced with a walk-in (or roll-in shower), we would be good to go. Life would go on, uninterrupted by lack of access.
This concept will allow us to age gracefully in our home…a nice nod to a future we can't control. If we are still going up the stairs at 99, so be it. But if we can't make that trip at 69, we're ready for that, too.
While talking about accessibility may not be your idea of a good time, it is important to consider it when designing your new home. Timber frame plans adapt easily to wider halls (since halls are typically minimal or non-existent) and open spaces. So have a heart to heart talk with your timber frame designer or architect and consider aging in place an important part of your design process.
And…come visit us.
We'll leave the door open for you.
Later, Bonnie Pickartz


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2017 Great American Music Caravan
Enjoy a toe-tapping, finger-snapping good time touring some of the most famed musical cities in America. We begin in Nashville, Tennessee, the home of country music and the Grand Ole Opry, travel to Memphis, TN renowned as the birthplace of Rock 'N Roll and the home of the blues, then on to Mountain View, Arkansas, famous for its history rich in traditional folk music. Our final destination is Branson, Missouri, well known as "Music City USA" for its World-Class performers.
Days 1-5: Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park, Nashville, TN
• Welcome Social and Orientation
• Dinner at Cock of the Walk Restaurant
• Motor Coach Tour of Nashville
• RCA Studio B
• Country Music Hall of Fame Museum
• Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theater
• Fontanel Mansion
• Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Flatboat Ride
• Dinner and Dancing at the Wildhorse Saloon
• Backstage Opry House Tour
• Dinner at the Opry Backstage Grill
• Reserved Seating at the Grand Ole Opry
• General Jackson Showboat Cumberland River Lunch Cruise
• Free Day in Nashville
Days 6-9: Tom Sawyer's RV Park, Memphis, TN
• Motor Coach Tour of Memphis
• Elvis' Graceland Mansion
• The Early Homes of Elvis, Johnny Cash, and B.B. King
• Lunch at Chrome Grill
• Stax Museum of American Soul Music
• Memphis Rock 'N Soul Museum
• Sun Studio – The Birthplace of Rock 'N' Roll
• Gibson Guitar Factory
• Dinner at King's Palace
• Free Time on Beale St.
• Free Day in Memphis
Days 10-13: Ozark RV Park, Mountain View, AR
• Evening Dinner & Entertainment at Ozark RV Park
• Admission to Ozark Folk Center to Include Lunch and Concert Tickets
• Breakfast at the Skillet Restaurant
• Music on the Square
• Blanchard Springs Caverns
• Dinner at Jo Jo's Catfish Wharf
• Entertainment at Jimmy's Driftwood Barn with Local Musicians
Days 14-17: America's Best Campground, Branson, MO
• Campground Dinner and Sock Hop
• Grand Country Buffet
• Branson Country USA
• Showboat Branson Belle
• Baldkobbers
• Lunch at McFarlain's
• Grand Jubilee
• Conway Remembered
• Farewell Dinner
• The Hughes Brothers
*The meals and shows noted in Branson are subject to change.
Day 18
• Continental Breakfast
PRICE INCLUDES: Caravan hosts and tailenders, camping fees, admission to attractions and meals noted in the itinerary, taxes and gratuities, and motor coach transportation in Nashville, Memphis, and Branson. Tow cars will be used in Mountain View, AR.
NOTE: Winnebago Outdoor Adventures reserves the right to run this caravan without a tailender if we do not meet the minimum number required for two host units.
NOTE: This event is subject to change without prior notice due to circumstances beyond our control, or for the best interest of the participants.
Tow cars are recommended. CB Radios are required
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Since the opening of the country to tourism, Burma has established deliberate policies to facilitate the entry of foreign travelers into its territory. However, like any administrative procedure, it is necessary to be properly informed about the ins and outs of a Burma trip. So here is everything you need to know to prepare your stay at best: what are the particularities to consider before your departure, and the different types of visa for Burma available to you.
