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A woman who recently moved to Northport has been charged with kidnapping a young girl from her elementary school in Kemper County, Miss., earlier this week.
A woman who recently moved to Northport has been charged with kidnapping a young girl from her elementary school in Kemper County, Miss., earlier this week.
Jesse Mae Brown Pollard, 54, has been accused of kidnapping Jashayla Hopson, 6, from her elementary school in Scooba, Miss. on Tuesday.
Pollard is the mother of University of Alabama basketball player Devonta Pollard, who was a McDonald's All-American coming out of high school and a five-star recruit.
Former teacher Jesse Pollard recently moved to Northport from Porterville, Miss., to be near her son, according to the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger.
Authorities arrested Pollard at her home in Northport Wednesday, a day after an AMBER alert was issued for the girl. The alert was displayed on electronic message boards that span Interstate 359 in Tuscaloosa.
According to Mississippi authorities, Jashayla knocked on a door in Lauderdale County Wednesday afternoon. The resident did not know Jashayla, but knew she had been reported missing from neighboring Kemper County. The girl was unharmed, but examined at a hospital in Meridian.
According to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Pollard had been in an argument with the girl's mother. Media reports identified Jashayla's mother as Pollard's cousin.
The AMBER Alert was issued after a woman took the girl from her elementary school on Tuesday afternoon. Her parents called police when she was not on the bus that afternoon.
The girl's mother later received a text message stating "don't call the police I will call you later if you call the police u wont see her again," according to the affidavit.
Investigators learned that the phone used had been purchased at a Bessemer Walmart that afternoon. Surveillance video from the Walmart showed a woman investigators identified as Pollard buying the Samsung T-139 there at 3:24 p.m.
Jashayla's mother received a hang-up phone call from the number shortly after, the affidavit stated. Latitude and longitude information indicated that the call was placed at the Walmart.
Investigators said that Pollard then used her credit card to pay for a room at the Best Western hotel in Bessemer, where surveillance cameras captured the woman walking with the girl in a hallway and leaving in a gold or tan Cadillac Deville.
The investigators wrote that the vehicle belonged to Pollard's son, and that they searched it with his consent at her house in Northport. They found the hotel key and a receipt for the cell phone.
The investigators stated that other people were in the car with Pollard on Tuesday afternoon. Others could be arrested, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Pollard, who faces a federal kidnapping charge after being accused of taking the girl across state lines, was denied bond at a hearing Wednesday. She could face up to 20 years to life in prison if convicted.
Sophomore Devonta Pollard, a 6-foot-8 forward, started eight games for Alabama in 2012-13 as a freshman, averaging 3.9 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
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TRAINING: I train twice a day
When and why did you start training for fighting? Because fighting is in my blood. I started when I was 10 years old.
What ranks and titles have you held? Black belt in jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai. Three-time world jiu-jitsu champ, 2007 Abu-Dhabi world champion.
Do you have any heroes? Wolverine
What was your job before you started fighting? Teaching Jiu-Jitsu and MMA.
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text: This past weekend, Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, hosted the Sprint Cup Auto Club 400 and the Nationwide Series Royal Purple 300. The Camping World Truck Series will return to action on Saturday, April 6, at Martinsville Speedway.NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTime Trials: Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 17th Annual Auto Club 400 with a lap of 38.410 seconds, 187.451 mph. This is the No. 11 Toyota driver's 13th pole in 264 NSCS races. It is his first pole and fourth top-10 start in 2013. This is Hamlin's third pole in 13 races at Auto Club Speedway. Hamlin won the pole for last year's Auto Club Speedway event. In this week's race, he was running second, racing for the lead with race-leader Joey Logano (No. 22) on the last lap when they got together. Hamlin crashed into the wall and was credited with a 25th place finish.Did Not Qualify: No one, only 43 teams entered.Race Winner: Kyle Busch won the 17th Annual Auto Club 400, his 25th victory in 298 NSCS races. This is the No. 18 Toyota driver's first victory and third top-10 finish in 2013 breaking a 31-race winless streak in this series. This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 16 races at Auto Club Speedway. This is Busch's 9th weekend sweep, having also won Saturday's Royal Purple 300.Rookie of the Race: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the No. 17 Ford Fusion driver, started 28th. He was named the "Rookie of the Race" since his 20th place finish was better than the other ROTY contenders in the event.Contingency Awards:- Kyle Busch won the 3M Lap Leader Award for leading the most laps (125 of 200). - Toyota Racing Development won the Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. They supplied the engine in Kyle Busch's car.- Busch also won the American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award for recording the fastest average speed on restarts and finishing the race on the lead lap. - Matt Borland, crew chief on Ryan Newman's No. 39 Chevrolet, won the Moog Problem Solver of the Race award. The award goes to the crew chief that improves the most (0.354 seconds) from first half of the race to the second half utilizing the 40 best lap times. Newman started the race in 20th and finished 10th.- Kyle Busch won the Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race award given to the winner of the race or the next-highest finishing driver displaying the Mobil 1 decal.Points Leader: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the point standings by 12 points over Brad Keselowski.NSCS Top 12 (G/L):1. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (+1)2. Brad Keselowski (-1)3. Jimmie Johnson (0)4. Carl Edwards (+4)5. Greg Biffle (0)6. Kyle Busch (+4)7. Kasey Kahne (0)8. Paul Menard (+1)9. Joey Logano (+3)10. Denny Hamlin (-4)11. Matt Kenseth (+2)12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (-1)Next NSCS Race: STP Gas Booster 400, April 7 at Martinsville Speedway. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NASCAR Nationwide SeriesTime Trials: Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 15th Annual Royal Purple 300 with a lap of 40.312 seconds, 178.607 mph. This is the No. 54 Toyota driver's 28th pole in 249 NNS races. It is his second pole and third top-10 NNS start in 2013. This is Busch's third pole in 15 NNS races at Auto Club Speedway.Did Not Qualify: No. 70 Tony Raines and No. 46 Chase Miller.Race Winner: Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch won the 15th Annual Royal Purple 300, his 54th victory in 249 NNS races. Today's victory is the record-extending ninth for Joe Gibbs Racing at Auto Club Speedway. This is the No. 54 Toyota driver's third victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2013. It is his sixth victory in 15 NNS races at Auto Club Speedway. Three of those wins -including today's - came from the Coors Light Pole. He is ineligible for driver points in this series.Rookie of the Race: Kyle Larson, the No. 32 Chevrolet driver, started ninth and finished sixth. This was ahead of the rest of the 2013 Rookie of the Year contenders earning him the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award.Contingency Awards:- Parker Kligerman won the Mobil 1 Driver of the Race award given to the winner of the race or the next-highest finishing driver displaying the Mobil 1 decal. The driver of the No. 77 Toyota Camry earned the award for his fourth place finish.- Kyle Busch led the most laps earning the 3M Lap Leader award. The No. 54 Toyota Camry driver started on the pole; led 93 of the 150 laps run and won the race.- Joe Gibbs Racing Engines won the Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. They built the engine in Busch's Toyota.Points Leader: Sam Hornish Jr. leads the point standings by 28 points over Regan Smith.NNS Top 10 (G/L):1. Sam Hornish Jr. (0)2. Regan Smith (+2)3. Brian Scott (0)4. Justin Allgaier (-2)5. Austin Dillon (+1)6. Trevor Bayne (+1)7. Kyle Larson (+2)8. Parker Kligerman (+3)9. Elliott Sadler (+1)10. Alex Bowman (-2)Next NNS Race: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300, Friday, April 12, at Texas Motor Speedway.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:Points Leader: Johnny Sauter leads the standings by 6 points over Ron Hornaday.Next NCWTS Race: Kroger 250, Saturday, April 6, at Martinsville Speedway.


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Tom Cruise's spanking
Any excuse to use my favourite photo of Tom Cruise. For those of you new to my blog, this image has NOT been altered. It originally appeared in Rolling Stone.
As I reported yesterday, Tom Cruise tagged along with Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, and Chris Hemsworth this weekend in London. Please click here for that article about how it all came together. The occasion was Matt Damon's birthday at The Box. According to Page Six Tom came by himself, which is no surprise. It really did go down like high school. The cool kids opened up their circle and extended a pity invitation… to Tom Cruise! But that is fascinating, isn't it? He's one of the most famous people in the world, super wealthy, and he has no significant relationships, romantic or otherwise, never mind the 3 failed marriages. At what point do you say to yourself -- this isn't working, I am doing something wrong, what changes should I be making? It doesn't seem like the Scientology audit system, which is supposed to root out obstacles to happiness and fulfillment, is all that introspective.
Anyway, back to Tom and his new friends -- apparently they were all spanked at some point during the night by a cross-dressing hostess. A sheltered Scientologist is being opened up to a new world of experiences -- now if you're Damon and Krasinski, do you have a side bet going to see if you can break him?


