text: A A A Michael Fainberg TabsetOverviewBar & Court Admissions Bar & Court Admissions New York Bar US Patent and Trademark OfficeUS District Court, Eastern District of Texas Education New York Law School, JD 2005 Polytechnic Institute of New York University, MS (Telecommunication Networks) , 2001 Polytechnic Institute of New York University, BS (cum laude, Computer Engineering) , 2001 Languages: RussianMichaelFainbergPartnerNew York, NY T 212.484.3927 E firstname.lastname@example.com Download vCard ConnectLinkedInMichael Fainberg is a partner and registered US patent attorney in the Intellectual Property (IP) group. He specializes in protection, transfer and enforcement of patents, trademarks and copyrights. He has a technical expertise and industry experience in the field of computer and network engineering and counsels clients in the areas of computer and Internet law. As a native Russian speaker, he has developed an extensive and specialized legal practice with Russian companies doing business in the US, Europe, and worldwide. Client Work Michael specializes in development and management of global patent, trademark and copyright portfolios for technology companies. He also assists with IP-related litigations, opinions and transactions. For example, he defends tech companies against patent trolls. He prepares patent invalidity, non-infringement and freedom-to-operate opinions in various technologies. He also conducts IP evaluations and due diligence in support of corporate mergers and acquisitions, IP asset purchases, sales and licensing transactions. Michael is registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and has prosecuted hundreds of patents in the areas of electronics, computer software, hardware and networks, wireless telecommunications, network security, mobile apps, enterprise software applications, medical devices, automotive systems, renewable energy, business methods and other areas. He has obtained many patents within as little as one year using the USPTO's accelerated and prioritized examination programs. Being a native of Russia and educated in the US, Michael has developed an extensive legal practice with Russian companies. He counsels Russian entrepreneurs, high-tech startups and multinational tech companies in the areas of protection, transfer and enforcement of patents, trademarks and copyrights in the US, Europe and worldwide. Michael has built and manages a team of Russian-speaking patent attorneys and legal specialists that support the specific needs of Russian and CIS-based clients. Michael has extensive connections with companies, law firms, business associations and government agencies in CIS countries, and often serves as a liaison between Russian and American clients. He also frequently visits Russia and speaks at conferences on various legal issues facing Russian companies entering the US market. Also, as a member of the International Policy Committee of the US Chamber of Commerce, Michael is well informed about the current state of American policies effecting US-Russian business relations, such as Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), bilateral trade agreements, IP harmonization initiatives, etc. With the advantage of Arent Fox's significant legal expertise in the areas of international trade, import/export regulations, government relations, international arbitration and dispute resolution, litigation and other practice areas, Michael is also able to assist Russian clients with various non-IP-related matters. For example, he represented a Russian technology company in a breach of contract litigation against a distributor in a state court and defended this company in a consumer protection class action in a federal court. He also counseled a Russian metallurgical company on antidumping issues and a Russian technology company on US government relations. Previous Work Prior to joining Arent Fox, Michael was an associate in the New York office of a prominent law firm. He also worked as a patent agent while attending law school. Professional Activities Michael is a member of the International Policy Committee of the US Chamber of Commerce. 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It's amazing what flowers can do- they can express love, bring a smile to a person's face, offer comfort during tough times.
Having a good florist handy for special occasions (or even everyday) is a must. For those that are time poor, Flowers Across Sydney is definitely a company you want in your address book. They are a family run online business who deliver premium flowers for any budget. Their prices are seriously reasonable compared to other florists in Sydney, they have a wide selection of bouquets, and they do same day delivery!
This business also has a big heart, initiating the GIVR program. Each month a selected charity is paired up with one of Flowers Across Sydney's most popular arrangements, with a portion of each bouquet sold donated to the selected charity.
For the month of March, 10% of each "Sweet Smiles Arrangement" sold will be donated to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation- a Children's Charity that purchases essential medical equipment used in Pediatric Wards, Neonatal Units, Maternity and Emergency Departments in hospitals nationwide. For more information click here.
Keep this local, socially responsible business in mind next time you need to buy a bunch of flowers. Help spread joy to your loved ones and also give back to an important cause at the same time!

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Cerberus Capital Management LP will announce plans as early as Monday to raise its stake in Seibu Holdings Inc and install new directors to tighten its grip over the Japanese railway and property group, finance industry sources briefed on the plan said.
The U.S. investment fund led a bailout of Seibu in 2005 and is its biggest shareholder. But Cerberus has been at odds with Seibu management, including Seibu President Takashi Goto, over the terms of a multi-billion dollar stock market listing originally planned for 2012.
Cerberus also wants to take a different strategy from Seibu's management to maximize its return on investment, the sources said.
The proposals could set the stage for a public battle between Cerberus and the management of Seibu, which was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2004 after it was found to have falsified shareholder records.
Cerberus's plan involves a public tender to nudge its stake in Seibu to just above one-third from the current 32.4 percent, a level that would allow it to veto major board decisions, the sources said.
The U.S. fund's plans to raise its stake and propose new board members were first reported by Japanese media last week. In a statement on Saturday, Cerberus said it was planning to make an announcement this week but did not elaborate.
A spokesman for Seibu declined to comment.
Cerberus will propose three new directors including Hirofumi Gomi, former commissioner of Japan's financial regulator, the sources said. In addition to Gomi, Cerberus is planning to propose Masaharu Ikuta, former president of Japan Post, and Aozora Bank Ltd (8304.T) Director Yuji Shirakawa join the Seibu management team, the sources said.
Cerberus has also started sounding out Mizuho Corporate Bank and other leading shareholders about selling their shares, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the fund's proposals have yet to be announced.
Additional reporting by Junko Fujita and Nathan Layne. Editing by Jane Merriman


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Left In The Wilderness
So as the Charles N'Zogbia deals looks dead in the water after weeks, months and what seems like years of speculation draws to an end when he has his Villa medical this weekend.
What can Bruce do to solve our lack of width on the left hand side?
The papers have thrown out Adam Johnson's name but we all know this is a ridiculous rumour. Johnson, probably on £80k a week, has Champions league football and a title to compete for so he would not move back to the North East.
Why not try and test the water with Wolves for Matt Jarvis?
He tore us apart when Wolves beat us at the Stadium of Light with great wing play and dangerous crosses. Yes, he may be right footed, but so was Magic Johnston all those years back. It could work again!
The main problem with this deal would be the price...again and the fact he is young and English but why not see if Wolves would consider a bid for £10m?
Even Mic Mac said today: 'Who's to say that we might not turn somebody over?
'There might be somebody leaving, there might be someone coming.
'There's Jarvis, Doyle and Fletcher, I'd like to keep them but something could happen, I don't know.'
Haway Brucey let's try and go for a winger who can make things happen for Gyan and Sess bomb!


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It has been some days since we are seeing some changes on the Facebook and among them was the side news ticker that constantly updates real time and shows you the latest updates and activities of your friends.
Well in case if I am not the only person to hate this feature, then here is something that will allow you to disable or hide it completely from your profile. We know Facebook is going under customizations and soon we will be seeing the Facebook timeline feature but if you really want to hide the side ticker, then just follow the process below.
For Google Chrome users:
If you access the Facebook on Google Chrome browser, then disabling this ticker is very easy as you just need to install an extension designed specifically for this purpose. So just visit this link and install the chrome extension in your browser.
For Firefox users:
If you use Facebook on your Firefox browser, then before installing any add-on you need to install the Greasemonkey script on your browser and then install this script which will turn off this side ticker bar from your facebook profile.
