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Jason Kokrak was raised in Warren and played high school golf at JFK High School in Warren where he twice led his team to the Ohio Boy's state championship as Division III medalist. He went on to play college golf at Xavier University in Cincinnati and graduated in 2007. During his college career, he won both the 2006 and 2007 Ohio Amateur titles. Kokrak turned professional after graduation.
During the 2007 U.S. Amateur, Kokrak led all players with a score of 137 during the 36 hole match play qualifier at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. That same year, he made an appearance in the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, when he successfully came through sectional and regional qualifying.
In 2011, he exploded onto the pro golf scene over the second half of the Nationwide Tour season — winning two events and nearly capturing the season-ending Tour Championship. It allowed him to finish 4th on the Nationwide money list, which earned him 2012 PGA Tour membership.
Inside the ropes with … Jason Kokrak
Thursday: The Warren JFK graduate shot a 1-under 69 in the first round of the BMW Championship. Kokrak is tied for 38th with 11 others and is seven shots off the lead. His round included three birdies and two bogeys.
Today: Kokrak tees off at 9:01 a.m. His playing partners are J.J. Spaun and Brice Garnett.
TV: Golf Channel coverage at 2 p.m.
Follow Kokrak: Online at www.vindy.com/kokrak.
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A flight attendant who was arrested after arguing with a passenger on a JetBlue flight -- making a grand exit from the aircraft by grabbing some beers and pulling the emergency chute -- posted $2,500 bail and is out of jail.
Jet Blue employee Steven Slater, 38, of Belle Harbor, Queens, was arraigned Tuesday on reckless endangerment and other charges after the dramatic incident Monday afternoon. Despite the felony charges, Slater's been elevated to folk-hero status by thousands who shrugged off allegations that he endangered others and praised him for his take-this-job-and-shove-it moment.
Slater's mother, Diane, even went so far as to seem proud of her son for his outburst.
"I can understand why he snapped. I would have snapped too," Diane Slater said Tuesday after Steven pleaded not guilty to the various charges against him. "I think he just had a very small meltdown, and I think he deserve to be able to have that meltdown."
Steven Slater had little to say to reporters Tuesday night when he was released from custody. When asked how he felt about all the outpouring of support Slater said, "It's been very very appreciated. It seems like something here has resonated with a few people. That's kinda neat!"
Courthouse sources told NBCNewYork that Slater was overheard saying "he's not sure how quickly he can make bail." After failing to post bail, he was taken by bus to the Vernon C. Bain intake center in the South Bronx, a jail facility on a barge.
Slater was working on Flight 1052 from Pittsburgh to Kennedy Airport, which landed at around 12 p.m. Monday, when he got into a verbal altercation with a passenger -- a now legendary exploit, which has even been immortalized in a CGI video by the same Taiwanese company that make the Tiger Woods and Al Gore animations.
Following a heated exchange, the flight attendant told off the entire plane on the public address system, activated an emergency chute near the back of the plane and jumped down the evacuation slide and ran for it.
The Assistant District Attorney said the altercation began before the plane left Pittsburgh, when two passengers got in an argument over an oversized piece of luggage and the overhead compartments.
At the arraignment, defense attorney Howard Turman said Slater was under stress because his mother has lung cancer. Afterward, he provided reporters with a different account of what happened aboard the aircraft than the version initially offered by authorities.
Police had said Slater became angry when after a rule-breaking passenger defied requests to stay seated then accidentally hit him in the head with her luggage.
Turman said the dispute had begun earlier, when the flight was still waiting to take off from Pittsburgh, when two female passengers got into an argument over space in the overhead bins. That's when Slater was struck in the head, Turman said.
The dispute flared up again after the plane landed in New York when one of the women, who had been asked to gate-check her bag, was enraged that it wasn't immediately available.
"The woman was outraged and cursed him out a great deal," Turman said. "At some point, I think he just wanted to avoid conflict with her."
Slater asked for an apology but the irate passenger cursed him out, saying in effect "go f--k yourself" and calling him a "mo-fo," according to law enforcement source
Turman said the woman "cursed him out using the f-word both as a verb and an adjective."
Prosecutors said that at some point, Slater addressed the passengers on the intercom.
"Those of you who have shown dignity and respect these last 20 years, thanks for a great ride," he said, according to prosecutors.
Slater then activated the aircraft emergency slide on door R-2, proceeded to the chute, looked down to ensure that nobody was below it as he had been trained to do, and he deployed the device and went down it safely, his attorney said.
He also grabbed some beer from the galley before he took the plunge and then headed for the AirTrain, where other passengers from the flight reportedly saw him on the way home.
Slater was later arrested at his home in Belle Harbor by Port Authority officials. Police sources said that when authorities found Slater he seemed to be in the midst having sexual relations.
He is being charged with 2nd-and 4th-degree criminal mischief, 1st- and 2nd-degree reckless endangerment and criminal trespass in the 3rd degree, according to a spokeswoman for Queens DA Richard Brown. Slater faces up to 7 years in prison if convicted.
Judge Mary O'Donoghue also granted an order of protection preventing Slater from contacting the pilot of the flight or a JetBlue employee who investigated the incident.
Prosecutors said the emergency escape slide deploys at 3,000 pounds of pressure per square inch and "causes a risk of serious physical injury or death if it strikes people working under the aircraft." They also said the cost to replace the escape slide is $25,000, according to Jet Blue security.
But no one was injured in the incident and JetBlue, in a statement, added, "At no time was the security or safety of our customers or crew members at risk."
Slater, a 38-year-old airline veteran who lives steps from the Queens beach a few miles from the airport, had been flying long enough to see much of the gleam of the air travel experience tarnished by frayed nerves, rising fees, plummeting airline profits and packed cabins.
"One by one all of these niceties have been removed from the customer experience. I think subconsciously, it's causing passengers to be very angry,'' said Pauline Frommer, creator of the Pauline Frommer Guides and daughter of Arthur Frommer. "There's an us-versus-them mentality.''
