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Unitix Entertainment consists of several well known and classical games, such as Sokoban, Gophers,"Foxes and Ducks"and"Turtles and Beavers". More brainteasers and puzzles will be made available in the months to come.Try the many challenging levels of Sokoban or try to solve one of the other...
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Election-related talk and agenda-setting effects on Twitter
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SHERBURNE The Sherburne-Earlville School district budget for the 2010/2011 school year will be presented at a board of education meeting at 6:30 this evening in the middle/high school auditorium.
The $28,975,880 million budget represents a 3.73 percent increase from the prior year and a 1.99 percent tax hike. It reflects a loss of up to seven staff members, including four teachers who will retire and not be replaced.


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Exploring Hydrocarbon Depletion
Colonial said its facilities west of Lake Charles, Louisiana are out of service due to the storms. That closure, along with hurricane-related shutdowns of refineries in the Gulf Coast, led to the decision to cease operations on Colonial's Line 2, which transports primarily diesel and aviation fuels. Line 1, which carries gasoline, will suspend service today. Line 1 had been operating at a reduced capacity since Harvey hit.
Line 1 provides nearly 40 percent of the South's gasoline."Imports can't make up for this," ... "This is going to be the worst thing the U.S. has seen in decades from an energy standpoint."
By volume, Colonial is the largest pipeline operator in the country, delivering more than 100 million gallons of refined products each day to markets between Houston and New York City, serving more than 50 million people. Of the 26 refineries connected to the Colonial system, 13 are located between Houston and Lake Charles, the company said.
Experts said prices could increase as much as 35 cents a gallon as refineries remain offline during storm cleanup.
Colonial connects directly to several major airports, including Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh-Durham, Dulles, and Baltimore-Washington.
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The Explorer Pipeline, which has a capacity of 660,000 barrels a day, said on Wednesday it had shut its main fuel line from Houston to Tulsa, Oklahoma, as supplies dwindled.
At least two East Coast refineries have already run out of gasoline for immediate delivery as they scrambled to fill barges to markets typically supplied by the Gulf Coast, two refinery sources said. Others were seen operating at higher rates in order to boost profitability by meeting supply shortages.
"I've never seen a situation this bad," said one East Coast market source.
Colonial said earlier it expected outages at its Houston and Hebert area fuel supply points in Texas would likely continue through the weekend as a result of Harvey.
At least 4.4 million bpd of refining capacity were offline, or nearly 24 percent of total U.S. capacity, based on company reports and Reuters estimates. The Gulf is home to nearly half of U.S. refining capacity.
The shutdowns also led the U.S. government to tap its strategic oil reserves for the first time in five years on Thursday, releasing 500,000 barrels of crude to a working refinery in Louisiana.
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... Thursday morning, the rise of gas prices in metro Atlanta continued and at least one Smyrna station was flirting with $3-a-gallon gas. (Yes, that's regular.)
The flow of fuel was already reduced, and the price of gasoline in Atlanta is already up an average of 24 cents a gallon during the past nine days, according to AtlantaGasPrices.com, a unit of Gas Buddy.
... N. Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said gas shortages and higher gas prices should be expected.
"This will impact us. We've seen it before," Cooper said. "This is something that is critical. When you have a situation like this the problems go all up and down the pipeline. We've seen this happen before with problems with Katrina."
Hurricane Harvey-fueled gas shortages are starting to spread throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Fearing dry pumps, many drivers bolted to gas stations after work Wednesday to fill up with gasoline and diesel. That run on the pumps continued Thursday morning with many people hitting several stations before finding one that was still stocked.
On Wednesday, there were isolated reports of gas stations outside the Gulf Coast region running out of fuel.
By Thursday, scattered stations across Dallas-Fort Worth were running dry, according to GasBuddy's crowd-sourced Gasoline Availability Tracker. In some cases, those stations briefly ran out of some gasoline but were quickly restocked.
There also have been isolated reports of Kroger gas stations running out of some types of gasoline. Officials at the retailer couldn't be reached Wednesday.
Dallas Gasoline Prices... It's difficult to predict when gasoline supplies will return to normal. The extent of the damage to oil refineries isn't known.
And even when they reopen, there are concerns about staffing, because many employees lost everything in the flooding.
"What you've got is a chain and links are missing," ..."I don't know how long it's going to take to repair those."
Both the vulnerability and the resilience of this energy delivery network have been illustrated by the two recent incidents on Colonial Pipeline, the latter of which resulted in the tragic death of a pipeline worker in Alabama on October 31. Colonial is the largest petroleum product pipeline system in the country. It runs continuously at or near full capacity, delivering about 2.6 million barrels per day via a 5,500-mile system that connects 29 refineries and 267 distribution terminals, moving petroleum products like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and heating oil from receipt points as far west as Houston, Texas to numerous delivery points between Louisiana and northern New Jersey. To put Colonial's throughput number in
perspective, the entire Eastern Seaboard––from Maine to Florida––consumes only 5.0 million barrels per day, about 3.2 million barrels per day of which is finished gasoline, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Colonial's volume is about half of those numbers. Back in 2005, local refineries in the Northeast produced 700,000 barrels per day, but the refining world has changed and a lot of those local refiners have shut down. Over the past three years, Northeast refineries have averaged a paltry 65,000 barrels per day of
finished gasoline production. So the balance must come from a combination of Colonial, imports, coastwise cargos and a couple of smaller pipelines. Obviously, Colonial has become a much bigger deal in Northeast transportation fuel markets.
Plantagenet wrote:NPR just reported that this pipeline will be restarted as soon as the post-flood inspection and testing is completed----maybe as soon as monday.
Trump taps emergency U.S. oil reserve after Harvey
The Trump administration has tapped an emergency stockpile of crude oil in response to the major refinery outages in the U.S. Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Harvey.
The Energy Department said it will send 500,000 barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the Phillips 66 (PSX) refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Officials said the refinery, which hasn't been shutdown by the historic flooding, requested the release of emergency oil.....
.....The move is aimed at shielding Americans from higher gasoline prices, which have begun to rise sharply due to a shortage of gasoline caused by refinery shutdowns, port closures and oil production outages.
The Energy Department said it will "continue to provide assistance as deemed necessary," including more potential drawdowns from the emergency reserve.
