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Walker one of seven governors to meet with Obama about fiscal cliff
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The President could learn much, if he actually listens to these Governors.Hide replies
He's not going to listen to anyone, other than those who parrot his worldview.
Republicans should listen to the voters. Losing the presidency, seats in the house, and seats in the senate, is a sign. A sign that people think those at the top should pay a bit more in addition to spending cuts and entitlement reforms.
jarule, can't tell if I like you or not. your comment sounds like a democrat until the end where you say tha there needs to be spending cuts and entitlement reforms. that is decidedly republican view.. could it be you are a GASP moderate. don't you know people like you have no place in politics.
Its easy to say that you want reforms to social programs or the tax code but where are the specifics in these proposals? What are you going to change about Grandma and Grandpa's health insurance? What tax loopholes are you going to close? The GOP will not answer these questions so how could they expect the president the other democrats or voters to get on board with it?
TCM1013- -here's an example of a loophole: 66 year old federal judge making $124,000 a year married to a lawyer making $95,000 a year. they're millionaires with guaranteed pension. Judge On medicare now, and because this couple have children under 18, they receive a check in the mail from the feds for $1,500 a month stipend for judge being over 65 with teenageers - $750 for each of two teens. let's start with this 'loophole'. This is just one example of wasteful spending in entitlement programs.
Harebare, can that be true? That seriously has to be looked into.
and voter fraud really does exist...
Walker is going to get a lecture. He is going to get an earful. He will be told to get in line and create the state run exchange or else 'face the music, er...loud singing'.
I'm hoping for a discussion but then both sides would have to listen something our missing in action Governor doesn't seem to be capable of. When was the last time Walker actually had an open face to face conversation without regard for the constituents political beliefs? I honestly can't recall him ever doing that.
TCM why are the democrats also not willing to discuss what they are willing to cut? If you can agree that cuts need to be made, and they do, what are the democrats willing to cut. These things are the sacred cows of the democrats, so let them help to figure out how they want to carve it up.
They do discuss cutting the military, and it appears the GOP simply can't listen!
Governor Walker should tell Obama to cut spending. Forget the scalpel, use a chainsaw.Hide replies
Two chain saws, one in each hand. And some TNT
And he should go on record as to what cuts should be made.
Scooter. . . Instead of talking about the fiscal cliff. . . WALK off the fiscal cliff!!Hide replies
Stay classy liberals...
thats impossible
@righties: Stay classy? Is classy taking away individual rights behind their backs? Is classy passing laws illegally? Is classy holding midlle class hostage over our so-called fiscal cliff? Is classy taking away voter rights? If this is classy, I'm OUT!
Debt Hits $16,306,713,000,000...
And yet we can't raise taxes on the top 2%...this may impede job growth even though it has done nothing in 6 years
Walker should inform Obama what happens when you get rid of the State Commerce Department and replace it with a private sector company. You end up with $12.5M of unpaid loans because no one was responsible for the oversight of make sure people paid their debt... Debt that came out of Tax Payers expense.
Walker is the last person who should be talking about National Fiscal issues when he can't even handle Wisconsin's
And this is just a warm up for him. He will be the GOP's chew toy for President in 2016.Hide replies
not to downplay the missed payments on the loans, but how much are of those loans have already been paid? If the loan was for $1M and has a balance of $250K in outstanding principle it is not a $1M loss if they don't pay. Besides Peter Barca is on the board of directors and will get it all straightend out for you if he can find his way out of his Orange shirt and actually do something positive for the State.
Obama has done so much better with his choice of companies, i.e. Solyndra, oh yea those were not even loans.
Its not really about what companies got the money. Its that they don't know where the money is, they don't know how much is missing and they don't know what if any will be recovered.
I just love the Republican philosophy of bringing in business people to run government. Even a poorly ran bank knows they have to collect the money they loan. That's rather basic.
We know where the money is TCM1013 - besides we have highly intelligent journalists that will get to the bottom of these evil deeds once and for all!
Debt Hits $16,306,713,000,000...
Why would anyone listen to a dope like Walker when it comes to budgets? He destroyed Milwaukee county, and now he is destroying Wisconsin. He lacks the moral compass necessary to effectively lead ALL the people.
Walker.... like Dick Nixon before him IS a crook.
Scott won't really be there representing Wisconsin, he'll be there representing the top 2% of income earners.Hide replies
Walker will probably give Obama a long winded speech about the earth being only 6000 years old
I am pretty confident that Scott will be able to say that he is going to be the least educated man in the room. I'm sure it will really show too. It sure has in Wisconsin.Hide replies
Governor Walker will be the least educated man in the room, as well as being the most intelligent person in the room. An education doesn't get you what it used to, TCM.
Careful TCM, Barry Obama never released his Columbia transcripts. I doubt those transcripts had A's and B's.
and thing about it TCM Walker will do it in a totally unashamed way too
in a totally Palinesque way.
Debt Hits $16,306,713,000,000...
Walker's been invited to join the President in D.C. to visit a cliff. A cliff infamous for bungee jumping.....without the bungee.Hide replies
what an inane comment by Hare
@Ayn. Do his posts come in any other flavor?
Good Lord! Don't listen to Walker. He is 11th of 12 Midwest states in job creation!Hide replies
Debt Hits $16,306,713,000,000...
Deficit as % of GDP is dropping at fastest rate since late 1930s.
The turn around from the Great Bush Crash of 2008, the biggest since 1929 (both under GOP Presidents) has begun.....
I can't speak to the other state's governors, but maybe Obama is trying to bring in Scott because of his public statement to congress to not give up. Maybe Obama wants a wide diverse group to get together as he explains his viewpoints.
Then again, maybe he wants their viewpoints.Hide replies
Its a great idea, almost grassroots in nature, and having Scott in the mix is awesome for the state, truly awesome.
Obama just wants to spotlight to the whole nation as to what clown Walker is
Obama's first words to Gov Walker will be " i wanna talk about that thing , what do call it a bungee, aaaahhh a bugnut, a buggy ? Walker : no Barry its called a Budget - Obama : how do you spell that?
Said Harvard Law to the college dropout....
Avarar....Good comment. Lets not forget Walkers economic qualifications....He did take bookeeping 101 in highschool.
LOLRECALL Walker never balanced the budget, so throw that one out.
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One can find many papers about estimators of the historical volatility of a geometric Brownian motion (GBM). I'm interested in the estimation of the drift of such a process. Any link on this topic would be very helpful.
One reference is "The Econometrics of Financial Markets" by John Y. Campbell, Andrew W. Lo, & A. Craig MacKinlay -- http://press.princeton.edu/TOCs/c5904.html. In particular:
You might also take a look at Chan (1992) "An Empirical Comparison of Alternative Models of the Short-Term Interest Rate" which discusses parameter estimation of several models including the GBM: http://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/valkanov/classes/mfe/docs/Longstaff_JoF_1992.pdf
There are also rather nice packages for R, 'sde' and 'yuima', which allow you (among many other things) to estimate the parameters of the SDE models. Take a look at the slides -- http://www.rinfinance.com/agenda/2011/StefanoIacus.pdf -- in particular, you may find the "Estimation of Financial Models" part quite useful.


