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A BRITISH Airways pilot has been fined nearly £1500 after admitting smuggling thousands of cigarettes and 20 litres of spirits into the UK.
Andrew Creelman, 54, from Bishopton in Renfrewshire, pleaded guilty to two counts of knowingly evading duty payable on cigarettes and alcohol, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
At City of London Magistrates' Court today, he was sentenced to a fine totalling £1420 including costs and a victim surcharge.
A non-smoker, he admitted to evading more than £5600 in taxes by smuggling 16,400 cigarettes and 20 litres of rum into the UK.
Lisa Rose, specialist prosecutor for the CPS Central Fraud Division, said: "Captain Creelman, who did not smoke, knew that smuggling was a serious offence and failed to declare the tobacco that he brought into the country at airports.
"During a period of just over a year, Creelman escaped duty due on 16,400 cigarettes and 20 litres of rum.
"Despite knowing the rules, Creelman exceeded his duty limits on 19 occasions with cigarettes and 10 occasions with spirits.
"Captain Creelman continued to think he could rise above the law and evaded more that £5,600 in taxes.
"Paying tax matters - it's what keeps our schools and hospitals running. Those who use their positions to evade paying it should know they risk prosecution."
Creelman pleaded guilty to two counts contrary to Section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
A British Airways spokesman said: "We take such matters extremely seriously and will always assist the authorities with their investigations."
Martin Brown, assistant director of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) criminal investigation department, said: "Andrew Creelman blatantly abused his position of trust as an airline captain to evade UK duty.
"His actions cost the UK taxpayer money needed to fund vital public services.
"HMRC works closely with UK Border Agency officers to detect and disrupt this kind of criminal activity."
Mr Brown urged members of the public with information about smuggling or illegal sales to contact the HMRC Customs hotline on 0800 59 5000 or email Customs.hotlinehmrc.gsi.gov.uk.


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Enjoy a glass of orange juice in the morning? You may be paying more for it very soon
Breakfast is getting a little more expensive.
Right now, orange juice prices have hit a two-year high.
Officials say that's because the crop in Florida has been hit hard by the cold winter and by a fruit disease.
This year's crop is expected to yield the lowest harvest in 24 years.
The Department of Agriculture expects the 2013-2014 orange harvest to be 18 percent less than last year's.
Florida's orange industry makes up 66 percent of the total U.S market and about 95 percent of the state's orange crop is used for juice.

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No. 16 TCNJ ends regular season with 21-13 win against No. 19 Messiah
EWING, N.J. -- Wrestling on its home mat for the final time, No. 16 TCNJ capped off the regular season with a 21-13 victory against No. 19 Messiah.
The Lions finished the season with a dual-meet record of 12-7, while Messiah dropped to 12-7.
The match was tight throughout with eight of the 10 matches being decided by decision.
Senior Dan Herr helped the Lions overcome an early three-point deficit, by recording a pin at 133 pounds in 3:18. Eighth-ranked Dylan Thorsen followed with 3-1 decision at 141 and Mike Shaughnessy made it three consecutive victories for the Lions at 149. Shaughnessy won his bout by a score of 9-6 and increased TCNJ's advantage to 12-3.
Freshman Antonio Mancella kept things rolling for the Lions at 157 collecting a 6-4 win. Senior John Darling, who is ranked fourth nationally at 165 pounds, won his match by the count of 5-0. That win capped a string of five consecutive victories by the Lions.
The Falcons posted a win at 174, setting up one of the more anticipated matches of the day. Third-ranked Brian Broderick of TCNJ faced sixth-ranked John Thomson and the match was as close as the rankings with Broderick slipping past Thomson with a 3-2 decision.
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|Praise the Sun
The game development process I've employed, like most other developers working with a similar scope, involves taking your favorite game and reducing it piece by piece to arrive at its core. From there you wrap your own layer, as many layers as you can manage and bake it in the oven for delicious videogame. Lovely Planet was a result of a similar exercise that started with your average military first person shooter game and ended up in happy-land with cute head-face baddies spitting purple cubes into the sky.
Starting with Dark Souls on the chopping block was a less fruitful effort albeit a more interesting one.
I tried to borrow individual elements from Dark Souls only to find they don't quite stand on their own. You can tell from studying a game at a surface level that elements which depend on each other won't contribute meaningfully when implemented independently. From there you can carefully pick and choose a handful of elements without cutting any wires and walk away with a closed circuit of game mechanics that work well each other. Unfortunately, this procedure doesn't prove effective when applied on a game like Dark Souls.
|Every time I hit compile and nothing worked, I put this on.
I'm convinced that Dark Souls cannot be reduced, at least given the tools in my belt. I've never seen systems operating on separate wavelengths being able to communicate with one another so gracefully. The rules are woven intricately into a kind of fabric which cannot be undone. What I'm trying to say is that Dark Souls flaunts a degree of internal consistency that, to my knowledge, is closely rivaled only by a very few games. Every comparison is selling it short - if Dark Souls is a symphony, Call of Duty is like the click track of a mechanical metronome. If reducing the generic military first person shooter is like cutting a pear, this game is like deboning a freshwater trout. That's a big step if you're just learning to use a knife and chances are you'll either cut yourself or be left with very little fish at the end of it.
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Everything fell apart after I carelessly pulled out what I didn't realize was so neatly tied together. I wanted my next game to be inspired by Dark Souls but it took next to nothing from it in practice. The level design paled in comparison and the combat was replaced entirely with platforming challenges. None of the depth from the game ever translated into my prototype and I was only loosing time. That's when I decided to throw away all of my work and start from scratch.
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In a strongly worded statement advocating traditional masculine characterizations of God and the supremacy of the Christian faith, six local Episcopal priests are challenging their denomination to repudiate alleged "false teachings."
"The Baltimore Declaration," which was sent to clergy and top lay officials in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland May 28, will be given to 1,000 clergy and lay representatives at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church meeting today through July 20 in Phoenix.
"I would like to think these issues will become a matter of candid and open discussion," said one signer, the Rev. William N. McKeachie, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore. "My hope is the Episcopal Church will reaffirm what all previous generations of Anglicans have believed."


