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WHEN Pedro Santana arrived as principal of Middle School 391 in the South Bronx four years ago, it was, as he likes to put it, "a hot mess." Fights were frequent, windows were slathered over with paint. Only 11 percent of seventh graders had passed their most recent state math tests.
Had Mr. Santana fled, teachers and parents would not have been surprised. Instead, he went shopping. He returned with delicate curtains, a white couch, silver lamps and a slate water fountain, transforming his office into something that looks like a hotel lobby in Miami Beach.
"I'm a closet home decorator," he explained.
Staff members, especially those who had watched the school shut and reopened with new leadership and a new name twice in the 1990s — only to fail again — had other thoughts.
"I thought he was nuts," said Letitia Laberee, 54, the school's coordinator for English as a second language. "I thought, he's just another one. Three years, he's gone."
Mr. Santana is still around, but the school is not the same. Last year, 59 percent of its seventh graders passed the state math test — below the 81 percent who passed citywide, but enough of an improvement to help the school earn an A on its report card. Suspensions have plummeted and attendance has improved, though problems persist: Ninety-five of the school's 253 eighth graders did not graduate this month (summer school may save many).Continue reading the main story
But these days, sixth-grade boys with good behavior are rewarded with lunch in Mr. Santana's office, where they talk about "guy things," as one of them put it, "like wrestling."
"We've got to earn this," said Elijah Dawson, 13. "He's got couches, he's got a computer, he's got where we can put our food. This could be a beach house."
Students call 391 a "Lean on Me" school, referring to the movie based on Joe Clark, the principal who tamed an unruly school in Paterson, N.J., with a baseball bat and a bullhorn. And like Mr. Clark, Mr. Santana has run into problems. In April 2009, he was removed from the school for several weeks, after allegations that he had failed to properly report an off-campus sexual assault involving two students. The investigation remains open, the most serious of three pending complaints against him.
Instead of bullhorns, Mr. Santana gets students' attention by snapping his fingers and calling, "Mira!" (Spanish for "Look!"). At 43, he is a cufflink-wearing natural comedian with a tough streak and a toolbox including what many would call frills: those office curtains; flat-screen televisions in the hallways that show student-made videos; piles of magazines in the cafeteria; barbecues; ring day ceremonies.
And, this year, the most glamorous, most eagerly anticipated and most well-attended eighth-grade prom in memory.
Some educators oppose such celebrations of middle school milestones, arguing that perks like a prom can be incentives to finish high school; others chafe at the idea of 13-year-olds in high heels and glittering gowns with plunging necklines. But Mr. Santana, who lived the childhood of his students — growing up in a tenement near the school, with a father who was in prison and a mother who spent time on welfare — takes the opposite tack.
"I'm hoping that this prom serves as a way for them to say, 'I want to feel this again when I graduate from high school,' " Mr. Santana said.
Likening himself to a mother sea turtle and the students to eggs laid on the beach, he added: "We know that not all of them are going to make it into the ocean. We pray, please, let this be 100 percent that will leave us and come back four years from now. But we just know that there's a real world out there that's not going to have them all succeed.
"If this is the last prom that they're going to go to, I want it to be the most memorable one that they have."
TWO hours before she was supposed to be accepting an honor on behalf of the school at a ceremony held by a theater group one day this month, a girl walked into Mr. Santana's office, sheepishly holding up a wrinkled mess of a white shirt. She had planned to wear it to the ceremony, but it got crumpled in her backpack. Horrified, Mr. Santana whisked the shirt over to Mama's.
Mr. Santana lives with his wife and two children in a ranch-style house in New City, N.Y., with a baby grand piano in the living room and a backyard. But his parents still live in the apartment where he and his five siblings grew up, a 10-minute walk from the school. The principal's father, also named Pedro Santana, is a former drug addict and gang member; his mother, Miriam Aponte, had stints of homelessness.
Young Pedro was late to start speaking, and stuttered. "Everyone thought he was special ed," Ms. Aponte, 76, said as her son ironed the girl's shirt on her kitchen table.
He did not attend his own eighth-grade prom, but he did graduate from Walton High School in the Bronx, crediting a few special teachers with pulling him through. He majored in business management at Utica College, spent two years with the Peace Corps in Kenya, earned a master's degree from Teachers College at Columbia University and did a stint with the American Refugee Committee in Africa.
Along the way, he collaborated with the actor and comedian Ellen Cleghorne to create and perform a one-man show based on his life, "Pedro Santana for President." Mr. Santana started his teaching career in 1992 at Public School-Middle School 279, and after several months at another school in the Bronx, he returned to 279 as an administrator and became its principal in 2001.
One day, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg visited and asked Mr. Santana's wife, who was there for the occasion, whether she would want the couple's own children to go to the school. It was a wake-up call: The answer was no. Mr. Santana quit in 2004.
"I started thinking about kids in a more creative way," he said. "I saw the kids and knew there was a better way to manage them."
In 2005, he became the founding principal of the Manhattan Charter School, on the Lower East Side, but left after a year and a half. "I don't do well working with a board of directors that are not educators," he said.
He soon landed back practically where he had begun, running M.S. 391, a school of 700 also called the Angelo Patri School, in the Tremont neighborhood. He stops by Mama's several times a week because it grounds him.
After ironing the girl's shirt that day — he managed to rip a hole in it, and the girl had to borrow a teacher's sweater — Mr. Santana stopped to chat with the neighbors gathered outside. "I see the way all the kids look up to him: 'Mr. Santana! Mr. Santana!' " said Julio Pacheco, who grew up with him.