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Some translations for Kerl are fellow, bloke, guy, chap and dude. Most of them are (somewhat) gender-neutral. What about Kerl?
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From Duden:
It is mostly used for male persons, but may be used for women as well. Be careful though, because in addition to this rather neutral meaning, it also has the meaning of man, which you can't say to a woman obviously, unless you want to insult her or want to explicitly express that she's (in some regards) like a man or a good Kumpel, like jemand mit dem man Pferde stehlen kann.
Another meaning of Kerl is Liebhaber (lover).
Note that the definition from Duden is important: Kerl is used for females in the sense of "(durch bestimmte [positive Charakter]eigenschaften charakterisierter) Mensch" - in the sense of Mann, Liebhaber or Prachtexemplar, it is not, at least not without causing offense. From the Grimm:
For these reasons, a woman may not be a Kerl, but she may be a netter Kerl. However, the positive adjective is sometimes omitted, even though the gender-neutral meaning is intended. Of course, it may be easier to avoid offense by just not using the word. But that would be too easy, wouldn't it? ;)
As OregonGhost mentioned in a comment, the key to this is in the adjectives. Without adjectives, "Kerl" can only be applied to males and basically means "guy", and can but need not have negative connotations, as in "Was ist das denn für ein Kerl?". The negative use is relatively common, whereas the neutral use synonymous with "man" is obsolescent except in certain dialects. With positive adjectives, however, as in the Duden entry OregonGhost cites, "Kerl" can also be applied to females, though this is not very common.
I think, most women would be outright offended to be referred to as a "Kerl".


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Are there any records related to the relations between Turkey and USSR in 1920's? I know about the letter from Ataturk to Lenin (in Turkish) but nothing more.
The relationship between Ataturk and Lenin created a minor controversy in Turkey in 2008, when the Atatürk Thought Association used a banner showing them side by side:
For posterity, this was the banner:
In the early 1920s the relationships between the Kemalists and the Bolsheviks were friendly, based on their common fight against "imperialist governments". In 1920, Lenin supplied Ataturk with:
...which were essential to Ataturk's Armenian campaign and the Greco-Turkish War (1919 - 1922).
As for documentation, the Treaty of Moscow, signed on 16 March 1921, a time were neither the Soviet Union nor the Republic of Turkey were established, is probably what you're looking for. It established friendly relations between the two countries and defined Turkey's borders with the Soviet Union; those borders are still in existence. A later treaty, the Treaty of Kars (October 13, 1921) re-affirmed the Treaty of Moscow.


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The nodes of a surface are special cases of more general singularities. For example, the Cayley cubic has four nodes.
The full set of singularities of a surface can be characterized by finding all points where the partial derivatives are all zero. However, not all singularities are nodes. Some are cusps or other kinds of singularities. For example, the Cayley cubic has five singularities, four of which occur at the nodes of the internal elliptope and the fifth which occurs at zero and is apparently not a node.
Is there a simple way to check which singularities are surface nodes? Or, more interestingly, is there a way to compute the full set of nodes of a surface directly?


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I imagine this will be an easy one. Im very familiar with ArcGIS Server .NET edition
However have little experience with the Java edition. So I installed a fresh copy of v10 Enterprise on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, for self-development purposes.
Ran the post install by the book, and can hit the normal manager console fine.
Tried hitting the REST endpoint and got a 404 which I understand is usually expected by default after a fresh install.
I dont have anything funny going on, no proxy, no separate apache using same ports.
Following the advice in this article, I get a 403 when I try and hit:
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In late April, Aimee Glen, representing the 4-H group the Bar Shoe Wranglers, asked if they could help the village prepare Allensworth Curry Park in time for the dedication of the new Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day. Just like any small village, we welcome any help available to help improve our community.
Aimee and her group of young men and women took on the task of re-painting the park benches, the gazebo and two adjoining bridges bordering the property. They worked all day in the hot sun and seemed to delight in helping each other get their job done. When they were done, it was amazing how nice the park looked because of their work.
Later that summer, the Girl Scouts of America led by Jackie and Jerry Beadnell, asked if they could help the village. They decided to work on Rodgers Park.
These young ladies started with the picnic area by painting the tables and finished by renovating two restrooms by repainting and refinishing the floors. It took four weekends of work to accomplish this work, and the end result was absolutely fabulous.
How wonderful it was to see these young men and women working unselfishly to improve their community.
These children are a tribute to their parents, their leaders and this great country.
I hope that we, the citizens, will continue to support these young men and women in their schools and groups they represent.
It seems sometimes all we hear is the negative side of our young people and how they are involved in gangs, crime or drugs, but positive things are happening in our communities every day thanks to our children.
I want to thank these young men and women for working on these projects and improving our community.
I am looking forward to the day when you young men and women become workers and leaders in the community. The future looks very bright for America because of efforts like yours.
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Editing and inserting graphics in Mediawiki is slow and cumbersome. The graphics have to be managed separately from the text.
The complex workflow creates resistance for my team to update documentation.
My workflow is like this:
- take snapshot and crop
- save to disk, give it a filename, copy filename to clipboard
- click mediawiki graphics tag, paste filename
- paste filename again in external editor, with comment
- repeat for other graphics, continuing article
- save article
- click the link to the non-existent image,
- paste the filename and comment from the external editor to the dialogs in mediawiki and upload the file
- repeat for all graphics
- delete temporary files from disk
What I would really like to see would be an editor which would allow me to paste directly and it would quietly create, upload and link the graphic. It could be built in, it could be external, it doesn't matter.
Does such a thing exist?
Thanks for any help!
There are similar questions out there, but they don't seem to address the problem:
This question asks about inline functionality for any wiki (no answers for mediawiki): Copy & Paste Images Wiki functionality?
This question seems to talk about keeping the image separate from the site (subject to time limits and external controls): A web app that allows me to paste an image copied into clipboard?


