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MEDIA RELEASE: Ad campaign calls on NC lawmakers to support teachers, firefighters with new revenue
Ad campaign calls on NC lawmakers to support teachers, firefighters with new revenue
"Balance is a beautiful thing," say the Together NC ads running in 15 communities across North Carolina
RALEIGH (April 12, 2011) -- When our economy is out of balance, so are other critical parts of North Carolina, a new ad campaign says – and lawmakers should fix that by including revenue in their budget plans.
Beginning Tuesday, April 12, the coalition of 120-plus groups will begin running advertisements in 15 newspapers across North Carolina. The ads will highlight fire stations and EMS workers, schools and parks, teachers and libraries -- the things that make our communities great places to work and live.
"Lawmakers, North Carolinians want a practical approach to our economy and our state budget–one that includes not only careful spending cuts but also new revenues that work for our changing economy," the ads say.
Schools, fire stations, dental clinics, libraries and other vital public structures are in jeopardy, the ads emphasize, because of the threat of inadequate revenue.
Instead of taking a cuts-only approach, state leaders should fund these critical needs by taking a balanced approach to the North Carolina budget that includes new revenue.
"Balance is a beautiful thing," the advertisements say.
Together NC is a broad coalition of groups who support preserving vital public investments in North Carolina's future.
The ads will run in the following North Carolina papers: the Washington Daily News; Asheville Citizen Times; Elizabeth City Daily Advance; Charlotte Observer; Kenansville Duplin Times; Henderson Dispatch; Sanford Herald; Lumberton Robesonian; Reidsville News; Concord Independent Tribune; Rocky Mount Telegram; McDowell News; The Courier Tribune (Asheboro); Bladen Journal; and the Whiteville Reporter.
"North Carolinians want practical solutions to the budget crisis that preserve jobs and key public structures," said Louisa Warren, one of the Together NC coalition's coordinators. "To do that, our leaders must get serious about revenue."
Together NC is a collection of non-profit organizations, service providers, and professional associations who have come together to promote wise choices for shared prosperity for all North Carolinians. For more information, visit www.togethernc.org
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Southern Regional lunch at Edwina Currie's
Southern region AJR members had a wonderful day out thanks to the generous hospitality of author and former politician Edwina Currie and her husband John.
The couple welcomed into their home members from Brighton, Bromley, Ilford, Kent, Kingston, South London and Surrey and worked tirelessly to make them feel incredibly welcome.
Fine sunny weather meant that people could relax and mingle in the garden and enjoy the delicious food at lunchtime.
After lunch there was a Chachun à Son Goût medley of songs with something to suit all tastes sung by mezzo-chanteuse Naomi Hyamson with Jenny Gould on the keyboard.
The time just flew by and Edwina then gave a talk on her charitable work. She spoke about her association with Nightingale - the Jewish Care Home for elderly people, and with Erich Reich, chairman of the AJR's Kindertransport committee.
On a topical note Edwina mentioned the MPs expenses row. "Like most I've been absolutely agog what they got up to. I sometimes wonder if they live in the same world as the rest of us," she said.
Edwina also described some lighter moments at book signings including being mistaken for Joan Collins!
Susan Kurlander, Head of Social Services then briefly explained about the AJR's role in helping older people.


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text: Um, wouldn't it make more sense to have his hearing in a place where the Alliance actually has some kind of authority? The Alliance is an extrasolar governing body, Earth itself is still divided by nation-states with their own sovereign governments. Yet ME3 makes it look like Earth is the capital of the Alliance. Right, but remember the first game? The one where the whole plot was about Saren getting Sovereign to the Citadel so that it could override the Protheans' sabotage and manually open up the mass relay in dark space? If the Reapers take control of the Citadel (which, somehow, they did in ME3), why would they suddenly forget that whole idea and give the organics any sort of chance at traversing the relay network and continuing their organized resistance? I'm only asking because it feels like BioWare kind of forgot about what happened in the first game, too.


