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Reese Witherspoon says she's "deeply embarrassed" about what she said to police officers after she and husband Jim Toth were arrested Friday during a traffic stop in Atlanta.
That's right — she pulled the old "Do you know who I am" bit which, since the dawn of time, has worked exactly (doing math, carrying the one, subtracting, dividing …) never.
The Associated Press reported the actress released a statement late Sunday apologizing for her behavior to police that began when Toth was arrested early Friday for driving under the influence of alcohol.
"Do you know my name?" Witherspoon said, according to a police report. She also allegedly said "You're about to find out who I am" and "You're about to be on national news," according to the report.
Good to see that Reese Witherspoon isn't lacking in the self-confidence department.
In her statement, Witherspoon said "I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said. It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. The words I used that night definitely do not reflect who I am. I have nothing but respect for the police and I'm very sorry for my behavior."
Of course she's sorry, since everyone found out about it.
Witherspoon said she can't comment further "out of respect" for the pending case, and her publicist, Meredith O'Sullivan Wasson, offered no other details.
The 37-year-old actress was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct, after a state trooper said she wouldn't stay in the car while Toth was given a field sobriety test. She was released from jail shortly after her arrest and was in New York on Sunday night for the premiere of her new film, "Mud." She posed for cameras on the red carpet but did not stop to talk to reporters.
The trooper noticed the car driven by Toth was allegedly swerving out of its lane early Friday, prompting the officer to pull them over. Toth reportedly had droopy eyelids, watery, bloodshot eyes, and his breath smelled strongly of alcohol.
Toth told the trooper he'd had a drink, which Witherspoon said was consumed at a restaurant two hours before the traffic stop, the trooper writes.
The Associated Press reported that, before the field sobriety test began, Witherspoon got out of the car, was told to get back in and did so. After the actress got out a second time, the trooper said he warned her that she would be arrested if she left the car again.
As the test continued, "Mrs. Witherspoon began to hang out the window and say that she did not believe that I was a real police officer. I told Mrs. Witherspoon to sit on her butt and be quiet," Trooper First Class J. Pyland wrote.
Toth, 42, was then arrested for allegedly driving under the influence and failure to maintain the lane. At that point, Witherspoon allegedly got out and asked the trooper what was going on. After being told to return to the car, she "stated that she was a 'U.S. Citizen' and that she was allowed to 'stand on American ground,'" the report states.
Right — good call. There may have been some doubt.
The trooper then arrested Witherspoon. The report said she was resistant at first, but was calmed down by her husband. The pair then went to jail. Toth and Witherspoon were then taken to jail.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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BARBY, Helen (nee Poraiko)
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Helen passed away in her home, surrounded by her family. She added much joy to our lives, and will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 58 years, Earl, son Arne, daughter Laraine (Robert Peters), son Hal, grandchildren Ashley, Nicole and Taylor; family Denver, Cody and Ty Peters and other family and friends. She was predeceased by her brothers William, Michael and John and daughter-in-law, Monica (nee Zadunayski).
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Governor declares 10 percent cuts for most state agencies. — Montgomery Advertiser
Taylor Bean leader pleads guilty in $3 billion fraud
Financier whose dealings helped topple Colonial Bancgroup pleads guilty in federal court. — Bloomberg Business Week
Jefferson bankruptcy appealed
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other creditors have filed an appeal of the recently approved Jefferson County bankruptcy. — Business Week
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Union, business leaders team up to preserve jobs.
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Originally posted by nightbreid
Before the Oklahoma bombing, US militias were fear fodder for liberal media. Post-Mcveigh they have fallen under the radar? Why?
(some quasi-militias may be patroling the borders. Any input to this?)
Originally posted by Nygdan
There's only one doing this as far as I know and they aren't infact a militia. They're an advocacy group that calls themselves the 'minutemen' and exist only to harras people crossing the us/mexican border.


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text: Haryana is set become the first state in the country to complete aquifer mapping for its groundwater resources by May 2016. Haryana to soon become the first state in the country to have aquifer mapping done for its groundwater resources by May.An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock, from which groundwater can be extracted. The mapping will assist the state in estimating the quantity and quality of groundwater in an aquifer and would help it in assessment of sustainable level of water extraction. Haryana is one of the eight states selected for this kind of scientific mapping in the first phase. Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka,Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telengana are the other states selected for the purpose. These are the states where the groundwater situation has already reached a critical level.


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Supreme Trading Bot is a scalping trading robot that trades on M5 and M15 charts with EURGBP as the main currency pair. Supreme Trading Bot has been developed by Simon Beeson! Simon Beeson is a professional software developer who worked for a big company for 15 long years making them rich. One day, he gave up and decided to make himself rich by developing this Supreme Trading Bot. In backtesting, Supreme Trading Bot turned a deposit of $50K into $1.3 million with a very low drawdown of 4.93% in a period of 4 years with a modelling quality of 90%. You can also view the live trading account statement of the Supreme Trading Bot posted by Simon Beeson that shows a deposit of $5.1K turning into $36.425K in around 8 months starting from April 4th, 2011 giving a monthly gain of over 83% which is not bad.
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A Welshman who took part in a £40,000 raid at a railway depot was caught after his car was pictured returning home on the Severn Bridge.
And when officers went to Jonathan Phillips's house they found much of the proceeds of the break in, including one of the stolen vehicles.
But after hearing the dad, who has 123 previous convictions, is a primary carer for his disabled wife a judge decided not to jail him - even though he said he deserved prison.
Tessa Hingston, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court on Friday the Network Rail yard at Westbury train station was burgled on the night of Thursday September 5.
When staff arrived the following morning they found the office had been broken into with vehicles' key fobs strewn across the yard and storage containers opened.
As well as power tools and other equipment two vehicles, a Transit van and a Vauxhall Corsa both marked on the side with the Network Rail logo, had been taken.
Miss Hingston said shortly before 2.30am a convoy of three vehicles went through the tolls on the Severn Bridge.
The number plate of the Corsa was identified and it was followed by Phillips' own car and the Transit van.
She said the cameras on the bridge only got a good photograph of the driver of the stolen car, which was the defendant.
When officer went to his home they found the Corsa, on false number plates, parked just up the road, and the keys in his house as well as other stolen property.
He initially denied any wrongdoing but having seen the photograph accepted his involvement.
Phillips, of Llwyn-Onn, Aberdare, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and driving a conveyance taken without authority.
Rob Ross, defending, said despite his client having a long criminal record he had been out of trouble for five years.
He said his role in the offence was to drive the stolen vehicle back then store some of the stolen property and he did not enter the premises during the raid.
Mr Ross said: "He has indicated to me that he did this because he was being paid to do it.
"Whatever way one likes to look at it, it was a very foolish thing to do for a man with his type of record. I am told everything has been recovered save the Transit van."
He said Phillips, who has schizophrenia, and he asked for the judge to show mercy on his as he was the primary carer for his wife who was left paraplegic in 2002.
Judge Tim Mousley QC said: "When I read these papers I had no doubt at all that you would be going to prison immediately.
"In my view you are completely undeserving of anything other than a immediate prison sentence.
"Having read everything that I have now read about you as an act of mercy, not for you but others, I am going to suspend that imprisonment."
He imposed a two years jail term suspended for two years and told him he must do 250 hours of unpaid work and be under supervision for 18 months.


