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Well...as I said last report my long road convention reports are done...but I also said I'd do local conventions and one came up right off the bat to kick off 2017 in the cosplay convention FrostCon! The 404s had 2 shows with a workshop for crowds that ranged from 25-40 attendees from this close-knit community of cosplayers in the area, as about a few hundred overall people came throughout the 2 day weekend convention. This fit in a starting lesson about the Alphabet and counting with A Number of Words. The audience got into the action with suggestions but also a few coming on stage like for Moving People to help move the actors in a science fiction cosplay making scene, being one of the Dead Bodies aiding in making a cake out of magic, and filling in for lines in Pillars for making a video game.
There were mysteries to solve like with Murder Telephone about a murder in Gotham, and a Press Conference that dealt with Pokémon Go. Yuri on Ice was still very popular that it came up during this show and the Late Night show, but for this one it was told in a minute then half of the time each repeat. There were several Cyrano wooing scenes as both shows had them. Swedish was used in presenting a Foreign Film Dub. Shapeshifting became a cosplay super power to see over and over in Forward/Reverse. There were even brave Superheroes tackling the issue of lost internet memes that was a roller coaster of emotions until resolved. Action came up on stage too with Stand, Sit, Fly and Touch to Talk. The cast got to present scenes as a group like Questions Only during a convention event, Objection on the topic of cosplay being bought or handmade and World's Worst topics, to doing so in smaller numbers as well like storytelling with Authors and Characters, 3 Nuggets and One Word Story.
The Late Night show used Cards against Humanity to help the audience choose a mature topic for most scenes, and ended with the LEGO Minefield game.
The Sunday Workshop had some added fun thanks to special guests D. Piddy, a cosplayer from the USA from whom I got a photo and an autograph, and Dr. StEvil who is a local character actor. D. Piddy's video is at https://youtu.be/FHAHtGjHvWs while Dr. StEvil has his video and more at www.youtube.com/chattingwithstevil Everyone got to try various practice techniques that help with various areas of acting from focus (via Clap Focus) to character building (Character Walk, Goaltender). By the end a mini-show was done with the participants of the audience involved and they got into the fun with the actors!
Going around the convention there were many panels as I attended one with various local cosplayers who were guests talking to others about becoming a part of the community and not being afraid to dare to cosplay however one wants! They also had a Masquerade with some impressive entrants from a Xenomorph from Aliens to various cast members from Yuri on Ice, Magi and Pokémon among others.
*Lollipop Lollipop had a bunch of different finds. Sprite Tropical was easily the best find with it being like a Tutti Fruity or Shirley Temple taste, while the Tropicana Hawaiian Punch Soda is pretty much a carbonated fruit punch but it was also quite good. White Twix was ok but White Chocolate Kit Kat was excellent! The Megaload Peanut Butter and Grape Cups were ok if a bit tart. I got later on the Strawberry ones and I liked them more being a nicer mix of sweet and salty. I also got a refill of my usual supply of Hi-Chew; I like Strawberry, Grape and Green Apple the best and when I can find it the special Litchi flavour. I also got a Cadbury milk chocolate bar and a Lion chocolate bar as a gift.
*The latest T-Shirt from Chop Shop Goods at https://www.chopshopgoods.com/ bought was a Dimple in a drawn breast pocket Mob Psycho 100 design.
*One of the best finds was from Sci Feye Candy at http://scifeyecandy.wixsite.com/scifeyecandy was a leg pouch that I use for my tablet and other electronics. It fits just right, is secure when wearing it out and the simple camouflage colouring is appealing.
*There were a bunch of artists present from the area. Pop Pixel Art was where I got my change pouch keychain, another Pokémon Master Ball knitted very nicely. A pair of artists at a table, ashly p at http://halfdeadsketches.tumblr.com/ and Roo's Draws at http://halfdeadsketches.tumblr.com/ made some nice stickers of Mimikyu from Pokémon Sun & Moon and Onoda & Kinjou from Yowamushi Pedal. Storm Cup Creations at http://stormcupcreations.storenvy.com had some nice stickers as I added Victor from Yuri on Ice to my collection. Finally from ceephor studios at https://www.storenvy.com/stores/47791-ceephor-studios I got plenty of stickers such as JP Polnareff, young Joseph Joestar and Lisa Lisa from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, a Gastly Pokémon, Saitama and Genos from One Punch Man, as well as a mini Genos baking sketch.
*Cosplay for a Cure at https://www.flickr.com/photos/CosplayforaCure did another photo as I donated to their charity. I was in my updated My Neighbour Totoro cosplay for Saturday. (I was being spookier on Sunday with my NXT Asuka mask.)