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One of the biggest benefits of owning rental property is all of the tax writeoffs you can get. Used strategically and legally, the ability to deduct every expense of property ownership against its rental income can help you to not only shelter income from the property but also turn at least a proportional share of some of your own expenses into writeoffs. Depreciation is another benefit that can frequently turn a property's profit into a taxable loss, saving you even more money. In fact, even though it's such a good deal, the IRS actually requires you to claim it, whether or not you want to.
Understanding Depreciation
When you spend money on your rental property, the IRS usually treats it as an expense and lets you write it off. But what about when you buy the property or you make a major improvement to it, like remodeling a kitchen or replacing a roof? In that instance, it's not really an expense, since you still have the money in the form of the property or of its increased value. For those types of expenses, the IRS lets you claim depreciation. Depreciation lets you gradually write down the value of your rental home or of the improvements to it over its purported useful life.
Claiming Depreciation
Residential rental property gets depreciated over 27.5 years. What you do is to take the cost of the building, but not the land, divide it by 27.5, and claim that amount on Form 4562 as well as carry it over to your Schedule E as an expense. You can do the same thing with any major improvements. Since this depreciation comes directly off of your rental income, it reduces the income that you have that is subject to tax, reducing your tax liability.
Depreciation Recapture
Since depreciation is supposed to simulate your building losing value over time, what happens if you sell your rental property for more than the depreciated value? The IRS sees this and, in essence, says: "Wait a minute. You got me to reduce your taxes by telling me your building was losing value. And it didn't. Where's my money?" To get back the depreciation that you claimed, the IRS recaptures that accumulated depreciation at a 25 percent tax rate. In other words, if you buy a property for $400,000, claim $100,000 in depreciation and sell it for $450,000, you'll have a $50,000 capital gain, and $100,000 that is subject to Section 1250 depreciation recapture.
Why Eschewing Depreciation is a Mistake
You might be tempted to avoid the risk of getting hit with recapture tax and to not claim depreciation. This would be a gigantic mistake. First of all, if you own investment property, you probably pay tax at a rate of 25 percent or more, so paying 25 percent recapture tax still saves you money. Plus, by claiming depreciation, you get money today that you can use and invest, even if you have to pay taxes on it in the future. The real reason to claim depreciation is that the IRS will charge you recapture tax as if you depreciated your property, whether or not you actually did. Since you're going to pay the bill in the future, you might as well get the benefit today.
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We know it's been a decade or so since Peter Jackson first started playing around in Middle-earth with Lord of the Rings, but judging by a new pic from his upcoming Hobbit trilogy, he hasn't lost his Tolkien-esque flair.
The latest still to leak out from Jackson's epic return to the world that made him famous shows a young Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) looking up at the sky in wonder, with a gorgeous pool as the backdrop behind him.
The trilogy of films is an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings prequel novel, and also draws from some reference and additional writings to tell a wider story of what's going on in Middle-earth at the time.
Check out the new pic below (click to view larger):
If the new pic isn't enough to whet your appetite, hold on a little longer, because a massive new trailer is set to be released tomorrow, Sept. 19.
In addition to Freeman, the film also stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Evangeline Lilly, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen and several others.
First installment An Unexpected Journey will be released December 14, 2012; second-part The Desolation of Smaug on December 13, 2013; and final entry There and Back Again will open July 18, 2014.
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Letter: Failing students must be held back
I'm responding to the Schenectady school district's new system of moving students who failed to the next grade anyway.
The superintendent's rationale is that failing a child is too "invasive," and that the next year's curriculum is no more challenging than the last year's so that the students will not fall behind. Survey results supposedly indicated that children are so terrified of failing a grade that they rated it as "worse than losing a parent."
The fact is that students who are not ready for the work that they are assigned will not keep up with their peers. The point of having increasing grades is that each year's material builds on the year before it — not to accommodate those who aren't achieving academically. So whether they fall behind or the schoolwork isn't challenging, students will graduate unprepared for college or entering the workforce. This is not the solution to Schenectady's failure rate.
One parent pointed out that moving failing students to the next grade will teach them that they can put in minimal work with no consequences. If they don't learn that success requires effort now, they will learn when they are fired from their first job and move back in with their parents.


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Little Harshitha has been visiting our office for a while now. She is our caretaker's daughter who comes to our office in the evenings. A shy girl, Harshitha would hardly talk to us even though my colleagues tried to converse with her. We would ask her to choose any book she wanted and read it if she wanted. But, she would hesitate.
We finally convinced her to get any book she liked. Her choice was the book - The Tree. Slowly, one letter at a time - she started reading. In the picture below, you can see Arathi and Devi encouraging her to read. She read a page and a shy smile erupted. My highly motivating colleagues told her to come back the next day to read more pages from her chosen book.
The next day, she appeared with a smile on her face - while we gently nudged her to get her book. She came back and read a little more.
The following day, she marched into our conference room with confidence - claiming her book on her own and walked over to find her reading mentor. Chai breaks at the Pratham Books office are now punctuated with the sounds of Harshitha reading loudly - word by word, page by page!
She is slowly starting to learn our names and we made a little song and action routine for her to remember them. To our amusement, her mother informed us that she was practicing the name-song at home. Adorable huh?
Today, she finally finished the book she has been reading every day and we got the chance to see her biggest smile erupt. With a bounce in her step, she marched off to tell Arathi that she had finished her book. When Devi finished a work call she was attending, she showed her the new book she was going to read on Monday.
What a coincidence that the book she chose illustrated how a little seed grows into a tree - just like how Harshitha is turning into a confident reader right in front of our eyes.


