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Laguna Beach had its share of tragedies and challenges in 2013, from the death of police officer Jon Coutchie in September to Mayor Kelly Boyd announcing in February that he has cancer.
Two men driving to work were killed when another car hit them head-on on Laguna Canyon Road in April. Hundreds of malnourished sea lion pups inundated the Pacific Marine Mammal Center — scientists are still trying to figure out why so many pups washed up on county beaches.
A debate on whether school should start before Labor Day riled some parents, who argued successfully for the calendar to stay the way it is. The Planning Commission approved part of a project to revitalize and shore up a 2-mile underground tunnel that houses a sewer line in South Laguna, and newly appointed Mayor Elizabeth Pearson made a stirring announcement in November that she would not favor a parking structure as part of the Village Entrance project.
Here are the top 10 news stories for 2013.
1) Village Entrance
Nearly two decades in the making, the Village Entrance Project continued to garner much debate in 2013.
At one stage, the development project at Forest Avenue and Laguna Canyon Road called for a pedestrian park and a four-level parking structure to the tune of $42 million, including $29 million from borrowed funds. Opponents claimed it would entice more visitors from surrounding communities to drive to Laguna, adding to the city's traffic challenges.
Then-Mayor Pro Tem Elizabeth Pearson announced at a November workshop that she would not favor a structure. The council agreed and the current proposal tentatively calls for a landscaped walkway, no structure and, according to the city, no debt.
2) Police Officer Jon Coutchie's death
Laguna Beach police Officer Jon Coutchie was en route to assist another officer while riding his motorcycle late Sept. 21 when he struck a pickup truck turning left from South Coast Highway onto Cleo Street.
Coutchie, who started with the Laguna Beach Police Department in 2009, died at the scene — the first Laguna officer to die on duty since 1953, when a prisoner trying to escape the police station shot and killed Officer Gordon French.
Mourners placed flowers at a memorial shrine on the sidewalk near the intersection, and hundreds of law enforcement personnel paid tribute to Coutchie at Mariners Church in Irvine.
Since Coutchie's death, Det. Larry Bammer has spearheaded a campaign to install a permanent memorial to honor fallen officers at the police station at 505 Forest Ave.
3) Conviction in 2009 murder of Damon Nicholson
An Orange County Superior Court jury on Dec. 20 found Matthew Thomas Dragna, 23, of Lake Forest, guilty of felony special circumstances murder during the commission of a robbery for killing a Hotel Laguna catering manager.
On Oct. 23, 2009, Dragna and Jacob Quintanilla, 25, of Lake Forest, drove together to 40-year-old Damon Nicholson's Laguna Beach apartment. Prosecutors allege Dragna and Quintanilla bludgeoned Nicholson in the torso and on the head with a baseball bat. .
Dragna faces life in prison without the possibility of parole during his sentencing Feb. 28, according to the Orange County district attorney. Quintanilla will be tried separately and has a pretrial hearing scheduled for Jan. 10.
4) Two killed in head-on collision on Laguna Canyon Road
Two men on their way to work died when another car swerved and hit them head-on about 6:45 a.m. April 2 on Laguna Canyon Road, according to Laguna Beach police.
Alberto Casique of Anaheim and Armando Gonzalez of Santa Ana were riding in a Honda Accord heading toward Laguna when a Tesla Model S collided with the Accord, killing the two men instantly.
In November, the Orange County district attorney charged Laguna Beach resident Robert McFarland Pettis with two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one felony count of driving the wrong way on a divided highway causing death, with sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily harm, according to a news release. Alcohol was not a factor in the collision, according to a district attorney spokeswoman.
Pettis is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 27. If convicted, he faces up to nine years and eight months in state prison.
5) Mayor Kelly Boyd announces he has cancer
During a City Council meeting in February, Mayor Kelly Boyd shared that he has multiple myeloma. Boyd, 69, has since undergone chemotherapy. .
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell present in bone marrow. Plasma cells normally make antibodies to help fight infections.
In early December, Boyd said his cancer was in complete remission and he was scheduled to undergo a stem cell transplant beginning Dec. 13.
6) School board nixes proposed calendar changes
Acquiescing to parents opposed to a change in the 2013-14 school year calendar, Laguna Beach Unified School District board members decided to stick with tradition and start classes after Labor Day.
District administrators had proposed that students start school before Labor Day because they said teachers preferred using the two days before the holiday as an introduction period. Teachers also said they had large absence rates the Monday and Tuesday of Thanksgiving week. The proposed calendar would have given students the entire holiday week off.
Some parents disapproved of the calendar change because they claimed vacations would be jeopardized and students working summer jobs would have to make arrangements. Throughout the process, parents questioned the district's communication practices, claiming administrators made a hasty decision.
Board members and administrators apologized and vowed to improve communication.
7) Sea lions inundate Pacific Marine Mammal Center
Staff at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center on Laguna Canyon Road had their hands full early this year with a wave of malnourished, dehydrated sea lion pups.
The center, the only of its kind in Orange County, admitted 293 sick pups from Jan. 1 to April 14, compared with 31 for the same period in 2012. Scientists theorized that the sea lions could have had difficulty finding food.
In other pinniped news, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration started an investigation after a bulldog escaped its owner's control and mauled a sea lion at Goff Island Beach, below the Montage Laguna Beach, on March 23. The alleged owner was the 18-year-old stepdaughter of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
8) High school will get new tennis courts
The Laguna Beach Unified School District board unanimously voted in August for a more extensive resurfacing project designed to prolong the life of the tennis courts at Laguna Beach High School.
The courts suffered from widespread cracking and were not safe for players, parents said, calling for the district to consider a more permanent solution. Board members decided on post-tension, a process where steel cables within a concrete slab are tightened enough to help prevent cracking for five of the six courts. One court already has post-tension.
The project's estimated cost is $620,000, with the city paying 70% and the district the remaining 30%. Construction is scheduled to begin in May and be completed by late August.
9) Planning Commission approves part of a sewer tunnel project
Planning commissioners supported the South Coast Water District's plan to stabilize an existing 2-mile underground tunnel that houses a sewer line in South Laguna at its Dec. 11 meeting.
The nearly 60-year-old tunnel, which runs parallel to South Coast Highway from Three Arch Bay north to Aliso Beach Park, is in need of repairs to prevent a sewer spill and protect workers, the district said. The district made changes to its original proposal after residents close to a staging area near Fourth Avenue and Coast Highway were concerned about possible noise and traffic.
The California Coastal Commission still needs to approve part of the project under Three Arch Bay, but the district can proceed with the rest of the estimated $90-million project, according to a district spokesman. Work is scheduled to begin in September.
10) Two top school district administrators resign
Deni Christensen and Gerald Vlasic resigned from Laguna Beach Unified School District mid-year as school district officials faced scrutiny from parents who alleged cronyism in hiring.
Christensen, assistant superintendent of instructional services, and Vlasic, director of human resources and communications, were both hired in 2012.
Christensen said she resigned in late June because she didn't want to be a part of the accusations that Supt. Sherine Smith hired people from her former district, Capistrano Unified. Vlasic's reasons for leaving July 1 were not made public.
Darlene Messinger is the new assistant superintendent of instructional services and Leisa Winston the new director of human resources and communications.