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2009 again there was a lot of action going on in theaters – for example the fourth installment of the "Fast & Furious", the second "Transformers"-movie, the blockbuster "2012". There was also another simple – but effective – fighter's story, narrated in the appropriately named movie "Fighting". Some of all that was entertaining, but very little was really special. A much more profound and thus more interesting struggle was shown in "The Wrestler". This movie combines the Aries-quality of fighting with Pisces-motifs like weakness, failure and disappointment and provided Mickey Rourke with the role of his life, the aging Wrestling star Randy "The Ram".
For me the most beautiwful Taurus-movie of the year was by far Almodovars "Broken Embraces" ("Los abrazos rotos"). It is an abundant film experience and a sensual delight, in which the director once again succeeds in a perfect manner to stage the colors and shapes of everyday life with great pleasure and enjoyment. The story too deals with Taurus-topics like love and (in)security, Eros and beauty, the fear of dramatic changes and the far-reaching treatment of their long-term aftereffects. Other interesting and/or typical Taurus-films have been "The Secret Life of Bees", "Home" and "Shopaholic".
One of the most interesting films carrying Gemini-energy surely was Quentin Tarantinos "Inglorious Basterds". As a war-movie it also emphasizes Aries, yet beside the intelligently staged (Aries-) visuals, it focuses on dialog, quotes and references and sparks a firework of amazing characters, sharp talk and quirky ideas. "State of Play", a suspenseful crime story about a newspaper reporter, who on his quest for truth gets dubious information to piece together, also brings Gemini-motifs to the screen. As well does "Brothers Bloom", a film that is telling a clever story about telling stories: two brothers muddle through life on lies and deceit. Beside the various hobbies that a rich heiress pursues, a valuable old book plays a role in their last story...
Several films dealt with Cancer-typical familiy issues – e.g. "Rachel Getting Married", "Away we go" and "My Sister's Keeper", the one that probably tackles the most controversial topic. It raises questions about care and responsibility, when little Anna, who was born to provide necessary donations for her Leukemia-stricken sister, starts rebelling against her use as a "spare parts warehouse".
But not only family-movies correspond to the emotional Cancer-quality. The lovable animated film "Up" and a heartbreaking story about true and deep friendship between dog and man in "Hachiko: A Dog's Tale" are also charged with emotion and sentimentality – pure Cancer-energy.
Leo-films often involve tales from the show business – and the theme of the individual's path that leads against all odds to unique and true self-fulfillment. One example was the Oscar-winner "Slumdog Millionaire", the Bollywood-influenced life- and lovestory of a youngster from the slums, who is about to get rich in a quizshow.
The typical Leo-film especially emphasizes celebration, mostly the celebration of life and the lust for it. This can be found in movies like "Small Crime" ("Mikro Eglima"), which basks in hot Greek sunlight, or Ang Lees "Taking Woodstock".
"This Is It" also is a celebration, celebrating the "King of Pop". The documentary shows the recently deceased Michael Jackson in rehearsals for his planned concerts and thereby celebrates not only his uniqueness as an artist, but the creative process of the whole team which slightly resembles a king's court.
Virgo-themes as cleanliness and order were taken on in strikingly many films about laundry and cleaning, e.g. in the documentaries "Soap and Water" ("Wasser und Seife") and "The Wondrous World of Laundry" as well as in the feature film "Sunshine Cleaning". Yet a strong Virgo-character was given by Clint Eastwood in his swan song to Dirty Harry, the quiet but very impressive "Gran Torino". Eastwood plays a morose misanthropist with strongly emphasized Virgo- and Capricorn-features, who only comes alive when he can fix things, but suffers from the rampant loss of values and decency in his world. While deliberately getting involved with his new Asian neighbours, he gets the chance to make himself useful again and take on responsibility.
Beside all the inevitable, more or less entertaining romantic comedies – "The Ugly Truth", "The Proposal", "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" etc. – that are dealing with relationships in an elegant and light Libra-way, the biopic "Coco Avant Chanel" combined different Libra-motifs: Elegance and diplomacy are pivotal Libra-features both of which the protagonist aptly employs – in her private life as well as in her business. Fashion and the culturally groundbreaking reshaping of women's clothing and a redefinition of elegance as the absence of everything ornamental and obstructive are focused on and put into beautiful images.
Scorpio-energy is a popular theme in cinema in various forms. Lars von Trier's newest film "Antichrist" became very controversial in september due to it's extreme radicalism. It presents a psychological tour de force: After their son's death, a psychotherapist attempts a kind of vivisection on his wife's soul by forcing her to confront her greatest fears. He triggers a furious and bloody fight, which crosses all boundaries and literally cuts to their bones.
To live in permanent danger and the presence of death is very Scorpio-like. Kathryn Bigelow, a remarkable action-director, explores the consequences of such pressure on the human psyche in her intense and Adrenaline-filled character-study "The Hurt Locker", where she follows the extreme everyday life of a military bomb squad in Iraq.
Other notable films on Scorpio-motifs were "The Reader" ("Der Vorleser"), "Orphan" and "Law Abiding Citizen".
To discover new worlds and broaden ones horizon is a typical Sagittarius-theme. And 2009 brought the perfect film on this theme: "Star Trek", the prequel to all Star Trek movies and series, in which hoodlum Kirk and cool Vulcanian Mr.Spock meet for the first time to furthermore travel the universe together, "seek out new life-forms and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before." James Camerons long awaited film "Avatar" is also a tale about the discovery of a strange new world and the resulting gain in knowledge.
But films as "Milk", a biopic about the important gay civil rights activist Harvey Milk, or "The Informant!", which is illustrating megalomania and manic behaviour in his protagonist, are also dealing with Sagittarius-topics.
Fans have longingly awaited the fourth part of the John-Connor-saga "Terminator Salvation". With lots of grim action around the arduous fight between the last human survivors and the machines in a deserted, mostly gray coloured world, this movie brought strong Capricorn-images to the screen. Other Capricorn-films dealt mostly with topics like guilt, responsibility, atonement – for example the South African film "Disgrace" or the British "Boy A". Capricorn-motifs as tradition and the effects of repressive upbringing and abusive fatherly authority are tackled in Michael Hanekes new work "The White Ribbon" ("Das weiße Band"). Filmed in strict black and white, the reduced narrative style as well as the atmosphere of subliminal menace speak of Capricorn with a strong streak of Scorpio.
A community of the slightly different is an Aquarius-motif, that emerged last year in such different films as the graphic novel adaptation "Watchmen" and Michael Mann's biopic about the last year in the life of notorious American gangster John Dillinger: "Public Enemies". If it is superheroes or gangsters with the image of a Robin Hood – these are characters, who stand above common morality and social conventions, thus embodying Aquarian characteristics as aloofness, love of freedom or eccentricity. Michael Moore, director of famous documentary movies, likes to present himself as an entertaining yet provocative revolutionary. In "Capitalism: A Love Story" he again raises uncomfortable questions, this time addressed to the financial world. And as always he is looking for idealistic visions of a better world, typical Aquarian ideals.
More typical Aquarius-energy could be found in quirky movies like "Brüno", "Crank 2: High Voltage" or "Ricky".
With "The Limits of Control" in 2009 Jim Jarmusch delivered a surrealist and dreamy looking film with a story almost impossible to narrate and leaving the impression of a journey through the collective unconscious. With a great cast the film became a mystery play of film history, full of spiritual truisms, calling for a revolution of perception (Uranus in Pisces!). Other visually astounding films came especially from Asia: "Cinematic madness" is a frequently used term referring to "Love Exposure" ("Ai no mukidashi"), a film that includes family drama and martial arts, romance and splatter, religious fanaticism and sexual obsessions. Not only it dissolves genre limits but all cinematic conventions and mainly offers an absurd meditation on the nature of love. Park Chan-Wook's Vampire-film "Thirst" ("Bakjwi") in a visually impressive way tells about the inner conflicts a selfless, devoted priest – a perfect Pisces-archetype – suffers, after he became Vampire – a classic Scorpio archetype – due to an infected blood transfusion. Pisces-topics like forgiveness, dissolution and (lost) dreams are also playing important roles in remarkable films as "Revanche", "The Door" ("Die Tür") and "The Fall".
The Cinemascope is meant to give an overview of current movies and their main themes from an astrosemiotical perspective (i.e.: regarding film as semiotic system and translating it into the astrological semiotic system). A well made movie not only has a story and a certain theme, it also provides a special atmosphere, a certain feeling and it draws us into its very own world. This basic quality that is contrived through characters, plot, setting and many other components also translates into one or more astrological principles. Quite simply: a fast-paced action-flick confronts us with plain Aries energy, a horror-movie evokes Scorpio-like abysmal depths and fears etc. We step out of the theatre and – if the film succeeded in sucking us in – find ourselves dwelling on and engaging in that special energetic quality.