The Energy Department said it will "continue to provide assistance as deemed necessary," including more potential drawdowns from the emergency reserve.
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In the face of this horrible human crisis, and natural disaster we have to put up with a bunch of insensitive, pathetic, stupid trolls. Their true colors are really flying now!
GHung wrote:Regular unleaded jumped $0.33 since Saturday here.
North Carolina declares state of emergency in anticipation of gas shortages
Anticipating gasoline shortages caused by Hurricane Harvey, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency that which waives the cap on maximum hours of service restrictions for fuel vehicles traveling in and through North Carolina.
"Hurricane Harvey's damage to refineries in Texas and Louisiana could ripple throughout the southeast, causing gasoline shortages and rising prices," Gov. Cooper said in a statement. "I'm taking action to make it easier to get gasoline into our state so North Carolinians who need gas can get it."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/31/us/harvey ... index.html
GHung wrote: Anyway, the NC Governor declared an emergency.
In driving around the DFW area running errands today, only two gas stations had any fuel, and lines were very long, with angry drivers. Prices up about $0.50.
Every auto parts store, walmart, etc is out of gas cans.
Traffic seemed heavier than usual, maybe more people desperately using up their remaining fuel to drive around looking for an open gas station.
A "run on the tank" looks a lot like the "run on the bank" when customers start to worry.Some gas station owners are predicting they'll run dry by the end of the Labor Day weekend — QuikTrip told the Star-Telegram it plans to stop selling gas at half its stores over the next couple days, and all three Fuel Cities are anticipating empty pumps come Monday.
Lines stretched around the block at North Texas gas stations Thursday morning as drivers made desperate efforts to fill their tanks following a decision to shut down a major pipeline Wednesday evening. The shutdown compounds issues for Dallas' gas suppliers, which were already feeling the pressure from several refineries being offline in the Houston area due to storm damage.
At the Exxon/7-Eleven station at the corner of Oak Lawn and Maple avenues, the line of cars stretched for a block down Maple at mid-morning as drivers queued up for a chance to fill their tanks. Store manager Maebel Teklio said the lines started forming at 6 a.m. and had been constant all morning.
By mid-morning, the station sold more than 15,000 gallons more than its typical amount, and Teklio wasn't sure how long the supply would hold out. The station normally gets four deliveries a day — two loads of regular, one of premium and one of diesel. The station received its usual supply Wednesday, but no tankers had shown up yet Thursday, and she had no word from her supplier on when the next delivery might arrive.
"I heard the lines were really long, and I don't have enough gas to get back home," said Murrah, who works down the block. "I thought the lines would be shorter in the middle of the morning."
They weren't. Early morning commuters down Highway U.S. 75 passed gas stations with lines stretching onto the freeway's access road. Others passed stations flagged with signs saying they had no more gas.
Murrah, who works near the station but has a 29-mile commute, said he had to wait in line about 15 minutes to get to a pump and pay what he thought would be $2.49 a gallon. As he filled his truck, he glanced up at the station's sign — which then read $2.59.... "It's gone up a dime since I've been here"
Several area QuikTrip stations, including the one at Alpha and Preston roads in North Dallas, were out of gas Thursday morning. QuikTrip spokesman Mike Thornbrugh said the outages were part of the company's plan to make sure North Texans can gas up throughout Harvey's aftermath.
"You are not going to have enough supply to meet your normal needs," he says, acknowledging that the news of a restricted supply is spiking demand. "So what QuikTrip is doing — we've been through this before with other hurricanes — we're taking half of our [135] Dallas-area stores and designating certain stores to be kept full of product. The reason we do that is you have no logistical way when you have a run on product that is short to keep every single outlet full of gas."
Gasoline supply pipelines between Houston refineries and a Dallas distribution center were temporarily shut down to avoid possible contamination caused by damage from Hurricane Harvey's flooding. Those supply lines have since returned to full operations.
"There is no need to panic," Emergency Management Coordinator Steve Mild said. "People can conduct business as usual."
Mild stressed his information comes directly from TDEM's State Operations Center, which received details from the Dallas distribution center. The stir, the State Operations Center reported, seemed to have been ignited in Dallas by two minor media outlets there.
The Texas Division of Emergency Management is an agency of the Texas Department of Public Safety."
Plantagenet wrote:Gasbuddy.com is reporting plenty of gas is available in the Houston suburbs, and its really cheap too! Still under $2/gallon as of 2 hours ago.
Mild stressed his information comes directly from TDEM's State Operations Center, which received details from the Dallas distribution center. The stir, the State Operations Center reported, seemed to have been ignited in Dallas by two minor media outlets there.
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Alec Baldwin returns to 'SNL' as Trump to make Phoenix rally great again
Alec Baldwin returned as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition. Baldwin took his Trump impression down to Phoenix, mocking the president's recent rally. Baldwin came out wearing sunglasses and said, "How about that eclipse, folks? A lot of people don't know this, but you can damage your eyes by looking into the eclipse." He added, "No one predicted this. They wouldn't have. I figured it out all by myself."
Once he took off the sunglasses, Baldwin looked around and said, "Wow, everyone is so white, so white here. It's fantastic. Look, they found with one black guy at the rally and sat him right behind me." Baldwin then turned around to Kenan Thompson, who was impersonating the guy commonly referred to as 'Michael the Black Man,' and asked, "Because of the eclipse, I can't tell — are you really black?" to which Thompson responded, "That's what the ad said you were looking for."
But it wasn't all just fun and games. Baldwin had to get serious for a moment, saying, "First, I want to talk about Charlottesville. As we all know, there was a tragic victim that came out of Charlottesville — me." Baldwin wanted to set the record straight about the president's previous comments by reading the transcript of his speech. He read from of a piece of paper, "We had a group on one side that's very bad, neo-Nazis, and then a group on the other side," adding, "Then I didn't say a single word after that."
Before the rally ended, Baldwin wanted to say goodbye to Trump's good friend, Steve Bannon. A person wearing a grim reaper costume walked out on the stage, and Baldwin told everyone, "Steve is going on to Breitbart. He'll be fighting the good fight against globalists, like my son-in-law, Jared." The grim reaper Steve then told "Trump": "I'm going to crush you."
