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Summary: Peter meets Prime. There's a Matrix moment, and a Power Rangers moment. And Tiger Woods. And SARS. And Spider Man and Obi-Wan Kenobi and… it's complicated.
Dark Future Date: August 3rd, 2009
Everything is B.S.
Weischel Carcass House
The resulting golf swing that comes from the Ditto that's launching a golf ball off into the not-so-distance is somewhat of an okay one. It's mostly just the fact that there are walls that make it hard to get a hole in one… or twenty. The Ditto, who just happens to be dressed in complete and utter Golf Wear, turns to the Fourth Wall (not that he knows it's the Fourth Wall, but still) and smiles. "Hi. I'm Niger Woods." He pauses and holds up a finger with a smile. "One G." Just in case.
"And after a long, hard day of teein' people off? I drink: Haterade." He reaches down and pulls up a Gatorade bottle with orange juice in it. The name 'Haterade' has been scrawled across the bottle in the most ghetto of fashions. He pops the top and guzzles some before smiling back at the Fourth Wall that's doubling as a camera. "It's full of all kinds of enzymes and bullshit to make you think and feel like you should be better than the other guy."
A ditto walks by and Niger Woods trips him with his golf club! The ditto tumbles and goes down like a ton of bricks while Niger laughs! "Hahahahaha! Haterade. Is It In You? Probably Not. Because You Suck."
The walls of the meat packing plant certainly don't make for the the best golf course, even for a spoof of a commercial, but it does make for a good sounding board for someone who's stopping back in to check on things after a trip to leave another message at the roof of the Deveaux building. Peter's getting a little better at folding cranes, now. The wings were right, the tail was right— the head could still use work. Raising up the bay door with the remote that hasn't been taken back yet, he slips inside just in time to hear the FOUR and look around to avoid a flying gulf ball.
He's lucky it doesn't actually hit anywhere near him, but it chances a few ricochets that might be dangerous. The voice of the man is recognized from television and radio more than anything in person— and the sight of two of them might have been shocking, if not for prior knowledge. Even then, the younger version of one of most known 'freedom fighters/terrorists' in the country, still looks shocked at what he sees and hears. "Jaden?" he asks outloud. There's a moment of 'oh yeah' before he adds on, "Bless me father, for I have sinned." But long haired cranky Peter shouldn't know this password.
Niger Woods and the other Ditto just disappear into the ether when Peter says the 'J-Word'. Which is not allowed, that's for sure. Prime, though, steps out of the shadows with his combat bow already loaded and a funny looking arrow aimed at Peter's skull. Immediately, the Saints Back Up Guru was thinking of a trespasser. But then the code phrase has been said and he lowers his arms. Warily.
"The only Jaden I know is a self-righteous prick that thinks he's god's gift to the computer industry." Prime remarks with all the distaste of someone up in his mouth. "I'm Prime."
The vanishing dittos certainly comes as a surprise. Peter blinks, startled and then glances aside in time to see the combat bow ready to shoot at him— but luckily he remembered the phrase in time. There's a relieved sound when the arms lowered. "Sorry— Prime. It's just— that's the only name I knew for you and… sorry." He'd known the man would be here, due to his mother bringing cookies for him to this same location. "Did they… tell you about me? Jack and… the rest?" There's definitely a more nervous tone to his voice than the one in this day and age would ever be caught dead uttering.
"No need. I saw Back To The Future. I know how this whole thing works." Prime sounds like Jaden, this is true, but the lacks a certain immaturity level that brought charm to the one that Peter knows of. He's in the process of putting his arrow back in the quiver and breaking down the combat bow to sling over his shoulder as he regards Peter with an appraising look. Checking to see how similar this one is to the one the other him knows.
Very little in common outside of physical appearance, and even then, there's differences. This one watches the dismantelling of the bow with a certain kind of fascination — as if he's never really seen it — when the other requires more complex things to get the same look. Peter nods, running a hand through much shorter hair, that'd been ruffled by some kind of activity. "I met your mother yesterday. Had seen her on television, but… Never met you before either. Not directly. Saw you skydiving at the Zoo once."
"That was a long time ago." Prime remarks, finishing the quick dismantling and storing it away on his shoulder. His eyes narrow a bit at Peter, before he moves to take up residence on the wall. Leaning back, he crosses his arms over his chest and merely continues to peer at the man. "I take it you're interested in more than just 'catching up'. What with us never having a chance to talk B.P." Pause and clarification: "Before Petrelli." Pause once more. "No offense."
The glaring seems to have unnerved him a bit, or at least Peter can't quite keep eyecontact for long, choosing to look to the side rather than directly at the other man. "No offense taken, but— he only became President a year ago— things started falling apart before that. Didn't they? With the… tornados and the war I keep hearing about? I'm— actually I was just getting back. I went to— leave a message for someone and… was just surprised to see you." He looks a little sheepish. "I need to learn to say the code as soon as I enter," he adds.
"You're lucky I recognized you." is what Prime says, just to make sure that Peter knows he could've taken him out at any time. Not that anyone knows if he was even ready, but half of war is tricking the other side into thinking you're always ahead. Or something like that. "Before Petrelli sounds cooler." Prime defends his crazy token slanguage that nobody else really seems to latch on to. Clearly, he ignores the signs that his slanguage could just, well, suck. "How long you stayin'? Until the Delorean gets patched up?"
"Guess it does sound cooler— but Before the Storm sounds pretty neat to," Peter says, showing his own decision to use a slang that doesn't make his brother sound like the whole cause of this mess— even if it seems he caused a lot of the worst of it. "Until I figure out enough to… to fix this. Find out who— or what— caused the storms, if I can and… if not find out enough where we can… keep the damage contained, maybe… Change the future." It's said with a hint of a sheepish shrug, and he's avoiding direct eyecontact again. Even if Back to the Future did a lot of his work for him, it still sounds crazy.
"Yeah, but then everything would be B.S." Prime just made a joke. Somebody take a picture. He shakes his head and offers a bit of a shrug. "I've got pretty much ever time traveling movie memorized and things never seem to work out for the better until close to the end. So it looks like you're stuck here for awhile." He doesn't go into the whole Butterfly Effect thing because that's just too damn complicated. "Maybe you came too far ahead. If you wanna' stop a Ororo from PMS, you gotta' check out the Day Before Tomorrow… not the aftershocks."
There's a lopsided smile to the joke and Peter can't help but be amused. In a lot of ways, he wants to think of this world as BS, so it's rather funny— though that designation would make his time BS. "BP works better, then," he relents, though he continues to smile for a moment, until… "Maybe— we— maybe I should've gone earlier— but the vision that Desiree saw showed a newspaper exactly two years from the day that I teleported— almost a week ago now." Has a week passed there too? Part of him really hopes not. "Maybe going to the day of the storms would've been better— but I don't know when they happened. And if she had that vision— there must have been a reason for it. It was also about my brother. Maybe I have to… find out what happened to him…" His eyes lower, a grimace breaking through.
"He became a punk bitch. That's pretty much the gist of it." Prime doesn't need to say anything else about Nathan. He's more worried about the fact that Peter hasn't really done anything while he's here yet. Anything useful. "I'll see if I can dig up the date of the craziness for you. Don't know it off the top of my head." He shrugs, figuring he's got a good of a plan as any. "Then we can jump there, stop the storm, quantum leap back here, make sure everything's kosher and then? Roll Credits."
"I'm— probably going to jump back to the same time I left— or as close to that as I can. Just being here instead of there might change things already," Peter's not sure how to explain that part— "I honestly don't understand time travel very well, I just know it's probably not a good idea to meet myself. And— from what I hear I wouldn't want to anyway." But his voice trails off, and there's a far-away look in his eyes as he stares at the wall a few inches to the side of Prime's head— "Even knowing the dates might change now— but I already have one clue on who caused part of it… and maybe I can find out more. But I'll stay as long as I have to."