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A north Boulder couple is mourning the loss of their beloved 13-month-old pygmy goat named Charm after it was attacked and killed by a bear Wednesday night in their back yard.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials tried to trap and kill the bear, but it did not return to the Quince Avenue home.
"We're just pretty shocked," local filmmaker Michael Conti said Thursday. "I've been out in the wilderness a lot, but to have that kind of experience in your own back yard in Boulder, it's pretty wild."
Conti and Catherine Carilli, who have lived at 1890 Quince St. for four years, had put their two pygmy goats away for the night, shutting them inside a shed that serves as the goats' home, Conti said. At around 9:30 p.m., Conti said he heard a clamoring on the back porch. He went outside to find a bear, which he guessed to be about 200 pounds, with the female goat in its mouth.
Conti called 911 and returned with a flashlight, which he said startled the bear, which tried to climb a nearby tree with the goat still in its mouth.
"He fell down, and stayed in the back yard eating the goat," Conti said.
The two watched, horrified, from their bathroom window.
Replaying the scenario in his head Thursday morning, Conti said he believes the curious female goat heard the bear scampering around the backyard and approached the shed doors. When the bear pried open the doors, Conti said, Charm "walked right in his arms."
Four Boulder police officers responded, as well as a Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer, Conti said.
The bear took off to the west over the couple's 8-foot security fence. The officers, who Conti said were carrying weapons and intended to shoot the bear, could not find the animal after searching neighbors' yards.
The wildlife officer then set a trap using the dead goat as bait, Conti said. When Conti checked the trap Thursday around 5 a.m., there still were no sign of the bear, he said.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill said it's common to use dead animals to lure bears back to the scene.
The wildlife division's policy is to kill "depredating bears," or bears that attack livestock, Churchill said.
"It happens all the time, especially in the foothills," she said.
Churchill advised livestock owners living in bear country to "do everything they can to secure those animals from predators."
Carilli, who owns Painting Goat Studio, which is named after her "darling pets," said she never imagined a bear coming as far east as 19th Street in Boulder. If they had known, she said, they would have taken extra precautions to protect their animals. The pair also owns several dogs and cats.
"It's really distressing," she said. "I just cried like if you lost a dog because this goat would jump into your lap. I'd make her tea in the morning with honey and milk. She was just really the sweetest little thing."
Carilli said many of their neighbors have animals, including other goats, sheep and chickens. Carilli said she and Conti will consider finding another goat to be a companion to their remaining goat, Sundance, because pygmy goats thrive in pairs.
She worried that if the bear had approached their property at dusk, it could have attacked toddlers playing outside in the neighborhood.
"I'm an animal advocate, and of course I wouldn't want this bear to come to harm," she said. "But the other side of the coin is if it can kill, in one bite, a 35-pound goat, it could take a toddler."
Carilli said she also was concerned with how comfortable the bear seemed in their back yard as humans approached. The bear ate slowly, even after she and Conti turned on lights in their house, she said.
"I'm sad for the bear and sad for us," Carilli said.
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"Early works" contract for British Columbia's Evergreen Line awardedWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
Another early works construction contract for the Evergreen Line in British Columbia, Canada, has been awarded to Surrey, B.C.-based Hans Demolition and Excavating.
"The Evergreen Line is about moving people and creating jobs," said British Columbia's Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mary Polak. "The project is on track to open in summer 2016, bringing more transportation choices to families in Burnaby, Port Moody and Coquitlam."
Hans Demolition and Excavating will begin work this fall to modify three light-industrial buildings in the 3000 block of Spring Street in Port Moody. This work is necessary to accommodate the Evergreen Line guideway.
The building modifications are part of a series of early works construction for the Evergreen Line. Early works construction lays the groundwork for major construction and helps keep the construction schedule on track.
The contract is valued at more than CA$581,000 (US$580,854). Hans Demolition and Excavating received one of the first early works contracts to remove vacant buildings in Coquitlam and Burnaby.
Other early works activities currently underway include the widening of North Road and the relocation and installation of utilities in Burnaby and Coquitlam. Power supply upgrades in Port Moody and northeast Coquitlam were completed in August.
SNC-Lavalin Inc. has been selected to design, build and finance the project. Major construction will get underway later this year, once the final contract is signed.
The Evergreen Line will open in summer 2016, providing rapid transit for the first time to the communities of Coquitlam and Port Moody, as well as the students of Douglas College.
Construction cost for the Evergreen Line is estimated to be CA$1.4 billion (US$1.39 billion). Funding is being provided by the government of British Columbia, the government of Canada and TransLink.
The province is contributing CA$583 million (US$582.8 million) and will also oversee construction of the project. The government of Canada is contributing up to CA$417 million (US$416.8 million). TransLink is contributing CA$400 million (US$399 million) and will operate the Evergreen Line when it is complete.
Construction of the Evergreen Line is expected to create 8,000 direct and indirect jobs.


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Chocolate Pizza – it's out there!November 19, 2009 at 10:03 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
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Thanks to Maggie for bringing this to light. After a lengthy discussion in comments about a chocolate pizza diet, Maggie found this actual, real life chocolate pizza ! And as an added bonus there's a picture of a man on there who bears a resemblance to the gorgeous David Tenant! Mmm, chocolate pizza and David Tenant – what a combination that would be! I have to say, a 10″ chocolate pizza from firebox doesn't come cheap … but if it came with David Tenant (or DDT as he is rather unfortunately known around her (Divine David Tenant), it would certainly be a bargain.
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Nature Centers
Visit one of Massachusetts' many nature centers, and you'll learn about the fascinating world around you.
Bristol County Natural History Center, south of Boston, enjoy live exhibits, ponds, wetlands, beaches, meadows and forest displays. The EcoTarium in Worcester is an indoor/outdoor museum dedicated to exploring the natural world, with three floors of interactive exhibits, wildlife exhibits, nature trails, ponds and award-winning meadows, planetarium and train ride. The Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Western Massachusetts provides nature trails, field trips, an environmental and natural history library, games, educational activities and more.
For something out of the ordinary, Davis' Farmland and MegaMaze in Central Massachusetts has lots of child-friendly farm animals, and, in late fall, a corn-stalk maze with three miles of pathways and bridges over eight acres.
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Miklolas Chadima's last record Pseudodemocritus - in my opinion a fine piece of work - did badly with most of you, but undaunted, let me recommend this one, a collaboration with master drummer Pavel Fajt (who also plays groove box and electronics). Mikolas takes the guitars, bass, keyboards, saxophones and sings dark texts (he has a very charismatic voice). Studio work, obviously, with a lot of overdubbing, but a happy combination of people and sounds, especially Pavel's electric stringed wheel – no I won't explain. A kind of rock, but updated; songs but with imaginative settings. The wholly transparent booklet is charming, but uncompromising.
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Amended notice of substitute trustee's foreclosure sale – 12 SP 4860
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UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Gretchel Newkirk-Hinton a/k/a Gretchel D. Newkirk Carter and Julius B. Hinton, Jr., dated July 26, 2010 and recorded on August 12, 2010 in Book No. 014033 at Page 01510 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Wake County Courthouse, Raleigh, North Carolina on October 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Willow Spring, County of Wake, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust..
Address of property: 1413 Country Pond Lane, Willow Spring, NC 27592
Tax Parcel ID: 0218522
Present Record Owners: The Heirs of Julius B. Hinton, Jr. and Gretchel Newkirk-Hinton a/k/a Gretchel D. Newkirk Carter
The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee's Deed, any Land Transfer Tax and costs of recording the Trustee's Deed.
The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.
If for any reason the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property or the sale is set aside, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Furthermore, if the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. In either event the purchaser will have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee's attorney or the Trustee.
Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units:
An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
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CW_WHT, Chocolate & Wine 2014, Start at White Springs
Seneca Lake Wine Trail
Friday, February 7, 2014 at 1:00 PM - Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 5:00 PM (EST)
EVENT DATE: February 7-9, 2014
TIME: Friday, 1-5 p.m., Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (2-1/2 day event)
ADVANCE PRICE: $35 per person (wine/food pairing per person at each winery and one gift item at their starting winery) or $25 per person for a designated driver ticket (non-alcoholic beverage and food pairing per person at each winery and one gift item at their starting winery).
You must start at this assigned starting winery to obtain your ticket.
