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We offer high quality Parboiled Golden Basmati Rice at pocket friendly prices. Our Parboiled Golden Basmati Rice has highest elongation ratio and great taste. Parboiled Golden Basmati Rice is available in different packaging quantity. Moreover, we have established a strong distribution network across nation which enables us to make timely delivery of Parboiled Golden Basmati Rice. Highlights : Exquisite taste Long gr
Jagdish & Co
D-21, Apmc Market Ii, Phase Ii, Turbhe, Maharashtra - 400703, India
We have carved a niche as an esteemed Exporter of Parboiled Rice . We offer Parboiled Rice that stands high in quality and is safe for consumption. The Parboiled Rice that we make available is reckoned for its fluffy texture and superb taste on cooking. Parboiled Rice, provided by us, is widely demanded and economically priced. Specification Quality : 100% Sortex clean Length of Rice : 6.00 mm before cooking Broken :
Ameeti International Group
202, Building No. 2, Empire Estate, Sector 20, Plot No. 41 & 42, Kharghar, Maharashtra - 410210, India
The Parboiled Rice , offered by us, is highly rich in nutritional and vitamin content. Our Parboiled Rice is hygienically processed in advanced processing unit utilizing advanced technology at the vendor's end. Our Parboiled Rice has excellent flavor with nice fragrance that makes the food time enjoyable.
Gauri Agro Exports Pvt. Ltd.
B-323, Merchant Centre, Apmc Market, Sector - 19, Vashi, Maharashtra - 400705, India
With the great support of our in-house storage facility, we are capable to undertake bulk and urgent requirements of the customers. This facility helps us in keeping the stock away from dust, moisture, rain and others damaging factors. The organization is involved in catering to the market with its qualitative array of IR 8 Parboiled Rice. The IR 8 Parboiled Rice that we present to our customers is high on nutritiona
Sujata Enterprises
Juinagar, Vashi, Maharashtra - 400705, India
We keep a stern quality check on the various stages of designing and manufacturing or be it sourcing of raw material as well. We make certain that the materials used are of high quality and standard. We are acknowledged for providing only damage-free products to the clients. For this, we make use of quality and tamper-free packing materials along with sophisticated packing machines.
Amppex International
1108- The Landmark, Plot No.26a, Sec-7, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai,410210, India, Maharashtra - 410210, India
We make sure that the packing of our products is done using quality materials and advanced machines. Our packaging experts handle the entire task of packaging keeping in mind the requirements of the clients. Buyers can approach us if looking for obtaining first-class products in Navi Mumbai(India). The Sugandha Basmati Rice, provided by us, well-cleaned, hygienically processed and safely packed.
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Since, we have collaborated with numerous distributors; we can cater to buyers all over Navi Mumbai(India) and other markets. Our products are manufactured keeping in mind international quality standards. Thus, they are reliable and worth their price. Basmati Raw & Sella Basmati Supreme Basmati 1121 Basmati Rice Pusa Basmati Rice Sharbati Basmati Paraboiled Basmati Sugandha Non Basmati : 1) Indian LONG- MEDIUM- S
Bhumi Sagar Exports Pvt. Ltd.
414, Hilton Center, 4th Floor Sector 11, Plot 66 Cbd Belapur Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400614, India
Basmati Rice that we make available is free from adulterants and appreciated for delicious taste, non-sticky texture and long grains. Our procedures of payment are practical, appropriate, and clear. We utilize secure online and offline payment methods for our safety as well as of patrons. We make sure the payment is done with proper documentation. As a trusted name, we make use of only premium packaging material to p
Sunlight Pyramid International Llp India
Akhurath Bldg, D-504, Plot-11, Sector-14, Palm Beach Road, Sanpada, Maharashtra - 400075, India
We keep an eye on every aspect and packaging of products is one of them. Staffed with professional packaging employees having experience in this domain; they use premium packing material to ensure zero damage during transportation. Acquiring our premium and high-grade range of product is hassle free as our organization is located in Navi Mumbai(India), which is easily accessible by road, rail, and air. Features: No i
Riya Ocean
114, Building Nbc Complex Sector 11, Opp. Cbd Belapur Station, Maharashtra - 400614, India
`We put at the disposal of global clients, the Basmati Rice that has bagged accolades for the long & fine grains, pleasant aroma & flavor and great texture when cooked. After ensuring the absence of impurities, insects and other contaminants, the Basmati Rice is doled out by us in required quantity, taut packaging. Trust us for nominal pricing! More About Basmati Rice The Basmati Rice is one of the most favor
Basicshelf Export House
B-3 / 3, Gharkul, Sector No. 15, Kharghar, Maharashtra - 410210, India
We are offering kohinoor basmati rice. Kohinoor�s true range of basmati, |t comes from the eternal snow-fed valleys of the himalayas. Grown and nurtured in the most fertile fields of punjab, it is a rare gift of nature. Every grain of this rice is aged for 1-2 years in a very special way. No wonder then that kohinoor true basmati range adorns most dinner tables, and its rich taste is preferred by food connoiss more... less...
Pujan Enterprise
D-11, Apmc Masala Market - 1, Sector No - 19, Vashi, Maharashtra - 400705, India
Majorly cultivated in India and Pakistan, Basmati Rice is popular for its elongated grains. The company is counted amidst the chief Basmati Rice Exporters and Suppliers, thus provides it in bulk quantities and at competitive prices. Our Basmati Rice is high in demand in the global Agro Industry.
Excel Exports
Shop No.-1, Indrayani Apt., Plot No.- B-48, Sector-23, Seawood Darave, Nerul ( E)., Maharashtra - 400706, India
We offer premium Basmati Rice which is sourced from certified vendors in the market. Basmati Rice is broadly used in various types of cuisines across the globe and is easy to cook in a short time. Our Basmati Rice is well known for its attributes like rich taste and aroma, extra-long, soft texture and superfine slender grains. Basmati Rice is mostly used in Indian sweets and savouries. Basmati Rice is available in hy
New Heritage Farms
Grohitam Co-operative Society, Office No 605, Floor 6, Near Apmc Market, Sector 19, Vashi, Maharashtra - 400705, India
Reckoned for its uniform grains, aroma, delicious taste and long shelf life, our Basmati Rice wide strains of Basmati Rice is the best in the market. Cultivated organically and processed under hygienic conditions, our entire range of Basmati Rice is safe, nutritious and healthy. Buyers can get Basmati Rice from us in bulk and ask for customized packaging as well. We are one of the eminent Manufacturers and Suppliers
Anish Ventures
2001, 20th Floor, Bhoomi Tower, Sector-4, Kharghar, Maharashtra , India
We are renowned suppliers and exporters of Basmati Rice . We have been providing our services across the country and throughout the world. Our basmati rice is extremely famous for its aroma and offers you a taste that you'll never forget. Buy it and serve it to your family and guests at special occasions, and gain appreciation for the meal and especially for our Basmati Rice.
Sahaj Impex
Office No. 5, 1st Floor, Bhoomi Tower, Plot No. 28, Sector- 4, Opp. Itm College, Kharghar, Maharashtra - 410210, India
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We bring in extremely deliciously range of basmati rice. Rice being staple food of india is produced at very large quantity all around the country.
Yamai International Pvt. Ltd.
C-911, Groma House, 9th Floor, C-wing, Sector 19, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra , India
We are named among the renowned Suppliers of Basmati Rice . These are organically cultivated at our vendors end. It is processed under the strict vigilance to ensure that any harmful chemicals are not used while processing. Highly appreciated for their long grains, delectable aroma, and exquisite taste, the range is demanded worldwide. We offer only quality-assured rice to our clients.We offer lucrative deals for Bas
Aim Freight Link Llp
318, Bawa Tower, Plot No. - 78/79, Sec - 17, Vashi, Maharashtra - 400612, India
The company has come up as a major Exporter and Supplier of Basmati Rice in Navi Mumbai. The company offers pure and safely packed Basmati Rice to the clients. The demand for the Basmati Rice is always on the rise and the company caters to this demand with ease and efficiency.
Amritlal & Co.
D - 4 , Apmc Mkt., Dana Bunder, Vashi, Maharashtra - 400703, India
We are major suppliers of basmati rice (long grain rice) handpicked from farms of india, ensuring high quality catering large number of consumers spread across the world.
Rootstock Impex Pvt. Ltd.
A/404 Om Dwarkanath Chs, Plot 11, Sector 19, Nerul, Maharashtra - 400706, India
We are offering basmati rice the best quality basmati from panjab and non basmati from karnataka in best prize.
Shah International
Shivsagar Nivas, Plot No 416/002, Room No 301, Opp Church, Pk Patil Road, Ghansoli, Navi-mumbai, Maharashtra , India
We are offering 1121 long grain basmati ricen1121 steam basmati ricen1121 sella basmati rice.