Both these ways work good for many users but it may happen sometimes that the ticker is still displayed, then in this case all you need to do is just a simple refresh of the page, and the ticker will be hidden.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Everson" <email@example.com>
To: "Unicode List" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:30 AM
Subject: Request about Bengali/Bangla
> BDS 1520:2000 contains a BANGLA LETTER KHANDATA and it has been proposed
> for addition to the UCS. I am at the WG2 meetings in Athens where the
> character is being discussed, but we don't know how to evaluate it.
A representative of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (the
instigator of the proposal) should be better placed to answering these
questions than me, anyway...
> What is this character and how is it used?
KhandoTa is a form of the letter Ta. It is the form Ta takes when it has no
inherent vowel. It occurs when final and medial, but never the initial
letter of a word. It is equivalent to Ta virama. Ta with a visible virama is
only needed for illustrative purposes, kandaTa being used in its place in
all Bengali words, except when it forms a conjunct form.
For example in a standard without KhandaTa, there are two different forms
the sequence Ta Virama Ma need to take i.e. khandoTa_Ma or the
Ta/Ma_conjunct_form. As BSD1520:2000 does not include any ligation control
characters other than Virama, it is necessary to include KhandaTa as a
separate letter to make the two previously mentioned forms.
> Another question, is does BDS 1520:2000 completely replace BDS 1520:1997,
> or is the old standard still valid (and being implemented)?
BDS 1520:1997 is based on a font encoding. It is the standard currently used
in the products of Proshika Computer Systems and AdarshaBangla Technologies
Inc. It is also the encoding used in many web sites.
BDS 1520:2000 is a complete replacement, being based on the ISO/IEC10646
character encoding model. AFAIK it is yet to receive a real world
BDS 1520:2000 seems immature as it does not include any encoding principles
or rendering rules, for example, how is Bengali zophola to be formed? Is it
formed from Ya or YYa?
> What are the implications for interoperability between this standard and
ISCII standards?
As BDS 1520 does not currently have an encoding model to refer to, one can
not say. e.g. to form Ka_halant Ka:
in Unicode :- Ka virama ZWNJ Ka
In ISCII :- KA Virama Virama Ka
In BDS :- ??
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Four home health-care agencies are seeking state approval to provide their services in Howard County.
The agencies -- Bay Area Health Care, HMSS Inc., Children's Home Health Care Services and Aaron Nursing and Childcare Services -- offer home care for patients recently released from hospitals.
Services include administration of intravenous medication, care for trauma and pediatric patients, and home health aides.
State health officials only began again to approve home health-care agencies in the summer of 1989, after four years of denying applications.


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Welcome to August! I can't believe it is almost time for the kids to head back to school. Eating gluten-free at college can be a challenge, but thanks to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA), it just got a little easier.
The Gluten-Free College Tool Kit can be downloaded directly from the NFCA website for free and is full of helpful information to help navigate the college scene. Jon is a senior this year, so he will head off to college a little over a year from now. I am probably much more nervous about him eating gluten-free at college than he is.
The thirteen page guide covers some great topics, including:
- Policies and Procedures – Finding support on campus, knowing your rights and such.
- Dorm Room Considerations – Dorm-friendly gluten-free foods and what to do if your roommate isn't gluten-free.
- Gluten-Free Shopping Tips
In addition to the tool kit, there is a "Gluten-Free in College Blog Series" to help further guide college students and their parents.
The most beneficial part about this resource is being able to share it with your college student. I know my son tends to listen to other people over me when it comes to certain things, so the more information I can send his way, the better. It is also helpful that the blog series is written by college students that are living the gluten-free life.
Do you have any tips for gluten-free college living?


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Becker County Museum
The Becker Historical Society is hosting a series of "Kids Days" at the Becker County Museum throughout the month of August.
August 5, the theme will be "Walk, Ride, Drive, and Boat Travel.
August 12 will have a theme of "Games of Past and Present."
The theme on August 19 will be "Building Becker County."
Each day, the even will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Kid's Days -- which are in their third year -- have proved to be very popular.
"There's always fun things from dress-up to games to play," said Carrie Johnston, who is in charge of the Kid's Days and serves as museum manager.
The events are usually indoors, but that can vary depending on the weather and the day's scheduled activities.
Johnston added that the Kid's Days -- which are free -- usually attract kids "from preschool up through about 6th grade," although, she added, teenagers sometimes come as well.
"I hope we have good weather and keep it busy," Johnston said.
"It's been a great program."
In addition to the Kid's Days, there will be a "Night at the Museum" on Augusts 20 from 5 to 8 p.m.
This will feature living history guided tours, interactive displays, and many other educational, entertaining choices.
"We are going to have some live actors," Johnston said, to portray different periods in Becker County History.
The cost for Night at the Museum is $10 for adults and $5 for children.
All proceeds to go benefit the Becker County Historical Society.
Carrie Johnston can be reached at (218)-847-2938.


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OT - you ever keep up with the alt fuel car from VT? those guys won first place in the nation last year! the leader of the group was a former student of mine and a smart cookie, they brought the car by school, wow - talk about an engineering feat!
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PnB Rock Jealous feat. Fetty Wap (Prod. IBeatz)
Philly's own PnB Rock has teamed up with Jersey's MVP Fetty Wap for his next single. The 23-year-old rapper who turned the term "On Fleek" into a club banger decided link up with the "Trap Queen" sensation for the next single off his upcoming mixtape.
RnB 3 is set to feature their new collabo, "Jealous," as well as PnB's other recent singles "Alone" & "No Time."
Listen to PnB Rock's new collaboration with Fetty Wap, "Jealousy."
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Toshiba Releases 320 Gigabyte Notebook Hard Drive
Date: Tuesday, August 21st, 2007, 07:05
Category: hard drive
I have nothing but good things to say about my MacBook.
To date, it's been tough, resilient, scrappy, good at locating wireless networks and has yet to let me down.
I just wish the hard drive was bigger.
On Monday, Toshiba announced a new 2.5″, 320 gigabyte SATA notebook hard drive. According to the guys over at Engadget, the MK3252GSX features a pair of 160 gigabyte platters which spin at 5,600 rpm with an eight megabyte buffer.
Albeit Fujitsu is currently offering a 300 gigabyte model, Toshiba's offers a faster drive speed (5,600 rpm as opposed to 4,200 rpm and a lower size profile as well as the additional 20 gigabytes).
The MK3252GSX is expected to begin shipping in November when Toshiba puts them into mass production.
Price and availability details have yet to be announced.
Stay tuned to the PowerPage for further details as they become available and if you have any thoughts on this, let us know in the comments and forums.


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In January of 2007, I had my fourth and final baby and there was a moment in the hospital, with that perfect little girl in my arms, that I knew she'd be my last. My family was complete.
I decided that what I wanted now, more than anything, was to get my pre-baby-making body back. So within the next couple of months, I got the boobs back that nursing babies had eliminated (too much information?) and I decided that I would take up running in an attempt to reshape everything else.
I remember, so clearly, that first run. It was nighttime. I probably jogged 2 miles. When I got home, I called a dear friend and asked, "Why on Earth do people do this? It's horrible!" That was my first impression of running. But, that feeling was short-lived and I grew to love my runs. My distance and speed increased and, that same year, I began running races.
Then, in 2009, my sister asked me if I'd run the Ragnar Del Sol. Ragnar is a 200(ish) mile race, divided into 36 legs, that is run around the clock. Teams consist of either 6 (if you're crazy) or twelve runners.