This is to order ticket(s) to a wine and food pairing event on the Seneca Lake Wine Trail, requiring that you start the event at the above chosen starting winery. Please bring a state-issued form of ID (drivers license) with you so you can check in, receive an actual card stock event ticket(s) and pick up your gift item. Printed documentation emailed to you by Eventbrite does not qualify as your ticket and wineries will require that you have your actual cardstock ticket before you can begin enjoying this event. Furthermore, because of this, it is even more important that groups of attendees purchase their tickets on one order, to guarantee that all attendees will have the exact same starting winery. Lastly, bundles of tickets can only be picked up by the person who purchased them. Since you must start at your assigned starting winery to obtain your actual ticket, having different starting wineries in the same group of attendees traveling together can be problematic. If you have any questions about this event, how these tickets work, starting wineries, or anything else, please call our office during regular business hours toll-free at 877-536-2717.
You must start at this assigned starting winery to obtain your ticket.
Recipes for most participating wineries will be in the event cookbook, which will be available for download from our website shortly before the event commences, enabling attendees that experience a stunning wine and food pairing, to purchase some of the served wine, then take it back home to share the pairing with friends and family alike.
Tickets purchased are not refundable, exchangeable or changeable and the winery you chose to start at when purchasing your tickets cannot be altered. Seneca Lake Wine Trail events are never cancelled. Sometimes our events sell out, so you should purchase your tickets well in advance of the event itself. For those events that do not sell out, we stop selling tickets in advance by 1:00 p.m. EST the Wednesday before the event weekend. After that tickets will be available to purchase at a few designated wineries, with an additional charge of $5 per ticket.
Large groups of 20 or more people are limited to 4 per day. They are booked on a first-come, first-served basis. Please contact Glenda Stermer-Simpson toll-free 877-536-2717 for availability and rules. There is a trail-wide special event policy for ticket holders attending these weekend events that as long as you travel in a group of 19 or less people, you will not need to make an appointment at the participating wineries.
You can learn more about all our events here: http://www.senecalakewine.com/events/trail-events.html
With over 32 award-winning member wineries, and celebrating our 30th anniversary in 2016, the Seneca Lake Wine Trail is a terrific destination for both experienced and novice fans of wine and the hardworking farmer/artisan/winemakers that craft it.
We are a non-profit organization whose primary mission is to inform consumers about our members' wines and wineries through unique wine events and promotional activities along Seneca Lake and at key market locations.
For more questions about the Seneca Lake Wine Trail please visit our website at www.senecalakewine.com or call us during regular business hours, weekdays, toll-free at 877-536-2717.
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Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to publicist Cheryl Kagan. She was 85.
Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died Monday night at about 11 p.m. at her home near San Francisco. She was surrounded by family members and caregivers, Kagan said.
"We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black," a family statement said.
A talented and ultra-adorable entertainer, Shirley Temple was America's top box-office draw from 1935 to 1938, a record no other child star has come near. She beat out such grown-ups as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford.
In 1999, the American Film Institute ranking of the top 50 screen legends ranked Temple at No. 18 among the 25 actresses. She appeared in scores of movies and kept children singing "On the Good Ship Lollipop" for generations.
Temple was credited with helping save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy with films such as "Curly Top" and "The Littlest Rebel." She even had a drink named after her, an appropriately sweet and innocent cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, topped with a maraschino cherry.
Born in Santa Monica to an accountant and his wife, Temple was little more than 3 years old when she made her film debut in 1932 in the Baby Burlesks, a series of short films in which tiny performers parodied grown-up movies, sometimes with risque results.
Among her later films were "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer," with Cary Grant, and "That Hagen Girl," with Ronald Reagan. Several, including the wartime drama "Since You Went Away," were produced by David O. Selznick. One, "Fort Apache," was directed by John Ford, who had also directed her "Wee Willie Winkie" years earlier.
Her 1942 film, "Miss Annie Rooney," included her first on-screen kiss, bestowed by another maturing child star, Dickie Moore.
Temple married Army Air Corps private John Agar, the brother of a classmate at Westlake, her exclusive L.A. girls' school, in 1945. He took up acting and the pair appeared together in two films, "Fort Apache" and "Adventure in Baltimore." She and Agar had a daughter, Susan, in 1948, but she filed for divorce the following year.
She married Black in 1950, and they had two more children, Lori and Charles. That marriage lasted until his death in 2005 at age 86.
In 1972, she underwent successful surgery for breast cancer. She issued a statement urging other women to get checked by their doctors and vowed, "I have much more to accomplish before I am through."


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The following code shows a simple example that uses the
SqlDataConnection type provider to retrieve a player and display its name. Of course, you will have to make the necessary changes to the
ConnectionString in order to establish a connection with your database.
module PlayersAnalysis = open System open Microsoft.FSharp.Data.TypeProviders type SqlServerConnection = SqlDataConnection<ConnectionString = @"Data Source=WIN8X64;Initial Catalog=Retrogames;Integrated Security=True"> let db = SqlServerConnection.GetDataContext() let GetPlayerById(id) = query { for player in db.Player do where (player.PlayerId = id) select player head } let ReadAnyKey() = Console.ReadKey() |> ignore let onePlayer = GetPlayerById 5 onePlayer.Name |> printfn "The player's name is %s" ReadAnyKey()
If you've worked with previous F# versions, you will notice that I didn't mention the need of an F# PowerPack when working with query expressions. F# 3.0 doesn't require F# PowerPack query expressions provide support for LINQ in F# without requiring you to download additional libraries. All you have to do is include the appropriate references.
The previous code snippet is easy to understand.
SqlServerConnection is the type abbreviation (also known as alias) for the
SqlDataConnection type provider with the specified connection string. The
GetDataContext static method gets a simplified data context for the SQL connection.
db is of type
SqlServerConnection.ServiceTypes.SimpleDataContextTypes.Retrogames. If you enter the following lines, you will notice how Intellisense makes it easy to generate the query when you enter
db.P because you have two valid options:
Player and
PlayerScore (see Figure 10).
let GetPlayerById(id) = query { for player in db.P
Figure 10: Intellisense makes it easy to know the entity name.
As you continue building your query expression, Intellisense provides you with additional information. For example, after you write
player. in a
where statement, Intellisene displays the different fields available for the
Player entity (see Figure 11).
query { for player in db.Player do where (player.
Figure 11: Intellisense makes it easy to know the field name.
Once you created the
GetPlayerById function and you write the line that defines
onePlayer, the type inference mechanism knows that
onePlayer is of type
let onePlayer = GetPlayerById 5
Thus, after you write
onePlayer, Intellisene will display the different fields available for the
Player entity (see Figure 12). This way, you focus on the code and you can consume data in the same way you are accustomed to in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, but focusing primarily on creating your F# algorithms.
Figure 12: F# type inference + Intellisense provide you with the field names for onePlayer.
In this example, I specified the connection string in an unsecure way and without additional parameters. If you're building a library or an application, you need to make sure you build the connection string in a different way. However, I'm just providing an example of how to create quick prototypes for your algorithms with live connection to the data source. In addition, you will need to consider other parameters for the connection string, such as the timeout and the parameters that control the database elements that you want to be exposed as types.
In this first article, I've provided a brief overview of type providers and one of the options to establish a quick connection to a SQL database and start creating F# algorithms for this kind of data source. Now, you know all the necessary steps to start using the different type providers for SQL data sources. For example, if you are already using Entity Framework, you can select the appropriate type provider (either
EdmxFile or
SqlEntityConnection) and take advantage of all the mappings effort done through the ORM.
Obviously, the advantages of type providers are even more important when the data sources are unknown and more complex. In the More Information-Rich Programming with F#


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Both singles and couples of all ages, no matter how long you've lived here, will find that our group is all about meeting and making great new friends. Our mission is to introduce residents of Greater Cleveland to unique events and places in the area. We'd like this group to be a member driven group and we will provide events for people to explore. We need your input and help in keeping this awesome group successful!!
The Organizers of the Cle Nit Group will be scheduling events in the following categories but are always open to new suggestions by our members:
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Lunch & Cruise
Hungaria Koncert Ltd.
Sunday, 23 July 2017 from 14:00 to 15:30 (BST)
Event Details
Join us for a unique experience! While admiring the beauty of the Budapest Panorama enjoy a delicious lunch on our ship!
The Panorama of Budapest is not only an unforgettable experience, but an illustration of the capital's history. The banks - added to the World Heritage List of UNESCO - offer one of the world's most outstandingly beautiful urban cityscapes. The site, insribed in 1987, streches from the Chain Bridge to the Technical University on the Buda side; an area containing the Gellért Baths, the Gellért Hill with the Statue of Liberty and the Citadel, furthermore the building ensemble of the Buda Castle.
Let us invite you to see our capital on the most Shipromantic way!
The tour starts at 14:00 every day. The meeting point is in a Neobaroque building – in the Duna Palota, After the check-in our hostesses will accompany you to the Ship. (appr. 4-6 minutes walk to the Ship). You will be welcomed on board of one of our air-conditioned or heated ships, which will take you on a one-and-a-half-hour-long cruise with an excellent warm buffet-lunch. Guiding is not included.
