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Thanks to eternitys_charm for the crazy good banner! Bella Swan is your average teenage girl with a boyfriend named Jacob and a semi perfect life. But what if that perfect life she's come to love is all an illusion and she's just afraid to admit the truth? Edward is gorgeous popular and rich and he's the object of Bella's hate and the only one who see's the real her. When tragedy strikes will Bellla finally see the light and just admit she really loves Edward? Love has consequences but for her it's better then living a lie. Spoiler!Go to my bio to see a sneak peek on the sequel to this story! (All human! Rated teen for some strong language and mature themes.) Thanks to all my faithful reviewers! Next Chapter will soon be up!
1. Not so perfect.
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He was sitting behind me on the first day of school, just sitting their like a stone statue staring at my back. I felt his eyes burning into me but tried not to grow irritated, I sighed heavily and kept my eyes on the whiteboard in front of me. Did he know how stalker like he was? Or did he get a kick out of making me so uncomfortable? After forty five minutes of this, the bell finally rang, I got up in a rush and my books fell to my feet.
"Let me get those for you." He whispered.
"I got them." I spat back. I didn't even know why I hated him so much; it must be something about his fancy cars and designer clothes. He lives in Forks for Christ's sakes! There's no one to impress here, except for me. Everyone knew how much he liked me and for the first 2 years I tried to smile and shrug it off. Bad idea. He clung to me like a child without a mother for those 2 years, until I had to harshly put him down. I didn't want to be mean then but it was my only resort, so now we were stuck in this rut. Him watching me from afar and me cursing the day he laid eyes on me.
My sister Rosalie always yelled at me for not taking interest to him, off course she wouldn't even think of pursuing him, she was in love with Emmett. Rosalie and Emmett were the perfect couple in every sense of the word. He was a football player, she was a cheerleader. The only problem was Emmett was Edward's brother and I was forced to be in his company at parties, Christmas, get together's and birthdays. That wasn't the only thing tying me down; Alice my other sister was also dating his other brother Jasper…what luck!
When I finally got far enough from Edward I went to meet my boyfriend Jacob. Now Jacob was something else entirely, he was warm, charming and not superficial like Edward. He lived down in La Push but began going to my high school last year. He was just what I needed and loved, my best friend and the greatest boyfriend. Our height difference didn't seem to make a dent in our relationship either, fortunately, my head came up to his perfectly chiseled chest as I hugged him tight. I looked up at his tan skin and dark brown eyes and smiled; I pushed his black hair out of his face and saw Edward wince at the corner of my eye.
"Is he bothering you again?" Jacob asked angrily.
"Same old, same old." I replied.
"I'm about done with all his admiring and goo goo eyes!" He shot an angry glare at where Edward had been standing before, but was disappointed by not seeing him there. I grabbed his arm and pulled him back to me. The last thing I needed was Jacob's temperament flaring into a destructive rage. That was probably the only bad thing about him, his tragic flaw; if only I could erase his temper he would be perfect. Just perfect. The warning bell rang and I whished him a quick goodbye, when I reached my next class I slid between Rosalie and Alice. The teacher watched me with suspicious eyes, almost saying 'how could these three be sisters? They're nothing alike!'
That's how it usually went with us, because we were all so different. Rosalie was blonde with blue eyes and a slamming body and Alice was black haired and pixie like, who was small and short with hazel eyes. Me, I was normal, I had dark brown hair and was averaged height, I had boring brown eyes (nothing like Jacobs big chocolate eyes). It was almost like we were from 3 different mothers, which wasn't possibly true; my mom was the only person my dad had ever been with and probably ever will. He just couldn't get over her death, even when triplets were becoming impossible to take care of. Just then Rosalie passed me a note under the table.Hey, So don't get mad or anything, but I think you should dump that dog Jacob and go out with Edward!
I fought the urge to strangle her and wrote back-Hey, How 'bout NO!
She grumbled something and then tossed the paper in the trash, Alice turned to Rosalie beaming with excitement and then pouted her lips when Rosalie shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"I think Bella needs a little cheering up!" She whispered.
"She just needs to get laid!" Rosalie laughed.
"Not by Edward!" I hissed. The girls giggled and hesitantly started to pay attention to the now angry teacher. How much longer does this have to go on? I thought to my self. Not very long thankfully, next year Jacob and I were moving away to college to get our degrees and live happily ever after… absolutely no Edward! I smiled in agreement with my thoughts and then turned to the white board, Alice and Rosalie eyed me quizzically and then shrugged their shoulders. When we finally got out of class Alice grabbed me by the arm to talk to me.
"I know you really love Jake, but Bella, he's all wrong for you. I see him and his moodiness and I know what he's capable of, Edward would never do that! You don't even know how nice of a guy he is, aside from all the money and fancy stuff, he's really genuine and… and humble." She looked in my eyes for a minute and everything was quiet. The buzz of the hall faded and my mind sent me back to a couple weeks ago at Jake's house…
"Bells I don't know why you keep doing this! I saw you look at him today! Why don't you just admit you like him?!!?" His hand raised and struck me on my cheek. I was fighting tears as I cupped my face, but I didn't cry, that's what always made him angrier.
"It was just a look Jacob! Why are you being so ridiculous!? Im leaving!" I rushed for the door but he got to me before me. He tangled his fingers in my hair and swung me around to the couch.
"Oh no you're not!" He screamed and then starting sobbing, sinking to his knees and laying his head on my lap.
"Why do you want to leave me Bella? What did I do to you? Don't I make you happy?" I knew then it was okay to cry and I let the tears roll of my cheek silently. I patted his hair and after an hour of this left peacefully….
Alice finally came back to view along with the present, and I snapped back to normal and shook my head.
"I don't need your pity Alice." I growled, breaking from her grasp and nearly sprinting down the hallway. When I got to where Jacob always waited, a body came flying from the boy's restroom, a sweet perfume blew through the air and I searched for the unknown figure. When I saw who it was I quickly took it back, Edward was getting up and Jacob was charging out of the restroom furiously. He was on his feet before Jacob got to him and swung a mean punch out to hit him. Jake ducked and then ran into Edward with all his force. I closed my eyes and prayed to God that this wasn't happening. Jake was surely getting expelled for this, he was known to start trouble and I knew he wouldn't last.
Rosalie grabbed my shoulder from behind me and whispered-
"Is this what you want?"
A tear rolled down my cheek as the two boys fought fiercely, I could see two teachers coming and an officer running to stop them. I turned my back and walked slowly to my class room not sure of what I'd do next. Whistles blew, boo-ing and yell's rang through the hallway until I closed the class door behind me and slumped in my chair.
"Your brother's fighting my boyfriend out there…" I sighed to Emmett and Jasper-- their eyes widened in shock and disbelief, then lowered and rolled.
"Edward can take care of himself." Emmett groaned. "But can you?"
- Not so perfect.
