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A Conservative solution to our health care problems is what is needed now I have heard people say. Well there has been this Conservative solution since before Obamacare was forced thru the Congress by the Democrats who were in control of both houses and the Presidency. These same Democrats who refused to allow any Republican input at all during the drafting of this bill. the same Democrats who refused to be bothered reading the 2000+ page bill that they passed without one Republican vote for it. If you check back on this blog site you will see the Republican plans and proposals that were submitted in both the House and the Senate that were never allowed by the Democrat leaders to see the light of day. They were trash canned. What we got stuck with is a so-called Affordable Healthcare Act (Obamacare) that we are now finding out is not at all affordable for the few people who have been able to get a look at the available plans on a web site set up to show these plans to people and allow them to enroll in and purchase insurance. There were, we are now being told, all of 6 people in the entire country who managed to enroll in Obamacare and purchase an insurance policy the first day before the site crashed and burned. The same web site that cost $6 billion and three years to get up and running but isn't running at all. The web site that was built by a Canadian company but is now being fixed by what the President assures us are experts, or this same Canadian company. Funny I thought the "experts" on the Internet and building programs for the Internet would be the very Americans who built the Internet in the first place. Guess none of these people had a friend in the White House. Or maybe they were willing to take less time and cost less money to build a web site that probably would have worked almost as well as the Internet they built in the first place. Ya think?? But no "friend" in the WH gets no contract.
The following letter is from Jim DeMint who outlines the Republicans and Conservatives Healthcare Plan that is affordable and available and more important, Constitutional. Please check it out. BB
The Conservative Alternative to Obamacare11/01/13Dear friends,We've been very critical of Obamacare because it's hurting Americans. But that has caused some to ask, "What's your alternative?"
The truth is, we've always had alternatives, but our critics weren't ready to listen. Now, the disastrous rollout of Obamacare has a lot of people asking for alternatives to government-run health care. And conservatives are ready.
With each passing day, it becomes clearer that Obamacare will not reduce premiums for average American families, bring down health care spending, or truly improve health care in this country. Instead, people are receiving notices from their insurance companies that their policies are being canceled or their premiums are skyrocketing.
At The Heritage Foundation, we are envisioning a health care system where you and your family come first.
What if you could choose and control your own health insurance? What if you could buy the insurance and health care services you want and need? What if your health insurance didn't go away when you changed jobs?
The good news is, all of these things are possible. There can be life after Obamacare—and it doesn't mean going back to the status quo that we had before. We can move ahead, taking the best health care system in the world and making it even better.
Our experts in the Center for Health Policy Studies have put together a new paper that explains how these conservative ideas work. It includes:
- How we will help people with pre-existing conditions
- How we will help you keep your health insurance when you change jobs
- How we can lower costs and improve health care quality—no matter what your income is
- How we can honor people's faith and protect the right of conscience in health care
We are excited to share this set of commonsense solutions with you—not just because they are good public policy solutions, but because they bring hope. We have hope for life after Obamacare, and these policies would give you back control over your own health care.
Now that's worth working toward. I hope you'll join us.
Jim DeMint
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» House GOP's Spending Record: So Far, So Good – Big Government.
Our newly elected Congressmen seem to have gotten the message from we the people and are busy finding and exposing a few of the huge pool of ineffective spending by our federal government. The problem is the Old Dogs both Republican and Democrat. It will be interesting to see which one wins this battle of wills. the next month or two are important because several spending bills,the budget and debate over whether or not to raise the debt ceiling are on the agenda. If the new guys are to have a fighting chance they need your help: make those phone calls and send those emails. (TIP: Congressional staffers reported that those blanket emailing where everyone uses the same wording have the least impact. So write your own email message. It can be brief as: Do Not raise the Debt Ceiling., or Do not bail out any cities or states with federal tax money. In fact brief and to the point is better. BB
House GOP's Spending Record: So Far, So Good
by Robert Bluey
Republicans have controlled the House for little over a month, but so far the record is clear: The new GOP majority is living up to its promise to cut spending.
In the first four weeks of the 112th Congress, Republicans have passed legislation that cuts spending by $656 billion without a single spending increase.
The conservative Republican Study Committee'sMoney Monitor, (you might want to subscribe to this newsletter. BB) the only document tracking the cost of bills as they pass the House, has the data. It shows:
- $541 billion in mandatory spending cuts.
- $115 billion in authorized spending cuts (subject to appropriation).
- $770 billion in tax cuts.
Those figures stand in stark contrast to the previous Congress, when the Democrat-controlled House enacted $682 billion of new spending in just the first four weeks.
Of course, Republicans face a high hurdle to enact many of their cuts with Democrats controlling the Senate and President Obama in the White House. But that hasn't stopped them from trying.
The GOP's cuts includerepeal of Obamacareand YouCut-related bills such as theStop the Over Printing Act and elimination of the presidential campaign fund.
Expect more next week when Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the RSC (Republican Study Committee),will offer several amendmentsto the fiscal 2011 continuing resolution. Conservatives maintain the GOP should cut a full $100 billion in non-security spending. The proposal released last weekby House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) includes $58 billion in discretionary spending, plus another $16 billion in security spending.
Since the Debt Ceiling debate is coming up very soon and the Old Dog Republicans, Democrats and Obama are all for raising the debt ceiling the newbie Republicans in the House are up against it here. Passing this one bill would have taken care of the argument that the honor of the United States is at stake. It is a simple law and perhaps that is the problem: it is too sane for our Congressmen to understand!
RSC Members Introduce Bill to Prevent a Default on the Debt
Washington, Jan 26 –
Led by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), RSC members have introduced H.R. 421, the Full Faith and Credit Act. In the event the statutory debt ceiling is reached, this legislation would direct the United States Treasury to prevent a default by paying principal and interest due on debt held by the public before making any other payments. The bill has also been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA).
"The 'full faith and credit' of the United States should not hang in the balance on every adjustment to the national debt limit," said Rep. McClintock. "States protect their credit by pledging first call on revenues to their debts and so should the federal government. After all, before you can 'provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty,' you have to be able to finance them."
"A pitiful scare tactic already being used by the Treasury Secretary in the debt ceiling debate is the threat of allowing the federal government to default on its obligations," said Chairman Jordan. "This is government mismanagement at its worst. Secretary Geithner knows full well that he has the authority to prioritize federal spending so that default is not an option. This bill will take Secretary Geithner's disastrous scenario completely off the table."