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Portions of this collection remain closed during processing and access is restricted.
Publication restrictions apply. The Exxon Mobil Corporation retains copyright to the collection. Please contact the Center's ExxonMobil Archivist for further information.
ExxonMobil Historical Collection, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
The collection is organized in four subgroups: Standard Oil Company, Mobil Corporation, Exxon Corporation and Exxon Mobil Corporation. Due to size, the finding aid has been divided into several separate parts.
Part 2 [this page]: Mobil Corporation: Series I. Subject Files: Affiliates through Histories
This series dominates the Mobil Corporation material and reflects major functions of the corporation (Exploration & Producing, Marketing, Refining, etc.) and types of material (Calendars, Graphics, etc.). Files document all Mobil predecessors: Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony), Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Socony Mobil Oil Company and Mobil Oil Corporation. Major affiliates and subsidiaries such as Vacuum Oil Company, Magnolia Petroleum Company and General Petroleum Corporation also are well represented. The most thoroughly documented aspects of the corporation are its marketing activities, particularly advertising and service station operations, and corporate administration and public affairs. Descriptions for each subject further delineate this series. Due to the artificial nature of the collection, files often do not reflect the context in which the records were created and used. In addition, some files may contain "cross reference" sheets created by a former corporate archivist. References to articles in various serial publications, found in Series II. Publications, appear to be the most accurate.
These sub-series contain materials created by or related to subsidiaries, divisions, and other companies with which the Mobil Corporation and its predecessors conducted business. Correspondence, litigation documents, press releases, news clippings, publications, ledgers, logbooks, directories, and other records document the activities of these entities.
[see also Office of the Corporate Secretary Records]
[see also Magnolia Petroleum Company]
[pages for Hugh Reilly lease #1 - #173 located in box 2.207/H6]
[40 trading cards]
This sub-series contains documents concerning the Mobil
Corporation and its predecessors' aviation division, notably Global Aircraft
Services. Included are articles from corporate publications
This sub-series includes select certificates presented to the corporation, affiliates, departments, and employees. Awards recognize achievement within the corporation; for graphic design and advertising; and for philanthropic contributions to the arts and community service. Besides the corporation itself, organizations granting the awards include the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences [The Emmys], the U.S. Industrial Film Festival, the Art Directors Club, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. [Three-dimensional awards are part of the collection's artifacts series.]
This sub-series contains calendars distributed by the Magnolia Petroleum Company and the Mobil Corporation. A few highlights include calendars containing scenes from Texas and surrounding states, a 1968 Spanish calendar, and Mobil-sponsored sporting events calendars.
This sub-series includes documents relating to trademarks and patents from the Mobil Corporation and its predecessors and subsidiaries. The files are arranged alphabetically by company and trademark. A few highlights of this sub-series are the vast amounts of information on the origin of Pegasus in mythology, literature and as the symbol of the Standard Oil Company of New York (SOCONY) and later the Mobil Corporation, the story of the Gargoyle and the lengthy process to register the Mei Foo name. Additionally, there are several files containing the evolution of the Gargoyle logo through the 19th and 20th centuries and the Mobil logo through the 20th century.
This sub-series includes correspondence and memoranda, brochures and pamphlets, news clippings, press releases, financial reports, governance documents and speeches documenting the corporation's administration and its efforts to meet its obligations to employees and shareholders, to create and maintain a strong public image among consumers and society at large, to advance its point of view in the marketplace and to broaden its philanthropic endeavors.
[includes Exxon & Mobil Merger prospectus]
[see also Personalities: Directors & Officers in boxes 2.207/E70 – E71]
This material documents Mobil's efforts to address the corporation's impact on the environment, including its establishment of dedicated departments, policies and procedures, its involvement in industry-wide collaborations and methods to limit pollution.
This sub-series contains correspondence, news articles and design plans relating to Mobil exhibits, largely consisting of information about the company's participation in various World Fairs in the United States. A few highlights are a Mobil Host Pack, containing an information booklet, guide to fair offers and events, a souvenir decal and magazine; a press kit from the Mobil Pavilion containing a press courtesy card, a basic fact sheet about the Pavilion as well as information on its design, background and technical aspects of the exhibit; and information about the Mobil Economy Run, a popular simulated driving experience.
This sub-series contains documents and publications relating to the Mobil Corporation's Exploration and Producing divisions. Included is information about several of Mobil's offshore drilling units, including Hibernia, Beryl A, Beryl B, and Statfjord A, B and C. [More material on exploration & producing can be found in Geographic Files.]
This sub-series contains correspondence, reports, publications and manuals relating to the fire and safety policies in all areas of operation of the Mobil Corporation and its predecessors and subsidiaries.
This sub-series includes press releases, correspondence, news articles, publications and speeches relating to the Mobil Corporation and its predecessors and subsidiaries in all parts of the world. The files are arranged alphabetically by continent, then country, then into smaller regions such as state and city. A few highlights include materials relating to the Middle East Arab Boycott, financial documentation of Vacuum Oil's Russian facilities in Moscow, Petrograd and St. Petersburg, and a Mobil employee's published diary chronicling his travels through China. Major companies represented here include the Vacuum Oil Company, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Mobil Oil Hong Kong, Mobil Ghana and Mobil Oil Malaya Ltd. Of particular interest is information on Mobil Corporation refineries throughout the world.
This sub-series includes information on the graphics standards of the Mobil Corporation, its predecessors and subsidiaries. Included are graphics manuals for company vehicles, service stations and general graphics information.
This sub-series contains documents relating to the history of the Mobil Corporation and its predecessors. A few highlights include several reports and booklets chronicling the history of the Standard Oil Company, Socony Mobil Company and the Vacuum Oil Company.
This sub-series contains material published by the American Petroleum Institute, the largest trade association for the oil and gas industry in the United States.


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It is the memorial date of the attack by the Empire of Japan on the
United States of America's ground and naval forces in the Hawaiian
islands. On this date, in a cunning move, the Imperial Japanese Navy
sought to strike a crippling blow to the US carrier forces.
Unfortunately for the IJN, their attack only served to galvanize
American forces and miss the carriers, which were operating at sea
during the attack. At that time in history, the Japanese were a
homogeneous, xenophobic culture with deep mistrust of foreigners. Their
barbaric actions against neighbors in the region linger on in the
memories of Koreans, Australians, Phillipinos and Chinese alike - far
more deeply than the military assault on the United States.
We may draw some comparisons with the Japanese Empire and the current
enemy which may be classified as Radical Islamist Zealots, (RIZ). Both
Imperial Japan and radical Islam have a deep distrust of outsiders.
They also operate under a hierarchical structure, with a small group of
individuals defining doctrine and policy. Unlike Japan, radical Islam
does not have the aspect of a nation state, although the restoration of
the Caliphate is a significant objective in all of the "organized"
groups. This domain of Sharia and Islamist rule echoes the designs of
Imperial Japan to dominate the Pacific rim.
Ultimately the war with Japan was won when the allied powers,
specifically the United States, revealed the folly of the leadership of
that nation and demonstrated our own will to conclude the conflict on
our terms. The outcome ushered in the atomic age but also heralded a
deep friendship and alliance with our former enemy - which still
respects the vast cultural differences between the East and West.
Although I doubt that there will be a seminal event which undoes the
loosely connected leadership of the RIZ organizations, there is clearly
a willingness to connect with the wider population of "daily Muslims"
who simply would like to practice their faith, raise their families and
have a seat at the world table as an equal.
I sincerely hope we can begin to see the foundation which can be built
upon through the ashes of the start of this current conflict.