Meeting point is in the Danube Palace (Zrínyi Street 5.). Please be at the ticket office latest by 13:30.
Tickets can be purchased with Wine tasting or with two cocktails.
Cold entries
Spiced cottage cheese cream and traditional greaves cream
Alföld style goulash with small dumplings
From autumn to spring: Vegetable cream soup
Summer time: Cold fruit soup
Warm main courses
Mini stuffed cabbage
Traditional chicken leg "Paprikasch"
Roasted chicken breast with basil-cheese sauce
Spicy pork rib with thyme – mustard sauce
Roasted sea fish with Chardonnay sauce
Garnishes and vegetarian
Grilled polenta with feta cheese
Grilled vegetables
Homemade dumplings with spinach and mustard-mushroom sauce
Steamed jasmin rice with corn
Hash-brown potatoes
Steak potatoes
Fresh seasonal salads with dressings
Italian pasta salad
Caesar's salad
Sweet corn salad with mayonnaise
Season fruit basket
Home-made strudel
Somló style sponge cake
Mini tarts
Dessert variations Európa style
1 Welcome drink, 1 glass of wine (or juice) and 1 bottle of mineral water
When & Where
Danube Palace
Zrínyi Street 5
1051 Budapest
Sunday, 23 July 2017 from 14:00 to 15:30 (BST)
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Hungaria Koncert Ltd.
Hungaria Koncert Ltd. is the leading event and tourist program organiser of Hungary, with more than 2.000 guaranteed programs organised annually. Since its inception in 1995, the company acquired great experience in serving the needs and desires of travellers with different demands and cultural background. Hungaria Koncert organises cultural concert programs and river cruises both for FIT clients and groups. Our main goal is to introduce our customers to the long and exciting history and enchanting culture of Hungary, through its various historical monuments, UNESCO sites and centuries-old dance and music heritage. We aim to give our guests an original Hungarian cultural experience, with instructive walking tours, a wide variety of unforgettable boat cruises and theatre shows, featuring classical music and folklore performances. We also provide special entry tickets and massages to the most famous and luxurious thermal spas of Budapest, private flights over the city, a large amount of tailor made program packages and excursions outside the capital.


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Nordic Choir, founded in 1946, enjoys national and international acclaim as a premier collegiate choral ensemble in the United States. Following the 57-year tenure of Weston Noble, Nordic is currently under the direction of Dr. Allen Hightower, named director of choral activities at Luther College in 2010.
This concert will feature different music from the 2014 Tour Concert, also featuring a chamber orchestra and The Concert Choir from Edina High School.
$20 Adults, $10 Students
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Yankees - 010 030 011 - 6 9 3With the game tied 4-4, Terry Francona went with Daniel Bard to face New York's 2-3-4-5 hitters in the seventh inning, a Jamesian decision (aka the nearly universally misunderstood "bullpen-by-committee") that had his best available bullpen arm on the hill at the most important part of the game.
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Bard started by walking Nick Johnson, but then came back to get Teixeira on a pop to left (Ellsbury made a back-hand diving catch) before buckling Slappy with a nasty slider for strike three and fooling Cano on a change before jamming him with a fastball for an easy 4-3.
In the eighth, Posada hit a ground rule double to right off Okajima, but he could not advance to third as Gardner singled softly past shortstop and Granderson flew to the track in left. Scutaro should have closed the inning on Jeter's grounder, but his throw was low for an error that loaded the bases. Jeemer then walked Johnson on five pitches to force in the go-ahead run, dropping Boston's chances of winning from 47% to 26% (according to Fangraphs, above). Suddenly, Scott Atchison was in the game -- and it felt like the pen was simply punching the clock.
Youkilis singled to start the bottom of the eighth and moved up on an errant pickoff attempt, but the Sox could not move him past second base. Ortiz flew to center and Joba came on to fan Beltre (who had singled twice and lined out earlier, but here lunged at a pitch way outside) and Drew. Scutaro doubled off Rivera with one out in the ninth, but Ellsbury was caught looking and Pedroia flew to right.
Victor doubled, homered, walked, and drove in three runs. Ellsbury singled (with a stolen base) and doubled in his first two trips.
Burnett had a rough time in his three Fenway starts last season: 22 runs in 12.2 innings. He did quite well in his one Bronx start, but overall Boston worked him over for 16 walks, 23 hits (7 doubles and 6 dongs) and 23 runs in 20.1 innings. His WHIP was 1.918 (omg!!!).
Jacoby Ellsbury's glove was stolen during spring training last year. He borrowed one of Mark Kotsay's gloves for awhile, then bought a new one. Before Sunday's game, two MLB officials arrived at Fenway with a present. Someone tried to sell LBJ's glove on e-bay and MLB was able to get it back. Portland Press Herald: "When Ellsbury held his glove, he looked at it like it was a runaway dog come back."
So ... are the sports radio airwaves burning up yet? OPS+: J.D. Drew (36), David Ortiz (-25). And both with 0 RBI!
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Jane Nisselson received her M.S. from the MIT Media Lab and went on to work as a software developer at the New York Institute of Technology's Computer Graphics Laboratory. Since then, she opened her own company, Virtual Beauty, to focus on the worlds of fashion, beauty, science and design. The sensibility for its film and multimedia projects is equal parts Vogue and Popular Mechanics. Projects range from filming a science guru's tour of a beauty laboratory to creative direction of the Museum of the Moving Image's Behind the Screen Exhibit. Clients include Aramis & Designer Fragrance, Barneys New York, BeautyBank, Condé Nast Publications, Donna Karan Fragrances, Estée Lauder, Hearst Magazines, Museum of the Moving Image, New Order, Popular Mechanics, Prescriptives, Givaudon, and W Magazine.


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Thought I'd throw up my latest project. This started life as a classic RT powefeed left. Here's the specs now:
RT valve with lvl 10
Luke cut down body with a vert feed mod
Luke cut ULE milled rail shortened and detailed (yes, its still gas through!)
Intelliframe with Rouge Viper trigger
Luke Sear mod
Rouge 15 degree ASA
CP foregrip
AIM clamping feed neck
CP flame drop
Duck bill
32 degrees carbon fiber barrel (yes, its an oldy, but suprisingly accurate!)
Gun weighs in at 3.5 pounds with the barrel, 3 without it. I plan on getting a ULT mod as soon as I can afford it. The paint job is 3 coats auto primer, 3 coats red flake model paint, 3 coats gloss topcoat and a Dupont teflon wax job. Here's the pics!
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I made the decal myself using MS Photodraw and decal paper. If you don't get it, my name is Otto. Pretty sweet huh?!


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Dear Editor:
I would like to reach out to all the impatient, always in a rush drivers out there who will hopefully read this in your column. First, take a look at the license plate in front of you, if there is a red square on there, do not cut off or beep to rush that driver who is most likely driving the legal speed limit. That person is still under age and is a new driver. There is a licensed adult in that car and is trying to teach them not to do what you are doing to them. Since my daughter has been on the road, she has been cut off, and beeped at for doing the 25 miles per hour that is the legal limit.
I am an experienced driver and I still have impatient people out there, many even on their cell phones, beeping at me and trying to go around me for doing the speed limit! I also have the right to not turn on red if I choose to, and since I am not rushing around, I will make you wait. I stop at stop signs and do not use my cell phone while driving and I wear my seatbelt, so you'd better hope you don't get stuck driving behind me.
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Jeff Curran
TRAINING: Training for this fight has been one of my more impressive camps. to be honest. I have a solid schedule that has me pushed to the limits a few days a week, and technically refined on the others. A normal day consists of a striking session, strength and endurance work, grappling and/or wrestling drills as well as live rounds. A few days a week I get some sort of hard sparring in, either small glove or big glove sparring. I do 3-5 sessions/day depending on what day of the week it is. I have even been working out on Sundays a lot of the time.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training in Jiu-Jitsu back in 1992. At that point I was simply interested in learning more about the art. Then the UFC hit and I was hooked. I never thought MMA would be this exposed to the world or had the potential to grow this large, but I took the chance and stuck with it. I love the walk to the cage, I love the preparation and the discipline that goes with being a fighter.
What ranks and titles have you held? I hold the Shooto America's division title, I am the Apex Fighting Champion in Canada, and I hold a Regional title for Super Brawl (ICON). I also have a title in the local shooto promotion, Ironheart Crown, Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu under Pedro Sauer.
Do you have any heroes? My father is a hero of mine. He passed away when I was 18 and he was just 40 years old. He was my support system, he stayed happy til the end. He showed me what will power is all about when it comes to survival.
