text:
- Some highlights from this interview
- The relationship between law enforcement & reporters
- Why publishing the NSA wiretapping story was "despicable"
- Has national security ever been damaged by media leaks?
- Why no crime was committed in the Valerie Plame leak
A former prosecutor, Meese was a longtime adviser to President Reagan and served as his attorney general from 1985 to 1988. Here, he discusses the complicated relationship between reporters and law enforcement. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on Jan. 8, 2007.
... Who are the Black Panthers, and why were they of such interest to law enforcement back in the late '60s?
The Black Panthers was what we would call today a criminal gang that was formed by Huey Newton. Now, interestingly enough, I knew Huey Newton before he formed the Black Panthers. He was a student of mine when I was a teacher, instructor at Oakland City College back in the very early 1960s. I was teaching law, criminal law, for police officers and people who wanted to be police officers, and one of the students in my class was Huey Newton.
He later wrote in his book that he was taking these law enforcement courses because he said he wanted "to know as much as the pigs knew." That's why he was taking this course. So I was somewhat surprised, because he was an excellent student and very well-mannered type of person, to [learn] some years later, in the latter part of the '60s when he formed the Black Panthers.
This was, as I say, essentially a criminal gang. They carried firearms openly; they intimidated people. He himself shot and killed a police officer during that time, the late '60s, early '70s. So it was a serious threat to public safety in Alameda County and in Northern California.
A criminal gang, not a political protest group?
I think they were involved in various protests, but essentially they were a criminal organization and committed crimes. As I say, he himself killed a police officer. ...
So today when ... you see the footage of them -- you know, "The revolution has come" -- how serious was that?
Well, I'd say it was very serious for its time. You had a number of criminal gangs like that around the country. You had the SDS, so-called Students for a Democratic Society. They had their violence-prone group, the Weathermen. You had the Black Liberation Army. You had the Symbionese Liberation Army in Alameda County and in Northern California which killed a number of people. They were involved in a shootout with the Los Angeles police at one time; they kidnapped Patty Hearst.
"There have been very few prosecutions of leaks, and it's amazing to me that the one prosecution we've had in recent years of leaks had to do with a case where no crime has been committed."
So the Black Panthers were one of the earlier groups like that that posed a real threat, and in their time, they were as serious as terrorist groups would be today.
And that was the law enforcement view.
That was the law enforcement view, and that was the fact. ... There were different members of the Black Panthers that were indicted and tried for various crimes, convicted of various crimes. They were one of the many subjects of concern at the time.
[Why would the FBI ask a reporter, for example, Earl Caldwell of The New York Times, to cooperate with them?]
I don't know the particular instance you're talking about, but it probably had to do with information that a reporter had about the Black Panthers that would be helpful to law enforcement in investigating a criminal conspiracy.
But you know that a reporter really has to have the confidence of the people that he's talking with. Does the reporter become an arm of law enforcement in that situation?
I don't think a reporter necessarily becomes an arm of law enforcement. I think a reporter is like any other citizen. If a citizen can do his or her duty as a witness, if they have information about a crime or if they have information about a criminal group, I think that there's a duty on the part of the citizen.
Now, with a reporter, I think there's a special consideration that has to be made, because in order to get their story, they do need the confidence of the people they're dealing with, so there are certain circumstances where if it's possible, you need to preserve those confidences that the reporter has.
But on the other hand, if in the interest of justice you need that information or you can work out arrangements -- and most of them, when I've been involved in law enforcement, you've tried to work things out with the reporter where they wouldn't necessarily compromise their ability to get their own information and at the same time cooperate with law enforcement authorities.
I've been in several situations where police officers and district attorneys have had the cooperation of people in the news media without either endangering the reporter or compromising their sources.
For instance?
Oh, there have been a number of cases where they've provided information. I can remember in murder cases where they had information that might be helpful, in some cases where they wanted to go along with us in law enforcement on particular investigations. We had that kind of cooperation where they agreed not to reveal certain information about the investigation that was classified or confidential until such time as it would no longer be of help to the criminals to have that in public view. ... Also, there were situations where they shared information with us that was helpful or which verified some of the additional information that we might have.
So you became their confidential source, and they became your confidential source.
In a sense that's correct. In other words, there was cooperation, just as we had with other people in society at that time.
But in the case of the Black Panther case, which later became the Branzburg [v. Hayes] case, The New York Times and the reporter took the position that he wasn't going to help; that he couldn't give, in this case, the FBI any information, because he wouldn't be able to report anymore.
Well, that may have been the case. I think it's one of those situations whereas I say most of the time you tried to work out an arrangement with the reporter that would be mutually agreeable and would not compromise his ability to get information, or her ability, but there were times when ultimately the needs of justice were such that you had to get the information. ...
[Do you] think that reporters have the right to confidentiality to protect sources, for instance, who are not law enforcement?
I think they have to the extent it's possible, without infringing upon justice. For example, let's suppose a reporter has information that would absolutely point to the innocence of some person who was being tried for, let's say, murder. I don't think the reporter can keep that information confidential, because it prevents the court from having valuable, truthful information that could keep a person from going to prison for life. ...
Was there a kind of change that you noticed over the years taking place, let's say in the late '60s and on, where reporters no longer wanted to cooperate?
I think that's true. I think there was a change. If you look at -- well, from the '30s to the '40s into the '50s, maybe even into the early '60s, there was much greater cooperation. Most police reporters, as they were known in those days, were close friends and close confidantes really of many law enforcement people. Particularly I can think of in Oakland and in San Francisco, the areas where I worked, that there was a close relationship between many reporters and the police, and they mutually cooperated with each other.
And my sense is that reporters would cooperate also with the federal government on everything from providing cover for CIA people overseas to not publishing things when the government would tell them this is a secret or whatever it was, that it might damage the country.
I think this is generally true. I don't have as much experience with that, because I didn't get involved with the federal government, other than being in the Army and the Army Reserve, until the 1980s. And by that time, as you say, things have changed considerably.
Let me jump to the present. The president of the United States [tells] the editor of The New York Times [Bill Keller], "You're going to have blood on your hands if you publish a story about the NSA's [National Security Agency] eavesdropping operation," and The New York Times publishes anyway. What's your reaction to that?
I think it's absolutely despicable. I think it's a violation of their moral obligation to the protection of the public. It is probably one of the most serious offenses I've seen against national security in the time I've been in Washington, D.C., which is now 25-some-odd years.
Because it endangers the people of this country. It allows terrorists to know what surveillance capabilities we had for their phone conversations. It interrupts our ability to gain intelligence that might prevent another 9/11 incident in this country, so I think it's absolutely one of the worst things that I've seen.
It's not unique, though, is it, that the press publishes what the government, the federal government, thinks is a vital secret?
Unfortunately it's not unique. It's happened in other situations with terrorism. It's happened with the [SWIFT] financial investigation program that we've had. It's happened with other programs as well. It's a sad commentary, I think, on the lack of loyalty to the country which characterizes some news institutions today. …
There's a group of reporters who cover national security that we've interviewed, and what they say is they don't publish where the U.S. fleet is or where the submarines are or how the intercept business works. They publish facts about the existence of certain programs, the legal questions around it, the ethics, let's say, about U.S. detention policies around the world. … What's wrong with that?
Well, if it reveals classified information and information that would hurt the safety of the United States and national security -- for example, in the case of the terrorist surveillance program, just the knowledge that we have such a program hurts our national security and helps the terrorists.
Don't the terrorists know that we're surveilling them? Don't they assume they're being wiretapped? Don't they assume we're looking at their money? We say all of that publicly all the time; that we're on their trail, that we're looking for their financial transactions.
Yup, but it's an interesting thing, having dealt with terrorism, having dealt with criminals over a long period of time: A lot of times, they forget about those things, or they don't pay as much attention to it. But when it's confirmed that we have this process or that process and they know how we do it, just by the revelation by The New York Times and by others of a particular program, then that gives them the information to change their tactics, to change their actions. It confirms what they might suspect, but which they don't know for sure, and therefore, they keep on with these activities.
There's no question in the case of the terrorism surveillance program, the revelation of that by The New York Times has caused the terrorists to change their procedures and change the nature of their operations.
You know that.
That's my understanding.
Of your sources.
That's right. And I'll keep them confidential. (Laughs.)
And I won't subpoena you.
All right. (Laughs.)
Because I don't have the power to subpoena. But within that, what's the recourse? If you were the attorney general now, would you prosecute The New York Times for Espionage Act violations? How would you stop it?
I don't know. That's the problem. It used to be that you could depend upon the moral character of news media, and the commitment and loyalty to the United States. Unfortunately, we've had a big change. I was a kid in World War II, but I remember it very well. As I talked to someone the other day about this whole problem of the news media and revealing classified information, revealing secrets that help the terrorists and that sort of thing, I said, "What's the difference today from World War II?"
The answer I got was pretty profound. They said, "Well, in World War II, the news media was on our side, and I don't think that's true today in the case of some people."
Well, we had censorship in World War II.
We did indeed. We had censorship, but most of it was voluntary. Most of the war correspondents voluntarily submitted their copy. They had to by law, but they were very cooperative in doing that. You had the Office of War Information which worked with the publishers of newspapers, and there was a lot of personal commitment out of loyalty to the United States that allowed or that motivated people in the news media not to reveal information that might hurt the national security. And in some cases, that's not true today.
So, because there isn't censorship in the United States today, is that why this is happening?
No, I think there's a difference. There's a difference in viewpoint among a lot of the news media today. I think in some cases we have different kinds of people, and they don't have the same integrity that we had during World War II.
They say ... reporters are not an arm of law enforcement. Reporters are not propagandists for the government. Our job is to report information. We don't do it recklessly; we think about the consequences, but we have to keep the public informed about what's really going on.
I don't disagree with those kinds of statements. But I do think that it's wrong to, first of all, obtain leaked information, and secondly, to publish leaked information, things that are highly classified secrets to the United States that affect the security of the United States and affect the national security, that endanger lives. I think that to publish that kind of information is a violation of a person's moral obligation to their country and a violation to the loyalty that ought to be there, that any citizen should have.
A lot of times other citizens other than newspaper reporters get information about things that if revealed would hurt other people, and they feel a moral obligation to keep that and not to broadcast that around. A lot of people in government have a lot of information that they could leak, but not only do they feel a legal obligation, but they feel a moral obligation not to give that to the news media, because it might hurt the national security and the national interests of the United States.
I think that that ought to be the primary criteria by which newspaper reporters and newspaper publishers determine what should be made public. …
Let me go back now. You were attorney general of the United States [in the Reagan administration].
And before that, you were also a close counselor of the president in the White House.
Was it a problem during your tenure?
I can't remember any time that it was. I can't remember any situation where the press had information that was highly classified that was revealed. There was a lot of leaks of political information, and I think that there was a propensity of the press to concentrate on who shot who [sic] -- I say that figuratively, of course -- and who was stabbing who in the back politically. So there were a lot of leaks of that sort of thing, but in terms of national security information, I can't think of any particular instances right now. ...
CIA Director [William] Casey, at the time when you were attorney general, was very concerned about leaks, about stories about eavesdropping on the Soviet Union through undersea cables -- serious matters -- [and] intercepting Libyan communications.
I do remember Bill Casey being very concerned about the revelation by the news media of sources and methods of intelligence, because it could endanger agents or informants overseas particularly, as well as reveal to our Cold War enemies -- and we were in a war, even if it was a cold war -- about ways in which we were able to obtain intelligence.
We had some very good intelligence about the Soviet Union as well as other of their satellite organizations, and to have that revealed to the public would of course endanger national security and would have endangered the lives of people around the world.
When we ask people like [reporters] Bob Woodard or Sy Hersh or Jim Risen in the case of the NSA eavesdropping story, "Who are you to reveal national security secrets?," their answer is: "We're the press, and we have a right to inform the American people. Our critics basically don't like what we report, but they have never shown us that we've done any real damage to the national security of the United States."
I think there's no doubt that there has been damage. For example, in the early 1970s when you had this infamous Church Committee, [the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, named for its chair, Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho), which investigated the CIA and FBI post-Watergate], I remember some magazine -- I don't remember whether it was Look or Life, but one of the magazines plastered the pictures of about 20 or 30 agents who were working overseas, intelligence agents, on the cover of the magazine. Certainly revealing that information endangered them, but more than that, endangered their networks of informants in those countries.
As a result of that and the revelation by the news media of a number of other agents during that period, they literally disrupted networks of intelligence informants throughout the world, which hampered our intelligence for two or three decades after that.
Can you remember during the Reagan administration, when you were an official, was there a particular operation that was compromised or someone who lost their life or something that was the result of something being published?
Well, this was the '80s now. This was within 10 years or 15 years of the revelations during the 1970s, and I remember how bereft we were of informants in many parts of the world because of the networks that had been broken up during the 1970s as a result of information that had been leaked or had been published, which primarily came through these congressional committees that had been involved in these so-called investigations, but which really hampered our intelligence effort.
Now let me take you to the present, or closer to the present. In July of 2003, Robert Novak publishes a column and identifies [Valerie Plame], the wife of [former Ambassador] Joe Wilson -- the man who had said the president's information was bad when he gave his State of the Union address -- as a CIA operative. That was a leak, right, from inside the government, that information?
Should the people who perpetrated that leak be prosecuted just like anyone else?
Well, the answer in this case, curiously enough, is no. Had she in fact been a CIA operative within the meaning of the law that prohibits the revelation of that information, then the person should have been prosecuted. But as it turns out, the law itself provides certain requirements: number one, that a person has to be undercover within five years; they have to be either overseas or in some kind of an undercover assignment; they have to be someone that government is trying to conceal their identity, and so on. There are a series of elements of the crime.
In this case, those elements were not satisfied. And it's one of those peculiar things where, hard to believe, but I don't believe the reporter in that case could be prosecuted or should be prosecuted, because there was no crime committed.
Or the leaker.
Or the leaker, because there was no crime committed. That's why I think you have some phony prosecutions going on at the present time.
I can hear someone of a liberal persuasion sitting out there saying, "Well, Ed Meese doesn't like the leaker when the leaker provides information that's embarrassing to the government; that, let's say, is coming from a contrarian point of view. But when it's from the White House, it's OK."
No, not at all. If the leak is from the White House and a person has leaked classified information which constitutes a crime, they ought to be prosecuted just as much whether it's Republican, Democrat, whoever it happens to be. It just happens that in this particular case no crime was committed, and that's why the person who hasn't committed a crime shouldn't be prosecuted. …
So this whole Valerie Plame affair -- and when we go on the air, the trial, I assume, will be in progress -- sort of the result of unintended consequences?
It's the darnedest thing. As you and I have discussed, there have been very few prosecutions of leaks, and it's amazing to me that the one prosecution we've had in recent years of leaks had to do with a case where no crime has been committed. …
But shouldn't the White House officials involved understand that when they're talking to FBI agents, when they're talking to the grand jury, that it doesn't matter whether there's an underlying crime; they have to tell the truth?
Oh, absolutely. And whether they told the truth or didn't tell the truth is something that will be determined in the trial. But the thing is, there would never have been an investigation, there never would have been an inquiry, there never would have been a position or a situation in which a person was in jeopardy, as this particular individual is being accused, if the prosecutor had not determined in the first, as I say, 48 hours -- certainly in the first week -- that no crime had been committed. ...
I've interviewed FBI officials who have supervised leak investigations, and they say one of the really frustrating parts of that is they get the complaint, but then of course the only person who knows who leaked it is the reporter, and then they would never get permission from the Justice Department, from the attorney general, to actually subpoena the reporter.
Yeah, I don't remember any cases where -- there may have been one or two -- where I gave permission to subpoena a reporter. I don't remember any offhand. So they must have been very rare, if at all.
I think that's right. It ought to be a case which is very important, where there's a serious crime committed, and where there's no other way to get that information before a court or before a grand jury and where, in the absence of the truth being revealed to a grand jury or a court, a grave injustice would be done. So I think it ought to be very rare. But when you get down to the point where justice cannot be done without the information, then I think there's an obligation on the reporter to provide the information. ...
There are two reporters facing jail in San Francisco who wrote stories about the grand jury investigations [into allegations of steroid abuse in baseball]. They were subpoenaed as a result of that, and they're facing jail right now. The Justice Department issued subpoenas for them. Is that the kind of circumstances where you would issue subpoenas?
I'm not sure that I would. It would depend on the circumstances. I don't know enough about that particular case to tell you, because I don't know all the facts of the case. ...
In the BALCO [Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative] case, as it's called, the reporters in question got their hands on the grand jury transcript which allowed them for the first time to confirm publicly that [the San Francisco Giants'] Barry Bonds and [the New York Yankees'] Jason Giambi and other players were actually before the grand jury and report their testimony. The case was over in terms of the main defendants are already adjudicated; they went to jail. The reporters then receive subpoenas to testify. They refuse to testify, and they're facing jail. It doesn't seem like life or death is involved or national security is involved.
No, but here's what is important; that is, they were asked to testify, if I understand correctly, about where they got the information and got the secret grand jury testimony. Isn't that the case?
And that is a most serious crime. See, the reason for the confidentiality of grand jury proceedings is many times, people are or cases are brought before the grand jury, and it turns out that no crime has been committed. Therefore that remains secret so as not to hurt the reputation of people who might have been thought to be possibly criminals, have committed a crime. But it turns out that the grand jury did not find the evidence to indict them.
The principle of keeping secret grand jury testimony is a protection of the average member of the public and is absolutely sacrosanct. The idea that someone would leak grand jury information is a very serious crime, because it threatens the reputation and the good name of people in society, innocent people.
As a result, the desire to find out who is leaking grand jury information is a very serious crime. Therefore, it is entirely appropriate that reporters who got the information and would have information about a serious [crime] should be required to testify before the grand jury. …
Even if the main criminal case is over?
Even if the main criminal case is over. It's not a matter of the criminal case. The matter has to do [with] who leaked the secret information.
But even in the situation where the president of the United States has told the two reporters personally at a dinner in Washington they did a great service to the public in publishing what they published?
Well, I would disagree with the president. I don't think he understands the reason for the sanctity of the grand jury, if in fact that's what he did. ...
... The unusual thing is that Mark Corallo, who used to work for [former Attorney General] John Ashcroft [as director of public affairs], has given an affidavit and gave us an interview in which he says that he doesn't understand what this Justice Department is doing in that case; that it's a violation of the guidelines, the history of the Justice Department's involvement in the issue of subpoenaing reporters.
Well, I'm not sure that's correct. I think that leaking information or revealing information from grand jury testimony is a very serious crime and was regarded as a very serious crime when I was there. If this had happened under those circumstances when I was there, probably we would have permitted the subpoenaing of newspaper reporters, if it was clear that was the only way we could find out who it was who had access to grand jury information and then leaked that in violation of the law. ...
Have you been a source for reporters?
Oh, I'm sure. Oh, absolutely. I've never been a source of leaking information that shouldn't be disclosed.
And never revealed anything that wasn't public?
I've revealed things that weren't public, but nothing that should not have been revealed. ... In other words, I almost never gave information to one reporter that I wouldn't give to a whole bunch of reporters or wouldn't have answered a question in a news conference. As a matter of fact, I was somewhat, I won't say notorious, but certainly consistently thought of when I was in the White House as someone who didn't leak. ...
In the Valerie Plame case, the prosecutor distributed waivers, which had never really been done before in the White House that I know of, to everyone in the White House and said, "You release any reporter that you've talked to of any vow of confidentiality." Would you have signed such a waiver if you were in the White House?
Well, I probably wouldn't have leaked any information to a reporter to start with, so I probably would have signed such a waiver in the sense that there was no information that I'd give to anyone that I would have any hesitation about having that information revealed.
But is that the kind of thing, those kinds of waivers, is that really a fair way of dealing with things, in the sense of if you don't sign it, it looks like you're guilty, right?
I think you'd have to look at the situation. Frankly, I don't feel that a waiver is necessary, because I think if there was relevant information in a serious case that the reporter should have to testify anyway, so I wouldn't think a waiver would be necessary for a reporter to testify. So I'm not sure that I would use a waiver if I was a prosecutor in a particular case. ...
Let me just read a letter from Bill Casey. "Dear Ed, I know you share my concern regarding the increasing threat to our national security posed by unauthorized disclosure of classified intelligence information that compromises our intelligence sources, both human and technical; has placed lives in jeopardy; and rendered expensive technical collections systems ineffective. We simply must restore discipline to the handling of sensitive information." But you never did really. You didn't prosecute anyone in the press.
We didn't prosecute anybody. I don't know [if] there was any basis for prosecuting anybody in the press. I shared Bill's concern. We did take steps. We talked … about the possibility at that time of using the polygraph in regard to some officials in the government and so on. But as I remember, we could not zero in close enough to get the right people that we felt that we had, whether it's in the news media or among officials in the government, to actually take any steps. …
Well, Bill Casey went on a kind of mission for a while. He walked into the newsroom of The Washington Post. He talked to [then-executive editor] Ben Bradlee and others, and he said: "You have a story about Soviet underwater cables that we're tapping into. You have a story about Libyan intercepts that we've done. We don't want those stories published." And they did anyway.
Yeah, and I think the question was -- I would say this -- whether the danger was sufficient enough and we had enough information to go ahead and subpoena reporters or to undertake a grand jury investigation. I don't remember all the details, but I assume at the time we decided against it.
Yeah, apparently you did.
Which leads to my FBI guy saying, "Why do you bother having these investigations?"
Well, I think that you know when you have a clear-cut case, as you did in the Barry Bonds case apparently, then I think it's appropriate to go after it. In these cases, I'm not so sure that we had that. Sometimes it's a judgment call, because I think we're all reluctant to interfere with people in the private sector, in the news media, on these things unless it is important and unless there's a good chance of being successful in the ultimate prosecution.