"Other You is a bitch too. Actually, both of you are. But whatever works, right?" Prime just shrugs his shoulders. "Who cares what changes, so long as things aren't as bad as they are now. Maybe if you can make it rain cookies and ice cream the world'll turn into Candyland and not a bad George Lucas set." Prime finally pushes off the wall and gets to taking a gander around the room. Doing the security detail thing. "You just leave the understanding of time travel to me. You stick to being Spongebob and kicking ass."
There's a flinch. Peter turns away a little as he's called a name, and then further told to leave certain things alone. "Spongebob, huh… Not to burst you're bubble, here, but you've probably clocked far more fight time than me now." There's a few fights he's had that might be considered pretty harsh, but really… who wouldn't have more 'fight-time' in a world like this? "If you want to help me, then help me. I'll do my best to make this into a better world. Maybe while I'm here, I can help out too." Even if he just practically said he has little actual fight-time clocked.
"Don't worry. I hate that cartoon too. Can you believe they're still making new episodes? In the height of the end of the world?" Prime just shrugs and continues on over to Peter. He keeps his hands where Pete can see them, just in case the dude's getting nervous and almost cracks a smile. "Y'know, there's a real easy way to play catch up, if you want." Prime moves to throw an arm around Peter's shoulders and turn him around to offer a view of about fifteen Dittos, all of which seem to be taking a different martial arts fighting stance, real or otherwise.
"Are you kidding me?" Peter has to exclaim, trying to figure out how on earth that could be possible. But then he supposes… anything's possible. Maybe the creator was an Evolved and thus superior. And it would really explain a lot about the cartoon, now that he thinks about it. Maybe he could breathe underwater, or something lame like that. Standing in the open area of the meet packing plant would be Nice Guy Petrelli, the clean cut and far more hopefull and easily cowed version of the two Peters currently in this timeline— and all of a sudden he's surrounded by dittos taking martial arts forms. His eyebrows raise and he looks anxious. "…not sure I'm the fastest learner, but it's worth a try…" At least he can heal… because he knows how this is going to end up.
There's a side door to the Plant - one used when foot traffic wanders through instead of the usual motorized transport that the more mechanically inclined members of the Saints seem to baby. And put rockets on. Whichever.
That metal door is what bangs open now, letting in a certain DJ, who is /very quick/ to bang it closed behind her - breathing awful hard. One might get the impression she's run a signficant distance, in fact.
Her courier bag is filled with lumpy things that are visible even with it closed - about the size of a fist, and it's loaded /full/. She has to edge it aside to lean against the door, to set it down at her feet, and just… catch her breath. And listen.
No sirens. This is a good sign, right?
"Relax. Some of me can fight. Some of me are fakers." Prime says, taking some steps back and away from Peter and the Ditto Squad. He finds himself looking over at the door as it opens and his eyes are catching sight of Ali. "Hrm."
And suddenly, there's a Ditto popping up on the side of her. "You okay?" Another Ditto is popping up on the other side, crouching near the bag and offering to take it. "We'll take it from here." Not that any of them know what the heck is going on with the bag, but Dittos follow Prime's orders and that's that.
The Ditto Squad that's surrounding Peter all start to crack and pop knuckles and what not, trying to look intimidating. "Don't hold back, Spidey. Let 'em have it." Prime says. "They're just training dummies…"
At the sound of someone entering, Peter turns to catch the blonde woman in his eyes and actually manages a hint of a smile, before he looks back at the training dummies that surround him. Um… "So you won't get hurt if I attack you?" he asks, making double sure that this wouldn't end up hurting him, while he still stands there look rather… well… unintimidating. That's another drastic difference between him and his older counterpart— the other didn't care to ask if the training dummies (or the human shields as he likes to call them) made the man creating them feel pain. If he cared, he didn't find the time to worry about it. This leaves plenty of time for a ditto to get the first blow in.
"Yeah. Prime - " Ali looks up to that Ditto - "Don't get too close to me. We got a problem." Her voice is hoarse - sure sign she's been… using it. A bit too much.
The Ditto helping with the bag? It comes open when its lifted; even a casual glance would reveal those lumps are.. apples? And a pomegranite. The bag's full of /fruit/. Go figure… but Ali lets it go, regardless. "Is Jack.." She turns..
And just kind of stares, oddly, at the circle. "… uh. When did he piss you off?"
"No pain, no gain, Spidey." quips Prime Prime, from wherever he is. He's no longer standing near the Training Session or Ali. He's taken to doing that thing where he hides and looms ominously within the shadows of the area. Much easier to be badass that way.
"Define 'problem'." The Ditto remarks, even as he stands back a little bit. Not that, well, anything can actually really happen to him that'd do anything crucial. He's just a Ditto. The one scooping the fruit up into his arms, just shrugs. "We're not pissed. We're just trying to show Anakin the Way of the Force."
That's almost a cue as one three of the Dittos swarm in with the quickness. One goes up to aim a kick at Peter's head and the other two slide forward with punches towards his gut! "Focus, Daniel-San!" "His name's not Daniel!" "Well, Peter-San sounds stupid!" "Now YOU two focus!" "Shut up!" Dittos get distracted easily. Even by themselves.
The ways of the Force. Appropriate. Though Peter is suddenly far more reminded of the lame Matrix sequels with the many Agent Smiths— only the Dittos don't have a cool voice. There's a important distinction. Problem with this would be… he's never really fought more than one person at a time — nor could he claim skill in fighting at all — and he's not mastered bullet-time to slow things down enough to do much of a difference. Means he relies on instinct, which doesn't kick in right away— or it does.
The kick lands, knocking his head to the side without so much as a decent attempt to dodge, and then the punches both land. The pain and sudden block knocks the air out of him, but he reaches out to try and grab one of the fists that went into his stomach, electricity laces up from his hands and into the ditto, a considerably stronger charge than he would usually use.
He said not to hold back.
"… my old roomate." Ali looks - disgusted. Likely with herself … but the fight's progressing, and that she's definitely intrigued by. Girls and violence - who knew? Then again…. she is from Jersey.
"I think she is… woah." She winces at the arc - and, oddly enough, looks worriedly up at the near ditto. "You okay?" To heck with Peter. That he just got kicked in the head? Doesn't even register. Not yet, anyway.
"Old roommate?" Either Prime's brain isn't functioning, he's insane, doesn't remember or all of the above. Whatever the case may be, he ends up getting the question out to make sure that he gets clarification… and maybe even a name. That way he can go and take care of business… the Prime Way. That… really doesn't sound as cool as it should. Anyway.
"Well. There's a shocker." mutters one of the other Dittos as he watches the one Ditto get fried to a crisp almost. Smoke comes off the body and as it falls towards the ground, it dissipates into the air. Gone. No signs of pain to Prime… not that anyone can see him from his shadowy spot.
A handful of Dittos duck and the four behind them pull their hands up. Nerf Glocks. Within a moment, sticky darts are sent flying towards Peter from one direction, while the two close Dittos still near Peter aim fists at his chest.
Unfortunately, the kick to the head means there's no chance for Peter to register what the woman has said about her roommate, though it's unlikely he'd know who she was talking about anyway. Unless she moved in with Elle later in life. His ears are ringing a little, he's not quite seeing straight, but he knows he just fried a ditto to a crisp, when he releases the arm and watches the "man" vanish. He really hopes that the other one is okay— even if he didn't mind making his head spin, or knocking his breath out.
Luckily, he gets over things fast. Unluckily, he's not as fast at recovering as dittos he hasn't even had a chance to engage yet. This… is gonna hurt.