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Review: Victoria Gin
Posted by Arctic Wolf on January 13, 2013
Victoria Gin is hand crafted using a German copper pot wood-fired still. The company producing the spirit (Victoria Spirits) is located on Vancouver Island, British Colombia, and it is produced in a small batch process from a neutral grain spirit which has been enhanced with ten natural and wild-gathered botanicals. These botanicals include, juniper berry, coriander seed ,angelica, orris root, lemon and orange peel, star anise, cinnamon bark, rose petals and a secret ingredient which the company encourages you guess. Prior to distillation, these ingredients are blended with natural spring water and neutral grain spirit and allowed to steep overnight.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
""… Soft piny notes of juniper greet my nostrils beside some light scents of orange and lemon citrus. Mild scents of ginger rise into the breezes along with some light floral notes and a quiet but firm impression of licorice (Anise) …"
Here is a link to the full review:
Review: Victoria Gin
I would like to thank Blue Note Wine & Spirits Inc. who provided my sample bottle for review.
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What song is played ???
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What song is played ???
Hey does any1 know what the song is called that is played in the background when Jim is stealing grass from loads of differant places???
Life would be easier if you could pick who you loved!!
I love that song too. The scene where he is stealing the lawn is so funny.
My dad and I went to see this movie together and sometimes we were the only people laughing in the theater. Is everyone too serious, or are we crazy? I wonder...
Everyone is too serious!! ..or people just haven't discovered the genius humour that Jim bring to the world.. Poor people, when they do discover it they will also discover that they've lost sooo much fun in their lives..
"Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile,
and finds in your presence that life is worth while.
So when you are lonely, remember it's true
Somebody somewhere is thinking of you."
i pity da fool!
yeah, i guess we just love to laugh!
i have a friend that will laugh at anything and everything, everything seems so much funnier around her.
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The TV set seldom had a quiet moment on Saturday. I watched most of the royal wedding in Stockholm from about 2.30 p.m. until thirty-forty minutes into the new day. Originally I had hoped to see some World Cup football as well, but if I wanted to watch something together with my wife (and we have only one TV set!), then it had to be the royal wedding. An entertaining evening, but the World Cup match between Denmark and Cameroon also turned out to be an exciting duel.
I have made some observations based on what I have watched on TV and read in the various newspapers the last few days, and would like to share some of them with you.
1. HRH Crown Prince Victoria of Sweden and Olof Daniel Westling got married in Storkyrkan (Stockholm Cathedral) in Gamlastan in Stockholm on Saturday 19 June 2010. Around 1000 invited guests attended the ceremony, including an impressive gathering of royals from the European monarchies as well as from Japan and Jordan. More than 400 people were invited to the gala dinner at Stockholm Palace in the evening.
Upon marriage Daniel Westling was conferred the titles Prince of Sweden and Duke of Västergötland with the style Royal Highness.
2. The main impression is that the wedding day turned out to be a wonderful celebration of the couple's love for eachother and of the monarchy itself. The Royal Court and everyone who had a piece in the planning and in carrying out the celebrations can be pleased with the fact that everything went so well - no scandals, no accidents as I know of, the weather got better and better throughout the day and the people's participation - around 500.000 went downtown to follow the events - was larger than expected. The main persons and the guests seemed to enjoy themselves as well.
Of course it remains to be seen what impact the Crown Princess' wedding with a Swedish commoner will have for the future of the monarchy in the long run. It is a bit ironic that at the same time as a royal wedding - and the monarchy itself - is celebrated, the polls show that the support for the monarchical institution and the royal house has falled considerably the last 15 years.
3. The Royal Court has received some criticism because it had invited representatives of various dictatorships such as North Korea and Eritrea. The East-African republic has made headlines in Sweden because a Swedish citizen, Dawit Isaak, has been imprisoned since 2001 without a trial. The court has only referred to the advice it has received from the Swedish Foreign Office. All Ambassadors were invited. It might have been a better solution if only the doyen (Mr. Hombessa of The Congo) had represented the diplomatic corps? Anyway, a rather cheap shot from the political left. References have also been made to King Carl Gustaf's infamous speech in 2004 where he during a state visit to Brunei cheered the Bruneian democracy. However, it is easily forgotten that the king based his comments almost word for word on material received from the FO.
4. I watched most of the wedding on the Norwegian channel NRK1. I think the studio host in Stockholm, Atle Bjurstrøm, and the wedding ceremony commentator, Wenke Eriksen, made fairly good job, and it was a good idea to invite designer Wenche Lyche and author Tor Bomann-Larsen to the studio. However, to get more precise information about the identification of the attending guests, it would surely have been better to choose SVT1. I switched over to the Norwegian TV2 from time to time, but didn't watch enough to be able to give a fair review. The royal wedding was also competing with the World Cup, so TV2 didn't cover so much as NRK1 as far as I understood it. Vår Staude and Carl-Erik Grimstad were in the studio. After midnight I watched SVT1. The broadcasting from the events at the Palace was excellent, but the people in the studio - Mark Levengood, Kristian Luuk and Ebba von Sydow babbled away nonstop and were often speaking all at once. What a terrible choice of people to have in the studio!
5. The speeched held during the gala dinner have been received well. King Carl Gustaf surprised everyone by taking the opportunity to congratulate his wife, Queen Silvia, on their 34th wedding anniversary and gave her a rose. His words to the married couple were quite interesting:
No one should believe anything else than that my highest wish has always been - and is - to see you happy. It has therefore always been self-evident to your mother the Queen and me, that you - as any person in our country - should have the freedom to choose your life's companion as your heart desires. I have today seeked to make this point clear by accompanying you to your future husband, and thereby confirming the decision to approve of your marriage according to our constitution.This way the king explained why he escorted the Crown Princess half-way to the altar. The tabloids have for years claimed to know that the king for a long time was opposed to the relationship,which explained the many years - about 8 - it took from the couple started dating to the wedding. When the then Daniel Westling was invited to King Carl Gustaf's 60th birthday celebrations in 2006 it was interpreted as a sign that the king finally had been approved his daughter's choice. The couple has, however, in a recent TV interview said that they needed such a long time to be absolutely sure, and Daniel needed time to adjust to the idea of giving up his professional career for a quite different role as member of the royal house. We might have to wait for many years before we get the full picture of the long process.
The constitutional aspect is not difficult to interpret. The king - and the government - gave his consent and from the outset, as seen yesterday, it is not possible to doubt that the king and queen have become fond of their daughter's choice.
Prince Daniel's father Olle Westling's speech was impressive as well, but obviously Prince Daniel's own speech stole most of the headlines. He made a very personal speech without manuscript, and parts of it in English as well. I think Prince Daniel from the engagement and onwards has made a positive impression on most people, and I think it is fair to expect that he is going to handle his new role well. It is difficult, however, to believe the tabloids' earlier claims that he was poor in English and that he lacked conversation skills. Of course he spoke English with an accent, but I don't think he would have done so well yesterday - even with some preparations - if his skills originally had been so bad as the tabloids have claimed. One of his best friends ridiculed the claims about Daniel's bad conversation skills in a recent TV interview. The truth was the exact opposite of what the rumours had said.
6. From time to time we have read tabloid stories about alleged difficulties between Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine because she is said to steal the show from her older sister. Such headlines could be seen when Princess Madeleine got engaged in August 2009, and when she returned from abroad just before the wedding the court reporters feared once again that "Madde" would steal the show. What nonsense! First of all, if Princess Madeleine should ever steal attention from her sister it is because the press decides to make such a focus. And no-one doubts that Crown Princess Victoria was the focal point yesterday, as she has also been for quite some time (except perhaps for the few days when the break-up between Princess Madeleine and Jonas Bergström was announced).
