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An explosion tore into a crowded mess tent at lunchtime today near Mosul, killing as many as 15 U.S. soldiers and several other people, the U.S. military said. More than 60 people were wounded.
"It is indeed a very, very sad day, but I would also say that in their typical magnificent manner, U.S. soldiers responded with bravery, with unselfish caring for one another," said Brig. Gen. Carter Ham of Task Force Olympia in Mosul.
A radical Muslim group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, claimed responsibility, saying the attack was a "martyrdom operation" targeting a mess hall in the al-Ghizlani camp, Associated Press reported. The base is used jointly by the U.S. and Iraq.
The dead included U.S. military personnel, U.S. contractors, foreign national contractors and Iraqi army, Ham said.
But there were conflicting reports about the number of casualties, with Lt. Col. Steven Boylan, spokesman for coalition forces in Baghdad, saying 15 U.S. troops were killed, according to AP. And Lt. Col. Paul Hastings, spokesman for Task Force Olympia, said 24 people died and 57 were wounded.
"The number is very chaotic, we've had different numbers," Hastings said.
Seven of the dead worked for U.S. Army contractor Halliburton or its subcontractors, a company spokeswoman, Wendy Hall, said.
The attack came the same day that British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a surprise visit to Baghdad and described the ongoing violence in Iraq as a "battle between democracy and terror."
Reports on the cause of the explosion varied, with some blaming rockets or mortars fired into the base and others saying a bomb may have exploded inside the mess hall tent. Bush called it a "rocket attack."
A day earlier, President Bush acknowledged that recent deadly attacks has raised questions among Americans about whether Iraqis will one day be able to take over from U.S. forces.
Today, President Bush said the attack should not derail elections scheduled for next month, and he said he hoped relatives would find solace in the service their loved ones provided.
"We just want them to know that the mission is a vital mission for peace," Bush told reporters after visiting wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Hospital.
Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, has become a trouble spot since U.S. and Iraqi troops invaded the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, in November.
On Sunday, two roadside bombs and a car bomb targeting U.S. forces went off in three attacks over two hours. Other car bombs Sunday killed 67 people in Najaf and Karbala.
Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, warned Monday that insurgents are trying to foment sectarian civil war as well as derail elections scheduled for next month.
Jeremy Redmon, a reporter for the Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch embedded with troops in Mosul, reported that members of the Richmond-based 276th Engineer Battalion were among hundreds who had just sat down for lunch in the giant tent, according to AP.
Amid the screaming and thick smoke in the tent, soldiers turned their tables upside down, placed the wounded on them and carried them into the parking lot, Redmon said.
Scores of troops crammed into concrete bomb shelters, while others wandered around in a daze and collapsed, he said.
The shelling blew a huge hole in the roof of the tent, and puddles of blood, lunch trays and overturned tables and chairs covered the floor, Redmond reported.
Mosul was the scene of the deadliest single incident for U.S. troops in Iraq. On Nov. 15, 2003, two Black Hawk helicopters collided over the city, killing 17 soldiers and injuring five. The crash occurred as the two choppers maneuvered to avoid ground fire from insurgents.


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As the Poles could no longer dispose of an army, they were unable to assail Russia as openly as in 1830.
He joined Livingston in Paris on the 12th of April, after the negotiations were well under way; and the two ministers, on finding Napoleon willing to dispose of the entire province of Louisiana, decided to exceed their instructions and effect its purchase.
His overlord claimed to dispose of his crown, and hawked it about among the princes of the West.
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Consequently the Indian government, unlike the colonial governments, can within limits dispose of the British paid regulars within its sphere.
And though Spencer's general position - that it is absurd to suppose that organisms after being modified by their life should give birth to offspring showing no traces of such modifications - seems the more philosophic, yet it does not dispose of the facts which go to show that most of the evidence for the direct transmission of adaptations is illusory, and that beings are organised to minimize the effects of life on the reproductive tissues, so that the transmission of the effects of use and disuse, if it occurs, must be both difficult and rare - far more so than is convenient for Spencer's psychology.
Disputes arose for the first time between the crown of England and the see of Rome in the reign of William Rufus, the pope claiming to dispose of the English bishoprics; and ultimately King John, by his charter Ut liberae sent electiones totius Angliae (1214), granted that the bishops should be elected freely by the deans and chapters of the cathedral churches, provided the royal permission was first asked, and the royal assent was required after the election.
According to the professed champions of that character, this conduct was a tissue of such dastardly imbecility, such heartless irresolution and such brainless inconsistency as for ever to dispose of her time-honoured claim to the credit of intelligence and courage.
The lay abbot took his recognized rank in the feudal hierarchy, and was free to dispose of his fief as in the case of any other.
The shell heaps found on the coasts and elsewhere dispose of the theory that New Zealand was uninhabited or practically so six centuries back.
They are regularly spoken of as having or owning Lapps, whom they dispose of as any other piece of property.

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People are guessing at what the pre-sales are for the iPad, and coming to different conclusions from the same guesses.
Over at AppleInsider, their article frames the order numbers as falling: excitement is estimated to have dropped considerably on days two and three and that no more than a half-million preorders and reservations will be taken before the April 3 launch.
Over at Engadget, they look at the same numbers (taken from Daniel Tello) and come up with: For those keeping track, it took the original iPhone 74 days to hit 1 million. Quite an accomplishment if these numbers pan out (and that's a big if!)
So from the same numbers, and two different articles, you could infer that either things are going quite well, or not that well.
Note that it appears these numbers are based on actual pre-orders, and not on reservations.
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Seniors admitted to the hospital intensive care unit (ICU) were more likely to die or sharply decline soon after their release depending on how well they functioned beforehand, according to a new study.
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If you have a young child, especially one in daycare or preschool, you have probably had some type of experience with conjunctivitis, otherwise known as pink eye. Either your child has had it, you've received the dreaded notification that it is going around the class or you have unfortunately had it yourself. Pink eye is so common that it is estimated to affect 3 million people yearly, according to the National Institutes of Health. The good news is, pink eye is typically self limited and not dangerous. So take a deep breath and read up on the different causes and what you can do.
What is conjunctivitis?
The conjunctiva is the lining of the white part of the eye and the inside of the eyelid. When this thin membrane becomes inflamed, you have what is known as conjunctivitis. There are many causes of conjunctivitis so this post will focus on the most common types we see in children.
What causes conjunctivitis?
The 3 main causes of conjunctivitis are bacterial, viral or allergic. The type of conjunctivitis that most parents refer to as "pink eye" is usually the bacterial kind.
Babies can get conjunctivitis from the bacteria in the birth canal or from bacteria that cause sexually transmitted infections. Therefore, newborns are given antibiotic eye ointment after birth to protect the eye from any complications of conjunctivitis due to these causes. If your infant has red eyes, discharge from the eyes or swollen eyelids, seek medical care.
What are the symptoms of pink eye?
