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THE AUTHORS WORDS with JD Holiday: Author Cliff Roberts
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JD Holiday talks with author Cliff Roberts.
A Michigan politician who had become a literary powerhouse. He had a long and prosperous career in sales, politics, and now he has become a leading Indie author. Cliff has had several #1 bestsellers-- his biggest hits have been The Reprisal Series and Conch Republic. His other books include Fatal Mistake and his newly-released and movie-optioned Apollo Road. But all Cliff Roberts' books have the distinction of having been hot sellers in many different markets. Reprisal! The Eagle Rises is currently his top selling book and spent 6 weeks at #1 on Amazon. His latest book Apollo Road was optioned to become a movie and has just been released on Amazon.
FaceBook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/chriskeysauthor
Apollo Road: www.amazon.com/Apollo-Road-Its-Dead-End/dp/1500142336/
Conch Republic: www.amazon.com/Conch-Republic-Cliff-Roberts/dp/149283100X/
JD and Show's sites: jdholiday.blogspot.com
Show site: theauthorswordswithjdholiday.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-authors-words-on-red-river-radio.html
THE AUTHORS WORDS on Red River Radio: Author Cliff Roberts
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JD Holiday talks with author Cliff Roberts. A Michigan politician who had become a literary powerhouse. Cliff has had several #1 bestsellers-- his biggest hits have been The Reprisal Series and Conch Republic. His other books include Fatal Mistake and his newly-released and movie-optioned Apollo Road. But all Cliff Roberts' books have the distinction of having been hot sellers in many different markets. Reprisal! The Eagle Rises is currently his top selling book and spent 6 weeks at #1 on Amazon. His latest book Apollo Road was optioned to become a movie and has just been released on Amazon.
FaceBook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/chriskeysauthor
Apollo Road: www.amazon.com/Apollo-Road-Its-Dead-End/dp/1500142336/
Conch Republic: www.amazon.com/Conch-Republic-Cliff-Roberts/dp/149283100X/
REPRISAL: The Gauntlet: www.amazon.com/REPRISAL-Gauntlet-Cliff-Roberts-ebook/dp/B00EQ8XRCK
Reprisal: The Eagle Rises: www.amazon.com/REPRISAL-Eagle-Rises-Roberts-Version/dp/1490467149/
Find all Cliff Roberts' books at his Amazon author page: www.amazon.com/-/e/B0034OKGW6
JD and Show's sites: jdholiday.blogspot.com & theauthorswordswithjdholiday.blogspot.com/
Murders Row the VA.
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Today I lost a brother in arms Vietnam Veteran and Father , Husband and friend to many others . I want those people who were in charge to be charged for crimes Aganist our brothers and sisters who deserved better.
AUDIO BOOK READING chp 4 BREAKING THE CHAINS, ~ Resistance
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AUDIO BOOK READING chp 4 BREAKING THE CHAINS, WM.L.KATZ
Jenny Smith Fletcher was the daughter of W. H. Smith, founder of Nicodemus. She was the first postmistress and schoolteacher in Nicodemus, Kansas. She was also one of the original charter members of the A.M.E. Church.
Formerly enslaved African Americans left Kentucky in organized colonies to experience freedom in the "promised land" of Kansas. Nicodemus represents the involvement of African Americans in the westward expansion and settlement of the Great Plains. It is the oldest and only remaining Black settlement west of the Mississippi River.
Tonight!!!! Celebrate Black History Daily with The Gist of Freedom on itunes
AUDIO BOOK READING - BREAKING THE CHAINS, Week 4 Chapter 4 Resistance
Although slave revolts constituted the most dramatic form of slave resistance, they were by no means the only method of reprisal. Arson proved to be an exceptionally effective and consequently frequent form of retaliation. In 1795, slave-set fires in Charleston, South Carolina, prompted the governor to declare a day of fasting. More arson there in 1804 resulted in the destruction of six ships and hundreds of homes. The problem of arson was so widespread that, in 1820, the American Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia stopped issuing policies in the South.
Assaults and attempts at assassination were also common. In 1740, accusations that slaves were attempting to poison New York City's water supply resulted in widespread arrests and executions. Poison attempts were so frequent they were even referred to in the lyrics of at least one slave song. Vandalism and destruction of crops were also regular occurrences.
Execution in Oklahoma...it only takes a minute or 30 of agony and you're gone
Your host calls into the stupidity of the death penalty and the even stupider ways to execute those who are REALLY bad. Minimum wage, we don't need no damn minimum wage...learn to live in poverty, it's the new American way. There's no money for schools, poverty and urban blight are everywhere, the state and federal gov't refuse to step in and help struggling urban schools, de jure' segregation exist in most schools and it's all the teacher's fault that schools are failing. Makes sense to me...NOT! That was the week that was...a reprisal of the absurd, stupid and downright ignorant of the week.
Thanksgiving or Moor Mass Killing
Look up the murdered and unarmed Pequot Nation (1634 – 1638) ambused by armed Albion European Catholic puritan/protestant colonizers of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook.
The free aboriginal Narragansett and Mohegan Moors labeled as indian were butchered, and hundreds taken as prisoners and sold into slavery to England and the West Indies in a war that decimated the communities that are now called by the European name of Southern New England that consists of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut in the northeastern corner of the North America/Amexem.
In 1637 Moors were gathered for the annual Green Corn Festival (Fasting to Fast once the Corn is Ripe for Harvest), and before the celebration began - during the predawn hours while everyone was still asleep; Albion European English and Dutch mercenaries surrounded and shot dead and clubbed the Moors to death. The men, women and children that survived the slaughter were buried alive.
The next day the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony declared "A Day Of Thanksgiving" because 700 unarmed men, women and children had been murdered.
Why do you continue to feed this atrocious monster by support in buying flesh and bread to participate in the gluttony where the real celebration is the Albion's escape from reprisal of the atrocious deeds against your own people – because out of ignorance - you go along with it!