In a perfect world — or even a more bad ass version of himself, those darts wouldn't matter too much. He could stop them. In this one… the closest he can get is reaching out a hand and attempts to push one of the dittos aiming to punch him with his mind and— hopefully— shove him towards some of the others— hoping to intercept a few of those bolts and maybe knock down a couple of the others— Either way, the second of the two has a clear opening to hit him again, knocking him down, just as a good amount of those sticky darts reach their target, mostly chest, and some of his shoulder as he goes down, catching himself with an arm, but not getting up right away, visibly winded.
… so. Is it possible that Ali's /relishing/t the sight of [a] Peter getting himself smacked about? Quite likely. There's a sympathetic wince or two, an unmistakeable grin as the darts are fired. "… oooh. Good one, Prime." And.. she /likes/ the grimmer Petrelli. Go figure.
But, she murmers to the nearest Ditto - "Erin. I dunno if you ever knew her. She was sent to a camp right after it all started, and I lost track - don't get me wrong, I /tried/ to find her. Thing is.. she's got a trick, too."
She reaches up to run a hand through her hair. "She was /just/ figuring it out .. she makes people sick. I.. think she did something to /me/. I don't feel it yet - but. Hell. For all I know she just dropped HIV on my head." She's.. serious. For all that it's nonchalant. "She said she had a job to do. I.. I got a feeling that job is us. She said 'they' were watching her, whoever they are." A slight shrug. "We can deal with her after Angel's back, right?"
Dittos are all over the place, which is probably why Peter's getting swarmed and overwhelmed by the attacks. Still, though, it's good practice which makes for good things, right? Right. Moving right along, though, the Ditto that's hurled manages to open his arms and try to fly… but nothing happens except him catching a sticky dart to the forehead, "D'oh!" and then him smacking into a couple of other Dittos and the three of them all disappearing into the ether. The other Ditto rolls backwards and over to where the smaller group of Dittos are remaining and waiting to see Peter's next move. It's like a ghetto ass video game!
"Ditto Howser, MD." Another Ditto has just popped up, wearing a white doctor's coat and everything. He's already leaning down and holding up the stethoscope as if asking permission from Ali to use it. "I'm gonna' need a blood sample too. Since you could be a ticking biological bomb, I'm going to skip the release forms, kay? Kay." And another Ditto pops into view, brandishing a dreaded needle.
"Why wait?" comes Prime's voice. "I'll get you squared away for tests, hunt Erin down and be there to bring my girl home." Maybe Prime's gotten a bit cocky about his power over this last year or so. Huh. "Where'd you last see her?"
The crisis with possible diseases that the poor girl might carry and the brandished needle don't have much time to process, as Peter has many more things to worry about that are a lot closer. For one, there's more dittos standing around him waiting. Reaching up, he pulls the darts off of the drab clothes he borrowed from Jack, tossing them down to the floor as one, and he decides to try something new— or a new version of something old— which is actually nothing the Ditto hasn't already seen before. Every possible move he could come up with, the other Petrelli thought of before— that's just the way it goes.
Pushing one towards the ground with a sharp snap to the chest, and then swinging him along the ground in an attempt to knock as many others onto their feet as possible. Unfortunately he might evaporate before he's of too much use, but he's still fighting, the bruises on his face already healing while he attempts to fight back.
Ali - with a long-suffering sigh - puts up .. yes. Even with the needle. She even reaches up to grab the back of the Dr. Doogie Ditto's head, there, and pull him down to kiss his forehead, well, provided that Prime doesn't do something truly odd like scream and head for the hills when approached with girl-cooties or something.
Quiet and fond, she shakes her head - "I'll stay as clear of everybody else as I can." She /ignores/ the needle- but submits to it anyway. "If you're serious about the blood sample, just.. get it to Cass, and tell her. But.. Angel's more important." She is serious, worried. "Promise me you won't do /anything/ with this. Not yet. Not until after we get her back. I know you're good, Prime - but she's a Saint. Erin can wait, okay? I can't lose her. JACK can't lose her. We don't let him down. Not even if you can handle it."
Okay. So here's the deal. Dittos are swarming at Peter, but Peter's managing to hold his own. Either that or the Dittos just plain suck. Could be a little bit of both, but whatever's happening, Prime is definitely doing that thing where, well, he's just… y'know… being everywhere at once. As this Ditto is basically used as a weapon, he stays solid long enough for Peter to use him to bust down a few more and the number of them has decreased significantly. "Ugh. Talk about Knockaround Guys." and finally, that Ditto disappears.
"You FOOLS!" shouts one Bigger Than The Others Ditto. And he points off in Peter's direction! "GET HIM!" And four Dittos get to bouncing around making the classic Putty Sound from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. They don't so much as attack as they Annoy.
Ditto Howser takes the blood and stashes it in his pocket. "We're moving you to a safer location. Safer for us, that is." he says, as a couple other Dittos are working on trying to get her up and into their arms. "We're not real, so you can't really infect us. But the other Saints? Not so safe." If Ali'll let them, they're going to hoist her up and throw her in one of the Sentinels (the tag name for the souped up Dodge Avengers that belong to the Saints as throwaway battle vehicles.)
"Howser'll make the delivery himself. I'll get my Angel home." Prime's voice seems to be more tense. EVERYBODY wants to love his Elena. But she was his first! Hmph! Jealousy and Envy do not fit into the replicator's body too well.
There's so many of them. But at least they're far more focused on being annoying than properly menacing. Still, the annoying swarm causes Peter to move around a lot more than he'd like to just to avoid their attempts to hit him, threatning to fall down if he keeps this up too much longer. He's just barely back on his feet as it is… the bruise on his face has healed over, and the sticky darts have ruined the drab clothes that the leader of the group loaned him. This time, instead of grabbing one and lighting him up like a Christmas tree, he throws back his hand and tosses a ball of lightning through the group and at the one who called out and ordered them to get him. Sounds like a plan to him, even if he knows deep down they act independantly.
That leaves him open for an annoying attack to the ankle that sends up falling onto his back on the hard floor with a grunt. Down he goes! Not holding his own quite so well, really. But he's certainly trying.
Ali cant' exactly /stop/ Prime. The futility of that's been proved in the past. But she protests, "Hey. P. No. I gotta /help/. You don't understand - they need me tonight." And squirms. No. She's not making it /easy/.
"Look, i'll stay clear - just. C'mon.." She sighs. Resigned. And the Avenger looms closer. "And does that peter heal? 'cause /christ/ that looked like it hurt." She's got a good view, hoisted like that.
The Dutties don't exactly know how to deal with being electrofried. So they just get sizzled and go down one after another like a line of Dominoes. "Oh shit." that last remaining Bigger Than Thou Shouting Ditto gets the brunt of the ball lighting. He shudders and bops around before falling and they all disappear!
"Alright guys! Let's finish hi— finish… uh…" The final Ditto hops back from taking down Peter by the ankle and turns around to notice that there are no more. "… Uh. Eh." GULP. The Ditto goes into his pocket, pulls out his underwear and waves the tightie whities. "Truce?"
Howser reaches up to pat the blood sample that's in his pocket. "I'll drive. I know a shortcut." The other Dittos shove Ali into the backseat of the Sentinel, lock it down (Child Safety Locks) and some other Ditto gets the big doors open. Howser starts up the car and is ready to peel out. "Sorry, Ali. But you're benched." Unless Cass can make a 60 Minute Cure or something.
Prime finally steps out of the shadows and looks over to Peter, "You did… uh… you didn't suck, at least." Shrug? Did he help?
Ugh. At least he managed to take them out— Peter's staring up at the ceiling wideeyed when the final ditto actually— surrenders— with a white flag of… "Did you just rip your underwear off?" he can't help but ask before he finally pushes himself up off the floor, enough to sit up. He gives himself a shake, and even if the clothes are a little messed up, at least he's in one piece. "Thanks— actually helped a lot— might have to get a few more of these. Though uh— I'll try to think of some better ideas next time." The lightning worked pretty well. Getting to his feet he looks towards the blonde girl and the other ditto. "Hey." The wave is rather weak, but it's there. No, he hasn't heard a thing, nor does he know why there's needles or anything, or why she's being shoved into a car, but there he is.