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World Heavyweight Championship (Five Minute Final Resolution Overtime)
Roode leaves the ring but AJ follows and hits him on the floor then rolls him inside and hits a crossbody from the apron, then punches him in the corner and backdrops Roode for two. AJ brings him down with a side headlock takedown, and Roode gets out a few times but AJ brings him right back down then Roode tries to go after his knee but AJ kicks him back. AJ chops him in the corner and kicks him in the chest then backs up but Roode kicks him in the knee and drags him to the ringpost. AJ kicks him into the guardrail and slingshots to the apron but Roode runs at him and chops his knee and AJ falls to the floor.
Roode slams his knee off the mat but AJ kicks him with his good leg then throws an elbow and hits a springboard reverse DDT for a two count. AJ goes towards Roode and gets his eyes raked, then Roode goes back outside and tries to run away but AJ hits Pele from the floor. He hits a springboard splash but he lands hard on his knee and can't make the cover as time expires. Sting comes out and says they can do it all night long because this is going to be first fall to the win. Roode chopblocks AJ's leg again then puts him in a single leg crab and arches back, and AJ tries to fight the pain but eventually taps out.
Winner – Bobby Roode
Wild Card Tag Team Tournament Match
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Winners – Abyss & Scott Steiner
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Rob really does look hot in EVERYTHING!
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- 1991
- Hanna-Barbera Studios, Fil-Cartoons, Inc., Tama Production Co. Ltd.
- The Pirates of Dark Water Episode Guide
- Cartoon Characters: Tula, Mantus, Konk, Ioz, Bloth, Ren, Niddler, Dark Dweller, Morpho, Kiroptus, Kangent, Jargis, Skorian, Lugg Brothers.
- Vocal Talent: Jodi Benson (Tula), Peter Cullen (Mantus), Tim Curry (Konk), Hector Elizondo (Ioz), Brock Peters (Bloth), George Newbern (Ren), Frank Welker (Niddler, Dark Dweller, Morpho, Kiroptus, Lugg Brother #2), Rene Auberjonois (Kangent), Jim Cummings (Ioz, Jargis, Skorian), Regis Cordic, Dick Gautier [Richard Gautier], Allan Lurie, Daniel O'Herlihy [Dan O'Herlihy], Les Tremayne, Jessica Walter, Michael Bell, Hamilton Camp, Darleen Carr, Keene Curtis, Paul Eiding, Ed Gilbert, Stacy Keach Sr., Paul Lukather, Phil Proctor, Mark Silverman, Andre Stojka, B.J. Ward.
- Directed By Don Lusk.
Supervising Director: Ray Patterson.
- Produced By John Dorman.
Executive Producers: David Kirschner, Paul Sabella, Mark Young.
- Animated By Kazuhiro Ohmane, Masahito Shishido, Toshi Mizumura, Akira Watanabe, Romy Garcia, Marie Mascarina, Achiu So, Wincat Alcala, Jess Espanola, Luis Dimaranan.
Animation Directors: Joanna Romersa, Allen Wilzbach, Joan Drake, Robert Alvarez, Shinich Yoshikawa, Masaru Tonokouchi, Kiyotaka Kantake, Katsuhisa Yamada, Takuya Noda.
Animation Supervisors: Frank Andrina, Shinich Yoshikawa, Takuya Noda.
- Written By Kristina Luckey, Laren Bright.
Story Editors: Lane Raichert, Mark Young, Kelly Ward.
Additional Dialogue: Jim Woodring.
- Edited By Gil Iverson, Tim Iverson, Michele Douglas.
Supervising Film Editors: Terry W. Moore, Larry C. Cowan.
- Created By: David Kirschner.
- Production Designer: Floro Dery.
- Storyboard Artists: Adrian Gonzales, Mike Vosburgh, Brian Chin.
- Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke.
- Graphics Assistant: Parviz Parandoush.
- Design Supervisor: Scott Jeralds.
- Character Design: Duncan Marjoribanks, Herb Hazelton, Gil Kane, Carol Lundberg.
- Design Assistants: Barbara Krueger, Mario Williams, Dana Granger, Viki Kerch, Julie Gimeno.
- Layout Supervision: Takashi Saijo.
- Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer.
- Background Artists: Craig Robertson, Bonnie Callahan, Andrew Phillipson, Paul Julian, James Hegedus.
- Background Key Design: Ricardo Delgado, Herb Hazelton, Lew Ott.
- Xerography: Star Wirth.
- Ink and Paint Supervisor: Alison Leopold.
- Color Stylist: Karen Greslie.
- Production Coordinator: Vicki Casper.
- Animation Checking Supervisor: Jan Adams.
- Animation Checking: Howard Schwartz, Bob Reveil.
- Recording Director: Gordon Hunt.
- Animation Casting Director: Kris Zimmerman.
- Talent Coordinator: Jamie Thomason.
- Production Assistants: Tori Pollock, Sandy Benenati, Shannon Failis-Kane, Nancy Grimaldi, Olivia Knighton, Debby Lathrop, Margot McDonough, Rosalinda Moore.
- Program Administrator: Barbara Simon Dierks.
- Supervising Film Editors: Terry W. Moore, Larry C. Cowan.
- Editors: Gil Iverson, Tim Iverson, Michele Douglas.
- Music: Tom Chase, Steve Rucker.
- Director of Music Production: Bodie Chandler.
- Music Editors: Cecil E. Broughton, Robert S. Birchard.
- Sound Editing: Sound Off Studios.
- Sound Direction: Alvy Dorman, Stan Wetzel.
- Track Readers: Jim Hearn, Kay Douglas, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson, Denise Whitfield.
- Negative Consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
- Production Supervisors: Jerry Smith, Kunio Shimamura.
- Executive in Charge of Production: Jayne Barbera.
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© 1991 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
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Ren recovers the fourth Treasure of Rule and meets a scientist who tries to use the Dark Water as a youth potion that will attract Ren to her.
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Man charged as habitual offender
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BENNINGTON -- A man who had parts of Dorset on edge over reported thefts four years ago was held without bail Monday after being charged as a habitual offender by the state.
Benjamin S. Payne, 32, of Bridle Path in Arlington, pleaded not guilty in Bennington Superior Court Criminal Division to a felony count of burglary and two misdemeanor counts of petit larceny. Payne was under furlough at the time of his arrest and was held for allegedly violating its conditions by being charged, however Judge David Howard also imposed $1,000 bail for the misdemeanor charges should Payne be released at a future point. If he posts bail he will be under a 24-hour curfew at his residence. The state has filed a habitual offender enhancement against Payne meaning if he is convicted of a new felony the state can argue for up to life in prison.
In 2009, when Payne was arraigned on a number of theft-related charged members of the Dorset Select Board attended the hearing. According to prosecutors the board and State Police had held meetings regarding Payne's activities and Dorset residents had developed a phone tree to report Payne sightings. At the time Payne was living in Dorset.
That year Payne pleaded guilty to 10 charges that included identity theft and burglary. The state dropped a number of other charges and withdrew its habitual offender enhancement as well as agreed it would not argue for a sentence greater than 20 years. In 2010 Payne was given a zero- to three-year sentence with credit for the time he had served. In March 2012 Payne was charged with violating his furlough agreement and in May of that year pleaded guilty to having done so and was sentenced to serve between seven and eight months, again with credit for the time he had served.
According to an affidavit by Manchester Police Officer Paul McGann on March 27, 2013, he was sent to Maplefield's at Manchester to speak with Linda Dittemeier, the store's manager, who had reported Payne stealing two cartons of cigarettes from the store.
Payne was still at the store when McGann arrived and denied taking cigarettes. McGann said he viewed surveillance tapes showing Payne enter the store's office and look through two bags. It also showed a table with four cartons of cigarettes on it. McGann wrote that Payne's back was to the camera but it appeared as though he were putting something down his pants. Payne entered and left the office twice, each time it appearing as though he were placing something in his pants. Each time a carton of cigarettes was gone from the table.
Police said they were unable to locate any cigarette carton covers in the area's trash cans.
According to a separate affidavit by Vermont State Trooper Wayne Godfrey, on March 9 he responded to Arlington Family Practice in Arlington where a nurse there said Payne took $1.54 worth in needles and tourniquets after she stepped out of the room while treating him.
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Why is everybody seem interested of that particular page.
A single page cannot tell you anything, review the WHOLE Chapter.
Page 16 show image of Rin becoming clearer to Obito.
Then page 17 show the whole image of Rin and something that touch Rin left side.
Page 19 showing Obito's right eye. And Kakashi left eye, which is not covered.
Kakashi's left eye belong to the owner - Obito. That is why Obito can see what is happening.
(Kishi:- Naruto Still Has More Surprises Left, Will Last Longer Than Expected)