This day should be a day of anguish and grieving with a loud demand for restitution; reparations; and the return of our lands.
The Holy Prophet told the Moors, "Children, you are at home, and the European is 3,000 miles from home, and he is going to have to take some water."
Giving - From the Heart and not the Head
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It appears that we are finally at the end of this long and drawn out drama. As we have anticipated this abundance for some time, many of us have spent considerable time and energy mapping out the extent to which, and to whom, we will share our blessings. But, arguably, the more important consideration is the "Why" of our sharing plans.
If, for each person, church, charity or cause that you intend to support monetarily, if you were to ask yourself "Why do I choose to provide money to this particular person/church/charity/cause?", examining each one very deeply, the answers might surprise you. For many that are willing to be truly honest with themselves, the answers may be guilt, sense of obligation, habit, fear of reprisal if I don't, wanting to be the hero, wanting to be the saviour, wanting to end suffering, etc.
These, for the most part, are "Head" decisions which will be greatly influenced by our past experiences and woundings. Tune in as we delve into this topic and discuss how making these decisions from the "Heart" rather than the "Head" can totally transform the experience, and the outcome, of your giving. You are not only giving money, you are passing on the consciousness behind your giving as well. Join us for an enlightening discussion.
300+ killed, 900+ injured in Egypt violence (Second Coming Watch #372)
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1. According to The New York Times, Egyptian security forces killed more than 200 protesters and wounded hundreds of others on Wednesday in a daylong assault on two sit-ins by Islamist supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, that set off waves of violence in the capital, Cairo, and across the country.
2. According to The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli military launched an airstrike over the northern area of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, targeting concealed rocket launching sites in the enclave.
3. According to the Associated Press, tens of thousands of people were evacuated as a powerful typhoon thundered into southern China on Wednesday after shutting down the bustling Asian financial center of Hong Kong and sinking a cargo ship.
4. According to The Times of Israel, at the start of talks with the visiting US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the threat of Iran attaining nuclear weapons "dwarfs" the other security challenges facing the nation.
5. According to AFP, Supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi torched three churches in central Egypt on Wednesday in reprisal attacks as police dispersed demonstrations in Cairo. The assailants threw firebombs at a church in Sohag, a city with a large community of Coptic Christians, causing it to burn down.
The Bible says in James 5:7: "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain."
You can read these stories in more detail and get more prophecy-related news at Second Coming Herald.com.
Sawyer Speaks: Spoken Words by Hannah Sawyer
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Today, Hannah begins a series of episodes where she will do a live reprisal of her best works, since the inception of Sawyer Speaks on March 10, 2013.
Hannah Sawyer is a teenage phenom in the realm of the spoken word, whose poetry has been featured on both the MSG Varsity and Soapbox Nation websites.
Hannah writes and speaks her poetry from the heart, and based on her life experiences, something that the world can certainly learn from, and needs to hear.
Sawyer Speaks is live every Sunday afternoon on the King James Radio Network.
To send an e-mail to Hannah about the show, you can e-mail email@example.com.
Fallout! - The Spiwe Show
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Guest: Colin T. Nelson Zehra Hassan, Minneapolis lawyer, gets wind through a client of a plot to blow up the Monticello, Minnesota, Nuclear Plant. The effort to thwart the terrorists involves several agencies, a trip to Northern Minnesota in the midst of a blizzard, and delving into the world of fundamental Christian end-of-days cults.
Author, Colin T. Nelson, is back on The Spiwe Show to discuss this follow-up to his first Zehra Hassan book, Reprisal, which was featured in our show entitled Journey Into Islam. Colin discusses why he wrote this book, the themes that flowed through from Reprisal, the differences, and why you can't put this book down!
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Czar After Dark Sun Dec 30, 2012
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Join us tonight as we discuss Django Unchained. We want to know how you felt about the movie.
As our last show before the new year we also want to discuss resolutions vs goals and how to set them for success.
We will also discuss freedom of speech... real or Illusion. Have we reached the point where we edit our public thoughts for fear of government reprisal ?
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My Brothers and My Sisters! There is NO EXCUSE for IGNORING the TRUTH! KNOW that the pursuit of WISDOM is a very SERIOUS endeavor, and is by no means is it a "CASUAL" crusade! For by no means shall the devices of an inept worker gain the "Holy Seal of Approval" as a "work" worthy to be preserved as divine representation! (Mat.5:14-21, 7:13-28, 15:6-9 .. Luke 6:39-49) (Mark 8:38)
2 Tim 2:15 STUDY to show thyself approved unto YAH, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, as one who handles accurately the word of truth.
SImply because a word or testimony of a standard or scenario is in the bible does not mean that ALL are able to rightly discern it or for that matter teach it! Therefore YAH sends PROPHETS to speak what OTHERS would NOT! STUDY to SHOW YOURSELVES APPROVED before YAH in ALL THING that HE has FOREORDAINED as of OLD as a REQUIREMENT of the SAINTS! .. otherwise face PUBLIC DISGRACE, a DEFROCKING and REPRISAL in being PUT to OPEN SHAME with ALL who treacherously have been NEGLECTFUL against REVERENCE for the WORD of YAH! For as it is written for SALVATION'S SAKE, the WORDS of a REPROBATE MIND and MOUTH must be STOPPED! (Titus 1:9-2:1 ... NOTE! CRETE is a GREEK isle)
Isa 28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bondage .. to a spirit of lies .. be made tighter: for I have heard from the Lord YAH of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the WHOLE EARTH.
WOE unto them subvert the souls of men by opening themselves as portals for a spirit of deceptions; to destroy themselves and others! They who resist the truth will have none to save them from the sins of a doubly-reprobate mind! (Heb.10:26-31)
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Sunday, November 10, 2013
A Jealous Vox Proves Scalzi Right
If you spend all your time trying to convince people you're just as important as somebody else, you're really probably not.