7. It is always interesting to note what representatives the various monarchies send to such an important event as the wedding of an heir to the throne is. Eigth European countries sent their head of state - the monarchies Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands and Norway as well as the republics Finland and Iceland. King Abdullah of Jordan was also present. Five European countries sent the consort of the sovereign - Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway and Spain. And in addtion Queen Rania of Jordan came along. Seven European countries sent the heir to the throne - Belgium, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain. Same goes for Japan and Jordan.
The United Kingdom was represented by the 7th in line to the throne, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex. Discussions about the British representation come up every time there is a big royal wedding or funeral. It is claimed that the British monarchs just "don't do" weddings and funerals abroad. Yesterday Queen Elizabeth II's absence could be excused with her age (Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg would surely object to this!), and the same goes for her husband the Duke of Edinburgh. The Wessexes are certainly closer in age to Crown Princess Victoria, but still it would have been appropriate that the Prince of Wales came for the wedding. He had an engagement (meeting with the President of France at Clarence House) on Friday 18 June and could clearly have reached Stockholm in the evening. Would it not have been great if Prince William and Prince Harry of Wales used the opportunity to get to know their European colleagues better? Instead they travelled to South Africa and the World Cup. One of them could surely have travelled to Stockholm.
Of course I don't buy the nonsense some court reporters have served lately that the "bad" British representation is a sign of the alleged ice-cold relationship between the British Royal House and its Scandinavian counterparts. But there are good reasons to ask why the British make such decisions about representations over and over again. Still, it is their loss.
8. Interestingly enough HSH The Prince of Monaco brought along his girl-friend Charlene Wittstock for the wedding. It could be viewed as a break of protocol, as royals are usually engaged when they take their partner to such an high-profile event. Ms. Wittstock was seated behind the Prince of Monaco in the Cathedral. It was of course nice to see her attending an event like this, but could this mean that we now can expect an engagement soon? That would surely be nice, but it could of course also be interpreted that Prince Albert doesn't intend to get married at all, but wants to introduce her live-in partner to the other royals nevertheless. Well, time will tell what will happen at the court of Monaco.
9. There were many members of former royal families present at the wedding. The guest list for the wedding reveals royal names from Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia (Yugoslavia), Romania and Germany (Hohenzollern, Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Bavaria, and Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha). All relatives, of course, some more distant than others, but it is interesting to note how they were presented in the guest list. One could get the impression that they represented their countries as they were listed under the countries they come from, although they are all republics. Another way to do it would be, with the possible exeception of the Hohenzollerns, to list them under the category "Members of former royal families".
Don't get me wrong, I think it is wonderful that members of the former royal families are invited - in fact I'd like to see more of them at an event like this.
During the broadcasting yesterday the titles of the former royals were commented on, as not everyone think it is appropriate that they are referred to this way when the countries they come from are well-established republics.
It should be stressed, however, that it is in accordance with protocol to refer to former kings etc. with the titles they had under the monarchy. Former presidents of the USA are still referred to by their title (while the current president is The President of the United States), so why not King Constantine of the Hellenes and Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia?
Another matter is of course people who were born after the monarchy was gone, such as Princess Margarita of Romania and Prince Kyril of Bulgaria. It could be interpreted in an historical-genealogical sence, and their titles as courtesy titles only. Not obligatory, certainly not constitutionally defined, but nevertheless accepted by the reigning royal courts. And that is obviously what matters. Any possible protest from the Greek embassy in Stockholm is probably something the Royal Court - or the FO - will handle.
Photo: The Royal Court (photographer Paul Hansen).
Sources and references
- The Royal Court. Wedding
- Stödet för monarkin har sjunkit kraftigt (DN.se 18 June 2010)
- Victoria fikk endelig sin prins (NRK.no 19 June 2010)
- Endeløs applaus for Daniels kjærlighetstale (NRK.no 19 June 2010)
- Skammens gäst (Expressen.se 20 June 2010)
Updated Monday 21 June 2010 at 08.00 (spelling mistake); 4 May 2011 at 21.50 (spelling mistake).


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STOCKTON - She walks into an empty house every day, remembering that her son used to greet her after work.
STOCKTON - She walks into an empty house every day, remembering that her son used to greet her after work.
On her drive home from work, she breaks down in tears.
She passes the school and the park, and goes to the mall. But there is no escape from the pain, because almost every place Chenequa Charlo goes reminds her that her only son, 16-year-old Kevric Beverly Jr., is gone.
Beverly was the person who mattered the most to Charlo, the reason she woke up and went to work.
"You took that away from me," Charlo said to her son's killer during a sentencing hearing.
Edgar Frayre, 20, was sentenced Monday to nearly 40 years in state prison for gunning down the teen outside a gated apartment complex in the 600 block of Salem Way on Aug. 30.
Frayre brashly shot Beverly in broad daylight in front of several children and teens during a brief verbal altercation.
Beverly was a close friend to the brother of an underage girl whom Frayre had impregnated. The parents of the 14-year-old girl had forbidden the defendant, a neighbor in the same apartment complex, from dating her.
There was tension between the families.
Frayre believed Beverly had a problem with him, too, he told detectives, according to court documents. He believed Beverly was talking bad about him.
"He said he was outside 'chillin' and saw (Beverly) by himself," a police statement of probable cause said. "He said he asked (Beverly) if he was 'trippin' off him since he doesn't talk to him anymore. ... He said (Beverly) told him no and got closer to him."
As the confrontation became heated, Frayre said he pulled out a Colt .45 and shot Beverly.
Witnesses described Beverly as begging for his life, but Frayre continued to unload the gun on the teen.
"(Frayre) said he looked at (Beverly) like 'that is what you get,' and he walked away," the police statement said.
Frayre said he then kicked Beverly before fleeing the scene.
"This was truly a senseless and violent act by this defendant. It was a cowardly act," said Deputy District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar, who prosecuted the case. "To think that a 16-year-old boy can be gunned down over words."
In February, Frayre pleaded guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter and street terrorism, and gang and gun enhancements. He received additional time for possessing a weapon fashioned from a toothbrush inside his jail cell.
Verber Salazar said Beverly's parents agreed to the plea offer.
Frayre was sentenced Monday to a total of 39 years and eight months in state prison. He must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence, and the convictions carry two strikes under California's three strikes law.
At Frayre's sentencing, a group of friends was his only support.
Beverly's family filled one side of the courtroom and delivered an emotional series of statements directed at the court and at the defendant. At times, they addressed Frayre's supporters.
Kevric Beverly Sr., the victim's father, approached with tears in his eyes and said he continues reliving the day his son was killed.
"To hear your son's voice crying out for help," Beverly said. "I could never get that out of my head. I could hear my son's voice clearly."
Frayre sat with his head down, at times reacting to the victim impact statements.
"Smile because you think this is a game. This is life, a life my son no longer has," the senior Beverly said. "I really wish you could turn around and look at me. I have no problem with saying I hate you. I hate everything about you."
Frayre was called a gangster "wannabe," a "coward" and a "punk" for resorting to using a gun against a younger person.
Charlo, Beverly's mother, said her son was a good kid who had been working hard to graduate from one.Ethics school. He was on track to walk with his class at its graduation in May.
Charlo will not see her son graduate.
Her pain and anger was still fresh seven months after her son's life was taken.