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I can mount to a normal virtual drive without issues, just like in MagicISO, mount unmount all day long.
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SANFORD, Fla. - The first group of potential jurors were interviewed by both the defense and the state on Monday afternoon in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial.
The first juror, being called "B 12" to keep her identity a secret, is a white female in her mid-40s. Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda and Zimmerman attorney Mark O'Mara questioned her, along with three other jurors named "B76," "B30" and "B29." The four questioned included three women and one man.
The remaining prospective jurors were given instructions over what to do overnight and court was recessed for the day.
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The first 100 potential jurors were introduced to the judge, lawyers and defendant Monday morning, then handed a questionnaire that, a source tells Local 6, does not inquire very far beyond basic biographical data. Specifically, jurors were questioned about dealing with the hardship about sitting on a jury for perhaps six weeks.
The juror questionnaire will be released to the public when the jury is selected, officials said.
Zimmerman's wife Shellie joined other family members behind the defense table, while Martin's father and mother sat with their attorneys behind the prosecution table in the fifth-floor courtroom.
After denying a third defense attempt to delay the trial, Judge Debra Nelson said she would begin calling potential jurors to the courtroom soon after attorneys received and began reviewing the completed questionnaires.
"We will review those and send jurors up one at a time for individual voir dire," Nelson said. "Once we have 21 of those people, we will start our regular jury selection process."
Each juror will be interviewed, but ultimately, the court is only looking to identify six jurors who will determine if Zimmerman is guilty of the second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. An additional four alternate jurors are also being sought.
[VIDEO: Sanford affected by trial | Jury selection | Local 6 legal analyst Luis Calderon]
In addition to being allowed to challenge each juror for cause (such as an expressed, unmitigated bias, or a severe hardship), each side will begin the process with 10 pre-emptory challenges. That means they could ask for someone to to stricken for almost any reason.
Attorneys and Zimmerman went to the jury assembly room to be introduced to prospective jurors.
Nelson has ordered that the identities of the jurors to be kept confidential, as well as where they work, or any other personal information.
Zimmerman's attorneys are also expected to spend a great deal of time talking to potential jurors about Zimmerman's right to remain silent because it's unclear if he'll testify in trial.
Attorneys will also ask prospective jurors if they'll need to hear from Zimmerman himself to determine if he's innocent or guilty.
Before selection began, O'Mara, Local 6's former legal analyst argued for the trial delay on Monday morning, saying more time is needed to go over recently obtained evidence from Trayvon Martin's phone and for state audio expert Alan Reich's report.
"We're not fully ready ," said O'Mara, seeking a continuance of at least two weeks as Zimmerman sat in court, wearing a blue sport coat, dress shirt and tie. "We have issues that I do not want to come up in trial because we were not otherwise prepared because of time."
O'Mara also said he needs time to interview Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Martin's family.
The state objected the motion to delay.
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Nelson must also listen to final testimony, and then rule on whether voice recognition experts can be allowed to testify at trial. Pretrial testimony on whether experts could determine if Martin or Zimmerman was screaming for help on 911 calls took three days last week, but the matter is still unresolved.
After 16 months of questions, controversies and protests, the stage is carefully being set for Zimmerman's trial, which is expected to last more than a month.
About a dozen protestors lined up outside the Seminole County courthouse Monday morning, holding signs in favor of Martin. One of the signs read, "we say no more," and others had picture of Martin in a hooded sweatshirt.
The emotionally-charged case has drawn worldwide attention, sparking a national debate about race, equal justice and gun control.
"We're not bowing out. We're not backing down. There will be justice for Trayvon Martin," Al Sharpton said. "Thank you and God bless you."
"He didn't pull out a gun and shoot him," said Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman. "George has tremendous restraint. He prevented his firearm from being taken from him and used against him, and that's called saving your life."
Robert Zimmerman Jr. spoke to the media during jury selection, saying his family lives in a secluded place and they remain hopeful about the trial.
"As a family we are very confident in the outcome of the case," Robert Zimmerman said. "And we are very confident that the state will not be able to meet its burden."
Martin's father, Tracy Martin, asked people to pray for his family throughout the trial.
"We ask the community to stay peaceful as we place our faith in the justice system," Tracy Martin said just before jury selection began.
[PHOTOS: Zimmerman jury selection | READ: Expert hearing ends with no decision]
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in Martin's Feb. 26, 2012, shooting death. He has pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter Revisits Songs With Orchestra (Premiere)
Mary Chapin Carpenter fans have heard the tunes on her new album before, but never like this: "Songs From the Movie" finds the veteran singer and songwriter reinterpreting 10 selections from her catalog with backing from an orchestra conducted by six-time Grammy winner Vince Mendoza. Speakeasy today premieres "Come On, Come On" from the upcoming album.
Carpenter has always been a rich writer and a masterful interpreter, and the orchestral versions on "Songs From the Movies" show her songs in a different light.
"Come On, Come On" first appeared on Carpenter's 1992 album by the same name, a release that climbed to No. 6 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart. Her version here is less country than, well, cinematic, with piano and enveloping string arrangements surrounding her low, sweet vocals as she takes a bird's-eye view of love.
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Blue Jays sticking with Rasmus despite slump
By Gregor Chisholm / MLB.com
Rasmus had the pleasure of facing Detroit right-hander Justin Verlander while struggling through an 0-for-26 skid, but did manage to end it there with a fourth-inning single to right field in the Blue Jays' 3-2 loss in 11 innings. The recent woes coincide with a nagging groin injury that forced Rasmus to miss three games earlier this month.
"I don't see the way he's swinging, or the way he's running right now, is a cause and effect to what he is going through right now," manager John Farrell said. "He still shows good bat speed, there has been some swing and miss on secondary pitches, particularly right-handed changeups.
"We're struggling to put a quality offense together night in and night out, but he is a guy that has been productive for us and we're going to continue to maintain him in the lineup."
Rasmus' absence appears to have affected his timing at the plate, but he's also dealing with a different approach from opposing pitchers. Earlier this year, Rasmus made an adjustment by moving up in the batter's box and closer to the plate.
It was a move designed to allow Rasmus to pull the ball with more authority and improve his ability to attack pitches on the outer part of the plate. Teams have since made a counter adjustment by pitching up and in more frequently which has created a different look at the plate.
"What I see is when he gets some fastballs around the plate, he's fouling them off and missing them rather than squaring them up," Farrell said. "Where he's at in the box in relation to the plate, we did see probably about a month ago, we came out of New York and they really elevated some fastballs in on him.
"That seemed to be a little bit of a word that spread throughout the league. I think of late he has laid off that pitch, but when he has gotten fastballs on the middle or outer part of the plate he's fouled them straight back and hasn't squared them up.
Cooper's injury could lead to Lind's return
DETROIT -- David Cooper was held out of the Blue Jays' lineup on Thursday afternoon against the Tigers because of upper back spasms.
Cooper has been dealing with soreness in his back for the past week but re-aggravated the injury while diving back into first base on Wednesday night.
The 25-year-old is currently listed as day to day, but it's likely he'll need at least a couple of games off before making a return.
"It's in that upper back and neck," manager John Farrell said. "When he jarred himself, I don't want to say whiplash, but there was a jarring effect that he felt in the neck in addition to the area of spasms before.
"Consistent with the last time he experienced the back spasms, it took him a couple of days, and we anticipate it to be that way again."
Cooper's latest injury could mean that first baseman Adam Lind returns earlier than originally anticipated. Lind, who also has been dealing with a sore back, wasn't expected to return until the beginning of September.
Farrell stated on Wednesday the club wanted Lind to appear in at least nine rehab games before re-joining the Blue Jays, but that timeline has since been drastically cut and it's possible he could now return on Monday.
"There's one scenario, that provided he gets through the next four days where we want him to DH and play first four consecutive games, we could be looking at him in New York as well," Farrell said of Lind, who is currently playing for Double-A New Hampshire.
Lind's original timeline likely had as much to do with waiting until rosters can be expanded to 40 players on Sept. 1 as anything else. By delaying the return, Toronto could have avoided demoting Cooper to the Minor Leagues, but that is less of a concern since the recurrence of the back injury.
Blue Jays getting to evaluate young talent
DETROIT -- There aren't a lot of positives to be found in a Blue Jays' season that has been decimated by injuries, but one of the few bonuses is that the club is getting an extended look at some of its up-and-coming prospects.
The month of September is usually reserved for the promotion of young talent, but it's also a time of the year when it's hard to get a true read on overall abilities.
The infusion of Minor Leaguers across the league can lead to the dilution of talent, but during August players are still competing against the very best. That's allowed the Blue Jays to get fair evaluations on the likes of Anthony Gose, Moises Sierra and Adeiny Hechavarria.
"Because of all the injuries we've had, all the guys you project to come up in September have been up since July," manager John Farrell said. "We're finding a lot out right now and I think more accurate reads on players than September."
Sierra has been the most impressive rookie to date as he entered play on Thursday hitting .347 with two homers and five RBIs in 17 games. On the other side is the 22-year-old Gose, who is hitting just .192 with a pair of RBIs, but had an impressive 10 stolen bases in 27 games.
Toronto appeared to rush some of its Minor Leaguers to the next level but the hope is that the entire experience will provide learning opportunities that will extend into the offseason as well.
"I know for a fact he'll come out of it knowing more about himself as a player today," Farrell said. "I firmly believe learning about themselves continues in the offseason. Anything prior to September, when you're an active player, you can't hide in terms of being protected or situations being hand picked because you have a great number of players on the roster.
"This is a more accurate read of where a player is in his own development and his own ability to play day in and day out in the Major Leagues."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Giants gather in a tight circle at an end of the dugout before games, always with Hunter Pence somewhere in the middle. They scream, yell and throw things as they prepare for the game in a way that would upset the moms of most Little Leaguers.
"(Sunflower) seeds, gum, cups, you name it,'' Ryan Theriot said. "You have to be careful. I got hit in the side of the head with a coffee creamer the other day.''