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It will be my first attempt to bake with yeast this weekend and I'm interested to know how you know when you have kneaded dough enough. Is it possible to over-knead dough?
If it makes a difference I'll be making croissants.
Thank you :)
Cookbooks describe the state as "smooth and elastic" I think this is a reasonable description.
When the dough is first mixed it is very wet and sticky. As it is mixed you can see a lot of clumps and heterogeneous textures.
As the proteins in the flour mix with water they form gluten and the kneading folds the elastic gluten over itself again and again making sheets. The dough becomes less sticky and wet and more springy. The texture becomes completely homogeneous.
Kneading by hand it is impossible to over knead this type of dough. I have read that it is possible to over knead in a machine. In this case, supposedly, the protein sheets eventually rip up enough that you lost what you created and the dough reverts. I have kneaded in a machine for a long time and never personally seen this effect.
You can definitely over mix any dough. The dough will become very shiny, very soft, and there will be very long, noticeable gluten strands. They are incredibly delicate, and will not hold any co2 for leavening purposes. I have seen this happen on many occassions. It is, however, difficult to do by hand. You will be tired if you try to do this by hand.


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BELL COUNTY (December 3, 2012)--- Mitchell Bahe was in the Bell County Jail Monday charged with injury to a child stemming from an incident in 2007 that left a then 4-month-old infant with a head injury.
Killeen police said Bahe was arrested on Oct. 22 on a warrant in New Mexico.
Bahe was brought back to Bell County and booked into jail on Saturday.
Jail records indicated his bond was set at $300,000.
On April 19, 2007, Killeen police responded to 4512 Loyd Dr. in response to a report that a 4-month-old child was not breathing.
Officers and paramedics found an infant who appeared to have a head injury.
The infant was taken to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center and then was flown to Scott & White Hospital in Temple.
Police statements indicated that Bahe was at the scene with other individuals and was questioned, an arrest warrant affidavit says.
The affidavit says that Bahe told officers that while he was holding the infant, the baby fell to the floor.
He said he shook the infant and when he realized there was something wrong with the baby he went to get his girlfriend, the affidavit said.
According to the affidavit, a statement from the hospital was submitted that indicated the infant "suffered a severe traumatic brain injury secondary to a shaking injury."
The affidavit also said an officer spoke with the infant's mother almost three months after the incident and learned that the child was blind and would never be able to see.


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Duane Moser, an assistant research professor with Desert Research Institute, collects water samples from the Las Vegas Wash in Henderson, Nev., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
JUNCTION CITY -- The City of Junction City has issued a boil water advisory for water customers on the west side of Spring Valley Road, north of Wildcat Lane and South of Buddy Drive in Olivia Farms development as result of a 16" water main break. The city issued the advisory as a loss of pressure in the distribution system for customers in the above designated area. The water main is in the process of being repaired and whenever such a loss of pressure occurs, it is possible for contaminants to enter the system. Also during this time, disinfection (chlorine) residuals may drop to levels that are inadequate to protect against bacterial contamination.
Once water pressure is restored, residents served by the affected public water system should observe the following precautions:
* Boil water vigorously for one minute prior to use. Boiling longer than three minutes may adversely affect the quality and taste of the water.
* Use only boiled water for drinking, diluting fruit juices, and all other food preparation.
* Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic icemaker. Remake ice cubes with water that has been boiled.
* Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
* Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing or using backyard pools so water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
The advisory will remain in effect until testing of water samples indicates no evidence of contamination and all other conditions which place the systems at risk of contamination are deemed to be resolved.