In total, I've now run Del Sol (AZ) three times, So Cal (CA) once and am in the planning stages of Ragnar Colorado in September and Ragnar Las Vegas in November. Currently, there are 15 Ragnar races throughout the country from Northwest Passage (in Washington) to the Adirondacks, with new locations being added each year.
Although Ragnar is one of the most fun races, and weekends, you'll ever have, there are a few things that will make planning and running a relay race go smoothly.
- Start planning early! When there are multiple people involved, you can never start planning soon enough. You need a team, a team name, hotel/flight reservations (possibly), van rentals, etc. Look at Ragnar's race list for the dates of their relays. Del Sol is run in February.
- Recruit alternate runners. You WILL lose someone and having someone on speed-dial who is willing to jump in their spot is a lifesaver. My first Ragnar, we lost someone the night before race weekend.
- Practice running multiple runs in a 2-day period. It helps to be prepared for what you'll be facing.
- When packing, bring extra of everything. Even if you aren't able to take a shower, a set of clean clothes can make you feel much fresher. And don't forget the facial-cleansing wipes to avoid the after-Ragnar-weekend-breakout.
- Pack your own food!! The last thing you want to have happen is getting a stomachache from energy gels that you're not used to and then have to go out and run 7 miles. But, just in case, pack the Tums:)
Follow these tips, and give me a shout out with any questions and go out there and do it! A relay race can be one of the most fun things you'll ever do. To quote their own website, "Some call it a slumber party without sleep, pillows or deodorant. We call it Ragnar."
Tell me, speedsters, what are the most fun races you've ever run?


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I Am a Recovering Thinker
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Recovering ThinkerIt started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone - "to relax," I told myself - but I knew it wasn't true...
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Skip to comments.Entering the belly of The BEAST. My day with Hillary
Posted on 08/13/2003 10:35:48 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Today was a very special day.
I had the supreme opportunity to meet Hillary Rottenbottom at Miejer's Thrifty Acres, in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
I arrived around 10:30 am, for her 11:00 am book signing. The parking lot was packed.
I went into the store and was confronted by a sea of overweight housewives in white T shirts and shorts. You would have thought that this was an e-ticket ride for DisneyWorld. Fanny packs abound.
The line wound around the perimeter of the store. Hundreds upon hundreds of clones. All so very excited. They were there to meet their Queen.
I knew I had a long wait, and I was thinking of ditching the scene, because I was in heels, and I didn't feel like standing there for 2 hours just to meet her hieniousness.
Suddenly a dear friend of mine who is the camerman for a news station saw me in line, and asked what in the world I was doing there. I told him that I was up to shenanigans, and he told me to come with him, and pulled me out of line. He took me up near the front and placed me in line. I was about 25 people back from the Throne Of Hillary.
As I was waiting, I just stood and listened to the lobotomized clones around me. They could barely contain their glee. " Hillary is so wonderful. She will be our greatest president"." She is the best wife and mother"........
And don't even get me started about the wimpy men that were in line. It was mostly women, but there were a couple of husbands, probably because their wives were too overwrought with emotion to drive themselves to the Thrifty Acres.
Suddenly, with a smidgen of fanfare, from the bowells of hell, appears Hillary!. I called an audible. I said " Oh lord, she has a soccer ball in there". Oops, I didn't know I said that out loud. Silly me.
Yes indeed folks, Hillary, looking ever so hideous in a fuschia jacket, black trousers, and black sensible shoes, actually looks like she has a soccerball in her belly. Maybe it's a tumor, heck if I know, but there is something there. Hey, maybe it's a fannypack!
Today was obviously not a 'bath day' for the old gal. Her hair was undone, no makeup, no lipstick, but she did have earrings.
As we got closer, women around me started crying. Yes, you read that right, they were CRYING! They couldn't wait to meet Hillary. I honestly thought that some of them would pass out and die on the spot. It was from either too much excitement, or the copious amount of doughnuts that they had consumed over their lifetime.
There was an elderly lady in front of me that asked me for support. She felt faint from all the excitement.
..............as a small aside, Hillary is fuzzy. Remember those soaps you had as a kid, you got them wet and in a few days they grew fuz? Hillary has a very fuzzy face. And it's very round. Pumpkin round. Fuzzy and round and falling. Gravity is not being kind. ..........
Back to the old lady....
She kibbitzed with Hillary about how proud she was of her and how she will be a great president. Hillary shook her head, signed the books that were being shoved in front of her, and then came me.
I was in orange and fuschia in the sea of white T shirts and Hillary buttons. Hillary was signing away and I said " Who's on the cover of your book?"
Hillary and I did lazer beam eyeballs of hate to each other.
If only she knew that the one questioning her was actually her nemesis...Hillary's Lovely Legs.
Suddenly a vice-like grip was on my left arm, and I was pulled away from Hillary. They handed me my book, and I was on my way.
My cameraman friend said he got it on tape and hopes he can use it, but he wanted to know what in the world I said to her to make her use her " GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE face".
I told him that I said " I have Vince Foster's murder on tape".
My silly friend, he thought I was serious. I told him what I really said and he laughed. I hope to get a copy of the tape. It will be priceless.
So I left the Thrifty Acres among the clones clutching their precious books with tears in their eyes, and as I was exiting, I came across the Hillary Rodham Clinton Support Group.
This is an organization of old bitties from Ann Arbor. They all had on matching T-Shirts with a big photo of Hillary on it. They carried signs that said " Hillary" and matching sun visors. They were going to go in for a private meeting with Hillary and a photo session. They have been so supportive of her, she had been through so much and is such a wonderful woman. ( oh spare me)
So that's it. I entered the belly of the beast and got to see old fuzzy face and survived.
So where's my T-shirt?
What's most interesting to me is your description of the mechanical book-signing, in the face of such adulation. Just plain strange....
Kudos and praise heaped upon your head, my dear, you done good!
And you know you made a dangerous enemy. But we'll get the Viking Kitties to draw their swords...or at least they'll have their hats with the pointy horns on 'em to protect you!
She's only got caps on the front...she was too cheap to cap all the way around. What a suprise.
ROTFLMAO, good job HLL.
I'll be freeping the old gal in a few hours in Cleveland
And who wrote it?
Leave it to Hillary to get the Dorian Grey thing exactly backwards...
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Mission Motel
Mission Motel is conveniently located just 15min drive from LAX in the city of Lynwood.
Just 20 min drive from downtown LA and centrally located .
Rooms are all private and fully furnished with own bathrooms .
Free parking and free wifi .
Located 5 min walk from the metrolines (greenline at Long Beach ) .
Please note :
Cancellation policy : 48h
Check in : 13.00
Check out : 11.00
Taxes included
Credit cards accepted
Breakfast not included
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hotel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Air Conditioning
- Breakfast Not Included
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Internet Access
- Laundry Facilities
- Parking
- Taxes included
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 2 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hotel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Please note :
Cancellation policy : 48h
Check in : 13.00
Check out : 11.00
Taxes included
Credit cards accepted
Breakfast not included
To book you must be 18or up and one of the person staying must be 18 years old .
We request that all guests follow the motel rules , no drinking alcohol outside in the parking lot . No excessive noise or music . All in all stay how you would expect others to.
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
By car from the airport take the 105 east .Exit Long Beach Bl and make a right ,we are located around three blocks on the left. By metroline exit on the greenline at Long Beach and head south . We are on the left side after a five minute walk.
