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To elicit action via this forum from either a consortium or individuals to place open letters in major media regarding respective subjects
The letters ought to be directed to... and demand that...
A) Accurate unbiased representative government by civil funding only.
B) True science based whole health postured care system uninfluenced by money via profit systems.
C) Mission statement adherence within the financial industry that center on noble fair and equitable credo with real penalties.
D) Media reportage unencumbered by connection to industry or otherwise biased in anyway so committed to being a forth estate.
E) Food industry not in anyway disconnected with health science, at it's mission to promote well being not profit on ill health.
F) Education take a non industrial age template to children/adults of the 21st century and formulate a truly healthy environment in efforts toward the goal of problem solving for health welfare and thriving future generations.
G) Entertainment industry be civilly culpable and so aware not just to bottom line reactive sales with reptilian responsive base triggering via violent imagery.
H) Oil and mineral industries to comply with accepted peer reviewed environment science regarding impact on basic human survival and use equitable policies on retrieval of these minerals. And value based responsible economics included in these equations.
it would be a next move to create a social network page for collaboration, action tasking and further discussions.
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Apr 25 2013: Every election is time for change---lol--in 200 years its simply more of the same. But hey, his ideas of change are the same as the last 200 years.
Tell us of one form of gov that is not fully corrupt or the super majority of the media that does not hide most all the gov's deceptions, with one rule for the rich and connected and another for those not rich or connected. It has always been and will always be. Gov's pit the haves against the have nots or are you and he so blind that you cannot see?
Honest people and dishonest people cannot work together, because each looks down on the other. All of congress takes bribes and or they refuse to stop the bribe taking, making them all guilty. That's been going on for over 200 years, so yes, you both are naive.
Apr 26 2013: Jim,
That's true, they do make money and personally I see nothing wrong about that under one condition - that sensations they present to the consumers at large are reality and research-based, not interest based, and providing information. When this information is sensational (e.g. cure for AIDS, cure for cancer etc.) - even better. Everybody needs sensation and entertainment.
"Honest people and dishonest people cannot work together, because each looks down on the other. All of congress takes bribes and or they refuse to stop the bribe taking, making them all guilty."
Great power corrupts greatly. But not everybody... And I'm not sure I fully agree with the clear distinction that you're making - honest people vs. dishonest people. Sometimes it's lack of knowledge, awareness or willpower that lead to infringements or escalation of greed.
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The designers at the five Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios travel even further into the future, thinking three or more decades down the road. Future mobility is a leitmotif common to all strands of the design process which involves pursuing the ongoing development of the Mercedes-Benz
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The fourth studio in Como (Italy) is concerned exclusively with the interiors of future vehicles. The Villa Salazar close to the shore of Lake Como was formerly used by fashion genius Gianni Versace for the production of ties and bow-ties. The latest Advanced Design Studio is located in Beijing.
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Professor Dr. h.c. Gorden Wagener, Head of Design at Mercedes-Benz, is responsible for all the studios. In addition to the team of around 440 designers who are concerned with the design of production vehicles, more than 60 designers are devoted to evolving the concepts which project Mercedes-Benz up to half a century into the future.
"Rather than chasing after fads, we seek to track down long-term trends which will enhance the value of our brand over decades," says Wagener. "Ideas which meet the highest standards in terms of technology, performance, comfort and safety." According to Wagener, a designer thus needs to "live in the future", thinking at least two to three generations of vehicle ahead. As such, he explains, the Advanced Design Studios provide creative environments in which the designers are able to indulge their imaginations, free of the constraints of series production considerations.
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Global design from Como to Tokyo.
The creative staff in Como soak up regional influences in evolving ideas for the interiors of new vehicles. This famous triangle between the cities of Como, Milan and Turin is home to the furniture and fashion industries. Traditional craftsmanship enjoys a very high standing here – an ideal environment for the Advanced Design Studio.
The same applies to the Asia region. Japan and China are both of great importance to Mercedes-Benz. In the design studios of Tokyo and Beijing, new trends are tracked down, refined and then incorporated into vehicle design. Tokyo in particular, as a megacity, is an important trendsetter for the topic of "downsizing" in the premium segment. The designers challenge fundamental questions, for example what "being mobile" may mean in the future.
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Future mobility solutions and innovative show cars are also evolved, from the initial design study to the prototype suitable for driving, in close consultation with the areas of Research and Development.
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Do unpaid bills ever expire?
A reader recently received a bill in the mail that dates back to 2006. Does she have to pay?