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Summer is all about outdoor fun! It's the time of the year when music is playing from the poolside or passing cars, when children are shrieking excitedly, and when the aroma of barbecue fills the senses. It's also the time for evenings where guests gather around the fireplace and enjoy the weather. But it can also be hectic if you are the host- running frantically between the grill and the kitchen carrying food, beer and wine, and the taking the dishes back to the kitchen once everyone leaves!
The ideal solution to these problems would be an outdoor kitchen where you can not only entertain guests but also manage everything perfectly. A typical outdoor kitchen is installed with some cooking gear, a storage cabinet, refrigerator, an oven, grill, sink, and eating area. While some like to keep it simple, there are others who go the whole hog with elaborate furnishings, TV, etc. Here are a few things that you ought to know about outdoor kitchens:
- Budget: The design of your outdoor living space would largely depend on your budget. Costs can vary from $3000 for simple designs to even $15,000 and above for higher end versions. A simple version wouldn't include more than a grill, a counter top, and a storage cabinet.
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Sailing on HAL Rotterdam in October? We have a private tour organized.
Current cost is $990 for three days per couple – cost will go down based on our group (currently we are three couples)
hotels/entrance fees/meals/tips are in addition but should be reasonable
we have a private driver, van and guide for the entire three days and will be staying in town (off the ship) for two nights.
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two university degrees in addition to the official tour guide license (two year academic course).
served in the IDF (army) for six years, rank major and another 20 years of 40 days active reserve duty.
Lecture to various organizations and groups Member of the Israel Military History Association Have an intimate knowledge of the infra-structure and workings of the country.
Wrote a book A Chronology of Israel which is the standard English text-book used by tour guide students the tour guide who takes tour-guide students on a professional tour to show what/what not to do and say both a licensed guide' and lecturer
the tour (as of now) – we are seeing quite a bit more than what HAL Is offering and of course being smaller group we are flex in what we do:
Day 1 29 October
Meet on the quay at Haifa port. Drive to view the Bahai'i Gardens in Haifa from the top and bottom of the Carmel mountain. We drive passed Megiddo where according to Christian theology the final battle will take place (Revelations 16:16). In Nazareth visit the Church of the Annunciation constructed over the site where the Angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mother she will give birth to the Messiah (Christos).
Drive passed Cana where the First Miracle took place (turning water into wine).
At the Sea of Galilee we visit the home of Simon/Peter, Church of the Multiplication, Church of the Primacy (where Jesus walked on the water), and Mt. of Beatitudes (where Jesus preached to the masses). Optional Baptism in the Jordan River.
Head along the Jordan Valley to visit one of the prime sites in Israel, Beit She'an, a magnificent Roman city. Learn of its importance in history, the bathhouse, cardo, theater and amphitheater where gladiator fights actually took place- the cages and tunnels have been exposed.
Drive along the Jordan Valley and learn about Israeli agriculture in the desert.
Jerusalem overnight.
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Jerusalem in detail
Get brief background to the history of the passed 4000 years. Learn about the basis of all three monotheistic religions.
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Options. Explore the tunnels in the City of David. Mt. Zion churches.
Drive around the city to see the various suburbs and learn about the political, economic and social problems.
A private tour of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum.
Evening – walk downtown Jerusalem, see the Walls of the Old City.
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Senator David Holt, R-Oklahoma City, has introduced legislation to make "Black Friday" sales and other low-price retail sales legal in Oklahoma.
Under current law, which was originally enacted in 1941, retailers must sell products for at least six percent more than they paid for it.
A December 2011 opinion from the Attorney General confirmed that state law bars all "Black Friday" and other low-price sales, even if they are only temporary. As a result, many retailers, including the largest retailer in the state, are shutting down their "Black Friday" and other low-price sales until Oklahoma's laws are modernized.
Senate Bill 550 would change that for all products, except for fuel and prescription drugs.
"Oklahomans are well aware of the 'Black Friday' phenomenon that most Americans enjoy, and I think our consumers should be allowed to be a part of it," Holt said. "If a retailer wants to sell a 70-inch television for $50 on 'Black Friday', that's good for consumers, it's good for our economy, and it reflects a free market decision that retailers should be allowed to make."
Holt said the outdated law puts Oklahomans at a competitive disadvantage with neighboring states where retailers can legally offer significant bargains for "Back-to-School" and holiday sales, including "Black Friday", the biggest shopping day of the year. By forcing Oklahomans to leave the state to shop, retailers, consumers, and core government services are all negatively impacted.
The existing law impacts deals on everything from Thanksgiving turkeys to televisions to clothing, and all products in-between. The existing law doesn't just apply to low-cost prices that may occur during special sales, but all low prices that a retailer may charge any day of the year. It is believed that only two states have a law that bars these low prices – Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
The current law also puts Oklahoma retailers who don't comply at great risk. Companies doing business in Oklahoma have been sued under the law for giving consumers a bargain on products. Retailers are also subject to arrest for giving consumers a bargain.
"Why should Oklahomans have to drive to Texas to enjoy lower prices at stores that we have in Oklahoma?" said Holt. "The profile of this existing law is rising just as 'Black Friday', 'Back-to-School', and other sales are taking on more prominence. No retailer wants to get arrested or sued for charging a low price. I have serious concerns that Oklahomans will never again enjoy any 'Black Friday' or other low-cost sales until this antiquated law is modernized."
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We left Karakol intending to spend the day travelling to Sary Tash, a border town roughly 100km from the Kyrgyzstan/China border, a 950km route that we thought would take approximately twelve hours. We made a few poor judgments, first we left too late, at around 9am from Karakol, we then had trouble finding transport from Karakol, it was low-season, and nobody would go directly to Osh so we had to make do with hoping from one city to another. Another thing was we planned to cross on the Friday, the border was closed on weekends, and we couldn't afford to lose another two days waiting for it to reopen.
Our initial transport was a marshrutka (Russian for 'Fixed Route'), a small slow bus, that stops many times and doesn't go above 60km/h. In three hours we reached the Barskoon junction, a measly 80kms from Karakol. We decided to hitchhike as there was no sign of public transport. Fortunately within ten minutes, two friendly young Kyrgyz men picked us up, who were making pharmaceutical deliveries around Lake Issyk Kol and were then heading back to Bishkek.
The Lonely Planet recommended taking transport from Balykchy, and then towards Naryn and onto Osh. However we further read that from October to June the Fergana Pass was closed, presumably due to snow cover, this meant we could no longer take the direct route through the centre of Kyrgyzstan and needed to go via Bishkek, an extra 200km journey. Fortunately, our drivers were going that way. We stopped for a lunch of traditional Kyrgyz dish beshbarmak (literally 'five fingers' as it is traditionally eaten by hand), it is a dish of noodles with lamb and a small slice of horse meat. It was the first time Sonya and I had eaten horse, the way it was cooked was quite spicy.
We reached Bishkek at around four o'clock and headed straight for a tour agency. During the ride we also happened to read that during May 1st to May 10th the border was closed due to a number of national holidays, we wanted to confirm if it would be open, we were informed that it was, but also reality struck that there wasn't enough time to reach Sary Tash. We had done the Osh to Bishkek route previously and knew it took around eight hours in daylight. Osh to Sary Tash would a further three to four hours, then there was the time need to go from Sary Tash to the border, reaching for a planned 9am crossing. If we did attempt it, we would be cutting it extremely close, the driver would be driving all night and through two mountain passes, there was a lot of risk.
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Haskell Indian Nations University needs a full-time president, and questions about who should be leading the campus could begin to be answered as early as next week, a federal official said Thursday.
Larry EchoHawk, U.S. assistant secretary for Indian affairs, confirmed during a visit to campus Thursday that Haskell's incumbent president, Linda Sue Warner, was among seven finalists for a job in Washington: director of the Bureau of Indian Education, which oversees Haskell and other post-secondary institutions, and provides funding for 183 K-12 schools that educate 42,000 students.
While Warner currently retains the title of Haskell president, she's been detailed to out-of-state postings since September. Haskell has been led by a succession of interim presidents since then, as faculty and staff at Haskell have been divided over issues including those involving Warner's leadership, vision and goals.
"What I have learned here, and what I think ought to happen, is that the new Bureau of Indian Education director and I are on the same page," EchoHawk said, noting that he could hire a director as early as next week. "Then I think we'll be able to take the next step."
That next step would be settling Haskell's leadership void, an issue raised by U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, R-Kan., in a recent meeting with EchoHawk and his boss, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