"America's sterling credit rating is vital to our future prosperity," said Rep. Foxx. "This bill offers a simple safeguard to protect our credit and prevent a sovereign debt crisis. It's the sort of common sense solution that we can easily put in place without wading into the debate over raising the debt ceiling."
"This important piece of legislation ensures America's debt rating and the threat of default on our debt cannot be used as political weapons. This bill will remind the markets and the world that America will never default on its debt while giving Congress time to have a meaningful, reasonable discussion about how to rein in out-of-control spending and prevent our country from sliding further into debt," remarked Rep. Garrett.
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There has finally been a survey made of Tea Party Patriots themselves asking what changes they want. This needed to be done so the various groups can coordinate their efforts. I am proud to say I am a Tea Party Patriot and for the most part agree with the majority on all the questions asked. BB
Study of Tea Party Activists Reveals Motivations of Political Movement
by Publius "The Early Adopters" Report uncovers that most oppose a third party, many are new to politics
CHICAGO, — A new study released today reveals that Tea Party activists are motivated by feelings of responsibility to future generations and belief in America's founding principles, but still struggle with questions of leadership and identity. The study conducted by Sam Adams Alliance, The Early Adopters: Reading the Tea Leaves, also reveals that Tea Party activists are a diverse group trying – often for the first time – to change the political landscape by holding elected officials more accountable. The results of the full report can be found at www.activistinsightsreport.com.
The Sam Adams report offers the first-ever insights into the Tea Party movement that include a survey sample made up entirely of recognized Tea Party activists.
"A lot of surveys have focused on the Tea Party movement, but they've been about what others think of them, and don't reveal the motives of actual Tea Partiers," said Sam Adams Alliance chairman Eric O'Keefe. "We decided to learn what the Tea Party leaders are up to the old fashioned way: We asked them."
The findings confirm that a large number of Tea Party activists are politically involved for the first time. 47 percent of activists surveyed said that they were "uninvolved" or "rarely involved" in politics before their participation in Tea Party groups.
Three political issues stood out as being the most important to Tea Party activists. When asked which issues were "very important" to them, 92 percent said "budget," 85 percent said
"economy," and 80 percent said "defense." No respondents listed social issues as an "important direction" for the movement.
Other findings of the study include:
86 percent oppose the formation of a third-party.
36 percent support a 2012 Sarah Palin Presidential candidacy.
81 percent have a website for their organization.
90 percent cited "to stand up for my beliefs" when characterizing their initial reason for involvement.
62 percent identified as Republicans, 28 percent as Independents, 10 percent as "Tea Party"
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We got all of the sound equipment together with chords, mics and song CD's ready today...I'm sure it would have gone much faster if I had any kind of clue to what I was doing...but we got it done. 8-) I found out today that I am singing another song for the show...but it's just Amazing Grace...whew. :P
This is a song that I've heard on the radio a good bit lately and it's really a beautiful song...with such beautiful lyrics...I love the first verse and can relate to it so much sometimes. A lot of the time. Most of the time. Almost all of the time. :P
Anyhoo! Here's a great song from Jason Gray. (And this video matches my blog! :D )


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Item found. Thanks nwfa!
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"For me, music expresses that which cannot be said"
Engineered audio for the theater shows of Loco Vocals of the BDACT for the 2017 season
Engineered audio for Elwood and the Eccentrics for the Summer of Love Tribute.
Performed the unreleased 'Facing, Silence' album along with the songs 'Blues of June' and 'Within his Fear' on Sunday May 7th 2017 for the DCMA.
No foolin' for April 1st, performed on keys with the StarkWeather Bay Blues Band at the Paramount Blues Contest.
Recorded & mixed The blues cover band, StarkWeather Bay This January 2017
Recorded & mixed the Metal band 2016-2017 Corridore.
Audio engineer for the BDACT's Loco Vocals 2016 Tour & Theater Performance.
Created video promo clip for the (BDAO) Beaverdam Area Orchestra for their 63rd season (4th quarter 2016)
In 2015, audio engineer & videographer for the Loco Vocals at the BDACT.org.
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June 17th 2015. (6th public released album)
Released January 2014, Eric composed the song "Understanding" for the The Genesis Compilation CD.
Eric played piano, synth strings, and electronic drums on the song "Things We Should Do"(with Lucy Lawless on vocals) (2013) by Mark Lint creator of The Partially Examined Life podcast.
Performed with Gage Castellano (2014), New People (2013), Eli August (2010), and Sleeping Buddha (2007).
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Ray is still not well. He is in pain and recovering from the anasthetic. It takes him so long to recover , It is like a poison to his system. He tells the doctor that he cannot handle the anaesthetic but it doesn't seem to register with them. So he suffers for days after a surgery. Well in the end he will feel better I am sure. But it isn' t pleasant to see him like this , not pleasant for him to be like this either. I hope tomorrow is better.
Matthew and Caroline came over with groceries they had bought for us. They have been so kind since Ray has been sick. They are always kind but every day since Ray has been ill is quite a great gesture. I do appreciate all their loving kindness.
Richard and Adam are both going to Jim's outdoor party in his property in the wilds of Alberta. Peter and Judith are also there. Lots of friends are joining them there too. It will be a great party for them all. I went there one time and it as fun but I was younger then. Now outdoor partying is a bit out for me.
I have not heard from Jean for a while I hope all is well with her and Sam. Jean if you are reading give me a shout.
As for me I am fine just muddling along trying to be helpful to Ray and get him whatever he wants and needs. I do mu computer stuff or a bit os sewing. I have not done much sewing lately and I am sorry about that. I will finish off the top of Eve's quilt soon.
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|Input diffusion and the evolution of production networks
|Carvalho, Vasco; Voigtländer, Nico
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|Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
What determines which inputs are initially considered and eventually adopted in the productionof new or improved goods? Why are some inputs much more prominent than others? We modelthe evolution of input linkages as a process where new producers first search for potentially usefulinputs and then decide which ones to adopt. A new product initially draws a set of 'essentialsuppliers'. The search stage is then confined to the network neighborhood of the latter, i.e., to theinputs used by the essential suppliers. The adoption decision is driven by a tradeoff between thebenefits accruing from input variety and the costs of input adoption. This has important implicationsfor the number of forward linkages that a product (input variety) develops over time. Inputdiffusion is fostered by network centrality ? an input that is initially represented in many networkneighborhoods is subsequently more likely to be adopted. This mechanism also delivers a powerlaw distribution of forward linkages. Our predictions continue to hold when varieties are aggregatedinto sectors. We can thus test them, using detailed sectoral US input-output tables. We showthat initial network proximity of a sector in 1967 significantly increases the likelihood of adoptionthroughout the subsequent four decades. The same is true for rapid productivity growth in aninput-producing sector. Our empirical results highlight two conditions for new products to becomecentral nodes: initial network proximity to prospective adopters, and technological progress thatreduces their relative price. Semiconductors met both conditions.