John Scalzi @scalzi 7 Nov
Conversely, if you spend all your time trying to convince people that somone else isn't important, they may be.
Marko Kloos @markokloos 7 Nov
@scalzi This is of course APROPOS OF NOTHING and doesn't refer to ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL we may know.
Of course Vox proceeded to follow this Twitter conversation with a brief rehash of Scalzi's misleading site statistics and his own slightly superior Alexa ranking. It's amazing that he was foolish enough to prove Scalzi right in his own post.
About Vox's readership, he seems not to realize that pageviews are not equal to agreement. If he gets 30K visits, how many of those people are stopping by to spy on the enemy? Because that's how the majority sees him, no matter what he thinks. And his "engaged" readership? All of his comments are in support of his own views and then they band together to thwart anyone who's a freethinker. That's not engaging, that's just a gang mentality, a witch-hunt mentality.
And I'm the witch. Vox has me spammed now because I argued effectively in his comments. Sure, I'm not well-versed in the techniques of debate. I don't avoid all fallacious arguments and I'm not above a little mud-slinging. But the arguments were effective nonetheless. It's also a fallacy to assume that fallacious arguments are inherently false. Just because appealing to authority is fallacious doesn't mean its not effective. So Vox's readership includes folks like me, those who can no longer comment but still read so they're ready for whatever hate-mongering non-sense comes their way.
Don't worry, Pox Vay isn't worried about being spammed. And he's not running away.
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- AnonymousNovember 10, 2013 at 8:05 PM
You've really made pointless bitching your life's mission. You make it sound so epic.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2013 at 2:59 PM
Um, in the paragraph immediately after the Tweets, I think you meant to say "Beale" rather than "Scalzi".ReplyDeleteReplies
Noted and fixed. Thanks.Delete
- The HouseNovember 12, 2013 at 1:49 PM
You're absolutely right Pox. VD's followers like to make fun of Szcalzi's "rabbbit warrens", but non-believers are shunned hard at VD's place. Vox's sheep can engage in whatever rhetorical foolishness they please, but if a smart or sane person commits the slightest logic error in a debate, the shunning goes to 11. Cults have less orthodoxy than the free thinkers in Vox's sheep herd.ReplyDelete
Keep up the good work here Pox.
Being shunned by a bunch of fools isn't a problem though. I used to gauge my success by how easy it was to drive Dipshit into a front-page rant - getting him to scream that he was going to dox everyone who disagreed with him was pure win.ReplyDelete
He's so easily goaded when you have him figured out.
Still working on that piece, Pox.
Ya'll do realize he is just poking fun at the guy... don't you?ReplyDeleteReplies
- The HouseNovember 13, 2013 at 7:02 PM
Yes we realize Pox is just poking fun at VD. But we're enjoying it all the same.Delete
Don't be a moron..Delete
- The HouseNovember 14, 2013 at 6:39 PM
Behold the mighty debate skillz of the Dread Ilk. Straight to name calling in one reply. Apollo, next time it would be more expedient just to call me a Nazi out of the gate. Har har har!Delete
You are no Nazi. You are under the assumption that Pox is really tearing down Vox Day's arguements when he is doing nothing of the sort. I was really hoping he could tear them down. At least make an honest attempt!ReplyDelete
But he is basically spitting his tongue out and singing that old childish tune "Nyah, Nyah, Nyah, Nyah, Nyah!"
In a verbal sense.
And you house applauds Mr. Pox on his genius skills at verbally throwing Vox Day to the ground.
Also, I am not any part of the "Dread Ilk". I don't post there. I just read it. But to say Mr. Pox is trashing Vox Day is absurdly dishonest.
I really hoping he was more then just this. Because the work he has done here has been down right pathetic.
Unless of course he really can't counter Vox Day's arguements. I haven't seen him counter one yet.
- AnonymousNovember 16, 2013 at 5:55 AM
If he were capable I think we would have seen it by now. This site has ended up being nothing more than a trio of bitter mental midgets circle jerking each other. Which is fine, its all consensual and they're staying out of other people's hair. Its just not very interesting.ReplyDelete
- Ann MorganNovember 19, 2013 at 9:22 PM
**This site has ended up being nothing more than a trio of bitter mental midgets circle jerking each other.**ReplyDelete
In other words, you are insulting the people here rather than disproving what you disagree with. Pretty much like Vox spouting off about my speaking out my vagina, when he disagrees with what I say, but can't prove me wrong.

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DC Introduces Hall of Justice's Handyman at NYCC
- Written by ThanosCopter on Thursday, September 27 2012 and posted in News with Benefits
The character is a crossover between Craftman tools and DC Comics.
Source: IGN
Have you ever wondered who changes the lightbulbs at the Hall of Justice? Most people would answer with a resounding "no", but DC plans on answering the question at the upcoming New York Comic Con. In a
marketing gimmick crossover with Craftman Tools, DC Comics will introduce the Technician, a character that acts as the Justice League's maintenance guy, in a comic book released by the two companies at the comic book convention.
Written by Josh Williamson (who also helped out with the famed Subway/DC crossovers last year), the character has been shown fixing Wonder Woman's invisible jet (has that made a New 52 appearance yet?), changing the spark plugs on the Batmobile (likely pissing off Alfred) and threatening to drill Flash's feet to the ground if he continues to scuff the recently polished floors of the Hall of Justice. The comic book will also feature Cyborg, the Key and the Royal Flush Gang.
So if you're attending NYCC and get worn out with the constant hobnobbing with comics celebrities or attending exciting panels, be sure to check out the Craftsman Tools booth, which will be handing out free copies of the comic. Tools are awesome, after all.