Saturday Night Live returns Sept. 30 at 11:30 p.m. on NBC. Watch clips and full episodes of Saturday Night Live free on Yahoo View.
Watch the 'Daily Show' shed light on 'Michael the Black Man' from Trump's Phoenix rally:
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- Tina Fey stress eats to avoid Nazis and KKK, then calls Paul Ryan a 'p*ssy'
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Top News Links: Thursday, March 9
Eight companies honored for success in exporting
Eight companies from across Alabama were honored Wednesday with 2017 Governor's Trade Excellence Awards for their achievements in exporting goods and services around the world. The honorees represent a diverse mix of the state's business community, including major global manufacturers, small independent businesses and service providers that are critical to other companies' success in overseas markets. – Made In Alabama
NASA getting mixed signals on new missions
With a House of Representatives vote this week, Congress has now told NASA what it wants the space agency to do in future. But it's still a mystery what President Trump wants and how much money the space agency will get to do the job. Did Tuesday night's House vote approving the NASA Authorization Act of 2017 really clarify anything, then? It sets policy for NASA and recommends $19.5 billion in funding for fiscal year 2018. – AL.com
Lawmakers restart slow-moving impeachment process
Alabama lawmakers are telling a lawyer to resume a long-paused impeachment investigation of Gov. Robert Bentley. The House Judiciary Committee unanimously made the move Wednesday. A committee resolution directs special counsel Jack Sharman to proceed with his activities and investigation so the committee can be ready "to move forward with public hearings when appropriate." – ABC3340
Renasant announces new operations in Mobile
Renasant Corporation has announced its entry into Mobile as well as the hiring of Mark Fillers as Renasant's South Alabama President, and multiple staffing hires for the bank. Renasant's new office is located at 165 West I-65 Service Road N., in Mobile. In addition, the location will house two mortgage lenders and three mortgage support team members along with banking and lending personnel. – News release
Huntsville event to educate on doing business with government
A "Getting Back 2 Business" 2017 Small Business Outreach Event will be held March 21 at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, sponsored the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HHS will partner alongside other federal agencies to conduct a one-day event that invites small business owners to learn about procurement opportunities within HHS. – News release
Lyft one step closer to operations in Montgomery
Last year ride sharing company Uber set up shop in Montgomery. Now, Uber could be getting some competition. The Montgomery City Council voted Tuesday night to approve the transportation network company permit for ride sharing company Lyft. – Alabama News Net
Hyundai freshens Sonata for better competition
Hyundai Motor Co. is counting on the redesigned Sonata to reverse a fall in sales of a model struggling to stand out in a shrinking midsize sedan segment. The new Sonata will take on Toyota Motor Corp.'s remodeled Camry in the United States, where cars have been losing favor to SUVs and crossovers amid relatively low fuel prices. – Automotive News


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Crittenton Services, Inc. is planning its Second Annual Founding Father's Trail Run/Walk 5K on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at Grand Vue Park, Moundsville, WV.
The Founding Father's Trail Run/Walk 5K offers a challenging off-road course for runners and walkers. It will take place on Grand Vue's scenic hiking trail, winding through the rugged hills of the park. This course is 3.1 miles (5K), beginning and ending adjacent to Grand Vue's Red Barn.
The Crittenton agency began in Wheeling as the Florence Crittenton Home 121 years ago. Charles Crittenton was an active social reformer of the late 19th Century, organizing more than 100 Crittenton homes to help women in need. The race is to honor him and will raise money for Crittenton's much-needed services to children and adults from across West Virginia.
"We are thrilled to offer this exciting, unique event again this year. Last year's participants loved the course. We look forward to an even more exciting, successful run again this year," said Stacy Rich, Director of Marketing, Crittenton Services.
Participants will receive a dri-fit race shirt, a participation medal and a light lunch following the race. There are also several door prizes, including a round of golf at the Moundsville Country Club and gift certificates to The 19th Hole.
This is a timed race. Age groups and awards are as follows:
· Top 3 Male/Female Runners
· Top 3 Male/Female Walkers
· Age groups: 1-15, 16-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
Online pre-registration is available at www.florencecrittenton.net. Registration is $35. Prizes will be awarded for the top male and female finishers in each age category; overall prizes will also be awarded.
Sponsors include Gold, Khourey & Turak; Anthem, Inc.; First Choice America; Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser & Altmeyer; Grisell Funeral Homes; Joe Canestraro; Linebacker, Inc.; Hudson Premier PT and Fitness; MedExpress Urgent Care; Valley Pain Management; and Belmont Savings Bank.


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We are about loving God and loving people. We love people no matter who they are, where they've been, or what they've done and believe that the message of Jesus is powerful in transforming their lives and situations so that they may experience life at its best.
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Originally from North Hampton, Mass., home to Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr. and Fountains of Wayne, Brooks discovered his new hometown of Chapel Hill when his former band, Aloha Steamtrain, came through a few years back. "It's very similar to North Hampton except it's a hell of a lot warmer."
As Elvis, Brooks favors the early '70s. "He was still thin then, and his voice was the best it had ever been." "Little Sister," "Hound Dog," "Suspicious Minds," "American Trilogy"(the "Glory Glory Halleluiah" song) and the Righteous Brothers' "Loving Feeling" make it into Brooks' set.
Brooks, who works at a veterinary clinic part time, says that the Elvis thing is getting enough business that six months from now he hopes to be doing the Elvis thing full time. "It's crazy. It's great. Everyone loves Elvis so much down here. And so do I."
Elvis Encore is just one of the 20 bands in the two-day celebration held at Local 506 each year around Elvis' Jan. 8 birthday.
"It's just about celebrating the King," says Elvisfest founder David Quick, who also puts on the rockabilly themed Heavy Rebel Weekender event in Winston-Salem.
To qualify, the bands have to play at least a couple of Elvis songs if they want to get paid. "That usually does the trick," Quick says. "If you can't cough up at least two Elvis songs, then you're not a rock 'n' roll band."