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Where is it located?
It is located in Australia.
Daintree Rainforest :3
Map of Daintree Rainforest
This is a map of the Daintree Rainforest
What does the Daintree Rainforest look like?
Physical Characteristics consist of:
Green trees
many different types of plants and species
Wet/ moist soil
More Physical Characteristics
The rainforest looks like a normal temperate rain forest. In this picture, there is no rain. There are many tall trees and leaves.
Primary Consumers: Mangroves, Idiot Fruit, Blue Quandong, Wild Ginger, Algae, Moss, Barrawang Palm.
Primary Producers
Cassowary, Ulysses Butterfly, and spotted Cuscus.
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Daintree Rainforest Average Temperature
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The cost of living in Daintree, Australia, is very inexpensive. Many people are beginning to migrate to Daintree and this is causing many negative effects. Daintree is progressing and becoming into a modern day city. Roads, houses, and buildings are all being built and it is causing a lot of harm to the environment. Some methods of transportation (automobiles)are harmful to the environment due to the smoke it produces (which causes pollution). Houses and buildings are harmful to the environment because sewage systems must be created in order to accommodate the city.
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FETTERS Williams County Defiance/Wayne OH
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Obituaries in Bryan, OH prove that this is Susanna Fetters Jones, formerly of Berkeley County, VA/WV of the VA6 family data (number identification from Thomas Fetters data).Records show that she and Robert Jones came to Defiance County in 1849, possibly upon inheriting after death of father, Sam Fetter in 1848.
Their grave is found in Farmer Cemetery, Robert d-1856, Susanna in 1887.
This location is adjacent to the Main Fetter family of Wayne/Williams Counties, OH.In fact, the 1850 census shows John and Elizabeth Fetters immediately next door.These last two are buried at the Fetters Cemetery, about 5 miles north of Farmer.Others are buried at Edon Cemetery close to where Susanna Fetters Jones died, and where her son James H. & Catherine Jones are buried.
Both VA6 Fetters and the Main Fetters had lived in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, PA.There, Jacob Fetters and Catherine Fainot from the Main Fetters family as well as Henry Fetter and Catherina Ernst from the PA10/VA6 had lived before 1770.There seems to be a connection geographically but blood tie is elusive.Henry and Catherine had at least 3 children Sam, Henry, and Susanna in the 1760s.If anyone has data about these, I would appreciate knowing more.
The earliest Main Fetters settlers in Defiance were arriving in 1836.This is in coincidence to the VA6 John Fetter going to Dekalb County, IN just bordering west of Defiance.Did he travel with them and pick other property?As this John dies in 1838, it may have ended the familial relationship, with IN21 which is what the family is called at after that point.
The Henry Camp/Catherine Jones family is also buried at Farmer.
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There is no doubting the benefits of having your own website, but here in Tasmania, there aren't as many artists' sites as one would expect from such a vibrant art community.
The reasons are many and varied, but at the end of the day we are a small island, with just over 500,000 people.
Not all artists I know have a website. They choose to sell their work through exhibitions, representation in galleries or by word of mouth.
Websites are generally not cheap to establish, especially if you choose a third party to do the setting up and maintenance. Some are suitably skilled and motivated to do the task themselves.
My website was established in 2007 and has served me well, but it's very much out-dated. I need a new, fresh site, one that I can maintain myself.
I have enlisted the help of web guru Chris Ikin and have charged him with the task of building me a site, one that I can look after and regularly update. I want a site that contains my 2 blogs, galleries, sales and updates about my work and the classes I conduct.
It's early days, but we have made a start.
The cover page, or website face is very important. Today I have featured one idea that I have.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Broward County Public Schools are not clowning around this Halloween season.
The district has banned students from wearing clown costumes or masks on campus. The Sun-Sentinel reported on Friday that a robocall from the district alerted parents that the attire was forbidden due to safety concerns.
The announcement comes amid a recent trend of scary clown sightings online and across the nation. Though most of them have proven to be hoaxes, county officials said they're taking this measure as a precaution.
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Windows 8 Release preview feed back, and a App question.
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I have a small question, if there was a way, so that when I log in to windows, I am presented with the desktop first, rather than the start menu?, as this is my first point of contact. Feed back: I was not sure about windows 8 sure to start with, but if you get the start menu the way you like it, its not bad, and boy is it fast. There are 3 things that need to be Ironed out URGENTLY before this OS goes to market. 1: on the app windows, there is no way of closing the windows with out pressing ALT and F4. 2: as I said if you could make it so that the desktop appears first rather than the start menu, then PC users would feel right at home, we know you like the start menu to be like w
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Hi i just downloaded windows 8 release preview 8400 on my main computer and i am unable to use the app store,it says it is under maintenance .so i waited and waited and still same thing , so i loaded windows 8 on my laptop same version and still saying the same thing its been nearly a month now. is everyone one with this version having the same problem? thanks mark
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Please i need to remove these errors and warnings permanently from my computers ? And please tell all the ways to get rid of these errors and warnings from Event Viewer ............ I'm waiting .................
