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It didn't fool many fans, who noted the image was one Justin had already shared on his own Instagram account, and in it he was wearing shorts.
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The hack attack took place just days after Justin deleted his own Instagram account following a weekend war of words with Selena after she took aim at her former boyfriend for threatening to quit the photo-sharing site over mean comments some followers had posted about his new girlfriend, 17-year-old Sofia Richie.
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Bieber has been caught in the buff twice this year by paparazzi snapping pictures of him baring all while out on vacation.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Celebrate Life's Beautiful Moments with Winking Frog
Are you enjoying the Winking Frog Collection from Heartfelt Creations? I know I am. Today I'm sharing with you this adorable tag that is adorned with all type of cute pond critters. I just love it.
Remember you can always head over to Heartfelt Creations Blog and find complete directions and supply list for all of my projects. I'll see you soon...and remember next week is the release of the latest and greatest from Heartfelt Creations...so don't miss out.
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- Karan Gerber said...
love the details, beautiful card
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Hi Lori what a beautiful card and I love the design
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When we make a vow, a promise, some kind of commitment to deity, it matters.
Sometimes these moments of dedication – beautiful, profound, awe-inspiring, frightening as they may be – can feel so distant from our ordinary, everyday reality. Big or small, these dedications, these promises, these commitments count. Even (especially) when we return to ordinary reality. So often, it's here, in our every day lives, that this dedication, this commitment, will be tested.
And you know what? We always have a choice. However urgent, or even inevitable, certain commitments feel, we always have a choice. We have the choice to make the commitment. We have the choice to bring that commitment to fulfillment. We have the choice to take action – or to refuse to take action.
Sometimes what's presented to us will be testing a promise or commitment we've already made. Very likely, for any significant promise, this will be the case many times over. How far are you willing to go to bring your promise to fulfillment? Will you play at fulfilling your obligations, or will you take it seriously? What are you willing to sacrifice to make it real? Will you dare to keep saying 'yes'? Or when will you hit that point where you say 'no'?
Some requests come on powerfully strong. You still have a choice, and indeed, you have an obligation to honor your capacity for choice.
One thing I know for sure is that when the Morrigan asks something, what She asks is very likely to bring deep and profound change. She may ask of us things that stretch the boundaries of what we believe ourselves capable of. She may ask of us things that challenge us to act or to be other than what we have been before. She may ask us to do things we'd very much rather not do, in fact. But She never asks of us that we become less than what we are or are capable of becoming.
And we always have a choice, not only in that moment of making the promise, but also in it's enactment and fulfilment. This is the beauty and danger of free will: it is actually possible to get it wrong, to fuck it up in small or large ways that change the trajectory or the outcome of even the most binding commitment, causing harm to ourselves and others.
We all have this gift of free will. It holds us under obligation to take full responsibility for our actions, even when we are acting under guidance, in accordance with our vows or commitments. Free will demands that we take the risk and our full share of responsibility for our part in how things go forward, regardless of the outcome.
It's an uncomfortable place to be, when things go wrong, as they sometimes do.
Sometimes they go wrong through no fault of our own, through no lack of commitment on our part, but simply because there are other people involved, each equally endowed with free will. We rarely stand alone in our choices. Rather we remain part of a complex web of interactions, and others equally have the capacity to choose – their choice may be other than what we would wish, perhaps other than what they have promised, and sometimes this tips the balance. (But the future is generally malleable and we have incredible capacity for creation and recovery even when things do go wrong – and commitment, it always counts for something – new pathways can and will be forged from loss.)
It's not ever just the promise that matters. The promise – the moment of commitment – is a kind of conscious binding, a strengthening of our ties to a chosen course of action or quality we want to cultivate within ourselves. It is a powerful articulation of intention and commitment that carries consequences. If we fail to honour the commitment there is likely a price that will be paid.
Ultimately, what makes it real? The action. The manifestation. The living and breathing it into being. We can choose to do it, embrace it fully, or we can choose to live it superficially, or to abandon it. What we choose changes things.
Free will, commitment, responsibility, action. Our choices matter, our actions matter.
by Rebecca Wright 2014
Rebecca Wright is a mother, doula, healer and teacher, and one of the founders of the Call of the Morrigan FB Community and UK retreats. You can find her on FB in the Call of the Morrigan Community group or at http://www.rebalancingwoman.com.


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A University of Central Florida chemistry instructor accused by students of unfair testing was defended at a hearing Friday by a student who said his classmates were guilty of unruly and disrespectful behavior.
Several students filed grievances against adjunct professor Sadhana Debnath after the spring semester. They said she devised tests too difficult to pass to avenge a confrontation over student evaluations of her performance.


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Happy Valentine's Day!
Over the years, we've been fortunate to have great theatre artists who were willing to tell us about the joys—and challenges—of being a "Couple in Theatre." Now we want to hear what you have to say!
Here are some highlights from past years, to get us started off:
(Photo: Courtesy of Kimberly and Patrick Dooley, 2006)
Velina: "Michael became quite a driving force in the [high school theatre] company—acting, directing, writing, drawing the posters. He was running around doing everything, and I got impressed with him. I did have a feeling from the first time we met that there was something, that we were supposed to be together."
(Photo: Courtesy of Velina Brown and Michael Gene Sullivan, 2009)
Mary: "I can't imagine creating without her on any level."
(Mary Guzmán, Fontana Butterfield-Guzmán, and their son Orlando. Photo: Lisa Drostova, 2011)
Will: "I clear my calendar for the opportunity to work with Dennis. I love him as a person and a director. He treats the characters honestly in both musicals and plays. And I get to spend time with my partner as well—that's the best part."
(Photo: Courtesy of Will Giammona and Dennis Lickteig, 2012)
Graham: "We're often working even when we're home, so it's good to have a partner who can say, 'Hey, stop working! It's Sunday morning and this is the only time we are going to have to ourselves.' It's a great reminder to not work 24/7 and enjoy that other part of life that's not theatre."
