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Present: Chief Judge Fitzpatrick, Judges Elder and Humphreys
Argued at Alexandria, Virginia
Record No. 0736-02-4
Jonathan C. Thacher, Judge
Rita K. Janecek, Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.
Jennifer R. Franklin, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General; Margaret W. Reed, Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.
Justin Jay Garcia appeals his conviction, after a jury trial, for felony obstruction of justice, in violation of Code ??18.2-460. Garcia contends that the trial court erred in finding the evidence was sufficient, as a matter of law, to support the conviction. Garcia argues specifically that Code ??18.2-460(C) requires that any conduct punishable under that subsection of the statute be related to conduct involving "a violation of or conspiracy to violate [Code] ??18.2-248 or ??18.2-248.1(a)(3), (b) or (c)." For the reasons that follow, we affirm the decision of the trial court.
I. Background
On July 5, 2001, at approximately midnight, Officer Leonard P. Hurd, III, of the Herndon Police Department, was dispatched to a local bar to investigate a fight that was in progress between a patron and an employee of the bar. When Officer Hurd arrived, he observed a number of people standing outside the bar. He went inside and immediately observed two men who were actively engaged in a physical fight. Officer Hurd approached the men and ordered them to "[b]reak it up." Neither man complied, so Officer Hurd reached down and grabbed one of the men, "pulled him off of the gentleman he was on top of and directed him off to [his] right." The man landed in a seated position on the floor.
Officer Hurd then told both individuals to "stay down on the ground." However, the first man, whom Hurd later determined to be Garcia, "kept trying to stand up." Hurd had to instruct Garcia to stay seated six or seven times. Nevertheless, Garcia eventually stood and pushed "through" Hurd, toward the other gentleman, a bar employee, who had been engaged in the fight. At that point, Officer Hurd applied an "arm bar" technique to Garcia in order to push him face first toward the floor. Garcia continued to struggle "to rise up." Hurd told Garcia, "Stop resisting me. You're under arrest for assault. Stop resisting. Give me your arms. Put your arms next to your side." Garcia did not respond, but continued to struggle.
It took the efforts of Officer Hurd, two other officers, and a bar patron to handcuff Garcia, as he "continued to fight." During the altercation that occurred in attempting to handcuff Garcia, the officers had to use various police tactics in order to gain access to his wrists. Hurd and his partner used an "iron wrist" technique, pressure point tactics, knee strikes to Garcia's perineal nerve, pepper spray, and an ASP baton before they were ultimately able to handcuff him. However, Garcia continued to struggle. He dragged his feet and refused to walk, so Hurd and his fellow officers were forced to carry him outside to Hurd's police car.
When they were outside, Garcia refused to allow Officer Hurd to pat him down and then refused to get into the police car. Officer Hurd had to push Garcia at his belt area in order to "fold" him into the car. As he did so, Garcia "kicked out with his right foot" and hit Officer Hurd in the thigh. At that point, and because of the crowd gathering, Hurd drove Garcia to a gravel lot across the street from the bar, and called paramedics to "decontaminate [Garcia] because of the" pepper spray. While they waited for the medics, Garcia cried, screamed and spit "all over the inside of the car." When the medics arrived, Garcia continued to be combative, "cussing and screaming" the entire time, stating he was going to "kick [their] ass."
When the medics finished, Officer Hurd placed Garcia in the back seat of the police car, "put the seat belt on him," and closed the door. As Hurd walked around to the driver's side of the car, Garcia kept "pushing his hips up toward the front of the car," and turning his body, and eventually "popped the seatbelt using his hands." Hurd secured the seatbelt again, but Garcia "popped" it open two additional times. At that point, Hurd's sergeant told Hurd to "[j]ust get him out of here," so Hurd left and drove toward the Adult Detention Center.
During the trip, Garcia continued to struggle and succeeded in opening the seatbelt three more times, causing Hurd to have to stop the car and refasten the belt each time. Garcia then began kicking at the car windows and the cage between the front and back seats of the car. Hurd called for assistance and shortly thereafter, Garcia kicked out the back window of the police car. Hurd then stopped the car and waited for the other officers to arrive.
When the other officers arrived to assist Officer Hurd, they helped him place Garcia, who continued to flail and struggle, in a "rip hobble" to secure his legs. Garcia continued to scream and stated "I'll kill you mother f—ers." Officer Hurd then continued driving to the detention center. When he arrived, Hurd removed the "rip hobble" from Garcia's legs with the assistance of the other officers and asked Garcia to walk to the door. Garcia complied, but as they got closer to the door, he attempted to kick Officer Hurd once again. The officers then secured Garcia on the ground. Garcia stated, "Fine. I won't fight you." The officers let Garcia stand up at that point, and walk inside the detention center. Garcia remained verbally combative at that time, but ceased physical resistance.
Garcia was subsequently indicted for assaulting a law enforcement officer, in violation of Code ??18.2-57, obstructing justice, in violation of Code ??18.2-460(C), and destroying property valuing less than $1,000, in violation of Code ??18.2-137.[1]
During his trial on these charges, Garcia raised a motion to strike at the close of the Commonwealth's evidence, and again at the close of all the evidence, contending, in part, that Code ??18.2-460(C) requires the conduct in question to be related to drug offenses, or other specified violent offenses. Garcia further contended that the statute was unconstitutional as it could be "read two different ways." The trial court denied Garcia's motions to strike, finding that Code ??18.2-460(C) was written by the legislature in the disjunctive, allowing for two separate offenses, one of which did not require a relationship to another offense.
The jury ultimately found Garcia guilty of obstructing justice, but not guilty of assault and battery on a police
officer. Garcia was subsequently sentenced to serve twelve months in the county jail and pay a fine of $2,500.
II. Analysis
On appeal, Garcia contends that the trial court erred in finding the evidence sufficient, as a matter of law, to support the conviction. Garcia argues that Code ??18.2-460(C) specifically requires that any conduct punishable under the statute, be related to conduct involving "a violation of or conspiracy to violate [Code] ??18.2-248 or ??18.2-248.1(a)(3), (b) or (c)." We disagree.
When a defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal, we must view the evidence and all reasonable inferences fairly deducible therefrom in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth. Higginbotham v. Commonwealth, 216 Va. 349, 352, 218 S.E.2d 534, 537 (1975). We will not disturb the fact finder's verdict unless it is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it. Stockton v. Commonwealth, 227 Va. 124, 145, 314 S.E.2d 371, 385 (1984).
