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Yahoo to Free Up Inactive Email Addresses
Yahoo has recently announced that they will be going through a transition, where inactive Yahoo IDs will be reclaimed by the company. These reclaimed IDs would then be released to the public so users can sign up for an ID that was previously unavailable and inactive. Yahoo encourages users to signup for their desired IDs by mid July, and by mid August they will find out if the IDs have been secured. According to Yahoo, users who haven't logged in for the past year, can simply remove their ID from this exercise by signing in to any Yahoo product by 15 July.
While this is a good way to get users excited about getting a Yahoo ID, there are some concerns that the IDs being reclaimed and released would be hijacked by unscrupulous individuals who seek to cause mischief or steal identities. However, when reached by Wired, Yahoo issued a statement saying that it has confidence this transition will be carried out in a secure manner which protects the original users' data. Deleted mailboxes would have all of its associated data deleted as well, so that the new users wouldn't have any access to them.
To ensure that these accounts are recycled safely and securely, we're doing several things. We will have a 30-day period between deactivation and before we recycle these IDs for new users. During this time, we'll send bounce back emails alerting senders that the deactivated account no longer exists. We will also unsubscribe these accounts from commercial emails such as newsletters and email alerts, among others. Upon deactivation, we will send notification for these potentially recycled accounts to merchants, e-commerce sites, financial institutions, social networks, email providers and other online properties.

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Upcoming 2016 Events at Sandbanks Provincial Park
For most recent updates and newest information about the Friends' events, please look at our Facebook Page…
Sandbanks Music Festival
Where: Park Amphitheatre
When: Saturday, 17th September, 2016.
This second year of a very popular event features Sloan, Limblifter, Snowblink, The Peter Elkas Band, Jim Bryson, Taylor Knox and Jérémie Albino.
(left: Sarah Harmer, at the 2015 event)
For more information and ticket sales, please visit Sandbanks Music Festival 2016
One dollar of each ticket sold goes to the Friends of Sandbanks Park to help fund their many projects making the Park an even better place to visit!
Image courtesy John A. Brebner, 2015
Sandbanks Fall Getaway Fun Run
Where: Park Store, Outlet Beach
When: Sunday, 18th September, 2016, 1000 hrs
This well-attended event has been a County favorite for over 20 years!
Starting at the Park Store in the Outlet Beach sector of the park, the 5k and 10k runs allow participants to enjoy the park and lakeside scenery, and is a great fund-raiser for the Terry Fox Foundation.
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Image courtesy John A. Brebner, 2015
Throughout the Year, Look for our Book – Sandscapes
Learn more about this unique park that we all love. Sections on geomorphology/geological formation, history and biology in this educational and informative book full of wonderful photographs will give every reader a better insight into what makes this park so special!
Copies are available at the Nature Shop in the park during summer season and weekends during shoulder seasons.
Books & Company, Main Street, Picton has plenty of copies for sale year-round. Only $15.00!
As you travel the County it is available in other locations as well, including The Local Store at 768 County Road 12, a few kilometers north of the Park toward Bloomfield.
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Our 'Kidizens' Winter/ Spring program is a highly interactive learning session targeted at creative thinkers, LEGO builders and future leaders of tomorrow!
Students meet once a week to build and manage their own LEGO city. There are two different options for winter/spring session – one that is a continuation of the Fall semester and second, where the kids undergo a condensed curriculum and have an opportunity to build new cities from ground up.
In this continuation of our fall program, our Kidizens cities will continue their urban development and formation of the society they started building in Fall. We will study businesses, learn about need for establishing justice systems in the society and consider other needs of the society such as environment and waste management in an attempt to make our cities more environmentally friendly. In the second half of the spring session, the kidizens will learn about explorers. Later, they will study the California Gold Rush and have the chance to dig for LEGO gold.
Additionally, the kids will have options to launch their own sports leagues and teams, as well as come up with other entertainment venues/options for the city. Finally, at the end of the year, each student will build a history museum featuring photos of his/her many accomplishments at Kidizens throughout the year.
It's going to be another session filled with responsible thinking, decision making, collaborative planning, designing and building and of course, lots of LEGO fun.
If you would like to experience the thrill of building an entire city from ground Zero, Our Kidizens* classes are just for you! These classes are meant only for new students who did not participate in the fall. These cities will be built from scratch, over the course of 18 weeks, which will include highlights from our standard fall and winter/spring semesters with a condensed curriculum.
Our kidizens will be building a brand new LEGO metropolis while also serving as a city council and part of the government, while taking care of first its macroeconomic infrastructure needs and then later analyzing options for businesses and entertainment!
In all, it is going to be a very busy and fun winter/spring weeks at Kidizens!
18 week session starting January 8th, runs until May 25th– offered at our locations, Los Altos and Belmont.
Targeted at children ages 8-11;
Children continue the urban development of their cities established in Fall or as in Option II, build new cities from the ground up!
Cities elect mayors and other council positions, manage budgets, enact laws, and manage natural disasters. Students serve on a city council and campaign to keep an elected position or run for a new one
Teachers guide students with lessons, real-life and historical perspectives on all topics and encourage "out of the box," analytical thinking, problem solving and public speaking.
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Wednesdays 10:30 AM –1:00 PM Kidizens
Fridays 10:00 AM –12:30 PM Kidizens
Mondays 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM Kidizens* (Option II)
Thursdays 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM Kidizens
Tuesdays 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM Kidizens* (Option II)
Kidizens* is the Option II, that will allow new kids to join our kidizens community and have them build an entire city from ground zero.
Dates: The session runs for 18 weeks from January 8th through May 25th, with two weeks off: Feb 19th – 23rd: Winter Break
April 9th – 13th: Spring Break


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Friday, July 19, 2013 had been ordinary in every way.
A Lakeside woman continued her campaign against "bandit signs." A "ghost" Buzzy was being installed in the new turf at Hornet Field. Vinny and the Jets were set to play in the Music in the Park Summer Concert Series. And Texas Health Azle won an award.
I was also working on the story about Shorty Robinson's remains being found in his front yard in Pelican Bay, where his wife had buried him after cutting his throat.
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The Sony Xperia Tipo has separate icons for contacts and the dial pad. Though both of these screens can be accessed through either icon, they simply dictate which screen you start on. You can also access a call log, contact groups and favourites from here.
By default, the dial pad icon is the only one on a home screen, and this can be found at the far right of the bottom bar. Of course, this being Android, either icon can be moved and placed wherever you want.
The phone features smart dialling, and once you enter a number it also presents you with the option to send a text rather than call it. Similarly, selecting a contact from the phone book gives the option of calling, texting or emailing them, which is a great way of keeping all the communication functions together in one area.
If anything, it's a shame the Sony Xperia Tipo's main SMS inbox isn't available from the contacts and call screens.
There also isn't much in the way of social network integration. You can sync contacts with Facebook, and all the major networks are well served with apps from Google Play, but it would be nice if contacts could be messaged on these platforms from the main contacts screen.