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These following problems occur on Windows 8.1 Pro & Media Center Editions (clean installed) x86-x64 , and on Windows 8.1 Pro & Media Center Editions (Upgraded) x86-x64 !!! These problems also existed in Windows 8.1 Preview x86 and x64. ----------- Problems: ----------- Address Bar (Green Loading Bar) Keeps Scrolling From Left To Right... ALL THE TIME!!! Icons, Folders, Shortcuts take forever to load!!! Right clicking files or folder (PROPERTIES) takes forever to show up (5-15 mins later)!!! Anytime I add, remove, edit any file or folder, the Green Loading Bar appears and takes FOREVER to scroll from Left to Right!!! Network devices are not showing up or takes tons of hitting Refres
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Hi, I've used this forum many years to find advice, now I'm stuck and need to ask a question (hopefully in the right section): My Window File Explorer is constantly crashing (say at least 10 times a day!). This happens mostly when I open file directories which contain image files, some directories with thumbnails, some without. Occasionally it happens in other directories too. It's bloody not helping to get anything done. System: Windows 7 Pro 64bit History: my previous computer had hardware problems, went back and forth to ASUS 3 times, in the end there wasn't much left to change (first display, then harddisk, then motherboard plus SSD). At a late stage of this back-and-forth I tried to back up my data with Paragon, but failed (the was
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I thought I'd install Windows 10 Threshold 2 (not to make the same mistake twice, on a laptop I hardly use this time) to see if the built-in Microsoft apps are now any better than they were in July. Disappointingly, with the exception of being able to turn off 'Conversation View', the Mail app is just as diabolically poor as it was back then. But on top of that, another thing I noticed this time is that when you type a name into the 'To:' field, it doesn't even look up that name / email address from your 'People' app contacts. The auto-complete feature only populates for people you've previously emailed. So basically, if you haven't emailed someone, it won't show their name despite their details and email address being listed i
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Just recently I have been having problems viewing YouTube, Hulu and videos on other websites with either Firefox or IE, videos all appear zoomed way in, but the videos play fine using Chrome. Plus now I noticed when trying to play wmv or avi through Windows Media Player the videos all appear to zoomed way in just like on-line videos where you can not view them too, but if I load the videos into another media player they work fine. I have the latest version of flash installed on all browsers, have uninstalled them and reinstalled them thinking maybe this was the problem, but still having problems. Noticed sometimes the videos work fine and other times have problems with the videos being zoomed way out. This is how the videos ap
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I scanned in a ton of documents (from different sources) into .tif format and am looking for an app that let me preview the image so that I know what the document is, and then rename it right from the same window. That way I can easily browse the files and rename them based on what documents they are ( tax return, loan document, legal document, etc ). Google keeps recommending batch rename apps, but that isn't what I am looking for at all.
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Well, DELL M101z (Inspiron 1120) manual says Press F8 when the DELL logo appears, to bring the Advanced Boot Options. When I do that ( I have tried a hundred times) it does not happen and the lappie merrily goes on to the first screen to select Ubuntu light or Windows 7 - by default boots into Windows 7 after 5 seconds. (This lappie is one of the few that comes with Ubuntu light preinstalled by the manufacturers. So I have not done anything with the MBR) Here is the screenshot showing the OEM (FAT16), Recovery,System,Linux partitions. How do I invoke Factory Image Restore? (When I press F8 just as Windows starts after 5 seconds, I do get the Advanced Boot Options that only brings the usual Sytem Image Restore and not the Factory Image R
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Hey all i had a bunch of images of a chest of drawers i wanted to sell. On my windows 7 PC all the previews showed the images sideways (landscape when they needed to be viewed in portrait). this is not a problem - expected behavior. On the windows 8 PC all the images appeared portrait and in the correct orientation. images looked perfect. i understand that windows 8 reads the exif data and autorotates the images on previews and in the galleries. a neat trick. On the windows 8 PC i put an ad on the website that i wanted to sell the drawers, and when i selected the images they previewed portrait in the file browser too. when uploaded the images all came out sideways (landscape) on the website. this might seem like user
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Braised short ribs
Dinner at one of the top restaurants in the Waterloo region. Red house offered outstanding customer service along with a mouthwatering entree. Quite satisfied with my experience at Red House. Definitely will be returning come this fall for potential new menu additions.
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Ravioli with basil ricotta stuffing
Homemade Ravioli, fresh basil from the garden paired with ricotta cheese. Recipe below enjoy!
Ricotta stuffing:
Ricotta Cheese
Garlic clove(mince)
Lemon juice
Pasta dough:
Flour 6 cups
Eggs 4
Olive oil 1/2 cup
Water 1 cup
Tsp salt
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During the interview on Entertainment Weekly Dara made a revelation about Cheon Dung.
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I'm no classical music scholar. I can barely tell an allegro from an adagio. But I do know what sounds beautiful. And last Saturday night in Modesto, violinist Itzhak Perlman made beautiful music at the Gallo Center for the Arts.
Most of that beautiful music came from Perlman himself, who played sonatas from Ludwig van Beethoven, César Franck and Giuseppe Tartini with warmth and verve. But there was also the figurative beautiful music made by his very appearance, the presence of such an icon in the classical music world in our little corner of the world.
Modesto long has had an inferiority complex, and not entirely without reason, when it comes to our place on the cultural ladder. We're no San Francisco. Heck, we're no Sacramento. But we hold our own, and when someone like Perlman brings all of his talent and prestige to town, we have every right to puff out our chests. On Saturday night, the Gallo Center did just that.
A capacity crowd dressed up to see the show. The performance sold out seven months in advance and could have sold out another entire show thanks to its robust wait list.
As the house began to fill, even seasoned professionals like Gallo Center Director of Marketing & Public Relations Doug Hosner couldn't contain their giddiness. "This is so exciting," he said, watching patrons take their seats.
And it was, it was exciting. While it's not a word too often associated with classical music by anyone other than aficionados, the show had an electric feel. The audience skewed older (the $59 to $139 ticket prices may have contributed to that). But they were no less enthusiastic, giving Perlman a standing ovation from the moment he drove himself out on stage and acknowledged them with a wave of his bow.
The 68-year-old musician uses an electric scooter to get around. Since contracting polio at age 4, he has used crutches or a scooter to get around. Throughout his career, he has played while sitting down.
His Gallo performance had simple staging – a Steinway played by accompanist Rohan De Silva, a page turner for the pianist, and Perlman's music stand. Still, his renditions of Beethoven's Sonata No. 3 in E Flat Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 12, No. 3; Franck's Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major; and Tartini's Sonata in G Minor for Violin and Continuo ("Devil's Trill") were dynamic and engrossing.
Also, all that talk of Perlman's legendary charisma was not an oversell. Seldom do the descriptions violin virtuoso, music ambassador and skilled comedian come together in one résumé. But Perlman was indeed funny, relaxed and conversational with the crowd.
After the Beethoven sonata, he gently reminded the crowd – many of whom no doubt came for his reputation and not necessarily their experience with classical music – to not clap between movements. Don't feel bad, I did it, too, after the first allegro – but stopped myself after one clap because of long-ingrained memories of my parents giving me the "uh-uh" face at the first pause in the music as we attended classical music recitals.
"We were backstage and got an urgent phone call from Mr. Beethoven," Perlman joked while returning to the stage for his second sonata. "He was concerned because of the applause between the movements. I said it doesn't matter to me, but he was concerned. He said please don't applaud between the movements."
The audience carefully adhered to Mr. Beethoven's wishes for the rest of the show.