The peculiarities of a stay in Burma
11,000 km from Paris, Yangon is the main arrival airport of the French in Burma. Please note that there are no direct flights from Paris to Yangon; therefore, normally you have to transit in Bangkok before reaching Yangon. It takes about 13 hours to travel from Paris to Yangon by this way (including waiting time in Bangkok).
With the exception of one Italian company (Blue Panorama) and the German company Condor; Yangon airport is served by Asian airlines such as Singapore Airlines or Korean Air. Besides, Myanmar Airways International is the national airline. It is necessary to pay attention to the airlines you choose, especially Burmese ones because indeed, Burmese airlines are rated poorly, both by air authorities and by customers.
Before your departure, considering the small hotel capacity of the country, we advise you to book your Myanmar accommodation in advance, especially during high season.
Also note that holiday checks are not accepted in Burma and the use of bank cards is very uncommon.
Passport formalities and visas for Burma
Before flying to Burma and starting your holiday, make sure that your passport will still be valid for at least six months after your departure from Myanmar.
It is quite easy to get a visa for Burma. There are two ways to get a tourist visa Burma. Be careful, in any case, you must apply for a visa before arriving in Burma; this country does not allow any visa exemptions except for ASEAN countries.
Go to the Embassy of Burma in Paris
The Embassy of Burma in Paris issues tourist visas which is valid for 28 days. To apply for a visa, you have to submit the following documents: your passport (valid 6 months after the supposed end of your trip), the application form, two passport photos, a travel certificate with a list of addresses of the hotels in which you will stay, a proof of the flights return and a settlement for the visa (50 euros).
If you do not wish or cannot return to Paris to take your visa, you can bring with you a pre-stamped letter.
Visa for Myanmar on arrival
Since 2014, it is possible to make a preliminary request online on the website of the Burmese government: http://evisa.moip.gov.mm/. At the time of application, you will be asked for a certain amount of information, such as passport number, personal information and a photo. You will also be asked to make an online payment, about 47 € then wait ten days to process your file. If your application is accepted, you will receive an email, which you will only need to present to obtain your visa on arrival for Myanmar.
This visa procedure on arrival for Burma is currently only valid for entry at Myanmar's three main international airports: Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw. Since last September, you can also use this procedure at three land entry points with Thailand (Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung).
For family travel, please note that each child over 7 mentioned on the parents' passport must have an individual visa. It is also recommended that you should take with you a copy of the family booklet.
When preparing your trip, the visa for Burma will be the most important administrative formality to perform. However, it is less complicated than it seems to deal with it.
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20-02-2015, 19:33 #1
[video] Industry first 1-port 400G IP line card in action
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21-02-2015, 01:42 #3
Os 100G são vendidos desde 2012/2013. Segundo o balanço anual de 2014:
Our 7950 XRS IP Core router registered 4 new wins in Q4 for a total of 36 wins to date, including a key win at an Asian Tier 1 service provider.
Desconfio que essa operadora é a TRUE, Tailândia. Porém no ano passado, a ALU também venceu uma mega concorrência para fornecer para a China Telecom, China Unicom e China Mobile. Talvez seja um lance contábil ...
A melhor informação que consegui obter é que a configuração 80 x 100G é vendida por menos do que o Cisco CRS-X 64 x 100G.
24-02-2015, 12:22 #4
CenturyLink successfully delivers terabit speeds in central Florida field trial
CenturyLink and Ciena have been busy breaking a few speed limits down in Florida. The two successfully delivered 1Tbps superchannels on a portion of CenturyLink's Florida fiber footprint, built off of Ciena's WaveLogic 3 16QAM coherent optics. They used five 200Gbps wavelengths, closely packed together, doubling the existing theoretical capacity.
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24-02-2015, 17:44 #5
Alcatel-Lucent Pitches Its 400G IP Gear at DCI MarketRay Le Maistre, , Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading
Alcatel-Lucent pitched itself into the data center interconnect (DCI) fray Wednesday with the launch of its single-port 400G router line card with integrated DWDM optical capabilities, which it believes can help network operators make their data center-to-data center connections, as well as their metro-to-core network connections, more efficient.