Code ??18.2-460 provides as follows, in relevant part:
A. If any person without just cause knowingly obstructs a judge, magistrate, justice, juror, attorney for the Commonwealth, witness or any law-enforcement officer in the performance of his duties as such or fails or refuses without just cause to cease such obstruction when requested to do so by such judge, magistrate, justice, juror, attorney for the Commonwealth, witness, or law-enforcement officer, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. If any person, by threats or force, knowingly attempts to intimidate or impede a judge, magistrate, justice, juror, attorney for the Commonwealth, witness, or any law-enforcement officer, lawfully engaged in his duties as such, or to obstruct or impede the administration of justice in any court, he shall be deemed to be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
C. If any person by threats of bodily harm or force knowingly attempts to intimidate or impede a judge, magistrate, justice, juror, witness, or any law-enforcement officer, lawfully engaged in the discharge of his duty, or to obstruct or impede the administration of justice in any court relating to a violation of or conspiracy to violate ??18.2-248 or ??18.2-248.1(a)(3), (b) or (c), or relating to the violation of or conspiracy to violate any violent felony offense listed in subsection C of ??17.1-805, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.
(Emphasis added).
It is one of the fundamental rules of construction of statutes that the intention of the legislature is to be gathered from a view of the whole and every part of the statute taken and compared together, giving to every word and every part of the statute, if possible, its due effect and meaning, and to the words used their ordinary and popular meaning, unless it plainly appears that they were used in some other sense. If the intention of the legislature can be thus discovered, it is not permissible to add to or subtract from the words used in the statute.
Posey v. Commonwealth, 123 Va. 551, 553, 96 S.E. 771, 771 (1918). Indeed,
[i]n the construction of statutes, the courts have but one object, to which all rules of construction are subservient, and that is to ascertain the will of the legislature, the true intent and meaning of the statute, which are to be gathered by giving to all the words used their plain meaning, and construing all statutes in pari materia in such manner as to reconcile, if possible, any discordant feature which may exist, and make the body of the laws harmonious and just in their operation.
Tyson v. Scott, 116 Va. 243, 253, 81 S.E. 57, 61 (1914). Nevertheless, "[i]t is [also] a cardinal principle of law that penal statutes are to be construed strictly against the State and in favor of the liberty of a person. Such a statute cannot be extended by implication, or be made to include cases which are not within the letter and spirit of the statute." Wade v. Commonwealth, 202 Va. 117, 122, 116 S.E.2d 99, 103 (1960). Yet, "we construe a statute to promote the end for which it was enacted, if such an interpretation can reasonably be made from the language used." Woolfolk v. Commonwealth, 18 Va.?App. 840, 847, 447 S.E.2d 530, 533 (1994).
In applying these principles of law, we find that Garcia's claim lacks merit.
[T]he structure of the challenged sentence?.?.?.?[and] grammatical rules that pertain, do not support [Garcia's] interpretation. Generally, phrases separated by a comma and the disjunctive "or," are independent. See, e.g., Ruben v. Secretary of HHS, 22 Cl. Ct. 264, 266 (1991) (finding that, the word "or" connects two parts of a sentence, "'but disconnect[s] their meaning'" (quoting G. Curme, A Grammar of the English Language, Syntax 166 (1986))); Quindlen v. Prudential Ins. Co., 482 F.2d 876, 878 (5th Cir. 1973) (noting disjunctive results in alternatives, which must be treated separately); United States v. Erdos, 474 F.2d 157, 160 (4th Cir. 1973) (finding that limiting phrase in statute is independent of and does not modify two earlier phrases because the limiting phrase is separated from the first two by a comma and the disjunctive "or"); United States v. Riely, 169 F.2d 542, 543 (4th Cir. 1948) (interpreting the use of a comma and the disjunctive "or" as implying two separate and independent phrases in a Virginia statute authorizing payment of dividends by corporation "out of net earnings, or out of its net assets in excess of its capital").
Smoot v. Commonwealth, 37 Va.?App. 495, 501, 559 S.E.2d 409, 412 (2002). Accordingly, the phrase, "to intimidate or impede?.?.?.?any law-enforcement officer, lawfully engaged in the discharge of his duty," is independent of the phrase, "to obstruct or impede the administration of justice in any court relating to a violation of or conspiracy to violate" the specified drug-related statutes or felony offenses. Each phrase therefore, specifies a separate and distinct proscription that may constitute a violation of that particular subsection of the statute.
Furthermore, neither our decision in Turner v. Commonwealth, 20 Va.?App. 713, 460 S.E.2d 605 (1995), nor the unpublished
decision of this Court cited by Garcia, supports his argument.[2] In fact, both cases specifically involved the second phrase of Code ??18.2-460(C), as each case was directly related to police investigation of drug offenses. See Turner, 20 Va.?App. at 716-17, 460 S.E.2d at 606-07 (noting that the police officer investigating the matter informed Turner that he had an arrest warrant for him on a charge of selling cocaine).
For the foregoing reasons, we find no error in the trial court's determination here that the plain, obvious reading of Code ??18.2-460(C) provides for two separate methods of violating the subsection: 1) a knowing attempt to intimidate or impede a law enforcement officer in the performance of his duties; and 2) a knowing attempt to obstruct or impede the administration of justice in any court when the conduct at issue relates in some manner to the specified offenses. We thus, affirm Garcia's conviction.
[1] The Commonwealth nolle prosequied the misdemeanor count of destroying property prior to Garcia's trial.
[2] Indeed, the issue addressed in Turner was not the same issue we address here. Instead, in that case, we considered only whether the Commonwealth was required to prove the underlying predicate felonies stated in Code ??18.2-460(C), before the defendant could be convicted of obstruction of justice. See Turner, 20 Va.?App. at 715-16, 460 S.E.2d at 606. Thus, any language contained in that opinion concerning the statutory construction argument at issue here was dicta which was unnecessary to the decision of that appeal, and which is thus, not binding on this Court. See Harmon, et als. v. Peery, 145 Va. 578, 583, 134 S.E. 701, 702 (1926).


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FORT WORTH (AP) - A statewide group advocating for Texans' right to openly carry firearms has distanced itself from a North Texas group after armed members entered a fast-food restaurant and frightened employees.
Fort Worth police say the employees locked themselves in a freezer last week and a witness called 911.
Open Carry Texas disputes what happened, but has decided to part ways after the Tarrant County group demonstrated for a second time at a fast-food restaurant in recent weeks without notifying police. Open Carry's policy is to notify authorities in advance.
Founder C.J. Grisham says the split with the Tarrant County group occurred because of "the desire to resist that effort by many of their members."
Open Carry Tarrant County members spooked customers last month when they strolled toward a Wendy's with rifles.

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Blackstone Group shares rose 13 percent in their stock market debut Friday, as investors scrambled for a piece of the sixth-richest initial public offering in U.S. history.
Chief Executive Officer Stephen Schwarzman now controls a firm whose market value stands near $38 billion.
The strength of Blackstone's debut marks a coming of age for the once-secretive private equity firm, as it joins Wall Street's publicly traded top-tier investment houses.
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RANT: Stop Burning Bridges
Why does quitting your job always have to be a viral sensation. Well, it's finally come back to bite someone in the you-kn0w-what. And I say it's about time!
Sure. It's pretty cool when we see someone quit their job in the most amazing way (like Marina Shifrin when she danced all over her office at 4:30 in the morning before anyone could catch her.) And you really want to be like "OMG I wish I went out like that" or "I'm totally going to come up with a plan when I finally leave my full-time gig to go out on my own."