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Team effort helps Huntingdon finish off sweep of No. 17 Birmingham-Southern
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Huntingdon scored four runs in the middle innings and used solid pitching to knock off 17th-ranked Birmingham-Southern 4-1 on Tuesday at Posey Field.
The win was the fourth in four games since Friday for the Hawks (12-5) and their consecutive win against the Panthers (11-7). Huntingdon handed then-No. 10 Birmingham-Southern a 4-3 loss in 10 innings on Saturday.
In Tuesday's game, Huntingdon scored three runs in the fourth and one in the fifth. After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the fourth, Huntingdon used three hits and an error to take the lead.
A Keegan Lambeth single scored Joseph Odom to tie the game and an Evan Agnew single scored Trey Smith to give the Hawks the lead. Lambeth scored on a Tyler Blackwell single to make it 3-1 and Caleb Astin scored on a Smith single to close the scoring in the fifth.
Astin finished the game with three of the Hawks' seven hits on a 3-for-4 night.
The Hawks' pitchers limited Birmingham-Southern to six hits and frustrated the Panthers most of the night. When the Hawks did get in a tight situation in the top of the eighth inning, with two outs and the bases loaded, reliever Neil Lawler forced a pop fly to end the inning.
Starter Grant Lowman (1-0) picked up the win, striking out four, walking two and allowing four hits and one run in 5.1 innings. Lawler got the save in 1.1 innings.


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Elia, 5 other Sevenson execs plead guilty to false filings in IRS case
The management of one of Niagara Falls' biggest companies admitted Monday to making false statements to the IRS.
President Michael A. Elia and five other executives of Sevenson Environmental Services pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of filing a false statement of wages received and taxes withheld.
The six men could face up to six months in prison when sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
"We are pleased this matter is over with and they can go on with their lives," said Robert S. Bennett, the Washington, D.C., lawyer who represented Michael Elia.
Elia and his two brothers, Laurence and Richard, were accused of conspiring with other Sevenson executives to avoid paying about $310,000 in taxes on deferred bonus compensation.
As part of their plea deals, they acknowledge some guilt, but the amounts they owe to the government are much lower.
Prosecutors said that Michael Elia owes a maximum of $53,827 and that Laurence Elia owes a maximum of $9,556.
Bennett insists they owe nothing.
"All taxes are paid," he said in court. "The restitution should be zero."
Sevenson, known across the country for cleaning up Love Canal and other hazardous-waste sites, is one of the biggest and oldest companies in the Falls. It employs about 650 people, 260 of them in Niagara County.
The three other Sevenson executives who were charged – Philip R. DeLuca, Alfred R. LaGreca and Frank A. Fracassi – also took plea deals Monday.
The executives are accused of receiving compensation in the form of goods and services that they purposely hid from the government.
From Day One, the executives have maintained that they never intended to cheat the Internal Revenue Service and that each of the defendants, when informed of the problem, attempted to pay the taxes they owed.
Federal prosecutors tell a far different story in their 25-page indictment. They contend that the Sevenson executives fabricated and altered documents and invoices as part of the conspiracy.
They also contend that the defendants caused Sevenson to issue false W-2 forms and file false corporate tax returns.
The indictment provides 20 examples of what the Elias and others are accused of doing wrong.
In almost every case, the government's examples center on personal trips and services paid for by Sevenson and not reported by the defendants.
The case, which was handled by the Justice Department's Tax Division in Washington, D.C., attracted attention because of the high-profile nature of the defendants and Bennett, one of the nation's most prominent defense lawyers.
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Beyonce took time off from preparations for her concert in Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday (23Jul13) to meet three women who were caught up in the city's terrorist attack in April (13).
Mery Daniel, 31, Adrianne Haslet, 32, and Heather Abbott, 38, were near the finishing line of the annual Boston Marathon when two pressure cookers filled with explosives blew up, killing three people and leaving another 264 injured.
Each of the women lost limbs in the attack, and after reading their stories in the press, the Crazy in Love superstar invited them backstage to meet her at her gig at Boston's TD Garden venue.
The trio posed for a snap with the superstar before heading back to their seats to enjoy the show.


