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"Ohh! So your Lens new friend nice to meet you" Rin smiles with flowers around her and puts her hand out to shake is "Likewise Miss Rin" L shakes her hand. "If I may I will be excusing myself" L gets up and starts walking out of the room "Ah! Wait up" Len goes and follows L while Rin follows him as well still with flowers around her (I…ok that's just weird….. O o). They arrive at a Tennis court and L walks over to a man with straight brown hair "Well shall we get started Light?" L picks of a racket "Yes" Light smiles with his racket in his hand. Rins heart jumps out of her chest and she blushes "Such hot guys here" Rin drools. Len backs away looking freaked out "Weird" Len thought.
Rin stares at L and Light being amazed (WOW! That's new XD) and looking back and forth at the ball "GO GO! YOU CAN DO IT!" she yells "NICE SHOT L" and also "GOOD ONE LIGHT" makes a thumbs up sign. "What is wrong with her!" (WOW! SWEATDROP MOMENT FOR LEN! XD). Suddenly Len was grabbed by Zero and disappeared. Rin looked behind her pointing at L and Light "LOOKIE LOOKIE! ARNT THEY SO COOL?!" Rin finally noticed he disappeared "Hey! Where'd he go?" Rin looks around then wanders off looking for Len. Finally L and Light finished but by the time they came back Rin and Len were already gone. L blinked "Where'd they go?" L asked "I don't know" Light answered.
"Want to go eat some cake?" L looked over to Light "Sure why not" L and Light start walking to the Cafeteria.
"Hmm wonder how Len is doing" Meiko said while sitting down with her legs cress crossed. "Probably being a Damsel in distress" Len Tomone laughed at his lil joke and Meiko joined. "How bout' we go and see how he's doing?" Meiko asked getting up "Sure why not!" Len got up from playing with his figures. Len Tomone and Meiko started walking out of there class room and started heading for Lens new school.
"Where'd he go!" Rin opened a closet door and saw a man with black hair trying to rape her brother. Rin stared blankly for a minute analyzing the situation finally she got it. A light bolb lit up on top of her head "AHAH! Now I get it!" (Haha..she's so dumb sometimes XD WHAT THE HECK!). "You're trying to rape my brother right?" Rin asks smiling. Zero nods "Well then" flames suddenly appear all around her "GO TO HELL!" Rin heads in to punch him in the jaw and he flies! He LANDS! OUCH! He went through the WALL! (haha! XD I wanna do that to *tries it* *misses and hits wall* "OUCH!" shakes hand "Owies" TT^TT)
"LEN!" Rin looks over to Len worried and goes in for a hug "OH ARE YOU OK MY DARLING!" Len shivers and freezes. Len pushes her away "WHY ARE YOU SO LOVING?" Len asked freaked out. A question mark appears around Rin "I DON'T KNOW!" Rins eyes get watery "There, there" Len hugs Rin and pats her on the back while she sulks (WOW! SWEATDROP MOMENT FOR LEN AGAIN!). Once Rin finishes sulking they head out the door and to the cafeteria. On there way they run into Len Tomone and Meiko! "Ah!" Len and Rin pointed at Len Tomone and Meiko and looked surprised "WHY ARE YOU HERE!" they yelled. "We wanted to see you" Meiko goes in for the kill! (O o poor Len! he's going to suffocate to death). Meiko hugs Len with his head in her chest "I-I'm..going…..to…suffocate!" Len thought. He couldn't say anything. "Hey! Let's beat it before she gets us to" Len Tomone whispered to his sister "Agreed" Rin nodded. They scurried out of there as fast as they could and ended up into the cafeteria. There before them lay a million fans for LEN! (WTF! HES ONLY BEEN THERE FOR 2 DAYS! No wait… ACTUALLY 1 DAY! HOW IS THAT *points at the million fans boys and girls* POSSIBLE!!!!!!! *gets mad* NO NO! HE'S MINE! *hugz Len to myself and guards him like a dog "BACK!" XD even though you're not the Real Len but even though you're a Tomone it's ok XD)
Len Tomone twitches "Y-you got to be kidding me" Len still twitches "Nope~" Rin smiles. Rin spots L and Light "Good Luck bro~" Len Tomone goes into shock and is trampled by the fans "AHHHH!" he yells "DON'T TOUCH ME! IM NORMEL!!!!!!!!".
"HI! L! HI LIGHT!" Rin puts her hands in the air. L immediately knows what that means and puts his hand in the air. Rin and L end up high-5ing! Rin was surprised. The only person who knew what that meant was her brother and Rin/Len Kagamine. The bell rang and everyone hurried to there classrooms "Time to go! I'll see you later Light" L got up and started walking. Rin followed L but while walking she suddenly stepped on something huge! Rin pushed on it hard for a while then decided to look down (SWEATDROP MOMENT FOR RIN!) "LEN!" Rin yelled removing her foot "What are you doing on the floor?" Rin asked. Len twitched "YOU FREAKIN LEFT ME TO GET TRAMPLED BY PERVS!" Len Tomone tried to get up "Sorry" Rin noticed L was getting farther away. "Y-" before Len Tomone could finish his sentence Rin was already walking away "Sorry BRO! I got to do something" Rin hurried.
"U-um… L can… I talk to you in private?" Rin kept avoiding eye contact and blushing "Sure" L looked at Rin. They both started walking out of the school "U-um L" Rin stops infront of L "I…I like you..W-will you please go out with me" Rin closes her eyes and blushes. Her heart being fast! L was surprised he thought about it for a few minutes "Sure Rin~ I don't mind BUT!" L got close to Rin with his face close to her and his index finger up "You must brings lots of sweets lunches for me~" L was SERIOUS! Rin blushed and smiled wide "OK! I PROMSIE!" Rin was determined to make this a success. L went all cute and did his cute SMILE! (aww I LOVE THAT SMILE! He doesn't do that smile much anymore TT^TT). L AND! Rin were happy (WAIT! Wasn't this supposed to be about Len? @ @ weird…well I guess since it was called Rin falls in love it's about her..but never expected her to get her love so soon)……..(OMG! I REMEMBERED! Remember the time when L whispered to Len and said "Remind me never to get on her bad side" O o WHAT IF HE ONLY SAID YES CAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET HIS ASS KICKED! But then again L can fight pretty well *thinks hard* @ @ to confusing! I DON'T EVEN KNOW! AND 'IM THE FREAKIN WRITER! WTF!)
Len sips some Green tea and Meiko does the same "Say Meiko?" Len puts his Tea down on his plate "Yes?" Meiko answered continuing to sip her tea. "I never thought your house would be this peaceful!" Len said surprised "Neither did I" Meiko continues to sip her Tea. Question marks appear around Len. (*Draws a big pointed Arrow to Meiko* *makes a Caption box saying "Isn't actually her house!" X ) O o the house she's in has SOO MANY ROOMS! *tries to find Len in house---maze---* *24 hours later lay a person on the ground* "I..cant..move…..on!" trys to lift hand up but it falls onto the ground "I'm…going…to…die!" *Passes out* *The workers of the house come and pick me up and throw me out of the house *wakes up* "IM FREE! WOO-HOO!" *jumps around happily then passes out from hunger from lack of sleep* "I'll just stay here a few more hours..no, DAYS!" *falls asleep*)
Next time on Vocaloid Story!
Primas Little Sis visits there class! Prima asks her classmates to babysit her Little Angel and everyone agrees. But can they do it? is Primas Little Sister(Prika) really a Angel? find out next time on
Vocaloid Story 6--Babysitting Hell
BUT! vocaloid story 6 wont come till the next contest ends! and if the winner says she wants there to be a Vocaloid Story 6 then it will come out as soon as possible! so cross your fingers and hope the winner says yes!
i ♥ Andrew X//D
OoO; story 6 after....contest........long ....time......*passes out*
but lol this chapter was fun!^o^ awsome!!*dances* but poor tomone len XD he's suffered a lot~
is planning evil things ewe
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OoO; story 6 after....contest........long ....time......*passes out*
but lol this chapter was fun!^o^ awsome!!*dances* but poor tomone len XD he's suffered a lot~
XD haha
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Dominique M. Stephenson graduated from UNC Chapel Hill Kenan-Business School on May 6, 2016 with a Master's Degree in accounting. She accepted an Audit Associate position with Deloitte Touche, LLP, the second largest international services firm. She will began working in the McLean, Virginia office June 20, 2016 with commercial, industrial and governmental clients. While studying at UNC she served as the Vice Chairman of the Commencement Committee and helped raise over $3000 for the school. She received the Charles E. Sams Jr. MAC Scholarship and Robin Bradford Reynolds Memorial Award. Dominique also assisted in numerous marketing efforts for the business school, and will be featured in an alumni recognition video. She also appears on the school's website and a special graduation video for the class of 2016. Dominque is the daughter of Wendell and Renee Stephenson, the granddaughter of the late Wendell and Doris (Hill) Stephenson, and the great-granddaughter of the late Martha Mason Hill.