(Photo: Courtesy of Will Dao and M. Graham Smith, 2014)
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Wildfire or not — when there's a fire, Gray Summit resident Rich Long is willing to go.
Long, who is a member of the Boles Fire Department, helps fight wildfires in the Western United States.
Long began his training as a junior firefighter while attending Pacific High School in 1994. Long's dad is a retired firefighter and continues to volunteer. His brother also is a volunteer firefighter.
After his graduation in 1998, Long knew he wanted to continue working as a firefighter.
"It's an adventure," he said, adding that fighting wildfires has taken him to places that some people never get to see.
In 2002, classes were offered for structural firefighters like Long to gain certification to travel out of state to help fight wildfires.
Prior to that, he said, the fires were fought primarily by the Department of Conservation and forest service/park service officials.
Long, along with a few other Boles firefighters, attended the course. Others from the department who have completed the course include Long's dad, Byron Long, Eric Heimos, Justin Hill and Sam Johnson.
The class is independent of the structural firefighting class. Participants learn wildfire behavior, possible weather patterns and other skills necessary to fight the fires that can burn for weeks at a time.
There also is a yearly work capacity test. Firefighters take a refresher course and walk three miles in 45 minutes carrying 45 pounds to simulate the amount of calories burned in one hour while fighting fires out West, Long said.
"When you go out West you may be hiking three, four, five miles. You may be flown in on a helicopter or taken in on an old school bus or a pickup truck. It's a lot of work sometimes just to get to the fire area," he said. "Then, of course, there's all the work while you're up there."
Deployments are typically 14 working days. With travel, Long is away from home for about 18 days at a time. Timing of the trips varies, Long said, adding that he wasn't called to a wildfire at all in 2012.
He has traveled to Glacier National Park in Montana, which was his first wildfire, Yellowstone National Park, several fires in Idaho and Colorado, northern California, Texas and Wyoming. On a trip that began heading for Oklahoma, a tropical storm rerouted the team to another wildfire.
Long said he usually is part of a hand crew, but he is eligible to go out on engines. A hand crew is a 20-person crew broken down into squads.
Firefighters in the hand crews are given hand tools and chainsaws — no trucks, usually no water, Long said.
"We cut fire lines, do burnout operations, structure protection, fire attack, coordinate water drops and sometimes we pump out of rivers or pools and stretch hose line," he said. "It's an extension of what I do here, but different."
After a fire is extinguished, the firefighters help rehab and clean up.
Long has been to fires where his group was the first hand crew on site and nothing was set up, and has seen the opposite where there were camps with shower units, laundry services and a helicopter landing spot set up on site.
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Long is the son of Byron Long, Gray Summit, and Laura Sloan, Villa Ridge. He and his wife, Meghan, nee Ohlrich, have two children, Joey, 6, and Elise, 3.


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Developing on Windows Server: Innovation for today and tomorrow - containers, Docker, .NET Core, Service Fabric, and more
Any chance this will get posted today?
GoingNative 53: Learning STL Multithreading
this was so good. thanks!
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Why not put the lxss file system inside a VHD?
The Future of Programming
Wow. This isn't really the place to do this, I think. But there are many, many, objective measurements and studies documenting the wage gap between women and men in lots of fields. It is structural. Also, most scientists agree on global warming, there really isn't a controversy. Also, text books are probably a bad place for religious instruction. Also, gender reassignment means that one should use the bathroom that matches their new gender. Also, supply side economics have failed at every turn over the last 40 years. Also, chemtrails aren't real. Also, if you have ever been to Dallas, it's easy to see how Oswald could have made that shot. Also, you don't lose anything when someone else gains. Also, racism is still very real in America. Also, they mean that "black lives should matter more than they do now" and no one meant to imply that your life somehow doesn't matter. Also, no one wants your guns, we want to be safe in public. Also, the government didn't invent HIV. Also, the media does have a liberal bias but it doesn't work in the way that you think and FOX news is a cancer on the body politic. Also, vince foster actually killed himself. Also, picking apart just one of these doesn't make the others less valid. Also, things are probably better than you think and your selection bias reinforces your notions that today is worse that some golden time.
The Future of .NET Languages
VB is not junk and who made you king of forum posts anyway? The jerk store called and said that your delivery of jerk is ready because you're a jerk. Jerk.
Project Centennial: Bringing Existing Desktop Applications to the Universal Windows Platform
Sweet monkey in heaven, it's about time. This is what it's really going to take to get quality software sold in the Store.
Identity features in ASP.NET
You guys could implement SCIM in asp.net identity and people could still integrate with Azure AD from a provisioning standpoint. (In the cases where people don't want to use Azure AD as a directory.)
Live Q&A: Windows Application Development with Kevin Gallo
Project centennial or whatever the bridge was called to bring over win32 applications to the store is what the store really lacks. Why can't users buy real (existing) windows programs from the store? When is that coming?
Project Centennial": Converting your Classic Windows App (Win32, .Net, COM) to a Universal Windows App for Distribution in the Windows Store
Wow, you are still answering questions all these months later? That's really cool. Is there any news on this "bridge"? I think its really the key to seeing the store pick up.
Docker Overview for .NET Developers
Again...I haven't heard a good description of containers from anyone at MS.
For anyone that's interested... containers are namespaces for files and processes. Docker provides the ability to specify the difference between the "base" os and what you've changed to get your app running. That's why getting a docker image from the hub up and running is so quick. It only fetches the difference from the base... then when it starts the container it creates a private view of all the system processes and files that are in the base plus the differences. Check out cgroups on Linux, jails in BSD, or zones in Solaris... very similar.
Automation Overview and Roadmap for Windows Server and System Center
You guys should open source orchestrator.