After the three planned sonatas from the program, and a rousing standing ovation from the audience, Perlman again returned to play select pieces he announced from the stage. One was done in the style of a relatively obscure composer he claimed had "a lot of likes on Facebook." Another was by "an unknown composer by the name of George Gershwin from unknown opera called 'Porgy and Bess.' "
Then there was the piece Pyotr Tchaikovsky wrote for a friend "accused of a minor misdemeanor in Russia who went to jail for a very long time." And yet another piece written for two violins, with one easy part and one hard part. "I'm going to play the easy part," he joked. (He didn't; he played the hard part – of course.)
Laughter? At a classical music concert? You can bet the Stradivarius on it.
Perlman even busted out the Oscar-winning theme from the film "Schindler's List," for which he provided the searing violin solos. This is a man who knows how to play to his audience.
When the night was over at 10 p.m. and the echoes of the last standing ovation had faded, the audience couldn't help but feel special as it filtered out. Being in the presence of greatness may not make you great, but you sure feel great afterward.


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Last night, after The Doll had left, I made a post on Fetlife basically explaining that D/s requires trust from both parties – a sub has to trust me not to physically or emotionally harm him or abuse my authority, and I have to trust him to actually do what I ask so I'm not left hanging out to dry. It's a scary thing, taking the reins with someone new; I'm making myself pretty vulnerable. I need to feel like I'm in a safe space to do that and my sub won't pull the metaphorical football away just as I'm trying to kick it.
I capped off the post by mentioning that I'm seeing someone new and at the moment I'm kind of hanging back a bit to assess whether I can trust him to follow my lead…but that he seems to be demonstrating pretty hard that he's ready to follow, so I think I may be safe to take the plunge.
The Doll seems to seek out and consume any information I make available about myself, so it's a good bet he'll see this post. Which is exactly what I want.
If The Doll doesn't seem to have read my post by the next time I see him, I'll have to just bite the bullet and tell him outright "I would like to be more dominant with you. I feel like you've been giving off signals that this would be welcomed, but I want to hear you actually say it before I proceed."
But it would be pretty hot if he – for instance – read that FetLife journal entry and commented (pretending to be an impartial observer) that this boy I'm seeing totally does sound like he's ready to be controlled and I should probably just go for it.
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P.E.I. lobster season opens
Waiting days or weeks for prices on catch not feasible, say fishermen
Lobster season opened Wednesday but fishermen on P.E.I. said they are frustrated waiting days, sometimes weeks, to find out how much they'll get for their catch.
Local fisherman Alan Campbell, said fishermen need to know the price beforehand.
"There's no one else, no other sector that comes in with their product and sells it to their buyer that have absolutely no idea what they're going to get for the next week, or two weeks, or three weeks. It's high time it changed."
Knowing what their catch is worth is necessary to help budget with the cost of bait and fuel on the rise.
As a result of the time-lag, some fishermen in Nova Scotia have tied up their boats in protest. Some P.E.I. fishermen talk of doing the same.
Other fishermen are forming their own buying groups and selling directly to processing plants.
This past winter, Ian MacPherson of the P.E.I. Fishermen's Association said the association organized pricing talks with processors for the first time; however no decision was made.
"Unfortunately they didn't conclude in a shore price but I got some dialogue going so perhaps after fishing they may pick up again," MacPherson said.
Fishermen at Covehead said Wednesday, catches are good this year.
Fisherman Matthew DesRoches landed about a 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) but he's not sure what price they'll fetch.
"Hopefully we'll get like over [$4 a pound] for canners anyway, and [$5 a pound] for markets, but that depends on the catches everywhere else, you know, and the market," DesRoches told CBC News.
According to the PEIFA, prices are looking good. Inventory on the mainland is low, demand from the U.S. is growing as the economy rebounds, and buyers on the wharf are buying up product.
However, the price they'll fetch for the lobster is decided by management of fish processing plants and might not be known for weeks.
Lobster landings are worth about $80 million per year to the Island's 1,300 commercial fishermen.
Spring lobster season runs until the end of June.


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No such thing as perfect, but come on now. This is just my opinion of the near term.
The title bar does NOT have spell check. I need to do better at manually spell checking it myself, should say "harmonics". Yes that July TL is good to go also. Good point. :)
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This Saturday, dust off last year's costume or fashion yourself something new because Rusko is coming in town for Bass Masquerade! Back in October, Rusko was prepared to bring Halloween spookiness to the Starlight Ballroom but was forced to postpone due to the unfortunate events of Hurricane Sandy. With his new EP Kapow released this past November, and having had a month long residency in Las Vegas, Rusko is on fire and ready to go!
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wow,i love the spanish culture,and dancing,she looks amazing too! Can men dance with women at the same time?,forgive me,i am not sure,but,yes,the lady throws the dress around as a part of the dance,ole!
Peace to the wonderful people of Spain!x (and merry christmas soon)
Peace to the wonderful people of Spain!x (and merry christmas soon)


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Toronto police say a woman who was found wandering in Scarborough has been reunited with her family.
Officers responded to a call for a woman in distress in the Kingston Road and Ellesmere Road area around 6 p.m. on Friday night.
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Al-Qaeda linked jihadists continue to dominate the so-called "moderate" opposition in Syria. The U.S. and Western tactic of using Muslim Brotherhood-linked combatants as proxy warriors and armed heralds of corporatist economics began well before the 9/11 attacks and has continued apace ever since. Failure to pursue the Operation Green Quest investigation looms ever larger.
