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The current account deficit is expected to remain stable in 2018. The trade balance will likely widen slightly as the growth in exports of goods will not offset that of imports, mainly because of the modest oil price recovery (the third most-imported item) and the dynamism of domestic demand. The income balance is also expected to remain in deficit due to dividend repatriation by the multinationals established in the country. However, the services surplus is set to increase slightly, boosted by the rise in tourist visitor numbers, notably from the United States.
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The February 2018 presidential elections, crystallized around the issue of same-sex marriage, saw the emergence of evangelical candidate Fabricio Alvaro (Partido de Restauración Nacional, PRN). Defeated in the second round by the ruling party candidate, Carlos Alvaro (Partido de Acción Ciudadana, PAC), the PRN nevertheless gained strong influence in the National Assembly. In this highly fragmented parliament (seven parties for 57 seats), the PRN occupies second place with 14 deputies, just behind the PLN (Partido de Liberación nacional, dominant until 2014, 17 seats), and before the PAC (ten deputies). In this politically fragmented context, the reforms initiated by the former government will likely be softened in order to find a compromise. The fight against crime and money laundering networks linked to drug trafficking, as well as the reform of public finances, is nevertheless set to remain one of the priorities of the new government.
The business climate will continue to be affected by infrastructure shortcomings (especially transport and telecommunications) and relatively high energy costs (electricity). In terms of international relations, the country has not yet decided whether or not to join the Pacific Alliance. Discussions with the OECD about the country's accession are still ongoing.


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Tim Hebert wrote:Regardless of the UFO aspect, Fred Meiwald should be remembered for his service to his country first and foremost.
Have you seen anything from Hastings concerning Meiwald's passing? Hastings posted here a few weeks ago and made no mentioning which gives me the impression that he may have not been aware himself.
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RH: Okay. Now, when Bob, I think moments [after] he woke you up, or you got up and sat down at the commander's console—he of course had received a call from the Flight Security Controller, saying that there was a bright red, oval-shaped object hovering over the security fence gate—my understanding is that is what he told you as soon as you were at your console, that he had received this call and, uh, that of course coincided with the missiles beginning to malfunction. Do you recall him telling you that?
FM: I really don't remember that portion of it, relative to the bright object. I remember an unusual condition [but] as far as the details, uh, I can't elaborate on that.
RH: Okay. He of course has also said that you two were, uh, when you were back at Malmstrom, you were debriefed by OSI and required to sign non-disclosure statements. Do you remember that?
FM: I remember being directed to do that. But that was no problem. I've been one of these people, when told to forget something, I forget it—eventually [inaudible].
RH: Right, well, is that a polite way of saying that you really don't want to discuss this, even though you know more than you're saying?
FM: No, I'm saying I don't remember.
Meiwald then elaborated and said that he couldn't support everything Salas has said about the incident because he had been resting/sleeping when the first missile or two dropped offline -— which occurred moments after Salas received a report from the Oscar Flight Security Controller about a UFO hovering over the Launch Control Facility's front gate.
Although Salas had quickly told Meiwald about that telephone conversation, Meiwald says that he can't remember it.
First, Tim, I have already communicated with others regarding Fred's passing and am indeed saddened by it. I am not required to post what you think I should post here. Why don't you go back to basics and correct the Echo/Oscar post at your website in which you incorrectly claim that Salas never mentioned Oscar Flight until he had talked to me.
BTW, I just spent a week in Montana, perusing various sheriffs departments' blotters and interviewing the witnesses who filed the UFO sighting reports I found in them. Things are hopping up there again. I will be writing an article about my findings soon.
..At least the Navy no longer has to deal with your manic, reality-detached, compromised-frontal lobe fantasies.
One of the few edits in the 2010 tape is where Figel says that he was right when he earlier told me that James has some issues, in response to my telling him that James' father told me, in October 2008, that James has "problems" and also told an associate, the same month, he was concerned that James would "have a nervous breakdown." I left intact other such references where Walt says James' claims are "off-base" and that "he has an ax to grind". The edited quote is much harsher, as I recall. It's been a couple of years since I listened to the tape.
...James or perhaps someone like Tim would pay to prove that...
Now, James, let me start by mentioning that you did not (and can not) produce a verifiable written communication from Fred dated after May 6, 2011--the date of my taped phone conversation with him--and, therefore, can not accurately claim, as you, did that Fred's "last words" support your version events.
On the contrary, Fred mentioned to me that Bob summarized the events at Oscar "very accurately". I note that you chose not to mention that part of the conversation I had with Meiwald and taped. Fred also said that OSI debriefed him and Bob, something you have said was not possible, in countless posts. And of course, Fred says that a "bright object at low altitude" was sighted by the SAT team, as it hovered over the silo they were dispatched. Therefore, a UFO was indeed reported during the course of the incident.
RH: Okay. But you will at least confirm that there were reports from the Security Alert Team [at Oscar] of a UFO at the LF they were out at, is that correct?
FM: Yes!
Fred also confirms all of this in a follow-up letter to Bob, also accessible in my "Witch Hunt" article. How come you didn't mention that?
I note also that, after claiming that my taped conversations with Walt Figel were doctored by me, you still refuse to put the money where your mouth is and pay for the analysis that would prove or disproved your claims. I ask again: What are you afraid of James?
You guys can twist what Meiwald said but the facts remain:
1) Fred says Bob's summary of the incident is "very accurately" presented.
2) Fred understandably says that he cannot report what occurred until he was woken up by Bob but supports what Bob told the OSI agent about that part of the incident.
FM: I remember being directed to do that. But that was no problem. I've been one of these people, when told to forget something, I forget it—eventually [inaudible].
RH: Right, well, is that a polite way of saying that you really don't want to discuss this, even though you know more than you're saying?
FM: No, I'm saying I don't remember.
3) Fred confirms a UFO was present in the Oscar Flight footprint during the incident.