Located Near
We are located 15 min drive from LAX and 20 min drive from downtown Area ,Staples Center ,Science museum , USC and Convention Center .Beaches are also 20 min drive from here .There are plenty of stores and food places nearby and public transport is just minutes away ,both buses and metrolines .


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An interesting report from the shores of Lake Huron, Ontario Canada.
Multiple generations of a family report sightings and signs of "huge monstrous snakes in the lake".
I lived in Ontario Canada most of my life. I live about 2 miles away from Lake Huron. Over the years I have heard different stories from many people about huge monstrous snakes in the lake.
My Grandfather was witness to one of these snakes so was my Father and my older Brother.
I recently was in Port Elgin walking around the dock area. When I came across a huge snake skin it was about 20 feet long and about 2 feet wide.
What my Grandfather witnessed while fishing out on the lake. He said that creatures head was 3ft long and 2ft wide and with it's neck , he said it was out of the water by at least 10 ft he didn't really know how long it was and he didn't want to find out .
My Father seen 2 of these snakes when he was 1r yrs old while diving of a big rock a Sauble beach . He said the creatures were 10 ft and both black.
My older Brother was diving off a boat just off the shore of Cheifs Point and he said he sank down about 6 ft into the water and opened his eyes and saw a huge snake head in front of him .
Lake Huron is over 23,000 square miles in size, with a average depth of almost 200 feet. The deepest part of the lake is reported to be 750 feet.
Huron is listed here as being one of the lakes on a "List of reported lake monsters".
www.pararesearchers.org has these sightings
In 1975 a large group of creatures were spotted near Kincardine. John Kirk speculates within his book (see below) that "relic seals" may have been responsible for this mass sighting, which was reported on in the London Ontario Free Press of July 12th, 1975.
"Two, long, log-like" creatures were reportedly observed in the Goderich area in 1989.
A search of www.cryptomundo.com for anything from Lake Huron turns up nothing relevant.
But creatures in the Great Lakes are nothing new. Bessie inhabits Lake Erie, while Pressie resides in Lake Superior, both described as 'classic' Loch Ness Monster type creatures more than giant snakes.


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First Niagara Wins Top National Award for Regional Marketing Campaign
First Niagara Recognized Alongside American Express, Facebook, and Others for Marketing Excellence
Mar 27, 2012, 09:00 ET from First Niagara Bank
BUFFALO, N.Y., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- First Niagara Bank, N.A. received top honors at the Promotion Marketing Association's 2012 REGGIE Awards for its "We Love Upstate New York" social media/regional marketing campaign. The Promotion Marketing Association selected First Niagara's community campaign over promotions by other finalists Best Buy, MillerCoors Coors Light and Heineken USA.
"We have enjoyed getting to know what's important to so many who share our genuine commitment and passion for the unique region that is Upstate New York," said Brent Kelly, Chief Marketing Officer at First Niagara. "This campaign is all about showing that passion by engaging with an audience that cares about Upstate New York as much as we do."
First Niagara's "We Love Upstate New York" Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/WeLoveUpstateNY) was launched in October of 2011, with an initial goal of 1,000 "likes" in one month. That goal was surpassed within one day and within three months surpassed 30,000 "likes." To date, the page has nearly 40,000 "likes," and has, on average, a total reach of 1.1 million Facebook users per week.
First Niagara was also honored as a runner up in the Social Media category, alongside other category honorees American Express, Rubbermaid, Glamour and Facebook.
"As an industry, banks aren't really thought of as innovators in the social media space," said Laurie Brammer, Director of Branding and Advertising. "We aimed to change that perception by engaging in conversation with our communities about our shared passion. We're thrilled that our Facebook page has clearly resonated with individuals and families who live, work, play and vacation in Upstate New York."
The 2012 REGGIE Awards Gala was held on March 15 at the Westin River North in Chicago. For the full list of winners visit: http://www.pmalink.org/?2012reggiewinners.
About the Promotion Marketing Association
The Promotional Marketing Association was founded in 1911 and is dedicated to the disciplines that motivate behavior, activate response and build brands. Members include Fortune 500 companies, marketing agencies, and prestigious retailers.
About First Niagara
First Niagara, through its wholly owned subsidiary, First Niagara Bank, N.A., is a multi-state community-oriented bank that currently has approximately $33 billion in assets, $19 billion in deposits, more than 330 branches and 5,000 employees providing financial services to individuals, families and businesses across Upstate New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.FirstNiagara.com.
When First Niagara completes its acquisition of the HSBC branches, expected to occur in the second quarter of 2012, the regional bank will have an enhanced leadership position in the Northeast, with nearly 430 locations, $30 billion in total deposits, $38 billion in assets and more than 6,000 employees serving consumers, businesses and communities across New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The transaction will also provide First Niagara with number-one retail market share across Upstate New York, virtually doubling its number of branches in New York State to more than 200, stretching from Buffalo to Albany and down through the Hudson Valley.
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Ahoy and welcome to Rome Across Europe!
Throughout our time here we have covered various battles and the expansion of Rome from city-state to Empire. During our travels, we have relied upon the Exercitus Romanus (Roman Army) to carry the load of Rome's development and expansion.
Most recently we shared the prowess of Rome's military might in Making It Happen: The Military of Ancient Rome – Part I & Part II. Although the men of the Roman Legions did a lot of the work, the burden was not theirs alone.
That is why today we are exploring the Roman Navy, the unsung champions of the ancient seas!
The Roman Navy (Classis) comprised the naval forces of the Ancient Roman state. The Navy was instrumental in the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean basin, but it never enjoyed the prestige of the Roman Legions.
Throughout their history, the Romans remained a primarily land-based people and relied partially on their more nautically inclined subjects, such as the Greeks and the Egyptians, to build and man their ships. Partly because of that, the Navy was never wholly embraced by the Roman state, and deemed somewhat "un-Roman".
In Antiquity, navies and trading fleets did not have the logistical autonomy that modern ships and fleets possess. Unlike modern naval forces, the Roman Navy even at its height never existed as an autonomous service but operated as an addition to the Roman Army.
During the course of the First Punic War, the Roman Navy was massively expanded and played a vital role in the Roman victory and the Roman Republic's eventual ascension to supremacy in the Mediterranean Sea. In the course of the first half of the 2nd Century BC, Rome went on to destroy Carthage and subdue the Hellenistic kingdoms of the eastern Mediterranean, achieving complete mastery of the inland sea, which they called Mare Nostrum.
The Roman Fleets were again prominent in the 1st Century BC in the wars against the pirates, and in the Civil Wars that brought down the Republic, whose campaigns ranged across the Mediterranean. In 31 BC, the great naval Battle of Actium ended the Civil Wars culminating in the final victory of Augustus and the establishment of the Roman Empire.
During the Imperial period, the Mediterranean seemingly became a Rome's peaceful lake. In the absence of a maritime enemy, the Navy was reduced mostly to patrol, anti-piracy and transport duties.
The Navy also manned and maintained craft on major frontier rivers such as the Rhine and the Danube for supplying the Army. On the fringes of the Empire, in new conquests or in defense against barbarian invasions, the Roman Fleets were still engaged in open warfare.
The decline of the Empire in the 3rd Century took a heavy toll on the Navy, which was reduced to a shadow of its former self, both in size and in combat ability. As successive waves of the Völkerwanderung crashed on the land frontiers of the battered Empire, the Navy could only play a secondary role.