"Hopefully somebody kills you in (prison) the way you killed my son," Charlo said to Frayre. "I hope somebody makes you beg like my son did."
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Follow her at recordnet.com/courtsblog and on Twitter @therecordcourts.


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X-Photographer Tsutomu Endo from Japan visits snowboarders who live in Alaska.
Rafa Pérez from Spain goes around the city for snap shooting with the X-E3
Charlene Winfred goes back to Singapore where she grew up with the X-E3
Tsutomu Endo explored the great Alaskan mountains. This is the second half of the series.
X-Photographer Tsutomu Endo from Japan explored the great Alaskan mountains
X-Photographer Mindy Tan from Singapore shares her snap shooting technique with the FUJIFILM X-T20.
Photojournalist Michael Coyne documents the life of the people in rural villages in Borneo.
X-Photographer Jonas Dyhr Rask tells his take on the street photography with X-T2
X-Photographer Megan Lewis follows the life of Tommy, a man living in rural Australia.


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Lightning strikes Manchester home, sparks fireStaff report
May 21. 2013 10:26PM
MANCHESTER — A home on one of the highest elevations in the city was struck by lightning Tuesday morning, sparking a small fire that was quickly extinguished, fire department official said.
Lightning struck the roof at 133 Shepherd Road, which is located off Currier Drive, said Manchester District Fire Chief Jim Michael.
A neighbor saw the strike, saw smoke and called the fire department at 10:44 a.m., Michael said.
The resident, Roya Moin, was unaware of the fire.
"We actually knocked on her door and let her know her house was on fire," Michael said. Moin told firefighters he heard the thunder crack and felt a tingling in her mouth, but remained on the computer.
He said damage to the house amounted to about $15,000.


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Accounting giant Deloitte has asked a federal judge to reject a request from the U.S. securities regulator to resume a court case in which it is trying to force the auditor to hand over work papers from its audit of an allegedly fraudulent Chinese IT company.
The move is the latest in a standoff between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and audit firms over access to accounting documents of U.S.-listed Chinese companies suspected of fraud.
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The SEC wants Deloitte to supply documents relating to its audit of Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd but the auditor says it is barred from doing so by Chinese secrecy laws.
The regulator asked for the case to be reopened last month following a six-month hiatus while it tried, but ultimately failed, to reach a diplomatic solution through negotiations with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The case began in May 2011.
Deloitte filed papers late on Monday, arguing that the case should be postponed pending the outcome of new action taken by the SEC against it and four other audit firms for securities violations related to their refusal to provide Chinese audit documents.
The auditor also argued that the SEC's difficulties are partly of their own-making.
"The SEC has long been aware that the CSRC forbids China-based audit firms to produce audit work papers directly to the SEC, and yet the SEC chose to allow China-based companies to sell securities in the United States despite those restrictions," Deloitte wrote in the papers.
U.S. stock markets were rocked by a string of accounting scandals at China-based companies in 2010 and 2011, but the SEC has struggled to take any action because it is unable to access evidence, such as audit work papers, kept in China.
When the regulator asked last month for the case against Deloitte to be resumed, it said that the CSRC "remains unwilling or unable to provide the SEC with meaningful assistance in its enforcement investigations".
Longtop was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in 2011 for failing to meet listing standards, and the SEC opened a probe into the firm for alleged accounting irregularities.
(Reporting by Rachel Armstrong in SINGAPORE; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)


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Richard Seward, 83 - August 08, 2007
Richard R. "Dick" Seward, 83, of Johnson Lake died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney.
Services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Lexington with the Rev. Todd Karges officiating. Burial will take place at the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington.
Seward was born on June 6, 1924, at Topeka, KS, to William and Nora (McCumber) Seward.
He was united in marriage to Louise McNown on July 7, 1945. To this union, five children were born—John, Rick, Randy, Brenda and Michelle.
Seward worked for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, KS, and the City Bus and Goodyear Tire Company in Topeka. He spent 25 years at Quality Oil Company in Kearney and was the first to open a convenience store in Kearney, which offered the first car wash.
In 1971, he opened a convenience store south of Lexington with his son, Randy, called "Krazy Dick's."
In 1993, he was the first open heart patient at Good Samaritan Hospital and, after feeling better, became bored with being at home so he and his son opened up a bait shop, according to family members.
?He and his wife had celebrated 62 years of marriage in 2007, and most of those years were spent working side by side.
?Seward was a member of the Elk's and Eagles Clubs of Kearney.
?He was preceded in death by: his parents, William and Nora; sister, Virginia Paris.
Survivors include: his wife, Louise Seward of Johnson Lake; three sons—John (Virginia) Fleenor of Topeka, KS, Rick (Joyce) Seward of Ord, and Randy (Ruth) Seward of Johnson Lake; two daughters—Michelle (Paul) Shelton of Gilbert, AZ, and Brenda (Brad) Meineke of Omaha; a sister, Ina Mae Lynn of San Antonio, TX; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to the Seward family for later designation.
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It's been a good week for Augie Nieto.
The co-founder of Life Fitness, chairman of Octane Fitness and founder of Augie's Quest, the MDA research initiative that raises money and awareness in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), received a major contribution to Augie's Quest and will be honored with an award.
Clubs for the Quest, led by Pat Laus, founder of The Atlantic Club, Manasquan, NJ, raised more than $1 million in 2012, the first time the program surpassed the mark since it began five years ago. Clubs for the Quest has raised more than $3.3 million since its inception.
Program participants in Clubs for the Quest in 2012 were Zumba Fitness, Bally Total Fitness, The Atlantic Club, Ab Coaster, Life Fitness, Athletic Business, Crunch Fitness, LA Fitness, Millennium Partners Sports Club Management, Life Time Fitness, XSport Fitness and Spectrum Fitness. Also, Curves founders Gary and Diane Heavin were recognized for their contributions.
"I am so grateful to my friends in the fitness industry for embracing this program and involving their members in this important cause," Nieto, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2005, said in a statement. "Pat Laus' tireless efforts and vision for this program have helped us evolve and significantly grow our fundraising over the past four years. Raising more than $1 million in 2012 is a huge accomplishment that will allow us to continue funding ALS research that will lead to effective treatments."
Clubs for the Quest will be recognized at the annual Bash for Augie's Quest at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) show on March 21 in Las Vegas. Augie's Quest has raised more than $34.6 million since 2006.
Nieto also has been chosen as the 2013 Director of the Year in the category of corporate citizenship by the Forum for Corporate Directors, a nonprofit business organization in California. The Director of the Year Awards is one of the premier business events of the year in Orange County, CA. This year's event will be held on March 6 at The Ritz Carlton Resort in Dana Point, CA.


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AWG-KP Workshop on potential consequences
Chair - Mr. Mama Konate, Vice Chair of the AWG-KP
Monday, 30 March 2009
3.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.
The AWG-KP, at the second part of its sixth session requested the secretariat to organize an in-session workshop on potential consequences at the seventh session of the AWG-KP under the guidance of its Chair ( FCCC/KP/AWG/2008/8, para. 55 (b)).
The objective of the workshop will be to discuss relevant work under the Conference of the Parties and the CMP and to exchange information on issues identified at the resumed sixth session including: evidence of actual impacts and consequences of tools, policies, measures and methodologies available to Annex I Parties; positive and negative potential consequences; how the causes and effects of potential consequences can be assessed; and possible approaches to group actions that lead to these potential consequences.