This is one area where Google could definitely learn from Microsoft's Windows Phone 8.
Calling a contact takes more button presses than it should. Once on the contacts screen you have to tap once to select a contact, and then again to choose whether to call or text them. It's not a big deal, but could have been avoided by using swipes.
For example, swiping left across a contact could have called them, while swiping right would bring up the messaging screen, thus cutting down on button presses. Even once added to favourites it still takes the same number of button presses to call a contact.
Adding a contact to the Sony Xperia Tipo is done by tapping an icon on the top-right of the contacts screen, and a decent amount of information can be added to each contact.
From multiple numbers and emails, to their address, related websites, notes, nicknames and more, there's just about everything you could ask for. Not to mention the ability to add them to a group and assign a custom ringtone.
Call clarity is good, and even the speaker phone works quite well. In our time with the phone we did experience one dropped call, but that was in a very poor signal area.
Options from the call screen are fairly standard - you can access the dial pad, toggle speaker phone on or off, mute the call and end the call. You can also hide the screen altogether and navigate the phone without cutting the call.


text: In the small town of Cutter, Mississippi, most people keep to themselves. But when John (Josh Stewart) comes home to find his girlfriend Rosie (Alex Essoe) missing, he suspects his mysterious and off-putting neighbor (Bill Engvall of "Blue Collar TV" – in an unexpected and shocking performance) is somehow involved. John learns that Rosie's life is not all that is at stake after a visit to his neighbor's cellar. It becomes clear that the seemingly quiet town is more dangerous than it looks, and John and Rosie must do more than just run away if they want to survive the night.


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A child suffered severe burns Wednesday night in a northeast Denver hotel.
Police and emergency services were called about 9:45 p.m. to Denver's Best Inn & Suites, 4590 Quebec St., on a report of a "child with burns," according to a Denver Police Department media release.
The victim, a 4-year-old boy, was taken to a nearby hospital and then flown out of state for further treatment, police said.
The incident remains under investigation.
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TEMPUR-Cloud® Supreme Breeze Review
Tempurpedic recently unveiled their new Tempur-Cloud Supreme Breeze, a new twist on their traditional style memory foam mattresses.
What is Breeze technology?
Breeze technology promises to remedy issues of overheating amongst Tempurpedic mattresses. In a press release issued by the manufacturer in late July of 2012, Breeze claims to cool on contact and better channel body heat away from the active user. The release went on to mention that the technology would "finally address" the issue of overheating, most likely a nod to the longstanding consumer complaint that Tempurpedic mattresses retain heat.
How does the technology work?
There is virtually no information concerning the actual composition of the mattress. Despite connecting with a representative from Tempurpedic directly, we garnered no useable information in terms of how the unveiled technology with play an active role in cooling the mattress overall. The representative we spoke with was unable to specify if the Breeze technology was gel based or otherwise. While it is slightly disconcerting employees are not properly versed with the Tempurpedic Breeze so close to launch, this is generally standard operation for giant retailer. We're hoping to connect with a representative again soon for further insight on how the Tempur-Rhapsody Breeze will deliver.
As stated in a previous review, we understand the added coolness more than likely arrives in the form of an added mattress cover. This mattress cover is apparently the only difference from the Tempur-Rhapsody, something that has left our reviewers approaching the new line with serious apprehension. Mattress covers are notably cool to the touch but cannot change the actual composition of the memory foam material within the mattress. It would hardly be surprising to receive reports of overheating with Tempurpedic's latest offering.
How will the Tempur-Cloud Supreme Breeze be priced?
Tempurpedic bills their line as luxury mattresses and its prices certainly reflect that. You'll find little difference in cost when it comes to the newly introduced Tempur-Cloud Supreme Breeze. Another noteworthy similarity is the warranty, following the same terms & conditions as previous models. Consumers will still be shelling out to secure a more cooling version of the popular Rhapsody.
Tempur-Cloud Supreme Breeze Comparison
If you're currently looking for a similar memory foam mattress to what Breeze is promising, our editors suggest taking a closer look at Amerisleep. The company compares their line of naturally built mattresses to Tempurpedic in terms of comfort & quality, originally designed to address common complaints with Tempurpedic such as overheating. Companies like Amerisleep also prove you don't always have to shell out money to obtain luxury memory foam mattresses. Also of note, Amerisleep beds are backed by credible reviews which the Tempur-Cloud Supreme Breeze should lack for some time.


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Jeannine Gómez is a Senior Staff Attorney in the Domestic Violence/Family Law Unit. Jeannine represents survivors of domestic violence in civil protection order, custody, and child support matters. Jeannine is fluent in Spanish and French.
Prior to joining Legal Aid in June 2011, Jeannine worked as a staff attorney at Ayuda, where she represented immigrant survivors of domestic violence in civil protection order and related family law and immigration cases. Prior to that, Jeannine served as a law clerk in the Family Court of the District of Columbia Superior Court for Judge J. Michael Ryan, on the domestic relations and juvenile calendars, and for Magistrate Judges Mary Grace Rook and Janet Albert, on abuse and neglect calendars.
Jeannine received her B.A. in 1997, summa cum laude, in Spanish from the Florida State University, where she received the Dorothy Hoffman Award for Most Outstanding Student in Spanish and was elected to Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Delta Pi (National Spanish Honor Society). She received her J.D. in 2007, magna cum laude, from the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, previously the Antioch School of Law. In law school, Jeannine served as Senior Editor of the UDC Law Review and received two merit scholarships, including a Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scholarship. Upon graduation, she was recognized with the Dean's Fellow Award (top 10% of graduating class) and a Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award.
Prior to law school, Jeannine worked in Florida as a social worker with children in adoptive and foster care. She has also worked as a Spanish, French, and English (as a second language) teacher.
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Select from our à la carte or alternative choices menus. Our chefs will happily take special requests to suit your palate. The dining room features favourite seasonal and holiday menus. Enjoy refreshments and tea times through the day. For convenience we offer flexible dining times, and full dining experiences on the Memory Care and Assisted Living floors.
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In our construction industry nowadays, nearly 70% of construction professionals are suffering from work-related stress, anxiety, and depression. Responsible to handle the demanding estimating tasks within the often tight project schedule, Quantity Surveyors (QS) are believed to be more vulnerable to stress. Stress may not only affect their work performance, but also influence their health. The demand of stress management on QS is significant in the construction industry. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has proven to be effective in alleviating an individual's sufferance to psychological and physical health via various mindfulness skills that can be conducted at anytime and anywhere, like mindful sitting and walking. Hence, the current seminar aims to manage the stress of QS through the promotion of sustainable MBSR skills.
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Nailess Nail Knot
Sounds a bit like an oxymoron, but it's so easy and so fast to tie, that even oxen can do it. The nail knot has been around for a long, long time, and it's a really great way to attach the leader to the fly line. I actually attach a 12—15 inch piece of leader butt to the fly line to make a connector, and then loop my leaders on and off the connector. Go to Jason's Blog to see the connector concept and the Perfection Loop that we use to make the leader to connector attachment.
