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TAMPA — After nine foster children died between 2009 and 2011 under the watch of Hillsborough Kids Inc., the embattled nonprofit was stripped of a $65 million state contract to protect the county's most vulnerable children. On June 30, 2012, it closed its doors.
But the checks kept rolling in for its top executive.
In the three years after Hillsborough Kids shut down, the nonprofit paid out nearly a half-million dollars in salaries and other compensation. Most of it went to one employee, chief executive officer Karen Maziarz, even though she had already received a severance package and vacation payout of more than $110,000.
The organization, which eventually renamed itself NextGen Alliance, brought in very little revenue. Instead, Maziarz was largely paid out of Hillsborough Kids' leftover reserves.
Her compensation totaled $184,938 in 2014 and $168,149 in 2015 — the vast majority of the organization's expenses those years. NextGen Alliance finished in the red both years.
Maziarz said she "fully intended to move on" after Hillsborough Kids lost the foster care contract with the Florida Department of Children and Families. She said she remained on staff from June to October 2012 to help transition case files to the new provider, Eckerd Youth Alternative.
"I didn't think it would have been as smooth for the children and the families if I hadn't stayed on," she said.
But when new board leadership took over last year and reviewed the organization's financial documents, it found Maziarz's salary out of line with nonprofits of similar size, said board president Monica Rosenthal-Sams. The board voted in January to cut her salary to $85,000 and eliminated a $5,000 annual bonus.
Now Rosenthal-Sams says it may be time for a fresh start. The organization wants to focus on preventing teen pregnancy and improving sexual health. The board will soon explore moving out from under the cloud of Hillsborough Kids and start a new nonprofit.
Without Maziarz as CEO?
"Without Karen as CEO," Rosenthal-Sams said. "We are looking to move in a different direction."
Hillsborough Kids was formed in 1999. Three years later, it became the community's homegrown provider of foster care after DCF moved to outsource those services.
But DCF pulled its contract with Hillsborough Kids in 2012 after at least nine children died over two years while under the supervision of subcontractors hired by the nonprofit. At the time, no other agency in Florida tasked with protecting at-risk youths reported as many deaths.
Victims included a 4-month-old boy who was beaten and thrown from a car on Interstate 275, a 5-month-old girl who was choked to death and an 18-month-old that walked into the path of a car and died.
In many of the cases, the victim was under state supervision because of reports of abuse, neglect or abandonment; the 18-month-old was previously found sleeping next to a loaded gun during a drug bust.
A local advisory board unanimously recommended changing providers, and Eckerd Youth Alternatives, which was already serving Pinellas and Pasco counties, eventually won the $65 million state contract.
Maziarz was promoted from chief financial officer to acting CEO of Hillsborough Kids after the previous leader, Jeff Rainey, resigned amid the turmoil. When it shuttered its building, she received an $85,931 severance and $28,000 for unused vacation and sick days in addition to her $170,000 base salary, according to federal tax returns.
Though Hillsborough Kids was closed and Maziarz had already received her severance, she continued to be paid a six-figure salary for the next three years.
Former board chairwoman Mary Ellen Gillette defended Maziarz's salary. She said it was critical to keep her around during the turnover. Until recently, Hillsborough Kids still faced several lawsuits and Gillette said Maziarz helped oversee those settlements.
"Karen has worked her tail off," Gillette said.
After Hillsborough Kids finalized the transfer of its cases to Eckerd, the nonprofit still had about $1.6 million in reserves -- a mix of donations, revenue from other contracts and seed money that stakeholders contributed to start the nonprofit. DCF confirmed that Hillsborough Kids properly returned all state funds.
The board asked Maziarz to stay on again to determine how it could use its remaining dollars to address poverty.
Maziarz said she was looking for work at that point but after she started surveying the community and looking for needs, "I got hooked. I became pretty passionate." If that work had been outsourced, she said, it would have cost the organization more.
During that time, Hillsborough Kids changed it's name. It became "NextGen Alliance" in 2013 and soon adopted a mission of preventing teen pregnancies. Maziarz, who started at Hillsborough Kids in 2005, remained CEO and some board members initially stayed on.
The organization conducted a county survey and focus groups on teen pregnancy issues that will help shape its direction and the services they provide. More recently, it launched Facebook and Twitter accounts with a combined 34 followers. Its website is largely blank save for a logo, its address and a phone number.
Under its new name the nonprofit started to receive taxpayer money again.
In March 2014, the Hillsborough County Children's Board gave NextGen Alliance $5,000 to develop a strategic plan and later $16,825 to "engage the public on teen pregnancy and sexual health of teens."
But the new income was a fraction of what the organization was spending. Across three years, the organization brought in $39,000 and spent $599,000. The top expense was always Maziarz's salary.
"At the time, I don't think we were thinking how her salary might look to an objective eye at the end of June 2016," said Steve Freedman, a local doctor who until recently served on NextGen's board. "It was all about having somebody to lead that transition and make the remaining resources valuable to the community."
A pediatrician by trade, Rosenthal-Sams said she didn't have a background in board management when she took over as president in 2015. But she quickly dove into NextGen's materials and day-to-day operations.
She discovered a host of issues that needed to be addressed.
There was no board manual. She had to rewrite the CEO evaluation. Several board members left during the transition and she had to find new recruits whose expertise matched the new mission.
Any policies in place were a holdover from Hillsborough Kids, a massive organization that had a $7.8 million payroll and didn't fit NextGen Alliance, which she said was basically a startup.
It was during this review that Rosenthal-Sams determined that Maziarz's salary needed adjusting.
"I'm not blaming anybody, but I didn't have anything to go off other than what was given from Hillsborough Kids," she said. "And I now have an amazing board that... walked in and helped me see a clearer picture. And that's when the transition happened."
Maziarz accepted the lower salary — "It was a business decision that had to be done," she said — but Rosenthal-Sams said the board will explore searching for a new CEO that has an "expertise in the epidemiology of teen pregnancy, the passion and drive to attack it and also has experience in grant writing."
With its legal disputes and other residual issues resolved and a new mission, it may be time to dissolve the nonprofit formally known as Hillsborough Kids, Inc., she said.
"The old board and the new board, we have tried our very best to move in the direction of providing services for the community," Rosenthal-Sams said. "We've exhausted what we can do with this current organization."
Contact Steve Contorno at [email protected] Follow @scontorno on Twitter.


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Chloe Lattanzi Talks To Media About How Fame Messes You Up
Chloe Lattanzi who has been speaking out about her battle with her addictions however can't seem to see the irony in talking about how "fame messes you up" to the media.
Chloe who is Olivia Newton-John's daughter also was on the reality show Rock The Cradle in her quest to build her singing career. She did not appear to be in a good head space when she was on the show and the good news in in 2012 she went to rehab after admitting to having a problem with Xanax, alcohol and cocaine.
The Daily Telegraph reports:
The Australian singer and actor's 27-year-old daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, said she recently had intensive rehab to kick a reliance on cocaine and vodka, and treat spiralling depression.
"I was at a hotel in Santa Monica with my mum and some friends, and out of nowhere I had a complete meltdown. I'd been mixing alcohol and Xanax, and was in a semi-psychotic state," Lattanzi told UK newspaper the Mail on Sunday about an episode in September 2012.
"Fame totally messes you up. I don't blame my mother for my problems, but I would never want to be famous or raise a child of my own around the cult of celebrity.
"It ruins lives.
"If there's one thing I've learned, it is that you can't be fragile in this business, or else you end up like Lindsay Lohan.
"That's not meant as an insult. I know she – and a lot of celebrities and celebrities' kids – are struggling with demons and addictions. It's disturbing that everyone wants to be famous these days.
"Our culture is sick."