The most obvious sign your child has conjunctivitis is redness in the eye(s), hence the name pink eye. They may also experience some irritation, pain or itching of the eye. Sometimes they report sensitivity to light or a feeling of grittiness under the eyelid. Patients with viral conjunctivitis will frequently have watery discharge and will present with lymph nodes in the neck, as well as other symptoms of a cold. Patients with allergic conjunctivitis will also have watery discharge from the eyes, which when built up (for example after sleeping) will cause some crusting around the eye. Finally, patients with bacterial conjunctivitis will have a thick yellowish discharge from the eyes that tends to be persistent all day as opposed to just build up in the morning. These patients will frequently get so much discharge overnight that their affected eye(s) is glued shut in the morning.
How is pink eye treated?
Both viral and bacterial conjunctivitis are self-limited and will usually get better on their own within 7-10 days. There are no medications for common viral pink eye but there are antibiotic drops for bacterial pink eye. The reason we prescribe drops is to reduce spread as pink eye is extremely contagious. However, if your child is not in daycare or exposing other children, he/she can forgo treatment because it will resolve on its own without any complication (outside of infancy).
Allergic conjunctivitis can be treated with a variety of different allergy eye drops. Reducing exposure to allergens, like pets, can also help. When other allergy symptoms are present; like sneezing, runny nose, stuffy nose and cough, your doctor may recommend an oral allergy medication.
How is pink eye spread and how can it be prevented?
Infectious causes of conjunctivitis are spread very easily from person to person. If an infected individual touches their eye and touches another person's eye, that person will most likely get it. If an infected individual touches their eye and touches a surface, someone else can touch that surface and then spread the infection to their own eyes. This is why it is spread like wildfire through a daycare or preschool.
The best way to prevent spread is to avoid touching your eyes, frequent hand washing and avoid sharing towels or blankets with someone else. Also, don't share makeup, makeup brushes or eye drop bottles. If you wear contacts, it is a good idea to start a new pair after treatment.
It is important to note that the American Academy of Pediatrics does NOT recommend excluding a child from school or daycare because of a red or crusty eye.
Other causes of red eyes
Chemical irritation, like chlorine, can cause red and painful eyes and is a common complaint in the summer. Also, scratches on the cornea from an injury or debris in the eye can also cause red and painful eyes. If your child is complaining of pain or visual change, along with redness in the eye, but they do not appear to have other symptoms of conjunctivitis, have him/her seen by their doctor.
As always, if you have concerns or questions about your child, make an appointment with your pediatrician.


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Police have deployed intelligence personnel to track down six merchants who were reported missing, and believed to be abducted by New People's Army (NPA) members, in Davao City.
"Andun 'yung intelligence operatives namin sa Paquibato, in coordination with the Army, unang-una to confirm kung grupo ba talaga ni commander Parago 'yung perpetrators, at the same time kinukuha din namin ang background ng anim na victims kung bakit sila inabduct," Southern Mindanao regional police spokesman Supt. Jose Carumba said in a phone interview.
Authorities first heard of the alleged abduction two weeks ago, but were only able to "confirm" it Tuesday, when some of the merchants' relatives sought Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's help, Carumba said.
The missing men, all from Misamis Oriental, went to Paquibato district to sell foam beds and were supposed to return home on August 18, according to the regional police spokesman.
"Ayon na rin sa relatives, nakakuha sila ng information na 'yung mga kamag-anak nila ay hinarang ng mga armado… allegedly NPA pero hindi pa tayo nakakasigurado," Carumba said.
Paquibato's mountainous boundaries with Caraga region are known as "rebel-infested" areas, he said.
The NPA's Pulang Bagani Command, led by Leoncio Pitao alias commander Parago, is said to be operating in those areas. (John Roson)
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July 8, 1976
KENT FARM COMPANY, Plaintiff,
Carla HILLS et al., Defendants
The opinion of the court was delivered by: GESELL
GESELL, District Judge.
Upon consideration of plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction, after full hearing, and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum constituting the Court's findings of fact and conclusions of law filed herewith, it is hereby
ORDERED that defendants, their agents, officers, servants, employees, attorneys and all persons in active concert or participation with them are restrained until further Order of the Court from taking any action to institute foreclosure proceedings with respect to, or to proceed further to foreclosure upon, the mortgage of Kent Farm Village; and it is further
ORDERED that defendants, after reconsideration of the situation, may move the Court to vacate or modify the preliminary injunction, provided that they first file with the Court and serve on plaintiff a written statement of their reasons for initiating new foreclosure proceedings that complies with the standards set in the accompanying Memorandum. Further proceedings, if deemed necessary by the Court, will be scheduled at that time. All discovery in this case is stayed until further Order of the Court.
Kent Farm Village is a federally assisted, multifamily, low and moderate income housing project. This is an action to enjoin mortgage foreclosure proceedings and consequent sale of the project at public auction by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which holds the mortgage that is seriously in arrears. Plaintiff contends that foreclosure (a) violates the Secretary's declared moratorium on foreclosures, (b) contravenes the national housing policy and HUD policies and guidelines, (c) is based upon certain erroneous factual premises, and (d) is attributable to the personal animus of certain HUD officials and employees. Accordingly it asserts the rationale of the contemplated foreclosure remains unexplained, is based on an arbitrary and capricious abuse of discretion and consequently violates the Administrative Procedure Act.
HUD contends that it has discretion to foreclose, that it has not abused that discretion, and that it should be allowed to proceed in order that it may properly fund and administer its insurance programs and carry out its obligations to oversee housing projects of this type consistent with national housing policy in the public interest.
The Court has jurisdiction, among other things, under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 702, 706 to review this final agency action. Statement of Background Facts
Plaintiff, Kent Farm Company, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of Massachusetts and is the owner of Kent Farm Village. This project was built with the aid of a mortgage loan of approximately $5,000,000, that was insured under Section 221 of the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1715l. As the statute declares, Section 221 is intended "to assist private industry in providing housing for low and moderate income families and displaced families," 12 U.S.C. § 1715l(a). In return for a HUD-insured mortgage loan at a below-market interest rate, the owner-mortgagor must enter into a Regulatory Agreement with HUD that provides that units within the housing project may be leased only to families meeting the income limitations established by HUD and only at rents approved by HUD. The owner's annual dividends are restricted to six percent of the owner's equity investment, and rents are calculated and approved so that project income will be sufficient at "full occupancy" (95 percent of capacity) to pay operating expenses, amortize the mortgage, fund a replacement reserve, and yield a six percent dividend to the investors. Kent Farm Village consists of 250 units with a current occupancy rate that ranges from 95 percent to 97 percent, with vacancies due to the normal turnover of tenants.
Plaintiff, in financial difficulty from the start, defaulted on the mortgage in September, 1973. When Kent Farm Village was completed in 1971, the project "income analysis and appraisal" prepared by HUD had budgeted real property taxes at $69,000, and HUD fixed initial rents on that basis. Taxes have been assessed by the City of East Providence at approximately $134,000 annually for the years 1972 through 1976, nearly twice the amount originally predicted. These additional taxes and related legal expenses are the principal reasons for the default.
