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About Elaine Christy
Elaine Christy is winner of the American Harp
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The UK High Court has declared that section one of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (the Act) is contrary to European Law.
The Act does not provide for independent court or judicial scrutiny to ensure that only data deemed "strictly necessary" is examined; and there is no definition of what constitutes "serious offences" in relation to which material can be investigated. This means that the general public would not have sufficient privacy safeguards making the Act incompatible with Article 8 of the European convention on Human Rights – the right to respect for private and family life.
The review is part of a judicial challenge brought by two MPs in respect of the emergency legislation introduced by the government in 2014. The Act requires internet and phone companies to keep their communications data for a year and regulates how police and intelligence agencies gain access to it.
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I appreciated the Jan. 29 editorial, in which was described the horror that bullying creates and the need for an anti-bullying bill.
It is a shame that John Davis didn't have a chance to read the editorial before he wrote "Impeach the president" (letter, Jan. 29). I think his letter exemplifies a bullying attitude right out of the Karl Rove playbook.
If President Barack Obama has done anything that in any way comes even close to an impeachable act it would be all over the television news and talk shows and in every newspaper in the world.
Some Republicans, like Davis, seek power by putting people down. There is the attack on voters' rights and disparaging remarks about welfare. There is also "trickle-down economics" that never trickled down to anyone.
The goal of Democrats is to help people, to bring them up out of poverty, to help them become self-sufficient; to help those who cannot help themselves. Not everyone is able to achieve the goal of progressing out of poverty into a self-supporting job, but many do, and that is well-documented.
Obama has a proposal that would streamline government and save taxpayer dollars. The need for a single-payer, efficient and fair health care system is obvious.
Now, there is progress.
I believe we need Obama for four more years
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(August 3, 2016). With great sadness, Masterson Farms, LLC, announces the euthanasia of Zippos Sheik due to severe laminitis. Sheik, with great heart and determination, had successfully battled through several bouts of laminitis over the past several months. However, increasing rotation and sinking, and the further pain he would have endured, forced the decision to end his life in as peaceful and dignified a manner as possible.
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I'm bored of Brexit. I think most other people probably are too. It is of course the biggest task facing the government for the next few years and how it happens or doesn't happen could have huge implications for us all. But that doesn't stop it being quite dull.
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Brexit is dull for the same reasons that prior to last year's referendum the EU was dull enough that most people didn't really know or care very much about what being in the EU meant in any detail. Which is why so much of the debate was about simple elements like "taking control of immigration", getting back the old midnight blue hardback passports we used to have, or whether there were other things we might or would do with the money we currently sent to the EU. That's not to say that there weren't better and more informed reasons for leaving or that even those things weren't important enough to justify a vote to leave. They were certainly more compelling than arguments to stay based on things like the importance of the Single Market and Customs Union which to the majority of people might as well have been in Sanskrit for all the obvious impact they had on their lives as they are lived.
This doesn't mean that things like the UK's trading relationship with the EU are unimportant. They're incredibly important. But just as the way in which the Single Market operates, the framework of laws and regulations, the institutions involved in determining and enforcing those laws and so on were of little interest to most people prior to the referendum, I think that the immense and intricate detail of what will follow will be too. The vast majority of people are, I believe, not ultra keen on either extreme of the leave/remain debate. They'd think it wrong if the government decided to ignore the referendum and just stay in the EU and they'd think it wrong if the government ended up leaving on obviously bad terms just for the sake of leaving. Quite where the line should be drawn in between those extremes? Most don't really know. We can have preferences on individual issues but as an overall position? Put that in the box marked "meh". This is probably a better explanation for why the UK economy hasn't collapsed (and indeed has grown more than forecast) than "well that's because Brexit hasn't happened yet, just wait and see when it does". It is only those at the extremes who have a clear view and for them either Brexit will always be too "Hard" or too "Soft", depending on whether they were rampant Remainers or Leavers.
I think where we'll end up, boringly, is with something in between which will have those at the extremes still unhappy. We'll be out of the EU, so those who believe that we shouldn't under any circumstances leave will consider any form of leaving to be terrible. We will however not just rip everything up so it'll be too soft for the most foam-speckled Ukippers.
I think it is almost certain that despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the rights of EU citizens currently in the UK to stay (and about Brits abroad in the EU not to be repatriated) the status quo will be preserved. It is also quite likely that whatever restrictions are placed on future movement between the UK and EU they won't be so onerous as to prevent those who are genuinely moving to work or study from being able to do so, even if it might not be quite as simple as waving a burgundy passport. If anything, I think economically there could be benefits for much of the rest of the EU if there isn't completely free movement of people with the UK – once outside the EU, ending free movement would restrict the UK's ability to have a competitive advantage in attracting workers from elsewhere, driving up wages and costs in poorer countries and reducing them in the UK. That's why even with "control" over immigration, the UK probably wouldn't want to shut its borders regardless.
As long as we can see that the government has the power to control immigration and is using it to stop obviously harmful people coming, the actual numbers won't matter so much any more because people will assume that the numbers coming and going are controlled. The perception will be different even if the substance is not very. In the absence of lots of new states acceding to the EU there isn't another bow wave of EU migrants like in 2004 to come in any case.
In other areas, I don't think there will be any real appetite to "punish" the UK by making life hard in trade, just as I don't think this government, or any of the ones we've had since 1979 would want to depart from the idea of minimising trade barriers between the UK and the rest of the world. I suspect that the Great Repeal Bill which will enshrine existing UK implementations of EU law in UK law post-Brexit will end up with a very leisurely pace of actual repeal and replacement and often strong reasons in the future to shadow what is happening at an EU level on uncontentious topics. Relatively few implementations of EU regulations by means of the power to implement using Statutory Instruments were ever put to a vote and this reflects how uninteresting they were. Their replacements will not magically become more interesting in post-Brexit Britain or Westminster. Similarly, while formally remaining in the Customs Union will probably not happen, does anybody here or in the EU really want to start putting up tariff barriers and working out what they might be? It would be easier not to bother rather than to generate some new tariffs the effects of which would not be predictably to the benefit of either side.