This post comes from Stacy Johnson at partner site MoneyTalksNews.
Here's a recent question I received regarding how long you're responsible for a bill:
Is there an expiration date for collection of a bill? I recently received a bill from 2006 and while I plan to pay, my husband and I were wondering if it is ever too late for a company to collect on a bill.
-- Phyllis
The short answer to your question, Phyllis, is: No. Bills don't expire. What does expire, however, is the legal remedy to collect them. In other words, while there's no time limit when it comes to trying to get you to pay, there is a time limit for using a court to force you to pay.
How long can a company collect a debt?
Companies you owe can do lots of things to try to collect a debt. They can damage your credit score, send a collection agency after you, and sue you in court. But legal remedies don't last forever. Nearly all transgressions in our society have a legal limit beyond which you can't be successfully sued or convicted in court. It's called the "statute of limitations."
There are a few offenses not limited by statute -- murder, for example -- but most criminal and civil issues have a time limit. When it comes to debts, bills that can no longer be collected through the court system are called "time-barred."
While there's nothing barring a company from attempting to collect forever, statutes of limitation, unique to each state, establish the time when legal remedies expire. To find the statute of limitations in your state, check out this chart from About.com, or this one from CreditCards.com. You can also do a search for "statute of limitations on debt (your state)."
In Florida, for example, a creditor has four years to collect a debt for "open accounts" -- the category that includes most bills, including credit card debt. After that time, no court can force a Florida resident to pay a credit card bill.
Note that the statute of limitations doesn't prevent a creditor from calling you, sending you letters, or otherwise trying to get you to pay. In fact, this practice is quite common. Collection agencies and law firms routinely buy old debts for pennies on the dollar and attempt to collect. And they've been known to say or do just about anything to get you back on the hook.
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The laws regarding debt collection are tricky. For example, there are states that allow otherwise legally noncollectable debts to be reinstated if the consumer makes a payment -- or even acknowledges the debt.
Keep in mind that after the statute of limitations expires, unless the debt has been charged off or discharged in bankruptcy, you still owe the money. In other words, the statute of limitations doesn't wipe out the debt, it just eliminates the legal remedies available to collect it. So if you find yourself in this situation, and the bill in question is large enough to warrant it, the smart move is to call a consumer attorney (you can find one at the National Association of Consumer Advocates' website) and ask them what to do.
Do this before responding to any collection notice or other contact from a collection agency. Otherwise, you might inadvertently make yourself liable for an otherwise time-barred debt.
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What shows up on your credit report is determined by federal, not state, law. The credit reporting agencies (Experian, TransUnion and Equifax) have to remove most negative information after seven years. Bankruptcies can remain on your report for up to 10 years, and there are some other, less common debts, like unpaid taxes and child support, that can remain on your report indefinitely.
The seven-year period normally begins 180 days after the debt becomes delinquent -- the day you first missed a payment. But if you start once again making payments, the debt could reappear.
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Since Phyllis is planning to pay her bill, she needn't worry about any of this. But if you plan on not paying and using the statute of limitations as a defense, do more research. Start with the FTC's page on time-barred debt.
But no matter how much you read and think you understand, I'd still advise at least talking to, if not hiring, an attorney. The more money at stake, the more important this becomes. Debt collection is a complex topic, and reading simple stuff online probably won't answer all your questions or completely put you at ease. Talking to someone who does this for a living, however, will.
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If you agree to pay a delinquent bill that's adversely affecting your credit history, don't pay it without attempting to use your payment as leverage to have bad marks removed.
If you're paying the creditor who originally reported the delinquency to credit reporting agencies, they have the ability to have the delinquent payments removed from your credit reports. Try to negotiate the removal of the bad marks in exchange for payment. If you're successful, get it in writing before sending the money. This way you'll get something additional for your payment: a better credit history and score.
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Whisper makes a quiet debut in Birch Bay
Marine colors and crisp citrus scents were the dominant themes Ellen Shea had in mind when she designed Whisper on the Bay, her long-awaited day spa on Birch Bay Drive that opened March 6.
Shea, a co-founder of Bellingham's Chrysalis Inn & Spa, will celebrate her new spa with an open house and grand opening on Sunday April 2, from noon to 5 p.m. The event is free and will include demonstrations, refreshments and door prizes.
Inside the spa, Shea accomplished this theme using iridescent Italian glass tiles, custom designed wall sconces from Chuckanut Lighting in Bellingham, custom stained glass from Artistic Glass in Anacortes, and lots of green and blue tones.
