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I proudly present you today the new update of the session Fantasy Victim with 15 awesome latex pictures. Do you want to hear some more details what you will see in this update?
Maybe it is new for you that I took long sexy latex stockings for this session. You should know I love latex stockings. Latex stockings always look sexy but to make a latex outfit very hot it's good to have a latex suspenders belt. Especially, latex stockings looking more sexy with suspenders as usually and are eye catching.
That's your desire? Do not stop reading because you should know that you can enjoy in this session some of my sexy piercings. A piercing for me is jewellery but not on a classical way. It is different and modern and more private. That is what I like but I also enjoy while you are watching my sexy piercings. That is the reason why some friends of mine called me once "Piercing Girl" because they thought I could distend this. However, piercings are more than jewellery for me. It is a personal sexy element of a girl like me. It is a part of me and so you will for sure love it in this update! I think you have already noticed that I was getting wet in this session. I love water and I prefer to pose in water. Even if my hair is getting wet I enjoy these moments a lot because it looks very sensual in my eyes.
It is a fact that I was gaged in this session. That is not very typical for me being gaged in a photo shooting but in the session "Fantasy Victim" it was a nice equipment. Do you like my transparent latex dress, which I wear on this picture? Wearing transparent latex is very sensual because you see my naked skin and my Tattoos but I am not naked. Or let say I am not really naked. Anyway that is very sexy.
Was my description good to explain what you will get in "Fantasy Victim"? In my member's club are 15 latex pictures, which are from the recent update and exactly what you like to see. Now enjoy this beautiful update! Or are you not a registered member? Don't wait any longer and become a member today! Enjoy thousands of sexy latex pictures and high definition videos.
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1. When you WILL work out.
While this may seem obvious, you should not lose sight of the fact that exercise is almost always preferable to no exercise. While technical "nitpicking" can help make your fitness journey easier, it can also work against you if you get too wrapped up in it. Exercise and healthy eating will always trump all other advice. I've seen every excuse in the book, including "I missed my optimal window for training so I skipped today's workout." Don't let this happen. Unless you're injured, sick, or overtrained, exercising is better than not exercising. Schedule your workout when you have the best chance of getting it done.
2. When you FEEL the best.
There are times during the day when you will have a slight physiological advantage if you work out during them, but none of those trump the psychological edge you have if you feel like exercising. As simple as this sounds, effort equals results more than any other one factor. This means that if you're a night owl, work out at night. Morning person? Work out first thing in the morning…you get my drift. Anytime you're in the mood to really Bring It will work because, by far, the biggest physiological changes happen to your body when you push yourself further than you've pushed yourself before. There's a reason the P90X® mantra is "Bring It." The closer you get to putting in 100% effort, the more you force your body into an adaptive state, which is exactly where it needs to be in order to change.
3. When your glycogen stores are full.
Now, let's get technical. Your body can push itself anaerobically longer and harder if you begin your workout with a full tank of muscle glycogen. This will let you lift more weight, jump higher, move faster—pretty much improve every important aspect of every workout that's not tied to recovery or aerobic efficiency.
Glycogen is mainly recharged by carbohydrates, and is extinguished very quickly with exercise, brain activity, and most other tasks. This means it fluctuates throughout the day and is always highest immediately after you digest a meal containing carbohydrates. This means—depending on your eating schedule—your body is probably primed for peak exercise in the late morning, afternoon, or early evening.
At night, your body can store glycogen, meaning that it's possible to wake up and train in the morning before you've eaten and still have enough energy to get through a workout, but this is a theoretical scenario. Most of us, especially when we're training hard and not eating a ton, will burn through glycogen recovering from the prior day's activities. The result is that those early morning workouts can lead to something called "the bonk," which is what happens when your body runs out of glycogen. Essentially you lose the ability to push your anaerobic realm, and you feel like you've hit a wall.
Bonking is not one of those "good pain" times. When your body is out of glycogen, it starts to break down muscle tissue and you quickly begin to offset the fitness gains you've made. It's inevitable that it will happen to you at some point. When it does, don't try and push through. Instead cut your losses and get on the recovery program by eating, resting, and then reevaluating your eating schedule and/or choice of workout times.
If exercising when your glycogen stores are low is the only time of day available, you can fix the situation nutritionally. If it's first thing in the morning, eat a half or a whole banana or drink a half or a full serving of Results and Recovery Formula® (depending on how long you're training) before you start your workout. If that helps, try adding another serving of complex carbohydrates to your evening meal and then skip the banana. If that doesn't work (you'll know if it doesn't—bonking isn't subtle) it means you're on a nutritional edge and aren't eating enough calories to recover from your workout program. It's time to reevaluate your daily caloric intake.
4. In the morning on an empty stomach.
In the morning, before you've eaten, your body is forced to utilize its fat stores for energy, and you can train your body to be efficient at doing so, which is cool. You're also "burning fat," which sounds even cooler (although it's not nearly as effective as "burning glycogen" when it comes to losing body fat). While fantastic, in theory, it's not if you force your body into a situation where you bonk.
You won't bonk, however, unless you're training anaerobically (in other words, hard—as in your heart rate is pegged during parts of the workout). This means easy workouts can have added benefits if done in the morning on an empty stomach. This is why during programs like P90X Doubles, the easier workout of the day is scheduled in the morning.
5. At night before bed.
This time of day is last for a reason. Unless it is really the only time you will work out or the only time you feel the best, you should probably avoid it.
Working out directly before bed can affect your sleep. Most people have a hard time getting to sleep after a workout because exercise can throw off your melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep, among other things. This isn't ideal because sleep is very important for recovery. It's when your body naturally produces most of its own performance-enhancing drugs in the form of hormones. Anything that hurts your ability to sleep should be eliminated if possible.
Exercise also utilizes a lot of nutrients, which are further depleted at night. If you're on a strict diet, perhaps trying to lose weight, you run further risk by training and then not eating to recover from the workout prior to bed. If you're on a low-calorie diet and plan to train hard at night, you should follow your workout with, at least, a nutritional recovery strategy (Results and Recovery Formula or equivalent), if not a small meal before going to sleep.
I'm not the norm, so I'll play the counterpoint to my point as I can fall asleep (and often sleep much better) immediately after a very hard workout. If you're like me, there's nothing wrong with training at night. Just follow nutritional protocols that don't leave you depleted and starving when you wake up. I've done this and it can be so severe that you wake up in the middle of the night, a common issue with bodybuilders and fitness trainers getting ready for competition. This is not ideal as it means your body is essentially bonking during sleep. And while that's okay if your goal is to pose in front of a crowd with absurdly low body fat, like a bodybuilder, it's also a sign of starvation and, if done too long, will cause your body to begin to shut down its metabolic processes.
The bottom line is that everyone's body responds differently. We all need to exercise and most of us can eat better. In between are a lot of individual variables. When it comes to getting your best possible workout, psychology often trumps physiology. Exercise when you can and pay close attention to your performance. Then choose your preferred workout time based on your results. It's really that simple.
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So you finally got off the couch and into a gym to take a fitness class or to the store to buy a fitness DVD, and now you're wondering: yoga or Pilates? They seem so similar; how do you choose?
Pilates and yoga both use a mat; both are available as a class at the gym, via streaming online video and on DVD; both help to create that long, lean physique you want; but what's the best choice? Here's a brief breakdown of the differences between Pilates and yoga so you can decide which is right for you.
Yoga was created in India with the purpose of connecting the individual consciousness with the universal consciousness through physical activity. In short, it aims to not only improve your physical health, but your emotional and spiritual health as well. Through repetitive movement, the act of yoga can be extremely therapeutic. In addition to being therapeutic, these movements focus on building flexibility and strength. Many types of yoga invoked meditation at some point during the exercise. The meditative portion of yoga tends to attract people who are seeking to unwind from stressful situations.
There are many different types of yoga, ranging from Hatha, which is a great choice to help you chill out from a long day, to Kundalini, which has been said to help people dealing with addictions. If you are looking for something more physically stimulating, you can try Sivananda yoga, which is a series of 12 common poses that helps to increase flexibility and strengthen muscles.