One of the reasons why the EU is slow at negotiating trade deals is that they need to be approved by all Member States – so putting in a tariff on say, new cars, which might benefit German car manufacturers in competition against UK ones might also inadvertently benefit German manufacturers against French ones who would suddenly find that their domestic market had less competitive constraint coming from imports from the UK and the Germans were better placed to exploit it. Nobody knows and I think, however much the Commission might want to preserve the purity of the EU and dissuade anyone from breaking ranks, the Member States will reasonably quickly conclude that it's a game not worth playing. Similarly, in Financial Services, could anyone predict with any certainty that damaging the City of London would benefit Paris and Frankfurt equally rather than make one or other become dominant? Leaving things be would be more likely to appeal to EU national leaders than giving London a "punishment beating" and finding that it ended up harming their own country.
Now, I agree that these also sound like good reasons not to bother with changing anything so why bother leaving the EU at all? Personally I took the view that most if not all of what the EU provides can be done by the UK alone and so from an abstract perspective we don't absolutely need to be in it. At the same time, there weren't so many things about the EU which upset me so much that I wanted to leave in order to achieve them and that there were lots of things which I'd really rather the UK never did which they would be able to do if we did. But that is where I think there is meaning in "Brexit means Brexit". Leaving the EU will allow for changes in the stuff that people do care about and it will make little difference in the end to the boring and specialist stuff that they never busied themselves with before and have probably already glazed over reading in the previous couple of paragraphs. It is the EU's failure that it didn't understand how little it needed to change to have kept the support of the UK's population and so gave Cameron not even that.
I'd have been more concerned about Brexit had it been pushed by a government which was likely to want to make big changes to those "boring" bits and to depart from the broadly economically liberal underpinnings of the EU to become much more protectionist and interventionist. But, thankfully, we don't look like we're going to get Jeremy Corbyn and his ilk anywhere near power and his concept of a "different, social Europe" is almost certainly likely to be even less appealing to the rest of the EU than any plausible actual post-Brexit Europe. If we think that getting to have relatively free access to the EU Single Market while placing restrictions on free movement of people is a difficult task then doing so while restricting free movement of capital and goods and freedom of establishment instead would be positively Herculean.
So, while it will probably be a massive balls ache in practice for the government and civil service to negotiate the implementation of Brexit, and as an EU lawyer, one that made me shudder enough to vote for remain, it is a boring process balls ache rather than one that will make much difference to the vast majority of people. Which is why Brexit is itself boring and in particular, why those making ultra-technical legal arguments about things like the revocability of notification under Article 50 TFEU are beyond boring to anyone who is not either professionally interested or intent at all costs to prevent it from happening.


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Prosperity and equality make America great
In response to your Dec. 23 editorial "GOP lessons, post Lott": I totally disagree with the assumption that the Republican Party must: eschew the Confederate flag as a vote-winning issue; halt stumping at Bob Jones University, which bars interracial dating; or oppose the segregationist Council of Conservative Citizens. The voters will decide what is unacceptable with their votes.
The only thing Republicans should do is to welcome all Americans to join in a color-blind party that judges people on the content of their character and ability, not the color of their skin. Republicans should eschew racism in all its forms, including affirmative action and the reverse racism it represents.
The Republican Party should, and does ,stand for smaller government, limited taxation, and states' rights. The government should foster a probusiness climate that assures prosperity for all Americans. These are what made America great, and it is in our best interest to remember them.
America freed its slaves; it did not revert to armed conquest. Color-blind equality will bind this country together, while favoritism on the basis of skin color or ethnic origin will balkanize and destroy this land of the free.
Ted McCarthy
Venice, Fla.
Regarding your Dec. 23 article "How US might counter 'scorched-earth' tactics": Daniel Smith makes quite a gamble saying, "Iraqis will collapse so fast that they will not have time to wreck their own country." As Dr. Thompson says in the article, the most effective method is to sack the quarterback.
However, if Saddam Hussein is removed from power, his two sons are just as capable of torturing and killing their own people and destroying their country. North Korea, currently provoking a US response with its nuclear reactivation, will unquestionably thin out America's resources.
If the action isn't quick, the American public just may call this another Vietnam War, which will be disastrous for both foreign and domestic policy.
James Simon
New York
A Christmas card to the world
In response to your Dec. 24 article "A subdued Christmas in Bethlehem": Thank you for sharing the thoughts and feelings of Christian schoolgirls in Bethlehem.
They are not forgotten, as the Monitor demonstrates. They and their families have occupied Bethlehem for more than 2,000 years. These essays are a Christmas card to the world; hope in despair, light in darkness, and love in the face of denial.
Karen James
Santa Fe, N.M.
Regarding "A subdued Christmas in Bethlehem": While it was interesting to read the stories written by Bethlehem schoolgirls, the article made it seem as if Israel is to blame for the difficult situation experienced by residents this Christmas.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The direct cause of the Israeli army's re-entering of Bethlehem last month is the Islamic Palestinian terrorists who use Bethlehem as their base from which to launch attacks and terrorize local Christians. The Christians' city is being taken over by the murderers of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Yasser Arafat's Fatah Tanzim. Do they fear retribution from the armed gangs who effectively control what goes on in the city?
Following Operation Defensive Shield in April, the Israeli Defense Forces left Bethlehem and tried to help the city get back to normal. Unfortunately, the terrorists returned, and so did the suicide attacks.
Israel is simply exercising its right to self-defense and, in doing so, is at the forefront of the global war on terrorism.