The only other band playing all Elvis material will be Quick's own outfit, TCB, which he says runs the gamut from Sun sessions to E's late periods. Buckshot Bill, a Toronto one-man band, does a Bob Log thing without the helmet. "He's a little more Hasil Atkins, inspired by Hasil but he does it a lot better now and he's a lot more reliable." The hard-rocking Tombstone Daddys and Octane Saints rub shoulders with NASCAR redneck rockers Nekkid and the psycho garage sounds of Psychocharger. Buck Owens country is represented by 4 on the Floor.
"It's a convenient time, it's the week after New Year's, everybody's wonderin' what to do," Quick says. "So I just kind of decided for everybody."
Check the Local 506 Web site at www.local506.com for lineups and details.
Celebrate the King on Friday, Jan. 7 and Saturday, Jan. 8. Shows start at 8 p.m. $10.
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Copenhagen, the charming capital city of Denmark is located on the Oresund Strait. The city apart from being well known for its landmarks such as the Little Mermaid and the Tivoli gardens is renowned for its cutting edge design development in the fields of industrial and product designs. The Danes have also been in the news in recent times for the controversy surrounding a Danish cartoon published in a local newspaper which seemed to offend the sensibilities of the Muslim community the world over. The Danes today are known as world leaders in wind farming technology. The environmentally conscious and ecologically aware Danish government is making a concentrated effort to reduce the emissions of green house gasses as well.


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Thanksgiving is almost here! If you're anything like most Americans, you'll be sitting down on Thursday to a delicious spread of your family's traditional Thanksgiving recipes. This can mean a turkey, but it can also mean traditional menu staples from your country of origin or a tweak in the recipe that's been followed for generations. Whether you put mushrooms or slivered almonds in your green bean casserole, have turkey or ham, cornbread or bread rolls, your feast is sure to be chock full of the foods you love.
In honor of this food-centered holiday, here's a list of the 5 most outrageous Thanksgiving dinner recipes. These are sure to leave you stuffed!
5. Adding bacon to anything: This first one is a bit of a cheat, since it's not actually a recipe. But with bacon stuffing, bacon weave apple pie, and putting bacon in vegetables, there's no shortage of ideas to add bacony calories to your Thanksgiving menu. Another great favorite is to make a leftover sandwich the next day with crispy bacon. It's not like the vast majority of Thanksgiving dishes are super healthy, and that adding a bit of bacon is a little treat, which is why bacon toppings deserve to be on the list.
4. Candied Sweet Potatoes: Sweet potatoes are actually quite healthy, but when they're topped with brown sugar, butter, and marshmallows the calories just seem to pile on. Not to mention, adding sweetening toppings to sweet potatoes seems a little much.
3. Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding: Paula Deen takes the traditional bread pudding recipe and kicks it up several notches. Two dozen Krispy Kreme donuts, condensed milk, eggs, fruit cocktail and raisins make up the ingredient list on this over-the-top dish. But to really top it off, she recommends covering the whole thing in a rich butter rum sauce, which is loads of butter, sugar, and rum.
2. Cherpumple: Inspired by the Turducken, the Cherpumple is a pie in a pie in a pie in a cake. Made from several different Thanksgiving desserts, the Cherpumple is sure to please everyone (or no one at all). To create this dessert, bake a cherry pie in a white cake, a pumpkin pie in a yellow cake, and an apple pie in a spice cake and combine them together using frosting.
1. The TurBacon: This monstrosity deserves to be the #1 most outlandish Thanksgiving dinner recipe based on number of calories alone. The team from Epic Meal Time has counted more than 50,000 calories in this concoction. The TurBacon, also known as a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a pig, has turkey, duck, chicken, cornish hen, quail, and, of course, immense amounts of bacon, all inside a whole pig, which is topped with even more bacon. Warning: the video is not for the faint-hearted, or the vegetarian.
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OLD CITY - July 22, 2013 --Police and medics were called out to the Hotel Monaco in Old City after a body was discovered inside the public bathrooms.
The call went out just before 9:30 a.m. Monday to the hotel located on Chestnut Street.
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You have built walls
Round your fortress
Maginot lines of defense
To shield your opulence.
You laugh at them.
The poor and down-stricken.
Nothing but tools to be used
Then dumped like tissues.
They chant free songs,
Through bars and wires
Their cries and pain,
Tear no holes in your skin
You soothe their wounds,
With religion and faith.
Trapping their thoughts
In hopeful hopelessness.
Severing their chains,
With ethnic jingos.
Mis-educating with education
Choreographed reality tv
They bow their heads,
But their anger stands.
Waiting for the tunes
From the flutes of anomie
The laws you built
Are sand castles at shore
The ocean of revolution
Laughs at you
Dark shadows lurk
By your bedside
Bastards orphaned by
The light you killed
Dance steps of rage
Held bound in broken cages
Reflections of their true self
Come alive in broken mirrors
Your power is an umbrella
To dark hurricanes fermenting afar.
Like the ants that gather grain.
In anticipation of the rain.
For pay day shall come
When the people's anger
Shall be cashed and withdrawn
To buy your lives.
Soldiers would go on strike,
The police would take to flight
Even justice would be blind
When sorrow imprisons your smile
-It is just a matter of time.


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Alaska Fuel Sales and Distribution
Getting Fuel from There to Here
- Up to the Challenge
- Alaska Fuel Logistics
- Heating Oil Costs
- Why Prices Fluctuate
- Ways to Limit Costs
- Things We Are Doing
Up to the Challenge
For more than 50 years, Crowley has been responsible for delivering millions of gallons of fuel to Western Alaska communities on an annual basis. Each year Crowley is challenged with orchestrating one of the most complicated fuel delivery systems in the nation. These locations are a long way off the Alaska road system, situated on the coast or on inland rivers and lakes. The challenges vary from site to site. It is a capital-intensive business with a short delivery season dictated by the constraints of bad weather and a harsh operating environment.
In the best of times, there is a four-month delivery season for Western Alaska starting in Bristol Bay and working north. The Arctic season is even shorter. Typically Crowley is able to transfer about 45 million gallons of fuel to its own terminals and its customers' tanks before ice shuts the barging operations down. The goal is to put enough fuel into inventory to last until the next spring or summer. This is a sizable investment with a carrying cost to Crowley as the fuel product is sold throughout the winter months.