Here she is singing on Rock The Cradle
Hopefully she is getting stronger, however if she thinks fame messes you up she should not be bothered talking to the media. She has also talked to Woman's Day about this in the past few months. Keeping your name in the papers continues your "fame". Go out get a normal job or go to University and live a normal life that might keep her on the straight and narrow. Just saying.
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- 1 brain dead dave { 11.18.13 at 11:52 am }
Never her of her. Sounds like she's living in Xanaxdu…..
- 2 Sue { 11.18.13 at 3:10 pm }
O N-J worked very hard at her career. She deserves every bit of fame and press coverage she gets.
Chloe on the other hand seems never to have strayed far from her mother's wallet.
According to her Wikipedia page she hasn't done any acting for ten years, her debut album never finished production and, in the most recent ten years, she has written one or two songs and appeared on a reality show….hardly a prodigious work output.
Ok, so she has been depressed and feeling sorry for herself…..pah, she needs to build a bridge and get over it.
The most productive thing she could be doing right now is giving her mother one or two grandchildren to dote on.


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New stretch target
Make it WORK starts at Bristol Upholstery Collective where the team are ready.
Our stretch target funding will be used to create a Package and training to enable this Craft & Well being program to be set up alongside other local industry makers. Connecting them within their local community and sustaining skills.
We'll be able to ensure successful training program startups, in workshops producing high end products, to pass on skills and enable people to be happier, grow in confidence and self-worth.
We have a network of industry makers with whom we often collaborate, waiting in the wings for us to help them help others, by opening their workshops to the Make It WORK program.
Bristol Upholstery Collective is raising funds to enable the Make it Work training program start-up sustainably at their new classroom venue in Barton Hill.
What is Make It WORK?
Make it WORK is a craft and well-being training program, an idea that Leigh-Anne developed and piloted whilst studying at the School for Social Entrepreneurs in 2014.
The program aims to rebuild self-esteem, self worth and confidence, in those who are long term unemployed, through 'making'.
The social enterprise program shares practical well-being skills, taught between the layers of the traditional upholstery processes.
The products produced during training are sold on, to enable a sustainable business and achieve social impact, sustainably without any need for government funding.
Once established, there's no reason this training program can't be applied to all traditional crafts in workshops across Bristol and beyond.
If you are visiting this page via your mobile device - please click the 'Support us' button to see our rewards
Who are the cogs behind Make It WORK?
Bristol Upholstery Collective, highly commended in New business category at the Bristol Life Awards 2017, and artisan makers on popular BBC show 'Money for Nothing'.
Leigh-Anne founded Bristol Upholstery Collective in September 2015 when she finally got her hands on a little shop space in Old Market. A successful workspace to 5 talented upholsterers, it shares resources, knowledge, support and a passion for creative upholstery, enabling affordable space for independent upholsterers to 'play' with their skills.
"we love what we do, and share not only our space but our knowledge and excitement too!"
Bristol Upholstery Collective was formed after realising Make it WORK would need affordable space and an enthusiastic team.
We are surrounded by talented people, passionate about Make It WORK... well-being facilitator, Ava Maginnis, volunteer and workshop leader at the Lightbox Happiness Project....We have a few eager volunteers waiting in the wings, offering their own expertise and life experiences from all paths in skilled craft, art industry, independent retail, graphic design, social enterprise and business.
The new training space has been set up in 'Joseph studios', amongst other skilled crafts people, in an inspiring industrial space.
Soon we'll be connecting with UWE Bristol's graduates in design & textiles, to keep things creative and give them a leg up into the homewares & interiors industry.
Is 'Making' the secret to Happiness ?
Whilst teaching students for many years, Leigh-Anne realised just how important the process of making is, in achieving happiness. Students would be eternally grateful for time spent in class. They felt escapism, fully immerced in the present moment.
Have you ever been long term unemployed? It's really difficult to remain positive in times of constant rejection. Self esteem and confidence drops. Your stability becomes worryingly out of control, whilst visits to the job centre make you feel incredibly worthless and criminal for being in the position you find yourself. It can happen to anyone, at any time, for a number of reasons.
We believe that there is another way to get people back into
meaningful employment, and feel better about themselves. I'm not saying we'll make upholsterers of everybody, but the process can provide enhanced sense of purpose. There's nothing more rewarding than making. Being challenged to something achievable, overcoming the difficulties and seeing the results before your very eyes.
Previous upholstery students compare courses to Spa Weekends, as they get a sense of relaxation and time to focus on something for themselves, without the distraction of children or 'busy-ness'.
It's called 'Flow', a highly focused mental state, recognised and named by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi … ever experienced it? Time flies. Completely immersed in what you are doing. If you've ever experienced a craft course, you'll know what we're talking about. Often creatives enter into this state - Musicians, dancers, artists and scientists...
Watch 'Flow', The Secret To Happiness by Mihaly Cskszentmihalyi on TED
Make It WORK members will experience having control of tools and materials, learning new skills, expressing ideas, having clear goals, regular feedback and sharing conversation with fellow makers.
In turn we create an engage and empower eachother. It gives motivation to get out of bed in the morning and look forward to a positive day. Offering escapism. A social and supportive community. Where ideas can flow and confidence gets rebuilt.
It sounds simple, and we know it's not just unemployed people who have these basic needs in life!
During this uneasy economic climate and politically turbulent time, with government making cuts, in all manor of creative ventures, initiatives, mental health services, re-skilling and education, it becomes increasingly obvious that social enterprise is a secure way forward to ensure resilience and social impact in our community.
Financially sustaining itself, there will be no need to fight for funding, ensuring a consistent, happy and healthy environment for people to find their way.
It's a race to Crowdfund £4,000! ...
Bristol green capital Partnership are offering to match fund once we hit 50% of our target as part of the 'better bristol' campaign. The thing is, once their £45,000 funding runs out - it's gone. That'll put pressure on to raise the full £8,000 or leave with nothing... a bit like a game show.
There has been a lot of hard work already put in by family, friends and local supporters to get to this stage, and the opportunity of #betterbristol #matchfunding is one that will ensure a stable lift off and longevity!
Now, we've opened a new classroom training space in 'Joseph Studios', a contemporary furniture design & production Social Enterprise, we almost have all we need to get going. The proceeds of upholstery courses for general public taught in the new space ensure our Make It WORK overheads are low... theres no pressure to raise the rent, so we can invest in a healthy, start-up with the aid of our experts... phew!
Of course it's not just about the money - we'd like to draw our 'Crowd' and raise awareness of the project supporting bristols community. Now you know it finally exists! (3 years later) Let others know too :)
£8,000 sounds like mega bucks! Where's it going to go?
The proceeds from Upholstery Courses South West have been continuously investesting in developing Bristol UPholstery Collective and the new classroom space. We've recieved kind donations from old time upholsterers wishing their cherished tools to continue their good work! We're forever enchanted by them, and grateful... but there are a couple of 'big ticket' professional Workshop equipment peices we'll need to get, to REALLY get the space kitted out to produce quality products and ease the making process – we're not mucking about here! Some key items include, an industrial over-locker, a silent compressor, 4 x compressor staple guns and installation costs.
Ok, so we're good, but it's all about team work... it makes the dream work, see? No more 'winging it'. 'Trying to be EVERYTHING... We're getting the experts in so everyone can do what they do best!
We'll need expert help to get us set up and off to a healthy start, in areas such as, marketing and retail, product branding, web design and creation of the product shop to ensure a pre-sale basis income, packaging, logistics, administration... there are SO many roles in a great start-up... and we want this to be a super start-up that will last and continue to grow.
Then there's the materials... they cost, usually a lot more than our time! Especially the good quality, desirable, durable, fabrics that meet fire regulations. To make high-end products, and feel fantastic, we have to stand out above the crowd! Our initial stock and print run of custom designs will ensure a premium financial return , making sure we deliver products and our customers gain a worthwhile investment.