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NEWTOWN, Conn. (December 15, 2012)--The massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., was inspiring soul-searching around the world Saturday.
Authorities say 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot his mother Friday morning at their home in Newton, drove her car to the school, forced his way in, and opened fire.
Eighteen students and six adults died at the scene and two more children died later at a nearby hospital. Their names were released
Lanza died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Two handguns, a Glock and a Sig Sauer, and a .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle were recovered after the massacre Friday.
U.S. Sen Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told CNN Saturday the handguns and the rifle were found at the scene of the shooting.
He said a fourth weapon was found in Lanza's car.
Earlier reports suggested that only the handguns were used in the massacre.
The guns were all legally purchased and were registered to Lanza's mother, authorities said.
Investigators were going to shooting ranges and gun stores to see if Lanza had frequented them.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms spokeswoman Ginger Colbrun said Saturday that investigators have also interviewed Connecticut gun dealers and shoring range employees trying to determine whether there was any training or other behavior that precipitated the attack.
She says investigators have yet to find evidence of that.
Colbrun said the ATF was tracing multiple guns recovered from the home of the gunman's mother.
Authorities are also trying to learn everything they can about Lanza in an effort to figure out what set him on a path leading to the massacre.
So far police have shed no light on a possible motive for the nation's second-deadliest school shooting behind only the 2007 rampage at Virginia Tech University.
The toll from the shooting eclipsed the Oct. 16, 1991 shooting at the Luby's cafeteria in Killeen, which left 23 dead and 19 injured, not including the 35-year-old gunman, who killed himself.
A law enforcement official who was briefed on the investigation says Lanza is believed to have suffered from a personality disorder and lived with his mother in a well-to-do part of prosperous Newtown, about 60 miles northeast of New York City.
Lanza's parents filed for divorce in 2008.
In his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, President Barack Obama said the country is "heavy with hurt."
"We grieve for the families of those we lost. And we keep in our prayers the parents of those who survived. Because as blessed as they are to have their children home, they know that their child's innocence has been torn away far too early," he said.
Mr. Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, "are doing what I know every parent is doing - holding our children as close as we can and reminding them how much we love them."
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner cancelled the weekly Republican address Saturday so Mr. Obama could speak for the nation.
Friday night hundreds St. Rose of Lima church in Newtown while hundreds of others stood outside, some of them holding hands in circles and saying prayers. Others lit candles and sang "Silent Night."
About 600 students between the ages of 5 and 10 attend the school in kindergarten through the fourth grade.
Anthony Bloss, whose three daughters survived the shooting, says they heard gunshots but they are not talking much about the shooting.
He said he feels completely numb.
Tracy Hoekenga says she wanted to come to the vigil because she is struggling with many emotions.
Her two boys survived the shooting.
Confusion about the suspect's identity
Media reports Friday first identified the attacker as Ryan Lanza, 24, but in reality, Ryan Lanza was at work in New York City when his brother opened fire at the school some 60 miles away.
An earlier report from a law enforcement official mistakenly transposed the brothers' first names.
Later in the day law enforcement officials said the gunman was actually Adam Lanza and some reports indicated that he was carrying identification bearing his brother's name.
Authorities questioned Ryan Lanza and authorities said he was "extremely cooperative" and was not believed to have any connection to the killings.
The official said Ryan Lanza's computers and phone records were being searched but only "in an abundance of caution."
He said Ryan told authorities he had not been in touch with his brother in recent years.
It sounded like "cans falling"
Frantic parents rushed to the school to check on their children.
One man said his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs, and teachers told her to get in a corner.
His daughter was fine.
A woman said it was "the happiest moment" of her life when she found her own 8-year-old daughter safe.
The 17-year-old brother of a 9-year-old girl at the school said he raced to the school, and found that his sister was OK.
He said she heard a scream come over the intercom at one point.
The teenager said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.
A 6-year-old told his father that he was in his classroom when a gunman burst in and shot the teacher.
Robert Licata said his son "grabbed a bunch of his friends and ran out the door."
Licata said, "he was very brave. He waited for his friends."
Licata said his son told him the shooter didn't say a word.
The father of a 7-year-old student said his son heard a noise that sounded like "cans falling."
He said his son told him a teacher went out to check on the noise, came back in, locked the classroom door, and had the children huddle in a corner until police arrived.
"Our hearts are broken tonight…"
A tearful President Barack Obama, who has been following developments in the shooting since Friday morning, addressed the nation Friday afternoon from the White House, saying "Our hearts are broken tonight."
He said the country's leaders must "take meaningful action" regardless of politics in response to the mass shooting.
The president teared up, at times using an index finger to wipe at the corner of his eyes, as he spoke, pausing repeatedly as he struggled to keep his composure while speaking of the young children who died and the life milestones they now would miss.
"The majority of those who died today were children - beautiful, little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them - birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams," the president said.
"So our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost. Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors, as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children's innocence has been torn away from them too early and there are no words that will ease their pain."
"This evening, Michelle and I will do what I know every parent in America will do, which is hug our children a little tighter, and we'll tell them that we love them, and we'll remind each other how deeply we love one another. But there are families in Connecticut who cannot do that tonight, and they need all of us right now. In the hard days to come, that community needs us to be at our best as Americans, and I will do everything in my power as president to help, because while nothing can fill the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need, to remind them that we are there for them, that we are praying for them, that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories, but also in ours."
Shortly before speaking, Mr. Obama ordered that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff on public grounds through Tuesday.
Earlier U.S. House Speaker John Boehner ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol lowered to half-staff because of the shootings.
In a tweet, the Ohio Republican said he issued the order "in tribute to families and victims" at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Local Districts Respond
The Killeen ISD issued a statement Friday saying the district's thoughts are with the staff, students and families affected by the shooting.
"The first priority in Killeen ISD on a daily basis is the safety and security of the students and staff," the statement said.
"Yesterday at our general staff meeting, we reviewed our emergency plans and procedures with district staff and principals. Killeen ISD is continually looking at the district's emergency plans and procedures to insure they are being followed and are ready to be implemented, if necessary. "
Waco ISD Superintendent Dr. Bonny Cain said the district "is horrified and saddened about today's event in Newton, Connecticut."
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and the entire Newton community as it begins to deal with the aftermath of this tragedy," she said.
"Events such as this keep us ever mindful to remain observant and diligent about everyone who accesses our campuses. It also emphasizes the importance of the routine safety drills we conduct as part of our emergency operations plan," she said.
"The Waco school police department is constantly looking at ways to improve security. All officers undergo yearly training in areas of rapid response and active shooter. Unfortunately, no amount of preparedness training and safety planning can prevent some tragedies from occurring," she said.
Midway ISD Superintendent Dr. George Kazanas issued a statement in which he said, "We are shocked and grieved."
"Our hearts go out to the families, loved ones and school communities in Connecticut," he said.
"Tragic incidents are reminders to continue to be vigilant in our efforts for emergency plans and safety procedures to protect our children."
In Temple, police said they planned to step up their visibility as schools dismissed students Friday afternoon.
State officials directed all Texas school districts to review their emergency operation plans in the wake of the school massacre.
Gov. Rick Perry, who asked Education Commissioner Michael Williams to direct the reviews, said it's essential that the government ensure all Texas schools are equipped and prepared to execute plans to secure the safety of school students and staff.
The governor also referred districts to the Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University as a resource to assist in developing a plan of response or improving an existing plan.
Other Reaction
"Hold your children extra close tonight and be thankful," the Waco Police Department tweeted".
"Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Newtown, Connecticut."
Baylor Heisman Trophy winner and Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III tweeted, "I may not be a parent, but I can not begin to imagine how it feels to have my child's life taken away. And no one ever should"
Dr. Thomas McInerny, the president of the American Academy of Pediatricians, called Friday "a day of sadness and grief for everyone who cares for children."
"Pediatricians and other child health experts strongly recommend that schools and parents avail themselves of resources to help them talk with children about this disaster. As in any frightening situation, young children should not be exposed to the extensive media coverage of the event -- in other words, turn off the TV, computer, and other media devices," he said.
Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott issued a statement Friday afternoon saying he's "committed to making sure educators, students and law enforcement are working together to prepare Texas schools for the unthinkable."
"The senseless and cowardly shooting in Connecticut reminds us all of the vigilance we must maintain to protect our children in their schools. I pray for the victims, their families and the Newtown community as they deal with this horrendous tragedy," he said.
Saying his state still has painful memories from the mass April 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell extended his sympathies Friday to Connecticut after the massacre.
McDonnell said his thoughts and prayers are with the families affected by Friday's shootings.
O'Donnell said the memories of the Tech shootings have never faded in Virginia and the state continues to grieve for those slain by a lone gunman on the Blacksburg campus.
The gunman also killed himself, leaving 33 dead in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.