Joseph Alexander
Efrat, Israel
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Well bees, Darling Husband and I are sitting in an airport restaurant right now. Our flight to Cancun leaves in a few hours and we finally have some downtime, so I thought I'd share a quick recap of our backyard wedding. It. Was. Awesome. Gorgeous weather, great food and lots of love. It didn't feel real while it was happening but it sure does now 🙂
We had it at my parents home with about 90 guests and a top-notch caterer. Our DJ did an amazing job keeping people on the dance floor. I thought we would shut down at midnight since we only had about 2 dozen friends and the rest were family, but people stayed well after 1:30am. Ill post a more detailed recap when we get the rest of our pro pics back, but I have a few teasers and some non-pro pics that I hope I can post from my phone, so here goes!
Me and my sister and Maid/Matron of Honor, getting the guest tables decorated in between hair and makeup:
Bridal selfie, right before first look photos with my dad:
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The Works of John Cassian.: Chapter XX. A question about the fallen angels who are said in Genesis to have had intercourse with the daughters of men.
Chapter XX.
A question about the fallen angels who are said in Genesis to have had intercourse with the daughters of men.
Germanus: Since a passage of Genesis was a little while ago by the providence of God brought forward in our midst, and happily reminded us that we can now conveniently ask about a point which we have always longed to learn, we want to know what view we ought to take about those fallen angels who are said to have had intercourse with the daughters of men, and whether such a thing can literally p. 383 take place with a spiritual nature. And also with regard to this passage of the gospel which you quoted of the devil a little while back, "for he is a liar and his father," 1550 we should like in the same way to hear who is to be understood by "his father."
S. John viii. 44. We find from Augustin (Tract. xxiv. in Johan.) that the Manichees interpreted this text as implying that the devil had a father, translating it "For he is a liar, and so is his father." Augustine himself explains it as Abbot Serenus does below in c. xxv.; viz., that the devil is not only a liar himself but the parent of lies.
Next: Chapter XXI. The answer to the question raised.
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2008-02-08 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: As you may or may not be aware, ARISS trains each ISS crew before they go up to the ISS on using the onboard radios and ARISS procedures. To make the training more realistic, ARISS has arranged for a local Houston school to participate in 2 simulated ARISS contacts with crewmembers in training at JSC. These two contacts will be retransmitted on IRLP and the W5RRR repeater. Please note, that the times may fluctuate somewhat depending on how well the training is going and crewmember availability. Simulated contact with Bay Area Charter Elementary School, El Lago, Texas ISS callsign KC5ZTA, ground station W5RRR Simulated Contact 1 with Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Successful 2008-02-08 16:05 UTC (***) Simulated contact with Bay Area Charter Elementary School, El Lago, Texas ISS callsign KE5AIT, ground station W5RRR Simulated Contact 2 with E. Michael Fincke KE5AIT Successful 2008-02-08 16:30 UTC (***) Robespierre, Rueil-Malmaison, F-92500, France, direct via F6KFA Contact is a go for: Thu 2008-02-21 14:21 UTC 77 deg Scheduled to be with Léopold Eyharts FX0STD/KE5FNO ISS callsign that will be used is FX0STD (***) Next missions with astronaut/hams on board. STS-122 launched on time at 2008-02-07 19:45 UTC and is chasing the ISS. STS-123 launch tentatively scheduled for about 2008-03-13 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 334. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 4. (***) ARISS expects no school contacts until STS-122 launches due to the crew work schedule. We will keep everyone informed of any changes. QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2008-02-08 18:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2008-02-08 18:30 UTC (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.r tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 16 on orbit: Peggy Whitson Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Daniel Tani KD5DXE Future Léopold Eyharts FX0STD/KE5FNO ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) ---- Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex
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The Mendenhall Flying Lions has been busy with vision screening this month. We didn't waste any time once school started getting in touch with nurses in the Juneau School District and public health nurses for Southeast communities to see what we could schedule.
And a HUGE thanks to all the Lions who take time out of their busy schedules to show up at the schools and travel out of town to provide this valuable service.
Here's how September went:
Valley Baptist Academy (preschool): screened 79 with 7 referrals
Floyd Dryden Middle School (6th graders): screened 165 with 39 referrals
Riverbend Elementary (Preschool): screened 35 with 4 referrals
Angoon (preschool, elementary, and high school): screened 72 with 21 referrals
The Angoon screening breaks down like this:
Preschool: screened 7 with 3 referrals
Elementary: screened 41 with 6 referrals
High School: screened 24 with 12 referrals (but six were missing their glasses)
What I find interesting is that most schools only want us to screen their preschool, kindergarten, and sometimes first graders. Do they not think children's eyes can get worse? Angoon High School is a good example of the answer to this…. YES! We caught six children in high school who were not aware they needed glasses…. So why, most cases, are we only allowed to screen the younger children?
This is an ongoing frustration for us. But we continue on and take what they give us!
This has been a good start for the school year with lots of others in the works. Next month we head to Gustavus, Hoonah, and Wrangell and are presently working on Sitka schools and several other schools here in town.
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2:47:56 PMCambridge teen's terror hearing postponed (ACLU blasts FBI's 'dragnet' tactics)
An ACLU board member who filed a court affidavit supporting Robel Phillipos, the friend of accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged with lying to investigators, is outraged about what she called a "dragnet"the FBI has been conducting of the pair's classmates at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School.
"It seems like almost all of the class of 2011 has been contacted in one way or another by the FBI," said Nancy Ryan, who knows Phillipos' mother. "We've been making sure that anyone that we hear about knows that they have the right to have a lawyer.
"Ryan, a former board president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, said she's heard about graduates being pulled out of college classrooms for questioning and called to testify before grand juries.
FBI Boston spokesman Greg Comcowich said the interviews are standard practice, and that investigators only have to advise an interviewee of the right to an attorney if he or she is in custody — and everyone volunteered to talk.