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Age of Reception
by Zac Miller
Part 1 appears
in this issue.
"Sounds like a trap."
"Oh, come on, it's not like I'm worth the effort to humiliate." Callista loved reading drama into the most boring situations.
"You never know. I heard Susanna tell Autumn that Jorge was dating Harriet, when he wasn't, because she knew..."
Amanda's mind went back to the job at hand as Callista narrated another convoluted tale of high school treachery. The party sounded fun, and she wanted to go; simple as that. Part of her just wanted to see her classmates gathered in one place again. The long years of adulthood stretched ahead of her, a life lived through screens reflected into her eyes. Attending classes she'd never see, working in offices she'd never visit...
She knew she'd meet more people, but never so many at once. I never really liked going to class, she reminded herself, but it was still all she knew. Never the most social adolescent, she'd still ordered her share of makeup, now gathering dust in the desk drawer. And I really hated putting that stuff on, she thought, and laughed.
"What's so funny? This is like a serious story."
"Oh, sorry, ignore that."
"Look, laugh all you want, but Susanna's popular and she never does anything unless she gets something out of it."
"Why would she care? School's over. Look, go with me! There's going to be a million people there, she's not going to care that much if I bring along a friend—"
"Bring along like your little pet? Yeah, I think I'll avoid the party."
"Come on, Callista, don't be like that—"
Callista's face vanished from the screen. Amanda thought about sending her a message, maybe an apology through CivTopia. She remembered Callista wanting a new city block. Not worth the effort, she decided, suddenly very glad she'd no longer be going to high school.
Going back to the program table, the icons for a million colors on the screen, she tried to concentrate.
* * *
As she coasted in silence down tree-lined streets, the navigation light on the console blinked twice: Susanna's house in 100 feet... 50 feet... 10 feet. Spotting a space between two parked cars, she cruised forward and told the car to move parallel. Wheels rotated 90 degrees, fitting her mom's car between its neighbors with mechanical precision.
An adobe wall surrounded the Orosco estate, the outer skin artfully peeled away in spots to give the impression of age. What was it that her parents did? she wondered. Amanda was pretty sure that Mr. Orosco handled boat tours out to Catalina.
When it came to her outfit, Amanda ultimately decided that simpler was better, going for a knee-length green skirt and a shimmering sea-blue top with transparent sleeves. The only real concession to modernity was the crashing wave animation playing on the back of her shirt. She'd debated the merits of that choice for some time, worrying that it was too ostentatious. Then again, ostentation seemed to be the style of the day.
What she truly wore, what actually touched her skin, was the height of comfort and dullness, a weathered t-shirt and a jean skirt reaching down a bit past where her illusory dress ended. As for physical characteristics, she focused on minor touch-ups. She'd reduced the size of her nose by minute degrees; still a bit bigger than ideal, but not quite as blatant. Likewise she'd tightened up the image of her stomach; again, just by a bit. She wanted to look good, but still recognizable.
She'd read about parties that embraced the programming illusion to a greater degree, where people added antennae and extra limbs, reversed their faces and turned skin into scales. Susanna's didn't go that far.
She smirked when she realized that she'd spent far more time developing the program than she had ever spent when applying makeup. That was to be expected. It always took time to develop, and she knew full well that she'd leave the party with a hundred nagging ideas on how to make herself look better for the next outing.
Why am I even here?
From over the wall's shingled top she saw garden lanterns gleaming in the soft summer night, the sound of a hundred voices gossiping and flirting. Stopping at the edge of the gate, she made the receptors accept the transmission. Nothing changed. Frowning, she turned the corner.
Amanda stepped onto a limpid path, ripples flowing outward from her soles, the water shimmering in the full light of a once-crescent moon. Fish danced in the water beneath her feet, rainbow scales reflecting the lamps. Stone planters turned to gardens of living coral, palm trees swaying amidst the pink and white growths. Flowers grew on vines wrapped around the trunks, petals shifting from one pastel shade to another in tune with the music.
At the other side of the plot, the Orosco manse stood in its altered glory, green moss on a mountain of volcanic rock, lava the color and texture of foam bubbling at the second-story caldera. Dozens milled about on the solid sea, glasses of soda or beer in their hands. And the clothes they wore!
Less insecure than most, Amanda still felt the cold grip of embarrassment. She'd dressed nicely, while their programs matched the venue: hula skirts paired with pearlescent corsets fashioned after shells. Hawaiian shirts where stylized palms swayed against eternal sunsets, long gowns made of tides running down the body, sea-spray forming insect wings veined by delicate lattices of foam. Distracted by the splendor on display, it took her a moment to realize that she scarcely recognized anyone.
Maybe I should get out of here, she thought, at least put a little more effort into the program.
"Amanda! Wow, what's up? Haven't seen you since graduation."
None other than Fred, her ex from sophomore year. Not a bad guy, but definitely not for her. Judging by his appearance, he'd either undertaken a fantastic workout regimen over the past month, or he'd brushed up his physique beyond believability: shoulders wider, arms thicker, and so forth. Rather than walking, he jetted around the party on a neon-green surfboard, leaving ripples but no wake on the surface. She could still see the walking motion on his hips, but the image of his legs stood still. Amanda suddenly felt better about her own choices.
"Hi, yeah, how's it going?"
"This is a pretty cool party, huh?
"Sure. Who else is here from Woodbridge High?"
"I just got here, but I saw Jorge, Ramon, Andrew Yang... few others. Susanna pretty much invited everyone she knew in the area, and more are on the way."
"Great! Well, I'll see you around."
Making a quick escape from the perpetually surfing Frank, she headed towards a gathering at the other end of the garden, keeping her eyes off the solid sea. She wondered if it would be like one of those old cartoons, where the coyote stayed aloft by virtue of not looking down.
As she walked, circular frames appeared around the dozens of talking heads she didn't know, data and commonalities relevant to her streaming out from the colored outlines.
Larry Curtis :: Age 18 :: Huntington Beach High School :: Likes The Sanjay Jaiswal Band, CivTopia :: Drives '44 Khodro Immortal :: Certified AA+ GeneFix :: Accepted into CSU Los Angeles :: 1 DUI.
Donna Nguyen :: Age 19 :: Golden West College :: Likes Shanghai Summer, The Rio Gambit, CivTopia :: Drives '42 Toyota Lancer :: Certified AAA GeneFix :: Attends Saint Simons & Jude Catholic Church.
Buddy Hernandez :: Age 17 :: Los Alamitos High School :: Likes Shahnameh Force, Vengeance of the Widow Ching :: Drives '37 Ford Caravan :: Certified AAA GeneFix :: Accepted into UC Irvine.
And so forth.
Sending out a signal for soon-to-be CSU Fullerton students like herself, she was rewarded with two affirmatives, both standing next to a coral box of hyacinths. Tomas Lopez, handsome with his height, dark skin, jet black hair, and broad shoulders, near one Jasmine Norman, her hair wavy and blonde, looking younger than her displayed years.
Jasmine displayed no genetic fix-ups, and Amanda frowned. Religious fundamentalists and New Age oddballs still tried to do things naturally, though Jasmine was lucky in what nature had given her. No flaws beyond flat feet and a predisposition to alcoholism, according to the profile.
"Hey, future Titans," said Amanda, referring to CSUF's mascot.
"Oh, hey. Me and Jasmine were just talking about our plans there," said Tomas.
"Yeah, oh my God, I can't wait! Our whole lives ahead of us!"
"Man, listen to this chick, she's crazy-brave. I'm like 'no, don't take me out of high school'," said Tomas.
"I'm kind of scared too, but also excited. You guys think about picking out a major?" asked Amanda.
"Nah, not yet. Man, I've got the whole summer ahead of me; I don't want to worry about that yet."
"Computer science for me. College we can go into that all the way, not like in high school. Ugh," she said, making a face. "I mean, look around you! Ten years ago, nobody could have imagined this! Susanna made a paradise here."
"How do you two know Susanna?"
"I just play CivTopia with her. Never even seen her before tonight," explained Tomas.
"I know Susanna through her mom, who's an amazing person. She's one of my mom's biggest clients. My mom runs Earthen Charms, you know, the all-natural pottery company? Yeah, that one."
"Oh my God, that's so cool! My dad loves those," gushed Amanda. I really don't care about your mom's pottery, she thought.
"It's really amazing what Susanna's done with the place. I'm thinking about telling my dad about this program. It shows real talent."
Amanda was still trying to take it all in. She'd gotten used to standing on water, but the scale of it all still boggled the mind. And to think it would be the new norm for her! Whenever she went to a friend's house in the old days, she could only see it as it was. Sure there were the animated walls that she and her friends played with, but that was kids' stuff. Through her adult eyes, every house became a castle, a mountain, a construct of pure light, and God knew what else.
Not to mention the clothes. She still had to figure out something more creative for her next outing. Susanna really hadn't given her very clear directions. "Something like you'd see in the ocean" could mean a lot of things.
As if zeroing in on weakness, a predatory smile spread wide on Jasmine's face. "I just wanted to say that's a really good program you're wearing," she gushed, her voice almost syrupy.
"Oh, thanks," said Amanda, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
"It's amazing for a first-time effort. All you need to do is make sure it matches what you really wear. It looks wonderful though."
"What doesn't match?"
"Oh, it's nothing, don't worry about it."
Amanda could guess. Her knee-length jean skirt restrained her movements a bit. No one wearing a fluttery dress would walk like that.
"How is it that girls always get along so well with each other?" chuckled Tomas.
"It's easy when they're programmers as good as Amanda, isn't that right?"
"Aw, thanks, you're sweet." Die in a fire.
They talked a while longer, Amanda forcing herself to smile. Part of her wanted to cut Jasmine down a peg but figured it was a wasted effort. If Jasmine wanted to act like a high-schooler during a post-graduation party, that was her loss.
Amanda sent out another signal, looking for people she knew from school. That's why she'd come, at least originally. Scanners picked up a number, all of them spread through the grounds, mingling with outsiders.
Disengaging from her future classmates, she began wandering through the party. Grabbing a Coke from a refreshment table, she wondered what to do next. Yolanda Smith was there, talking to a guy named William Garcia, from Mater Dei. Yolanda wasn't a close friend, but Amanda had always liked her.
Going towards Yolanda, Amanda didn't notice the too-subtle delineation in the clear sea, the faint kidney-shaped outline where no one stood, where no fish swam. Walking on water one second, she plunged into reality the next. Chlorinated water flooded her nose as she splashed down, her scream erupting as a torrent of bubbles. It took her only a moment to realize what had happened, that she'd committed the supreme faux pas of disrupting the program.
Embarrassed or not, she had to breathe, and pushed herself off the floor and to the surface, grateful at least that she'd at least fallen into the deep end. Bursting into the night air, Amanda pulled off the wet hair clinging to her face, blinking as she tried to focus on the dozen blurry partygoers all staring at her. Treading water as they watched, she felt blood rushing into her cheeks, her heart pounding.
"Pool party!" she shouted.
The crowd laughed, and someone shouted: "Sure!" A girl wearing a dress of kelp leaves jumped in the drink, followed by an athletic guy in an unbuttoned shirt. Bodies filled the pool in seconds, laughter mixing with the percussive splashes of new arrivals. Their clothing programs not designed to display wetlook, everyone swam in outfits that behaved as if dry.
Her dad had always told her to go for broke in such situations, that in times of embarrassment the best tactic was to feign confidence. Amanda hadn't actually expected it to work, but as she floated with an incredulous smile on her face, she started laughing, flinging waves at the giggling crowds bobbing around her.
She spotted Susanna at the edge of the pool, her hand over her mouth in astonishment, eyes widening in either outrage or amusement. The hostess resembled a pagan goddess of the depths, wrapped in a tight ankle-length dress made of golden scales, her arms graced with bangles aged by spots of verdigris, a halo of tiny fish swimming around her brow.
No more than a second passed, Amanda waiting for a reaction. Then Susanna shrugged and grinned. Standing on the shallow side of the pool, she stepped in, joining the fun. By that point, Amanda wondered if anyone even remembered how they'd gotten in there, but it didn't really matter.
About a half hour later, Amanda rested soaking wet on a lawn chair, the party reaching new heights around her, people going in and out of the pool. Without knowing why, she switched off the reception. The artificial sea vanished, replaced by mundane flagstones kept clean by janitorial drones, the Orosco house again just a house, albeit a fine one. Revelers walked about, some in drenched clothes, a little shorter, a little paler, a little pudgier than before. A few wore fancy wardrobes in reality as well; they'd generally avoided the pool, though they still seemed to be having fun.
Amanda began switching reception on and off, reality and illusion flashing before her eyes, a smile on her face.
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ICYMI: Our Social Media Posts This Week -- Jun. 21 - 27, 2015
Below is a review of the posts (on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter) from the past week. You can check out the full posts by clicking on the links.
On Sunday 6/21/15 we talked about "Your Job or Your Daughter" is not the question anyone wants to hear (or should ask). Some of the facts here: of 132 work days, the employee left work early 54 times, arrived late 27 times, and was absent 17 days. She also had other performance issues (detailed in the post). Seems like a no-brainer to fire her, right? Wrong. She was caring for an ill child and had notified her supervisor of that fact. His response? To fire her, saying, among other things, "I need someone who does not have kids who can be at the front desk at all times." More (stupid and illegal) comments from the supervisor are in the post. She sued under the ADA for associational discrimination. Her case went to a jury. Some tips on what the employer could have done differently are also in the post.
TAKEAWAY: Look at performance and document problems and attempts to help improve it. If the employee is not disabled, no accommodation is necessary to help improve performance. DO NOT stray into territory unrelated to performance.
The post on Monday 6/22/15 was about a former Honda employee's second lawsuit, including retaliation. Cliff, an African-American, was hired in 2008, promoted 3 times, and in late 2013 complained internally about race discrimination. He filed a charge with the EEOC in November 2013, alleging race discrimination, and was fired January 2014. This suit alleges that he was fired for complaining about the discrimination.
TAKEAWAY: As we've said before, even if the underlying suit has no merit, employers must be careful not to take action against the employee for initiating the suit – retaliation has its own legs in a court of law.
In the post on Tuesday 6/23/15, we talked about an employee suing Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for race discrimination. Aneesha said that she was mocked for being black and her pronunciation of certain words, that a doctor once asked her if she eats chicken and watermelon, and that the hospital employer didn't stop any of it. The employer has denied most of the alleged acts.
TAKEAWAY: Investigate all complaints of harassment or discrimination and take action if and when appropriate. Do not retaliate against the employee who filed the complaint. Period.
The post on Wednesday 6/24/15 asked whether your company should allow pets for Take Your Dog to Work Day (which fell on 6/26 this year). So did you? Some of the questions to ask for next year include whether or not to let employees bring pets to work, legal implications (including differentiating pets from service animals), and what should be included in a pet policy (yes, you need a pet policy if you intend to allow pets in the workplace). The answers to those questions, along with other Q&A, are in the post.
TAKEAWAY: Having a pet at work can give an employee the warm fuzzies, but it can also cause problems for other employees and for the employer. Make sure to think it through in both business and legal terms before allowing pets in the workplace.
The post on Thursday 6/25/15 confirmed that hiring a newly-licensed professional and then immediately firing her after finding out she's pregnant is a big NO NO. The EEOC alleges that an employer in Georgia committed this error. April had been employed for about 2 weeks and then was fired 2 days after the company found out she was pregnant. And, to make matters worse, when she asked the reason for termination, the company told her she had deceived it by not disclosing the pregnancy during the interview.
TAKEAWAY: Do not ask about pregnancy unless it is job-related; treat pregnant employees and applicants like all others unless the person asks for something different (and then consider what your legal obligations are in the circumstances).
The post on Friday 6/26/15 was about a problem of recruitment or employment when a border patrol agent spied on female employees in the bathroom. Yep, this happened in the US. A male border patrol agent allegedly filmed women for about 9 months and then told officials the cameras were to catch agents using drugs. Additional details are in the post. The agent has since been indicted and placed on non-work status. Apparently the indictment came after the Border Patrol launched a recruitment drive for more female employees, necessary due to the increased numbers of women and children crossing the border. The question is whether the incident was a problem with recruitment or instead one in the employment realm. Current and former female Border Patrol agents talk of different (read: less favorable) treatment due to their gender.
TAKEAWAY: Outlier incidents that break the law can, and do, happen everywhere, but there is a problem bigger than that if they are merely a symptom in a much larger scheme or issue of discrimination or harassment due to a protected characteristic.
Finally, in the post yesterday 6/27/15, we talked about potential liability to an employee for third-party harassment or discrimination. Your employee is being harassed by a customer or vendor; that party doesn't stop even though your employee asks. Finally, your employee complains to HR; later, the harassment continues and your employee resigns and sues. Are you liable? Quite possibly.
TAKEAWAY: Employers may well have a duty to prevent harassment of and discrimination against their employees not only by co-workers, but other invitees too, so training as to what is and is not allowable behavior or action is even more important.