Okay, essentially, I was resting — whether or not I was sound sleep I don't recall — but I know Bob got me up because we had unusual indications on the console, plus we'd had a security violation and, uh, the response team that [inaudible] had gone out to investigate at one of the LFs. They reported unusual activity over there and — by that time I was up — and saw console indications. […I] also directed that the strike team return to the LCF while maintaining radio contact on the way back. As they came back we did lose radio contact for a short period of time, however, the flight [security] leader — the person who was in charge at the time — recognized the team as it was approaching the LCF and opened the gate so that his troops could get in.
Re: James' claim that I never produced the tape of my 2010 conversation with Figel, it has been up since June 2011.
Finally, I also have Figel on tape – from a March 2010 conversation – saying other things which are at variance with what he has written to James Carlson over time. Those taped excerpts will appear in an article at The UFOCHRONICLES in the near future. Walt gave me permission to disseminate those tapes as I saw fit and I will certainly do so.
Comment by Robert — September 26, 2010 @ 4:05 pm
Fortunately, both Bob Salas and I have Col. Figel on audio tape, and he confirms talking on the capsule phone with his guards and a missile maintenance team member at Echo Flight, all of whom reported seeing a "large, round" object hovering over one of Echo's Launch Facilities (silos) moments after the missiles began malfunctioning. Salas spoke with Figel in 1996 and earlier this year. I spoke with him in 2008 and earlier this year.
The conversations on the cassette tapes are currently being transferred to CDs and, once that's finished, and some transcribing is completed, both written word and links to the audio will be posted at the UFO Chronicles website. Cutting to the chase, on tape Figel contradicts 99% of James Carlson's online claims about what the colonel did or did not say.
Salas's mistake about the time and place should say something. Think about it, if you are that passionate about the subject, you would not forget any detail about such an incident and he was dead wrong. He was never there and never involved. Dick Evans was the flight commander at Kilo (Oscar's parent site) and he has no recollection about any incident at Oscar ever.
Former Minuteman missile launch officer Eric Carlson is claiming no UFO involvement in the missile shutdown at which he was present, at Echo Flight, outside of Malmstrom AFB on March 16, 1967, and further claims the UFO-related shutdown at Oscar Flight, on March 24, 2967, that Bob Salas reports on never happened at all.
Fortunately, Salas and I have the goods that support our version of events. I am working on an article with links to audio tapes of my and Salas' phone calls to Eric's missile commander, Walt Figel, who contradicts *everything* both Carlsons are saying. James Carlson just flat-out lies about all of Figel's input, even though he had the evidence presented to him by me in 2008. I have the tapes, James has empty claims.
I also have Figel on tape – from a March 2010 conversation – saying other things which are at variance with what he has written to James Carlson over time. Those taped excerpts will appear in an article at The UFOCHRONICLES in the near future. Walt gave me permission to disseminate those tapes as I saw fit and I will certainly do so.
Then, in 2008, I interviewed, on tape, Eric's deputy missile commander at Echo, now-retired Col. Walt Figel, who told me that he did indeed get a report of a UFO hovering over an Echo missile, just as the entire flight went down. He said Eric overheard the call, was debriefed with him, was told never to discuss it, etc. so, basically, Figel completely contradicts Eric.
So, Eric is either very forgetful these days or he is keeping his silence. Anyway, because Bob and I are not backing down and because I have posted online the verbatim transcript of my conversation with Figel, in late 2008, James has been slandering and libeling me, Bob, and Jim Klotz for well over a year now. He has increased his activities online in anticipation of our press conference.
Once my new article and linked tapes are posted, people will be able to hear Figel tell me that a UFO was indeed reported hovering over one of his missiles, and also hear Salas' missile commander at Oscar, Fred Meiwald, say that Bob is telling the truth about the other incident at Oscar Flight.
Your dad has not lied about anything nor do I believe that he is even capable of lying about anything at all. He was, is, and always will be an honorable man. You should remember that always – I will.
I have been nagging James to produce even a single email written by Walt, dated after I posted the tapes, in which Figel says they are bogus or that I misrepresented him in any manner. Don't hold yer breath folks.
First – your dad has not lied about anything nor do believe that he is even capable of lying about anything at all. He was, is, and always will be an honorable man. You should remember that always – I will.
Second – Bob Salas was never associated with any shutdown of any missiles at any time in any flight and you can take that to the bank. Just think about this for a split second. He is a person wrapped up in UFOs to the Nth degree. Yet he could not remember he was not at Echo. Then he thought he was at November – wrong again. Then he thought he was at Oscar – wrong again.
Third – There is no record about anything happening at November or Oscar except in people's minds that are flawed beyond imagination. Salas has created events out of the thin air and can't get the facts straight even then. My best friend to this day was the flight commander of the 10th SMS at the time. He and I have discussed this silly assertion in the past couple of years – he thinks it is all madeup nonsense for sure. I put both Salas and Hastings in touch with him and he has told them both that an incident at November or Oscar never happened. In addition he was subsequently stationed at Norton AFB where the engineers tested the possible problems. No little green men were responsible.
Fourth – I have always maintained that I do not nor have I ever believed that UFOs exist in any form at any place at any time. I have never seen one or reported that I have seen one. I have always maintained that they had nothing to do with the shutdown of Echo flight in Montana.
Fifth – The event at Malmstrom has a hand written log from me that was turned in just like all the other logs that I wrote over several years. I would think that if I wrote something like that in the log, there would be copies, it would have been classified at the beginning and then released along with the classified SAC messages and base reports. Nothing in that urgent SAC message even hints of UFOs at all and I think that it would if the official logs or telephone calls had referenced that fact.
Sixth – When it happened, neither your dad nor I were "visibly shaken" by the events. It was just another day with a unexpected event in our lives. It was rather underwhelming at the time. No one rushed out to see us, no one made us sign any papers, no one interrogated us for hours on end.
I am not a fan of Salas, Hastings, or the whole UFO crowd.
I have never seen one and flatly don't believe they exist at all.
I just want you to be clear of my position on UFOs.
They make good science fiction – nothing more.