"We have conducted those interviews so we can put together the best picture of what happened before and after the tragic events of April 15," Comcowich told the Herald.
Phillipos was due to appear in federal court July 12, for a probable cause hearing, but it was postponed until Aug. 12. Prosecutors say Phillipos, who was ordered to home confinement, initially lied to investigators about visiting Tsarnaev's UMass Dartmouth dorm three days after the bombing, but later admitted he visited the room with two other classmates,Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov.
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Former Chicago Blackhawks forward Fred Sasakamoose poses with FSIN Youth Hockey Championships participants, from right, Keyanna Cook, Annika Whitecap, Claire Whitecap and Shannon Cook. Jamie Harkins/Meridian Booster
Fred Sasakamoose's legacy stems from, but does not encompass, the fact he was the first Canadian aboriginal to play in the National Hockey League.
Sasakamoose has made his mark through fostering the development of First Nations youth through sport.
The 83-year-old carried on his work by acting as a youth ambassador at the 2017 Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Youth Hockey Championships, held in Lloydminster and Onion Lake last week.
"I'm just here to support," said Sasakamoose.
"When you host something like this it takes a lot of care. You're hosting about maybe 3,000 kids through the province of Saskatchewan. It takes a lot of work and dedication, so why not (support it)?"
After dominating the Western Canada Junior Hockey League (WCJHL) as a centre with the Moose Jaw Canucks in 1953-54, Sasakamoose earned a late-season call up to the Chicago Blackhawks, where he played 11 games.
The hard-working pivot went on to play another seven seasons in various minor hockey leagues.
Since ending his playing days, Sasakamoose has tirelessly worked to promote opportunities for youth in sport in his home community of the Ahtahkakoop First Nation, northwest of Prince Albert.
His work at developing champions in sport included the promotion of positive lifestyles and the importance of volunteerism.
He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame as a Builder in 2007 for those efforts.
"Fred paved the way for all these First Nations hockey players that they can make it to the NHL," said Grant Whitstone, an organizer of the 2017 FSIN Youth Hockey Championships.
"Kids see that. They come up to him and they shake his hand and they want to take pictures and at the end of the day that's what it's all about."
Sasakamoose said his path to the NHL was a difficult one.
He was taken from his community at the age of six and placed in a residential school in Duck Lake where he mastered the game of hockey under the guidance of a priest.
After winning the provincial midget championship with Duck Lake in 1948-49, Sasakamoose took a chance with the Moose Jaw Canucks despite feeling uncomfortable about entering a world that seemed foreign to him.
He noted the hope is tournaments, like the FSIN Youth Hockey Championships, may inspire other kids to fight for their goals.
"I'm very proud to be an Indian," said Sasakamoose.
"That's why I'm here. To exhibit (that) to some of our children and to spark them."


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PRACTISING Feng Shui can help you adapt to your surroundings so that you are happier, more productive, healthier and more prosperous.
This week's article is about water and toilets.
Water is the most powerful of the five elements and the most important for sustaining life.
Firstly, one has to understand the role of water as it relates to flow, draining and generating.
Secondly, all water is not the same. You have water for drinking and wastewater.
The water used for drinking and preparing food has a direct correlation to the health and vitality of your cells. A body that is hydrated with pure, clean water supports brain and memory capability, maintains a healthy level of mobility and organ function while reduces the ageing process.
Thirdly, there is a myth that water should not drain from your house or you will lose money, energy and health. But can you stop water from draining?
When you wash your dishes, you need the water to drain out from the sink or when you soak yourself in the tub, you definitely won't be keeping the water in there. You will drain the water so that the next person can fill the tub with fresh water and take his or her bath.
Be practical! You want to drain the water that goes down the drain, sink, tub or toilet. Imagine if the water is left stagnant each time you use the sink, tub or toilet...
When you are not using the toilet, keep the seat down. Toilets have a large mouth, and when flushed, they suck an enormous amount of "chi" (vital energy) down the drain. Some studies show that toxic energy (sewage) re-enters a bathroom if the toilet seat is not closed. This could harm your health in the long run.
The phrase "I might as well flush the money down the drain" sums up the link between Feng Shui and plumbing. So if you have leaking taps and faucets, you are not maximising the "chi" in your space.
You'll see a drain on your health and finances. The sound of leaking taps can be rather annoying, thus affecting your health in the long run as it builds up the anger inside you. Repair all leaking taps and faucets so you could have peace of mind.
Some Feng Shui experts believe that when water and plumbing problems occur, it is a message to look at yourself and see what unresolved fear, anger, anxiety and shame you have that need healing.
You could be experiencing anyone of them due to job loss, unnecessary money coming out of your pocket due to car and house repairs or an unexpected request for a large sum of money (for taxes, suit, etc).
To avoid these emotional and financial challenges, keep your plumbing working in perfect order.
Finally, you may want to decorate your toilet with plants and remove the clutter. There are many house plants that are easy to grow, require little sunlight and are excellent "chi" boosters. Plants slow the energy down, clean the air and balance the five elements.
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A fresh voice with a positive message, Jenna Hager shows how lives can be changed when provided with compassion, community support and educational opportunities.
Whether an action large or small, everyone has the ability to make a profound impact on the lives of others. A devoted humanitarian, Jenna Hager calls audiences to action and shows they too can make a difference. Hager demonstrates the many positive contributions that people can have to impact their families, schools and communities. As a UNICEF volunteer, inner-city school teacher and a Today correspondent who shows stories of everyday people doing terrific things, Hager has ample experiences seeing the very best in human nature. Hager's message of compassion for supporting those in need inspires audiences to help the disadvantaged and take a more active role in their community.