"I chose the colors to blend with the area, the sea and the water," Shea said. "I wanted to get away from the earth tones traditionally used in spas."
An ocean green painted hallway from the lobby leads to seven treatment rooms, a manicure room with two pedicure thrones, and a relaxation room with tea, iced lemon water, dark chocolate candies that rotate daily (on this day, Whisper featured dark chocolate-covered black sesame seeds and roasted almonds). Shea said the room is used to allow individuals to adjust and gather their senses after a deeply relaxing treatment.
Shea said she learned a lot from working at her former spa such as the importance of building a team-based approach with her staff. Before opening, for example, Shea invited her staff – some of whom commute more than 45 minutes each way – to participate in the design and placement of furniture, as well as the operations of the spa.
"When I hired them, it was as much their talent as it was their willingness to be a part of a team," she said. "People are your most important asset; if you don't have a good team and a good staff, you are nothing."
Shea earned her bachelor of arts degree in psychology and pursued a master of arts in business administration from Washington State University before working at the Chrysalis in Bellingham. She also enrolled in several courses on spa-related training, she said.
Her spa treatments and facials incorporate Phytoceane and Matis, two French lines of natural skin care products that use ocean elements such as seaweed extract for its mineral content and purifying properties, as well as sea coral for its exfoliation and caviar extract for its moisturizing properties.
This reporter sampled the Whisper facial ($75) which included ionic steam treatment, an individually-tailored five-step treatment which, in this case, used the Phytoceane cooling gel cleanser, a papaya enzyme cream exfoliator, and a purifying mud mask to help tighten pores, followed by a hot micro fiber towel wrap to remove the products after each product application.
A face, scalp and hand massage using a light almond oil moisturizer made the experience more relaxing than anticipated. A less expensive version of the Whisper facial is available for $40 and employs similar treatment in half the time.
For more problematic skin, Lisa, a spa technician, recommends the purifying facial treatment ($80), which offers the same treatments but with the option of impurity extractions using a high-frequency galvanic treatment to loosen blocked pores and remove hardened material without spreading bacteria.
For dry or mature skin, she recommends the caviar facial treatment ($125), which includes a moisturizing mask and an intensive facial serum, both of which contain a caviar extract.
"The purifying facial is a facial for people with breakouts and helps to deep cleanse the skin," she said. "The caviar treatment is more for very mature skin. It's a deeply repairing, moisturizing facial."
Other services include massages, manicures, pedicures, waxing, body treatments such as a seaweed thermal body cocoon that helps draw toxins out of the skin by stimulating sweat glands ($80) and a sea salt body scrub that helps remove dead skin cells ($55).
The spa also features a multi-purpose room for couples, friends or other pairs who want to enjoy treatments together, as well as an oversized hydro-thermo bathtub for specialty soaks, including a Dead Sea mud bath, and the iron-rich "Emerald Coast" seaweed bath intended to stimulate the metabolism. All of the bath soaks are $45.
All services include the complimentary use of the eucalyptus steam rooms for up to 30 minutes before or after treatment.
Whisper on the Bay is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, as well as 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. They are located at 7862 Birch Bay Drive in Birch Bay and can be reached by calling 371-3660 or by visiting www.whisperonthe-bay.com.


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La Société Bistro, a celebrated concept from Toronto's INK Entertainment that artfully blends Parisian flair and cuisine with North American contemporary style, joins the Loews Hôtel Vogue Montréal. Enjoyable evenings around a fabulous meal will abound in this plush, up-to-date bistro décor that features an immense hardwood bar and a spectacular glass dome ceiling that lights up the restaurant interior.
Popular Ontario Chef Sean Reeve serves up bistro-inspired cuisine from fresh, local, top-quality ingredients, which includes an oyster bar, a wide assortment of hors d'oeuvres and seafood platters to share.
The restaurant also offers an impressive wine cellar and specializes in mixology. And finally, the intimate terrace is ideal place for clients to put their finger on the pulse of this vibrant city. Featuring a capacity of up to 180 patrons, attentive staff and a trendy ambiance, La Société Bistro has what it takes to gratify Montrealers and visitors alike, as well as influential business executives come to discuss contracts!
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Texas is considered a national leader in dropout prevention by taking all the recommended state actions to prevent and recover school dropouts.
A new report issued by the bipartisan education reform group, Achieve, found that Texas is the only state in the country to implement all key college and career readiness policies identified by the organization.