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Delayed Phuket provincial hall construction expected to resume soon
Phuket Governor Pakkapong Tawipat yesterday visited the new Phuket provincial city hall, still under construction following numerous delays and contract failures, but now expected to be finished by June 2020.
Governor Pakkapong says, "The budget for the new provincial city hall was 450 million baht. The previous construction contract has been cancelled and the construction stopped.
"The contract was cancelled because the contractor was unable to continue with the construction."
"The bidding process to complete the works will start again. We will get a new contractor to continue the phase 1 of the new provincial city hall in December this year. The constructions expected to take 555 days which and finished in June 2020.
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The 5th Annual Stargazer talent contest returns to CC's Hideaway
This year the winner will receive 35,000 baht in prize money!
CC's Hideaway, located in Kata, proudly presents its fifth 'Stargazer Talent Contest' which will take place on April 27 between 6 pm and 11 pm.
The goal of Stargazer is to create an opportunity for new individuals and groups to perform and promote their special talents and, with media and hundreds of guests in attendance, maybe even get their big break.
Stargazer is open to the Thai and expat communities alike. In previous years, the contest has attracted contestants from around the world, including Thailand, the US, Russia, Australia, Singapore, the UK, Italy, Canada, Kyrgyzstan and The Philippines.
Stargazer brings together a wide range of singers, bands, dancers, acrobats and actors who are scored by spectators and professional judges.
This year, the winner will receive 35,000 baht and a the Stargazer trophy, second place will receive 20,000 baht and third place will receive 10,000 baht. There is also the 'People's Choice' award, as chosen by the audience.
Past winners include Same Size Crew, Bboys dance team (2015), Khun Maatam Rapter from Chiang Mai who sing's like an lady (2016), Spectrum dance team (2017) and Daisy & Alvin, popular local Phuket performers (2018).
In line with CC's Hideaway commitment to give back to the Thai community, the resort will donate a portion of the revenue generated by Stargazer to the Life Home Project Foundation whose mission is to offer children who are affected or infected with HIV/AIDS a more dignified life, prevent the spread of this disease in Phuket and fight against the stigmatisation of people living with it.
To apply, email [email protected] with a short biography, a photo and a link to a video of your performance. Contestants must be aged 13 or over.
Entry is free for the first 25 people who come before 7 pm and is 250 baht thereafter, including a drink. Guests and contestants are encouraged to dress in neon colours.
For more details, visit HERE, call 076 333 222 or email [email protected]
Tim Newton speaks to last year's winners, Daisy and Alvin Tumulak
Legality of Seastead likely to be tested in an international court
The perceived naiveté of the team surrounding the seastead structure off Phuket's south-east coast are about to be tested as the matter is likely to end up in an international court.
Deputy PM Wissanu Krea-ngam says that the Thai government has the right to demolish the floating sea home and welcomed the threat of a lawsuit by its builder, Ocean Builders. Ocean Builders is a well-funded group backed by Peter Theil.
"Peter Andreas Thiel is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, philanthropist, political activist, and author. He is a co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund."
The media narrative has been of a naive couple who wandered into the offshore lifestyle project and then went into hiding when questions started to be asked and the Navy came knocking at their offshore front door.
At the same time the Thai Government has rolled up its sleeves and showed its angry face claiming that the project was a threat to national sovereignty and security.
Some enthusiast local media included the threat of 'death penalty' in its reportage (covered in the Act relating to treasonous acts against the sovereignty of Thailand) providing sensational headlines for international tabloids.
Speaking at a press conference at the King Prajadhipok's Institute yesterday, Wissanu said Thai officials could remove the floating structure, which is located to the southeast of Koh Racha Yai, approximately 22 kilometres from the Thai mainland, because its presence clearly violated Article 119 of Thailand's Criminal Code as threatening the Kingdom's security and sovereignty.
(These claims continue to be made by Thai officials without any explanation or evidence on how the 6 metre aluminium and steel structure threatens the country's security.)
Wissanu says the structure would also be an obstacle to marine navigation as it is located near a sea drilling site.
But the company behind the project, Ocean Builders, has announced it will sue Thailand in an international court if the government removes the seastead. This legal test in a court, predicted by The Thaiger, will force the Thai Government to measure its hard-line position on the seastead in an international court of law.
But Wissanu kept pouring on the local rhetoric yesterday…
"The Thai government would be glad if a lawsuit is filed. We want a lawsuit to be filed so that we will have a chance to explain the truth."
"Attempts have been made to build seasteads in several nations but no government had allowed them and builders were always arrested and legal action taken against them," according to Wissanu.
From the Ocean Builder website…
"We are just beyond 12 nautical miles from shore. Under International law this puts us just outside of the territorial waters of Thailand but within their 200 nautical mile excusive economic zone. This means that we are not subject to Thailand laws other than those that deal with their natural resources (drilling for oil, mining, etc.) and no interfering with their customs (can't act as a way to get goods and people into Thailand to get around their import and visa laws). As well as following the law of the sea which prevents "egrevious acts" such as murder, slave trade, etc."
Phuket seastead will be removed today
The Third Naval Area Command will remove the seastead stationed off Phuket south-east coast today, belonging to an American bitcoin investor and seasteading innovators Ocean Builders.
Thai authorities plan to seize the structure as evidence in a criminal case. They fear the structure will continue to be a navigation hazard if left there.
US national Chad Elwartowski and his Thai girlfriend, Supranee Thepdet (aka Nadia Summergirl), are facing charges of threatening the Kingdom's sovereignty. Last Sunday officials from the Royal Thai Navy and Phuket Maritime boarded the structure saying it violated Article 119 of the Criminal Code and also posed a navigational hazard.
The couple launched the 'Ocean Builders' seastead on February 2 off the coast of Phuket. The structure is located to the southeast of Koh Racha Yai, approximately 12 nautical miles (22.2 kilometres) from the mainland.
Elwartowski has claimed that his seastead is outside Thailand's territorial waters, but Thai authorities insist that it violates Article 119 and challenges Thailand's territorial rights.
"The Royal Thai Navy has full authority and duty to protect national interest and marine sovereignty in the area," according to a Navy spokesperson.
Regarding the couple's claim that they feared for their lives, Vice Admiral Sitthiporn Maskasem, commander of the Third Naval Area, said that authorities had followed the legal procedures.
"We are neither hunting them down nor threatening them," said the commander.
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Pronounced San-so. A grape varietal, used in the production of light red wines, originating in the Rhône region of France. The grape is also grown in South Africa. The Cinsaut varietal has traditionally been viewed as a blending agent. Cinsaut is one of 13 grape varietals allowed in the blending of Chateauneuf-du-Pape regional red wines. Also traditionally blended with Mourvédre, Muscadine, and Syrah. Creates a superior red when blended with the Grenache varietal. Cinsaut is one of thirteen grape varietals allowed in Châteauneuf-du-Pape wines.
Also known as: Cinsault, Espagne, Hermitage, Malaga, Ottavianello, and Prunello.
Characteristics: Cinsaut varietal typically produces flavorful, light, neutral, concentrated red wines with flavors of fruit and spice, high acidity and low in tannins. May have a small amount of bitterness.
Food pairings: Bacon, calzone, cannelloni withricotta, cannelloni with meat, BBQ chicken, couscous with meat, couscous with vegetables, egg dishes, Greek cuisine, Indian cuisine, lasagna, pâté, pizza, and cheese soufflé.