Don't do it.
This is real life, okay? You run the risk of your previous employer not being your biggest fan afterward. And that's what just happened to Jenny. She quit with a series of photos and whiteboards and her boss made a rebuttal. You may have talked a bunch of trash about him, but now he's sicking his lawyers on you… oh yeah… and the same people who are entertained are now more entertained by YOUR BOSSES REBUTTAL and not the original quitting.
STOP BURNING BRIDGES. Don't you realize that these people, no matter how blood-sucking and terrible they may be to work with every day, could hold the key to getting a great gig down the road? Not to mention, everyone knows you now as someone who writes on white board and talks trash about your employer. Who's going to hire you? Even if you do work for yourself?
This is networking 101. We can't always avoid making enemeies, but you can at least leave your employment gracefully. Right? Resignation letters and pink slips used to be a thing. Let's bring those back.
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flushing a domestic hot water boiler on a regular basis removes sediment from the appliance and extends its life. is flushing a hot water boiler also recommended as part of a maintenance program?
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Flushing a boiler is not necessary.
Here's the reason:
Hot water tanks have new water run through them day in and day out.
Every gallon of new water contains minerals. This is a simplistic sounding statement, but I don't have a complete list of the substances found in domestic water. The bottom and center of the tank get very hot as the burner fires to heat the water. This very hot surface causes the minerals come out of solution and deposit in the tank. Flushing a hot water tank every year is a good way to get rid of these deposits and (hopefully) extend the life of the tank.
Why isn't a home heating boiler the same situation? The answer to that is that the boiler is heating the same water over and over. The minerals will drop out and potentially deposit in the boiler, but only once. In theory, you should have the same water in your boiler for many years. The exception to this comes when you have a leak in the system somewhere. When this happens, the fill valve feeds in new water and new minerals. If you let a boiler run with "just a small leak" at a valve or fitting, it will not take very long to really plug up the heat exchanger with minerals. Some manufacturers will use that as a perfectly justified reason to deny a warranty claim on a failed heat exchanger.
One other caveat: In a house with large piping and radiators instead of baseboard, the system should be drained shortly after installing the new boiler, then again in a few months or a year. You wouldn't believe the amount of black nastiness that can exist in those systems after 80 years of service. That is stuff that you want to get out of your shiny new boiler.
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I always recommend installing a micron filter as part of a maintenance program, especially in older buildings, or buildings with alot of black iron piping. This is a good way to keep sediment (caused by flaking pipe, etc) out of pumps valves and other trim.West Trail Mechanical Ltd
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Originally posted by bigPipe09 View PostI always recommend installing a micron filter as part of a maintenance program, especially in older buildings, or buildings with alot of black iron piping. This is a good way to keep sediment (caused by flaking pipe, etc) out of pumps valves and other trim.
I highly recommend the filter whenever I do a changeout on an old system. Sometimes customers question me about it even though it's not required or even mentioned in most installation manuals. They think I'm trying to sell them something they don't need. When I come back 2 years later and drop the filter out I show them what they paid for. Chunks of rusted metal, a nut from an old radiator valve stem and a few blobs of solder that could have jammed the pump impeller. The screen is a necessity on a high efficiency stainless steel heat exchanger IMO.
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yes i would believe the amount of blac nastiness that accumulates in 86 year old black pipes. any ideas on "rinsing" that out of the system would be appreciated. when i replaced the 50 year old boiler, none of my research addressed the residue in the black pipe risers that were not replaced. and does anyone have a hyperlink to a source for micron filters. and where in the system would it/they be placed? again, info is much appreciated.there's a solution to every problem.....you just have to be willing to find it.
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Do you ever recommend water testing/chemical treatment? I have the same problem as you when recommending the micron to customers, also when I talk about water treatment It gets received with alot of skepticism. I'm speaking in terms of larger systems when I talk about chemicals.West Trail Mechanical Ltd
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I use a product called Boiler Colloid http://www.utilitychemicals.com/boil-prod2.htm#1 for cleaning and maintaining old systems.
Usually I only push a chemical cleaning when going from a really old system to a new high effiency system if they want to get the most out of the extra money they spent. A couple extra hours cleaning on a new install can really improve and protect the system. Also when doing steam boiler replacements this is a must.
I wouldn't worry too much about risers but long oversized horizontal runs will collect tons of gunk. I use these Watts strainers on boiler replacements: http://www.watts.com/pro/_productsFu...&pid=828&ref=2
BigPipe, I don't do alot of big commercial boiler work but yeah I believe testing and treating fluids in large systems is very important for longevity of the system. Unfortunately, most people think once they buy a new system that nothing has to be done to it for 10 years....if it lasts that long


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An enjoyable series. Another typical romance develops between a triathlete looking for serious commitment and a private nurse who falls for him.
I'd love one of those houses by the beach. And that flat above Grace's shop is becoming the perfect place to heal broken hearts in preparation for the one true love. Ginger, Su Lin - who's next?
Luv this author and this series. Therefore I was disappointed with this book.
It was like she needed to meet a quota or deadline.
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Thunder Point is such a great series. I can hardly wait for the new book to come. Full of love, excitement. A all around great read.!!!!!
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Tamara Box
Tamara Box joined Reed Smith as structured finance head from Berwin Leighton Paisner in February 2012 and has been instrumental to the growth of the firm's finance practice.
Since her arrival, the team has more than doubled in size from two partners and seven associates to four partners and 16 associates. The team's revenue has also more than doubled.
Having advised on a broad range of high-profile and cutting-edge debt instruments, restructuring and securitisation transactions, the past year has been prolific for Box.
Among the deal highlights were acting for the bidder in the acquisition of a non-performing loans portfolio from Lloyds Bank – which was the largest Continental European disposal by the bank.
She also acted for Wilmington Trust and Eurosail-UK 2007-5NP on the extensive restructuring of the £662m residential mortgaged-backed securitisation that was originally arranged by Lehman Brothers.
Steve Cottee
From Halliwells to Cobbetts, Pinsent Masons banking and restructuring partner Steve Cottee has been fundamental in the restructuring of the legal sector's most high-profile administrations.
After advising the administrators for Hextalls during its collapse in 2009 and Halliwells' administrators the following year, Cottee was invited to work with the Solicitors Regulation Authority in shaping the new protocol for dealing with law firm insolvencies.
He moved to Pinsents in 2012 from Lawrence Graham, and since then has advised KPMG as administrators on the collapse of Cobbetts and its pre-pack sale to DWF, as well as advising on the administration of boutique personal injury firm Harris Cartier, becoming a leading authority on the unique regulatory obligations associated with law firm insolvencies.
As the market still struggles, he is likely to remain busy in the coming months.
Stephen Lucas
Weil Gotshal & Manges
In only two years since joining Weil Gotshal & Manges from Linklaters, Stephen Lucas has grown his team five-fold.
Under his leadership as London banking group head, Weil's reputation and market share are also growing fast. Lucas's involvement in two of the top five European leveraged buyout deals this year bears testimony to his calibre.