Secure Access to Enterprise Networks and VPN Platform Enhancements
Thanks for the response. I know you guys are busy, and I really appreciate you taking time to reach out.
Is there any discussion about supporting DA in Azure IaaS going on internally?
What is being discussed around adding DA features to VPN? Will the machine still be able to authenticate "transparently"...that is, without user intervention?


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Poor goals cost us - Harry
Harry Redknapp admitted 'poor goals' caused our downfall at Bolton on Saturday.
Harry Redknapp admitted 'poor goals' caused our downfall at Bolton on Saturday.
We hit back late after trailing 3-0 but it was ultimately another afternoon to forget at the Reebok Stadium.
The ever-dangerous Kevin Davies struck twice, the second from the penalty spot, as the home side looked to be coasting to victory with 15 minutes remaining.
But we gave ourselves a chance of turning it all around with two goals right out of the top drawer.
First, Alan Hutton cut in from the right before curling left-footed into the top corner and then Roman Pavlyuchenko hit a thunderous volley to make it 3-2 with four minutes left.
Four minutes of added time gave us more hope but Bolton played the extra minutes well and clinched the Premier League points when Davies sent Martin Petrov clear and the Bulgarian finished well for the final 4-2 scoreline.
"It was exactly what I expected from Bolton," said Harry afterwards.
"They got after us. They weren't going to stand off and let us play. They worked their socks off and made it difficult.
"In the first half I thought we looked fairly solid and had a couple of opportunities when Gareth broke down the left and crossed balls that we might have got on the end of.
"We went with two men up in the second half but became very open, too open as a team.
"At 1-0 down we had to go for it, you can't just sit there. But at the same time, if you open up, you don't expect to shift the goals we did."
Bolton opened the scoring when Sandro was initially caught in possession and Harry was far from pleased with the second goal, a strike from Gretar Steinsson, unmarked on the edge of the box and the third, a penalty after Benoit Assou-Ekotto nudged over Chung-Yong Lee.
"We conceded poor goals, the penalty was a poor penalty, a nudge in the back," added Harry.
"The second goal as well, we had bodies in the box but we didn't go out and press the ball. We all dropped off. That was a poor goal from our point of view.
"The front six were too open and didn't give enough protection, we were too open. We were looking to score and almost every time they attacked it was two on two at the back. Davies is a problem and I thought Gallas did well.
"These are lessons we have to learn. Sandro in midfield, the ball came in to him, he probably thought he had all the time in the world because they drop off in Brazil, you can play, but suddenly 'bang' and Muamba had robbed him. The ball's shifted to Davies and we're 1-0 down.
"He has to learn that lesson, you don't get that time in England. But he'll be a good player for us, I like him.
"Take nothing away from Bolton, they worked their socks off and pressed us all over the pitch, Owen has got the absolute maximum out of them."


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How To Handle error in Pentaho Data Integration tool "KETTLE"
Error handling plays a very vital role in the process of execution of a program may it be a Transformation or a Job since it can adversely affect the performance of the whole process and thereby adding more miseries to our already miserable lives.
Therefore a proper handling process should always be a programmer's first and foremost task.
PENTAHO has provided us with some great inbuilt features which can make this task simple and easygoing.The following blog gives you an overview on the same.
We took some sampledata from our database the one shown in the below screenshot.Our objective is to divide the incoming data into two steps with one handling the error and the other keeping the cleansed data.
Now right click on the Select values step and click on "Define Error Handling" .You will see the red coloured hop in the screenshot underneath which shows that error is pushed to this hop which joins the select values and Write to Log step and where you need to define the target step as "Write to Log".Now the error coming through the select values step will be easily captured and written to the Write to Log step which will add an additional output column as Error Desc.
For reference see the following screenshots below.


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Ebola is killing people by the thousands in West Africa.
Ebola is burning down the already skeletal health care infrastructures. Many hospitals in Liberia, for example, have closed down temporarily. Doctors are dying. The Chief Administrator of the The Catholic Hospital, the largest private hospital in Monrovia, the capital city, has died from the virus, as well as the Chief Medical Officer at government run hospital (JF Kennedy). They have had to wait for medical equipment such as PPE, masks, gloves, but also lack basic services such as constant electricity, water, medicines.
Rioting results from bodies being left, no-one to pick them up. Families, who are already incredibly poor, find themselves near destitute when the clean up process following the removal of an Ebola victim involves a total sterilisation of the house, and often burning of all fabrics. These poor people find themselves without clothes, furnishings and bedding, a desperate state! They may even find themselves ostracized from the rest of the community because of this dreadful disease.
What is immediately needed are basic medical supplies. Supplies that the hospitals do not have: face masks, gloves, soap, bed sheets, mattress covers, fresh water. Knapsack sprayers, chemicals, protective garments and other emergency essentials to care for the sick, handle the dead, disinfect the infected areas.
The Ebola crisis will be with us for a long time, and inevitably it has knock-on consequences, particularly when you consider the Liberia is one of the poorest countries of the world. The pressure on the three hospitals is immense and consequently non-Ebola patients are suffering, in particular women and children.
There is a growing need to help the hospitals with consumables and equipment supply, clothing bedding and food to the survivors.
What is badly needed is organisation, coordination, focused leadership ,distribution, acquisition and money.
Who can provide this? Who IS providing this?
The Rotary Club of Marlow, in conjunction with Rotary District 1090, are now working closely with the Rotary Club of Monrovia in Liberia. We believe that the Rotary Club of Monrovia is well placed to best distribute and co-ordinate the aid effort. The club contains many professionals with a high level of expertise. They have a wide range of members that understand how to achieve results in what has become a critical supply chain, distribution and quick response crisis.