The lawmakers have blamed a "lack of leadership" at Haskell and the Bureau of Indian Education for causing "chaos and confusion to the detriment" of Haskell employees and students, among other concerns.
After talking with more than 200 Haskell students, faculty, staff and alumni Thursday in the Haskell auditorium, EchoHawk acknowledged such "unsettling" leadership issues.
"I think this university deserves stable leadership … and I don't think it's a good thing when you have division among faculty and administration about what the direction of the university should be," EchoHawk said. "I think we ought to have a unified system, where everybody's pretty much on the same team, moving in the same direction."
The direction: Use existing resources to provide quality four-year degrees and improve graduation rates at Haskell, he said. Next would be the possibility of adding graduate programs.
George Tiger, president of the Haskell Board of Regents, said that he was encouraged by EchoHawk's "long-overdue" visit to campus.
He took exception, however, with what he described as the "aggressive" actions of Roberts and Brownback that prompted the visit in the first place.
"That aggressiveness needs to be used to get some funding," Tiger said, after EchoHawk's presentation. "That should be at the forefront of this."
Tiger said he had asked EchoHawk to "strengthen the authority" of Haskell's regents, to stretch beyond the current role of approving university policies.
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This is a Middle Paleolithic core (diameter ca. 8 cm) from Thebes, with the typical glossy chocolate patina. Surface findings of these area represent Acheulian and Middle Paleolithic artifacts from several "Nubian" and "local" complexes. Paleolithic artifacts from Thebes are part of many important prehistoric collections in the western world (for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nucleus_Egypte_MHNT_PRE_2004.0.99.jpg.). Regarding the prices for such artifacts, the "Thebes Provenience" must have a magical name for collectors (http://mbabramgalleries.com/LITHIC_072.html).
The famous archaeologist Worsaae first drew attention to flint tools discovered on the borders of Egypt in 1867. In the following years Arcelin, Hamy and Lenormant reported further examples. An influential publication came from the famous John Lubbock in 1875: "Notes on the Discovery of Stone Implements in Egypt". Despite such reports, several prominent Egyptologists argued that the flint implements recovered had only been used during the Dynastic Period for the construction of tombs or had been employed during mummification rituals. Flint during the Dynastic periods was ideologically connected with the goddesses who are the Eye of Re, with Re himself, with snakes and lions as recently shown by Carolyn Anne Graves-Brown.
The man who drew renewed attention to a possible Pleistocene age of "Egyptian Cherts" in 1882 was A.H. Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers (On the discovery of chert implements in stratified graves in the Nile Valley near Thebes; 1882). Similarity between European and Egyptian artifacts did not suffice, therefore finding artifacts in a stratified context became increasingly important. Egyptologists played a significant role in this debate, as they were involved in many excavations, some of which supplied good evidence for the antiquity of stone artifacts. It was CG Seligman an anthropologist with very broad interests, who continued the work of Pitt-Rivers during the early 20th century, especially around Abydos and Thebes. Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum houses seventeen collections of Paleolithic material from Egypt, comprising a total of 1009 objects, which were described in detail by Milliken (2003).
Paleolithic research in Nubia and Upper Egypt became a more and more systematic enterprise during the last decades: International Teams led by Fred Wendorf (Southern Methodist University; with Romuald Schild, Angela Close and Anthony Marks) and Pierre M. Vermeersch and Philip Van Peer (University of Leuven) made important contributions in this field. Compared to the money and efforts, that were invested into Classic Archeology of dynastic Egypt, the funding of Paleolithic research remained relatively poor. Nevertheless a complete new narrative of the Egyptian Paleolithic emerged. The results of several surveys and excavations over an enormous time span of at least 500 k.a. and over such a large area inevitably remain ambivalent and sometimes even confusing.
Genetic and fossil evidence is interpreted to show that archaic Homo sapiens evolved to anatomically modern humans solely in Africa, between 200 k.a and 150 k.a ago, that members of one branch of Homo sapiens left Africa by between 125 and 60 k.a ago, and that over time these humans replaced earlier human populations such as Neanderthals and Homo erectus. The Nile valley is one of the possible routes for the migration of Homo sapiens to Eurasia, the other routes being the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and the Maghreb and Mediterranean coast. In his seminal article of 1998, Van Peer argued for the presence of two distinct Middle Paleolithic complexes in the upper and middle Nile valley in Egypt, the Red Sea hills and desert oases of the eastern Sahara. It has to be mentioned that up to now, the chronology underlying his assumptions is not very well established and mainly based on the stratigraphy of Sodmein cave, Taramsa Hill 1 and Bir Tarfawi14. After Van Peer, the early Nubian Complex during OIS6 at Sai Island (Northern Sudan) may have based on a developed Lupemban lithic technology. Recently Nubian Complex reduction strategies were also detected in Dhofar, southern Oman and central Arabia. If such technological traits really indicate the migration of Homo sapiens from East Africa to the Nile and the Arabian Peninsula via Bab-el-Mandeb strait (and later to Eurasia; "out of Africa 2″) remains unproven.
Nubian Complex industries are characterized by a highly standardized method of a preferential Levallois reduction method, a regional variant of the preferential Levallois method for producing Levallois-points. There are two sub-types of Nubian Levallois core preparation, referred to as Nubian Type 1 and Type 2 (http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S004724841000103X-gr1.jpg).
Blade technologies are also present at some sites. The early Nubian Complex is distinguished by a higher frequency of Nubian Type 2 cores in conjunction with bifacial foliates, thick scrapers and handaxes. The late Nubian Complex, on the other hand, shows a predominance of Nubian Type 1 cores and a complete absence of bifacial reduction. Late Nubian Complex assemblages have been found in stratigraphic succession overlying early Nubian Complex horizons at Sodmein Cave and Taramsa Hill 1 in Egypt; in both cases separated by a chronological hiatus. The early Nubian Complex roughly corresponds to early OIS 5 or even OIS 6, while numerical ages for the late Nubian Complex in northeast Africa fall in the latter half of OIS 5. Nubian Levallois core preparation strategy is suggested to be technologically dissimilar to the Levallois point-producing industries found at nearby Levantine Levallois-Mousterian sites, which are broadly characterized by preferential unidirectional-convergent and centripetal reduction systems, but a direct comparison of the operational sequences between these regions has not be published yet. It should be mentioned that unequivocal Nubian cores are known from the Tirat- Carmel and Yabroud. Overall is not clear if the term "Nubian complex" really clarifies the archaeological record or even obscures the complexity of multiple events during the evolution of our ancestors.
Other Middle Paleolithic entities without the characteristics of the Nubian Complex, mainly based on a common Levallois technology during OIS 5 and later are known in Egypt and have been called: Local Nilotic Complex with (a)Denticulate Mousterian (K-Group), (b) Khormusan, (c) Halfan and (d) Idffuan.
A late Middle Paleolithic ensemble, dated by OSL to 50-70 k.a. was found at a chert extraction site in the Nil-valley at Taramsa 1 superimposing one early Nubian ensemble with handaxes, foliates and Nubian points and a younger one without bifacial pieces but the persistence of Nubian technology . The Tarmasan is characterized by a Levallois reduction system that is transitional to the systematic production of blades. "there was a clear tendency towards blade production from large cores, where, instead of obtaining a few Levallois flakes from each individual core, a virtually continuous process of blade production made it possible to create a large number of blades from each core" (Vermeersch and Hendrickx 2000) .This ensemble with a changing Levallois production is not unlike the transitional assemblages known in the Negev at Boker Tachtit.
A nice narrative: AMHs are migrating from East Africa to the Nile and the Levantine corridor to Eurasia- But- please remember that Rouse (1958) proposed the principle that migration had to be demonstrated case by case and that in the absence of evidence one should always assume that migration had not occurred. The main points of his argument were that (1) an in-migrating group must be identified as an intrusive unit; (2) the unit must be traceable to a homeland; (3) it must be determined that all archaeological occurrences of the unit are contemporaneous; (4) favorable conditions for the migration must be identified; and (5) other hypotheses, such as diffusion, and acculturation and transculturation, must be tested and rejected. Please decide for yourself if Rouses criteria are fulfilled for any route, that has been proposed for the migration of AMHs out of Africa.From: A.H. Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers: On the discovery of chert implements in stratified graves in the Nile Valley near Thebes (1882).
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Russell Westbrook caused a bit of an internet stir last night when he showed up to his postgame press conference looking like the love child of Steve Urkel and Sally Jessy Raphael. But while some decried his sartorial compass as having gone off the deep end, others applauded Westbrook's willingness to take the nerd-chic look popularized by NBA superstars to its awkward apex.
The polo itself has been tracked down, so now you too can look like a basketball backpacker, if you so desire. We can't help you with the glasses, although we recommend you start at whatever thrift store is frequented most by the insane cat ladies in your neighborhood.