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Suffolk: Police officer worked as driving instructor while signed off sick
PUBLISHED: 13:35 14 November 2012
Archant Norfolk Photographic © 2011
SUFFOLK: Eight Suffolk police officers have resigned in the last year prior to facing gross misconduct hearings, a shocking Ipswich Star investigation has revealed.
Among the list of offences for which serving police officers have been investigated include a police officer who worked as a driving instructor while off sick from the force, another caught with indecent images of children and a colleague awaiting a court appearance for possessing a firearm.
A Freedom of Information request by the Star has revealed that eight Suffolk police officers resigned in the last year prior to facing gross misconduct hearings – of those two are facing court proceedings against them.
Dating back to 2009/10, 16 officers have faced misconduct hearings and been found guilty.
Of those six were slapped with their final written warning while seven received a written warning. In the remaining cases management action was taken or advice given. The remaining five officers who resigned before their gross misconduct hearings were investigated for:
n criminal fraud
n domestic assault, ABH and theft of police property
n indecent assault on two women in a nightclub
n fraudulently obtaining cash from charity fundraising
n damaging police vehicles and conspiring to harass a member of the public
A spokesman for Suffolk Constabulary said officers are expected to deliver the "highest standards of personal and professional behaviour".
"These standards reflect the expectations the public have of how officers should behave and it is always extremely disappointing and sad when officers leave due to misconduct allegations," he said.
"All investigations undertaken by the Professional Standards Department are conducted in a proportionate manner and are conducted in a manner that protects the integrity of the force with all evidence carefully and objectively reviewed.
"Where an officer is suspected of committing a criminal offence the case is determined using the normal criminal justice processes with evidence presented to the Crown Prosecution Service to seek advice as to whether any further action would be appropriate.
"In cases of gross misconduct, and in cases where it is considered inappropriate for the employees involved in misconduct to remain in their normal place of work, consideration will be given to precautionary suspension, or redeployment elsewhere."
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Beginning at 4 p.m., EAST students will present visitors with an overview of the EAST program and will demonstrate a sample of the community work and service provided and facilitated by their EAST program. The event is come and go from 4-6 p.m. EAST Night Out at RJHS is open to the public and is designed to inform the community about their school's EAST accomplishments.
EAST is an educational model that provides new ways of learning for modern students. EAST focuses on student-driven service projects accomplished through the use of the latest in technology.
Russellville Junior High's EAST students maintain daily announcements for RJHS. Those announcements are shown daily in the cafeteria during breakfast and lunch, in the classrooms, on flat screen monitors in the hallways, and on the RJHS facebook page to keep students and their parents aware of various activities, events, and deadlines within their school.
RJHS EAST students also create promotional materials for other departments. Each year, RJHS EAST students design posters and playbills for the RJHS theatre department to promote the annual production to the community. They are currently working on promotional materials for Schoolhouse Rock LIVE, Jr.
Come see the RJHS EAST classroom and watch students as they navigate Blender 3D animation software, ArchiCAD drawing software, PhotoShop special effects, Raspberry Pi programming, Unity and Multimedia Fusion game building software. There will be iPad app demonstrations as well. You may learn something from them. Don't miss out!
For more information about Russellville Junior High School's EAST program, contact Dana Sumter, EAST facilitator, at 968-1599 or firstname.lastname@example.com find an EAST Night Out near you visit www.EASTNightOut.com.
EAST(Environmental and Spatial Technology) is an educational model that focuses on student-driven service projects accomplished by using teamwork and cutting-edge technology. EAST schools are equipped with classrooms containing state-of-the-art work-stations, servers, software and accessories, including GPS/GIS mapping tools, architectural and CAD design software, 3D animation suites, virtual reality development and more. Students identify problems in their local communities and then use these tools to develop solutions, collaborating with civic and other groups in the process.
For more information, visit www.EASTinitiative.org, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (501) 371-5016.


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ATLANTA — Georgia Regents University is taking 30 medical students out of class today and busing them to the state Capitol to lobby legislators for residency program funding in Gov. Nathan Deal's proposed budget.
"One of the first things we're going to do is thank our legislators for their support," student Brett Heimlich said.
The dean of the Medical College of Georgia, Dr. Peter F. Buckley, said there is nothing inappropriate about a public university's taking students to, in essence, lobby for taxpayer funding.
"There's nothing weird and wonderful about this. This is part of their training," Buckley said.
Most public medical schools in other states taken students to meet with lawmakers, he said, but this is the first time GRU has done it. GRU's Athens satellite campus bused in students last year and again last week.
GRU will cover the cost of transportation and pay for a lunch the students will have with legislators.
"There is not a huge expense," Buckley said. "And this is part of their curriculum."
It's not a curriculum requirement, however, and the school's 200 other medical students won't get the experience.
Administrators chose students based on leadership and hometowns to ensure that as many legislators as possible will be visited by someone local.
The students will make the point that Georgia's physician shortage would be best addressed by increasing residency positions at state's hospitals because doctors are more likely to spend their careers where they undergo their residency training.
"I haven't really decided where I'll practice. It depends on where I have my residency," said Florida native Lael Reinstatler, the class president, who received her master's from Emory University.
The governor is recommending $2 million to help hospitals. After each residency is established and accredited, the hospitals expect to receive Medicare funding to cover part of the continuing costs.