Sentiment online appeared to fall in Slater's court. By early Tuesday afternoon, more than 20,000 people had declared themselves supporters of Slater on Facebook, and the number was growing by thousands every hour. At least one fan set up a legal fund on his behalf.
"Overwhelmingly people said it should have been the passenger who was ejected from the plane,'' said George Hobica, founder of AirfareWatchdog.com, speaking about response to his site's blog on the incident. "I've never seen such an outpouring of support for a flight attendant.''
Jonathan Dienst contributed to this report.
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After her first meeting with Fiji's leader Frank Bainimarama in Suva in February, Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is following up on what she had described as a very warm and engaging meeting by sending her Assistant Minister this month. Australia's Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Brett Mason says he will meet Bainimarama's Foreign Minister while in Suva, as well as Fiji's Electoral Commissioners. In Q&A, Senator Mason spoke about his government's commitment to restoring relations between the two countries after seven years of non-engagement since the 2006 coup. Q&A also asked Senator Mason about his government's position on Fiji's participation in the PACER Plus negotiations, the much talked about Pacific Seasonal Workers' Scheme, its controversial Pacific Solution, the new Colombo Plan and this year's Pacific Islands Forum Summit in Palau in late July.
What's the message that you bring Mr Bainimarama from your Prime Minister Tony Abbott? The message is that the Australian Government is committed to normalising relations with Fiji and developing stronger ties ahead of the Fiji elections in September this year. This is the message that Foreign Minister Julie Bishop brought with her in February and which my visit will build upon. In particular the lifting of travel sanctions on 31 March has helped lay the framework for closer cooperation with Fiji on bilateral and regional issues and I look forward to discussing these during my visit.
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A young Fijian man who marched in as a private in the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces more than 30 years ago is now head of Fiji's 4,000-strong force. Brigadier General Mosese Tikoitoga is from the southern island province of Kadavu, from Muani Village in the district of Ravitaki. Where he comes from, the people are traditionally referred to as Waikatakata, Fijian term for boiling water. In a career that has now span 33-years, Brigadier General Tikoitoga has served in dangerous and troublesome spots around the world like Lebanon, Sinai, East Timor (now Timor Leste) and Iraq, first as a private and later as an officer. He succeeded Commodore (now promoted to Rear Admiral) Frank Bainimarama as head of the RFMF on 5 March 2014. The Brigadier General is married to dietician Mrs Jiutajia Saukuru and they have two girls and a boy.
Congratulations on your appointment Brigadier General, could you talk briefly about your career?: I had two stints in Australia. First I went across in mid 1998 on attachment to the Australian Defence Force as an instructor at the Land Warfare Centre and I came back in December 2000 then returned to the Staff College later on. That was a good experience for me having travelled abroad extensively on a number of operations on various duties. It was the first time I was going with my family in a different culture and country living amongst totally different people.
We learnt to live in a different society and then acknowledged the different backgrounds of people we lived amongst. I have never shied away from any responsibility. I have come through the ranks. I joined the then Royal Fiji Military Forces in 1981 as a private and stayed a private until I attended officer training in 1988. So I served a couple of years as a private. I made three tours to the Middle East as a private - two to Sinai and one to Lebanon and being promoted to the rank of corporal so that gave me all the experiences of a soldier's life.
I came back and I was recommended for officer training by my Commanding Officer in Lebanon in 1986 at the time Major General George Konrote. In 1989 I got my promotion as an officer and I did my necessary training and posting. I have served in the Third Fiji Infantry Regiment (3FIR) and in overseas battalions from the position of platoon commander, adjutant OC, Operations Officer and as a staff officer at the RFMF headquarters. I also served as Chief of Staff Operations before I became Land Force Commander. Through these phases of my career, the lesson is that if we are consistent in our performance, we are bound to get recognised by our superiors.
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Josefa Tuamoto once Fiji's top tourism marketing official is now taking his vast years of experience to the Solomon Islands. Last month, the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) announced Tuamoto's appointment as the new General Manager of SIVB, replacing local Michael Tokuru. Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau board chairman Moses Tepai said the appointment represented a major achievement for their tourism aspirations and is intended to play a key role in the Solomon Islands increasing its annual international visitor intake. "We are extremely fortunate to have someone of Jo's calibre on board."Jo is highly regarded on the international tourism stage, his reputation and the huge success he has achieved for Fiji's tourism precedes him. "This is especially the case in those visitor source markets we see as being critical to the future growth of our tourism industry and in particular, Australia, New Zealand and the United States." South Pacific Tourism Organisation chief executive Ilisoni Vuidreketi said Tuamoto will assist and contribute to the initiatives and undertakings by the Solomon Islands Government to grow and harness the potential of the industry to improve employment opportunities, develop small tourism businesses and increase its contribution to the economy.
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MediaGlobal News Bureau Chief Nosh Nalavala interviewed Ambassador Marlene Moses, Permanent Representative of Nauru to the United Nations on the impact of climate change on small islands.
Last month at the General Debate in the UN General Assembly you spoke of "Small Islands Developing Countries (SIDS) being battered on all sides." What did you mean? Small Islands Developing States are on the frontline of climate change, which means droughts, extreme storms, and increasingly sea level rise are causing life-altering changes. At the same time, because of our unique vulnerabilities—isolation, high dependence on natural resources and imports – even small fluctuations in energy and food prices hit us particularly hard.
Do you attribute the constraints to SIDS due to the intermittent flow of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and a stagnation of climate finance? Yes, a lack of predictability in ODA—what is earmarked for sustainable development and what is for previous arrangements—has made it difficult for developing countries (SIDS in particular) to establish long-term plans that help us transition to a sustainable future.