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It's an exaggeration, just like people calling Wade and Lebron floppers. I didn't see a flop from either of them in the Boston series. You switch to the other conference finals - and Hardin, Ginobili, and Parker were flipping and flopping all throughout the series.
Wade flops every time he shoots. First he sells contact that isn't there by flailing to the ground then screams at the referees after they don't fall for it. So by your standards of flopping, does that make Wade a double flopper or some sort of super flopper?
He didn't do much of either in the last series. Screams at the ref? Refs have been handing out technicals for smallest things, I'm pretty sure if he was screaming at them, he'd be getting throw out of the games. Thank you for another exaggeration.


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Forward Jessica Kuster picked up her ninth Conference USA freshman of the week award Monday after averaging 16.5 points and 12.5 rebounds to help Owls move into a three-way tie for second place with Memphis and Central Florida.
Kuster had 18 points and 14 rebounds in a loss to unbeaten Houston, and followed with 15 points and 11 rebounds in a big road win at Memphis. With 271 rebounds, Kuster ranks eighth on the school's single-season list.
With unbeaten Houston (11-0) close to clinching the regular-season women's basketball title, the race is on for seeding at the C-USA tournament.
Rice (7-4) is in a three-way tie for second with Memphis and Central Florida. Things could get interesting down the stretch with five teams within one game of each other for the Nos. 2 through 6 spots, and nine teams within three games overall.
Senior Tracey Lam has been named one of the nation's top 5 libéros for 2010 by Collegiate Volleyball Update. Lam earned her third straight C-USA Libéro of the Year, becoming only the second three-time winner of the award. She averaged 5.77 digs per set and finished her career with a school-record 2,368 digs, second-most all-time in C-USA.
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HOT on the heels of their Glastonbury and T in the Park summer triumphs, rising Scots alternative rockers Twin Atlantic will play Aberdeen's Music Hall in October.
The Glasgow foursome's gig at the city-centre venue on Thursday, October 23, will feature numbers from their forthcoming album, Great Divide, which is being released later this month.
Twin Atlantic last played the Music Hall in October, 2012.
Tickets are now available at www.aberdeenperformingarts.com, by phone on 01224 641122 and from the Aberdeen Box Office at the Music Hall and His Majesty's Theatre.