Pilates is unique in that, unlike yoga and other activities, its origin is relatively recent. Pilates was created in 1920 by Joseph Pilates for physical rehabilitation. The idea behind Pilates is to gain flexibility, strength and body awareness without building bulk. It is considered a resistance exercise, even though, as a beginner, you may experience an increased heart rate. Another distinct difference is that Pilates has a full mat routine, in addition to exercises that can only be performed on specific Pilates machines, such as the reformer and the cadillac.
The main goal of Pilates is to strengthen the stomach, improve posture, stabilize and elongate the spine and develop balance and overall strength. There are six key principles of Pilates: concentration, control, centering, breathing, flow and precision. When these key principles are used in conjunction with the mindset that you are creating a leaner, better you from your core muscles out, Pilates can provide that long, toned body you desire.
Overall, the biggest difference between Pilates and yoga is the ultimate goal. Yoga provides a meditative environment for you to improve your overall quality of life. It focuses on stress relief while improving your body.
Pilates works from the center of your body outward. It forces you to increases your body awareness and work from your
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To transform a new build 2 bedroom flat in Wimbledon into a modern, interesting, warm and characterful home. Areas for studying to be introduced to both bedrooms and improved storage throughout the property.
Having lived in their new build flat for 18 months, the clients have struggled to make it truly feel like home. They would like to make it a more characterful and useable space but are trepidatious about getting it wrong. The limited storage available isn't adequate, and there is a concern that adding more will result in a cluttered and busy looking space.
The kitchen requires some additional and more convenient lighting and sockets, pull-out shelving and a way to conceal dirty dishes from diners and guests.
The living room area needs a reconfigured layout, new furnishings and additional seating. Zoning will help define it as a separate space from the kitchen.
A repository for shoes and general household items will be provided into the hallway, as well as a charging point for general appliances, likewise specific storage solutions for items in the utility room.
Both bathrooms require some minor repairs, additional storage and possibly the introduction of a douche spray, budget allowing.
The master bedroom will need a proper lock for the door, a small desk area to act as stand in when the guest room is occupied, a dresser for additional storage and a TV.
The guest room will benefit from an extra wardrobe, large desk area with room for office essentials, and a set of bedside tables.
We will introduced a varied colour scheme, mixed throughout the property which will draw attention and focus to different parts of each room, whilst keeping the look clean and far from boring. Creative use of paint will be a cost effective way to add interest and create mood, it will also be easy to update and refresh if scuffed or scraped. It will also inject a sense of fun into the design, whilst remaining a sophisticated, adult space.
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Former Miss Venezuela and her British husband laid to rest
Former Miss Venezuela and her British husband were laid to rest yesterday as her father vowed that he would not leave the country until he had custody of his surviving five-year old granddaughter.
Rafael Spear, who lives in Orlando, Florida, said yesterday that it is his "goal to take Maya out of this country".
"I have every confidence that I will be able to attain custody of Maya", he said. "This is no place for her to grow up after what has happened."
However, Mr Spear's comments are at odds with those of Thomas Berry's family, who insist that "such decisions remain to be discussed".
"We are leaving any decisions about Maya until after the pair are buried", Thomas Berry Sr told The Telegraph. "We still don't know what's going to happen with her."
Maya, who was hit in the leg by one of the six bullets which killed her parents during an attack on their car as they returned from holiday on Monday, was not present at yesterday's funeral in Caracas's east cemetery.
Hundreds of fans of Monica Spear, who was a well-known actress, thronged the church. "It's a bit much to be honest", said Thomas Berry Sr. "I'm not sure it's something we'd have done in an Anglo-Saxon country".
Venezuelan police on Friday charged six men and one woman with the pair's murder.
They were apparently part of a gang, known as 'The Bloodthirsties', and had been committing regular robberies for the past four years on the stretch of motorway where the pair were killed in what it is thought was a botched robbery, police said.
The case has horrified Venezuela, a country which sees on average 70 daily homicides, and many are hoping that it will become a catalyst for change to the country's security problems.


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Hypercube films is set to release the feature from Tom Costabile VOODOO net month. It will hit multiple cities across the US and follows a young girl trying to escape her past. Look for it in cities like Los Angeles Boston and Chicago on February 24th. Images, trailers and more are ahead so be on the lookout for this one if it comes to a city near you.
Highly-anticipated horror feature VOODOO, written and directed by Tom Costabile, hits theaters across the US February 24.
Produced by HyperCube Films, VOODOO tells the story of an innocent southern girl, Dani, vacationing in Los Angeles to evade her increasingly complicated life. Once Dani arrives in Los Angeles, she learns that trying to escape her past is not as easy as she had hoped.
Markets to be included includes Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, and New Orleans.
VOODOO stars Samantha Stewart, Dominic Matteucci, Ruth Reynolds, Daniel Kozul, Ron Jeremy, and Lavelle Roby.
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Jason Rahn of Craig MacDonald Reddon Insurance, and Platoon Chief of the HFD, was instrumental in approaching Trillium Mutual for support and he has shared "the ROOTS Community Fund is a fantastic way to provide assistance to organizations like the Hanover Fire Department. Volunteer Fire Departments are a very important resource in rural Ontario and being able to provide them assistance in the purchase of equipment so they can be more effective and safer, is very rewarding."
The Trillium ROOTS Community Fund was established by Trillium Mutual Insurance Company in Listowel, to administer the company's philanthropy program. Through ROOTS, Trillium continues to provide meaningful financial assistance and support to rural communities in which its policyholder members live and serve. The Trillium Board of Directors has approved $162,000.00 which will be available for capital projects in 2018 with funding focus in the areas of Healthcare, Recreation & Wellness, Emergency Response, Agricultural and Eco/Sustainability. The next deadline date for applications is March 16, 2018.
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|2015 marks the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Arandora Star which was carrying Italian and German WWII internees to Cananda when she was sunk by a German Uboat in July 1940. Hundreds died with many bodies washed up on the west coast and buried in Ireland.
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Q&A: Western Sahara clashes
Several people have been killed in Western Sahara in violent clashes between Moroccan security forces and protesters.
What is Western Sahara?
It is a disputed territory on the north-west corner of Africa, on the western edge of the Sahara Desert, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean - not far from the Canary Islands.
Morocco says it governed the region before colonial rule and is therefore part of its territory.
But the Polisario Front is fighting for the region's independence and its supporters say the dispute is Africa's only remaining fight against colonial rule.
The African Union recognises the independence of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, as Polisario calls the region.
But most of the territory is under the control of Morocco, which annexed it in 1975 after Spanish colonial forces pulled out.
Polisario, backed by neighbouring Algeria, fought Moroccan forces until a ceasefire was brokered in 1991.
It still runs about a third of the region - this lies behind a huge wall of sand, called a berm, which was erected by the Moroccans.
What is the fighting about?
The trouble flared when Morocco sent paramilitary police to break up a massive tented protest camp which had sprung up just outside the capital, Laayoune.
Several thousand people had joined the camp at Gadaym Izik - the largest protest in the three-decade dispute.
They are not overtly demanding independence like Polisario but have been concentrating on economic demands.
The security forces used water cannon to clear the protesters, some of whom reportedly responded by stabbing a paramilitary policeman and a firefighter to death. The clashes then spread to Laayoune.
Is anyone trying to negotiate a peace deal?
The violence broke out just hours before United Nations-brokered talks resumed in the US, led by the latest UN envoy to the region, US diplomat Christopher Ross.
Negotiations have stalled for more than a decade, with a succession of UN envoys tasked with ending the dispute but moving on after failing to break the deadlock.
Morocco refuses to offer anything more than autonomy for the region, while Polisario insists that full independence must be offered in a referendum.
And if the two sides could agree on a question, another key problem is who would take part in any vote.
Polisario accuses Morocco of flooding the region with non-Sahrawis, in order to dilute nationalist feeling and ensure that any vote rejects independence.
Does the dispute matter?
Western Sahara is rich in phosphates, used to make fertilisers and detergents.
There are also rich fishing grounds off its coast.
For 35 years, the dispute has frozen relations between North African neighbours Morocco and Algeria, with thousands of Sahrawi refugees based across the Algerian border in Tindouf.
So a resolution to the Sahrawi conflict could lead to a restoration of those ties, and mean Morocco rejoins the African Union, which it stormed out of when the AU recognised Western Sahara's independence.