I have read both of their books.
There are many inaccurate statements and events in the books.
I have told them both that.
For instance, Oscar flight NEVER had any problems and Salas was NEVER involved in any of them at all just for starters.
I think that they are just enjoying the notoriety of the situation.
I was lucky enough to locate the man who was my MCC on the day of the incidents. I spoke with him by phone, briefly. He certainly recalled the incident in the sequence I outlined with one exception. He believes we 'lost' four LFs instead of all. But our memories coincide on every other point. I didn't ask him what flight we were controlling, but it was probably November flight. He also added that he remembers receiving a call from one of the LFs where we had a roving security patrol that saw a UFO at very close range. He said these men were so traumatized by the experience that they never returned to security duty. I am sending him the unit history report and he agreed to write back to me after trying to remember more details.
So, we now have made contact with all the members of the two crews who had missiles lose readiness status concurrent with close sightings of UFOs. And we all have verified that basic story. We are hoping that one or more of the security guards from either of our sites will contact us as a result of the Grt. Falls Tribune article.
Thru various means, I have had some pretty good luck locating and speaking with some of my old Air Force buddies who were with me at Malmstrom during the time of this incident. A major revelation came out of those conversations.
I found out that I was not in Echo flight on the day of the incident, I was at some other flight; possibly November flight. I spoke with the DMCC (deputy) of Echo and he confirmed that all his missiles shut down that night and that UFOs had been sighted (one at close range) by his maintenance team and his security team. I am also sticking with my story that all of my missiles also shutdown that day and that my security guards at the LCF reported seeing UFOs and, in particular one hovering just outside the front gate. One of my guards was also injured during this incident – not necessarily by the UFO – I don't recall the details except that I remember that he was helicoptered out to the base. This was a revelation to me because when we first started the FOIA activity, I could not recall the flight designator and when USAF released the E-Flt incident to us, we assumed that is where I was. I did and do have a vivid recollection of my commander speaking to another flight that day and then saying to me that "… the same thing had happened at their flight." However, I had been under the impression up until now that what he had meant was that it happened to them at some other time period. I now believe it was the same day because of the rapid response of the maintenance crews to our site. I believe they had already been dispatched to Echo before our shutdown."
So, what I believe we now have is an incident where two complete flights of missiles went NO-GO concurrent with close sightings of UFOs by many Air Force personnel.
Robert Hastings wrote:Yeah, yeah, I doctored the tapes, right James?
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They also raised various questions pertaining to the disposal of nuclear waste, the plant's impact on the environment and the safety of people living nearby, besides other issues linked to the controversial plant.
The Centre, Tamil Nadu government and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd, which operates the plant, had refuted all the allegations on safety and security aspects.
They had submitted that the plant is completely safe and can withstand any kind of natural disaster and external terrorist attack.
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In their second season at Fenway Park, the defending World Champion Red Sox fell to fourth place in the American League. The National League's Boston Braves also played a pair of doubleheaders at Fenway Park in 1913, choosing the venue because it was larger than their home park, the South End Grounds. In the spring, Fenway Architect James McLaughlin opened the Fenway Garage behind Fenway Park's right-field and center-field bleachers, which helped accommodate the crowds for Red Sox games and high school baseball and football.
Record: 79-71, 4th in American League
Manager: J. Garland (Jake) Stahl (39-41), William F. Carrigan (40-30)
Attendance: 473,194
The Red Sox started their year at Fenway Park with exhibition victories over Harvard and Holy Cross in early April before embarking on their title defense. Heading into the season, Red Sox President James McAleer proclaimed that he was so pleased with his club that he didn't plan to make any trades or sign any new players.
However, not all were happy with the team. The Royal Rooters were still upset that their accustomed seats had been sold before Game Seven of the 1912 World Series and when the Red Sox selected June 25, 1913 for the official raising of the 1912 World Championship banner, only 6,500 fans turned out.
By the end of June, the Red Sox were already in fifth place, 13 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. With a dispirited team, McAleer soured on manager Jake Stahl, firing the skipper on July 14 and replacing him with Bill Carrigan. But there was plenty of blame to go around and in August, a number of Boston writers decried the practice by which incendiary newspaper columns were printed under the bylines of various ballplayers.
Ray Collins led a pitching staff that was left short-handed when Smoky Joe Wood broke his thumb before the season began. Collins sported a 19-8 record, including three 1-0 duels with Washington's Walter Johnson, two of which Collins won. Tris Speaker continued to hit well with a .363 batting average and a franchise-record 22 triples, but the lineup as a whole scored 168 fewer runs than they did the previous season.
The Red Sox finished 1913 above .500 with a record of 79-71, which put them in fourth place in the American League and 15 ½ games behind the eventual World Champion Philadelphia Athletics. As a small consolation, the Red Sox finished 22 ½ games ahead of their AL rival from New York, who officially changed their name from the Highlanders to the Yankees that year. In November 1913, the Red Sox changed ownership for the second time in just over two years as McAleer sold his half of the team to Canadian-born Joseph Lannin.
A native of Colchester, VT, Ray Collins led the 1913 Boston pitching staff, winning 19 games. That season, Collins faced Washington's Hall of Famer Walter Johnson in three epic matchups. Collins bested the "Big Train" 1-0 in Washington's Griffith Stadium on May 30 and again beat Johnson by the same score on August 28 at Fenway Park. Those two victories were sandwiched by a 1-0 loss to Johnson's Senators at Fenway Park on July 3, when Boston notched 15 hits in a 15 inning thriller but failed to score a run behind Collins. Boston's hit total on July 3, 1913 still stands tied as a Major League record for the most hits by a team in a single game without scoring a run. Collins would collect 20 victories in 1914 for the Red Sox, before retiring in 1915 with a lifetime 84-62 record and 2.51 ERA.
