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Los Angeles, California – April 19, 2017 – Today, the European Product Design Award, EPDA, announces to the general public the winners of its debut design competition. The award which was first announced at the European Parliament on April, 12 in Brussels is an initiative which recognizes the efforts of talented international product designers who aim to improve our daily lives with their practical, well-thought-out creations.
According to the epode President, Hossein Farmani, "The quality of designs both from the professional and students were exceptional. We are very happy to bring the world of designs' attention to this great product designs. He further stated that, "Announcing the winners at the EU parliament added another level of excellence to these new awards."
The winners of this prestigious awards and their awards are:
1. Kengo Kuma and Associates for CHIDORI awarded Design Innovation of the Year, 2017;
2. Miniki for MINIKI SLIMLINE awarded Design Innovation of the Year, 2017;
3. Wideblue Ltd for PEEK RETINA awarded Design for Humanity Award, 2017;
4. Anna Haldewang from Savannah College of Art and Design awarded Discovery of the Year, 2017.
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The European Product Design Award, rewards the strategic thinking and imagination resulting to making a great product. The award can help awardees advertise and market their products into people's homes or businesses, as well as giving your career a welcome boost.
For more information about the award visit: https://productdesignaward.eu/
Submissions are open to product designers around the world. The 2018 entry begins on May 22. Interested individuals or bodies should send their beautiful, innovative, and creative product designs that might make life easier and joyful.
For more enquiries and questions email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Whitney Houston's mother is speaking out for the first time since her daughter's death, decrying media reports that the pop star was broke when she died.
"Whitney did not die broke," Cissy Houston, a Grammy-winning singer in her own right, told My9's "10 O'Clock News" in New Jersey in an exclusive interview set to air Monday.
"These people don't know anything about her. The media doesn't know what they're talking about," she added.
The 78-year-old gospel singer, who had collaborated with her daughter, has appeared distant from other relatives of the singer.
She refused to join a group of relatives for a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey and criticized her granddaughter Bobbi Kristina Houston's relationship with a long-time family friend.
In the interview, conducted at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., the church where Whitney Houston got her start as a young singer, her mother also reflected on her daughter's accomplishments and her own parenting.
"She accomplished a whole lot in the short time that she had here," she said. "I did the best I could. I don't blame myself."
Whitney Houston died Feb. 11 in her hotel room bathtub. Medical examiners ruled her death a case of accidental drowning prompted by a combination of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.
Cissy Houston Slams Rumors Whitney Died Broke
"The media doesn't know what they're talking about," the 78-year-old gospel singer told My9
Whitney Houston's mother is speaking out for the first time since her daughter's death, decrying media reports that the pop star was broke when she died.


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Managing delivery risk is one of the key risks with pursuing systematic reuse. How can your teams mitigate that risk yet make progress on the reuse front? The trick is to keep moving – pro-actively, continuously explore synergies across projects and align project delivery.
Here are some common areas to explore areas of synergy across projects:
- Requirements – this is the most overlooked part of systematic reuse – if multiple projects exhibit common/similar/overlapping requirements – this is the most rewarding and domain-aligned minefield of reuse candidates. Focus not only on technical / infrastructure requirements but also domain specific ones including logic specific to a region/country – internationalization and locale-specific components are examples.
- Integration across systems – common message formats, alerting, exception handling, monitoring – several projects will need to address these areas.
- Providing data that is used again and again – whether it is static table code sets or common repository of customer information – data services and access interfaces can be leveraged across projects quite easily
- Binding components that act as the bridge or "glue" between open-source/proprietary software with your internal enterprise are invaluable reuse candidates.
- Organizing and accessing test data – many projects have bespoke approaches for sourcing, organizing, and integrating test data into unit and regression tests. Synergies will save valuable time during testing but also is quite often necessary as functionality starts to span across multiple areas within the domain
Alignment on delivery may not always be possible – business priorities do and need to take precedence – but that shouldn't stop your teams from exploring these routes.


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From Putin's press conference re Snowden: "The former KGB agent said people should remember that espionage was necessary for security reasons: "However much our American friends are criticised, I think their work was mainly directed at fighting terrorism. Of course, this has its negative aspects and on a political level the appetites of the special services need to be controlled. But overall, you have to understand that it is necessary."
Unless you have someone "special" meets you - then you are whisked through with no more than a wave of the hand.
We got over the U-2 (Gary Powers) shoot-down when things were "hot" between the US and Soviet Union. Brazilian politicians are squat compared to when, at the The Paris Summit between President Eisenhower and Nikita Krushchev, negotiations collapsed in large part because Krushchev demanded an apology that Eisenhower was unwilling to give. Looks like Brazilian politicos are trying to use the Snowden "revelations" to divert constituent concern over the down-turning economy - sooo typical!
If the polls are correct, %50 don't care one way or another - is that an indicator of "trust" ? The other 50% ? Where is the kernel of understanding the depth of the issue or is "gut" prevailing over pragmatic reason? The outcome will be interesting - particularly after the politicians get finished with it.
Yo - Listen Up Y'All -"Enemy of the State" is a 1998 American action-thriller about a group of rogue NSA agents who kill a US Congressman and try to cover up the murder. It was written by David Marconi, directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Not much of a "stretch" was it?
- Hondo1, 02July2013
Big Deal! This is old hat stuff for the Germans - they did a great job with Communications Intel during WWII until the Brits and the US figured out their Enigma machine. One has to assume that any country is into the snooping biz - some do it better than others.
My first letter to Department of the Treasury (US Customs Service) was acknowledged on 10 March 1997. FOIA was filed on 01 March 2000. Customs responded on 14 and 20 June 2000 indicating 14 pages of information (heavily redacted). On 06 July 2000 I requested "to expunge or amend" which was denied on 14 August 2000. I appealed on 08 September 2000 - denied.
09 March 2001 to FOI Unit at DEA - their response was "no information, etc. on record."
10 October 2001 to Bob Graham, Chairman Select Committee on Intelligence with CC to Porter J. Gross, Chair House Committee on Intelligence - no response from either (and I live in Florida).
09 October to Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner, Dept. of Treas., Us Customs - no response
Plus a few others which I don't have at hand.
During my 30 year sales career, I did lots of international travel. Many of these countries were "controversial" because of known narcotics, money laundering and other. After at about year 20, I started to be stopped for "interrogation" upon re-entry to the US with high frequency. During a chance chat with an off duty US Customs agent, he suggested I (a) write a letter of complaint and (b)file an FOIA letter. I did all these things and what followed was INCREDIBLE. The heavily redacted reply that I received allowed enough of a analysis to conclude that US Customs had me down [suspected], with really crazy "evidence", as "having smuggled large quantities of Narcotics into the US secreted in shipments of wood [to Charlotte]from a country in South America PLUS having made large deposits of money into banks in Colombia, SA.