But what is most important is that they have local knowledge and the trust of the community they work in. They are working with local churches, the community, hospitals and the government. The members are there today and will continue to be active Rotarians after the Ebola crisis.To date they have raised over $20,000.and are campaigning to raise in excess of $100,000
As of mid-August, they have provided 3000 surgical gloves, 10,000 examination gloves, 100 buckets with faucets, mattresses, petrol slips for the rapid response vehicles, food for the patients – meeting / communicating with the Ministry of Health on daily basis to provide timely locally obtained requirements, and much more.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE UK? The Rotary Club of Marlow launched a campaign to help the people in Liberia with a public meeting at Christ Church in Marlow on 1st September 2014. The meeting was chaired by Richard Becker the Minister and introduced by Brian Jonson – President of Rotary Club of Marlow, the key speaker was David Frankfort – Foundation Committee chairperson, and leader of the Ebola response Committee, from the Rotary Club of Monrovia. The meeting was attended by approx 60 Rotarians from all over District 1090. A bucket collection on the night collected nearly £240, and donation cheques from other Rotary Clubs took the total on the night to nearly £1000.
The Rotary Clubs of Marlow, High Wycombe, Maidenhead and Witney held bucket collections over the week-end 5th/6th/7th September 2014. Other events are being organised throughout the District.
By Tuesday 9th Sept, over £8,500 had been raised and money was still coming in.
A few days later a collection by clubs in Reading raised the total to £15,000. £8,000 was immediately transfered to RC Monrovia for essential items and a purchase of 221 non contact thermometers (cost about £2250) was shipped out to Monrovia the following week..
Other Rotary Districts are now becoming involved.
But the need is still desperate!
Can you help the campaign in any way by organising collections amongst friends within your work place or through your clubs and societies? Download flyer.
Donations most welcome. Donate safely and securely online to the Ebola Disaster in West Africa here
For further information contact Brian Jonson, President Marlow Rotary Club
Thanks to the generosity of the public, companies, Rotary clubs and Districts here and overseas, by 22 October the total stood at £25,216.89 (including gift-aid). But please continue to give and encourage others as this outbreak is unprecedented and proving extremely hard to control. Every penny is spent on items essential to win the fight against this cruel disease, Thank you!


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We mostly focused on quick gesture drawings for two weeks, which were somewhat foreign to our regular approach. Still, though, I was talking to my fellow classmates and friends Al Costanzo and Kristen Nikitin and we both agreed that those exercises helped to improve our block-ins and to perceive bigger relationships.
Last month, Katie Whipple taught for the last three days and her advice was not just really helpful and personal, but also very poetic.
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MindDrive commented on 2007-09-21 16:49:25 that:
sorry but this project has been canceled due to the insane prices of gas in illinois... it takes 130$ to fill the tank ~_~ BUT i have started another project like this but in a cadillac eldorado ;)
DECwakeboarder commented on 2006-01-02 22:00:00 that:
Amazing...can't wait to see it finished
romeo55 commented on 2005-12-28 22:00:00 that:
hurry up and finish it, i've been waiting 3 months already!!!!!!!!!
MindDrive commented on 2005-11-14 22:00:00 that:
ya - its gonna "eventually" be competition quality finished --- thats few thousand dollars away - and thats not including the paint - thanks for the props - and yeah - i plan on putting a more powerfull computer in it but i didnt want to waiste the money on bling bling hardware just to find out it wont work lol --- and YES it does set off car alarms and ive even set off a building alarm
Hushplz commented on 2005-11-07 22:00:00 that:
Nice Setup you have :D
kickabyte commented on 2005-10-20 22:00:00 that:
wow... do those subwoofers set of your cars alarm. are you going toclean up the wires
confuzzedintelguy commented on 2005-10-05 22:00:00 that:
that is the scariest car pc i have seen but good work.
MindDrive commented on 2005-10-04 22:00:00 that:
laptops fall over and break, "anyone" can just throw a laptop in a vehicle and plug in the auxilary input into the headphones... i wanted something that makes even pro audio people look a few couple times
MindDrive commented on 2005-10-04 22:00:00 that:
doh ... anyway - as for power ... goto walmarts auto section... look or ask for the inverters - 700 watts is enough to run a computer and a 27" tv so 2 or 3 of them and i can have just bout anything running - plus i have 2 batteries in my van - one for the inverter and the van... one for the amps
AntitrustSpider commented on 2005-10-01 22:00:00 that:
Why not just get lap top? :)
lost commented on 2005-09-29 22:00:00 that:
wow. i cant wait for the final pics. but where u gonna get all the power from?
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MindDrive commented on 2005-09-19 22:00:00 that:
if you goto geocities.com/minddrive_rs/home.htm you will see that yes it is wireless ^_^ why would i put a machine in there w/o wireless :( - next toy on its gonna be a direct tv dish on the roof with a tivo box
TimeMachine commented on 2005-09-19 22:00:00 that:
nice kickers
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DarkScorpion commented on 2005-09-17 22:00:00 that:
awesome idea, but looks kinda messy. If you can clean the dacsh up a bit, it'll be even more badass. Gotta give you propz though, it's still insanely awesome
DarkScorpion commented on 2005-09-17 22:00:00 that:
sorry, over saw the fact it's not completly finished.
Verran commented on 2005-09-17 22:00:00 that:
Hah! Love it! I've wanted to do something like this for a long time. All you've gotta do now is make it wireless so you can pull into your driveway and pass new MP3's to it from inside the house :P
Psychotic_god commented on 2005-09-17 22:00:00 that:
Wow, very nice, gotta give you credit for a very unusual and very nice mod


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West Mesa Senate earns the GOLD Student Council of the year at the 2018 NMASC state conference! Great job Mustangs!
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Published: 2/14/18
Congratulations to boys and girls soccer! Both teams beat Atrisco and are now in first place in the District. Way to go soccer!
Another big shout out to all of you who helped with Homecoming last week including: ROTC, the West Mesa Band, and the Fillies for their involvement at coronation and the game, cheer for decorating the stadium, Mr. McLeod, Coach Serrano, and Ms. Chavez for being at the dance, and all of you for allowing Senators to help with the extensive set-up and decorations. It truly is a community event and I thank you for your support.