United in their humanitarian missions and the spirit of service—as well as through their close family bond—Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Hager have found a shared purpose in giving voice to the disadvantaged while bringing to light stories of hope. Coming from a unique vantage point as the only twins to grow up in the White House as both grandchildren and children, Barbara and Jenna were inspired to live lives of meaning from an early age. Stemming from their travels to impoverished areas in Africa and Latin America, they have now made it their life's calling to address the most pressing health, education and economic inequality issues of our time. Whether through Barbara's creation of Global Health Corps or Jenna's position as a Today correspondent and UNICEF chair, both women help spread the message that ideas put to action are the best kind. With their special brand of infectious warmth and kind humor—evidenced in their delightful back and forth banter during their presentations—this dynamic pair will ignite an audience's passion to serve and inspire future young leaders to give back in their schools, local communities or abroad.
A devout humanitarian, Jenna Hager shares with audiences her message of empathy for supporting those in need and emphasizing the importance of early childhood education. From traveling to Latin America in 2006 with UNICEF, to teaching and helping to improve inner-city schools in Baltimore, to her family involvement in the Points of Light non-profit organization founded to support volunteerism, Hager shares inspiring stories that put a human face on the startling conditions that afflict millions of youth around the world, and demonstrates how small change can make a large difference in a single life. She also draws on her New York Times best-selling book Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope, which chronicles the severe hardship of abuse and neglect of a young woman Hager met in Latin America, and is ultimately a story of courage, resilience and determination. Hager motivates people to triumph over adversity and become involved in caring for and supporting the disadvantaged individuals, schools and communities in society that need help.
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Jenna Hager has seen firsthand how small change can make a large difference in a single life. Currently the chair of UNICEF's Next Generation, an initiative dedicated to reducing the number of preventable childhood deaths around the world, Hager traveled throughout Latin America and the Caribbean with UNICEF where she saw firsthand the plight faced by the underprivileged. Her experience inspired her to write Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope, New York Times best seller based on the life of a 17-year-old single mother living with HIV and determined to shield her child from the abuse and neglect that riddled her own childhood. Hager shares her own stories of creating change in someone's life and leaves audiences with a call to action on how they too can improve people's lives in their own community. A contributing correspondent for NBC's Today, Hager shares positive, uplifting messages of regular people doing extraordinary things. Passionate about literacy, education and improving inner-city schools, Hager was herself a teacher in Baltimore, MD. In addition to Ana's Story, she co-wrote Read All About It! with her mother, former First Lady Laura Bush. Hager and Mrs. Bush also released a second children's book, Our Great Big Backyard, which celebrates the Centennial of the National Park Service, and encourages children to go outside and explore America's parks. Most recently, Hager co-wrote a book with her sister, Barbara Pierce Bush titled Sisters First, which released in October, 2017. It takes readers on an extraordinary and deeply personal journey behind the scenes of what it is like to be born into a political dynasty, reveals never-before-told stories about their family, and uncovers the enduring sisterly bond that kept them sane through it all.
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Offensively, the 1982 edition of the San Diego Chargers is already halfway to the Super Bowl. The other four teams in San Diego's AFC West Division (Kansas City, Denver, Oakland, and Seattle) will probably have to be content with shooting for a wild card berth in the National Football League playoffs.
If all the above statements sound just a little too positive for this time of year, they probably are. There are still some major defensive question marks on the Chargers, a team that set an NFL record last year for most passing yardage allowed in a single season.
Still, anytime you have a quarterback like Dan Fouts (32 touchdown passes in '81) throwing to receivers the class of Wes Chandler, Charlie Joiner and Kellen Winslow, there is a tendency to overlook everything else.
While Wilson, the team's tight end, has never been the blocker his size and strength suggests, few are more willing to take the hit in heavy traffic to make a catch.
When Kellen, who is 6 ft. 5 in. and 252 pounds, makes his cut back toward the line of scrimmage in short yardage situations, about all the defensive back can hope is that he drops the ball. Last year he caught the ball 85 times for 1,027 yards and 10 TDs.
You also need a strong ground game to keep the defense honest - and San Diego has that too. Chuck Muncie, who ran for 19 touchdowns last season, will probably do the bulk of the ball carrying again, with help from Ricky Bell, obtained during the off-season from Tampa Bay.
To get back to San Diego's leaky secondary, none of its cornerbacks had the speed or the know-how in 1981 to cover opposing receivers. So until the Chargers show they have solved this problem on the field, and not just on paper, their projected improvement in such a vital area is hard to rate.
Actually, Head Coach Don Coryell is up to his old quotes when it comes to defensive play, special teams, and not letting the opposing team get good field position.
''While we are spending extra time with our defensive units in training camp, once the season starts no one area will be emphasized more than any other area, '' Coryell explained. ''When it comes to winning, we don't want to limit ourselves to just one or two ways of getting the job done.''
Nevertheless Don felt it necessary to get himself a new defensive coordinator (the highly regarded Tom Bass from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), the club's third such change in as many years. The fact that Bass was the first assistant coach Paul Brown hired when he was putting the 1968 expansion Cincinnati Bengals together should tell you something.
Tom is a well-read man who was raised on military bases in cities across the country and the Pacific. He has a great sense of organization; graduated from San Jose State with honors in biological science; was once a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Gulf Coast Symphony; and is the author of two books of poetry.
With Bass taking over, San Diego's traditional 4-3 defense up front is apt to quickly evolve into a 3-4 alignment that will make it tougher for opponents to throw against the Chargers. The idea in pro football is to put pressure on the opposing quarterback on every play while not giving away ahead of time the exact point of attack.
During the off-season, San Diego made eight trades that added defensive experience, including linebackers Dave Lewis, Dewey Selmon, and Jeff Siemon, plus free safety Tim Fox and strong safety Bruce Laird. Although the Chargers aren't prepared to say so yet, all except Siemon are expected to start.
San Diego had a light college draft this year, the result of lost picks that had previously been either owed or traded to other teams. It wasn't until the seventh round of the draft that the Chargers selected Hollis Hall, a defensive back from Clemson, who is expected to get little on-the-job training.