I filed to have the record expunged (denied) - I also requested - in three different letters - a meeting with the Customs, either locally, regionally or in Washington - do discuss. I asked them why they didn't "prosecute" if they had so much valid information, etc. Well, I am retired now and wouldn't get on an airplane to travel internationally for anything - particularly with the current group of clowns "in charge". Irony is, (A) was Top Secret Cat 3 Crypto in the military, (B) have passed many fingerprint and background checks (Concealed weapons permit plus the FBI's InfraGard organization) and not a peep! Oh, one funny things, I made separate FOIA's to both the FBI and DEA - both came back "clean". Question, if I had been such a bad-ass, don't you think that there would have been some information sharing between agencies - particularly between DEA - Customs? Not a chance. I even wrote letters to McCain, Graham and others - no response. This was/is more comic [tragic] than the Keystone Kops!


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As a woman, and mother I've struggled with my perception of myself and my body. I don't have to tell you how having a child can change your body, and I have a different relationship with my body since giving birth six years ago. Yeah, I'm a little more self-conscious, and get pretty jealous of the celebrity moms rocking it in their 2 pieces in the magazine. Didn't they have stretch marks I say? Didn't their boobs sag afterwards? It's so strange all throughout my pregnancy my stomach was so smooth, and as soon as I had Lil Mama my stomach told a different story. And let's not even talk about the boobs!
What is frustrating as a woman and mother to a daughter is how the media portrays beauty. What girls see, what I see is not the reality. There is a perception that beauty should be and is flawless perfection. Eyebrows should be perfectly arched, liner precisely drawn, and beautiful voluptuous curves. These images are splashed in magazines, and in my opinion sharing the wrong image to women and girls about what real beauty is.
The 3 day #KeepItReal concept is amazing. We're challenges mags to KEEP IT REAL and take the focus off this impractical idea of beauty so girls can have a fun and stress-free summer! So instead of feeling guilty that you can't fit into the designer 2 piece bikini featured in the latest gossip mag, we are putting pressure on the mags that have such unrealistic views of beauty. The goal of the 3 days is to ask magazines one very reasonable request: to post at least one unphotoshopped image of a model per issue.
How can you get involved? First, download the Keep It Real Toolkit which includes more information and contact info of Magazine Editors we'll target.
Day One (June 27) was all about tweeting using the #KeepItReal hashtag tweeting to magazines to KEEP IT REAL! I tweeted out to Self Mag & Essence!
Day Two (June 28) is about spreading the #KeepItReal word through blog posts and Facebook, and sharing post url's to magazines via twitter! Post your own blog or feel free to share this post!
Day Three (June 29) is about capturing real beauty. Get on Instagram and share the image to the left using #KeepItRealChallenge and show the world what REAL beauty looks like to you!! Share the picture via FB and Twitter using the #KeepItReal hashtag! In partnership with Endangered Bodies they'll be taking the best photo of the day and display it on a billboard in NYC!
Interested? I encourage you to get involved! You can RSVP via their Facebook Event Page. I am committed to helping change the way my daughter grows up and views beauty via these publications. I've already got my pictures ready to share via Instagram (follow me: msalexandrav), twitter, and facebook and am excited to be part of this necessary movement!
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Police: 2 residents run a 'drug house' in Baraboo
Heroin, marijuana found in Seventh Avenue home Wednesday
BARABOO, Wis. — The Sauk County Drug Task Force arrested three people Wednesday after an investigation and search of a home found heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Two Baraboo residents and a Portage man were arrested on suspicion of multiple felony drug charges, according to the task force's report. Police said Bobby Kalista, 31, of Baraboo and Dustin Kotula, 28, also of Baraboo, were charged with manufacturing and delivering heroin and maintaining a drug house. The three were arrested after the task force searched the residence at 215 Seventh Ave. in Baraboo.
According to the report, Michael Hein, 22, of Portage was arrested for possessing heroin, also a felony.
The task force's investigation is ongoing, the group stated.
Officers from the Baraboo Police Department, Sauk County Sheriff's Office, Sauk Prairie Police Department, Lake Delton Police Department, Reedsburg Police Department, LaValle Police Department, Plain Police Department and the Spring Green Police Department and Wisconsin State Patrol make up the Sauk County Drug Task Force.


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A lot of people were upset about Kristen Stewart's alleged cheating on Robert Pattinson. Many of them were crazy people.
This devoted fan, if the username "KristenPattinson513" suggests any allegiance, has upped the game to full conspiracy theory-levels not seen since A Beautiful Mind.
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I am working as a Social Worker & often try to explain/use some of the breathing methods to help people with anxiety and fear.
I even use some of the video postings on the office computer to try to explain stuff. It recently helped a really angry large teen in a local group home that no one knew ..read more >>


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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Those Places Thursday - The House That Caused the Fuss
This is the house that cause all the fuss with my grandfather and his siblings in my previous post. It's still standing in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Knowing that it was Adam and Jadwiga's house, I wish it was still in the family. They were the first immigrants in that line so it is meaningful to me. If nothing else, I wish I could see inside it, although I'm sure it's changed.
I wish I had a better picture. I was sure the picture that I had wasn't this bad, but the one I'm looking for may be at home on my backup drive. I guess I'll check again after spring break when I get home!
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A Successful Weekend, No. 42 and Those 1972 Red Pinstriped Unis
We sure wanted the brooms to come out this afternoon, signifying a three-game White Sox sweep over the tough Tigers. It wasn't to be, however, as the Sox dropped the series finale, 5-2.
It's certainly not the end of the world as the Sox are still 5-3 on the young season and are playing good baseball. It's just a bit disappointing we didn't sweep because the South Siders have been playing so competitively and even had the tying run at the plate when the game ended. All in all, I'll take it.
Chris Sale pitched well this afternoon (as Gavin Floyd did Saturday and Jake Peavy on Friday), but threw a lot of pitches, left early and on this day couldn't match the Tigers' Rick Porcello. In the good news category, Adam Dunn cranked out a pair of doubles and Dayan Viciedo went deep for his second homer of the season.
I'm a glass-full guy, as you know, so take this for what it's worth: Based on what I've seen so far I'm convinced we've got an exciting season ahead of us–even though it's only April 15.
Next up: Four at the Cell with the Orioles.