What are your expectations from the post-2015 Development Agenda process, particularly in the area of adaptation for SIDS and the Climate Agenda? The post-2015 process, especially in light of other opportunities for SIDS to make progress on some of our key issues in the next few years, is crucially important if SIDS are able to adequately adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change. In fact, the impacts are so ubiquitous now, it is no exaggeration to say that development and adaptation are inextricably linked.
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Unite for tuna. That's the plea of outgoing Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director General, Su'a Tanielu, as he was wrapping up his final assignments for the region. After six years as head of the regional fisheries agency, Su'a believes the islands stand to gain more from being united for our sovereign resources than being divided. Su'a finishes his term in November and replacing him will be James Movick, who has worked under him. Here's what Su'a told *Islands Business*:
**Why is it important that we protect this resource from being over-exploited?** While our islands lie wide apart, what separates and also joins them is the ocean (30 million square kilometres) in which lies an ancient resource that is being vastly depleted by large fishing vessels, who continue to take our fish at minimum price and sell it at premium prices. Our ocean is highly productive and hosts rich fisheries including the last healthy tuna stocks in the world. This is our backyard and it is responsible for supplying the world fish markets with more than 2 million tons of tuna annually.
It is also the target of industrialised fishing nations for their enhanced fishing activities and the modality for fisheries subsidisation. The value of our tuna fisheries is estimated at approximately 8 billion dollars. Our strength is in our numbers and togetherness.
The principle of regional solidarity must be at the forefront as we address the issues and challenges of fisheries management, development, monitoring and control. We are beginning to feel the strain on the four main tuna stocks—skipjack, yellowfin, albacore and bigeye—in terms of catch and yields. We also need to ensure that we have the right to all these fisheries or what is generally known as rights-based approach to fisheries—so we need to secure those rights. And it's a sovereignty issue which is why it is so important that one organisation like FFA dedicates its time and efforts to look after that.
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That Time Yelpers Took Revenge On A Bigot Restaurant Owner
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We've seen several examples of how Yelp and online reviews can impact a company's behavior. Sometimes that impact takes the form of the company in question going nuclear on the reviewers and subsequently crying "hack." Other times companies attempt to get reviewers into hot water through criminal charges. Or a company can just attempt to charge negative reviewers a couple thousand bucks, because that makes business sense. Mind you, none of this has slowed down the practice of the internet punishing poor behavior through negative reviews, including times when those reviews take on a farcical and/or creative tone.
Such is the case with with the owner of the Chicaro Club, a restaurant and bar in Oklahoma. See, Gary isn't what you'd call the most progressive business owner on the planet.
Last week, when a KFOR-TV reporter asked the owner of an Enid, OK, restaurant/bar about allegations that he wasn't exactly the most open-minded businessman in town, he admitted, "I've been in business 44 years, I think I can spot a freak or a faggot... I really don't want gays around. If I reached over there and slapped the sh** out of you, you should be offended," he explained. "But to call someone a 'chink' or someone call me a bigot, that doesn't bother me."Ha! Racism and bigotry! Good one, Gary! Now, while Gary's speech and behavior are wholly reprehensible, that whole freedom of speech thing protects such asshattery. But it's a good thing it also protects the creative reviewers of Gary's establishment over at Yelp, too, because they're going to town on him as a matter of protest. Some highlights for you:
The mandatory "pants check" at the entrance was a little off-putting at first, but I totally understood once I got to the men's room. Definitely the hottest underwear party I've ever been to, and Gary takes the cake (and the FROSTING) as the best pivot man in the history of circle jerks! - Bruce M.Yes, the reviews are sophomoric, delightfully so. And, yes, this is just trolling to piss off Gary. But this is the internet people. Protest via trolling with a little public shaming dashed in is what the internet is for. Fortunately, there are enough serious reviews mixed in with the jokes such that I wouldn't expect any unsuspecting homosexuals to accidentally go to the Chicaro Club to hit on Gary.
As a polysexual demiromantic Peruvian atheist that physically identifies as handicapped and ethnically identifies as a Cambodian transgendered sea turtle, it's understandably hard for me to find a place to fit in. This place was my safe zone. I'll never forget my first time. As a young newly open entity (I don't believe in labeling myself), I was looking for a place to feel free. The chick-fil-a had recently been shut down by the board of health and I was heartbroken. I found this place by coincidence. I had met this wonderful man on grindr, and mid-coitus, he stopped and asked me if I had ever been to Chicaros club. I told him I hadn't, and off we went. - Alex R.
Awesome place. My girlfriend and I stopped in and at first we were a little worried that all of the gay guys there might not be down with a couple of lesbians hanging out. My fears were quickly dashed! Not only was everyone super nice, the owner joined us all in a rousing rendition of "We Are Family"! The best part is that, after he found out that I was on welfare, the owner comped my entire meal and gave us a complimentary steak! What a guy! - Allison B.
All that's left is to see how Gary chooses to react to his new-found fame and glory. If he's a man of his word, he won't care one bit. If my faith in humanity is justified, hopefully he'll keep on not caring as he goes out of business due to a chronic lack of customers.
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Jake Owen Reflects On This Year's Success, Looks Forward to 2012
When Jake Owen looks back at 2011, he can feel pride in the amount of success he has achieved, which includes scoring his first chart-topping hit with the song 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night.'
"I think I'll look back on the highlights and appreciate all that's come my way," Owen tells Taste of Country of the past 12 months.
Owen, who turned 30 in August, knows the long road to No. 1 isn't something that came overnight, nor is it one that he reached on his own.
"There have been a lot of people involved in helping me get to where I'm going," Owen says. "From the guys in the band to my managers and my road manager [to] the guys who wrote ['Barefoot Blue Jean Night'] that changed my life. It's a big, big community effort. [It's helped me] realize a lot of things … what's important and what's not. I've had talks with guys in my band. A lot of them have been with me for the past six years, and they've seen me go through my little transition as well. It's been an interesting kind of learning experience, really."