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"Ok," I said to my daughter as she bent over her afternoon bowl of Cinnamon Life. "What's going on with you and J.?" J. is the ringleader of a group of third-graders at her camp—a position Lucy herself occupied the previous summer. Now she's the one on the outs, and every day at snack time, she tells me all about it, while I offer up the unhelpful advice I've been doling out all summer long. Find other girls to sit with. Ignore them. Be yourself. Be patient. It does get better.
"She's bossy," Lucy complained.
"Mmm-hmm," I said as I returned the milk to the refrigerator, thinking that my daughter can be a little on the bossy side herself.
"She's turning everyone against me," Lucy muttered, a tear rolling down her cheek. "She's mean, she's bad at math, she's terrible at kickball. And...she's fat."
"Excuse me," I said, struggling for calm, knowing I was nowhere in calm's ZIP code. "What did you just say?"
From the way her eyes widened, I knew that she knew she'd done what her sister, four-year-old Phoebe, called a Big Bad. "She is fat," Lucy mumbled into her bowl.
"We are going upstairs," I said, my voice cold, my throat tight. "We are going to discuss this." And up we went, my blithe, honey-blonde daughter, leggy as a colt in cotton shorts and a gray T-shirt with Snoopy on the front, and her size-16-on-a-good-day mom.
I'd spent the nine years since her birth getting ready for this day, the day we'd have to have the conversation about this dreaded, stinging word. I had a well-honed, consoling speech at the ready. I knew exactly what to say to the girl on the receiving end of the taunts and the teasing, but in all of my imaginings, it never once occurred to me that my daughter would be the one who used the F word. Fat.
I am six years old, in first grade, and my father is hoisting—that's really the only word for it—me up into the backseat of the family's Chevy Suburban. "She's solid. She weighs 65 pounds," he's telling a friend. I have no idea why he brings it up, what it means, if 65 is a little or a lot. It is a number, two digits, out of context. It means nothing. My father's arms around me, the bristle of his beard against my cheek, the smell of his soap, the starch of his shirt—that means everything.
I am eight years old, sturdy bare legs dangling at the end of the padded plastic examination table while my pediatrician, a woman with short, dark hair, a soothing voice, and disconcertingly cool hands, tells my mom to stop packing me two sandwiches for lunch. "One should be fine," she says. And my mother, overweight herself, nods and says nothing. I know—and probably my mom does, too—that one would not be fine. The hunger pangs would start around 10 a.m., and by lunchtime I'd be bolting my sandwich, gobbling the cut-up carrots my mother dutifully packs and eyeing Roseanne Webster's Hostess cupcake, offering to trade my apple for someone's squished half peanut butter sandwich. Hungry, always hungry.
I am ten, watching my sister poke at her peas and nibble a forkful of meatloaf before pushing her plate away. "I'm all done." It's like watching a magic trick, and I don't get it. How do people do that, I wonder, cleaning my plate, wheedling for seconds, accepting, instead, a bowl of the dietetic Jell-O the well-meaning pediatrician had prescribed, a red goop that tastes like chemicals and shame. How can anyone say no to food? I'm beginning to recognize that there are people born with an "off" switch, people to whom food, even the most delicious, is simply fuel.
Then there are people like me, who eat every bite and still want more, who sneak into the kitchen when the house is dark for slices of white bread slathered with margarine, sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. I have no off switch. Happy, sad, lonely, content—the one constant in my life is hunger. I will never be able to take food or leave it; instead, I'll take it, and then take more.
I'm 15, five-foot-six, 145 pounds, most of it breasts and muscle thanks to three-hour varsity crew-team workouts every day after school. My parents, in the process of separating, have shipped me off on a teen tour to Israel. The group is filled with a full complement of mean girls from my own high school and from a neighboring town, a wealthy Jewish suburb where Fiorucci jeans and Benetton tops are the order of the day, neither of which my parents would have bought me even if they had fit. There are five girls named Jennifer making their way across the Promised Land with my group that summer. "Oh, not the fat Jennifer," I hear one of my tour mates saying matter-of-factly to another as we hang out by our kibbutz swimming pool, holding his hands out a good foot away from his hips to indicate my girth, "the other one." So that is me: not the Jennifer who loves to read, or who listens to the Smiths and is the most sought-after babysitter in town. Not the Jennifer on the honor roll, the one who can swim a mile without stopping: the fat one.
I am incandescent with shame, knowing that fat is, by far, the worst thing you can be. Fat is lazy, fat is gross, fat is sloppy...and, worst of all, fat is forever. Michelle has a full-on Frida Kahlo moustache. Kim has terrible skin. But Michelle could wax and Kim could go on Accutane; I am going to be fat—and, hence, undesirable, unlovable, a walking joke—for the rest of my life.
I walk back to the dorm, eyes brimming with unshed tears, swearing that I'll stop eating bread, sweets, desserts, anything, to lose 10, no, 20, no, 25 pounds before school starts again. I'll wake up every morning and run five miles. I'll find a pair of Fiorucci jeans and an Esprit sweater-vest, and the mean girls like Michelle and Kim who hadn't invited me to their bat mitzvahs even though we'd been going to Hebrew school together twice a week for five years would be forced to acknowledge, due to the boys' appreciative glances, that I was one of them.


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A dysfunctional family is a family unit that functions abnormally or inadequately and is, therefore, considered impaired.
When the family structure functions effectively and positively nurtures individual members it is called a functional family. When parts do not work well or are not in equilibrium, it is called a dysfunctional family. Members of dysfunctional families more readily have problems forming other relationships. Part of the reason is that individuals learn how to interact by watching members of their family and imitate behavior that is not conducive to forming healthy, equal, or functional relationships.
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Family members interact in two fashions, outward and inward. Both sides of family interaction affect the dynamics of the family and the self-image of the individual member.
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The fact that there are two sides to family interaction make family dynamics much more complex and account for family members harboring different feelings and perceptions of the same event.
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Born in Leiden, Michiel de Jong studied at the Art School in Arnhem, and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. His first publication was in 1986 in the comic magazine Briknazarr. In 1988 he started publishing cartoons in the magazine Striptuur. In 1995 he was nominated for the HR&Onderscheiding for his study performance 'Multiple Sores'. De Jong has worked as the assistant of Hanco Kolk and Peter de Wit for several years. He drew the comic 'Mikki & Finn' in Sjosji from scripts by Martijn Daalder and Martijn Snoodijk.
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www.site.com/home would be www.site.com/template1.aspx?pageId=1
www.site.com/about would be www.site.com/template2.aspx?pageid=4
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When I began working last year in a small hometown laptop retailer I never thought I might become as considering internet design and pc repair as I discover myself today. It's truly amazing what might be performed utilizing the suitable codes, in the fitting orders the capabilities and designs that change into art. It nonetheless additionally amazes me that a pc technician is extra like a physician than anybody will ever know. The artists and doctors inside the laptop world are a tremendous breed and the function in society that they play is one that keeps us all advancing.
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I have 53 gigabytes that need formating into /root, /swap, /usr/, /var, /home, and /tmp. If there's any help what is the best space allocation? Please let me know.
For my 40GB SSD drive, I partition the swap partition to be the same as my memory (i.e., I have 2GB of RAM, so is the swap partition.) I reserve about 10GB for /root, and the rest goes to /home. For your case, I think:
I personally think partitioning for /usr, /var, and /tmp is too much trouble.
Assuming this is for desktop use, I would do something like this:
I like to keep a separate
For a server setup, I would do something like this:
I store all of my server stuff (web pages, etc) in
I would also mount /tmp as a tmpfs.
It really depends on the use case for the machine.
Consider using a more modern filesystem like btrfs which, with its subvolume feature, eliminates the need to do this sort of planning at all.