Continuing our analysis of Donald Trump as a political animal, the program returns to the subject of traditional German "Ostpolitik." As set forth in FTR #918, Germany has–for centuries–sought to stabilize its relationship with Russia in order to further its geopolitical hegemonic goals. Beginning with the subject of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's work for the Russia-allied Yanukovich government in Ukraine, we note that available evidence points to Manafort as a cat's paw for covert action and regime change. His clients in the past include former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who did not share the Golden Lily wealth to the satisfaction of the United States and was subsequently overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup. After reviewing German Ostpolitik as articulated in the early 1950s by the Adenauer government in Germany and Underground Reich Fifth Column elements in the U.S., the program notes that the basic goals of that early 1950s manifestation of the policy have either been reached or are under development: a German-dominated unified Europe, a German-dominated European military structure; a German-dominated EU/Russian/Eurasian economic union stretching from "Lisbon to Vladivostok," and the gradual pivot from the U.S. to Russia as a critical German ally (as reflected in an important recent German poll.) The program notes that the complex, altogether opaque Trump real estate empire apparently fronts for, among other interests, powerful German corporations, families and individuals. Those interests, as we have seen in FTR #305, are under the control of the remarkable and deadly Bormann capital network. Key Trump foreign policy adviser Joseph E. Schmitz is obsessed "with all things Steuben" and "all things German" according to a former colleague at the Pentagon. Schmitz's brother John P. Schmitz is works with dominant German corporations, placing him in the same corporate landscape as Trump and his real estate empire. It is our view that Trump's pronouncements about Russia, Ukraine and NATO are similar in functional intent to the "Open Letter to Stalin" published in the "Buerger Zeitung." His stances in this regard are meant to precipitate what pro-Adenauer media sources termed "a bidding war" between the U.S. and Russia, with Germany as the beneficiary of a " . . . heated atmosphere of an auction room where two eager opponents outbid each other. . . ." Program Highlights Include: Review of John P. Schmitz's relationship to the Robert Bosch Foundation; review of the Bosch Foundation's links to the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, which sponsored Mohamed Atta's entry into the United States; John P. Schmitz's links to Matthias Wissman, and Wissman's links to Holocaust-related lawsuits; Joseph E. Schmitz's reported anti-Semitism and Holocaust revisionism: " . . . .'His summary of his tenure's achievement reported as '…I fired the Jews,' . . . . 'In his final days, he allegedly lectured [former Pentagon Inspector General] Mr. [John] Crane on the details of concentration camps and how the ovens were too small to kill 6 million Jews,' . . . ."; review of Joseph E. Schmitz's post-Pentagon work as head of the parent company of Blackwater.
Happily recovered from major heart surgery, heroic investigative journalist Daniel Hopsicker rejoins our airwaves to recount some of his investigations, old and new. We begin with Daniel's reportage on Jeb Bush's role in covering up the milieu of Huffman Aviation and Mohamed Atta's activities in South Florida. Daniel's investigations into intelligence-community-connected drug smuggling began with his investigation into Barry Seal. Seal's involvement with spook activities apparently began with his membership in a Civil Air Patrol unit commanded by CIA officer David Ferrie, a unit that included Lee Harvey Oswald. Much of the program was spent highlighting some of Daniel's overlapping stories about the intelligence community and the drug traffic. Program highlights include: the role of H.L. Hunt's granddaughter in the activities surrounding what Daniel terms "Cocaine One;" the heroism of several Mexican women who are telling the truth about the involvement of the Mexican government with the cartels; the bust of a major drug smuggling flight on property owned by socialite Paris Hilton; a constellation of apparent drug smuggling activities surrounding actor Vince Vaughn's mother.
Heroic investigative journalist Daniel Hopsicker is still rockin'! "Back in the [journalistic] saddle," he relates that Jeb Bush stumbled badly when asked about his actions on the day after 9/11. When asked about his presence on a C-130 cargo plane carrying the files of Huffman Aviation to the Washington D.C. area, he denied it. All of the contents of this website as of 12/19/2014–Dave Emory's 35+ years of research and broadcasting–as well as hours of videotaped lectures are available on a 32GB flash drive. Dave offers his programs and articles for free–your support is very much appreciated.
Recently, soon-to-be-former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has garnered much media attention for his "off the rails" comments about African-Americans and former NBA great Magic Johnson, in particular. What has NOT garnered much attention at all is his background. An associate of mob straw man Allen Glick and his buddy, the late Al Davis of Oakland Raiders fame, Sterling's rise in the real estate business suggests that there is more to the story than meets the eye.One of the aspects of Sterling's career that has received little scrutiny is his curious behavior with regard to a non-existent project for the homeless and the apparently non-existent "assistance" to that project provided by Ramy El-Batrawi. Batrawi was a long-time associate of arms dealer and money-man Adnan Khashoggi, a major player in the shadowy world of intelligence community covert operations, gun-running and dope trafficking. Khashoggi has been a major financier of the "controlled demolition of the World Trade Center" disinformation operation, crafted by some of the 9/11 conspirators to cover-up their attacks.
Chief of the Hamburg police during a period in which German intelligence had members of the Hamburg cell of 9/11 hijackers under surveillance, Ernst Uhrlau was appointed special adviser to the Chancellor on intelligence matters in 1998. He became head of the BND in 2005. During Uhrlau's tenure as BND director, files on BND officers with SS and Gestapo backgrounds were shredded.
Among the evident primary goals of the intelligence operation undertaken by Edward Snowden is the destabilization of the Obama administration. Intentionally damaging Obama's attempts at improving relations with Russia, China and Germany/EU, the "op" bears strong similarity to the U-2 incident in May of 1960. That operation appears to have been orchestrated by domestic intelligence elements, whereas this appears to have been a foreign "op," probably BND/Underground Reich.
This program highlights German/Underground Reich connections to both the 9/11 attacks and the Oklahoma City bombing. Of particular significance is Ernst Uhrlau: chief of Hamburg police at the time German intelligence had the 9/11 cell under surveillance, appointed coordinator of intelligence for the German chancellor in 1998 and head of the BND in 2005. The son of Chancellor Kohl's chief of staff may have masterminded the Oklahoma City bombing and BND may well have been manipulating Mohamed Atta.
It should come as no surprise that the NSA would target Germany as a "hot spot" for electronic surveillance. We call attention to Ernst Uhrlau, chief of police in Hamburg during the time German intelligence had the Hamburg cell of 9/11 hijackers under surveillance, later special adviser to Chancellor Helmut Kohl on intelligence matters (the son of whose chief of staff may have masterminded the Oklahoma City bombing), and eventually head of the BND! UPDATED ON 10/30/2013.
In our last post, we noted that both Peter Thiel and the CEO of Palantir Alex Karp had German roots and may well be Underground Reich. A company developing security robots has been capitalized by Peter Thiel and headed by Alex Karp! We also note that the Festo corporation is developing robots. Festo is involved with the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft. Mohamed Atta infiltrated the United States via that organization. In Florida, Atta allegedly associated with the children of powerful German industrialists.


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If you're like me, you may have your novel on a huge document on Microsoft Word (or another writing program). At first, this arrangement seemed fine. But as my page count started multiplying and the 80,000+ words seemed to leap off the page to engulf me, that word document started to feel like an untameable giant. Not only is the document itself hard to manage, but there are also a million other things you need to make reference to while writing: character backgrounds, setting, plot points, notes for future scenes, etc. I had all of these on other separate documents so when I sat down to write, I had dozens of document tabs open and I would be clicking back and forth like a maniac.
A novel (and even novellas) are hundreds of pages long. Needless to say, it can be overwhelming to deal with a document of that size. If you're not careful, you can stress yourself out and feel like giving up even before you start.