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ABOUT THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre photographs iconic architecture in Paris. Favre is know for his soft Palette, interesting crops and large scale photographs.
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Photographer Ludwig Favre was born in Senlis, France in 1976. Favre now lives and works in Paris. Art history, multimedia and audiovisual studies trained the photographer's eye, sensitive to the reproduction of picturesque landscapes.Ludwig captures the monumental architecture of Paris with the romantic eye of a Parisian. His pictures of California's iconic architecture and beaches carry the same romantic feel of a Parisian shooting exotic landscapes. Favre is know for his soft Palette, interesting crops and large scale photographs.
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Just like Hilke, the Buechertiger I've been delaying the writing of this post, my annual review. Some of my reasons are the same (not feeling I've accomplished enough) and some are different.
This time last year I was in an optimistic mood, satisfied with the achievements of 2011 and excited at the potential offered by a brand new year, 2012.This time around I have not felt the same at all.
My dissatisfaction has come largely from not finishing either of the major projects I've been working on: my Book Art Object edition 4 contribution, and the wedding album for my friend. Both of these are now well-underway, but both also still have quite a long way to go. I'm annoyed with myself and cross that I can't start 2013 with that lovely blank slate, that I wrote about last year. It really feels as if these projects are infringing on 2013.
Summer /Christmas/ New Year is always a challenging time energy-wise. There is such a lot going on socially, people wanting to catch up and in high spirits, and its almost impossible not to over-do things.This year, I mis-managed even more than usual, by pushing myself hard in November and December to try to complete the BAO edition and the album.
Early in January, I soothed my self-disgruntlement by joining Michael Nobbs Month of Reflection and Planning. (If you don't know Michael Nobbs, he also has ME/CFS and blogs at Sustainably Creative, where he focuses on ways to remain actively creative for people who are low on energy or time.) Taking a whole month may seem a bit of a luxury, but it is our summer here, hot as you-know-where, and I really do need to be taking it easy just now.
I have been using a couple of tools for my annual review for the last few years, and this year I am trying another one as well. That makes three! Hmmm! Lucky I have a month.
I'm using (in my own fashion, of course):
- Alyson B Stanfield's Year End Review
- Chris Guillebeau's Annual Review
- Susannah Conway's Unravelling 2013
Alyson's review is totally focussed on artwork, and I discovered to my pleasure, that my list of works completed was in fact, not too shabby. I also found that when I looked at last year's review, there was an unfinished project then too, and what's more, I still haven't returned to that one! So maybe carrying projects over isn't so bad? At least the review process has shown me I need to consider that.
Chris's review is much broader in its scope. He covers every aspect of his life, and builds in quarterly reviews, which I have realized are a great idea. When I returned to mine, I discovered that in 2012 I had stuck firmly to my vision in some areas, but in others, quite different paths had presented themselves.
A year is a long time, and while I love to have goals, I think the reason so many New Year resolutions fail is simply because things change. Perhaps Quarterly Resolutions or even Monthly ones would work better for most people.
Finally, new for me this year is Susannah's Unravelling workbook. Susannah runs Unravelling e-courses, where participants use photography to dig into their daily lives. I've never done one, but I do enjoy Susannah's photography and her genuine style of blogging.
She suggests choosing a word for the year, identifying something personal, that you would like to work on in the coming 12 months. Last year, while I didn't complete her workbook, I did choose a word, and to my surprise I found that it really did colour my year.
So, review is well-underway and looking pretty good after all. There's still nine more days in the month of reflection and planning, so next time I'll share some of the things from 2012 that pleased me most, and hopefully some Plans (note the capital "p").


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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's interim President Adli Mansour will address the nation on Thursday at 9 p.m. (3 p.m. ET), on the eve of planned mass protests by supporters and opponents of former President Mohamed Mursi who was ousted by the military on July 3.
The report on state television did not say if Adli would appear on television or if his message would be read out. It will be Adli's first speech since July 4 when he was sworn in.
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Light swept over the horizon as dawn arrived. The surface of the planet was illuminated with light from the two suns and began to warm. The frigid atmosphere slowly increased in temperature.
A dark speck in the sky grew larger as time passed. It was a ship carrying organisms from a distant planet. The ship landed near an abandoned colony.
It had been about ten thousand radians since the colony was deserted for unknown and mysterious reasons. The colony was in atrocious condition. The organisms aboard the ship had arrived to rebuild the colony.
"I don't understand radians. Can you explain it to me again?" asked Euclid Poiloi.
"I cannot ratiocinate about the possibility of your inability to comprehend radians. My reexplaining the concept of radians is superfluous, but I will do it anyway for the ninety-seventh time because you have special needs," said his brother, Pythagoras Poiloi.
"Okay. Thanks, Pythagoras. I got your name right that time. Your name is funny. It's hard to say. Mine is easy to say. Euclid. Isn't that easy to say?"
"That's easy to say."
"I still don't understand radians."
"The concept of radians is simple. A radian is an angular measure. One radian is equal to the measure of the angle formed by two radii connecting the center of a circle to the endpoints of an arc whose length is equal to that of the radius of the circle. Radians can be compared to degrees. For example, p radians equal one hundred eighty degrees. Of course, no one uses degrees anymore. It uses the same sexagenary system as time measured in hours, minutes, and seconds. All based on the number sixty. Due to the inconsistency in time measurement due to planets' rotations and revolutions, it is efficient to use radians based on Earth time, where one day is equal to two-fifteenths p. Radians are based on the number p. We use radians for angular measurement as well as time. That is the concept of radian measure."
"I understand. Thanks, Pythagoras."
"You're welcome."
They were aboard the ship, ready to disembark. Through a window, Pythagoras observed the planet. It was called Plenilune.
To be continued...
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Had a really nasty problem today:
Attempt to fetch logical page (1:181882) in database 'prodNextGen' belongs to object '893596208', not to object 'AssignmentOwner'.
The only time I'd seen that before was when a server had lost power mid-write. Fortunately, it appears to be an isolated-to-one-table problem, and since the server didn't lose power it's probably a bug in SQL Server. But I'm not reporting it to PSS because it happened on my production server, and I don't have time to deal with PSS, and I think we caught it before it went into a backup. I had a minute...
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New lens for wildlife
After much research I decided to buy a new and non Pentax lens. It's a Sigma 150-500mm.
I bought it, as I do a lot of wildlife photography particularly in the winter months...which up here often stretch out to 5 1/2 months plus. In fact we still have about 2-3 deep worth of snow on our yard.
I recall the moment, I thought that it was time to consider a longer telephoto. In February, I was out in the south eastern part of the province I live in, taking some photos of Great Gray Owls, Northern Hawk Owls and a Pileated Woodpecker with my Pentax 55-300 mm. I could get the Owls and the Pileated...but I had to crop more than I would of preferred. At the time I was thinking if only I had a 500 mm.
I've had the 55-300 lens since June 2008...when they first came out and I really like it. Light and although it's only a consumer level lens....my copy at least is very sharp.
But I'm finding that the 'reach' is not quite enough for me.
Hopefully the Sigma 150-500 will address this issue.
I've only had it out once so far at a local shopping mall...testing it on commercial signage.
Took about 90 photo's....from F 6.3 on....tried Aperture priority and shutter priority.
So far I've found that while F 6.3, F 8 are fine....F 11 really seems to be the sweet spot for this lens.
I'm looking forward to using it for wildlife...also I think it will be good at the car and motorcycle racetrack.
I also know now....why many in photography refer to these lenses as 'Bigma's'.......it's quite a size and weight for an old codger like myself.
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I've been pleased with my Sigma 150-500..works well for aviation photography. It is a heavy bugger and can tire your arms if used hand held for extended periods of time. I purchased a gimball type mount for it and that seems to work very well.
Let's see some images soon
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Les,..colour me jealous!..I bet you are going to have great fun with it. Especially now with all the birds slowly coming back to our part of the world.I really noticed alot of red tailed hawks this week.I have been driving thru the marshland north of Gladstone and everyday I see some new arrivals.Still 3 ft of snow there though..I sure hope it warms up soon as those poor guys must be hungry.Coming home tonight I saw blue heron sitting forlornly in the snow along the riverbank.I tried to get some pictures but he was too far away.Your new lens would have been handy..I really look forward to seeing your photos from it!
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I enjoyed this lens alot, the only thing that got to me was the high ISO needed at f8 with the high shutter speed needed for wildlife in the dark canadian winters..
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I am envious, I spent a long time agonizing over a new long lens looking for more reach but everything but old manual focus lenses were way out of my price range. I decided to go with a Pentax Q with a crop factor of 5.5 and the old lenses I already had. I got more than the reach I was hoping for, lots of fun and my 55-300 is now a 1650mm
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I love my 150-500. I have had it for about 1 1/2 years and am not that put off by its weight. I shoot a lot hand held (About 90% of the time). I carry it with a Camdapter wrist strap. All that being said I just purchased a gimbal head and will begin using the tripod more frequently in the future.
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I've admired your airplane work Jehan. I intend to try the Bigma with aircraft.
We generally just get the typical airliners....but also some Hercules, CF18's and the occasional Globemaster...mostly Royal Canadian Air Force. During the Falklands war we had some British Royal Air Force Harriers and one Vulcan Bomber came through. I didn't have any camera equipment with me though.....and that was a long time ago.
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Great Gray Owls....got photo's of five....Northern Hawk Owls...over wintering Bald Eagles...all in the Hwy. 15, old Hwy. # 15 and the Seven Sisters- Pinawa area.
Snowy White Owls in Western Mb. were plentiful.
I meant to go to the Mb. Escarpment this winter...some of the side roads off Mountain Rd....but unfortunately didn't get out that far west. Never thought of the Gladstone area ...will have to check that out....maybe when the ice melts...for GBH.
I'm not terribly adept with computers (old codger ) and even though my kids have tried to show me how to post photo's...so far no success.
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Fortunately I'm based in southern Manitoba...so the winter weather usually although cold....has a lot of sunny days....although this winter had a lot of cloudy days .
I'm happy to hear that you liked this lens.
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I think my 150-500 @ 500mm....35mm equivalent...on the K-5, K10D...is about 750-775 mm. I'm not sure which.
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Burping Brook Loop Trail is a 1.5 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Mead, Washington that features a great forest setting and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for horses, mountain biking, and cross country skiing and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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I parked at the Lower Loop parking lot and the trailhead starts on the Carson Loop trail, which is a dirt road in the trees. Hiked up route 110 to a beautiful log cabin at the top, and down 140 back to Carson Loop track. About 5 miles total. Great trails, signs and maps at every intersection, and lots of picnic tables along the way. I went on Memorial weekend and there was a bit of navigable snow at the top. $10 daily parking fee if you don't have a discovery pass. Trails are mostly shaded in the trees, nice elevation gain, didn't have any big problems until I stopped at the top for lunch.