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Location and SettingLocated in the north of the city of Guayaquil in the financial, commercial and tourist center, on Joaquin Orrantia Avenue and 1st Norwest. It is located within La Gran Manzana, which is a new and modern building complex and next to the Mall del Sol, the biggest and most important shopping center in Ecuador. This mall features more than 200 stores and boutiques, entertainment center, restaurants, offices, apartments etc. The hotel is just 3 minutes away from the José Joaquín Olmedo International Airport and 3 minutes from the Simón Bolívar Convention Center.
Accommodations112 guest rooms that include 56 singles rooms and 56 doubles rooms, feature cable television, individual climate control, direct-dial telephone for domestic and international calls, mini-bar, Wifi, hair dryer, bathroom with tub.
Services and FacilitiesThe hotel offers first class amenities, a full-service restaurant, Terrace Bar, cafeteria, fitness center and spa, pool, E@ccess, meeting space, business center, 24-hour room service, and 24-hour concierge service.
Meetings Facilities
It offers meeting rooms for corporate and social events up to 200 people with over 2700 square feet and 3 executive meeting rooms up to 15 people. On-site conference services assistance and audio-visual equipment are available.
Dining and EntertainmentThe hotel offers a full service restaurant, cafeteria, terrace bar and an extensive room service menu. There are four additional full service restaurants in the adjoining mall.
Sports and FitnessThe hotel offers a full service fitness center and spa with a swimming pool.
Points of InterestMalecón 2000 is an urban park on the Simón Bolívar Pier overlooking the Guayas River and home of the tall ship Guayas. There you find a mall and a park with historical monuments. The Mercado Artesanal is the largest artisan market in the city offering 240-shops. Parque Centenario is the largest park in the town centre. Guayaquil´s churches as "La Merced" or "San Francisco", the beautiful cemetery below "Cerro el Carmen", several museums, the Botanical Gardens and parks like the Parque Seminario in front of the Cathedral, also known as Parque de Las Iguanas or Iguana Park is home of many tame iguanas, a pond filled with colorful Japanese fish and an equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar. The old district Las Peñas is the artistic center of the city with 400-year-old houses converted into art galleries and studios and visitors can get an impression of the old, picturesque colonial Guayaquil.
ShoppingThe hotel is attached to a new shopping center, Mall del Sol, including specialized stores, boutiques and restaurants.
Additional InformationCheck-in: 1:00 pm. Check-out: 12 noon. Taxes and Gratuities: 12% VAT and 10% service. Credit Cards: All Major Cards. Languages: Spanish and English are spoken. Currency: US Dollars. Electricity: 220/110 volt.
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TEMPLE (December 26, 2012)--Temple Fire and Rescue took on a different emergency on Tuesday they brought holiday cheer to children who weren't able to make it home for Christmas.
Patients at McLane Children's Hospital received gifts that were loaded up on red wagons by emergency responders.
Over 200 toys were donated by the professional firefighters association.
"Hopefully by receiving a toy from the firefighters and a friendly smile and face, it will make their day a little easier both for the parent and the child," said Thomas Pechal, Temple Fire and Rescue spokesperson.
Some children receiving gifts have been at the hospital for over a month while others were admitted on Christmas Eve. The tradition of delivering toys to children at hospitals has been taking place for several years, according to Pechal.
Last week the hospital held their Santa's Workshop for parents who didn't have time to shop for the holidays. A parent was able to pick out a free gift for their little patient and also for the patient's brothers and sisters.
"We had a parent who came down to the workshop and was really in tears that day because she said 'I didn't know I was going to be able to provide Christmas for my children and couldn't thank you enough.' But is wasn't us, it was the community that did that for us," said Jan Upchurch, Director of Family and Patient Support Services at McLane Children's Hospital.
But toy giving at McLane goes way beyond the magic of the holidays.
Through community giving and support throughout the year, hospital staff provide toy bears after surgery, a gift for birthdays and even a toy to help ease the pain after tragedy strikes.
"Those children who come in the emergency room, may have lost their favorite toy or maybe many of their toys," said Upchurch. "We have the chance to help them start over or get something that may be meaningful to them during this time."
The hospital also receives donations of colorful hand-made blankets to provide kids to brighten up the white bed sheets.
Providing a child with a toy can also help them stay calm and feel at ease during their time as a patient, said Upchurch.
For those who would like to donate toys, blankets or clothes to McLane Children's Hospital can contact the McLane at 254-724-5437 or visit their website at: www.swchildrens.org
or the Scott & White Healthcare Foundation at 254-724-2768 or email them at email@example.com.


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No-adoption law an example of Putin's autocratic rule
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bad guy. He just signed a law that bans Americans from adopting Russian children. There are 300,000 orphans in Russia and since 1992, Americans have adopted 60,000-plus Russian orphans, more than any other country by far.
Putin was retaliating against a new U.S. law that bans visas and freezes American assets of Russians accused of human-rights violations (how dare we?). He also did it to promote Russian nationalism, stating Russians should be taking better care of their own, although not providing any means to do so other than the obvious systemic failures that exist today.
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The crash took place in the southbound lanes of I-405 near Main Street at roughly 9:45 p.m.
Three vehicles were involved, and one of them rolled several times and caught fire, trapping the driver inside. That person was killed, according to Washington State Patrol trooper Chris Webb.
Three other people were injured in the wreck, but all three are expected to survive.
Webb said it appears the vehicle that rolled and caught fire was speeding, but he said another vehicle may have "assisted in the collision." Troopers are investigating the crash as a vehicular homicide.
Witness Ezekiel Anthony saw the crash and its frightening aftermath.
"It was immediately engulfed in intense flames," he said. "The car was definitely burning, and it was burning fast. I'm thinking the gas tank must have ruptured."
Southbound I-405 remained closed to traffic for hours as crews cleared the scene and troopers investigated the crash.