Staff & Students! This week is ALLY WEEK! Please wear Tie-Dye OR Black, tomorrow, to show your support for our LGBTQ students. Thank you!
This week is banned books week. Every day we'll have banned book trivia, where you can win a prize. You can EITHER take a picture with your phone to answer OR go tell your answer to Ms. Davy at lunch to claim your prize. First come, first served! There's a different Banned Books Trivia Question for each day, and each answer requires you to take a photo. At the end of the week, go show all 5 photos to Ms. Davy in room E204 to claim your prize. Here's the question for today: Which of the following Doctor Seuss books was banned because it offended forestry workers? Take a picture next to the object key to the book and then see Ms. Davy.
Say cheese, Mustangs! School portraits are scheduled for today and tomorrow in the lobby of the Pac. Pictures are being taken through your English class. See your English teacher for the details and bring your portrait orders on the day you have your portrait taken. WMHS faculty and staff are highly encouraged to make their way to the PAC during their lunch or prep period and are allowed to advance to the front of the line to expedite the process.
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Attention Wrestlers: Tryouts for the wrestling team will be after school on tomorrow, & this Friday September 29th from 2:30pm-4:30pm. Please Attend the meeting September 25th in the wrestling room for more information about tryouts. This season the Mustangs will start the first all girls wrestling team so ladies you are invited to the meeting on Monday.
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JV Boys Soccer: You have a meeting today at lunch in room D206 with Coach Aitkins.
Students: Saturday school runs every Saturday, 9am to Noon. Park in the student lot and enter through the back door of Mustang Academy. Get caught up on missing work, use computers, or just have a quiet place to work. You don't have to stay for the entire 3 hours. Ms. Shimmy and Ms. Vazquez alternate Saturdays, and are available if you have any questions.
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Mustangs- This year's Homecoming theme is Dine n' Dance, a tribute to the 1950's. Tickets are on sale now, in Activities, for $15 each. Remember the first 100 tickets sold receive a free gift.
Homecoming Court: If you applied for this year's Homecoming Court the eligibility list is now posted outside of Activities. If you qualify to run for court, there is a mandatory meeting today at lunch in D1.
Students: Parking permits are still being sold in Activities for $15. Today the dirt lot on Fortuna was again closed. Protect your vehicle, and your possessions, by parking on campus.
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Published: 9/8/17
Seniors: Are you looking for scholarships, application deadlines or financial aid information? If so, please visit the college and career page on the West Mesa website. It is updated weekly with all new announcements. If you have any questions please see Ms. Lopez in the counseling office.
Seniors: Your first Senior Meeting is this Monday, August 28th, during 5th period in the PAC. This is the meeting you will nominate your class song, motto, and flower plus choose the color of your robes.
Students: Stay up to date with events and win prizes for trivia questions and scavenger hunts! Staff and students can join the library remind by texting @WM Library to 81010.
Mustangs: Please get your parking permit now in Activities. Permits are $15 and you need to have your new sticker by this Monday. Remember, you are not supposed to park in the church lot on Fortuna or the pool lot.
Friday: No games today but tomorrow we have G Soccer vs. Cleveland 11:15am and B Soccer vs. CHS 3:45pm both at the Soccer Complex
Tuesday: Wednesday:
Thursday: Friday: Mustang Amigos @ Lunch in E204
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Published: 8/25/17
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The creative gentleman from Atlanta is simply the best-dressed man of our time. Why do I say this? Mr. Benjamin is an innovator of style.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
THE ICONS OF STYLE: Andre '3000' Benjamin
The creative gentleman from Atlanta is simply the best-dressed man of our time. Why do I say this? Mr. Benjamin is an innovator of style.
12 comments:
- Housewife Bliss said...
I love this guy -- you are so right about the gates of heaven opening up for him. I recently saw his picture in a magazine when were in AZ last, he does not crop up in the UK that often, and as timing would have it, my mother sent me some US mags to read and he was in there looking divine.
- March 31, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- Patty said...
I like how Andre dosen't shy away from bold colors, most men wouldn't be able to pull it off ;) thanks for posting!
- March 31, 2010 at 1:00 PM
- Pink Martini said...
When did he change centuries? Left something for you on my blog. Have a great day! :) xoxo
- March 31, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Trish said...
I am absolutely in LOVE with this post. You are brilliant as always!!! :)
- March 31, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Jess said...
I love Andre's style-- I was just thinking about that the other day when I heard "Rosa Parks" on the radio :-)
- March 31, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- Tish Jett said...
Great, great, great Lily. Bravo.
- March 31, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- James said...
His style is impressive, but I like a man who wears a hat well. Mr Benjamin is outstanding in that category! Thank you Lily for sharing Mr Brown.
- March 31, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- Bumpkin on a Swing said...
Fabulous post, going to check out this little blogger you have mentioned. Love men who aren't afraid of color, for My John blue or army green. That's all!
Have a good day.....
- March 31, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- FemmeCurieuse said...
Love this - I did a double-take when I saw the title, but you are right on target (as always)! He's a sharp one!
- April 1, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- Hope Chella said...
I love him! Have a great Easter :) xx
- April 2, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Dumbwit Tellher said...
And his greatest accessory, that *smile*. My teen loves his music, I love his style factor. Great post Lily. Thank you and happy Easter to you and yours ~ deb
- April 3, 2010 at 11:19 PM
- Giorgie said...
You're right, Robert I. Brown, Andre 3000 is the best of our time. It is difficult for a man to set himself apart as a trendsetter as opposed to just being fabulously stylish by having a good dress sense, but Andre 3000 is all of these. He truly has come into his own in the last few years and the maturity translates into class and finesse.