Galaxy Trade Exports
Steel Chamber Tower, C-729,plot No -514kalambolinavi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 410218, Maharashtra - 410218, India
Our company is a major Manufacturer, Exporter and Supplier of Basmati Rice . We offer organically cultivated, hygienically processed and finely polished Basmati Rice to the clients. An ideal commodity that is also the staple diet of over 70% of world's population, Basmati Rice is widely consumed for its rich carbohydrates and essential vitamins. Basmati Rice is an excellent source of energy, especially energy-g
Hurzuk Enterprise
403, Magnus Residency, Plot No. 106, New Sector 50, Seawoods, Maharashtra - 400706, India
In order to ensure the safety of the products, we carefully store the lot under hygienic conditions and safe environment. Moreover, the lot is stringently and regularly checked by the experts. Owing to our wide distribution network and the fastest transit system, buyers can receive their orders on a timely basis. Basmati Rice is free from any adulteration and contains a high amount of different nutrients.
Bhumika Exports
Regus, 8th Floor, A - Wing, Reliable Tech Park, Behind Reliable Plaza, Off Thane - Belapur Road, Airoli, Maharashtra - 400708, India
We are offering all types of indian basmati rice that are available from us at very nominal prices.
Asmaika Export Pvt.ltd.
A 201 Mahesh Complex, Sector 15, Cbd Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614, Maharashtra , India
traditional basmati rice is use for daily base which make healthy
Epitome Rice
Sector - 4, Airoli, Maharashtra , India
We are an affluent Exporter and Supplier of Non Basmati Rice in Maharashtra, India. Our rice is grown using organic methods ensuring the finest quality and high nutritional value. The rice that we offer is known for its rejuvenating aroma and long grain size. Our Non Basmati Rice is widely used to prepare variety of recipes. We can provide Non Basmati Rice in small as well as bulk quantities as per the requirement of
Avi International
Vashi, Maharashtra - 400703, India
We are one of the best exporters of rice from india.
Brijjkiing Integrated Agro Solutions
1, Saptagiri Apt, Plot C-9, Sector-9, Airoli,rnnavi Mumbai, Maharashtra,rnindia, Maharashtra - 400708, India
good quality and certified by USOCA
Gayatri International Treding Co.
Plot No:-98,gowdown No:-4,sector 19c,vashi,navi Mumbai-400708, Maharashtra - 400708, India
Preboiled, long grain, aroma filled. We generate the majority of our revenue through the sale of basmati rice, a premium long-grain basmati rice grown only in certain regions of the indian sub-continent, under our flagship lakshmi charan brand as well as under other third party brands. Our leadership has leveraged nearly a 2 decades of experience to take the lakshmi charan brand global in recent years. We recently la
Royal Food Suppliers
Ground Floor, Murari, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra - 410209, India
Basmati Rice, Non Basmati Rice
We are indian based company and into exports of basmati and non basmati rice.
Abha Exports
Cbd Belapur Navi Mumbai., Maharashtra , India
Deals in Glucose Biscuits, Mayonnaise, Cream Biscuits, Milk Glucose Biscuits, Whiskey, Cream Sandwich Biscuits, Beer, Wine, Tomato Paste, Parboiled Rice, Printed Packaging Box, Long Grain Rice, Cooking Oil
Onus Enterprise Pvt Ltd
634,grohitam Bldg,opposite A.p.m.c Phase Ii Sector 19 C, Vashi, Maharashtra - 400705, India
Deals in Rice, Food Products, Parboiled Rice, Food Grains, Pulses, Basmati Rice
Fine Food Products
D-29/30,apmc Market - Ii, Phase-ii, Vashi, Navi Mumbai- 400703, Maharashtra , India
Deals in Fruits, Non Basmati Rice, Basmati Rice, Parboiled Rice, Soap Nut Shells, Fresh Vegetables
Inherent Food Exim Pvt. Ltd.
401, Gurukrupa Niwas, Plot No.- C-38, Sector-20, Nerul (west), Maharashtra - 400705, India
Deals in Non Basmati Rice, Fennel Seed, Basmati Rice, Dry Ginger, oilseeds meal, Cumin Seeds, condoleezza rice, Groundnut, cluster bean residue, oil cake meal, Guar Meal, Turmeric Powder, Black Pepper, Nutmeg, oil seeds meal, Oil Cake, dil seed, Coriander, condoleeza rice, Parboiled Rice
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802, Plot No. 31, Ananth Building, Maharashtra - 410210, India


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Chetrice Mosley Phone: (317) 232-2379
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 12, 2014) –This is the second of several news releases that will provide important, need-to-know tax tips to Indiana taxpayers.
With the tax season underway, many taxpayers are filing electronically. This year, the department is offering qualified taxpayers free, online federal and state tax filing through Indiana Freefile (INfreefile). It's fast, easy and free for Indiana taxpayers with an adjusted gross income (AGI) of $58,000 or less.
Last year, 78.8 percent of Indiana filers used some type of electronic filing. Of those returns filed, 98 percent were accurate, resulting in faster refunds. But nearly 20 percent of paper-filed returns were inaccurate or had mistakes. Here are the top three filing errors on paper returns:
Although the Indiana Department of Revenue accepts paper filing as a method of filing income taxes, the best way to avoid these top mistakes is to file electronically. However, if a taxpayer would still like to file by paper, the forms are available:
Remember, taxpayers who have filed can check the status of their refund online at www.in.gov/dor/4339.htm. Refunds should be received within 10 to 14 days if the taxpayer electronically filed and within 10 to 12 weeks if the taxpayer paper filed.
For more information about this year's tax season, please visit www.in.gov/dor.
Contact: Chetrice Mosley (317) 232-2379 - office

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As the school year draws to a close, officials at Arkansas Tech University are busy making plans to meet the increasing demand for on-campus housing for the 2006-07 academic term.
In a memo to President Robert C. Brown concerning the housing situation, vice president of administration and finance David Moseley stated the university is experiencing a significant increase in requests for university housing for the fall 2006 semester.
According to Moseley, steps have been initiated to help resolve the overflow problem, including the purchase of additional housing units, the renovation of existing campus facilities and cooperative efforts with local realtors to refer students to available off-campus housing.
Thursday, the university's board of trustees approved the purchase of a three bedroom house, 16 apartments and four city lots and approved the transfer of $150,000 to begin the process of converting Critz Hall back into a student housing facility.
"This has come about primarily because we have a resurgence of interest in living on campus from our students," Brown said. "The demand is coming from upperclassmen who want to live on campus, and that is due largely to the efforts our faculty and staff members put into our retention program.
"Our retention program works, and this is the payoff."
The house, apartment complex and city lots are located at 500-520 East K Street in Russellville. According to Moseley, the property is 22 years old and in average condition. Trustees approved the purchase of the property for $425,000.
Critz Hall, which currently houses part of the university's physical plant, was formerly a residence hall, and Moseley recommended the building be renovated and converted back into student housing.
Moseley said the maintenance portion of the physical plant will have to be relocated, and it is still unclear where that department will be placed. Other concerns with the renovation project, according to Moseley, include the lack of air conditioning and the age of the electrical systems.
But he said he was confident those issues could be resolved and the building can be ready for use in the fall.
Brown said the university's administration would do all it could to ensure availability of on-campus housing for interested students.
"The reason we're moving heaven and earth is because we've got lots of data that shows people who live on campus do better academically than those who do not," Brown said. "The reason we're doing this is an academic reason.
"If we have to have some of the planets and the moon and stars fall between now and the fall semester to get this done, we'll shoot them down to do it."
The board of trustees approved a similar project in the fall, and a portion of Wilson Hall has been renovated and converted back into student housing.
Moseley said the $150,000 that was transferred is not the total cost of the Critz Hall renovation project but would allow the project to get underway.


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Mount Sinai Doctor Joins Celebrity Campaign for Medical Research Funding
Sam E. Gandy, MD, PhD, Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, was photographed for GQ magazine as part of a "Rock Stars of Science" public service campaign.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Sam E. Gandy, M.D., Ph.D., joined rock celebrities Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, hip-hop artist and X-Men Origins: Wolverine co-star Will.i.am., Aerosmith's Joe Perry, and Seal for a designer menswear photo shoot as a "Rock Star of Science" in the June issue of GQ Magazine, available nationally on May 25. Dr. Gandy, Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, traded in his lab coat for the launch of "Rock Stars of Science" (ROCK S.O.S.). This new public service campaign, sponsored by GEOFFREY BEENE GIVES BACK and GQ Magazine, spotlights the need for greater funding for medical research and shows how important science is as a career choice for tomorrow's stars.
We have always known that science doesn't seem as cool as rock and roll, said Dr. Gandy. "But the funding for medical research is in danger and it's time to change that image and raise awareness."