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Abstract: Chaco: Solving the Mystery of the Southwest's First Capital
Chaco Canyon, in the bleak deserts of northwestern New Mexico, is an unlikely setting for a regional center and capital. But such it was in the 11th and 12th centuries A.D. Chaco's magnificent ruins captured public and scientific attention in the late 1800s. Chaco has ever since remained a "mystery" – Why there? What were its "Great Houses"? Why did it fall? A century of excavations provides mountains of data, but no resolution. Interpretations range widely, but most fall into three themes: Chaco as "Pueblo;" Chaco as pilgrimage center/rituality; Chaco as polity. Archaeologists cannot reach consensus among these three alternatives. Data from recent excavations at Chimney Rock (a spectacular Chaco "outlier" near Pagosa Springs CO) and re-evaluation of the Chaco data suggest a new understanding that may to some extent "solve" the mystery: Chaco was a Mesoamerican-style altepetl or city-state.
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Report: Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction to be announced in FebruaryWritten by: / / 9 Comments
If you consider yourself to be a fan of Duke Nukem (even after the torrid Duke Nukem: Forever), you would have been interested to hear about rumours regarding something that may very well be in development at Danish studio Interceptor Entertainment, followed more recently by translations of a mysterious alien message.
Appearing on the website AllOutOfGum.com, the following image and countdown clock was spotted before the site was taken down 'for maintenance.' Here's the image (grabbed by AllGamesBeta):
The appearance of the site was accompanied by a 'Like' campaign, requiring up to ten thousand people to show their interest in the announcement in order to get the reveal of an alien translation. That translation arrived early, however, thanks to the efforts of a Reddit user. Here's a portion of the translation:
"The king makes his next generation debut in Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction, a top-down action role-playing game for PC and PlayStation. Duke Nukem kicks ass across planets in an Unreal Engine-powered galactic adventure to save the President from an apocalyptic alien threat.
"All new enemies, a never-before-seen arsenal of devastating weaponry and series-first mechanics, including experience points and tech trees, will let Duke rip 'em a new one in a way he never has before."
Interestingly, and as dug up by NeoGAF members, CEO at Interceptor, Frederik Schreiber, posted on the Duke4.net forums regarding what he would personally like to see in a new Duke Nukem game, writing:
"I'm also personally tired of Pigcops, Turd Jokes, and a Goofy Duke Nukem. I would love to see a Duke Nukem game, taken in a completely new direction. A way more serious and "Badass" Duke, with an epic plot. Something that really brings back Duke as an Action Hero.
"That reminds me of how tired I am of strippers, babes etc. in Duke Nukem games, which only degrades Duke's intelligence even more (there is nothing wrong with Duke Liking strippers and babes, but it shouldn't be the main plot of a game). Give us a Duke game without strippers, a great sinister villain than can break Duke (Think Bane from DK:Rising), a slightly older, and way more badass/gritty Duke, and a galactic plotline that can be taken seriously, and I'm Sold!"
What do you think? Is Interceptor Entertainment – who has played in Duke Nukem's universe before and developed the recent Rise of the Triad remake with 3D Realms – working on a new Duke Nukem game?


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Trying to maximise the oven rise of my loaf, and think I will try the steaming method, but what is the best way to do this in a domestic electric oven, and will could it damage my bread stone?
I would not go ahead and just toss water on the oven floor as this can both damage your oven, as well as lower its temperature.
Instead, I would use a baking pan with some boiling water, put it on the lowest rack. The temperature of the oven will keep the water boiling, and thus releasing steam throughout the baking.
You might also try baking a loaf of bread inside an enameled cast-iron Dutch oven. There's plenty of steam released from a loaf of bread that's being baked anyway, and the Dutch oven keeps it close, forming that delightful crust on the outside. I wish I could take credit for this one, but that comes from Ratio.
I use an old pressure cooker. I drilled and tapped the lid for a 1/8" valve with a "dip tube". I hooked 1/8" copper tube to the valve and run it into the oven. When the cooker comes up to pressure, I put the bread in the oven and open the valve for ~10 - 20 sec. This blows super heated water into the oven which instantly flashes to steam. No liquid water comes in contact with any part of the oven of any stones or the bread.
I use ice cubes on a baking sheet, on the lowest rack setting, as I want the steam to be gentle on the bread and it seems to me that boiling water would give off too much steam. I put in ice cubes in at the beginning and then about half-way through. Generally I am looking for a better crust on the bread rather than a rise though so maybe that is where the boiling water would be beneficial. I have used both baking stones and terra cotta planter bottoms and it did not affect or harm either.
Use the wand from an espresso machine, aimed into the oven vent under the right-rear burner of your stove. Remove the burner first. Shoot the steam into the hole for about a minute. If you have a Scunci steamer, this will work too.


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The custom-built "Spirit of Munro" is a streamlined tribute to the racers and mechanics throughout history who collectively fueled the Indian Motorcycle® legacy of racing victories and record-setting speed runs.
The motorcycle is named in honor of Burt Munro's "Munro Special," the historic 1920 Indian® Scout® that broke the under-1000cc land-speed record in 1967 at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Burt's pursuit of a world record was the subject of the popular 2005 film, "The World's Fastest Indian®."
The "Spirit of Munro" was hand-built by Jeb Scolman of Jeb's Metal and Speed in Long Beach, California. It was designed from the ground up to house the new Thunder Stroke™ 111 engine and showcase its awe-inspiring power and performance.
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Poppy and Ereth (Hardcover)
Poppy, a deer mouse, and Ereth, a grumbling porcupine, have been the best of friends for as long as the animals of Dimwood Forest can remember. An unstoppable pair ever since they defeated the tyrannical owl, Mr. Ocax, Poppy and Ereth have enjoyed many happy adventures together. But when a swirl of bitter winter storms buries Dimwood Forest in snow and Poppy's husband, Rye, dies suddenly, all Poppy wants is some privacy. "Dancing doorknobs," Ereth mutters to no one in particular, "how can she not want to see me?" As he waddles back to his log, Ereth fears he may have lost his dear friend forever.
But Ereth has not lost Poppy, at least not yet. As the ground begins to thaw, life returns to Dimwood Forest and Poppy ventures out in search of excitement. Suddenly, swooped up by Luci the bat, Poppy is flying high over the forest and unexpectedly embarks on her greatest adventure. Meanwhile, Ereth, left to his own devices, manages to convince himself that Poppy has died and, as only the old porcupine can do, sets about to give her the best memorial service the forest has ever known.
The last episode of the Poppy stories, poppy and ereth is a rousing adventure befitting one of the great heroines of children's literature as well as a final, heartwarming celebration of the life, love, and friendship of two most unlikely companions.
About the Author
Avi is the author of more than sixty books, including Crispin: The Cross of Lead, a Newbery Medal winner, and Crispin: At the Edge of the World. His other acclaimed titles include The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth, both Newbery Honor Books, and most recently The Seer of Shadows. He lives with his family in Colorado.