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How To Use Klout For Social Media Measurement
If you haven't heard of Klout, you will be amazed at the value that this company provides to social media marketers. It actually generates a score, called the Klout Score, which measures your influence in driving action on social networks. As Klout aims to set the standard for online influence measurement, the San Francisco based company is continually rolling out new updates to ensure accuracy. Late last month (October 26th to be exact) Klout released a new scoring model which is designed to be more accurate and offer greater transparency.
The Klout Score is not based solely on number of friends or followers. Rather, their PeopleRank algorithm is based on actions that people on social networks take due to the influence that an individual provides – actions such as replying to or sharing posts. Currently, it uses a collation of 35 variables from Facebook and Twitter along with information from eight other networks such as blogging and photo platforms to compute the score.
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True Reach is made up of the number of people who are influenced. Amplification considers how much people are influenced by measuring the actions they take and network impact takes into consideration the influence of the people that you reach have on others in provoking action. It is a true measure of influence through social marketing.
Why is Klout Useful to Businesses?
Klout Scores can be used to measure the impact that your social marketing campaign has on the public that you are reaching. High scores indicate that your messages are getting out. Low scores mean that your social marketing efforts need some attention.
The scoring system is based on a 100 point scale. In general, scores of 30 or above show social media expertise and higher scores define you as a leader in social media. If your score is less than 30, perhaps your posts need to be more interesting or perhaps you're targeting the wrong market. The newly integrated insights offer more transparency than before in an attempt to help you understand the daily fluctuations in your score. You now have the ability on any given day to see which subscore and people in your network impacted those changes. Great way to test what works and what doesn't!
If you hire or contract a social media management company to engage in social marketing on your behalf, you can actually use the Klout Score to measure their performance. Is their influence on others in the social marketing networks worth what you are paying them? Do they need a raise?
Klout Scores are even being used on resumes. Klout makes it easy for businesses to analyze a person's ability to influence people in regard to marketing a brand through social media. It is becoming the standard of influence on the internet. In the future, it may even become the standard for employing people in the internet marketing sector. Right now, though, there are many who aren't liking the new changes, as it resulted in a huge drop in some users' Klout scores. With time however, may be they will come to see the value in having a more accurate score.
How Can a Business Improve their Klout?
When engaging in social marketing, of course volume will improve your Klout Score. The more you post the better the chance that readers will react. However, the quality of your posts holds more water along with the interests of your followers.
If you want to improve your Klout Score, be sure to write interesting posts that people will like and love to share, post consistently and target followers and friends that have an interest in what you have to offer. These are the primary factors in creating action in relation to your posts.
For businesses, there is another way to improve the results of a social media campaign using Klout Perks. Klout Perks is a program that allows businesses to choose influencers in their area of expertise to review their brand and post about it (good or bad) through social media in exchange for experiences or products. That can be a good deal for businesses as well as for influencers. Renowned brands like Disney, Hewlett Packard, Nike, and Paramount are using Klout Perks to build brand awareness.
Klout appears to be an upcoming standard setter in the field of social marketing. They produce solid information that is beneficial to businesses. The Klout Score has many potential uses and Klout Perks is just icing on the cake. We at LeapGo recommend that you experience the notion of improving your Klout by giving it a try.
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The project belongs to enterprise operating under the Business Registration Certificate , but not more than 05 (five) years from the date of authorization. It must have at least one founder or legal representative (representative will be named in the loan contract) satisfies the following conditions:
- Live in Ho Chi Minh City ( have Permanent Resident Book/KT3);
- Have the capacity and the capacity for civil acts in full;
1. Eligible enterprises and requirements:
- Eligible enterprises:
– Enterprises that have the projects with new ideas, create jobs for the community;
– Enterprises that have the projects in HCMC's key industríe;
– Enterprises that apply technology in production or service;
– Enterprises that develop creative models or value-added models.
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– Have financial capability to ensure the ability to repay the loan in committed term;
– Have a feasible and effective investment project, production or service plan ;
– Implement business registration and taxe obligations as prescribed by Law.
– Legal loan purpose.
– Not for projects which have received loans from the funds which is introduced or mandated by Vietnam Youth Federation.
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– Loan application form (notarized by local authorities; Vietnam Youth Federation (Ward/District) (Attachment)
– Notarized copy of ID + Permanent Resident Book of the borrower.
– Notarized copy of ID + Permanent Resident Book of the guarantor.
– Notarized copy of the Business Registration Certificate and other certificates as prescribed by law.
– Financial statement for 2 latest years.
– Guarantor's income proof.
– 03 – 05 latest photos of the project (in less than 1 month).
– Other documents verifying the existence of the plan.
– Startup Business Incubator application for (Attachment)
3. Loan process
– The borrower prepare the required documents and submit them to BSSC.
– BSSC verifies the documents and requests the borrower for more necessary documents (if any).
– BSSC examines and appraises the project's feasibility. After that, BSSC will consider to approve the loan.


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About Last Night…
April 13, 2010
Alright, I'm just gonna jump right in on this one. Last night's 24 had an ending that I 100% didn't see coming. But, before we talk about the ending, let's talk about what took us there. We opened the hour with everyone involved recovering from last week's shocking Hassan murder.
President Taylor was preparing to abandon her peace treaty, as she was staunchly told by the Russian douchebag emissary that they would be withdrawing from the talks. Jack was all wounded and apologetic to Taylor, as he felt he'd let her down. (You think this was bad, Jack? You ain't seen nothing yet.) And in a stunning twist, the ineffective and downright idiotic Brian Hastings (I mean, seriously, how did this guy get this job?) was removed from command over CTU, in light of all the failures.
But, wait! Things could be repaired! Taylor and the IRK Prime Minister were able to talk Dalia Hassan into assuming her freshly dead husband's role. Chole was given provisional command at CTU (finally!). And Jack could finally go get it on with Renee, but, this being 24, it all fell to shit again.
The Russians still won't talk, leaving Taylor no choice but to look to Charles Logan for help. (What is this leverage he has over the Russians? Doesn't sound good.) Samir, barely clinging to life from Jack's gunshots, is poisoned by a Russian goon posing as a paramedic, before Cole and Chloe can get any information from him. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the Ruskie recognized Renee from her undercover days and decides she and Jack need to be eliminated before she can link him to anything.
So, he follows the lovebirds back to Jack's, watches them, you know, do it (ick), and pumps Renee full of lead. Jack tries to get her to the hospital in time, but to no avail; she's a goner.
These last six hours should be exciting stuff. With Jack in revenge-mode and Logan muddling the peace talks with his wicked ways, 24 looks posed to go out with a bang.
Another show looking ready for a dynamic conclusion, last night's Damages. The penultimate episode was chock full of twists and turns; so much so, I can hardly think of a proper way to summarize them. So, I won't.
But, by the end of the hour, we'd learned: Tom leaked his financial information to the judge, specifically to have him removed from the case, so he could publicly resign from the firm, so that he could earn the trust of Leonard Winstone once he'd successfully flipped him against the Tobin's. Terry met with Patty, casually letting her know of Frobisher's near-admission of guilt of murder, which led Patty and Ellen to Gates, who now plan to look into the cop Frobisher hired, who was killed, but was once partnered with Wes (Timothy Olyphant), which leads Ellen to call Wes (!), which leads to next week's preview of the finale showing Wes visiting Ellen (!!). Ellen delivered Joe Tobin the evidence they'd found that Leonard wasn't who he said he was, prompting Joe to go ballistic on Leonard, effectively turning Leonard against the Tobin's, leading him right into Tom's trap.
I don't know where this show is going. And it's only got 90 more minutes to get there. But what a hell of a ride it's been getting there. I only hope it's not the last ride we've got with Hewes & Associates.
After so much heady drama, I desperately needed to end my night with some laughs. Luckily, one of my favorite comedies, How I Met Your Mother, had returned from hiatus. Boy, do I love this little show. A sitcom that relies less on the snark and more on the heart and romance, HIMYM is always a winning half-hour when it's focusing on the show's core mythology, i.e. Ted's pursuit of The Mother.