Red Sox Ownership History
|Charles W. Somers of Ohio was one of the founders and financiers of the new American League who also owned the Cleveland team and made his fortune in the lumber and coal business.
|Henry J. Killilea was a Milwaukee lawyer and expert on baseball law who played an important role in the negotiations that ended the National League-American League war in early 1903.
|John I. Taylor was an avid sportsman whose father, General Charles H. Taylor, was the owner, publisher and editor of The Boston Globe. John changed the team's nickname to "Red Sox" in 1907 and oversaw the land acquisition and construction of Fenway Park.
|James R. McAleer was a National League outfielder during the 1890s who came out of retirement to help form the new American League's St. Louis franchise in 1901 as a player-manager. In December 1911 he bought 50 percent of the Red Sox from Taylor and was named club president.
|Joseph J. Lannin was a Canadian-born hotel and real estate tycoon who made his fortune in New York and Boston. He was a zealous baseball fan with a minority share in the National League's Boston Braves before he purchased McAleer's 50 percent controlling interest in the Red Sox in early 1914.
|Harry H. Frazee was a long-time baseball fan who was born in Peoria, Illinois and became successful in real estate management, stock brokerage and Broadway theater. He purchased the Red Sox in late 1916 from Lannin in a deal that included Fenway Park.
|J.A. Robert Quinn was a career baseball executive who was business manager of the St. Louis Browns prior to putting together a syndicate that purchased the Red Sox from Frazee on August 1, 1923. He was appointed team president and presiding owner.
|Thomas A. Yawkey was a New York entrepreneur who bought the team on February 25, 1933, four days after his 30th birthday, and placed the club in a trust.
|July 9, 1976
|Tom Yawkey died leaving his widow, Jean, as the primary beneficiary.
|The Yawkey Estate sold the team to a partnership including Jean R. Yawkey, Edward G. (Buddy) LeRoux, Jr. and Haywood C. Sullivan. The sale was approved by the American League on May 23, 1978.
|Jean R. Yawkey moved to Boston, established the Jean R. Yawkey Trust, and transferred team ownership interests to it. She appointed John L. Harrington as Co-Trustee.
|The Jean R. Yawkey Trust bought out Edward G. (Buddy) LeRoux, Jr., giving the trust two out of three General Partner votes.
|Jean R. Yawkey died in February and the Jean R. Yawkey Trust continued with John Harrington as Trustee with sole authority over Red Sox matters.
|The Jean R. Yawkey Trust bought out Haywood C. Sullivan's one General Partnership unit, giving it all three General Partnership units of the Red Sox, along with the three Red Sox limited partnership units previously acquired (53.49%).
|The Jean R. Yawkey Trust sold the club to a group led by John Henry, Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino on December 20, 2001. The sale was approved by Major League Baseball on January 16, 2002 and closed on February 27, 2002.
In 1913, the Fenway Garage, built by Fenway Park architect James McLaughlin, opened on a plot of land between Ipswich and Lansdowne Streets. When it opened, the garage could house 500 automobiles and used a system of ramps, instead of car elevators, to increase its usability. The garage was also heated and cars could refuel and get washed on the premises. In the 1960s, the building became a laundry facility and owes its name to this use but in the late 1980s, the Laundry Building reclaimed its function as a garage. Today, in addition to providing parking, Fenway Park's concessionaire Aramark uses a portion of the building to store and prepare food for the ballpark's crowds.
The first regular season National League games at Fenway Park took place on April 13, 1913 when the Boston Braves hosted the New York Giants for a doubleheader, since Fenway offered greater seating capacity than the home of the Braves, the South End Grounds. Though the Braves lost both games that day, they returned to Fenway on May 30, 1913 for a Memorial Day doubleheader against Brooklyn and won their first regular season game at Fenway Park in the second game.
On May 6, 1913, Fenway Park hosted its first high school baseball game when local High School of Commerce defeated Columbia Park Boys High of San Francisco, 24-0. The next day, Noble & Greenough beat the Volkmann School 1-0 in a very exciting private school game. After the Red Sox season ended, Obrion, Russell & Co. (an insurance company) played Old Colony Trust Company (a banking company).
|1913 Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park
|April 19
|New York Giants 7, Boston Braves 2
|April 19
|New York Giants 10, Boston Braves 3
|May 6
|High School of Commerce 24, Columbia Park Boys High of San Francisco 0
|May 7
|Noble & Greenough 1, Volkmann School 0
|May 30
|Brooklyn Dodgers 2, Boston Braves 1
|May 30
|Boston Braves 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 6
|October 11
|Obrion, Russell & Co. 9, Old Colony Trust Company 5
Fenway Park hosted a trio of high school football games in 1913, with each matchup featuring local schools. Boston Latin and Boston English each played twice at the park, including a November 27 tilt between the two rivals.
|1913 Non-Baseball Events At Fenway Park
|November 18
|Mechanic Arts High School 6, Boston Latin 3 (Football)
|November 19
|High School of Commerce 3, Boston English 3 (Football)
|November 27
|Boston English 21, Boston Latin 0 (Football)


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Its fair to say that after almost three years of presidents race mishaps and oddities, it would be hard to imagine any result that would stun the Nationals Park crowd; but last night, the unthinkable happened.
The Pittsburgh Pirates' racing pierogies were at Nationals Park for the final game of their 4-game series. In the 4th inning, Nationals pitcher Craig Stammen was cruising through a perfect start in his major league debut. Perhaps the quick work Stammen was making of the Pirates caught the racing presidents off guard, but when the gates opened for the mid-inning presidents race, Abe Lincoln false-started, then pulled back. The Pierogies took off, and nobody caught them. Cheese Chester was first to the finish line, marking the first time ever that a president did not win the presidents race!
It's been tough to get any official word from the team, but indications are that this was not what they had planned.
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Any person who writes a check which is dishonored (bounced) for lack of funds or due to a closed account can be held liable for a penalty equal to three times the amount of the check, plus the face value of the check. The minimum penalty is $100 and the maximum penalty is $1500 (See California Civil Code section 1719).