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Alan Franks and Chrys Salt are playing @The1000Monkeys at The Keystone next Monday. Check out the great 1000Monkeys Facebook page and sign up here if you can make it. Check out Alan's latest book here and some of his music here.
Introducing Wendy Howard-Watt… and her adventures
The launch party for Wendy Howard-Watt is at Keats House, Hampstead on Thurs 21 Jan at 6.30pm. There will be live readings from the author, Alan Franks and West End actress Charlotte Moore. This launch is also being held in celebration of the life of the late Ruth Boswell, founder and director of publishers Muswell Press. She nurtured the book from …
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Zimmermans are nice but after a year of having them on the fronts, I am having to replace my pads due to excessive wear. I am using Fferodo pads. I am not sure of it is due to the pad design or the Zimmermans cutting into them.
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|Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation logo
|To promote understanding, increase acceptance, and advance equality.
|Vito Russo
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GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is a U.S. non-governmental media monitoring organization founded by LGBT people in the media. Before March 2013, the name "GLAAD" had been an acronym for "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation," but became the primary name due to its inclusiveness of bisexual and transgender issues.[1] Its stated mission, in part, is to "[amplify] the voice of the LGBT community by empowering real people to share their stories, holding the media accountable for the words and images they present, and helping grassroots organizations communicate effectively."[2]
- 1 History
- 2 Programs
- 3 References
- 4 Further reading
- 5 See also
- 6 External links
Formed in New York City in 1985 to protest against what it saw as the New York Post's defamatory and sensationalized AIDS coverage, GLAAD put pressure on media organizations to end what it saw as homophobic reporting. Initial meetings were held in the homes of several New York City activists as well as after-hours at the New York State Council on the Arts. The founding group included film scholar Vito Russo; Gregory Kolovakos, then on the staff of the NYS Arts Council and who later became the first executive director; Darryl Yates Rist; Allen Barnett;[3] and Jewelle Gomez, the organization's first treasurer. Some members of GLAAD went on to become the early members of ACT UP.[citation needed]
In 1987, after a meeting with GLAAD, The New York Times changed its editorial policy to use the word gay instead of harsher terms referring to homosexuality.[4] GLAAD advocated that the Associated Press and other television and print news sources follow. GLAAD's influence soon spread to Los Angeles, where organizers began working with the entertainment industry to change the way LGBT people were portrayed on screen.
Entertainment Weekly has named GLAAD as one of Hollywood's most powerful entities,[5] and the Los Angeles Times described GLAAD as "possibly one of the most successful organizations lobbying the media for inclusion."[6]
Within the first five years of its founding in New York as the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League (soon after changed to "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" after legal pressure by the Anti-Defamation League), GLAAD chapters had been established in Los Angeles and other cities, with the LA chapter becoming particularly influential due to its proximity to the California entertainment industry. GLAAD/NY and GLAAD/LA would eventually vote to merge in 1994, with other city chapters joining soon afterward; however, the chapters continue to exist, with the ceremonies of the GLAAD Media Awards being divided each year into three ceremonies held in New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Following the 2011 resignation of Jarrett Barrios from the GLAAD presidency, Mike Thompson served as interim president until the announcement of Herndon Graddick, previously GLAAD's Vice-President of Programs and Communications, to the presidency on April 15, 2012. Graddick is the younger son of Charles Graddick of Mobile, a circuit court judge and the former Attorney General of Alabama.
In 2013, Jennifer Finney Boylan was chosen as the first openly transgender co-chair of GLAAD's National Board of Directors.[7]
Name change
On March 24, 2013, GLAAD announced that it had formally dropped the "Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation" from their name and would now be known only as GLAAD to reflect their work more accurately; the name change is a commitment to incorporate bisexual and transgender people in their efforts to support the LGBT community in its entirety. GLAAD spokesperson Wilson Cruz stated:
It is a natural progression that reflects the work GLAAD's staff is already leading. We respect and honor the full name that the organization was founded with, but GLAAD's work has expanded beyond fighting defamation to changing the culture. Our commitment to marriage equality, employment nondiscrimination, and other LGBT issues is stronger than ever, and now our name reflects our work on transgender issues as well as our work with allies.[1]
Presidents (aka Executive Director)
- Gregory Kolovakos (1985-1987)
- Craig Davidson (1987-1990)
- Ellen Carton (1991-1995)
- GLAAD/LA ED (pre-1994)
- Richard Jennings and Jehan Agrama (1989-1992)
- Peter M. Nardi (1992-1993)
- Lee Werbel (1993-1994)
- Post-merger (1994–present)
- William Waybourn (as national managing director; 1995 – 1997)
- Joan M. Garry (1997 – June 2005)
- Neil Giuliano (September 2005 – June 2009)
- J. Michael Durnil (interim; June – September 2009)
- Jarrett Barrios (September 2009 – June 2011)
- Mike Thompson (acting) (June 2011 – 2013)
- Sarah Kate Ellis (2014 – present)[8]
- Other executives
Announcing Equality Project
GLAAD's Announcing Equality project has resulted in more than 1,000 newspapers including gay and lesbian announcements alongside other wedding listings.[9]
Commentator Accountability Project
In March 2012, GLAAD launched the Commentator Accountability Project,[10] which seeks to index and document frequent contributors, guests and pundits who regularly express anti-LGBT bias and misinformation in their contributions to journalistic outlets.
Studio Responsibility Index
In August 2013, GLAAD launched its first annual Studio Responsibility Index, which indexes "the quantity, quality and diversity of images of LGBT people in films released by six major motion picture studios".[11]
GLAAD Media Awards
The GLAAD Media Awards were established in 1989 to "recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives." Ceremonies are held annually in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
GLAAD Media Reference Guide
The GLAAD Media Reference Guide is a style guide of recommendations for writers, especially journalistic outlets, to reference in positive, inclusive depiction of LGBT people. It has been published since the 1990s (then known as the GLAAD Media Guide to the Lesbian and Gay Community[12]), with the 9th edition being the most recently published since 2014.[13]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peeples, Jase (March 24, 2013). "GLAAD Affirms Commitment To Trans and Bi People, Alters Name". The Advocate. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Mission Statement". GLAAD. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ↑ "Barnett, Allen (1955-1991)". glbtq.com. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ↑ "GLAAD for Clay Aiken". Claynewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ↑ "Entertainment Weekly's 101 Most Influential People (1992)". Amiannoying.com. 1976-11-25. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ↑ Myers and Cress 2004: 200
- ↑ Reynolds, Daniel (2013-11-08). "GLAAD Appoints First Transgender Cochair". Advocate.com. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ↑ Reynolds, Daniel (November 25, 2013). "GLAAD Announces Sarah Kate Ellis as President". The Advocate.
- ↑ "Announcing Equality". glaad.org. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Commentator Accountability Project (CAP)". GLAAD. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ↑ Max Gouttebroze (August 21, 2013). "First annual Studio Responsibility Index finds lack of substantial LGBT characters in mainstream films". GLAAD.
- ↑ ""GLAAD Publications", as archived on 5 February 1997". Web.archive.org. 1997-02-05. Archived from the original on 1997-02-05. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
- ↑ "Media Reference Guide - 9th Edition". GLAAD. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
Further reading
- Myers, Daniel J.; Daniel M. Cress (2004). Authority in Contention. Emerald Group Publishing. ISBN 0-7623-1037-5.
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There is little doubt that breast-feeding is the best way to start a baby off in life. No formula has been invented that nourishes a baby as well as human milk, and nothing brings a mother and an infant as close as the intense physical experience of nursing. Yet fewer American babies each year are getting this ideal start.
Since the 1950s, breast-feeding had been making a comeback, as more and more doctors and mothers realized its benefits. But starting in 1984, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, this trend went into reverse gear. Between 1984 and 1989, the percentage of babies who were being breast-fed declined from 60 percent to 52 percent, and those still being nursed at six months declined from 24 percent to 18 percent.