As noted from my previous blog and in the introduction, for 2017 and going forward I'll only be attending local conventions. So in a nutshell the post-convention reports for the longer road trips are retired but these local ones will pop up when I'm free and able to attend then write about them. Thank you for your time!
As always, I collect all videos of the Eastside 404s shows that can be found on the current ongoing Video Play Set at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...aTYziAt6quFRQh on my channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/trigunkwan
Check out this regularly updated public photo album of my convention photos (the newest photos are at the end pages of the album) at: http://www.crunchyroll.com/showphotoalbum?id=10061028
The latest events for The 404s can be found as well at the main website at http://the404s.com/ as well as their social media outlets like their YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/the404s
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As the battles continue on "The Voice," coaches Adam, Christina, Cee Lo and Blake are winnowing down their teams and slowly, but surely, the season is progressing. We may even be done sometime before Valentine's Day.
In the first battle of the night, Blake put country fledglings Liz Davis and Nicole Johnson together with "Baggage Claim" by Miranda Lambert … Blake's wife. Smooth, Blake. During the performance, the two voices blended together seamlessly, and given that this was the first time I've ever heard the song, I'd say it was pretty darn good. But for the first time, Blake said, he heard Nicole lose her breath, so he went with Liz. Seriously, that was a reason he gave.
Adam paired 17-year-olds Alessandra Guercio and Kayla Nevarez with Katy Perry's "Wide Awake." During rehearsals, Alessandra was nervous, over-thinking everything and worried — Adam described her as "studied" compared to Kayla. Duh, the girl goes to the "Fame" high school.
But during the performance, Kayla shone. She was effortless and natural in the song, as opposed to Alessandra, whose self-confidence led to over-performing. (Bonus points: Compared to Alessandra, in her sleeveless glitter turtleneck and leather pants, Kayla actually looked, sounded and acted like a 17-year-old, and not a Real Housewife.) Adam went with Kayla, but Christina picked Alessandra in a steal. That'll be a better match anyways, and Christina will — hopefully — work wonders on Alessandra's self-confidence.
Later in the evening, one of Adam's battles fell victim to the montage: Michelle Brooks-Thompson went up against Adanna Duru with Beyonce's "Crazy in Love." Adam chose Michelle. Even in the short clip, I could tell Michelle was above and beyond anything Adanna could do. (The girl's only 15; I don't blame her.)
Christina's only battle of the night, subject to the cruel editing of the montage as well, was between Laura Vivas and husband-wife duo Beat Frequency with Lady Gaga's "Poker Face." This was one that I was relieved to see cut up into near nothingness. The show is "The Voice" not "The Voices." One voice, guys. Singular. Duos, GET OUT. Besides, when you have two voices up against one, and the one still beats you, it means you're doing something wrong. Christina went with Laura.
Cee Lo put Ben Taub up against Mycle Wastman with "Too Close," which I only know at the song in the Internet Explorer commercials. Cee Lo went with Mycle, and that's all I can tell you about this segment because it was literally about 15 seconds long.
BUT THE BEST PART OF THE EVENING happened when Cee Lo put together Emily Earle with MacKenzie Bourg with Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen's "Good Time." Refresher time: MacKenzie is the adorable 19-year-old Harry-Potter lookalike who plays a mean Foster the People cover. And not only was this one not butchered into a clipped montage, but actually spanned a commercial break! Can our attention spans even handle it!
During rehearsals, MacKenzie was overly attached to his guitar, and Emily was channeling too much Carly, but the performance was fun, if tinged with nerves. Emily still had a little country twang in her voice, and it's obvious MacKenzie has no clue what to do with his hands if he's not holding an instrument but this was a huge step outside both contestants' comfort zones. Cee Lo described MacKenzie's voice as "all-American," and selected him.
Where we stand after Tuesday's episode:
Adam has three battles (six contestants) left, and no steals. It's interesting to note that he's the coach with the most original contestants stolen by other coaches, which says a lot about the bar he sets for himself and his ear during blind auditions.
Cee Lo has two battles left, as well as no steals. The only original contestant stolen from his team (so far, mind you) is Amanda Brown, who went to Adam.
Christina and Blake both have two battles each left, as well as one steal a piece.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Brewers' nine-game winning streak was snapped Monday night when Lance Lynn struck out 11 in seven innings and Jon Jay hit a three-run homer for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 4-0 victory.
Lynn allowed three hits over seven innings before Carlos Martinez finished off the surprising Brewers, who still have the majors' best record at 10-3. Lynn (3-0) frustrated hitters by mixing a fastball that topped 95 mph with a slider.
Jhonny Peralta hit a solo shot in the second off Brewers starter Matt Garza (0-2) before Jay sent a ball over the wall near the right field corner in the sixth.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Dan Uggla hit two home runs, including a grand slam in the ninth inning that lifted the Atlanta Braves to a wild win over the Phillies.