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O's hope for different look after Vegas
With trades or signings, Baltimore wants to move past rebuilding phase
By Spencer Fordin / MLB.com
The Orioles, who haven't signed a major free agent since Miguel Tejada and Javy Lopez during the winter of 2003, are closely monitoring the situations of Mark Teixeira and A.J. Burnett. Both have geographic ties to Baltimore, and there is thought that either player could help the Orioles begin their movement out of a rebuilding phase.
The Winter Meetings kick off Monday, and the opening salvo is expected to be the retirement press conference of pitching giant Greg Maddux. Results of the Veterans' Committee Hall of Fame balloting will come in early Monday, and the broadcasting honors will be doled out to the Ford C. Frick Award winner on Tuesday. The Frick Award is given annually to a broadcaster who has made major contributions to baseball.
The Baseball Writers' Association of America will announce the winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award -- given annually to a writer who has contributed to baseball writing -- on Wednesday morning. Bob Elliott of the Ottawa Citizen, Nick Peters of the Sacramento Bee and Dave Van Dyck from the Chicago Tribune are up for the award, which recognizes excellence over a long and distinguished journalistic career.
Major League Baseball is also expected to make an announcement about the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday, and then the Winter Meetings will close down with the league's Rule 5 Draft on Thursday morning.
The Orioles hope to add at least two starting pitchers this winter and are also in the market for a starting shortstop. Teixeira, a native of nearby Severna Park, has been on the wish list for several years but figures to be hotly courted. And Burnett, who lives in Monkton, Md., has said that he'd like to pitch close to home.
Baltimore wasn't really active at last year's Winter Meetings but wound up trading Tejada and staff ace Erik Bedard before Spring Training. Roberts was involved in several trade rumors last winter -- many of them linking him to the Chicago Cubs -- and is one year away from free agency, which may make him more apt to be dealt this time.
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: I just played this game for the first time ever, today. Everything was going well until it was time to escape from the vault. I ran into Butch and his mother was trapped with the Radroaches. I was going to help her but I couldn't figure out how. Meanwhile the quest info said that I should go back to my desk and get my things, which I did. When I walked up to Butch again he said his mother had died and I could have helped her and it was my fault. He vowed revenge or something. I didn't know what to do... so I shot him. Sorry Butch, but as Elim Garak once said, "Always burn your bridges behind you. You never know who might be trying to follow." Picked up my first bit of bad karma with that. Not sure what to make of it.


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Fatal Genetic Quarter Horse Disease Identified
- Jun 9, 2004
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An inherited disorder called glycogen branching enzyme deficiency (GBED) in American Quarter Horses and related breeds that appears to be the cause for many unexplained stillbirths and deaths of young foals was identified by the University of Minnesota's Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, Department of Clinical and Population Sciences, and Jim Mickelson, PhD, associate professor veterinary pathobiology, both in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The disease was found to be an autosomal recessive trait, meaning each normal parent carries one allele that is defective and passes that "mutant" along to the foal, which ends up with a pair of defective alleles and expression of the disease.
This discovery means GBED could be prevented prior to breeding if parents are tested and carriers are not mated. (This type of recessive gene passage is similar to HC/HERDA found in Quarter Horses, but there isn't a genetic test available to identify carriers of HC/HERDA.)
GBED-affected foals are either born dead or are weak at birth with a low body temperature, according to Valberg. With assistance to nurse and intense nurturing, such foals often become stronger and nurse on their own. However, their activity level is typically less than that of healthy foals; they might have flexural deformities of the lower limbs, show a more rapid rate of breathing, and have intermittent seizures or signs easily interpreted as sepsis or infection. Most foals with GBED die suddenly by eight weeks of age due to a fatal drop in blood glucose levels or sudden heart failure. Some foals are euthanized because they become progressively weaker and are unable to rise without assistance.
A new type of equine disease was first suspected when muscle biopsies from a foal at Kansas State University were submitted to Valberg's Neuromuscular Diagnostic Laboratory. She found that this foal--as well as muscles from other affected foals--had a lower-than-expected amount of glycogen (the intracellular storage form of glucose) and an abundance of abnormal polysaccharide that formed both crystalline rods and large globules within the cells. This histopathological picture was very similar to human glycogen storage disease type IV that is due to a deficiency in the glycogen branching enzyme (GBE).
Further biochemical analysis in Mickelson's laboratory revealed that muscle and liver tissues from affected foals contained an unbranched form of polysaccharide, and that little or no GBE activity was present. Glycogen within cells normally exists as a 12-tiered tree-like structure with thousands of branch points that allow for the rapid storage and mobilization of glucose for energy metabolism. The lack of branch points on the glycogen molecule--due to the missing GBE enzyme activity--meant that none of the GBED foal's tissues could efficiently store and metabolize glucose. The lack of available energy from stored glucose in GBED likely affects tissues differently at different times. In the brain it could produce seizures, in the muscles it could produce weakness and contracted tendons, and in the heart it could cause sudden cardiac arrest.
Valberg said DVM/PhD student Tara Ward, working in Mickelson's laboratory, was able to identify the location of the GBE1 gene on horse chromosome 26, and the complete DNA sequence for the region of the GBE1 gene that codes for amino acids in the GBE protein. When the control horse and GBED foal DNA sequences were compared, a single DNA base pair alteration was evident. This GBE1 mutation caused a stop codon for protein synthesis to be inserted very early in the GBE1 mRNA, and meant that GBE protein could not be produced in GBED foals. GBED foals carry two copies (alleles) of the mutant GBE1 gene, and their parents each carried one normal and one mutant GBE1 allele. This pattern of distribution of GBE1 alleles is consistent with an autosomal recessive disease. To date, 12 foals have been identified with GBED, but analysis of their extended pedigrees indicates this is likely only the tip of the iceberg.
The discovery of the equine GBE1 mutation will be published in the July issue of the journal Mammalian Genome, noted Valberg. Work is now ongoing to determine the prevalence of the mutant GBE1 allele in the U.S. Quarter Horse population and to estimate its overall role in foal death and late-term abortion. A DNA-based test for horse breeders to use to determine if mares and stallions are carriers of the GBE1 mutation, and enable them to reduce or eliminate production of GBED foals, will be offered.
Financial support for this research comes from the American Quarter Horse Association, the Minnesota Racing Commission, and the University of Minnesota Equine Center.
About the Author
Kimberly S. Brown
Kimberly S. Brown was the Publisher/Editor of The Horse: Your Guide To Equine Health Care from June 2008 to March 2010, and she served in various positions at Blood-Horse Publications since 1980.
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The London Gang Show was once a fixture on the entertainment calendar favoured by royal patrons and pulling in packed houses.
The annual celebration of variety entertainment staged by scouts and their supporters is no longer such a high-profile event in the capital – but the tradition is alive and well in St Albans.
It's curtain up for the St Albans Gang Show 2014 at the Alban Arena tonight.
More than 120 guides, scouts and young leaders are well prepared to put their talents to the test with performances every night until Saturday at 7.30pm, with a Saturday matinee thrown in for good measure.
The show aims to be a fun, uplifting and spine-tingling evening of song, dance and comedy, and as well as being one of the biggest events on the county scouting and guiding calendar is always a hugely popular show at the St Albans venue.
Tickets priced £6 to £13 are available on 07885 661780, but not through the Arena box office.