Day of Celebration: All the Sox and Tigers, along with players on the other 28 Major League clubs, wore No. 42 to commemorate the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier on April 15, 1947. The Sox players donned the their red pinstripe unis, as they will every Sunday home game, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the outstanding 1972 Pale Hose.


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Th�r�se LaGamma is convinced.
"Portsmouth is made for festivals," says the deputy director of programming and performing arts curator at The Music Hall.
Not only does it have an infrastructure to support a festival — "with its many wonderful restaurants, hotels and coffee shops," she says — but it also possesses a "savvy audience" for a variety of fare.
That's why she believes the Portsmouth Singer-Songwriter Festival, returning for the second year April 17-21, will comfortably fit in long term with the Seacoast's other annual events, such as Telluride by the Sea, Vintage Christmas and other fare.
"The idea was originally conceived by Patricia Lynch, executive director and head curator. She's been wanting to do this for some time. It was a matter of strengthening our relationships in the industry and with the addition of The Music Hall Loft two years ago, the timing seemed right to begin planning," says LaGamma.
As someone with deep musical roots and considerable experience in the music industry, LaGamma was brought on to serve as co-producer.
"The festival affords us the opportunity to continue putting Portsmouth on the map for patrons and artists alike," she says.
It is billed as a celebration of singer-songwriters — "legends, stars and up-and-comers" — in a busy five-day festival that also includes Seacoast talent (teens among them), round robin song sessions, parties, panels, rock poets and raconteurs in The Music Hall and the Music Hall Loft across the street.
At the forefront of the musical line-up this year is the legendary John Prine, with guests Chris Trapper and the Grammy-nominated Sarah Jarosz opening the bill, at 7:30 p.m. April 20; and a double bill of Aimee Mann and Sharon Van Etten at 7:30 p.m. April 21. Both are at the historic theater.
The Dirty Projectors, an indie-rock band that has collaborated with David Byrne and Bjork, and was one of Rolling Stone magazine's choices in the Top 50 albums of 2012, headline the theater at 8 p.m. April 19.
The group, which includes Kittery's Nat Baldwin recently sold out Carnegie Hall in its debut there. Nat's father, Seacoast jazz musician Ben Baldwin, will provide the entertainment at a festival party for gold and silver pass holders at 5 p.m. April 19 in the Loft. The Ben Baldwin Trio also features Kent Allyn and Jesse Williams.
Paul Muldoon, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, professor and occasional rock guitarist, opens the festival programming at 7 p.m. April 17 with a special "Writers in the Loft" series presentation. It features his new collection, "The Word on the Street: Rock Lyrics," in which he illustrates the connection between poetry and rock songs, finding the common ground between W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Buddy Holly and Bruce Springsteen.
Muldoon, who has been hailed as "the most significant English-language poet born since the Second World War," as well as "the most sophisticated and original poet of his generation," has collaborated with the late, critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Warren Zevon.
Seacoast resident Joe Stevens (formerly of New York's Greenwich Village) will share stories and digital images from his life photographing some of the music industry's major artists, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and David Bowie among them, in a question-and-answer session at 4 p.m. April 20 in the Loft.
Students from The Music Hall's Explore and Learn Partner of the Year, Portsmouth Music and Arts Center (PMAC), will showcase their songwriting craft in a round robin format from 4-6 p.m. April 18 in the Loft. Some of the students attended a songwriting workshop with national artist Melissa Ferrick, before her November shows in the Loft.
An Innovation and Leadership Forum: "REVERB on Eco-Friendly Touring," at 2 p.m. April 20 in the Loft, presents Josh Glasheen, manager of tours and sponsorship at the Portland, Mained-based Reverb, a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 by environmentalist Lauren Sullivan and her musician husband Adam Gardner of the band Guster.
Reverb provides comprehensive, custom greening programs for music tours while conducting grassroots outreach and education with fans worldwide, engaging both performers and their fans to take action toward a more sustainable future.
Lynch, praising the "dynamic mix" of national and regional talent, says she wanted to offer this festival very soon after she came to Portsmouth.
"But we needed to build up our strengths in music presenting, our relationships, our venues, and finally we were ready," she says.
As co-festival producer, LaGamma represented the Music Hall at the South by Southwest Conferences & Festivals (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, in March for the fourth year of "seeing what's happening in the field," she says. "It's always inspiring and a great way for us to keep up with the latest in the industry," says LaGamma. SXSW, which bills itself as the premier destination for discovery, focuses on what it calls "the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies," fostering creative and professional growth alike.
Lynch: "We have really committed to bringing great music to the Seacoast. I was inspired by my work with our literary events because these primary creators really reflect the intuitive creative and innovative vibe that makes Portsmouth so special. We researched other festivals and talked to people here that were intimately involved in singer-songwriter round ups and the Key West festival as well."
LaGamma, who has an extensive international background, studied music from an early age and later attended Berklee College of Music. She performed extensively throughout the New England region, as well as in clubs in New York City, as a background vocalist and studio musician.
She has been an arts administrator for almost 15 years. Prior to coming to the Music Hall staff eight and a half years ago, she oversaw a concert and performing arts series at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, helping to turn what was a predominantly jazz and chamber music series into one that included jazz, electronic, world and indie rock.
While her tastes are extremely broad and varied, she particularly loves being able to present emerging artists in addition to legends, which well suits her for the Singer-Songwriter Festival.
"We are working to present the best in legends, stars and up and comers," she explains. She believes the multidimensional aspect is what gives this particular festival its unique distinction.
"There's something special about seeing an artist in an intimate setting like the Music Hall's historic theater with its phenomenal acoustics and then being able to walk across the street to The Loft for a talk with noted photojournalist Joe Stevens," she says. "While in Austin I attended a night of music at Austin City Limits' Moody Theater and was left breathless by the collection of photos displayed of Johnny Cash, Janis Joplin, and other musical greats. Joe's photos would have fit right in."
Organizers believe it is important to continue to provide both local and national talent.
"Portsmouth has such a vibrant artistic community and it's what originally drew me here from Boston," LaGamma says. Her earliest memory of visiting Portsmouth included a trip to the Press Room for a pint and performance by a local band.
"The Loft provides us with a platform to showcase these talents. Last year we were excited to have native Elsa Cross, who had relocated to Austin, open up for Merle Haggard. I think it's inspiring for artists to see one of their own on the big stage and to know that their own dreams are attainable," she explains.
There is an enormous wealth of talent that deserves to be celebrated on the Seacoast and throughout New England, she adds. "In addition to Portsmouth musicians that are participating we have Chris Trapper (originally from The Push Stars, based in Boston, as one of two openers for John Prine) and Milkman's Union (based in Portland, Maine) opening up for the Dirty Projectors," she says.