The Federal National Mortgage Association, then the mortgagee of Kent Farm Village, exercised its option under the mortgage insurance contract to assign the mortgage to HUD and collect the mortgage insurance, and on June 26, 1974, HUD became the mortgagee.
The Providence office of HUD, which has jurisdiction over Kent Farm Village, recommended immediate foreclosure. This was delayed pending a financial audit of the project. Plaintiff challenged the increased tax assessments imposed locally and submitted a proposed Reinstatement Plan. HUD eventually rejected the Plan. Foreclosure was further delayed when plaintiff sought reconsideration and amended the Plan. The Amended Plan was rejected in March, 1976, with an indication that foreclosure would go forward unless plaintiff within ten days remitted $341,000, an amount allegedly representing all the tax deficiency and one-half the interest deficiency. Further delay occurred while an accounting error was adjusted reducing the $341,000 to $255,709. Ultimately it was determined that the limited partners were unwilling to put up the funds due to various uncertainties. During this period a total of approximately 20 meetings occurred between plaintiff and HUD to explore methods of reinstating the mortgage.
This series of events culminated in a decision by HUD at the highest level in Washington during the first week of June, 1976, to institute formal foreclosure proceedings. On June 28, 1976, HUD gave the first of three weekly notices necessary for the contemplated foreclosure sale at public auction presently scheduled for July 19. As of July 1, 1976, Kent Farm Company had failed to ...
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The Oregon Ducks made quite the steal on National Signing Day back in 2013 when they were able to secure a commitment from highly rated prospect Torrodney Prevot. Coming out of high school, Prevot was obviously a bit of a project but the skillset was in place for him to be a difference maker on the Oregon defense. With a full season now under his belt, Prevot appears poised to take advantage of an opportunity this season and break out in 2014.
As a freshman, Prevot saw limited playing time as part of the defensive rotation. Even in limited action, however, he showed an affinity for getting after the quarterback. He appeared in 11 games and recorded 2.5 sacks, good for fourth most on the team. He will be the second leading returning sack-man on the defense for 2014 and will get a much bigger role in the defense this fall.
Prevot figures to be one of the leading contenders to step into the starting lineup to replace the graduated Boseko Lokombo, one of the defensive leaders in 2013. While Lokombo's leadership and experience will be next to impossible for any one player to replace, the biggest thing the Ducks need to recover is the pass rush Lokombo brought from the outside linebacker position. In addition to his 3.5 sacks, the senior added seven quarterback pressures. Somehow, Oregon has to replace that production.
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Why Suburbs Will Never Have Tall Trees
Continuing our focus on trees here at the Rant, check out this article about suburban trees in July's Landscape Architecture Magazine. That link won't show you the whole story, so here's what it says about the ways that tree growth is stymied (and tree death promoted) in new developments:
- Heavy earth-moving machines create oxygen-deprived hardpan around new homes.
- All but a few inches of topsoil are removed and sold off, leaving just enough for sod.
- What topsoil there is often contains debris-filled "builder's loam."
- Holes are bored into the hardpan to plant saplings, causing roots to circle the planting hole and the trees to eventually decline.
And as I've noticed in my own neighborhood, the hardpan hasn't improved a whit in the 80 years since the earth-movers did their damage – at least in spots where no organic matter has been added.
This reminds me of the time the sidewalks were replaced on my own street. We learned from talking to the city that the contract for the work required 4 inches of topsoil in the hell strip between the street and the sidewalk, but what we actually got was about a quarter inch – just enough to fool the eye. Underneath was pure builder's loam – concrete rubble, rock, and little else. That is, unless the homeowners stood guard during the work to force compliance with the contract specs.
Which makes me wonder what, if any, topsoil requirements exist for new housing developments and if there's any enforcement if they do exist. Because hey, what developer can resist the big money to be made in stealing topsoil from their buyers?
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There's another way tree growth is stymied (at least, this was the case at my house in Washington): construction workers dumping excess concrete used to pour the foundation just a few feet from the home. You'll be happily digging along one day with your master plans for planting trees, until you hit concrete just 1-1/2 feet down.
I sure like your idea about regulations to enforce the preservation of topsoil, but I have a hard time imagining that developers would ever respect it. More likely they'd strip the topsoil, and then truck in more from somewhere else – just to inflate their profits.
There is another reason that trees in new neighborhoods will never be tall. The varieties being planted are in many cases dwarf or smaller growing types. The trend as we have seen is for low-maintenance yards by our overworked suburban dwellers. One way to reduce the maintenance is planting smaller or narrower growing varieties. "I don't want to have to clean up leaves", "I don't want it ripping up our sidewalk, or "I didn't know trees reduced energy consumption in the home". Take you choice. That's what they are saying. So they plant smaller growing trees. Remember http://thegoldengecko.blogspot.com/2006/09/tree-can-save-us-money.html this post where I mention a study that showed that 70% of respondents did not know landscaping can cut energy costs. So you have lack of information coupled with the desire to do as little as possible in the yard and you have the shrinking tree canopy.
Sacramento is known as the "Tree City", yet who now would plant giant elm, sycamore, or other large trees? These trees while providing wonderful shade lift the sidewalk, leave incredible amount of leaves, and blow over onto homes. So the new subdivisions are filled with Crape myrtle, flowering plums, and other lower growing trees.
Disturbing the soil during construction also disturbs the naturally occurring http://www.mycorrhiza.com/index.php?cid=386 mycorrhiza that exists. Studies have shown that this important beneficial fungus helps plants to grow better. When the soil is disturbed the mycorrhiza is destroyed. So not only is the soil compacted it's minus this important beneficial fungus. You can add this fungus to the soil before planting or after but it is so new most people don't know about it.
Do developers really take the time to sell off the top soil, or is it all just buried under as they excavate for sewers, water lines, roads, etc.?
That doesn't seem to be happening here in Austin. Most new houses I've seen have a mandatory sapling live oak in the front yard. That's about as big a tree as you can grow here, though of course it'll take 50 years.
I think the developers do take the time to sell off the topsoil, at least here in the southeast. They make decent money here (as an 'extra') – but we also have all of these new neighborhoods with trees barely making it. As someone who took alot of soil science in school, my feeling has always been that good soil is just something people take for grant – soil is soil – but those of us who 'work in it' know that not all soils are like, heck, not all "soils" are even soil! I was telling someone recently that I looked at a soil map of where I live before buying my place, and they said 'A what? Why?' Most people just don't know. With oil prices being in the forefront…do people 'get it' that soil is probably one of our most important non-renewable resources? (Non-renewable in a true soils sense with respect to geological time).
I see it all-too-often. Construction debris left to be buried in the soil. No concern about existing trees when the the poeple who bought the lot to build a home on, bought the lot because it had a lot of trees. As a county horticulture agent, I see and diagnose many dead trees due to construction damage. It's a dang shame….