Always immaculately dressed, Mr. Santana keeps extra clothes in a school closet should he — or a student — need a nicer tie or a crisper shirt. Every moment is teachable: If lunch is Chinese food, he eats with chopsticks so his students can see how it is done. He works evenings, Saturdays, holidays; sometimes his own family pays the price.
"Can you stop calling them 'your kids'?" his 9-year-old son will ask.
IN April 2009, as the school was preparing for its Earth Day celebration, the district superintendent appeared and told Mr. Santana he had to leave because of an allegation that he had not properly reported what may have been a student sexual assault.
Mr. Santana said in a recent interview that the trouble started after a girl confided in a guidance counselor about a sexual episode with a male schoolmate after hours and off campus. Mr. Santana said he and the guidance counselor met separately with the boy and his family and with the girl and hers. The principal said that he had asked the guidance counselor to report it to the authorities, but that the last time he spoke with investigators from the Department of Education about the situation, about a year ago, he was told he would probably "be found guilty for lack of ensuring that it was reported."
"I said, 'People, if I was at I.B.M. and I tell someone to do something and they don't do it, I could fire that person," he said. "They said, 'Procedure is, you needed to ensure that she reported it.' "
Parents, students and teachers rallied in support of Mr. Santana, and he was returned to his position within a few weeks based on the investigation's preliminary findings, but the case has not been closed.
The guidance counselor declined to be interviewed for this article. She and Mr. Santana also clashed this spring over the appropriateness of reporting a dispute between a mother and her son to the Administration for Children's Services, which resulted in the second of the three pending investigations into the principal's leadership.
According to e-mail messages written by Mr. Santana and the guidance counselor, who is not being named because her complaints to the Department of Education are confidential, she said she saw the mother abusing her child and reported it to the authorities. Mr. Santana, citing other witnesses' accounts and the counselor's own comments, later called the child welfare agency to say the counselor's report had been false.
The third investigation is over whether Mr. Santana inappropriately interfered with an ambulance crew that arrived at the school in April after a boy claimed he had been put in a headlock by a teacher. Mr. Santana, in an interview, said it was clear the boy had not been harmed, and he subsequently led an inquiry that found the headlock had not occurred.
He acknowledges that, in general, he does not do things "by the books." Teachers say he is not shy about publicly identifying underperformers. Paugh Shadow, a science teacher, recalled a staff meeting last year at which Mr. Santana urged everyone to work their best, then named those he believed were not doing so.
When a boy damaged a newly planted tree outside the building one day this month, Mr. Santana schooled him at length on the significance of trees until the boy, his face wilted, was desperately thinking of ways it might be saved. When the principal overheard two students referring to each other with racial epithets, he banished them from his office, barking, "You do not disrespect each other in that manner."
"Pedro doesn't say, 'Well, that's not my job; I'm an educator,' " said Pamela Cantor, the president of Turnaround for Children, a nonprofit group that has been crucial to the school's transformation. "Pedro believes that a teacher's job is to look into the eyes of that child, know who that child is supposed to be and dedicate themselves whatever way they have to to reaching that child."
HENCE the office, with its Zen fountain and shabby-chic couch. In addition to the sixth-grade lunch crew, students wander in to vent about fights with their parents or disclose that they have been cutting themselves.
One recent morning, Tymity Pizarro, 15, popped in to ask Mr. Santana to tell his mother how his schoolwork had improved. Tymity had entered the school with a raging temper. "If I was fighting and they pulled me away, I'd punch something else," he said. "My mom kept telling me if I kept going this way, I'd end up in jail or dead."
Instead of suspending him, Mr. Santana gave Tymity sanctuary in his office. The boy would spend a few minutes cooling down, perhaps pulling a novel off the shelf. Then they would talk. "He told me, 'The anger's not going to get you nowhere in the world,' " Tymity recalled. The two worked on trying to get Tymity to not take every little slight or upset so seriously; Tymity, an eighth grader, recently aced a science exam.
Ashley Rivera, also 15, was next in the office. She was not feeling well, and wanted to go home. Mr. Santana walked her there — he had been meaning to visit her mother. The last time he saw her, someone had beaten her face to a pulp.
When they arrived, Mr. Santana rapped on the window. Ashley's mother opened it, and her face, made up and bruise free, brightened. "Baby, you look beautiful!" Mr. Santana exclaimed.
Then Ashley's brother Gino, 17, a former 391 student, came to the window to greet Mr. Santana. He and his mother broke the news: Gino had gotten into trouble in high school and was enrolling in a G.E.D. program. At least he had attended his eighth-grade prom. Ashley's grades were too low — she was not being promoted and would miss hers.
"I'm sad," said their mother, Sandra Vega. "She could've given it her all, but she was a little hard-headed."
THIS spring, things were getting rough for Fantasia Dunton, 14. "It was math class. It was relationship problems with friends, with everybody," she said. "Sometimes people you trust and think are your friends are the ones who betray you, and talk about you the most."
Michelle Jervis, a school social worker, helped boost Fantasia by talking up the prom. "We talked about designers, up-dos as opposed to wearing your hair down," Ms. Jervis said. "She asked about the music they played at my prom. Of course she laughed at me because it was in the '80s. And we talked about the feeling she was going to have. Her energy changed completely."