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Birmingham City Council - Debt Advice Team
Bankruptcy is a method used for handling your debts when you cannot afford pay your creditors. If you have assets they will have to be sold to clear your debts, so it may not be the most appropriate action for someone who owns their own home or has valuable assets. Once you are made bankrupt your debts will be written off after twelve months. You can apply to go bankrupt yourself, alternatively any creditor to whom you owe more than £750 can apply to make you bankrupt.
How Do I Become Bankrupt?
There is a charge to petition your own bankruptcy. Please check with the court or ask your money advisor for the current charge rates. Dependent on your circumstances you may be able to apply for a remission or exemption from the court fee. If you decide to declare yourself bankrupt, you will need to complete a bankruptcy petition (form 6.27) and a statement of affairs (form 6.28). These can be obtained from the Insolvency Service directly on 0845 602 9848 or from their website at Insolvency Service and look for the form number.
On the form you will need to list all your creditors, details of all bank accounts, details of assets and their resale value. Anything listed may be sold if you are declared bankrupt. Failing to declare items on the form is a criminal offence. You will also be required to give details of your personal circumstances, your income and the reasons why you have been unable to pay your creditors.
When the forms have been completed, you will need to contact the court to arrange an appointment. When you attend your appointment you need to take two copies of your form as well as the original form, plus the bankruptcy fee and court fee.
The Court Process
When you attend court your form will be checked to ensure all the relevant information is present and that the form has been completed accurately. Once the court is satisfied with your form you will be asked to swear on affidavit, which means that you are declaring that you have told the truth regarding all the information you have provided.
Your form is then passed to a District Judge to make a decision about your application. You may be invited to speak to the judge to confirm your situation and to satisfy the judge that you understand the implications of becoming bankrupt. The judge may decline your application if they feel there is a better way to resolve your financial problems or that you do not fully understand the implications. If the application is accepted, the judge will date stamp your bankruptcy papers and you will be provided with a copy as proof.
Official Receiver
After the hearing you will need to speak to the Official Receiver. Their job is to examine your financial affairs. An interview will be arranged with you (this can often be a telephone interview) to discuss your petition and they will then inform your creditors of your financial situation.
The Official Receiver will decide the best way to settle your debts and if there are any assets available will arrange with you to sell these so that your creditors can receive some payment. Your bank accounts may be frozen and handled by the Official Receiver – you should ensure you have enough day-to-day cash available to you before you petition your bankruptcy. If your bank agrees you may be allowed to keep a basic bank account provided you do not owe that bank any money.
The Official Receiver will look at your income and expenditure and decide whether you should contribute a specific amount towards your debts for a specified length of time. This is called an Income Payment Order. This may be ordered if you have excess available income once your reasonable day to day living expenses have been taken into account.
Length of Bankruptcy
Your bankruptcy period may end after a year, or sooner if the Receiver decides this. The Receiver will notify you when your bankruptcy period has come to an end. Debts that have not been paid at the end of this period are written off.
Following the end of your bankruptcy you could face another court order called a Bankruptcy Restriction Order. These are issued in cases where you failed to cooperate with the Official Receiver or where you had taken on further debts despite knowing you would be unable to repay them. These orders could heavily restrict your financial affairs and can last for up to 15 years.
Before making a decision to declare yourself bankrupt it is essential that you read and understand the Guide to Bankruptcy published by the Insolvency Service who provides thorough guidance on bankruptcy.
You will no longer face the pressure of personally having to dealing with your creditors as this will be the responsibility of the Receiver.
There is a cost to go bankrupt.
You will not be allowed to obtain credit over a total of £500 whilst you are bankrupt.
You are allowed a reasonable amount of money with which to live, and to retain certain items such as household goods.
If you own your own home this can be sold to pay your debts.
You could also lose your car and any other valuable possessions.
You cannot continue to work in some professions if you have been declared bankrupt.
When the bankruptcy has finished, you have the opportunity to make a fresh start financially.
If you own a business it is likely that the Official Receiver will close this down.
Your bankruptcy cannot be kept private, a list of people declared bankrupt is published on the internet, and your bankruptcy will also be printed in your local newspaper.
Some debts cannot be written off after bankruptcy, such as court fees and student loans.
If you are considering bankruptcy or require advice on the best course of action to take to deal with your debts, contact the Debt Advice Line on 0121 303 2087
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Interviews By MIRANDA ROGERS MCDONALD
The Chic Sheet
What is your fashion view?
My fashion view boils down to one thing, and that is if I look good then I feel good. Whether it's stylish or not, if I'm feeling it then I'm wearing it!
How do you describe your style?
I feel like my style is all over the place, so I asked my friends this question and they say I'm mostly "classy professional with a little L.A. edge." That sounds about right.
What are your favorite pieces?
I have this grey dress that's been an all-time favorite of mine for years; it doesn't sound that exciting but it's really cute. Oh, and any heels are definitely favorites of mine since I'm 5-foot-2 and I love being as tall as possible.
Where is your favorite place to shop?
I'm all about being a bargain fashionista, so I don't care where I shop as long as I'm getting a good deal. However, I have to say that H&M is one of my favorite stores.
Who is your fashion icon, and why?
My fashion icon is WLKY anchor, Vicki Dortch (she's paying me to say this). She is always stylish!
Is there anything that most people would be surprised to know about you?
This may come as a shock to some people, but I failed my karate test for a yellow belt and I have felt wimpy ever since.
Miranda Rogers McDonald is the author of www.thechicsheet.net. When Miranda isn't blogging about fashion or flexing her social media muscle, she is spending time with her husband and feisty Chihuahua, Niles. She believes in celebrating the smaller things in life, such as good wine and food, an interesting book and sitting on patios while enjoying conversations with her closest friends. She strives to one day join the ranks of the fashion editors that she idolizes, and to show the world that a girl from Kentucky knows a little something about style.


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Rising Mountains: Hayley's Hand Drawns 3 - 01-03-2009, 12:31 PM
This is my third doll thread now. xD My other was getting a bit long, so if a mod can close it, that'd be great, thanks. ^^
General rules apply to my dolls. No frankendolling, do not use without my consent, don't claim as your own, etc. You all know the drill. Some of my dolls may be copyrighted, others may not, so I wouldn't risk stealing any. I work hard on these; usually between 2 or 3 hours. Of course, I also multi-task, so it's probably only about 1-2 hours of straight work, sometimes more.
My most recent dolls (if you haven't been following my old thread,) can be found on my dA, Orange-Bubbles on deviantART .
Here is my newest, and previously unposted, doll:
Base by TheHWord on deviantART . She is SO amazing. O_O
This is my character in Vampire Clan (one of the two), named Carmella. She is not a vampire right now, but human. She's just naturally pale. xD Her favourite colour is light green, as you can see. Carmella is very anti-social, but not exactly book smart, so she couldn't be labelled as a "nerd", really. Everyone in her family has poor eyesight, and thus Carmella wears glasses. Those were annoying to doll. It would have been easier on Photoshop, 'cuz I could have made the lenses semi-transparent, but alas I only use MS Paint. Other then semi-transparency problems, it's done me pretty well. Carmella doesn't necessarily like spots or anything, but I had to give her a pattern on her undies to make it look less plain, and spots worked perfectly. Then I needed a background and to make it work with the spots, I decided more spots! ^^ I decided to keep the shading very simple and soft so it didn't contrast the base too much.
I keep meaning to pixel something less casual, but my uncreative mind has problems with that. Besides, Carmella's a very casual girl (she lives in a townhouse and works at a pizza place, not exactly high class... xD) so making her look all dressed up would have not portrayed her character as much as just her lounging around in a t-shirt and underwear. Anything more would have been hard on the half-base, too.
Anyways, CC is allowed.
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I have a picture which I want to set as desktop background, and I want it to stay the background image even when I restart my computer (I don't want to set it every time manually, from system settings -> apparence -> background).
Please help me, I used ubuntu tweak for the login screen logo, but I can't figure out how to change the desktop background "forever".
Many thanks!