text:
Process name: AsnEndUser
Application using this process: AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library
Recommended: Scan your system for invalid registry entries. Recommended: Click here for instant PC assistance for ASNEU related errors.
Process name: AsnEndUser
Application using this process: AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library
Recommended: Scan your system for invalid registry entries.
Click here to run a scan if you are experiencing issues with this process.
Process name: AsnEndUser
Application using this process: AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library
Recommended: Scan your system for invalid registry entries.
What is asneu.dll doing on my computer?
asneu.dll is a AsnEndUser belonging to AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library from Adobe Systems Inc. Non-system processes like asneu.dll originate from software you installed on your system. Since most applications store data in your system's registry, it is likely that over time your registry suffers fragmentation and accumulates invalid entries which can affect your PC's performance. It is recommended that you check your registry to identify slowdown issues.
In order to ensure your files and data are not lost, be sure to back up your files online. Using a cloud backup service will allow you to safely secure all your digital files. This will also enable you to access any of your files, at any time, on any device.
Is asneu.dll harmful?
asneu.dll has not been assigned a security rating yet. Scan your system now to identify issues with this process and services that can be safely removed.
asneu.dll is unrated
Can I stop or remove asneu.dll?
Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. Scan your system now to identify unused processes that are using up valuable resources. asneu.dll is used by ' AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library'.This is an application created by 'Adobe Systems Inc.'. To stop asneu.dll permanently uninstall ' AsnEndUser Dynamic Link Library' from your system. Uninstalling applications can leave invalid registry entries, accumulating over time. Run a free scan to find out how to optimize software and system performance.
Is asneu.dll CPU intensive?
This process is not considered CPU intensive. However, running too many processes on your system may affect your PC's performance. To reduce system overload, you can use the Microsoft System Configuration Utility to manually find and disable processes that launch upon start-up. Alternatively, download PC Mechanic to automatically scan and identify any PC issues.
Why is asneu.dll giving me errors?Process related issues are usually related to problems encountered by the application that runs it. A safe way to stop these errors is to uninstall the application and run a system scan to automatically identify any PC issues.
Why do I have multiple instances of asneu.dll?
Multiple copies of a process in your task manager may indicate the presence of a virus or Trojan. Make sure you always use an updated antivirus software and perform a full scan to identify any such cases.
asneu.dll is known to have 2 other instances:
The file asneu.dll is part of the OOBE (Out-of-box experience) folder of ... read more »
asneu.dll is a library file for Adobe Photoshop CS5 graphics suite. read more »
Browse process directory by name
Process Library is the unique and indispensable process listing database since 2004 Now counting 140,000 processes and 55,000 DLLs. Join and subscribe now!
System ToolsSpeedUpMyPC
PC Mechanic