Background material:
Information Note
The workshop will be divided into four segments as follows:
1. Introduction and welcome
2. Presentations by Parties on the issues identified above
3. Presentations by international organizations on the results of relevant technical analyses
4. Discussion
Presentations by Parties:
1. African Group (128 kB)
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6. Qatar (78 kB)
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Metascore®Mixed or average reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
Hotel Transylvania checks in as an anemic example of pure concept over precious little content.
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While it's an energetic romp, there is more slapstick humor than wit at work here, and a good deal of borrowing from the far more clever "Monsters, Inc."
It's juvenile from start to finish, which is fine if you're young, but not so great if your sole purpose in a theater is to accompany someone who's young.
It's the parental mush about trusting one's kid to make her own discoveries and blah blah blah (spoken in a Sandlerized version of a Dracula voice) that drains the movie of blood. What's left are platitudes, and Sandler singing a novelty song in a Transylvanian-accented falsetto.
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OK for kids 7+
Father-daughter comedy works as intro to monster movies.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Hotel Transylvania is a good introductory "monster movie" for little kids -- the monsters are tame, and the story focuses on Dracula and his daughter as she comes of age (118!). The only potentially frightening elements are Dracula's "angry face," which he flashes when he can't control his rage (it only lasts a few seconds, but it's a bit demonic looking), and a mob scene that puts a central character in danger. There's also a backstory that involves humans killing the main character's mother, but it's handled delicately. Language includes insults/rude words like "stupid" and "shut up," and there's some innuendo, flirting, and a quick kiss between a 118-year-old vampire hybrid and a 21-year-old guy (hey, it worked in Twilight!).
Educational value: Kids just being introduced to "horror" movies will meet some iconic genre characters.
Messages: Sweet messages about a father's love for his daughter and his promise to her (and his deceased wife) that he'll keep her safe at all costs. The idea that parents need to eventually step back and let their kids grow up, take risks, and find adventure is the main theme of the story.
Role models: Jonathan is an adventurous spirit who learns to see beyond the monsters' freaky/creepy exteriors and discover that they're pretty cool. He encourages Mavis to travel and find her own way in the world. The monsters -- with the exception of Dracula -- can see that Jonathan's a great guy. Mavis, despite being holed up at the hotel, is a well-loved daughter and "niece" to all of her parents' dearest associates. Dracula is a protective, loving father who just wants to keep Mavis safe.
Violence and scariness: Dracula has a frightening face that he flashes whenever he can't control his anger. It's definitely the scariest thing in the movie except for the mob scene when the zombies dressed as humans try to torch Mavis. Instead, they catch fire, but the audience knows it's not really humans. The monsters at the hotel aren't really scary. There is a flashback to when humans attacked Dracula and his wife, which resulted in her death. The mother's absence is mentioned frequently, but handled delicately.
Sexy stuff: Lots of googly eyes and flirtation between Mavis and Jonathan, who eventually kiss. Some mild innuendo.
Language: Insults like "idiot," "shut up," "jerk," "stupid," plus scatological jokes about all of the "poop"/"waste"/"filth" that Wanda and Wayne's werewolf kids make.
Consumerism: No product placements in the movie, but McDonald's is selling movie-tie-in Happy Meals.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not applicable
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Okay, situation. I happen to have Borland Delphi 2005 and want to use the Indu Internet components to build my own webserver. No IIS, no Apache. My compiled executable will just be the webserver. It's service would be pretty simple, for internal usage on a small network. One PC will be the webserver and other PC's can access it through a web interface.
It's purpose... Well, whatever I like to experiment with. The server would generate pages dynamically yet it won't support PHP, ASP or whatever other scripting language. I don't want them either. If I want to modify the site served by this server, all I would have to do is modify the sourcecode. It is for personal experiments anyway.
My question however is security-relaed, though. I will run this server on my computer and thus it is exposed to the whole Internet. Although my firewall will keep all ports closed, I do want to access this server from the outside and thus hackers could access this server too. I can make this server pretend it's IIS or Apache to obfuscate it's real face, but security through obfuscation isn't a good solution...
Of course, I can add password-protected pages and use SSL to keep things secure and perhaps some other security measures and this isn't really what I am worried about. I'm not too afraid of people browsing that site anyway since it won't contain any sensitive information. Just whatever I like to experiment with.
However, I am more worried about hackers gaining access to my system through other means. What kind of other vulnerabilities should I be aware of? Is there any security risk in these Indy components or in Delphi that could be used by a hacker to gain access to my system? Bur example, through some buffer overflow or whatever?
It would be more secure than IIS or Apache since the hackers will be less familiar with this kind of webserver, so they would have more troubles with it. But do they still have some other ways to break in once I open this single port to my system? A port that is controlled by my own application?
I don't think so but want to be sure. So that's why I ask this.


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The goal for the design of this 1950's beach house interior was to create a refuge from the all-too-predictable Northwest coast rainy weather of Seaview, Washington. This is Portland designer own playful getaway which is drenched with warmth to forget about the outdoor elements. Taking this home out of the 1950's meant removing almost every surface in the house, except for the original wood paneling. The wood was painted a soft hue of blue that is a great contrast to the new coffee stained bamboo floors.
Guests are made to feel welcome at this beach house. The designer used the natural hues of the surrounding environment for inspiration in decor: nature-inspired tones infused with splashes of welcome color. This cheerful palette, when combined with unique choices of furnishings that showcase natural materials, helps create a perfect weekend getaway, whether rain or shine. The warmth of the dark bamboo flooring helps ground the space and hides a multitude of dirt, sand and dog hair. The fireplace was previously an old yellow brick with mauve-tinted mortar, but the designer switched all that out for simple and modern porcelain tiles on the bottom half, while the top half is smooth, hand-sanded plaster.
In the master bedroom, 100-year-old tongue-and-groove plank wood wall boards were discovered under the old chipboard of the walls during the remodel of the 1957 Ranch. Previous owners reported that the boards were salvaged from the old Victorian house that originally sat on the property. The designer used a soy based wood conditioner to clean and seal the wood boards, while leaving the paint and stain as they were originally found. Since the wall was a bold statement, the furnishings in this room were kept simple, the bed did not need a headboard, and the red side tables were clean and minimal.
Hullinger chose a soft white trim throughout, knowing it would work perfectly with Seaview's often-cloudy and muted light.
The upper cabinets have been removed and stainless steel shelves hold the glassware.
The existing cabinetry was sanded down and repainted with a gray paint in a satin finish.
One of the only bright colors in the home is a brilliant turquoise wall that extends from the dining room into the kitchen.
The living room and family room have a very neutral palette, inspired by colors you'd find collecting seashells and driftwood.
A guest bedroom plays off of the beachy turquoise wall in the dining room and kitchen.
Carved basalt tile echoes the look of Seaview's persistently rainy weather.
The stacked wood back wall in this family room is designed by hand from salvaged materials found on site from the remodel and other projects in the area.


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You can't beat a system you can't understand
After extensive research of up to .44 seconds, our crack team of Googlamaniacs in the research department found conclusive evidence concerning a little known phenomenon. The courting rituals of alligators during their mating season have proven to directly influence human behavioral patterns.