While the initial fuel cost is based on the wholesale market price on the date the fuel is purchased from the refinery, there are additional factors that impact the cost of getting the fuel to rural Alaska markets. Ultimately, it is the sum total of raw product and refining costs; local fees, taxes and regulatory costs; storage costs; overhead and marketing costs; and transportation and distribution costs that impact the final price of fuel to our customer.
This information addresses the challenges and costs of delivering fuel in Western Alaska. It explains the many variables that go into distribution, fuel cost and the structure of the market. At Crowley, we believe it is important that our customers are knowledgeable about the fuel distribution process and hope that this overview is helpful.
You can also download the brochure from the link below.
Alaska Fuel Logistics
- Step 1: Refining
Refiners create refined products such as heating fuel from crude oil.
- Step 2: Purchasing
Crowley purchases fuel from the refineries at the current wholesale market price. Wholesale purchases are indexed to major markets such as Seattle and Los Angeles.
- Step 3: Transportation/Distribution
Crowley transports fuel from refineries in Cook Inlet or other sources to Western Alaska via linehaul barges (large ocean-going barges) and then transfers the fuel onto shallow draft lighterage barges (small coastal barges) for final delivery to regional terminals or fuel hubs.
- Step 4: Storage
Fuel is put into a tank farm at the regional terminals or fuel hubs. Crowley carries the cost for the stored fuel until the customer pays for it.
- Step 5: Transportation/Distribution to Villages
Fuel is transported by small shallow draft tugs and barges to community tanks and tank farms. The majority of villages do not have docks and to make the delivery the fuel barges must be grounded on the beach. Sometimes villages do not have fuel headers at the beach and a truck must be used to transport the fuel from the barge to the communities' tanks.
- Step 6: Sale
Local tank farms/terminals sell to their customers.
Heating Oil Costs
Heating oil costs are determined by many factors such as the cost of the raw material (crude), how much it costs to refine, taxes, and transportation just to name a few. Costs are broken down by percentage below:
Overhead Costs – 9%
Overhead and marketing costs include indirect costs such as utilities, payroll, employee health benefits, etc., as well as a margin of profit. Fees include sales, dock and throughput fees. These additional costs generate income for the communities that are serviced. Each community has a different fee structure that impacts the price of heating oil. Other costs that fit into this category are taxes and regulatory compliance costs associated with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Transportation (DOT), and United States Coast Guard (USCG).
Distribution Costs – 29%
Transportation and distribution costs increase the farther the community is from the refinery, which is one reason delivered prices vary so much in Western Alaska. The shallow water locations of Western Alaska require transportation with specially designed shallow-draft vessels. Insufficient or non-existent docking and off-loading facilities increase time, safety and environmental risks, which increase costs as well. And, inventory carrying costs are incurred by holding the inventory in storage tanks over the winter season or until sold.
Product Costs – 62%
Crude oil prices are determined by worldwide supply and demand. Changes in the price of crude oil affect the price of heating oil. Refineries separate the crude oil into useful substances (gasoline, gas oil, kerosene, jet fuel, etc.). Costs incurred at refineries include equipment, maintenance, labor, fees, etc. These costs are passed along to companies (like Crowley) who purchase the products.
Why Heating Oil Prices Fluctuate
- Wholesale market price changes daily determined by worldwide supply and demand. Crowley's cost of the fuel is based on the wholesale market price on the date the barge loads at the refinery.
- Transportation costs vary by region. It usually costs more the farther a delivery location is from Cook Inlet, where most barges load. Deliveries to inland river points require transfer of fuel to a smaller barge for the final delivery, adding more cost. Some locations have difficult barge landings affected by tide that simply take longer, affecting cost.
- Taxes and fees vary by community.
- Weather affects accessibility. When low river water levels prevent barge deliveries, fuel may have to be flown into a community, usually at a much higher cost than barge delivery.
Ways to Limit Fuel Costs
Many of the options listed are directly related to saving time during the delivery process. The longer Crowley spends at a location and the more times the fuel is transferred, the more costly it can become. Crowley is doing everything it can to create a more efficient fuel distribution network, including investing in new tugs and double-hull barges specially designed for Alaska work. Investment in port or community infrastructure, and improving ports, harbors and river routes by federal, state or local government agencies would help reduce costs further. For example:
- Dredging: In select locations, dredging would permit barges to carry more fuel, resulting in fewer trips and/or less time waiting for tides. Crowley could get the work done faster and more efficiently, reducing cost.
- Port development: Building docks or beach tie up points would increase efficiency and reduce risk.
- Community tank farms: Consolidating fuel deliveries with a common transfer header would increase efficiency by eliminating multiple deliveries within the same village.
- Timely applications: The sooner that customers book their fuel orders, the more efficiently Crowley can plan its work. Many communities participate in bulk fuel loan programs, or other government assistance programs, in order to be able to finance their large once-a-year fuel purchases. Streamlined application procedures and a consolidated application process for all agencies would expedite approvals and allow Crowley to create a more efficient delivery system.
Things We Are Doing
We understand the importance of fuel to our customers and we try to assist in any way we are able to help cut down on costs, expedite the application process and protect the environment.
Some of the things we are doing to help:
- Facilitating bulk fuel loans and educating customers about the loan process
- Administering the Energy Assistance program and CITCO Energy Assistance program
- Replacing the Western Alaska fleet with double-hull barges. This is above and beyond current regulations as it's the right thing to do for the safety of the environment and to protect the way of life in the communities we serve
Alaska Locations
Getting Fuel to You
Double-Hull Fuel Barges Begin Service in Alaska
Crowley Providing Logistics Support for Equipment and Supplies Critical to First Responders Battling California Wildfires
Crowley Aids Girl's Dream of New Library in Grenada
Crowley Fuels and Ravn Air Group Sign Long-Term Contract
Crowley Adds Greater Velocity to U.S. Mainland-Puerto Rico Supply Chain with First Sailing of New LNG-Powered ConRo Ship
Crowley Takes Delivery of First LNG-Powered ConRo Ship Serving Puerto Rico


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The shifting current funneled the landing craft toward the eastern end of Omaha Beach, where they disgorged men directly below Hein Severloh's camouflaged machine gun nest. He recalls emptying belt after belt of ammunition, raking the shoreline for hours as wave upon wave of American GIs struggled through the blood-red surf.