The Seacoast Singer-Songwriter Round Robin, 2-430 p.m. April 21 in the Loft, includes Peter Squires, Guy Capecelatro III, Mara Flynn and Seth Gooby.
"The mobility factor between our two venues created a vibrancy last year that had a ripple effect throughout the community at large," she says. "The festival seemed to galvanize everyone, from business owners to restaurateurs."
It is for anyone who appreciates original music, she suggests. "There are not that many opportunities to see an artist like John Prine," LaGamma says, "and the chance to see some of these artists in an intimate setting lends the experience a special vibe."
Most of these performers have managed to stay true to themselves and to their artistry throughout their careers, she says. "Our audiences are musically savvy and have come to expect and are deserving of the best," she adds.
(For tickets,, schedule and performer information, visit www.themusichall.org or phone 603-436-2400.)
Legendary artist John Prine, hailed by The New York Times as one of America's best singer-songwriters, says it is special when something he has put into a song causes listeners to say, "That's exactly how I feel."
Sometimes, adds the Grammy Award-winner who has celebrated everyday people in everyday situations, "It's not always real evident it will be that way."
"Sometimes it seems real odd that a thought you are writing about (will touch a universal nerve), " Prine explains. "When you find out a lot of people feel that (same) way, it makes you feel like you have more friends than you thought."
At the artist's induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, Kris Kristofferson observed, "If God's got a favorite songwriter, I think it's John Prine."
Prine headlines the Portsmouth Singer-Songwriter Festival with a performance April 20 at The Music Hall.
Aimee Mann believes that songwriting is a way to figure things out.
And the Richmond, Va. native, performing April 21 at the Music Hall in the Portsmouth Singer-Songwriter Festival, wants people to know that her music is sincere. "It's all about strength, not about weakness," she says. "If you really know what's going on and you're informed, you're not in a position of weakness ever. That's what will put you in the absolutely strongest position."
She feels that being objective about herself is a strength in her songwriting. She also recognizes that many people struggle with being able to look at themselves in other than a subjective manner.
Early in her career she was self-conscious about being a performer. "I began to realize that if I was as objective as you are supposed to be about other people or yourself, you recognize your faults and realize that nobody is willing to recognize their strengths," she says. That's when she admitted to herself that she had something to contribute.
She made that contribution with her haunting voice in the group 'Til Tuesday, taking it to national success with the nearly million-selling single and MTV hit, "Voices Carry," and in her solo career, launched in 1989. It has included scoring and taking small roles in acclaimed independent films that included "The Big Lebowski" and "Magnolia."
For "Magnolia," she earned a best song Oscar and Grammy nomination for the song "Save Me."
"Charmer," her current album, includes a duet with James Mercer of the Shins.
The best part of her songwriting and the best part of anyone's life, she says, is honesty.


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General Victoriano Huerta (1850–1916) stands out as the bête noire of twentieth-century Mexico. He was a career army officer who had attained the rank of general. Other generals and the old economic and social hierarchy supported him as a transitional national leader who could restore order following Francisco Madero's revolution and presidency. Huerta has become the national bête noire because of his assumed responsibility for the assassination of Madero and his vice president, along with several governors and congressmen of the revolutionary regime. His seizure of power resulted in a new phase of the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. occupation of Veracruz, and his involvement with German Mexico and the area along the border with the United States. After going into exile, he attempted to return to power by invading Mexico. He was arrested by U.S. officials and interned at Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas, where he died during emergency surgery.
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A Florida woman was arrested after authorities say she brought her two babies to an armed robbery.
Alaina Danielle Johnson, 20, was arrested on a charge of robbery with a firearm in the Wednesday morning incident in Ocala, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
According to the sheriff's office, Johnson, along with 18-year-old Matthew Allison Thomas and a 17-year-old, took cash, marijuana and a paintball gun during the robbery at a home along Northeast 13th Street.
Johnson arrived at the home with two babies in her truck, the sheriff's office said. The victims said Thomas and the 17-year-old robbed them at gunpoint, sometimes pointing the gun directly at the head of one of the victims, authorities said.
Deputies found all three suspects after one of the victims recognized Johnson, the sheriff's office said.
Johnson and Thomas were being held on $50,000 bond each and it was unknown whether they have attorneys. The 17-year-old was being held without bond at a juvenile detention center.
The robbery is still being investigated.


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OROVILLE >> Water, lack of water and use of water will be topics on the agenda for the Butte County Water Commission, which meets at 1:30 Wednesday in the County Administration Building at 25 County Center Drive. Among the topics:
• Some groups with water rights, including Paradise Irrigation District, have had their junior water rights curtailed recently due to California's ongoing drought. The restrictions apply to water from rivers, stream and creeks and went into effect May 29.
The State Water Resources Control Board has announced that they will make adjustments to these water limitations based on flows in the rivers and creeks.
• The Drought Task Force met Monday, and a report from that discussion will reported to the public.
• The county is going out to bid for a system that will feed groundwater data remotely to the county's database. Right now this data is collected at one of about 100 monitoring wells, and collected by staff several times a year. The news system would allow the data to be collected daily.
• An update will also be given on the most recent groundwater level monitoring, with figures from July.
• A management plan for the Feather River region has also been developed. This area includes irrigation water suppliers along the Feather River, including those that receive water from the Thermalito Afterbay, about 324,000 acres. While both surface and groundwater is used in this area, overall groundwater is recharged, the findings state.


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Big box bonanza: Hunter Craig lauded in Wegmans deal
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As someone who lives south of town i am really looking forward to more and better shopping options. Can we figure out how to get a wegmens, costco and homedepot in that space?
and now I love it even more...I grew up with a Wegmans in upstate NY. Can't wait.
Yea! Just what Charlottesville needs! ANOTHER major supermarket! I mean, you just can't find what you need at Whole Foods, Foods of All Nations, Giant, Harris Teeter, Kroeger, Food Lion, Food Lion(s), and the soon to open Trader Joe's! And yes, we need MORE big box stores! Let's keep developing as much land as possible! Let's cover ALL of this town in parking lots!
Why does this article not have anything even questioning the wisdom of this?
Do you konw what our neighborhood could REALLY use? A PARK.
JLo, i don't disagree with wanting more parks, nor do i think all big box developments are good, but this one quite certainly is. There is very little shopping south of the city. Right I need to drive for 10 minutes to get to a decent grocery store and 20-30 to get to a large home improvement store.
The parking should go below ground, who wants to look at yet another 5 story car park. Cville town planning to date has been awful let's not continue on the same path.
I agree. I'm tired of seeing more trees cut down and more pavement. People who live south of town should have thought about the lack of services before they moved there.