Most men do not have the advantage of being able to express themselves so freely with style and it would be odd if any one of my male colleagues were to show up to the office wearing something as daring as Andre, but I'm still glad he's there for our admiration.
- April 7, 2010 at 3:36 PM


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Kahdzbar's Journal: Go Play Dwarf Fortess
on Thursday Nov 12, 2009
I was casting about for an MMO about which to do a Let's Play. Someone suggested – perhaps jokingly, or perhaps out of a deep boiling hatred of me and my well-being – that I should do one about Dwarf Fortress.
I am trying to stick to games which can be fed into the webcomic mill and which can be recognized outside of the "obsessive masochistic genius manager" demographic, which is a little narrow for my purposes. This rules out text-based games that use ASCII art. I mean, there's just not much percentage in trying to do a comic about a conversation between a capital U and a smiley face concerning an upside down exclamation mark that will be comprehensible to one out of every ten thousand readers.
BUT! If you're craving to read about the gruesome and / or hilarious deaths of hapless Dwarven colonies, then Rutskarn has you covered. His first, second, and third attempts at the game met with the same rousing level of success that people have come to expect from first-plays of DF. Which I assume means he led a group of short unruly alcoholics into the deeps of the earth, where the lot of them died badly.
He's currently doing a Let's Play of his most recent attempt, which follows the exploits of the earnest, slightly befuddled, and probably doomed Kahdzbar. His journey begins here.


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English speaking real estate agent recommendations (Turin)
Hi, could anyone recommend an english speaking Italian real estate agent who covers the whole of the Piedmont area ? We currently live in Asia and are in process of working our way back to Europe / possibly Italy and so need an agent who can help us long distance.
We plan to come for a research month in July and so will also need to rent a 2 bed property/apartment for the period. .. anywhere in Piedmont but a house [with pool] outside of the cities would be nice .
Spending many hours absorbed in online research of course but recommendations very welcome and appreciated ! Grazie Mille.


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I've co-founded Minds On Media, a professional learning model that empowers teachers to transform their practice using technology, along with my colleague, Peter Skillen. I've been fortunate in recent years to be able to provide workshops and presentations for teachers through my involvement with The Ontario Teachers' Federation, The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario and an opportunity to be a Connected Coach and Community Leader with Powerful Learning Practice. I also teach the AQ Course: Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction for Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.
In 2008 I received my Master of Education in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning from OISE/UT with a focus on technology in education. I have been honoured to receive the ISTE Making IT Happen Award in October 2011, the UGDSB Everyday Hero Award in June 2013, and the YMCA/YWCA Women of Distinction Award in June 2014. You can find my CV here online.
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Going full steam ahead with long pending labour reforms, the NDA government plans to amend the Minimum Wages Act that was enacted at the time of Independence.
As part of the amendments, the labour ministry plans to set a national floor for minimum wages for workers across professions. The minimum wages would be revised every five years by the Centre in accordance with the NSSO's consumer expenditure survey and it would also be revised every six months according to the consumer price index by states.
This could result in a significant jump in salaries of unorganised sector workers, whose minimum wages are currently just about Rs 150 for some professions.
The proposed changes, which are a part of the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2013, has now been put out for public comments by the labour ministry. "All comments should be submitted by June 30," said the labour ministry.
The planned changes also provide for enhanced penalties and imprisonment for defaulters as well a higher compensation to workers.
Though the amendments were planned by the previous UPA government, the Bill was never placed in the Parliament. At present, the Act only covers 45 employments in the Centre and about 1,600 professions at the state level.
This is the latest move by the new government to push through key labour reforms that have dented India's attractiveness as an investment destination and also impacted the domestic manufacturing sector. Over the last one week, the labour ministry has begun reviewing pending legislations including amendments to the Factories' Act, Industrial Disputes Act and Child Labour Act.
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You may be out for the experience, to catch dinner or learn how to fish the lake. I assure you that I will do my best to get you into a fish. That means constantly changing lures and areas. I may troll deep or shallow depending on where I see fish. We may even jig. Unfortunately there are no guarantees of success. I will be engaged with you all the time answering your questions, showing you techniques and sharing my knowledge of Bear Lake. I will make sure we have a good time.


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As you might have heard, it's a controversial element the NCPP ("National Cheapskate Profiling Program"). Many, but not all, cheapskates like me love box wine.
In fact, I'm fond of "recanting"as opposed to "decanting"the wine I serve our dinner guests. "Recanting: Secretly funneling inexpensive box wines into empty, premium brand bottles kept on hand for the express purpose of impressing guests who care about such superficial stuff."
I've done this for years, and no one has ever questioned the authenticity of the wine I serve. Not even wine snobs have enough confidence in their taste buds to question what the label on the fancy bottle is telling them. If you don't believe me, this study by the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the California Institute of Technology essentially proved the same thing.
> Related: 8 Boxed Wines and Meals to Pair With Them
Not only is box wine a terrific value when it comes to saving money, but there's more and more research showing thatcompared to most bottled winesit's saving Mother Nature, too. According to the American Association of Wine Economists and other industry sources, boxed wine (a.k.a. "bag-in-box" packaging) decreases landfill waste by roughly 85 percent and is more than 50 percent more carbon efficient when compared to wine packaged in traditional glass bottles.
In short, the production, transportation, and disposal (whether recycled or otherwise) of bag-in-box wine leaves a shot-glassed sized carbon footprint compared to most wines packaged in glass bottles. And, as the box wine industry is quick to point out, less wine tends to go to waste with box wine, since bag-in-box packaging inhibits oxidation for six weeks or even longer after opening, something that can quickly ruin bottled wine if it isn't consumed shortly after it is first uncorked. (Unless you're looking to make vinegar.)
Then again, who can imagine any wine ever going to waste? FYI, if nothing else, leftover wine can be frozen in an ice cube tray to use later in cooking, or even poured into your compost pile.