So the vendor is highlighting its ability to enable "clear channel" 400G data transmission between its router systems at distances of "hundreds of kilometers" and in doing so to "quadruple the speed of connections and significantly boost capacity between data centers and networks." By clear channel it means that the traffic runs across a single 400GigE interface, as opposed to aggregating four 100GigE links: AlcaLu states that its single-port IP-over-DWDM approach is operationally more simple and more efficient and claims it's the first company to enable this. (See Broadnet Gets 400G-Ready With Huawei, Huawei Pressures Its 400G Router Rivals, Cisco Unveils Carrier SDN Network Fabric and Cisco Aims New Chip at SDN, M2M.)
That's a notable claim, as Cisco has had its Network Convergence System (NCS) routers with the 400Gbit/s nPower X1 processor in the market for a while and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has long been talking up the success of its 400G router platform: It seems operators have at least been ready to be early adopters of the 4 x 100G aggregation option.
That efficiency is set to be enhanced later this year for operators that deploy the 400G line card, as the vendor is also introducing packet and optical control plane coordination using a feature it calls GMPLS-UNI (Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching User Network Interface).
Key to the vendor's proposition is that the deployment of the line card, built around its FP3 network processor, does not require a chassis upgrade for existing Alcatel-Lucent 7750 router customers (of which there are many), as the card slots into the vendor's 7750 and 7950 Extensible Routing System (XRS) products.
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It's snowing here in the UK and there is tons of it. While it does mean I can't drive to work it also means snowballs, snow angels and of course snowmen (and some snow women!) Some are big, plenty are rude but some make you stop for a second and stare at them, and it is those rare ones that I will be bringing you today. So without further ado…
Top 10 Weird, Amazing and Unusual Snowmen
10 – "I hope I don't get head freeze!"
Don't you just hate a show-off!? No, not the snowman showing off, doing a handstand, but the person who made it! A fairly simple design in its self, but pure genius in execution. Place the Wellington boots on top just makes the upside down snowman even better.
9 – The lazy man's guide to building a snowman.
Maybe there just wasn't enough snow to make a whole Snowman, or maybe the person was just too lazy! But with one finger and a bite of carrot you too could make a tree trunk snowman.
8 – A key to a good workout is snow joke!
Do you even lift bro? Well, it is clear that this snowman does as this is a whole gym and work session made from nothing but snow and twigs! This snowman weightlifter is concentrating on the wrong thing, he needs to sort those skinny legs out.
7 – I so stupid I had nobody to dance with!
This goofy looking face would have made for one amazing showman, but for whatever reason he is destined to remain a nothing more than a snow head. I love the wild bit of twigs used for the hair.
6 – The lesser spotted snow, lady.
Some people just go that extra mile when it comes to making snowmen. With leaf eyes, fern tree hair and something plant like for his nose it is definitely one of the best-made snowmen you will see. Best of all is that this one was made in a park in Cardiff.
5 – The Texas Snowman Massacre
Is this for Halloween, or just a very sick person's mind at work? Whatever the reason a herd of snowman Zombies is enough to make anyone stop and stare. I have to say that a snowman's blood I would have thought would have been water, not red blood.
4 – Does that Snowman have a six-pack?!?
It seems that our snowman from number 8 has finally got round to building up his leg strength. I really do think this is the only snowman with a six-pack abs set! But those snowman guns need a mention as well. This guy definitely lifts.
3 – "D'oh!"
Some people just have to go that one better than everyone else. This Homer Simpson snowman is now only artistically correct, but on a dark night you might well imagine someone mistaking him for a real person as well!
2 – Why make one when you can make an entire army!
Why make one snowman when you can make an entire army of them! This scary scene took several weeks to make and is not something you want to wake up and see in your back garden. But looking into the background it does seem that they certainly had the snow for it.
1 – The Perfect Snow Pig.
Not so much snowman, more snow sculpture. This cute little snow pig was seen on the streets of a Tokyo shopping district, where there was a snow sculpture competition running. Needless to say, this was the winner.