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How Random House Can Save Itself!
Tom Dupree alerted me to a Wall Street Journal article (the article is behind a subscriber screen) that indicates that Random House has opted out of the agency-model deal with Apple. Their books will not be for sale in the iBookstore, though they will continue to talk with Apple. Random House expressed fears that ebooks were being priced too dearly, inspiring piracy.
Random House books will still be available on the iPad via sales through Amazon and its iPad app.
This refusal to join with Apple may be seen as a victory by some, but it's really a decision to make no decision. Choosing not to act can be just as big a disaster as acting in haste. To prevent that, I offer Random House the following wisdom. (If they want more, I know they have my phone number, and they'll find my consulting rates reasonable.)
First, all websites are retail sites. Right now, if you go to the Random House website to order an ebook, you get a nice long list of online retailers who will sell you that book. By refusing to sell the books directly, Random House is giving away up to 50% of the retail price of the book. The retailers to which a buyer is referred charge whatever they want for it—which means it tends to be overpriced across the board. (Also, the Random House site only sends you to the retailer's main page, so you have to repeat your search for the book—which is a quick reason never to come to the Random House site for help in the future.)
Random House has to start selling their books directly. Sure, keep them available on all the other sites. After all, if shoppers are not coming to your site, they can still find your books, but reap the benefit of having direct sales yourself, retaining some serious profit.
Second, Random House should begin an affiliates program, with two classes. If a fan hosts the link through which someone buys a book, they get a 5% kickback on the price. If an author hosts the link through which the purchase is made, they get 10% (equal to their paperback royalty). Pay these sales commissions every month. You'll immediately have authors posting links to all their Random House titles in every social medium there is. Random House would foster an entire army of sales-people to spread the word about books through the net. Since publishers have agreed that the physical cost of printing up a book is 10% of the cover price (at the very least), this affiliates program would be a wash in terms of cost.
Third, provide speciality publications that readers can only get at the Random House site. Omnibus editions would be a brilliant place to start with this. Combine a trilogy of books into a single edition, and price it three dollars less than if you purchased all three books separately. Readers who want to buy the set can only get it directly from Random House. Another specialty item would be asking their authors to put together collections of their previously-published short stories. While publishers maintain that such collections do not sell, what they mean is that they don't sell enough to justify the cost of printing, warehousing, shipping and calculating returns. A digital edition, on the other hand, won't require anything more than cursory editing (since the stories have previously been published) and a cover graphic. Cost is so minimal that profit is guaranteed, even if it is priced as a loss-leader introduction to that author. It doubles-down on authors in whom they are already investing; and if the book sells well enough, a short-run physical-edition could be offered to all those who bought the ebook version (and you'd have their email addressed for the solicitation of same).
Fourth, Random House can practice bundling: you order the book in a digital bundle from them, download the electronic copy immediately and they'll mail you the physical copy. Another bundle which is perfect for download is ebook/audiobook; and if such deals are only available at the Random House website, that's where traffic will head.
Fifth, truly lower prices. Right now publishers rely on the "get it now" tariff. This is why hardbacks are sold at a premium; and why folks who aren't buying a physical product bristle at the idea of paying more to buy electrons. The premium used to be justified by the presentation, and that doesn't fly anymore. Make up the difference by re-energizing the backlist through bundles and omnibus editions to pick up the slack. (The backlist doesn't sell these days because it's all out of print. Put it back in print and you profit from it again.)
Lower prices actually do spur more sales. I dropped the price of one of ">my novels on the Kindle to $1. Not only did sales on it increase, but sales on the sequel increased. That makes sense, of course. But sales also increased on another novel that was in no way related to the first two. Of course, my books are all priced at $5, which is more than reasonable for what will be 6-8 hours of entertainment.
Sixth, experiment with different story styles and lengths. As long as the prices are low and the work is good, readers don't balk at paying for it. They balk at (and pirate) what is priced unreasonably high. The idea of a monthly release schedule worked in the antedigital world, but now what drives traffic is new content, and a fairly consistent stream of it. Imagine TV shows only coming out in monthly lumps, as opposed to weekly. We want our distractions now, so work out a plan to accommodate your audience.
Seventh and last (until you call me for that consulting gig): treat your authors and audience with respect. In terms of authors, I know you're never going to return to the 50% share of ebook sales, but do the right thing and get rid of the lag-time in paying royalties. Payments twice a year, with a three-month accounting window is ridiculous. If Amazon can pay in 60 days, and Apple in 30, you should be able to do better than 6-9 months. Random House just initiated a direct-to-bank-account system for royalties, so the accounting system is set up for this sort of thing. Pay your authors faster and you get them less of an impetus to sell directly themselves, becoming your competition.
And your audience needs respect, too. Gouging them to protect your profit margin isn't the way to go. Publishers believe that Random House and Hatchette and MacMillan et al., are brands. They're not. No one goes to a store to buy a Random House book. They purchase based on genre and author. We all know that. The audience is going to go wherever they can to get the best work at the best price. If Random House isn't the source for what they want, they'll get it elsewhere—and pretty soon that's going to be buying direct from authors at our websites.
Because authors are brands. (The brands you've all very successfully created.)
Random House has a narrow window in which to act. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that if they don't have the above program in place by November of 2010, they'll never be able to implement this plan, nor any other, that will preserve their relevance in the post-paper era. Authors are already making moves that both sell direct to retail customers, and are taking part in projects that support and promote each other—a prime service the publishers used to perform. We are very close to the tipping point that the music industry experienced, and only through quick and intelligent action can Random House survive after the market flips.


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searching for WIELGOSZ (WIELGOS) family
I am looking for descendants of a family named WIELGOSZ (also spelled WIELGOS) that came from Wolka Sokolowska in Galicia/Poland. That is in the Malopolski area of Poland.
The names I have are:
Jan (John) Wielgosz (15 Dec.1865)
Blazej (Blaise) Wielgosz (22 Dec. 1866)
Maria (Mary, Marianna) Wielgosz (20 Dec. 1867)
Hiacynta (Hiacynth) Wielgosz (20 Aug. 1869)
Marcin (Martin) Wielgosz (16 Oct. 1873)
My grnadmother was their youngest sister:
Anna Wielgosz (15 July 1882).
The parents of these siblings were: Jan Wielgosz and Katarzyna (Katherine) Rzeszutek.
Anna Wielgosz married Adam Tabaka in NYC in 1901.


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Southern Appalachian Creature Feature Podcasts
Podcast contact:
Gary Peeples
Checking the box for wildlife
Greetings and welcome to the Southern Appalachian Creature Feature.
Tax time. A burden, with a bit of a consolation for those receiving a refund. But for people in North Carolina, it's also an opportunity.
On line 28 of your North Carolina state income tax form you can check of to contribute money to the state's Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Fund, where it matches federal and other grants, or is used to fund educational activities and watchable-wildlife projects like the North Carolina Birding Trail.
Over the years, projects conducted by wildlife diversity biologists have led to restoration of animals once considered critically endangered, such as the bald eagle and peregrine falcon. Conversely, biologists have worked with animals that aren't yet endangered, such as the box turtle, freshwater mussels and many species of songbirds, to ensure that their populations remain viable and sustainable.
Through their surveying and monitoring efforts, biologists collect data that help them determine the most effective ways to manage wildlife and their habitats, ensuring that species not only survive but thrive in a state where pristine habitat continues to disappear at an alarming rate.
Other projects funded through tax check-off dollars, such as the Green Growth Toolbox, have made habitat more suitable for wildlife. Through the Green Growth Toolbox, biologists last year provided technical guidance to more than 160 local government officials, on ways to design communities and maintain high-quality wildlife habitat while building new homes, workplaces and shopping centers.
For WNCW and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, this is Gary Peeples.


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Written by: Michael Den Boer on August 17th, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: Japan, 1969
Director: Teruo Ishii
Writers: Teruo Ishii, Masahiro Kakefuda
Cast: Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi, Mitsuko Aoi, Michiko Kobata
DVD released: August 28th, 2007
Approximate running time: 99 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating: NR
Sound: Dolby Digital Mono Japanese
Subtitles: English
DVD Release: Synapse Films
Region Coding: Region 0 NTSC
Retail Price: $24.95
Synopsis: Hirosuke (Teruo Yoshida) is a medical student who is forced to flee from the law after he breaks out of jail. While on the run he sees an article in the newspaper about a man who has recently passed away who oddly looks just like him. Hirosuke wanting to solve the mystery of where he came from and why he looks like a dead man assumes the dead man's identity. Will uncovering the secrets from his past bring closer to this part of Hirosuke's life or will the discovering the truth unlock a Pandora's box of problems?
Teruo Ishii was a renegade director whose films often defied their genres conventions and in some instances he created new genres cliches in the process. His rarely seen outside of Japan films from 1969 Horrors of Malformed Men is pure Ishii at the top of his game with its nightmarish images many of which will also haunt you with their striking beauty. Horror of Malformed Men is based on Rampo Edogawa's 1932 novel "The Strange Tale of Panorama Island". Two other possible influences for Horrors of Malformed Men are Tod Browning's "Freaks" a story about deformed circus performers and H.G. Welles "The Island of Dr. Moreau" a story about a scientist who experiments with animals and humans trying to make one entity.
After a bizarre dream like opening the majority of the first half of Horrors of Malformed Men is your typical straight forward tale about mystery. Once Hirosuke assumes Genzaburou's identity the film really starts to get good and for those who are patient the final act is as close as any one has come to capturing hell on Earth. One of the films strongest assets is who its ambiguity of what is real or what is fantasy?
One of the more memorable images is the scene with the man with the deformed hands popping in and out of frame with waves crashing in the background. Masao Yagi's brilliant score is moody and menacing as it adds layers to the films dark and often bleak subject matter. The acting is solid all around with Teruo Yoshida is the lead duel roles of Hirosuke and Genzaburou elevating not only his performance but all those around him.
Ultimately Horrors of Malformed Men is not a film that you will easily digest or forget anytime soon after watching it. If you are a fan of surreal cinema which pushes the envelope with its shocking and often grotesque images/subject matter then do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Horrors of Malformed Men ASAP.
The DVD:
Teruo Ishii's Horror's of a Malformed Men finally makes its first official release in North America via Synapse's spectacular DVD release. The film is presented in its original aspect ratio. Colors vibrant as they radiate off the screen and flesh tones look accurate. The transfer is nearly flawless with only a few very minor instances of print damage. The films original Japanese language track has been included and English subtitles that are error free have been provided. The audio mix is in great shape and there are no audio defects.
This release is loaded to the gills with extra content like Original Japanese trailer with English subtitles, a Poster Gallery, Biographies (Teruo Ishii & Edogawa Rampo), Liner notes by Patrick Macias, Tomo Machiyama and Jasper Sharp and a Reversible cover with original Japanese poster artwork. There is also a feature length audio commentary with Japanese Film Critic Mark Schilling who spends most of the commentary talking about Teruo Ishii and very little time discussing Horror's of a Malformed Men. The two main extras are "Malformed Memories" which is interviews with Shinya Tsukamoto and Minoru Kawasaki (23 minutes in Japanese with English subtitles) and Ishii in Italia (14 minutes Ishii at the 2003 "Far East Film Festival" in Undine, Italy) Ishii's introduction for his film "Horrors of The Malformed Men" (4 minutes).
This DVD release is truly an amazing achievement and I would call it the definitive release of this film. The films is not only uncut, its looks and sounds good and the majority of the extras are insightful, highly recommended.