subset: commoncrawl


text:
- Slots
- Racing
- Fair Grounds Racing Club
- Race Track Industry Program
- Wagering Information
- Handicap Weights
- Horsemen
- Claims
- Condition Book
- Green Pastures & Horse Rescue
- Stakes
- Workouts
- OTB/Video Poker
Havre de Grace Likely for New Orleans Ladies
Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace is likely to make her 2012 debut in the March 17 New Orleans Ladies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, owner Rick Porter said Friday, reversing course on a previous announcement that the mare would travel to Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., for the Grade III Azeri Stakes the same day.
Porter posted a statement on the Fox Hill Farm website, RockportHarbor.com, saying he and trainer Larry Jones reconsidered after further discussions with Fair Grounds officials.
"Larry and I discussed the change and felt it was worth staying in New Orleans since she had been training there very well," the statement said. "She is used to the track, is travelling nicely over it and we avoid shipping a horse of the caliber of Havre de Grace."
Although the conditions of the New Orleans Ladies have not changed, Fair Grounds did add a stipulation that the purse would be bumped from $100,000 to $150,000 if a multiple Grade I winner starts.
"If this adjustment helps to attract a mare like Havre de Grace for New Orleans racing fans then it's the right decision," said Fair Grounds President Tim Bryant. "After talking it through with Eric(Halstrom, Fair Grounds Vice President and General Manager), we're already thinking that this tweak could become permanent. From a timing standpoint, our race is the perfect springboard to major stakes at Oaklawn and Churchill Downs, and our hope is that we'll continue to see champions start their campaigns at Fair Grounds year after year."
The New Orleans Ladies was created for the 2009-2010 season as a comeback spot for 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, who was upset in that race by Zardana. Last year's New Orleans Ladies was won by Ravi's Song.
AVIE'S SENSE LEARNING TO FLY IN RACHEL ALEXANDRA – Trainer Josie Carroll saddled Donver Stable's Inglorious to win Canada's Grade I Queen's Plate last June against male sophomores after bringing that filly to the Crescent City last winter. Based largely on that triumph in what is essentially Canada's version of the Kentucky Derby, Inglorious could well become Canada's Horse of the Year when the 2011 Sovereign Awards are announced this April.
However, although Inglorious was two-for-two in a pair of starts north of the border as a juvenile upon her arrival in The Big Easy, she made her first start as a sophomore in last year's Grade III Rachel Alexandra Stakes and finished second, putting the initial blemish on her previously perfect record.
"When she (Inglorious) kicked in, she kicked in," said the undiscouraged Ms. Carroll right after the Rachel Alexandra. "This filly's been off for a while and I think we'll move forward from this."
Now, the Canadian trainer has brought another promising filly – Tall Oaks Farm's Avie's Sense – to New Orleans this winter to run in Saturday's Rachel Alexandra as the final designed prep race for the Grade II, $500,000 Fair Grounds Oaks March 31, and this daughter of 2008 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense broke her maiden with a win over the local track Jan. 5 after failing to accomplish that mission in two juvenile starts at Woodbine.
Despite the seeming disparity in the first three career start of Inglorious and Avie's Sense, Carroll finds the two fillies quite comparable in quality.
"I thought (Inglorious) ran really well in this race last year," said Carroll Friday morning during training hours at Fair Grounds. "I think Julien (Leparoux, jockey aboard the Rachel Alexandra winner Kathmanblu) just got away from us and we probably needed the race after my filly's layoff coming into that race.
"As for Avie's Sense, I'm pretty excited about her as well," said Carroll. "This race Saturday is a very exciting opportunity and I'm looking forward to it. I've trained a number of horses from this same filly's family and all but one of them has turned out very well for me."
Avie's Sense, who breezed four furlongs in 49.40 on Mardi Gras morning, is out of the Lord Avie mare Fly for Avie, and that mare won Canada's prestigious E. P. Taylor Stakes over the Canadian grass at Woodbine.
BREEDERS' CUP CHAMP RUNS UNDER RADAR IN SATURDAY'S COLONEL POWER – The Grade II Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds is the showcase event among six stakes worth a total of $885,000 to be run at the New Orleans oval Saturday, and that's because it serves as the final designed prep for the track's signature stakes event, the $1 million Louisiana Derby April 1.
Similarly, Saturday's Grade III Rachel Alexandra Stakes serves as the preview for the upcoming $500,000 Fair Grounds Oaks March 31.
However, the both the $300,000 Risen Star and the $200,000 Rachel Alexandra give 3-year-old Thoroughbreds a chance to show potential – not necessarily ability already proven at the Breeders' Cup level – and there is only one horse of that status scheduled to go to the post Saturday at Fair Grounds.
That is, of course, 2010 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint championChamberlain Bridge. The gelding suffered a six-race losing streak shortly after that championship win, including an eighth-place finish in last fall's BC Turf Sprint – leaving the impression that he might have lost a step during his 7-year-old season. Nevertheless, he bounced back late in the year with a win in Fair Grounds' $73,000 Bonapaw Stakes impressively on Dec. 17. Can he make it two straight when he when he goes to the post as an 8-year-old in Saturday's $75,000 Colonel Power Stakes?
"We did change some things (in his training) this winter," said trainer Bret Calhoun, speaking in his backstretch office during training hours Friday morning. "We were a little more aggressive early in that last race with him. We changed tactics a little and that seemed to keep him a little more interested in trying to win. He's always trained the same way in the mornings, so it's a little hard to tell how he's going to do in the afternoon, but he's been training well. Hopefully, we've got him back to the point where he really wants to win."
Calhoun also now has a 3-year-old filly named Summer Applause, recently purchased by Gillian Campbell et al., set to go to the post in Saturday's Grade III Rachel Alexandra Stakes. She is making her second start for Calhoun after winning her first race here this winter for trainer Josie Carroll.
"It looks to me like this race Saturday sets up very well for her because of all the speed in there," said Calhoun. "I'm getting to know her a little better, now. She's maturing very rapidly since she's been with me even though I haven't had her very long and everything seems to be coming together for her lately."
MISTER MARTI GRAS CROSS-ENTERED SATURDAY – Lothenbach Stables' Mister Marti Gras, hero of Churchill's Grade III Ack Ack and Arlington Park's Grade III Washington Park handicaps late last year, has been cross-entered in both Saturday's Grade III Mineshaft Handicap on the main track as the designed prep for the Grade II New Orleans Handicap April 1, as well as Saturday's Grade III Fair Grounds Handicap over the Stall-Wilson turf course and serving in that same preparatory capacity for the Grade II Mervin Muniz Memorial Handicap on that April closing day of Fair Grounds' 2011-2012 season.
"If it rains and the grass race is taken off the turf and run on the main track, we'll go in there because right now we're looking for the easiest spot," said trainer Neil Pessin. "Otherwise, we'll go in the Mineshaft. The (three) scratches out of the Mineshaft included the early speed, so that actually makes that race tougher for our horse, but it doesn't really matter because our ultimate goal this winter is the New Orleans Handicap."
Additional reporting by Jim Mulvihill