"When I moved to town, I just moved here by myself," Owen continues. "I sought out people by myself. I thought it was about me trying to do everything on my own, until I sat back and realized that I can't do everything on my own. That's the reason why people have their jobs to do their thing, whether it's my band leader or whether it's my bus driver or whether it's management or the creative [team] at the label — everyone's got their place. If everyone does their job and I do mine, then I think it will all work out. I now feel like I can accept the award [nominations] and know that this is a team effort. One player doesn't make the whole team."
2012 is already shaping up to be a promising year in Owen's career, including a tour with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney to come in the summertime. Owen knows he can continue to succeed as long as he remembers how he got to where he is.
"I think that I have just barely, barely opened up this beautiful box full of things to come, really," notes Owen. "I've been doing this for six years now, and to think that this is the first time in six years that I've realized this … I'm kind of disappointed in myself a little bit, that I didn't know that sooner , that I didn't dig into this amazing treasure chest of a town sooner."
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Twin sisters Sarah and Julie Thompson (Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen) are two naughty but sweet children who drive their work-obsessed widowed mother, Rhonda (Cynthia Geary), up the wall. They overhear her saying that they are a "handful" and she needs a "vacation". Deciding to give Rhonda what she wants by heading off to their great grandmother's house for Christmas, the girls pack up their bags and hop on their bicycles. But there's a problem; they aren't allowed to cross the street on their own. The city bus pulls up and they sneak on through the back door. While riding the...
I love the olsen twins and their fashion line. I think they should not give up their careers and their marvellous footwear. I love their footwear. And Wikipedia has helped me to get to know about the twins. I so found out they posed nude on playhouses. Most people said it was ashley olsen. My opinion to the twins is that they should get to know about they fans and the fans talents. The best things about the twins is that they songs have an effect and are well thought out. Their movies are great for kids and teens. They think thing's out before doing/saying it.
The girls were born in 1986 in Sherman Oaks, California to David Olsen[3] (b. 1953) and Jarnette (Jarnie) Fuller (b. 1954).
In 1987, the twins started their acting careers on the television series Full House. They were hired at the age of six months and filming began when they were nine months old. The show was widely popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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What a blast! Ashley is having a sleepover--and Jennifer Dilber, the most popular girl in school, is coming! Ashley works super-hard to make sure her party will be perfect. She doesn't want any surprises. But she gets a big surprise when the girls play Truth or Dare--and Mary-Kate tells Jennifer an amazing secret. A secret she's never even told Ashley...
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have been huge international stars since the age of 9 months, when they shared the role of Michelle in the sit com FULL HOUSE. With videos, video games, CDs, dolls,...
"Cheer up!" twelve-year-old Mary-Kate Burke told her friend, Summer Sorenson, as she sat next to her on the bus. "Christmas break is only two weeks away!" "Easy for you to say," Summer replied glumly. "You didn't flunk Meany Meenan's test on Friday." "At least I hope I didn't," Mary-Kate said. "That test was tough." "I'll bet I totally flunked it," Rebecca Duncan chimed in. Can you believe he asked that question about the price of lard?"
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"Who cares that the founder of Harrington liked fresh eggs so much that he had his own henhouse?" Ashley moaned. "That is so totally boring!" It was Monday afternoon. Ashley and Phoebe were in the school library, flipping through encyclopedias and looking up information for their newspaper article on Phineas T. Harrington III. "The dresses they wore back then weren't boring," Phoebe said. She pointed to a picture of two women wearing floor-length dresses that flared out in a large hoop shape at the bottom. "There were extreme!" Ashley wasn't surprised that Phoebe liked the dresses. Her...
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When I was a kid my summer job was to sell Kool-Aid to people at my mom's rummage sales, which she and her girlfriends held several times each summer.
I remember overhearing one of mom's customers complaining, saying something about being able to "Jew down" at our neighbor's yard sale. I wasn't sure why but I knew at age six that this kind of talk was very wrong and it was very offensive. Yet I would have thought nothing about hearing someone say that they got "gypped" at a rummage sale, car dealership, or a candy store. In fact it was not for another twelve years before I learned that Gypsies were a race of people with over 1,000,000 people in the US, and 10,000,000 in Europe, making them Europe's largest ethnic minority.
The term "Gyp" originally referred to a scam of sorts performed by a Gypsy person. Not only is this term derogatory, racist, and evil but simply ignorant on a linguistic level in that the root of the slur is only as accurate as "Indian" is to our Native American brothers and sisters. Although most Gypsies are comfortable with the name "Gypsy" when used in a non-derogatory context, they are actually "Romani" people or "Romanies". "Gypsy" is simply short for "Egyptian" as people thought them to be from Egypt when in reality their road can be traced back to India over 1,100 years ago.
The trail of the Romani people is one of prejudice and persecution, which inevitably lead to a deep self-segregation as a people.
Some of the prejudices associated with Gypsies are quite romantic and flattering but are nevertheless just as ignorant as the depiction of a cheat. They were mythologized in depictions such as the original "The Wolf Man" film, portrayed as people with supernatural powers in art films like "Time of the Gypsies" and songs like "Gypsy Eyes" by Jimi Hendrix. Some of this may seem harmless, but when a people become imaginary and trivialized how can we take a report of Gypsies being systematically killed any more that a report on werewolf attacks? Case in point, Dr. Ian Hancock of the University of Austin Texas proposes that approximately 1.5 million Romanies were killed during the Holocaust. Although a wing of the US Holocaust Museum is dedicated to their plight, this remains but a footnote in WWII history.
In 1999 in Kosovo, just four days after NATO troops arrived, roving bands of Albanian extremists attacked every Gypsy community in Kosovo. Gypsies were told to leave or be killed. In three months, more than 100,000 fled Kosovo to all parts of Europe and America after the looting and destruction of over 14,000 Gypsy homes.
According to Pastor Skip Cristo, a native Chicago Gypsy and pastor of The Master's Touch Church in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago, Gypsies are no stranger to persecution and excessive force by the police department.