To make a nail knot really fast without a nail or tube, follow the diagrams below. I developed the "twist" technique for this knot many years ago, and everyone that tries it can do it, and do it fast.
Notice that the leader comes off the side of the line when the knot is done. Sometimes the end of the line will catch in a guide, so I make a slight variation on the knot that prevents hangups. It's called the Needle Knot and is very easy to do. Follow the diagrams below.


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The Gospel reading for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, (17th Sunday after Pentecost), is Mark 9:30-37. The first half of the reading has a parallel in Matthew 17:22-23, and the second half of the reading has a parallel in Matthew 18:1-6.
The Second of Three Predictions of the Passion in Mark
In Mark's Gospel, Jesus predicts, in three different chapters, that the Son of Man will suffer or be killed (Mk 8:31-32; 9:30-31; 10:32-34). In each of these passages, Jesus also predicts that he will rise after three days. John's Gospel also happens to parallel Mark with the triple-prediction of the Passion. But in John's Gospel, the prediction is worded differently. John tells us that the Son of Man will be lifted up, (John 3:14, 8:28, and 12:32. See my blog post on this topic). The Sacred Authors wish to convey that Jesus understood that the cost of his ministry would be high. Yet at the same time, he also predicts his own resurrection. In this passage, it interesting to note that the disciples can't fathom or process the prediction of his death and resurrection. We may well imagine Peter responding to Jesus, Lord, that's too much information!
The Disciples are Afraid
When Jesus says the Son of Man will be handed over, we should hardly be surprised the initial response of the disciples is fear. In Mark's Gospel, we encounter the term afraid eight or nine times. In Matthew's Gospel, it is used even more frequently – perhaps seventeen times (lexicon). The Sacred Authors tell us that fear was something the disciples experienced from time to time. The faith experience of the disciples was anything but mundane. The preaching and works of Jesus were not always received with enthusiasm. Jesus was falsely accused by the leadership, beaten and condemned to death. Most of his disciples fled when he was arrested.
In the Old Testament, awe and fear are two typical responses to an encounter with God. But Jesus, who is also very human, often tries to reassure the disciples. The phrase, be not afraid or have no fear occurs in each of the four Gospels, approximately 12 times in total. In this particular passage, there is no attempt to reassure the disciples, since the Passion is a reality that the disciples must learn to accept (and, in fact, to share with others through their preaching and their own witness).
The Greatest Among the Disciples
In Mark's Gospel, there is an awkward transition to the next pericope. Mark's account of the "greatest among the disciples" is interrupted by a digression at verses 38-41. Nevertheless, let's look at the theology. Jesus reminds his closest disciples that they ought not seek high position or compete with each other for accolade or recognition. In fact, this sort of careerism is the very opposite of the type of service that Jesus expects of his disciples.
Jesus very astutely uses children as a teaching tool for the disciples. He reminds the disciples to be attentive to the least among them, including children. Jesus tells the apostles that to welcome young children is akin to receiving the Father in heaven. His point? Ministry is not only directed towards the powerful, the influential or the wealthy. In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus continues and expands upon the pericope. Jesus knows that children learn by example, and he insists that the disciples set a good example for children. He warns the disciples not to scandalize the innocent with their own behavior. Jesus tells the disciples that it would be better if such a person had a millstone tied around their neck and were thrown into the sea, rather than cause a "little one" to sin.
This same sentiment is picked up in Mark's Gospel further along in chapter 9, at verse 42. But the theology in both Matthew and Mark are the same. Jesus wants his disciples to be less converned with prestige and more concerned with the welfare of others… without taking into account the relative wealth, power or influence of those they serve. Jesus then presses the analogy, warning that the disciples that they should never scandalize the innocent,, especially children, by their own conduct.
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Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee,
but he did not wish anyone to know about it.
He was teaching his disciples and telling them,
"The Son of Man is to be handed over to men
and they will kill him,
and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise."
But they did not understand the saying,
and they were afraid to question him.
They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house,
he began to ask them,
"What were you arguing about on the way?"
But they remained silent.
They had been discussing among themselves on the way
who was the greatest.
Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them,
"If anyone wishes to be first,
he shall be the last of all and the servant of all."
Taking a child, he placed it in the their midst,
and putting his arms around it, he said to them,
"Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me;
and whoever receives me,
receives not me but the One who sent me."


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Another serious flaw found in PHP
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Researchers have found a critical vulnerability in two libraries used to provide web services on sites using PHP, the most widely used scripting language on the web.
The libraries in question are XML-RPC for PHP and PEAR XML-RPC. The bug was discovered during a security audit by the Hardened-PHP Project, a group that was founded to protect PHP users and servers against security holes.
The audit was prompted by the fact that similar flaws were discovered in July, according to Stefan Esser, who issued an advisory about the flaw.
XML-RPC is a simple protocol used to make remote requests to internet-based servers. Among other things, XML-RPC is used to notify directories such as Yahoo!, which use RSS feeds to obtain updates. These directories can then post the latest headlines from content generators.
Both libraries in question are implementations of this protocol for PHP.
The versions of PHP issued with some Linux distributions such as Red Hat and Gentoo are vulnerable and the vendors have already issued patches.
PHP, which began life as Personal Home Page, is an open-source language created by Danish developer Rasmus Lerdorf. It is widely used in conjunction with databases such as MySQL.
A large number of content management systems are built using PHP. Among those affected by this flaw are PostNuke, Drupal, b2evolution and TikiWiki.
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Live Updates: The Latest on Hurricane Matthew
Millions of residents in the southeast U.S. remain under evacuation orders as the western eye wall of Hurricane Matthew brushed Florida's coast on Friday. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has warned people in evacuation zones that "this storm could kill you." The weather system, which was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as of 9 a.m. ET Saturday, left behind a trail of destruction in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Here is the latest as the storm barrels through Northeast Florida and heads toward Georgia and South Carolina.
The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has given the all clear for the entire Bahamas, which was impacted by Hurricane Matthew.Officials said the archipelagic nation experienced extensive flooding, downed power lines and utility poles, fallen trees and scattered debris.
ABC News has confirmed more information about the first storm-related death in the U.S. from Hurricane Matthew.A St. Lucie County Fire Department spokeswoman said they received a call at 1:20 a.m. ET this morning that a woman in her late 50s was suffering from cardiac arrest. With wind gusts of 68 mph at the time in the area, emergency crews determined they could not safely respond immediately. The woman died by the time they were able to arrive on scene, the spokeswoman said.
This aerial footage shot by Cuban government television showed collapsed houses and uprooted trees, as well as flooded roads and neighborhoods making many towns unreachable by land.
In Haiti, where Hurricane Matthew left behind devastation this week, the interior ministry said 271 people have been confirmed dead so far, 186 are wounded and 3 are missing. Almost 62,000 people are currently in shelters, according to Haiti's Civil Protection Agency, which is part of the Haitian Ministry of Interior.Haitian officials said the numbers "will definitely increase."