What is your favorite technique? Rear Choke
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It was always a dream of mine to be a fighter and to fight for the UFC. That dream happened a long time ago. This time through I plan to make it my reality instead. If you are dreaming, you are sleeping. It's time to wake up and live it out! I am pumped.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? No
What was your job before you started fighting? My family still owns and operates one of the area's most successful Floor Covering stores. I used to be a carpet installer and ran my own company right out of high school. I hated the job, but I was good at it.
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LSM welcomes the National Lutheran Choir as the 2013 Guest Artist. The renowned choir will perform a free concert for the public at 7:30 p.m. in the Center for Faith & Life on the Luther College campus.
The Twin Cities-based choir, under the direction of Dr. David Cherwein, will perform literature from the entire spectrum of sacred choral music, from early chant to new compositions and from simple folk anthems to complex orchestral masterworks. This concert marks the first artistic collaboration between LSM and the National Lutheran Choir, two of the nation's most respected independent Lutheran organizations.
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We've been talking about this game in just about every thread for weeks now so I figure it's time this game had it's own thread.
For the last several weeks I have been worried sick about almost every game, but for some reason I'm feeling fairly good about this one. Maybe it's because it's still 2 weeks 'till the game. Maybe it's because there is no way this game has the potential to be a trap. Maybe it's because there is not going to be some unknown QB with no film available. Maybe It's because our Defense seems to have been almost "custom built" to face Denver. Maybe it's because of Reid's excellent record coming off a bye week (he's 13-1 coming off the bye). Maybe it's because most of our team has played these Broncos before. Maybe I am just crazy.
The Good.........
Reid's teams are consistently well-prepared coming off a bye week.
Sutton will have plenty of time to prepare a game plan for the Donks.
While our Defense has been starting slow the last few weeks, so has the Donks Offense. 6 of their 8 wins have come when the Donks have blown out their opponent in the second half. And the second half has been when our Defense decides it's "Git-R-Done time". Our Defense should be going 110% right about when the Donks start clicking. I feel pretty good about that match-up.
The Donks defense doesn't suck, but they are no world beaters. If our Defense is playing well, and our Offense is playing well, we can score just as many points as the Donks do.
To win this game we are going to need our best effort yet from our Defense, Special Teams and Offense, but I think we are going to see that.
Our Defense should be able to keep this game close and as we all know by now if a game is close going into the 4th quarter we have a habit of winning.
The Bad......
The game is in Denver and their crowd should be amped up. These teams hate each other and their fans are HUGELY PISHED OFF that they are 8-1 while we are 9-0. Their fans are going to be LOUD.
The Donks offense is good and can score a lot of points in the blink of an eye. I have not yet seen anything from our offense that suggests they would know how to come back if we got down by more than 2 touchdowns.
Our offense has not been making a lot of progress the last few weeks, although I have seen more willingness for them to throw downfield...and I think we will NEED at least a couple of long gainers to win this game.
Reid went all pass-happy on us yesterday against the Bills in the first half. I think the pass to run ratio for the first half was 27-7. We won't beat the Donks that way. I love Andy Reid, but I worry that he will look at the Donks vs Cowboys and Donks vs Colts games and think we can beat them in a gun-slingers duel. I think a balanced run and pass game is the only way we can beat the Donks and I'm worried Reid will go cuckoo on us. If we are going to win this game we MUST get a running game of some sort going early in the game so that Alex Smith will have some time when he throws.
No predictions from me, but I think this is a game we can win and if we do then we will truly be in control of our own destiny.


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Properly size the carrier first. The carrier and oring should slide onto the bolt stem without much resistance, but should not slide on its own when held in a vertical position. Don't use shims when first tuning your level 10. That way you will know that any leaks are caused by the carrier rather than too many shims.
Use the shortest bolt spring first. That way you will be able to make sure the gun will actually fire, even if the carrier is a little too tight. The shorter bolt spring is a little more forgiving. Once you have the tuning of the carrier size done, you can go to a longer bolt spring and fine tune the operation knowing that it does work.


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City and state wildlife officials hope to unveil a strategy Monday for addressing a recent series of aggressive coyote incidents occurring on or near the eastern portion of the Boulder Creek Path.
The process of settling on a management plan continues even as the number of known incidents continues to climb, and it becomes clear that not every episode that has occurred recently has reached the desks of wildlife officials.
For example, one Boulder County woman who was closely followed by a coyote on the path at the 55th Street underpass during a run Dec. 30 told the Daily Camera on Friday that she had never reported the incident to officials. It occurred mid-morning, within sight of coyote caution signs posted by wildlife officials.
Julia Yager was in the midst of a 12-mile run with a friend when her friend first saw the animal in the middle of the path, directly under the overpass.
"My friend, knowing about the (media) reports, said, excuse my language, 'There's that little bastard,'" Yager said.
Yager, who admits to first approaching the coyote herself, said she believed her report would come in too late to be meaningfully acted upon that day. She also thought there were many others on the path that morning who might have seen and reported the coyote's behavior.
Yelling and waving her arms at the coyote that morning, Yager said, did little more than cause the animal to simply move over to one side of the path -- before subsequently trotting along behind her, much as a dog might do.
"I didn't necessarily feel chased," said Yager, who described the coyote's actions as closer to following. "It felt like he was playing a game. I wouldn't have described him as aggressive, when I approached him or when he approached me."
Nevertheless, Yager inquired of a couple she saw immediately afterward whether they had a cell phone she could use to call in the encounter. They did not.
Yager finally reported the incident Friday, now bringing to seven the number of human-coyote encounters -- including one biting -- that have been reported near the bike path between 30th and 55th streets from Dec. 24 to Jan. 2. Wildlife officials are not aware of any more encounters since that date.
Val Matheson, the city of Boulder's urban wildlife conservation coordinator, said the new management plan to handle the coyote situation is "a work in progress." She is sharing it with Colorado Parks and Wildlife -- as well as the University of Colorado, since the Dec. 29 biting of a female jogger took place on the CU Research Park campus.
"I'll be sending it out for feedback today, and I hope to get feedback starting this afternoon," Matheson said Friday. She hoped to be able to make something public as soon as Monday. Prior to having other partners' input, Matheson did not want to discuss her plan in any detail.
Gunbarrel resident Anthony Goffredo still has vivid memories of being chased by a coyote while commuting on his bicycle on the Boulder Creek Path at 55th Street near sunset last Oct. 15. He said the animal's teeth came "within a foot or two" of his feet on the pedals.
He now doesn't ride through that area without a rock in his hand. But, as an animal lover, Goffredo hopes the management plan combines some blend of increased foot patrols by wildlife officers, and if needed, relocation.
"I don't want to hear there was a bullet involved," Goffredo said.
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Red 5 founder and CEO Mark Kern visited the Shacknews office last week, bringing with him a handful of reveals for the upcoming free-to-play shooter Firefall. Today's revelation is that Firefall will feature pets, a familiar addition for MMOs but something rare in the shooter genre.
"One new feature that we're really excited about is introducing the new 'Pet' system into Firefall." Kern revealed to Shacknews. "I mean, when's the last time you heard about a shooter with pets?" Red 5's idea for the feature doesn't end there, however. "We had to had to do little things to actually make it interesting," he admitted.
"Not only can you get a pet, but we're thinking that there's actually an item you can buy in the store to load your gun with special ammunition so you actually shoot the other guy's pet," Kern said, noting that executing this action would actually "despawn" your adversary's companion for a time.
Kern clarifies that players will "for sure" be able to kill pets, but they haven't figured out the best way to do it as of yet. "The item is one way," he said.
"The first one we're announcing is going to be on a Wednesday promotion called 'Crystite Challenge.' It's a way that players can do things like invite friends into the beta to earn Crystite and unlock a special pet," Kern detailed. The first special pet is part of a partnership with Penny Arcade that will feature the character "The Merch."
"The Merch is awesome because he's all about merchandising and he fits with our item-based theme." Firefall's Crystite Challenge begins on Wednesday, giving players a chance to earn The Merch pet. The pet itself will be usable when the game launches.
Though I tried to pry away details on Firefall's fifth Battleframe, Kern wouldn't budge. Firefall is expected to launch in December; however, users can register for an ongoing beta on the game's official website.
Stay tuned for a lengthy video interview with Kern where he details more on Firefall, including the game's army system and business model.


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Shopping mania on Thanksgiving evening in Waterford
Waterford — Carolina Trevejo of New London enlisted her husband, brother, sister, cousins and father to help her stand in line outside Best Buy for doorbuster deals Thursday.
The nine-hour wait, taken in shifts starting at 8:53 a.m., paid off: The group was first in line, ahead of more than 100 people waiting in the cold to catch the best Black Friday deals offered at the electronics store, which for the first time opened at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
"We were thinking since it was (called) Black Friday — we were hoping it was Friday," said Trevejo, who nevertheless was enticed by the deals. "We were thinking we would spend Thanksgiving with our family."