In the early 5th Century, the Roman frontiers were breached, and barbarian kingdoms appeared on the shores of the western Mediterranean. The Vandal Kingdom even raised a navy of its own and raided the shores of the Mediterranean sacking Rome.
Diminished Roman fleets were incapable of offering any resistance. With the eventual collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th Century, the Navy of the surviving Eastern Roman Empire came to be known as the Byzantine Navy.
The generic Roman term for an oar-driven galley warship was navis longa (long ship), as opposed to the sail-driven navis oneraria (merchant vessel), or the navigia minora (minor craft) like the scapha. The Navy consisted of a wide variety of different classes of warships, from heavy polyremes to light raiding and scouting vessels.
Unlike the rich Hellenistic Successor kingdoms in the East however, the Romans did not rely on heavy warships, with quinqueremes, and to a lesser extent quadriremes and triremes providing the mainstay of the Roman Fleets from the Punic Wars to the end of the Civil Wars.
The heaviest vessel mentioned in Roman Fleets during this period was the hexareme, of which a few were used as flagships. Lighter vessels such as the liburnians and the hemiolia, both swift types invented by pirates, were also adopted as scouts and light transport vessels.
During the final confrontation between Octavius (before he became Augustus) and Mark Antony, the fleet of Octavius was composed of quinqueremes, together with some "sixes" and many triremes and liburnians, while Antony, who had the resources of Ptolemaic Egypt to draw upon, fielded a fleet also mostly composed of quinqueremes, but with a sizeable complement of heavier warships, ranging from "sixes" to "tens".
Later historical tradition made much of the prevalence of lighter and swifter vessels in Octavius's fleet. Fourth Century Roman writer Vegetius even explicitly ascribed Octavius's victory to the liburnians.
This prominence of lighter craft in the historical narrative is perhaps best explained in light of subsequent developments. After Actium, the operational landscape had changed.
For the remainder of the Principate, no opponent existed to challenge Roman maritime control and no massed nautical confrontation was likely. The tasks at hand for the Roman Navy were now the policing of the Mediterranean waterways and the rivers along the Empire's borders, suppression of piracy, and escort duties for the grain shipments to Rome and for Imperial Army expeditions.
Lighter ships were far better suited to these tasks, and after the reorganization of the Fleet following Actium, the largest ship kept in service was a hexareme, the flagship of the Classis Misenensis. The bulk of the Fleets was composed of the lighter triremes and liburnians.
In addition, there were smaller oared vessels, such as the navis actuaria, with 30 oars (15 on each bank), a ship primarily used for transport in coastal and fluvial operations, for which its shallow draught and flat keel were ideal. In late Antiquity, it was succeeded in this role by the navis lusoria (playful ship), which was extensively used for patrols and raids by the Legionary Flotillas in the Rhine and Danube frontiers.
Roman ships were commonly named after gods (Mars, Jupiter, Minerva, Isis), mythological heroes (Hercules), geographical maritime features such as Rhenus or Oceanus, concepts such as Harmony, Peace, Loyalty, Victory (Concordia, Pax, Fides, Victoria) or after important events (Dacicus for the Trajan's Dacian Wars or Salamina for the Battle of Salamis).
They were initially distinguished by their figurehead (insigne or parasemum). During the Civil Wars at least, they were identified by the paint schemes on their turrets, which varied according to each fleet.
In Classical Antiquity, a ship's main weapon was the ram (rostra), which was used to sink or immobilize an enemy ship by punching a hole in its hull. Use of a rostra, though, required a skilled and experienced crew and a fast and agile ship like a trireme or quinquereme.
In the Hellenistic period, the larger navies came instead to rely on greater vessels. This heavier and sturdier construction lessened the effects of ramming, but also allowed for the placement of deck-mounted ballistae and catapults.
Being initially inexperienced at sea combat, the Romans relied upon boarding actions through the use of the corvus. Its use was cut short, however, because it tended to unbalance the quinqueremes in high seas.
During the Civil Wars, a number of technical innovations attributed to Agrippa took place. The most significant were the harpax, a catapult-fired grappling hook used to reel in an enemy ship like a fish, and the use of collapsible fighting towers placed one apiece bow and stern, which were used to provide the boarders with supporting fire.
During the Republic, command of a fleet was given to a serving Magistratu (Magistrate) or Pro Magistratu (Promagistrate) of either Consular or
Praetorian rank. In the Punic Wars for instance, one Consul would usually command the Fleet, and another the Army.
In the subsequent wars in the Eastern Mediterranean, Praetors would assume the command of the Fleet. However, since these men were political appointees, the actual handling of the fleets and of separate squadrons was entrusted to their more experienced Legati (Legates) and subordinates.
It was therefore during the Punic Wars that the separate position of Praefectus Classis (Fleet Prefect) originally appeared. At first subordinate to the Magistrate in command, after the Fleet's reorganization by Augustus, the Praefectus Classis became a Procurator in charge of each of the permanent Fleets.
These posts were initially filled either from among the Equestrian class, or, especially under Claudius, from the Emperor's freedmen, thus securing Imperial control over the Fleets. From the period of the Flavian Emperors, the status of the Praefectura was raised, and only Equestrians with military experience who had gone through the Militia Equestri were appointed.
Nevertheless, the Prefects remained largely political appointees, and despite their military experience, usually in command of Auxilia (Auxiliary Units), their knowledge of naval matters was minimal, forcing them to rely on their professional subordinates. The difference in importance of the Fleets they commanded was also reflected by the rank and the corresponding pay of the commanders.
The Prefects of the 2 Praetorian Fleets were ranked Procuratores Ducenarii, meaning they earned 200,000 sesterces annually, the Prefects of the Classis Germanica, the Classis Britannica and later the Classis Pontica were centenarii (earning 100,000 sesterces), while the other Fleet Prefects were sexagenarii (earning 60,000 sesterces).
The bulk of a galley's crew was formed by the Remiges (Rowers). Despite popular perceptions, the Roman Fleet, and ancient fleets in general, relied throughout their existence on Rowers of free status, and not on galley slaves.
Slaves were employed only in times of pressing manpower demands or extreme emergency, and even then, they were freed first. In Imperial times, non-citizen freeborn Provincials (Peregrini), chiefly from nations with a maritime background such as Greeks, Phoenicians, Syrians and Egyptians, formed the bulk of the Fleets' crews.
During the early Principate a ship's crew, regardless of its size, was organized as a Centuria. Crewmen could sign on as Marines (Marinus), Rowers/Seamen, Craftsmen and various other jobs, though all personnel serving in the Imperial Fleet were classed as Milites (Soldiers), regardless of their function.
Naval personnel were considered to hold a lower social status, considered inferior to the Auxilia and the Legionaries. Emperor Claudius originally gave legal privileges to the Navy's Crewmen, enabling them to receive Roman citizenship after their period of service.
This period was initially set at a minimum of 26 years (1 year more than the Legions), and was later expanded to 28. Upon honorable discharge (honesta missio), the Sailors received a sizable cash payment as well.
As in the Army, the ship's Centuria was headed by a Centurion with an Optio as his deputy, while a Beneficiarius supervised a small administrative staff. Among the crew were also a number of Principales (Junior Officers) and Immunes (specialists exempt from certain duties).
An inscription from the island of Cos, dated to the First Mithridatic War, provides us with a list of a ship's officers (Nautae): the Gubernator (helmsman or pilot), the Celeusta (Rower Supervisor), a Proreta (Look-Out stationed at the bow), a Pentacontarchos (Junior Officer), and an Iatros (Ship's Doctor).