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Supporting hope and changing lives: tireless volunteers honored by Lund
Ann Bielawski, James Pizzagalli and Theresa Tomasi receive Heart of the Community Awards
"Great organizations make great communities," said James Pizzagalli, one of Lund's 2013 Heart of the Community Award winners at the awards dinner on March 28th and he made it clear that he sees Lund as one of these great organizations. Lund feels strongly about Pizzagalli too. His niece, Lisa Pizzagalli, who is President of Lund's Board of Trustees introduced him as a "tremendous leader with a continued focus on children and families." James Pizzagalli, of Shelburne, served on the Lund board for nine years from 1982 to 1991 and has continued to be a generous supporter and advisor as Lund has grown and changed over the years. He played an especially important role in helping Lund to secure a new building at 50 Joy Drive, the former home of Pizzagalli Properties. "Lund has developed into a tremendous organization," said Pizzagalli, "and it's great to be a part of it."
Pizzagalli was not the only community member honored at the ceremony last Thursday night. Ann Bielawski and Theresa Tomasi were also celebrated for the impact that they have had on the women and children at Lund over the years.
Bielawski, of Charlotte, began by baking cookies for volunteers at a Lund phonathon and hasn't looked back since. She has worked tirelessly on many projects varying from serving on the archives committee preserving Lund's history, engaging members of Charlotte Congregational Church to also support Lund, putting together Back-to-School backpacks to filling in for the nurse at the residential treatment facility. "I am so grateful to be here," says Bielawski, "and grateful to be a volunteer at Lund."
"Theresa is Lund," said Wanda Audette, Director of Adoption at Lund, as she introduced Theresa Tomasi mother of 27 children and recipient of a Heart of the Community Award. "I am inspired by her dedication to the growth and potential of her children and her family," continued Audette. Tomasi, of Williston, served as Executive Director at Lund and was the one who hired Audette. "Lund has been very important to me, professionally and personally. I am so grateful to Lund and so grateful for all my children," said Tomasi who was joined at the awards dinner by five of her children all of whom had been adopted.
The dinner was held at the Burlington Country Club and the delicious meal was augmented by chocolates donated by Lake Champlain Chocolates and cupcakes from My Little Cupcake that well very well received by the guests. Thank you to both of these businesses for their support.
Lund is so grateful for the support of all three of these wonderful honorees and the many and varied ways in which they uphold the mission of Lund to help children and families thrive. Their vision, perseverance and love is felt through every aspect of the organization.


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Efforts to Alleviate the Expunction Delays – Here's the Bad News
In an effort to alleviate expunction delays, fees for almost all expunctions have been increased by the 2013 NC Appropriations Act.
A major obstacle for those who qualify for an expungement in North Carolina has been the expunction delays set in place by a state budget deficit that crippled the agencies charged with running background checks for applicants. As previously noted (See Expunction Process Delays – the Good News), the state's 2013 Appropriations Act directs the fees that are charged by the state for expunctions to these agencies, which should allow for more personnel to be hired to run the required background checks.
The state legislature, however, went one step further in providing additional revenues to these agencies by raising the fees that are charged by the state for expunctions. As of September 1, 2013 the state fee that must be paid increases to $175.00 for all expunctions, with one exception noted below.
These increases raise all the fees for expunctions to the level introduced in 2012 with the legislation that allows expunction of certain convictions for those over the age of 18 at the time of the offense. This legislation greatly expanded the number of people who qualify for an expunction of their criminal record (See A Criminal Conviction May Qualify for Expunction / Expungement).
As a result of the increase in fees, several types of expunctions that had no state fee now will require payment of the $175.00. Perhaps the most controversial is for expunction of dismissals.
Under the new fee schedule, dismissals that are obtained as the result of a deferred prosecution agreement in which the defendant agrees to certain conditions in exchange for a dismissal will now incur the $175.00 fee should one wish to expunge the criminal record of the charge. There remains no fee if a defendant challenges the charges and the district attorney decides not to prosecute or the defendant is found not guilty. After September 1st, these are the only circumstances under which no fee is assessed by the state for an expunction.
As a result of these changes, those arrested at the Moral Monday protests who accept the reported offer by the Wake County District Attorney to complete 25 hours of community service in exchange for a dismissal of the charges (as reported HERE) will incur a state fee of $175.00 in addition to any legal fees should they seek to have the dismissed charge expunged.
For some in this and similar situations the additional fee may impact the decision whether to challenge their particular criminal charge. Some deferred prosecutions already require payment of a $250.00 supervision fee. With the additional $175.00 fee for an expunction in these circumstances, more people may decide to take their chances in court. The result may be an increase in the number of trials for a district attorney, something that deferred prosecutions were intended to reduce.
In the end, the new fees should increase the resources available to fund the background checks that are required for expunctions and help with the current expunction delays. Whether they create other problems remains to be seen.
If you have a criminal record that you wish to have expunged or need additional information, contact Xpunctions.com by phone, email or the Contact Form on this website.


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The Boston Red Sox were unable to capitalize on the momentum from their first win of the 2012 campaign, and instead followed it up with yet another frustrating loss, falling to the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-3, Tuesday night at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
In Daniel Bard's (L, 0-1) first start for the Red Sox after 192 career relief appearances, he threw 96 pitches (65 strikes) and allowed five runs (all earned), eight hits, and one walk while striking out six in five-plus innings. As might be expected in his new role as a starter, his familiar eighth-inning 99 MPH fastball was nowhere to be found, topping off at about 96.
Dustin Pedroia had another solid outing, going 3 for 5 and raising his average to .364 on the young season. Adrian Gonzalez went 1 for 4 and drove in all three Red Sox runs on a sixth-inning sacrifice fly that scored Jacoby Ellsbury, and a ninth-inning ground rule double that plated Ellsbury and Nick Punto. Kevin Youkilis got his first two hits of the year, a double in his first at-bat in the second inning and a single in the eighth. The Red Sox had five doubles on the night.
Blue Jays starter Kyle Drabek (W, 1-0) left after 5 1/3 innings, giving up one run, three hits and three walks while striking out four on 91 pitches (51 strikes). Edwin Encarnacion led the offensive charge, going 2 for 3 with his first home run of the season (off of Michael Bowden) and two runs batted in. Encarnacion also stole a base and scored two runs of his own right. Yunel Escobar, Adam Lind, and Brett Lawrie also had two hits each.
Perhaps the most surprising stat of the series thus far is Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista's combined 0 for 8 in the first two games. For all the flack the Red Sox pitching staff has taken in the early going of the season, they have managed to put the cuffs on one of the game's most dangerous hitters.
The two teams will play the rubber game of this three-game series today at 12:37 p.m. ET before the Red Sox head back to Fenway for their home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays Friday.


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ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – St. Louis is looking to spur trade with the New Orleans area centered around the Mississippi River.
Mary Lamie, executive director of the St. Louis Regional Freightway, anticipates a Thursday Memorandum of Understanding signing between the Freightway and the Port of New Orleans.
"By having the St. Louis region reinforce those relationships with the port of New Orleans, we feel like this is a great opportunity to better market our competitive advantages and take advantage of that growth in the port of New Orleans and bring it to our region," she says.