Coran, Hunter and Katurah. Nope, none of them has ever pulled a fast one anyone in Cville.
It's people like that who turned Fairfax into what it is today. We're so lucky to have them here in Cville.
Dawg, if you don't like seeing trees cut then buy your own damn land and let em grow...
The demand is there and if a buyer and seller want to get together within the confines of law it is their business...
Hah! Less development, more trees. If that's what you want, you should have thought of that before you moved here. Had you moved somewhere with a stagnant economy, parking lot and 100% rain water roof capture wouldn't be concerns. Those places are sure a lot easier to find than a town with a thing or two going on.
To Logan -- really!??? A full 10 minutes to a decent grocery store? And wow, 20 minutes to a large home improvement store? Think of all the major renovations to your home that have to wait until you can make such a long journey. Shocking! Utterly unacceptable.
I can only hope that the BOS have learned from the Biscuit Run debacle. That you cannot trust what Hunter Craig tells you. I also hope that the country has the back bone to make sure that they follow through on there proffers an that they take care of the landfill and any water problems. This project is very close to the Moores Creek sewer plant. I can already hear the debate for more development on the South side of 20. I hate having to drive all the way to 5th Street Station, to go to a nice grocery store or to buy some cheap crap from China. We need a Harris Teeter and a WAl Mart on 20.
I live south of Charlottesville and I can tell you I DO NOT want this. All its going to do is bring more traffic into our area. I miss old Charlottesville.
To all those who keep complaining about pavement, trees getting cut down, etc, here's an idea: Why don't you buy up all of this land so you can ensure it's not developed. How do you think tax dollars are collected to pay for your kids schools, etc; it's development, jobs, sales tax. Get over yourselves. Want to go where there is no threat of development? Bet there is plenty of room in the Dakota's or Montana for you.
Business Guy, you think all development is good development, don't you? Like, I bet you think "Treesdale" on Rio East is just beautiful, esp. because they had to cut down all of those 100-year-old oaks to build it.
I'll just write a check and buy up the land. Right. Your suggestion is obnoxious.
My point is that there is no reason to keep building NEW development when perfectly good paved areas already exist. Why don't the developers buy Albemarle Square or Fashion Sore and build underground parking and put more buildings on top? Because they are cheap and lazy and ultimately don't care about the habitat they are destroying. I know some developers and they are nice people individually, but as a group they are a downright malevolent force.
And reality bites, yes, I thought of that before I moved here from DC. Charlottesville has an opportunity to do things better than they did in Northern Virginia, and they are blowing that chance.
You can only hope that the new BOS rep. for the Scottsville Dist. in not a push over like the last Supervisor. This development was already approved and I hope the county applies all of the restrictions for water run off that they voted for after the Hollymead Town center mess. The next few years will tell if Mr. Dumler will be able to stand up against the pressure of Ken Boyd and Wendell Wood to rezone Wendell Woods land along RT 20. You can only hope that people have learned their lesson from the mistakes that were made from 2000-2008. But, I guarantee that they will screw it up again.
@Jlo...Another park? Azalea Park, Bailey Park, Belmont Park, DowntownMall/FifevillePark, Foresthills Park, Greenbrier Park, Greenleaf Park, Jackson Park, Jordan Park, Lee Park, McGuffey Park, McIntire Park, Meade Park
Meadowcreek Park, GardensNortheast Park, Pen Park, Quarry Park
Riverview Park, Rivanna Trail, Rives Park, Starr Hill Park, Tonsler Park,
Washington Park, Schenk's Greenway Charlottesville Skateboard Park, Darden Towe Memorial Park, Ivy Creek Natural Area, Ragged Mountain Natural Area. And then about 20 minutes away is the Shenandoah National Park.
Dawg says:
"My point is that there is no reason to keep building NEW development when perfectly good paved areas already exist. Why don't the developers buy Albemarle Square or Fashion Sore and build underground parking and put more buildings on top? Because they are cheap and lazy and ultimately don't care about the habitat they are destroying. I know some developers and they are nice people individually, but as a group they are a downright malevolent force."
You talk about obnoxious...
Do you realise how many people rely on development to make a living?
So. Dawg, you came on down, bought a quarter acre lot, and are now going to start telling people who have owned their acreage for decades what the can and can't do with it.? Business guy is right. There's plenty of regs to protect the Environment. If you want to protect every tree, figure out how to buy it.
pave the rainforest
"(At the 2008 public hearing, Jeff Werner of the Piedmont Environmental Council questioned why the County wouldn't demand 100 percent rainwater capture, and Morgan Butler of the Southern Environmental Law Center also pressed supervisors to set even higher environmental standards for the development.)" I'm sure these groups wouldn't protest if the development was proposed for the Ragged Mountain Natural Area. Then they could demand that the rain water could be diverted to the maga-dam.
Don't want development? Buy the land and turn it over to a conservancy. That is, put your money where your mouth is. Are you people living in development or tents?
JLo, Cville south just got a huge park that the entire state paid for called Biscuit Run.
Re-open the landfill. Why should our trash go to Shoosmith in Chesterfield or Amelia landfill 80 miles away. At least a transfer station, this would be an ideal location.


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Pranksters hijacked Burger King's official Twitter feed on Monday and turned it into a advertising stream for arch-rival McDonald's.
The usual promotional content on @BurgerKing was replaced by updates referencing McDonald's, rap videos, Anonymous and lax password security at the fast food giant. "Somebody needs to tell Burgerking that 'whopper123' isn't a secure password," said one quipped one wag.
A faction of Anonymous claimed responsibility for the hack, which took place yesterday on Presidents' Day, a national holiday in the US. However, other parts of Anonymous are claiming innocence, so it's hard to tell who is to blame beyond "anonymous" people on the internet.
"We're guessing the @BurgerKing social media team is having a bad day," YourAnonNews gloated on Twitter.
After more than a hour of this, the @BurgerKing account was suspended.
The incident, while amusing, likely had no effect at all on Burger King's core business - the fast food chain may even have benefited from the influx of media attention. Burger King websites were unaffected by the Twitter account hijack.
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Head-shop hit: Attack--- and response--- stun Corner shop owners
Lloyd Meachum never saw it coming. He had worked on the Corner for 11 years without incident, so the last thing the 65-year-old shop clerk expected when he turned around to help a customer was to get bashed on the head with a didgeridoo. Another thing he never expected: that it would take police at least three days to collect tapes with images of his alleged assailants.
The incident occurred July 22 at a head shop called Roots Rock Reggae after a trio of young men had already been in several times. That wasn't unusual, says Meachum, noting that customers often check out merch at other establishments before committing to a hand-blown glass pipe or other piece of reggae culture paraphernalia.