As of 11 a.m. ET, the center of Hurricane Matthew's eye was 35 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida, and was moving north-northwest at 12 mph.Tropical storm warnings were extended all the way up to the Outer Banks in North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center.
As Hurricane Matthew barrels up the Atlantic Coast, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump have each offered their support for residents in the areas affected. Here's a look at how hurricanes can impact presidential elections from ABC News' Meridith McGraw.
Hurricane Matthew is forecast to bring potentially devastating storm surge today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, all the way to Charleston, South Carolina, according to forecasts. Seven to 11 feet is expected in some parts of Florida."Storm surge is basically water piling up along the shore ahead of, and inside, the hurricane," ABC News meteorologist Ginger Zee said.Here's everything you need to know about Hurricane Matthew's storm surge from ABC News' Catherine Thorbecke.
Jacksonville has not been hit by a major hurricane in over a century, and if Hurricane Matthew does make direct landfall in the Florida city, "it will be unlike any hurricane in the modern area," according to the National Weather Service in Jacksonville.
More than 4,400 U.S. flights have been cancelled this week due to Hurricane Matthew.For the first time since Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005, the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Florida closed, but has now reopened.Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia also made the decision to close on Friday until Sunday morning.
As Hurricane Matthew approached Florida's coast, bringing with it dangerous winds and flooding, one couple in Miami took matters into their own hands when it came to protecting their car: They put it in their living room.
To residents in evacuation zones in Georgia and the Carolinas looking at initial reports and thinking, "'maybe it'll turn and it won't be so bad' – you need to go now," FEMA administrator Craig Fugate said in an interview today with ABC News' Arlette Saenz."Many of these areas have not had this level of flooding since, like, the late eighteen hundreds," Fugate said.And as for residents in Florida who still haven't evacuated, Fugate said it may be "already too late for some.""Just stay where you're at, hold on, because it's just too dangerous to be outside," he told ABC News.Meanwhile, FEMA has "thousands" of personnel ready to deploy if needed, according to Fugate.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal urged residents who have evacuated their homes not to risk their lives by going back too soon."There comes a point where we cannot jeopardize the lives of our first responders any further," Deal said at a news conference this afternoon.The governor has deployed 1,000 National Guard troops in the state as it braces for Hurricane Matthew. Four hospitals have already been evacuated and some 9,000 people are currently in shelters, Deal said.
Florida residents who put off voter registration until the final few days may be unable to do so now in the presidential battleground state because of Hurricane Matthew.
Gov. Rick Scott emphasized today that Florida won't move back its Oct. 11 registration deadline in spite of the hurricane that is wreaking havoc along the state's eastern coast, ABC News' Meghan Keneally reports.
A wave generated from Hurricane Matthew covered a Florida man's driveway and slammed into the sliding glass doors in Lake Mary, Florida home.
Video from the International Medical Corps shows the devastation in the very hard-hit city of Les Cayes, Haiti, after Hurricane Matthew.
As Hurricane Matthew continues to churn just off the coast of Florida, nearly all hospitals throughout the state remain open and ready to help those injured or sick during the storm, according to authorities.While injuries such as lacerations, blunt-force trauma and concussions might be expected during a hurricane, ABC News' Gillian Mohney reports that these big storms can also increase the risk for a host of health conditions that may not be so obvious, such as heart attacks, carbon monoxide poisoning and skin infections.
A second storm-related death from Hurricane Matthew in the U.S. has been recorded in St. Lucie County, Florida.Due to dangerously strong winds, the St. Lucie County Fire District said emergency vehicles were unable to respond to a call this morning at 3:26 a.m. ET about an 82-year-old man who was unconscious and having difficulty breathing.Once it was deemed safe for them to travel, first responders were told the patient had been taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle. St. Lucie County Fire District said it was later informed that that individual had died.Earlier today, St. Lucie County emergency crews were unable to immediately respond to a 1:20 a.m. ET call about a 58-year-old woman suffering from cardiac arrest. She died by the time they were able to get to the scene, according to the St. Lucie County Fire District.
↵A zoo in Florida shared photos showing how its animals are being sheltered as Hurricane Matthew moves up the state's Atlantic Coast, ABC News' Catherine Thorbecke reports.


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In Bollywood, it is often said that two actresses can not be friends, leave alone promote one another publicly. However, actor Deepika Padukone has found a fan in actor Esha Gupta. Says a source,
"Esha is high on praise for Deepika's dance performance, a high energy garba song in the film Ram Leela."
Esha not only has been raving about the dance performance but has also gone ahead and posted a picture of Deepika Padukone on the social networking site, Instagram.


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Woo Hoo!!
I'll probably regret being enthused, but what the hell!
"This is a big deal," said Jane Snorek, a Minneapolis- based analyst at First American Funds, which manages $55 billion in assets, including Microsoft shares. "It will change the sentiment on Microsoft absolutely."
Net income increased 23 percent to $4.29 billion, or 45 cents a share, beating the 39-cent average of 15 projections in a survey by Bloomberg. Sales advanced 27 percent to $13.8 billion.
"Every division out of their five divisions exceeded expectations," said Michael Binger, who helps manage $70 billion, including Microsoft shares, at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in Minneapolis. "Boy, if all companies could do what they just did, it would make my job a whole lot easier."
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Longing, Loss and Lies
Disclaimer: Characters and Premise are borrowed from the Marvel, I'm not making any money.
The air outside was bitter. Fall gracelessly giving way to winter, an ugly time of year. Gold and red leaves gone, trodden into the mud. The beautiful, if inhospitable, cloak of snow and ice yet to be donned. But the damp, unforgiving cold had already set in with a vengeance.
Still whatever the climate outside, the club was warm. The sweaty, living heat of too many bodies, too little space and the driving need to move. Multi-colored lights splayed across the crowd, illuminating without revealing. The pulsing beat of the music was a tangible thing; Remy could feel it vibrating in his chest, begging his heart to join its rhythm. He wished he could comply, the need to belong, to submerse himself in a greater whole was all consuming tonight.
He slipped off his long trench coat, letting it join the carelessly discarded jackets and bags piled along the walls.
A woman leaning against the wall, taking a break from dancing paused to admire him. Black jeans and a fitted maroon tee shirt showed off a rangy, well-muscled frame topped by thick, russet hair, pulled back into a ponytail and overly long bangs that obscured his eyes.
He pushed the bangs back out of his face with an unconscious gesture and the woman started, she hadn't expected to see the colors of his clothes echoed in his eyes. He noticed her staring and smiled flirtatiously. With that smile his angular features transcended handsome.
She smiled back, deciding his unusual eyes suited him. And if he was a demon... well, he was one she wouldn't mind getting to know better.
Her eyes followed him as he slipped smoothly into the crowd on the dance floor. As more bodies crossed between them she lost track of him, with a slight sigh she turned back toward where she'd left her friends.
The dance floor was well filled, but not so crowded that the clusters of people who came together couldn't be distinguished.