Years ago in Chicago, Cristo's mother was frisked and thrown in jail with a group of Gypsy women over fortune telling. Fortunately (for their husbands) the women were released the next day and were at each other's houses cooking dinner and having fun. They are a resilient people no doubt.
Because of the fact that Gypsies were not allowed to integrate or even coexist without threat of harm, a tradition of stealing and scamming (i.e. fortune telling) began among them long ago. Then the crimes they were initially backed into so that they might put food in the bellies of their kids became the very crimes they were severely punished for. Thus, living off the grid (not necessarily a negative thing) in varying degrees became a way of life that was passed down from generation to generation.
Below is a transcript of a recent conversation Skip and I had about the Gypsy experience:
Jeff Winkowski: A lot of times you go to a Gypsy website and all the spelling is phonetic and the punctuation is all off. Sometimes even the word Gypsy is spelled wrong. Reading levels indicate a low education level. Why are so many Gypsies against having their kids in school?
Skip Cristo: A lot of times Gypsies take their kids out of school because they don't want their kids in the hands of someone they don't know.
JW: That's understandable.
SC: My wife and I would like to have a school for Gypsy children that also teaches the scriptures. Gypsy people would probably send their kids to a Gypsy run school. But traditionally a young boy is taken out of school when he begins to look like a little man, left with just the basic reading, writing, and arithmetic. Unfortunately even some of our Gypsy pastors here in America are uneducated.
JW: Right, right, that's what concerns me. With all this discrimination against Gypsies you'd want to follow the lead of other minority groups in getting educated in order to better mobilize.
SC: The education thing is a major hurdle right now.
JW: What do you think of fortune telling?
SC: There's no such thing as fortune telling bro. Really, what's being practiced here is the art of deception. Getting inside peoples heads and manipulating them for profit. I preach against it in my sermons. When the big evangelical wave hit the Gypsy community about 30 years ago, the people immediately gave up fortune telling and went to work. As far as work goes, a lot of us seal coat driveways and commercial parking lots for a living. It's quick, easy money where you charge a flat rate and then you're done. But the old scam was, "I'll charge you $7 a pail." Then the customer asks, "Well, how many pails does it take?" "Oh, it's gonna take at least five buckets." Well, a bucket holds five pails. You can do the math here. It's a rip off. Some people still do it. Fortune telling is still a problem. I have a member of my congregation that I might have to ask to leave because he hasn't given it up, or he's doing it on the sly. I'm not going to lie to you; some of my people live less than honest lives. But a lot of us are taxpayers, working in all manner of fields.
JW: Aside from the negative aspects of a "life of crime", if you will, it seems like y'all are pretty tight. Whether the business practice is legitimate or illegitimate, I'd imagine you'd have to be pretty tight-knit due to the scrutiny you're under and the constant hustling for a living depends on having a high degree of honesty and trust with each other.
SC: Even though I'm a pastor and I teach Christ is their first culture, there are aspects of Gypsy culture that I value, that I don't want to let go of. They're not in conflict with the scriptures. They compliment the scriptures. Or the scriptures compliment them. There's a brotherhood. When I was twelve years old we were traveling to Louisiana and we stopped at a small town outside Baton Rouge. My dad stopped at a payphone, dialed zero, and asked if there was a fortuneteller in town. The operator said yes and gave us the address. My dad then flagged a cop down and got directions. So we went over to the fortuneteller's house at 9 pm. The door was wide open and we were received. They didn't know us, we didn't know them. They hauled our family in and immediately began preparing a huge meal for us. At about 12:30 am. My dad said, "well we're going to go get a motel room now." They were almost insulted. They insisted we stay the night and we did. The next morning they cooked a huge breakfast for us. They said in our language, "Go in good health, God be with you" and we were off.
JW: The irony of that is that's more love and hospitality than you see from a lot of the Church.
SC: Exactly. There was a time when Gypsy people used to just pop in on each other's houses. You didn't call. A call was an insult! "What kind of a person do you think I am? Of course you can come over to my house." People used to stop over any time, day or night, even if it was for just ten minutes. There's an old gypsy saying when you stop over, "I just didn't want to pass your house."
Further reading:
Gypsy Politics and Traveler Identity By Thomas Acton
The Last Bastion of Racism? Gypsies, Travelers and Policing By John Coxhead
Jeff Winkowski is a Philosophy and Comparative Study of Religion graduate of The University of Wisconsin who has worked for the last 16 years as an author, activist, and musician within the Ecumenical Christian community. Today he shepherds In The Garden Ministries and House Church in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago along with his wife, Malissa, and his son Abraham.
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Summary: Many of us see personal technology moving from Windows PCs to Android smartphones, Apple iPads and other tablets, but has it actually already happened?
When I look into my technology crystal ball, I see people moving from desktops to smartphones and tablets. I'm not the only one who sees a post-PC world coming. What I didn't expect was to find proof that desktop Windows was already a dead technology walking.
Over at ZDNet's sister site, CNet, they recently reported on 15-years of Download.com. I expected this to be little more than a nice historical walk down a popular site's past. Well, it is that, but it's also contains lots of bad news for Windows users.
You see, in 1996, when Download.com was founded, 89.5% of its downloads were Windows programs. Would you care to guess what the percentage of Windows downloads are in 2011? It's a mere 28%.
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Dutmer Award recognizes perseverance from White
SAN ANTONIO – A college education was a long time coming for Samuel White, but on Feb. 19, not only did he receive his diploma from Wayland Baptist University, but he was recognized with the Helen Dutmer Award as the outstanding graduate majoring in occupational education.
Dutmer has been devoted to public service, serving on the San Antonio City Council, the Bexar County Commissioners Court, Bexar County Appraisal Board, San Antonio Water Board, Crime Stoppers and Wayland's advisory committee. The award which bears her name is given to a person who demonstrates a spirit of service, a record of success in business, civic, social, religious and other endeavors, and have a strong working back ground.