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The world of the students of today has always had Internet, texting, cell phones, digital music, video on demand, …
We have to recognize that our students have digital lives. Higher education must remove artificial barriers. Students adapt to the educational system, but it should be the system the one that adapts to the learner. And meet them where they are / live.
The mission statement of the Open University of UK is about people, places, methods and ideas. Now we are extending openness: open source, OERs, open economics and, of course, open social.
The Open University of UK started their VLE in 2006. We also have presence on Facebook and students create communities around the courses. Other media such as YouTube and BBC channels are used as well by so many people around the world.
OpenLearn contains 400 self-study web units (over 6000 hours). We also have contents on iTunes University, but we don't have that much return from our learners, it's something we need to improve.
For example, OSL coding is nowadays a very "messy" scenario; you have very different languages and many development platforms on top. You have also Facebook or Google environments which are even bigger. There are similar examples of e-Commerce, etc.
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How many people are really taking a path? How do you know you are doing right?
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What about evaluation?
It happens immediately when somebody finishes learning, not during the learning process. Reflection becomes very important. Comments, rankings and so are also very relevant.
What about proprietary tools, corporate learning and so? Are going to be open APIs so we can develop external tools for accessing information inside the VLE/LMS? What about standardization?
This is very important. We need a more open approach, open our code so everybody can take it and use it. But, who owns the data? We want to invite people to contribute, rather than imposing it.