Evan Gattis also homered twice and Uggla drove in five runs as the Braves won their fourth straight. The teams combined for five homers and 12 runs in the final two innings.
Gattis, Uggla and Andrelton Simmons hit consecutive homers in the eighth that put Atlanta ahead 5-1.
Domonic Brown's three-run homer capped a five-run bottom of the eighth that gave the Phillies a 6-5 lead.
But the Braves rallied against Jake Diekman (1-1).
Luis Avilan (3-1) wound up with the win and David Carpenter got his first save.
Ryan Howard homered and Marlon Byrd drove in two runs for Philadelphia. Utley had two hits, and is batting .489 this season.
CINCINNATI (AP) – Neil Walker and Gaby Sanchez hit back-to-back homers twice, and the Pirates and and Reds combined for 10 homers in only six innings before rain forced a suspension.
The game will be resumed in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh hit six solo shots and Cincinnati had four homers, most of them into a heavy rain. Already, it's the most homers in a major league game since 2006.
Pittsburgh had three sets of back-to-back homers, only the third time that's happened in major league history.
MIAMI (AP) – Jordan Zimmermann bounced back from the shortest start of his career to pitch seven innings and lead the Nationals to a win over the Marlins, who endured their eighth loss in a row.
Bryce Harper had two doubles and an RBI triple for Washington. He has batted .520 over his past seven games to boost his average to .348.
Catcher Sandy Leon hit his first career home run, while Tyler Moore also homered and had an RBI single. Anthony Rendon drove in three runs with a double and a triple, and Danny Espinosa doubled and tripled for two of the Nationals' 11 extra-base hits.
Zimmermann (1-0) allowed two runs, struck out seven and lowered his ERA from 8.10 to 5.27.
Brad Hand (0-1) fell to 1-11 in his career as a starter. He lasted only three innings while allowing five runs and five extra-base hits.
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Padres scored twice in the eighth inning on Rex Brothers' wild pitch and catcher Wilin Rosario's errant throw back to the plate, lifting San Diego to a victory over the Rockies.
The Rockies held a one-run lead when Brothers walked the bases loaded with two outs. Facing Yasmani Grandal, Brothers (1-2) unleashed a wild throw. As Rosario retrieved the pitch, he turned and threw wildly back to Brothers covering the plate.
The ball was out of Brothers' reach and Xavier Nady scored. As the ball sailed past the mound, Seth Smith scored from second base as the Padres took a 5-4 lead.
Dale Thayer (2-0) pitched a perfect eighth inning and Huston Street worked the ninth for his fourth save.
PHOENIX (AP) – Lucas Duda had four hits and two RBIs, Zack Wheeler pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the Mets beat the Diamondbacks.
David Wright added two RBIs and the Mets had 13 hits to open a three-game series in the desert they hope won't be too costly.
Juan Lagares left in the seventh inning with a strained right hamstring after legging out a grounder. Curtis Granderson went out in the sixth with rib and forearm injuries he sustained in a collision with the wall in the first, though X-rays were negative.
Wheeler (1-2) worked around traffic to end a five-start winless streak.
Miguel Montero had three RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who lost their sixth straight at Chase Field after Josh Collmenter (0-1) gave up three runs the first three innings.


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William C. Sherman and Playford V. Thorson, editors, Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1986, 431 pages, hardcover.
The Germans from Russia Heritage Collection is pleased to include one of North Dakota's most noteable historical books, Plains Folk: North Dakota's Ethnic History. Contributors include Warren A. Henke, Timothy J. Kloberdanz, Theodore B. Pedeliski, and Robert P. Wilkins.
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EEOC Office of Legal Counsel staff members wrote the following informal discussion letter in response to an inquiry from a member of the public. This letter is intended to provide an informal discussion of the noted issue and does not constitute an official opinion of the Commission.
ADA: Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Employees
September 10, 2004
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This is in response to your letter dated March 18, 2004, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) asking whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) would permit your client, an offshore drilling contractor, to adopt a policy requiring all offshore workers to undergo mandatory periodic medical examinations that would include hearing, heart, and blood pressure screening. The purpose of these examinations would be to prevent possible injuries and deaths should an offshore employee have a heart attack or stroke while operating heavy machinery. You write that because the company operates rigs in remote areas, inclement weather will delay the ability to evacuate employees in case of a medical emergency. We apologize for the delay in responding, as this office did not receive your original letter.