Ali.. at howser's pronouncement.. openhanded /swats/ the rear window. It shivers. Doesn't give. THAT doesn't make her happy - but.. she doesn't pull out the Voice. Not yet. "You know it isn't gonna fly.. I /promised/, Prime."
Child locks suck. For the record.
The underwear Ditto just makes himself go away, since there's no need for him to really continue to be there. Prime has taken over for the talking to Peter and such. Trying to pull an Obi Wan Jadobi. "Listen. It's not about thinking up better ideas. It's about thinking winning. Which, I know, is totally contrary to the way we were brought up. But this ain't no cartoon. People die. People need us. And the only way we're going to protect the flock is if we genuinely Funk Ish Up." No F-Bombs from the Primester. "So I'm gonna' teach you the same way I learned. By Awesomemosis." Prime actually smiles. "First order of business? You gotta' be me." Uh oh. A Prime Cain Scheme.
"I'm not here to win, though— I'm here to figure things out and get back." Peter insists, not really liking what 'winning' happens to mean. "If you weren't— if I didn't know you'd be okay, I couldn't have done half of that." The tossing around, sure, but the electricity? "I don't want to hurt anyone… not like that." The very idea seems to bother him, making him sound shaken, something that is not a state Infinite would have ever been witness to. "Don't think I could become you, either— you're pretty strong."
"Fail." Prime says and shakes his head. "You're not listening. I don't like the Other You, so I'm not trying to turn you into him. But there comes a time in every Spidey's life when they have to do something that's more than they're used to. As a Hero, you're going to have to make the difficult decisions. You're going to have to KICK SOME ASS." Prime smirks. "And what I didn't tell you was how F'd up my brain is after all those jolts." So maybe there is something to the being hurt thing. They were -still- psychic constructs and what not. "I don't want you to do anything you're not comfortable with. That's the path to villainy. I just want you to, well, be ready for anything. You never know what's going to happen in the future." Pause. "Or the Past." Pause. "… Or the Present."


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Team Leader, Children's Residential Care
Flintshire, Wales
Job type:
Up to £24266 per annum + Benefits
Carly Riley
Contact email:
Job ref:
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Team Leader, Childrens Residental Service - Flintshire Area - £24,266 (incl sleeps) Plus Benefits
Team Leader, Children's EBD Service - Flintshire- £24,266 Plus Benefits
This is a fantastic organisation that focuses on the care for Children and Young People. They offer a consistent and effective approach to all their Young People and go out of their way to ensure positive outcomes for everyone involved. They have children's services as well as packages for care leavers.
This role is for an experienced Team Leader to join the friendly team in our 3 bed EBD service in Flintshire. This service aims to empower the young people to ensure they live a fill and happy life.
You will be responsible for overseeing the staff team at the service and will assist the Deputy and Manager with the day to day running of the home. You will allocate a Key Worker for each of the Young People and will monitor the high standard at the service to make sure these are being met at all times. You will also attend an contribute to Child Care planning meetings.
The shift pattern at this service is 5 shifts one week, 2 shifts the next week (5:2 pattern) with sleep ins (£34 per sleep)
To apply for this job, you must have the following,
- Experience working in a Children's Residential Service or Care Leaver Provision
- NVQ 3 Children and Young Peoples Work Force (or equivalent)
- Driver
- Passion for making a difference
Please note: This is not suitable for applicants with a background in Nursey School.
You will be offered a salary of £24,266 (including sleeps) and can also take advantage of the excellent benefits, including
- Pension
- Pay care scheme (health benefits)
- Perk box (discount scheme)
- Long service bonuses
- NVQ completion bonus
- Free meals on shift
- Great personal development and progression opportunities
- DBS and Update service paid for
This is a fantastic organisation for anyone wanting a career in this field and for someone who is committed to quality care at all times.
If you would like more information on this role or would like to discuss this further, please call Carly at Meridian Business Support on 0151-556-2090 or send an up to date Cv.
Meridian Business Support is acting on behalf of our Client as a Recruitment Agency.

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Chief Medical Director of the Benue State Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) in Makurdi, Prof. Orkurga Malu has lamented the acute shortage of skilled personnel in the institution.
Malu told journalists in Makurdi that the hospital is in dire need of staff and finance to live up to expectation as a teaching facility.
He said though the state government should employ more nurses, administration staff as well as provide adequate funding, the major challenge remains getting the services of specialized medical practitioners in various sections of the hospital.
The CMD explained that skilled consultants are lacking in the country but that the BSUTH management is doing everything possible with the cooperation of Governor Samuel Ortom's led government to get them.
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Malu expressed hope that the next year's budget would favour the hospital to enable it recruit fresh staff, purchase incinerator, train more personnel from across the country and retain same to overcome the dearth of skilled practitioners.
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Saturday, April 29, 2006
This guy is eating at an exclusive eatery when the waiter comes up to his table and asks if everything is okay. The man replies "Yes," but during the conversation drops his spoon on the floor. The waiter immediately pulls a spoon out of his shirt pocket. The man asks, "Why do you carry a spoon in your pocket?"
The waiter states that the place is so busy all the time that the employees need to save time any way they can so they did a survey and the most dropped eating utensil was the spoon, so now all the waiters carry spoons so they don't have to go to the kitchen and get one. The man thinks that is great.
Later on the waiter again stops by to see if everything was OK. This time the man notices a string sticking out of the waiters zipper. He asks what that was for, and the waiter says, "When we go to the bathroom, we just grab the string and pull "it" out. That way we don't have to wash our hands, thus saving us time.
"Interesting," says the man, "but how do you put "it" back in your pants when you're done?"
The waiter says, "I don't know about the other waiters, but I use the spoon."
It's the Spring of 1957 and Bobby goes to pick up his date. He's a pretty hip guy with his own car. When he goes to the front door, the girl's father answers and invites him in. "Carrie's not ready yet. Why don't you have a seat?"
Carrie's father asks Bobby what they're planning to do. Bobby replies politely that they will probably just go to the soda shop or a movie.
"Why don't you two go out and screw? I hear all the kids are doing it!"
Naturally, this comes as a quite a surprise to Bobby so he asks Carrie's dad to please repeat himself.
"Yeah," says Carrie's father, "Carrie really likes to screw; she'll screw all night if we let her!"
A few minutes later, Carrie comes downstairs in her little poodle skirt and announces that she's ready to go. Almost breathless with anticipation, Bobby escorts his date out of the front door.
About 20 minutes later, Carrie rushes back into the house, slams the door behind her, and screams at her father, "Dad, it's called the twist!"
Trucker Bob blogged at 3:24 AM
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Morning folks. I'm playing hooky from the walking today because it's raining, and my legs are sore. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. So, guess what?, natter time!
I've pretty well got my itinerary set for the trip that will end in Newfoundland. On this map you will see that when I arrive in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, I will be taking a ferry (Marine Atlantic) to the island. On the way east I'll take the dotted line to Argentia (14 hrs), tour the island, including of course Cape Spear, then come back to the mainland from Port Aux Basques (6 hrs).
Although I have travelled all my life through my career as a trucker, I've got to admit I'm really looking forward to this trip. I plan on visiting the places I lived as a small boy, including the schools if they are still standing. Hopefully some of the kids I grew up with are still around.
The Good Lord willing, and the harness holds, it will take me about a month to get to Argentia, then an equal amount of time to get back home. I've tried to plan it so that I'm not doubling back on the same roads too much, but there will be some that is unavoidable.
For those who might be geographically-challenged, here is an overview of of the entire trip. I'll be starting in the extreme bottom left of the country where the US border and the water meet, then across to the easternmost piece of land in North America.