Achieve conducts an annual survey of all 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine whether they have implemented strategic college and career readiness policies. Texas was the only state to receive a check mark in the five areas Achieve graded – alignment of curriculum standards, graduation requirements, assessments, P-20 data systems and accountability systems.
Closing the Expectations Gap, 2010
The 5th annual "Closing the Expectations Gap" report shows that Texas is the only state that meets the minimum criteria Achieve believes necessary to measure and provide incentives for college and career readiness.
America's Promise Alliance has released a report that provides positive signs that Texas is making progress in reducing the number of students who drop out of high school.
Jobs for the Future (JFF) has prepared a national dropout report that lauds Texas' use of far-reaching strategies for reducing the number of high school dropouts and addressing the dropout situation in a comprehensive manner. The JFF report examined six model policy elements that frame a sound strategy for dropout prevention and recovery:
1. Reinforce the right to a public education 2. Count and account for dropouts 3. Use graduation and on-track rates to trigger transformative reform 4. Invent new models 5. Accelerate preparation for postsecondary success 6. Provide stable funding for systemic reform
JFF found that only three states, one of which is Texas, have made progress on all six pillars since 2002.
This report released by the National Governor's Association in 2009 notes that Texas is implementing many of the necessary steps recommended to tackle the dropout problem.
The report notes that the four-year longitudinal dropout rate is the most accurate means of portraying the dropout problem. In Texas, out of 300,488 students in the class of 2008, 79.1% graduated, 8.9% continued in high school the year following their anticpated graduation, 1.5% received GEDs, and 10.5% dropped out of school.
A TEA brief draws from NGA reports and shows that Texas ranks 7th nationally among 26 states that were found to use the "Compact Rate," which is a four-year, on-time graduation rate using actual student data over estimates.
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No need to fear, Notre Dame will have one of its biggest weapons when the Irish face Michigan Saturday at the Big House.
Brian Kelly announced Sunday that wide receiver DaVaris Daniels will be full go for Tuesday's practice and will be ready to go to face Michigan Saturday after a slight groin injury during Saturday's 28-6 win over Temple.
Daniels caught the first two touchdowns of his career, both 32-yarders from Tommy Rees, in the first five minutes of the season opener. Daniels could have had a 3rd early in the 2nd quarter but pulled up with the groin injury going after a ball thrown by Rees towards the end zone.
Daniels left the game at that point and did not return. Kelly says Daniels could have returned to play in the game if the team needed him but since the Irish remained in control, Notre Dame didn't risk anything.


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Snow didn't keep volunteers from coming out to join in the 14th annual Make a Difference Day benefiting local nonprofits, schools and agencies around Summit County Saturday. Approximately 300 volunteers committed their time to help with volunteer services like building and maintaining trails, painting, cleaning classrooms and making kits for preschoolers at the library. Most volunteers were Summit County residents, but some traveled from the Front Range, a tradition that many continue year after year.Volunteers were matched with appropriate activities throughout the county, with Frisco, Silverthorne, Breckenridge and Keystone all represented.The volunteer projects combined with the annual food drive collected 100 pounds of donations for the Summit County food banks.Volunteers too, said participating in the national event is rewarding."We had six kids and three adults cleaning the Silverthorne library and the energy was great - the kids were really excited," said Carol Christiansen, a volunteer. "It's so much easier when you have a lot of people helping out."Make a Difference Day, a national day of contribution, was hosted this year by Summit County government, a change from previous years when the event was managed by Summit Prevention Alliance. In the peak of the event, about 500 people showed up, compared to this year's slightly smaller attendance."The Summit County volunteers are a pretty hardy crew," said event coordinator Jordan Schultz. "It really shows the commitment when we get 300 volunteers when the weather is like this and it would be nice to stay inside. This community demonstrates their selflessness."Among the 25 locations for indoor and outdoor volunteer projects, a crew of 30 braved the snow for trail work in Breckenridge near Slalom Gold Mountain Road. Tony Overlock, the lead trails technician for Breckenridge Open Space and Trails, said the trailwork was challenging given the weather, but the incentive to stay warm kept his crew moving quickly."It could have been a horrible day without the crew we had," he said. "It was great to watch everyone motivate one another. This is the first trail we've ever made in the snow and everyone worked really hard to get that accomplished."The biggest challenge builders faced in the adverse weather Saturday was not slipping on the trail, according to Overlock and volunteers from Lord of the Mountain Lutheran Church.The volunteer event began at the Summit Stage bus barn, where volunteers where served breakfast while they dropped off non-perishable food items and were assigned specific projects and work sites. The day wrapped up at approximately 2 p.m. with a free lunch and music.