On Tuesday night, at the Eastwood Manor catering hall, there was Fantasia, in a strapless silver prom dress with matching fingernails, her hair coiffed and her feet crammed into black heels. And there was Tymity, dancing so energetically that a friend urged him to wipe his brow with a napkin.
"I feel like they really care about us," said Pamela Ureña, in a hot-pink dress with a big bow, as she helped herself to the buffet of ribs, lasagna and green beans. "Other schools, they have their proms in the lunchroom or the gym."
Mr. Santana showered everyone with hugs, kisses and dramatic gasps at their magnificent transformations.
"You guys look stunning!" he told a trio in rhinestone-encrusted sandals.
"You brought other sandals?" he asked a girl who could barely teeter to the door in what appeared to be five-inch heels.
When a girl, in a T-shirt and tight pants, was mortified at being underdressed, two assistant principals drove her home to retrieve a dress that her grandmother had wanted her to wear. "Let me tell you something," Mr. Santana told the girl, whose grandmother was by her side. "Next time she tells you to do something, just do it."
By 10 p.m., Mr. Santana and his staff were piling students into livery cabs. The prom had been a success, but the moment was bittersweet. "I can't guarantee any more happy days for them," Mr. Santana said. "No more control over them. That's it; they're gone."Continue reading the main story


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It's a dream of mine to photograph musicians fulltime, mainly because I go to a lot of shows and it'd be really awesome to get paid to go to them instead of vice versa. But until that happens, I'll continue to enjoy live music and capture it with whatever type of camera the venue allows me to bring in. Below are two sentence reviews of concerts I've attended recently.
Although slightly pretentious, Scottish singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch writes the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs that I dare you not to tear up to at least one of them. Somber, serious, and gentle in concert, he seems to evoke the spirit of Nick Drake and leaves his audience in a swell of emotions.
I was surprised with tickets to Lady Gaga - who needs absolutely no introduction - first in Chicago (above photo) and then in Louisville (below photo) and all I have to say is: WOW. Regardless of whether you're the littlest of Little Monsters or the oldest of old, jaded cynics (me), Gaga will win you over with her voice, theatrics, and self-affirming message to her fans.
Philly boy Kurt Vile has one of my favorite records of the year so far - "Smoke Ring for My Halo" - but I was pleased that his setlist consisted of some of his older, equally-amazing work. He has a natural ability to make music that is simultaneously beautifully melodic and hardcore grunge - and he's also just a really nice guy.
J Mascis, who is best known for his work with Dinosaur Jr, allowed the crowd at Subterranean to see a softer, more sensitive side of himself. Armed with just an acoustic guitar, he played a good mixture of old songs, as well as new ones from his recent (and beautiful) album, "Several Shades of Why."
Little Scream caught me by surprise - I got to the Sharon Van Etten show early and watched her set, which I found impressive. She's not your standard female singer/songwriter (and I sincerely appreciate that); her sound is at times atmospheric and sweet and other times edgy and muddled, but what I liked most about her was that she didn't take herself or the music too seriously.
Sharon Van Etten has mad harmonium skills and she sure knows how to write break up songs that avoid the usual clichés. She's fun, grounded, and pretty in concert - and has the smallest feet I've ever seen.
Anyone who knows me knows that Jeff Tweedy (of Wilco) is one of my top 5 favorite musicians - hell my first blog entry ever begins with a Tweedy quote - so it's no surprise that I once again thoroughly enjoyed his annual Chicago charity concert series. Actually, I'll go so far as to say it was the best solo show I've seen of his yet: he was both hilarious and prolific, as usual, and his voice sounded strong and rested throughout his 30+ song set.
Tame Impala is literally the first psychedelic rock I've enjoyed since seeing Phish a half dozen times in '95. And while they don't have the stage presence (or mind-blowing lighting) of a band like Umphrey's McGee, for example, they still manage to get their whole audience to bob their heads in unison for 90 minutes.
There's no denying the fact that Arcade Fire is one of the greatest live acts around right now. This was not the first nor will it be the last time I see them in concert: the level of musicianship that all members of the band possess coupled with the heart and soul (and sweat) that they put into their shows guarantees it.

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Thank You, Pet Shop Boys!
Pawdicures for the Cause
Pets and Friends would like to thank The Pet Shop Boys for supporting our Pet Therapy Program. As their Featured Charity for the month of July 2018, 100% of proceeds from every $15 nail trim was donated to Pets and Friends, totaling $730! Wow! Funds raised will help Pets and Friends achieve our mission of providing the healing comfort and companionship of animals through pet therapy visitations.
Way to go, Team Pets and Friends!
Team Pets and Friends crosses the finish line while raising crucial funds, spreading the word and sharing 'puppy therapy'
A huge thank you to Team Pets and Friends for making this year's Scotiabank Charity Challenge a big success! We couldn't have done it without your support, whether you helped out at our booth, walked or ran the Half Marathon or 5k or donated to our team. Together, we raised $5,745.00 for our Pet Therapy Program. Go Team Go!
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Support Pets and Friends and Spoil Your Pampered Pooch
Pets and Friends is delighted to be the featured charity of The Pet Shop Boys Doggie Boutique and Spa Vancouver for the month of July! Every $15.00 nail trim will be donated directly to Pets and Friends' Pet Therapy Program! If your pooch needs a nail trim, please consider supporting Pets and Friends by visiting The Pet Shop Boys
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Paws & Tails Photography
Pets and Friends is thrilled to be the first Charity of the Month for 2018 with Paws & Tails Photography! During the month of January, 10% of all sales will be donated to BC Pets and Friends' Pet Therapy Program!