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Lamont House
This three-bedroom historic cottage might date back to the early 1900s, but it has all the comforts of home with reverse-cycle air-conditioning, period furniture with modern fittings, full kitchen for self-catering and barbecue facilities for alfresco dining. Provisions for a continental breakfast are provided.
Contact information
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My vagina is scared and excited at the same time. It might not be able to sleep tonight.
He is drunk texting me begging me not to tell my mom. Pretty sure he is about to offer me sexual favors for keeping my mouth shut. I love being the boss's daughter.
dude your girlfriend is running naked down the hall with a raw chicken taped to her stomach saying this is what I'll look like pregnant...run far far away
As soon as he told me I had a 'pretty laugh' I knew I'd be putting out more than I had originally planned.
Stop introducing me to people as your little sister.
I don't think the lady gaga poster on your wall qualifies you as a brother.
We shouldn"t be alone together
you didn"t say that yesterday
you weren't married yesterday
Don't be a smartass. I'm trying to fuck a guy who's sober. It's more difficult than you think.
The lesbians are drunkenly meowing in the hallway again. This is the shit I'll miss at home.
i dont know what it was but it was definately NOT a vagina
how do you say "fuck me and leave bruises" in italian?
Dude. My sister is off limits. Touch her again and I'll rip off your dick and force feed it to you.
I accept this challenge.
i got a blow job in the bathroom during intermission at the hockey game. i'm pretty sure i made Canada proud.
the last thing i remember is inserting the sippy stray into the jack daniel's.
I drew a venn diagram at the top of my final comparing stuff i know and stuff on the test.