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Nope. America's hat.
Re: Ubuntu 11.04
I don't understand how Ubuntu would work on a cell phone /;|
Re: and laughing
STOP LAUGHING! All laughing and fun have been suspended until further notice! :evil:
Re: All breaks and lunches have been suspended
Interesting. Is that Federal regulation? /;| Cause I looked this up and couldn't find a rule like that.
Re: Ubuntu 11.04
I'm intrigued. What kind of phone? How much space is on the micro sd? You've done this? It works with touch? /;|
All breaks and lunches have been suspended
How did I suddenly end up in a third world country? /;|
Re: The Anti-fashion Models?
Maybe if you weren't so foul and uncouth you wouldn't be "labeled" that way. You disgust me.
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Re: Do customers ever do this to you?
Never. /;|
Re: i'm not impressed
How could you not be impressed that I'm running an entire operating system off a pen drive?! :? I HATE YOU! :x
Ubuntu 11.04
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 running off a 4gb pen drive because my hard drive crashed. 8) Is anybody impressed? /;|
Re: I'm going to say this once...
That's ridiculous, and must be so frustrating. :roll: ...so can you help me with this customer who just purchased a phone but wants to cancel it? /;| I mean, you're in sales right? ...well he boughtit, but doesn't wantit.
My Poem: "Calls. Chaos."
Calls back-to-back. People screaming. Chaos.
Re: Just found out.
I think you missed the point. To me, it is saying that you should expect more calls where you are, because the other call center who was taking a portion of those calls is no longer there. It says nothing about them shutting down the center because it received too much traffic. In any case... /your life :(
Re: Dear customer,
Customer: a while now Me: Would you say that's 2 days? 3 weeks? Cust: yes. Me: ... /;| facepalm.jpg
Re: Oh Canada
Can't think of anything to top the previously funny replies so you cop out with a cheap joke? Canada. :(
Blackberry Email
Cust: I can't send photos through email with my Blackberry Me: Ok, I can help you with that :D ...are you able to log into your email on your device? Cust: No. Me: is the email registered in your device? :) Cust: No. Me: What's the email you want to use? /;| Cust: I don't have an email Me: ... :x .. :cry:


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The gomo Pinky:st challenge
Posted 22 October 2005 - 01:30 AM
Your mission is to guess which which girl is which member. Post your guesses, with a brief reason why you think each one is which, and let's see who gets the most right!
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Posted 22 October 2005 - 02:13 AM
1:Kenshin. She seems like the kind to wear glasses.
2:Beat. Last one chosen. Sorry baby.
3:Finch. It's the sneer. And the pimp cap.
4:dokokara. o_o
5:Me. Cuz I'm just so adorable, right?
6:shidoshi. She'd want to be the girl who don't take no backtalk, and be a sexy schoolgirl at the same time.
7:ChangoBoy. Looks like someone's mom.
8:Procyin. Not quite as cool as shidoshi, but she's giving it her all.
I can't find the hide edit button, master. Looks like I'll have to level up some more!
Posted 22 October 2005 - 02:15 AM
Posted 22 October 2005 - 02:23 AM
Posted 22 October 2005 - 11:30 AM
2. dokokara - the shy, innocent one who kind of blends in to the background.
3. BEAT - Mysterious, intelligent. Doesn't exude any sterotypical personalities.
4. Dunlap - He is actually the doll, being controlled by all the J-girls in his life.
5. ChangoBoy - I just looked at her and saw Chango. It was a subconcious decision. Probably because she looks so peppy and cute (like Kumiko).
6. Me (Procyin) - seems arrogant and inherently evil.
7. Kenshin - Why so bitter?
8. shidoshi - a uniquely stylish loli. What else can I say?
Posted 22 October 2005 - 01:09 PM
1) Kenshin - hipster bundling up for the x-treme Canadian winters. Plus the glasses, I'm just thinkin pinky:kenshin in glasses.
2) dunlap - cause dunlap's the prettiest girl around <3
3) pro - its the hat, really. The pinky:ProStyle
4) changoboy - it looks casual lolita, and I know how much chango loves gothic & lolita style.
5) doko.. it.. kinda looks like aibon o.o' plus it seems more blushy than the others
6) shidoshi, schoolgirl uniform, 'nuff said
7) BEAT - a more mature style (not necessarily motherly like dunlap said)
8) finch - punky kick your ass style seems like pinky:finch
I am probably dead wrong on all of those.
Posted 22 October 2005 - 09:41 PM
Posted 23 October 2005 - 07:45 AM
2. ChangoBoy - this one is hard... I'm guessing this is how someone might dress if they say they don't like EGL (but they really do)
3. Kenshin - Brrr.....
4. dokokara - Passion for cuteness. Innocent. Childlike. Even if not doing anything -- it's enough to simply hang around with.
5. Finch - The persona of everything pinky!
6. Shidoshi - If the schoolgirl uniform wasn't a giveaway, the red hair does.
7. Procyin - No self-respecting nightlife reporter would be seen in anything other than all-black. Plus that bitter look if impatience and intolerance.
8. BEAT - would seem typical of one who would idolize kitano takeshi
Posted 23 October 2005 - 09:01 AM
Your reasoning beats my own. I question my choices now. heh
Posted 23 October 2005 - 02:02 PM
Posted 23 October 2005 - 10:28 PM
Posted 24 October 2005 - 12:16 AM
2- Dunlap is strawberry.
3- Me. I'm drawn to this one. If i was a girl, i'd have short hair, wear a cap and a coat with a high neck. I'd approach you on the corner, and then... I'd kick your ass and take all your money. But i want to pick #5, too. O_O NOOOOOO! KAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4- Dokodara... wants a coin. operated boy. put him on her shelf. with the other toys.
5- Shidoshi would be a happy, pretty girl, full of life, and all that. Actually, it's a hard choice between that and #3... ... ... ... ... *weeps*
6-ChangoBoy. Not an adult, but is old enough to be one.
7- Procyin- Why do i think you like to wear black? I just remember an angry guy that wears black.
8- BEAT. Dunlap's mom. It's the punkiness, i think.
=_= This took me more time than it should have, back-tracking through old posts.
Jenn Rose
Jody Gabriel
Posted 26 October 2005 - 06:51 AM
1) Dunlap, because of the scarf.
2) Doko, because he could be a girl for all I know. :P
3) Finch, because I think he talked about having a coat like that (or maybe I dreamed it up). Either way, this is actually how I imagine him looking.
4) Chango, because of his "secret" EGL thing. I love the look on that face!
5) Kenshin, process of elimination. :(
6) Shidoshi. Schoolgirl. 'Nuff said.
7) Procyin, always yelling at the noobs. Heh.
8) Me, because I rock so hard.
(Is Dunlap's mom really a punk rocker?)
Posted 26 October 2005 - 07:28 AM
Posted 27 October 2005 - 10:17 PM
BEAT, you're kind of right. I do have plenty of um... Cardigans or whatever that i wear like that. I used to have a purple fuzzy jacket that was like that. At least one of my MoMa avatars reflected that.
I said the mom thing because of the motherly and mature comments earlier. Different Pinky, but funny to think about.
Jenn Rose
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12 MSSU students receive special training
January 30, 2013
by s-smithTwelve students have been accepted into a program to motivate them as future community leaders. In its second season the Super Leader Program, a joint effort between Missouri Southern University and the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Network, aims to identify, cultivate and motivate future community leaders currently enrolled in college. The sessions, seven in all, will be held on campus beginning February 2 and concluding May 4, 2013.
They are: Audrey Mathis, psychology major from Carthage; Kayla Smith, respiratory therapy major from Independence; Mary Duncan, public relations and communications major from Joplin; Meredith Murray, human resources management major from Joplin; Caleb Wheeler, physical education major from Joplin; AshLeigh Clarkson, pre-med major from Neosho; Venus Day, business administration major from Tulsa, OK; Brook Gipson, political science and literary studies major from Tranquility, NJ; Josh Lowry, finance major from Lancaster, PA; Aji Sophie Jeng, biology and chemistry major from Gambia, West Africa and Viktoryia Johnson, human resources management major from Minsk, Belarus.
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Knoxville (WVLT) -- Bargains abound at East Tennessee Flea Markets.
But the latest recall from toy company Mattel has flea markets making sure they don't abound with tainted toys.
We visited the Great Smokies Flea market in Kodak where the search is on for toys on recall.
"It's a never ending challenge," says Ronnie West, the flea markets manager.
West is on the hunt.
"We don't want a child to get it and we don't want it on this property," he says.
He is referring to any of the nine million toys Mattel recalled this past week.
So booth after booth, the manager of the Great Smokies Flea Market checks toys for the magic words.
"Made in China," he says.
The recalled toys include Polly Pocket dolls, Batman action figures and even Barbie playsets.
All have now been taken off the shelves because they contain dangerous lead paint and small magnets that your kids could swallow.
West's search turns up noisy toys, but no toys for him to make any noise about.
"I'm not saying they're not here," he says, "I'm still looking."
A look around that takes four to five hours everyday.
"When you see children walking around the flea market it's a reminder of how precious they are and how important it is for us to make sure nobody sells these toys," says Krista Atchley whose family owns the flea market.
That's because in a market where most stuff is out of the box, things can be easy touchable.
Checking every booth may sound simple, but with more than 800, it's anything but.
"It's a challenge to make sure we're safe here, but it's top priority for us," said Atchley.
Informing all their vendors about the recall takes priority to all else, and if vendors haven't seen the recall list they provide them one.
For parents and bargain shoppers, its an effort they appreciate.
"If it's a dollar and it makes them sick, that's a problem," said Jeremy Williams, shop shops at the flea market. "It doesn't matter what kind of deal I get on it."
So while the bargain hunters hunt for bargains, West continues to hunt the toys that could bring shoppers more than they bargained for.
Managers say if you find a recalled toy at the flea market, let the management know and they'll dispose of it properly.


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(b) The Office of the General Counsel may obtain extensions of time for the filing of the formal complaint from the Chairperson of the Investigative Panel or his or her designee.
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I am completely obsessed with Zara! Ever since Zara opened its first store in Sydney, I make sure I pop in every week to check out their new arrivals. There really wasn't anything new that suited me last week, so I hopped over the basics section and bought a really simple black top as my 'weekly Zara obligation'. This weekend I dressed myself in black from head to toe.
Leather Skirt – Sportsgirl
Bag – Balenciaga
Heels – Gucci
Necklace – Mimco
Belt – Sheike


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Thai Airways, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Thailand, has launched a stunning program promotion package with many breaking deals for tourists interested in Vietnam travel called "Vietnam Special".
To celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year 2013, Thai Airways has offered the best fares for international route between Vietnam and top popular destinations in Europe & Asia, which is expected to boost tourism from Europe to Asia, particularly to Vietnam. With these special offers, visitors can easily connect with international route from Vietnam and have access to one of the best South East Asia air services.
The package includes a choice of popular cities such as Frankfurt, Narita, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Bangkok etc. with departing from Vietnam. It consists of a roundtrip Economy class ticket with fares starting from US$ 80, routing from Hanoi/ Ho Chi Minh City with 2 stopovers in Bangkok, 1 in each direction. The effective for ticket booking is from now until 28th February 2013, and tourists can easily depart from now until 31st March 2013 with a maximum staying of 6 months from the departure date. All taxes/ charges are excluded and will be added to the fare.
Currently, Thai Airways is the first Southeast Asian airline to sign a cooperation agreement with IATA implementing carbon offset programs for passengers. Positioning its internationally recognized brand as a royal carrier, Thai Airways excelled further when offering a lot of modern, environment-friendly aircrafts, such as Boeing B747 and Airbus A340-600 with royal first class of travel. It is operating domestic, regional and intercontinental flights radiating from its home base in Bangkok to key destinations around the world and within Thailand. For more information about air promotions, please visit Thai Airways' official website. If you have any enquiry or need any advice, email us for the instant help from our professional tour consultants.


text: In article <bp5tl4$r2t$03$1 at news.t-online.com>, Peter Otten wrote: >Andreas Neudecker wrote: > >> Is there anything like +infinity and -infinity available in Python, and >> can it be used in comparisons together with int or float numbers? > >To lazy to look it up, so let's try: [snip] Looking it up might be good, though... See, for example, PEP 754, "IEEE 754 Floating Point Special Values": http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0754.html The problem is that the expression float('infinity') works on some platforms, along with float('Inf'), but, as the PEP points out, on many systems you'll just get an error. You could also try stuff like float(1e3000). So, my response to the original question would be "sort of" -- since it's there, but it's not particularly reliable. Let's just hope that PEP 754 (or something similar) is accepted; infinity _is_ certainly useful... -- Magnus Lie Hetland "In this house we obey the laws of http://hetland.org thermodynamics!" Homer Simpson