At Paws & Tails Photography, photographer Jennifer Oliver is dedicated to 'Creating and capturing memories of you and your fur-kids!' Her goal is 'to provide you and your family with heart-melting images that will last generations and document the very special bond that is entirely unique to you and your special furry friend.' Read more here.
We can't thank Paws & Tails Photography enough for this wonderful opportunity! Check out our feature, and while you're there, consider signing your pooch up for a photo shoot, knowing you'll be supporting Pets and Friends' mission of sharing the healing power of the human-animal bond through pet therapy visitations.
Third Annual Pet Photos with Santa
Our sincere thanks to Barnes Harley-Davidson® in Langley for their ongoing support and commitment to BC Pets and Friends. 100% of proceeds from Pet Photos with Santa were donated to Pets and Friends' pet therapy program, and we raised over $400.00!
Big Thanks to Vancouver Career College!
Pets Help People Fundraiser
Community. That's the word that comes to my mind as we walked into Vancouver Career College's Coquitlam campus on the morning of September 29.
A warm reception from staff, faculty and students, the whole campus welcomed Sue, our Fundraising Committee Chair and board member, her two Great Pyrenees, Decca and Tilly, and me to the presentation room. They listened intently as we talked about Pets and Friends and the stories shared by our pet therapy team volunteers.
At their inaugural "Pets Help People Fundraiser" event, the campus raised over $200 in donation through their bake sale!
Thank YOU to everyone at Vancouver Career College – Coquitlam campus, for promoting the healing power of animals and raising funds for this important cause. Your support means a lot to all of us.
Joanna Li, Program Manager
Testimonials from participants:
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Another Round of Thanks to The Hamber Foundation!
The Hamber Foundation has generously donated $1,500 to support Pets and Friends' Pet Therapy Program. Previously, The Hamber Foundation supported us in the completion of our website. Thank you for your ongoing support!
Thank You, Pet Shop Boys!
We would like to give a 'high-paws' to The Pet Shop Boys for their incredible fundraising support. As their Featured Charity in July 2017, 100% of proceeds from every $15 nail trim was donated to Pets and Friends. That means a total of $874 in donation!
Big thanks to Christopher and the team at The Pet Shop Boys for their time, effort and generosity in helping us achieve our mission of providing the healing comfort and companionship of animals to those who need it most in our community. We look forward to strengthening our partnership in times to come!
Learn more about The Pet Shop Boys and their doggy services here!
Thank You, Hamber Foundation!
We would like to express our deepest thanks to The Hamber Foundation for its grant of $1,500.00 in support of BC Pets and Friends!
Funding from our community helps ensure that our program continues to bring the healing comfort of pet therapy to those who need it most. Combined with the incredible support of our dedicated pet therapy teams, volunteers, committees and board of directors, we continue to expand our pet therapy visitations in hospices, hospitals, mental health group homes and residential care facilities as well as in educational settings.
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Learn more about the Foundation here: www.hamberfoundation.ca
Thank You, Team Pets and Friends!
Pets and Friends is an Official Charity Partner in Scotiabank Half Marathon and 5k on Sunday, June 25th, 2017!
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|This article or section refers to "enhanced version" content in the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC renditions of Grand Theft Auto V and/or Grand Theft Auto Online, that is absent on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 versions.
For a complete list of the features of the "enhanced" version of Grand Theft Auto V, please see here.
- "Assassinate all targets before the time runs out."
- ―Work description.
Headhunter is CEO/VIP Work featured in Grand Theft Auto Online added as part of the Further Adventures in Finance and Felony update.
- "One of our clients needs his relationship with some former associates brought to a quick and final conclusion. We're anticipating resistance and police interference down the line."
- ―SecuroServ text message.
Targets will either be stationary or moving in an armored vehicle. They will be heavily protected with bodyguards, who are equipped with heavy fire-power weaponry and armor. The VIP wears a suit and equips less armor, as well as a handgun. With mobile targets, the driver of the vehicle is the VIP. Three bodyguards are found within the car equipping Micro SMG to shoot the player. The vehicle can be either a Baller LE (Armored) or Cognoscenti 55 (Armored). The vehicles and targets are much more durable than in regular gameplay.
- Protection
All other players and organizations in the lobby are alerted once headhunter has started and are tasked with protecting the targets marked on the map with blue figures while the enemy organization members are marked with crosshairs. Defenders can work with the target's bodyguards and/or police to defend them (also, they cannot be harmed with friendly fire like explosions). Players will earn cash and RP if they can successfully protect at least one surviving target from the enemy organization once time has run out.
Headhunter Target Locations
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In total, there is 39 possible spawn locations for Headhunter Targets across San Andreas.[1] There is a total of 19 possible stationary target spawn locations; 10 for Los Santos County and 9 for Blaine County. There is a total of 20 possible moving target spawn locations, 10 for each county. The set of possible locations is determined by choice on whether or not the player is within the same region, ie, 4 targets within Los Santos County will be chosen if the player is already in Los Santos County. The chosen locations within each county is chosen at random, however.
For each game, there will always be 2 stationary and 2 moving targets. The moving targets will follow a specific route, some much longer than others, until threatened, at which point they will be able to drive freely around the state.