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|Reviews for The Downside of Elemental Dieseling
| Guest chapter 15 . 7/1/2016
Please make more I want to now what happened
| Sunkissu9 chapter 15 . 5/27/2016
Lol! Spike does get into some sticky situations.
| DeAmonQuEen chapter 14 . 1/2/2015
This was pretty interesting. Hope to read more.
| thephoenixandthedragon4ever chapter 14 . 12/17/2014
Oh no, please let Spike be ok. Glad you are back.
| dancindarby chapter 13 . 8/11/2014
Delighted to see this story updated. I enjoy how you have merged child Spike and grown up Spike so believably.
| thephoenixandthedragon4ever chapter 13 . 8/11/2014
So glad you came back ans hope it means you now can finish the story. Lots of action and cannot wait to see what Spike has planned
| Evadeen chapter 12 . 1/1/2014
| thephoenixandthedragon4ever chapter 11 . 10/22/2013
Discovered your two stories yesterday. I absolutely love them. Please update soon and keep Spike and Fred safe.
| Szappany chapter 10 . 9/26/2013
I love it, so please continue.
| Guest chapter 9 . 12/5/2012
| S1r3h chapter 9 . 12/3/2012
Poor Wesley.
For a moment I thought he might wet himself. Lol.
| Touch The Dark chapter 9 . 12/2/2012
That was a good chapter i loved how angel shouted at spike and spike wanting cake nless him he is a cute child
| YabadabaSHUTUP chapter 8 . 11/27/2012
YAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! My liver explodes with delight! You pleased me once again with amazing writing skills! I like you soooooo much right now! XD I so wish I could have seen this SCRUMTRULECENT peice of work earlier! God I am just filled with excitement on the verge of nausea with the amazingly creative genius that is your mind. LOOK WHAT I FOUND! Yay Spike that is a Most exceptional play toy. X3
| jeremy's wife chapter 8 . 11/27/2012
Cool. Tiny Spike is funny. Please finish?
| spiked-love chapter 8 . 11/3/2012
Oh my god! I am sooo happy that you updated, but did it have to be so short? Can not wait for the next chapter. Will Angel and Wes figure out that he does too remember? Agg! I can't wait!


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The issue of "Medical Tourism" (MT) enters the national debate from time to time. MT involves the creation of medical services, primarily aimed at "sick" people who would choose to travel to a country other than their own, for services that might not be available in their own country (usually for legal reasons) or cost less than in their home countries.
The usual argument that is advanced in favour of this activity is a purely economic one, and those who support such an approach to health care readily cite the economic benefits of this enterprise.
Of course, they fail to consider that those who promote MT also have a stake in it, in terms of the export of and dependence on complex, foreign technology for use in diagnosis and treatment, the recruiting of foreign consultants to train local doctors in the creation of the necessary local medical expertise and the importation of the expensive pharmaceuticals required. A significant fraction of the turnover in the MT industry is spent in developed countries.
The development of an MT industry causes an inevitable "brain drain" not to another country but to the private sector. So Government subsidises medical education, which is unavailable to the taxpayers who funded it because of the shift to the money-making sector.
Such a situation serves to exacerbate existing health disparities due to unequal access to services. This can lead to worsening inequity in the health system or the evolution of a two-tiered system. Medical tourism will undoubtedly worsen the unavailability of skilled manpower in the public health system. When private hospitals begin to contribute to the GDP (gross domestic product), they no doubt will demand Government subsidies which, in turn, can lead to the establishment of specialty corporate hospitals through the use of State funds.
While all of this is important—and there are many issues that are socially unjust in such a scheme —there is also the vexing issue of what I would call "frivolous" services, especially in areas such as cosmetic surgery. Hence, valuable medical expertise is denied to the population because the wealthy may want a bunion removed or a nose straightened.
"Reproductive tourism" has its own unique challenges. A recent case involving reproductive tourism that attracted media attention was that of a French woman who travelled to the US to be inseminated with her brother's sperm; there was also the 59-year-old British lady who sought fertilisation services in Italy.