Apparently the bellowing, grunting, and squeaking of the crocodilian set during courtship does more than attract amorous gators. The primitive growl of a male gator signaling his quest to mate triggers a primal instinct in human males. Their eyes glaze over upon hearing the primal grunting of love struck gators. Then their faces assume an expression of yearning for adventure that slackens their jaw and quickens their heartbeat.
They wander around outdoors, go into garages, outbuildings, and other areas - anywhere that boats are stored. Then they stand at the helms and look into the distance as if they were at sea navigating their vessels over long ocean swells.
This phenomenon occurs shortly after the first day of spring, when alligator mating season begins. A woman recently made the discovery while watching her husband at their home just outside of Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia, a prime alligator habitat.
The alligator mating ritual is complex, yet predictable. Toward the end of March, male alligators cruise through the swamps bellowing their mating calls to attract females who wish to mate. However, the female alligators traditionally initiate the actual courtship. When they spot bellowing males on the prowl for a little mating action, they do things like block their paths to let them know they are receptive. If the females don't get the response they're seeking, they often beat up the objects of their affection until they succumb to their wishes. Apparently, these encounters can get quite physical, and the females always win.
As the spring mating season progresses with much bellowing, thrashing, and violent seduction, male humans work themselves into frenzies for different reasons. Their spring ritual begins with the heady aroma of bottom paint and spar varnish permeating the air. The intoxicating odors work their way up the East Coast of the country on prevailing winds. The confluence of smells attracts additional human males, triggering their primal instincts as they join the throngs to participate in the rites of the season.
At the peak of the alligatormating festivities, human males keep pace by swarming ship chandlers, marine stores, and boating supply establishments. Here, they pour copious amounts of money into cash registers and melt down credit cards. In exchange, they carry home gallons of paint, varnish, cleaning solvents, oils, lubricants, and other toxic liquids necessary for preparing vessels for launch.
However, before they pollute land, air, and sea by making a mess with their handiwork, human females usually keep the strange rite of spring in check. Like their female alligator counterparts, human females are the ultimate decision makers in all amorous pursuits of human males, be it love of women or boats.
When Captain Courageous is ready to cruise, a human female is often there to block his path. If she doesn't get the response she desires, such as cleaning up boat preparation messes and completing spring house repair chores, like the female gator, she beats him up. It's all part of a system that most women understand.


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Weinfeld, a downtown fixture, succumbs to crash injuries
Marc A. Weinfeld, who assisted downtown pushcart hot dog vendors and sold boondoggles he wove, died Wednesday in Erie County Medical Center.
Weinfeld succumbed nine days after he was critically injured when struck by a car while crossing Oak Street during morning rush hour. He had suffered massive brain injuries in the accident near the Clinton Street intersection at about 7:30 a.m. April 8.
He was taken off life support late Wednesday afternoon in ECMC's intensive care unit and passed away peacefully, according to his family.
"My only solace is that he died doing what he loved best, roaming the streets of downtown, running errands and greeting people," Marcia Weinfeld Goode, his only sibling, said Thursday. "He was immediately in a deep coma from which he never woke up and in which he never felt any pain."
Weinfeld, 58, was always willing to help the vendors and local restaurant owners who hired him to run errands, such as getting change at banks or ice for pop.
After the accident, it took authorities several days to identify Weinfeld, who was listed as a "John Doe" in early media reports. After The Buffalo News reported that it was Weinfeld, dozens of people who work downtown expressed shock and sadness over the accident, in which no charges have been filed.
The many cards and notes, even visits from hot dog vendors to Weinfeld's bedside eased some of the heartache Weinfield Goode and her husband, Richard Goode, endured at the hospital. They arrived last week from New Mexico, where Goode – a Grammy-award winning classical pianist – had been on tour, after learning about the accident.
A concert violinist who lives in New York City, Weinfeld Goode said she could feel the love and concern expressed by her brother's many friends.
"It felt amazing. It felt comforting. It somehow lessened the terrible burden one feels," Weinfeld Goode said.
Weinfeld, who was autistic, lived in Elma with Cathy and Tom Dzierzanowski, who were his caretakers. Each day, Weinfeld took the bus downtown and then back home again in the afternoon, a few dollars richer for his labors.
He was the son of Naomi and the late Philip Weinfeld, a downtown attorney, who several years ago told The News: "Marc's a good boy. There's lots of boys out there like him and they are all good boys."
Now Weinfeld Goode said she is planning a memorial service and though a date has not yet been set, she says she is considering a downtown location – possibly during the lunch hour – to make it convenient for the many people her brother considered his friends from having worked in downtown for over three decades.
"Maybe we'll even have hot dogs at it," she said, trying to overcome the sadness of his death.
Over the last few days, a poem she has been reading, entitled "My Son Johnny" by Anne Porter, has brought her some solace, she said. The poem is a farewell tribute to Porter's late son, who had struggled with his emotions and proper social decorum.
"Perhaps if people could read this poem, they might derive comfort and insight into Marc's life and his challenges," the sister said.
Weinfeld, sometimes known as "the kissing bandit," was unafraid to ask for hugs and kisses, like the character "Johnny."
A verse of Porter's poem goes this way:
"And you loved women, most of whom you admired
Quite regardless of age,
And whom you hugged with great abandon,
Particularly the ones in flowered dresses
And the ones with curly hair…"
In another passage, Marc's belief that he was just another of downtown's many workers is reflected:
"A little girl once asked you, 'Johnny,
How does it feel to be retarded?'
And you answered gently,
'I don't know dear, I'm not retarded.'
Which you were not."
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Peining Li, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics
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Genetics: Cytogenetics Laboratory
Genomics, Genetics, and Epigenetics
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My laboratory focuses on the molecular characterization of human chromosome abnormalities. Molecular methods such as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping using YAC or BAC clones, microsatellite allelotyping, and sequencing analysis of SNP variants and gene mutations have been used. We are initiating high through-put chromosome-specific and genome-wide array-based analysis for mapping segmental deletions/duplication and sequencing rearrangement breakpoints. The goals of this laboratory are to identify disease-causing genes or genetic markers of diagnostic and prognostic values, and to dissect underlying molecular mechanisms.
Education & Training
|University of Alabama at Birmingham (1996)
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University of Vermont
2011-12 Online Catalogue
Electrical Engineering (Master of Science)
Typically Candidates have obtained the Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering prior to application but others are encouraged to apply for the program if they have extensive background in mathematics and the basic sciences. In such cases, it may be necessary for a student to complete the entrance qualifications without receiving credit toward graduate studies. The general requirements for admission as outlined under the "Regulations of the Graduate College" must be met. Areas of research expertise are biomedical engineering, machine vision, mechatronics, computer engineering, solid state physical electronics, electromagnetics, information processing, communication theory, semiconductor materials, devices and integrated circuits (VLSI).
General Requirements
Specific Requirements
Requirements for Admission to Graduate Studies for the Degree of Master of Science
An accredited bachelor's degree in an appropriate field.
Requirements for Advancement to candidacy for the Degree of Master of Science
An accredited bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent education.
Minimum Degree Requirements
Advanced courses in electrical engineering, physics, computer science, and mathematics (eighteen to twenty-four credits) with at least fifteen credits appropriately distributed in approved areas of study in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Thesis research (six to twelve credits).