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KEXP Reviews
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This Tacoma band's debut album is a sweat-soaked dance party of old school garage-rock injected with high-energy R&B in ways reminiscent of modern-day rockers like the Mooney Suzuki, the Hives and the Oblivians, not to mention a variety of more vintage sources including Mitch Ryder, the Human Beinz and hometown heroes the Sonics. The songs are split evenly between covers and originals, but whether they're digging up old soul chestnuts from Gino Washington and Sir Mack Rice or tearing into one of their own catchy originals, they bring a feral intensity and unbridled enthusiasm that's utterly refreshing. 4/4/2007 - Don Yates
Midnight Sour - 8/12/2009


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MONDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A drug called amiodarone
that's widely used to treat heartbeat irregularities might raise a
patient's risk of cancer, Taiwanese researchers report.
The risk, which the researchers termed "borderline significantly
increased," is more pronounced in men and patients who take high
doses of the drug, according to the study, which was published
online April 8 in the journal
"When prescribing amiodarone, doctors need to keep in mind that this medication may increase cancer risk," said lead author Dr. Vincent Yi-Fong Su, from the Taipei Veterans General Hospital. "We suggest that cancer events should be routinely reported in future amiodarone trials, and further observational research is necessary."
Patients taking the drug, however, shouldn't fear they'll get
cancer, one expert said.
"Amiodarone is among the most effective antiarrhythmic medications available," said Dr. Gregg Fonarow, a spokesman for the American Heart Association and professor of cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. "Well-controlled clinical trials have not demonstrated a significant increase in cancer with use of this medication."
The current study, called an observational study, doesn't prove
that amiodarone causes cancer, only that an association was found
between people taking the drug and cancer.
Many risk factors for heart disease and arrhythmia are also risk
factors for cancer, Fonarow said. The findings of this study
comparing those treated with amiodarone to the general population
are most likely explained by selection of patients and other
factors that weren't taken into account, he said.
"These findings should not be a concern to patients taking amiodarone," Fonarow said.
Amiodarone (sold as Cordarone and Pacerone) is commonly
prescribed to prevent life-threatening arrhythmias, such as
ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, both of which
can lead to cardiac arrest.
Ventricular tachycardia is a very rapid beating of the upper
chambers of the heart. When these chambers don't beat in the
correct order, the condition is called ventricular fibrillation.
These problems prevent blood from being pumped properly and can
cause the heart to stop beating altogether.
Amiodarone breaks down slowly, so large amounts can remain in
soft tissues when the drug is taken for a long time. This might
explain its association with cancer, the researchers said. Earlier
studies have shown an association between amiodarone and cancer
risk, but this is the largest study to date to show a link, they
For the study, Su's team followed more than 6,400 patients
taking amiodarone for almost three years. Among these patients, 280
developed cancer.
Men taking high doses of the drug had a 46 percent higher chance
of developing cancer than those who were neither male nor taking
large doses. Anyone taking high doses had nearly twice the risk of
cancer compared with people taking low doses, the researchers
Cancers of the digestive system, lung, liver, colon, ovaries and
prostate were among the cancers associated with amiodarone, the
researchers said.
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Ouachita Baptist took a 3-0 lead in game one in the bottom of the third inning and added another in the fourth after Suzie Gresham scored for the Lady Tigers. Tech could not get anything going through six innings of play as they only got three hits and could not manage to bring a runner home. After six innings, Ouachita Baptist led 4-0.
The Golden Suns would not give up though as Robinson doubled to lead off the seventh. Siarra Gomez then took a walk and Keen smashed a home run to bring in three. That cut the lead to 4-3 but the Golden Suns were not finished.
Down to their last out, Tech scored the go-ahead run after Natalie Magie and Amy Kilpatrick got on base and Nikki Nail hit a double to bring them home. Tech brought in three more runs in the seventh to conclude the inning with eight runs. The Lady Tigers could not score in the bottom of the seventh which gave Arkansas Tech the 8-4 comeback victory.
Victoria Huie pitched all seven innings for the Golden Suns while allowing seven hits and four earned runs. She earned the win and moved to 5-7 on the season.
Tech did not need a comeback to get the 6-3 win in game two. Keen, Ashton Long, and Magie all singled in the second to help put three runs on the board for the Golden Suns. Ouachita Baptist would attempt the comeback after scoring one in the third but Tech responded with one of their own in the third after Jessica Black doubled.
The Lady Tigers scored two more in the fourth to cut the lead to 4-3 but Tech finished the game with two runs in the fifth as the last two innings went scoreless. The Golden Suns brought their conference record back to .500 (6-6) with the 6-3 victory in the nightcap.
Rachel Keeton got her second win of the season (2-0) after pitching all seven innings while allowing just two earned runs and striking out two batters.
The Golden Suns will return to action Wednesday, March 13th in Tahlequah, Okla. to face Northeastern Oklahoma State. First pitch of the double header is scheduled for 2 pm.


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Best Fishes for a Happy Holiday Season
When we step back and think about how much we have achieved this year, we realise that none of it would have been possible without support and dedication from you and the awe inspiring diving community.
We are so grateful for your commitment to saving the ocean planet, and on behalf of all of us, the Board of Directors, Project AWARE staff and of course the ocean we are working to protect, a big THANK YOU.
Throughout the last year, working side by side with you, we have:
- Removed vast amounts of debris from the ocean
- Recorded vital debris data
- Shouted Out Loud for sharks, pushing our total signature count for the Give Sharks a Fighting Chance petition to 84,000
- Made great strides in policy change ranging globally from Europe to Florida
- Dived into action in all corners of the globe to confront two key ocean issues – sharks in peril and marine debris
- Built a powerful community of eco-aware divers on My Ocean: an online network for us all to share our experiences and talk about our environmental activities.
Together we tell an ongoing story - a story about the drive, the passion for the underwater world and the urgent need for a return to a healthy and abundant ocean life.
In 2012, we hope to carry on this momentum and take ocean protection to a whole new level, with you on board we know we can achieve this!


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European airliner Lufthansa has taken its biofuel efforts to the next level
after launching a six-month 50/50 fuel-biofuel mix test in European flights.
The new "hydrotreated" jet fuel is based from wood chips and inedible
plants, such as different types of grass. The use of food-based crops
negatively leads to issues with rising food costs that plague U.S. and European
The new blend of regular jet fuel and biosynthetic food is now used by the
airline company's Airbus A321 aircraft. Beginning
last week, flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt had a 50/50 mix in one
engine with the other engine running on regular jet fuel. Passengers are
unable to notice any difference how the aircraft flies.
Government support has increased demand for ethanol, so corn crops have been in
high demand since 2005.
Lufthansa is interested in studying long-term engine health as they try to make
a transition from regular jet fuel to biofuels.
Although Lufthansa believes this new biofuel fuel blend will drastically reduce
CO2 emissions, some German environmental groups criticized the move.
According to one German environmental group, they believe Lufthansa and other
airliners traveling such short distances still is bad for the environment --
and try to promote train travel as a more eco-friendly mode of transportation.
Air France conducted a commercial biofuel flight in June, with the Boeing
737-800 using recycled cooking oil instead of jet fuel. Airliners are
anxious to avoid investing in jet fuel that greatly fluctuates in cost, and a
more eco-friendly option is very welcome.
Biofuels remain a major interest by the government and private sector,
especially among airlines trying to become more eco-friendly and reduce
costs. Airline biofuels consist of materials ranging from grass and algae
to organic waste that is processed into biofuel that can be used for
transportation and vehicles.


text: Latinum is not a currency, it's a rare material, like diamonds. That's why it's important that it cannot be replicated in a proper fashion, because otherwise the entire Ferengi financial system would fall apart. There might be artificially created industrial latinum, like artificial diamonds, but just like those, it's useless on the market.