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Author, columnist and media entrepreneur Michael Wolff, writing Saturday in USA Today, has some provocative thoughts about Apple's $3 billion purchase of headphone maker and "bottom of the heap" music-streaming service Beats. The deal, Wolff suggests in one tweet this afternoon, is not about the headphones. Nor is it even about Beats, or Dr. Dre, or Jimmy Iovine:
Spotify, Wolff notes, has 10 million customers; the Beats music service, even in its boldest boast, claims just 250,000. To Wolff this means that Tim Cook and company, "[i]nstead of buying the leading player in the streaming game, Spotify, or one of the growing contenders," are buying "the laggard," "the bottom of the heap."
If, in contrast, the deal were about headphones, asks Wolff, wouldn't it be more characteristic of even the post-Steve Jobs Apple /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL to have taken the headphone business in a disruptive new direction? (The old Apple, under Jobs, Wolff goes on to postulate, would have looked at headphones as a SKU it could happily overlook.)
So if the old Apple would have given headphones a miss, and likely either made a more audacious acquisition in streaming or maintained a commitment to innovate from within, what has Apple become? Wolff answers that question in two ways, neither of which is likely to excite (except possibly in the sense of "to inflame") the Apple faithful.
First, the relatively charitable but uninspiring take:
Next cue the disparagement:
Speaking of disparagement (and cue-ing), Wolff has this to say about Apple's Eddy Cue, who oversees iTunes:
What if, as many have speculated, Apple — seeing the Beats purchase as carrying the potential to shake up the "top-down, buttoned-down, lockstep enterprise" that is its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters via the bold infusion of music-industry blood in the form of Beats' co-founders, hip-hop producer Andre Young, a.k.a. Dr. Dre, and the self-promotional record executive Jimmy Iovine — believes what it is buying from Beats is chiefly talent? Wolff's answer is, effectively, that it's likelier renting that talent:
"Iovine, Apple must inexplicably believe, is a team player. Easy prediction: He's gone in 12 months."
Apple, Wolff concludes, may not be any better equipped than the rest of us to explain how the Beats buy fits or advances or transforms its business strategy. One thing of which Wolff appears certain: The Apple of "sui generis design and savant marketing," not only meeting but creating consumer desire, is no more. It had distinguished itself largely due to the force of a visionary leader. And he, too, is no more.
And so, writes Wolff, in "a state of uncertainty and worry," came Apple's fascination with Beats and its trust in its very un-Apple leadership team. This is, as the USA Today headline on the Wolff column states, an "unlikely marriage."
— Tim Rostan
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CT BBB warns against common holiday scams
Looking forward to the holidays? So are the scammers. Connecticut Better Business Bureau is warning holiday shoppers and donors to look the red flags and to be on their guard.
Unfortunately, as consumers make their lists of holiday gifts and charity donations, unscrupulous online scammers, petty thieves, dishonest sellers and disreputable businesses are gearing-up to deck the halls with their tried and true holiday scams.
Every year, thousands of shoppers fall victim to the holiday deals that seem too good to be true and lose money to bogus charity pleas that pull at the heart strings.
This holiday season, Connecticut BBB urges consumers to take the following tips into consideration before doing their holiday shopping and making charity donations:
If you shop Craigslist or other free online bulletin board sites, look for local sellers and conduct transactions in person. Bring a friend if you're uncomfortable meeting the seller alone. Never wire money to a stranger as payment. If you're shopping on an auction site, look at seller ratings and read their reviews. Don't buy if the deal sounds too good to be true. (A St. Louis woman in reported last month that she lost $1,800 to a Craigslist scammer offering a Nissan Altima for sale)
Beware of websites selling knockoff jewelery, clothing and accessories, usually at prices well below the market price. Most of these businesses operate outside the U.S., and exchanges or refunds can prove difficult if not impossible.
Steer clear of sites selling a variety of electronic items, again at deeply reduced prices. Often operating out of China, these scammers sometimes ship poor quality items or nothing at all.
There are Internet sites selling fake sports and celebrity autographs and other memorabilia. Craigslist listings offering new or used items at attractive prices. Often, these thieves ask for payment via difficult-to-trace methods such as Western Union wire transfers or Green Dot Moneypak cards, and then never send the items.
Don't let yourself get bogged down in purchases or lose track of your wallet - Remember the low-tech forms of crime. While you're struggling with bags of presents, thieves may see an opportunity to steal your wallet or look over your shoulder to copy your debit or credit card numbers. Know where your cards are at all times and cover the keypad when entering your PIN while purchasing items or getting money from an ATM. Make sure you put your card back in your wallet after each purchase.
Always research charities with BBB before you give to see if the charity meets BBB's 20 Standards for Charity Accountability - The holidays are a time of giving, and that creates an opportunity for scammers to solicit donations to line their own pockets. Beware of solicitations from charities that don't necessarily deliver on their promises or are ill-equipped to carry through on their plans. Resist requests for on-the-spot donations. Up-to-date reports on local and national charities are available at www.give.org.
Don't click on any links or open any attachments to emails until you have confirmed that they are not malicious - Phishing emails are a common way for hackers to obtain your personal information or break into your computer. Around the holidays, beware of e-cards and messages pretending to be from companies like UPS or FedEx with links to package tracking information. Email addresses that don't match up, typos and grammatical mistakes are common red flags of a malicious phishing email. Also, beware of unsolicited emails from companies with which you have no association. Make sure you have current antivirus software and that all security patches have been installed on the computer.
Always check a business's BBB Business Review at bbb.org before making a purchase in a store or online. Make sure that the company has a physical address and telephone number. When shopping online, some websites offer electronics or luxury goods at prices that are too good to be true. Every holiday season, BBB hears from holiday shoppers who paid for a "great deal" online, but received little or nothing in return.
For more holiday tips, visit the "For Consumers" pages at bbb.org.