Los Santos County
- Stationary Targets
- Inside the complex of the Von Crastenburg Hotel in Rockford Hills.
- Inside the complex of the Von Crastenburg Hotel on Vinewood Boulevard in Downtown Vinewood.
- Back alley in Mission Row, opposite the Templar Hotel.
- The Secure Unit storage facility/warehouse in La Mesa, behind La Mesa Police Station.
- Warehouse in Cypress Flats.
- Del Perro Pier, Del Perro.
- Fridgit processing unit, La Puerta.
- Mobile Targets
- Circuiting the Terminal area of the Port of Los Santos.
- Driving around East Vinewood.
- Driving around Los Santos International Airport.
- Driving around Downtown Los Santos and Pillbox Hill.
Blaine County
- Stationary Targets
- Paleto Cove
- On a farm in Grapeseed, east of McKenzie Field.
- Inside a train yard/barn north of a power-station in the San Chianski Mountain Range.
- Inside an abandoned motel on the coast of the Alamo Sea, Sandy Shores.
Instructional Messages
|You have started Headhunter. Assassinate the targets within the time limit to earn cash and RP
|Your CEO has started Headhunter. Assassinate the targets within the time limit to earn cash and RP.
|Headhunter has started. Protect the targets from the attacking Organization to earn cash and RP.
- Killing targets in armed air vehicles is one of the best methods, especially for mobile units. Using a vehicle such as a Savage or Buzzard Attack Chopper makes navigation easier, as well as controlling the vehicle and following any mobile targets. Using the lock-on rockets is advised, since the targets can be locked on to.
- It is advised to take down mobile units by constantly firing missiles and remaining behind the target, stability is key, so that the vehicle is completely destroyed before the bodyguards/VIPs exit the vehicle. Since the vehicles are armored, targets often survive multiple missiles, even when the vehicle is flung into the air, the targets can still escape and flee. Bodyguards will begin to shoot the player while the VIP flees. Approaching the VIP results in him also shooting the player. Taking down the car before they manage to exit it makes killing all members at once easier, and avoids them being able to shoot back.
- Targets on ground level are best taken out on foot or in a land vehicle, as the target is often surrounded by obstacles or walls, where an air vehicle would struggle to pass to kill them. Up to 5 bodyguards will spawn around the site of the VIP, and again will be heavily armed and armored.
- The Kuruma (Armored) or the fully-upgraded Weaponized Tampa are effective vehicles in these situations. Being able to protect the occupants from the targets and allowing them to exterminate the targets.
- All of the armored vehicles driven by targets can have their windows shot out, which can make the targets easier to eliminate. The AP Pistol is recommended.
- As protection, the player is actually able to move stationary targets away from their default spawn position, either by gently pushing them with a vehicle, or using an object to push into them, however, if they fall into rag-doll, they will immediately run back towards their original spawn location.
- This can be used as an advantage by seemingly pushing them into difficult-to-reach locations.
- This is one of the four Organization work that can be completed in a solo or invite only session. Others are Asset Recovery, Sightseer, and Hostile Takeover.
- The vehicles driven by mobile targets can be stolen, but unable to be kept for personnel use.
- Within the files, what appears to be a tenth location appears to be listed within the stationary target coordinates for Blaine County, however because the coordinate lacks a y and z coordinate, it fails to spawn, resulting in only 9 possible stationary targets, and 39 overall locations.
- If the mission is completed fast enough before the previous VIP Work passes 2:30 minutes, the previous VIP work will reduce to about 5 minutes making it efficient for money grinding.


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Script supervisor: Khalilluh Farooqi
Directed by: Iqbal Hussain
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Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Radio Butty at Dublin Book Festival
Saturday, 6 March, noon to midnight
Upstairs at the Lord Edward Pub, 23 Christ Church Place Dublin 8
The Good Room
Pop into author Kate Kerrigan's Good Room - the best china will be out and it's your chance for a cosy mingle with Dublin's lovely laydee nov'lists who'll be dropping by for chit-chats over tea. There'll be a custard cream there with your name on it. The day includes the Good Room Games and The Priests Tea Party. See below for further details
Captain Butty 6pm to midnight
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Schedule of Events:
Good Room opens with Angeles - decade rosary
12.05 to 1pm – Boxty with Brunker.
Good Room Hostess Kate Kerrigan interviews media darling and best selling novelist Amanda Brunker over plates of home-made Boxty which they'll be making FROM SCRATCH.
1pm-2pm Ladies who Lunge.
A hang sangwich lunch where guests best selling novelists and TV stars Claudia Carroll and Anita Notaro discuss the state of the Irish male and how the Irish female in fiction had changed.
2-3pm: Good Room games.
An hour of madness where you can Bring Your Girlfriend to Meet My Mother (to see if he/she is Suitable Marriage Material), Get the Messages for Mammy, or guess how many marbles are in the jar of the Child Who Can Be Seen and Not Heard. Free custard creams for everyone!
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Kate Kerrigan reads from her new novel Ellis Island (with special guest, the dfamous balladeer Dolores O'Flaherty from Dungannon)
4-5pm Open poetry slam- and party pieces
3-4pm Priests tea Party
Father Tony presides over an hour of sing-along folk hymns, Who Can Say The Quickest Mass competition and Guess The Saint
6pm: Angeles
6.01pm to midnight – Captain Butty rocks the airwaves with classic tunes and on-the-hoof interviews and we'll Hucklebuck 'til dawn.