A delegation from the Freightway is on its way south to sign an agreement with the Port of New Orleans. Lamie says St. Louis can ship all sorts of non-perishable items south.
"We're looking at construction material, we're looking at animal products, we're looking at sand, rocks, anything along those lines," she says.
According to a news release, the agreement will start discussions of "mutual interest and ways in which both parties can develop synergies and build trade throughout the Mississippi River Valley."
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These days wrestlers are all fit athletic types with the exception of a couple like the late big daddy V who missed his calling by a few years as well as a couple of others. Brodus Clay etc.
But back in the day, there were wrestlers whose whole gimmicks were that they were just big fat tubs of sh...
Anyway, sadly this breed has all but died out, so let's cast our memories and votes back in time and pick which tub of it was your favorite.
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I still haven't unseen the dimples in his ass
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Vader was pretty mobile for his size. He could do a moonsault if I remember correctly.
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LOS ANGELES, Booth #319, April 5, 2017 – This week at HostingCon Global, leading storage solutions provider Promise Technology Inc. will unveil VSkyMotion, a new software bundle for its innovative VSkyCube hyperconverged infrastructure. Running on top of VSkyCube, VSkyMotion enables cloud infrastructure to achieve maximum cloud agility in either on-premise or hybrid cloud environments. VSkyMotion places powerful workload migration, disaster recovery and hybrid cloud capabilities in the hands of cloud service providers, hosting companies and data center professionals.
Hyperconverged systems are gaining traction. According to Gartner, the market for these systems has reached approximately $2 billion, and they will achieve mainstream use in the next five years. Though the end result brings benefits such as scalability and flexibility, migrating from a physical infrastructure to a hyperconverged one can be costly, challenging and even risky. With VSkyMotion, Promise is making migrating to its VSkyCube hyperconverged infrastructure painless and simple by automating the entire process – and shortening the time it takes. Migration from an existing virtualized infrastructure is handled in the same way. The use of VSkyMotion during the migration process enables VSkyCube to be easily set up as a secondary site for backup or disaster recovery for existing infrastructures. As a primary operational site, VSkyCube can be used to set up a public cloud infrastructure (such as AWS) for backup or disaster recovery.
Designed to streamline data center and IT operations for small and medium-sized enterprises – and with the ability to scale for large data center environments as well – Promise's VSkyCube infrastructure solution is ideal for businesses looking to increase scalability, agility and improve administration efficiency while managing costs. VSkyCube is designed with a scale-out approach and combines tightly-coupled, software-defined computing, storage and networking in the form of hyperconverged nodes. Together with a centralized single pane of glass management system, VSkyView, these technologies deliver a pre-integrated and adaptable cluster with a unified pool of resources that can be rapidly deployed, adapted, scaled, and managed.
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VSkyCube and VSkyMotion are available through the global network of Promise value-added distributors and resellers. The platform is initially offered on a range of purpose-optimized x86 appliance, based on commodity hardware. This allows users to selectively scale for compute-intensive or storage-intensive resources, as well as mixed workloads. VSkyMotion's migration and disaster recovery tools are available free of fees to VSkyCube customers for one year. For more information, please visit www.promise.com and follow Promise Technology on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter.
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Spoiler alert: Do not read this blog if you haven't seen episode three of Mammon on More4.
Read Stuart Jeffries' episode two recap here.
If you're rolling around the living room drooling in the foetal position, utterly baffled by this episode, let me say this: me too. Never since The Big Sleep have I come across a more dense, confusing plot. Incidentally, even Raymond Chandler conceded that The Big Sleep didn't add up. So think on't.
First of all: who were those two unpleasant men at the end? The first turned round in a swivel chair (a bit like Dr Evil minus his cat) and confronted the other unpleasant fellow before hissing the terrifying exit line: "Don't you have children to take care of?" Not surprisingly, the second unpleasant fellow scampered to his child's bedroom. But the question is: were his children asleep or had they been murdered in their bed by the thickset monster? Probably the former, although this episode of Mammon was so unremittingly elliptical the latter can't be discounted.
Who, you'll be asking, were those two men? Well, the second unpleasant fellow (the one with the ill-advised beard and thick-framed glasses) was the one who earlier phoned our hero, journalist Peter Verås, from the charity party both were attending. After he made the call, he did a runner so Peter couldn't ask him the questions to which we all need answers (Who are you? Who are you working for? Are you kidding me with that beard?). The other man is the second unpleasant fellow's henchman, although he's hardly up for employee of the year.
Earlier on in the episode, ex-finance crime investigator Vibeke Hagland (Peter's former and – the way things are going – future squeeze) heroically overcame her agoraphobia, tailed Peter to the party and made a note of the registration number of the beardy's getaway car so, fingers crossed, next week we'll be able to name that beard. Or maybe not: the car was on a company lease.
In any event, Beardy was, or so Peter thought, very likely the person who sent the email from the late, disgraced businessman Age Haugen's address. That email included a gruesome film of a small boy shot from outside his bedroom window, an explosion, a rush of gas into the bedroom, and the panicked boy screaming "Daddy!" before he hid under his bed. A figure in flames then barrelled into the bedroom as the child howled.
Were we witnessing the boy's father's murder? Possibly. And who shot the film? My suspicion is the sinister thickset fellow working alone (or with a no-less depraved lackey) is behind it. I'm afraid that the figure in flames (which we are led to assume was his father) remains to me a mystery. But to be fair, it also baffled Peter and Vibeke as they huddled over the nocturnal laptop – just a little too close, in my view, for this to be a merely professional relationship..
Peter had attended the charity shindig because the user of Age's email address had not only emailed the harrowing, child-abusing movie, but later confirmed his or her attendance at the party using that same address. But why would anyone use the email address of a disgraced businessman who had killed himself? My theory is they did it to mystify Peter, Vibeke and Peter's colleague Inger – all of whom are investigating Age's suicide and wondering what connects his death to that of Peter's own brother, Daniel.
What does all this amount to? Well, given the party conference is looming and Inger and Peter's paper is poised to expose slimy billionaire Tom Lied's illegal links to justice minister Terje Hjort (who was Age Haugen's best man and quite possibly embroiled in the embezzlement conspiracies that led Age and Daniel to their death), there is doubtless a concerted attempt by lots of unpleasant people to stop the story coming out.
But there's more to it than that. In Mammon personal trumps political. Where, for instance, is Andreas Verås? He was supposed to be stashed away from potential killers at granddad Tore's house, but disappeared shortly after finding family snaps in a trunk. Why is Daniel under threat? All we know is what Daniel told Peter before he died: "This is about Andreas. You have to look after him."
Also, those photographs showed two small boys – presumably Daniel and Peter – and looked just like the boys we have seen for the past three weeks in the opening credits, one running scared through the woods, the other hitting a figure out of shot with a piece of wood. Mammon has dallied with the story of Abraham throughout, but maybe Cain and Abel is the one we should be considering. Is it Daniel and Peter's childhood rivalry, from which all the story grows?