text: MCCABE AJ wrote: > > Can anyone tell me a method for efficient removal of contaminating > DNA from RNA for use in RT-PCR. The RNA is of procaryotic origin. > Many thanks. > T. Use RNAse-free DNase (several companies sell it), and either heat-kill it afterwards, or inactivate it by acidic phenolization. regards, Michael Kertesz ETH-Microbiology, ETH-Zentrum/LFV, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland tel: +41-1-632 3357 fax: +41-1-632 1148 e-mail: kertesz at micro.biol.ethz.ch


text:
Public notice
Regular Commissioners Court Meeting
Jim Hogg co. Courthouse, 102 E. Tilley
Hebbronville, Tx 78361
December 14, 2015
Call to order by the Honorable Humberto Gonzalez County Judge
1. Roll call by the honorable Zonia G. Morales, Jim Hogg County Clerk
2. Pledge of allegiance
3. Prayer
4. Public comments – this section provides the public the opportunity to address the Commissioners Court on any item on the agenda. Members of the public wishing to participate must register on the public participation list specifying which agenda item they wish to comment on.
5. Adoption of minutes
6. Departmental reports
7. Approve bills
8. Approve payroll for 12/04/15.
9. Communications
10. Dispense with regular order of business.
Reports and presentations
Deliberate and consider on the following items
11. Budget amendments and/or budget line item transfers.
12. Patti young, halo flight, requesting donation.
13. Approve ambulance report for November from so. Texas Air Med. [Requested by David de Los Santos]
14. Present letter from District Judge Garza for restitution orders.
15. Set dates for workshops for Animal Control Dept. and trash dept. [Requested by Commissioner Linda Jo Soliz]
16. Change payroll date from 01/01//2016 (new years holiday) to 12-31-15. [Requested by Gloria Benavides, County Treasurer]
17. Promote Zoila Ramirez to Chief County Deputy at the rate of $11.74 Per hr. Effective 12/14/15. [Requested by Zonia Morales, County Clerk]
18. Approve payment of election Judges and Clerks for both democrat and republican (see attached list) for early voting in person starting on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2016 – Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 From 9 am – 5 pm, including Saturday Feb. 20, 2016 From 9 am – 5 pm for the primary election held on March 1, 2016 as follows:
Presiding Judge - $10.00 Per hr.; Asst. Presiding Judge - $9.50 Per hr.;
Clerk - $9.00 Per hr. (To be paid out of elections 66-400-405).
[Requested by Zonia Morales, County/District Clerk]
19. Approve to pay office staff at County Clerk's office and tax assessor's office for hours worked after 7 hrs per day; during early voting period which begins 01/01/16 thru election day 03/01/16. Please note that the Clerk's office and tax assessor's office are required by law to open on election day at 7:00 am and to remain open until polls close at 7:00 pm and at least two people stay until the final results. (To be paid out of elections 66-400-405) [requested by Zonia Morales, County/District Court]
20. Approve advertisement for notice of early voting hours for primary election on March 1, 2016. (To be paid out of elections 66-400-405) [requested by Zonia Morales, County/District Clerk]
21. Allow County Clerk to hire a part time temporary Clerk (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm) to help office during the application for an early ballot by mail for the primary election held on March 1, 2016. Clerk will begin Jan. 1, 2016 Thru Feb. 26, 2016 At the rate of $8.50/Hr. (Estimate pay: 39 days @ 4 hrs/day x $8.50 /Hr. = $1,326.00) (To be paid out of elections 66-400-405). [Requested by Zonia Morales, County/District Clerk]
Resolutions and proclamations
Executive session
Note 1 Gov't Code Ann 551.071, Consultation with attorney
Note 2 Gov't Code Ann 551.072, Real property
Note 3 Gov't Code Ann 551.074, Personnel matters
Note 4 Gov't Code Ann 551.076, Security
The Commissioners Court will consider the following items in executive session. The Commissioners Court may also consider any other matter posted on the agenda if there are issues that require consideration in executive session and the Commissioners Court announces that the item will be considered during executive session.
Pursuant to the authority granted government code, chapter 551, the Commissioners Court may convene a closed session to discuss any of the above agenda items. Immediately before any closed session, the specific section or sections of the government code, chapter 551 that provides statutory authority will be announced.
Dated this 11 day of December, 2015.
By Humberto Gonzalez, County Judge
Certification of notice and posting
I, the undersigned, County Clerk, do hereby certify that the above notice of meeting of the Jim Hogg County Commissioners Court, is a true and correct copy of said notice, and that i posted a true and correct copy of said notice on the bulletin board at the Courthouse of Jim Hogg County, Texas, at a place readily accessible to the general public at all times on the 11th day of December, 2015 at 9:15 am and said notice remains so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting.
Dated this 11 day of December, 2015.
By Zonia G. Morales, County Clerk


text:
We've seen an extraordinarily large number of unnecessarily complicated guides to Austin and SXSW this year…so so many write ups on the must-dos, must-sees, must-drinks, ad nauseam…most from people who don't live in Austin. Most from people trying to be as "cool and as real as it gets" and give you a list of 200 things YOU MUST DO in the 27 waking hours you are in town.
On the other hand, here's a really short list adapted from a post we did a couple of years ago. Not much has changed but some things have…including our picks for SXSW 2016. Enjoy!
A few friends have asked what to expect from SXSW this year, what to do, who to see. And I say you'll for sure see these people. You should also get far away from that and go to our pick for Best Maker Event: SX CREATE presented by Dremel. And Best Empowerment Event: The #SpeakBeautiful Effect with Dove and Twitter.
In addition, an exhaustive list of other official free events is right here.
Beyond that, I don't really care. But while you're here, I would suggest that you look into a few, more localized activities. Things like this:
1. Get Some of The Best Queso in Austin. Here are my suggestions. I could talk more about this and I'm happy to. But you can't really go wrong with most places in town so you're probably fine no matter what. You'll be especially pleased if you get your cheese from somewhere where there are no lines and whose name you can't really pronounce.
2. Go See My Cousin's Band. I'm not even kidding. That's him right in the middle there. They are called Chasca, they are local, and they are awesome + beyond entertaining. Trust me. You won't be sure what you are watching, but you won't be disappointed.
There are two Chasca shows this first WEEKEND! Friday they play with girling at Hard Luck Lounge from 9-10 pm. Saturday they play with Alien Knife Fight at The Highball Austin at 11:30 pm. No cover. Have fun.
Photo of (from left) Keith Schmidt, Susie Schmidt-Franks, Chad Franks and John Fullilove courtesy of Rodolfo Gonzalez/American-Statesman.
3. Go To My Favorite BBQ Spot In Town. Don't wait in a six-hour line for meat. Schmidt Family Barbecue is the cousin child of the legendary Kreuz Market and Smitty's BBQ in Lockhart. Here's more. To sum up, the new joint is from the next generation of cousins from the ultimate BBQ family of Texas. It's closer to town, in Bee Cave. And it's worth the drive from downtown. Go. (Also, PS, I'm not sure what you've heard, but The Salt Lick is in no way the best BBQ in town. Not even close. And Franklin's is worth the wait normally…but not the wait this week.)
4. Go Outside. This is especially important if you are from anywhere north of Waco. But wherever you come from, get away from downtown. Go to Barton Springs. Or Deep Eddy. Or the Kite Festival. Or Mount Bonnell. Or just really anywhere that's not a line flowing into a parking lot.
5. Go to Mozart's for Coffee. Go to Hula Hut for chips, salsa and margs on the deck. Go to Taco Deli for tacos and to Matt's El Rancho for enchiladas and to Maudie's for anything else. If you want fancy food, go to Counter 3. Five. VII. or Lenoir or Uchi (or, even better, Uchiko). If you don't want fancy food, go to Ramen Fukuya. Catch a movie at Alamo Draft House. Don't go to any of those ridiculous donut places. If you need donuts, go to KC Donuts. And go to Lick for ice cream. You won't be disappointed. An none of those places will have SXSW lines.
Enjoy our town. It gets better the further away you move from the convention center. Trust us on this.
Soundtrack: That's Right. By this smart guy with really great hair from Klein, Texas.