> Related: How to Compost Almost Anything
As an added bonus, most box wine comes with a surprise inside, kind of like Cracker Jack. In this case, the surprise is the plastic "wine bladder" inside the box. Sure, they can usually be recycled, but I like to save and repurpose plastic wine bladders in a number of ways; like filling them with water and using as a slow-drip irrigation bag placed next to newly planted trees and shrubs, or inflating them with air to use as a unique, aroma-rich packing cushion in gift packages I send to special friends.
Or, my favorite: Next time you get on a crowded airplane, whip out a box wine bladder and start to inflate it to use as a comfy travel pillow. I guarantee you that when you do, the guy next to you will immediately change seats and leave you all the room you need to really stretch out. I'll drink to that.
Jeff Yeager is the author of:
* The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches: A Practical (and Fun) Guide to Enjoying Life More by Spending Less, and
* The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means
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Kenneth Bartlett recommends the best Renaissance Books
If you're going to look at the past, you have to understand the people who were living there and see the world through their eyes, says historian and Renaissance specialist Kenneth Bartlett. He explains that while Machiavelli is much misunderstood and maligned, Donald Trump is a Machiavellian in the truest sense of the word. He picks the best books of the Italian Renaissance.


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A "leprechaun" is a type of fairy taking the form of an old
man with a beard, who wears a red or green coat and hat. Based on Irish stories, they are known to enjoy causing mischief and practical
If you can catch a Leprechaun, they have magical powers to grant three wishes in exchange for letting them go. When leprechauns aren't spending time repairing or making shoes, they're busy hiding their coins in a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
So next time you see a rainbow, check for the "pot of gold" at the end of it!
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|Purple or red
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Email frequency in general has been a hot topic recently. Whatever your opinion or approach is on this topic, it's inevitable that your email frequency is going to increase over the upcoming holiday period.
As you can see from this chart, many retailers don't hold back!
We can expect British retailers to be sending more email than ever during the upcoming holiday period, especially with sales predicted to increase by 2% on last year to £88.4bn, making it the best Christmas for retailers since the financial crisis.
This increase in volume won't come without a cost though. Sudden increases in your volume can make you look like a spammer to some ISPs, plus your unsubscribe rates and spam complaints will undoubtedly skyrocket.
Luckily there are several tactics which you can implement to ensure you don't ruin your sending reputation or annoy your loyal subscribers.
Target your active subscribers
Many retailers and industry experts seem to think that it's OK to dramatically increase their email frequency to everyone on their list during Christmas. I wouldn't advise doing this, especially if you have a large number of subscribers who have not engaged with you in a long time.
I'm not saying that you should stop emailing these people completely but you should definitely consider reducing your frequency to them. If I haven't opened in two years, do I really need to receive an email from you every day in December?
I suggest that you create a mailing schedule based on the engagement levels of your subscribers.
- Highly Engaged: receive everything.
- Engaged between 3 and 6 months: Receive ¾ of all mailings.
- Engaged between 6 and 12 months: Receive ½ of all mailings.
- Engaged between 12 and 36 months: Receive ¼ of all mailings.
You should also make sure you identify seasonal buyers and include them within your highly engaged segment.
Ask your subscribers if they want to opt-in to your Christmas campaigns
Planning on dramatically increasing your email frequency this December with a 12 days of Christmas campaign? Why not ask your subscribers if they would like to receive these emails rather than blasting your entire database?
This helps set your subscribers expectations and will greatly decrease any potential deliverability issues. Plus you could create an opt-out link for this particular campaign, ensuring that you keep these subscribers on your main list.
Give them the option to snooze your emails
Are your unsubscribe rates dramatically increasing during the holiday season? Why not give your subscribers who've finished their Christmas shopping the ability to snooze your emails for a certain period of time.
This should help you retain a large number of subscribers who you would have otherwise lost. Ensure that you ask them for their frequency preferences after the snooze period.
Whatever you do this Christmas, ensure that you delight your email subscribers with relevant offers and content that they actually want to receive. Follow that rule and you won't go too wrong.
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Andrew - interesting point of view. Lots of great food for thought!
Couple of random thoughts:
If people were heavy email users last Christmas season, then they probably deserve their own segment. So I'd suggest creating another group in the ones listed above, say "engaged between 10 and 12 months ago" and make sure they receive everything.
I'm not sure I understand the logic of asking people how often they want to receive emails though. People will always say "less;" who wants to get more spam? But what people say they want is different from they'll respond to. So it's a bit of a tricky one - do you focus on user experience, or the propensity to buy? Each have upsides and downsides.
Anyways I love the email frequency debate, thanks for chiming in with two great cents!
Parry. After saying yesterday that we should, "send out as many emails as you can. And then send out a few more." You've now referred to all emails as "spam" in your comment.
Some people want more frequent comms. And even if they don't won't they be happier, and more likely to buy something, if they feel they can control their own inbox?
It's worrying when the 'experts' start promoting mass, unspecific mailings, with no frequency control.
Good article above though, and one that does say: "You should also make sure you identify seasonal buyers". Just saying.
Hi James - well, the use of the phrase "spam" was meant facetiously. I thought British people understood sarcasm? :)
This 'expert' isn't advocating mass, unspecific emails with no frequency control.
Perhaps you're reading into what I said and taking a few liberal leaps. For example, where I said, "You should send out loads of unspecified, mass market emails with no frequency controls."
Oh wait, I didn't say that.
What I did say is that people should send out more emails. And perhaps not photoshop a picture of Santa into their designs.
Email is just advertising, James. At Christmas, retailers should do more advertising. Retailers buy more TV spots at Christmas, buy more pages in broadsheets, buy more outdoor ads, spend more on PoS campaigns, buy more banner ads, do more btl promotions, etc etc etc.
Why should email be any different?