Maybe that's why last night felt like such a letdown. One of those in-between episodes that steps away from the central storyline, probably to give the writers a chance to figure out where to go next, last night was kinda boring. The A-story centered on Marshall having been mugged, which led Lily to want to get a gun, which led Marshall to lie and say he was actually mugged by a monkey. Or was he? When Robin wanted to interview him on that bunk news program she anchors (the B-story being that she felt like she needed to find a good story to salvage her wasted career), Marshall balked, saying he'd made it all up because he didn't want Lily to get a gun and didn't want to lie about it on TV, but didn't want Lily to know he'd actually been mugged because she was finally feeling safe and not as worried.
Things only got worse when Marshall showed up for the taping and learned that the monkey he'd (maybe) falsely accused would be sent to a wildlife sanctuary and separated from the love of his life. Marshall couldn't stand for this, being the big, lumpy romantic he is, and just left, never telling anyone the truth (including us, the audience). It all led up to a fantastic sequence with the monkey getting loose in the studio, stealing a whackjob's doll (don't ask), and scaling Ted's model of the Empire State Building. To complete the King Kong visual, the cameraman threw paper airplanes at it. Pretty inspired bit from a pretty lame set-up. I'm hoping next week gets back to the romance, which is really this show's bread and butter.
What do you think? Did you see Renee's murder coming? Are you as breathless watching Damages as I am? And was How I Met Your Mother kinda lame last night, or am I totally off-base? Sound off below!
About Last Night…
April 6, 2010
Welcome to 3FING3RS newest TV feature: a daily look back at the previous night's offerings, or proof that one TV addict really needs to get a life.
Boy, was this week's Damages a doozy. I must say, I always feel that this show is at
its best when it's making me totally uncomfortable; and last night was a shining example. With Tessa Marquette's detention by Ellen's D.A. boss, everyone was scrambling; like paranoid bees after the nest's been knocked over. Patty, feeling powerless with the idea that she's lost her only opportunity to put weight on the Tobin's, turned first on Ellen and then on Tom, after he confessed that Ellen had covered for him with Patty and it was he who had recklessly approached Tessa in the first place. Meanwhile, the Tobin's were panicking that Tessa would spill what she knew and Joe was determined to prevent it, at all costs. A shocking reveal came via Leonard this evening. [SPOILER ALERT] As he was pleading with Marilyn to appeal to Joe and ask him to leave Tessa alone, we learned that Tessa was in fact Joe's daughter, and not his father's. (I've gotta gloat here: I totally called this the minute we learned that Danielle and Joe had a history.) Marilyn later informed Leonard that she'd spoken to Joe and convinced him to call off the goons, but as that final, jarring scene in Antigua proved, she did no such thing. These Tobin's really are wretched people. I can't wait for Joe to learn the truth, though.
Still confused on how these two subplots are going to play into the grand scheme of things, but enjoying them, nonetheless: The Frobisher story and Ellen's botched adoption. It's always lovely to see Ted Danson anywhere on television, as he's really enjoying quite a well-deserved career renaissance. And this week, we learned that the dark underbelly of Arthur Frobisher hasn't gone away. His shadowy almost-confession of murder in the car with Craig Bierko's Terry was unsettling, to say the least. Like I said, not sure where this is leading or how it pieces in, but I like it.
Now, about the Ellen subplot. We got a little clarification this week, as we learned that Ellen wasn't adopted by her parents, but almost given away by them, instead. Turns out her mother couldn't handle kids and an asshole husband and almost gave Ellen away to someone who actually wanted to care for her, but changed her mind at the last second. I don't even know how to speculate what this means to the season as a whole, but I loved that it provided us with that really nice scene with Rose Byrne and Noah Bean in the snow. Too bad the Damages writers weren't involved with Grey's Anatomy when Izzie was dealing with Ghost Denny because this scene with Ellen and Ghost/Memory David is how to do it right.
Only two episodes left (maybe ever!) and there is so much left to learn. Not sure if you're apprised of the goings-on at FX, but there is talk that a fourth season won't happen if they have to foot the bill alone. There are reports that the network has reached out to DirecTV to propose something similar to their arrangement with NBC for Friday Night Lights. Here's hoping something can be worked out, as this show is one of the richest, most engrossing adult dramas in the television landscape currently. It would be a shame to lose it.
Best Moment: "I see you. You're a climber, a parasite, and you're ruthless. I want you out of my apartment. I want you out of my life." – Patty, to a visibly stunned Ellen.
That boozy confrontation between Ellen and a noticeably drunk Patty, with the latter's paranoia on full display; wow. This is what viewer's of this show have come to love: the small, but meaty scenes between Glenn Close and Byrne. Their bizarre relationship (mentor/student/mother/daughter/sister/friend??) is tempestuous and rife with tension and has always kept us clamoring for more.
Meanwhile, a show that we've just learned is, for sure, leaving us this season finally stepped up its game tonight. I must admit that I've never watched much of 24 before this year, save for a handful of episodes of season two that Jordin made me watch, like, five years ago. So, with that, I feel unqualified to comment on the show's quality level when compared to prior seasons. The Internet is rife with commentary that the show has been particularly snoozy and/or ridiculous this year, but, I've gotta say, as a newbie, I'm loving the ride. Sure, the early scenes dealing with the Dana Walsh subplot were terrible, but I feel like turning her into the mole really turned it around. I know that this is, like, CTU's eightieth mole, but it was still fun. And it's continuing to be enjoyable, as I feel like Katee Sackhoff is finally being given some material and direction to work with.
Tonight's two hours sped along, mostly focusing on President Hassan turning himself over to the terrorists and Jack and all of CTU attempting to rescue him. The stuff with President Taylor learing that General Brucker and Rob Weiss had betrayed her was fascinating. (Fun Fact: I once met Chris Diamantopoulus, who plays Weiss, when I was working front desk at the Sheraton Universal. He was really gracious when I complimented him on an episode of Nip/Tuck he'd appeared in. Plus, he's a total babe.)
[SPOILER ALERT] The climax of the second hour was particularly heartbreaking. To find Hassan dead, and for the satellite feed to have been a recording, was intense and a twist I didn't really expect. I'm not really sure where we go from here, though I guess the rest of the season will be dedicated to President Taylor grasping to maintain her peace treaty, as we've already learned that the Russians won't play ball now that Hassan is gone. It should be fun to see Gregory Itzin's Charles Logan, though I can't imagine that anything would be bad enough for President Taylor to actually turn to him for help.
Best Moment: The final words between President Taylor and Ray Weiss. Just an awesome moment that finally let Cherry Jones bring a little bad-ass to her mostly subdued role. The slap across Weiss' face led to a cheer in many homes tonight, no doubt; or, at least it did on my couch.
This week's Gossip Girl played out like some game of The Good, The Bad, and The Boring. Let's tackle The Good, first. The Chuck/Blair storyline was pure vintage G.G., if Indecent Proposal-lite. Jack approached Chuck and told him that he would give him his hotel back, if he allowed him one night with Blair. It seemed like Chuck rebuked the offer, so Jack tried another avenue, appealing to Blair herself. Blair dismissed the truly disgusting proposal at first, but as she continued to see how distraught Chuck was over the loss of his empire, err, The Empire (subtle, Schwartz), she relented. So, she went to Jack, having drafted a contract (!) that stipulated that he could never tell Chuck. After signing and only kissing Blair, Jack announced that he got what he wanted and it wouldn't go any further. Blair was understandably baffled, so Jack further explained: Chuck knew about it all, and had actually agreed to "hand" Blair over. Blair was repulsed and hearbroken. That final scene between Chuck and Blair was devastating, though, I've gotta admit, I'm a little excited to see them apart. I've got a feeling Chuck is going to realize he made the colossally wrong choice and try to win Blair back. If so, that cat and mouse game should be a delight.
As for the bad, this whole Serena-Nate-Jenny thing is almost as ridiculous as that "game" they played at Nate's party. (Seriously, did you believe for a second that any of these UES-ers would willingly participate, sober?) I don't believe for a second that anyone in their right mind would even consider heinous J over Serena. This story seems like a fast train to nowhere and I want off.
And, the boring. Danessa. Vaniel. Whatever. This is the worst coupling in the history of the universe. And now we get to watch these two pretentious blowhards compete for the same spot at Tisch? Joy. Honestly, if Dan Humphrey were real, I would punch him in the face. Hate.