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Delivered in Spanish and English, this course examines the interdependence among curricular organization, instructional delivery, and assessment to facilitate the development of English literacy from a foundation in Spanish literacy. Special attention is given to relevant theories which support the use of appropriate instruction and resources to facilitate the literacy needs. May be taken for graduate credit. Prerequisites: Admission to the College of Education; oral and written proficiency in Spanish and English; 2.7 overall grade point average, EDCI 3301, EDBE 3325, EDRD 3309 and Spanish 3310, or graduate standing.
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The president spoke as new signs that the European debt crisis was hurting the U.S. economy.
The president's attack on Republicans was part of his campaign playbook in an election in which the economy is the top issue. Romney is campaigning for the White House as better equipped to created jobs, and polls make the race a close one, with only about a dozen battleground states in dispute.
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Verbum Eccles. (Online) vol.31 no.1 Pretoria 2010
The biblical ethics of work: A model for African nations
Godwin N. Toryough
Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
This article has unpacked issues surrounding workers' poor attitude in terms of work and focuses on Nigeria and on Africa at large. It addresses the lapses of labour for both employers and the employees, which include misconduct, non-commitment, unfaithfulness, apathy and exploitation, amongst other things. It is the argument of this article that a misconception of work and a lack of work ethics are some of the major factors responsible for these negative attitudes. In order to get around this perceived problem, the article suggests a theological solution which is rooted in the Christian Scriptures. Thus polemic approaches as well as an exegesis of the Scriptures concerning the right concept and attitude to work are employed in this study. The synchronic approach to exegesis is employed in this work. This approach looks at the final form of the text as it stands in the Bible. The particular components of this approach applied in this article are narrative and rhetorical criticism whilst others involve lexical, grammatical and syntactical analysis. In addition, the Intercultural Hermeneutics approach of contextualization is employed. The article points out how work which, from a theological perspective, originated with creation and was not intended to be evil later became conceived as a kind of punishment. It also demonstrates how work became bifurcated into secular and spiritual spheres with its attendant negative consequences in the Middle Ages. It concludes with a presentation of the biblical ethics of work which is recommended as a benchmark for attitudinal change in stakeholders.
Keywords: work ethics; Nigeria; concept of work; African Nations; employer-employee relationship
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Godwin Toryough
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Oyo State
Email: email@example.com
Received: 08 Dec. 2009
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It is cogent to apprentice breadth online bank is in today's awful commercialized world. This is not an simple altercation and will crave us to expend time and accomplishment if we were to seek broad-mindedness on this matter. But this ability is accordant for beginners, players, and casinos themselves. For instance, such advice can accord you a acumen of gambling, not alone in the country but in the absolute world. Statistics can accord you advice apropos the affectionate of gamblers casinos accept and the all-embracing bank behavior of the populace. If you are an absorbed online gambler, you should accumulate yourself adapted to the latest news.
Looking at the General Picture of the Online Bank Realm
At the present, gamblers about the apple are abashed at the approval of the Unlawful Internet Bank Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which prohibits Americans from bank amateur online and which seems the a lot of acute affair apropos the bank public. Nonetheless, the bill targets alone the American citizens and the US bank and bank market. But the implications of this law advance globally. One of the notable furnishings is the college acerbity in money appointment action and cyberbanking options in bank sites. This started in 2007 admitting in a vague, ambagious manner. The aftereffect is the cease of online bank sites as a aftereffect of abridgement of stocks brought about by abbreviating bazaar as the US bans its humans to accompany online gambling. Bank sites alfresco United States aswell forbids allotment of US players. Indeed, the furnishings of UIGEA travelled above the bound of America, affecting common bank industry, impairing added bank sites than it care to be.
Gambling on the Internet
So, you may wish to analysis out how bank is affluent in added nations which accept connected the attitude of gambling. American gamblers are not absolutely banned from abutting the bank sites and that should be clear. Some states still acquiesce humans to action admitting the attendance of UIGEA, which is not absolutely implemented beyond the nation. Added countries about the apple are announcement casinos to atone the acute slump in the US bank market. These countries cover Barbuda and Antigua in the Caribbean area, breadth online bank has been continued acknowledged and flourishing. The Caribbean has some of the best accountant online casinos whose bang has been due to low taxes and accelerated transactions. Of course, afar from this Caribbean country, there are added countries that acquiesce online bank and online casinos to operate, such as France, Australia, South Korea, and Germany. These countries accept continued apparent the bread-and-butter advantage of acknowledging this affectionate of market.
Future of Gambling
The adherence of both acreage based and online casinos is a accountable of continuing debate. There is abundant altercation apropos the absolute bread-and-butter allowances of announcement casinos and absolution them advance in the bartering scene. There is aswell an altercation apropos the pros and cons of accepting them about and whether the allowances outweigh the disadvantages or is it the added way around. Nonetheless, experts accept that online bank and roulette are abiding to be about for a while and that this industry charcoal affluent no amount what.