As you know, the ADA generally permits an employer to make disability-related inquiries and require medical examinations of employees only when it has a reasonable belief, based on objective evidence, that: (1) an employee's ability to perform essential job functions will be impaired by a medical condition; or, (2) an employee will pose a direct threat due to a medical condition. See EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Employees Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), July 26, 2000, at Question 5. (This Guidance and other ADA guidances can be found on our website at www.eeoc.gov). In most instances, this standard is met when an employer knows about a particular employee's medical condition, has observed performance problems, and reasonably can attribute the problems to a medical condition. An employer also may be given reliable information by a credible third party that an employee has a medical condition, or the employer may observe symptoms indicating that an employee may have a medical condition that will impair his or her ability to perform essential job functions or will pose a direct threat. In these situations, it will be job-related and consistent with business necessity for an employer to make disability-related inquiries or require a medical examination. Id.
The Commission also has stated that employers may require employees in positions affecting public safety (e.g., police officers, firefighters, and airline pilots) to undergo periodic medical examinations or to report the use of prescription medications that may affect their job performance. Id. at Questions 8 and 18 ; see also EEOC Enforcement Guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act and Psychiatric Disabilities, March 25, 1997, at n. 41. You believe that your client's offshore employees "fit within the spirit of [this] 'public safety' exception" in that they work in an environment in which their ability to perform their jobs without posing a direct threat to others affects the public safety of individuals who live and work on the rigs.
We believe that the situation you have described does not fit within existing Commission policy as set out in Questions 8 and 18 of the Guidance. Interpreting the ADA to allow periodic medical examinations in the manner you suggest would require the Commission to make new policy. This cannot be accomplished through an informal opinion letter. The Commission makes policy under the ADA in essentially two ways - by deliberating and ultimately voting to approve regulations, enforcement guidance, or other documents, or by voting to approve positions taken in litigation and amicus curiae briefs.
Even in the absence of Commission policy addressing your client's situation, however, there are other steps that your client can take to try to ensure the safety of its offshore employees. Obviously, if your client knows or has a reasonable belief that a particular offshore worker has a medical condition that may affect his or her ability to perform job functions or may pose a direct threat, it could require that employee to have a medical examination before allowing him to work on a rig.
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ATLANTA – Gerresheimer Peachtree City (USA), a plastics manufacturer for the pharmaceutical and health care industry based in Peachtree City, Ga., will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
In its lawsuit filed in September 2010, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-03082), the EEOC charged that Gerresheimer terminated Donna McLeod from her position as a quality assurance manager in January 2009 in retaliation for filing a discrimination charge with the EEOC. McLeod, who was hired in February 2008, complained internally about gender-based wage discrimination in October 2008. After the employer concluded there was no discrimination in wages, McLeod took her grievance to the EEOC. Within six weeks of receiving notice of the discrimination charge, the employer terminated McLeod for purportedly misusing leave time.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from subjecting employees to discrimination due to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It also prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee for complaining about discriminatory conduct.
The consent decree settling the suit, in addition to the monetary relief, includes provisions for equal employment opportunity training, reporting, and posting of anti-discrimination notices. In the suit and consent decree, Gerresheimer denied any liability or wrongdoing.
"All too often employers look for any opportunity to fire employees who exert their rights under federal civil rights law," said Robert Dawkins, regional attorney for the EEOC's Atlanta District Office. "We trust this case will result in more employers thinking twice before they take adverse actions to punish employees for alerting them to discriminatory situations."
Bernice Williams Kimbrough, district director in Atlanta, noted, "Retaliation is one of the most commonly identified bases of discrimination by people who file charges. The EEOC is just as committed to protecting employees from retaliation as from any other type of discrimination."
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Does anyone else take a look at our society today and reflect just how much more casual we've become about everything?
I'm old enough to remember the days when most businessmen, teachers, etc., dressed more professionally everyday, with the males wearing ties, if not ties and suits, to work everyday.
Heck, when I was in high school, there were even very few girls who ever wore jeans to school. They either wore dresses or dress slacks. That was back when all of our male teachers wore a tie every day.
Just how casual we've become struck me when attending recent court hearings.
At one hearing, one of the females who was there just to watch the proceedings came walking in wearing a pair of flannel lounge pants and a wife-beater T-shirt. It looked like she rolled out of bed just minutes before heading to the courthouse.
It was even more evident at another hearing, when a female who was facing a new sentencing hearing because she failed to comply with the terms of her conditional discharge.
Her attitude during that hearing did nothing to endear her to the judge.
Every time the judge asked her a question, she simply said, "Ya," not even bothering to look at the judge.
I waited for the judge to say something to the female, but she didn't. But I knew this female was pushing things.
The kicker came when the judge confirmed to her that she could pay fine money while being housed in jail. The female said she wanted to make sure the money went to her fine instead of her bond.
While saying that, with an attitude, mind you, she used the word "frickin.'"