Best Moment: Eric is back! Though in desperate need of a haircut, our favorite little G.G.G. (that's Gossip Girl Gay, duh) returned from his heretofore unmentioned trip to Japan (seriously, does anyone else remember ever hearing about this?) and it looks like he's gonna get a new BF! Bonus points for the new boy being 150% cuter than that mess that was Jonathan. Excited for this. Also, what the hell was Eric up to in Japan? That first scene where he was talking about his Japanese rebound being into group sex and pictures! I want to hear more about this, and fast.
There's a lot to choose from out there. We're here to help you know what's worth your time – and what totally isn't.
The Five Shows You Need To Be Watching:
Easily the most under-watched show on television, this dense law thriller (currently airing its third season on FX, Mondays at 10) is desperate for viewers. Not that it's too surprising: the show employs flashbacks and flashforwards to ooze out drops of information regarding each season-length mystery. This is television that makes you think, requires you to recall. Not something most people look for on the tube. But, for all your hard work, you're rewarded with the sublime performances of Glenn Close and Rose Byrne. I'd take any homework assignment given, if it meant I could watch these two. Their tenuous relationship is approached with Close's trademark ferocity and Byrne's smoldering cool. Watch this before it gets cancelled, or I will hunt you down and slap you in your face.
2. The Sarah Silverman Program
Sarah Silverman is one of those personalities that people either really love or really hate. There doesn't seem to be much middle ground with her and that's a shame. Though, I would say that, as I fall into the camp of "really love." Her eponymous comedy (now in its third season on Comedy Central, Thursdays at midnight) is hysterical. It manages to be both very smart and very stupid, usually within the same frame. It's weird and bold, but I find myself laughing hard every episode. Give it a shot, maybe you will too.
3. Southland
Southland premiered last season on NBC in the coveted Thursday-at-ten slot, after ER took its final bow. It garnered much critical praise and did pretty well in the ratings. And then NBC ate a bomb and imploded. Among their many heinous decisions this season, they cancelled the show after filming six episodes of its second season and before one had even aired. Fans (read: me) were distraught as this was a really smart, adult drama that we were losing, in a time when there aren't many left. TNT stepped in and picked up the show, replaying the brief first season and premiering the truncated second. No new episodes have been ordered yet, giving TNT an opportunity to see how the show performs with its audience. The show has gotten even better in this new batch of episodes, but ratings seem to be getting worse. Watch this show before it disappears, again.
4. The Good Wife
Perhaps the only show on this list that could be classified as a hit, this freshman law drama on CBS (Tuesdays at 10) is largely watched by the graying set. But the youthful TV enthusiast would be unwise to miss out on this incredible show. The show manages to balance a case-of-the-week procedural element upon a serialized storyline with the greatest of ease. Not one side of this show ever feels forced or rushed in favor of the other. Julianna Margulies is dazzling as Alicia Florrick, the scorned wife of an unfaithful politician who, in need of an income, returns to work as a junior associate at a law firm. Deserving of the accolades she's received from this comeback, Margulies offers a prime example of the beauty of restraint in acting; which isn't to say she isn't a powerful presence on the screen. She just proves that playing small often shows a greater strength. Her supporting cast, particular Christine Baranski and Chris Noth, are terrific as well. Check this one out and don't be afraid just because your mom likes it, too.
5. Caprica
This prequel series to Battlestar Galactica (aka, the greatest sci-fi show, like, ever) more than holds its own when compared to its source material. The show is grounded in the 12 Worlds, rather than up in space, and concerns itself with the origin of the Cylons. The show has less action than BSG did, but I'm pretty sure the action wasn't what drew fans in to the original series. I know it's not what appealed to me. Caprica continues BSG's look at the power of religion and politics and that's what's so intriguing. Plus, Paula Malcomson (Deadwood) is just frakking awesome in everything. She's worth the price of admission alone.
And The Five You Should Stop:
1. Gary Unmarried
The CBS comedy that makes Two and a Half Men look like Seinfeld. Paula Marshall is more shrill than usual. Jay Mohr is atrocious, per usual. The writing is dreck. Avoid, at all costs.
2. Law & Order: SVU
Before you riot, yes, I fully admit that Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are awesome. In fact, I used to think this whole show was awesome. But, lately, it seems to have gone so far off the rails. The writing is so stilted. The direction frequently veers into melodrama. Everyone just winds up standing around, screaming at each other. At a time when the original L&O is experiencing a creative renaissance, this spin-off is struggling. I suggest you watch the flagship and skip over this mess. Besides, Meloni is leaving next season anyway.
3. NCIS: Los Angeles
The most unnecessary spin-off. Ever. I love NCIS proper, and this is no NCIS. While I get a kick out of seeing Linda Hunt on television, the show's lead, Chris O'Donnell is a wet fish. His character, G Callen (Yea, G. And it's not short for anything. Just G), was promoted as the greatest undercover operative NCIS has; a man who could be come anything and anyone. So far, we've O'Donnell struggle with accents a couple of times, but not much else. If you really want to see a great undercover agent, watch Burn Notice on USA. If you want to see a better television show, watch nearly anything else.
4. The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Easily the most laughable dialogue in the history of television, this hamfisted melodrama from Brenda Hampton (the woman who also wrought 7th Heaven upon the world) is truly putrid. It's preachy, obnoxious, and horrendously acted. This show is like the plague. Run.
5. Desperate Housewives
This last one truly pains me to write, as I've been a die-hard DH fan since the beginning. But, I now find myself watching, wondering what happened to my beloved show. What once used to be sharp, witty, and mysterious is now broad, trite, and boring. The writers, who used to craft fine season-length mysteries, seem to have completely forgotten how to write a compelling story. I watch now only out of some misplaced feeling of obligation. If you still watch, I suspect you may know what I'm talking about. If you don't watch, I do not suggest you start.
Well, there you have it. Five to start and five to stop. Agree with me? Disagree? Think I'm a total jerkface for bagging on your favorite show? Think I care wayyyy too much about TV? Tell me about it, below.


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The hardest part of starting any new school year, or even a new semester is setting up effective and efficient classroom rules. Classroom management can be difficult, because what works for one group of students isn't going to work for the next. We asked Albert Felts to break down for us his process for setting up effective and efficient classroom rules and this is what he gave us:
I always think of classroom rules as the hill I want to die on. What that means, my rules need to be so consistently enforce, that the world stops when there's a rule violation. If they're not consistently enforced, then it's not a helpful tool for students to navigate how we want our classrooms to run.
Continue reading "Tips to Setting up Efficient and Effective Classroom Rules"


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Under state law, no person may advertise a sweepstakes if there are any conditions or restrictions placed on the person who wins the sweepstakes. The winner shall not be required to buy anything or pay a fee of any type. However, the winner may be required to complete publicity or liability releases or eligibility affidavits and assume liability for city, federal, state, or local taxes, and pay federal, state or local license or registration fees or other similar costs.
A person advertising a sweepstakes in Connecticut shall disclose in immediate proximity to and in at least the same size and type face as the descriptions of each prize in the advertisements, the verifiable retail value of such prizes,the element of chance involved, the odds of winning such prize, and whether the receipt of the prize is restricted or qualified in any way.
Relevant Statute: CGS, Title 42, Chapter 743n, Sweepstakes
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- Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
I am sure many colleagues greatly appreciated Avram Israel Reisner's offering of a creative substitute for the (Mourner's) Kaddish on occasions when no minyan is present.1 This solution, a prayer built upon the neglected Al hakol, is quite brilliant since, while the opening words are so similar to those of the Kaddish, the prayer does not constitute a davar she-bikdushah, as Reisner points out. It comes as a welcome relief from falling back, for example, on Psalm 23, which is overworked and overused—as if this psalm only relates to death and mourning!