Each ship was commanded by a Trierarchus, whose exact relationship with the ship's Centurion remains unclear. Squadrons, most likely of 10 ships each, were put under a Nauarchus, who often appears to have risen from the ranks of the Trierarchi. The post of Nauarchus Archigubernes or Nauarchus Princeps appeared later in the Imperial period, and functioned either as Commander of several squadrons or as an Executive Officer under a Civilian Admiral, equivalent to the Legionary Primus Pilus.
Until the reign of Antoninus Pius, all careers of these Officers were restricted to the Fleet. Only in the 3rd Century were these Officers equated to the Legionary Centurions in status and pay, and from this time forth could be transferred to a similar position in the Legions.
After the end of the Civil Wars, Augustus (formerly Octavius) reduced and reorganized the Roman Military, including the Navy. A large part of the Fleet of Mark Antony was burned, and the rest was withdrawn to a new base at Forum Iulii (modern Fréjus), which remained operative until the reign of Claudius.
However, the bulk of the Fleet was soon subdivided into 2 Praetorian Fleets at Misenum and Ravenna, supplemented by a growing number of minor ones in the provinces, which were often created on an ad hoc basis for specific campaigns. This organizational structure was maintained almost unchanged until the 4th Century.
We hope you enjoyed today's voyage and look forward to having you back again soon. There's lots more about the Roman Navy to discuss, but who knows where or what we'll experience next?
Till next time, Don't Stop Rome-ing!
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" Let us be very careful not to fall into the trap of the world. The world views things only relative to man and to self. The Word of God views things relative to the Father, Son, and Spirit. Mankind is not the center of all things. No matter how great anyone's name might become, it is still far behind His. Our name comes from His life the name of our Lord comes from the resurrection--the event unique to Him. The world has a problem it seeks to honor, uphold, exonerate and generally praise itself. Our place and the place of the entire world system is to praise and exalt God. When people of the Bible caught a glimpse of Him, their lives were changed. Perhaps our lives remain stagnate because we do not spend enough time looking at Him.
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Hi. It's John again. I promised you that I would report back from my time last week among the Lakota Sioux. You already know a lot about the events in Standing Rock:
How some 10,000 unarmed people – indigenous and immigrants alike – have placed their bodies in the way of the "Black Snake" – the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline.
- How police have fired on them with nearly every conceivable non-lethal weapon, injuring hundreds.
- How thousands of American veterans have swelled the ranks of the indigenous protesters.
- And how – for now – the US government has decided to deny further pipeline permits.
For the moment, the DAPL pipeline appears to be stopped. For now. And yesterday, I offered the first of a series of five reflections from my brief time resisting the DAPL pipeline. In brief, here they are:
- The struggle for a survivable climate will not come away clean from other struggles for justice, like indigenous rights, racial justice and inequality. (I discussed this yesterday.)
- Indigenous treaty rights are not a closed book, as though we can just shrug and blame it on Columbus, or Adam, or something else in the distant past. (Today. See below.)
- Christians must engage with indigenous spirituality, without fear, without prejudice, and with confidence in the presence and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
- There are laws on the books today that are not worthy of our obedience. Many of us prefer to look honestly at unjust laws only in our history books, rather than in our newspapers.
- Many Christians insist on seeing their ethics in black and white. But following Jesus into the arena of injustice may challenge our comfortable purity.
Those Broken Treaties: Not My Problem?
Indigenous treaty rights are not a closed book, as though we can just shrug and blame it on Columbus, or Adam, or something else in the distant past.
We all know the facts. Our nation has violated treaty after treaty with virtually every indigenous nation. We shake our heads piously at this theft of land, this genocide, based solely on the race of our treaty partners. But how does it end there? Has the passage of time absolved the guilt of racist genocide? How is it that we ourselves feel no obligation to honor treaty rights of those whose principal crime was that they occupied land that our race wanted? This is not the sin of some distant "Adam," which we can only lament, but recent actions that are only tolerated among us because of racism and power.
In Standing Rock, a stranger like me would hardly know that he is standing on a mere remnant of land legally allocated to the Oglalla Sioux in the days of my great-grandfather. In 1851, the United States and the Sioux nations bound themselves under the Treaty of Fort Laramie to recognize each other's sovereign territory. The Great Sioux Reservation, recognized under the Treaty, spanned half of today's South Dakota, one third of Nebraska, a quarter of Wyoming, plus parts of North Dakota and Montana to boot. At more than 100,000 square miles, it was larger than New York and Pennsylvania combined. It was larger than all six states of New England, plus New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Only eight states on today's map are larger than the Sioux Nation, established by a binding treaty of the United States.
Since then, my country and race has repeatedly seized those lands – ultimately without even the pretense of rectitude, solely because of an assumed right of white Europeans to own the "empty lands" – Terra Nullius – before them. At its heart was radical racism: Lands that are not occupied by English-speaking white people are empty, available for conquest, regardless of treaty obligations.
And while we almost all think of these land grabs as distant historical artifacts, the Standing Rock Sioux lost one-quarter of their homes without consent in 1958, when the US government dammed the Missouri River, creating Lake Oahe, which inundated Sioux riverfront communities.
And now, in many political circles, the Sioux are vilified because, in their defense of the creation, they are trespassing on Federal lands outside of the final remnant of their territry. No matter that those very lands have been seized with impunity – even during our own lifetimes.
What Can We Do?
I was surprised to hear that in June 2016, the Christian Reformed Church (CRCNA) adopted a report repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery – the Christian edict originating in the 1500s which provided theological cover for the racist seizure of Native lands in the New World.
"What's a modern-day church doing unearthing arcane papal edicts?" I wondered at the time.
Well, it turns out that they were doing something sorely needed, as a start. The CRCNA operated boarding schools which indigenous children were forced to attend as a tool of assimilation into European culture – right into the 1900s. Furthermore, many CRCNA churches and their members occupy unceded native treaty lands. As such, they are the beneficiaries of land theft.
"We don't like to hear these stories, but we drink downstream from them," said CRCNA task force member Mike Hogeterp during the 2016 synod. "We cannot change that brokenness today, but perhaps in truth-telling and lament as a first posture we can begin to reconcile."
Truth-telling. Lament. Reconciliation.
We saw that displayed vividly yesterday in Standing Rock. In a ground-breaking "Forgiveness Ceremony," US military veterans confessed American crimes against the Sioux people.
Here are the words of the veterans' spokesman, Wesley Clark, Jr. "We came. We fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke. We stole minerals from your sacred hills. We blasted the faces of our presidents onto your sacred mountain. … We didn't respect you, we polluted your Earth, we've hurt you in so many ways but we've come to say that we are sorry. We are at your service and we beg for your forgiveness."
Some will say: These are mere words. And perhaps that's fair enough. But we cannot begin to atone, and to reconcile, without words. And even more, these same veterans have come to Standing Rock to place themselves on the front lines in defense of the Sioux people struggling to protect the earth and their homes from the DAPL pipeline.
Where does atonement for crimes against Native Americans lead us? I cannot say. But if we are serious in our prayers for God to heal our land, then we must begin to pray, to learn and to act. For starters, whose land do you live on? I'm on Lenape land. How about you? Can we find the elders of our land's true owners?
Do we even dare to try?