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C.Butty' (Patrick McCabe)
2 comments:
- Niamh B said...
looks like piles of fun
- 3 March 2010 at 20:14
- Titus said...
I'd come for the Ladies who Lunge and Guess the Saint alone.
- 3 March 2010 at 20:23
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On a patch of land in Northern Virginia, the morning sun streams through young crape myrtles and casts shadows across a cool gravel surface. Perfect rows of smooth steel and granite benches — 184 in all — line the property with grace and symmetry. Beneath each bench, a small pool of water babbles with life.
Until 9:37 a.m. each day. For a minute, the water stops moving.
This is the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. The moment of silence marks the time on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the building and claimed the lives of 184 men, women and children. One victim's name is permanently etched into each bench.
"It's a very tranquil place," says C. Andrew Ammerman, senior executive advisor to the Pentagon Memorial Fund's board of directors. "The designers wanted to memorialize the events of 9/11, but also pay special tribute to each of the individuals who were lost — on the plane and in the Pentagon."
Dedicated Sept. 11, 2008, the memorial lies at the exact location where the flight struck the exterior wall of the Pentagon. Like Ground Zero in New York, it's considered sacred ground by countless Americans, but no one feels the memorial's importance more than the families of the victims themselves.
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Shari Tolbert remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, all too well.
She had sent two of her three kids off to school. Every day, about 8 a.m., she spoke briefly by phone with her husband,Otis "Vince" Tolbert, a naval intelligence officer who worked at the Pentagon. That morning, she told him how their 18-month-old son, Anthony, was running into the parking lot of their apartment building and she had to pull him back: "It's your son. He's misbehaving." Then Vince had to go, and she hung up.
When news surfaced later about the attacks on the World Trade Center, she knew Vince would be busy. She pulled herself away from the TV to start her daily routine. At the time, she worked in the afternoons at USAA as an insurance specialist.
Only when a friend called did she learn of the attack on the Pentagon. All she and her family could do was wait, hope and pray. Five agonizing days passed before Vince's death was confirmed.
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Saverne › Northern France › Alsace › France Show map, location and address
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- Barbecue
- Campsite shop
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- Cash machine
- Dogs allowed
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The reception has a library with books and new newspapers for you to read. The campsite also has a supermarket and offers take-away meals. You can even rent a barbecue there and you can make use the laundrette at the campsite. The area around the campsite is full of hiking and biking trails. Saverne is a great place to be: nice shops and many restaurants in the historic city centre. Furthermore, the Parc Naturel Régional des Vosges du Nord is nearby: a wooded area with many lakes. Other tips: the treetop adventure park in Oberhaslach, castles including those of Haut-Barr, and the city of Strasbourg with its traditional houses and the cathedral.
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Campsite Seasonova Les Portes d'Alsace
40, rue du Père Liebermann
67700 - Saverne
Distance from Dover: 660 km
Coordinates: 48°43'51"N 7°21'18"E
Situation of campsite
- Close to motorway junction (< 10 km)
- distance: 8 km
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- 30-03-2019 till 03-11-2019
- Area
- 3 ha
- Altitude
- 240m
- Total number of pitches
- 168
The facilities are checked each year by an ACSI inspector in the period May to September. Unfortunately, changes made at the camp site after the inspector's visit cannot be ruled out.
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- surface area: 6 m2
- period: 01-05/30-09
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- surface area: 40 m2
- period: 01-05/30-09
- Heated: Yes
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- languages: English | French | Dutch
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- Marked out walking routes near the camp site
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- level: difficult | average
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- Max. total: 2
Dog(s) in high season (on lead)
- Max. total: 2
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- languages: English | French
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- Languages spoken at reception (during the main season)
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- Mountainbikes
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- Snack bar
- Takeaway meals
- Fresh bread available at the camp site
- Pizzeria
Barbecues permitted
- type of BBQ: charcoal | electricity | gas
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- Washbasins: cold water
- Washbasins: hot water
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- distance: 8 km
- Close to motorway junction (< 10 km)
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- A shower (150 cmsx150 cms minimum) and a toilet (165x220cms or 190cmsx190cms minimum)
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- Shower seat / shower chair (folding or mobile) approximately 48 cm high
- Patrolled grounds
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Total score9.0 Score from 2 reviews
K. Weinbrenner
June 2019
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Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 13-02-05
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From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>TURKISH CYPRIOT AND TURKISH MEDIA REVIEW No. 25/13 05/02/13
[01] Davutoglu expressed Turkey's desire to host next Islamic Summit-reference to CyprusAnkara Anatolia news agency (04.02.13) reports that speaking during the foreign ministers' meeting ahead of 12th OIC Leaders' Summit; Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed Turkey's desire to host the next Islamic Summit.
"(...) we are renewing our strong desire and commitment to host the Thirteenth Islamic Summit in Turkey. I regret to remind you that although it is a founding member, Turkey has never had the opportunity to host his brothers and sisters at an Islamic Summit. We expect the widest support of all brotherly member countries for our bid to host the next Summit Conference," Davutoglu said.
He also made the following reference to the Cyprus problem:
"(...) 2013 is the 50th year of the emergence of the Cyprus problem. The last UN negotiation process for a comprehensive settlement initiated in 2008 did not yield a result simply because of the unwillingness and intransigence of the Greek Cypriot side, despite the dedicated efforts of the Turkish Cypriot side.