That did set the judge off. "You have been totally disrespectful throughout these proceedings," the judge said, adding that she would not tolerate any more of that.
And the thing is, I wouldn't expect this female to act much differently the next time she's in court.
Rich Bauer is the managing editor of The Leader-Union.
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Toronto FC announced Tuesday it has named former Canadian international goalkeeper Pat Onstad as Chief Scout and Manager of Football Partnerships.
A native of Vancouver, B.C. Onstad, 44, has spent the past two seasons on D.C. United's staff as an assistant coach. He came out of retirement in 2011 to play in three matches for D.C. due to injuries at the goalkeeper position.
In addition to his duties as chief scout, Onstad is responsible for liaising and managing relationships with football clubs in Major League Soccer and internationally. He will also work with football agencies and foreign soccer development academies.
"I had the pleasure of working with Pat at D.C. United and have great respect for him. He's meticulous, diligent, and he knows our league very well," said Toronto FC President and General Manager Kevin Payne. "He's a perfect fit for this role and will be a great asset for our club."
Onstad had a successful playing career, winning three MLS Cup championships, the first in 2003 with the San Jose Earthquakes and two with the Houston Dynamo in 2006 and 2007. In 2005, he won the Supporters Shield with the Earthquakes.
Onstad was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year and to the MLS Best XI both in 2003 and 2005. With the Canadian National Team, Onstad earned 57 caps and was part of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup championship side. He was named Canadian Player of the Year in 2003.


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Gunmen attacked worshippers from a minority Muslim sect in two mosques of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, taking hostages and killing at least 70 people, officials said.
The gunmen opened fire shortly after Friday prayers and threw what could have been grenades at two Ahmadi mosques in residential neighbourhoods in Pakistan's cultural capital.
Sajjad Bhutta, deputy commissioner of Lahore, said at least 70 people had been killed in the twin attacks on mosques in Garhi Shahu and Model Town. A total of 78 were injured.
The death toll at Garhi Shahu was higher, Bhutta said, because three attackers blew themselves up with suicide vests packed with explosives when police tried to enter the building.
Police are still searching the area as two attackers were still at large.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said the incidents would generate greater resolve to combat extremism.
"It's a reminder to the nation that Pakistan will achieve its destiny only after we get rid of the worst type of extremism and fundamentalism," he told a news conference. "The entire nation will fight this evil."
He said one attacker had been arrested. Police in Model Town confirmed one gunmen had been arrested and another killed.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but suspicion quickly fell on the Pakistani Taliban.
"It's too early to say who is behind these attacks," said a Lahore-based security official. "But my guess is that like most other attacks, there would be some link to the Taliban or their associated militants."
Punjab's Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the arrested attacker was a teenage Pashtun, an ethnic group making up the majority in parts of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan. This, he said, indicaed a link to the Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan and strongly hinted at a Taliban link.
"The prayer leader was giving a sermon when we heard firing and blasts. Everybody stood up and then two gunmen barged into the mosque and sprayed bullets," Fateh Sharif, a 19-year-old student, told Reuters from Model Town.
"They had long beards. They were carrying rucksacks."
Bhutta said a suicide vest laden with explosives was recovered from the Model Town mosque, where some attackers escaped. One fired at a television van before the area was made safe.
"He was young, clean-shaven. He sprayed bullets at our van while fleeing the scene," Rabia Mehmood, a reporter for Express Television, told Reuters.
Witnesses said the assaults were launched shortly after prayers.
"I saw some gunmen run towards the Ahmadis' place of worship and then I heard blasts and gunfire," Mohammad Nawaz, a resident, told Reuters.
Stock market investors shrugged off the latest violence.
"Initially we saw some selling after the attack but investors started accumulating shares at lower levels," said Asad Iqbal, chief executive at Faysal Asset Management Ltd adding that there was foreign buying which boosted local confidence.
The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) benchmark 100-share index was up 0.75 percent at 9,511.75 points at 4:05 p.m. (1105 GMT).
Ahmadis are a minority Muslim sect founded in the late 19th century. They hold unorthodox beliefs among Muslims, including that Jesus Christ survived the crucifixion and died in Kashmir. Some also believe that prophets have come after Mohammad, the founder of Islam, but that he retains his primacy.
Pakistan is the only Muslim state to have declared Ahmadis non-Muslims. Its 4 million-odd members have seen their religious rights in overwhelmingly Muslim Pakistan curtailed by law.
Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the fight against militancy, is often the scene of sectarian violence, with militants from Sunni Muslim groups attacking Shi'ite Muslim and Christian communities.
Separately, security forces battled Taliban militants in the Orakzai region near the Afghan border in the northwest and about 40 militants were killed and 30 wounded in attacks by government aircraft in three places, a paramilitary force officer said.