text:
Rider remembers first rodeo in Victoria
April 23, 2013 at 11 p.m.
Updated April 23, 2013 at 11:24 p.m.
Blue Jeanes competed in his first professional rodeo in 1996.
This week the former bull rider returns to where he competed in his first Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) event when the Victoria PRCA Rodeo opens at the community center on Thursday.
"Victoria used to have a rodeo back in the mid-90s," Jeanes recalled. "I was so young and excited about being in my first pro rodeo. I don't remember how I did. It was quite an accomplishment to make it to this level."
Jeanes, now a bull fighter responsible for protecting fallen riders from the bulls, will be part of a show that features some of the best cowboys and cowgirls around. The Victoria PRCA Rodeo will be hosted by the only eight-time world champion bull rider and Hall of Fame Cowboy Don Gay.
"There is nobody better than him at bull riding. He'll provide a lot of insight," Jeanes said. "Nobody knows more about bull riding than him."
The Victoria PRCA Rodeo will begin Thursday and conclude Friday with pro events beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Victoria Community Center. Livestock will be provided by the Frontier Rodeo Company. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 4-12. Doors open at 6 p.m.
"You'll see some of the same competitors that you see at bigger rodeos," Jeanes said. "It will be a fast-paced night with lots of action. Fans will be watching professionals who make their living from rodeos."
Events will include bareback, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping and steer roping and bull riding.
"It'll be my job to give that rider a chance at escaping the bull (after falling off)," Jeanes explained. "Our job is to distract the bull and make ourselves a better target for the bull."
The two-day rodeo is part of the Texas Circuit, and points earned will count towards the Texas Circuit Finals and National Finals.


text:
Looking Back on 2015: The Hottest Year in Recorded History
The inexorable rise in global temperatures combined with a strong El Niño puts 2015 in the record books 2015 is officially the hottest year in recorded history, according to independent analyses released yesterday by NASA and NOAA scientists. If this sounds like something you've heard before, it is. This time last year, 2014 was announced… continue reading »


text:
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. announced Friday the start of construction of a new mixed-use development project in Virginia Beach's Town Center.
The $35 million newest addition to Town Center is expected to include 39,000 square feet of street-level retail and restaurant space and about 120 luxury apartment homes, the company says.
In addition to the retail and residential elements, Zeiders American Dream Theater will invest about $8 million in a 17,000 square foot performing arts theater. The City of Virginia Beach is expected to invest $3 million into an open-air public plaza on the second level of the development and a pedestrian bridge connecting to an adjacent parking garage.
The project is expected to be completed in the spring of 2018. Two national retailers have already shown interest in the development and have committed to more than 18,000 square feet of space at the base of the future residential tower, according to Armada Hoffler Properties.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the project will take place on Monday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. in the Fountain Plaza in Town Center.


text:
Once a month, we deliver a Beauty Boxwith four or five handpicked samples directly to your doorstep. Your Beauty Box will contain items like makeup, skin care products, hair care products, fragrances and a few other surprises! Learn more about your samples on our site! You can see exactly what other beauty lovers are saying about the products. Plus, you'll find special how-tos and beauty tips right at your fingertips.
This is May's Beauty Box 5. Its all sample sized items. Came nicely wrapped up and very secured. This is a box if you like to try little samples before you but. I have tried the 10 and tree hut full sized and its awesome stuff smells great and does its job. The other stuff I haven't tried or herd off. Its pretty hard to give you a full diagnoses on the products on how they work since they are one time things. Though they are all nice products and all are pretty good price and worth the money spent. Beauty Box 5 I just love the boxes the world gets to see the company as it makes your way. It also stands out, so you get all excited like I did and jump up and down when you see it. They are all like those old days with the goodies inside the brown/decorative bags and wont know what it is tell you buy thing. Lots of fun, they also came with cards and discount cards to which is great if you decide to buy after you like it! Beauty Box 5 runs monthly and you get 4-5 samples.
Disclosure: I received product(s) for free in exchange for an honest review, which may differ from yours. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I used personally, and believe will be good for my readers. Tiffany's Reviews is not responsible for shipment of prize, and can take up to 8 weeks to arrive. Winner will be announced, emailed, then has 24 hours to claim, or new winner is picked.


text:
Know more about this business than we do? Cool! Please submit any corrections or missing details you may have.Help us make it right
Be the first AL.com user to add photos or videos of Valley First Church-Nazarene
Valley First Church of The Nazarene is located at 102 Church St, Valley, AL. This business specializes in Religion & Spirituality.
Valley First Church of the Nazarene can be found at Church St 103. The following is offered: Religious Organizations. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Valley there are 23 other Religious Organizations. An overview can be found here.


text: On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 11:52:15PM -0600, Frederick Bruckman wrote: > On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, David Maxwell wrote: > > > 5. static libraries (.a) distributed with a package don't need to > > be installed when: > You mean, if dynamic libraries are installed? Then, yes, install the > static, too, so the choice can be made with flags to "ld". Specifically I was thinking when a pkg generates .a files which it doesn't install at all, by default. > > 6. {INSTALL_MAN_DIR} should be used instead of ${MKDIR} when: > > (A) Creating ${PREFIX}/share/[docs|examples|man]/X > IMO, it looks better to go with the highest level of abstraction, > INSTALL_DATA_DIR or INSTALL_MAN_DIR, but it's not like you could > usefully override this particular one to set a policy, since many > packages do "mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/man/man1" in their own makefile. These are only meant to concern the pkg Makefile. If I write questions about patching the Makefiles/scripts that come with a package, I'll specifically ask 'override the...' There are pkgs that MKDIR and packages that INSTALL_xxx_DIR currently. > > 8. Packages with options for supporting NetBSD features (i.e. IPV6) > > should be: > I wish someone would tell me. :-) > I would upgrade wwwoffle to 2.5c, but I'm holding off because I can't > get around the ipv6 patches. Personally, I think it makes sense to commit, and maybe drop an email to here... but I want other opinions, not mine ;-) > > 9. Creating a new pkgsrc category 'exper' to distribute new utilities > > proposed for future NetBSD releases, or test versions of utilities is: > "cvs co othersrc/README" CVS or AnonCVS add a level of complexity, which weeds out a percentage of people who might try something that is available in pkgsrc. (Even if one could check it out now.) -- David Maxwell, firstname.lastname@example.comfirstname.lastname@example.com --> Any sufficiently advanced Common Sense will seem like magic... - me


text:
2 BHK Flat Available for Outright in Panorama Tower, Andheri West.
Available with 3 balconies and 700sq.ft. is a carpet and 1 reserved car park which included in quoted price. Excellent location with close proximity to schools, hospitals, club, malls, garden, high street shopping, sea, temples, rly stations, airport, metro etc.. fully furnished flat with all electronics in place wiz. a/c, refrigerator, washing machines, TV etc..
1200 is Built Up, Maintenance would be 4000/- per month approx
You can understand below how far are you away from various conveniences like grocery shops, medical shops, bars, restaurants, clubs, malls, bus stops, railway stations, metro stations, schools and hospitals in Andheri West, Mumbai. These are important factors in the relocation process when you either buy or lease a property in Mumbai. This information is also very useful while you are relocating to a new location in Mumbai on Lease or Rent or buying a Real Estate for the first time in Mumbai. The walk score is very useful while searching both Residential and Commercial Properties in Mumbai. The walk score gives a score to each location and even shows you how far are the conveniences from each property listed on www.realestatemumbai.com in Andheri West, Mumbai.
Please fill in the Form below to set up a site visit for 2 BHK Flat available for sale in Panorama Tower, Veera Desai, Andheri West, Mumbai.
Team Real Estate Mumbai will immediate connect with you to set up a site visit.
Since 1993, Real Estate Mumbai assists you in finding residential and commercial properties on Rent or Sale in Mumbai.
Real Estate Mumbai services include Property Search, short listing properties, drafting leave and license agreements and providing relocation services in Mumbai.
3 BHK 2500 Sq.ft. in 10th Road, Juhu
2½ BHK 1377 Sq.ft. in Jogeshwari Vikroli Link Road , Andheri East
4 BHK 4000 Sq.ft. in 9, Bomanji Petit Road., Warden Road