Like the Turkish Cypriots, Turkey as a guarantor state, remains committed to the settlement aim. I would like to express our gratitude to the distinguished members of the OIC for their clear message of support to the rightful cause of
On Israel, Davutoglu said the following:
"(...) we strongly condemn Israel for its continued expansion of illegal settlements. Time, and again Israel have proven that it fails to read the change happening not only around it, but also in the way its actions are perceived by the international community. The latest report by the UN Human Rights Council qualifies the illegal settlements as a 'creeping annexation' of the Palestinian land. As it did after the recognition of Palestine as an observer state by the UN General Assembly, Israel has rejected again this report and attempted to depict it as another 'unilateral action' by the Palestinian side. The fact, however, is that Israel has now been rendered by the international community a 'pariah' status for its expanding illegal settlements," Davutoglu noted. Israel must stop its provocative and unlawful settlement policy and accept revitalization of the peace process, which will yield freedom and sovereignty to the State of Palestine on its pre-1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital forever".
[02] Ozersay participated in a conference in Brussels about the Cyprus problemTurkish Cypriot Haber Kibris internet site (www.haberkibris.com) broadcast on February 4, 2013 that Kudret Ozersay, the former advisor of the Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu, participated recently in a conference in Brussels where he evaluated the latest developments of the Cyprus problem. The date of the conference is not mentioned.
Ozersay delivered a speech in the conference organized by the European Policy Centre and stated that "another 45 years of peace negotiations" will take place unless a settlement to the island's dispute is found soon.
He went on and claimed that there were two preconditions of any successful settlement: both communities must "deem the status quo to be unacceptable and international actors must be motivated to change the status quo too".
[03] More discussions at the "assembly" for the "citizenship"Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (05.02.13) reports that the so-called minister of interior and local administration Nazim Cavusoglu, in statements yesterday during the meeting of the so-called assembly, referred, inter alia, to the issue of the so-called citizenship of the occupation regime and replied to the criticism of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) "deputies" on the issue.
In his statements Cavusoglu alleged that during the period that CTP-BG was in power, a total of 6500 "citizenships" were granted. He said that they were granting the "citizenship" to everybody who was applying without even taking into consideration the place of their work.
Replying to Cavusoglu statements, Sonay Adem, "deputy" with CTP-BG said that during the period of power of CTP, the "council of minister" granted the "citizenship" only to 67 persons.
[04] Investments will be completed in four years in illegal Tymvou airportTurkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (05.02.13) reports that Ersan Saner, self-styled minister of public works and transport of the breakaway regime in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus, has said that they have signed a new "agreement", additional to the "transfer agreement" of the illegal Tymvou airport. In statements yesterday to Kibris TV, Saner noted that a climate of uncertainty had been created upon statements made by opposition parties that they would annul the "transfer agreement" if they came to "power". Saner said that because of these statements, the Turkish company which won the tender demanded this additional "agreement".
Replying to allegations by the opposition parties that Turkish Tasyapi Company, which won the tender, would abandon the illegal airport and go away before the completion of four years, Saner pointed out that the company will submit a working program to the regime, noting in writing when each investment will start. There will be very heavy conditions, if the investments are not made in time, he added.
Saner said that if the conditions are not fulfilled, they have the right to annul the "agreement" and added that all investments will be completed in four years. "We have taken 116 million Euros in advance for four years. And after the four years, 47.8% of the turnover will remain to us", he concluded.
[05] CTP's women branch participated to Socialist International meeting in LisbonTurkish Cypriot daily Kibris (05.02.13) reports that the Women Branch of the Republican Turkish Party-United Forces (CTP-BG) composed by the chairman of the Women Organization of CTP, Sibel Sorakin and the Secretary of foreign relations, Fazilet Ozdenefe, participated at the meeting of the council of Socialist International which took place in Lisbon, Portugal between February 1-2.
As the paper writes, during the meeting of the council the "crisis" as well as issues related to "women" were discussed.
Delivering a speech during the meeting, Ozdenefe said that "north Cyprus" is still disconnected from the world and that the Turkish Cypriots continue to live under "isolation".
Stating that the Turkish Cypriot women who are isolated and have economic difficulties continue to struggle for their existence and identity, Ozdenefer said that the current "right wing government" avoids implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
[06] More on Turkey's new ship for seismic explorationsTurkish daily Cumhuriyet newspaper (05.02.13) reports that Turkey will pay 83 million US dollars per year to the personnel of the ship named "Polarcus Samur", which according to statements made by Turkish Minister of Energy Taner Yildiz, they purchased for 130 million US dollars for carrying out seismic explorations and they will name "Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa". The paper notes that the 85-meter long ship had been under the flag of Bahamas.
Cumhuriyet points out that the issue of carrying out seismic explorations had come onto the agenda in Turkey after the explorations launched by the Republic of Cyprus in Eastern Mediterranean. After this development, Turkey communicated with Polarcus Company, which is based in Dubai and carries out explorations in international seas.
According to information published on Polarcus' webpage, Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) started negotiations with Polarcus on 10 December 2012 in the direction of signing an agreement for making a long-term cooperation. After the completion of the talks, they agreed for the sum of 213 million US dollars, which includes the issue of gathering, processing and managing seismic data for three years as well as the service to be offered on the ship. The ship will carry out seismic explorations in the Black Sea first and in the Mediterranean afterwards.