The statement of Elbogen, quoted by Reisner, that "[Al Ha-kol] is hardly used anywhere," is somewhat surprising and calls for comment. Elbogen's opinion probably reflected the liturgical and ḥazzanut practice of Berlin and German territories further east, namely, minhag polin. To the west and south, where minhag ashkenaz prevailed, Al Ha-kol was, on occasion, recited aloud by the ḥazzan. On Simḥat Torah and/or Matnat Yad2 it was frequently sung responsorially. In some communities it was chanted aloud at all services on the pilgrimage festivals.3 In England, Al Hakol was even sung to newly composed choral settings, although this practice has now been obsolete for at least half a century, if not longer.4 [End Page 118]
Recently, the editors of Va'ani Tefillati, the new prayer book of the Israeli Masorti Movement (2009), made an excellent attempt to create a substitute for Mourner's Kaddish when no minyan is available.5 They provided a newly composed text that draws upon well-known verses from the Bible and the siddur, including a phrase from El malei raḥamim—all of which will sound familiar to users (p. 287). Going beyond the Kaddish-like words of Al Ha-kol, this text actually includes the opening words of the Kaddish:
The prayer reads sufficiently well also in English:
O God, Source of the breath of all flesh, in Your hand are the souls of the living and the dead, turn today in loving kindness and compassion to my prayer in memory of my loved one. Remember all the loving kindness and goodness that he (she) performed in this world. Grant him (her) perfect rest in Your sheltering presence, and may his (her) soul be bound up in the bond of life. Yitgadal v'yitkadash sh'meih rabbah. Oseh shalom bimromav hu yaaseh shalom aleinu v'al kol yisrael [v'al kol yoshvei teivel], v'imru amen.9
Either substitute formulation of the Mourner's Kaddish is worthy of serious consideration by our colleagues, and hopefully will be adopted for use in our synagogues.
Geoffrey Goldberg
Rego Park, NY
To the Editor:
David Kunin's essay regarding the "triumphalist and rejectionist prayers in our siddur"1 makes a persuasive argument for re-evaluating segments of the liturgy at odds with our values. I certainly hope that it is widely read and considered. However, in a tangential footnote related to the paucity of Conservative/Masorti t'shuvot dealing with liturgical change, I believe he misrepresents David Golinkin's t'shuvah on the Amidah. The author states that Golinkin's t'shuvah "forbids the inclusion of the Matriarchs," [End Page 119] but in fact the opposite is true. Golinkin does rule against the common practice of adding the Matriarchs by altering the beginning and end of the Avot blessing; yet he also concludes that there is an "authentic" way to insert the names of the imahot into the Amidah: namely, through the use of piyyutim either in the middle of the Avot or the other blessings. Golinkin allows, and even encourages, the insertion of piyyutim for the sake of liturgical innovation; indeed, at Machon Schechter, where Golinkin serves as president, a piyyut about the Matriarchs (written by Einat Ramon) is recited at the discretion of the shatz. Here at Kellman Brown Academy, our Middle School students began including that same piyyut in the morning Amidah after studying Golinkin's t'shuvah. I hope that both Kunin's central thesis, as well as Golinkin's t'shuvah...


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Binghamton Bearcats On The Road This Weekend
Both the Binghamton University men's and women's basketball teams are on the road this weekend to open-up America East play. The women play at UMBC at 1 PM tomorrow while the men make their longest trip of the season to Maine to play the Black Bears Sunday at 4:30 PM.
The BU women are coming off of their sweep of UMass and LaSalle at the Dartmouth Holiday tournament while the men have split their last two outings topping Bryant at the Events Center last weekend and dropping a road contest at St. Joseph's on Monday.
The Retrievers have won just one game so far and are 1-11. The Bearcats are 3-10. Binghamton is led in scoring by Sherae Swinson averaging 11.7 points per game. Following tomorrow's outing the Bearcats play at UMass-Lowell Tuesday night at 7 PM. Both tomorrow's and Tuesday's game can be heard on News Radio 1290 WNBF with Tim Heiman calling the action.


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Match Report : Switzerland settled for draw despite their intense performance
Admir Mehmedi's brilliant volley earns Switzerland a valuable draw but Romania can take heart after another battling display.
Switzerland edged closer to qualification for the last 16 of UEFA EURO 2016 with a gutsy draw at Parc des Princes, battling back from a goal down to share the Group A spoils thanks to a wonderful left-foot volley from Admir Mehmedi.
Romania had led through Bogdan Stancu's 18th-minute penalty and they grew in stature after surviving several Swiss missses in the first half, notably by Haris Seferović.
The Eintracht Frankfurt striker sent a shot wide of Ciprian Tătăruşanu's left-hand post after six minutes and had another effort saved by the keeper soon afterwards. Blerim Džemaili also headed a presentable opportunity wide.
Romania made them pay after 18 minutes, when Stephan Lichtsteiner fouled the lively Alexandru Chipciu inside the area and Stancu scored his second penalty of the tournament, slotting into the bottom left corner.
Cristian Săpunaru could have doubled Romania's advantage but hit a post. Despite having had most of the ball, and the better chances, Switzerland were rattled.
They settled after the break, though, and drew level in fine style when Mehmedi fired home the sweetest of left-foot volleys after 57 minutes.
Man of the match
Granit Xhaka showed both style and steel in a splendid display in Switzerland's midfield. He was at the heart of much of their possession football and can really make a name for himself in this EURO.
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Participate in the 24th Annual Paper Gardens Creative Writing Contest for children, youth, and adult writers in Yamhill County. If your piece is selected, it will be published in the Paper Gardens Anthology and you will be invited to the awards ceremony on May 4, 2017 at 7:00pm in the Ballroom.
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Snowmobiler's Rescued:
The TCSAR team responded to a report of overdue snowmobilers on the night of March 12th at around 8:30 pm. The Team went in search of the snowmobilers in the Gros Ventre area and were able to locate them at night thanks to the signs the lost party had created on the nearby trail where their snowmobile was stuck. Luckily nobody was hurt and the team returned the lost snowmobilers to the trailhead with everyone safely home by about 2am.


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44 FLIGHT International, II January AIR TRANSPORT . . . Representatives of 13 airlines met ,-. Arlington, Virginia, last month to discus Concorde training, spares support cm service needs with the Concorde suppor division (CSD) of BAC and Sud-Aviatio: and with BAC (USA). From left to righ are Mr 8. Torrell, chief engineer, A-,' Canada; Mr M. P. White, president, BAC (USA); Mr D. Marshall, Air Canada; one Mr P. £. Martin, manager CSD Sue Aviation. The engineering cutaway on the wall behind is a reproduction of a "Flight" drawing that he doubted whether, for procedural reasons, "it would have been open to me to have recommended that the appeal should be allowed. The case as presented differed a great deal in emphasis from that presented to the Board. . . ." The feature of the application and later appeal by Eagle around which the real questions revolved was not simply a relatively minor increase in frequency from 12 to 15 return flights a week, but the deletion of two Saturday services and the introduction of additional services on Mondays and Fridays at peak hours. This raised the question not only of capacity and traffic, but also the particular one of facilities for business travel between Glasgow and London. The commissioner said that he was impressed by the evidence given for Eagle and thought it reasonable to claim that there was a particular case for good air services at times which meet business needs. "It would be ironical if, because of some lack of coherence in policy, official efforts to stimulate industrial activity in the Glasgow area were hampered by official restrictions on air transport. The evidence ... is that the existing morning services leave something to be desired." However, the commission quoted figures to "show the diffi- culty of approving extra services." In 1965 the passengers on the route increased by 42,500 (8 per cent on 1964); in 1966 by 38,200 (6 per cent); and in the first three months of 1967 by 12,000 1\ per cent); According to BEA estimates the extra frequencies by British United out of London Gatwick from November 1 (after a long delay which provided one reason for the ATLB's refusal of Eagle's original application) would, in a full year, increase BUA's carryings by some 25,000 passengers. Approval of the Eagle application would account for another 25,000 passengers. However, the commissioner said, these figures did "not entirely rule out improving the services available to businessmen if the need is sufficiently pressing, as it may well be." McALPINE EXPANSION AN entirely separate division of the Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons group, McAlpine Aviation, was set up last year with the principal object of expanding into the fixed-base maintenance and air-taxi business beyond the immediate needs of the parent engineering organisation which had used business aircraft for nearly 20 years. Charter flying has developed satisfactorily over the last year according to Captain Ray Young, McAlpine Aviation general manager, who told Flight last week that revenue-earning flying hours had risen 40 per cent. The fleet now comprises (with the hourly hire charge in parentheses) two 9-seat