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My uncle, Lloyd D. Lindsey, is 92 and still kicking! He's a quiet, kind-but-tough ol' Missouri Boy who still rolls his own cigarettes and, from age 12 until the day he retired, only worked for one employer, the International Shoe Factory.
Like most good ol' boys, he never said much. When my other uncle, Lloyd's brother Paul, died, I found a handwritten copy of Lloyd's memoirs of WWII in Paul's belongings, copies of which had been disseminated to the family.
I would never have guessed how much he had to say; or how much he had been through. I sat down and read the whole thing in one sitting. Like most Vets, he never talked about the war. He said he just wanted to talk about happy subjects. Now I know why.
He was sent to France not long after D Day and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. What an incredible story! Like Truman, Uncle Lloyd's narrative is "Plain Speaking" but one I will never forget.
On another thread, someone mentioned that people are trying to archive the stories of WWII soldiers, as there are not many of them left.
So I thought I would copy it word for word here, for posterity's instruction and for your reading enjoyment.


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Event Location
O'Fallon Bowl
420 Sonderen St.
O'Fallon, MO 63366 US
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Starting at 12:00 pm
Event Location
O'Fallon Bowl
420 Sonderen St.
O'Fallon, MO 63366 US
Contact Information
Name: Kevin Hudnut
State Bowling Tournament Entry Form
Missouri Knights of Columbus State Bowling Tournament
Where: O'Fallon Bowl
Event: Team
Time: 12:00pm
Brother Knights, come join us for a great time at the annual State Bowling Tournament. This year O'Fallon #2269 is your host.
This tournament is open to all members of the Knights of Columbus in good standing. The only requirement is to have a GREAT TIME!! The tournament is setup to be fun or all skill levels, from the very talented to the guy who likes to just bowl for the fun of it.
FYI, there is also a women's division, so invite your wives and/or daughters to participate.
For additional information, please visit the State Council Athletics Page.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Tournament Director Kevin Hudnut using the information below.


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Clint Westwood Band(usa)
European tour October 2017
Clint Westwood is a veteran performer, songwriter and recording artist best known for his role as the booze soaked bass smashing, banjo bashing co-front man of the pirate gypsy ska band Whiskey Avengers. With a few solo records under his belt he is now unleashing his self branded 'Cult Country' style onto barflies, hussies, hipsters and rug-cutters around the world. It's a hodgepodge of authentic American roots music with a southwestern edge littered with literary lyrical prose that will leave you stomping, swashbuckling, and laughing maniacally while punching holes in the wall. Clint Westwood is what happens when punk rock grows a beard and grabs a banjo but doesn't grow up. Many musical projects have taken him across the ponds to Europe and Japan as well as many journeys around the United States. He's seen some shit and is not afraid to tell it like it is, and it isn't looking good, so might was well have a good time and sing along with your new favorite April Fool.
Welcome to Cult Country.
6/10/2017 Friday The Cover Belgium Gent
7/10/2017 Saturday Rockcafé De Engel The Netherlands Den Helder
8/10/2017 Sunday Raststätte Germany Aachen
9/10/2017 Monday Tequila Tattoos Belgium Hulshout
10/10/2017 Tuesday Gasthuisschuur Belgium Aarschot
11/10/2017 Wednesday Lukas Bar Switzerland Sankt-Gallen
12/10/2017 Thursday Anziehbar Austria Dornbirn
13/10/2017 Friday Rumpeltum Switzerland Sankt-Gallen
14/10/2017 Saturday Ir-Real Germany Aulendorf
15/10/2017 Sunday L'elastic Bar France Strasbourg
16/10/2017 Monday Marina Bar Switzerland Basel
17/10/2017 Tuesday Birrificio lambrate Italy Lambrate
18/10/2017 Wednesday Gotthard Bar Switzerland Zurich
19/10/2017 Thursday Spitalgasse Germany Viechtach
20/10/2017 Friday Strümpfe Germany Mannheim
21/10/2017 Saturday Harley Davidson Club Denmark Herlev
22/10/2017 Sunday Woodstock Denmark Christiania
23/10/2017 Monday Music Star Germany Norderstedt
24/10/2017 Tuesday Die Blaue Stunde Germany Berlin
25/10/2017 Wednesday K25 Kulturschlachthof Germany Düsseldorf
26/10/2017 Thursday Tsjaplin Belgium Deurne
27/10/2017 Friday Toogenblik Belgium Haren
28/10/2017 Saturday Ziggys Belgium Kortrijk
29/10/2017 Sunday Sunday Roots 3 The Netherlands Meppel
•2016 Clint Westwood Band – 'Cult Country'
•2016 Whiskey Avengers – 'Pistiando'
•2015 Clint Westwood/Ando Ehlers -'Nightpain'
•2015 Clint Westwood -'Bukowski'
•2015 Whiskey Avengers -'Ro-Bit'
•2014 Trashkannon -'Now thats what I call poop #45'
•2014 Gooney Tunes -'The Gooney Tunes' (Kids Book soundtrack)
•2014 Mad Drama – 'Soundtrack to your Death'
•2013 Clint Westwood -'Couch Classics' (Solo Album)
•2013 David Hillyard -'California' (Bass)
•2013 Trashkannon -'Eat Pu$$y' (Vocals, Songwriting, Guitar)
•2013 Language Arts Crew -'Brand New Old Shit Vol 2' (Vocals, Production)
•2012 Clint Westwood – 'April Fool' (Solo Album)
•2012 Trashkannon – 'Crappy Days' (Vocals, Songwriting)
•2012 Whiskey Avengers – 'Ballads in the Key of Dub' (Bass, Vocals)
•2012 Language Arts Crew – "Brand New Old Shit Vol. 1" (Vocals, Production)
•2011 Whiskey Avengers – 'Dead Man Rockin' (Vocals, Bass, Banjo)
•2010 Language Arts Crew – 'Love Stories from Gondor' (Vocals, Production)
•2010 Trashkannon – 'Shit For Brains' (Vocals, Guitar, Bass)
•2010 Insolence – 'Projekt Conflikt' (Bass)
•2010 Crosstops – 'Ego That ate the World' (Bass, Vocals)
•2009 Whiskey Avengers – 'Wet and Wreckless' (Vocals, Bass, Banjo)
•2009 Language Arts Crew – 'Z Sides and Scraps' (Vocals, Production)
•2008 Whiskey Avengers – 'XXXmas' (Vocals, Bass, Banjo, Guitar, Accordion)
•2008 Language Arts Crew – 'I Shot the Shepherd' (Vocals, Production)
•2007 Insolence – 'Audio War' (Bass)
•2006 Whiskey Avengers – 'Round 1' (Vocals, Bass, Banjo)
•2004 Language Arts Crew – 'Applied Knowlege' (Vocals, Production)
•2002 Crosstops 'Truck and Disorderly' (Bass, Vocals)
•1999 Mad Drama – 'Selt Titled' (Vocals, Bass)
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EGPD in the community
Police in general are protectors; problem solvers; investigators; negotiators; and a sense of authority. But they are also educators; role models; and friends. Nowhere is that more true than in Eagle Grove. A couple week's ago we took a look at the Eagle Grove Police Department and the idea of community policing, this week, we take a look at how the department is making a connection on a different level - by interacting with the people, especially the youth of the community.
One of the ways they are doing this is by bringing back the D.A.R.E. Program, now in it's third year at Robert Blue Middle School after a long hiatus. It is lead by Officer Garrett Quintus.
"We've been getting a lot of really good feedback on it," said Chief Ray Beltran.
But Quintus isn't the only officer they see in school. "I really encourage the officers to go into the schools, to be present...to make connections with students and staff," said Beltran. "The kids seem to really like seeing us there...and enjoy giving us high-fives in the hallway."
Read the full story in the December 7 edition.