Thank-you for taking the time to read about Make It WORK... we hope you recognise it's importance and impact in the Bristol community.
It would be awesome if you could help us achieve the vision and get involved.
Please back us by sharing our page, donating or pledging to gain a reward - you too can benefit from the experiences available.
Be happier.
Bristol Upholstery Collective x
£10 - V.I.P (Pledger) Launch Party Invitation
Bristol Upholstery Collecitve will be celebrating opening our new classroom space... and of course, your generosity and support in starting up Make It WORK.
Join us for a special Pledgers 'Thank-you' Party and pre-view evening at an exhibition of Art, Upholstery, Furniture Design, Textiles & Print.
You will be welcomed by Joseph Studios with Bubbles and Nibbles, to enjoy the works of local makers and guest exhibitors from London & California.
Thursday 27th July 2017
6pm - 10pm
@Joseph Studios BS5 9TQ
£17 - Non-Spill 'Make It WORK' Mug
White earthenware Take Away styled mug
Silicon drinking lid
Capacity 270ml
Dimensions: 140mm tall x 93mm
+ V.I.P Party Ticket.
£35 - Name a Tool!
Ha! Go on!
This can be your own name, the name of your pet or favourite person, the name of your organisation... or you can just make one up.
Tools are trusty friends - so perhaps we can avoid naming any political leaders who we wouldn't hang out with ;)
+ V.I.P Party Ticket.
£50 - 'Lovetub' cushion
You can own your very own 'lovetub' cushion as seen on BBC show 'Money For Nothing' Series 3 Episode 18
Designed and hand printed by Harriet from Bristol Upholstery Collective, so soft in turquoise 100% wool by Moon, these popular cushions are a cheeky snippet of our first appearence on TV.
The well loved 'lovetub' was a huge hit with viewers of the 'Tip to tip top' TV series hosted by interior designer and upcycling business woman, Sarah Moore and Jay Blades of Jay & Co and Social Enterprise, Out Of The Dark.
Limited edition range - grab'em while you can!
...and look out for us on the next couple of series this summer :)
£52 - 'How to' upholstery videos
1 a week for the whole of 2018
That's just £1 per demo by trained and experiended upholsterers at Bristol Upholstery Collecitve
Perfect if you can't make it to class!
Learn all the tricks.. from stretching webbing to cutting corners.
+ V.I.P Party Ticket.
£60 - Communication Course for Maker, Movers and Shakers, with Marina Sala - Date TBC @ Joseph studios
Are you a maker/ Artist/ human?
Do you share a co-working space/ Art studio/ or workshop?
Do you have difficult clients?
Do you underestimate your value or potentially underprice yourself?
This is the BEST day's training you'll ever put through your books! It's simple, but life-changing.
Marina Sala, with a background in Conflict Resolution PhD, researching Palestinian - Israeli Mediation, has now put theory into practice at grass-roots level, working in schools and workplaces, project managing environmental and community ventures.
"Whether you're at work, at home, or in social situations, clear and conscious communication can be difficult to sustain at times. When it breaks down it can affect our emotional and physical wellbeing, performance and relations with others.
Yet conflict can also be seen as an opportunity for understanding, growth and change. This is not to say that it's not going to affect us, quite the opposite, just that it can do so constructively.
Clearer communication helps us to understand each other better and to transform things that don't work into things that do."
+ V.I.P Launch Party ticket
£75 - Yvonne Coomber Art Cushion
Absolutely stunning artwork printed onto cotton velvet, and made into super soft feather fill 16'' cushions.
Bristol Upholstery Collective produced Yvonne Coomber's previous homeware range of cushions, lampshades and chairs...
her paintings are delightful, bring them into your home comfort. www.yvonnecoomberart.com
£145 - 6 week upholstery evening class with Leigh-Anne Treadwell, BUC
Starting Wednesday September 6th 2017 from 6:30pm -9:30pm
Bring along a chair and rebuild it yourself.
Learn new skills and be proud of your fantastic creation.
Leigh-Anne has years of experience and will certainly get you producing quality and having fun!
Limited to 8 students so be quick to pledge for your 5% discounted place...
£200 - Upholstery weekend at Bristol Upholstery Collective (5% off)
5th & 6th August 2017 from 9:30am - 4:30p
With BUC's Leigh-Anne & Elin
Includes lunch!
So we've mentioned 'Flow', now this is your chance to get in the zone and get that neglected chair sorted out - quick before you skip it! Whip the throw off the one you've 'been meaning to do something with for ages'
Limited spaces available at this special discounted course - be one of the lucky few to recieve special traditional treatment (you and your chair!)
£238 - The Deep Buttoned Foot Stool Project
Weekend course - excellent value for money... and now with a 5% discount!
9th & 10th September 2017 from 9:30am - 4:30pm
Just bring 1m of fantastic fabric and construct the DBFS frame & kit in just 2 days... it's action packed, with all the traditional upholstery layers, from stretching webbing, stitching with twine, stuffing with horse hair and corners.
Lunch included! (As well as all the usual tea & biscuits)
Download the information pack here
£350 - Deep buttoned settle
Purchase a bespoke Settle Style Foot Stool made by the first cohort of the Make it WORK training program. Traditionally upholstered in 100% wool (colour of your choice)
Now this will get us going!
Give someone the chance to make something to be proud of - just for you.
Delivered in time for the Christmas holidays... put your feet up in front of the fire.. it's not just your comfort you are investing in!
£450 - Weekend course for two! ...£50 discount
Share time making with a loved one, family member or friend -the perfect chance to catch up and get productive.
This fun weekend provides all the upholstery tricks, treats and industry secrets.
Designed and delivered by Leigh-Anne, for beginners to experience the complete upholstery process, with it's stunning buttoning finish, this project never fails... leave with the confidence to tackle a chair project, and a gorgeous, hand-made, with love, footstool - put your feet up, you deserve it.
Available any DBFS weekend across the South West!!
Check out www.upholsterycoursessouthwest.com for venues and course dates.
All rewards come with an invitation to celebrate the joys of making and generous support, at our Exhibition pre-view for 'Pledgers & Supporters' at Joseph Studios BS59TQ, 27th July 2017 at 6pm
We can't thank you enough, but we'll definetly give it a good go!
Thanks again
Big Love
Bristol Upholstery Collective & Make It WORK! x


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WATCH: Girl group Six Bomb goes viral due to hideous pink jumpsuits
The relatively unknown K-pop group Six Bomb is gaining a lot of attention these days due to an their unfortunate outfit choice for their newest music video "Wait Ten Years Baby." The four members are seen wearing light pink spandex bodysuits, which just add to the incredibly awkward and low budget feel of the video.
Some netizens are saying the girls look like dancing chickens, but regardless of the negative comments, their music video is already close to 900,000 views on YouTube and is certainly getting their name out in the K-pop world. Six Bomb debuted in 2012 with six members but stopped promoting by the end of the year. However, in May 2015, Six Bomb came back as a four-member group with four brand new members.
Check out their music video and pink jumpsuits below!
What do you think of the outfits and music video? Share your thoughts below!
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Welcome to Digital Cellulose, the website of Suzy Morgan: conservator, librarian and artist. I received my MSIS (librarian degree) from the University of Texas, where I was trained as a professional conservator of books and archival materials (such as paper documents, prints and posters). If you need a book fixed or just have some questions about keeping your family treasures or cultural heritage safe, I am available for private consulting and conservation work in the Phoenix/East Valley, AZ area.
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On Tuesday, April 2, 94-year-old Earnis Stewart and 55-year-old Thomas Lee Pace were injured in a collision with an impaired driver in Bakersfield. While traveling in the 1900 block of Alta Vista Drive, 59-year-old Nancy Ann Byington veered across the opposing lane of traffic and crashed into the parked vehicle in which Stewart and Pace were sitting. Emergency responders transported them to area hospitals, Pace for an evaluation and Stewart to receive treatment for moderate trauma. Byington sustained minor injuries and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs.