His main bank-side deals included acting for the lenders on the Carlyle yankee loan acquisition of Chesapeake, the Hellman & Friedman £1.5bn buyout of Scout24 and Advent International's £1.16bn public to private bid for Unit4. In the new European yankee loan space, he has secured mandates acting for a string of sponsor clients including Advent International, Charterhouse, AXA Private Equity, Lion Capital and Oaktree.
Lucas is also the firm's key banking relationship partner for clients such as Advent, Lion Capital, Goldman Sachs and Barclays.
Imam Qazi
It was a busy year for Foot Anstey Islamic finance partner Imam Qazi as he advised on a number of deals involving Middle East investors acquiring UK real estate.
Two deals involving Kuwaiti investor Dimah Capital particularly stand out.
Qazi led a specialist Islamic finance team on the company's £19m acquisition of the Bristol office of mobile operator Everything Everywhere. The deal was one of the biggest single transactions in Bristol last year.
He was also involved in advising Dimah on its £26.8m Sharia-compliant acquisition of the 474,000sq ft Argos National Distribution Centre in Stafford.
Qazi says he intends to spend more time in the Middle East in the coming year, with some development financing work for Islamic banks in the pipeline.
Jane Rogers
Ropes & Gray finance partner Jane Rogers took the lead for Liberty Global during its $23.3bn takeover of Virgin Media in February last year, closing the mammoth transaction in just three weeks.
The phenomenal effort saw Rogers lead a team advising on both the bank and bond side.
The star finance partner also continues to work hard to advance the careers of women in the law.
Those who nominated Rogers praised her ability, work ethic and overall contribution to the US firm's London office.
Jayanthi Sadanandan
Last year was particularly busy for Latham & Watkins finance partner Jay Sadanandan.
Sadanandan may have been appointed to the firm's London deputy managing partner position in March but she has continued to practise as a full-time fee-earner. Sadanandan is also involved in Latham's diversity programme.
She was one of four partners who joined Latham from White & Case in 2010 and has been instrumental in building up the firm's banking capability.
Sadanandan is also a key relationship partner for Goldman Sachs, CVC Capital Partners and Permira, and she enjoys a growing reputation for pioneering innovative financing products and structures.
The advice she gave to private equity firm PAI Partners on financing its acquisition of R&R Ice Cream with a €253m five-year payment-in-kind toggle note is a case in point.
Jeremy Trinder
Dechert London finance partner Jeremy Trinder packed a lot into 2013.
US bank Wells Fargo kept Trinder particularly busy last year, with the San Francisco-based client announcing at the start of the year that it was planning to expand its UK commercial real estate business, subsequently handing a bucket of work to its London legal advisers.
In August Trinder led a team on Wells Fargo's acquisition of the £4bn Hypothekenbank Frankfurt (formerly Eurohypo) real estate loan book from Commerzbank.
Trinder continued to act for the client on its capacity as lender in relation to the financing of Loan Star's acquisition – one of the largest commercial mortgage portfolios to date.
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As we learn more sophisticated and more accurate ways to assess issues that affect learning and achievement in young people, we gain valuable information regarding the impact of memory. We are learning, for instance, that problems with a child's or teen's short-term or working memory might well be a primary concern in a learning disability. Memory problems can also be a component of attention deficits and other conditions and diagnoses not generally thought to be associated with memory.
Identifying memory problems is one thing; addressing them is yet another. In this program, Dr. Milton Dehn, nationally recognized expert on psychological processing assessment, working memory and children's long-term memory problems, shares the depth of concerns related to memory. And, of course, he offers interventions derived from evidence-based assessment and research, interventions teachers (and parents) can use to help youngsters strengthen their memory skills. Many of these come from his latest book (with CD), Helping Students Remember, a go-to resource with built-in memory-related lesson plans that can be implemented immediately. Techniques include visualization, locations, pegwords, chunking and grouping, and putting memory words into sentences. He also discussed meta memory and how it is important for a child or teen to know about their memory and how they are progressing as they do the exercises and implement the strategies.
A former school psychologist and trainer of school psychology graduate students, Dr. Dehn is a private practice school psychologist, consultant, presenter and author of several books on memory and learning. He is the co-founder of Schoolhouse Educational Services and the program director for Schoolhouse Tutoring(R), both based in Wisconsin. (25:26)
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Still frustrated over the controversial ouster of teacher Mary Catherine Bradshaw, and the issues it raised, Hillsboro High School parents have waged a new battle: a recall effort to remove school board member Michael Hayes from his seat.
Whether the effort is symbolic or results in a genuine campaign remains to be seen. The group of Hillsboro parents has just 30 days from the time the recall initiated on May 24 to acquire petition signatures from 15 percent of registered voters in Hayes' Green Hills-area District 8, which includes Hillsboro. The clock is already ticking to gather 6,301 petitions.
"Parents just needed to be heard," said Paula Jennings, who's active in the Hillsboro community. "It started with Mary Catherine, but it's more of an acceptance of this program [The Academies of Nashville]. It's more about coming into a school and not asking parents."
Metro clerk Marilyn Swing said she's not obligated to reveal the name of the individual who picked up papers earlier this week to initiate the recall. Several phone calls by The City Paper determined many Hillsboro parents have taken a collective ownership of the movement. If successful, it's unclear who would square off against Hayes in a special election.
Hayes, who has taken the position that a board member's role isn't to delve into personnel matters, said he could not comment directly on the recall effort, in part because he doesn't know who has triggered it.
"I read the petition, but have not been contacted by any of the petitioners or someone who they would expect or hope to run in my place, if they were successful in collecting the signatures," Hayes said.
"I certainly don't think I've been derelict in my duties," he said.
Elected to the school board last year, Hayes has been caught in the middle of a clash between Hillsboro parents, students and faculty and Metro school administrators over the transfer of the school's beloved International Baccalaureate coordinator Bradshaw, who is headed to Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School next year.
Most parents have pinned much of the blame for Bradshaw's ouster on academies, the model of high school redesign in which career topics or themes form the basis of learning and instruction. Parents have targeted academies for allegedly disrupting the school's successful IB program. School officials say Hillsboro's IB program will still thrive.
On Thursday, some Hillsboro parents met with Hayes after he reached out to them. The gathering may have helped mend some ill feelings, with some calling it productive.
Hayes said much of the conversation centered on parents' hopes to transform Hillsboro into an IB magnet school, a proposal they unveiled at a recent school board meeting.
"I listened to some of the reasons that they wanted to have a conversion," Hayes said. "It was a couple of hours talking about how they view Hillsboro and where they would like Hillsboro to go.
"It was a productive conversation," Hayes said. "I enjoyed, certainly as I've always enjoyed, having the opportunity to sit down with constituents and hearing their thoughts."
If communications progress, the recall could be halted.
"If he's willing to reach out to parents, then I think the group of people who are involved would be willing to withdraw the recall," Jennings said. "That's an easy thing to do."