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In the NOISE-Lab, we are building ultra low-power nanoscale optoelectronic devices by engineering the interaction between light and matter. A fundamental tradeoff in integrated photonics exists between the extent at which one can engineer the amplitude, phase and frequency of light and the energy, speed, active area, and cost needed to do so. In our research, we want to address this tradeoff by exploring new materials (with strong electro-optic and nonlinear optical properties), new photonic devices (nanoscale high quality resonators) and new system architectures (different types of coupled resonator architectures coupled via optoelectronic feedback circuits) to sculpt and tune the properties of light at few photon levels. If you are interested, you can see here the recent talk given by Arka in UW-EE research colloquium in Fall, 2014.
Two main research themes in my group are: integrated low power hybrid silicon compatible photonic platform for optical communication and computing; and miniature optical systems (image sensor, microscope, spatial light modulator and spectrometer) based on nano-photonic devices. Some of the ongoing research projects are:
Hybrid silicon (compatible) photonics(HySiP)To improve the transceivers in current silicon photonics (SiP), we are looking into new materials, cavities and new modulation techniques. The current SiP devices are limited either by the large size of the devices, and hence large power and low speed (in MZI); or by high Q-resonators (thermal stabilization necessitates large power consumption; and photon lifetime reduces speed). We are exploring nanophotonic innovation to solve this three dimensional optimization problem (speed, power and size). Our approach is to explore a hybrid silicon photonic platform, where the underlying photonic devices are made of silicon, on top of which we will integrate new materials (like electro-optic oxides, polymers etc.). We, however, want to go beyond signal communication, and want to explore the avenues of optical computing. For that we are actively working on new nonlinear optical materials. We want to push the energy of these devices to few photon levels, where we can also study quantum optical effects. These devices can be thought of as precursors to future quantum information processing devices.
Self electro-optic devices for optical computingUsing a photo-absorbing material in a silicon ring resonator, we have proposed a platform, where an optoelectronic feedback could be easily implemented. This device provides a way to have optical bistability, without explicitly relying on any optical nonlinearity. Moreover, this device is shown to satisfy all th criteria, an optical swicth should have to build a scalable digital optical computing system. In our current research, we are looking into new materials, that can be integrated on top of silicon photonics, and can absorb light. Then we will build the optoelectronic feedback.
Funding Sources: AFOSR (YIP-Program); AFOSR (SBIR-CFDRC)
2D-material nanophotonicsWe are actively collaborating with leading researchers in the 2D material community to build photonic devices using 2D materials. 2D materials are a newly discovered materials, which are monolayer and single-atom thick. Due to such low volume, the energy required to change this material can be very low. Moreover, these materials can be easily transferred to other materials. In our reseach, we are looking into building new light source, electro-optic modulator as well as strongly nonlinear optical devices using the 2D materials. These materials will be integrated on a large-scale silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits to build active devices. The choice of silicon nitride is motivated by their low loss, and lack of two-photon absorption. Unfortunately, they are essentially dielectric, and hence no active devices can be fabricated. This is where 2D materials will play a very important role.
Funding Sources: NSF-EFRI-2DARE; AFOSR (YIP-Program); NSF-EPMD; NSF-MRSEC
Single photon nonlinear opticsWe are exploring ways to realize single photon nonlinear optics in a scalable fashion. For this we are optimizing various multi-modal cavities to enhance the effective nonlinerity, as well as exploring strongly nonlinear material, including 2D materials, and organic materials. Another research direction is to explore polariton-polariton interaction to reach few photon nonlinear devices.
Funding Sources: NSF-EFRI-ACQUIRE; AFOSR (YIP-Program); NSF-MRSEC
Tunable photonicsAs part of the core HySiP interest, we are exploring various different materials, including complex oxides, polymer and phase change materials to build tunable and reconfigurable optical devices. This work also connects the other research interest of iCOS (tunable dielectric metasurface).
Funding Sources: NSF-EFRI-ACQUIRE; Intel-SRC
Intelligent compact optical sensor (iCOS)With increase in wearable technology, Internet of things, and in this effort to make everything smart, one needs a lot of sensors, which needs to be compact, low power, and also intelligent to reduce the subsequent data processing. In our research, we are looking into this problem, by using nanophotonics. The compactness of the sensor demands to have integrated photonics to be used. Unfortunately, with small size, the performance of the sensor goes down. Hence we are researching to supplement the sensors with computing, to gain back the performance. We are mainly interetsed in two type of sensors: image sensors and spectrometer.
Tunable dielectric metasurfaceMetasurfaces are two-dimensional quasi-periodic array of subwavelength features. Dielectric metasurfaces allow wavefront shaping of the incident light. However, the true potential of such metasurface can be realized, if one can tune them. We are looking into new materials with tunable refractive index to achieve this goal, or using flexible substrates to mechanically tune the metasurfaces. The goal is to build fast (~10's of MHz) sub-wavelength spatial light modulators.
Funding Sources: UW-RRF; Samsung-GRO
Cell-size Optical MicroscopeUsing the metasurface technology, we plan to build untra-compact, implantable optical microscopes. Using such microscopes,we can implant several of them inside a mouse brain, and image several parts of the brain simultaneously, thus truly enabling large scale brain imaging. Details of the project can be found here (PDF).
Freeform opticsUsing metasurfaces, we are designing and building freeform optics, where we realize higher order polynominal surfaces, such as cubic surfaces. Details of the project can be found here. These freeform metasurfaces can be useful for various applications, including tunable eyewears, augmented reality visors, laser beam shaper and retroreflectors. Going beyond a single metasurface, we are exploring stacked meteasurfaces to create a simple volume optics.
Funding Sources: Tunoptix Inc.
Monolithic photonics for nonlinear image processing and optical neural networkPhotons can pass each other without interacting with each other. That provides an attractive way to create large-scale optical network exploiting free-space geometry. For example a simple display with a million pixels can be placed in front of a CMOS camera with a million detectors, and just by introducing a lens in between them we can create few billion channels. This inherent parallellism of light, which made optics an attractive candidate at the first place for optical information processing, is lost when we go for integrated photonics, which relies on waveguides, or photonic wires. Using metasurface as lenses, and DBR as mirrors, we can create a monolithic geomtery, where we can take advantage of both free space (inherent parallellism) and integrated photonics (small size, robustness to misalignment). Using these devices, along with emerging nonlinear and tunable materials, we can create an optical resonator, which can process images, and can also potentially implement a monolithic optical neuron.
Our Collaborators
We also have active collaboration with DoD labs: NRL and AFRL.
Research Facilities
Past projects
Low contrast metasurfacePrevious realizations of metasurfaces are base on metal or silicon. The rationale behind using these materials is their high refractive index. However, this is problematic as both the materials significantly absorb light at visible and near IR wavelength (<1 micron). In our research we are exploring ways to build such metasurface based optical elements using low-contrast materials.
Funding Sources: Intel Early Career Award; Amazon Catalyst


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Satay on Charcoal Victoria Park
Closed Permanently
In terms of both size and menu, Satay on Charcoal's Victoria Park restaurant is significantly larger than its South Perth mothership.
While charcoal-grilled satay remains the BYO restaurant's calling card – the chicken is notable for its caramelised glaze while the beef sticks boast savour for days – diners now have myriad ways to bulk up dinner.
The hand-pulled roti, for instance, is available with a number of fillings including egg and canned sardine. There's also a roti boom, a braid of dough flattened into a coin and fried crunchy.
Not only did the fried chicken and beef rendang nasi lemak (mixed rice) both survive the journey from South Perth intact, they've been joined by a fried beef lung version. Soups run the gamut from Malaysian favourites such as vegetable, oxtail and beef rib to distinctly un-Malaysian Thai tom yum soups.
In short, those familiar with Satay on Charocal have plenty of new dishes to road test, although it's worth mentioning that much of the menu leans sweet.
Equally notable are the bowls of weapons-grade chilli guests help themselves to. One bowl is filled with cut green chilli. The other, red chilli sambal. The contents of either will trigger Tex Avery-style reactions. Approach with caution, or at least ensure you've got something cold at hand: the restaurant is BYO and a selection of sweet Malaysian drinks including lemon tea and Milo dinosaurs – cold Milo topped with more Milo – is available.
We do not seek or accept payment from the cafes, restaurants, bars and shops listed in the Directory – inclusion is at our discretion. Venue profiles are written by independent freelancers paid by Broadsheet.


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The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine brought a criminal case against officials of "Energoatom" NJSC on the fact of double payment for the supply of steam generators to Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Director of the department for supervision of the observance of economic law of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine Lilia Mykolayenko said it in an interview to journalists. Energoatom is Ukraine's state-run nuclear power monopoly.
According to an UNIAN correspondent, in line with preliminary data, the damages caused by this transaction made UAH 52 million. As L.Mykolayenoo underlined, the given crime was committed in 1998.
UNIAN reference. In August of the current year the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine brought a criminal case against several former directors of "Energoatom" National joint-stock energy generating company, who worked in the company during 1999-2001.
Source: UNIAN News Service


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The ELCSA-SED website has been operating a little more than 2 years. In this time period we've had more than 52.000+ hits. Our best month being July 2014 with almost 10.000 clicks coming from more than a 1030 visitors.
We had visitors from more than 70 countries, the most coming from the US, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Namibia.
This website has got more than 300+ followers including our Facebook friends.
To make this website even better I challenge all congregations of our Diocese to submit a short description about themselves. The information should include:
Name of Parish, Name of Circuit, Approx. number of members, a short description about the congregation, where it is situated, history (if available), what makes it special (projects) and contact details (telephone, email, website).
Send this information and a photo of the church to: firstname.lastname@example.com
We will post it and show the wonderful diversity of our Diocese.
Let us show South Africa and the world what SED is about!


text: The Scientists & The Spy, Chapter 6 May 27, 2015 by Anthony Dobranski This week, government gal Dorothy's bus ride introduces her to a charming diplomat-in-exile! If you need to catch up on the novel, there's a main page with all chapters plus historical material. Thanks for reading! Share this:TwitterFacebookGoogleEmailPrintLike this:Like Loading... Related Author: Anthony Dobranski I'm a fiction writer, mostly.