"Those who are injured in collisions with impaired drivers may file personal injury claims in order to obtain compensation for the expense of their recoveries," explained California car accident attorney James Ballidis, "such as for medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering."
In the United States, nearly 30 lives are lost every day in motor vehicle crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Drugs other than alcohol are a contributing factor to 18 percent of driver deaths. In many cases, such crashes can be attributed to a combination of alcohol and drugs.
All of us at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to wish a full recovery to Thomas Lee Pace and Earnis Stewart.
Bakersfieldnow.com originally reported this crash.
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|06 Nov 2012
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
Thank U all for the replies n wonderful support. :) As suggested, I did perform the 'shrink' on Drive C: and the maximum free space I could get was only 90GB. So I started with the next step. I wanted to install the Windows Server 2003 on the new partition first because I have a licensed copy and then upgrade to Server 2008 later on. But now I have another problem as the Server 2003 OS is not getting installed. I tried to install by booting from the CD but every-time I end up with a BSOD giving error code 0x0000007B with a message 'Inaccessible Boot Device'.
So now I have the partition created and I have the Installation disk for Server 2003 OS but I'm unable to install it. I read in one forum that 'since server 2003 is an older OS, the installation cannot happen'. However, I'm installing it on an entirely different new partition so I don't understand why it is not possible to install..
Normally easy to fix. Boot inot win7 and goto "device manager". Which IDE ATA/ATAPI controller do you have?
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|06 Nov 2012
Intel ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
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|06 Nov 2012
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
In WIN7:
Because you have an acer just like me, i hope folder scturcture is almost the same(?)
Do you have a folder called C:\OEM in win7? It can be an hidden folder!! So display hidden folders as well!!
C:\OEM\Preload\Autorun\DRV you have that folder? At least try to find a folder DRV under C:\OEM
In that DRV folder is something like "Intel AHCI"?
Anyway search for a folder called "f6flpy-x64" or "f6flpy-x86" somewhere on pc.
Do you try to install server 2003 32bits or 64bits?
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|06 Nov 2012
Great!! Yes, I was able to locate the "f6flpy-x64" which is actually a ZIP file. What do I do next? There is also a "f6flpy-x32" ZIP file there...
The Server 2003 OS is 32-bit. Would there be any incompatibility issue?
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|06 Nov 2012
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
use f6flpy-x32 if installing 32 bits version of windows server 2003!
Do you see iaAhci.inf,
iaAhci.cat, iaStor.inf, iaStor.cat, iaStor.sys, and
Txtsetup.oem files in it? Maybe a readme and license as well. If so....
create new folder for example c:\ahcidrivers and copy the files to that folder. So they are unzipped.
on installing windows 2003 server you see a brief message The message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." is briefly flashed on the screen every time Windows Setup starts.
correct? Press it and browse to that folder and click on iaahci.inf
Maybe C drive is called D when installing. This is somehow what to do. Don't know exactly... sorry
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|06 Nov 2012
If floppy is all that's allowed to load SATA drivers via F6 then what's required is likely the same as for here: SATA Drivers - Slipstream into Windows XP CD.
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|06 Nov 2012
I wouldn't, but some don't want to let go of XP even though new hardware won't even see it.
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|08 Nov 2012
Hi everyone!
Once again I am thankful to those who have replied and given valuable suggestions. I tried installing the Server 2003 by booting from the disk lot of times and each time the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver..." came up I did not get the option to browse to select the 'iaahci.inf' file. Then I checked in the BIOS for the boot menu where the default HDD controller for SATA drive is AHCI and not IDE. So I guess it is an incompatibility issue here. So I changed the default to IDE and then installed the Server 2003 OS on the 90GB partition. But now the problem is that I cannot make this partition as an Active Primary partition so that the Server OS can boot.
Now, I want to know what is the need of the 100MB System Reserved Partition that is created by the manufacturer? What will happen if I delete this partition so that I can make the New Logical Volume as Primary?
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|08 Nov 2012
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
win7 still boots in IDE mode? I think it does, because you posted screenshot.
You want to keep WIN7 and server2003?
"system reserved" is a special small partition with bootmanager and bootmenu. So I think you want to keep it(?)
If you mark server2003 partition active...bootmenu is gone and win7 doesn't boot!
Waiting for your answers then you get more instructions
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|08 Nov 2012
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
files ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini are in F:\ or E:\ so in the root folder of E or F?
in Elevated Command Prompt
attrib f:\boot.ini attrib f:\ntdetect.com attrib f:\ntldr
attrib e:\boot.ini attrib e:\ntdetect.com attrib e:\ntldr
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There is a lot of missing parts and out-of-date information in the existing wiki documentation - there are numerous HowTo postings in the forum (though sometimes they can be difficult to find).
I have announce the attempt at kicking WIP-Day into reality --> http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=11193
Now I would like remind that the first WIP-Day will take place on the up-coming saturday, from UTC 12.00 and 24 hours ahead. It will take place on #openwrt-devel, so just login if you would like to work on documentation and howtos.
I would like to suggest that members who have stumbled over missing bits and pieces add them to this thread - -> Personally I will work with the following during the weekend:
- How to install Kamikaze (for the beginner)
- Basic Kamikaze configuration (for the beginnner)
Though, I know there are a lot of other subjects, for example the TOH list could use a bit of editing :-)


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Le pasteur britannique Foster Barham Zincke (1817-1893) était un collaborateur des revues Fraser's Magazine et Quarterly Review. Il visita l'Égypte en 1871, un voyage au terme duquel il publia Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Kedivé (extraits ci-dessous).
Selon l'auteur, les pyramides elles-mêmes sont "un chapitre de l'histoire de notre race" humaine. Plus éloquentes encore que des pages écrites de cette histoire, elles témoignent, par le simple fait de leur construction et des techniques mises en œuvre pour ce faire, d'un très haut niveau de connaissances et de compétences : "Dans ces grands travaux, nous voyons que rien n'a été ignoré ou négligé. Tout ce qui pouvait survenir était anticipé et calculé avec la plus grande précision."
On ne pouvait adresser plus bel éloge aux bâtisseurs de pyramides et, plus globalement, à toute la société égyptienne d'alors qui avait donné à son agriculture un niveau de développement tel qu'elle pouvait se permettre de libérer 100.000 de ses paysans pour cette tâche "non productive" qu'était la construction de la Grande Pyramide.
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Great was the antiquity of Thebes before European history begins to dawn. It was declining before the foundations of Rome were laid. Its palmy days antedated that event by as long a period as separates us from the first Crusade. But the building of the Great Pyramids of Gizeh preceded the earliest traditions of Thebes by a thousand years.
In this pyramid region, and its necropoleis, we have a chapter in the history of our race, the importance of which every one can comprehend. It is a history which, while in the main it omits events, gives us fuller and more genuine and authentic materials than any written history could give, for a complete understanding of the every-day life and arts of the people. And the time for which it gives us this information is so remote that there is no contemporary history of any other people which we can compare with it, or with which we can in any way bring it into connection. It has nowhere any points of contact. It is a rich stream of history that runs through a barren waste of early time, like the Nile itself through the Libyan Desert, with a complete absence of affluents.
Having, then, made out the position of this epoch with respect to general history, the next point is to ascertain as distinctly as we can what were the arts, the knowledge, the manners, the customs of the period, that is of those who were buried in these pyramids and necropoleis. When they lived, and what they were, give to them their historic interest and importance. The mere naked fact that this Great Pyramid was built implies that agriculture was so advanced, and, in consequence, so productive, and that society was so thoroughly organized, that the country could maintain for thirty years 100,000 men while occupied in the unproductive labour of cutting and moving the stones employed in its construction. To which we must add the 100,000 men engaged for the ten previous years upon the great causeway which crossed the western plain, from the river to the site of the Pyramid, and over which all the materials for the Pyramid were brought. Modern Egypt could not do this. We should find it an enormous tax upon our resources.