The following conditions must be met in the case of a bad check:
- You must write a letter to the check writer and mail it by certified mail. Ask to be paid the amount of the bad check in cash or money order, within thirty days (See reverse for sample). Your demand may also include the fee charged by your financial institution to process the bad check, not to exceed $25 for the first bad check and $35 for each subsequent bad check processed and the cost of mailing the demand notice.
- You must wait 30 days. If you have not received payment in cash within 30 days from the date you mailed the demand letter, you may file a claim in Small Claims or the Civil Division. You may proceed with your suit even though the party has not signed for the letter, as long as you can submit proof of mailing by certified mail.
- At the hearing you must produce a copy of the demand letter sent to the check writer at his/her last known address and a signed certified mail receipt showing delivery or attempted delivery if it was refused.
- Take all other documents related to the case to the court hearing. These might include the notice from the bank, notes of your conversations and copies of any correspondence with the check writer regarding your effort to collect.
You do not need to prove that the check writer "knowingly" wrote a bad check. You must only prove the check writer failed to make good on the check after being notified.
(Sample: "BAD" CHECK DEMAND LETTER)
Send Certified mail, return receipt requested
Date:____________(insert date here)
__________________ (insert name of check writer here)
__________________ (insert address of check writer here)
Dear Check Writer:
The check you wrote for $________ , dated ______ , which was made payable to _____________ was returned by ______________ (insert name of bank) because (account was closed OR the account had insufficient funds).
Unless full payment of the check is received by money order or cash within 30 days of the date of mailing this demand, together with $____________(amount charged by your bank to process the bad check, not to exceed $25 for the first bad check or $35 for subsequent bad checks), and $_____________for the cost of mailing this demand letter by certified mail, I will file a Small Claims Court claim against you.
The claim will request damages for the amount of the check, $____________,plus $___________damages assessed at three times the amount of the check, (calculated by assessing a minimum penalty of $100 up to a maximum penalty of $1500, pursuant to Civil Code section 1719), for a total claim of $__________against you.
You may wish to contact a lawyer to discuss your legal rights and responsibilities.
Please send your payment to:
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Review: This Is Not the "Season of the Witch"
It's hard to watch the opening scene of "Season of the Witch," and not snicker a little bit. Not that it's bad, it's just that it's nearly impossible to witness a witch trial and not suddenly hear Monty Python in your head. Once the film gets past this moment of unintentional comedy, things do get better, if not great, only to slip again at the end.
The cast is a bizarre collection, to say the least. Nic Cage and Ron Perlman as Behmen and Felson, a pair of AWOL Knights Templar, have both played men spit out by hell on more than one occasion. Stephen Graham is currently bashing heads as Al Capone on "Boardwalk Empire." And two of Britain's squirreliest actors, Stephen Campbell Moore, the interloping professor in "The History Boys," and Robert Sheehan, who was so skin-crawlingly Gollum-esque in "The Red Riding Trilogy." Cage is the hero, but Perlman's the only one you feel like you can trust.
Cage and Perlman have an occasionally amusing chemistry as two men who walked away from the crusades when it occurred to them that, 'Hey, maybe Jesus doesn't want us killing women and children.' Around the time that the plague is laying waste to the people of England, their identities as deserters are discovered. But as luck would have it, they are offered full pardons if they agree to transport a beautiful young woman believed to be the witch behind the horrible disease.
In no time the motley crew is cobbled together to navigate the terrible terrain between them and the monastery where the witch is to be tried and punished. As they wend their way, one bizarre, mystical tragedy after another befalls the troupe, forcing Behmen to halt a move to just kill the girl—he demands she receive a proper trial. Not only was Behmen a 15th-Century conscientious objector, he also took the rule of law very seriously.
"Season of the Witch" is a seriously low-budget affair that at times has you thinking you're watching a LARPer convention. But the constraints of the budget don't really hinder the film until the climax. Director Domenic Sena clearly scrimped and saved along the way to make his final monster look as awesome as possible, but he came up a few dollars short. Instead of crafting the film's grandest spectacle, it's the cheesiest.
Every now and again a film will rise above the trappings of its genre and appeal to a broader audience—for example, even non-horror/zombie could love Danny Boyle's "28 Days"—but "Season of the Witch" is not one of those films. Cage might deliver the girl, but he doesn't quite deliver the goods.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Senior Heather Raines (Lawrenceville, Ga.) of the Georgia College & State University cross country team recently picked up some hardware off the course, as she led a team in the National CW/Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Competition to a first-place finish.
Raines served as account executive for the "Ladies Lawn Night" event, leading the team of Lauren Chandley, Ann Cole and Katie Farmer.
Marking the first time Bobcat PRSSA has entered in national competition, teams from Georgia College took first and second in the results. The runner-up finish went to the "What's Your Scandal" of Bailey Abercrombie, Tyler Bryant, Yasmiene Davis and Claire Dykes.
All of the students are in the capstone Public Relations Campaign course in the Department of Mass Communication, as taught by Dr. Ginger Carter Miller.
Raines had a great final season on the course for the Bobcats, twice winning Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Runner of the Week.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Well , there's this thing going around the forums about 'anecdotal' references ... but I am the pianist for a Lutheran Church - The first thing the 'committee' did when hiring me was ask me what denomination I was ... I politely said I wasn't Christian. They asked further - "Do you believe in God'? I said no , I am an Atheist.
"Ohh...an Atheist" the Pastor! exclaimed. He paused for a while... then suggested it would be fine as long as I don't take communion.
That story and ... I think Maryland is pretty tolerant of diversity. It's easy to meet atheists here.
Might I suggest a dating site? Ok Cupid is a great way to meet people for friendship and you can narrow the search to non christians.
I recommend you look for activities that have like minded participants. My son races BMX, has been doing so for about 10 years. Generally speaking, most of the participants are not extremely religious. It's quite obvious because we race on a lot of Sundays and other church days. Just an example. Look for other "extreme" sports or if you're not into sports, there are a lot of clubs or on-line groups (game playing etc...) that will connect you up. I agree with other post that you should not try to "convert" anyone -- it rarely works. What will happen is other kids who might feel the same way will find you eventually. I live in Georgia and it's a tough area -- the old bible belt thing. But hang in there and don't be depressed about it, just laugh a lot.