Many customers who left their Thanksgiving celebrations early to wait in line outside area stores echoed Trevejo's sentiment, saying they would rather keep Black Friday on Friday and felt bad for the retail employees who had to work on the holiday. But at the same time, they said they had to come out because the best sales were offered early.
More retailers and malls across America were opening their doors for the first time on Thanksgiving Day, including Best Buy, Crystal Mall, Kohl's and Staples, while stores that opened on Thanksgiving Day last year opened their doors even earlier this year.
For the second year in a row, Books-A-Million in Waterford opened at noon.
"We made the decision (to open earlier) because we know that our customers are shopping earlier and earlier," said Maggie Habashy, spokeswoman for Best Buy. "We just wanted to give them the option of shopping early on and have deals throughout the night."
Alycia Kneeland of Gales Ferry said she is a regular Black Friday shopper and that she would go out whether the doors opened at 2 a.m. on Friday or 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. But her sister Angela Contillo of Norwich said there was no way she would have gone out at 2 a.m. and wasn't so sure she should have agreed to wait in line Thursday night.
They weren't prepared for the weather — the temperature hovered in the lower 30s Thursday — Contillo said as the two shivered, wrapped in an Afghan blanket. She was planning to buy a $177 Dell laptop, while her sister was going to purchase two Canon PowerShot cameras for $79 each, Contillo said.
Some families moved their Thanksgiving meals to a completely different day, in part to catch the sales.
Meghan Poehler of Pawcatuck said she and her family got to Toys R Us at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday and sat in their car until others showed up. At the front of the line, they sat in chairs and were covered in blankets.
Though they were there to catch great sales, Poehler said she thought standing in line on Thanksgiving Day took away from the Black Friday atmosphere.
"Even though you are freezing and even more cold, I would rather it be midnight," Poehler said.
The store opened at 5 p.m. — three hours earlier than last year. Target and Wal-Mart also opened earlier this year compared to last year.
Poehler said she wanted to purchase five Polaroid tablets and a Disney Infinity video game for the eight children in her extended family.
"I can't afford it when I have to pay the regular price," she said.
She and her mother planned to be finished with 95 percent of their Christmas shopping by 5:45 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and have Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday.
Before the doors opened, Toys R Us staff members handed out tickets to regulate the sale of items the store had in stock. Best Buy employees did the same and had their own pep rally before the doors opened. Different staff members stood on the main counter and gave quick speeches while staff members stood in a half circle cheering and clapping. After a group pile-up and final cheers, they let in shoppers 20 at a time.
Trevejo's group worked efficiently.
A couple of her family members grabbed the first 39-inch Insignia television they saw while others split up in the store. Their cart filled up quickly, and Trevejo said they were buying more than they had planned to.
"That always happens," she said.
Each time another 20 shoppers were let into the building, the Best Buy staff members clapped and cheered.
Kelli Fletcher, spokeswoman for the Crystal Mall, which opened for the first time on Thanksgiving Day this year, said they did so to offer "bargain-hungry" shoppers convenience and to accommodate retailers who were faced with a shorter sales window between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Target spokesman Antoine LaFromboise said Target elected to open one hour earlier this year to remain competitive and to meet the needs of its guests.
"Last year, we saw the benefit of opening earlier, with many families coming out to shop and record crowds across the country," LaFromboise said.
The holiday season accounts for 20 to 40 percent of retailers' annual sales, according to the National Retail Federation, a retail trade association. The association said it predicts an increase of 3.9 percent to $602.1 billion in yearly sales during the November to December period, up from 3.5 percent last year.
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Mark Zuckerberg is, among many other things, the highest-profile taxpayer on the planet today.
After today's Facebook IPO, Zuckerberg will owe nearly $200 million in California state taxes alone. That's "among the largest tax liabilities that a single individual has ever paid at a given point in time," says Jason Sisney of the California State Budget Legislative Analyst's Office.
Zuckerberg's profits will be taxed at a 10% rate in California. That's a much higher rate than in many other states.
In all, Facebook's employees and early investors are expected to pay about $2 billion in California state taxes over the next 13 months. But California is almost 16 billion dollars in the hole. Facebook won't solve that problem.
Facebook's IPO made a lot of money for the company's founders and many of its employees. But there's another big beneficiary of this new Facebook wealth: the state of California. NPR's Zoe Chace, with our Planet Money team, has that story.
ZOE CHACE, BYLINE: The highest profile taxpayer in California right now...
JASON SISNEY: I have to say we don't typically talk about the state tax liabilities of a specific person.
CHACE: Jason Sisney is with the California Legislative Analyst's Office. He's talking about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who today got several billion dollars richer. Some portion of that is going to go to the state in taxes.
SISNEY: They may be among the largest tax liabilities that a single individual has ever paid at a given point in time, and they're quite extraordinary.
H.D. PALMER: One man generating $195 million in personal income tax, that's not insignificant, to put it mildly.
CHACE: H.D. Palmer is a spokesman for the California Department of Finance. Zuckerberg's profits will likely be taxed at a 10 percent rate in California. That's a much higher rate than many other states. And, of course, Zuck is not the only one with Facebook shares. There are thousands of Facebook employees. They will be selling stock. Here's Sisney.
SISNEY: So let's say it's around $2 billion over the next 13 months.
CHACE: Two billion dollars from one company's IPO. But California's budget needs way more than that.
SISNEY: We have a pretty significant budget problem.
CHACE: California is $16 billion in the hole right now. That's the biggest deficit of any state, and California also has a structural deficit. That means every year it spends more than it brings in.
SISNEY: And Facebook will not play a role in that.
CHACE: In other words, Facebook is a onetime shot - two billion this year but not next. And some Facebook people don't want to play a role at all. Eduardo Saverin, one of Facebook's founders, he's moved to Singapore and renounced his citizenship. So he's not paying some of those capital gains taxes. Jack Abraham can understand the impulse. He founded a startup, Milo.com, that was bought by eBay a year and a half ago, and he remembers that first tax day.
JACK ABRAHAM: I remember that day, and I remember writing this check. I pray to God that they spend it well.
CHACE: Abraham is not planning to leave California. But when a lot of the money that the state is spending came from you personally, it changes the way you look at state spending.
ABRAHAM: One of the things that changed for me after the acquisition was I had to commute down to eBay, and I hadn't had a commute before. And you start noticing little things like the roads aren't paved. There's traffic all the time. And no one is doing anything about this. The education system here is one of the poorest in the country. And it does upset you.
CHACE: So why are all these tech companies coming to a place like California - huge deficits, high taxes? Because, says Jason Sisney, come on, it's California.
SISNEY: If you even think about the movie that was made about Facebook...
SISNEY: ...it was a really big deal when Zuckerberg and others decided to move to California.
CHACE: Sure, the taxes are high, but a lot of people figure you're paying for the lifestyle. Zoe Chace, NPR News.
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I'm gonna start playing paintball again- took about two years off when i started college. Anyway... i finally remembered my password and i now have a few questions as my memory has gotten fuzzy.
I want to build a mag pistol, im looking for compact and most likely bulky as that is part of its appeal (to me at least). so here are my questions:
I need a way of securing a 12 gram changer to the side of the rail. my thoughts on how to do this:
-Possibly use an RT Pro rail because of the screw holes it has in it? what are your thoughts?
Secondly i need a way of securing a delta 68 spring loaded feed tube to the feed? is there anyway i could do this with a dremel? what would be the best body to do this on?
there will be more questions- as soon as i lock down a deal i will tell yall about the steal of a deal i found . So hopefully it will go through. Also the reason i think i can start playing again is becuase if i limit myself to only my phantom and this "franken-pistol" (my last gun after i sold off my Emag and Ego 08) than i would not go through ungodly amounts of paint... anyway. glad to start playing again.


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"I hope we can keep these guns," an older shopper comments to one of the friendly staffers at Frontier Firearms on Gallaher Road.
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"I hope we can keep these guns," an older shopper comments to one of the friendly staffers at Frontier Firearms on Gallaher Road.
"It looks like he wants to take them all," she adds as she walks out the door with her purchases.
Brant Williams, owner of the popular family shooting center and training academy, insists it isn't "fear" of President Obama and other like-minded politicians that continues to drive gun and ammo sales across the country, but rather it is the public's "determination" that the government won't take basic freedoms away.
Since starting his business in 2000, Williams says supply-and-demand spikes such as the one U.S. gun shops are now experiencing have only occurred after 9/11, when President Obama was first elected, when President Obama was re-elected, and after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December.
"This isn't about the NRA or 'gun nuts,'" Williams said. "We're seeing a lot of people who haven't felt the need to buy firearms.