There is also implied in the cutting and dressing of this vast amount of stone, the supply of a corresponding amount of tools ; and as granite was at that time used largely in the construction of some of the tombs and pyramids, it implies that those tools were of the best temper.
It must also be remembered that some of these pyramids had crossed the Nile. The unwieldy and ponderous stones of which they were constructed had been quarried in the Arabian range, and brought across the river to the African range on which the pyramids stand. How much mechanical contrivance does this imply ! All these great blocks had to be lifted out of the quarry to be brought down to the river, carried across the river, and then again across the cultivated western plain to the first stage of the Libyan hills. They had to be lowered into the boats and lifted out of them. The inclined causeway was made of dressed and polished blocks of black basalt, a kind of stone extremely difficult to work. It was a mile in length. And when the blocks for the Pyramid had at last reached the further end of the causeway they had to be lifted into their place in a building that was carried to a height of 480 feet. Herodotus mentions the succession of machines by which they were elevated from the bottom to the top. Their mechanical arrangements then must have been well planned and executed.
In these great works we see that nothing was overlooked or neglected. Everything that could happen was anticipated and calculated with the utmost nicety, and completely and successfully provided for. This would, in itself alone, imply much accumulated knowledge, and habits of mind which nothing but long ages of civilization can give. No rude people can make nice calculations, can take into consideration all the conditions of a problem, or take precautions against what may happen thousands of years after their time.
If then we take these structures, such as we have them now before our eyes, and work out in our minds the conditions, both contemporary and precedent, involved in the single fact of their having been built, we see distinctly that we are not contemplating one of the earlier stages, but a very advanced stage of civilization. All traces of the inception of the useful arts, and of social organization, are utterly wanting. We have before us a great community which, when seen for the first time, appears, Minerva-like, full-grown and completely equipped."
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Opinion, by Sam Flowers
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Are you considering or already pursuing the Investor Visa, to stay in Brazil long term? Then at some point you will likely ask: "How long does it take to get it?" The short answer: it takes much longer than you want it to. Sorry to disappoint you but it's true.
Lately several people have asked me this exact question and they are quite surprised by my answer. In my case the Investor Visa took ten months from start to finish, and I have yet to meet anyone who made it through the process any faster.
Most people I have met who are here on the Investor Visa actually waited longer than I and suffered more obstacles and delays. I wanted to address this question about the duration of the process since my last article describing the steps to obtain the visa, did not include a specific timeline.
So why does it take so long? Basically, because the process is dependent on several third parties that do not have any real incentive to work faster or more efficiently:
– the Junta Comercial which is the government office that approves the establishment of companies;
– the Federal Police that are the gatekeepers on any type of visa;
– the Ministry of Labor that ultimately approves Investor/Work Visas;
– the bank you choose for your company's business account;
– the lawyers, accountants, consultants, agents that you hire to help you go through the process.
You are truly dependent on each of these entities and even with lots of money, you have little leverage to induce them to work faster. They will earn well whether you get your visa or not, and whether or not you get it quickly. In fact they may truly earn more when you encounter obstacles to overcome.
Again I repeat, "you will likely need ten months or more to get the Investor Visa." Plan accordingly so you don't create other complications. For example, manage your time in Brazil to the maximum 180 days per calendar year so you don't overstay your current tourist or other temporary visa.
Also, recognize that you will need to operate without a bank account that you legally control for this entire period; generally banks only open accounts for people with permanent visas. These are two key things to address in your up front planning.
I have met a few people now who suffered a lot of complications because they assumed things would move faster. I acknowledge and caveat that my perspective is informed by a small sample and relates specifically to Rio de Janeiro.
That said, I'm pretty confident after four years of talking to all types of foreign business people that I'm on target. If you are interested in more detail about why the process takes so long or how to plan for it, I'm happy to help.
Sam Flowers is an American living in Rio de Janeiro who created and founded the Gringo Café in Ipanema in 2010. A former executive and consultant with twenty years experience in Corporate Strategy, Brand Marketing and Finance, Sam also offers consulting services to foreign businesses and people entering or adapting to Brazil. Contact Sam at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WE grind their way to victory through a one sided game and a game they had to put real work into winning. CLG.EU fall to the losers bracket, but will be back to fight another day.
Game 1
- Twisted Fate
- Diana
- Blitzcrank
- Anivia
- Irelia
- Malphite
- Rengar
- Maokai
- Zyra
- Kog'maw
- Lux
- Cho'Gath
- Ezreal
- Lee Sin
- Sona
- Evelynn
The game started quietly, few close calls but no real engages. However, Ezreal was out-farming Kog'Maw to an extreme degree. WE also took an early tower and shortly after that, first blood. Ezreal killed Kog, extending his early lead by a large margin. The second kill went to WE as well when Eve invaded the CLG red and killed Maokai, taking the buff as well as his life. They followed that up by taking bot tower and pulling into a 3000g lead at 11 minutes.
Eve roamed to botlane a little later and got between Kog and his tower. Despite a nice flash, dodging her ult completely, Kog went down and WE moved further ahead. A great set-up by WE ended in a somewhat close fight, but WE proved stronger and went four for one, taking the overall score to 7-1 and securing a 6000g lead.
WE went from strength to strength, racking up more kills wherever Eve roamed and getting further and further ahead. By 22 minutes WE hit the 10k gold lead mark with a score of 12-1 and it looked pretty certain that when they chose to press they would be able to end quite quickly. WE won the next fight 3-0 and took Baron for desert. They wrecked CLG in the last fight of the game 5-0 and took game one.
Game 2
- Anivia
- Malphite
- Irelia
- Twisted Fate
- Diana
- Blitzcrank
- Ezreal
- Sona
- Rengar
- Orianna
- Cho'Gath
- Kog'Maw
- Zyra
- Amumu
- Rumble
- Lee Sin
Game two started by both teams stealing blue from each other to no major gain. CLG went for a lane-swap, sending Kog and Zyra up to lane vs Rengar. CLG picked up first blood with a great gank from Amumu, killing Ezreal. While this was a better start than last game, WE answered back with a Dragon not long after and pulled ahead in global gold.
WE moved into high-gear again and took the next two kills and nabbed themselves two towers as well. Securing a 4000g lead by 10 minutes is pretty massive and WE were looking strong. CLG did manage to get a kill back and a tower, closing the gold gap to about half of what it was. The next fight went even, one for one, but WE maintained their lead. However, CLG had halted the WE momentum successfully and were starting to get into the game properly. They took the next kill with a really slick move from Amumu, punishing WE for aggressively pushing and killing Ezreal. They also took the next Dragon of the game and brought the gold gap to around 3k.
The next fight was all about WE, they took four kills for two and took two turrets in midlane. Kog focused on his farm up and ended up baiting Ezreal into a getting killed by Lee Sin. WE were up five turrets to two and 5000g, however Kog had a lot of farm and four kills. Perhaps if CLG could hold on a little longer, until Kog hit his core build, they might have a chance of victory. Amumu got caught out and killed which allowed WE to take the first Inhib of the game. CLG managed to take a few kills back with the counter-push but WE stopped them from taking Baron so WE came out ahead on the exchange.
WE went for their own Baron while sending Rengar to split-push botlane. CLG managed to stop them and Lee Sin managed to pick up a triple kill to WE's only one. However Rengar took out a second of CLG's Inhibs. The fear of Rengar's split-push made sure WE secured Baron and pushed on through CLG's base. A great fight for CLG where WE landed some nice ults but not on Kog who proceeded to wreck them. This allowed CLG to take the next Baron and take the gold lead for the first time in a very long time. CLG won the next fight but the WE super minions took out one of their Nexus turrets. Kog'Maw hit six items after this as the game reached 47 minutes.