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This article is part of the Vol. 6 No. 8 October 2007 issue of Continuous data protection (CDP) and the future of backup
IT power consumption is getting more attention these days. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's report to Congress in early August stated that the amount of energy consumed by servers and data centers, including storage, has doubled in the last five years, is expected to double again in the next five years and will cost $7.4 billion annually. So it's clear why nonprofit organizations such as The Green Grid--a consortium of IT firms promoting energy efficiency through user-centric metrics, standards development and best practices--are trying to measure data center power usage. Still, storage-specific metrics remain elusive. "I don't know of an organization that's been formed that's storage specific," says Rick Nicholson, VP of research at Energy Insights, an IDC company, Framingham, MA. "They're all tending to focus on either ... metrics for the entire data center or they tend to be fairly server-centric." Reps from The Green Grid claim to have storage-specific initiatives on their long-term roadmap but declined to discuss it further. Other groups ... Access >>>
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The birdlike gestures are worn away to a mere picking and plucking her way between the tire rims and the sunflowers, between Coke bottles and milkweed, among all the waste and beauty of the world - which is what she herself was. All of our waste which we dumped on her and which she absorbed.
You were always my favourite uncle. You wrote love poetry and did the Tarot cards. And when Mum was pregnant with me and Paul and decided to have an abortion, you waited outside the clinic, hoping she would change her mind.
The little seagull you and Mum found while walking along the beach barefoot - you both agreed it was lucky. The silver puzzle box you kept on the dashboard of your car and that you used to play with all of the time. And a packet of Benson and Hedges, slightly crushed. I guess they were the last thing you ever held.
When they told me you were dead, I wasn't surprised. I went upstairs quietly and ran a bath. I didn't cry. The story of how you died filled me with horror. But I still didn't cry - because deep in my soul I know the soul can endure.


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COLUMBIA, Mo., Dec. 9 (UPI) — Middle- to upper-middle-class parents with financial problems and depression are less likely than others to connect to their children, U.S. researchers say.
Gustavo Carlo of the University of Missouri, Laura Padilla-Walker and Randal Day, both of Brigham Young University, studied how parents' financial problems and resulting mental distress affect their relationships with their children.
The study, published in the Journal of Research on Adolescence, found that parents who experience financial problems and depression are less likely to feel connected to their children, and their children are less likely to engage in pro-social behaviors, such as volunteering or helping others.
Carlo said the Pew Research Center found a majority of Americans rate their current financial situation as poor or fair, and nearly half of Americans say they have encountered financial problems in the past year.
"The study serves as a reminder that children's behaviors are affected by issues beyond their immediate surroundings," Carlo said in a statement. "Families' economic situations are affected by broader factors in our society, and those financial problems can lead to depression that hurts parent-child relationships."
For the study, parents and children answered questions about economic stress, depression and connectedness between parents and children. A year later, the children reported how often they engaged in pro social behaviors toward strangers, family members and friends.
"Even middle-class families are having financial difficulties, and it's affecting their ability to be effective parents," Carlo said. "When parents are depressed, it affects their relationships with their kids."


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Cell-based cardiac regeneration has been the focus of acquired, adult heart disease for many years. However, congenital heart disease with severe structural abnormalities may also be reasonable targets for cell-based therapies. Interestingly, the pediatric heart is naturally growing and may be the most amendable to regenerative strategies. Therefore, identifying autologous cells (cells from the patient's own body) would be important to initiate these studies.
This study aims to validate the use of umbilical cord blood as a source of autologous cells for the purpose of cardiac repair of congenital heart disease. Cells will be isolated from the cord blood to help us determine the feasibility of collection, processing, and storage of these samples at the time of birth of infants with prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This study may be useful for the development of pre-clinical and clinical studies aimed at the long-term goal of repairing damaged heart muscle.
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- Any pregnant woman, regardless of age, with a prenatal diagnosis of HLHS
- One or both parents willing to consent to the storage of umbilical cord blood for the specific purpose of regenerative research
- Mother is willing to provide a blood sample for serology testing
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- Individuals unwilling to participate
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U.S. President Barack Obama has forwarded a stern message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise Washington with an Israeli air attack against Iran's nuclear facilities. The message was conveyed by a top American official who met with Netanyahu, ministers and other senior Israeli officials, Haaretz reported on Thursday.
The message from the American envoy to Israel reveals American concern that Israel is close to attack Iran. Obama is expected to meet Netanyahu at the White House next Monday.
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- Obama: US has 'absolutely not' given green light to Israeli attack on Iran
- Ahead of Obama address to AIPAC, Netanyahu rejects 1967 borders
- The US hold secret talks with Israel on plan B: invading Iran
- Israel plays down U.S. settlement freeze call
- Obama to Netanyahu: Iran military strike option "on the table"
israel would not dare attack Iran without the go-ahead from the U.S. Congratulations Mr.President for standing up to nazi Israel


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Left tackle Branden Albert has signed his franchise tender with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Team officials announced that Albert signed his deal on Thursday, two weeks after placing the franchise tag on him. Albert will be paid $9.828 million if he plays under the one-year contract.
That is no sure thing, though. The Chiefs have spoken to his representatives about a long-term contract, and it's also possible they will trade Albert in the coming weeks.
Albert is a former first-round pick who has locked down the left side of the Chiefs offensive line the past five seasons. He played all 16 games two years ago, but missed three games while dealing with back injuries in 2012.
Last year, Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe did not sign his franchise tender until midway through the preseason.


text: Environmental economics may hold the key to the successful management of the world's accelerating environmental problems, from transport and pollution to the wholesale degradation of much of the Third World, climate change and loss of the ozone layer. Increasingly a range of professionals and policy makers as well as environmentalists and the economists themselves are turning to it to show how to arrive at decisions on these complicated and vital issues. This reader brings together the most important contributions to the subject. Sections of it cover the theoretical issues, the different ways of valuing the environment, economic instruments of environmental policy, environment and development and global environmental problems. An extensive introduction by the editors maps out the area and the development of the arguments within it. As a whole the volume makes an indispensable sourcebook for those in any way involved with these questions. Anil markandya is one of the authors of Blueprint for a Green Economy and Blueprint 2: Greening the Global Economy.