If Coryell and Bass can make the new parts they've collected fit together, then San Diego's Super Bowl bubble probably won't burst in a -59 degree wind-chill factor playoff game, the way it did last January in Cincinnati.
The fun part of the Chargers, of course, is whenever Fouts drops back into the pocket and finds a receiver downfield. Dan threw an incredible 582 times last year for 4,580 yards and a 59.5 completion average.
If Rodgers and Hammerstein were to write a musical about professional football, Fouts would have to be their leading character for the way he can make a pigskin sing, his receivers dance, and the other club's defense rumble like it was so many kettle drums!


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By T. Anthony Bell, Fort Lee Public AffairsNovember 26, 2008
Fort Lee, Va. (Nov. 26, 2008) -- It could be at a remote desert outpost in Southwest Asia.
It may be near the line that separates the remnants of communism from that of the free world in the Far East. Or it could be deep amongst thousand-year-old oaks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
U.S. Army Soldiers stationed all over the world will gather with their comrades on Thanksgiving Day - some in crude settings and most in modern facilities - and dine on the traditional staples of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and yams.
It will be a joyous occasion for most, but Thanksgiving Day away from home often evokes melancholy thoughts of grandma's signature home-cooked meals and all the goodness that accompanies it.A,A
Sgt. 1st Class David Hernandez is the dining facility manager for the 49th Quartermaster Group Consolidated Dining Facility.A,A Hernandez certainly doesn't bring about warm thoughts of someone's grandmother on turkey day, but he's the next best thing. Hernandez will preside over the mammoth job of providing hundreds of meals and some semblance of home for military members who aren't fortunate enough to be with loved ones on Thanksgiving Day.
"I feel excited about it," said the 15-year Soldier who will endure his first Thanksgiving as a DFAC manager.A,A "I think we will surprise the command and the Soldiers."
Hernandez and his subordinates - 12 noncommissioned officers and more than 50 Soldiers - began planning for the big day several weeks out, but the ball really started to roll about a week ago.
"It starts and ends with the shift leaders," said Hernandez, "conveying the directives that are on the production schedules as far as prep times and cooking times."
Shift leaders are the drill sergeants of Army dining facilities. They head the front lines of food service crews responsible for the preparation of nearly 400 meals for Thanksgiving Day.A,A Those meals will include a few hundreds pounds of turkey, ham, prime rib and shrimp, as well as buckets of mashed potatoes, greens and stuffing. The number of meals served for the Thanksgiving meal is nearly double that of the typical lunchtime meal.
It's a pretty tall order for any DFAC, but Hernandez said three factors have a hand in helping crews to accomplish the mission: "Esprit de corps, effective communication and strength and honor," he said.A,A
"That's something we have adopted as our creed since I've been here.A,A It's a motivational tool that we use to make anything around here happen.A,A This is our Super Bowl.A,A It's a time of the year for all food service personnel to really show what we're made of and what we do."
There's no doubt about that. If Thanksgiving isn't the biggest day of the year for food service Soldiers, then grandma's buttermilk biscuits aren't worth the pan they were baked in.A,A They'll don their best cook whites, wear their widest grins, carve their best ice sculptures, adorn the walls with holiday decorations and create works of art out of mere cookie dough.A,A
Food service specialist Cpl. Joseph Williams said the Thanksgiving Day meal at the DFAC is mostly a show of pride in the profession.
"This is the meal you really take pride in," he said.A,A "You take pride in all of your meals, but this one is special. It has to stand out because this one is for the Soldiers who may not have Family or the money to go home.A,A (The DFAC) is their home so we want to try to make it as close to home as we can."
Hernandez, who said he has spent 15 Thanksgivings working at DFACs, said it takes a strong will to endure eight to 10-hour days, working in less than ideal conditions so someone else can have a decent meal. More importantly, it takes character to want to do it day in and day out. A,A
"Something I've seen here is that food service specialists come in with the strength to make it through each day," he said, "and after a long, tiring day, they go home with their honor intact to come back and again do what it is that they do best, especially on Thanksgiving.A,A It takes strength and honor to do this every day.A,A You can go anywhere in the world, and that's what you're going to see on Thanksgiving Day."A,A
On Thanksgiving Day, the many food service Soldiers and Civilians will lay out the red carpet, set the tables and let the flavors demonstrate to their constituency the meaning of pride in service.
"We'll be honored to have them spend their time here," said Hernandez. "They could spend it elsewhere, but they choose to come here, and that's an honor for any manager, any shift leader, any cook.A,A I'm honored to be a part of something great.A,A We're going to make history on Thanksgiving Day."A,A
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That top is adorable, as are your shoes and bag! Great look!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous look! I love everything about it from head to toe and already pinned it.ReplyDelete
Lady of Style
I was scrolling...scrolling...scrolling looking for that bow and BAM! Super cute Lilly. I'd love to know if you find out about GFC, why would they shut it down?!ReplyDelete
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LOVE this outfit! That bow top is TOO cute!ReplyDelete
I found this http://bloggingedge.com/blog/dont-panic-google-friend-connect-and-google-reader-what-you-need-to-know/
about GFC..
Just wanted to let you know that you have been featured on my "Tuesday Top" list for the week. Check it out at http://chicstreetstyle.me/2013/05/21/the-tuesday-top/ReplyDelete
I am loving that bag by the way!
XoXo Brenna
Ok, now this top is beyond gorgeous! I live for anything with a bow :) you look beautiful in soft colors and white. I'm sad that gfc is apparently going away but I don't really understand it! Does that mean I'll lose followers? I clearly need to read up!ReplyDelete
I love this outfit! The bow on the back of the top is adorable and the bag adds a gorgeous pop of color.ReplyDelete
Great peplum top Lilly. Love the bow. Great outfit. The purse is such a fabulous colour.ReplyDelete
Don't forget to stop by and link up tomorrow on my Tres-Chic Fashion Thursday Link Up and enter my stella & dot giveaway.