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Date published: 1924
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text: Spiritual Care The Spiritual Care program offers a caring and supportive presence for patients and families. Our chaplains and spiritual care volunteers are available seven days a week, 24 hours a day and can be contacted by asking a staff member or the hospital operator. Interfaith chapels and healing gardens are available at each hospital. We honor each person's spiritual journey by offering emotional and spiritual support with: Prayer and blessings Centering and relaxation Music Communion and anointing Bereavement support Assistance with other concerns Daily eucharistic ministry visits for our Catholic patients and families Any representative from your faith tradition or community is welcome to visit you, with your permission, during your hospital stay. Our chaplain staff would be happy to contact them for you. A staff member can help you request spiritual care and contact a chaplain. For immediate or emergency requests, dial "0" for the hospital operator.


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Spanish translation of ' to be part and parcel of sth'
to be part and parcel of sth
ser parte integrante de algoSee also part
suffering and death are part and parcel of life el sufrimiento y la muerte son parte integrante de la vida
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Vocal coach not surprised by Barking girl Molly Rainford's BGT success
PUBLISHED: 11:37 09 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:30 09 May 2012
The vocal coach of Barking school girl and Britain's Got Talent star Molly Rainford has revealed she always knew her pupil had "something special".
Singer Molly, 11, wowed the judges on yesterday's semi-final with her heartfelt rendition of Roxette's It Must Have Been Love and made it through to the final of the competition.
Her vocal coach, Danielle Barnett, has been teaching the talented youngster for around three years.
She told the Post: "Molly's such a natural and I always knew she had something special.
"I'm not surprised at all that she has got through to the final."
Asked how Molly was coping with the pressure of the competition and the recent media attention, Danielle said: "She's as cool as a cucumber. Although never having taken part in anything like this before it doesn't seem to faze her. I think she's born to do this."
After her performance on last night's show, comedian and judge David Walliams exclaimed Molly was the best child performer they'd had on the show.
And fellow judge Alesha Dixon called her a mini Mariah Carey.
Simon Cowell said: "I really like you – you're adorable. The version...I thought it was stunning. You controlled the room. It was absolutely beautiful."
The live final of Britain's Got Talent is on ITV on Saturday .


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The New York Giants already know they won't have David Wilson for this Thursday night's matchup with the Chicago Bears.
They may be missing him for several weeks to come.
According to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, the injury that left Wilson with "tingling" in his neck is a disc-related issue that the Giants believe could keep Wilson out for several weeks.
Wilson is getting a second opinion on the injury and a course of action won't be determined until after that evaluation. If surgery isn't recommended, the Giants could wait to see if the injury will subside in the coming weeks. Either way, it's likely that Wilson could miss more than just week's game against Chicago.
In the interim, the Giants will have to rely on Brandon Jacobs and Da'Rel Scott to carry the load in the backfield.


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The last Persona figure Kotaku posted had a crazy crotch. This one does not. It has a television.
Japanese figure maker Good Smile Company is showing off this upcoming Persona 4 Teddie figure. There's also a plastic television — a nice touch.
If you haven't played Persona 4 or seen the anime, Teddie is a mysterious creature that lives inside the alternate TV universe.
The prototype figure (and television) were done by Japan's Phat Company. Nice work! More photos in the link below.
Twin Pack: Teddie & TV [Mikatan's Blog]


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Royals Birthdays – November 13
1947 – Gene Garber (Pitcher – 1973-74, 1987-88)
Happy Birthday!
Did You Know: This is also the birthday for Kansas City's greatest baseball ambassador John J. 'Buck O'Neil, who was born on November 13, 1911 in Carrebelle, FL. Buck played twelve seasons in the Negro League and is most remembered for his time as a player, player/manager and manager of the Kansas City Monarchs. But his debut actually came as a member of the Memphis Red Sox wear he played two games in 1937 before his contract was sold to the Monarchs.
Buck missed two of his prime playing years in service to our country as a member of the US Navy during WWII (1944-45). Though Buck never got the chance to play Major League Baseball he would be the first African-American coach in Major League Baseball history when he joined the Chicago Cubs staff in 1962.
We hear Buck's voice every day here at the Royals Hall of Fame as he is a key figure in our film about the hitsory of baseball in Kansas City. Plus we see his image each day as his statue sits at the end of the bench in the Dugout Theater – there to meet each and every guest to the Royals Hall of Fame.


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Green Living
Green living - whether off-grid or on - is a lifestyle more and more people are embracing. As the realities of climate change and resource depletion continue to affect real lives, it's clear that many of the systems that sustain us now - food, water, energy, medicine, community, and others - are not sustainable as the ever-increasing population continues to push the Earth's natural limits.
Green living means adopting ways to reduce your personal demand on these system, your waste stream, and your carbon footprint. But how? Go solar. Start gardening. Switch to non-electric appliances. It's easier (and far more satisfying) than you think. We have the solutions to get you confidently self-sufficient.
"Green living isn't just about moving back to the land anymore - it's about tending to the land where you live. Picking up the shovel and hoe, turning the closets, roof, deck, or yard into places to grow food or raise chickens."
Solar Living Sourcebook 14th Edition
Chapter 12: Urban Homesteading


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Guy Everyone Thought Had Sex with Two Miss Universes Says He Is the Victim Here
Turns out he only had sex with one Miss Universe contestant, because the world still can't tell Asians apart. At least, so says threesome-haver, sex tape-maker, and Miss Trinidad and Tobago-dater Wyatt Gallery.
TMZ caught up with Miss Trinidad and Tobago's boyfriend, who confirmed that he and Miss T&T 2008, Anya Ayoung-Chee, appear in the film. (NSFW link to Fleshbot, which published clips) The third woman, however, is not Miss Japan 2008 Hiroko Mima as was originally believed, but a friend who apparently looks somewhat like her. Gallery says he thinks a Trinidad tech support guy stole the skin flick from his laptop.
"I fee horrible and embarrassed for Anya, her family, and myself" he said. He also "feel[s] stupid for not deleting the files off of my computer." Good for you. Now go give Carrie Prejean a call.


text: Everyone knows I love old houses. Therefore, I must love Old House Dreams. And how could I not? Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of her list of favorite houses. I track this blog and especially the houses near me that she highlights, but they're all gorgeous and chock full o' history. Follow her on Twitter so you don't miss any!