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Informs class participants on the impact of healthcare reforms in the delivery of healthcare services; highlights the scope of healthcare and social services the Greater Hollywood area offers and draws attention to the remaining needs and challenges.
2. Public Safety Day - Thursday, December 4, 2014
Provides a unique opportunity to not only meet and greet Hollywood fire, police and beach patrol members, but also allows the class to get an up-close look at the tools of their trade and their important roles in protecting our citizens, business owners and visitors.
3. Media Day - Thursday, January 15, 2015
Conveys to class participants the critical need for the leaders to work effectively with the media as well as for leaders to recognize media's challenges in this diverse, fast changing market.
4. Environmental Day – Thursday, Febuary 12, 2015
To brief community and business leaders on the background of our urban communities; how the natural environment shapes people and how people shape the environment. We will explore the past, present and future of our natural and cultural heritage and provide a look at the direction of our growth patterns.
5. Education/Art & Culture Day - Thursday, March 12, 2015
Briefs and educates leaders on the opportunities and challenges facing education in our community, so they may find how they may best contribute. Art & Culture Day will expose the class to a sampling of some of the distinct culture, arts and recreation available in Hollywood/Broward County and to encourage participation in all experiences by promoting creative living, appreciation of the arts, diverse ethnic pride and fun in our community
6. Criminal Justice / County Government Day -Thursday, April 23, 2015
This day offers insight into the Broward County legal system and introduces participants to Broward elected officials to better understand county issues that would affect our South Florida communities.
7. City Government / Business Development Day – Thursday, May 14, 2015
To provide participants a clear perspective of our local government and the challenges they are facing. To also better understand the economy from top-level business and community leaders and highlight new and emerging industries driving our local economy.
8. Tourism Day -Thursday, June 4, 2015
This day will give the participant an overall view of what Hollywood has to offer, a chance get a behind-the-scene tour of the airport and the seaport to better understand the importance of the industry in our region. This program day will better provide participants with insight into the commonalities and differences of the South Broward district cities and municipalities from the government level to the business level.


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John Brown exhibit set to debut at Connecticut's Old State House
HARTFORD >> Three days after John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia, two men in Connecticut's capital crafted a silent protest in his honor. ...
Northwest Hills Council of Governments sets goals for coming year
GOSHEN >> It's been nine months since the formation of the Northwest Hills Council of Governments. The 21-member board, consisting of first selectmen and mayors from across Litchfield County, now looks forward to the future. The group has...
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Torrington Board of Education plan renovations to meet ADA compliance
TORRINGTON >> The Board of Education is hoping to start planning a parking lot project at Torrington High School to help the building meet ADA compliance.
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Anheuser-Busch, McDonald's voice NFL disapproval
Major sponsors including Anheuser-Busch are adding to the chorus of disapproval over the National Football League's recent scandals, but the companies are stopping short of pulling advertising.
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Obama: Ebola outbreak a threat to global security
ATLANTA >> Calling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a threat to world security, President Barack Obama on Tuesday broadly expanded the U.S. response by ordering thousands of troops to the region along with an aggressive effort to train health care workers and build treatment centers.
Sharon fire department will benefit from wine tasting
SHARON >> A wine tasting will be held on the Sharon Green Saturday, Sept. 20, 5-7 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person in advance and $40 the day of the event. Guests can sample more than 60 different wines. The wine tasting benefits the Sharon Fire Department and Sharon Ambulance and is being organized by Kent Wine & Spirit.
Torrington, Gilbert graduates planning reunions
TORRINGTON >> Torrington High School's Class of 1964 is holding its 50th reunion with a mixer on Friday, Sept. 26 at P. Sam's Restaurant in Torrington and Saturday, Sept. 27 at Fairview Country Club in Harwinton.
Torrington Civitan Club to hold flea market, tag sale Oct. 4
TORRINGTON >> Torrington Civitan Club will hold the organization's annual Autumn Tag Sale & Flea Market Saturday, Oct. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m, rain or shine. The sale takes place at RJB Contracting parking lot, located at 588 Winsted Road.
Salisbury: Nature walks planned Sept. 2-0-21, Oct. 4-5
SALISBURY >> The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area (Housatonic Heritage) announced the 13th annual Heritage Walks Weekends on two autumn weekends Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21 and Oct. 4-5. More than 50 free, family-friendly, guided tours are offered throughout Berkshire County (MA) and Litchfield County (CT).
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Restored fishway in Cornwall opens habitat for trout
CORNWALL >> Trout and other species will be able to move freely up and down Furnace Brook thanks to a newly restored fishway.
Foley favors gun restrictions with temporary restraining orders
HARTFORD >> Tom Foley, Republican gubernatorial candidate, says he is in favor of a proposal in which someone would have to turn in their firearms if they are issued a civil temporary restraining order against a domestic partner.
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Connecticut DCF: Transgender girl 'Jane Doe' found after escaping from therapeutic program
MIDDLETOWN >> A transgender girl whose imprisonment in Connecticut without criminal charges raised an outcry nationwide among her advocates escaped from custody Tuesday, but was found, safe, in Hartford, officials said.


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After the 2012 Olympics, it was widely speculated that Lebron James would retire from international competition. He has already played in 3 Olympics, and he will be 31 in the summer of 2016.
Well, according to what he told David Aldridge that he wants to play in Rio:
No, I'm not officially in, just yet. But hopefully, I can be healthy enough and on top of my game at that point where I'll be taken.
If he plays, he will be the first American player to play in 4 Olympics. He will make the team if he plays, but he may be looking at a whole new supporting cast. You can probably rule out Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, and Kobe Bryant. You will likely see Blake Griffin, Paul George, and Kyrie Irving instead. The USA is stacked with young talent, and they will be the favorites for many years to come.
It will strictly be up to Lebron whether he plays or not. By the time 2016 rolls around, Lebron will have a lot of mileage on his body. He plays in the playoffs every year, and that's a lot of minutes for a guy to play. It's been a blessing to both him and the NBA that he has remained healthy throughout his career. We will see if Lebron dons the USA jersey again, but you have to respect a guy who wants to represent his country.