Oh my goodness you look amazing! This peplum top is SO cute and gorgeous.ReplyDelete
GFC is NOT going away in July (just google reader, which is a separate thing).
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
So pretty!!ReplyDelete
I love that top!!
-Adrienne. xo
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Lilly! You are always just stunning! You have the perfect bod for that adorable bow top. LOVE! :) PS I have a question - has anyone every put really nasty comments on your blog? And if so, do you leave them or delete them? Just curious. I only follow yours and one other, but people get really viscous on the other one sometimes! :( Makes me sad - she seems so sweet (like you). I hate when people are mean behind the screen! xo Jamee aka @kuglette from IG :)ReplyDeleteReplies
You're so sweet Jamee, thank you :)Delete
I don't think I've ever received a "nasty" comment on my blog. Just some weird ones...like what I'm wearing is not matching, wearing too much make-up etc. Negativity has no place on my blog (unless I'm venting about something haha) so I would delete any nasty comments. One thing that I've realized even more since I started blogging is that women just cannot be happy for other women. Jealousy sometimes brings out the nasty side in people. It's easy to hide behind the screen and be mean. Always love hearing from you :)
Love that bag, it's amazing!ReplyDelete
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OMG. I love the back of this top! xoLiliReplyDelete
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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC/AP) - Carnival Cruise Lines, the State Ports Authority and the City of Charleston were in court to get a lawsuit against them dropped.
Local environmental and preservation groups want to block cruise ship operations in Charleston and block the development of a terminal for the ships.
The state supreme court has appointed Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman to make recommendations on this case before the supreme court makes any decisions.
The lawsuit makes multiple claims against cruise ships in Charleston. Several local preservation groups say the ships violate many city ordinances, are a nuisance and create a public health issue.
In court, the defendants spoke out against the claims. The city's attorney says the ships do not violate any ordinances. The defendants say the city embraces the cruise industry.
The judge did not make any decisions on Thursday on whether to drop any of the claims made against the cruise ship industry and the City of Charleston. The hearing will be continued at 10 a.m. on Friday.
The Historic Ansonborough Neighborhood Association, Preservation Society of Charleston, Coastal Conservation League, and Charlestowne Neighborhood Association filed the lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Lines, the State Ports Authority and City of Charleston back in June of last year.
A federal lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers also challenging the terminal was filed last week in Washington.
Copyright 2012 WCSC. All rights reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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The anticipation surrounding US President Barack Obama's visit today – a historic first for a sitting holder of that country's highest office – is palpable in the streets of Phnom Penh.
The buzz over Obama's presence, however, has not totally overshadowed the absence of two other highly visible political leaders from this week's Cambodia-chaired ASEAN summit: Russian President Vladimir Putin and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Although Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong explained away Putin and Ban's last-minute no-shows as a scheduling conflict for world leaders who had "pressing matters to attend to", analysts yesterday differed over the possible reasons behind their absences.
"It surprises me," University of New South Wales Professor Carl Thayer said of Putin's decision not to attend.
"He's been pushing the re-engagement of Russia in the Asia-Pacific, and this just undercuts that. He's missing an opportunity to hobnob with his peers."
Cambodia still owes Russia hundreds of millions of dollars from Soviet-era loans, but Thayer pointed out that the country is also indebted to the US and that was not an obstacle to Obama's visit.
The Russian government is reportedly sending foreign minister Sergey Lavrov instead.
Phone calls and emails to the Russian embassy in Phnom Penh were unanswered, and the spokesman for the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to questions yesterday.
Thayer pointed out that Ban could be preoccupied by the clashes between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. "There's nothing playing out here where the UN is crucial."
The history between Ban and the Cambodian government, however, is not without its hiccups. In 2010, a sit-down between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Ban went awry when the premier reportedly informed Ban that cases 003 and 004 at the Khmer Rouge tribunal "would not be allowed".
Emails to regional UN representatives in Southeast Asia weren't immediately returned.
Cambodian political analyst Chea Vannath dismissed theories that Ban's absence was connected to his 2010 diplomatic scrape with Hun Sen.
"Usually, when you're in that position, you put aside your personal feelings," she said.
Vannath similarly dismissed theories that Putin's failure to appear was indicative of some larger problem.
"Putin needs to put the Russian interest before anything else," she said. "Maybe he has other pressing things he has to do."
To contact the reporter on this story: Joe Freeman at [email protected]


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text: IDG Communications CEO Carrigan steps down Published on August 06, 2013. Boston—International Data Group announced that Bob Carrigan is stepping down from his position as CEO of IDG Communications Worldwide. He will work through the remainder of IDG's current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, and will continue after that as a member of the CEO Advisory Board at IDG Ventures USA and join the IDG board of directors. Two IDG veterans have been promoted to fulfill Carrigan's former responsibilities. Michael Friedenberg, president-CEO of IDG Enterprise, has been appointed CEO of IDG Communications U.S. David Hill, president-CEO of IDG International Publishing Services, has been named president of IDG Communications. Both will report to IDG Founder and Chairman Patrick J. McGovern. Carrigan spent his entire 26-year career at IDG, except for the period from 1999 to 2003 when he served as senior VP-interactive marketing at AOL Inc. He returned to IDG in 2003 as president-CEO of IDG's Computerworld and was elevated to CEO of IDG Communications U.S. in 2005. He was named to his current post in 2008. Friedenberg was elevated to his current post in 2009, after leading IDG's CXO Media division from 2008. He joined IDG in 2005 from CMP, a former tech publishing unit of UBM. Hill, a 28-year veteran of IDG, was previously responsible for international business development and global editorial operations in 97 countries. He will now oversee IDG's corporate services, global sales and international media operations. Hill also serves as chairman of FIPP, the worldwide magazine media association. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Joining The Battle Against Thrips
Raymond Cloyd is only half joking when he says the battle against western flower thrips is over, and that the thrips have won.