Anyways, thanks for the debate, always happy to discuss my views with another 'expert' :)
I agree email is just advertising but, to answer your original point, my belief is that user experience will always win out in the long run (Look at Ryan Air's recent backtracks). So the logic of offering a frequency service seems sound.
The main point about unspecified content was that, whilst everyone else focussed on targetting in their portion of the article, your focus was on volume.
For the record I've got no issue with subject lines being as important as design, and I'm definitely not an 'expert'. But then I wasn't quoted in an article as being one.
If everyone is tap dancing off the side of a cliff, does that make it a good idea? Perhaps my point of view is unpopular, but it's based upon revenue maximization. If one's goal is not to maximize revenue from the email channel, then perhaps a different conversation should be had. Let's bear in mind that the original question was whether or not it's acceptable to send out more emails over the Christmas period.
It's cool, we can agree to disagree. And thanks again for the debate! I'm by no means intending to be adversarial, I apologize if that's how it's come across.
Hey, it's all good, what can I say, iconoclastic is my middle name :)
Like you say, maybe there should be a different debate on morality vs. profit.
That said, I still think good user experience will help with profit in the long run too.
@james you lost me at morality. We are talking about email marketing, not Greenpeace saving whales.
What is clear is that there is more email at Christmas than not at Christmas. So why would you not send out more too?
I've gotta side with the "more is better" argument, more compelling than UX as an excuse to make less money.
Dear Andrew
I got several tactics which we can implement to ensure we don't ruin our sending reputation or annoy our loyal subscribers and also I am with your suggestion that we should create a mailing schedule based on the engagement levels of our subscribers.
Remember that many ISP's now take your overall email engagement into consideration when determining if your emails should go into the inbox or the spam folder. If you are emailing a large number of people who are not engaging with you these ISP's are going to notice and it's going to negatively impact your overall deliverability. There's no point in increasing your sending frequency and volume if you're going directly into the spam folder.
I'm on board with sending more to your active and engaged subscribers who like what you're sending them.
It is good to "mind the in-actives". But segmentation of course can go much further, thinking about products bought and last visit to site / browse info for instance.
On engagement, the DMA released a discussion paper on email engagement and open reach earlier this year.
An Interesting read and certainly food for thought!
One of the charts in the paper outlines:
"Highly engaged customers spend more per person than less engaged customer. however as there are fewer highly engaged customers the majority of overall revenue is from less engaged customers.
Focusing on improving the source of the bulk of revenue makes more sense than investing highly in the smaller portion."
Interesting article.
Whilst time on the list could be used as a segmentation methodology, to my mind this is a bit simplistic.
It depends on your audience segments and how they purchase your products over the Christmas period.
You should aim to be in the inbox at the point of consideration and purchase - which will undoubtedly be different for different segments and audiences.
Simply upping the volume because everyone else is isn't necessarily the smartest approach, but upping the volume with more targeted and relevant messages at the point of consideration is.
Andrew: I think the idea of a snooze button is excellent.
Also giving people the option of receiving less is far better than losing them. It takes so long to acquire good names it's a tragic waste to let them go because of 1 poorly targeted or annoying e-mail. Ask them once to forgive rather than just exit. I often want to regulate the amount of mail rather than block forever.
@Andrew R + Jordie, I agree that you could definitely get more complex with your segmentation and you should if you have the time, resources and ability to do this.
The fact is that your average retailer will be batching and blasting this Christmas. The above tactics are simple enough for most retailers to implement and will ensure that they get into the inbox and not the spam folder.
totally agree with you. Great post.. Really enjoyed it
@Perry, apart from email marketing being an advertising channel, there is no doubt that you are using this post channel to advertise your supplier services in Email Marketing!


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MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT – A Queens man charged by the DA's office with plotting to blow up New York synagogues after the FBI reportedly declined to pursue a case against him has been offered a plea deal that would shave "significant" time off a potential 25-year sentence, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Ahmed Ferhani, 27, one of two men accused of hatching a terrorist scheme to attack synagogues, is considering the deal offered Tuesday by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, according to Ferhani's lawyer, Lamis Deek.
"The offer of jail time is substantially lower than the maximum," Deek said, declining to elaborate on the details of the proposed agreement, except to say that it was a favorable deal for her client.
Ferhani and his co-defendant, Mohamed Mamdouh, were indicted in Manhattan Supreme Court on weapons possession, hate crime and terrorism conspiracy charges last June after a seven-month undercover police investigation.
The men face up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the top count, the felony weapons charge.
The District Attorney's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Prosecutors pushed ahead with the unusual state-level terrorism case, despite the fact that the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force decided not to pursue charges, Ferhani's lawyers said.
"Their desire to commit violent jihad against Jewish Americans is not only an act of terrorism, but also a hate crime," District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement last year.
In June, Ferhani's lawyers unsuccessfully argued to dismiss the case, claiming law enforcement had entrapped their client — who they said has been institutionalized more than 20 times for mental illness — during a sting operation.
Deek admits her client purchased semi-automatic pistols, a revolver and a grenade as charged, but insisted he had no plans to use them to blow up a synagogue.
"He has a history of petty crimes," Deek told reporters after a brief court appearance Tuesday. "But he was just looking for ways to make a quick buck."
Deek and Ferhani's other counsel, Barbara Fink, have said that Ferhani and his co-defendant were set up by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mahattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance and the NYPD over financial, personal and political ambitions.
In a previous hearing, Fink called the case a product of New York Police Department's "unconstitutional and illegal" surveillance of Muslims.
Prosecutors have called the lawyers' accusations "outrageous," and argued that Ferhani was intent on committing "violent jihad" on Jewish Americans.
Deek said she and her client, who has yet to see the plea agreement, have to discuss the details of the plea before they make a decision about whether to accept the deal.
Deek said she is continuing to fight for more information from the DA's office related to the undercover investigation authorities pursued against Ferhani.
Ferhani is due back in court on Oct, 16.