"I did not shoot for the lust of killing but only to stay alive," said Severloh, 81, a tall, soft-spoken man who said he must have shot hundreds of Americans on June 6, 1944. "I knew if only a single one survived he would shoot me."
For years Severloh told no one but his wife of what he did on D-Day. He said it was partly out of fear he would be labeled a Nazi and a killer, but also because fellow Germans didn't want to discuss World War II or hear about the experiences of army veterans. But over the past few years, historians, journalists and admirers have beaten a path to his farmhouse in this sleepy village in western Germany; Severloh has published a war memoir, been interviewed repeatedly by television, newspapers and magazines and been the subject of a televised documentary. He said he is gratified and amazed at the attention he has received.
As this country focuses on World War II more than 60 years after it began, Severloh's memories of the Allied invasion of Europe are part of an examination long suppressed by Germans. After decades of shame, fear and self-imposed silence, German soldiers and civilian victims are now venturing to describe their perspectives of the war. Beyond the traditional portrait of World War II as an epic battle of good vs. evil, the emerging view reveals a more complex narrative. Severloh's story has become part of the modern mix.
"We have new generations with new questions, and people are interested in what happened during the war without prejudging," said Johannes Tuchel, director of the German Resistance Memorial Center in Berlin, a museum devoted to chronicling opposition to Adolf Hitler's rule. "We see, we know and we accept that Germany caused the war, but for the first time we are looking at all the aspects of what happened."
Unlocking the Memories
Germany officially participated this year for the first time in commemorating D-Day alongside the United States, France and Britain. Other moments for reevaluation have included the 60th anniversaries of the July 20, 1944, failed assassination attempt against Hitler and the Aug. 1, 1944, beginning of the Warsaw Uprising, a savage 63-day battle against Nazi occupation forces that ended in a tragic defeat for Poland.
Recognition of these events follows a wave of books, television documentaries and articles focusing for the first time on German victims of the war -- both the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed in the Allied fire bombings of major cities and the 13 million expelled from their homes in Eastern Europe. Next spring will bring celebrations of V-E Day -- Allied victory in Europe on May 8, 1945 -- and two films about Hitler that are expected to break the longstanding German taboo against portraying the Nazi dictator on-screen.
One reason for the renewed interest, analysts and historians say, is that members of the World War II generation are dying out, and people are keen to hear their stories firsthand before they vanish. Another reason stems from Germany's new role as a world power, with a more activist foreign policy and a willingness to dispatch peacekeeping troops to international trouble spots.
"If we want to participate in the world, we have to stand on firm soil as to the past," said former president Richard von Weizsaecker, 84, who also served as a young soldier in the German army in World War II.
Reinhard Hesse, the main speechwriter for Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's D-Day and July 20th addresses, said the anniversaries have marked Germany's coming of age as a modern democracy. While the lessons of World War II used to be invoked as a rationale for Germans to avoid military operations, Hesse said, they are increasingly cited as a reason for Germans to become more involved.
For many Germans, the past was another country, a dark place shrouded by anguish, introspection and resentment. Gerhard Beick and Lothar Nickel are combat veterans who were drafted at age 19 and served in the legendary Afrika Korps -- in North Africa under Erwin Rommel. They recall coming home after the war from prisoner internment camps to cities in ruins and people obsessed with day-to-day survival, expressing no interest for the returning soldiers or their experiences.
"No one cared to hear about it and no one asked," Beick recalled. "We had all suffered, an entire generation. We came back to a destroyed country, destroyed cities, and we were interested only in personal survival. We tried to forget the war as much as possible."
There was always an undercurrent of guilt and suspicion. Nickel recalled that when Afrika Korps members began forming veterans groups in the 1950s, newspapers would not publish notices of their meetings, fearing that the men were surreptitiously reconstituting their old units.
"In the minds of a lot of people, we were seen as old Nazis," Nickel said. "But we were just young people dragged into the war."
One of the most abiding controversies centers on the failed assassination attempt against Hitler by military officers and civilians led by Col. Claus von Schenk Stauffenberg. In the first decade after the war, said Winfried Heinemann, a historian with the German army's Military Research History Institute, many Germans viewed the conspirators as traitors who had violated their personal oath to Hitler. At the same time, the communist government of East Germany depicted the plotters as right-wing reactionaries who sought to kill Hitler to save their own necks when it was clear the war was lost. But in later years, the conspirators came to be honored as shining examples of German resistance in a manner that seemed to suggest their actions absolved other Germans of complicity with Hitler.
The popular view has evolved to the point where a recent poll in Der Spiegel, a weekly magazine, showed that 73 percent of those polled felt admiration or respect for the plotters and 10 percent expressed disapproval or contempt. This year's solemn anniversary ceremony, held in the cobblestone courtyard where Stauffenberg and three of his fellow conspirators were executed by firing squad on the night of the failed coup, brought together dignitaries and more than 100 relatives of the four executed men.
Schroeder's speech sought to connect the German dissidents with resistance movements in Poland, France and the Netherlands, saying these disparate groups constituted the first seeds of modern European unity. But he acknowledged that in Germany, the resistance constituted a very small minority.
One of those in attendance was Georg Freiherr von Loe, a high school science teacher in his early fifties whose grandfather was one of hundreds of conspirators executed after the plot failed. Von Loe said that he had not attended previous commemorations but that his feelings of guilt now that the older generation is passing and his attempt to deal with questions from his children compelled him to make the six-hour drive from his home in western Germany, along with his wife and two of his children.
He and his family found the experience both moving and disturbing. "We have not slept well these last few nights because we have been discussing it," he said. "We need time to process what we have experienced."
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Severloh took 40 years to begin to process what happened to him on Omaha Beach. He had taken up a concealed position on the eastern side of the beach along with 30 other German soldiers, and he recalls watching the horizon turn black with dozens of ships and landing craft racing for the shore. His commanding officer, Lt. Bernhard Frerking, had told him not to open fire until the enemy reached knee-deep level, where he could get a full view.