Dr. Gandy is an international expert in the metabolism of the sticky substance called amyloid, which clogs the brain in patients with Alzheimer's disease. In 1989, Gandy and his team discovered the first drugs that could lower formation of amyloid. Dr. Gandy has written more than 150 original papers, chapters and reviews on this topic. He has received continuous NIH funding for his research on amyloid metabolism since 1986. This funding is vital to important medical breakthroughs that improve and save lives.
In addition to showcasing Dr. Gandy's work, ROCK S.O.S. will focus on other scientists and their breakthrough research in areas like cancer, HIV-AIDS, heart disease, and advances in genetics and personalized medicine. The campaign will also be supported by a website www.rockstarsofscience.org, to be launched on June 1, 2009. The site will profile the scientists, their teams and research institutions.
ROCK S.O.S. is sponsored by the designer menswear brand, GEOFFREY BEENE. One hundred percent of net profits from GEOFFREY BEENE, LLC fund philanthropic causes.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. Founded in 1852, Mount Sinai today is a 1,171-bed tertiary-care teaching facility that is internationally acclaimed for excellence in clinical care. Last year, nearly 50,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients, and there were nearly 450,000 outpatient visits to the Medical Center.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is internationally recognized as a leader in groundbreaking clinical and basic-science research, as well as having an innovative approach to medical education. With a faculty of more than 3,400 in 38 clinical and basic science departments and centers, Mount Sinai ranks among the top 20 medical schools in receipt of National Institute of Health (NIH) grants.


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As of press time Thursday, three suspects remained at large in connection to Operation Under the Radar, a local drug sting.
The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office and Cortez Police Department conducted joint operations in the drug sting on Wednesday.
Five suspects have been charged with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. All were issued warrants for their arrest.
According to Sheriff Dennis Spruell, Joseph Williamson, 27, of Mancos, and Kaiyoomia Schamp, 18, of Cortez were in custody Thursday.
Debbie Foster, 45, of Dolores; Cameron Wilson, 25, of Mancos; and Bruce Ramsey, 45, of Cortez remained at large.
"Law enforcement is currently seeking the other individuals," Spruell posted on the sheriff's office Facebook page.
"Do not contact (the suspects)," Spruell said. "Call law enforcement if you know the individuals whereabouts."
A 100,000 bond has been issued for each suspect.
Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane said officers had worked the case for several months, which included drug buys at several homes and other places.
"We used some informants, and some (involved) surveillance," Lane said.
Lane said he wouldn't classify Operation Under the Radar as a drug ring, but rather individuals suspected of drug sales.
"Some of the defendants had no connection to the others," said Lane. "I think this was above-street-level operation, but not a drug cartel."
Attempts to reach sheriff officials for additional details, including the type and amount of drugs seized, were unsuccessful as of press time.


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She was born July 16, 1929, at Caglesville to the Rev. James Dewey and Nona Avis Cagle Kinder.
Our mom and grandmother was a sweet woman who loved the Lord, her family and her church. Mom's life work was alongside her husband working on the farm. Dad and Mom were Pope County Farm Family of the Year for 1987. Together they worked hard and lived a good life raising cattle, chickens and children. Mom had a servant's heart and always tried to make sure everyone was taken care of before she would even consider herself. She was a member of Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church, where she especially enjoyed the wonderful singing.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, R.G. Hays; a son, Dwight "Butch" Hays; an infant son, Carroll Don Hays; and a sister, Dortha Kinslow.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Burl and Sandy Hays of Cabot; two daughters and sons-in-law, Charlotte and Scott Harper of Russellville, and Pam and Rick Pruitt of Hector; a daughter-in-law, Betsy Hays of Atkins; a sister-in-law, Verlan Freeman of Atkins; eight grandchildren and their spouses, Bryan and Angie Hays of Morrilton, Mitchell and Almudena Hays of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rachael and Michael Hearndon of Carthage, Mo., Lindsey Harper and her fiancé, Boyd Howell, of Tulsa, Okla., Katie Hays of Columbia, Mo., Robert and Hannah Pruitt of Russellville, Caroline Virginia "Carly" Hays of Cabot, and Matthew Pruitt of Hector; five great-grandchildren, Brixey and Braylen Hays of Morrilton, Inigo and Alvaro Hays of Corpus Christi, and Deaglan Howell of Tulsa; several nephews and nieces, including a special caregiver, her great-niece, Kay-Leigh Parrish.
The funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at the Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church, officiated by the Rev. James Chronister and Mr. Jack George. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery near Jerusalem, by Shinn Funeral Service of Russellville.
Family members will serve as active pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church, Post Office Box 324, Atkins, AR 72823.
The family would like to express special appreciation to Atkins Nursing Center and Arkansas Hospice for their loving care.
The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.


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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED Notice is hereby given that Matanzas Mortgage Co., holder of tax certificate No. 2730 issued May 26, 2004, has filed same in my office and has made application for a tax deed to be issued thereon. Said certificate embraces the following described property in the County of St. Johns, State of Florida, to-wit: PARCEL NUMBER 117620-0210 SEC 41 TWP 07 RGE 29 3-47 AFRO AMERICAN SUB OF BLK 95 DANCY TRACT LOT 21 OR1561/1204 (Q/C) The assessment of the said property under the said certificate issued was in the name of SHELLAY BRINSON. Unless said certificate shall be redeemed according to law, the property described therein will be sold to the highest bidder at the front door of the St. Johns County Judicial Building, 4010 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, Florida, 32084, on JUNE 18, 2008 at 12:00 o'clock noon. Dated this Apr. 3, 2008. (OFFICIAL SEAL) Cheryl Strickland Clerk of Circuit Court of St. Johns County, Florida In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Clerk of Court at 4010 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, FL 32084 no later than seven days prior to the sale date. Telephone: (904) 819-3657; 1-800-955-8771 (TDD) or 1-800-955-8770 (V), via Florida Relay Service. L1350-8 May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2008
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Discussion in 'Strings' started by heartattack, Dec 29, 2012.
imo. i like full bed right now but i also like hybrid set up b4 babolat hybrid pro hurricane+Nvy 16.
I like Cyber Flash 1.25 (47 dw)/Hexy Fiber 1.32 (52 dw) in 95" racquets, but that didn't stop me from ordering a set of Red Code 1.20 and Outlast 1.20 to try full bed. I had been wondering about these two strings when I found my current hybrid, and I'm having trouble settling down.
Hybrid usually. But have been playing with full bed lately.
Nat gut / poly mono cross, or
X-Code (poly multi) / poly mono cross, or
X-Code (poly multi) / Syn gut cross, or
Syn gut / poly mono cross
I have only hit with 1 hybrid in the last 2 years. Almost always full poly.
I really like full bed. Have yet to really like full bed poly but I'm trying out some softer ones soon. I play with full syn gut right now. Full multi is too powerful in my opinion. The only exception is PPA
Hybrid. At least the stringbed keeps some playability that way. With full poly you are bound too restring often as a result of the tension loss.
I played with a hybrid when just starting to get into poly (poly mains wilson hollowcore crosses) But now ive been exclusively doing full poly jobs. I like the feel especially if its a soft co-poly. Tried a full bead of vs and liked it recently. Sooo Im gonna try gut/yonex spin hybrid and depending on how that goes I could be running dunlop ice full beds.
Both, Hybrid- poly/syn gut, full- poly(Luxilon, Genesis,,)
Hybrid, gut mains/poly cross,
Full hybrid Carnt serve good with it / lack of feeling on all shots puts me off
Hybrid: Gut/Poly
Recently tried full gut again due to some special circumstances. Great control and comfort as always. Just not enough easy access to spin.
hybrid: use to use poly/synthetic and migrated over to gut/poly. Never really liked the feel of full poly. Currently debating whether to go full poly on my new exo3 tour 100 since its such a flexy racket.
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The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
That §18B-2A-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-9A-9, all to read as follows:
§18B-2A-3. Supervision of governing boards; promulgation of rules.
(a) The governing boards are subject to the supervision of the commission or the council, as appropriate, except in those instances where specific statutory exceptions are granted by law to the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University.
(b) The governing boards of all state institutions of higher education are subject to the provisions of law that relate to the administration of personnel matters including, specifically, articles seven, eight, nine and nine-a of this chapter and to rules promulgated and adopted in accordance with these provisions.
(c) The Chancellor for Higher Education and the Chancellor for Community and Technical College Education, under the supervision of their respective boards, are responsible for the coordination of policies, purposes and rules of the governing boards and shall provide for and facilitate sufficient interaction among the governing boards and between the governing boards and the state Board of Education to meet the goals and objectives provided in the compacts and in section one-a, article one and article one-d of this chapter.