Councilman Jamie Hollin in 2009 waged the only successful recall in Metro history, collecting more than 1,000 petitions to hold a special election to remove Pam Murray from the council's District 5 seat. In the special election, Hollin defeated Murray by two votes.
So the moral here is if you do not get your way, then try and remove those in charge and replace them with those that see things your way. These people are great role models for their kids. Also, I love how the parents want to change Hillsboro into an IB magnet school. A very small percentage of Hillsboro's current population is IB. What makes these great parents think that they can recruit 700 to 800 more students to come and be a part of this program? My suggestion to the parents.....let the teachers teach, the administrators make decisions, tell the politicians to do the same, stop all of the bogus lawsuits, and if you do not like the school your child is zoned for then move or put him in a private school.
The IB program is great. Im not knocking it. However, it is a small part of the school. As a school, Hillsboro is average at best.
edsupp states: "if you do not get your way, then try and remove those in charge and replace them with those that see things your way". Sounds to me a lot like how this country was formed.
modern4life: your going to bring The Revolution into the argument over a teacher being transferred? Really? Reeeally!?
Sounds like edsupp & gruntz need a lesson on civics. Yes, if you feel you aren't being represented you re-elect or recall. You two must have gone to Hillwood.
No I did not attend Hillwood. I just think that these parents need to let the school system run the school. To me it seems like these particular parents think that their opinion is the only one that matters. The IB program handles a very small part of Hillsboro's student population. Not all students are in the program and not all parents want it changed to an IB magnet school. Bradshaw was removed from her position because she did not support the direction of the administration. In any other profession that would be the end of it. Here, the parents feel like they can make administrative decisions and that their voice will not only be heard, but also followed.
If caring about the education of my children is wrong, I don't want to be right.
what is karl dean's position? ....oh, this is not Harpeth Hall, sorry
edsupp this school system brings anyone that cares about education to this point. If they do not like your opinion there is no response at all. Unfortunately that is the way that Metro does business. That would probably be fine if they had a winning track record at all but they do not. There is probably not enough questioning.
Caring about your children and their education is a great idea. However, trying to start a magnet school is a different issue. I also agree that more questioning should be done. There is a right and wrong way to do that though. This has all come about because Bradshaw did not agree with the direction of Hillsboro High School. She could have remained in her position and her role and responsibility would not have changed at all. She could have still been over the IB program. All she had to do was support the district's vision of where high schools were headed. The IB program will remain at HHS. The district has already said that a new person has been hired to replace Bradshaw. These parents are simply making a mountain out of a mole hill.
EDSUPP is right on the money. Hillsboro is basically a school for the "bused". The school board did leave a small amount of educational facilities and teachers there to appease the liberals and those that cannot afford private schools. This element of people are a small miinority that probably is too small to make anything but a lot of noise.
This little band of parents probably consists of those whose children did not get into Hume Fogg. Others whose children were thrown out of MBA and Franklin Road Academy and etc. Others who just plain could not afford private school education.
These parents wound up rationalizing that Hillsboro was a legitimate substitute.
Rich A-hole. There are also people there like me with a disables child. I CAN afford private schools, but none will have him because he doesn't fit their mold. The parents I know can well afford private but choose to support their community school instead of leaving it up to some high-paid babysitters and snooty helicopter parents. Nothing wrong with that.
Funditto, don't know what type of disabilities your child has, but mine has some too. We couldn't get any effective help for him in Nashville once he hit middle school, so we finally tried Benton Hall, in Franklin. It's only a half hour away (and they have a shuttle w/ 2 stops on Hillsboro Rd.). It's more affordable than most private schools, and their class sizes are no larger than 9, so the kids get a lot of attention. Just thought you might want to check it out, if you haven't already. www.bentonhallacademy.org
Thanks, see. We tried and it didn't happen. We've been very happy with Metro.
With the Superintendent just getting a renewal, I suppose these parents are going
to have to wait a few yrs before they get to run the system!
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Psalm 24
1The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
The parents of the IB students are trying to do what they consider best for their children. Unfortunately, they are in the minority at Hillsboro, but they likely have the most money and clout. hmmm...., wonder who will win out?
Enough already. Michael Hayes had nothing to do with this, nor could he have intervened because that would be overstepping his position, and he is being used as a scapegoat. The parents are doing more damage to the program by making even more people angry than was supposedly done by moving the teacher in charge. Everyone needs to step back, take a deep breath, and refocus the energy onto the students, the teachers who remain, and the school.


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Sanjiv Mital
Sanjiv Mital is an ICT industry veteran, with close to 30 years experience in this highly dynamic space.
Sanjiv orchestrated India's first management buy-out, taking the helm of Comviva (formerly Bharti Telesoft) in 2001 - a time when the company was facing a very uncertain future, due to the downturn in the overall ICT market. He was instrumental in changing the direction of the company from generic software services to focus on VAS solutions for the telecom industry. Comviva was one of the first companies to realize the value of emerging markets, and started addressing the markets of India, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. This was a highly successful strategy with these markets exhibiting rapid growth to drive over subscriber uptake in the global mobile industry.
Having effected a turn-around, Comviva was able to attract significant VC interest and Sequoia and Cisco invested in the company in 2005. As a result, Comviva was able to grow its revenues 20-fold in a 7 year period. In 2008, Sanjiv took on strategic responsibilities as Vice Chairman of the organization and in 2009, Sanjiv moved on.
Having gained a wide range of experience in senior sales and marketing roles with major industry players such as Wipro and IBM as well as displaying his entrepreneurial spirit with start-ups such as Bharti Telesoft, Sanjiv is now focused on exploiting this experience to help emerging companies in the rapidly growing ICT space as the founder of Saarthi Enterprises.
Sanjiv is an Engineer from IIT Kanpur and did his MBA from IIM Calcutta.
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Ankit Agarwal has been in the telecom industry for over15 years, holds a Bachelor of Technology from NIT, Kurukshetra and an MS in Finance from ICFAI and is Chartered Financial Analyst, He has worked in diverse roles spanning sales, business development, engineering, operations and customer service and has worked with operators, some of the leading VAS vendors and Network Equipment Providers, he has extensive experience across the Asia territory and is based in Singapore.


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"KADUMANE" is in Joida Taluk, the largest taluk in Karnataka. Joida has the rare distinction of comprising 93% of its land area with three varieties of forests viz, Semi-deciduous, deciduous and ever – green. Three rivers of Uttar Kannada district including the mighty Kali and Pandri and Kaneri take their birth in Joida. The forest bears the beauty of an innocent maid, that is so fascinatingly picturesque.
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Back-To-Back Sequels
I noticed a new trend in movies is having movies/sequels made back-to-back.
2001-2003 - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2003 - The Matrix Reloaded & The Matrix Revolutions
2003-3004 - Kill Bill Volumes I & II
2006-2008 - Casino Royale & Quantum of Solace
2010 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts I & II
2011-2012 - Twilight: Breaking Dawn Parts I & II
2012 - The Hobbit (Parts 2 & 3 not yet released)
A lot of people are wondering how they would cover the death of Gwen Stacy, the resolution to Peter's parents, the Green Goblin, the possible symbiote story, etc. in three movies. I had thought about this: what if the third film in the series was split up into two movies, back-to-back? Please share your thoughts about how you feel.