There was no independent confirmation of the toll. Militants often dispute government accounts.
Government forces have stepped up attacks in Orakzai in recent weeks after winding up offensives in several other areas.
(Additional reporting by Kamran Haider in Islamabad and Faisal Aziz in Karachi; Editing by Chris Allbritton and Ron Popeski)


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Spring is just around the corner..... ?
At least the inside is looking like springtime. Just tucked the winter snowman dishes away yesterday and brought out the sunflowers. So I'll just keep my "rose colored" glasses on for a few more weeks until spring really DOES arrive!
Happy Wednesday everyone!!
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Do you have a song that brings uncontrollable tears?
I love music, have the radio/stereo/music on television most of the time. Headphones when mowing in the summer, IPod when working in the yard. All types of music and flavors. Music that reminds me of days gone by, high school events, the first love, songs that remind me of family members long gone...but the one song to which I have no emotional ties and absolutely just pulls at my heart strings,and I cannot control the tears,.........is "In The Arms of the Angels".
Do you have such a song? What is it about certain songs that do this to us?
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In what has become an annual Web tradition, the Internet has once again used April 1 as an excuse to go completely insane with pranks, hijinks, and other assorted fake-outs. Some are great, while others aren't worth your time. If you're not entirely sick of April Fools' Day already, you'll want to pop over to these sites and see what they've done.
Google gets all kinds of goofy
As usual, Google has led the charge and gone completely off the rails with a wholly unnecessary dedication to April Foolishness across several of its brands.
Google Nose
Why just depend on sight, sound, and haptic feedback for your Web experience when there is so much to experience through smell?! Thankfully, Google has used its teams of engineers along with "expertly curated Knowledge Panels" to fill in this missing experience with its new Google Nose web application. Click on the "Try Google Nose" button for a collection of great smells from around the Internet.
Google Treasure Map
Last September, Google discovered a treasure map that has been verified as belonging to the infamous pirate Captain Kidd. To help find Kidd's treasure, the Google Maps team created an overlay in the top left corner of the Google Maps page to assist with the hunt along with a needlessly well-produced video describing the whole thing.
Gmail Blue
In a completely not-subtle shot at the upcoming Windows 8 upgrade "Blue," Google created this mock video promoting a new version of Gmail that answers the question "how do we completely redesign and create something while keeping it exactly the same?" Microsoft also got in its barbs against Google, as you'll see later on.
Google+ Emoticons
"Many months of research on how people communicate on the Internet have convinced us that when it comes to expressing yourself, nothing beats the richness and elegance of a few properly placed colons, parentheses, letters, and hyphens." Try clicking on the smiley icon on the top of your G+ lightbox to add emoticon goodness to your photos. Something tells me it might not be available tomorrow.
Google SCHMICK
Google Australia used today's festivites to unveil Google SCHMICK (Simple Complete House Makeover Internet Conversion Kit) that will let you virtually extreme makeover your abode all Sims style. And BTW, apparently "schmick" is Aussie slang for "cool."
Google Fiber Poles
Google Fiber is the search giant's program to bring high-power Internet connectivity to the Kansas City metro area. And, just in time for April 1, Google is offering Fiber to The Pole, which will foster a sense of community by enabling users to connect directly to the service via special telephone poles throughout the city.
The end of YouTube
As you know, the Google-owned YouTube launched in 2005 as a contest to find the best videos on the Internet. And now, YouTube will finally be closing down and start the arduous task of choosing the best Web video of all time. The winner gets $500 and an mp3 player that clips to their sleeve. Good luck, everybody!
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The Defense Intelligence Agency has 'moderate confidence' that North Korea can build a nuclear warhead that can fit on top of a ballistic missile, according to a U.S. assessment revealed Thursday at a public hearing on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., read from what he said was an unclassified segment of a classified Defense Intelligence Agency report on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, which long has been shrouded in secrecy.
The DIA conclusion was confirmed by a senior congressional aide who spoke on condition of anonymity because the Pentagon had not officially released the contents. The aide said the report was produced in March.
'DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles. However, the reliability will be low,' the report said, according Lamborn, who read it aloud.
Notably absent from that unclassified segment of the report was any reference to what the DIA believes is the range of a missile North Korea could arm with a nuclear warhead. Much of its missile arsenal is capable of reaching South Korea and Japan, but Kim has threatened to attack the United States as well.
At the House Armed Services Committee hearing in which he revealed the DIA assessment, Lamborn asked Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whether he agreed with it. Dempsey said he had not seen the report.
'You said it's not publicly released, so I choose not to comment on it,' Dempsey said.