(d) The governing boards and the state Board of Education shall provide all information requested by the commission and the council, whether the request is made separately or jointly, in an appropriate format and in a timely manner.
(1) Each governing board shall cooperate with the West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing (WVNET) in designing appropriate interfaces with the databases of institutions under its jurisdiction and shall grant WVNET direct access to these databases.
(2) WVNET, on behalf of the commission and/or council, shall generate reports from the data accessed for the purposes set forth in sections eight and ten, article one-d of this chapter.
(3) All data accessed or received from an institution shall be treated in a manner consistent with the privacy protections outlined in section ten, article one-d of this chapter.
(4) The commission may revoke the eligibility of a state institution to participate in any state financial aid program set forth in chapter eighteen-c of this code for failure to comply promptly and in an appropriate manner with the provisions of this section.
ARTICLE 9A. Classification and compensation
§18B-9A-9. Extension of deadlines and change of date for calculation of salary funding target.
(a) The deadline of December 1, 2011, set out in subsection (a), section eight, article seven of this chapter, for an initial report on the progress in designing, developing, implementing and administering the personnel classification and compensation system for higher education is extended to December 1, 2012.
(b) The deadline of October 1, 2011, set out in subsection (a), section nine, article seven of this chapter, for an initial human resources review of each higher education organization is extended to June 30, 2012.
(c) The deadline of January 1, 2012, set out in section sixteen, article seven of this chapter, for a completion of a study of certain employment practices is extended to June 30, 2012.
(d) The deadline of July 1, 2012, set out in subsection (g), section four of this article, to have up-to-date job descriptions for every classified position is extended to December 1, 2012.
(e) The deadline of November 1, 2011, set out in section seven of this article, to propose emergency rules and legislative rules to implement the provisions of this article and articles seven, eight and nine of this chapter is extended to July 1, 2012.
(f) The deadline of December 1, 2011, set out in subdivision five, subsection (b), section eight of this article, to report the findings of the necessity of a human resources information system is extended to June 30, 2012.
(g) The date of October 2010, set out in subsection (c), section three, article nine of this chapter, for calculating the salary funding target, is changed to October 2011.


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DENVER—A former Pueblo police officer challenging a Colorado state senator in a recall over new gun restrictions has turned in signatures to get on the ballot.
George Rivera dropped off the signatures Friday at the Colorado Secretary of State's office and says he's turning in about 1,500. That's 500 more signatures than what's required to get on the ballot but election officials still have to certify the signatures.
Rivera retired in 2005 as deputy chief of the Pueblo Police Department. He's never run for office.
He's a Republican hoping to unseat Democratic Sen. Angela Giron (HEE'-rawn) over her support for gun legislation that expands background checks and limits the size of ammunition magazines. Democratic Senate President John Morse is also facing a recall.
The election is Sept. 10.


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Should "The Importance of Being Earnest" have an 11 o'clock number? Does Kafka need an "I want" song? We could go on and on applying the eccentricities of musical theater to literature, but maybe we should just let the composers and lyricists do it.
By the way, that's already happening at TheatreWorks, where the 11th annual New Works Festival is in full swing; this is closing weekend at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre. As always, new plays that have been incubated at least in part at TheatreWorks are being presented in progress, in the form of staged readings and a developmental production. And there's room for audience feedback.
Two performances remain of "The Trouble With Doug," billed as a quirky musical comedy inspired by Kafka's "The Metamorphosis." No, we didn't make that up. Co-playwrights Will Aronson and Daniel Mate did, with Aronson penning the music and Mate writing the song lyrics. This tale of a man-turned-gastropod has reached the developmental-production stage, and will be performed tonight, Aug. 17, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m.
Also on the schedule is "Being Earnest," promoted as ... wait for it ... "A Wilde New Musical." Based on the Oscar Wilde theatrical classic and set in the 1960s, this new musical has book, music and lyrics by the Tony Award-nominated Paul Gordon. He wrote the book for the musical "Emma," a hit at TheatreWorks in 2007; and the score for "Daddy Long Legs," which played there in 2010.
The "Earnest" composer is film and television composer Jay Gruska. "Being Earnest" has one more staged reading, on Aug. 18 at 2 p.m.
Lastly, the time-traveling musical "Triangle," which deals with romance, a high-tech scientist, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, has its last staged reading at 8 p.m. Aug. 18. Its book is by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore and Joshua Scher, with music by Moore and lyrics by Mizer.
Tickets are $19 for readings and $25 for "The Trouble With Doug." For details, go to http://theatreworks.org or call 650-463-1960.
Litquake in Palo Alto
San Francisco's Litquake Festival is taking a trip down the Peninsula for the first time. On Aug. 26, author readings, writer panels and other activities will be held in Palo Alto at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center as part of the festival. Most events are free.
The afternoon is scheduled to include more than 35 authors sharing their writing and experiences for adults, teens and children. They include: Katherine Longshore, who writes historical fiction for teens; local novelist Ellen Sussman; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Matt Richtel; Palo Alto writer Keith Raffel; and novelist and short-story writer Peter Orner.
Also planned are live music, outdoor readings, food and gift vendors, and a "Blues, Booze and Schmooze" event for attendees over 21 to mingle with authors.
The one ticketed event is "An Evening of Jewish Humor" with Michael Krasny. The author is also the host of "Forum" on KQED radio. Admission to the 8 p.m. talk is $30 general and $25 for JCC members in advance, and $35 at the door. The other events will run from 3 to 8 p.m.
The JCC is at 3921 Fabian Way in Palo Alto. For details about Litquake, an annual San Francisco festival founded by Bay Area writers in 1999, go to litquake.org. Local information is at http://paloaltojcc.org/litquake .
Kids on the square
"Going postal" takes on an entirely different meaning when there's art involved. Kevin Mathieu has turned a U.S. Postal Service mail jeep into LEGOJeep, an interactive artwork that allows people to build their own bricky creations all over its exterior. Kids, as you might imagine, aren't the only ones obsessed with it.
Mathieu grew up in Palo Alto, and he's bringing his LEGOJeep back to the Peninsula on Sunday, Aug. 26. The colorful toy-mobile will be at Courthouse Square in downtown Redwood City as part of one of the Target Family Days organized by the city.
Held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the event is billed as "a walkable assortment of themed family entertainment," with free admission and nearby Broadway closed to vehicle traffic. Activities will include: cookie-decorating; facepainting with a robot theme; pie-plate art; science, engineering and animal-focused activities; a bounce house; and an inflatable slide. Kids' musicians Andy Z & the Andyland Band are also scheduled to perform.
For more information, go to http://www.redwoodcity.org/events/targetfamilydays.htm .
'Teens on the Green'
Palo Alto's annual Twilight Concert Series comes to a close this Saturday, Aug. 18, with "Teens on the Green," a concert that lets young Bay Area musicians play Mitchell Park. Bands had to audition to be part of the show.
Rundown Radio, a San Ramon-based rock band, will open the 6:30 p.m. concert. The musicians, four high school boys, have won Battle of the Bands events in Hayward and San Mateo.
Elana Loeb, a Gunn High School senior and "Teens on the Green" veteran, will perform acoustic pop, rock and jazz tunes. On3, the youngest group to be featured in the concert series, is based in the Napa Valley and will play original alternative-pop compositions.
Remi and Chloe, two Gunn juniors, form an indie-rock duo performing original work. Lastly, Minute 2 Midnight, a pop-punk band from San Ramon, will close out the show.
The concert is at 600 E. Meadow Drive in Palo Alto. Admission is free, and food trucks will offer items for purchase. For more, go to http://cityofpaloalto.org .
Art and music
CSMA open house
This Sunday, Aug. 19, Mountain View's Community School of Music and Arts is hosting an open house to introduce youth and adults to its prolific music and arts programs. The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
CSMA will present several demonstrations from its digital arts, ceramics and preschool-music programs. The open house will also include two free workshops: "Fashion Design" and "Manga Mania," as well as instrument, choral and music-scholar performances. CSMA staff and faculty will be available to answer questions.
Meanwhile, guides will lead tours of the nonprofit school's 25,000-square-foot facility every 20 minutes, and Hobee's will serve refreshments. For more information, go to http://arts4all.org or call 650-917-6800, extension 305.
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It's that time again when we make our resolutions for the New Year in hopes of making our lives just a little bit better.
To properly ring in what promises to be an eventful 2014, I decided to make a list of LA Galaxy New Year's Resolutions. Now this list ranges from my own thoughts about what the team needs to a few other ideas on how to improve the team and MLS in the New Year.
* Build toward the future: continue to offer playing time to younger players like Jack McBean, Rafael Garcia and Greg Cochrane. One of the team's greatest successes of 2013 was that head coach Bruce Arena afforded plenty of valuable game time to players like the three aforementioned youth. With international commitments and injuries likely to cause problems yet again, the Galaxy boss should continue his policy of giving time to emerging young talent.