The next 20 minutes contained some of the closest, most entertaining back and forth of any game this year, not just at IPL5. It would take 1000 words to detail it out and frankly not be as anywhere near good as watching the vod. You should go that, you will not regret it.
MVP: Caomei's insistent and repetitive back-dooring of CLG.EU's Inhibs and Nexus towers was the primary reason they couldn't snowball to victory. He forced them to back rather than push over and over and was key in WE's victory.
An impressively stompy first game from WE followed up by the longest and closest game of the event so far. The first game made CLG.EU look like they were simply outclasses, the second games proved they can stand toe to toe with WE, even though WE definitely proved the stronger.
- Jaszon 'Lightblind' Alexzander


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I've been wanting to come up with a long-term project for a long time but I could never settle on a concrete idea. I knew I wanted it to be a monthly freebie but I also knew I wanted to have some sort of purpose or theme. As I was working on these ornaments for the shop the thought hit me — this is the theme! Instead of making it a new product to sell I decided to make it the start of the project.
The plan is to offer one freebie per month throughout 2017. The freebies will be called the See the Light Ornaments because they will all be ornaments (even though you may not want to even hear that word after the next couple of weeks – lol!). By the end of 2017 we'll have these four ornaments plus the twelve we'll work on next year, for a total of sixteen ornaments. My thought is that if you make two of each of the ornaments you'll have 32 ornaments for next year's tree!
I'm starting the collection now, with four ornaments, to end 2016 with a thank you project. It's a small token of my gratitude to those of you that still visit and shop at A Little Hut. Your support means the world to me — the world! To those of you that may be new to my site — welcome and I hope you enjoy it here.
Why See the Light?
I was trying to come up with a name for the collection and all I had was the word "ornaments" — so creative, I know. My daughter, Catalina, happened to come by when I was trying to figure out what to call this whole thing. I told her what I had (basically nothing!). Her back was to the place where I had the ornaments hanging for photos. All she did was turn around and in a flash, she called them See the Light. And that was it. As soon as I heard the words come out of her mouth I knew that was it. It just spoke to me on many levels. I've always thought that God speaks to us through others and in particular through our children. For some reason, I thought this was one of those times. I have no idea how she came up with the name but it felt special right away.
I'm not sure the name means anything specifically, but I like that it can be interpreted in different ways by different people. I've thought about it and I've adopted the idea that we 'see the light' of creativity through working with our hands. We're transported to a different mood, feeling and state of being — calm and quiet — light. At least that's my hope for you — for all of us. That's why I do all this crazy paper thing — to share my creative moments with you through all these projects.
So, if you'd like to join in the fun please feel free to download the files here. I created a specific section of the shop for the collection (all free) and the ornaments will pop up there on the 1st day of every month. I will also be sending a little reminder that the ornament is posted, with my monthly newsletter.
Once you've created your ornament I hope you feel comfortable enough to share with the rest of us! If you do, use the hashtag #seethelight so we can enjoy your creations.
I hope you enjoy the project and I can't wait to see what you make!
Get the project here: See the Light Ornaments


text: Unite Scotland statement on Falkirk CLP 13 September 2013 Unite Scotland statement on the Falkirk Constituency Labour Party (CLP) selection by Pat Rafferty, Scottish regional secretary: "That Unite did nothing wrong in the Falkirk CLP is now a matter of fact. This was made clear by the Labour Party last week (Friday, September 6, 2013) and more importantly by Police Scotland earlier last month. "Despite this, two Unite members, Stephen Deans and Karie Murphy, continue to be misrepresented by the media. "This campaign of mis-information is nothing other than a deliberate attempt to besmirch the reputation of Unite and our members by those who are pursuing an ill-conceived agenda. "It has to stop and this recklessness has now brought Unite to the point where we have no other option but to take action against any persons or papers alleging misconduct by any party or person of this union in relation to Falkirk. "There are clearly those who refuse to accept that Unite has done nothing wrong but their on-going efforts to smear our union is causing untold trauma to innocent people and their families. "These allegations and assertions – wrong to the core – impact on real people's lives. Livelihoods and reputations are being put at risk because some people are determined to pursue an agenda in the teeth of evidence to the contrary. It's unacceptable. "Our message is clear: Unite and our members have been vindicated. It is time others accepted this and moved on." ENDS For further information, please contact Pauline Doyle on 07976832861 Notes to editors Unite is Britain and Ireland's largest trade union with 1.4 million members working across all sectors of the economy. The general secretary is Len McCluskey.


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The 4-minute introductory video below explains how to use this website as a complete ACLS study guide to prepare for AHA ACLS certification. This video will help you navigate through the site and make the most of your time here.
If you are new to ACLS or you would like a guided approach to reviewing all of the training materials, the interactive course guide is designed to provide this. You can access the interactive course guide at any time from the top navigation under the "admin menu."
You can also download the checklist located in the download library here. This checklist will ensure that you cover all of the content on the site.
This website was created with the purpose of being a complete ACLS study guide in your preparation for ACLS certification.
Step 1: Review the Knowledge Base.
If you do not use the interactive course guide, your first step will be to review the knowledge base in the left hand navigation on this site. If you are using a mobile device, you will find the knowledge base material in the learning menu located in the upper right hand corner.
In the knowledge base you will find up-to-date information about all of the major ACLS algorithms. You will also find a comprehensive review of all of the major ECG rhythms that you will encounter in emergencies.
Step 2: Test your knowledge in the Quizzes and Scenarios Department.
The second step in the ACLS study guide will be to access the Quizzes and Scenarios department located in the left hand navigation. In this section start with all of the ACLS Quizzes and then work your way in to the megacode scenarios.
The quizzes and megacode scenarios are multiple choice tests that will challenge your knowledge and prepare you for ACLS certification testing.
Step 3: Use the video department to achieve mastery of your skills.
The third step you will take as you work your way through the site will be to access the video department located in the left hand navigation. In the video department, you will be challenged with the Megacode Series Videos and Rapid Rhythm Identification videos. These videos take you through real time megacode scenarios and rhythm reviews that will help you master all of the ACLS algorithms.
Also found in the video department, are video reviews of the ACLS algorithms and other important content that you will need to know for ACLS certification.


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Technology Breakthrough with SkyOne Drone
SkyX Ltd. recently arrived to share details about its unique industrial drone technology designs. The company's SkyOne drones take off and land like a helicopter, but fly more like an airplane, with a range of up to 65 miles per charge. For drone industry nerds, this means they have both VTOL and fixed-wing elements.
Cameras and sensors on board enable SkyOne drones to gather data about infrastructure below and send it back to cloud-based applications for analysis. The drones also launch from and land on proprietary charging stations, called xStations, which close a kind of shell over the UAVs when they are not moving, protecting them from theft. The charging stations do not remove and replace the batteries within the drones, but charge them directly, then send the drones on their way.
Other companies land their unmanned aerial vehicles on charging stations where their batteries are swapped out for fresh ones. Positioning charging stations along a route can give drones a virtually unlimited range. It's a design idea we should expect to see until battery tech and other power systems advance significantly.
SkyX founder and CEO Didi Horn spent his earlier career flying for the Israel Air Force. Horn stated, "I always knew I wanted to develop something around drones and aviation for commercial use when I got out. But in consumer there were already great products. There was nothing great for long-range, but that's where I knew there would be demand. There are millions of kilometers of oil and gas pipelines already built in the world today and they are all at risk of leaks, or terror attacks, you name it."
The technology company is first focusing on the energy industry, as its drones and charging stations can be configured to cover long distances between pumping stations along oil and gas pipelines. The drones also can be used to cover acres of solar panels installed on vast farms, or wind turbines installed along roads, even in remote areas, Horn explained. The xStations can plug into a typical electric outlet. Or they can be connected to solar panels or other freestanding generators, he noted.