But on the third visit, Meachum–- who was working alone–- turned to help one of the men who indicated he was ready to make a purchase. That's when, he says, he was struck from behind with the bamboo didgeridoo, which shattered all over the place.
"The violence was totally unnecessary," says Meachum. "They didn't have to do that, to hit a 65-year-old man in the back of the head."
Meachum fell over and got back up. He believes the attackers didn't expect that, and they fled with Meachum screaming at them as another customer entered the basement shop.
Meachum's son, Seth, who owns the store, believes the attack could have been much worse. A solid wood didgeridoo was on display beside the bamboo one used as a weapon, and he worries what would have happened if his father, who has had brain surgery, had been hit with the heavier blunt object.
Police responded within minutes of the approximately 3:30pm attack. And the next day, the younger Meachum visited the nearby CVS to see if that drug store's surveillance tape captured any footage of the three men. It did.
He says the video clearly shows the three men whom he describes as being in their 20s, with one black and two white. Yet he wonders why police haven't obtained the video themselves. He says his father had called the police officer who investigated the assault three times as of Monday morning, and was told the officer was on a four-day break.
On Monday afternoon, July 26, Lloyd Meachum said he heard from investigating Officer J.L. Sandridge, who allegedly indicated he was going to pick up the tape that could identify the attacker and his cohorts.
"If evidence comes to light, it needs to be picked up immediately," says former Charlottesville Sheriff's deputy and law enforcement watchdog Steve Shifflett. "There's no excuse to put them off three or four days. If CVS has it on a three-day cycle, it could be erased."
And if the officer was on a break, says Shifflett, then the case should have been assigned to someone else. Neither Sandridge nor Charlottesville Police spokesman Lieutenant Gary Pleasants had returned phone calls from the Hook at press time.
Both Meachums describe themselves as frustrated with police response and frustrated that the public hasn't had a chance to see the face of the man who would take a swing at a senior citizen in his place of business. And Lloyd Meachum calls the didgeridoo attacker and his pals dangerous.
"Let's catch these people," he says, "because if they do it to me, they'll do it to someone else."
Meachum also admits the attack has shaken him.
"I have some fear," he says. "I wonder if those guys are going to come back in because I'm an eyewitness."
Son Seth is worried, too. "I'm not going to let him work alone," he vows. And he's going to install security cameras. "I never felt I needed them before."
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Not defending anything else but just thought I'd inform the public. The reason nobody did anything with the blood in ur car is because it's expensive for the state lab to do DNA testing. So you have to get the commonwealth attorney to ask for it and they aren't going to do it for a vandalism.
There has been cheating on police exams since they have been given. What you really meant to say is "hey young punks, GET OFF my lawn" They also use DNA, computers, and GPS more extensively since you stopped working in law enforcement as well.
While they should have look into videos earlier- modern systems record more that 2-3 days- it's more like 30 days. It's a digital world GSOE and there probably aren't tapes but a really big hard drive.
What it looks like is they are actually work an important but not critical crime - but hey you are never going to give them credit for that.
Face it, law enforcement ain't what it used to be. This new breed of rookie is simply looking for a job, a benefits package and a monthly paycheck. They will do anything to get and keep a job. Example, the latest scandal baking at the FBI right now, agents cheating on tests.
And we don't need more money for additional manpower. We need to do away with the specialized "gravy train" positions and put these people back out in patrol where they are needed to safeguard the community. I had a cop recently tell me he was covering two sectors in the city because they had nobody else availabe to work in patrol. And the cop agreed there was nobody else because they had all been assigned to specialized duties where they weren't expected to do much else.
Anyhow, back to the CVS video... if the cop working the case was off for three or four days, the cop shoppe needed to send SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, to CVS so as to retrieve and preserve this video. A patrol shift supervisor should have taken the initiative to drive up to CVS and preserve this video if he/she had a lack of manpower. I bet you Chief Longo would have driven up to CVS if he had been made aware of what was going on. And it's a shame he can't trust his troops to do the right and correct thing!
Do have to wonder if it being a head shop had something to do with the dilatory handling of the case.
However, the UVa Corner has had problems for years, if anything worse than what we hear about in the Downtown area. Muggings, assaults, fights,etc. Some involving UVa students as victims, some as perps.
This goes back to the 70s when an all night convenience store moved in. Suddenly whether a coincidence or not the Corner started becoming a magnet for hoodlums and this has continued.
Yes there might be a few old, harmless winos around when I was an undergrad, late 60s. But by the mid 70s a rougher, dangerous element moved in. I cannot help but think the increase in establishments staying open late and serving alcohol played a part.
The Corner is not what it was in the days of Anderson Brothers, Lloyd's Rexall, Chancellor's Drug Store, Paul's Newstand,Ed Michtom's and many other long-gone establishments remembered fondly by those of us who attended UVa in those days.
I'll bet they would have reviewed the tape if that 65 year old man had pulled out a pistol and killed them like they deserve.
I wouldn't classify this story as a "bad cop" tale. It's more about LAZY cops, or somebody dropping the ball because they didn't take the initiative to retrieve and preserve the CVS video.
I have no idea what type of cycle the CVS recorders are on. 24 hour cycle? 2 day? 3 day? Weekly? Monthly? I say it would be a shame to lose the video -IF- not preserved for whatever reason. When existence of the tape became known, it needed to be picked up and preserved 5 minutes ago. It wasn't done.
JJ Malloy, change the channel if you don't like the show.
Very Old Timer, you can bet on it! And even though justified, they would have charged the guy forcing him to spend $75,000 to present his self defense claim to a jury.
Halsey, there was no cheating when I went through the police academy. You were tossed out in a split second if caught cheating. We also had a guy kicked out for urinating in a sink, too lazy to walk to the restrooms. And one for consuming a beer during lunch. Another for drag racing on the streets of Waynesboro, Virginia. They ran a tight ship when I went through the academy.
And yes, I am up to speed on digital recorders. What if CVS had not been asked to preserve the digital file until the cop shoppe decided to stop by and pick it up 4 days later? Or better yet, has the cop shoppe even picked it up and preserved it yet? I would hope so.
So @St. Halsey: If it took the cops 3 days or 7 days or anytime up to 21 days to bother to stop and get the tapes if it was YOU that was hit on the head that would be OK?
I believe there's more actually going on than they can handle.
If I was Lloyd Meachum I'd ask the TV stations to post the video to help solve the crime. Or, perhaps his son could post it on uTube with a link to this story. The police have several recent sexual assaults/attacks to solve.