Luckily, there are some things you can do to make your life easier and streamline the writing process. Here are some tools I use that help me manage my novel:
1. Jump Between Chapters with Navigation Pane
*Note: I use Microsoft Office Word and Excel 2010. Some of the more technical tips therefore may be only applicable to those who also use Microsoft Office 2010.*
Depending on your writing style, you can either have a dozen chapters or, like me, up to 30. With a document hundreds of pages long, it is exasperating having to scroll back and forth to find the chapter you are looking for. Luckily, Microsoft Word has a function that can help you move through your document a lot easier.
If you're using Microsoft Word, highlight your chapter title and click on "Heading 1" on the "Home" Menu tab in the "Styles" section. Now that you've made your chapter a proper heading, click on "View" on the Menu Tab. In the "Show" section, click on the little box next to "Navigation Pane." This will open the Navigation Pane which is a bar on the left side of your screen. Here, you will be able to see your chapters and you can jump between chapters in your manuscript by clicking on their respective boxes.
I find this tool exceptionally useful because my book is divided into two points of view. This way, I can choose to only click on the chapters featuring my protagonist, Agi, or focus my work on my other main character, Hedor, in his chapters.
The Navigation Pane also lets you search your document which is helpful during revision. I use it to search for all mentions of evil words like "suddenly," "really," and "very," so I can edit them out more easily.
I am one of those writers who writes completely out of order: a few pages in chapter 4, edit a paragraph in chapter 15, then back to finish work on chapter 22 (I'm not alone, right? Please don't tell me I'm just a scatterbrained weirdo…) Most of the time, this is doable because of my alternating POVs, but in general I like to start in the middle of the story and work my way backwards and forwards. By having chapter headings, I can jump around my novel to my scattered brain's delight.
2. Outline Your Novel on a Spreadsheet or Table
An outline is a great tool to keep track of your progress and of your novel's plot. The best way to have a convenient overview of your entire novel is by making a spreadsheet or chart/table. You can organize this outline by dividing the spreadsheet/table into:
Chapters, Chapter Page Count, Chapter Word Count, Summary of Chapter, Key Plot points in each chapter that move the story forward, Scenes, Characters, and so on. These are just a few examples, but you can create your outline however you like. You can even create sub-categories within each column if you wish.
Above is a screenshot of my table replaced with example text due to obvious spoiler reasons. I chose to do a table in Microsoft Word instead of an Excel spreadsheet because I wanted to use bullet points within each column/row and Excel wouldn't let me do that. I also am not incorporating complex numbers or calculating anything so the fancy Excel buttons were unnecessary. Also, Excel scares me a little with all of those equations. :/ Math and I have a strenuous relationship.
If you are a more methodical writer who likes to calculate the number of words and pages each chapter should have, by all means use Excel. A spreadsheet let's you do fun things like only have certain chapters visible: a great tool for those who have alternating POV chapters or chapters divided by other reasons. It's just a matter of playing around with the buttons and testing it out to see if it's right for you and your novel.
Regardless of which kind of outline you decide to make, you can use the table during revision to maintain continuity as you make changes in various places in your draft. As I've said, I write out of order, so swords, plot points and characters disappear and reappear with alarming frequency. By just glancing at my table, I am able to keep it all in check—for the most part at least… I'm still trying to curb that minor character whose gender and identity I keep changing. (P.S. my characters hate my indecisiveness. I can't say I blame them.)
This table/chart also helps monitor how much action/internal monologue/conversational scenes I have in each chapter. Just a look at my Scene column told me that I had too many scenes of exposition where Agi was lost in thought, and that there was not enough action in certain chapters. Furthermore, it made me see the varying number of scenes in each chapter which in turn let me know why certain chapters were so much longer than others.
I could go on and on. The point: Make a chart! I know it's time-consuming at first, but once you have it made it's just a matter of plugging in the new data. And trust me, it's well worth the effort!
3. Create Character Profiles
There are some things however, that the table/spreadsheet outline can't properly show, such as full description of your characters. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of all of your characters and the changes they have gone through from draft to draft. To make it easier to remember, create profiles for your characters. Think of these profiles as sort of resumes that incorporate everything possible about your character:
Full name, Age, Likes and Dislikes (even the things you aren't necessarily using in your story), Personality, Fears, Desires, Goals, Strengths, Weakness, Flaws, Story Arc Progression, and of course their Physical Description. It's amazing how you can easily make a mistake and describe a character's fiery locks at the end of the draft when they originally were supposed to be blonde. By keeping this profile, you can keep track of all of the changes your characters go through— sometimes before they even make it to the page! You can also include who they're related to, their relationship status, their profession, where they live, etc. etc. Run wild with it! Make it as complex or as simple as you like.
(The picture shown above is a random profile whose layout was designed by a dear friend. I strung together the details of it at the last minute; it has nothing to do with my book. Maybe you figured that out if you can read what I entered for each section :P)
For my profiles, I go all out and even browse the internet for pictures of people that resemble my characters' physical descriptions— ok, so maybe that was an excuse to procrastinate and end up on tumblr to look at pictures of teacup pigs in hats. Which was very important at the time I swear! You never know when you need that image on hand for a description in your story (highly doubtful, but possible.) — Regardless, having a file on hand with all of the details of your characters is a great reference for when you want to double-check a fact while writing.
Even though these profiles do add more documents to your arsenal of "My Book" files—or however you like to label it. Mine is called "My Precious." … just kidding. Or am I? — it's simply easier to have each character in their separate document. And if you do it similarly to how I've suggested, you can still get all of the information you need at a glance instead of having another document full of paragraphed text.
There are so many other things you can do to streamline your writing process. These are the just the main three that I use. As I discover more, I will be sure to share them with you. I hope that you find these tips useful or that they even spark ideas for your own helping-tools as you attempt to tame your own giant.
Happy Writing,
-Paola ©2014
What do you do to streamline the writing process? I'd love to hear your ideas/tips in the comments below!


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June 10, 2014
JACQUELINE GOLDBERG, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.401 NORTH WABASH VENTURE LLC and TRUMP CHICAGO MANAGING MEMBER, LLC, Defendants-Appellees
Argued April 14, 2014
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 09 C 6455 -- Amy J. St. Eve, Judge.
For JACQUELINE GOLDBERG, Plaintiff - Appellant: Shelly B. Kulwin, Attorney, Jeffrey R. Kulwin, KULWIN, MASCIOPINTO & KULWIN, Chicago, IL; Alexandra K. Block, Attorney, Diane F. Klotnia, Attorney, Michael L. Shakman, Attorney, MILLER, SHAKMAN & BEEM LLP, Chicago, IL.