After putting up with Timmy as long as I have, and still am, it's great that I was able to dig down and find the will to do what is necessary to get as fit as I can, because the reward, this trip, will be worth it. Hope you don't mind the nattering, but damn I'm looking forward to this!
Update: I was just asked about the relative size of Newfoundland.
It is slightly larger than Montana. 156,185 sq mi to 145,388.
Update # 2..Friday morning.
Sorry for the confusion, but the dotted line on the second map is the border. Other than crossing , I won't be anywhere near it. I would love to be able to lay my route out, but the truth is that I don't know how. Damn it!
Trucker Bob blogged at 6:50 AM
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Morning folks. At the risk of boring everyone out of their gourd with the incessant nattering about my "get-fit" regimen I just have to pass this along because, damnit, I'm proud of what I've accomplished on sheer determination.
When I started out I set what I thought was an awfully ambitious goal of getting my weight down from 262 lbs to 220 before I left on the trip, figuring if I aimed high it would keep me at it. Well, as of this morning, I only have 6 lbs to go!!!!
So now I have a new 2-part goal. First, to lose my age (67) in lbs. That would bring me down to 195. Second, and the hardest part, will be to stay at that figure. I won't be able to accomplish that before I leave (June 9) but I'm going to try for 210.
It's just as well that I'm a bachelor because I'm so damned hungry that I'm afraid I'd practice cannibalism if I got near warm flesh. Although I'm eating enough nutrition to continue on this quest, obviously, it's still hard to break old habits. After a life-time of eating whatever, with no thought about consequences, this is hard work.
They say that the longer you work for something, the more you'll enjoy it when you attain it. I'm going to test that theory out when I hit the East Coast this summer. I'm going to find the biggest lobster I can, drown it in butter, and wash it down with lots of Guinness Stout. Come on summer!!!
Hope all is well with you guys, and also hope you forgive me for what might seem like bragging, but is really just me feeling good about how I'm doing.
Oh, if you're wondering what the heck I'm doing posting at this time of the day, it's because I pound myself so hard I'm in bed by 7 pm usually. Alone, damnit!
Trucker Bob blogged at 2:40 AM
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Morning folks. While L'il Bear was resting up for his nap I thouht I'd go out and check on the ladies in the park. They all seemed to be in fine "feather" this morning, although I could hear them snickering, here comes Ol' Gimpy again. I got your Gimpy right here!!
It's a tough life out here on the coast, but I'm willing to live it. (Insert monster smiley here!)
Enjoy the rest of your week-end.
Trucker Bob blogged at 8:23 AM
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Two guys went moose hunting every year without success. Finally they came up with a foolproof plan. They got themselves a very authentic cow moose costume and learned the mating call of a cow moose. The plan was to hide in the costume, lure in the bull, then come out of the costume and shoot the bull.
So, they set themselves up on the edge of a clearing, in their costume, and began to give the moose love call. Before too long their call was answered by bull in the forest. They called again, the bull answered closer to them. They called again, the bull answered, and came crashing out of the forest and into the clearing. As the bulls' pounding hoof beats got closer the guy in front said, "OK, lets get out and get him".
After a moment, that seemed like an eternity, the guy in the back shouts "THE ZIPPER IS STUCK, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!?".
The guy in the front says, "Well, I'm going to start nibbling grass, but you better start to "brace" yourself!"
Three old men are talking about their aches, pains and bodily dysfunctions.
One seventy-five year old man says, "I have this problem. I wake up every morning at seven and it takes me twenty minutes to pee."
An eighty year old man says, "My case is worse. I get up at eight and I sit there and grunt and groan for half an hour before I finally have a bowel movement."
The ninety year old man says, "At seven I pee like a horse, at eight I crap like a cow."
"So what's your problem?" asked the others.
"I don't wake up until nine."
The young fellow was about to be married and was asking his grandfather about sex. He asked how often you should have it. His grandfather told him that when you first get married, you want it all the time and maybe do it several times a day. Later on, sex tapers off and you have it once a week or so. Then as you get older, you have sex maybe once a month. When you get really old, you are lucky to have it once a year...maybe on your anniversary. The young fellow then asked his grandfather, "Well how about you and Grandma now?"
His grandfather replied, "Oh, we just have oral sex now."
"What's oral sex?" the young fellow asked.
"Well," Grandpa said, "She goes to bed in her bedroom and I go to bed in my bedroom. She yells, 'Screw You', and I holler back, 'Screw You too!'"
Trucker Bob blogged at 4:10 AM
Friday, April 21, 2006
Morning folks. Well, since I can't chase the ladies around the duck ponds this morning it looks like you'll have to put up with me for a while. Actually my leg is a lot better today, thanks in part to keeping an ice-pack on it yesterday, and just staying off it. I'll go out later for a walk, but this time do it like a human, not a gazelle. I don't know why I have to overdo everything.
It's far too early to get concerned, but I'm watching CNN talk about so-called gas shortages in parts of the US, not to mention the prices. It seems that there is lots of oil and gas but they are having trouble getting it to the stations. YEAH RIGHT! I'm going on my trip regardless, but it's looking like an interesting, and hard, time ahead for people that have to use their cars for work etc. Good luck expecting any help from Preznint Resolvitude, he's too busy decidering.
Speaking of The Missing Link, what a slap-down the President of China gave him by making the White House the second stop on his state visit. While I'm not a big fan of Bill Gates et al, it shows where the real power lies. Of course holding $800 billion of US debt allows one to set the schedule.
Okay, off the soap-box. How have you all been doing? I do get around to visit a few of you, and I see that the usual miscreants are up to their shenanigans. Right on! As I'm sure most of you know better than I, it's good to step back once in a while and get a fresh perspective on this whole blog thingy. Being laid up so long with Timmy it was such a welcome, and therapeutic, diversion but was becoming too consuming. Still in all, it is a wonderful way to meet new "friends", especially the ones I've met here.
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Trucker Bob blogged at 4:10 AM
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Morning folks. Although I said yesterday I'd see you on Saturday with a chuckle or two, because I'm going to take a break this morning from the @#$% power-walking, I wanted to ask you your opinion on something.
I've set up this site to keep a running log of my trip, complete with pictures. I'm just now learning my way around it and would appreciate your thoughts. I've yet to buy a laptop, so any recommendations in that regard would be welcome. Wireless?
I've made the first post on that site, so how about checking it out and leave a comment, good, bad, or otherwise. Thanks in advance!
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Update..8:30 am. Should have stayed with taking a break today. I just finished dragging my right leg home, the hamstring is hooped. Dumb***!
Trucker Bob blogged at 5:35 AM
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Howdy Folks. It's time again to check in and let you know that all is still going well on the "get healthy" regimen. The pounds are still coming off, albeit a little slower, but I think it's a case of some of my relaxed "muscle" becoming the real type again.
The knees seem to have survived the pounding I gave them jogging, and the only small thing bugging me right now is the ham-string on my right leg. I think it's due to my own stupidity for not doing some stretching exercises before, and after, my walks. I'll get the hang of this stuff yet.
I've finally decided on a destination for my trip. Since I am on the West Coast of North America, I wanted to find the easternmost point. Cape Spear, Newfoundland, is the spot. With the odd little side trip, it is approx. 5000 miles, one-way.
What I am still unsure of, is how to get there. So as to prevent travelling the same road twice I thought about going east through the US and back across Canada. However, with Chimperor Disgustus sabre-rattling at Iran, I'm concerned about another "turrist" incident closing the borders. It's a shame really because although I am Canadian, I spent so many years trucking around the US that I almost feel like it's home. But these are uncertain times and discretion might be the better part of valor.
With the rising price of fuel ($5.22/gal here today) it seems the decision not to buy a motor-home was the right one to make. By the time I leave, first week of June, I'm sure it will be over $6 here and over $3 in the US, plus exchange, for the smaller gallon. Imagine paying that for gas and getting 8 miles to the gallon in an RV. So I'll be going by car and am in the process of planning the trip with Best Western Motels. Should be fun.