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*****ENJOY SPECTACULAR, UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA SHORE FROM EVERY ROOM OF OUR CONDOMINIUM LOCATED ON THE TOP FLOOR (22nd) OF THE RENAISSANCE TOWER AT THE MYRTLE BEACH RESORT. Soak up the sun from our 18 foot balcony or enter through a set of siding glass doors to relax in the air conditioned comfort of our spacious and airy living room/dining room area. This newly updated little piece of paradise includes: a master bedroom with a brand NEW '32 wall-mounted flat screen tv and sliding glass doors to the balcony; a second bedroom with twin beds and wall-mounted flat screen tv; a brand NEW queen-size sofa sleeper with a 39' flat screen tv and dvd player in the living room; a dining area that seats four; a breakfast bar for two; a fully equipped large kitchen with a brand NEW microwave over a brand NEW range with a self-cleaning oven; and two full bathrooms. Once you leave the unit, you and your family can enjoy all the fabulous amenities at the Tower itself and on the gated 33 acre luxurious oceanfront resort including poolside bar with nightly entertainment in season, snack bars, convenience store and 24 hour security. Minutes away are all the great vacation attractions of Myrtle Beach. Email us today to reserve your own piece of paradise.
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- March 31 to April 26 - $750 Weekly
- April 27 to May 24 - $850 Weekly
- May 25 to June 14 - $950 Weekly
- June 15 to Aug 9 - $1300 Weekly
- Aug 10 to Sept 6 - $950 Weekly
- Sept 7 to Sept 27 - $800 Weekly
- Sept 28 to Nov 1 - $750 Weekly
- Nov 2 to Dec 27 - $650 Weekly
AmenitiesGated Entrance , 700 Foot Long Beach , Oceanfront Bar & BBQ , 6 Pools - 2 Indoor , New Lazy River , 4 Hot Tubs , 2 Exercise Rooms , 5 Saunas , 2 Steam Rooms , Tennis Courts , Basketball Courts , Shuffleboard & Bocce , Game Room , Playgrounds
2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Capacity: 6
Beds: 1 Queen, 2 Twins, 1 Queen Sofabed
Minimum Stay: 7 Night Stay
Beachfront, Ocean View
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Discounted monthly and winter rates available.
Restrictions: - No Smoking. One resident must be 23 years of age.
Nearby Attractions: - Golf, shopping, restaurants, entertainment. Close to airport.
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Morrelynd History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived on a moor, which is a tract of open, uncultivated ground which is usually grown over with heather and coarse grasses and has a poor, peaty soil. The surname Morrelynd literally means dweller by the moor-land. The surname Morrelynd belongs to the class of topographic surnames, which were given to people who resided near physical features such as hills, streams, churches, or types of trees.
Early Origins of the Morrelynd family
Westmorland. The Mauley branch of the family claim Ugthorpe in the North Riding of Yorkshire as their ancient ancestral home. "This was an ancient demesne of the crown, and is styled in Domesday Book Ughetorp; the Mauleys became lords here at an early period, and from them the manor and estate descended by marriage to the Bigods, and afterwards to the Ratcliffes, by whom the whole was sold in parcels." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Morrelynd family name include Morland, Morley, Moorland, Morthland, Morlay and many more.
Early Notables of the Morrelynd family (pre 1700)
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Morrelynd surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Thomas Morland, who settled in Virginia in 1650; Ed Morland, who settled in Virginia in 1663; William Morland, who came to Boston in 1762; Eleanor Morland, a bonded passenger, who arrived in Virginia in 1774.
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Damn... I'm jealous... but that's great. Im happy for you. If only we won, it would've been even sweeter.
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Doncaster-based DFS furniture giant reached a major milestone at the weekend when it opened its 100th store.
The new store in Torquay, Devon, adds to other recent openings in Liverpool and Ipswich to bring the chain to a century of shops in the UK and Ireland.
Although the summer heatwave hit sales of sofas, suite and dining furniture, DFS say their factory in Doncaster is running at record levels of production after switching to a full double shift.
Following the change in working practices the number of jobs at the Carcroft factory has risen from the original 170 to just under 300.
DFS, started in an old billiard hall in Carcroft High Street the late 1960s by Graham Kirkham, who later became Lord Kirkham, now employs just over 700 people in Yorkshire.
Although the hottest July since 1976 caused a sharp sales dip in the summer, with people sunbathing rather than shopping, DFS chief executive Ian Filby says the group is confident it can make up lost sales and outperform the market.
DFS earnings fell 29 per cent to £7.2 million in the quarter from July to October, with sales down from £144 million to £142.5 million.
Trading has since picked up and Mr Filby says: "We're much more encouraged by the last few weeks' footfall. We have entered our major trading period, the winter sales, which started two weeks ago, and it's going really well.
"We should experience a really strong trading period.
" If you go back to 2011-12 we had a very similar first half performance, it's something we're used to."
Mr Filby said reaching the 100 stores milestone was 'very exciting'.
DFS have recently launched a new website for customers wanting to browse on their tablets and mobile phones.
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Chinese poster of a painting printed at the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, originally painted 1974 by a well known Chinese artist: Lu Yifei (1931 to 2005) -studied under Wu Fan, Lu Yanshao, Pan Tianshou, Deng Bai, and Song Chung-yuan. Titled: "Warm Snowy Night", depicting a cozy winter setting in a Shanghai Department Store...


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The Mavs will try and make it three in a row tonight against another Eastern Conference team. The odds are good since the Mavs have never lost the Bobcats in their seven meetings and won their last one 102-95. Surprisingly enough, the Mavs have only won two of their matchups with Charlotte by double digits.
Wallace is back
Gerald Wallace missed his last eight games from a concussion and it certainly isn't his first. He's a very athletic finisher who tends to have his body flying all over the place, so he tends to get hurt often (not just in the cranial area). But he's been practicing and reportedly, he will play tonight. That is definitely a good thing for the Bobcats a he provides help from all ends of the court. He can defend, rebound, pass, block shots and score in bunches. Without him, the Bobcats lose a lot of their spontaneity and athleticism, so they have to be happy to have him back.
Five alive
The Bobcats have won their last five games, which is a franchise-high winning streak. (So, maybe they don't need Wallace after all?) Still, it shows that the Bobcats have a little more fight than many might have thought. They didn't exactly beat the upper crust during the streak, but wins against Golden State , Toronto and Washington aren't anything to scoff at either. They have scored 100 points or more for six straight games, which is quite an accomplishment for a team with a 20th-ranked offense.
The Bobcats are 24-39, which is only 2 games back for the final playoff spot in the putrid Eastern Conference. If they can string together a few more wins and get the Hawks, Bulls and Nets to keep slipping, the Bobcats could be looking at their franchise-first playoff berth. Admittedly, that is a lot of contingencies, but we're talking about the East here people. Anything is possible.
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During a talk on satellite museums sponsored by the French Embassy at the Guggenheim on April 24, Pompidou Center president Alain Seban revealed that the Pompidou Center's first foreign satellite will open in Málaga, Spain (Picasso's birthplace) in early 2015. It will be housed in a contemporary building under construction at the entrance of the city's harbor. In January 2014 The Art Newspaper quoted Málaga's mayor stating that the city would host a satellite of the French museum, but at that time a Pompidou spokesperson said that "nothing is confirmed and negotiations are still ongoing."
Seban gave further details on the nature of the pop-up locations: they will operate for "three to four years maximum" and will use existing venues that will be upgraded to museum conditions as needed. He added that Mexico will be the next location for a temporary satellite museum and may be followed by Brazil, at which point the Pompidou Center will look into establishing one in France.