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Maths came before music
The moment consciousness can differentiate many from one, it becomes fundamentally mathematically endowed. This is the precursor of axiomatic tautology of mathematics that can, given enough combinations, get as complex as you can imagine.
Mathematical skill therefore should predate musical skill in human evolution.
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Jun 30 2013: Pabitra: Which came first Math or Music? Is that the question? Well are we talking counting on your fingers and then displaying that count to a fellow primate or addiction/ subtraction, multiplication/division, algebra and trigonometry. Now when I was a teenager and went to impress the girls I bought a bongo drum and beat it till my fingers burnt. There were times when it might have even sounded rhythmic. I never learned to play anything more sophisticated. So starting on the low end of math and music it could be a question that will forever remain unanswered. Early primates cracking seeds or nuts on a log could have synchronized their striking of the vegetation, thus establishing the first orchestra. Then again, in the same clearing some distant relative of yours and mine may have been using her fingers and toes to comprehend the needs of this primate pack.
Jun 30 2013: Unless you believe rhesus monkeys have musical abilities, you may find this interesting.
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MS Access 2007 Install After Office Installed with an admin file
We are phasing out MS Access.
We install Office 2007 Pro Plus on almost all machines using an adminfile, which now does not install Access.
In this particular case, i now need to install Access on a machine. HOW????!!!!!!
I have tried using the command:
setup /modify ProPlus /config access.xml
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<Configuration Product="ProPlus">
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<Logging Type="standard" Path="\\lucio\ldlog\SD\" Template="%computername%_Access.log" />
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Please can anyone assist with this, it has become a real pain in the @rse and the Technet pages are extremely unhelpful.
Thanks for any advice.
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Could you be more specific on "what" is not working?
Does it install (partly) or do you get an error code?
Have you looked into the install log?
And actually I found TechNet quite helpful. This document explains a lot and contains more references to other MS articles on the subjects: http://office.microsoft.com/download/afile.aspx?AssetID=AM101638421033
Thanks for the above suggestions but i have managed to fix this myself - i just changed the syntax of the problem i was Googling
Basically, the msp file that we use for the full installing of office 2007, as in the command line: setup.exe /adminfile "Office 2007 SP2 Full.msp"
I just used the same admin file as a patch to the machine that had Office 2007 without Access, as in the command line:
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3. Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Help me, Star Ocean! You're my only hope! Okay, admittedly, that was a little silly, but here's another naming anomaly that follows suit with the "last" conventions. This gorgeous behemoth of a game follows Edge Maverick (yes, that's his real name) as he eventualyl becomes the captain of the SRF-003 Calnus, after the maiden voyage of the vessel is launched. It's all in a bid to save the whole of mankind from imminent extinction. In a way, we're specifically dealing with "the last" name all over again, but in this case, the end of the human race. It's a plodding adventure at times, to be sure, but still worth a look.
4. The Last of Us
The Last of Us is a tricky list item as it hasn't been released yet and is not an RPG, contrary to the previous items, but it's still "the last" in a series or in terms of finality. This time, the narrative follows the only known survivors of a plague spread by fungus that has absolutely cleared out modern life as we know it. The survival horror/action-adventure hybrid is awaiting a release in 2013, but it's definitely worth a mention on our round-up since it still shares a similar naming trait.
5. The World Ends With You
Not only is this "the end," but it's the end of the world. Of course, that's only if you go by the English title. The Japanese name is more like the complete opposite: It's A Wonderful World. In a strange underground world, players compete to earn back the privilege to be brought back to life or ascend to a new, enlightened plane of existence. It's certainly more complicated than that, but that's the gist of it -- is the entire world ending? It might seem that way, if you're competing in the bizarre game and lose, as you'll be erased from existence. The obsession with finality and the "end" of life as you know it makes TWEWY an honest example of the same naming motif we've discussed all along -- and interestingly enough, the Western adaptation was responsible.


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Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 11:09pm
El Paso, TX (KDBC) — El Paso's new Bishop headed to Brazil to visit Pope Francis.
According to his Twitter account, Bishop Mark J. Seitz left El Paso, Tuesday night, with a group of local teens.
The bishop has been tweeting out some pictures of his trip to Brazil.
Pope Francis visited a Rio de Janeiro slum in a violent area known to locals as the Gaza Strip in the morning and crowds packed Copacabana Beach to hear him speak, Thursday evening.