"What came to mind was, 'Dear God, why have you abandoned me?' " he recalled. "I wasn't afraid. My only thought was, 'How can I get away from here?' "
But rather than run, Severloh slipped the first belt of ammunition into his MG-42 machine gun and opened fire. He could see men spinning, bleeding and crashing into the surf, while others ripped off their heavy packs, threw away their carbines and raced for the shore. But there was little shelter there. Severloh said he would occasionally put down the machine gun and use his carbine to pick off individual men huddled on the beach. He is still haunted by a soldier who was loading his rifle when Severloh took aim at his chest. The bullet went high and hit the man in the forehead.
"The helmet fell and rolled over in the sand," Severloh said. "Every time I close my eyes, I can see it."
Severloh said he was the last man firing from his position. By mid-afternoon, his right shoulder was swollen and his slender fingers were numb from constant firing. When a U.S. destroyer pinpointed his position and began to shell it, he fled to the nearby village of Colleville-Sur-Mer, where he was captured that evening.
In Severloh's telling of D-Day, there are few heroes and several surprises. The German occupiers had warm relations with their French farm hosts before the invasion, he contends. Lt. Frerking, who died on D-Day, was an honorable man who spoke fluent French and once gave one of his men 10 days' punishment for failing to help an elderly French woman with her shopping bags, Severloh said. The U.S. invaders slaughtered farm animals and soldiers, he said, yet that evening he and his ravenous U.S. captors shared a baguette.
Severloh said he first told his tale to an inquisitive correspondent for ABC News during the 40th anniversary of D-Day in 1984. But the real breakthrough came when an amateur war historian named Helmut Konrad von Keusgen tracked Severloh down. Von Keusgen, a former scuba diver and graphic artist, said he had heard from U.S. veterans about the machine gunner they called the "Beast of Omaha Beach" because he had mowed down hundreds of GIs that day. Severloh confessed he was that gunner. Von Keusgen ghost-wrote Severloh's memoirs, published in 2000, and still visits him regularly.
The two men contend that Severloh might have shot more than 2,000 GIs. That's an impossible figure, according to German and American historians, who say that although the numbers are far from exact, estimates are that about 2,500 Americans were killed or wounded by the 30 German soldiers on the beach.
"My guess is yes, he helped kill or wound hundreds, but how many hundreds would be hard to say," Roger Cirillo, a military historian at the Association of the U.S. Army in Arlington, wrote in an e-mail. He added: "Omaha is like Pickett's Charge. The story has gotten better with age, though no one doubts it was a horror show. Men on both sides were brave beyond reason, and this is the sole truth of the story."
Hein Severloh said he takes no pride in what he did, but telling his tale has given him a sense of relief.
"I have thought about it every single day that God gave to me," he said. Now, he said, "the pressure is gone."
Researcher Shannon Smiley in Berlin contributed to this report.


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Often distinguished by its wide, strong, broad, sturdy and powerful head, the American Staffordshire Terrier is extremely strong for its size. It has a medium length muzzle that is rounded on the upper side, abruptly falling away below the eyes. Its dark round eyes are set far apart, low down in the skull and are covered by pink eyelids. It has a very strong jaw, with lips that are even and close without any dewlap or looseness. Its ears are set high on the head and may be cropped or uncropped. Most owners prefer uncropped ears that are short and held rose or half prick. Its teeth form a scissors bite.
Its neck slopes down to a wide, deep chest and rib cage. It has a short back, straight front legs and a short, tapered tail. Its frame is medium-sized and solid. It has a very muscular and stocky body which gives the impression that it has great strength for its size, along with agility and grace. It combines muscular stockiness with a poise that is graceful and also has a springy gait.
This breed has a low maintenance short coat which comes in various colors including patched, solid colored and parti-colored. The coat is close and comprises of stiff, thick hair that is glossy to touch. Its un-docked tail is short in comparison to the size of the dog and tapers to a point. This breed has a generally larger bone structure, weight and head size than its cousin, the American Pit Bull Terrier.
The American Staffordshire Terrier is a strong dog whose intelligence and athletic build make him suitable for numerous dog sports including agility, conformation and tracking. Some of the talents of the American Staffordshire Terrier include guarding, watchdog, weight pulling and police work. These dogs have historically been equally popular with farmers and families. Good ratters, this dog is useful for hunting bears and wild pigs. Pit bulls can do it all, from being a great playmate for kids to serving in the military. These are vocal dogs that make all sorts of unusual noises as they attempt to communicate with you.
The American Staffordshire Terrier is a happy, confident, stable and outgoing dog. Loving and gentle toward people, this dog makes an amusing, good-natured and affectionate family pet. This breed is a people-oriented dog that thrives when incorporated into a family and given a job to do. Good with children and adults, this dog is almost always obedient, desiring nothing more than to please his master. Over five decades of careful breeding has produced a trustworthy dog that is especially good for children.
It is typically a docile animal that is playful with its family and generally friendly toward strangers, but only in the presence of its owners. While this is a friendly breed, he is extremely loyal to his family, highly protective and will protect his owner and his property from every threat. Full of life, this breed makes an extremely courageous guard dog. It is simultaneously outstanding as a guardian of property and as an esteemed companion dog.
A persistent fighter when provoked, this dog will fight an enemy to the death when it feels trapped in a corner and its loved ones are threatened. It has a very high pain tolerance and its low center of gravity enables it to remain on its feet during a fight, and its nimbleness enables it to avoid the teeth of its opponent. Its jaws are strong and very powerful. The protectiveness of this breed makes it sometimes aggressive towards other dogs – especially when it feels challenged by them. It is common for this dog to display competitive and protective instincts around other dogs and animals.
A typical terrier, even a dog from show background is far more likely to be a fighter than a lover when it encounters another dog, especially of the same gender. It is advisable to avoid keeping intact males together or taking these dogs to parks and allowing them to run loose. Whether an Am Staff will get along with other dogs in public varies from one individual dog to the next. While some may be friendly, others may not be as much. And all dogs are likely to see cats and other small furry animals as prey.
This dog is fearless, stubborn and tenacious. But even with all its tough exterior, the one thing that this dog values the most in life is the fond attention of its owner. Tractability and docility are vital traits in a powerful dog that requires handling even in the midst of a dog fight, and this dog therefore evolved its disposition into one that is sweet and trustworthy even around people. Although this dog looks formidable, over decades, it has been bred to love and accept people.