Piaggio P. 166 (£45), two 5-seat Piper Aztec C (£35) and one 4-seat STOL Helio Courier (£20). All aircraft in the fleet are fully equipped to IFR standard and operated in accordance with the company's Air Operator's Certificate. Whereas many air-taxi companies operate aircraft of less than 5,0001b gross weight to avoid the rigours of AOC compliance, McAlpine has deliberately taken the opposing view in the quest of reliability. This attitude may now promise potential gain as the company is considering an entry into the realm of third-level scheduled services on UK internal and cross-Channel routes. As a Luton-based company McAlpine is well placed to serve several large industrial enterprises. Regular customers for inter- factory services are BAC (Luton and Filton), Ford (Southend- Liverpool) and Vauxhall (Luton-Liverpool, Luton-Cologne). The Piper Twinair operation in association with TWA has not proved particularly lucrative, but the occurrence of a number of flights from South Wales to connect with transatlantic services from Heathrow is being interpreted as indicating a potential need for a scheduled third-level service between South Wales and London. Many members of the Association of British Travel Agents operating in the London area have been contacted by McAlpine with the offer of a 7-J per cent commis- sion payable on charters. Of the many existing and projected aircraft, Captain Young considers the 14-passenger Piper PA-35 (to fly this spring) as the most promising for third-level scheduled services. McAlpine find that charters are either for groups of two or three people with a high proportion as high as a dozen people. The PA-35 promises to be competitively fast, have a good short-field performance and have low seat-mile costs because of a low price. Fifth Caravelle for Morocco An order for a fifth SA Cara- velle has been signed by Royal Air Maroc. FH-227 Grounded On December 4 the FAA temporarily grounded the 40 Fadrchild Hiller FH-227s which are being operated by Ozark, Northeast and Piedmont. Reports had been received of tbuffeting and even of failure of the elevator trim tabs, though no accidents had been involved, and immediate inspection was required. Runway for Lympne Following approval from the County Planning Authority, a permanent hard runway (and taxi track from the terminal area) is to be laid down at Lympne, the base of Skyways Coach Air. It will be 4,500ft long and work will start immediately for completion, it is hoped, in time for the Easter holiday services. Papuan Buys Garrett Skyvans Two Garrett-powered Sky- vans have been ordered by Papuan Airlines as a reconfirmation of the order placed in September 1965 for the Astazou- powered version, the performance of which did not meet the requirements for hot and hi,gh conditions. The aircraft will complete tests in Papua for an Australian C of A before delivery to the airline in September. Zambia's One-Elevens The two BAC One-Elevens originally ordered by Central African Airways, taken over by the Zam- bian Government and then leased to British Eagle until last November, are now in service with Zambia Airways. Based at N'dola, they have been operating since January 1 on services to Dar-es-Salaam, Nairobi and Lubumbashi (Congo). The air- line has plans to extend the services later to Mauritius. Management of the airline is provided by Alitalia under contract.
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Posted on: October 11th, 2012 by Annie Von Domitz in Oregon Trail Interpretive Sites |
On Highway 26 at mile post 53 on the Government Camp Business Route.
In 1849, a U.S. cavalry group crossing the Barlow Road was caught in a winter storm and the troops were forced to abandon several of their wagons. Emigrants who later camped at this site named it Government Camp for the cavalry wagons they found here. The Oregon Trail goes right through town and a stone monument and interpretive shelter in Government Camp orient visitors to the Oregon Trail and the Barlow Road.
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Problem: You are looking for a fun way to kill some time while the Internet is down. Plus, you have a great business logo and you'd like to use it in Excel.
Strategy: Paste your company's or any other logo to a worksheet. From the Drawing toolbar, select AutoShape – Lines – FreeForm, as shown in Fig. 1413. (Note: Click any figure below for a larger view of that image.)
If you're using Excel 2007 or 2010, go to the Insert tab, click on Shapes and choose the Freeform option from the Lines grouping.
This is great for drawing straight lines. Trace your company logo. Start at one corner of the logo. Click on the corner, as shown in Fig. 1414.
As shown in Fig. 1415, move the mouse to the next corner and click again.
Continue clicking at each corner. When you get back to the original corner of the logo, click again and the AutoShape will appear, as shown in Fig. 1416.
You can now move, color, re-size, and rotate the AutoShape. As shown in Fig. 1417, here is Max Cell with a little color and 3-D added in.
Result: You will have an AutoShape of your logo that you can resize or shrink to your heart's content.
Summary: Use the Freeform AutoShape tool to draw any angular shape.
Commands Discussed: AutoShape – Lines – FreeForm
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National Security and Intelligence
Thursday, September 27, 2007; 12:30 PM
Washington Post intelligence reporter Dana Priest was online Thursday, Sept. 27 at 12:30 p.m. ET to discuss the latest developments in national security and intelligence.
The transcript follows.
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Dana Priest: Hi everyone. I'm here. Let's begin.
San Francisco: Around the year 2000, I had occasion to ask a former Director of Central Intelligence what area was most likely to erupt in a nuclear conflict. Without hesitation, he pointed to Pakistan/India. Viewed today, what would be your answer?
Dana Priest: I would not only second that, but say it is much more likely now than in 20 years or so.
State College, Pa.: I thought that the Iraq Study Group recommend all budget allocations for Afghanistan and Iraq fall under the normal, annual budgetary process. Why are we still seeing these massive budget supplemental requests?
washingtonpost.com: Increase In War Funding Sought (Post, Sept. 27)
Dana Priest: Two things. The ISG was only advisory and much of their advice is being ignored. Secondly, they are seeking it because they can and because they need it to continue the troop build up and to buy thousands of Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles to counter IED and armor-piercing explosives.
New York: Dana, I'm curious about John Rizzo, who recently withdrew from consideration as CIA general counsel. How did a 32-year agency veteran come to approve of the Bush administration's infamous "torture memo"? Was he really as gung-ho as the Bushies, or did he just get caught up in a mess not of his own making? Thanks.
washingtonpost.com: Nominee Withdraws Bid for Key CIA Post (Post, Sept. 26)
Dana Priest: John Rizzo was a part of all important CIA legal decisions. Mostly, in the context in which you are speaking, this includes the controversial rendition, CIA prison and "enhanced interrogation" methods. While he was not the general counsel at the time, he was and continues to be the CIA's legal institutional memory. I believe he saw his role as finding ways to allow the administration and the CIA to do what they wanted to do (and this is also what they they thought they should do on counterterrorism) I doubt he was as gung-ho as the Bushies since his real interest is/was looking out for the CIA's interest.
Toronto: Thanks for taking our questions. The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday about a serious dispute between the chief prosecutor at Guantanamo and his newly appointed superior. The article described a fundamental disagreement about whether the next captives to be charged should be small-fry, who could be charged with relatively trivial charges -- but charges based on unclassified evidence, so the proceedings could be observed by the press -- as opposed to charging the "high-value detainees," whose trials would have to be held in camera.
So, regarding on-camera trials against the "high-value detainees": in your opinion to what extent is the refusal to hold their trials on camera because public trials would reveal that the evidence against them was based on torture, and to what extent do you think there is a legitimate fear that a public trial would reveal actual secrets -- secrets that the U.S. has an actual need to keep secret?
Dana Priest: Giving everything we know now, my guess would be that these trials would reveal very little that is truly still secret. The government can devise a way to make sure some of that does not get into court by arranging such a thing with the judge and counsel before hand. I do think that they are still trying to guard from public view the interrogation methods they used. It's a little late now. The Post and every other major newspaper have described these already.
Raleigh, N.C.: Good afternoon! What agency or department at DOD (or State or wherever) is tasked with direct oversight of military contractors such as Blackwater? Who is the individual in charge of that? Has he/she testified before Congress? Is this oversight considered to be basically a financial task, or an operational task?
Dana Priest: There wasn't one at DOD or elsewhere. That's why Gates has now dispatched a team to investigate the issue --- four years too late. This became an issue in the first year after the invasion. The Provisional Authority (remember that) set up a team to come up with codes of conduct for armed security firms. The firms themselves set up a self-policing group that was meant to keep firms in line so. But the situation remained ad hoc. Local commanders, depending on their personalities, would work with, or ignore, these private firms in their AORs. Seems that none of this worked well enough.