Although a thesis is normally required in the program leading to the M. S. in Electrical Engineering, the thesis may be waived with departmental approval, in favor of additional courses which constitute a non-thesis option. In such cases, the student will be expected to have considerable professional experience, or to submit high quality technical reports as evidence of professional maturity.
In either case, successful completion of the M.S. degree will require passing a comprehensive examination. This examination will be based on course work that was taken in the pursuit of the M.S. degree. Thesis option students will be tested orally at the time of their thesis proposal. Non-thesis option students will be asked to make a report, both written and oral on a design or research topic of current interest which relates to course work taken at UVM. The presentation must be understandable to engineers and scientists, but not necessarily working directly on the particular topic.
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September 22, 2005
6:00PM Executive Session RIGL 4246-5(8) Home Schooling Requests;
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AGENDA I. Pledge of Allegiance II. Call to Order and Roll Call III. Public Forum IV. Routine Items Correspondence
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My personal 'Ultra' life isn't so ultra.
"Braveheart" is currently showing on the TV screen in our living room, and William Wallace's beautiful new bride, which he wed in secret so she wouldn't be forced to have sex with one of the king's guards on their wedding night, is about to be attacked by one of those guards, a slimy, old guy with bad teeth. A couple scenes from now, she's going to have her throat slit by one of the king's constables because she dared fight back against her attacker by, specifically, biting a chunk of his face off. Even though Wallace gets his vengeance soon after, it always makes me sad when his innocent bride is so needlessly, mercilessly and barbarically killed, so I've decided to distract my attention by embarking on a quick trip to the Land of Random-nimity, a place I haven't visited for a while.
• If we're going to have so much technology available to us every moment of our lives, is it too much to ask that it be consistently available?
Recently, we've decided to pay off a couple of debts…our truck, for one, and a home improvement loan we took out to remodel the kitchen a while back. So I visited the two necessary websites and clicked numerous links in order to get where I needed to go. I found the pay-off balances, to the penny as of that particular moment, and wondered what to click next in order to complete the online transaction. To my dismay, however, both websites told me I needed to call on the phone if I wanted to pay off our account.
So I tracked down our most recent invoices, found the phone numbers to call, and called them. I told the first lady I wanted to pay off the Avalanche, she told me what she owed – which matched the number I'd seen on the web – and I had my check card number ready so we could take care of business in rapid fashion.
But, no, I had to write them a check and mail it in, she said. But it's not a debit card with a set, pre-determined balance or a credit card, I told her, it's a card in which money is immediately deducted from our checking account when we use it. No go, she told me. So I offered to give her a routing number from a good, old-fashioned check, but no go on that, either, she said.
A very similar scenario played out when I called to pay off the home improvement loan.
Not only that, there was a special address I had to mail the checks to, and both had to be addressed to the "Payoff Department." So it's like a flashing sign that tells the world there's a large check in the envelope, I told the women during both calls. Everything would be fine, they both said.
And it was, in both cases. But, seriously, I have to mail you a check....in the mail?
• Nate Ruess. Sounds like an innocent enough name, does it not? You probably don't even know who he is, and if you don't, you're living a charmed life. He's the cartoon-voiced, pixie-looking lead singer of the pop band, fun. That's right, it's with a lower-case "f." And not only that, the period after "fun" in the previous sentence isn't there just to indicate the end of the sentence, it's because Ruess and his clever bandmates actually call their band fun. With a period. See that? I typed their band name properly and it made the words that followed appear to form a nasty sentence fragment, or a dangling participle or something, starting with a preposition. It just KILLS me, I tell you. But when you type fun. That's what happens if you have some level of automatic grammar and punctuation correction on your computer.
But it's the fact that Ruess – Did I mention his freakish cartoon voice? – is so over-exposed of late that's really killing me. Songs by fun. Are always on the radio (another sentence fragment, I know) and their videos are always on TV. And many of their songs are so generic in nature that they make for great background music in TV and radio commercials. fun., and, especially Ruess, are the background noise just about everywhere I go. How fun. Was nominated for so many Grammy awards is beyond me. But the Grammys is pretty much just a live concert these days, anyway, that happens to dish out a couple of awards.
• I'm living the "Ultra life" these days. I kept seeing the TV commercials with that amazing looking guy who drinks the low-carb, low-calorie Anheiser-Busch brew, and I had to be like him. He hikes in a canyon with a hot babe, has Michelob Ultra with a buddy and more hot babes on a patio in front of gorgeous mountains, then is a breathtakingly talented beach volleyball player competing against a bunch of hot babes, has some more Michelob Ultra and snacks on a rooftop bar with some buddies and hot babes, and then grooves at a concert featuring the hippest band in the land, with a hot babe.
So I bought some Michelob Ultra, and the other day I enjoyed one of the skinny cans while I scooped cat feces and urine clumps from our litter boxes tucked in a far corner of the basement.
OK, so maybe it didn't quite live up to Joe Super Cool Dude in the commercial. But, with Michelob Ultra, at least I'm getting fatter…slower.


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While there is no indication on either the official Motion Picture Association of America website, nor the official main WB Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix website, scores of you mailed to say the offshoot WB site Dumbledore's Army now has a PG-13 rating listed. This website is part of the promotion for the new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film. The PG-13 label says Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13 and "Sequences of Fantasy Violence and Frightening Images." Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was also rated PG-13 here in the States and contained a similar caution. We will update once there is official word from the MPAA.
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Penske Championship Racing drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano were both docked 25 points each, as were their car owners, from penalties from race inspections at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend. Crew chief Paul Wolfe for Keselowski and crew chief Todd Gordon for Logano were suspended for six point races and the All-Star race and fined $100,000 each. The team plans to appeal the rulings.
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Penske Championship Racing announced Thursday, Nov. 1, that Todd Gordon will work as the crew chief for driver Joey Logano in the No. 22 car in the Sprint Cup Series next year.
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Mr. Frank T. Brogan became the fourth chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education on October 1, 2013. A lifelong educator, Mr. Brogan previously served as chancellor of the State University System of Florida, was president of Florida Atlantic University and was twice elected lieutenant governor of the state of Florida.
As PASSHE's chancellor, Mr. Brogan serves as the State System's chief executive officer, which operates 14 comprehensive universities with a combined enrollment of nearly 115,000 students. The chancellor works with the Board of Governors to recommend and develop overall policies for the System.
Mr. Brogan began his academic career as a teacher at Port Salerno Elementary School in Martin County, Fla. After working his way up through the Martin County School System—including serving six years as superintendent—he was elected Florida's Commissioner of Education in 1995. As commissioner, he spearheaded passage of a law to strengthen criminal background checks for all educators and led the effort to establish the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
He continued his advocacy of education issues as lieutenant governor — steering education policy as legislative liaison for Governor Jeb Bush. Upon assuming the presidency of Florida Atlantic University in 2003, Mr. Brogan's top priority was to elevate academic standards at the institution, which resulted in stricter admissions criteria, higher retention rates and improved time-to-degree. He also helped raise more than $120 million in private funds and matching grants for the university, while increasing its focus on research and establishing a four-year medical education program.
Mr. Brogan was named chancellor of the State University System of Florida in 2009, and immediately went to work to successfully repair strained relationships between the System and the Florida Legislature. As chancellor, he led the development of a new strategic plan that includes 39 distinct benchmarks — an integral part of Florida's nationally recognized accountability framework that tracks progress of university and system goals.