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December 13th, 2011
Chelsea FC: Super Sub Snub?
Does celebrating with the opposition goalkeeper and not your manager indicate problems in the dressing room. We wouldn't like to speculate. Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images Europe.
Once upon a time, taking a team to the knockout stages of the Champions League as group winners and beating the league leaders would be sufficient to cement a manager's credibility. At least until the end of the season.
Request declined, Andre. Would a hug from several thousand Kickettes take the edge off your pain?Image: GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images.
But not anymore. Chelsea manager Andre Villas Boas has done both of these things in the last week, and yet this morning his ability to lead the club has been questioned by the very player who scored the winning goal in last night's 2-1 victory over Manchester City.
To compound speculation which arose after AVB's touchy riposte to Gary Neville's criticism (plus his request to be included in goal celebration hugs) Frank Lampard started last night's match on the bench. He was on the pitch for approximately ten minutes before converting the penalty that won Chelsea the points, and also failed to cuddle his gaffer.
We're experts on pointed snubs and that was a doozy. But it clearly wasn't enough for Frankie, who in a post-match interview, stated he hadn't spoken to AVB about his continuing omission from the starting line-up and therefore didn't know the reasoning behind it.
Has AVB bitten off a little more than he can chew by messing with a Chelsea hero like Lampsy, Kickettes? Or do you feel it's about time players learned that in big squads, rotation is the name of the game, regardless of who you are?


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Father Charged With DUI After Hitting Daughter With Minivan
PACOLET, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man has been charged with driving under the influence after authorities say he hit his 19-year-old daughter with his minivan.
The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office says 49-year-old Robert Darryl Nipper of Pacolet was being held without bond Thursday on charges including DUI and aggravated assault and battery.
Deputies say they were called to a home after a report of a hit and run accident. Authorities say Nipper had switched from the driver's seat to a passenger seat by the time a deputy approached the minivan.
Deputies say Nipper's blood-alcohol level was 0.13. He told authorities he had hit his daughter with the minivan earlier, but that it was an accident.
It wasn't immediately known if Nipper had an attorney. His daughter was treated at a hospital.
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Based on everyone's experience:
There are times when you fall in love, when you start a new relationship with someone. At the back of your mind, you say to yourself " it will be different this time" . " I will not get hurt this time " then your whole world changes. Your same old boring life changes as he walks in and makes you feel like you're the luckiest person in the whole wide world. You spend most of the time together. He takes you out on several dates. He holds your hand whilst walking around the places. You feel safe when he's around, Yet you feel this insecureness deep inside your heart not knowing where this is going. Your heart skips a beat every time you see his face. Your stomach feels like there are tons of butterfly flying around. You hate the feeling but love it at the same time.
At the point, everything is PERFECT. Nothing can ever change this. We are the best couple in the whole world! That skype incoming call ringtone makes your heart pound so fast every time it rings, hoping it is him on the other end of the line. You spend hours talking to a laptop, smiling, laughing, eating, etc. You even fall asleep in front of your laptop time to time ( or even every nights!) Admit it, we all do that. You're the not only one. You become closer and closer to him every day. He promises you things, planning out life together, talking about the future together. This point, he is your everything. Your best friend, your lover or even your partner in life.
How can this ever go wrong? you think to yourself.. Our love is growing. How can anything stop us?
Little did you know, nothing lasts forever. Life finds a way to f*ck your relationship up no matter what.
Let's talk about the fights you guys have. You're angry and hurt. You say some mean things and try to push him out. He thinks you kick him out of your life, but he doesn't understand girls. He doesn't know that when you push him out, it is the time you need him most. If you're like me, you would find it every hard to tell him what you want because you think it would be more romantic and better if he could figure it out himself what you want. You want him so badly at this point. It's like a game you play in your head. Who gives in first, lose.
It kills you every time you see him and he seems to be okay, but you're not, you're not okay, but you can't say it. You talk to your girlfriends about it, but the best thing they can do is giving you advices..
You are now hopeless. so hopeless… then you have this 2 second of braveness in you.
" F*ck this sh*t!!" / " You know what? I don't need him anyway" but again those braveness lasts for 2 secs… literally 10 secs max..
In the end, you find yourself running back to him. You can't bare with the pain. You gave it. You just lost to your own game.
Time goes by, things starting to get back into normal routines… Happy, lovey dovey as you were before. You think " This is it!" " We're back on track again!"
Then again .. life finds a way to f*ck it all up again
It's a cycle that you can never get out of.. unless you're really brave which is very rare.
who knows, one day you might be strong enough to walk away from him and not wanting or dying to get back to him. but for now…
You're part of the patterns… just like me and thousand of girls out there
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IEEE Globecom 2012: Management & Security Tech for Cloud Computing
I presented my paper titled Risk Propagation of Security SLAs in the Cloud (M. Hale & R. Gamble) at the IEEE Globecom workshop for Management and Security technologies for Cloud Computing. This work represents an initial step towards embedding risk into SLAs for the purpose of organizational awareness and acceptance. More specifically the paper establishes an algorithmic process for handling dynamic risk evaluations in the cloud. This novel risk evaluation and renegotiation algorithm handles cases where service providers alter their terms of service or can no longer meet their SLA-bound security parameters. In such events, the algorithm searches for alternative services, selects the lowest risk, most compatible replacement and calculates and informs previous services, all the way back to the original requester, of the updated risk valuations.
It sparked a series of discussions with other researches in the field and was a great experience overall.
IEEE Services 2012: 8th World Congress on Services
Dr. Gamble presented three papers at the IEEE Int'l Conference on Web Services (ICWS) , IEEE CLOUD 2012, and IEEE SERVICES 2012, all co-located in Honolulu, HI, where the new IEEE Cloud Initiative was launched. The three papers from SEAT are all part of research in making web services security-aware and building a calculus to verify their security compliance.