Montreal: Dana, what's the U.S. position on contractors like Blackwater if they're used by an enemy country and, say, shoot Americans? If they were on the other side of a conflict, what's their status? They're not soldiers.
Dana Priest: I cannot fathom this scenario.
South Texas: With regard to the Director of National Intelligence's recent statement that Russian and Chinese espionage in the US is getting back to Cold War levels, I have to ask a question that's going to sound cynical: So what? It isn't clear that the numerous espionage successes those two countries had during the Cold War ended up affecting U.S. security much at all. So why is now different?
Dana Priest: The simple answer is: you can't know what their intentions are in the future vis a vis the US. China is obviously a huge competitor to the US around the world, not just economically but for political influence. China is also, lest we forget, a Communist state with no free media, no workers rights, no human rights standards...so, in other words, under whose influence we would want other countries to fall. Look at Myanmar/Burma.
Helena, Mont.: Dana, I agree that newspapers have already described our interrogation methods, but the White House consistently has stated that "we do not torture." Having testimony of the interrogation methods in a court of law would put an imprimatur that newspapers just don't have -- and it would be much more difficult to state that we don't torture. In other words, it's political -- admitting to methods officially is worse than having it reported in newspapers.
Dana Priest: I don't disagree. I was actually arguing that because so much is already known, so little is still actually secret. You're right, having it officially on the record in court is different than in the press.
Re: Rizzo: Was the Senate's problem that he saw his role as enabling what the White House and CIA wanted to do, as opposed to what they legally can do, or was the opposition more specific to the "kidnap and torture" program, to be a bit blunt about it?
Dana Priest: The rendition, interrogation, secret prison program in particular, whose legality is now -- and only now -- being questioned by Congress.
Richmond, Va.: Re: The Senate's nonbinding resolution for the splitting of Iraq into three semiautonomous regions -- uh, is this something that the Iraqis want and is doable, just because we say we want it? I'm a little flummoxed at what this was all about. Any thoughts?
Dana Priest: Yes, that seemed to just come out of the blue. Well, the ruling parties in Iraq don't want it but we can't really say that means the Iraqi people don't want it (I'm not sure at this point that it is possible to say what the Iraqi people want). It's an expression of what Congress wants the US policy to be.
West Chester, Pa.: History seems to be repeating it self as the drumbeat for war with Iran, based on accusations not backed up by any facts, intensifies. Do you think the Bush administration will launch a war (perhaps sending only the bombers) against Iran and if they do what are the likely consequences for the Middle East?
Dana Priest: Frankly, I think the military would revolt and there would be no pilots to fly those missions. This is a little bit of hyperbole, but not much. Just look at what Gen. Casey, the Army chief, said yesterday. That the tempo of operations in Iraq would make it very hard for the military to respond to a major crisis elsewhere. Beside, it's not the "war" or "bombing" part that's difficult; it's the morning after and all the days after that. Haven't we learned that (again) from Iraq?
Munich, Germany: A former director of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Sir Richard Dearlove, proposes that for a secret service" success depends not just on the skill of individual case officers, but on a complicated admixture of qualities within the agency, projected mainly through its reputation." Do you agree that any secret service needs to place a high value on its own reputation?
Dana Priest: I have two contradictory thoughts on this. Firstly, no, reputation doesn't matter because it's a public thing and the real hard work of the CIA and other intel agencies is done secretly, with other governments, without regard to public perception whatsoever. Secondly, yes -- reputation does matter because if the public believes the CIA is huge, all-knowing, 007 kind of organization, it can serve as a deterrent to, well, people with bad intentions.
Boston: If the rumored warrantless domestic surveillance actions of telecommunications companies after Sept. 11 are ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court then does any legal liability protection provided by Congress hold up? Is it unconstitutional to provide protections for actions that are themselves unconstitutional?
Dana Priest: I'm sure lots of lawyers are scurrying around on this right now. I would think the companies could argue that the government had promised them that they were cooperating with a legal program, so maybe that buys them an out.
Baltimore: The administration and think-tank spokespersons avoid discussing war costs, saying it is "absurd" to put a price on security efforts. Aren't there ways to heal Middle East relations and decrease terrorist threats that spare funds for domestic priorities? Why are security/domestic funding discussions off-limits?
Dana Priest: Well, the next time a dictator says he'll leave his throne peacefully for a measly $1 billion and fake war plans, we should jump on it! Besides that, "containment" ain't lookin' so bad these days.
washingtonpost.com: Report Says Hussein Was Open To Exile Before 2003 Invasion (Post, Sept. 27)
Dana Priest: That was fast! Thanks for joining me. Until next week ... let's hope the temperature in Washington drops soon!
Editor's Note: washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions. washingtonpost.com is not responsible for any content posted by third parties.


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Harris Poulikidis, 62, Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty in federal court today to actions taken as part of a bank fraud scheme that forced several low-income homeowners into bankruptcy by saddling them with more debt than they were able to repay. Poulikidis pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ortrie D. Smith this morning to causing an individual to travel across state lines as part of a fraud scheme.
Poulikidis admitted that he caused a homeowner to obtain a $61,500 loan from Fremont Investment and Loan to refinance a mortgage and to provide approximately $19,350 in home improvements by Poulikidis' company, Roofing & Siding Plus. On the same day, Poulikidis caused the homeowner to obtain a second mortgage, a $9,000 loan from his company. The second mortgage was later sold to another financial company.
Poulikidis assured the homeowner that her new payments under the re-financing would be no more than, or less than, what she was paying previously. In reality, however, the monthly payments increased so much that the homeowner could not afford them and filed for bankruptcy.
The loan application for the first mortgage did not disclose the second mortgage loan being sought from the homeowner. Fremont Investment and Loan would not have made the loan had it known of the second mortgage.
Under federal statutes, Poulikidis is subject to a sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $250,000 and an order of restitution to six homeowners. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney J. Daniel Stewart. It was investigated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector General, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced the guilty plea.


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Print advertisement created by Wächter & Wächter, Germany for Infinito, within the category: Industrial, Agriculture.
Creative Director: Andreas Rüthemann
Art Director: Carina Wenzel
Copywriters: Jan Portius, Christine Elfers
Photographer / Retouching: litho niemann + steggemann gmbh
not digging this. makes them look inedible. Then again if its for an agricultural audience they tend to look at food differently so it probably works quite well.
We're going to need more lube.
I don't see what the product is.. i dont believe they are selling metal cases for vegitables. I asume some sort of boxes?? but i can't see it
also yeh, it doesn't look appealing unless you're a si-fi fan
this agency always uses big logos and places them always in the same area
one should not take life so seriously - as one will not come out of it alive.
Vegetables and metal... bad idea
People preffer something natural, specially now more of the public are turning into organic consumers and all that


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errr.. Well note really. Today was one of those days at work that you just really want to end quickly. At my work pace we are all lucky enough to finish at 4:30pm on a Friday (which is fantastic); however Friday is usually my busiest days and I tend to either go in early, or work through my lunch break. Therefore, making the hour early-mark, fairly pointless.
However, the day started out pretty well as I managed to score a lift early into work with Matt (he was driving into Notting Hill early to watch SA vs Samoa). I took full advantage of being able to use the work gym in this instance!
Workout Today
10mins warm up level 12 random on elliptical trainer
Seated dumbell press at 7kg
DB front raise at 4kg
Shoulder press at 20kg
Lateral raise at 4
Bent over rear delt raise at 3kg
Hanging knee raises
1 COMPLETE PULL UP!! Very excited about this. Yes, I could only do one.. but one is still one right? :)
For lunch us girls went out to the local Nando's which was lovely. Being stuffed in a small booth on a hot day in a restaurant that has no air conditioning made us all a bit sweaty, especially with the Peri Peri sauce! I had a vege pitta which was lovely. Hold the side of chips please! Not only am I trying to be healthy, but I am also a bit of a tight a*# so that worked out well, to tell you the truth.
When I got home, I was a bit peckish as I didn't have anything at work for my regular afternoon snack. I made myself up a quesadilla with left over chicken, left over salad and some laughing cow cheese.
Just about hit the spot! A little later I decided to have something sweet as a night cap :)
Greek yoghurt with some frozen strawberries and blue berries.
What is your favorite evening sweet tooth snack? x


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