Well, that should be enough nattering for now. Hope you are all doing well, and I'll see you Saturday with a chuckle or two. Take care of yourselves.
Trucker Bob blogged at 9:14 AM
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Trucker Bob blogged at 6:53 AM
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Morning folks. While waiting for daybreak, I thought it time to check in and let you know that all is still going well here. I'm still on the walking, exercising, and proper eating regimen but have had to cut back a bit on the walking, due to my own stupidity. When I told my son how proud I was of being able to jog a bit he warned me to be careful, but would I listen?....nooooo! Well I'm paying the price now. My poor old knees said that's enough of that pounding so I'm back to walking only, albeit slowly. A couple of weeks should clear up that foolishness.
I took this shot of the magnolia trees off my balcony just now. I've got some of the full trees, but thought this one of the morning dew on the blossoms was pretty enough to post. ( Right click, then Open Link ) Agree?
Hope all is well with you guys. See you all later.
Trucker Bob blogged at 5:24 AM
Saturday, April 08, 2006
A farmer goes out one day and buys a brand new stud rooster for his chicken coop. The new rooster struts over to the old rooster and says, "Okay old fart, time for you to retire."
The old rooster replies, "Come on, surely you cannot handle all of these chickens. Look what it has done to me. Can't you just let me have the two old hens over in the corner?"
The young rooster says, "Beat it! You are washed up and I am taking over."
The old rooster says, "I tell you what, young stud. I will race you around the farmhouse. Whoever wins gets the exclusive domain over the entire chicken coop."
The young rooster laughs, "You know you don't stand a chance old man, so just to be fair I will give you a head start."
The old rooster takes off running. About 15 seconds later the young rooster takes off running after him. They round the front porch of the farmhouse and the young rooster has closed the gap. He is already about 5 inches behind the old rooster and gaining fast.The farmer, meanwhile, is sitting in his usual spot on the front porch when he sees the roosters running by. He grabs up his shotgun and boom, he blows the young rooster to bits. The farmer sadly shakes his head and says, "Dangit, third gay rooster I bought this month."
Moral of the story...
Don't mess with us old folks. Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!
Trucker Bob blogged at 4:25 AM
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
The sun finally showed up here today, so I thought I'd share some pictures of one of the areas where I do my walking. This is the street behind my place that I take to the park.
This is just a very small part of the park that has two very big duck ponds. Once the sun starts coming up earlier I'll get some pictures of the ducks and geese.
At the risk of overkill, I just have to show you these cherry blossoms. Be still my heart.
Trucker Bob blogged at 11:40 AM
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Howdy folks. Just popped in to say Hi and let you know that all is well with me. Things have been going so well that Timmy is no longer a factor in my life. Oh, he's still there but I've got him on ignore, hopefully permanently. I'm learning that once you make the decision to take charge of your own health the rest falls into place.
It was'nt easy at first, but what in life is? I'd often heard the expression"runner's high", and while I'm certainly not a runner, the feeling I get when I'm on my walks makes me understand what it means. I'm even doing a little jogging, which blows my mind, because it was'nt that long ago I could'nt walk around the block.
I've been reading about how many calories are burnt doing different types of exercises and have found that simple things like breathing etc. burn off calories. This brings me to a little request, any of you heifers out there want to help me with a little heavy breathing? What? you did'nt expect me to be so serious that we could'nt have a little chuckle did you?
Hope all is well in your worlds. Probably see you Saturday if I can find some funnies.
Trucker Bob blogged at 5:42 PM
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Morning folks. L'il Bear told me that if I don't check in he's going to run off and leave me. Of course, right after he told me that he went back to sleep so I think I'm safe for a while. I apologize for being awfully spotty with the posts but I'm determined to continue with what I'm doing.
Besides the house-cleaning (another thing to give a rest, sheesh!) I'm also throwing out things left and right. I've never thought of myself as a pack-rat but I could'nt believe the stuff I've collected over the years. I called Big Brothers and they were glad to come and pick up 4 boxes of clothing, kitchen ware, etc. I also donated 150 pocket books to the Lions Club for their next sale. Anyone want 129 caps? Each one I've worn and comes with a story.
I've pretty well decided not to buy an RV. I can get a lot of motel rooms for $75,000, plus gas hit $5.04 a gallon here today (110.9/liter) and we've been warned it's going higher. Although my car gets great mileage I might end up with something like this if it does'nt stop.
Hope I have'nt bored you all, but wanted you to know that all is well here. The good Lord willing, and the harness holds, I'm going to stay at this until the first week of June, then it's YEEHAW! time.
Take care of yourselves and remember, just because I'm not on here much, does'nt mean I don't think of you guys.
Trucker Bob blogged at 5:31 PM


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All our frum Detroit readers take note: A new study reveals Detroit to be the deadliest city in America for kids, more bad news for the bankcrupt, violence-plagued city. As of 2010 (the most recent data available), kids under 18 in Detroit are dying at a rate of 120 per 100,000.
At higher risk from the moment they're conceived, according to the study, Detroit's youth are most often killed by complications from premature birth and violence.
Dr. Herman Gray, executive vice president of pediatric health services for the Detroit Medical Center, called the announcement an "emergency" today. "We are losing our future," he told the press. Read more at Detroit News.
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Thursday, July 03, 2014
Options for a pension reform Plan B may be limited
The Illinois Supreme court issued a ruling Thursday on state employee health care that bodes ill for supporters of the recently passed cuts to public employee retirement benefits.
The court ruled that health care benefits for retirees fall under the pension protection clause—the very sentence of the state's Constitution that many supporters of pension reform had hoped the justices would be willing to overlook. The pension clause states: "Membership in any pension or retirement system of the State, any unit of local government or school district, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, shall be an enforceable contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired."
The ruling indicates that the justices are inclined to side with public employees and retirees. In the 6-1 opinion, Justice Charles Freeman wrote: "Under settled Illinois law, where there is any question as to legislative intent and the clarity of the language of a pension statute, it must be liberally construed in favor of the rights of the pensioner." Justice Anne Burke wrote the dissenting opinion. In it, she did not question the protection of the pension clause, but she argued that retiree health care benefits did not fall under that protection.
Some lawmakers seem to see the ruling as writing on the wall for the pension reform law, which is still working its way through the legal system. "Today, the Illinois Supreme Court made it very clear that the Pension Clause means what it says," Senate President John Cullerton said in a prepared statement. "The court cannot rewrite the Pension Clause to include restrictions and limitations that the drafters did not express and the citizens of Illinois did not approve. The clause was aimed at protecting the right of public employees and retirees to receive their promised benefits and insulate those benefits from diminishment or impairment by the General Assembly." Cullerton added: "If the court's decision is predictive, the challenge of reforming our pension systems will remain. As I have said from the beginning, I am committed to identifying solutions that adhere to the plain language of the constitution."
Kent Redfield, an emeritus professor at the University of Illinois Springfield, said that while the ruling pertains to a different case, the language used is clear. "You could find some way to parse some of it, but it's really, really difficult. There's no logical way to get to upholding Senate Bill 1 (the pension reform legislation) based on the clear content of this ruling and the way they've construed the pensions clause."
Others disagree that the ruling is a harbinger of the pension law's death. Rep. Elaine Nekritz, who was key player in getting SB 1 passed, said that the justifications the law makes for reducing benefits were not part of the retiree health care case. She said that the court has yet to consider those points. The law lays out the dire fiscal situation that the state is in and claims that state elected officials need special powers to curtail the estimated $100 billion unfunded liability and save the state from a budget disaster. However, one line in today's decision seems to blow a hole in that argument. "In light of the constitutional debates, we have concluded that the [pension] provision was aimed at protecting the right to receive the promised retirement benefits, not the adequacy of the funding to pay for them."