Though SkyX did not have permission to disclose the names of its earliest customers, it is working with several energy companies on safety tests and pilot projects today in the Americas, Horn said. The drones fly autonomously, and the company also has to secure permission in different markets to fly beyond the line of sight of human observers or pilots on the ground.


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Allow Me to Tell You Why Giving Yourself Your First Brazilian Is a Terrible Idea
It's basically SAW: Beauty Edition.
El Pollo Loco!
My Great Grandmother was a saint. She didn't speak English, except for the words "hot dog" and "candy." Those were the only things I ever wanted to eat when she took care of me. What else would a 3-year-old psychopath want? I was a horrible little beast.
I would constantly run through her little tropical Cuban apartment in the not so tropical land of Marietta, Georgia (home of The Big Chicken!). There were so many lovely things to break and rummage through. This is the very same apartment that I decided to attempt a back flip off the plastic covered floral sofa sadly landing face first on the corner of the coffee table.
That little mishap did not kill my spirit. A few missing teeth and a gnarly scar on my forehead wouldn't stop me. There were things Little Miss Evil Knievel-in-training needed to jump off of.
I nearly lost my mind the time I discovered my great grandmothers wig boxes. Poor Mimi (her name was Maria but I called her Mimi), I can still see the look on her face as I came tearing through the kitchen with one of her white curly wigs on my head. Her eyes nearly popped out of her head.
Hell, I used to be in so much trouble pretty much all the time. I'm surprised I didn't get dropped off in the middle of the woods somewhere. Left to fend for myself or be raised by a pack of squirrels.
One of my first food memories is hanging out with Mimi and cooking Arroz con Pollo. It's seemed like we used to eat Cuban chicken and rice at least once a week. It was by far my favorite dish as a kid (so long as I got a drumstick). As a grown-up, it's still one of my favorites, reminds me of home and family.
I love that it's so unnaturally yellow, and filled with tasty chicken and olives. I'd eat olives off a mound of contaminated dumpster filth. I love them so. The only difference between my arroz con pollo and my great grandmothers is that I tend to put hot sauce in everything I make. Tapatio is my crutch. I need it to survive. I suppose there are much worse addictions to be had. Hot sauce addiction ain't so bad.
Cubano Arroz con Pollo
1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 Tbsp butter, 2 lbs chicken pieces (legs, thighs, halved breasts) 1/2 cup achiote oil (recipe below, or olive oil and a packet of Sazon seasoning) 1 spanish (white) onion, small diced 1 green pepper, small diced (red pepper will work too) 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 scallions, thinly sliced 1/2 cup spanish olives, sliced 2 cups long grain rice
1 1/2 cups of pilsner beer (I like to use Pacifico) 1 1/2 cups chicken stock 2 tsp cumin 2 tsp oregano 2 bay leaves
1 Tbsp hot sauce kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper
For the achiote oil:
1 cup olive oil
2 Tbsp annatto (achiote) seeds
Heat the olive oil and seeds in a sauté pan over medium heat until the seeds start to sizzle. Cook for about 1-2 minutes and once the seeds start to give off aroma and darken, strain the seeds from the oil. Do not overcook, the seeds will burn and become very bitter. Whatever you don't use right away can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for about a week. Be careful, this will stain the hell out of whatever it touches.
for the arroz con pollo:
Preheat the oven to 400F degrees. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. In a large pan over medium high heat, add a Tbsp of olive oil and a Tbsp of butter. Saute the chicken until nicely browned. Remove the chicken from the pan and put aside.
In the same pan, add the achiote oil. Sauté the onion, green pepper, garlic, scallions for 3-4 minutes until soft. Add the rice and cook a few minutes until it's well coated with the oil. Put the chicken back in the pan and coat the chicken with the oil. Add the olives, cumin, oregano, beer, chicken stock, and hot sauce. Season with salt and pepper and give it a few more stirs. Bring it to a boil, cover, and place in the oven.
Cook for 25 minutes and then remove the pan from the oven. Keep it covered and let it sit for 5-10 minutes. Uncover it and fluff up the rice with a fork. Serves 4-6. Enjoy!


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Mumbai: Ever since the original `Kolaveri Di` song has been released, several other versions of the number also have hit the web, including one by Sonu Niigaam`s son, but the singer does not want to over-expose four-year-old Neevan.
"He is too small, he is just four years old, so he couldn`t have done this for himself. As his father, I thought I should record his childhood thing. I want to protect him right now. He is too young to be over-exposed," said the 38-year-old singer who began his singing career at the age of three, joining his father on stage for a Mohammad Rafi song.
Sonu admits he never thought his son`s version would become such a rage.
"We did it only for the posterity`s sake. We never thought that it will be such a big hit. I knew that if it is put on YouTube, it will have lots of hits, but didn`t know that it will become so big," said Sonu at a press conference at the Aamby Valley`s annual New Year bash Glitterati 2012.
Sonu came to Mumbai at the age of 19 and after years of struggle, he hit the jackpot with `Sandese aate hain` in `Border` (1997). Two years later, his album `Deewana` became a super hit and later the song `Yeh Dil Deewana` from `Pardes` made him a name to reckon with.
He went on to sing hits like `Kal ho na ho`, `Panchhi nadiyan`, `Suraj hua maddhham`, `Main hoon na`, `Saathiya`, `Main agar kahoon`, `Shukraan allah` and `Jashn e bahara`.
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WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of High Plains and western congressmen and senators have announced the formation of a Congressional Grains Caucus to promote the long-term economic viability of domestic grain producers and the grain industry.
"I am pleased to join with my colleagues, Congressmen Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., to establish the Congressional Grains Caucus to focus attention on the small grains industry in our country and the issues that impact it from the field to the mill," said Rep. Charlie Stenholm, D-Texas.
Senate co-chairs are Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, and Max Baucus, D-Mont.
Members of the Congressional Grains Caucus will work on behalf of wheat, barley, oats and other small grains producers, as well as the processing, handling/shipping and milling sectors of the grain industry. Most of the caucus members are from wheat-producing states, although their efforts do not appear to be limited to wheat.
Stenholm, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, said caucus members will also attempt to educate other Members of Congress about the importance of grain in people's diets, the effects of trade and food aid on the domestic grain industry, and the effects of domestic policy on farmers, growers and millers.
"Given the constant discussion of carbohydrates in people's diets today, members of the Grains Caucus will remind our colleagues that grain products are an essential part of our diets, and that a calorie is a calorie, whether it comes from the bread or the turkey you use to make your sandwich," Stenholm said.
Texas produced 97 million bushels of winter wheat out of 1.7 billion bushels produced in the United States in 2003. Wheat production accounts for nearly $300 million in producers' pockets, and the wheat industry generates almost $1 billion for the Texas economy.
Thousands of jobs are involved, from the seed and fertilizer dealers to the longshoremen who load the wheat on to ships for export at our port cities, according to the caucus members.
Congressman Stenholm is expected to be involved in a close race for re-election in November after the Texas Legislature combined portions of his district with that of freshman Congressman Randy Neugebauer of Lubbock. Neugebauer won the seat of former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Larry Combest, who retired in May 2003.


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Breaking news today as Ford Motor Company was hit with a $23,441,000 verdict in Rancho Cucamonga, California. On March 23, 2007, Cynthia Castillo was driving her 1997 2-door Ford Explorer when a tire detreaded. The Ford Explorer became unstable and undrivable. The Explorer's instability caused the vehicle to run off of the road and over a cliff. Cynthia suffered catastrophic injuries that rendered her a paraplegic.
Bob Langdon, Adam Graves and Phyllis Norman of Langdon & Emison and Dan DeFeo of the DeFeo Law Firm represented Cynthia Castillo.