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Speaking to the USDA National Organic Standards Board Tuesday, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced the availability of $50 million for a new initiative to encourage more organic agriculture production.
"Assisting organic producers is a priority of the 2008 Farm Bill as well as for Secretary Vilsack and the Obama Administration," said Merrigan. "The objective of this initiative is to make organic food producers eligible to compete for EQIP financial assistance."
Under the Organic Initiative required minimum core conservation practices will be determined by specific resource concerns. The practices are: Conservation Crop Rotation; Cover Crop; Nutrient Management; Pest Management; Prescribed Grazing; and Forage Harvest Management. States must consider using any appropriate practice that meets the resource concern on a particular operation.
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Applications received from organic producers or producers in transition to organic farming will be accepted between May 11 and May 29.


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Meeting Millennium Development Goals
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Eight goals were adopted by 189 United Nations member states to be achieved by 2015.
SIL views local language development as essential to achieve these goals.
Goal 8. Develop a global partnership for development
Global partnerships among ethnolinguistic communities and national and international societies require communication and mutual understanding. Mother-tongue revitalization ensures that a language continues to serve the changing goals of its speakers and provides a bridge for the community to meet its broader multilingual goals by acquiring a language of wider communication. Language development facilitates the broader exchange of traditional knowledge as well as making the benefits of global information and communications technologies available.


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FMC Official Claims Broad Opposition to Proposed Changes to OTI Regulations
Federal Maritime Commissioner Rebecca Dye said this week that the response to an FMC proposal to significantly revise the regulations on ocean transportation intermediaries has been "overwhelmingly" negative. Dye told attendees at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America's annual Government Affairs Conference that she believes these amendments would impose new layers of regulation and higher costs on an industry where a large percentage of companies are small businesses.
The FMC's advance notice of proposed rulemaking sets forth a number of potential changes to the regulations on the licensing, financial responsibility requirements and duties of OTIs that the agency has said are intended to adapt to changing industry conditions, improve regulatory effectiveness and transparency, streamline processes and reduce regulatory burdens. But Dye said these changes are not a priority for the regulated industry, which would rather see the FMC address the inflexibility of negotiated service arrangement filing requirements and the need to eliminate tariff publication and enforcement requirements. She also argued that the FMC has not made a strong enough case that the changes are needed to avoid public harm.
Dye said that more than 80 comments on the ANPR have been submitted, that most of them are negative and that many of them "make the Commission appear out of touch with the commercial realities of the industry." She therefore called for the establishment of an advisory committee on OTIs that would provide the FMC with periodic advice on commercial practices and concrete problems faced by the industry. She also supports a complete reexamination of the FMC's OTI program to determine which existing requirements can be streamlined or eliminated to promote economic growth.


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Songbringer from Wizard Fu Games (Nathanael Weiss) is now available on PS4. Already out via Steam and GOG, the sci-fi psychedelic action-RPG is reminiscent of classic top-down Zelda. Nintendo by the way of the Star Wars Cantina. It looks awesome, which makes the fact that it comes from a one man studio all the more impressive. We're actually playing it at the moment (be quite Destiny, we'll get back to you!) and loving how strange and familiar it is.
Check out the launch trailer.
Songbringer is an action RPG inspired by the original Zelda with real time combat, a wide range of weapons and a ton of hidden secrets. World maps are generated from a 6-letter world seed, which determines the layout of the overworld and dungeons.
One of the cool features is that it supports local co-op, which is always welcome.
This looks great, but... f*****g pixel art. I really dislike it.
The animation is great, they clearly spent time and energy on it. Go a bit further add more pixels, f***.


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When it comes to potential opponents for Strikeforce bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey there are a number of interesting choices out there considering the divisional depth. However, in the case of the foe fans most want to see her face – Cristiane Santos – the same cannot be said based on the Brazilian's muscular physique and supposed inability to slim down from featherweight to fight at 135 pounds.
However, Rousey isn't sympathetic to Santos' plight on even a minimal level because she blames her for making the bed she's now laying in.
"I think she's a victim of her own cheating," said Rousey in an interview with Sherdog Radio. "When she was doped up and she looked like she was so head-over-heels above all these girls, it made the women's division look bad. Then she cleaned out her own division because of that. Now she's having to deal with the consequences of it. No one's going to want to fight a cheater. I'm pretty much her only option and I'm chock full of options."
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"She's been exposed as a fraud. She hasn't won a real fight, a real recorded fight, in two years. For her to come back from her suspension and be like, 'I want a title fight and I want it at the weight I want, and I want, I want, I want' — where are all these demands and sense of entitlement coming from," asked Rousey rhetorically. "Shouldn't you be wanting to prove yourself to everybody else? That, 'Yeah, I can do this. I don't need drugs. I can make 135. I can beat her anyway.' I think she's showing a lot of insecurity on her part."
For now, it seems the super-fight between the women is as far away from coming to fruition as it has ever been. Rousey has instead turned her attention to a November 3 meeting between former title-contender Liz Carmouche and unbeaten Olympic silver-medalist Sara McMann, while Santos is simply waiting for her suspension to run out in a few months before making her next move.