Growing up as a black youth in Meridian, Miss., White said he didn't have many educational opportunities. Mississippi was the last state to integrate its schools and once the schools were integrated, there was no chance for anyone to get a quality education due to the racial tension and unrest.
"In junior high and all the way through high school, all we did was have riots," White said. "When I came out of high school, I knew I wasn't going to college. I wasn't prepared."
Instead of going to college when he finished high school, White saw his career path heading another direction. The seventh of 11 children, he decided to follow his older brother into the military, serving in the Air Force for 24 years.
"I couldn't get a job in Mississippi," White said. "They wanted experience to work at Burger King."
White marched through is military service, retiring as a senior noncommissioned officer of the Viet Nam era. His awards include: the Air Force Meritorious Service medal, Air Force Accommodation medal and the Air Force Achievement medal. He has been certified as a biomedical equipment technician and reached the level of Master Instructor.
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chapcrap wrote:What makes it a bad decision?
Mainly that it excludes a whole host of opportunities to play games without the pressure of points. For some reason, a number of people in the old threads enforced this mentality that you either play for points, or you don't care about points. But that's not true. Sometimes I want to play for points (if I'm playing on maps that I'm experienced at, and I want to test my mettle against other people who are experienced) and sometimes I don't (if I'm playing on unfamiliar maps). I want to have the fun of playing these other maps, without risking my reputation on the maps that I care about. I have avoided a whole lot of maps for this reason, but I would try out a whole lot more of the maps we have if I weren't risking points to do so.


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A Celestial Landscape in Celebration of 10 Years of Stunning Hubble Heritage Images
The landmark 10th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's Hubble Heritage Project is being celebrated with a 'landscape' image from the cosmos. Cutting across a nearby star-forming region, called NGC 3324, are the "hills and valleys" of gas and dust displayed in intricate detail. Set amid a backdrop of soft, glowing blue light are wispy tendrils of gas as well as dark trunks of dust that are light-years in height. NGC 3324 is located in the constellation Carina, about 7,200 light-years away from Earth. This image is a composite of data taken with two of Hubble's science instruments. Data taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) in 2006 isolated light emitted by hydrogen. More recent data, taken in 2008 with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), isolated light emitted by sulfur and oxygen gas. To create a color composite, the data from the sulfur filter are represented by red, from the oxygen filter by blue, and from the hydrogen filter by green.
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|Banh mi for lunch, anyone?
I have recently taken to visiting N.Lee Bakery Cafe (234 Clarendon St, South Melbourne) during my work lunch breaks to grab takeaway Vietnamese sandwiches - banh mi - for a change.
The staff here are cheerful, friendly, and generous with their smiles, even during peak hour. If you get there around 1pm, be prepared for a queue, but the wait generally isn't too bad. They make the banh mi to order, and the meat is heated up in a pan so it's still warm in the roll when it gets to you. If you like a bit of a kick to your banh mi (and I so, so do), remember to ask for chilli.
Their banh mi aren't the cheapest you can get in Melbourne, but at around the $7 mark they are still pretty good value for a tasty lunch, considering we're in a more expensive suburb here. The bread roll is crisp, the vegetables fresh, the meat warm and juicy.
Here is the grilled pork banh mi. (I only wish the meat didn't have that artificial red colouring.)
|Grilled pork banh mi from N.Lee Bakery Cafe in South Melbourne. ($6.80)
And here is the chicken banh mi.
|Chicken breast banh mi from N.Lee Bakery Cafe in South Melbourne. ($6.80)
I have only ever been to the South Melbourne shop, and I'm satisfied with both the service and the food there, but I hear they also have stores in CBD and Collingwood. If I happen to be craving a sandwich when I'm in those areas, I guess I know where I can go!


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"In Kansas, more than 24,000 acres have been restored or are in the process of being restored under the Wetlands Reserve Program," Natural Resources Conservation Service State Conservationist Daniel Meyerhoff said.
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What's your Cisco IP phone story?
As the market leader in Unified Communications, Cisco has a broad customer base, with organizations from the Fortune 500 to small local businesses using our UC portfolio of infrastructure and endpoints. Since we have over 120,000 customers and over 50 Million users across the globe, we wanted to find out more about who these users were and how they use Cisco IP phones on a daily basis. Last week, we launched a Facebook contest asking our Cisco Collaboration fans to submit photos of all the interesting locations where they use their Cisco IP phone, and to tell us how they use them and what benefits they were seeing from their phone.
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So I hit my limit recently with the Trumpies. It was an exchange on Facebook, which as a forum for political discourse, really ought to be better than it is. You can post data and graphs and all the tools of rational argument, and yet there I was playing chess with a chimp. They don't care that your Queen is dominating the center of the board, they just want to fling shit in your general direction. And by shit I mean links to Breitbart and World News Daily. I'll send an article by Joseph Stiglitz. They'll respond with a clip of Alex Jones. Why? Because Chelsea Clinton has horns. How can I not know this?
I was discussing this wth Cate Kennedy the other night, the renown Australian author and colleague on the MFA faculty at Pacific, and we decided that argung with Trumpies was like:
– walking into doors
– punching yourself in the face
– baking a cake for a celiac
– talking to someone for 10 minutes before you realize they're actually on another call
– putting money into a broken meter
– getting a Royal Flush in poker, and just when you're about to clean up, the other person puts their cards down and yells "SNAP!"
That last one was Cate's. She's a renown Australian author. I think that after this election, we'll see in the Top Five Regrets of the Dying: "I spent too long debating with Trump supporters."
Anyway – my limit. My Trumpie friend sent me a short YouTube video that argued that Trump wasn't mocking that disabled reporter in that clip we've all seen a thousand times. Apparently that's just how he moves his hands when he talks. I shit you not. In fact, it was the liberal media that took something innocent and distorted it into something malicious and hateful etc etc. Here's the video if you're interested.