Castillo's attorneys presented evidence that Ford engineers found ways to improve the Explorer's stability and safety, but management refused to pay for the safety improvements. Ford's management put profit in front of safety.
After a trial that began on January 4, the jury today reached a unanimous verdict that awarded Cynthia Castillo $13,441,000 for her past and future medical care and an additional $10 million for Cynthia's pain, suffering and loss of enjoyment of life. The unanimous verdict found Ford 91.5% percent at fault for the crash that led to Cynthia's injuries. The jury also placed 7% of the fault on a tire retailer and placed 1.5% of the fault on Cynthia. Punitive damages were not submitted.
From the Contra Costa Times:
"I was devastated," Castillo said. "I thought my life was over but with my daughter and my family's support, and with God and my faith in him, it helped me be stronger and believe there was life after this, that I could do it."
On Thursday in West Valley Superior Court, a jury returned a 12-0 verdict in Castillo's favor.
"My reaction is very happy," Castillo said. "I'm thankful to God and to the jury for making this happen. It's going to help us so much to make a better life for me and my daughter.
"I want to thank my family for supporting me for these past three years. It's been hard."
Castillo requires round-the-clock care, and can't feed, clothe or bathe herself. She has be turned over every two hours to keep from suffering bed sores, Brandt said.
With the large judgment in her favor, Castillo said she will likely move out of her parents' house and into a home that allows her to move more freely.
She said she has was knocked unconscious during the accident and woke up in the hospital with no memory of what happened.
"My family is very happy for me, for my daughter," Castillo said. "They are glad that justice has been served.
"And they also thank God that everything is going to be a lot better for me and my daughter. We both just came from church right now and we gave our thanks."
We are ecstatic for our client and her family and thankful that Cynthia will be able to receive the additional care she needs and deserves.
This $23 million verdict is only the most recent in a string of verdicts finding the Ford Explorer and other Ford vehicles defective and dangerous. The United States Supreme Court recently upheld an $83 million dollar verdict against Ford in a California case in which a San Diego woman was paralyzed when her Ford Explorer vehicle rolled over.
Another California jury awarded $18.3 million to an Oakland man who was paralyzed after his Ford van rolled over.
Ford settled another Explorer case in which a passenger was paralyzed while the jury was considering punitive damages after awarding more than $16 million to compensate the victim.
Despite findings that the Explorer is defective and dangerous, Ford has rocketed back to profitability — earning a $2.7 billion profit in 2009.
I applaud these juries for holding Ford accountable for cutting corners on safety. It is time that companies who cut corners and put profits over safety are held accountable for the harm they inflict. More juries need to ensure that large companies play by the same rules as the rest of us. Innocent victims should not be forced to suffer for corporate greed.
You can learn more about auto defect dangers at our blog or at our web site.
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Brett Emison is currently a partner at Langdon & Emison, a firm dedicated to helping injured victims across the country from their primary office near Kansas City. Mainly focusing on catastrophic injury and death cases as well as complex mass tort and dangerous drug cases, Mr. Emison often deals with automotive defects, automobile crashes, railroad crossing accidents (train accidents), trucking accidents, dangerous and defective drugs, defective medical devices.


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Baby Peter case: Sharon Shoesmith agrees six-figure payout
The former head of Haringey children's services has agreed a six-figure payout for unfair dismissal, which could cost the council up to £600,000, BBC Newsnight understands.
In 2011, Sharon Shoesmith, who earned £133,000 a year, won a ruling that she was unfairly sacked after a damning report about the death of Baby Peter.
Peter Connelly, who was 17 months old, died in 2007 after months of abuse.
Former Children's Minister Tim Loughton said the payout "stinks".
The boy had more than 50 injuries, despite being on the at-risk register and receiving 60 visits from social workers, police and health professionals over eight months.
Three people were jailed in 2009, including his mother.
The Court of Appeal concluded Ms Shoesmith had been "unfairly scapegoated" and her removal from office in December 2008 by the then Children's Secretary Ed Balls had been "intrinsically unfair and unlawful".
Now Haringey Council has reached an agreement over compensation with Ms Shoesmith.
One government source has told BBC Newsnight that the cost to Haringey Council could be as high as £600,000, although that figure reflects the total payment and Ms Shoesmith is expected to receive a lower sum.
The exact figure may not emerge as there are confidentiality clauses preventing its disclosure but it will be significantly short of the £1m figure it had been reported she was seeking.
But it would appear the package is more than the minimum suggested by senior judge Lord Neuberger in a 2011 ruling in the Court of Appeal. He suggested she was entitled to a minimum of three months' salary plus pensions contributions.
Three months' salary would have been £33,000.
A spokesman for Haringey Council said: "Following the decision of the Court of Appeal in favour of Ms Shoesmith, and the court's direction that the parties seek to resolve the issue of compensation, the London Borough of Haringey and Ms Shoesmith have reached a settlement in this case.
"The terms of the settlement are confidential. We are unable to comment further on this matter."
Mr Loughton told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the payout became "inevitable" after the Court of Appeal ruled that Mr Balls "had made a complete botched job of her dismissal".
But he added: "This is going to leave a really bad taste in taxpayers' mouths that a not insubstantial amount of public money is being used to pay off somebody who presided over a dysfunctional department in Haringey [where] a 17-month-old boy died in horrific circumstances.
"We are effectively rewarding failure and when you are appointed a director of children's services... the buck has to stop somewhere and somebody has to take responsibility, and you don't expect that person... to get a large cheque on the back of it as well."
'Gove furious'
Lord Neuberger had suggested the Department for Education should contribute to any payout for Ms Shoesmith by her employer Haringey Council.
His judgement said: "It would be entirely appropriate for Haringey to seek a voluntary contribution from the secretary of state whose unlawful directions gave rise to the problems."
It is understood that the department will meet a proportion of the payout, the details of which were agreed by Haringey Council in the past few days, but an exact figure has yet to be agreed.
One source told Newsnight that Education Secretary Michael Gove was "furious" about the clause, believing it to be "indefensible".
Lawyers representing Haringey Council and Ms Shoesmith had been in lengthy discussions regarding a payout since the May 2011 ruling.
Ms Shoesmith had been due to return to court later this week, seeking a declaration that she remained employed by Haringey Council.
That action has now been dropped and the settlement reached between the two parties is understood to be a final one.
Peter Connelly's mother, Tracey Connelly, her boyfriend, Steven Barker, and his brother, Jason Owen, were jailed in May 2009 for causing or allowing the child's death.
Earlier this month it was reported that Connelly was due to be released from prison on parole.


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Earlier this week, I posted that I had been feeling tired and haven't been getting much done. This has been mostly true. But I did finish one project this week, a recycled sweater bunny doll.
The inspiration for this project came from a similar toy that Chobe has and affectionately refers to as "squished kitty." Chobe seems pretty impressed with squished bunny too, but he is hesitant to play with it too much. He keeps asking if it's for the baby, so I tell him it is and that he can play with it, but he doesn't really seem to want to. Maybe because I've made so many pairs of shoes that were too small for him for the baby, so he thinks he'll be equally disappointed? tee hee hee. Squished bunny did make it into bed with us the other night though, so he's not too concerned.
Completed Project 2:
Crocheted balls. These were super easy, yet so satisfying to make.
These little balls are single crocheted in a round pattern.
Starting with six sc into the first loop, then the second row is two scs into each stitch for a total of 12, the third is sc one, two sc to increase stitches to 18, row four: sc 2, 2 sc into the next stitch for a total of 24 sts. Add three rounds of 24 sts, 1 sc into each sc. Then decrease sc 2, sc 2 tog, next round: sc 1, sc 2 tog, next round: sc 2 tog. Stuff the ball before completely closed and then stitch closed. Weave in ends.
These were super satisfying to make because they're so quick. I feel like I'm really getting something done when I start whipping these out.