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From the Chief's Desk
B y R o n n y J . C o l e m a n A frequent term used in the fire service is a firehouse lawyer. Generally, these are individuals with a lot of opinions but lacking in a law degree. On the other hand, there are many individuals in the fire service who have sought a law degree and are functioning attorneys. The purpose of this column is to draw a distinction between the pejorative term and that of a real attorney. We need to know the difference. Secondarily, there are certain legal concepts that every fire officer should be aware of because
they affect day-to-day interactions in the fire station.
Practicing attorneys have an education in the basic tenets
of the law. They are bound by a set of ground rules that
determine the process used to resolve conflict using litigation. A firehouse lawyer may have a great deal of experience in expressing opinion but may or may not possess the
skillset to use the ground rules effectively.
Even a firehouse lawyer must understand the basic ground
rules of the legal system and must have learned to use that
information in coping with change in the fire service.
Rules of engagement (ROE): Rules or directives to an organization (including individuals) that define the circumstances,
conditions, degree, and way the use of force, or actions
which might be construed as provocative, may be applied.
Standard of care: Watchfulness, attention, caution, and
prudence that a reasonable person in the circumstances
would exercise. If a person's actions do not meet this standard of care then his acts fail to meet the duty of care that
all people have toward others. Failure to meet the standard
is negligence, and any resulting damages may be claimed
in a lawsuit by the injured party. The problem is that the
"standard" is often a subjective issue.
Benign neglect: A policy or attitude of ignoring a situation
instead of assuming responsibility for improving it.
Liability: A term that describes the condition of being
actually or potentially subject to a legal obligation.
Primary liability: An obligation for which a person is
directly responsible; it is distinguished from secondary
liability, which is the responsibility of another if the party
directly responsible fails or refuses to satisfy his obligation.
Joint and several liability: Joint liability is an obligationfor which more than one person is responsible. Joint andseveral liability refers to the status of those who are respon-sible together as one unit as well as individually for theirconduct. The person who has been harmed can institutea lawsuit and recover from any or all the wrongdoers butcannot receive double compensation.
Contingent liability: Liabilities that may be incurred by
an entity depending on the outcome of a future event,
such as a court case.
Negligence: A failure to exercise the care that a reasonably
prudent person would exercise in like circumstances.
Act and omissions: An omission is a failure to act; it
generally attacks different legal consequences from positive
contact. In the criminal law, an omission will constitute an
action or conduct that is a constitute element of a crime, as
opposed to the mental state of the accused, and give rise to
liability only when the law imposes a duty to act.
Probable cause: Apparent facts discovered through logical inquiry that would lead a reasonably intelligent and
prudent person to believe that an accused person has committed a crime, thereby warranting his prosecution, or that
a cause of action has accrued, justifying a civil lawsuit.
Due process: Legal fairness, legal safeguards, protection
against deprivations, protection guarantees, protection
of deprivation of accepted legal principle—fundamental
Which term from the above list can create the most
problems for you as a fire officer? The answer may be found
in any one of them. This is where lawsuits come from in the
fire service. When individuals act contradictory to these definitions, lawsuits can emerge. While it is not anticipated that
the average person is going to generate a lawsuit, it is the role
of the fire officer that your behavior should be exemplary
and eliminate causes for litigation. Unnecessary lawsuits are
an expense to an organization that disrupts the organizations
achievement of adequate funding.
The better company officers understand these basic legal
terms and base their behavior on appropriate legal action,
the less likely litigation will emerge from the fire station. To
reuse Benjamin Franklin's adage, "An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure."
Ronny J. Coleman is a retired state fire marshal for the State of
California. He has achieved chief officer designation at both the state
and national levels. Coleman has a master of arts degree in vocational
education, a bachelor of science degree in political science, and an
associate of arts degree in fire science. He is president of Fireforceone,
a consulting firm in California.


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Editors: Please note the July 6 registration deadline.
The Northern Center for Lifelong Learning will tour Negaunee's Carp River Gardens, the largest perennial garden in the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin region, on Thursday, July 14.
The Carp River Gardens have been featured in "Lake Superior" and "Midwest Living" magazines and served as a favorite location for weddings and other special events. Owners Jim Somers and Mike Wirtanen will be available to answer questions during the self-guided tour.
Participants may carpool from Tadych's Econofoods in Marquette at 11 a.m. or drive themselves. A brown bag snack is recommended. The cost is $3 for NCLL members and $8 for non-members. For more information, contact class liaison Phyllis James at 225-1004. Register by the July 6 deadline by calling 227-2979.


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Tales of the Bloodstone Lands
Duchy of Bloodstone
Ruling House: Tranth
Present Baron: Gareth Dragonsbane, 6th Baron of Bloodstone
Family Crest: Crossed Pick and Sword
Capital: Bloodstone City (7,500)
For many centuries, this area in the Galenas was considered merely an extension of the Sunderland of southern Vaasa, unwanted by all but a handful of brave frontiersmen and miners. But the miners had a secret: knowledge of a verdant valley nestled in the sheltering walls of Bloodstone Pass. When the mines' vast potential was finally understood, this valley became the site of Bloodstone Village, and the seat of the House of Tranth.
This is the only true pass through the Galena Mountains. Whoever controls Bloodstone controls the trade between Vaasa and Damara and can stop armies with ease. The pass contains Bloodstone City, a small forest, and a high mountain lake.
Bloodstone was the smallest of the Damaran provinces, and the most recently founded. When Gareth Dragonsbane married Lady Christine of the House of Tranth, he became only the sixth baron of this land. Although the people of Bloodstone have always had a high regard for the Tranth bloodline, they were certainly not disappointed when Gareth was granted the barony.
Historically, Bloodstone has experienced dramatic population swings. People flock here in good times, seeking the obvious wealth to be garnered from the mines. Then some disastrous event sends them running southward. The Wolf Winter and the coming of the Witch-King are only two recent examples of a long series of afflictions. However, with the rise of Gareth and his friends, and with the construction of the Gates, the days of running away may be over forever.
Bloodstone now surpass its previous glories. In the years since the mines reopened, the population of Bloodstone Village has exploded from less than a thousand to 7,500, making it the fourth largest city in all Damara. It is now known as Bloodstone City, and is the new (if temporary) seat of the King of all Damara.
With its swelling population and growing prosperity, its gateway controlling access to Vaasa, and its virtual annex of Arcata, it was no surprise that the new King elevated the Barony to a Duchy. The Duchy of Bloodstone will certainly play a major role in whatever the future brings.
In addition, two new towns have sprung up. Windless lies in the sheltered valley south of Bloodstone City. Virdin, named after the last king of Damara, prospers in the foothills near the mines.
- Bloodstone City, Capital
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- Virdin
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- The Damaran Gate
- The Vaasan Gate
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Islamabad: The trial of LeT`s Zakiur Rehman
Lakhvi and six other Pakistanis charged with involvement in
Mumbai attacks was on Saturday adjourned for a fortnight as no new
judge had been appointed for the anti-terrorism court hearing
the case following the transfer of Justice Rana Nisar Ahmed.
Ahmed, who had been hearing the case since he was
appointed judge of Rawalpindi`s anti-terrorist court no. III
in November 2010, was transferred shortly after the last
hearing on June 11.
No new judge has been appointed for the court, sources said.
The case was placed before a duty judge today, who
adjourned it till July 9, the sources said.
The development came just a day after Foreign Secretary
Nirupama Rao, who was here for talks with her counterpart
Salman Bashir, said she had highlighted India`s concerns about
a "satisfactory closure" of the Mumbai attacks trial in
Pakistan to enable the two countries "to move on with the
process of normalisation."
Rao made the remarks while addressing a joint news
conference with Bashir at the conclusion of their two-day
talks yesterday.
She said the issue of the Mumbai attacks was of "critical
importance" to India and she had talked "about matters
relating to the 26/11 trial and the pending issues relating to
it" during her discussions with Bashir.
The case had been placed before a duty judge at the last
hearing scheduled for June 18.
On that occasion too, the case was adjourned without any
proceedings. Ahmed`s transfer marked the fourth change of the judge
conducting the trial of the Pakistani suspects.
Ahmed was also conducting the trial of five suspects
charged with involvement in the 2007 assassination of former
Premier Benazir Bhutto.
He was transferred hours after he issued a permanent
arrest warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf for
failing to cooperate with investigators probing Bhutto`s
Ahmed had constantly pushed prosecutors to ensure
Musharraf`s appearance in court.
Experts said Ahmed`s sudden transfer could affect
proceedings in the Mumbai case as any new judge will need time
to acquaint himself with the details of the complex trial.
The trial has been marred by delays and technical hitches
since proceedings began in 2009.
At least one of the three judges who previously heard the
case was changed after he received threats from militant
groups, sources said.
The seven suspects, including Lakhvi, have been charged
with planning, financing and facilitating the November 2008
attacks in India`s financial hub that killed 166 people.