text:
Sometimes it's hard to keep up as an introvert in this overly connected world.
Between work, kids, family, friends, pets, errands, social media, etc., life has a way of sweeping you up.
Even the weekends, your "free time", can start to feel like hectic energy depleting overly scheduled days.
The world often demands so much. And the more you give, the more it takes.
Before you know it, you're living in reaction mode instead of in control of your life and your energy.
If you're an introvert, protecting and restoring your energy is vital.
For much of my life I didn't understand this and so I wondered why I was chronically tired, overwhelmed and depleted.
It took me a long time to realize where I was going wrong…
The Wrong Way to Fill an Introverted Schedule
I used to fill up days based on chunks of time. Weekends included.
And so if my husband said to me, can we do X, Y, and Z on Saturday, I'd look at my calendar, see that the time was free, and say sure. And then when the day came, I carried through with all the obligations I had agreed to and wondered why I was depleted for the next three days.
While I love being social, I am truly introverted (and sensitive). My cells require a lot to recharge.
Free chunks of time on the calendar can become a deceiving trap. Before you know it you'll fill up your schedule and then wonder why your health is suffering, your energy is non-existent and you can barely pull yourself up from the couch.
If you also have energy that drains quickly, you need to protect it. You can do so by changing your mindset from time management to energy management.
Here are 5 energy management tips for introverts:
1. Limit To-Dos to Top Priority Items.
If you have limited energy, there are only so many to-do's you can get through in one day.
My ambitions used to cause me to try to schedule an insane amount of "productivity" into my days. That meant scheduling ten or more tasks, depleting myself completely and negatively impacting my health.
To protect a limited supply of energy, it's best to live by the 80/20 rule. 80% of what we do is complete crap, only 20% matters. Only do the 20% the matters and forget the rest.
Life will not fall apart but you will if you don't abide.
2. Block Out Time for Recharging Your Energy.
Every day in your calendar should account for down time.
Whether that's reading a book, taking a long bath, watching your favorite show or just relaxing and talking with your loved one, it's schedule worthy.
I personally need an hour of down time before I go to bed. Time where I do nothing. Where the computer stays closed, the work stops, the emails don't get looked at, I don't answer the phone, and I can just do whatever I want. I can feel my cells finally relaxing, opening up and refueling themselves.
Without this, my sleep is restless, my next morning is cranky and the whole tone of the day gets thrown off.
Whatever it is that makes you feel relaxed, schedule it in. Let your cells replenish.
3. Never Schedule Social Activities Based on Time Availability.
This is where introverts need to be somewhat selfish. To me this doesn't come naturally, it took me years to really understand and respect my boundaries enough to protect them.
Before becoming a mom I'd often agree to social obligations simply because the time was free on my calendar.
Time and time again I'd find myself trapped in an overly scheduled week that wore me down to my core.
I no longer look at my calendar based on its day to day availabilities. When asked to participate in social activities, even when it's weeks in advance, I look to see how many other activities are already scheduled for that week. Just because the time is free does not mean that I am fee.
My personal limit is one social activity per week. More than that and I am wiped out. I make exceptions here and there but I know that to thrive, I can really only handle one big outing.
Know what your limits are and say no to requests that push those limits too far.
4. Plan to Sleep Abundantly.
Skimping on sleep backfires every single time.
You may convince yourself that you can get by without enough. You may tell yourself 'just this one night I'll stay up crazy late to get everything done', it's fine.
But sadly it takes you two days to recover from that decision. So ultimately you lose more than you gained.
The more well rested you are, the more efficiently you can get through your days.
Scheduling in adequate sleep may be the most important time management trick in your arsenal.
5. Schedule Complete Solitude.
I love being a mom. It's the greatest gift life has ever given me. And I give 100% of myself to my daughter when I'm with her. But in doing so, I also deplete myself.
I've realized that I don't fully recharge unless I get time completely alone all to myself. So once a week on the weekends I send my husband off for a little quality time with our peanut and I stay home, alone.
As long as I am completely alone (other than our dog of course), I can feel my energy regenerating.
If you're a social introvert like myself, making sure to schedule in complete solitude can save you from a massive burn out.
The Truth About an Introvert's Schedule…
As introverts we need to protect our energy, but we are not weak.
We give intensely, whether it's at work or with family or friends.
We give deep thought and concentrated effort to our tasks.
Our friends may not see us quite as often, but the time we do give them is concentrated, not a moment wasted, not a word unheard.
Our introspective souls may deplete easily but it's only because of the soulful intensity we bring forth in every interaction.
To protect that intensity we must accept and honor our unique needs.
We must manage our energy instead of our time.
Free Resource Library
Want to live confidently and peacefully as a sensitive soul?
Sign up and gain access to my free library of e-books, pdfs and other resources to help empower you.


text:
Jamie Jackson @ ManoJob.com
In the members' area of the site you're about to join — The Dick Suckers — we encourage our members to submit porn stars they'd like to see on their knees…blowin' for The Gold. We even provide links to all the legit porn agencies in Porn Valley, so the members have an easier time with this. When a few of them named newcummer Jamie Jackson as someone they'd like to see, we jumped on it immediately. With only 4 scenes under her belt, Jamie came into the studios and knocked one out of the park! She might even become one of your new favorites!
Visit ManoJob.com | Jamie Jackson
ManoJob.com Spoon Fed.
Spoon Fed. @ ManoJob.com
To blow a load on her face…or to swallow? It's really not a question here at ManoJob: 95% (or more) of the scenes found here are facials, as almost all of the members here love to watch a sweet, innocent girl get a face full of jizz. Every once in a while a girl will gulp down a load…but how about the best of both worlds? That's what happens today with newbie Jamie Jackson: after Stunt Cock drops a 3-day back-up all over her cute face, he does a first at ManoJob and pulls a spoon from the kitchen cupboard. Then, he feeds her. It's a filthy time for all, and I know you're gonna love Jamie getting faced…then eating the massive load all up.
Visit ManoJob.com | Spoon Fed.
ManoJob.com Lotsa Meat.
Lotsa Meat. @ ManoJob.com
It's been almost a year and a half since Live Aguilera milked a pair of balls here at ManoJob, and we're glad she's back. You may remember Liv is a "spinner" — clocking in at a bit under 5′ tall and a bit less than 95 pounds. We intentionally booked her with a Stunt Cock who clocks in at 6'4" and a bit under 10". Watch as Liv works that big dong and slutty talk…aiming that big cock directly at her face until it explodes. Liv's one naughty girl, that's for sure!
Visit ManoJob.com | Lotsa Meat.
ManoJob.com ManoJob 101
ManoJob 101 @ ManoJob.com
Today Larkin Love came to our studios to aid in your masturbation techniques. I'm sure you're thinking you need no help in that area…but Larkin knows you do, and she's eager to help. She's going to let you in on all her secrets…and then some. What's the "and then some"? Oh, she might stick her long beautiful tongue into your piss hole. That's after she removes all her clothes, of course. Larkin Love is going to drain your balls today…like she does every time she stops by.
Visit ManoJob.com | ManoJob 101
ManoJob.com Bedtime BJ
Bedtime BJ @ ManoJob.com
My lord Stephanie Cane is one hot piece of ass, and I honestly don't think they come any better. She's a dirty talkin' slut, too, as evident here. Watch her nude up. Have you see a better pair of tits? A tighter ass? Her pink pussy was soaked. Why? Well, playing with it helped, but after the scene Stephanie confessed to us she gets drenched thinking about dick in her mouth. And when it's in there, she loses it. Today she drains Stunt Cock directly into her mouth, then swallows that monster load…well, whatever didn't leak out of her mouth. "That was as big as Peter North's!" she said. And she should know…Stephanie's been to his pad, too.
Visit ManoJob.com | Bedtime BJ
ManoJob.com Tongue, Tits & Teasing
Tongue, Tits & Teasing @ ManoJob.com
Kodi Gamble never imagined that she'd be doing dirty things ON camera. In fact, Kodi's initial exposure to the business was via desk jockey at a reputable talent agency. Apparently the fascination with porn was too much for Kodi Gamble to pass up, and now she's stroking cock to help pay the bills. Those huge tits shake and giggle each time she pumps Stunt Cock's shaft, and it's only a matter of time before The Inevitable: multiple blasts of cum shot right down her throat.
Visit ManoJob.com | Tongue, Tits & Teasing
ManoJob.com Panty Stuffin'
Panty Stuffin' @ ManoJob.com
This is Miss Reid's 6th time back to Manojob, and each time it just gets better and better. Riley might have topped herself today. Just wait til you see what she says and does in the intro today…before she even touches Stunt Cock. And then, when she starts milkin', it just gets crazy. Watch her make herself cum all over Stunt Cock before dropping to her knees for a large shot of protein. Actually it's 5 or 6 thick blasts straight into her mouth…and whatever she missed the first time…trust me, she cleaned it up the second time around.
Visit ManoJob.com | Panty Stuffin'
ManoJob.com I Don't Dodge!
I Don't Dodge! @ ManoJob.com
I've got some good news for you: Allie James is back and better than ever! If you're a fan of Allie, you might know she's been down a rough road. It's tough for a barely-legal to come across the country and land in Porn Valley. Just the trip is hard. Toss in the fact that there's some "road hazards" even after you get here, and that makes it even tougher. Allie made some bad decisions, but what 18-year-old doesn't? Anyways, she's here, she's not a cum dodger, and she milks our boy for all he's worth. In other words, Allie's back!
Visit ManoJob.com | I Don't Dodge!
ManoJob.com Teeny Tiny Tugger
Teeny Tiny Tugger @ ManoJob.com
I bet you didn't know this, but when you look up "spinner" in the dictionary, there's a picture of Odette Delacroix. I'm kidding, of course…but really, there should be. Odette is a fetish model, and she's a shade under 5 feet tall, and after a big Thanksgiving meal she might tip the scales at 90 pounds. What's this all mean? Teeny Tiny Tugger really is a teeny, tiny little slut. And make no mistake about it, Odette's one slutty slut-slut. She knows what to say to push your buttons, and after she pushes them all a handful of times, her face ends up a sticky, gooey mess.
Visit ManoJob.com | Teeny Tiny Tugger


text:
Matthew LinderGamePraise.net
Seemlessly includes Christian themes…By far the best looking Christian game out there…10 out of 10
Family Friendly Gaming
If you want to see just how far Christian video games have come, then look no further than The Axys Adventures Truth Seeker…
Matt YaggiAl Menconi Ministries
The Axys Adventures is a good game for parents to purchase who are looking for a Biblically based game for their kids…The Axys Adventures gets a 99 (A).
Nov 2015
11th Nov 2015
New Site Launched
It's been a good four or five years since the Rebel Planet site received a major upgrade. Launching the new site in conjunction with the first book in the Rebel Planet series! Sorry for all you who have been waiting so long for the Rebel Planet Orion video game to come out. Still stalled, but exploring breathing some life into that project. However, the book has some fun Orion references in it. Hope you check it out and help spread the word!