The Abrahamic interpretation of the mysteries surrounding Daniel and Age's linked deaths also won't go away. The painting donated by Daniel that hangs above the altar in Tore's church has one fascinating feature: the mark on Isaac's stomach is the same as the one on Andreas Verås's stomach. And the picture of Age's son that hung on the wall of the Haugens' dining room was also called "Abraham" by his now dead dad. No wonder Tore is desperately trying to track down the artist of the altarpiece picture to find out if they can shed any light.
Additional thoughts
At that charity do, Peter was told someone wanted a word with him in the kitchens. That person proved to be yet another henchman who wanted a fight. Now here's a question for those who've just been in a brawl. Once you've duffed up your assailant would you a) avoid fisticuffs for the rest of the soiree b) go down a darkened alley at the invitation of a third unpleasant fellow? Insanely, Peter chose b) and was quickly beaten up by unpleasant fellows three, four and five. But who was this triumphant dude? He was shot in silhouette, but my money says it was self-made billionaire Tom Lied who, angry at Peter and fellow hack Inger, decided Peter needed filling in, old school.
O brother, where art thou?
Did you look up that whiney closing credits song with its apposite lyric: "Could you please come back to me if only as a ghost?" I did. It was by Jonas Alaska and continues:
"You're not just my older brother
You're my best friend
I never got to tell you that
So please come back again."
Fascinating: why would the writers, real-life brothers Vegard and Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen choose that track? Who knows, but it did serve to stress Mammon's great theme – how family members haunt our lives, especially when they're dead and, deluded, we think we're free of them at last.
Til neste uke! Let us know your theories on Mammon's perplexing plot in the comments below.
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In truth, there is absolutely no sound behind it, and yet I believe it to be audibly noisy. As one silently reads a written word, seldom is there ever a true noise correlating to the text around them. At least not that others can hear. It begins with a voice in our head. A voice that simply reads the words back to us, no one else can hear it. What's magical however, is the voice transforms. Suddenly we begin to hear different voices, characters. As though they are living within us, breathing words and air, alive. This then becomes real noise. The noise that has absolutely nothing to do with words. Such as a slap, or an explosion. Words allow us to hear this, even as it is not the true sound. The noise surrounds us, envelopes us, taking us to a place or world in which we may need to cover our ears. As we cannot think straight because we are surrounded with a place that is simply too loud and exponentially full of noise. That is not all. The written word allows us to hear emotion. To hear the feelings so that it allows our hearts to beat a long with it. Strikingly scary, beautiful, and indescribable. The written word makes more noise then we will ever truly be able to hear. It screams to us. Penetrates walls we have built ourselves as for a moment we allow ourselves to listen, to hear. It demands it, and we give in to it. As though entranced by a fictional spell, that only we ourselves feel, as the words dance off the page, singing.
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New experiences will make me a better writer.
In my continuing quest to not only make myself a better writer but to make myself write more, I tried something new again tonight. I joined a group which calls itself "Shut up and write". The premise behind it is that everyone shows up at a specified place and time, chats a bit, then writes for an hour. Afterward, it seems, they just go on their merry way. The one person who was there tonight was rather lovely, but during our pre-writing conversation confirmed impressions I'd had about a previous foray into new experiences.
I had doubts about being able to accomplish anything with all of the people around and the loud music, but I'm willing to try anything once. I came armed with an idea for a short story to contribute to a pre-Halloween horror story campfire a friend and fellow writer is hosting. At the end of the hour, I had over 800 words, and felt I'd completed the first draft of the story! Somewhere along the way, I just tuned out everything around me and was completely focused on the tale I was trying to weave. In short, when I gave my subconscious the go-ahead, it took me write to that zone in which I write so abundantly.
Re-reading it when I got home, it definitely needs work, but I got the basic idea down and can work on the details in the next couple of weeks. Overall, this one will be an experience I'll definitely repeat.
Practice makes perfect, so writers must write…and write…and write…
I know I have to add a lot of things to my repertoire in order to improve my craft. Finding a good group with whom to share the critiquing process is high up on that list. However, first and foremost, I must write and write prolifically. It may seem that the hundreds of thousands of words I've blogged, the nearly 100,000 words (more actually if you count recent revisions) I've written for my novel, not to mention another 30,000 or so on other creative projects would be considered prolific. But as far as writers go, I'd venture to guess that's just a drop in the bucket. Ultimately, I'll be counting the words I've penned (typed just doesn't sound the same, does it?) in the millions at least. But I'll never get there if I don't start writing a lot more than I've been lately! I've fallen off the wagon, writing-wise and penned very little other than the everlasting gobstopper of a first novel.
If dreams are any indication, my imagination is positively chomping at the bit to get ideas on paper.
The vividness and detail of my dreams has been escalating for the last few months until now, I have several highly entertaining dreams every, single night. I really do need to put a tape recorder next to my bed! Story ideas are simply tripping over each other in a mad rush to be heard, their real goal, for me to remember and commit them to some permanent medium. Too many are gone by the time I finally drag myself out of bed in the morning.
Speaking of dragging myself from bed, I had an epiphany of sorts this morning. I had to be up early to get to a doctor's appointment. As I went through my forgotten routine of rising and heading straight for the shower, I didn't think much of it, but just let muscle memory guide me through the normal tasks. As I dressed before making my way to the kitchen to dish up everyone's daily dose of wet food, an errant thought popped into my head which I think must be heeded.
This thought, this tiny little voice, said to me: "This getting into the shower as soon as I get up routine feels pretty good! I'm clean, my contacts are in…I'm ready to face the day, before coffee!" As the shock wore off, I realized that, like the pan full of the week's dinner and the pre-made salads, some parts of my old, work-a-day routine actually worked for me! In fact, I am finding that I missed some of that structure!
Even more, I think that lack of structure is what has been keeping me from writing as I should. It's been keeping me from finishing the copywriting course, and it's been keeping me from becoming the Author I need to become! How's that for a serious "Aha moment"???
Slowly but surely, I am reacquainting myself with routine. Slowly but surely, I'm leaving the house on almost a daily basis for one thing or another. In so doing, I realize that I was not following that immortal guidance: Get up. Dress up. Show up. Even if showing up just means sitting down at my computer and writing instead of playing a game or surfing the net. Someone has to set some expectations, and as I look around, the only one in my life who can do that now is me!
High on my list of expectations is to try new things until I find what works best. But also high on that list is to get myself into healthy, productive routines which move me further and faster on the path I've set for myself. Motivation is a wonderful thing!
My gratitudes tonight are:
1. I am grateful for "Aha Moments".
2. I am grateful for new people who help me learn more about my craft.
3. I am grateful for challenges from friends which make me step further out of my comfort zone.
4. I am grateful for today's productivity, and look forward to even more tomorrow.
5. I am grateful for abundance: motivation, imagination, dedication, time maximization, new experiences, harmony, peace, love, health and prosperity.


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What is watchdog timer?