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What's the worst thing a fire chief could experience?
There are a number of things that come to mind. How about getting fired? The pink slip experience is certainly not a fun-filled event, but there's something that's worse, much worse.
How about a major fire at the home of the City Manager's best friend – and the fire department doesn't respond? That's a bad thing and a future story. But, there's still something that's worse.
No, the GRANDDADDY WORST EVENT for a fire chief is hands down "a serious injury or death of a firefighter" – one of your firefighters.
It was a day that leading in didn't have any particular significance. So much so that details leading up to the event don't immediately come to mind.
One recalls that a firefighter wanted to learn pumping operations. The crew decided to get some hose tested during the training. It wasn't uncommon – at this time in the department's history – to test hose with an engine, especially when there wasn't much hose to test. And that was the case.
The hose was all laid out and the test started. As firefighters observed the hose they noticed a few of the couplings were leaking. Instead of shutting down the engine while the couplings were tightened – which is what should've been done – firefighters simply started tightening the problem connections.
David was one of the firefighters. He had tightened several couplings when he came to another. This one was an old school solid brass coupling. The thick beast should have been retired and sold off for scrap, but it kept passing the muster. And today it just would not seal.
It would take a little more effort. David placed the spanners on the couplings with his head positioned directly above at exactly the time the trainee flipped the switch – the volume to pressure switch.
The extra surge was all that was needed to push a weak spot in the hose beyond its breaking point. Unfortunately, the bursting point in all the hose laid out was immediately adjacent to the coupling David was tightening.
The hose shot upwards like a rocket into David's head. The blow rendered him unconscious while dropping him to the pavement. Fellow firefighters were at his side practically seconds after it happened. In break neck speed they treated, packaged, and transported him to the hospital.
David spent a number of days in intensive care before we got the best news a fire chief will ever get in his career – a severely injured firefighter will recover.