*Deal with change: There will be some notable absences from the LA Galaxy roster in 2013, but none will be bigger than the departures of longtime right-sided player Sean Franklin—who was selected in Stage One of the MLS Re-Entry Process by D.C. United—and Jose Villarreal who was sent on a year-long loan with Cruz Azul. Both players were frequent contributors a year ago and will need to be replaced in the coming weeks.
*Allow Juninho to receive more responsibility in the attack especially on free kick situations. The Brazilian midfielder saw his offensive impact stunted in 2013, but he'll be expected to carry more of the load next season especially on set piece opportunities.
*That being said, LA must show more resilience on defending set pieces and second ball opportunities to prevent the deficiencies that caused the club to fail last season. We've gone over this one many, many times.
*Find a new center forward to play alongside Robbie Keane to add a natural target striker to the Galaxy attack. During the club's final media availability of 2013, Arena stated that finding this type of player was priority number one for LA ahead of the next campaign and with the transfer window open; the Galaxy will have the chance to get their man. With a target presence alongside Keane, Landon Donovan could transition back to the right midfield and offer greater width to the midfield.
*Build off what was learned in 2013: Continued production from Marcelo Sarvas and Jaime Penedo. LA's two breakout stars in 2013 were Marcelo Sarvas and Jaime Penedo who became regular members of the Galaxy starting XI by season's end, but production must continue to progress into 2014. For Sarvas, he'll likely need cede some of his offensive responsibilities to his midfield partner Juninho and contain his physical exuberance that caused him to lead MLS in fouls committed last year. Meanwhile, Penedo must continue to progress as a goalkeeper and cut down on mistakes that led to goals down the stretch.
*More professional growth from Gyasi Zardes and Robbie Rogers. The two attackers experienced inconsistent seasons in 2013, but the New Year brings greater expectations for both to provide reliable contributions for LA. If the pair can develop into offensive weapons, LA may have an added attacking dimension—particularly on the flanks— that was sorely lacking last season.
*Be more successful: Make a strong run in the U.S. Open Cup. The LA Galaxy have gone out in the third round in the U.S. Open Cup to the Carolina RailHawks each of the last two years, but with no CONCACAF Champions League waiting for them in the fall, a long run in the Open Cup should be beneficial for the team to provide minutes to their entire roster. Also, winning the USOC will help place the team back into the CCL for the 2015-16 tournament.
*Continue see the LA Galaxy Academy grow and produce players who could become valuable members of the first team in the future. LA Academy forawrd Haji Wright garnered a lot of the headlines toward the end of the year, but LA's academy teams are continuing to show promise in the form of players like Adonis Amaya, Jaime Villarreal and many others.
*Good health to Robbie Keane who is recovering from surgery on both of his Achilles as he looks to get ready for the preseason. The Galaxy are hoping to have their captain back to full health by the start of preseason, but what is most important is having him fit and ready for the start of the season and the all-important CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal against Club Tijuana in March.
*Travel More: Get off to a strong start against Club Tijuana in the CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal and keep dreams of the FIFA Club World Cup alive. The LA Galaxy's quest for continental glory begins in March as they host the first leg of the CCL quarterfinals against Club Tijuana. With a victory at home, the Galaxy will be in strong standing as they look to advance past Xolos and reach the CCL semifinals for a second consecutive year in front of a hostile crowd at Estadio Calliente.
*Prosperity for Omar Gonzalez and Landon Donovan as they look to make their World Cup dream come true. Both Galaxy Designated Players appear to be strong candidates to make U.S. National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but both will need to stay healthy and in form to ensure a place on the plane to Brazil. If they're able to reach Brazil, the pair is likely to be in Klinsmann's starting XI and can expect to be major contributors as the U.S. hopes to advance from Group G over the likes of Ghana, Portugal and Germany. Here's hoping for more moments like this one from four years ago.
*New ventures for the coming year: New MLS Television deals. Southern California is spoiled with the great Galaxy coverage on the Time Warner SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes, but in 2014, MLS will look to negotiate their new national television deals which will play a major role in the league's growth going forward. More financial resources from national television partners can only help grow the league which hopes to be among the world's best during the next decade.
*Continue to foster a connection with the readers of this blog and all content on LAGalaxy.com. What truly makes my job worthwhile is interacting with all of those that enjoy my work on the LA Galaxy Insider Blog and LAGalaxy.com, and in 2014, I hope to have greater interaction with you the readers so that we can place the type of content that you're looking for on this space.
Happy New Year.


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a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 12, 2008 at 7:54 am
Media's real bias is towards what makes it money.
Faux News is mostly editorial presented as news and everyone just laps it up. Go watch the excellent Sidney Lumet movie Network from 1976 to understand the transformation that has occurred in media.
a resident of Mohr Park
on Sep 12, 2008 at 11:46 pm
You (mistakenly) say media doesn't allow staff to support. How naive! Easy to tell in matter of minutes. MSNBC pushed the envelope too far. Olberman was a vicious, destructive liar. His followers syrocketed, others left in droves. Matthews thought it was cute to spout bias like Olberman, & followed in his wake. 'Ol one bad apple, spoils bunch. Williams & Brokaw got tarnished with the blatent over-the-top excesses of Olbereman & Matthews. So?Nothing has changed...they're at their mikes spewing their bias, insults,& snarky comments. Big deal, called commentators, not newscasters, they're still on preaching bias on a major network. So Fox Republican, MSNBC Democrat, CNN populist/socialist, what's one to do?
CBS & ABC Very, very biased, but plain NBC tries to get it right.
a resident of Mohr Park
on Sep 12, 2008 at 11:54 pm
It's risky reelecting Hosterman Mayor,(Brozosky either) who would have the
swing vote for Stoneridge extension. Opportunties for corruption are huge. What quarantees would we have as a swing vote.
Once November's over, we're stuck.
I'll root for Haggerty and Dublin, until I see Stoneridge extension.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Sep 13, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I like the London model better. There are two main newspapers. One is openly left, the other openly right - they don't pretend to be fair.
Personally, we subscribe to several different newspapers, including the WSJ, to get a more balanced picture of events and issues. When you lay out articles side-by-side, it's easier to see which papers aer biased, and in which direction. You can't see it as easily just getting news from one source (print or online).
Sometimes the bias is as subtle as burying a story on page 8 below the fold versus placing it on page 1 or 2. Other times it's careful undermining by word choice in the headline. Sometimes it's the picture the editor choose to run alongside the article - it's pretty easy to find an unattractice photo for a candidate that doesn't fit the paper's ideology.
What we noticed recently, for example, is one party getting 8-9 articles written about their activities versus 1-2 for the other party, consistently, for weeks. In most cases, over time (and I'm talking weeks/months not days), the number of stories should be close to even. When you see a pattern (again, over time) of significantly more stories about one party or the other, it's time to question why.
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Ed has a good post on Michael Shermer's exaggerated outrage at my criticism of him.
His comment on the bit where Shermer says I turned the inquisition on him and that we inquisitors are trying to force him to defend himself –
What does innocence until proven guilty have to do with any of this? That is a legal concept and you are not on trial, no matter how much you imagine yourself to be. You said something dumb and sexist in a public forum and someone else pointed out that it was dumb and sexist in a public forum. And the truth is that you are defending yourself, primarily by going on the offensive and accusing your critics of trying to destroy you and others the same way the Catholic Church, the McCarthyites and the Nazis did to their opponents.
All of this is such an hysterical overreaction that it leaves my jaw agape. No one has been "purged" in any "inquisitions" or "witch hunts." What they have been is criticized for saying dumb things now and again. You'd think that Shermer, who has spent most of his adult life encouraging people to think critically would recognize criticism when he sees it, but he squeals like a stuck pig when the harsh glare of criticism is turned on him.
He does. And he goes on squealing, too. Apparently everyone was supposed to think he's infallible, and yet, he's a skeptic, so he must be familiar with the idea that no one is infallible. Vanity vanity vanity; it's the orange-eyed monster.
I like Michael Shermer. I've written for his magazine and had interesting conversations with him at a couple of events and I'm even sympathetic to his libertarian political views, unlike a lot of others in this community. But he is embarrassing himself here and the only reason I can think of to explain it is vanity. I wish he would stop. There's still a serious discussion to be had about diversity at atheist events but it cannot be had with someone who is making these ridiculous claims of witch hunts, inquisitions and Nazi purges.