Remy moved toward the center of the floor, gracefully winding between the other dancers. With every step he fell further into the music, loosing himself to it. His movements were fluid, sinuous, body and mind perfectly in tune and one hundred percent in the moment. He could have been a professional dancer, a gymnast or a martial arts expert... or a thief.
The clusters of dancers around him opened up, welcoming him in. His eyes warmed, shining with new life, a true extrovert, gaining energy from being a part of the group.
As the night deepened the crowds thickened, bodies brushed and jostled one another. The rhythm of the floor shifted, becoming more intense, more intimate.
A slight blonde pressed close to him. Swaying together she leaned close. "Remy, I thought you couldn't come?" she yelled over the music.
" 'M playin' hooky chere," he responded grinning wickedly.
"Claire, not Cher," she corrected with an amused smile, pulling him toward a group of friends. "Look who decided to grace us with his presence."
Welcoming smiles. Familiar faces. Easy for him to return the friendly greetings. Hard to hear one another over the music. Conversation was quickly forgotten in favor of dance.
The crowd peaked and began to thin as the night waned. The dancers spread out and pairs began to form. The lights were raised slightly. The music softened and became more eccentric as the remaining dancers scowered the DJ's collection for waltzes, swings, salsas and the like. Tables were pulled away from the walls, giving people the option of looking or chatting, in addition to dancing.
The couples on the floor broke and shifted and reformed almost as often as the songs changed. A glance, a smile, a hand offered. It was easy, practiced, little fear of rejection here.
Remy's partner of the moment sighed heavily, her dark curly hair swaying with the weight of it. He spun them around in time to see a slender red-head swung around her partner's shoulders to land lightly, barely needing the steadying hand he caught her with.
"Rob an' Mindy be show-offs, neh?" Remy asked.
Large dark eyes stared up at him, making their owner look younger than her years and another wistful sigh answered him.
"Remy always enjoyed showin' off hisself," he commented. "Want to do dat petite?"
He lifted Vanessa easily, tossing her into the air then caught her and flipped her head over heals before setting her lightly back on her feet.
A few more measures and the song ended. Remy escorted Vanessa from the floor as she gushed, "That was so 'Strictly Ballroom'! God, Remy where'd you learn that?"
His mind's eye flashed to countless battles; the concussive force of explosions, the deadly ballet of combat. Knowing the physics of catching a falling body, of propelling a teammate into the fray or being on the other side of the equation, like the back of his hand, because mistakes there could cost lives. "Mebbe we watch de same movie chere," He said. "We dance 'gain in another few rounds, oui?"
"Any time." He left her smiling, totally besotted and completely distracted. It was habit, diverting them from even the most innocent of personal inquires. He never quite lied, at least not with his words.
The first time they invited him to join them during the latter part of the night, Rob had asked, "What do you do? Besides making the rest of us guys look bad?"
"I be a thief," he had answered, his expression and tone making certain that none of them suspected that his reply had been the unvarnished truth.
They'd laughed, smiled, obliquely gave him permission to tell other amusing lies. He basked in the warmth of their easy acceptance; they didn't need to know him to like him, to let him in their circle. They let him keep his secrets, but then they didn't depend on him for anything either.
None of them gave much beyond an evening of company. A lovely shallow pool, sun warmed to it's bed, no depths in which treasures or terrors might be hidden, likely to go dry under the heat of passion. No replacement for what he had lost, maybe forever, but close enough to blunt the craving.
"Thief of Hearts I'll grant," Claire had replied. "Vanessa hasn't stopped drooling since the first time she saw you at the club."
He grinned at the thought of sardonic, little Claire. She was nearly as secretive as he was. Only she did it without his deliberate aura of mystery and no one really noticed. And there she was, standing at the edge of the floor, scanning it for prospective partners. He waited for her eyes to meet his. Then as the music started he offered her a slow, seductive smile.
Her mouth quirked in exasperated fondness as she rolled her eyes heavenward, but she also hurried to take his hand.
The beat steadied into a sultry Rumba, the lovers' dance, the easiest for him to play at. She matched him step for step, hips swaying sensually, eyes locked even when he spun her away, as if they where the only two in the world, and she came back into his arms as if it hurt them to be apart.
And then the song ended. "Thanks for the dance," Claire said casually. They stepped around Rob and Mindy, still lost in each other and Remy felt a twinge of jealousy, even the most casual acquaintance could see they were in love and when the night ended they would go home together.
The floor emptied, many couples departing for their homes and beds. The tables filled with people yawning, smiling and chatting with friends. Remy moved from group to group, chatting a little, or just listening, always returning to the dance floor and it's charade of closeness after a song or two. Tonight he wanted openness, wanted someone who truly knew him to smile and welcome him like these all-but strangers did.
Eventually even the die-hard dancers drifted to edges of the floor and the DJ began packing his equipment. One last waltz came on, old, Irish, plaintive. Remy winced. Claire took his arm with an apologetic smile.
"I hate this song too," she said.
"Can't sit out de las' dance," Remy said, letting her slip into his arms.
Little white lies on a ballroom floor Will you stay and dance tonight? Little white lies, do you believe them all? Or should you just say good night? You know your heart ain't really there It's somewhere back in time But you stay some more and listen to white lies.
The tempo was slow and hesitant, the key minor. Unconsciously they drew closer together. Claire's eyes closed and she leaned into his shoulder. Remy made no mention of the tears that gathered in the corners of her eyes, but his hand inscribed gentle, comforting circles on her back. They glided slowly across the floor, letting the quiet rise and fall of the music take them where they wanted to be.
So long ago the memory's faint Her heart still feels a little pain. Like China dolls they Waltz in time Inside a music box The dance it cleared The night got cold His love she had lost
They twirled them slowly about the floor, ignoring the other dancers, barely even aware of each other. Remy's thoughts fixated on a battered queen of hearts. A worthless little square of faded cardboard that had been invested with so much meaning then thrown away with such distain. He pulled Claire closer, concentrating on her warm living presence in his arms, wishing she were just a few inches taller to complete the illusion.
It hides between the pages left unread. His photograph, yellow now with age. Sometimes she'll take a look at it, And dream she's in his arms. With tears, Her eyes they look, And she's staring at the stars.
Claire sighed softly, her body moving to the lead of ghost. Remy complied, letting her memories direct them. The distant look of pain in her eyes drew him in a way none of the others could. There was a connection in misery, in loss, in hopelessness. He didn't know how she'd come to be left alone and hurting, whether it had been by chance or her own stupidity, whether the barriers between her and the one she longed for had been created by fate or design, and he didn't care. He could see the pain was the same and that was enough.
She's back there every Friday night it seems. In strange but willing arms she'll dance and dream. Sometimes she hopes that one will say, Please, can I take you home? And the answer she knows will be yes, She's tired of being alone.
"Can I take y' home?" Remy echoed in a soft whisper.
Claire shook her head, tears tracking across her cheeks. "Ask me again next week," she said.
"Den it'll be my turn to say no," he admitted, still holding her close.