Pope Francis has been in Brazil since Monday to participate in World Youth Day Festivities.


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Amnesty for fans who jump on the field and run around like maniacs at Oriole Park at Camden Yards appears to be over.
Like a Caped Crusader vanishing into the night, Mark Harvey - the guy who ran onto the field on Opening Day in a cape and Batman underwear - escaped criminal charges for his stunt due to a "miscommunication" by prosecutors. And while the State's Attorney's Office still had the ability to charge him after the fact, they opted not to while simultaneously vowing to prosecute others in the future.
So was it an empty threat? Not for Zachary Gregoricus, who ran out on the field during the 12th inning of last night's game against the Yankees and slid into second base. The 19-year-old college student and Waltham, Mass. native was charged with two counts of trespassing, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace, according to court records.
He also got chewed out by Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones, according to accounts from people at the game.
[Harvey, by the way, had to sit in lock-up for 13 hours and is banned for life from the stadium, according to the team]
Why's it important to charge? According to the Orioles and just about every other team, it's so people don't. do. it.
We're told there was also a meeting among prosecutors, police and Orioles staff to go over policies and make sure there is adequate signage warning field-jumpers about the consequences of running on the field, as if it's somehow unclear that that's frowned upon.
To that effect, the charging document against Gregoricus explains at length the warnings to would-be trespassers while noting that he caused a "modest delay of the game." His next court hearing is May 22.
Amnesty for trespassing at Oriole Park appears to be over
Zachary Gregoricus is led off the field after sliding into second base in the 12th inning of game on April 9 (Getty Images / April 11, 2012)
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House Call: France's DIY Apartment
Name: France Garnier
Location: Paris, France
When I first visited my apartment, it was all white — no floor in the bathroom and an ugly kitchen — but I immediately fell in love with it because I could see in my head what it would look like when I would be done with it. I had to make a big hole in a wall to have more light, to put some parquet floor in my bathroom, paint some tiling and stick it on my walls — and I all did it myself. So I'm pretty proud of my apartment now, and I would like to show it to you. I hope you'll like it the way I do. Enjoy the tour!
Thanks, France!
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House Call: pettybaum's Holiday Sparkle
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Cute! While its not 100% my style its a really nicely put together apartment. Bravo, on doing it yourself too btw.
Ooh la, la.
I love the bathroom especially. I have a similar light fixture (in table lamp form) in my guestroom and love the way a little unexpected "house jewlery" sparkles. I wish I could see more of the monkey outside the bedroom. There's a lot of whimsey in your home, making it personal and unique. Brava!
LOVE it!
Cute place...and well done up - it all goes together.
Well done!
I also love it!
How cute! It looks and feels like home; I could live there. Great job on putting it all together. Very comfortable and cozy.
Warm and magical
Charming and cozy! Bravo!
Super mignon. Bravo.
Great job on the walls. Papier de murs? Petit et vraiment joli, Merci, Thank you.
What a warm and inviting place. Well done.
Now THIS is sweet. A minus.
So pretty! Well done, France.
Charming! Thank you very much.
Very charming! You did a fantastic job.
So much atmosphere...Open the balcony doors and I can hear those Paris night sounds now...
This is adorable! You did a fantastic job!
Beautiful! You did a great job, i love it!
So lovely! I love the walls--did you paint the designs?
Unique and beautiful! I love your home.
hello ! thanks you for all your comments, i'm really moved. I did paint the walls by myself because I couldn't find what I wanted with wallpapers...
is there a name for the 2 drawer chest in blue in the second picture that has the tv on it? i would love to buy 2 for my bedroom and use as nightstands.
Hey luckysquid, you might be able to find a similar chest at homegoods or another similar store. It won't be as special as the one in the picture however.
i like it very much!
I buy this from a store in France call "la maison de Judith". But I find an other version of it (in black) in another store. So I guess it's not an original one ! You could probably find one in the USA.
I love the chests!!! The whole apartment is so inviting and it really shows that its done by the owner by themselves..it shows so much affection!! :)
Its really cute!
Its always great to have a chandelier in the bathroom... it feels so fancy!
I believe that chest is called a "bombe chest" - they come in many different sizes, but their most recognized feature is the belly-outward curve.
Oh, I could just eat this up!
Wow! I absolutely love this apartment. It is so individualistic and so quaint!
Your place has that total French feel and look that never seems to be able to duplicate anywhere else....and God knows I've tried. I love it.
I think there is some indian influence in your style...