If that were to be done, then what would it be called? The Amazing Spider-Man 3 Parts 1 & 2? Nah... too long. Any ideas?
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It would explain the vast majority of characters they're introducing in the movie. I felt Spider-Man 3 could have been played out in two movies. If that's what they're doing here, I have no issue with it.
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hopefully there will be a cliffhanger in the next film(s). Handle it like Empire Strikes Back.
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Do you mean back-to-back meaning no time elapsed between the end of one and the beginning of another (in the movie's storyline), or do you mean that they should finish releasing one movie and continually make the next one after its release?
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i'd like to see a "no time elapsed" storyline continued-- the films can be made concurrently, like Superman 1 & 2..
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There would be "no time elapsed" if the movies were made back-to-back.
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I dont think we'll see a Amazing Spider-Man 3 part 1 and part 2. But back to back filming for ASM 4 5 & 6 (LotR style) to preserve the age of the young stars, that I could see.
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Then why 4, 5 & 6? Why not 3 and 4 to preserve the age of the young actors?
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EDIT: actually reconsidering what you said. My point was purely that they probably wont do a literal "ASM3 part 1" and "ASM3 part 2" twilight style. They very well could do 3 and 4 back to back. I hope they do. WEWT.
But assuming they keep Andrew on and all that, I hope they start considering that at some point.
With the $$$'s i just meant they should go on past 3 and 4 to make 5 and 6 and I'll keep throwing money at them.
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No back-to-back films please.
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You're essentially taking two ideas and confusing them. The term 'back-to-back' doesn't mean taking one story and splitting it in half. It means shooting multiple films as part of a single production period.
As to the question, I really don't see the point of back-to-back filming.
As to the idea of taking a single story and splitting it in half, I again see no point. We're not dealing with something that is too complex that it can't be covered in the course of a single film. Anyone who doesn't see how they can do Gwen's death, the Goblin stuff, Peter's growing close to MJ, etc. in a single movie (likely TASM 3) and do everything justice isn't thinking hard enough.
Also, while we're on the subject, there was absolutely no reason to artificially create two separate films out of Breaking Dawn, and, although I haven't read The Hunger Games trilogy, I don't see any reason to split Mockingjay into two parts either.
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I'm aware of the fact that back-to-back does not necessarily mean splitting a story in half. But generally speaking, films that are shot back-to-back have a split story. And there is a reason for doing this, as it can prevent a movie from being too crammed. Spider-Man 3 was supposed to be back-to-back, but ultimately everything got pushed into one film and look how that turned out.
Imagine if Spider-Man 3 ended with the creation of Venom instead of shoving everything into that ONE movie.
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^ I'm sorry, but you really need to do some research with regards to this whole issue of filming things back-to-back, and here's why:
* The 3 Lord of the Rings films aren't a single story split into 3 parts; they're 3 distinct stories that comprise a 3-part narrative Trilogy and were therefore filmed as part of a single production
* Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace are two distinct stories that comprise a 2-part narrative, and were also filmed at completely different times
* Kill Bill and The Hobbit were split into multiple parts in post-production
* The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions are not a single story split into two parts; they are two separate stories that follow on from each other and were therefore filmed as part of the same production
The only films on your initial list that actually fit into the mold you're talking about are Deathly Hallows and Breaking Dawn.
I'm also not sure where you're getting this idea that Spider-Man 3 was going to have been a single story split over the course of two films, because I've never even heard anything of the sort before.
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Split into 2 films? What? This isn't gonna be a final movie like for Twilight, Harry Potter and the Hunger Games.
I voted for no.
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The way I see it, if they film multiple Spider-Man films simultaneously, that just means more Spidey. I'm fine with that.
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Survival Quest1989
When you walk these woods you are the predator because that's what survival is all about. Be prepared to ACT, not REACT. If you come upon a hostile, you better be ready to kill him, because that's exactly what he's going to do to you. We're talking about the predator. Doing what it takes to survive. The predator trusts no one. He relies on no one. Out here, it's one to one... hand to hand.
Okay, team decision, a big one. That trail is the only path to the back woods. And our Survival Quest course isn't complete until you face the challenges to be found there. And with that bridge cut, there is only one way to get there. We have to climb that mountain.
Don't we ever do anything on the ground in this course?
I gotta tell ya, that mountain is not gonna be a cakewalk. I usually save the mountaineering for last but if you want to try, I believe you can make it.
I say we do it.
Me too.
If I fall of that mountain I'm taking two of you with me.
Look Gray, I know we've had problems. You resent me, think I'm an authority figure with a system, here to push you around. You're wrong. You're dead wrong. I'm a lot like you, buddy. I had no family, I had no brothers or sisters, I had nobody. Been pushed from foster home to foster home. Then when I was 12 I got a foster parent, and I called him 'Dad.' Because he showed me all this.
I had a few dads who just wanted to show me a belt.
Yeah, I had a couple of those meatheads too. But this guy put me in the Boy Scouts. Before then I didn't have a shirt or a pair of pants that didn't have a tear in it.
Now here I am in my own f***ing Boy Scout uniform! Yeah. He died when I was 16, and I never got a chance to thank him. You believe that? I'm no authority figure. I mean, I may risk my ass to help you out, I've never told you what to do. It's not like in the city. There's no low man on the totem pole out here. So what are we gonna do, Gray? Spend the rest of our lives mad, bad and sad?
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Holiday Care Package Drive to benefit troops begins Monday
The city's sixth Holiday Care Package Drive, which this year will benefit members of the 128th Air Control Squadron, was launched on Monday.
For the past five years, City of Milwaukee employees, community partners, businesses and residents have collected care packages to be shipped to a designated military group.
The announcement of this year's drive was made at a news conference at City Hall. The announcement was made by Mayor Tom Barrett and Cecelia Gore, the head of the Brewers Community Foundation.
Members of the 128th Air Control Squadron are serving in southwest Asia.
The drive goes through Dec. 14.


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ANS Syntheszier – Drawing sound
Sunday, 2 January 2005
ANS Syntheszier
This months WIRE magazine has a review of COILANS the last album Coil completed before jhonn's untimely death in November of last year. All compositions were performed on the Soviet ANS synthesiser – a very special kind of musical instrument. E. Murzin, its inventer, called the ANS "a photo electronic optical synthesizer of soundâ€?. It is based on a photo electronic device allowing the music to be drawn onto a special plate.
'The photo electronic principle of synthesis, used by E. Murzin, implies the graphic imaging of soundings on a special plate, covered by a solid layer of black colour, which he has very exactly called "the scoreâ€? Before the composer is a row of levers, on the end of each one of which is a chisel. In the necessary places the colour can be removed (with the chisels), and then one can create a system of breaks in a definite configuration: a richer sound requires drawing a line (instead of a point), and a chord required putting several points in different places. Working this way, breaks, points and lines serve to create a regulation of the brightness of light rays, directed onto photo elements through rotating discs – frequency modulators. Due to this effect of light there appears electric current, which was later transformed into real current. "The Scoreâ€? also played a role as operative memory, letting the composer make various changes in the character of created sound signals, i.e. to correct the sound picture in accordance with the author's ideas.'