I am/was in your situation exactly. Right as I was becoming an atheist, my family moved me south. I figured everyone would be bible-hugging idiots but was surprised to learn the number of agnostics and atheists in my own class.
I find that a lot of atheists will talk about their beliefs in class discussions in English or science, and so when religious or philosophical questions would arise I would openly state my opinion which would give way to other atheists in my class being comfortable stating their own. You could try being more open yourself, though it's rather difficult, but it will in the long run allow you more freedom and gain you more free-thinking acquaintances.
Also, my best friend is a baptist fundy... It constantly bothers me, the way she thinks, but she's a dear friend and we can look past each others' views. However, we do get into deep discussions about our opinions and I think my explanations are starting to sink into her. Of course she'll never stop being a Christian, but maybe soon she'll accept evolution and science. So, even if your friends do not share your views, you can still discuss it with them and who knows, you might help someone "see the light" =)
The thing to do is start reading everything you can get your hands on in defense of FreeThought.
Then find organizations that will help you such as the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Wisconsin.
Remember that you are sane and you don't have to discuss this with anyone who is, as you put it,
"mentally blind". Also remember that you are in a small town environment and the only way you are going to be able to live comfortably is to a. leave for another place b. find someone close to you who shares your sanity c. network online and find people who share your sanity. Or all three.
I would say consider yourself like a lurker in this life. You seem concerned about support or agreement for your beliefs from everyday contacts. Everyone at this site agrees with your view. Just know that even though you can't talk face to face about it with those around you, many people in the world are with you.


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OpenBSD has a reputation for high security and difficult operating systems for new user. But, some orginsations are using OpenBSD for everything including firewall, servers and desktop computers. This is quite impressive, from the article:
So our paid job is hacking on and deploying, maintaining, supporting… OpenBSD installations. We are also required to hack on things that can be merged back into OpenBSD itself and when it's not possible, then we change what we did so that it can be. Of course some developments are very specific to what we do and have no place in the project's CVS tree.
So, amongst other services, we set up and maintain several 100% OpenBSD-based infrastructures (going from the entry site firewall to the secretary's workstation) and this is what I'm going to talk about here.
As a side note, it is important to know that we are working exclusively for Fortune 500 companies (each operating in totally different and unrelated sectors).
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Ashley Olsen Net Worth is $150 Million.Ashley Olsen Net Worth is $150 Million. Ashley Olsen, who used to be known as one half of the famous Olsen twins, has a net worth of $150 million. And her net worth came from a variety of fiscal sources, such as acting, producing, merchandising, and Ashley Fuller Olsen is an American actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman.
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Ashley received a special birthday shout-out from famous twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Elizabeth & James designers and throwback duo of the '90s that every little girl grew up wanting to be ...
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Pennsylvania residents whose livelihood and health depend on abundant water supply recall not so long ago the seven years of drought that challenged the stability of the Commonwealth's economy and the health of its ecosystem. On top of this, the current State Water Plan is more than 25 years old, and contains no information to address critical water needs.
With this in mind, Act 220 was signed into law on December 16, 2002, and requires that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) develop a State Water Plan within five years as well as provide regular five-year updates in subsequent years. This plan will report on how much water Pennsylvanians have, how much water they use, and, more importantly, what their future water requirements will be based on population and development trends.
Under Act 220, registration and reporting of water withdrawals from public water suppliers, utility companies, agriculture, industry and commercial enterprises and others are important components in assessing and projecting existing and future water demands and needs that will be used to identify where demands exceed available resources. This will be an important tool for county and municipal planners statewide. Act 220 affords the diversified water registrants the opportunity to make their water needs known to local and state officials. With the advancement of development and the ever-increasing demand for water, this is a way to help protect the Commonwealth's future water supply.
If you reside in Pennsylvania and use over 10,000 gallons of water per day on average in any 30-day period, you must register your water sources. You do not need to register if your only source of water is through a public water supply. Public water suppliers are required to register their sources regardless of what amount of water is used.
Delaware Water Resources Regional Committee Priorities (pdf 55 KB)
Pa. Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Secretary John Hanger signed the new state water plan on March 26, 2009.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Brandon Triche scored 23 points and Michael Carter-Williams scored the final four points as No. 6 Syracuse rallied to upset No. 1 Louisville 70-68 on Saturday in a showdown of unbeaten Big East Conference teams.
It was the second straight Saturday No. 1 went down as Duke lost to then-No. 20 North Carolina State 84-76.
It was the Orange's third straight win over the Cardinals.
Carter-Williams had 16 points, Jerami Grant and C.J. Fair both had 10 for the Orange (17-1, 5-0) who won their seventh straight.
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Hywel Dda health Board is pushing ahead with controversial service changes to maternity and paediatric care at Withybush Hospital, staff have been told this week.
The changes include moving to a 12 hours a day paediatric service at Withybush Hospital and a three-bed midwife-led maternity unit at the hospital.
The changes continue to cause concern.
One nurse who did not wish to be named contacted the Western Telegraph to say staff were told the changes would come in on August 1 and that they were fearful that Glangwili would not be ready to cope.
The employee said: "We worried that there is no clear-cut plan in place to support the move and in order to cope with the inevitable influx of young patients from Pembrokeshire."
In a lengthy statement (see below), Hywel Dda Health Board said a staff consultation on the changes will run until May 22, and outlined new "service models" for Maternity and Obstetric Services, Gynaecology, Neonatal services and Paediatrics at Withybush Hospital.
A stand alone Midwife Led Unit for low risk deliveries will contain three beds staffed by a midwife and a health care support worker. During a birth, the mother's community midwife will also attend to support the delivery. All GP and 999 obstetric referrals will go to Glangwili Hospital.