It would take literally a book's worth of writing to properly discuss the issue of MT. This is an issue that involves not only the financial bottom line but there are far-reaching social, ethical and legal implications and, more specifically, policy issues that impact upon the health system. It certainly is not primarily a matter for economists to determine.
Steve Smith
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The world's largest maker of memory chips and televisions, Samsung, has seen its profits fall by a quarter.
Samsung, which is enduring a battle with former chum Apple and appears ready to lose its lucrative iPhone and iPad chips contract, is haemorraging cash on its flat screen business.
Samsung's new version of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone is doing rather well. It is expected to have become the world's top smartphone vendor in the second quarter, ending Nokia's 10-year reign at the top.
Its Galaxy S II has sold more than three million units since its debut in late April. Some analysts expect the phone, running on Android, to become Samsung's best-ever model with sales of 20 million units this year.
Samsung is expected to have sold 19 million smartphones in the second quarter in total and is expected to beat its 2011 smartphone sales target of 60 million units.
According to Reuters, if the outfit had not been making loads of dosh from its smartphone business, it would be in deep trouble.
Analysts think that it will be smartphones which will lead earnings recovery in the second half of this year.
Samsung estimates that its quarterly operating profit will be $3.5 billion, which is down by 26 percent a year ago, but up 25 percent from the preceding quarter.
Analysts believe the figures are not that bad considering. Chun Nam-Joong, fund manager at Consus Asset Management, told Reuters that the stock market may not view this as a negative signal.
However, the next quarter will be bleak. The LCD business is unlikely to swing to profit and the memory chip business may not grow as quickly. At the moment Apple is still providing the outfit with a big chunk of its business.
Samsung expected a 15 percent rise for DRAM chips used in computers, and an over 30 percent gain for NAND chips used in mobile phones. However, it now seems that this is unlikely.
Demand for personal computers is slowing and smartphone production was stuffed up by the Japanese earthquake in March.


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Courtney Weatherburne, reporting
It's beside this sprouting palm tree that 21 year old Jason Cortez struggled to stay alive.
Cortez was walking on Western Avenue last night when a man shot him several times. Cortez ran off after he was hit but he didn't get too far. He collapsed in this yard at corner of Western and Electric Avenue.
Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer
"Unfortunately he got most of it to his body, the chest, the abdomen area, back, he was rushed to the KHMH and succumbed while undergoing treatment."
Reports are that the gunman followed Cortez as he walked down Western Avenue. Now Neither Police nor his family know where he was heading. His sister says Cortez didn't say anything when he went off yesterday evening. But not too long after, they got the terrible news.
Deborah Cortez, Sister
"He came by my mother's house about after 5. He spends about 15-29 minutes the most, then he jumped on his bike and then he went. As the minute he went around the lane, we got the news that he was on the street lay out."
"I knew that he knew his killer and I know that he saw who did it, but if God could have only give him one more second, he would have told us that this and this happened. I can say that he has his up and down with the law, everybody. No one is perfect, no one is special, but whoever did this didn't have had to do it that way. At least shoot him on his foot or somewhere he could serve time - give him another chance, but don't kill him like a dog."
At this point, Police can't confirm what the motive is but they have detained one person this murder case.
Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood, Police Press Officer
"We are definitely looking at various possibilities and various angles."
As we told you, one person has been detained. Cortez had just turned 21 last year December. Just to note, 25 year old Alrick August was also shot on Western Avenue last week on the 8th. But he survived the attack. We will continue following this case


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The word Brahma Kshatri literally means the warriors of the Brahmins. According to their traditions, they are descended from kshatriyas who took shelter with Maa Hingulaj to escape the wrath of "Parshuram". The Brahma Kshatri have five endogamous groups based on territorial divisions. They are the Punjabi Brahma Kshatri, Sorathia Brahma Kshatri, Ahmedabad Brahma Kshatri and Kutch Brahma Kshatri. The Brahma Kshatri have a further six divisions, the Brahma Kshatri proper, the Chudgor, Dakhani, Dasa, Natravala, and Panch. Only the Brahma Kshatri proper and Dakhani interdine and intermarry.