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This forum is about wrong numbers in science, politics and the media. It respects good science and good English.
On a light note, I have to disagree re your "traditional" definition of Spring.
Yes, it does acknowldge the temperature time lag, but it overcorrects.
I think it's pretty much true on average in the Northern Hemisphere that the lowest temperatures occur around mid-January and the highest around mid-July.
Obviously, this is a massive generalisation, but then you have to generalise if you are going to define seasons. The "officious" definition puts these temperature maxima and minima right in the middle of the season, as they should be.
Certainly in Scandinavia, which I have visited often, you get freezing (-20 often in Lapland) temperatures and snow (usually) through November as well as March. The whole thing is on average pretty symmetric about January 15.
Putting the start of summer on midsummer's day (June 21) seems to be particularly strange. I've lost count of the times we've had a month of scorching temperatures in the South of England before that event. Additionally, the older I get, the more sensitive I seem to be to the feel of Autumn approaching I get usually in the last 2 weeks of August.
None of this is anything to do with the pronouncements of the alarmist elite; just a sensible definition I think.
Kind regards and wishes for your health,
PS in my experience there are in fact 7 seasons, at least in the UK but this is purely subjective. I doubt it does much to add to the weight of my arguments above
I would take the 'traditional' definition of the seasons applicable to the UK myself as being that used in the 'Gaelic calendar', which is still apparently used in modern-day Ireland. There is a tendency to completely ignore Gaelic or Celtic stuff in England, but it should be noted that the Celts were the dominant people in England before the Roman invasion. For people not familiar with the Gaelic calendar, it is described here:
Basically Spring is February, March, April. Summer is May, June, July. Autumn is August, September, October. Winter is November, December, January.
The start of spring corresponds to a Gaelic festival called 'Imbolc' on February 1st, described in this Wikipedia article:
According to the Wikipedia article the Imbolc date may have been significant since neolithic times ('neolithic' is the final part of the Stone Age, from about 4000 BC to 2500 BC in the British Isles), based on the alignment of ancient stone momuments in Ireland. So the idea that February 1st (or whatever the equivalent of Feb 1st was in ancient times) is the first day of Spring may have have been going on for several thousand years in the British Isles. [It might be that the climate was actually warmer back in those days.]
The astronomical seasons, based on the solstices and equinoxes, do look as though they are scientifically based, but I have a suspicion that it may be more connected with astronomy's less respectable cousin, astrology. The astrological year starts at the Vernal equinox with the first star sign Aires, and runs through to the next Vernal equinox finishing with the star sign of Pisces. Somebody may have just split up the astrological year into four equal periods, and then identified those four periods as being the four seasons.
Evidence that the astronomical definition of the seasons has never really been traditional in England comes from the definition of the 'close season' used in English football (soccer), given on this FA website page:
The close season was defined by the FA in 1891 as being from May 1st to Aug 31st. The four month window, provided so as not to interfere with the established summer sport of cricket, is consistent with both the Gaelic calendar seasons and the meteorological defintion of seasons, but not with the astronomical definition of seasons. Nowadays the FA's close season has been whittled down to just one month, the month of June.
Out of the three possible definitions of the seasons - the Gaelic calendar definition, the astronomical (which is possibly astrological) definition, and the meteorogical definition, I actually prefer the meteorological defintion.
Very interesting and informative stuff.
I will however note that over my dead body do I accept a spring that starts at the beginning of February. ;-)
I noticed a bit of supporting evidence in a recent blog post in the "Not a lot of people know that" blog for the idea that it might have been warmer back in neolithic times.
A Danish academic who has investigated ice cores from sites in Greenland claims it was perhaps 2.5 deg C warmer about 4000 years ago than the present day. If it was 2.5 deg C warmer in the British Isles as well, it would make a lot more sense for somebody to think that spring started in early February.
My concern was not so much the definition itself, rather who has the right to impose it.


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Born in Frankfurt and now based in Berlin, producer and label owner Yapacc joined the electronic music scene and dancefloors with his sound since the early 90s. His interest in music was born by his experience with analogue electronics at a very young age. He wrote and released his first maelstrom recordings EP in 1997 under the techno duo pseudonym «Electrasmus». This was followed by a track at the Frankfurt's art label Poet Club Recording for the compilation «Inside 2» alongside Brian Eno, Shantel and Apex.
Henceforth emerged more than 250 releases by over 80 labels such as Neuton, Perlon, Wir/Treibstoff, Brise and Lucidflow, and remixes for Ricardo Villalobos, Italoboyz, Pascal Feos, 2raumwohnung and many more.
Since 2003 is yapacc has also been a member of the project «Narcotic Syntax» with James Dean Brown, which is has been an important part of the Perlon history. In the same year they released their first Perlon 036 «Ping Pong Voodoo», which was followed by plenty more on compilations and live analogue performances up until the present day.
Yapacc has impressed many international clubs and their visitors with his intensive and organic live performances at venues such as Panorama Bar, Fabric London, Watergate, Love Parade Berlin, Time Warp, Sonar Festival,Bar 25/Kater Holzig, Tresor, Harry Klein, Fuse Club, Studio 80, U60311, Airport, Bar Americas, Mix Club, Bootleg, The Bunker (nyc), Harvest Festival (ca), Fusion Festival, Closer Club, Propaganda Club, amongst many more.
He also hosts the weekly held event «Chapeau Klack» in different Berlin locations.
Recently he founded the project « The Cabin » and the label «Pfand» with partner Hal Wong. Pfand will regulary release vinyls for club and listening platforms. Yapacc also has current projects with Argenis Brito, Sierra Sam, GummiHz and Luca Torre.
Beside his musical activities he works together with «MFB — Manfred Fricke Berlin», creating analog synthesizers and drum machines.


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Sunday, February 5, 2012
Registration For School--Already!?
My goodness--where did the time go? Already, today, Lidia and I met Angela, the principal of Garrison Creek Public School, and the two teachers who will be overseeing the boys' Junior Kindergarten class when they start attending the first all-day roll out next September. We were also given a tour of their awesome classroom, only seconds and a few doors away from Shelly's familiar drop-in, which was the former gymnasium of the school and comes complete with many play stations, a screening area, a mini-library, and stage (which Carter has already explored). We filled out the paperwork, signed on the dotted line, and it was official--Carter and Nathaniel are officially enrolled, together as they should be, and will be joining many of their friends for a brave new world.
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It's hard for even me to wrap my head around, but the world hasn't stopped because I had (minor) surgery. Go figure. Yesterday, Maddy lost her front tooth, making her look like a Jack-O-Lantern. (A really adorable one, of course.)
I also finished the bloody invitations. I have to say that as much as I was dreading another trip to Michael's, it was actually a squillion times better than I was bracing myself for. I got a parking spot right up front, there was no line, AND I discovered a different way of putting the invites together that was just as cute and a heck of a lot easier. Mmmmm-mmmm, this Humble Pie tastes delicious. (I'm pregnant. Any kind of pie is welcome.) Here's how they came out:
And believe me, I'm thanking my lucky stars that I didn't have to tie each invite up with raffia like I was originally planning.
SEE WHAT I DID THERE? "Thank my lucky stars"???? Oh, I kill me!!!
Allllllllllllrighty then, I'm going back to my lazy Sunday. I just pulled some cinnamon rolls out of the oven. I'd invite you over for breakfast and Nintendo, but then I'd have to get out of my jammies, and I'm so not ready for that yet.
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Cold Fire
Has there ever been a segment that caught fire on the supply side quite so rapidly as cold-brewed coffee? It's gotten to the point where even those of us who've long proselytized for it have gotten a bit spooked at the sheer volume of entries that are invading the market. Though the cold-brewing process is by no means novel, it's only in recent years that it's come to prominence in the U.S. It offers a lot of ways for individual brands to express themselves, both on-premise and off-premise, and after all, as a caffeine delivery system, it serves an overtly functional role. So there's no reason it can't blow up as a significant category. Still, there's reason for concern that it's drawing too many entries, too fast, at a time consumer awareness is still quite low, Starbucks' rollout of in-store cold-brews last summer notwithstanding.
Like many others, I was initially skeptical of cold-brew, which is made by dripping water over unheated beans for a long period – 12 hours or more. My baptism occurred six years ago when San Francisco's Blue Bottle opened its New York outpost in Williamsburg, complete with the cold-brewing "chemistry set" arrayed along the wall for all to observe. I biked over with my wife, whose blue-collar roots and general skepticism of hipster proclivities made it impossible for her to pay $4 for what was than an 8- or 10-oz. pour of iced coffee. (There must have been a lot of folks like her, because the serving size soon went up.) What kind of idiots do they think we are? she said. But this idiot was sold immediately: for this lifelong coffee drinker, who often jokes that brewed coffee never tastes as good as the beans smell in the bag, cold-brew was a revelation in how rounded and bitterness-free a glass of coffee could be. And soon enough, she was, too. These days, we often have a bottle of Chameleon cold-brew concentrate lodged in our fridge, and marvel at how the range of consumption occasions constantly expands. Soon we may be bathing in the stuff! With cold-brew, unlike some other purported beverage innovations, there really is a there there, to paraphrase Gertrude Stein.
But there are so many entries already! Austin may be a hotbed of all things artisanal, but it alone has five by now, four of them rolling out well beyond the local market: Chameleon, Kohana, High Brew and Cuvee. (The other is Third Coast, and they're getting ready to go bigger themselves.) Very quickly, you have major coffee roasters in the game, like Stumptown and La Colombe; local roasters like Third Coast; packaged goods players like Califia Farms and WhiteWave Farms; major coffee chains like Dunkin' Donuts, and myriad independent café and restaurant operators.
Starbucks, of course, prefers to wait a bit until new coffee trends are getting established, then swoop in and take ownership, as it did, say, with the Australian flat white style. Last summer it rolled out cold-brew in its own stores, with an abundant array of signage and social media promotion, and it's now testing a bottled version via its Pepsi alliance in a handful of western markets. Dr Pepper Snapple Group recently invested in High Brew. As far as I know, Coca-Cola has no real play in that segment yet, but you know that's bound to change.
Beyond the sheer number of entries is the wild diversity in approach. Some are concentrates, some are ready-to-drink. Most are refrigerated but a few like High Brew and Kohana are shelf-stable. And quite a few – too many in my opinion – are slathered with so much milk and sugar that the core virtue of cold-brew in taste and aroma is lost; to a casual consumer who purchases one, these would seem to be a modest upgrade over that milkshake for grownups, Frappuccino, at a considerably higher price. Then again, can black cold-brews support the range of diversity that, say, the IPA style does in craft beer? In a recent review of Zingerman's cold-brew, the BevNET review team observed: "As we continue to sample new unflavored and unsweetened cold-brew coffee entrants, the liquid becomes something that's harder and harder to remember, as they all deliver something that's pretty similar. Yes, some are better than others, but the range from the top to the bottom is relatively narrow compared with other beverage categories." That could be a problem, too.
Throw in the expanding legion of nitro pours, and and kegged and bag-in-a-box items, and it's a complex ecosystem that's sprung up in just a handful of years. Heck, Stumptown just launched Cold Shots and Cold Brew Sodas in its 10 stores. The diversity is both remarkable and a bit worrisome from the point of view of consumer confusion and scalability. As I've noted before, it may have been a similar kind of confusion that hindered adoption of acai a decade ago, in contrast to a rival emerging segment, coconut water, in which all three main entries were formulated, packaged and positioned identically as natural hydration straight from the plant. The painstaking production method and need to keep most entries refrigerated poses a further challenge to scaling up, particularly as the DSD system for refrigerated items is still constrained.
Against all that, one must balance the sheer wonder of the product, the opportunity for margin it offers retailers and the momentum and awareness being lent by the entry of mega-roaster Starbucks. I would even posit that the style also benefits from the way the phrase "cold-brewed" offers an implication of artisanal workmanship, a kind of dark art, the way "fire-brewed" once did for Stroh's beer. Consumers may not completely understand what it means, but it sure sounds like somebody is doing something special with their coffee. So let the avalanche of entries come on and the market sort out the winners and losers. As many predict with craft beer, many of the players may eventually fade but the style seems here to stay. Once consumers try it, they're not likely going back.
Longtime beverage-watcher Gerry Khermouchis executive editor of Beverage Business Insights, a twice-weekly e-newsletter covering the nonalcoholic beverage sector.