For 401 N. WABASH VENTURE, L.L.C., a Delaware Limited Liability Company, TRUMP CHICAGO MANAGING MEMBER, LLC, a Delaware limited Liability Company, Defendants - Appellees: Stephen Novack, Attorney, Rebekah H. Parker, Attorney, John F. Shonkwiler, Attorney, NOVACK & MACEY LLP, Chicago, IL.
Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.
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Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago (we'll call it " Trump Tower Chicago" for short) is a 92-story building in downtown Chicago, completed in 2009. It contains 486 residential condominium units, 339 hotel condominium units (occupying floors 14 and 17 through 27 of the building)--the focus of the appeal--plus retail space, a health club, ballrooms,
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meeting rooms, restaurants, bars, a hair salon, and other facilities commonly found in conventional hotels. Some of these facilities, along with structural features such as the roof and the elevators, are what are called " common elements." All common elements are shared facilities. The condominium units are not common elements; they are owned individually, rather than by the building's owners or by the condominium association, which is to say the units' owners collectively. When the owner of a hotel condominium unit is not occupying the unit, the building management can rent it to a visitor, and the rental income is divided with the owner, with the owner's share of the income being credited against his annual maintenance fee.
The developers and owners of Trump Tower Chicago--the defendants in this lawsuit-are entities ultimately controlled by Donald Trump. For simplicity we'll ignore the labyrinth of corporate forms and pretend there is a single defendant called TrumpOrg. The plaintiff is a wealthy and financially sophisticated Chicago businesswoman--a certified public accountant and certified financial planner--who in 2006 signed an agreement to buy two hotel condominium units in Trump Tower Chicago from TrumpOrg for some $2.2 million. (To simplify exposition, we'll pretend there was one agreement, covering both units.) Goldberg wasn't interested in staying in either of the units herself. She had bought them as an investment, hoping their value would increase and also that her income from the rental of the units by the management of the condo hotel (the condo hotel is a component of Trump Tower Chicago, which also as we noted contains a residential complex) would reduce her annual maintenance costs. She already owned other condominium units--including a residential condominium unit in Trump Tower Chicago--also as investments rather than as places in which she might live or stay. Although she was 80 years old when she signed the purchase agreement, there is no suggestion that she was mentally impaired. She was 87 when she testified at the trial of this case, and there was no indication of any impairment then either.
The purchase agreement, in what the parties call the " change clause," gave TrumpOrg " the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to modify the Condominium Documents." These are documents that among other things specify the rights in the common elements that the purchaser acquires under the agreement along with the hotel condominium unit itself--" provided that Seller shall notify Purchaser or obtain the Purchaser's approval of any changes in the Condominium Documents ... when and if such notice or approval is required by law." After reviewing the purchase agreement with her attorney, the plaintiff asked TrumpOrg to give her the right to terminate the agreement and get her deposit back if she disapproved of any changes that TrumpOrg made in the agreement. TrumpOrg refused. The plaintiff signed the agreement anyway, even though TrumpOrg had already made three changes, one of which modified common elements by adding meeting rooms and ballrooms to, but removing the health club from, the common elements.
The year after she signed the agreement, TrumpOrg made another set of changes (the " Fourth Amendment," as the parties term it), which greatly curtailed the owners' rights in the hotel facilities. The plaintiff was furious. She testified that she thought she'd been conned. She refused to close; that is, she refused to pay the balance of what she owed for the two units that she had agreed to buy, and take title to them. TrumpOrg did not seek to compel her to close, as by suing
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her for breach of contract and seeking specific performance as a remedy. But neither did it return her down payment, some $516,000. After protracted fruitless negotiations, in January 2010 TrumpOrg canceled the purchase agreement and claimed the earnest money as liquidated damages, but left it in an escrow account in Deutsche Bank. There it remains, pending the outcome of this litigation, which the plaintiff had instituted in an Illinois state court in 2009. The suit sought damages not limited to the $516,000, but in the millions of dollars, under a variety of Illinois laws and also the Federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, 15 U.S.C. § § 1701 et seq .; but the claim under that Act has been abandoned on appeal, so we'll ignore it. Her Illinois claims are based on the Illinois common law of contracts; the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, 815 ILCS 505; the Illinois Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605; and the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, 815 ILCS 5.
The parties being of diverse citizenship, the defendant was able to remove the case to the federal district court in Chicago and did so. Lengthy pretrial proceedings ensued, in the course of which the district judge granted summary judgment for the defendant on the securities-law claim, and (after the summary judgment ruling, but shortly before trial) dismissed the claim of " unfair" conduct because the plaintiff had " not sufficiently alleged or pursued during discovery an 'unfair practice' claim." (The consumer-fraud act, which tracks the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1), punishes " unfair" as well as " deceptive" acts or practices. 815 ILCS 505/2.) Her other claims were tried--the deceptive practice consumer-fraud act and federal Land Act claims to a jury, the breach of contract and Condo Act claims to the judge. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant on the fraud and Land Act claims, and the judge rendered judgment for the defendant on the breach of contract and Condo Act claims. Thus the plaintiff obtained no relief, precipitating this appeal.
When as in this case some issues are to be tried by a jury and some by the judge, the jury trial is conducted first and the jury's findings (unless invalidated) are binding in the bench trial. E.g., Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., 356 U.S. 525, 537-38, 78 S.Ct. 893, 2 L.Ed.2d 953 (1958); In re Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc., 51 F.3d 1293, 1303 (7th Cir. 1995). So we begin with the trial of the claim of deception, as that was the only claim (apart from the now-abandoned federal Land Act claim) tried by the jury. The plaintiff's theory was bait and switch: that TrumpOrg had promised to prospective purchasers of the hotel condominium units--in marketing materials, in " Property Reports" (formal documents given to buyers along with the purchase agreements and other condominium documents), and in the original draft of the purchase agreements--common-element rights in the ...
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When the Yangtze River dolphin went extinct people all over the world were shocked and dismayed – but now New Zealand could become the first country to oversee the extinction of a marine dolphin in over 50 years.
This year, both the International Whaling Commission and the World Conservation Congress urged the New Zealand Government to take immediate measures to protect Maui's dolphin.
A group of New Zealand experts identified bycatch in fishing nets as the key threat to the dolphins, and provided advice on management for the area in which they are found.
The measures in place so far, and the current proposal by the Ministry of Primary Industries, fall far short of these expert recommendations. [sourced from Greenpeace's petition site]
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