And once again I am struck by how much this rhetoric mirrors that of people in stark opposition to the goals of atheists and skeptics. When Paula Kirby refers to Rebecca Watson and her defenders as "feminazis," she is using exactly the same language used by Rush Limbaugh (who invented that term, or at least made it famous). When Al Stefanelli claims that Watson and her defenders just "hate white men," he is using exactly the same argument used by right-wing Christians for decades. And when Shermer talks about witch hunts, inquisitions and purges, he is using precisely the same rhetoric that right-wing Christian anti-feminists have used, and continue to use, to describe not only feminists but the entire secular community as well. And he is acting just like those fundamentalist Christians who are practically addicted to false claims of persecution.
Yes but when a sketpic acts like that it's magically transformed into – wait…


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In my next several posts, I am going to talk about metaphors and the invisible neutrino of "and" that lies beneath them. I will make the following contentions:
2. Metaphors generate subtexts.
3. Consciousness and metaphor are inseparable.
4. To present two unlike objects is to create the implicit arc of metaphor.
5. All language is relational.
In a sense, language is innately metaphorical because no word is the thing or state of being it describes. We can call a person "Big Ben" or "tree" if he is tall, "bean pole" if he is skinny, or we can call an obese person "slim" or "bean pole." This is ironic, sarcastic, incongruous. An obese person is certainly not "Slim," but to say to an obese friend, "Hey Slim," can carry far more meaning than calling him "hey, obese friend." First, we may be assuming an intimacy that is allowing us to tease him (one must be careful of assuming anything in this post-structural age in which the rigid structure of political correctness has been raised). Depending on the tone, the situation, and our attitude, "Slim" can be endearing, scathing, or merely habitual. For this reason, I will use Bentham's idea of laudatory, neutral, and dislogistic registers of speech.
We can call a person a "leader (laudatory, unless we are being tongue in cheek). We can call that same person "assertive" (one of the qualities of a leader, and neutral in tone) or we can call him a "tyrant," bossy, macho, aggressive, a slave driver, or Hitler (dislogistic). Here's the miracle of language: suppose this person has just made love, and he ravished his lover in a way she approves of, and when they are done, and doing advanced Yoga (for who smokes afterwards in this age of madness?), she turns to him and kisses his assertive shoulder and says: "Aww… my little Hitler." She has just made Hitler a term of endearment. But does Hitler go away as a possibly dislogistic implication? Not at all! Thus, a dislogistic term, used in an affectionate or laudatory way creates a sort of dialectical energy and charge. At the same time, she is being loving, she is also affirming that this man is assertive, or macho, or, perhaps, even a power junkie, such as Hitler.
This is why comedy often tells us what we have built a piety around. If you want to know the piety of a culture, see what its comics are mocking or tweeking. In the old screw ball comedy, My Man Geoffrey, two rich and spoiled society girls go to a junkyard on a scavenger hunt for charity to find a "lost man." If they can bring a homeless man back to the mansion, they will win the scavenger hunt. The movie was made during the depression, and this "hunt" immediately established the cluelessness and privilege of the sisters and showed the seriousness of that age by making light of it. It both cushioned the full blow of the plight, and served to define it.
Metaphor then is volatile, and it is always relational. Even when it seeks to detach, it joins, and when it would join, it detaches. It creates disassociation as much as it creates association. Metaphors are properties of fractal and generative consciousness, but they are also distortion. We live in our verbal universe, communicate complex emotions, negotiate the most subtle nuances through a series of distortions. We can fall prey to our metaphors. In point of fact, consciousness could be defined as the willingness to fall prey to one's metaphors. We can think, reason, learn, even negotiate space and time without metaphors, but we can not be fully human in the sense of nuance, irony, and social parlance without them. Our age, being still caught in the scientific myth of denotative terms, objective reality, empirical truth, has fed this myth to those who would root out injustice, and prejudice, by making sure all speech is neutral–devoid of either its dislogistic or laudatory registers.
Ah, but here's the rub: A child blows up his sister, and the father calls him into the living room and says: "Now son… blowing up your sister was inappropriate." That might get a laugh years ago, but, in our present "professional" world, pedophilia, blowing up one's sister, and eating San Francisco might very well be called "inappropriate actions" and no one laughs. This scares the hell out of me. To use Aspergers as a metaphor, there is something Aspergian about this state of affairs. We can blame scientists. We can blame the cult of neutrality. We can even blame a sort of extreme dadaist literalism. Our neutral speech is as much a semiotic indicator of power and control as our dislogistic and laudatory speech–far more so. Someone living in a dislogistic register will give us the sense of someone ignorant, crude, not in command of his or her emotions. Someone living in a laudatory register will give us the sense of a suck up, a cheerleader, a person courting favor.
Social intelligence calls for both negotiating these registers along situational and contextual lines, and blurring those lines. Neutral speech can be anger and ultimate violence made conspicuous by its absence. To say "we have decided to disregard the civilian casualties in a particular campaign and to pursue our objective with extreme prejudice" is to apply a "professional" gloss to the intentional killing and destruction of thousands. Language allows us to call genocide a "final solution." Just as a relation means separate as much as together, our language distances us from our deeds as much as it defines them. It allows us to call the death of children in warfare "collateral damage." As for me, I'd rather have someone call me an asshole than refer to me as "expendable." To take all the emotion out of a verbal construct in no way lessens the violence of a culture, but may even increase it. When a metaphor allows us to detach, and all metaphors allow us to detach, it becomes dangerous, but, without that danger, no consciousness, and no poetry is possible.
A metaphor then seeks to be misunderstood as well as understood, albeit in a fruitful and generative way. Poets, before scientists, were the first disciplinarians where metaphors are concerned. They did not want them mixed. They did not want them too imprecise. A poet is the lion tamer of metaphor, but, in creating a lion to tame, he also makes a lion who can possibly eat a culture, define it, distort it. "The age of reason" is a metaphor. If we break it down, it is not accurate. We move toward grace by a judicious stumbling. This stumbling is consciousness, and consciousness depends, to a very great extent, on our metaphors–not only their precision, but their power to distort.
"My love is like a red, red rose," is a simile. My "love is a rose" is a metaphor. The simile can contain a likeness or affinity without being beholden to a full substance. The simile qualifies. It says: my love is like a rose because, like a rose, it is beautiful to me and makes me feel lively the way roses indicate the life of summer has arrived. And it is sweet to the smell, and soft to the touch, but it also has thorns and can hurt. And it is brief and must wither and die. A metaphor says to the simile, "Well, if that's the case, my love IS a rose!" Metaphors are committed to falsehood and inexactness for the sake of a possibility more vital than precision. They allow us to move more quickly through the world by a series of almost, close to, and close enough.
The great sage of consciousness, Julian Jaynes, broke metaphors down into "metaphrands" (the unseen quality or emotion we are trying to get at), "metaphier" (the thing we use to get at it), "paraphrands" (the subtext of the metaphrand), and "paraphier" (the subtext of the paraphrand). We will confine ourselves to the metaphrand and the metaphier, here:
"My love" is the metaphrand. I want to express its qualities, so I resort to a metaphier of the rose. Now, once this metaphor enters the language, everyone accepts it at face value. When that happens you have a cliche. You can either refuse to use the cliche or you can have fun with it, deconstruct it, or, like a good dadaist, take it absolutely literally. In a Marx brothers movie, Chico might say to Groucho: "Boss, it's raining cats and dogs." Groucho might say: "Quick man! Have you no sense? Go out there and put some of that rain on a leash… I could use a good pet."
This sort of humor comes from taking the figurative literally. Comedy is of the head more than the heart because, in addition to testing and teasing our behavioral pieties, it tests and teases our sacred metaphors. In a Marx Brothers movie, the absurdity of dreams is generated by taking a metaphor with all its metapheirs and exploding it. We "derange" the senses– something Rimbaud advocated at the beginning of modernist poetry. A simple way into modernism and post-modernism is to say that, like pre-modernism, it moves through a universe of metaphors. Unlike pre-modernism, it seeks to emphasize not the associative, but the dis-associative aspects of metaphors, and, by doing so, create a new perspective by incongruity. In this respect, it is essentially comic, though often in a terrifying, nightmarish way. So to re-cap, metaphors connect unlike things, create relationship, and allow us to move through the world while at the same time creating disconnects, confusions, and falsehoods. Post-modernism emphasizes this later power.
In the next post we will look at a poem by Andre Breton that functions in this respect. Some people don't "get" the Marx Brothers. They are "silly." Some people don't get why anyone would feel pleasurably sad watching a sunset. They lack that emotional nuance. In the one case, an overly pious F-factor (feeling) may short circuit the humor. In the other case, an overly emphasized T-factor (thought) might make the person blind to "pleasurable sadness." Let's try to be capable of both, but each new poem will cause us to choose, and in a hundred subtle ways.


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I find this in my toilet and are very small only a few mm in length.
Are they dangerous?