Claire's laughter was watery, ending in a soft hiccup. "Safer that way," she said. "We're only pretending."
"What's wrong wid a little pretending?" Remy asked.
Claire pushed them apart, by several inches. "I'd hate you in the morning," she said.
"An' I wouldn't argue wid dat sediment," Remy sighed. "Guess it be time to go home, neh?"
"After the dance," Claire said. "A few more lies won't hurt."
Little white lies on a ballroom floor Will you stay and dance tonight? Little white lies, do you believe them all? Or should you just stay good night? You know your heart ain't really there It's somewhere back in time But you stay some more and listen to white lies.
Cyclops was waiting at the boathouse when Remy got back. He ignored the glowering X-Man, dropped his coat by the door then slunk over to the stereo and hit play on the CD player. As the first strains of music shattered the accusatory silence he collapsed on the couch.
Scowling Cyclops moved to stand over him. "I made sure you were aware that there was a team practice last night," he said. "You chose to come back, I assumed that meant you wanted to be a part of this team."
Remy laughed bitterly, flashing back to his most recent fight with Rogue; her angry, suspicious questions making it clear, once again, that her love for him was had more strings than a puppet. Knowing with his dept to New Son, his dept to ghostly green entity... Debts he'd incurred because of her, he'd never be able to live by the conditions she set and that it would only be a matter of time until she didn't love him anymore. He remembered Bobby and other teammates' barely suppressed amusement at his hopeless attempt to placate her and their approval of her interrogating him, again. The cold silences that seemed to follow him around the mansion... "What I want ain't de only issue."
"No one made you skip out on practice. If I can't count on you..."
"Y' know dis boy be from de bayou Cyke. I get de need to go somewhere warm. De chill round here's killin' me," Remy said quietly, hoping for understanding
Cyclops drew a breath to continue his lecture then paused, looking at Remy, slumped sullenly on the couch, waiting, body subtly braced as if expecting a blow.
Scott sighed. "This is hard on everyone you know. There's no way to forget what happened in the tunnels. You're an easy scapegoat," he said. "I know it's not fair, that you didn't know what you'd gotten into, that Sinister used you, but keep trying, it will get better, with time. Not blowing off practices might be a good place to start."
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Bucking the mainstream nothing new for Gay Shame
by Katie Dettman
Did you ever get the feeling, during Pride, that something wasn't quite right? The yearly festivities are meant to celebrate our queerness, our otherness, and our right to exist and be who we want to be. Increasingly, however, it seems as though the parades and parties act in homage to politicians as well as corporations that want to sell us alcohol, medications, vacations, healthcare, cigarettes, and cable packages. Some argue that Pride is a celebration of assimilation.
What happened to the community's radical beginnings? The "radical" side of the gay liberation movement, and Pride as a movement, began in June 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. That summer, queers at the Stonewall Inn decided they'd had enough of the regular police harassment gay bars and patrons faced, and were ready to fight back. Riots began on the evening of June 27 and early morning of June 28, and demonstrations occurred in Greenwich Village for nearly a week afterwards. The following June, celebrations were held to commemorate the Stonewall riots. These events comprised the beginning of what we know today as gay Pride, now called LGBT Pride in San Francisco and in many other cities.
Over the years, it seems as though Pride celebrations have become inundated with products and ads, free samples and surveys, mailing lists and a platform for companies to hawk their wares at the "gay market," and for politicians to tout their support to the powerful gay voting bloc.
This year, San Francisco Pride has no less than 25 corporate sponsors. While 50 percent of the gate revenue raised during Pride goes back to the nonprofits that provide volunteer labor, the money is not donated until "all operational costs (i.e., stickers, buckets, signage, and other associated expenses) have been deducted from the donations received. Each individual donations partner's share of the 50 percent will be based on the number of volunteer hours supplied. ... The remaining 50 percent retained by San Francisco Pride will help cover administrative and operational costs for the Pride event." according to material on Pride's Web site at http://www.sfpride.org.
"The mission of the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Celebration Committee is to educate the world, commemorate our heritage, celebrate our culture, and liberate our people," according to its Web site.
But there is something about what Pride has become that does not sit well with some people, including members of Gay Shame, who describe themselves as "a virus in the system."
"Gay Shame started as an alternative to Gay Pride. Gay Pride had become a disgusting consumerist and assimilationist nightmare, and Gay Shame was devised to be a space for queers who didn't want to deal with that shit," said Mary Sumptions of Gay Shame San Francisco. (Each member of Gay Shame identifies him or herself as "Mary.")
"Queer folks exist because of a legacy of direct action activism. However, the gay mainstream is actively working to 'clean up' all forms of queerness that do not fit into the white, upper class, married, heathery dream," explained Mary J.
Lindsey Jones, executive director of Pride, wrote in an e-mail that while the event started as a small local celebration 37 years ago, today it has grown into one of the largest gay Prides in the world.
"Unfortunately, the event can no longer be supported by 'passing the hat' and collecting donations," said Jones, who noted that half of the voluntary $5 gate donation provides funds for local nonprofit organizations. "The donations collected at the gate are not enough to cover expenses and 50 percent of these funds are granted to Community Partners."
Jones said that keeping the event free and accessible to all has been a priority for the Pride Committee. The gate donation is not mandatory and no one is turned away. Pride events in cities such as San Jose and Long Beach have an admission fee for their festivals.
Corporate sponsors are asked to support Pride at a higher cost so that nonprofit organizations and small local businesses can participate fully in the event at lower prices, Jones added.
As for Gay Shame, Jones said, "All of us, in a free society, have the right to alternate points of view, beliefs, and understandings. The members of Gay Shame serve an important counterpoint. Diversity, in all forms, is a good thing."
Jones said that she invites Gay Shame members to talk with Pride members about their differences.
While Gay Shame San Francisco produces direct actions, albeit on a small scale, at least in recent years, it has also held periodic "Gay Shame Awards," during which members recognize people who "should be ashamed of their disservice to the queer community, progressive politics and social justice."
"Gay Shame evolved to a direct action spectacle because people really wanted to challenge a racist, classist, sexist mainstream gay culture," said Mary Sumptions. "We have focused on a variety of issues from the hypocrisy of the nonprofit industrial complex to AIDS evictions to gentrification. Our group has been very good at making connections between these different struggles."
This spring, Gay Shame teamed up with the newly formed ACT UP Bay Area, taking part in a demonstration in the Castro to commemorate ACT UP's 20th anniversary and to focus on AIDS housing issues.
The group is also involved in direct action in the Tenderloin to fight gentrification.
The phrase "Gay Shame" and groups calling themselves as such have been in existence for nearly 10 years and originated in Brooklyn, New York, according to an entry on Wikipedia. Working under the tenets of direct action and complete equality (i.e. no leaders, no decision-making without consensus), Gay Shame as a movement has often been criticized and rejected by the mainstream of gay culture.