This wasn't just a difference of opinion. This was a form of contempt for the norms of argument, or even conversation. A denial of our common reality. One minute, we're playing soccer, the next she's picking up the ball, running to the car park and throwing it into the road – and pretending we're still playing. There's no attempt to use data and reason, all the tools of persuasion and debate. For this Trumpie, the tools themselves are defunct. The whole intellectual tradition of arriving at a point of view, it's all for shit.
The Nostradamus of American dumbfuckery, Richard Hofstadter, saw this shitshow coming fifty years ago. His classics are Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1964) for which he won his second Pulitzer, and The Paranoid Style in American Politics, and as a certain pumpkin faced dumbfuck might say, "he called it!" In the last two decades on the right, we've seen an elevation of ignorance over expertise to such a degree that a lack of qualifications is considered the ultimate qualification – from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to Louie Gohmert, Steve King, Michele Bachmann and ultimately Trump. The bar keeps lowering from one mouthbreather to the next. They're as confident as they are uninformed. They elevate gut over brain, feeling over fact. And, as Hofstadter writes, this tradition goes way back to the birth of this country, where a kind of primitivist myth was forged:
"America was settled by men and women who found the most striking thing on the American strand not in the rude social forms that were taking shape here, but in the world of nature and of savages. The escape from civilization to Arcadia, from Europe to nature, was perpetuated in repeated escapes from the East to the West, from the settled world to the frontier. Again and again the American mind turned fretfully against the encroachments of organized society which were felt to be an effort to reimpose what had been once thrown off."
In the 20th century, intellectuals fell under particular suspicion. They'd gotten some big things wrong after all – liberal intellectuals had supported the USSR, denying its totalitarian tendencies. So there was a resurgence of this loathing for thinkers and experts that chimed with national myths – that America was a country of business, of practical professional men of action who lived off ideas, not for them. And that in comparison, the intellectual, writes Hofstadter, was "a self-conscious prig, so given to examining all sides of a question that he becomes thoroughly addled while remaining always in the same spot. An anemic bleeding heart."
Joining the businessman on this cultural pedestal was the so-called "common man". The uneducated but decent ordinary fellow who viewed these experts with resentment and loathing. "All of us are economists by necessity," wrote Frank Chodorove, author of The Income Tax: The Root of All Evil, "since all of us are engaged in making a living, which economics is all about." And religion, as you'd expect, made things worse. Billy Graham would assail the universities: "you can stick a public school and university in the middle of every block of every city in America and you will never keep America from rotting morally by mere intellectual education."
The heartland of America is where the culture of anti-intellectualism flourished. Inward looking, nativist, sheltered by geography and fundamentalist in faith, it was where the Republican party found its base after the Southern Strategy of the mid-60s. In 1964 Barry Goldwater opposed civil rights, and overnight the south turned Republican, the north Democrat, and the party of big business and free markets was now pandering to the rural God-fearin' "values voters" and stoking their resentment of the Ivy League elites. Cue Ted Cruz, a Princeton man with a Harvard Law background, palling around with Duck Dynasty.
Hofstadter's summation of how intellectualism was crushed in this country is powerful stuff. Tell me this doesn't explain how we became this Idiocracy nation, in which a man like Trump could triumph over a woman like Clinton.
"The case against intellect is founded upon a set of fictional and wholly abstract antagonisms. Intellect is pitted against feeling, on the ground that it is somehow inconsistent with warm emotion. It is pitted against character, because it is widely believed that intellect stands for mere cleverness, which transmutes easily into the sly or the diabolical. It is pitted against practicality, since theory is held to be opposed to practice, and the purely theoretical mind is so much disesteemed. It is pitted against democracy, since intellect is felt to be a form of distinction that defies egalitarianism. Once the validity of these antagonisms is accepted, then the case for intellect, and by extension for the intellectual is lost."


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Zoho Invoice is a cloud based invoicing software designed to make invoicing hassle-free for freelancers and small business owners. Create, send and manage invoices wherever you are with Zoho Invoice which tightly integrates with G Suite.
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The FT-857D, the world's smallest HF/VHF/UHF mobile transceiver, provides base station-type performance from an ultra-compact package that's ideal for mobile or external battery portable work. Wide frequency coverage, outstanding receiver performance, and the convenience of optional remote-head operation make the FT-857D the expert's choice for high-performance mobile operation!
The new FT-857D version includes coverage of the U.S. 60-meter (5 MHz) band, plus the previously-optional DSP circuitry, at no additional cost!
Ultra Compact DesignMeasuring just 6.1" x 2" x 9.2", the FT-857 is the world's smallest HF/VHF/UHF up to 100W multimode transceiver! Its rugged case design is a masterpiece of ergonomic design, with often-used switches and knobs conveniently positioned for easy access.High-Performance Receiver DesignBuilding on the acclaimed performance of the FT-1000D, Mark-V FT-1000MP, and FT-897, Yaesu's engineers have crafted the FT-857's front end for a very low noise floor, along with wide dynamic range. Utilizing an up-conversion architecture for HF with a first IF of 68.33 MHz, the FT-857 features a double-conversion superheterodyne system (triple conversion on FM), with the 2nd IF at 10.7 MHz. Extensive bandpass filtering in the front end, along with careful device selection and gain distribution, yield a receiver system ready for the strong-signal challenges of today's crowded bands!Wide Frequency CoverageProviding transmitter coverage of the HF, 50 MHz, 144 MHz, and 430 MHz Amateur bands, the FT-857 also includes receive coverage on 100 kHz to 56 MHz, 76 to 108 MHz, 118-164 MHz, and 420-470 MHz. Enjoy the excitement of public safety monitoring, along with weather broadcasts, AM and FM broadcasts, aviation communications, as well as the action on the Ham bands!Versatile Memory SystemThe FT-857 provides up to 200 "Main" memory channels, each of which may be named with an Alpha-Numeric label of up to eight characters. These 200 Memories may be separated into as many as 10 Memory Groups of 20 Memories each. For added convenience, you also get a "Quick Memory" and a "Home Channel" on each band, plus ten pairs of band-limit memories, to let you restrict operation to a sub-band, if you like.Digital Signal Processing (option)For superior interference rejection and transmitter "talk power," the FT-857's optional DSP circuitry enhances both sides of the communications circuit. The FT-857's DSP Unit features a 24-bit high-tech D/A chip for signal processing. Included are Bandpass Filter, Auto-Notch, and Noise Reduction filters, along with a Microphone Equalizer.Big Radio Tuning Dial and Outstanding ErgonomicsEase of operation of the FT-857 is enhanced by the large-diameter (1.7") Main Tuning Dial, similar in size to the tuning knob of many base station rigs. Selectable tuning steps of 2 kHz/4 kHz per revolution allow easy navigation around your favorite bands, while important keys and switches are strategically placed around the front panel for quick access.