Withybush Hospital will continue to provide an Early pregnancy unit with increased hours to "reduce the number of patients being transferred to Glangwili".
The neonatal unit (SCBU) at will close and the number of cots at Glangwili will increase by one.
Paediatrics services will only be provided for 12 hours per day at Withybush "because of ongoing and well documented recruitment problems".
There will be a Paediatric Ambulatory Unit seven days a week, comprising of a short stay paediatric unit open every day and a paediatric diagnostic unit open Monday to Friday. Out of hours, ill children will be referred to Glangwili Hospital.
The Health Board's statement also says there will be "robust transport" to support these service changes, and solutions to create "additional capacity" on the Glangwili site have commenced, with a completion date to support the service change in August.
This is the information sent out by Hywel Dda Health Board in full:
Staff consultation 1 to 22 May 2014 – Staff consultation with staff affected by the change Staff consultation briefing documents, in line with the Organisational Change Policy, will be issued to affected staff on Thursday 1 May 2014 following discussion and approval by the Maternity, Neonates, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Services Programme Board on Tuesday 29 April 2014.
Documents will be distributed using all available channels via email and recognising a significant number of affected staff have limited computer access hard copies will also be provided via line managers. We recognise that change can be difficult and the consultation documents will provide contacts for support from HR. Those staff affected by the change will also be offered one-to-one discussions as part of the process and in line with the Organisational Change Policy.
The staff consultation will run for three weeks, closing on 22 May 2014.
The Service Models At the April meeting of the Maternity, Neonates, Paediatrics and Gynaecology Programme Board the following service models were confirmed:
Maternity and Obstetric Services
• At Withybush Hospital a stand alone Midwifery Led Unit for low risk deliveries will contain three beds staffed by a midwife and a health care support worker. During a birth, the mother's community midwife will also attend to support the delivery.
• To support the "safety net" requirements in line with Ministerial requirements there will be a band 7 midwife in the Midwifery Led Unit at Withybush Hospital at all times. In addition to support the 'safety net' there will be a supernumerary band 7 midwife at Glangwili Hospital to specifically coordinate women from Pembrokeshire who choose or need to deliver their baby at Glangwili Hospital.
• The Midwifery Led Unit will be run in line with All Wales Guidelines for Midwifery Led Care.
• Any deviation from the normal care pathway will be transferred to Glangwili Hospital in accordance with these guidelines.
• Withybush Hospital will continue to provide outpatient antenatal clinics and preoperative assessments.
• All GP and 999 obstetric referrals will go to Glangwili Hospital.
• At Glangwili Hospital the Midwifery Led Unit will contain four beds and the All Wales Midwifery Led Care guidelines will be used as criteria, pathway and transfer through the Normal Care Pathway.
• We are predicting that around 2280 births will take place within the obstetric unit at Glangwili Hospital. This is broken down as 1320 from existing consultant led births at Glangwili Hospital and an additional 960 consultant births from Withybush Hospital.
• It is estimated that a minimum of 20 per cent of the current births at Glangwili Hospital will choose to deliver in the Midwifery Led Unit and we initially estimate that 10 per cent of low risk women from Pembrokeshire will choose to travel and deliver at the MLU at Glangwili Hospital.
• We are planning for 10 per cent of the current Withybush births will choose to deliver at the MLU at Withybush and that this number will grow once confidence in the service grows.
• Withybush Hospital will provide:
o Early pregnancy unit
o Day case procedures o Elective surgery
o Patients requiring inpatient care will be admitted to the joint surgical and gynaecology ward as they do now
o In hours there will be a consultant gynaecologist in the hospital, out of hours there will be a consultant gynaecologist on call locally
• As an enhancement to the current service and to reduce the number of patients needing transfer to Glangwili and to reduce avoidable admissions the operational hours of the early pregnancy unit will increase. The hours have to be finalised but it is anticipated that the unit will be open from 9am to 7pm Monday to Friday.
• All 999 referrals in and out of hours will be triaged by ambulance staff, supported by A&E/on call Obs & Gynae consultant and referred to either Glangwili or Withybush Hospital as appropriate.
• A&E walk-ins will be referred in hours to the early pregnancy clinic for assessment. Out of hours patients will be referred to next day early pregnancy clinic or if they require inpatient admission they will either be admitted to Withybush or if appropriate transferred to Glangwili Hospital. For the very rare occasion that there is a collapsed patient requiring urgent surgery a decision will be made by A&E supported by the on call gynaecologist on whether it is safe to transfer the patient or to manage at Withybush Hospital Neonatal Services As previously agreed in the Minister's decision and by the Board the neonatal unit (SCBU) at Withybush Hospital will close. Due to the medical staffing imperative described later on in this briefing this closure will take place in August 2014. Neonatal services for the university health board will be provided at Glangwili Hospital.
The neonatal unit at Glangwili Hospital will contain:
• Four high dependency cots
• Eight special care cots
• One stabilisation cot. This is an increase of one cot from current establishment. These cot numbers are supported by All Wales Neonatal Network from their capacity review.
• Paediatrics services can only be provided for 12 hours per day at Withybush Hospital because of ongoing and well documented recruitment problems. Recruitment issues remain severe and this has been confirmed by a recent all Wales survey of Paediatric recruitment.
• There will be a Paediatric Ambulatory Unit at Withybush Hospital seven days a week. This unit will comprise a short stay paediatric unit open everyday and a paediatric diagnostic unit open Monday to Friday. The operational hours of these services will be further discussed in the sub group but it is anticipated that the short stay unit will be open from 10am to 8pm for admissions and a further two hours to make decisions and transfer any children requiring transfer to the acute paediatric unit at Glangwili. The Diagnostic unit will be open 9am to 5pm.
• The Short Stay Assessment Unit (SSAU) will be staffed by consultants, middle grade doctors and paediatric nurses.
• GP and 999 referrals in hours may be triaged by SSAU staff or by ambulance supported by SSAU staff to either Glangwili Hospital or to the SSAU.