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Recently my husband and I spent a couple of nights in Kent. We stayed in this gorgeous shepherd's hut,
situated beside a beautiful bluebell wood.
These were our closest neighbours! :)
Both evenings we walked in the woodland as the sun set
and then returned to the hut to light the BBQ. Before our trip I had sent my husband to the shops for some marshmallows ... he came home with heart shaped ones. :) We ate our meals under a sky full of stars.
Standen dates from the Arts and Crafts era
and is full of beautiful objects and original wallpaper and fabrics by William Morris.
The next day we headed towards Dover to see the castle. En route we stopped at Capel-le-Ferne to look at The Battle of Britain Memorial. First we had a picnic on the top of the cliff, overlooking Folkestone.
I think someone had his eye on our lunch! ;)
Then we walked around the memorial.
On arrival at Dover Castle we headed to the wartime tunnels for a tour. Unfortunately no photography was allowed.
Next we headed to the inner bailey
where the keep built, circa 1181-88, by Henry II is situated surrounded by buildings from the 18th century.
There is a small military museum in one of the barracks.
Next we entered the keep, built as a palace by Henry II.
The 3 floors of the keep have been reconstructed to show how they would have looked during that period.
You got a real feel for how life would have been here when the keep was built.
We climbed up onto the roof for some amazing views.
We then left the inner bailey and looked at the church of St Mary in Castro and the Roman Pharos.
This is the oldest surviving lighthouse building in Britain, dating from 45-50AD.
There has been a church on this site since Anglo-Saxon times and the current church was restored by the Victorians.
The final place of interest we visited within the castle were the medieval passages and the sally-ports. The way down was very steep!
Dover Castle is a fascinating place to visit and I recommend it to anyone who has the chance to go there.
The next day was our final day in Kent so it was time to leave our cosy shepherd's hut.
We planned to visit the homes of two great men. First Chartwell, the home of Sir Winston Churchill.
Photography was not allowed in the house.
Unfortunately we didn't see Jock VI, but we did see his friend Franklin.
Next we stopped at Down House, the home of Charles Darwin.
Upstairs is a museum containing artifacts from his voyages and among other things, two pages of his manuscript for On the Origin of Species.
Downstairs the rooms are mostly furnished with original pieces belonging to the Darwin family.
Possibly the most fascinating room downstairs is Charles Darwin's study.
I'm not particularly scientific, but I feel that it is such a privilege to be able to see the actual instruments that he used.
After looking at the house we walked around the garden.
Then it was time for a coffee at Westerham
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According to Fox News, Virginia Republican Rep. and House Judiciary Committee chair Bob Goodlatte was right when he accused immigration officials over the weekend of not properly vetting San Bernardino terrorist Tashfeen Malik before approving her visa. In fact, they didn't vet her at all.
How many more Tashfeens are there?
"In order to obtain a fiancée visa, it is required to demonstrate proof that the U.S. citizen and foreign national have met in person," Goodlatte said in a statement. "However, Malik's immigration file does not show sufficient evidence for this requirement."
He said "what is worse" is that the U.S. officials reviewing the application apparently requested more evidence to demonstrate they'd actually met "but it was never provided and her visa was approved anyway."
Goodlatte was right!
Tashfeen Malik's visa file revealed that there was little evidence the two even knew each other.
The 21-page file includes the application form itself and just two sets of documents to prove Malik and American husband Syed Farook had met in person in the two years prior – which is a visa requirement.
The documents were:
- A statement from Farook saying they had first met in person in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, during the Hajj pilgrimage in 2013.
- Copies of their passport pages containing visas for Saudi Arabia and stamps.
They didn't even vet her. Can you imagine how many terrorists associated with these two know we don't vet these so-called fiancés?
How many others have come into the country this way? The terrorists aren't only interested in bombing us, they are also very interested in infiltrating out politics. With political correctness the way it is, nothing at all will be done about that.
Look at the radical organizations Barack Obama has advising him – CAIR and MAS – both tied to terrorist groups – Hamas and The Muslim Brotherhood.
We have 14 dead Americans and 22 wounded who might never have been affected if immigration officials had done their job, but this is a big government agency where no one is ever fired for incompetence. No one will be fired over this and no one in this agency will give a hoot.
The terror scene which hardened police described as "unspeakable" never needed to happen and no one will be held to account. Nothing will change either.


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Some research questions on recovery of steelhead on the south-central and southern California coast
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Nice article. The Finnish study on egg consumption and brain health was particularly interesting to me. I've eaten 2-3 eggs daily for years, as eggs are one of the most nutrient-dense foods around. Based on this study, it sounds like consuming up to 4 eggs daily would be fine.Reply
Unless I missed something, based upon the study, it seems like you don't need to stop at 4 eggs…Reply
Interesting. I've been eating 3 egg yolks a day for some time, and definitely feel better for it….Even more might be good, it seems…Reply
I find this subject ultimately compelling. Have you heard or seen of the recent study involving sleep quality in older and moderately older adults and the level of amoloid protein accumulation? I read a take upon that study that targeted "autophagy" as the DRIVER of amaloid build up, as studies showed the accumulation of amaloid plaque between neurons. ….Now, as alarming as that sounds, consider that the same write up mentioned that amoloid plaque is better served outside the neuron than inside it and that's exactly what autophagy ushers forth; cell cleaning. So, I'd be interested in your opinion here and I wish that I had links for you. Actually, it seems that this subject is tailor made for a "Rogue Health and Fitness" post of its own…Reply
*P.S. I wanted to also mention that I'd be really interested to see how the above referenced study would incorporate the dimension of cholesterol. Of the hundreds of people involved in the study, I'd love to know what their collective views upon cholesterol are and how they dieted in general.Reply
Okay, so the logical follow-up question here would be: how does one go about *raising* one's cholesterol, assuming that it's low? My total cholesterol is around 150 (with HDL around 65). I don't shy away from saturated fat, and eat 4-5 eggs a couple of times a week (occasionally more). My health is great, so I'm not sure I want to change anything, but this seems like an interesting question nonetheless.Reply
Gaining weight might work. The docs also say eating lots of saturated fat will, but I'm not sure about that.Reply