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A native of Ohio, Mr. Brogan was the first member of his family to attend college, earning a bachelor's degree in education (magna cum laude) from the University of Cincinnati and a master's degree in education from Florida Atlantic University. He and his wife Courtney have a son, Colby John.


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Simon Poulter of What Would David Bowie Do has a cunning plan for Roman
As every fan knows, the range of tunes on which football chants are based is limited.
You have Go West, the paradoxically camp 70s disco anthem by the Village People which becomes repurposed as "Crap, and you know you are!". There is the traditional hymn, Bread of Heaven ("Are you Tottenham in disguise?!"); a cheesy Italian Eurovision Song Contest entry from 1958 – Volare ("Vialli – wo-oh, Vialli – wo-oh-oh-ohh"); and a Cuban folk song about a saucy señorita from Guantanamo Bay – Guantanamera ("Sacked in the morning, you're getting sacked in the morning").
Frankly, I wish football fans would broaden their base of references. We Chelsea fans, for example, should pay attention to Steely Dan. The arch-70s pedlars of smart arse jazz-rock-soul have within their impressive oeuvre the perfect song on which to base a chant – The Boston Rag, with its chorus "Bring back the Boston rag/Tell all your buddies that it ain't no drag" can easily be restyled as "Bring back the Special One".
Because, let's not kid ourselves, it is José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix we want to see back at Chelsea, not some lesser European careerist, or another former Stamford Bridge playing hero who will break our hearts when the inevitable phone call of dismissal comes from Roman's office.
Life is more fun with Jose
Life was more fun with Jose around. True, the football may not necessarily have been, but no one went wanting for things to talk about. This week we've had a timely reminder of just what made Mourinho so special to begin with: it wasn't his own inflated self-opinion, but his ability to disrupt – in the positive sense.
He's had a difficult season at Real Madrid, but then life at the top clubs in Spain and Italy is rarely easy for anyone. But Real's 3-1 Copa del Rey victory over Barcelona the other night was one to savour, not lest of which for the way it has set up the next El Clásico this Saturday night.
The irony is that it should come in the same week as Rafa Benitez – Mourniho's sparring partner when they were rival managers in England – should emotionally implode once again as journalist bating and fan abuse got to him. But, here, the song should be "Rafa Benitez – we've been here before".
Not for the first time, Benitez allowed emotion to get the better of him when he was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live last night. "At the end of the season, I will leave," he heaved, adding sarcastically "[The fans] don't need to be worrying about me". To be honest, we weren't. What Chelsea fans are worrying about is who comes in next – and when.
Countering fan hostility is one thing, but then openly criticising Roman Abramovich for naming him "interim first team manager" was downright stupid, and typical of the half-baked bombast Benitez is, sadly, capable of.
So, rather than facing the prospect of looking for a new coach at the end of the season, it is quite likely that Chelsea may be looking to appoint an interim-interim first team coach more immediately. Of note. come Monday it will be exactly a year to the day since Andre Villas Boas was relieved of his duties and Roberto Di Matteo appointed on an interim basis as well. Still following this?
The timing is certainly unfortunate, yet again: with the Blues facing Manchester United next in their defence of the FA Cup, and through to the final eight of the Europa League, not to mention still chasing the cherished top-four league position, the team focus shouldn't be getting distracted by speculation about the next Chelsea manager.
Mourinho – who has expressed a desire to return to English football and is expected to leave Madrid in the summer – is currently odds-on favourite to return to Chelsea, although there is fairly decent betting currently on former Chelsea players like Gus Poyet (currently second favourite) and Gianfranco Zola, David Moyes, Cesare Prendelli, Michael Loudrup, even Avram Grant and Carlo Ancellotti (who could also be replaced at Paris-Saint Germain by Mourinho) getting the job.
Russian Roulette
The question is, who would be mad enough to take on the game of Russian Roulette that is managing Chelsea? Mourinho could do it with his eyes shut and we fans would love to see the capricious old sod back at the club. But would he want to go through all that personality nonsense with Abramovich again?
There is also the view that, as in life itself, in football you don't go back a second time – "I don't do sloppy seconds", as Gareth Keenan so gracefully put it in The Office. He had a point. Second time around rarely works – there's always a reason why it failed in the first place. So, if Chelsea do bring back the Special One, is it destined to end in tears?
Deep within our hearts, we know it would be right. Jose did become a monster of his own creation. He not only challenged Roman Abramovich's authority but also his place in the pecking order. But, man alive, wouldn't it be fun to have him back? Wasn't football an insanely entertaining circus when Mourinho was patrolling the touchline, sliding to his knees when Chelsea scored, or scowling in the stands under UEFA sanction again?
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LINDEN - A Linden Unified elementary school principal and the district's former human resources administrator have filed a civil lawsuit against former Superintendent Michael Gonzales and the district for sexual harassment and for not addressing their claims in a timely manner.
LINDEN - A Linden Unified elementary school principal and the district's former human resources administrator have filed a civil lawsuit against former Superintendent Michael Gonzales and the district for sexual harassment and for not addressing their claims in a timely manner.
Attorney Warren Osgood filed the lawsuit on behalf of Waverly Elementary Principal Lisa Pettis and former Assistant Superintendent Jane Steinkamp, both of whom had filed sexual harassment claims against Gonzales that date back as far as 2011.
The issue came to a boiling point this year after Steinkamp had left the district and Pettis went on medical leave, citing a hostile work environment. The sexual harassment claims went public, and parent protests that included district wide "sickouts" where students were not sent to school eventually led to the Board of Trustees placing Gonzales on administrative leave and his eventual resignation in June, based in part on an independent attorney's investigation that indicated Gonzales had harassed the employees.
Osgood said the lawsuit, filed on Aug. 20 in San Joaquin County Superior Court, indicates a pattern of harassment of multiple women in Linden Unified and "a complete lack of care or concern by the board to create a harassment-free, gender discrimination-free workplace."
The 11-page complaint outlines a variety of allegations that range from unprofessional text messages and unwanted shoulder rubs to Gonzales telling Steinkamp while at a conference that "a conference is the best place to have an affair" before he "slipped his arm around the plaintiff's waist and tried to give her a squeeze" before telling her it wasn't too late to save money on hotel rooms if they shared.
It further states that Gonzales had a history of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct in other school districts in Modesto, Ceres and Lincoln Unified. Osgood said Linden hired him without a thorough background check and alleges the firm hired by the district to conduct a superintendent search fed Gonzales interview questions so he would be able to answer them.
Gonzales could not be reached for comment.
Linden Unified trustees President Clay Titus confirmed that the district as been served with the suit, but he refused further comment. He said the board has yet to meet to discuss the case with legal counsel.
Titus did say, on a positive note, that he attended back-to-school nights and that morale in Linden Unified is very high this school year.
Osgood said the district should be held liable for the harassment claims for a number of reasons. Among the most egregious, he said, is that the claims against the superintendent would have gone to the superintendent, as per district policy.
Osgood said he doesn't expect the case to be heard for at least six months. He refused to say how much money he is seeking on behalf of Pettis and Steinkamp, noting only that it is a civil-unlimited case seeking more than $25,000.
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