• GP and 999 referrals out of hours will be triaged by ambulance staff to either Glangwili Hospital or to Withybush Hospital's A&E department if a minor injury
• Walk-ins at A&E at Withybush will continue to manage minor injuries and illnesses as before, in hours and out of hours. In hours unwell children will be referred to the SSAU and out of hours they will be referred to Glangwili Hospital. Patients requiring surgical assessment will be triaged by SSAU according to agreed patient pathways. Those requiring surgery will be transferred to Glangwili Hospital.
• Further work is being carried out to work out detailed pathways including ambulance resuscitation for collapsed patients and transfer.
• There will be robust transport to support these service changes. A range of options are being discussed with WAST who are part of the Programme Board and both Sub Groups.
• WAST staff will be an integral part of the new service models and will be fully trained to support the new service • Wherever appropriate WAST and UHB staff will receive joint training to fully emphasise the team approach to service delivery.
• The estates solutions to create additional capacity on the Glangwili site have commenced, with a completion date to support the service change in August. This plan is currently running to time.
• Work will also be undertaken at Withybush to create a purpose designed MLU.
Key dates and next steps
• August 2014 - Paediatric medical recruitment issues remain severe. This is well documented and has been confirmed by a recent all Wales survey of Paediatric recruitment. In addition, all paediatric training doctors must work on one site out of hours and in a 1:11 rota from 1 August 2014. This is on instruction by the body responsible for post graduate medical training, the Wales Deanery. As a result, we cannot safely staff paediatrics and neonatal services at Withybush Hospital and also from August we are losing three obstetric training doctors. Therefore all of our planning is to implement the new service models from August 2014.
• Policies and protocols are being developed by the sub groups to support the new models. These include the protocols for transfer in collaboration with WAST colleagues.
• A training needs analysis is being developed and a training programme established.
• As stated above the staff consultation briefing document is being sent to all staff affected by these changes on 1st May.
• The equality impact of these changes is on-going.
• The Programme Board and both sub groups continue to meet monthly.


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The East India Company at Home project has been harnessing debate and research into the influence of the Asian trade on life in Britain. As part of its online archive of case studies, Stephen McDowall has just published a paper on Shugborough Hall's Chinese connections.
Stephen demonstrates how Shugborough epitomises the paradoxes inherent in the use of Chinese objects and styles in Britain.
In about 1747 the owner of the Shugborough estate, Thomas Anson, added a Chinese House to the garden, probably inspired by the recent visits to China of his younger brother, Commodore (later Admiral and Baron) George Anson. Its design is said to have been based on a drawing of a Chinese building made by one of George's officers. Moreover, it was George's fortune, the result of the capture of a Spanish silver galleon, that enabled the embellishment and expansion of Shugborough from the mid-1740s onwards.
George Anson himself, however, is on record as condemning Chinese art and design as imitative, and he was generally rather rude about Chinese culture and society. How do we reconcile his negative stance with the evidence of Chinese and Chinese-inspired decoration at the house?
The Chinese House was said at the time to be an authentic facsimile of Chinese architectural forms, but with the benefit of hindsight it looks more like a classic rococo chinoiserie folly. Moreover, the Chinese House was situated close to other garden pavilions and structures in classical and antiquarian styles, illustrating how flexible the concepts of authenticity and identity could be in mid-18th-century Britain.
Stephen has also found a reference to George Anson's wife Elizabeth being involved in the finishing of the Chinese House, which may be significant as 'China' – in its various meanings – was often associated with femininity in 18th-century Britain.
There are a number of Chinese objects at Shugborough, including an armorial dinner service and several mirror paintings, which were traditionally thought to have been brought back by George Anson. But there is not much actual evidence for that, and it is not clear whether 'Chinese Shugborough' was the creation of Thomas, George, or Elizabeth – or indeed all three. Shugborough appears to be a fascinating case study of the ambiguity of the idea of 'China' in Britain in the 18th century.


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| May 4, 2012, 2:04 pm
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning went to Coors Field on April 29 to cheer on his buddy, Todd Helton, when the Colorado Rockies went up against the New York Mets.
The home team lost, despite Helton's 8th inning grand slam, but The Denver Hospice wound up the winner — all because Jennifer Alvarado Geller and her husband, Jeff, were at the game, too.
And this is where it gets exciting.
The quarterback was sitting near them, so during a break in the action they approached and introduced themselves. The Gellers are co-chairs of the hospice's signature fundraiser, The Mask Project, and so of course they asked if he'd be willing to participate.


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New York, March 20, 2012--A Kuwait appellate court should overturn a March 12 ruling that suspended a private newspaper for three months and sentenced its editor to a six-month prison term for articles defending the country's Shiite minority, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On March 12, Kuwait's third circuit criminal court charged Al-Dar with violating the Press and Publications Law by "undermining national unity" and "creating sectarian strife," its editor-in-chief, Abdul Hussein al-Sultan, told CPJ. The newspaper appealed the ruling on Thursday, but has not received an appeals court date yet, al-Sultan said. The editor, convicted of alleged incitement, was free after posting bail of 1,000 Kuwaiti dinars (US$3,600), he told CPJ.
The charges stemmed from three articles Al-Dar published in January that responded to local newspaper articles calling Kuwaiti Shiites "Iranian spies" and "disbelievers," al-Sultan said. The editor told CPJ that the Al-Dar articles said the anti-Shiite comments threatened national unity and encouraged sectarianism.
The March 12 ruling also ordered all issues of the newspaper articles to be confiscated, CPJ's review of the court documents found.
"It's an egregious miscarriage of justice to find an editor and newspaper guilty of undermining national unity for articles defending a minority group that was under attack," said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator. "We call on the judicial system to reverse this unjust ruling on appeal, and authorities to halt their harassment of Al-Dar immediately."
Kuwait's Press Court suspended the newspaper on February 2 and again on March 5, CPJ research shows. The daily has repeatedly been targeted in the past three years with 133 cases brought against it by the Ministry of Information, al-Sultan told CPJ.