Watchdog timer is hardware circuitary tightly integrated into embedded systems' CPU to have a watch on embedded system's working. It has ability to detect if embedded system is entered into a hanged state. It then resets the embedded system so that it doesn't remain in hanged state indefinately. Watchdog timer is generally used in embedded systems where their is no human intervention present to reset it when system hangs. As its name suggests watchdog timer is a timer circuitary which keeps on counting and expires until reset. Embedded system software is expected to restart the timer regularly to prevent it from expiring under normal conditions. When systems hangs the timer is not restarted and it expires to give an indication to the system to restart.
How many ways shared data problem can be solved?
1. Disabling interrrupts - to be used when data is shared between ISR and task code. note that scheduler would not be able to switch tasks as interrupts are disabled.
2. Using semaphore - can be used when data is not to be used in ISR as semaphores are not allowed in ISR.
3. Disabling task switches - to be used when data is not shared among ISR and task code.
What is deadly embrace or dead lock?
Dead lock or deadly embrace is another fancy name given to priority inversion.
What is priority inversion?
Priority inversion is a phenomenon which happens when different priority tasks shares common data is a particular fashion. Say task A is higher priority task than task B and they both shares common data say x. Say task B was running and it locks x for its use while task A interrupted and got control now when task A needs to access x it would be able to because control would never be given back to task B to release x. Hence higher priority task is blocked by lower priority task, which is reffered to as priority inversion.
What is mutex?
Mutex is short form of mutual exclusion. It is very much silimar to semaphore and the names are used interchangably in different opperating systems. The semaphore which are task attached i.e. the task which had acquired the sempahore will only be allowed to release it, are generally termed as Mutex.
What is semaphore?
Semaphore is a hardware or software flag. It is facility provided by operating system. In multitasking systems, a semaphore is a variable with a value that indicates the status of a common resource. It's used to lock the resource that is being used. A process needing the resource checks the semaphore to determine the resource's status and then decides how to proceed.
What is a critical section in embedded software programs?
Critical Section is a set of instructions that must be atomic for system to work properly. Several techniques are used to ensure that a piece of code is atomic, some of which are semaphore, mutex etc.
What is volatile variable?
volatile is a keyword to indicate compiler that the variable it is used with should not be assumed to be unchanged during the course of execution of the code. Most compilers do optimizations which assumes that variable will not be changed until software is changing it. Refer following piece of code to understand it further:
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In this code, compiler can not remove if check for optimization. The value of count can be changed between assignment and if check by some other process.
What is UART?
UART is universal asynchronous receiver and transmitter. It is used in many embedded systems for interfacing with other devices. Its purpose is to convert data to and from serial interface. A very popular standard for serial interface is RS-232."


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heyy cutie to the 8-9 followers i have haha right now im at my friends kelseys house who i had duhh stayed the night at. im just about done my milky coffee and im watching the romeo and juliet movie on t.v for the third time. this is i think one of the newer versions because the amasing leonardo dicaprio in it. thats enough to make me watch it 3 more times :]
but i no alot of people dont like it because they think its to "stupid" or somthing...but i love how over dramatic they make everything the only part i dont like is the stupid guns they use idk why but i wasnt feeling that...other than that i love the people who played rome(you know why!) and i likedd mercutio he was really crazy but i like the queen mab part.. the nurse was pretty funny to. the end kinda sucked a little but i still liked it..i wanna get this movie on d.v.d so badly i should probably get the original one to.i love old movies...i also been wanting to get the diary of ann frank i watched it like to years ago and i liked the black and white movie soo much :]
sorry i couldnt get a picture i didnt feel like searching o photobucket this early and having to copy it and all that fun stuff...but i promise to put some up later because i love this movie so much!
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Green Beret discharged for shoving accused Afghan rapist speaks out
A Green Beret ordered discharged after he and his team leader body-slammed an alleged Afghan child rapist is speaking out against the Army's effort to punish him, as he fights to stay in the service. "Kicking me out of the Army is morally wrong and the entire country knows it," Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland said, in his first public statement on his case.
What they should have done was cut it off, and shove it down the Taliban's throat.
The detailed written statement, requested by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., was shared by the congressman's office with FoxNews.com. Hunter, who has advocated on Martland's behalf, intends to submit the statement to the House Armed Services Committee.
Martland's case has received renewed attention amid recent press reports on the U.S. military's handling of child abuse allegations involving Afghan allies. In his statement, Martland gives a blunt account of the September 2011 encounter with the "brutal child rapist," local police commander Abdul Rahman. He acknowledges the confrontation, but suggests the commander exaggerated his injuries — and argues that the boy's safety, as well as American lives, was at stake that day.
Martland said the Afghan Local Police had been "committing atrocities," raising concerns that many locals viewed as "worse than the Taliban" — and if locals returned to the Taliban, attacks against U.S. forces would increase.
"While I understand that a military lawyer can say that I was legally wrong, we felt a moral obligation to act," he said.
His team leader Capt. Daniel Quinn also submitted a separate statement; together, the accounts provide new — and graphic — details on what they say happened that day in September 2011.
According to Quinn, an interpreter first came to them saying a boy claimed he was "tied to a post in Rahman's house and was raped repeatedly for 10 days to 2 weeks." When his mother tried to stop it, he said, "Rahman instructed his brother to beat her; which he did."
Martland and Quinn then confronted the commander after Quinn confirmed the allegations with village elders and others. He said Quinn got a "first-hand confession" but "the child rapist laughed it off and referenced that it was only a boy."
That's when the confrontation turned physical.
"Captain Quinn picked him up and threw him," Martland said. "I [proceeded to] body slam him multiple times."
Martland continued: "I kicked him once in his ribcage after one of the body slams. I put my foot on his neck and yelled at him after one body slam, but did not kick or punch him in the face. I continued to body slam him and throw him for 50 meters until he was outside the camp."
Quinn said, "I physically threw him through our front gate and off our camp."
The rapist was never knocked out, and in fact, he ran from the compound.
And yet they try to tell us how peaceful Muslims are.
As a result, the Army had Quinn and Martland removed from the camp in Kunduz Province and eventually sent home from Afghanistan. Quinn has since left the Army, but Martland still is fighting an order to have him discharged by Nov. 1. The U.S. Army Human Resources Command recently denied his appeal.
Though Hunter and others have stepped to Martland's defense, others have defended the Army's actions, including Col. Steve Johnson — a U.S. commander in Afghanistan at the time.
But an individual claiming to be Johnson wrote that Martland and Quinn "consciously and deliberately confronted" the police leader and "absolutely beat the crap out of him."
Johnson previously was quoted in Washington state's News Tribune defending the Army's response. According to that article, Johnson commanded Martland before the 2011 deployment. According to a LinkedIn page under his name, Johnson was a commander for the Special Operations Task Force — West, in Herat, at the time of the incident.
In their statements, Quinn and Martland both mentioned Johnson, with Quinn saying Johnson told them after the incident they'd been recommended "to have our tabs removed, sent home, and kicked out of the regiment (and potentially the Army). He never came to our camp or spoke to anyone in our village."
Johnson did not respond to a request for comment from FoxNews.com.