I wonder if the fact that they sell "reggae culture paraphernalia" has anything to do with the police's slack response.
On the topic of guns, in March of 1982, Kennesaw, Georgia passed an ordinance requiring each head of household to own and maintain a gun (with ammunition). It's better known as "The Law Heard 'Round The World". While the latest statistics I can find are from 2005, the crime rate has dropped by 50% over the last two decades.
More guns in homes and businesses around Charlottesville will cut down on a lot these foolish crimes.
(There are exemptions to the Kennesaw, Georgia law of course.... felons, mentally ill and physically handicapped persons, and those who conscientiously oppose maintaining firearms as a result of beliefs or religious doctrine.)
While the latest statistics I can find are from 2005, the crime rate has dropped by 50% over the last two decades.
You mean like it has in many areas of the country over this period?
Didn't McDowall, Lizotte, and Wiersema find in "General Deterrence Through Civilian Gun Ownership: An Evaluation of the Quasi-Experimental Evidence" that there was no discernible effect of mandatory gun laws in Kennesaw and other localities on rates for various types of crime?
Wonder if the product lines there have anything to do with the police response.
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The Charlottesville Police departement doesn't care about these small crimes. Someone smashed my car window in in December and got blood all over the seat before stealing my personal belongings. I called city police and was told they were too busy, I would have to file a report online. Finally got a detective to come file a report and take a sample of the blood and have been ignored since then. Every time I called back to check on my case, the detective was not in. Voicemails I left were never returned.
Sick of Gasbag or not, he raises some good points that should not be ignored. CPD has dropped the ball & let it roll for miles.
I enjoy GSOE's take on matters. Thanks.
What point has GSOE made about this story that is other than a continuation of his usual "all local cops are bad, I was a great cop"?
I would wager that almost no one has a 3 day recording but go ahead and make other peoples technology the cops fault. Weak analysis only gives a false impression.
I have a suspicion that it was the nature of what the shop sells that probably caused the laxidaisal response of the cops. "Head shop? Right. Like that's our top priority." I'm not saying I myself have a problem with head shops, or that I think it's right to let personal bias interfere with a criminal investigation, but I'm just thinking the fact that this place is a head shop might have everything to do with why the CPD seems to care less about the incident. Just my conspiracy theory, and I could totally be off base.
They have the freakin video tape from CVS....seriously....they can't even review the tape?
I think the local LE needs to get a refresher class in Crime Solving 101. They can't seem to do anything right these days.
What is it going to take to make local residents and students feel safe in this "top 20 places to live" town.
I think Cville and Albemarle Co officials need to allocate more funds to LE for additional manpower, training and let some of the deadweights go.
Doesnt look like Kennesaw has been so safe this year
5 shot, 2 dead at truck rental shop in January
2 women shot dead the day after xmas
Charlottesville is no longer a nice place to live. Buy a gun = good advice. When I went to UVA grad school (82-85) I didn't have to worry about being murdered when I walked down Cherry Ave looking to score.
That poor man!
I've only been into that store once with a friend, but I remember thinking about how it has probably sat there as The Corner changed over the years. They seem like nice, quiet folks. So sad that some hoodlums decided to take advantage of them and that the police weren't interested in following up. Goodness knows that if they do it once, they'll probably try it again on another small business in the area.
If the local LE doesn't start taking crimes like this one seriously, they send a message to the community that criminals can get away with it. Charlottesville isn't going to get safer, it is going to get worse.
the bad boys hear about this and see the bums hanging around downtown and think they have carte blanche because there is no order - don't you think?
Charlottesville and UVa police...
There is a serious lack of adequacy regarding our law enforcement. While I am sure that there are individuals who do a fine job, the institution as a whole is mediocre at best.
I spend quite a lot of time in the UVa region and on the downtown mall, and I have witnessed and read about too many mess-ups on behalf of our boys in blue.
First, there was the incident where a paraplegic man was stuck by a police officer and then issued a ticket for his "transgression".
Secondly, there was an occasion that I witnessed first hand where a "downtown mall cop" reprimanded me and my friends for skateboarding across the Christian's cut-through while there was nobody we could have possibly hit, and this wouldn't have been so bad if after the scolding and the officer went on his way, a man didn't steal a fairly expensive video camera in its case from an apparent tourist right in front of Christians.
Incidents like these, coupled with the Morgan Harrington case, which I so far view as an embarrassment to local law enforcement for not 1) finding the remains sooner and without aid from the FBI and catalyzed citizen assistance via the 150,000 reward, and 2) being unable to make headway on identifying the killer seeing as we have a fantastic university that local law enforcement could cooperate with regarding forensic anthropology.
Who knows, maybe Morgan Harrington's murderer crossed state lines and is committing more crimes, which would place the case officially in the FBI's jurisdiction where some success could potentially be found.
Oh, and I forgot to mention the tragedy that occurred on humpback mountain, where Tim Davis and one of my best friends' sister, Christina, were both shot in cold blood by a man who's only motive was "I"M CRAZY!!!!". Has any headway been made on this case? Not that I've heard of, and if so, it hasn't gotten the media attention it deserves.
My condolences go out to all these people who have been victims to unnecessary violence, and then ignored by the very people who are sworn to protect us.
Reform? I think so.
Solar Ash - you rock. continue fighting the good fight.
never put your safety in the hands of the cville cops. buy a gun...
Our experience is that the local cops are prone to assuming that certain crimes won't be solved, and so they don't bother to investigate. We had a burglary a few years ago, and if we hadn't called the pawn/coin dealers looking for our purloined items, nothing. would. have. happened. As it turned out, we found our stuff, told the cops about it, and after several attempts, they managed to catch the guys. They were very grateful for our assistance, and appeared to be surprised that we were able to solve the case.
Bonus points for emmajane for using the word "purloined."
I'm almost sure it was one of the hoods (all Caucasian guys, by the way) who sit on their asses all day under the 14th Street Bridge, interrogating people for money from people who walk by. They'll even stand up and block your path to "ask" for money. Those are the first people I would question in something like this. If they're "homeless," then where do they get the money for cigarettes? I see them demand money from people who walk by, and then go in to one of the places on the corner, buy lottery tickets, then go sit back down asking for money again! If people would stop giving them money, they'd go somewhere else!
I'm really sick of this Gasbag Self Ordained Expert. No offense Mr Shiflett, just sick of you interjecting your opinions on LE on every other post on every other story
There is no cheating here now either(as always, there was no cheating you were AWARE of)- there has always been cheating in municipal exams in big cites and elsewhere- in fact it's probably much harder to cheat now than every. The FBI agent look like they got caught.