"It's a very precarious situation," says Cloyd, an extension specialist in ornamental entomology at Kansas State University. "Resistance is out there."
The specter of western flower thrips has haunted the worldwide floriculture industry for decades. Thrips damage plants directly by feeding and indirectly by vectoring tospoviruses such as tomato-spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV). Thrips breed quickly inside greenhouses and are difficult to detect due to their tendency to hide inside closed buds or in the soil. As a result, they are often transported on plant material. This becomes especially serious if the hitchhikers are resistant to insecticides.
"Thrips are a huge, huge issue for flowering ornamentals–anything where the feature of the plant is the flower," says Joe Chamberlin, regional field development manager for Valent Professional Products. "Many floriculture crops can be severely damaged by western flower thrips, whose adverse effect on flowers can make plants unmarketable."
While thrips are an issue for growers of all sizes, they are particularly troublesome for large growers with year-round flower production because of the thrips' tendency to move from one crop to another, says Scott Ludwig, an entomologist and integrated pest management specialist with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, a member of Texas A&M System.
Thrips and the diseases they help spread have caused untold millions in losses to ornamental, fruit and vegetable crops worldwide over the past 30 years.
"Around the United States, thrips were getting more and more difficult to control because they're developing resistance to available insecticides," Ludwig says. "We need more treatment options on the market. Thankfully, we may get the help we need."
Divide & Conquer
Until recently, the most effective weapon against western flower thrips was Conserve SC specialty insecticide. However, chronic overuse of Conserve and a lack of reliable rotational partners have resulted in resistance buildup, thus compromising the efficacy of what many considered the only surefire thrips control product.
The introduction of Pylon–and, more recently, Overture Insecticide–has provided growers with much-needed new options in the increasingly complicated fight against thrips. As rotational partners, products such as Overture and Pylon have helped extend the life of Conserve.
"Overture and Pylon are very good thrips products," Chamberlin says. "We need to conserve Conserve, and these two products help do that."
Ludwig has become all too well acquainted with the commercial devastation wrought by thrips. Last year, his team documented one East Texas grower with major resistance issues and another who was on the verge.
"Neither grower has had problems managing thrips so far this year," Ludwig says. "With Overture and Pylon being on the market, they have new rotational partners for Conserve."
While Ludwig describes Overture as a somewhat slower-working product than Conserve, which could once be counted on to knock down thrips within 24 hours, he has seen strong, consistent results from Overture within 14 days.
Tim Pfaffel, pest management supervisor at Iwasaki Bros., Inc. Wholesale Growers in Hillsboro, Ore., says his operation had major problems with thrips in 2008. After developing a joint insecticide-beneficial program that incorporated Overture, Conserve, the cucumeris mite and the Orius bug, Pfaffel says his thrips situation is not even a quarter as bad as it was last year.
The message of rotation, Chamberlin says, is important for thrips because it is one of the best ways to fight resistance. Overture, which has the added benefit of controlling caterpillars, is most effective against thrips when applied early in the rotation.
Weeding Out Trouble Spots
Whatever products or beneficial insects growers use in their attempts to keep thrips under control, there are a number of remedial measures that can be taken to limit infestation. Communication and sanitation, Ludwig says, should be an important part of any growing operation.
"Large operations often have different growers managing different areas, and they often don't talk among themselves," Ludwig says. "You have to know what your whole operation is doing on the pest management side."
It is also important to keep both the inside and perimeter areas around greenhouses clear of weeds. Pet plants–in which thrips often thrive and through which dangerous tospoviruses are easily spread–should be removed.
"Sanitation is critical," Ludwig says. "If you don't need them, get rid of them."
Echoing Ludwig, Kansas State's Cloyd urges growers to take a holistic approach toward controlling thrips. That means careful, coordinated rounds of screening, monitoring and scouting.
Whenever young plants or cuttings enter the greenhouse, they should be checked immediately for thrips nymphs and adults, according to a report by the University of Connecticut's Integrated Pest Management program. Also, any infected plants should be kept separate from non-infected ones to discourage the spread of thrips.
"Do everything you can to limit buildup," Cloyd says. "It takes everything. Growers have to understand that. It's just critical."


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LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - A man injured after being hit by an SUV while walking on Timberland Drive last Friday has been downgraded to critical condition.
Jaime Lopez, 53, of Palestine, had been upgraded to serious condition on Thursday but a hospital spokesperson said on Friday his condition was back to critical.
Last Friday, Cpl. Nick Malone said Jaime Lopez was walking in the turning lane on the 400 block of North Timberland Drive when he was hit by a 2003 Chevy Tahoe, driven by Johnathan McGinty, 30, of Huntington, at 11:20 a.m., which was traveling northbound.
Malone said on Friday that witnesses gave conflicting statements about what happened.
Police released an initial crash report on Friday, which states that McGinty was driving northbound on North Timberland Drive and Lopez was crossing the street. McGinty said he was going to make a left turn into Sonic, which was located approximately 380 feet ahead of where he began to move into the center turn lane. McGinty said that as he was moving into the turn lane, Lopez "just appeared" in front of him and he did not have time to stop before striking him.
A witness at the scene said he was in the parking lot of 401 N. Timberland Drive and that Lopez was walking westbound across Timberland Drive. The witness said he had been standing there for some time and was waiting for southbound traffic to clear before he was struck.
Officers concluded McGinty may have problems with his vision, according to the report.
Police spokesman Det. J.B. Smith said measurements taken from the scene will be used to reconstruct the crash scene in an attempt to determine who is at fault in the accident.
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