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Pierre steals 600th career base in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA -- The 600 Club has a new member.
After swiping third base in the first inning on Thursday night, Marlins left fielder Juan Pierre joined an exclusive list -- becoming just the 14th player in MLB history to steal as many as 600 bases.View Full Game Coverage
PHILADELPHIA -- The 600 Club has a new member.
After swiping third base in the first inning on Thursday night, Marlins left fielder Juan Pierre joined an exclusive list -- becoming just the 14th player in MLB history to steal as many as 600 bases.View Full Game Coverage
"It feels good. When you start to mention the names, honestly, I don't feel like I deserve being mentioned with those guys," Pierre said. "I'm not big on stuff like that, but when it happens, it takes a moment to realize that you have been playing a little while, and you've accomplished that feat."
The stolen base was a highlight for the Marlins on a night they lost, 7-2, to the Phillies.
All-time stolen-base leaders
|Rickey Henderson
|Lou Brock
|Ty Cobb
|Tim Raines
|Vince Coleman
|Eddie Collins
|Max Carey
|Joe Morgan
|Willie Wilson
|Bert Campaneris
|Honus Wagner
|Kenny Lofton
|Otis Nixon
|Juan Pierre
To honor the occasion, Pierre was awarded the base and a copy of the lineup card. Additionally, the team treated him with a stack of Hawaiian Punch drinks and Honey Bun cakes.
"I love Honey Buns and Hawaiian Punch," Pierre said. "I don't drink, so champagne, that doesn't do me any good. Hawaiian Punch and Honey Buns is a very good surprise. I don't know if I'll be able to eat all the Honey Buns, but I'll try."
Pierre entered the season with 591 steals, and he made his ninth of the season count.
Leading off against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, Pierre drew a walk off Kyle Kendrick, and he moved to second on Donovan Solano's single to center. Pierre took off for third and took the bag with a headfirst slide. He scored on Placido Polanco's double-play grounder.
"We got the base for him and gave it to him," manager Mike Redmond said. "Obviously, he's a tremendous competitor and teammate. What he's done over his career is just amazing."
A couple of days ago, the 35-year-old was humbled by the fact he was closing in on an impressive milestone.
Pierre leads the National League in stolen bases this season, and he has the second most in the Majors, trailing only Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury, who has 11.
"He's one of the best runners that I've ever seen," veteran Marlins catcher Miguel Olivo said. "He's fast. He's smart. When he gets a great jump, you don't even need to throw the ball. It's exciting to see that and be part of that. For him, 600 is a big number. I'm proud of him for that."
In his 14th season, Pierre is proud that he is still able to swipe bases when everyone in the ballpark knows he is constantly looking to run.
"Everyone knows I'm trying to steal," he said. "It's no secret. It's a cat-and-mouse game. To be able to say I stole 600 bags is pretty special. When I get done playing, I'll look back on it."
Giancarlo Stanton, on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, tweeted a congratulations to Pierre.
Congrats to my boy @jpbeastmode , 600 steals... That's a bad man!- Giancarlo Stanton (@Giancarlo818) May 2, 2013
Pierre has swiped 600 bases in 798 attempts.
The veteran played for the Phillies in 2012, when he stole 37 bases. In his career, he has 32 stolen bases at Citizens Bank Park. The ballpark he has stolen the most bases is the Marlins' old home, Sun Life Stadium, where he had 91.
In his second stint with the Marlins, Pierre ranks third on the franchise's all-time steals list with 176. Luis Castillo is the club leader with 281, followed by Hanley Ramirez's 230.
"That's unbelievable with some of the guys I've passed," Pierre said.
When Pierre was with the Dodgers, he picked up pointers from Maury Wills, who he has since overtaken on the all-time list. Wills finished his career with 586, which ranks 15th.
MLB's all-time leader is Rickey Henderson, whose 1,406 may be a record that is never broken.
"There are some names I shouldn't be on a list with," Pierre said. "That's how I feel."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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Miriam needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Design a logo for ornament company. Year-round sales of a series of traditional Colorado themed collectibles. See products sold at http://www.acoloradochristmas.com
Logo to be used on web-site banner as well as on business cards.
Whitney's Designs