The ship has a landing strip for a helicopter and could gather two and three dimension seismic data. The ship, which was built in 2011, could record data with eight 6.300-meter long geophone cables. If needed, it has the capacity of using six cables, which are 8.400 meters long and four cables which are 12.000 meters long. Before going to Turkey, the ship had been carrying out explorations in the North Sea.
According to Cumhuriyet, at Tuzla shipyard, Turkey is also building another ship for seismic explorations for oil and natural gas. It had been stated that this ship would take the place of Piri Reis and cost 100 million Euros.
[07] Ozyigit condemns the so-called government for TOMA vehiclesUnder the title: "He called for resistance", Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris (05.02.13) reports on statements by Cemal Ozyigit, general secretary of the Communal Democracy Party who in a written statement yesterday accused the so-called government which has announced that it will buy one TOMA vehicle (Riot control vehicle).
Referring to the issue, Ozyigit supported that the announcement of the "government" that will buy a riot control vehicle (TOMA), is an indicator that the "government" will increase its fascistic pressure and that it will continue to insist on imposed packages which aim to the communal annihilation.
Ozyigit accused the so-called government for its decision to buy a TOMA vehicle instead of a fire-fighting helicopter, saying that the so-called government ignores the fact that every year thousand of hectares of land are destroyed from fires.
[08] The project for transferring water from Turkey to occupied Cyprus continuesTurkish Cypriot daily Gunes newspaper (05.02.13) reports that 60% of the Alakopru Dam in Turkey and two kilometers of supply pipes have been completed within the framework of the project for transferring water from Turkey to the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus with undersea pipes. According to the paper, the construction of the 80 kilometer undersea pipe line will start within this month.
[09] Turkish President: "Shanghai group not alternative to Turkey's EU aspiration"Turkish daily Today's Zaman newspaper 905.02.13) reports that Turkish President Abdullah G?l said that membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is not an alternative to become a full member of the European Union.
"We are engaged in negotiations for full membership in the EU. However, it is a fact that the negotiations are not at a desired level due to some prejudice [of EU member countries towards Turkey]. The prime minister expressed his resentment [due to the prejudice]. The SCO is not an alternative to the EU," Gull stated during a press conference he called with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.
"Turkey wants to successfully conclude the accession talks with the EU," he said, adding that EU nations may then hold referenda on whether Turkey should become a member.
The SCO is a mutual-security organization that was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The other countries, with the exception of Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organization.
Membership in the SCO was brought to the agenda in late January by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan when he said Turkey is seriously considering seeking membership in the organization as Turkey's future in the EU looks increasingly dim.
According to Gul, however, who spoke for the first time about Turkey's aspirations in the 27-nation bloc after the prime minister's remarks, Turkey is decisive in completing its EU membership process with "success." "Turkey wants to adopt and implement EU criteria," he added.
[10] Erdogan said that it is Europe that needs Turkey and not the other way aroundAnkara Anatolia news agency (04.02.13) reports that the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the European club needed Turkey if it wanted a key role in global affairs.
"The European Union should get strength from Turkey if it wants to be a global economic and political power. Today, the EU needs Turkey, not the other way round," the Turkish premier told a joint press appearance with his Czech counterpart Petr Necas in Prague, the Czech capital, the first stop of Erdogan's three-nation European tour.
Erdogan claimed that Turkey was one of the few countries which came closest to meeting the Maastricht criteria, even if the country was not an EU member and it was under no obligation to comply with the conditions which EU members need to meet in order to adopt the single EU currency.
"The Turkish premier slammed the Union over problems which his country faced in its accession talks, accusing the EU of rejecting to acknowledge Turkey as a nation that would add a vision to the EU both politically and economically", according to Ankara Anatolia.
[11] More on the "Imprali talks": Ocalan reportedly to tell PKK militants to leave Turkish groundTurkish daily Today's Zaman (05.02.13) reports that Jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah ?calan might order PKK militants to pull out of Turkish territories over the next 10 days, Turkish media reported on Monday.
According to a news story that appeared in Turkish Taraf daily, PKK leader ?calan, who is currently jailed on 0mral1 Island in the Sea of Marmara, south of 0stanbul, is expected to urge PKK militants based in the rural areas of southeast and east Turkey, to withdraw beyond the country's borders.
The Turkish government has been carrying on negotiations with ?calan since November of last year. Government officials have repeatedly said the primary purpose of the talks is to disarm the PKK. Although much skepticism has been directed at this possibility, the talks have continued so far without interruptions, in spite of fears that the execution of three PKK women in Paris might harm the talks.
Meanwhile, there were various reports indicating that National Intelligence Organization (M0T) officials, who are currently talking to ?calan on 0mral1, will meet PKK chiefs from the Kandil Mountains, where the organization is based. This round of talks with PKK leaders will take place in the northern Iraqi autonomous region's capital of Arbil, some agencies reported. M0T Undersecretary Hakan Fidan will be conducting the talks, according to the reports.
[12] Turkey: One hundred ten pilots of Air Force forces quitted from their positionTurkish Medya Turkunu website (http://www.medyatutkunu.com) reports today, that 110 pilots of the Turkish Air Force forces quitted from their position in the last thirty days and notes that no pilots will be left to operate the Turkish war planes.
The site reports that 80 pilots quitted during the previous week and that 30 more issued their resignation in the two days. The pilots served the mandatory 10-year service and were allowed to leave. The pilots left either for financial reasons or most importantly because they are involved to lawsuits and investigations against them due the Sledgehammer Coup Plan or other cases.
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