The DIA assessment is not out of line with comments Dempsey made Wednesday when he was asked at a Pentagon news conference whether North Korea was capable of mating a nuclear warhead to a ballistic missile that could reach Japan or beyond.
In response, Dempsey said the extent of North Korean progress on designing a nuclear weapon small enough to operate as a missile warhead was a classified matter. But he did not rule out that the North has achieved the capability revealed in the DIA report.
'They have conducted two nuclear tests,' Dempsey told a Pentagon news conference. 'They have conducted several successful ballistic missile launches. And in the absence of concrete evidence to the contrary, we have to assume the worst case, and that's why we're postured as we are today.' He was referring to recent moves by the U.S. to increase its missile defense capabilities in the Pacific.
At the House hearing where Lamborn revealed the DIA conclusion, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was asked a different version of the same question: Does North Korea have the capability to strike U.S. territory with a nuclear weapon? Hagel said the answer is no.
'Now does that mean that they won't have it or they can't have it or they're not working on it?' Hagel added. 'No. That's why this is a very dangerous situation.'
At a separate hearing Thursday, U.S. officials offered their assessment of the North Korean leader, who is a grandson of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the House Intelligence Committee that he thinks Kim, who took control after his father, Kim Jong Il, died in 2011, is trying to show the U.S., the world and his own people that he is 'firmly in control in North Korea,' while attempting to maneuver the international community into concessions in future negotiations.
'I don't think ... he has much of an endgame other than to somehow elicit recognition' and to turn the nuclear threat into 'negotiation and to accommodation and presumably for aid,' Clapper said.
Clapper said that the intelligence community believes the North would use nuclear weapons only to preserve the Kim regime but that analysts do not know how the regime defines that.


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EU gas market: Commission refers Ireland and the United Kingdom to Court to ensure European law is properly implemented
Brussels, 26 January 2012 - The best way for ensuring security of supply and affordable energy prices is to have a competitive internal EU energy market. An efficient and properly functioning internal market in natural gas will give consumers the choice between different companies across national borders. EU legislation aims at facilitating cross-border gas trade and increasing the capacity on gas markets. The European Commission considers that Ireland and the United Kingdom are not fully in line with EU gas market rules and has decided today to refer these countries to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
According to EU gas rules, the maximum interconnection capacity between Member States and between different gas transmission systems must be offered to the market so that consumers can fully benefit from competition on the market. Only when interruptible reverse flow capacity and short-term services (short term contracts to book gas capacity) are offered, can pipelines be used to their maximum capacity. This means that more gas can be transported and new companies can enter the market. This will give consumers the possibility to choose between different companies and services.
The maximum interconnection capacity is not offered in the UK and Ireland as the pipeline connecting Northern Ireland and Ireland is not open to the market. This means that gas companies in Ireland cannot directly trade gas with Northern Ireland or vice versa. On the pipeline connecting Scotland to Northern Ireland short-term services are not available and neither is virtual reverse flow capacity based on netting off physical forward flow to make capacity available for commercial trade as required by EU longstanding legislation.
The Commission is aware that the UK and Irish governments intend to introduce Common Arrangements for Gas (CAG) between Ireland and Northern Ireland. While the Commission welcomes such steps to create cross-border market, this project has already been delayed. Therefore the Commission has decided to proceed with these infringement procedures in accordance with the EU law.
The infringements concern Member States' failure to respect their legal obligations arising from the Gas Regulation No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks which replaced on 3 March 2011 the Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005.
The Commission is following up on infringement cases which were opened in June 2009 with a letter of formal notice and followed up with reasoned opinions in June 2010 (see IP/10/836 and MEMO/10/275).
Since the start of these infringement procedures progress has been made by Ireland and the United Kingdom in eliminating the shortcomings. However, full compliance has not yet been achieved and therefore the Commission proceeds to the Court of Justice.
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Commission web page on the Second Energy Package:
Current figures on infringements in general can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/eu_law/infringements/infringements_en.htm
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. � The joke running through Jacksonville these days carries the same punch line as the one in Kansas City:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. � The joke running through Jacksonville these days carries the same punch line as the one in Kansas City:
�Our team is so bad it can�t even stink in the right year.�
The Chiefs and Jaguars will vie for the top pick in the NFL draft in separate games Sunday. But the value of �winning� the race to the NFL�s worst record is debatable in a year without a clear, franchise-changing prospect.
There�s no Andrew Luck in this unlucky draft.
No Robert Griffin III, either.
Just a collection of talented young players who could fill holes at left tackle or linebacker or defensive end, but hardly push the needle for teams in desperate need of massive overhauls.