Supporters also claim that a reduction in the amount that employee would pay into the system represents a consideration they are being given for a change to the contract that is their membership in a pensions system. Nekritz said that the ruling is clear that benefits are protected, but she says it is unclear if that protection is absolute. "Does it really mean that we can do nothing, or are there some things that we can do based on the legal arguments that we make under Senate Bill 1?"
Those arguments aside, if the Illinois Supreme Court rejects the new pension law, what options do legislators have?
Cullerton had proposed offering employees a choice between receiving subsidized health care coverage or keeping their current pensions benefits. If they had chosen health care, they would have seen a reduction in their retirement income including a cut to the expensive compounded interest cost of living adjustments (COLAs) retirees currently receive. Cullerton said that this scheme could potentially fulfill a legal standard of giving employees consideration for a reduction in benefits. The Senate approved the plan, but it was never called for a vote in the House.
However, that plan was based on the idea that health benefits were not protected by the Constitution—a concept that runs counter to today's ruling. "The concept of consideration is still viable. The court has not rejected it or defined what the limits are. It's just hard to see what you can give up in exchange," Redfield said. "It's hard to see what other major carrot you can offer to people in terms of giving up their COLA."
Skokie Democratic Rep. Lou Lang introduced legislation that would extend the current income tax rates, which are due to start rolling back on January 1, to pay down the unfunded liability.
But Lang's plan also calls for larger contributions from employees and an increase in the retirement age. Both of these provisions could be seen as a reduction in benefits by the court. Much of the revenue from the temporary income tax increase has gone toward making the required annual pension payment after lawmakers voted to skip payments and short payments for several years in the past.
There have also been proposals to change the pension payment schedule to even out the cost of the annual payment. The state is currently on a system that resulted in large balloon payments, much like a subprime mortgage. Some such plans also call for funding the system at 80 percent as opposed to 95 percent or 100 percent. Redfield said that a proposal that changes the payment structures would need to be combined with changes to the state's revenue structure, such as expanding the sales tax base to some services, budget cuts or both. "As a stand alone, then it looks like an excuse to keep doing what we're doing," he said.
Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner has advocated for moving employees' future benefits to a system that looks more like a 401-K. That plan would go even further than SB1, so it is unlikely that it would be upheld if SB 1 were rejected. But it is possible that the court's ruling might strengthen his case for offering a defined contribution plan to newly-hired employees. "It may embolden Rauner to say well we've got to get everybody going forward into a defined contribution [plan]," Redfield said. However, such a proposal would have no impact on the unfunded liability for current employee and retiree benefits. It also means the state would likely have to start contributing to Social Security benefits for positions that do not currently offer them.
Meanwhile Gov. Pat Quinn is emphatically sticking by his opinion that SB 1 is constitutional. "We believe the pension reform law is constitutional. This landmark law was urgently needed to resolve the state's $100 billion pension crisis. It was also urgently needed to ensure that teachers, university employees and state workers who have faithfully contributed to the pension system have retirement security," said a written statement from his office. "We're confident the courts will uphold this critical law that stabilizes the state's pension funds while squarely addressing the most pressing fiscal crisis of our time by eliminating the state's unfunded pension debt."
Redfield said that there will likely be many suggestions for a Plan B on pension reform in the coming months. "I think people will be floating lots of ideas that probably aren't feasible and really won't address the short-term problems—between now and November," he said. "There's nothing politically to be gained by standing up and saying 'you know, we really, really screwed up, and we have no options but to raise your taxes.'"
But he said that new revenues and cuts to state services to cover the cost of the pension systems might be the only real option available to address the problem if the court rejects SB 1. If that happens, the state will almost certainly face another credit downgrade if it fails to act to address the liability. The current budget is based on $650 million in borrowing that has to be paid back. In Fiscal Year 2016, the tax rate will be lower for the entire fiscal year instead of just half of it. FY16 could turn out to be one doozy of a budget for lawmakers and whomever is the governor to sort out. "You want to be around for a historic session for the General Assembly? I think everybody has a front row seat," Redfield says.
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A clear conflict of interest when the state court knows that sooner or later it will affect them too. This should be a federal suit.
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Let's not forget how the state's economic catastrophe was created. The state's unfunded liability has increased to approximately $100 billion. Nearly 50 percent of that figure is a consequence of continual legislative negligence, dishonesty and ineptitude.
For decades, Illinois policymakers have consistently failed to make the annual required contributions to the state's pension systems, primarily because they could pay for services and their "pet projects" without raising taxes. In 1995, policymakers created a flawed re-funding schedule, and they have refused to correctly amortize the pension systems' unfunded liabilities since then. Instead they have favored corporate interests rather than the interests of their citizenry and; thus, they have seriously sabotaged the public employees' retirement plans and the State of Illinois' future economic solvency through mismanagement and fiscal irresponsibility. Past state policymakers left us with a fiscal disaster.


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The idea of the mobile app was born at a time when the higher education student's daily needed services, such as course schedules, exam enrolments and public transport timetables were scattered around in several places. Setting up one's own schedule was tedious, and most services did not work well on mobile devices. The University of Oulu decided to solve these challenges for their students, by developing the Aapo mobile app as an in-house project.
Aapo was an immediate success story. The idea began to gain ground of creating a similar application that could be used to make student life easier further afield. Since all students have similar needs wherever they study, why on earth wouldn't students elsewhere want a similar service? That was the start of the Tuudo story. The team responsible for innovating Tuudo included some of the same people who had earlier developed the highly successful Aapo app.
In the early days of Aapo, many were sceptical about whether there was any need at all for a student mobile app. However, experience soon showed there to be numerous users with obvious needs. As for Tuudo, nothing has changed. When it comes to their daily needs, students prefer a mobile app to any browser-based solution – and Tuudo's ease of use is definitely in its favour. Since its inception, the team behind Tuudo has grown through several recruitments, with the future looking bright. Tuudo is good to go global.
The gist of Tuudo is simple: by saving time and effort of both the students and the higher education institutions, Tuudo empowers everyone to concentrate on the most important things: to teach, and to learn.


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Article Written by TopDrawerSoccer
Published: September 3, 2018
Stanford managed to avoid a scare on Sunday, holding off Minnesota by a 2-1 score in overtime to keep its No. 1 spot in the latest TDS Women's Top 25.
Elsewhere, UCLA lost without national team call-ups Jessie Fleming and Hailie Mace, dropping a 4-1 result on Sunday in Tallahassee. That opened the door for North Carolina to move into the No. 2 spot in this week's update.
USC, the other Pac-12 side to make the trip to Florida this weekend, drew 0-0 on Friday against Florida State, before pulling away for a 3-0 win on Sunday against Florida.
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As July begins, we here at Carla and Leo's World of Dance are still catching our breath – June marked quite an exciting time for us! At the start of the month, our book released in the U.S. And on June 1, author Agatha Relota and illustrator Thierry Perez got together with fans and friends in West London for the UK book launch party. It was quite a magical evening in The Hempel Hotel's gardens, where even the youngest Carla and Leo fans were kicking up their heels on the dance floor.
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Planning and Design
Multiple user-type sites – car parks that are used by visitors, suppliers and staff, such as hospitals and education centres – are interesting cases because generally, the car park is not part of their core business.
That said, they still require a high standard of service and management that's in line with demand, environmental needs and the safety for all who use their facilities. Hospitals, in particular, are areas of high stress at the best of times. Poor planning is only going to compound matters for visitors and staff alike, especially during visiting periods when space quickly fills up.
The British Parking Association's charter for hospital parking notes that NHS Trusts and their car parking contractors should seek to provide good lighting, high standards of maintenance for structures and surfaces, user-friendly payment systems, and clear signage and parking bays.
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While the same could be said for all types of car parks, what should also be considered is that design should not penalise those who have arrived in emergency situations. Blue light routes must also be taken into account – ensuring that emergency service vehicles have full and efficient access. That means that policies should cater to the needs of patients and visitors in a manner that's separate from those of staff, where different circumstances may apply.