This is a loving, loyal and dependable dog – a happy, loved friend that is affectionate with loads of energy. Most of the time, the dog is a calm and steady buddy who doesn't mind hanging out on the couch. Naturally eager to please its owners, this dog can become an exemplary member of the family with the right care and attention. While this dog is able to live outdoors in temperate climates, its temperament is far better suited to sharing the family home.
Carefully bred, he is a smart, strong and determined dog and backing down is not part of its normal behavior. However, the idea that the pit bull has a dual-personality that makes it ready to instantly switch form a loving pet to a killer is unwarranted. From his earliest days as a farm dog up to when he was bred for dog fighting, the pit bull has always been a sturdy dog with an unquenchable spirit. Its breeders ultimately created a breed that is stable, resilient, as well as extremely people-friendly. This is why so many pit bulls, even those coming from the worst backgrounds, go on to become loving, trustworthy family dogs.
One of the primary misconceptions about this breed is that it is a vicious guard dog. This is far from the truth. While it might look scary, it serves well in intimidating potential intruders, although the truth is that this dog can be loving to just about anyone. As a guard dog, he is just a bit too outgoing to be successful. With its family, it is not very aware of its size and will often try to squeeze onto a lap to receive some love.
When left alone for long periods, pit bulls do not do well and are not as happy as backyard dogs. Allow the dog to live as a member of the family and you may find yourself with a bored, lonely, destructive and noisy nuisance, in place of a happy companion that is well-behaved.


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CAIRO (AFP) – An Egyptian court on Friday ordered Mohamed Morsi detained on suspicion of murdering policemen and collaborating with Palestinian militants in prison breaks, inflaming tensions before rival rallies by the deposed president's supporters and opponents.
Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood reacted angrily to the detention order, saying it smacked of tactics used by the regime of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's long-time strongman toppled in a popular uprising in 2011.
Morsi, who has been held secretively by the military since it overthrew him on July 3, will now be interrogated during a renewable 15-day detention period, state news agency MENA said.
Accusations against him include conspiring with Palestinian Hamas militants in attacks that killed policemen and prison breaks during the revolt against Mubarak, in which Morsi escaped along with other political inmates.
Accusations include "premeditated murder of some prisoners, officers and soldiers, and kidnapping officers and soldiers," MENA said.
He is also suspected of working with the militants to "storm prisons and destroy them..allowing prisoners to escape, including himself."
Detention orders of the type ordered by the court are usually followed by moving the suspect to a prison. The military has so far kept his whereabouts secret to avoid attracting protests by his supporters.
Gehad El-Haddad, a spokesman for Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood denounced the detention order, saying Mubarak's regime was "signalling 'we're back in full force'."
A court had on June 23 said Hamas militants facilitated the escape of prisoners during the tumultuous 18-day uprising that forced out Mubarak.
Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood which supports the Gaza militant group's fight against Israel, too denounced Morsi's detention.
"Hamas condemns this move since it is based on the premise that the Hamas movement is hostile," spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP.
"This is a dangerous development, which confirms that the current powers in Egypt are giving up on national causes and even using these issues to deal with other parties — first among them the Palestinian cause."
The court order further ramped up tensions in Egypt as it braced for a showdown later Friday between Morsi's supporters and his army-backed opponents, following weeks of bloodshed since his overthrow.
The military reportedly gave Morsi's backers until the end of Friday to end sit-in protests they began after the army deposed him.


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Firstly, I thought the provocative title was perfect. Secondly, I identified with the subject matter in a number of ways. In this post, Edith recounts that her mother would frequently remark that, "Gladioli are such vulgar flowers." As I told Edith in my comment, my mother had a very similar hard and fast opinion of certain flowers.
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My mother wouldn't dream of having boring old roses in her garden! Instead she preferred the oriental poppies with their bright red, tissue paper thin flowers. ( If you are old enough, you may remember that poppies, both the flower and the motif, were all the rage in the 1970's.)
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I know that I just need to get over and on with it, but I have one other small problem. While I am usually good at arranging flowers, those ram-rod straight gladiola stems confound me when I come to arrange them nicely in a vase.
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Return of the Jedi Weekly 84 is the eighty-fourth issue of Return of the Jedi Weekly, the continuation of the Marvel Star Wars UK series.
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In what Northwestern University professor Lauren A. Rivera says is the first systematic study that examines the impact of shared culture on hiring practices, recruiters of elite companies involving in undergraduate and graduate hiring often rate their own personal feelings of "cultural compatibility" with a candidate ahead of the candidate's cognitive and technical skill sets. The study, which appears in the December issue of American Sociological Review, is based on interviews with professionals at investment banks, management consulting firms, and law firms, as well as on observations of a recruiting department.
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Rivera says that employers tend to choose new workers the same way they might choose friends or even romantic partners. "Do you enjoy similar activities? Are you excited to talk to each other? Do you feel the spark? These types of things are salient at least to the employers I've studied." She stresses that while the findings don't necessarily mean that the people hired are unqualified, focusing on cultural commonalities over skills creates the potential for inequalities in access to certain jobs. Also, the degree to which culture is preferred over skill may depend on the industry: "If you were hiring a neurosurgeon, I think there would be more of an emphasis on performance than cultural fit."
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May 14, 2013 (AURORA, Ill.) --Aurora's meterless downtown parking plan went into effect Tuesday.
Approximately 900 parking meters have been removed and replaced by a color-coded system that creates parking time limits in certain areas.
The city of Aurora will use a license plate recognition system to catch and ticket drivers who park past posted limits.
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1. Lord, Thy pitying eye can see,
How I long to learn of Thee,
Long to trust Thy strength entire;
Fill me with Thy holy fire.
Moved by love, moved by love,
Let me never from Thee rove;
Precious Savior, O so dear,
May I love Thee more and more.
2. Cleansed from self and works of flesh,
Grant me, Lord, Thy truth and grace;
Make me earnest, brave, yet mild;
Keep me ever undefiled. [Refrain]
3. 'Tis so sweet this life of trust,
Yielding not because I must,
As in potter's hands the clay,
Molded, Lord, in Thine own way. [Refrain]
4. Reaching out for others, too,
There is much for us to do;
In this world so dark with sin,
God of love, shine in, shine in. [Refrain]
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