Seban described the pop-up Pompidou Centers as a hybrid concept somewhere in between the Pompidou's outpost in the eastern French city of Metz and its Centre Pompidou Mobile, a traveling museum with modular spaces totaling 7,000 square feet. After operating from fall 2011 through fall 2013, the mobile museum was discontinued due to budget cuts, which suggests that the countries which the Pompidou Center is partnering with will foot a significant portion of the bill. Indeed, in Spain, operating costs of one million euros a year (about $1.2 million) will be financed by Málaga's city council, according to El País.
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Cold-War Era Conspiratorialism Being Revived In HartfordPosted by PsiCop in Fuzzy Thinking, General
Water supplies in the US have been fluoridated for decades. It's a great way to fight tooth decay. It also happens to be safe and effective, and this has been demonstrated repeatedly since the practice began. The science is in; the matter is settled; and it has been settled for years.
But that doesn't mean there haven't been wingnuts, cranks, lunatics and freaks wailing and fuming over it. "It's a Commie plot!" was a common battle-cry against it, in the 50s, and the Communist conspiracy angle remained a popular facet of the anti-fluoridation movement.
The Cold War has been over for more than two decades, but that doesn't mean opposition to fluoridation went away. No, it took on other angles. For example, some think it's a Big Pharma conspiracy to stuff corporate coffers with ill-gotten booty at the expense of public health. That anti-fluoridators make their own profits being anti-fluoridators — selling books, hosting seminars, raking in speakers' fees — doesn't seem to matter much to their fans. They refuse to see the contradiction and will not admit their heroes are hypocrites.
Here in Connecticut, it seems anti-fluoridators have found a fan in Republican state Senator Joe Markley. The Hartford Courant reports he recently hosted a fake hearing in the state capitol to roll back a law mandating fluoridation in the Nutmeg State (WebCite cached article):
Saying the practice takes away the right of consumers to make medical choices and possibly inflicts serious harm on children, opponents of adding fluoride to public water argued Wednesday that a glass of water should contain water — and nothing else.
At an informal hearing at the state Capitol called by state Sen. Joe Markley, chemist Paul Connett called on state lawmakers to abolish the state's flouridation law and forbid communities from putting additives in water supplies to improve public health.
"We should never use the public water supply to deliver medicine," said Connett, a retired Dartmouth professor and leading fluoridation critic. "No doctor could do to us what the state of Connecticut is doing."
I have to wonder if Connett is a member of the John Birch Society, since one of the pretenses upon which they opposed fluoridation was that it was an impermissible, involuntary, mass medical treatment.
At any rate, the Courant lays out the background behind Connecticut's fluoridation mandate, and adds:
But Markley, a Republican from Southington, put forth legislation this year to abolish Connecticut's policy, saying that it unfairly adds an extra expense to cash-strapped town budgets. The bill failed, but Markley said he'll bring it back next year. On Wednesday, he said he wanted both sides of the fluoridation debate to make their case.
"As a principle, politically, I try to listen to everybody as much as possible," Markley said. "I like to hear people who know what they're talking about differ on a topic."
Note Markley's brazen appeal to the false debate (aka "teach the controversy"). What the senator doesn't know — or perhaps he does know, and he's just lying about it — is that there is no longer any "debate" about the safety or effectiveness of fluoridation. It is safe, and it is effective. Period. Markley's suggestion that there is any remaining question about it, is disingenuous.
That article makes a point of mentioning that dentists had been invited, but did not come:
Connecticut State Dental Association President Mark Desrosiers said in an interview that his group had accepted an invitation from Markley. But they backed out when they heard Connett would be there.
The reason why dentists wouldn't bother coming to Markley's fake hearing starring Connett should be obvious. It's the same reason that geophysicists don't show up to meetings of the Flat Earth Society: There's no point in going! They wouldn't be welcome, their input isn't wanted, and there's nothing they could say that would have the slightest effect on any of the anti-fluoridators there.
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P.S. Watch the credentials here. Connett is a scientist, yes … but he's a chemist, not a physician or dentist. Woops!Tags: appeal to debate, connecticut, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, false appeal to debate, false debate, fluoridation, fluoride, fluorides, hartford, hartford ct, joe markley, paranoia, paranoid, paul connett, public water, water fluoridation


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America wasn't thinking. That's the problem. The president is a liar and they voted for him anyway.
There are a lot of stupid people in the United States. They proved it the night of November 6, 2012.edit on 11/7/2012 by PrplHrt because: (no reason given)
Are you friggin insane or just puppets to the puppets? !@#$%^
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein
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Think about it, Einstein. What choice do we have? So we make a choice from what we're offered.
We had a chance to try a businessman. Someone who knows how to employ.
We chose a con artist for a second term.
Collective IQ of the US population: 50.
Originally posted by jude11
America has let down the entire World that is truly trying to look up to you as the warriors of freedom. Remember the badge of honor that you have fought for and so proudly claim?
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Insulting people because they are hungry for change is stupid. Voting for the old rancid is even dumber.
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Concert for Scituate Food Bank
Posted by dinouye November 17, 2010 03:07 PM
Scituate High School Select Choir Concert
A benefit for the Scituate Food Bank
7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 23, at Scituate High School.
Featured will be the SHS Select Choir and the Winchester High School Symphionetta & Chamber Singers. The groups will combine for a final piece.
Please bring a non-perishable food item or a cash donation for admission to benefit the Scituate Food Pantry.


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An impressive Ferrari 599XX is currently being offered for sale and the asking price stands at 900, 000 euros.
If you are wealthy enough to buy your own race track and to keep it to yourself and your friends than you have probably found your dream car, in the shape of the Ferrari 599XX. The one pictured below is currently being offered for sale and its new owner will have to pay 900,000 euros for his new ride, before being able to take it home. Keep in mind that this has set the 2010 Nurburgring lap record with 6 minutes and 58 seconds for a production-derived supercar.
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Author Notes: Inspired by a classic 'prasad' (religious offering) of 'Shakkarai pongal' , this dish is tailormade for the delicious sweet corn that is native to the US of A.
Shakkarai Pongal is a dish made to Celebrate the harvest festival of 'Makar Sankaranthi' in Southern India. The Festival occurs in mid January and also commemorates the return of the sun to the northern Hemisphere after the winter solstice. Made with newly harvested rice & dehusked mung, Pongal literally means 'to boil over/ overflow' thus wishing that fortunes smiles upon everyone.
Corn being a staple in traditional American Cuisine, I cannot think of a better way to utilize this manna of a crop into a dessert that signifies bounty & prosperity. —Panfusine
Serves 3-4
- 1 cup Fresh yellow sweet corn off the cob
- 3/4 cup Arborio rice
- 1/3 cup muscovado sugar or jaggery (gud)
- 5-6 pod cardamom, seeds crushed
- 3 cups whole or 2% milk
- 10-12 strands of saffron
- 2 tablespoons melted ghee
- 2 tablespoons cashew nuts broken
- 2 tablespoons Raisins
- Wash the arborio rice well, combine with the shucked corn and 2 cups of the milk & cook in a heavy bottom pan till the rice is well cooked and mushy. (you may alternatively pressure cook it)
- Warm the extra cup of milk. Remove 1/4 cup of this and dissolve the strands of saffron. Add back into the milk & set aside.
- Add the sugar/jaggery and the cardamom powder to the rice & corn mixture and combine till the sugar melts. Adding the extra saffron infused milk, Continue cooking the pudding on a low flame, till it thickens.
- In a separate skillet, heat the ghee and fry the cashew nuts & raisins till golden brown. Stir into the pudding & serve warm or cold as per your preference.
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