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consumption has been a growing concern for CPU designers,
manufacturers, and end-users for
the last decade. The projected exponential growth in power
consumption led Intel to abandon its NetBurst microarchitecture in
favor of the much more efficient Core design. This has also led both
Intel and AMD to focus on multi-core designs that would be more power
efficient and scale more effectively.
also took power efficiency to a whole other level with the Atom
processors. Designed for nettops, netbooks, Mobile Internet Devices
(MIDs), and the embedded market, Atom's relentless focus on power
efficiency over pure performance created several new computing
world's largest semiconductor company is working on multi-core
designs with CPUs that number
in the dozens, but those products are years away from
commercialization. A new startup may have found a way to give them a
run for their money.
figures that most of today's servers are particularly inefficient
on small simple workloads, and even more inefficient during periods
of low utilization or idle. It believes that microtransactions
are best handled by using hundreds of power-efficient CPUs instead of
larger multi-core chips.
company has developed a new server that can utilize up to 512 Atom
CPUs together. Sixteen Atom CPUs and chipsets are integrated onto a
single PCB along with SeaMicro's proprietary ASIC that handles server
management and load balancing. Up to 32 PCBs are assembled together
to form a single SM10000 server, four of which can fit in a standard
design removes 90% of the components typically found on a motherboard
and consolidates discreet networking components to further reduce
power and cost. Up to 64 GbE and/or 16 x 10GbE uplinks and anywhere
from 0-64 6Gb/s SATA
drives can be used.
secret sauce is SeaMicro's Dynamic Compute Allocation Technology
(DCAT). It has the ability to shut off cores or entire boards, using
its software to determine which is more efficient. Rule based
management is also an option and can be programmed by the customer,
with several default profiles provided.
only major flaw is that SeaMicro's server do not support ECC or
registered memory and therefore should not be used for
mission-critical applications. The current design using Intel's Z-530
Atoms, and can only support 2GB of DDR2 DRAM per chip. However, that
equals 1 Terabyte of DRAM in a full configuration.SeaMicro
claims a higher degree of security than virtualization, because
individual Atom dice or entire boards can be isolated. Each drive can
also be isolated for additional security.
design is platform agnostic, and its flexible architecture can
be made compatible with any x86, ARM, RISC and others designs.
The hardware can also be easily modified for compatibility with
Intel's 32nm
Atom designs.
for a SM10000 starts at $139,000 USD. However, SeaMicro claims a 75%
reduction in space and power consumption for an equivalent amount of
performance from mainstream solutions. The associated reduction in
power conditioning and cooling will also help companies save money.
The SM10000 comes with 80Plus
power supplies, and uses less than 2 KW of power.
SM10000 will go on sale at the beginning of July in limited
quantities, with general availability on July 30. SeaMicro already
has multiple customers amongst the top 100 data centers. Applications
with large volumes of microtransactions include free web-based email
(such as Gmail and Hotmail), and social media sites (Facebook and
was founded by industry veterans from leading technology companies
including Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Sun Microsystems, Intel,
and AMD. The company has raised $25 million from strategic
partners and venture capitalists, and was awarded a $9.3
million grant from the Department of Energy.


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Location901 Indian Rock Avenue at San Diego Road - Northeast Berkeley
Getting There
Map of Parks
Mortar Rock Park is one of Berkeley's rock parks in the Northbrae area, providing great views and challenges for early-level rock climbing.
Rock outcrop with carved steps and areas for rock climbing
Vista/overlook with great views of the San Francisco Bay
If you're interested in rock climbing, check out the other Berkeley parks with rock features: Contra Costa Rock Park, Cragmont Rock Park, Great Stoneface Park, Glendale–La Loma Park, Grotto Rock Park, Indian Rock Park, and Remillard Park.
HistoryMortar Rock Park was a gift to the City of Berkeley from Mason-McDuffie Real Estate Company during its development of the Northbrae area. It was dedicated for park purposes in 1917.
No Restroom
No Off-Street Parking
Acreage.39 acre 16,990 sq. ft.
AccessibilityNot wheelchair accessible
Park HoursOpen dawn to dusk, unless otherwise indicated.
For questions on park maintenance, contact:
Mobile Unit 1: Landscape Gardener Supervisor, Pam Boland, email@example.com
or, you may contact Mobile Unit 1 by phone at (510) 981-6637.
List of City Parks | Map of City Parks


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havent drank in a month due to pneumonia and it blows...now one more month cause im on round two of meds...
You've posted your wife's picture; she's good-looking. Glad you see it's the booze.
Sobrietyside- at least now when you invoke repulsion from the chicks it won't be based on that the fact you're a drunk goofy baztid.
I'm sober.
And jealous of people who can drink in moderation.
How do you stop after a few???
As someone who has enjoyed three glasses of wine whilst doing some prep cooking, should I be in here?
celebrate after your match with a couple bottles from napa ...(her friends call her Hoover - not sure why...FBI mebbe)
... as the sun fades away and the second bottle has been tapped, i'd ask her for an explanation ... as well as demonstration ...
This might be the worst thread I've seen the one about crapping your pants.
been weed free since the phins game. Gotta goto court and there may be a pop quiz. Been drinking instead
I'm sure I'll be fine, so I might as well go for a life ins policy while I'm at it.
but man, since my break, I've had some insane dreams and even worse nightmares.
can't wait until this **** is over.
I'm in the wrong thread.
I just popped a valium, cracked a tall one and sparked a bowl.


text: Topic: Lessons from the Aspen Idea To many, Aspen connotes skiing, celebrities, and the rich. But what is really fascinating and worthy of study is the confluence of thought, creativity, and action which became known as the Aspen Idea. The concept was a cultural renaissance predicated on a philosophy of fusing and unifying mind, spirit and body. Men from the Army's Tenth Mountain Division returned after World War II to develop recreational skiing. Faculty from the University of Chicago brought the Great Books and founded the Aspen Institute as a place to explore and develop leadership. Interaction with the majestic physical surroundings forged a spirit of individual centeredness and peak performance. Though different today than originally envisioned, the Aspen Idea still provides lessons in vision, leadership and personal success. The goal of the seminar is to identify principles of leadership from the Aspen experience and to permit each participant to develop a personal leadership plan and foundation for achievement.