Military leaders have defended the response to abuse allegations and said soldiers weren't instructed to look the other way. Gen. John F. Campbell, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement last Tuesday that he is "absolutely confident that no such theater policy has ever existed here, and certainly, no such policy has existed throughout my tenure as commander."
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Rape Is Rape! Sodomizing Is Sodomizing! Alright……..KEEP The Green Berets Job! He Did A Good Job, In Handling A BAD Situation! A Muslim, You Say? Mandatory Castration! Should Never, Ever Be Allowed To Do It Again, To Someone Else! Don't Kick Anyone Out Of The Army, For Defending The Weak, And Defenseless! If You Do…….It's A Sorry Day In This US Of A That You Ever Did!


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Esta propriedade rara e única está localizado em Villefranche cidade velha 200m do cais e uma caminhada de 10 minutos até a praia. Tem dois terraços substanciais dando uma vista panorâmica sobre a baía e Cap Ferrat. Quanto menor o terraço está configurado para refeições ao ar livre, enquanto a superior é perfeito para pequeno-almoço, cocktails ou banhos de sol, enquanto aprecia a bela vista. A propriedade foi completamente renovado em 2013 e dispõe de uma nova cozinha e sala de jantar bem equipada. A sala tem portas que se abrem totalmente dobrável, criando um belo espaço indoor / outdoor com o terraço superior. Dois dos três quartos duplos têm casa de banho, enquanto o terceiro quarto tem seu próprio banheiro separado. O quarto principal fica no piso principal, com cada um dos outros quartos em dois andares separados abaixo.
We were blown away with the views from the terrace at this property. The internal accommodation easily met the needs of all 6 adults. The house is very well equipped and very well decorated & fitted out.
Villefranche-sur-Mer is a gorgeous town in a most beautiful part of France.
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The house is really nice. The view and the location are amazing. Year after year, we rent again this house. I would like to thank the owners for maintaining it at the high standards (recent paint...).
Nothing is missing if we want to cook or enjoy the terrace.
We started to rent this house in 2014 and we continue in 2017 about twice a year.
Our kids were 4 and 7 at that time. We had to be careful with the stairs leading to the level -1 and -2. The stairs are steep. But we never had any issue. We just had to be careful.
The street is calm. There is no noise and no traffic.
This house is not for disable people or people having difficulties to walk due to the stairs (or they have to stay on the main floor), which is also possible considering the nice view.
We usually rent in October, December and April and we always manage to park the car near the house. In summer, it must be difficult to park the car near the house considering the number of tourists.
Last but not least, I would like to thank Geraldine, the manager. She is always willing to help and we can always ask her for the new restaurants and the things to do in Villefranche...
This amazing house is perfect for a relaxing holiday in Villefranche. It is well appointed, clean and in a perfect location. The best thing is the view from the terrace which changes daily as you see all the movements in the small harbour. Although there are steps down to the harbour, restaurants and shops this will probably be the case wherever you stay in this lovely town. There are excellent restaurants close by, our favourites were La Mare Germain and Garcons. The supermarkets are close by and we suggest using the larger one just up the hill as it is then downhill on the way back with the shopping!
The layout of the house means that there is one bedroom and bathroom on the main floor, with two bedrooms, each with their own bathrooms downstairs. This looked daunting at first but after the stairs were negotiated a couple of times this was not a problem.
Local transport is close by with reliable trains and buses taking you to other locations on the coast but with such a lovely view from the terrace it is hard to want to go anywhere else. We did walk into Beaulieu Sur Mer which is charming and an easy walk along the beach.
We were four ladies who were there primarily to see the Monaco Grand Prix, alas the only day it rained in the 12 days we were there was on race day!
A big thank you to Geraldine, the managing agent who met us on arrive and again on departure. The booking was easy and response was always quick.
We look forward to returning in 2017!
Our group of four adults enjoyed the beautiful home. It is clean and refreshing. The views are amazing. The location is nice. There is no off-street parking, and there is a lot of activity on the street, so be prepared to walk several blocks up hill to the paid parking deck.
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The house itself, is beautiful. Steep stairs, so I wouldn't recommend for anyone who has trouble climbing stairs.
I've been lucky enough to visit this lovely house twice now – coming from Bristol (UK) it's a very easy journey with a direct flight to Nice making it a very viable option for even just a weekend away. The house has been beautifully refurbished and is very comfortable even for a large group – each of my visits has been as part of a group of 6 or 7 adults. It also has a fantastic terrace that overlooks the bay and catches the sun throughout the day – great for lazing on if you can't quite make it down to the beach, and for al fresco dining.
The town itself is a picturesque maze of old cobbled streets leading down to the waterfront, with lots of good quality restaurants if you want to eat out. If you want a bit more variety then Nice is just a short bus ride away, and is well worth a visit in its own right. Otherwise there are plenty of local shops (including a delicious boulangerie) near to the house where you can buy pretty much anything you might need, so it really is ideally situated.
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The house was easy to find and public transport from the airport was simple with wonderful views of the coast from the bus.
I would recommend the house with its unusual upside down layout that maximises the roof terrace with its stunning views over the bay. There was no reason to move from this quiet sun trap.
All facilities in the house were of a beautiful quality and extremely clean with very comfortable beds. Well equipped kitchen and good bakers and grocer stores a short walk away.
The town is really lovely to explore with characterful cobbled streets and plenty of small shops and restaurants to choose from. The beach is a short walk away and perfect for swimming and paddling.
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Nossa casa está localizada no coração de Villefranche cidade velha, a poucos minutos a pé de restaurantes, bares e lojas. Estamos apenas a 200 metros do Cais do Porto. Existem duas praias a curta distância. O Plage des Marinières é apenas 500m de distância e outra praia perto da Darse apenas 12 minutos a pé. Nice é de fácil acesso por ônibus regulares que param a 400 metros da casa. Beaulieu-sur-Mer é uma meia bonita uma hora de caminhada ou curta distância de carro. O Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild em Cap Ferrat tem belos jardins e faz uma boa viagem de um dia. Aldeias bonitas de montanha como Eze estão a uma curta viagem de carro ou de autocarro.
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Haitian-born Canadian Professional Boxer, Adonis Stevenson
Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson, is a jewel in the Haitian belt as he hails from the country's capital, Port-au-Prince. Born on the 22nd of September, 1977, the nearly 36 year old boxer has spent his career with the nickname of 'Superman', a moniker adopted because of his dominance in the super-middleweight category he began in. Though he now fights more often in the light-heavyweight category, Stevenson continues to make his name popular, holding a 33-5 record in amateur contests.
The current light heavyweight champion of WBC, Lineal and The Ring, Stevenson made the change to his new category in June of this year, when he took on the former champion of the titles, Chad Dawson. After missing the chance at a super middle-weight title, Stevenson faced off with Dawson and took him down very quickly in the first round with a left hook. Stevenson was awarded his eight consecutive victory, since his one and only defeat, by knockout, though Dawson made it off the mat before the referee's count to eight.
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