Specifically my paper, SecAgreement: Advancing Security Risk Calculations in Cloud Services, (M. Hale & R. Gamble) was presented in the Security and Privacy Engineering track at IEEE SERVICES 2012. This work focused on the question "How can cloud service providers SLAs be augmented meet the security needs of organizational consumers?" Our approach extends WS-Agreement for SLA creation, negotiation, and formation to allow for security risk to be understood as part of service level objectives and service description terms. The result is SecAgreement that embeds the security requirements expectations. We presented a matchmaking algorithm capable of matching SLA requests against SLA offers within the SecAgreement provided by cloud services to choose the least risk cloud to fulfill the request.
The conferences were a great medium for idea exchange and collaboration, and we are looking forward to the next phase of research to incorporate the feedback we received from the presentations! We'll be posting some information on each paper and conference shortly
Been busy this summer
I realize I've been neglecting my blog for the past few months but I have my reasons. Since I last posted I have gotten married, went on a honeymoon, and been busy with a full work and class load.
On the research front, Dr. Gamble and I have been working on a semantic model for denoting security requirements embedded in government standards documents. While we've been working on formalizing these security requirements for awhile now, we are now on the verge of a journal quality paper. I can't spill the beans quite yet – but I can say it should have a fairly large impact in the world of government non-compliance analysis.
On the home front, Erin and I have finally settled in. Since June, we've organized and arranged the house to fit all of her stuff in and have been working both outside and in to improve the look and feel of the house. Outside we've torn up the grass, root and stump filled flower beds. In their place we've put Terracotta stones, a sprinkler system, fresh compost/dirt, weed fabric and mulch. It really is looking quite nice, although we have one more section to finish before the winter.
The weather is nice and the entropy of my life's random variables seems relatively low right about now – which, after recent times, is quite nice. Good to be back!
ICSE 2011 Wrap up and future research work
After the long (16 hr) flight home from ICSE 2011, I see a full schedule of work, wedding, and house work. ICSE 2011 was a great first conference to go to. I had two great presentations, one at TEFSE and one at CSEE&T. The former was in regards to our traceability paper and the latter performance metrics. The experience at ICSE was much more than just about presentations. I had the pleasure to hang out with other great minds and network with other researchers from around the world.
While sitting in the Hilton Hawaiian bar and grill and reading a book, I had the surprising pleasure of an unexpected excellent conversation with some guys from NASA. I was reading the Foundation series by Isacc Asimov and enjoying a Malibu and pineapple when a group of three guys sat down nearby. They started talking about some obviously CS related topics like the latest on Oracle and Sun and one of them noticed my book. He said "that's not John Gresham, are you here for ICSE?" Thus began a conversation with, as I found out through the course of the talk, someone who writes algorithms for the DSN (Deep Space Network) i.e. the network responsible for handling communication data from Voyager, Cassini, the Mars rovers and more. Given that I'm intensely interested in these things it was my pleasure to learn some of the nitty-gritty insider perspective.
This type of random encounter was, in my view, typical of my experience at ICSE. Everyone was mostly friendly and almost all had some passionate interest in their work. It was intellectually refreshing to take part in and now I'm motivated to move forward with the next phase of the security research. Dr. Gamble and I will be moving forward with a renewed sense of direction and some good grounding which I think will culminate in the next round of papers/reports for the AFOSR. This new initiative will be my work for the next two weeks in addition to my last minute wedding planning duties.
That's it for now, stay tuned!
TEFSE'11 at the International Conference on Software Engineering
Today is the second day of the conference for me. Yesterday I participated in the workshop on secure systems. Now I'm switching gears into full SEREBRO mode. We kick off a three presentation streak today with my paper "Analyzing the Role of Tags as Lightweight Traceability Links," continue tomorrow with our paper on performance indicators at CSEET and finally finish with a demonstration of SEREBRO to the entire conference on Friday.
Hawaii is beautiful outside, but I'm here 8-5 until at least Wed. I'll post some lessons learned as I get some time when I get back. As for now, the keynote has begun – so I should go. Aloha!
Collision detection in Adobe Actionscript 3 (on a large scale)
It's been a few weeks since I last worked on my VisGA, but I finally got some time this weekend. I was able to derive a relatively efficient collision detection scheme for path finding. Computational efficiency is a must with VisGA as cpu time and memory allocation are the two largest concerns for wide distribution of a flex/AC3 web app. The issue with actionscript is not that there are no methods for doing collision detection. Instead collision detection on multiple objects (10-100) which must be tested for each non-deterministically generated path between point A and point B can lead to serious computational overhead given adobe's native collision testing methods.
For standard graphics objects, Actionscript provides two primary means of testing collisions.
First is the .hitTestObject – which allows you to compare a given graphics object, testSprite, to a point, testPoint, as in:
My application needs to determine whether or not a line being drawn between two points (divided into N Manhattan segments) collides with an obstacle while trying to reach the destination point using non-deterministically selected heuristic driven path finding. Each segment must be tested as it is non-deterministically built to ensure that it does not collide with any previously placed obstacles. Using hitTestPoint would require P*M tests to be made for collision where P is the number of pixels between the "from" and "to" points on the segment and M is the number of obstacles to compare against. For anything but trivial cases this balloons very quickly for even a single segment if P or M is large. Considering there are N segments and L lines where L is the number of total start-end point pairs in the population, this is an exponentially large problem – just to collision test.
A much better option is the .hitTestObject – which allows you to compare a given sprite, mySprite (the segment in question), to another graphics object, testSprite. as in:
Using hitTestObject, I would need to do, at minimum, N*L hitTests and then further determine where exactly the collision is using boundary comparisons, so the total complexity would be 2N*L tests. While this is better it is still not ideal – ideally I would only need to do L computations with something like hitTestALL (which unfortunately doesn't exist and is very non-trivial to implement).