Model Antenna Tuners FC-40
The FC-40 is a new, wide-range Antenna Coupler for the FT-450, FT-857, and FT-897 Series of Transceivers.
The FC-40 is a microprocessor-controlled antenna impedance matching network designed for use with all versions (original and "D") of the FT-450, FT-857, and FT-897 HF/VHF/UHF Transceivers. The FC-40 makes use of control circuitry inside the transceiver, allowing the operator to monitor and control operation of the FC-40, which mounts near the antenna feedpoint. Fully waterproof, the FC-40 may be mounted outdoors in exposed locations, and will handle a 100 Watts of transmitter power.
The FC-40 is designed for operation on 7 ~ 54 MHz, when using an 8' whip like the YAESU YA-007, or on 1.8 ~ 54 MHz when used with a random-length wire longer than 66'. Matching time is typically five seconds or less, and the required drive power is 4 ~ 60 Watts. The FC-40 sports a whopping 200 match-setting-point memories, for instant recall of the tuning settings.
Antennas ATAS-120 Active-Tuning Antenna System ATAS-25 The ATAS-25 is a manually-tuned portable antenna system ideal for the FT-817, FT-897, and FT-857 transceivers. Capable of operating on the Amateur bands between 7 MHz and 450 MHz, the ATAS-25 is designed for mounting on a standard 1/4" camera tripod stud (tripod not supplied), and includes an innovative fine-tuning system allowing precise SWR adjustment in the field. ATBK-100 Balcony Mount Counterpoise Kit (Base Mount Required) FC-30 Automatic Antenna Tuner (For coaxial lines) Cables CT-39 Packet Cable Filters YF-122C Collins CW Filter 500 Hz, 7-pole YF-122CN Collins CW Filter, 300 Hz, 7-pole YF-122S Collins SSB Filter 2.3 kHz, 10-pole Headsets YH-77STA Lightweight Stereo Headset for use with HF transcievers Microphones MD-100A8X Desktop Microphone MD-200A8X Desktop Microphone MH-36E8J DTMF Mobile Microphone MH-59A8J Remote Control Microphone (Direct Keypad Entry, etc.) Miscellaneous CT-58 Band Data Cable CT-62 CAT Interface Cable TCXO-9 Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator 0.5 ppm YSK-857 Separation Kit Power Supplies FP-1030A 30A Power Supply 110V Speakers MLS-100 External Speaker (12 Watt Peak)
Amateur Radio \ Brochures \ HF/Satellite Transceivers and Amps
FT-857 Brochure ( 1.67 MB )
Amateur Radio \ Manuals \ HF/Satellite Transceivers and Amps
FT-857D Operating Manual ( 4.58 MB )
FC-40 Installation Instructions ( 822.61 KB )
ATAS-120A Installation/Operating Instructions ( 645.42 KB )
FC-30 Installation Instructions ( 754.71 KB )
ATAS-25 Operating Manual ( 602.91 KB )
FT-857 Spanish Manual ( 4.12 MB )
FT-857.pdf ( 3.09 MB )
Amateur Radio \ Software
FT-857D/ SCU-17 USB Driver (Virtual COM Port Driver) ( 3.51 MB )
FT-857D/ SCU-17 USB Driver Installation Manual ( 415.69 KB )
Are the 60-meter channels in my FT-857D off frequency?
Your attention is directed to ARRL's FAQ regarding 60-meter operation:http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/faq-60.html
NTIA specifies channels in terms of "channel center" frequencies, where as amateur transceivers, in tuning a commercial channel, typically must be tuned 1.5 kHz lower than the specified "channel center" frequency. For example, for a "channel center" frequency of 5332 kHz, you tune a "traditional" transceiver to 5330.5 kHz.
So go ahead and try it. Set up an FT-817ND/857D/897D to the "5332" channel, and tune your FT-1000MP to 5330.5 kHz. Now transmit from the 817ND/857D/897D; you will find that you are precisely on frequency as you monitor on the other transceiver.
Note: If you program 5330.5 kHz into a "regular" memory from the VFO, it will be on the same frequency as the "5332 kHz" channel in the special 5 MHz memory bank, as the 60-meter bank (only) displays according to the "channel center" format.
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No load funds, as the name implies do not incur a sales charge, but if you purchase the fund through a fund marketplace, brokerage firms will typically charge you a transaction fee to buy or sell the fund. In contrast, load funds charge upfront or backend commissions, which are paid to a fund salesperson. Once you've purchased a mutual fund, the ongoing fees you pay are called the "expense ratio." This ratio or cost is the percentage of a portfolio's average net assets used to pay its expenses. Among the costs included in a fund's expense ratio are management fees, administrative fees, and 12b-1 marketing fees. Even though these fees aren't necessarily billed via a monthly invoice, they are a significant ongoing cost that directly reduces investor returns and income.
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