The ANS remains a unique apparatus available to only a limited circle of musicians: the single experimental model of the device in existence currently belongs to Moscow State University. Although the ANS has not achieved widespread fame, the idea of directly transforming graphic structures into sound structures has not lost its relevance and can now be used successfully in computer music.
selected ANS links :
The ANS synthesizer – Composing on a Photoelectronic Instrumernt, Stanislav Kreichi
Electroacoustic Music Volume IV: Archive Tapes Synthesizer ANS 1964 – 1971.
Image of and entry on ANS from the Musuem of Soviet Synthesziers
'Electricity has truly made angels of us all'- Coil


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My word of the year in 2008 was "present"…a worthy word of the year for just about anyone on the planet, but especially so if you are a parent to young children. As a word of the year, it served me well; mostly showing me how oh so NOT present I am.
It seems the pull towards busy-ness is especially strong in the parenting years of life, but maybe that's just because that is where I find myself. We want so much to give our all to our children, yet at the same time to have a little piece of ourselves B.C. (before children) left over for ourselves. The truth is, it's not an either or thing. We don't really have to choose to give it all away OR to save some for ourselves. That is the really great thing about love; it begets itself.
In a society which values "doing" over "being", for me the key to finding balance as a parent and a person is, put simply, to live in the moment. To be here now. Simple to say, yes. Simple to live…not so much. If you would like to find balance and happiness in parenting and life, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to practice living in the "is-ness" of now. And no, you are not the only person on the planet who has trouble finding (much less living in) the now. The pull we all feel to be everywhere but here now is called the human condition. It is this condition…our overactive monkey minds…that have us racing. Racing to find something, somewhere, everwhere, anywhere when all we want is to be still, to be at peace, to be here now.
Freeing isn't it? To know we all face a similar challenge in stilling the mind? Of course, there are degrees to the trouble we face in sourcing stillness. I myself have been blessed with what I can only describe as a particularly active monkey (needing constant supervision and the occasional "time-out" where I make her sit on the steps until she has calmed down). I am on top of it though and for this reason yoga has become a lifeline for me in many ways. My body moves into the poses and the poses move me into my body.
Present was my word for 2008. So what about 2009 you ask? My new word of the year is…can I get a drum roll please?…my new word of the year is …discern.
Now that I have spent a year exploring what it is to be present, I want to explore what living in the present brings…namely truth. This truth comes not from outside us but within us. It comes, I beleive, when we discern…when we pause to listen.
I find discernment and the truth come in handy, particularly when I don't know what the hell to be or say or do next. Like for instance, when I am oh, sometimes, let's say…being a parent? Yes. The weight of nurturing, molding, loving and guiding a future generation is a heavy one. But armed with the truth, ah-haaaa, yes…the load has just gotten a little lighter. This word "discern" is a favorite of mine. For me it means to listen for the truth that exists inside me. This truth is there for me all the time if I but still my mind and listen.
So on this day, join me in my quest to be here now as a person…and as a parent. Please enjoy these inspirational words from my friend Henri J. M. Nouwen on being here now. But before you read on, I'd like for you to sit back and let the song Be Here Now by Ray Lamontagne wash over you. Trust me…click here for the song and prepare yourself. Ray has the voice of an angel and a deep message to share with you from the depths of his soul. It touches mine.
May these two nuggets of truth and beauty feed you along the journey this day fellow moms and dads. And happy new year. May it find you living in the is-ness of now.
Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control: the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not a waiting passivity until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
-Reflections from Henri J.M. Nouwen's Bread for the Journey.
In addition to mommying to two magical girls born in 2000 and 2003, Suzanne owns a holistic health center in St. Louis, Missouri where she practices as a physical therapist, Certified Infant Massage Instructor and health education teacher. Certified in a number of healing and life education approaches, Suzanne offers life coaching as Zen Mommy Coach.


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Nova Innovation Competition deadline
Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:00 AM to
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Location:Entrepreneurs are invited to submit proposals for the Nova Innovation Competition for a chance to win $85,000. The competition rewards start-up businesses offering innovations in sustainable products, advanced materials, high-efficiency building solutions, clean technology, and renewable energy sources with cash prizes and access to partnership opportunities with Saint-Gobain. Find out more at http://www.novainnovationcompetition2012.com/


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Ovolo Woolloomooloo
Ovolo Woolloomooloo is a modern contemporary hotel of 100 rooms, situated on the Wharf at Woolloomooloo. The hotel offers the latest concept in accommodation and meetings for the modern business traveler. Ovolo Woolloomooloo combines the style of a boutique hotel with the facilities and services of an international five-star hotel. Perfectly situated 15 minutes from Sydney Airport right on Sydney Harbour at the latest entertainment, dining hub, The Wharf at Wooloomooloo. Located adjacent to The Royal Botanical Gardens and just a 10 minute walk to the central business, shopping Districts and Sydney Opera House.
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Ovolo Woolloomooloo is a modern contemporary hotel of 100 rooms, situated on the Wharf at Woolloomooloo.
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Direction To The Property From East - West On New South Head Road And Straight Into William Street, North Onto Bourke Street. Right Into Cowper Wharf Road. Hotel Is Located On Left Hand Side. Approximately One Block From Corner. Direction To The Property From North - Warringah Freeway Or Pacific Highway South To Sydney Harbour Tunnel. Take The Woolloomooloo Exit On Left Hand Side To Cowper Wharf Road. Hotel Is On Left Hand Side. Direction To The Property From South - North On Southern Cross Drive And South Dowling Street. Take The Eastern Distributor To Kings Cross Exit. Right Into William Street, Left Into Bourke Street, Right Into Cowper Wharf Road. Hotel Is On Left Hand Side. Direction To The Property From West - East On Western Distributor To King Street Exit. From King Street, Turn Left Into Elizabeth Street. Right Into Hunter Street. Left Into Macquarie Street, Right Into Express And Take Woolloomooloo Exit. Hotel Is On Your Left.
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St. Patrick's Day is Sunday March 17th and Windsor's oldest business district has been dressed up for the occasion.
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THAT"S IT!!! Now I clearly remember that making a tap in the field was the coolest thing I had seen in a long time. The ARB air line splice is a great part to have along with you but being able to take a standard bolt and turn it into a tap was something I had never heard of doing as I am not a machinist type person. Mark Algazy took a standard bolt and with the narrow side of a flat file cut two grooves parallel to the length of the bolt about four or five threads long from the bottom of the bolt. It worked just like a purpose built tap to clean out the holes in Chris's 40 knuckles on Hatfield Hill. The reason it was so really cool was the fact that the old 40 uses 11mm stud bolts and finding an 11mm tap in camp was impossible. Great trail fix and thanks for remembering it Neil!!