The community is said to have its origin in the city of Thatta, in what is now Pakistan. They are said to have left Thatta some five hundred years ago, with some groups settling in Kutch, while others settled in Ahmedabad and Amreli. The community is still found mainly in Kutch, particularly in Mandvi taluka, and speak the Kutchi language. The surnames like Rasputla, Katbamna belongs to this community.
The Brahma Kshatri are strictly endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. They originally consisted of nine clans, which over time expanded to over ninety six clans. The original nine clans were the Mehra, Kapoor, Tandon, Soning, Talvai, Chopra, Bohra, Kakkad and Sethia.
In Brahma Kshatri main '"MOOLSHAKHAS"' are Mehra, Kapoor, Tandon, Soning, Talvai, Chopra, Bohra, Kakkad, Sethia, Mahendu, Gangwal. In MOOLSHAKHAS we have many Nukh (sub-cast) like Kiri, Chuncha, Varde, Bhoot etc..


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Good Time Had By All
- Artist: Boys from Recreation Park
- Format: CD
- Release Date: 10/17/2006
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'And so we begin" No frills, no charades... Boys from Recreation Park make simple, catchy, and fun music. Choruses so gripping you can't scrape them out of your head with a cheese grater, Rec Park melds punk brevity, pop sensibility, and rock fundamentals into instant hits and anthems. Fronted by sometimes arrogant, sometimes funny, and always talented singer Greg Brayman (The Soul Merchants), brothers Marc (The Unlucky Few) and Charlie (Sacriphant) McShane weave infectious guitar hooks over honest, short, and irresistible rock songs layered with soaring harmonies and spirited sing-a-longs. With the rhythm of bassist Ghordo (Abstain CT) and the eclectic "never-the-same-way-twice" percussion of drummer Bill Pruchnicki (The Noise), you have a band that writes music they want to write and everyone needs to hear. Having spent months in the studio, Boys from Recreation Park have concluded production on their debut, 11 song CD "A Good Time Had By All", featuring artwork by Adult Swim (Venture Brothers) artist Jon Roscetti. Rec Park is preparing to aggressively promote their new release, hoping to remove the pokerfaced blah of todays rock music and expand their listenership to all audiences. The Boys, all veterans of the Connecticut hardcore, metal, and rock scenes, have played in many recognizable bands for years. However, they want Boys from Recreation Park to stand on it's own merit.


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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. the ordinal number of one hundred fifteen in counting order
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Over time – Kerouac, Cassady, Ginsberg, and William Burroughs – became known as the 115th Street Club.
Jack Kerouac…Beat Museum. "On the Road" characters reminisce! « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture
An unprecedented 26,964 participant field took off on the 115th Boston Marathon, which kicked off this morning from nearby Hopkinton.
Geoffry Mutai Runs Fastest Marathon Ever At Boston Marathon (PHOTOS)
A Brazilian woman officially recognised as the world's oldest person has died just weeks from her 115th birthday.
Three more of these billboards have just gone up on buildings along 115th Street.
K. Sujata: Billboards Won't Solve the Real Issues Facing Women
Cook rates the electorate as D +9, and as the 115th most Democratic district in the country.
Jay Inslee (D, WA) uses lobbyist letter for Net Neutrality push. | RedState
Blue Jackets 0 David Clarkson scored twice and Martin Brodeur made 13 saves to earn his NHL-record 115th shutout as the New Jersey Devils snapped a two-game slide with a victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.
Today is April 25, 2010 and the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
Five People Born on April 25Today is April 25, 2010 and the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
The Dark Side of Wonderland: The Scandals of Lewis Carroll | myFiveBest
That should be a big help (NU ranked 115th nationally in net punting) while NU still needs to improve its return games.
Dominican hip-hop blasts, Jamaican and Puerto Rican flags hang from balconies. 115th Street.