text:
Research, education and training participants
Research, education and training participants
Australian Sleep Trials Network was established in 2005 with a mission to conduct and facilitate clinical trials of national and international significance that will have a major impact on sleep health.
BUPA Health Foundation is committed to improving the health of the Australian community and ensuring the sustainability of affordable healthcare. The Foundation has invested close to $26m in national initiatives focussing on wellbeing, chronic disease, healthy ageing, empowering people about their health and promoting affordable healthcare.
CSIRO is Australia's national science organisation and one of the largest and most diverse scientific research organisations in the world. Their National Research Flagships focus on the biggest challenges facing the nation.
Institute for Breathing and Sleep (IBAS) is an incorporated not-for-profit organisation designed to facilitate and coordinate research, education and public advocacy in respiratory and sleep health. It is based at Austin Health in Victoria, Australia.
Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) is an independent, not-for-profit brain and nervous system research institute based in Sydney, Australia. Neura's goal is to prevent, treat and cure brain and nervous system diseases, disorders and injuries.
The Sleep Health Foundation aims to raise public awareness of sleep health issues and to improve public health and safety. This includes highlighting the impacts of sleeping difficulties and the ways that these may be resolved through greater community understanding of sleep and sleep disorders.
The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research strives to improve the respiratory and sleep health of Australians through world-class research into the causes of disease and finding better treatments.
Monash University is based in Melbourne, Australia. Monash has achieved an enviable national and international reputation for research and teaching excellence in since its foundation in 1958.
The University of Sydney is an Australian public university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of its most prestigious.
Flinders University was opened in 1966 in Adelaide, South Australia. Flinders has built a strong reputation for quality and innovation in its courses and in its teaching. It was the first university in the world to have a bachelor course in nanotechnology.


text:
Aug 28 2012
Network Security Podcast, Episode 286
We shouldn't let Rich take care of the show notes. Sometimes he simply reuses last week's show notes and forgets to change the flavor text at all. In which case we give him a hard time. After short break, the whole gang is together again this week, though Rich let it drop that this streak won't continue, as he's on the road again next week. And Martin is going to be in Seattle when this episode drops, which is why it was actually recorded on Monday afternoon instead of Tuesday, like normal. Find something within a standard deviation of 'normal' is a little hard though, something we all admit.
Network Security Podcast, Episode 286, August 28, 2012
Show notes:
- Java 0day (with disclosure drama).
- Dropbox adds 2 factor authentication.
- Accuracy vs. Precision in Risk.
- Facebook tries to screw users again with privacy changes.
- Martin skewers Mary Ann Davidson on information sharing.
- What my father would have said about the TSA.
- Tonight's Music: Brett Mikels with Disconnected


text:
Read our blogs this month celebrating the 24 million Americans who are Sandwich Generation Caregivers. Squeezed between caring for two generations – children and older parents – 33% of boomers and 42% of Gen Xers are Sandwich Generation caregivers.
July National Sandwich Generation Month
May 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
May is Older Americans Month
April 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This month we focus on the caregivers of older Americans as we celebrate longevity, healthy aging and the pursuit of happiness.


text:
You are more than just your case
At the Law Offices of Christopher L. Peretti, you can expect to be treated like a person, and not just a name on a file. We recognize that each person is different and each individual's circumstances are unique. We take the time to hear your side of the story and find out the kind of person you are. When you hire our office, you will have an attorney who listens and understands your situation and your needs.
We understand that bad things happen to good people. Sometimes good people make mistakes. We know you are a better person than what the police report has made you out to be. Whether you have been falsely accused, subjected to illegal police action, or have found yourself in a regrettable situation, we can help you.
We use our clients strengths to our advantage
One of our most valuable assets at our firm is our clients. We use our clients character, integrity, and life stories to help shape the narrative of their cases. At trial that means offering an alternative explanation of events more in line with the kind of person our client is. Sometimes it means telling the prosecutor all the good things about our client in order to negotiate for a dismissal or reduction of charges. Other times it is demonstrating to a judge that our client is a person with a story, and not just another defendant accused of a crime. Throughout a case, start to finish, we always use our client's character as a strength towards obtaining the best result.
Reasonable fees and flexible payment plans
We are proud to offer reasonable and affordable fees for the legal services we provide. All criminal and traffic cases are handled on a fixed-fee basis, with no extra costs or billable hours. We understand it costs hard earned money to hire an attorney and dealing with finances can be an additional stress. As such, we offer all our clients flexible schedule payment plans. Our office accepts cash, checks, money orders, and all major debit/credit cards.
Who we are and what we do
Our primary attorney, Chris Peretti, is an experienced trial attorney who has dedicated his career to defending those individuals who have found themselves facing criminal and traffic charges.
The Law Offices of Christopher L. Peretti is dedicated to passionately and aggressively defending the rights of individuals who are facing criminal or traffic charges in Prince George's County, Montgomery County, Baltimore, Annapolis, and throughout Maryland and the District of Columbia. We strive to provide high quality and individually focused legal services to all our clients.
Contact us today at 301-875-3472 and receive the type of individualized attention and care that you as a person deserve.
Click here to make a secure credit/debit card payment online.
Law Offices of Christopher L. Peretti
6220 Rhode Island Avenue
Riverdale, Maryland 20737


text:
Text of Mayor Julian Castro's memo regarding Ethics Code
Updated 9:53 pm, Sunday, September 30, 2012
The City adopted its Ethics Code in 1999 to promote integrity in our city government. Since that time, additional changes have been made to promote open government. In that spirit, I propose that the following steps be taken, and any other steps suggested by council members and/or city staff, to avoid conflicts of interest, or even the appearance of conflicts of interest, and to make the public more aware of the city's process for awarding contracts. I request that the city attorney propose any necessary changes to the City Code, department regulations, employee manuals, and procurement documents, where necessary, to accomplish the following purposes:
1. For any city process requiring the use of a committee for evaluation and scoring for Requests for Proposals, Request for Qualifications, or any type of bid, contract award, or procurement, a list of all such committee members shall be made public upon their appointment. The list of committee members shall be filed with the City Clerk's office and required to be available in the City Clerk's office for the public to see upon request. In addition, such list shall also be posted on the city's website in a manner that is easily accessible by the public.
2. Upon appointment, each such committee member, including city officials, city staff or members of the public, shall file with the city a disclosure statement similar to those filed by City Council members and appointed members of city boards and commissions.
Local Channel
- Raw: 3 Adults, Boy Shot Outside Texas Steakhouse Associated Press
- AP Top Stories February 19 A Associated Press
- Four shot while waiting outside a popular restaurant Sunday night Jasper Scherer
- Central Texas prostitution sting nets 30 arrests in two days San Antonio Express-News
- Woman ejected from SUV dies when vehicle lands on top of her San Antonio Express-News
- Squatter blamed for blaze at S.A. home San Antonio Express-News
- 2 women cut each other in knife fight San Antonio Express-News
- Mom rolls SUV off S.A. highway on way to child's school San Antonio Express-News
- Body Goes Missing From Funeral Home — and Family's Lawyers Blame Employee Who Was 'Into Satan' People
- 4 suspects detained after leading police in chase across San Antonio San Antonio Express-News
3. All parties seeking any type of contract with the city must include on disclosure forms required of them, the type of entity, and all partners, officers and directors of the entity where applicable.
4. A city official shall be designated to determine if any committee member has a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest with the city or with any person or entity being evaluated by that committee. In the event of such a conflict or appearance of a conflict, the ordinance should specify appropriate consequences.
Please draft such proposed changes and/or additions to the City Code, department regulations, employee manuals, and procurement documents so that they can be presented for consideration at a Governance Committee meeting to be scheduled at the earliest possible date.
I ask my fellow Council Members to join me in supporting this initiative to consider and approve these proposed revisions. I welcome your input and questions and look forward to working with you to accomplish these changes and to enhance trust and confidence in our city government.


text:
How to say AG in Swedish æg
Would you like to know how to translate AG to Swedish? This page provides all possible translations of the word AG in the Swedish language.
Discuss this AG Swedish translation with the community:
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"AG." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2018. Web. 19 Feb. 2018. </translate/AG/SV>.


text: Sign by Ersan - Adults Only puts you within a 15-minute drive of Bodrum Castle and Museum of Underwater Archaeology. You can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant and visit the spa to be pampered with massages or body treatments. There's an indoor pool and an outdoor pool, and rooms at this luxurious hotel get the details right with iPod docks and premium bedding.