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British Foreign Minister: EU to seek ban on sale of Syrian oil to Europe
PARIS (AP) ' Britain's foreign secretary says the European Union will seek a ban on sale of Syrian oil to the 27-member bloc, part of new efforts to step up pressure on President Bashar Assad's regime.
William Hague has also told reporters on the sidelines of an international meeting in Paris on Libya that Britain and others are working on a new United Nations Security Council resolution against Syria.
Hague said Thursday there was "a real prospect that we will agree sanctions on the sale of oil into the European Union," and that the plan would be discussed at a weekend meeting in Poland.
The U.N. estimates that 2,200 people have been killed during Syria's months-long crackdown on anti-government protesters.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
PARIS (AP) ' A British official says the United States and European leaders are holding talks in the margins of the Paris summit on Libya aimed at toughening the international community's stance against Syria's President Bashar Assad.
The Foreign Office spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government policy, says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was meeting with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague and others to discuss a potential hardening of sanctions imposed by the European Union, and work on crafting a tough United Nations Security Council resolution.
Russia has so far frustrated attempts to include asset freezes in a proposed U.N. resolution.
The U.N. estimates that 2,200 people have been killed during Syria's months-long crackdown on anti-government protesters.


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Dawnguard May Not Come to the PS3, According to Bethesda
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This is not exactly the news PlayStation 3 gamers want to hear, but alas it is certainly an update on the matter. Posting on the official Bethesda forums last night, a staff member said there is an issue preventing Dawnguard from working properly with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on the PS3. A game as large as Skyrim requires a lot of resources, and Dawnguard adds more complexity since it is not exactly the smallest DLC. Bethesda is working with Sony to try and get everything running smoothly, but it is not a problem the developer is positive it can solve.
It's been a few weeks, and we wanted to make sure everyone knows where we're at with Dawnguard. Skyrim is a massive and dynamic game that requires a lot of resources, and things get much more complex when you're talking about sizable content like Dawnguard. We have tried a number of things, but none of them solve the issue enough to make Dawnguard good for everyone. The PS3 is a powerful system, and we're working hard to deliver the content you guys want. Dawnguard is obviously not the only DLC we've been working on either, so the issues of adding content get even more complicated. This is not a problem we're positive we can solve, but we are working together with Sony to try to bring you this content.
We wish we had a more definitive answer right now. We understand the frustration when the same content is not available on all platforms. When we have an update, we will certainly let you know. We deeply appreciate all the time and support you have given us, and we'll keep doing our best to return that.
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And a good test it was indeed.Author: BandWidth ()
Date: 2000-04-08 00:00:00
That is, if you like dealing with abnoxious pricks.
On 4/8/00 at 01:28 Tridus wrote:
>Alrightie... the following people are now banned (aka access level 0):
>Basin is banned for the nazi insult (which crossed the line and broke one of the few rules in here) as well as several blatant and deliberate abuses of the post type option after being asked nicely several times not to. Indeed, apparently he was trying to get banned, so this should make him happy.
>Ravage is banned because he contributed nothing but insults and negativity to this place anyway, and thats bullshit we can certainly do without (he can take it to all the other forums where he thinks he's god. Maybe we should all go harass him on the one he runs, although he'd probably have no problem with banning people. Must be an ego trip, only he is allowed to do that, no matter what.).
>Anonymous is banned because the previous two people could use it to get around the ban and come in anyway. If you have a problem with it, blame the two people listed above.
>Its really too bad its come to this, but I guess thats what I get for being a proponent of free speech and letting these morons run around as long as I did eh? Oh well, live and learn I guess, live and learn...
>At any rate, if anyone has a problem with this (except for Ravage and Basin, who are on my ignore list now), you can get me on icq, my uin's are in my profile information (my name in the header is a link to my profile for any newbies).
>Of course, you can also post complaints here.
>Remember though, flaming is fine if you have something to back it up.
>If there were no words, no way to speak... I would still hear you... - Martina McBride
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Gee, the first test of the security code, how wondeful. - Tridus - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
-One Question though... - SoulTaker - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
--Probably. - Tridus - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
--I guess Tridus'll just play as it goes. I doubt they'd apologize. - SM_007 - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
-I am hereby calling shotgun on writing the next storyverse story (where they get killed)!!! - SM_007 - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
--Make it very detailed, we want to know exactly how the bullets tore through their skin =) - SoulTaker - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
--Yeah! - BandWidth - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
-And a good test it was indeed. - BandWidth - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
--not my first choice of what to do at 1am. - Tridus - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
---This is why the Pres should be a moderator :) - BandWidth - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
----hehe.. indeed, this is a very good case *for* it. - Tridus - 2000-04-08 00:00:00
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When Beth Graue found out she was pregnant, she received hearty congratulations. Not only for the impending birth, but for carrying a child who had the good sense to enter the world in October.
Some astrology mumbo-jumbo? Hardly, although the well-wishers were projecting into the future.
An October birth date would mean that, five years down the road, Graue's baby would miss the Sept. 1 cutoff date for entering kindergarten, making him one of the oldest kids in the class the following year.