I tinkered with ways to combine obstacle sprites into a sort of master sprite – but this causes the master sprite boundary box to be the smallest box which can surround all sprites rather than an irregular boundary box that only includes the component boundary box pixels. There is a work around for this by defining a custom boundary box – but this introduces other more difficult problems – such as where to go to when there is a collision (rectangular graphics objects provides a number of helpful points).
My ultimate thesis is a) Adobe should provide better collision detection for large numbers of items and b) the best way I've found to implement multiple collision testing and pathfinding is a complicated interplay of hitTestObject, iterated over all objects to be tested, boundary checking based on heuristics (such as knowing where you are coming from and testing only those sides of objects which may be in the path of such a vector), and finally optimized pathfinding logical heuristics that reduces the "internal loops" that can occur using non-deterministic pathfinding techniques.
Below is the core collision testing method for an array of obstacle items and a test_line generated from a "from" and "to" point using the graphics.drawPath method. It returns all obstacles that collide with the given line, subsequent analysis of exactly where the collision occurs and the logic used for routing around it is performed by the pathfinding algorithm:
protected function obstacle_collision(from:Point,to:Point):Array{ //checks for collision of the line formed between the two points "from" and "to" with all obstacles var collision_array:Array = new Array(); var test_line:Line = new Line(); var test_line_sprite:Sprite = new Sprite(); test_line.commands.push(1,2); test_line.coords.push(from.x,from.y,to.x,to.y); test_line_sprite.graphics.drawPath(test_line.commands,test_line.coords); //iterate through all obstacles and check for collision for(var i:Number = 0;i < obstacles.length; i++){ if(obstacles[i].hitTestObject(test_line_sprite)){ collision_array.push(obstacles[i]); } } return collision_array; }
Hopefully this has clarified some nuanced issues regarding large scale collision testing. In my research I couldn't find a simpler, more efficient way to do this. If you come across something better – let me know, otherwise feel free to reuse anything here for your purposes.
P.S. you can see the pathfinding in action in my latest version of VisGA available at: http://personal.utulsa.edu/~matt-hale/vis-ga/GA.html
Working on VisGA and next round of security research this week
On VisGA:
It has taken me a bit to get started again on non-house related projects post-spring break. Last week I started working on my VisGA again. I'm currently working on an efficient and complete algorithm for collision detection and re-routing of "pipes" that cross through obstacles. So far I've come up with a good algorithm for handling disjoint obstacles – but It needs to be extended for routing around merged obstacles (i.e. non-uniform obstacles composed of multiple squares). This is my main programmatic task for the next few days. Look for an updated VisGA version available via my utulsa web space in the next week or so.
Research Tasks:
On the other hand, I have a pile of papers and documents to look through to glean some insights regarding the next step for the Security Calculus work. I'm currently looking at the formal methods compliance and security assurance literature. The past few days I've been delving into the Common Criteria part 3 (CCpart3). This latest section of the CC seems to be much more applicable and boiled down for compliance and much more evaluation-directed than parts 1 and 2, which I looked at before for the SESS'11 paper.
As for the present its back to reading…


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Motor Boats Monthly awards Broadband 4G Radar "Best Buy"After an extensive and rigorous head-to-head test at the hands of prestigious magazine Motor Boats Monthly, Broadband 4G Radar left its competition standing in the shade to bag the Best Buy accolade. Its great value price and outstanding short range performance, combined with a 36nm working range left Motor Boats Monthly in no doubt as to the Best radar to purchase for 2012.
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Simrad's Complete Product Line Includes Navigation Systems, Radar, Broadband Sounder, Instruments, Autopilot and VHF.
A nice customer endorsement of Simrad NSE & 4G Radar Marine Electronics Install.
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August 16, 2013
Hi Eddie. Just a note to let you know happy I am with the final result. These are some fine marine electronics and I appreciate your recommendation that pushed me over the edge to spend the extra money on Simrad. We just returned from a four day cruise and the system worked without flaw, except for the few "operator learning curves" that we endured. We had choppy water, some periods of heavy rain, and even a little fog on the trip. The radar adjusted quickly and once I figured out it all accesses, it was amazing. I love the chart zoom feature and the instant vessel positioning. Thanks again for the support and help...as always.
Best Regards,E. PurviceKetchikan, AK
Last year, we have performed upgrades on 4 amazing J's.
A J/37, J/120 and two J/40's!!
With products from Simrad and B&G.
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J/40 "Secret Smile"
J/40 "Harlequin"
C&L Marine Sponsored the 2011 Hallberg Rassy Rendezvous
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Eddie and Anthony at C & L Marine are very responsible, responsive and thorough in their work. They take the time to provide a detailed fixed and firm quote and then bill you per the quote without any additional charges or unknown costs. This is a very refreshing change from other marine technicians we've worked with. They arrive when they say they will, and complete the job on time. They have the knowledge and experience to recommend the right product for the application and then install it professionally. They prepare the work area to protect your boat from scratches and damage, and clean-up when they're completed. I will continue to recommend C & L Marine for marine electronics work!
Thanks for everything you guys have done for us!!
T. BurnsOcean Alexander 50 "SANWAN"
We are having a busy year! Here are two boats that we have upgraded marine electronics on. New chartplotter and radar replacements with additional marine navigation equipment.
Grand Banks 52' With new radar, chartplotter package upgrade.
J/42 "Northernlights"
With marine electronics from Simrad
October 1st marked the fifth anniversary of C&L Marine.
We feel simply blessed that we have dedicated repeat customers and have grown our repetoire with new clients from referrals and advertising. As just two of us, we take great pride in our marine electronics work, ensuring that every job is completed to industry standards and to our customers utmost satisfaction. We thank everyone who has employed us to take care of any boat projects, the thank you's, and the support. With the economy slowly improving, we again feel blessed that we have made it through our fourth year. We would be no where without customers, so we thank all of you for your patronage!
~ Anthony Cuaresma and Eddie Legard
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