In 2003, Gay Shame participants clashed with the contingent of then-Supervisor Gavin Newsom and Pride Parade monitors and two people were arrested. The charges were dropped. The group also protested when Newsom kicked off his campaign for mayor later that year and during a fundraiser at the LGBT Community Center.
Gay Shame members put out a poster of the late Bob Ross, founding publisher of the Bay Area Reporter, after his death in December 2003 entitled "Ding-Dong! Bob Ross is Dead!" and said they were "dancing on" his grave because of his support for Mayor Willie Brown over gay Supervisor Tom Ammiano in the 1999 mayor's race, and for supporting Newsom in his 2003 election, among other issues.
And Gay Shame is opposed to same-sex marriage.
"Fighting for gay marriage, gays in the military, and other forms of combination is not activism," said Mary J.
For more information, visit www.gayshamesf.org.


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American Idol producers came close to firing judge Paula Abdul earlier this month - and wanted to offer her job to Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson.
Tensions on the set of the hit TV show were running high and producers were considering firing the former singer for her erratic behavior. A source tells American magazine Us Weekly, "Paula was being very difficult. (She was) crying all the time and arriving late for meetings." The stress from the situation drove Abdul seek medical attention and she was treated for "exhaustion and dehydration."
According to the source, executives from the show discussed replacing the troubled judge: "(They) liked Jessica (Simpson) a lot. And some were pushing for Britney (Spears)." Neither star ended up meeting with Idol producers and they decided to keep Abdul - for now. Abdul's representative denies the allegations: "Paula is always a joy on the set and everyone loves her. If they were looking at Britney or Jessica, that's news to me."
OH HELL NO! if they were to hire Jessica or Brittney, I would never watch it again. Of course I don't know if this story is true or not.


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Occurrence and load of selected herbicides and metabolites in the lower Mississippi River
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- G.M. Clark and D.A. Goolsby
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AbstractAnalyses of water samples collected from the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during 1991-1997 indicate that hundreds of metric tons of herbicides and herbicide metabolites are being discharged annually to the Gulf of Mexico. Atrazine, metolachlor, and the ethane-sulfonic acid metabolite of alachlor (alachlor ESA) were the most frequently detected herbicides and, in general, were present in the largest concentrations. Almost 80% of the annual herbicide load to the Gulf of Mexico occurred during the growing season from May to August. The concentrations and loads of alachlor in the Mississippi River decreased dramatically after 1993 in response to decreased use in the basin. In contrast, the concentrations and loads of acetochlor increased after 1994, reflecting its role as a replacement for alachlor. The peak annual herbicide load occurred in 1993, when approximately 640 metric tons (t) of atrazine, 320 t of cyanazine, 215 t of metolachlor, 53 t of simazine, and 50 t of alachlor were discharged to the Gulf of Mexico. The annual loads of atrazine and cyanazine were generally 1-2% of the amount annually applied in the Mississippi River drainage basin; the annual loads of acetochlor, alachlor, and metolachlor were generally less than 1%. Despite a reduction in atrazine use, historical data do not indicate a long-term downward trend in the atrazine load to the Gulf of Mexico. Although a relation (r2=0.62) exists between the atrazine load and stream discharge during May to August, variations in herbicide use and rainfall patterns within subbasins can have a large effect on herbicide loads in the Mississippi River Basin and probably explain a large part of the annual variation in atrazine load to the Gulf of Mexico. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
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- Occurrence and load of selected herbicides and metabolites in the lower Mississippi River
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- 248
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- 2-3
- Year Published:
- 2000
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- English
- Larger Work Title:
- Science of the Total Environment
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Consequently, the court could not empanel the seven member jury needed to sit on the cases for the Assizes to commence on Wednesday as expected due to the absence of some members.
Immediately after the formal opening of the court, it had to adjourn to Thursday, April 25, when the first case was called.
The opening had been carried out in a glitz ceremony of a procession of judges and lawyers led by Mr Justice Kwasi Dapaah, amidst the blowing of trumpets by personnel from the Ghana Police Service who were dressed in smart ceremonial outfits and lined up at the forecourt of court complex for inspection.
The procession later converged at the Cape Coast Commercial Court, where Mr Justice Benuyena Benson, Central Regional Supervising High Court Judge, in a brief remark, expressed concern that the scarcity of jurors greatly contributed to delays in the administration of justice.
He explained that an Assizes is a court where indictable offences, including murder, manslaughter, robbery and other crimes that could attract the death penalty, life imprisonment and long sentences, are tried and, therefore, a speedy trial was needed to prevent unnecessary delays.
He was, however, disappointed that of the 50 requests the Judicial Service sent to heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies and other organizations in the region to release potential juror members to the court, only nine people had so far expressed interest.
Justice Benson said a maximum of 30 jurors were needed to enable the court to empanel them into seven-member jurors for cases and reminded the public that the expeditious adjudication of cases would require the cooperation of all stakeholders.
He asked all the other stakeholders to play their parts judiciously and work in concert for justice to prevail at all times.
Justice Benson also advised relatives of accused persons to desist from treating them as outcasts, reminding them that an accused person was innocent until found guilty.
Mrs Hannah Taylor, Central Regional Principal State Attorney, said this year™s court had 32 cases made up of 20 murder, four attempted murder, six manslaughter and two rape cases for prosecution.
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It was her prayer that all stakeholders would cooperate to facilitate an effective criminal justice system that would be satisfactory to all parties.GNA


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A prep cook's role is to assist in the preparation of meals. Although this role generally does not include any cooking duties, it provides the ideal opportunity to develop many other skills in becoming an essential part of the restaurants profitability. The prep cooks role includes but is not limited to, following a timed schedule, salad prep, putting together items for ready use on the prep line, assembling burritos, product rotation and monitoring expiration dates, stocking coolers, food safety and sanitation, organization, equipment daily maintenance, dishwashing. Prep cooks are the building blocks of a well-oiled kitchen, doing the routine and day-to-day tasks that are needed to allow the restaurant to function in a simplified manner even at the highest volume. Masker Family McDonald's is locally owned and operated.We offer discounts on cell phones, movie tickets, and tuition assistance just to name a few.
Listening: Prep cooks need to be able to hear and understand specific instructions from the management team. R2D2 charts must be posted and followed daily, to ensure we are preparing the correct amounts of product for the allotted time frame. Physically Fit: Prep cooks will be using their hands to prepare, sort and stock food, as well as other tasks. This includes entering the walk-in cooler and freezer. Stamina: Everyone in the kitchen works long hours on their feet over hot stoves and grills. Stamina is needed. Teamwork: Prep cooks are part of a team, and in a stressful, fast-paced environment, being a team player and level-headed will help immensely.