What if CVS had been asked to dance on the head of a pin as they made digital copies? The real point is they weren't and the police got the footage they should of. You points are quite meaningless. They did ask and if they had waited 4 more days they would have had 21 more days before most security systems would start erasing
Would it not be reasonable no to rush to judgement and let the police do there job? Your entire career is about how bad it is to have someone rush to judgement - let's try and do that here as well.
It isn't the show we don't like, it's the annoying static that you add to the signal.
the police are not going to look for these thugs.
The prosecuters are not going to prosecute unless they are caught and captured in the act
The judge is going to let them off anyway.
But the cops will still give people tickets for getting hit by a police car in a crosswalk
THe prosecuters will still charge misdemeanors as felonies and then plead down so they can be PAID per felony as the pay schedule allows
The judge will still put parents in jail for having alcohol at a high school party while down the streets 17 year old crackheads get "another chance"
Get a gun.
Does anyone really think that the cops give a doughnut about a 65 year old head shop owner? Heavens No! If you want police action you have to be tall, blond and in your early twenties duh. If a tall young blond UVA student had been hit on the back of the head with a digiridoo on the corner things would be different. But nah this was just some ole hippy head shop dude.
Solving a crime shouldn't be based on a price. This is what we pay taxes for. We don't pay taxes so they can all ride around in air conditioned gas guzzlers getting 8 miles per gallon on a good day.
Hey! The State Police have been working the city recently I bet they would have gotten the tapes.
JJ Malloy July 28th, 2010 | 10:32 am
I'm really sick of this Gasbag Self Ordained Expert. No offense Mr Shiflett, just sick of you interjecting your opinions on LE on every other post on every other story
I appreciate all posts on here. But personally, I think police nationwide do a good job. It's a dangerous job I would not want to have.
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This is so sad that throughout all these comments & Bickering back & Forth NO ONE has taken the time to think about or say anything to the Man who was injured. He could have died.Lloyd~I met you thru a friend of ours. The man that drew the Bob Marley Mural on your entrance wall. You were so kind to me. I want 2 tell you I'm so sorry this happened to you. You didn't deserve any of this. I'm glad you were not hurt more seriously or even worse killed. Thank God. It's really sad that someone would do this to such a nice man. From the first time I ever met you I could tell you were the type of man that would help anyone in need. Those PUNKS that attacked you will have 2 pay. There punishment will probably come from a higher power or Karma, But because your such a nice man trust & Believe they will pay. Honestly, I doubt it will be by the police hands. They wont do anything unless there's someway they can shoot someone and get away with it like I've seen happen in the past. RIP~Fredrick Gray & Many others who died at the hands of CPD
Honestly, I've never even HEARD of anyone having a satisfactory experience with UVA or Charlottesville police.
A few years ago, a mugger opened my car door while I was stopped at the light on University at Rugby Rd. He demanded my wallet (which, incidentally, I didn't have on me at all). My passenger gave him $65 and he ran off.
Ever on time, a police cruiser passing by pulled ME over (perhaps I'd been idling at that light too long... getting MUGGED) and administered a field sobriety test, all the while ignoring my complaints about the man who had just mugged me.
Absolutely ridiculous.
wow ... i am really surprised at the way this was all handled. no wonder no one likes Virginia.
I can't believe that some people here are actually indicating that due to the nature of the shop, that the cops are slack for it. If that truly is the case, I am shamed that LE would ignore armed assault and robbery of an old man. Just because one doesn't agree with a shop doesn't mean that assault of anyone is less of a crime.
Cowards are those who attacked.


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First Real Attempt At Fair Isle
I cast on these bird mittens since they were the least intimidating fair isle project in my queue. After two false starts I finally got the hang of it! Happy to say it's not as difficult as it looks. Fridica's post about yarn dominance came in handy as did this one because I'm a thrower.
I was only provided with the color chart so looked for a basic mitten pattern on Ravelry and Google with no success. After a few ARGHHs I remembered I had one in my Knitter's Book of Wool!
But before all that I made a new pink potholder. The green one was too ugly to use.
And there's Smelly. She looks so innocent here but a few seconds before she was jumping and clawing at the cupboards for cookies.
January 8, 2011 12:33 am
So much yarn! Do you have a bigger fair isle project that you're planning?
By the way, your fair isle is insanely tidy for unblocked fair isle. My stranded knitting always looks really lumpy until I block it.
January 8, 2011 2:23 am
I would love to learn fair isle. It seems like it is super hard though so I am a bit scared.
January 10, 2011 2:00 am
It looks great well done, i love the pot holder very pretty.


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come out against (someone or something)
To reveal or voice one's opposition to someone or something. Many people in our small town have come out against that big construction project because they feel that we don't need more stores so close to our homes.
come out against someone or something
to announce or reveal that one is opposed to someone or something. Our governor came out against the new tax bill.


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An avid hunter, outdoorsman, and statesman, with his signature bristly mustache and furled brow, we often think of President Teddy Roosevelt as a tough and gruff historical figure who carried a big stick. But did you know that the oh-so-cuddly teddy bear was named after him? It all started when he went on a Mississippi bear hunting trip in 1902. Other members of the hunting party had successful outings, but not Roosevelt. Pitying his failure, a hunting guide cornered an elderly bear and tethered it to a tree for Roosevelt to shoot. Being a sportsman and a diplomat, he refused to kill the poor, helpless animal. A political cartoonist at The Washington Post caught wind of this story and illustrated the event. The story captured Americans' hearts and gave rise to the furry friend we know and love today.
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Superior Expertise [General]
Int 13, Combat Expertise, base attack bonus +6.
When you use the Combat Expertise feat to improve your Armor Class, the number you subtract from your attack and add to your AC can be any number that does not exceed your base attack bonus.
This feat eliminates the +5 maximum for the Combat Expertise feat.
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cut (someone or something) to (someone or something)(redirected from cut him to)
cut (someone or something) to (someone or something)
To slice or chop something into a particular state (such as "shreds" or "bits"). Sharks cut their prey to shreds with their razor-sharp teeth.
cut someone or something to something
1. Lit. to chop or slice up someone or something, especially to bits or pieces. The chef cut the carrots to bite-size pieces. The lawn mower will cut you to bits if you get under it.
2. Fig. to destroy an argument; to destroy someone's argument. The lawyer heard her argument and cut her to bits. She cut the argument to pieces.
cut to someone or something
to shift the radio, movie, or television audience's attention abruptly to someone or something new. Suddenly, the engineer cut to the announcer. The technical director cut to a remote unit that was covering an accident. The camera cut to scenes of Atlanta burning.