However, it is vital that all authorised users are fairly accommodated, and have access to the services they require. This demands an understanding of the different user types, and identifying the different payment and permit management process which best suit their requirements.
Most common problems and solutions
Again, focusing on hospitals – though this could also be broadly applied to other multiple user-type sites – their unpredictable and busy nature can lead to inappropriate parking. In fact, one of our clients, City Hospitals Sunderland, operated a 'park anywhere' approach. Predictably, it resulted in bedlam, leading to severe congestions, restricted access and missed appointments. Technology that streamlines the throughflow has been hugely beneficial here.
St Helens College, another multiple user-type site we work with also had a 'park anywhere' culture. This resulted in dangerously parked vehicles, an increased risk to health and safety and some negative sentiment for the education provider.
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In sites where a barrier is being used or congestion is rife, ANPR can be especially beneficial. Through working with existing clients, we've provided a range of sites with a cost-effective solution that's resulted in free-flowing traffic, better space availability and increased throughput.
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Case studies
For more information on the challenges facing multiple user-type sites and how ParkingEye can help, please read the following case study on our work with the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, here.


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Final Examinations
Final examinations are given at the end of each semester on a day and hours specified on the Exam Schedule on myMount.
Students may not be excused from examinations or make any changes (time or day) in the schedule without the approval of the instructor. A change in the examination schedule may be made for serious reasons ONLY (e.g. serious illness of a student, serious illness or death in a student's family, when more than two exams are scheduled on the same day, etc.). The make-up examination day and time is scheduled between the instructor and the student.
The final grade assigned by the instructor at the end of the semester is based on the student's achievement during the term and the final examination. Each grade (except "P" or "S") is assigned a specific number of quality points per credit hour. A student's grade point average is determined by dividing the total number of quality points by the total number of credit hours attempted (excluding courses graded "P" or "S") during the semester. The grade point average of a student is computed on courses taken at the Mount and on approved courses taken through the Greater Cincinnati Consortium and overseas consortium programs.
Grading System
The grading system, with quality points assigned each grade, is as follows:
|Grade Quality Points
|Excellent achievement of course objectives
|Audit (not calculated in GPA)
|High achievement of course objectives
|Satisfactory achievement of course objectives
|Minimal achievement of course objectives
|Failure due to absence
Grade option for the mid-term grade if student stops attending class prior to the mid-semester. The grade would remain FA for the final grade if the student does not withdraw from the class or improve performance.
(Incomplete grades are initiated by the student with a course work completion plan. Incomplete grades, if not changed by the instructor, convert to an "F" the following semester.)
|Current term in progress
|No credit
|Grade not reported
Grade not reported by instructor, through Consortium, or external institution as of deadline for reporting grades for each semester/academic term as established by the Registrar's Office (the "Grade Deadline"). NR grades do not calculate into Grade Point Average, do not count for academic credit towards graduation, and cannot be changed more than one (1) calendar year after the Grade Deadline.
|Pass (not calculated in GPA)
|Satisfactory (not calculated in GPA)
|Satisfactory Progress
Grade option for thesis, research, clinical, and internship courses that may exceed one semester in length to complete with no credit towards graduation awarded until completion of the course requirements. SP grades must be changed to a letter grade within one (1) calendar year of the deadline for reporting grades as established by the Registrar's Office the first semester the student was registered for the course or the SP grade converts to an "F" grade.
|Withdrawn (not calculated in GPA)
Students who receive a grade of "F" or "FA" must repeat the course to obtain credit.
Pass/Fail System
A Pass/Fail system is offered to encourage students to explore new areas of knowledge without concern for effects on their grade point average.
Degree seeking students who have completed 48 semester hours may register for one course per semester if the course has been designated in the Semester Policies and Procedures as being offered on a Pass/Fail basis. The course must be an elective; that is, it must not be taken to satisfy core curriculum requirements or requirements in the student's major or minor field. Students need to specify "PF" as the preferred grading option on their registration form. Selecting a class for "P/F" needs to be done in person in Student Administrative Services, Conlan Center. Exceptions are made for permitting "P/F" courses to satisfy major or minor requirements if the course/credits are only graded on a pass/fail basis. Non-degree seeking students may register for courses offered on a Pass/Fail basis without 48 semester hours previously earned.
Students must be in good academic standing to register for Pass/Fail, and must complete all course requirements satisfactorily (i.e., earn a D or higher in the course).
If a student wishes to change from Pass/Fail to the grading system or vice versa, the changes in day or evening classes must be made in Student Administrative Services during the first five weeks of class for a traditional semester course. For accelerated and summer sessions, students must declare the "PF" grading option or preferred change to a letter grade during the first quarter of the course. Pass/Fail credits are counted in the maximum credits allowed for a semester or term of study.
Grades of "P/F" or "S/U" will be assigned. Although credit is given for a "P" (or "S") grade, it does not affect the student's grade point average. A grade of "F" (or "U"), however, does calculate in the grade point average.
Credit hours for course work with a "P" or "S" grade are counted toward the residency hours and total hours earned required for graduation. However, credit hours earned for "P" or "S" grades (which are not calculated into the grade point average) do not count toward the minimum 42 semester hours for graduation with honors.
Incomplete Grades
Change of Grade
If for a serious reason an instructor must change a student's grade, the instructor must submit a Change of Grade to the registrar and give a rationale for the change. Only instructors are authorized to change grades.
Grades may be changed by an instructor after the end of a semester only if:
- an error is discovered in the determination of the original grade assignment; or,
- the automatic "I" (incomplete) to "F" (failure) conversion needs to be corrected.
Grade changes cannot be made which exceed a time limit of one [1] calendar year after the original grade assignment. This includes the grade of "SP" (satisfactory progress) which must be changed to a letter grade within one [1] calendar year after the original grade assignment. Grades cannot be changed in courses that are part of a student's earned degree once or after the degree is officially noted on the academic record. Grade changes become official when received and recorded by the Registrar's Office.
Repeated Courses
Any undergraduate may retake a course in which he/she received a grade below an "A," took as an audit, or earned a "W" for withdrawal. A student may enroll a maximum of three times in a course under this repeat policy. This policy also applies to a transfer course which repeats an equivalent Mount course.
The credit hours of the repeated course are counted only once, except in topics courses where the content varies with each offering. When a course is repeated, the credit and highest grade earned will be the one counted in the student's cumulative grade point average (GPA) and toward graduation requirements. The student's academic record, however, will show every attempt at a course and a grade for each attempt.
Course Age Limits
Each academic department regulates the acceptable age limits of courses required in their discipline. Refer to departmental policies in this catalog.
Grade Reports
"Progress Reports" are electronically submitted by instructors to identify all students who are not doing satisfactory work. Advisors and students are electronically sent copies of the "Progress Report".
"Mid-Term Grades" are mandatory for all undergraduate students and can be viewed in myMount after the mid-term grade period is complete.
Academic grade reports are issued from the Registrar's Office to students at the end of each semester or term. Students have full access to their grades via the Web. Grade reports will be mailed only upon receipt of a written request to the Registrar's Office, Conlan Center.
Transcripts of a student's complete academic record at the University are obtained only upon written request from the student. An official transcript (one bearing the University seal and the authorized signature of the Registrar) is sent directly to a third party and/or institution specified by the student. An official transcript issued to the student is labeled "Student Copy." The university is not permitted by law to issue copies of documents from other institutions. Only official transcripts are released to a student or a third party. All financial obligations to the Mount must be resolved before release of a transcript will be permitted.
A transcript issued to the student is marked "Student Copy."
Transcripts can be ordered and sent electronically. Complete information regarding a transcript request can be found at https://www.msj.edu/academics/registrar/transcript-requests/index.html.