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Rivers of Nihil
To coincide with 'Where Owls Know My Name's release, Rivers of Nihil has launched a new video for 'A Home', directed by David Brodsky - which can be viewed here.Read More
Count Raven
Metal Blade is happy to announce they have made an agreement with Swedish Doom Metal legends Count Raven to release their first four albums on vinyl! Three of them will be available on vinyl for the first time ever!Read More
Primordial have now released the 3rd single out of the album 'Exile Amongst The Ruins'. Please click HERE to watch the video for the title track, 'Exile Amongst The Ruins', directed by Costin Chioreanu.Read More
Flotsam and Jetsam
On April 27th, right in time for the bands special 'Doomsday' show at the Keep It True festival, Metal Blade will release 'Doomsday For The Deceiver' on Digi-CD as well as a Metal Blade Original vinyl including a vinyl remastering.Read More
Lizzy Borden
As we are all in wait for updates on a new studio album, Metal Blade has decided to re-issue two classic Lizzy Borden records, 'Love You to Pieces' and 'Menace to Society' on April 13th.Read More
Twitching Tongues
This Friday, March 9th, Twitching Tongues will release their new album, 'Gaining Purpose Through Passionate Hatred', via Metal Blade Records. A video for the new single, 'Gaining Purpose,' can be viewed here.Read More
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A British Union flag recovered from Ground Zero in the wreckage of the World Trade Center, New York, will go on public display for the first time on 10 September 2011. The flag is two metres in width and will be displayed in the Museums In the Spotlight exhibit to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The flag was officially presented to Great Britain, on the first anniversary of 9/11, by the people of the United States and it was laid on the altar of St Pauls Cathedral in a memorial service for victims of the attacks.
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By CHRIS OLDS | Beckett Baseball Editor
While Upper Deck declined to comment to Beckett Media regarding its two recently released baseball card sets that feature MLB players in uniforms displaying MLB logos, the Carlsbad, Calif.-based company sent a letter to its distributors on Friday defending its products after MLB Properties issued a statement Friday morning that said MLBP will "vigorously use all legal means to protect the intellectual property of Major League Baseball and its member Clubs."
Upper Deck's letter was in response to a letter sent to distributors by MLB Properties on Friday asking them to not sell the sets that are in question — 2009 Ultimate Collection and 2009 Signature Stars as well as the forthcoming 2010 Upper Deck set.
"Although MLBP contends in its letter that Upper Deck may not lawfully use images of professional baseball players in uniform, there is absolutely no law to support this position," said Upper Deck in its letter, which also tells distributors that it has "reached out to MLBP" and offered to meet next week on the subject.
The letter also promises its own legal response: "If we cannot do so, then the issue will be resolved in court."
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The two 2009 products carry statements saying they are not approved by Major League Baseball or its clubs on both the packaging and cards and do not utilize MLB logos as part of the card designs. However, none of the photographs have been altered to remove or obscure trademarks that MLB Properties claims are being used without permission. Upper Deck's baseball card sets are licensed by the MLB Players Association, but not by MLB Properties, as Topps was awarded the exclusive contract beginning this year.
In its letter, Upper Deck said its "products are neither infringing nor unlawful. As you can see from even the most cursory inspection of the cards and packaging, Upper Deck has gone to great lengths to produce high-quality baseball trading cards that are respectful of MLBP's trademark rights."
Upper Deck also cites a U.S. Court of Appeals' dismissal of an injunction from July 1998 that sought to prevent Pacific Trading Cards from distributing cards showing players in uniform. Those cards were approved by the MLBPA but not MLB Properties. Pacific stopped making baseball cards by 2001 and was out of business by 2004.
"Upper Deck urges you not to be dissuaded by MLBP's scare tactics," reads its letter. "MLBP's letters were entirely out of line, and in fact, constitute illegal interference with our valued business relationships.
"If MLBP believes that Upper Deck's products are unlawful and infringing it should seek an order so stating from a court of law. However, MLBP certainly has no right to demand that you stop selling Upper Deck's products."
It's worth noting that Upper Deck's settlement in its long-running lawsuit with Konami was officially filed on Friday in a U.S. District Court over UD's production of more than 600,000 unauthorized Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards. It's a lawsuit in which Konami sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, and a case that included business-damaging accusations from both companies. (Read more about the case and download court documents regarding Konami's claims by clicking here.)
Upper Deck, which was found to have made counterfeit cards, opted to settle the case after the first day of trial and was due to make the with the first multi-million-dollar payment (specifics of the settlement were confidential) on Friday. It's a case in which a New York Post story says has fueled "widespread speculation that this case could severely hurt its financial health. Some believe the company is on the brink of bankruptcy."
On Friday evening, Upper Deck issued a statement on the Konami case, which touted its building of a "a solid foundation on which Yu-Gi-Oh! will benefit for years to come" and that it was "pleased to announce that it has come to a successful resolution."
It did not mention terms of the agreement.
"Though we are delighted that Konami was finally forced to see the light regarding its claims, there is, of course, a bittersweet side to the ending of this dispute," said Richard McWilliam, Upper Deck CEO, in the release. "During the six years we spent building the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand we formed strong ties to the playing community, and, in the end, they are the ones that suffered most because of this lawsuit. Instead of focusing on the merits of the case, Konami focused its efforts on pursuing exaggerated claims and damages which it could not establish in the courtroom."
Konami has not yet issued a statement on the settlement.
We'll have more on this story as it develops.
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Putin is tired of listening to Pussy Riot
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MOSCOW --Three young Russian women who are part of a female punk collective called Pussy Riot just wanted to be in the spot light inside a Russian Orthodox church, but Vladimir Putin was tired of listing to them, "I'm tired of how I'm treated since the last election, and their music is conceited 'unrussian'". so he decided to have all 3 band members arrested and got sentence 2 years in jail.
Because of Putin's actions, he cause the whole world to go nuts for something that was completely uncalled for (based on most others opinion). Most of the protest happens outside of the Russian Embassys in major cities (Like New York) and wearing anything Pussy Riot related. "I feel like that Pussy Riot shouldn't be arrested for protesting against Putin, I think it's complete bullshit" Some guy said. Someone in Russia said "We have been protesting for months because of Putin's actions and it's a wounder why he didn't get all of us arrested, I feel like, why are you arresting 3 innocent band members when they were like all of us".
It first started back in February 2012 when the band want to at least to made a music video to promote their music and the members of the Orthodox church got really pissed off at them, for just making a video, Someone in the church said "Who in the world are they thinking, they are offending both the Orthodox Church and offending God, that is just plain wrong and they should be arrested". But they mostly wanted to respect God, so pretty much, they misunderstood of what the band was doing and the band end up getting arrested.
Back in the United States, the Obama administration sticking their nose in their business (like they always do) feels like what they are doing, that Vladimir Putin is going way out of control. Some guy in the administration tells them to use the power of the 1st amendment. Another person in the administration said that the Russian judicial system is all 'one sided'.
The father of one of the band members said "What, do we have to suffer what we had to go through, Russia is nether turning back into the Soviet Union again, or maybe turning into a Middle Eastern country, After 5 months for being imprisoned, I don't think they want anymore time inside"
edit Sources
- "Anti-Putin Stunt Earns Punk Band Two Years in Jail". New York Times, August 17, 2012
- "Pussy Riot Sentencing: Can't Jail Female Fury". Huffington Post, August 19, 2012