text:
Villa Man Of The Match v Blackpool
Vital Villa asked for your Blackpool man of the match.
Suggested By: Edge Of Your Seat Stuff! MF
Got to be close to our player of the season so far this one hasn`t he?
36% voted for Downing.
A. Young 29%
Bannan 12%
The rest:
Delfouneso 8%
Collins 7%
L. Young 2%
Friedel 1%
Warnock 1%
Albrighton 1%
Clark 1%
Sub: Ireland 1%
Sub: Lichaj 1%
Dunne 0%
Sub: Agbonlahor 0%
The win lose draw result:
Win 85%
Draw 9%
Lose 5%


text:
Home > Art / Photo > Photographs > Just To Make You Smile
Just To Make You SmileReport abuse
More by this contributor
About this contributor
Join the DiscussionThis art/photo has 2 comments. Post your own now!
Sarbear said...
Apr. 13, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Apr. 13, 2010 at 6:40 pm
what a beautiful dog. really reminds me of mine and i think they are just so pretty! i love this.
FlamableFyre replied...
Apr. 13, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Apr. 13, 2010 at 6:49 pm
kind is yours? this one (mine) is a boykin spaniel


text: Community, History, Proximity Welcome to the town of Nolensville, Tennessee. We are a quaint community, almost a village really, with fun shopping, award-winning restaurants, great schools, ball parks and rural fields. Our historic downtown area is being revitalized as we speak with utility upgrading projects to enhance our businesses. Our main shopping area is also in the process of being redeveloped. Because of our convenient location from Brentwood and Nashville and our favorable property values, many families are choosing to move to Nolensville at a steady and controlled pace. Many of our long time residents have families who have lived here for nearly 200 years but we also have a significant amount of folks who have lived here five years or less. Our government is efficient, our community safe and our people friendly. People drive from all over to eat at our famous restaurants and shop at our antique stores. We invite you to come visit us. Come, get a taste of our country town and maybe you will want to be a part of our family too.


text:
Shop Prints and Gifts of this painting here
Watercolor, 24″x34″, available and ornately framed
Flamingo art has never been so stylish and sophisticated! Flamingo Garden is the second larger original watercolor flamingo painting in my stylish Flamingo Suite. Pink flamingos enjoy an afternoon at the former Flamingo Jungle Gardens in Coral Gables, South Florida. The tropical landscaping was so beautiful! This garden had mature trees and tons of tropical flowers. On the day where I captured this scene of two elegant pink flamingos drinking from the lake, the rains were on and off and I had to shelter my camera.
All of the tropical wildlife has since moved to another park off an island between Miami and South Beach. This stunning garden was the ultimate Flamingo Jungle!


text:
I've been thinking about this method for about 30 mins and figured it'd come in handy one day for someone so here it is. It can help you cleanse your chakras, well that's one of the things I've used it for, I've also used it for chi well my water chi.
Well here it goes:
1. you want to stand up feet spread apart shoulder with. place your hands in front of your abdominal area right in front of your belly button.Relax and as you are relaxing you want to you want to breathe meditatively 9 times.
2. feel the water energy rise in streams up your body all the way to the top of your head. then breathe 9 times meditatively again as you let the water spew out the top of your head and down you body, the energy atleast; it's not like water's spurting out of your head, then bring yourself back to your primordial state. your done


text:
Convert dekaliter (dal) versus cups U.K. (cup imp.)
in swapped opposite direction
from cups U.K. to dekaliters
Or use utilized converter page with the
volume or capacity multi-units converter
|conversion result for two
volume or capacity units:
|From unit
|Equals Result
|To unit
|1 dekaliter dal
|= 35.21
|cups U.K. cup imp.
Prefix or symbol for dekaliter is: dal
Prefix or symbol for cup U.K. is: cup imp.
Technical units conversion tool for volume or capacity measures. Exchange reading in dekaliters unit dal into cups U.K. unit cup imp. as in an equivalent measurement result (two different units but the same identical physical total value, which is also equal to their proportional parts when divided or multiplied).
How many cups U.K. are contained in one dekaliter? To link to this volume or capacity - dekaliter to cups U.K. units converter, only cut and paste the following code into your html.
The link will appear on your page as: on the web units converter from dekaliter (dal) to cups U.K. (cup imp.)
Online dekaliters to cups U.K. conversion calculator | convert-to.com units converters © 2018 | Privacy Policy


text: First several packets go out OK, but as soon as the card's memory buffers fill up, and the driver raises OACTIVE [the driver "cheats" with OACTIVE much the same way that the "ed" driver does, in that it only raises OACTIVE when it has actually filled all the on-card buffers] packets start getting dropped all over the floor [what a mess!]. Quite a few packets, ranging up to the 1000's are dropped before the card catches up. I realize that UDP is an inherently unreliable protocol, but should the kernel be dropping UDP packets so soon? I don't see this happen when I use the HP9k, Sparc or RS6k as the sending piece of the link.. I think you're not looking hard enough if you don't see it on those machines. There is no flow control mechanism available for UDP, and by convention a write to a UDP socket when the output device is jammed discards the packet; the kernel is willing to queue up some small number of mbufs on an OACTIVE interface (usually 50, see IFQ_MAXLEN in /sys/net/if.[ch]), and after that, they go on the floor. An HP9000 should *certainly* be able to create UDP packets faster than they can be transmitted, and I know that I've seen Sparcs do that (with ttcp, even). Indeed, in this case, the card will never "catch up" unless ttcp either exits or swaps out, and for a long ttcp run, thousands of dropped packets aren't too improbable. The most important question is whether the throughput equals the media rate: if you're seeing thousands of dropped packets with a throughput of 100KB/s, then the card or driver is spending way too much time processing packets. If you're getting 800KB/s or better, then the discards are because you used UDP, not because the driver or card is bad. But in either case, discards are to be expected.


text: > If we > had followed it up with the kind of advocacy that the Linux zealots > have always produced, NetBSD would be a more commonly used system. Maybe we should start bombarding USENET newsgroups with "NetBSD is better than Amiga/Macintosh/what-have-you" mindless flames. Just recycle the old articles posted by MS-DOS groupies -- as near as I can tell, when they all became Linux groupies, they kept posting exactly the same articles, with MS-DOS scratched out and Linux written in in crayon... > we can't afford to advertise, which means we don't get the > installed base which makes it so we don't have to advertise any more. I have seen banner ads for FreeBSD on Yahoo. (Believe it or not!) Are they just rolling in dough from various CD manufacturers, or are they getting a lower rate as a charitable-type organization? (Or maybe they're just not buying many impressions, they certainly don't pop up with the same regularity as MS ads do...) Maybe this is a good reason to add the Java executable hooks to NetBSD: use the Java VM as the NetBSD ANDF... (I think the idea of Java as a portable distribution mechanism has been floated by some Java advocates, not even with reference to free UNIX systems.)


text:
the midst of them, commissioner," he
heard the captain saying.
"You are accused of attacking the
parade of Loyal American Hiber
nians, Flaherty," said his captain.
"Also of attempting to purloin one
flag, the property of the organization.
What have you to say?"
" 'Twas the strikers wid their red
flags I fought, and alone," cried Fla
herty. ' "Red flag!" snorted the commis
sioner. "Since when has the red flag
been the symbol of Ireland's glory,
my man? That flag was as green as
the emerald grass of Ireland."
" 'Twas as red as as that!" cried
Dennis, pointing to a tattered emblem
in a corner of the room.
"Begorra, that's the very flag!'
yelled the captain. "He's drunk still,
Commissioner." .
"I think this is a case for Dr. Mc
Dermott" said the commissioner
smiling. "It's all right, my man," he
added. "You can go home on sick
leave now. I think, Captain, if Mc
Dermott agrees with my diagnosis, I
may revoke my order concerning
desk duty in this special instance."
"You see, Nora," explained her
husband afterward, "with every Irish
man in town hungering for me blood
why, they thought a whole cop at
the typewriter was better than twinty
pieces of one making work for the
street paving commissioner."
(Copyright by W. G. Chapman.)
All hail the trouserine! It consists of a trouser just baggy enough
from the knees up to satisfy the law which forbids women to dress like men,
and close-fitting enough from the knees downward to permit milady to
negotiate a high car step freely.
In short, it is an improved bloomer under another name.
It remains to be seen, of course, whether our sweethearts and wives
will have the good judgment to adopt sosensible an improvement upon
the traditional skirt. The writer hereof, a mere man, confesses to doubts.
He has never been able to discover the sense in a cramping skirt for women.
Especially in these days of the emergence of the sex from old ways and
their eager entry into business competition with men.
Granted the need of a distinctive garb and the charm of one which ex
hibits feminine refinement But can the skirt, by any stretch of the imag
ination, qualify under this specification?
It isn't warm. It isn't sanitary. It is a hindrance to free movement
And isn't the only reason we think of it as graceful because custom has
familiarized us with it as an incident to the graces of its wearers?
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet; and a graceful woman
would still be graceful, though she had the courage to don a costume which
gave her increased freedom and comfort.
But we're well aware that to argue the subject merely pastime. Argu
ment doesn't set fashions. So those of us who hope sometime to see Amer
ican women dressed for efficiency as well as for distinction can do nothing
but hope that Providence will find the way.
-o o
"Do you call this a pint?" asked a
sharp servant of the milkman, whom
she suspected of giving short meas
ure. "Yes," replied the man. "Well,
it won't do," said the girl. "When we
want condensed milk, we'll buy it at
the grocer's!"
Louis Bleriot, who flew the English -
Channel, says: "We'll be flying
across the Atlantic just as soon as
there's sufficient commercial de
mand for an aeroplane that will do
it." We will not Louis. You don't
know us.
xml | txt