Dangerous? Anyway, I think it's a booklouse (Psocoptera). Nothing much to worry about but if you have lots it's probably a sign that the toilet is a bit too damp.


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- 2004
- Warner Bros. Television Animation, Cartoon Network Studios
- Duck Dodgers Episode Guide
- Cartoon Characters: Duck Dodgers, The Eager Young Space Cadet, Martian Commander X-2, Captain Star Johnson, Dr. I.Q. Hi, Koo Koo, Computer, Centurion Robot, Ensign Checkmate.
- Vocal Talent: Joe Alaskey (Duck Dodgers, Martian Commander X-2), Bob Bergen (The Eager Young Space Cadet), John O'Hurley (Captain Star Johnson), Richard McGonagle (Dr. I.Q. Hi), Jim Cummings (Koo Koo), Grey DeLisle (Computer), Michael Dorn (Centurion Robot, Ensign Checkmate).
- Directed By Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone.
- Produced By Paul Dini, Tom Minton, Linda M. Steiner.
Executive Producer: Sander Schwartz.
Supervising Producers: Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone.
Associate Producer: Bobbie Page.
- Written By Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Paul Dini, Tom Minton.
- Edited By Rob Desales.
Assistant Film Editor: Myra Owyang.
- Created By: Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone.
- Art Direction: Ted Blackman, Mark Whiting.
- Casting and Voice Direction: Collette Sunderman.
- Storyboard: Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Doug McCarthy.
- Animation Timing: Jeff Hall, Kunio Shimamura, Kirk Tingblad.
- Character Design: Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone, Scott Shawi.
- BG Paint: Russell Chong, Dennis Durrell, Stephen Nicodemus, Chu-Hui Song, Micki Zurcher.
- Additional Camera Effects: Andy Jolliff.
- Prop Design: Bruce Largent.
- BG Key Design: Fred Gardner, Kelsey Mann.
- Model Cleanup: Mark Cote, Doug Ninneman.
- Additional Material: Dean Wellins.
- Director of Ink and Paint: Geno DuBois.
- Color Key: Linda Redondo.
- Mark-Up/Painters: Kim Bowen, Eric Nordberg.
- Animation Checking: Jan Browning, Susan Burke, Chuck Gefre, Karl Jacobs, Chuck Martin, Denise M. Mitchell, Justin Schultz.
- Director of Technical Operations: Bradford H. Keatts.
- Assistant Production Manager of Technical Operations: John Voralik.
- Supervising Online Editor: Bradford H. Keatts.
- Online Editor: Tony Tedford.
- Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Mark A. Keatts.
- ADR/Dialogue Editors: Kelly Ann Foley, Kerry Iverson, Mark Keefer.
- Recording Facility: Warner Bros. Animation.
- Supervising Recording Engineer: Edwin O. Collins.
- Recording Machine Operators: Jeff O. Collins, Preston Oliver.
- Sound Reading: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas.
- Re-Recording Facility: DigiPost.TV.
- Sound Effects Design Editorial: DigiPost.TV, Robert Hargreaves, M.P.S.E., George Brooks.
- Re-Recording Engineers: Robert Hargreaves, John K. Hegedes.
- Music Editor: Tim Isle.
- Music Mixer: Mako Sujishi.
- Main Title Design: Peter Girardi, Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone.
- Main Title: Funny Garbage.
- Animation Services: Yearim Productions Co., Ltd.
- Animation Directors: Kim Joong-Ho, Kim Song-Whan, Kim Young-Sik.
- Layout Artists: Sung-Il Hong, Seung-Jik Kim.
- Animation: Jong-Soo Choi, Young-Soo Chun, Sang-Chul Sohn, Gi-Hong Jeong, Hoon-Tae Kim, Gi-Dong Lee.
- Scan: Mi-Kyung Kim, Sang-Bong Oh.
- Color: Se-Young Ham, Soon-Im Song, Soon-Jeong Son, Ja-Young Kim, Mi-Sun Lee, Sun-Hui Moon, Jin-Hui Park, Rea-A Park, Sung-Ae Park.
- CGI Animation Services: Liquid Animation.
- CGI Director: Michael Viner.
- 3D Artists: Cameron Loney, Raph Young, Daniel Phillis, Ross Anderson, Heidy Villafane.
- CGI Producer: Stephen Viner.
- CGI Line Producer: Geoffrey Viner.
- Assistant CGI Director: Gary Timpson.
- CGI Production Manager: Zoe Copcutt.
- CGI Assistant Production Manager: Jesse Silver.
- Assistant Production Managers: Marlene Fenton, Marcus Irvin, Michelle Pniewski.
- Production Coordinators: Wendy Guin, Jason Wyatt.
- Production Administrators: Michael Diaz, Jackie Olsommer, Mary Parkinson, Amy E. Wagner, Thommy Wojciechowski.
- Casting Administrator: Liz Carroll.
- Production Accounting: Athena Christianakis, Luisa Guzman, Duke Logan.
- Business and Legal Affairs: Debi Dean, Michael Lalla, Bonnie Negrete, Peter Steckelman.
- Production Supervision: Margaret M. Dean, Toshi Hiruma, Howard Schwartz.
- Development & Creative Supervision: Kim Christianson, Christopher Keenan.
- Production Management: Andy Lewis.
- Executive in Charge of Production for Cartoon Network: Sam Register.
- Vice President of Post Production: Tim Iverson.
- Post Production Supervisor: Bonnie Buckner.
- Post Produtcion Coordinator: Michael Miscio.
Special Thanks to Charles M. Jones
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CHIAPAS, Mexico and Majuro — The family of a man believed to have died during Jose Salvador Alvarenga's epic voyage across the Pacific have asked that the castaway be returned to Mexico to answer their questions.
Mr. Alvarenga washed up in the Marshall Islands last week claiming to have drifted 6,500 miles from Mexico over the course of more than a year, surviving by drinking the blood of turtles and seabirds.
While recovering there the castaway said he had a companion called "Ezequiel" who had died after about a month from refusing to eat. According to the civil defence office in Chiapas, Mexico, a small fishing boat carrying two men named Cirilo Vargas and Ezequiel Cordoba, disappeared on November 17, 2012. Mr. Alvarenga's parents, who live in El Salvador, have said he was known there as "Cirilo".
In a remote spot up the coast from the Mexican fishing hamlet of Costa Azul, The Daily Telegraph found the family of fisherman Ezequiel Cordoba, 22, who they said had been missing since that day. The family had just heard him named as Mr. Alvarenga's dead companion in a television report but had received no official confirmation.
Through tears, his grandmother Dominga Mendoza said: "I always had hope that we'd see him again one day, that he'd come home. I feel so sad. But until we heard his name on the news, I had hope. I ask God to look after him."
Both Mr. Alvarenga, 37, who was known locally by the nickname La Chancha (the pig), and Mr. Cordoba, known as Pinata, disappeared in a storm that still weighs heavily on the local community. Three boats with six fishermen on board were lost. All had been presumed dead. That leaves open the possibility that Mr. Cordoba was on one of the other boats.
However, Jorge Cisneros, 51, a fisherman who survived the storm, said. "There was a boy on the boat with La Chancha. We didn't know him well because he had just started fishing but we called him Pinata."
The Cordoba family knew Mr. Alvarenga only vaguely and said Ezequiel began fishing two months before he disappeared. Speaking at their modest home, his brother Romeo Cordoba, 29, also a fisherman, said: "We ask the authorities to bring the shipwrecked man, La Chancha, back here or take some of us to meet him, so we can find out was it really our brother who he is talking about. If it is, why did he die? Why wouldn't he eat raw fish and birds? What did he do with his body? There is a lot of confusion and we want to hear it from La Chancha.
"We looked for him (Ezequiel) at sea for two months. Whenever we had enough money for petrol for the boat, we went out, as far as 100km, but we never found him.
"It's a miracle that La Chancha survived at sea for 14 months, and we feel no anger towards him. We understand this was an accident and how dangerous the sea can be. But we need confirmation from him before we can accept his death. We talk about Pinata all the time, and without a body to bury it is very hard for our family."
According to local fishermen, Mr. Alvarenga led a simple life sleeping in a hammock in a palm hut by the sea that has since blown down.
Doubts have been expressed about his astonishing tale of survival. But Bellarmino Rodriguez Solis, 64, who said he owned the boat beached in the Marshall Islands, showed The Daily Telegraph one of his other boats in Costa Azul. It had the same name Camaroneros de la Costa, and a very similar number, written on the side.
The Daily Telegraph also obtained images of notes Mr. Alvarenga wrote to those who discovered him on the remote Ebon Atoll in the Marshall Islands. On one sheet of paper, he scrawled: "My friend, last night the sea took me out. I was lost."