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Okay, change in plans. It's still an eyecatch, but I'd like to see a GM III launching from an Argama-class ship in Pegasus III colors. If that reads as gibberish to you then I've got some pics to help and I'm happy to answer more questions:
Here's the eyecatch from Zeta Gundam to give you a general idea of the format and the length: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcF3vrGeHZM
Argama-class Ship in the colors I'm looking for (dark gray hull, blue and yellow highlights)
Pictures of MS on deck for scale (ignore white hull/red highlights on ship)
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In this animation, the view of the ship would be mid-range (like the first picture without writing on it in the first blog I linked to); the GM III launches from the deck using the aircraft carrier-like catapult system you can see the foot locks for in some of the pictures, flies off in a glowing line like the Zeta eyecatch and then zooms back into the picture, up in front of the screen and then it's eye goggle lights up green.
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The question on whether pizza is a health food or junk food is a serious debate today given the obesity epidemic sweeping this country.
In answering this question we'll try to remain impartial – after all most would say we have an incentive to keep you coming back for more pizza – right?
Well yes and no.
Our job is to give you the best pizza we can once you've decided to purchase so you continue to look to us for your pizzeria needs. We want to see you keep coming back and remain healthy so you can.
Let's breakdown each major component of U.S. favorite dish and cover the good and the bad.
Pizza dough comes in all types and makes – most pizzeria places offer gluten-free dough now. The healthiest normal dough crust is crisp and thin and our version at La Befana Pizzeria is called Neapolitan-style and we also offer gluten-free pizza.
Dough made with whole grain as in whole-wheat crust includes the fiber, vitamins and minerals lost in the refining process. Whole grain crust is by far the healthiest kind and La Befana looks towards its customers to dictate our offerings including whole-wheat pizza.
The tomato sauce on your pizza contains lycopenes which are rich in antioxidants and because it's a sauce makes it easier for the body to absorb. The strongest evidence suggests tomatoes helps in reducing the risk of prostate cancer.
Cheese as most people know contains calcium and is a source of protein which is good – but is also high in fat. Now our body does need fat – not all fat is bad – and it depends how much cheese and fat you consume in a week as to whether you tell your local pizzeria to go easy on the cheese or take it normal.
Most pizza places will put less cheese on for you if you ask them including us at La Befana.
Finally we come to the toppings and this where you can easily tip the scales from "health" to "junk."
Meat toppings generally have a lot of fat and salt added in the processing of them and are going to tip the scale to junk status while vegetables and fruits such as green and red peppers, onions, broccoli and olives, pull the needle back over to a healthy pizza.
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Most families eat pizza once a week. It's reserved for the day when you don't feel like cooking or high activity level when there's no time to cook. So while every pizza you buy isn't going to be a healthy one, the concern is what you eat the rest of the week. Be balanced on your meals so you can enjoy your pizza.
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text: Over the years observing steelhead, both hatchery and wild, I've arrived upon a theory that may make some sense. For me, this theory is self discovered, I've never read or heard anyone propose it before, but like most things, someone else may have already written about it. So, that being said, I'm going to offer it up and see if anyone else has observed the same behaviors and/or see if anyone see's any flaws in this theory. First of all, a little background. Like many steelhead fisherman, I started out as a trout fisherman, fishing both spring creeks and freestone rivers around the western states, primarily Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. One thing that was/is immediately noticeable is that those fish that are found in spring creeks and/or tailwaters, i.e., water that remains fairly constant in temperature, has minerals/structure conducive to large amounts of insect life, tends to produce trout that are much more selective. This makes sense because with all of the food available, the trout have plenty of time to observe and decide whether or not they are interested in feeding on each object as it floats down the river. In contrast, those trout found in high mountain rivers, and/or rivers where insect life is somewhat scarce, produces trout that are extremely aggressive toward anything that remotely resembles a food source. In some cases, I've watched trout move nearly 10 feet to take a royal wulff as it floated down stream. This aggressive behavior makes sense because food is somewhat few and far between, and a trout that has any ability to survive is going to take advantage of any potential food source. Because these fish are so "non" selective, almost any pattern can be used to great success. Now, with that said, let's again visit steelhead behavior. Hatchery fish, having been raised in a cement tank and given as much food as they desire, tend to develop traits that more closely resemble "spring" creek fish. Their behavior is a learned one, they're able to sit back and wait for their daily feeding routine. As I understand it, most hatchery fish are fed 2-3 times daily. Some fly fisherman who fish hatchery fish will state that there is a noticeable "bite" that take place about 9:00 a.m., then again around 12:00 p.m., and another around 4:00 p.m., the thought being that these are the basic feeding times of hatchery reared fish. Again, in contrast, wild fish are not fed on a schedule, and because our streams (especially coastal streams) do not have much insect/food sources, young steelhead must learn to be aware of anything in their aquatic environment that resembles food, prior to smolting and heading off to the ocean. Their behavior resembles those same trout that are reared in mountain streams. They learn to be aggressive at a very early age, their survival depends upon it. And while there are never any "absolutes" in fishing, what I've observed is that hatchery fish tend to like smaller fly patterns, something from size 6-2. I rarely fish flies larger than that except under poor visibility. Some fly fisherman go as far as to say that hatchery fish won't take a fly. I've found that hatchery fish will usually not move as far to a fly as a wild fish, but they will take them, the fly just has to be nearer to the fish, and I propose that this has is the result of the environment in which the fish was raised. I've also found that hatchery fish tend to prefer sparser flies, when river conditions allow. My observations are that size, color, fly-fullness have to be factored in based upon the weather, water conditions, light conditions, and the time of the run being fished, and whether the fish are hatchery or wild. Fresher fish tend to hit larger patterns than fish that have been in the system longer, as they tend to be a little more gun shy. With wild fish, I'll also fish smaller flies if water conditions will allow, but I'll also fish large flies, flies from size 2-2/0. I've had steelhead smolt attack flies that were roughly 1/3 of their size.


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Great watch, looks pretty well exactly as it does on the website. I searched around for price and couldnt do any better so Im happy with what i paid.
Only negative point is that the suede strap does seem to wear/discolour near the buckle where it rubs on tabletops etc. Love the strap but the early signs are that it may not last long.
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Swiss watch company Hamilton has been globally renowned for its beautifully designed and highly-functional watches since 1893. The Hamilton watch range is a fantastic choice for those who appreciate traditional wristwatch design. The brand specialises in men's watches, though a selection of women's watches are also available. A classic choice can be found in the brand's leather strap watches, available in comfortable and wearable deep browns and dark blues. Brighter colours, such as vivid orange, are also available, to offer a modern twist on a vintage design. More contemporary pieces are also available, with eye-catching aesthetics that create a head-turning look. As part of the Swatch Group, Hamilton watches are a perfect choice for anyone who can appreciate traditional watchmaking in a modern world. Explore the full collection of Hamilton watches, or browse the full Swatch collection for similarly simple designs.
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