The Chiefs and Jaguars are both 2-13, but the Chiefs hold the tiebreaker for the No. 1 spot because of their weakness of schedule. The only way Jacksonville can jump them is if they lose to the Tennessee Titans and Kansas City beats the Denver Broncos, who are playing for an opportunity to secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
That would give the Jaguars the worst overall record by themselves.
�You don�t want to be in this position,� Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey said. �Just like we didn�t want to be in that position in Atlanta when we drafted Matt Ryan (in 2008). But if you pick up the right guy, it can make a huge difference for you and get you out of that position.�
The Jaguars have never drafted first overall. They had the second choice in their expansion year of 1995 and again the following season. But they�re also the only team in the NFL to pick in the top 10 each of the last six seasons, counting the upcoming draft.
That�s a big reason why general manager Gene Smith, the architect of their past four drafts, might not be around to make their choice, regardless of whether it�s No. 1.
Kansas City is in similar shape.
The Chiefs have never had the No. 1 pick as members of the NFL � they chose Hall of Fame defensive tackle Buck Buchanan first overall in 1963, when they were still a part of the AFL. The closest they�ve come since the merger is second overall in 1978, �79 and again in 1988.
That�s a big reason why GM Scott Pioli could be on the way out, too: Pioli�s Chiefs could be historically bad.
One thing Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel isn�t thinking about is how valuable a loss to the Broncos would be in relation to the first overall pick.
�I think you play to win,� Crennel said Wednesday. �Whether you win or lose, that�s what everybody looks at and that�s what counts. Nobody puts an asterisk in that win-loss column, saying they lost because they wanted the first pick, something like that.�
The Chiefs and Jaguars are both desperate for a quarterback in a year in which the crop of players at football�s marquee position is thin. West Virginia�s Geno Smith, USC�s Matt Barkley and North Carolina State�s Mike Glennon are considered the top talents available, but most analysts have been putting their value somewhere in the mid-20s of the first round.
That means the Chiefs and Jaguars would be reaching for a franchise quarterback.
�This year, there�s no strength at the top,� ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper said on a recent conference call with reporters. �You don�t have the quarterback, you don�t have the running back, you don�t have the cornerback or safety.�
Not like last year, when Luck and Griffin were available.
The Colts managed to snag the former Stanford quarterback with the first overall pick, giving them a flawless bridge from their Peyton Manning past to their Luck-filled future.
Now, after losing 14 games last season, Indianapolis is back in the playoffs.
That�s right where the Redskins could be this weekend after choosing Griffin, last year�s Heisman Trophy winner, at No. 2. Washington needs to beat the Dallas Cowboys or have the Vikings and Bears both lose Sunday to get into the postseason.
Just how valuable is that franchise quarterback?
�It�s hard to win in this league if you don�t have one,� said Bruce Arians, who served as the Colts� interim coach until Chuck Pagano�s return this week.
The gap between choosing first and second has proven sizeable some years. In 2009, the Lions landed Matthew Stafford with the first overall pick. The Rams at No. 2 wound up with offensive tackle Jason Smith, who has started just 26 games and is already on his second team.
It was a similar story in 2004, when the Chargers picked Eli Manning first and then shipped him to the Giants. Oakland had the second pick and grabbed offensive tackle Robert Gallery, who has been a productive player but far less valuable than Manning, a two-time Super Bowl MVP.
Whoever is in charge has to get it right, too, for the first pick to matter.
The Raiders failed to do that in 2007, when they chose JaMarcus Russell first. He was out of the league after three years, while the Lions� second overall pick, wide receiver Calvin Johnson, just broke Jerry Rice�s record for yards receiving in a single season.
Smith and Pioli may be out of jobs come Monday, though, and who the Chiefs and Jaguars will have orchestrating their draft is about as clear as whom they�ll select.
Perhaps that�s why Crennel was channeling his inner Herm Edwards on Wednesday.
�We play to win the game,� he said, when asked about a loss guaranteeing the Chiefs the first overall choice. �That�s the only way I know how to do it.�
AP Sports Writer Mark Long in Jacksonville, Fla., contributed to this story.


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One of the rituals of spring for most men from the 1890s to the 1920s was their yearly purchase of a new straw "boater" hat. Amherst's first hat factory was L.M. Hills and Sons, built in 1829. Hills ran his factory until his death in 1872, when it was taken over by a succession of owners. In 1892, George Burnett purchased the firm and created George B. Burnett & Son. In 1895 it was employing about 325 at the height of the season. Although this hat was not a Burnett hat, it was nonetheless sold at the Burnett Hat Shop in the village, and it dates from the 1890s to the mid-1920s. It is a typical example of one of the better models of straw boaters, with a fine fabric lining and leather headband. The market for straw boaters declined dramatically during and after the Great Depression (1929-1940), first for economic reasons and later from a change in style.
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