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AURORA, CO -- Pundits on at least two national TV networks partly linked so-called "violent" videogames to the mass murder of 12 moviegoers at a July 20 screening here.
A single deranged gunman named James Holmes, 24, slaughtered a dozen innocent citizens and injured 59 more during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," a new Batman film.
The morning following the shooting, CNN featured a series of commentators. Among them was criminal profiler Patricia Brown, who speculated that Holmes "probably spent a lot of time in his apartment, playing one videogame after the other -- shooting, shooting, shooting" in order to psych himself up for the crime.
Brown admitted that videogames don't cause people to commit violent acts. But literally in the next breath, she theorized that "violent" games "help" psychopathic personalities "get in the mode to do the killing."
Two days later, on the June 22 edition of ABC News's esteemed This Week, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin cited videogames as one of many factors that may play a role in mass murder such as one the in Aurora, CO. Rubin typically provides a right-wing perspective on the Post's editorial pages.
The comments of Brown and Rubin are something of a throwback to the media's treatment of videogames following the 1999 slaying of 12 students and one teacher at Columbine High School near Denver. At that time, numerous commentators immediately jumped to the conclusion that "videogames made them do it" -- a speculation that was later determined wrong.
More recently, the media had been improving its record on avoiding this type of speculation. After the 2011 slaughter of 77 people in Norway by a killer who admitted that he practiced acquiring targets by playing videogames, Reuters and Forbes went out of their way to emphasize that games were not a cause of that massacre. | SEE STORY
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UMassFive College Federal Credit Union in Hadley, Mass., has donated the third and final police bicycle out of a promised three to the Three-College Campus Police to help renew an aging fleet. UMassFive now has committed to a three-year round of donations for life-saving defibrillators for Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges.
Align Credit Union in Lowell, Mass., served as the lead sponsor for the Manolis Family Foundation's annual Thanksgiving food drive. The "Project Helping Hands" effort concluded on Nov. 25 when hundreds of volunteers, including Align employees, packed baskets with a turkey, assorted vegetables, fixings and beverages. The food baskets provided meals to more than 2,000 people.
Community Resource Federal Credit Union in Latham, N.Y., raised $1,000 for the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society with its Pet Photos for Santa event. Sixty-nine dogs and seven cats stopped by for a visit with Santa during the Dec. 7 event.
American Eagle Federal Credit Union in East Hartford, Conn., has awarded a $2,500 grant to Operation Fuel Inc. to help residents living in Hartford, Middlesex and Tolland counties. The grant was awarded through the American Eagle Federal Credit Union Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Seventy local children were assured of a bright Christmas through the contributions raised by Diamond Credit Union in Pottstown, Pa. The credit union supported the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program for the ninth consecutive year.
Campus Federal, Pelican State and Neighbors federal credit unions raised $20,899 for Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital during their 10th annual Credit Union Charity Golf Tournament at Santa Maria Golf Course in Baton Rouge, La. Proceeds from this tournament will be dedicated to the expansion of OLOLCH.
Commonwealth Credit Union in Frankfort, Ky., said it raised more than $15,000 for 15 families at the Daniel's Care Program of Hospice of the Bluegrass. The holiday gift for families of terminally ill children was generated through a silent auction for credit union employees and donations from members taken at branches and online.
Delta Community Credit Union has pledged to donate $70,000 to 15 organizations in metro Atlanta. The grants, ranging from $500 to $10,000, will be distributed to schools, food banks and youth and health advocacy groups and the YWCA.
The We Promise Foundation, the charitable arm of Chartway Federal Credit Union in Virginia Beach, Va., has approved grants totaling $924,300 to 16 organizations. The grants were distributed to Make-a-Wish Foundations, children's hospitals and similar organizations in Virginia, Utah, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Rhode Island.
The Northeast Florida Chapter of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions in Jacksonville, Fla., has donated $6,000 to four local charities. Various fundraising events allowed the chapter to make the $1,500 contributions to the Pace Center for Girls, First Coast No More Homeless Pets, Real$ense Jax and Second Harvest.
Robins Federal Credit Union in Warner Robins, Ga., donated $1,000 each to 12 organizations during the credit union's 12 Days of Holiday Giving event. They were Kids Yule Love, Macon Outreach, Daybreak and Hephzibah Children's Home in Macon, Ga.; HODAC and Happy Hour in Warner Robins; The Grace House in Ft. Valley, Ga.; Senior Center in Gray, Ga.; Compassionate Care in Milledgeville, Ga.; The Empty Stocking Fund in Athens, Ga.; The Food Pantry in Swainsboro, Ga.; and Monroe Family Connection in Forsyth, Ga.
Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire, Wis., donated more than 660 toys for the local Salvation Army during its RCU Holiday Toy Drive. The donations were donated at RCU branches by members and employees.
The Dow Chemical Employees' Credit Union and Members First Credit Union in Midland, Mich., and Wildfire Credit Union in Saginaw, Mich., have joined together to support The Diaper Alliance, a diaper bank based in Midland. The three credit unions pledged more than $1,500 – enough to cover the alliance's operating expenses for the first quarter of 2014.
NuMark Credit Union in Joliet, Ill, donated $1,410 to sponsor 141 wreaths at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill., in November as part of the nationwide "Wreaths Across America" project.
Employees of Christian Community Credit Union in San Dimas, Calif., donated to two charitable causes—Operation Christmas Child and Children's Miracle Network. The staff donated 44 shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child filled with toys, school supplies and more. And, in support of Los Angeles Children's Hospital, the staff participated in Miracle Jeans Day by donating $600 to Children's Miracle Network.
Xceed Financial Credit Union raised more than $800 for the Children's Miracle Network with a "Lunch for a Cause" fundraiser. The Nov. 26 event featured an In-N-Out burger truck paying a visit to the credit union's corporate headquarters in El Segundo, Calif.


text: Jaime Muñoz Make a Donation Make a Donation Ask a Question Six years ago, Jaime Muñoz's doctors in New Mexico told him he did not have long to live. Today, after a new diagnosis and a double-lung transplant in Denver, Jaime Muñoz, 38, can walk into National Jewish Health without oxygen therapy and with hope that he will be with his wife and children long into the future. In 2003, Jaime and his wife Shirley were living "life the way it was supposed to go" in Albuquerque. At age 31, Jaime had a good job working for a pesticide company, they had just bought a two-story home and Shirley was a stay-at-home mom to their daughter and son. Jaime began experiencing shortness of breath and received a diagnosis of walking pneumonia. When it didn't go away after a few months, and Jaime could no longer climb the stairs in their new home, he visited a local physician in February 2004. He received a diagnosis of non-specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP), a type of interstitial lung disease (ILD). He was prescribed prednisone, and was told that the medication would resolve most cases of NSIP. He did not respond to treatment and returned to the doctor. Jaime and Shirley will never forget April 28, 2004 when they were told that he was dying and did not have long to live. According to Shirley, "they only saw a patient they could not treat, not the man who was dying before them." Shirley and Jaime left the hospital not knowing where to turn next. In July 2004, a phone call would change the direction of Jaime's life. A former client had seen a news story about new lung treatments. After speaking to several physicians, they were referred to National Jewish Health. At his first appointment at National Jewish Health in August 2004, Jaime knew that "we were in the right spot. They answered all of our questions before we even asked them, and they treated me like a person." Gregory Cosgrove, MD, FCCP, diagnosed pulmonary fibrosis, a disease that causes progressive scarring of lung tissue, which stiffens the lungs and makes breathing difficult. Dr. Cosgrove prescribed medication and put Jaime on oxygen therapy for the first time. Dr. Cosgrove also gave Jaime and Shirley hope for the future – something they had given up only a few months earlier. Dr. Cosgrove said he would do everything he could to make sure Jaime could walk his daughter down the aisle. He also encouraged Jaime to live an active life. Jaime continued to play golf – despite some odd looks for playing while using oxygen therapy. He also began pulmonary rehabilitation three times a week, where he learned how to breathe and was able to work out. Over the next five years, Dr. Cosgrove worked with Jaime's physicians in Albuquerque. "We counted on National Jewish Health to tell our doctors in New Mexico what to do." In late 2009 Jaime's condition began to deteriorate, and by the summer of 2010 Dr. Cosgrove recommended that he sign up for the transplant list. Jaime was put on the list on August 5, 2010 and was astonished to receive a match on October 3. By that evening, Jaime, Shirley and 30 family members were in the surgical prep area at University of Colorado, where Jaime received a double lung transplant. Before Jaime even woke up, Dr. Cosgrove was at the hospital to visit him. Jaime continues to recover and grows stronger with each day, and he and Shirley are working to raise awareness about pulmonary fibrosis and National Jewish Health. "I credit the amazing people at National Jewish Health with saving my life," Jaime said. Learn more about how you can support patients at National Jewish Health