"They are concerned about home safety and concerned about protection from government."
While you might think an increased demand for guns and ammunition would be a boon for businesses such as Frontier Firearms, Williams says demand has become so great that it is becoming harder and harder to meet the area's demand for weapons and ammo.
For example, he said one distributor would normally have 3,100 different "models" of handguns in stock but currently has no handguns at all — let alone different models from which to choose.
The same is true for ammunition. Williams said he ordered 250,000 rounds of .22 ammo on Christmas Day, but now he's lucky if his vendor can fill a 2,500-round order.
"It's .22, it's 9 mm," he said. "Any of it is hard to get."
Because some fear the government could stop the manufacturing of ammunition for their guns, "people are stockpiling ammo, hoarding it," said Williams, though he noted the government "can't do that constitutionally."
His impressive gun shop and those who work in it aside, many of Williams' customers today visit the 11,500-square foot firearms complex to take advantage of Frontier Firearms' two indoor ranges and gun training opportunities — specifically Handgun Carry Permit Classes.
The Frontier Firearms website lists a seven-step procedure in securing a Tennessee carry permit, including:
• Learn about Frontier's handgun carry permit classes;
• Find out when carry permit classes are offered;
• Register for your carry permit class at Frontier Firearms;
• Before the day of class, apply online for your carry permit;
• After class, visit your local driver's license station;
• Then schedule a time to have your fingerprints taken; and
• Use the state's website to follow your application's process.
Williams says Frontier Firearms continues to offer discounts on its eight-hour handgun carry permit class, which can be attended on a Saturday, a Sunday or split into two sessions.
If you don't have a gun of your own, then you can rent one.
Female attendance is on the rise. While a 35-member class may have included three women two years ago, handgun carry permit classes today are more equally divided with half of a 35-member class being women.
"Women are more empowered," Williams said. "They are determined to take care of themselves.
"A firearm is the ultimate equalizer. Regardless of her size, if a woman shoots you then you're going to be in pain."
In fact, citing the number of elderly and female victims in East Tennessee, Williams said he's seeing more older women in their 60s, 70s and 80s attending Frontier Firearms' handgun carry permit classes — "and a lot of them bring in the big guns."
When asked for his opinion on the greatest threat to gun ownership today, Williams referenced President Obama using executive power "to circumvent the Constitution" and the demonization of firearms.
He added that politicians in general often pander to anti-firearms groups if they believe it will help them get re-elected.
Conversely, Williams said the greatest satisfaction he gets out of what he does at Frontier Firearms is meeting and greeting families that have never shot before.
"We have a friendly staff and a great crew here," he added.
Across the gun shop, Bill Brott welcomes another lunch-time visitor who remarks, "I'm just looking … wasting time."
And to that, Brott, a former Flint, Mich., police officer who has been carrying a gun a little over 50 years, responds: "It's not a waste of time when you're looking at guns."
Darrell Richardson can be contacted at (865) 220-5510.


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Three-year-old Zaiden Amrich of Louisville looks forward to each day in Deb Schmitt's preschool classroom at Lafayette's Primrose School.
But on Friday, Sept. 27, he sprinted through his classroom doors.
"Zaiden ran over to me first thing this morning and handed me an envelope and a card. He was so excited," Schmitt said. "He just said, 'This is for you Miss Deb.'"
Inside the envelope was $702 in cash, raised by Zaiden's family and their neighbors in Louisville's Steel Ranch community to help begin to restore Schmitt's Longmont home, which was damaged by the recent flood.
"I couldn't even read it. I had to have my director read it because I already had tears welling up in my eyes," Schmitt said.
The message inside the card described the door-to-door fundraising effort organized by members of the Amrich family, who rallied an impromptu "Flood-a-thon" walk at Waneka Lake in Lafayette to raise money for Schmitt and her husband Steve.
Ever the teacher, Schmitt had to explain her tears to her students.
"The kids were asking me, 'Why are you so sad?'" Schmitt said. "I said, 'I'm not, I'm so happy. Sometimes tears can be for happy or for sad."
The Schmitt family thought they might see a much needed ray of light on Friday. Deb said she was hopeful she would be able to return to life at her Longmont home Friday evening for the first time since the St. Vrain River spilled its banks earlier this month. Schmitt, who lives in The Greens neighborhood near Airport Road, was evacuated from her home on Sept. 12 after her basement filled to the ceiling with water and area streets turned into waterways.
But she never saw Zaiden coming Friday morning.
"It was all totally unbeknownst to me," Schmitt said. "That these people I didn't even know did a walkathon around Waneka Lake to help my family is just unbelievable."
Zaiden said he went door to door with his mom to ask their neighbors for help with the fundraiser.
"We went around the neighborhood and knocked on friends' doors," Zaiden said. "We said, 'It was a flood, fix them.' It was a lot of water, and it was all dirty."
Zaiden said he even tapped into his own piggy bank for the effort.
"I gave five dollars," Zaiden said of his piggy bank savings. "I just taked out the plug and taked out the money."
Schmitt said the Primrose School community has been incredibly supportive.
A group from the school went to the Schmitt's home on Sept. 21 to help clear debris, mud and damaged household items from the basement and crawl space.
Deb said she has taken solace in her classroom while she has been displaced from her home.
"These children have gotten me through a lot," Schmitt said. "They are my happy place right now."
Of course, her 3-year-old students had a lot of questions on their minds when she did return to work.
"When I told them about the flood, at first, they wanted to know, 'Did you go swimming?' Schmitt said. "But when I told them what happened at my home, they said things like, 'I can help you shovel,' and 'I have a tool box, I can help you fix your house.' They really opened their hearts."
Schmitt said the outpouring of volunteer support has been incredible. She said once the water retreated, volunteers flooded her neighborhood.
When the Schmitts were finally able to return to their home and begin to retrieve salvagable items, one of the first things Deb looked for was a Christmas village that she and Steve have been working on for years. She found the village intact, but covered in mud.
"A complete stranger came by and spent hours cleaning every piece with a toothbrush until all the mud was gone," Schmitt said. "It was just incredible."
She said she can't begin to thank all the volunteers who have stepped up to help flood victims like herself, particularly Zaiden, his parents Jason and Andrea, and his little brother Xavier for their fundraising efforts. Especially considering their inauspicious introduction.
When Schmitt first met Zaiden, she began talking with his father, Jason, and somehow the conversation landed on the topic of professional baseball.
"Somehow it came up that he was a Red Sox fan," said Schmitt, a former Long Island resident and fervent Yankees supporter. "I said, 'Uh oh, guess where I'm from.' He said, 'Don't even tell me,' and joked that he wasn't sure this relationship was going to be compatible."
Jason was among the volunteers to work at Schmitt's home last Saturday.
"When he got there on Saturday, he came right up to me, looked me in the eye, and said, 'Go Yankees,'" Schmitt said. "I adore this family."


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Video of London Muslim 'Patrol' Harassing Gay Man Sparks Outrage
A YouTube video showing a group of self-proclaimed "Muslim Patrol" in the Whitechapel area of East London shows them harassing a man walk by because they believe he is gay. The footage has gone viral around the world on the Web this week.
The clip, which clocks in at just over a minute, first shows an image that reads, "Islam will dominate the world" and a quote from the Koran. In the background, gunshots can be heard going off.
When the video begins, one of the members of the group asks the victim, "Hello mate, don't you know this is a Muslim area? Why you dressed like that for? [sic]" Another member can be heard shouting, "Homosexual! Homosexual!"
The victim, seen in a hat, a vest and carrying a tote bag, asks, "Why are you bothering me?"
A young man responds, "Because you're walking through a Muslim area dressed like a fag, mate. You need to get out of here."
Members of the group also call the victim "dirty", a "fag" and a "mug" several times.
The video was posted on Jan. 19. Since then, as reported by the BBC and elsewhere, a mosque in East London Mosque released a statement denouncing the group's harassment.
"These actions are utterly unacceptable and clearly designed to stoke tensions and sow discord," the statement read. "The actions of this tiny minority have no place in our faith nor on our streets. We will monitor the situation closely and our Imams will be speaking out against such actions."
The mosque complained about the patrols harassing members of the public for the past few weeks. Mosque officials said they alerted the police about the problem.
Stonewall, a British gay rights organization that is also the largest-such group in Europe, also issued a statement in which it cited statistics that one in eight lesbian and gay people in Britain annually suffer some from some form of criminal activity or harassment because of their sexual identity."
Responding to the publicity, London authorities also have responded to the footage. As reported in the Guardian, the Metropolitan Police arrested a 22-year-old man and a 19-year-old man in connection with the actions in this video and others. Prosecutors charged them with grievous bodily harm and public offense.
UPDATE: On Jan. 24, police announced they have arrested three more men in this case.
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