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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA CIVIL ACTION CASE NO.: CA-06-376 DIVISION: 55 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SERIES 2005-A, Plaintiff, vs. KIMBERLY D. WRIGHT, et al., Defendant(s). NOTICE OF ACTION TO: KIMBERLY D. WRIGHT LAST KNOWN ADDRESS AND RESIDENCE: 220 SOUTH OCEAN GRANDE DRIVE ,UNIT 101, PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL 32082. CURRENT ADDRESS AND RESIDENCE: UNKNOWN ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING BY, THROUGH, UNDER, AND AGAINST THE HEREIN NAMED INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT(S) WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD OR ALIVE, WHETHER SAID UNKNOWN PARTIES MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST AS SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, OR OTHER CLAIMANTS. LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: UNKNOWN. CURRENT ADDRESS: UNKNOWN. YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to foreclose a mortgage on the following property in ST. JOHNS County, Florida: UNIT NUMBER 101, BUILDING 8, AND GARAGE UNIT G2, OF OCEAN GRANDE AT SERENATA BEACH, A CONDOMINIUM, TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS APPERTENANT THERETO, ACCORDING TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMIN IUM THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 1736, AT PAGE 1776, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, FLORIDA, TOGETHER WITH ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses within 30 days after the first publication, if any, on Echevarria, Codilis & Stawiarski, Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is 9119 Corporate Lake Drive, Suite 300, Tampa, Florida 33634, and file the original with this Court either before service on Plaintiff's attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise, a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint or petition. WITNESS my hand and the seal of this Court on this 2nd day of June, 2006. Cheryl Strickland Clerk of the Court By Linda G. Barton As Deputy Clerk L1469-6 June 7, 14, 2006
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CARSON, Calif. – Bruce Arena has a number of lineup decisions to make before the LA Galaxy open the regular season on March 3, but one player who looks to have locked down a starting spot this preseason is left-sided midfielder Colin Clark.
Since being acquired from the Houston Dynamo via the MLS Re-Entry Draft process, Clark has been a revelation this preseason by making four starts with LA's first team. During Clark's starts, the left winger has looked dynamic as he has shown a knack for creating dangerous scoring chances while combining well with left back Todd Dunivant.
Clark is expected to start once again on Tuesday when LA takes on Club Tijuana at The Home Depot Center.
"I'm getting used to people's tendencies…It's taken a little bit of time, but I'm getting there," said Clark. "Coming in and getting a chance to play is all that I could have asked for. At this point, it looks like it is almost my job to lose and I'm trying to help the team in any way possible."
Clark's adaptation process is helped by the fact that he is paired on the left side with another Colorado-native in Dunivant, who played at the Colorado Rush youth club a few years after the winger.
"Colin is another guy that plays wide and more of a traditional winger. He's in that Christian Wilhelmsson mold on the left side. He's great with both feet, takes defenders on and is very good at getting crosses on. He'll be good weapon for us."


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The name is Molly, and I've been reading Harry Potter since I was eight.
I'm still looking for that story idea that I can finish...well. I love pretty much all types of fan fiction; my favorites are romances involving unusual (but not squicky!) pairings.
I have a penchant for long, well-written angsty (but not overly so) romances with unusual pairings that make you want to die when they're over.
Recently, I also have a penchant for the word "penchant."
Currently, I'm reading Persephone by obsessed_with_jo.
Faaabulous, and I usually don't even like OC stories.


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Romney struggles with 'replace'
By the time Mitt Romney faces President Barack Obama for their first debate next month, he'll have to figure out a sharper way to explain what he would do to replace "Obamacare."
That's the lesson of his "Meet the Press" experience this weekend, when he tried to tell the viewers that he'd pursue two of the most popular goals of the health care law — insurance for people with pre-existing conditions and coverage for young adults — and promptly had to reassure conservatives that he didn't actually mean he'd leave parts of "Obamacare" in place.
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The problem is that Romney's pledge to pursue some of the most popular goals of the federal health care law may play well to the middle, but it doesn't sit as well with the base. And it could further complicate his already tricky position on health care, given the deep similarities of his Massachusetts law and the federal one.
But since Romney is sure to be asked during the debates what he would do after he repeals Obama's health care law, he'll have to come up with an answer that satisfies swing voters without doing what he did on "Meet the Press": signaling to conservatives that he might not be totally committed to repeal after all.
"I'm not getting rid of all of health care reform," Romney told host David Gregory on Sunday. "Of course, there are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I'm going to put in place." He cited stopping discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions and coverage for young adults in particular.
That didn't go over so well, as some conservatives sensed Romney was going soft on "Obamacare." The campaign quickly clarified that Romney had not changed his position from a health policy speech in June. He said then that he would ensure that people who change jobs or move could not be dropped from insurance plans because of a medical condition.
As Romney learned this weekend, there's a big difference between saying you'd keep parts of Obama's health care law — which means you're not really going to repeal the whole law — and wiping away the whole law but replacing the most popular measures with more conservative versions.
"The grass roots have dog ears that are trained to certain whistle tones," said Tom Miller, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Romney's got to "aggressively run against 'Obamacare,'" Miller said, while also finding a solid 30-second explainer of how he plans to replace it.
"Running against Obama has only gotten them so far," Miller said. "They've got to say what they are actually for."
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who advised Sen. John McCain on health policy during his presidential bid, said he thought Romney would figure it out. "He may have muddied the water with the politics a little" with his comments Sunday, Holtz-Eakin said.
Holtz-Eakin's advice for Romney's message: "I want to repeal every shred of the Affordable Care Act, but I promise in my replace plan to cover people with pre-existing conditions and to let young adults stay on their parent's insurance plans."
The Romney campaign declined to answer specific questions about his plans to do those things. But a statement from the campaign said he "supports federal regulation to prohibit discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions who have maintained continuous coverage."
The campaign did not repeat his pledge about young adult coverage, but on Sunday, a campaign official told National Review that Romney wasn't proposing a federal mandate, noting that the market would provide the coverage if there's a demand for it.
Conservative experts say that that will likely be the new normal with or without a federal mandate. Before the Supreme Court largely upheld the federal health law in June, three major insurers garnered good headlines by volunteering to extend the young adult coverage no matter how the court ruled.


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Bobby Roode comes out and says RVD had a chance to beat him in a match he chose, and it is a match that RVD perfected in his career. He says RVD got a hell of a fight from 'Mr. PPV', but he still climbed up and grabbed his title, and he proved everyone wrong again. Roode tells the fans they should chant his name because he is their champion, and he will be the longest reigning champion ever seven days. He says he is going to have a party to commemorate the occasion called "The It Factor's Celebration of Domination", then he calls Hulk Hogan out to the ring. Roode says he is sure Hulk heard the news about his title reign, and he has some demands like having his dressing room redecorated and stocked with champagne. He says he wants a bowl of green M&M's and gold confetti flown in from Canada, but Hulk stops and says he needs to tell him something and takes the list.
Hulk says he has seen alot of great champions, and they had problems in the company but he took the belt and now everyone is after him. Hulk tears up the list and he says Roode might be great, but next week is Open Fight Night and the tag team titles were already defended last month. He says Roode is defending his next week, and he took a poll of people who want a title shot and he calls them all out to the stage. Most of the locker room comes out to the stage and Hulk says they all stepped up for a shot, but he needs to narrow things down to four men. Hulk announces four elimination matches, and he makes the first three featuring RVD/Bully Ray, Jeff Hardy/Ken Anderson, and Kurt Angle/Samoa Joe. Hulk says the final match is going to be a battle royal between everyone else, and he says that's the way it goes so Roode can celebrate but he better fight first.
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