Small ornament company specializing in ornaments unique to Colorado needs logo using WD or Whitney's Designs Inc. We also develop custom designs of ornaments for other groups,organizations. I would like to see variations of logo that include only text and variations with small image & text. Please see product line at http://www.acoloradochristmas.com Name of product line is "A Colorado Christmas" but ornaments don't say Christmas on them. Design can be traditional or modern but must capture feel of product line.
- use forest green, 2-3 colors maximum (I like white with dark green, maybe a lighter green if add a 3rd color)
- can be text only
- can be text with small image can be used but image must not dominate design, perhaps text over image
- simple & clean professional design easily reproducible for print
- vector SVG or PSD
- original design, please
- design should reflect elegance of product, please
- Cliche Christmas cutesy artwork such as Christmas looking trees, ball ornaments, Santa, presents, pine cones
- No photos
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Several weeks ago, I need to implement a game screen for user to choose a level. At that time, I read some post and article about using PID controller for controlling the behavior of a system, so I decided to try it on the UI. PID controller is a control loop feedback mechanism which generate an output to a system based on the difference between a measured value and a desired value:
where f(t) is the output apply back to the system, e(t) is the difference between a measured value and a desired value and P, I, D are tuning variable for controlling the behavior. More information can be found on this post.
Using PID Controller
In the UI, the user can drag on the view to choose the level, when the user swipe on the icons, they will scroll according to velocity and acceleration. The output of PID Controller is used to control the acceleration so that there will always be an icon staying in the middle of the screen when the system becomes stable. The code is ported to WebGL as below(need a WebGL enabled browser to view):
Tuning the PID variables
The behavior of the scrolling can be controlled by tuning the constants: P, I, D. The effects of changing the 3 constants can be summarized as below:
|Summary of the effects of PID constant from Wikipedia
Using PID Controller to manage the system is convenient but it is a bit tricky to tune the PID constants. It is easier to tune the constant one by one and referring to the above table. The source code of my implementation can be downloaded here.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller
[2]: http://altdevblogaday.com/2011/08/07/animation-using-closed-loop-control/
[3]: http://altdevblogaday.com/2011/02/27/webgl-part-2-in-the-beginning-there-was/
[4]: http://www.learnopengles.com/how-to-embed-webgl-into-a-wordpress-post/


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Louisiana marsh fire makes Beaumont smoky
Southeast Texans might have noticed smoke in the area today and could be curious where it is coming from. According to Larry Jinks, former fire chief and a volunteer firefighter at Johnson Bayou (Louisiana) Fire Department, the smoke is coming from an out-of-control marsh fire in Cameron Parish.
"We don't know who set (the fire)," Jinks said. "It's out in the middle of the marsh, and there is no way to get to it. The only way you can get to it is with an airplane."
Jinks said that the fire is burning to the west and to the east.
"It's huge," he said. "It's about half a mile wide — maybe a mile wide."
Jinks said if the fire continues to spread, the police may have to close Highway 82 going in and out of Johnson Bayou, La.
"A marsh fire — saltgrass fire — is unbelievably (difficult) to put out," he said.
Jinks said the Johnson Bayou Fire Department plans to let the fire burn because they have no way of getting to it.


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HOUSTON - How many times has this happened to you? You have a bad customer service experience then you go online and write about it. It turns out ranting about bad service can get you in a lot of trouble if you go too far.
"People go home, think about the experience and start typing," said Dan Parsons with the Houston Better Business Bureau. "When do we get these important complaints? Between the hours of 7 p.m. and 1 a.m."
The Houston Better Business Bureau president said that rant is just a rant until you stumble into libel territory.
"It becomes libel because it is a written record that is published to the world on the Internet that thousands of people can end up seeing," said Travis Crabtree, an attorney at Looper, Reed & McGraw.
Crabtree said sounding off crosses the line when it goes beyond personal and turns factual. Crabtree used the example of a plumber who leaves a few muddy footprints in your home.
"If you stated they came in with muddy shoes and got mud all over your carpets, that can be proven or not proven," Crabtree said.
Stretching a few muddy footprints into a room full of disaster may make for a better story, but not necessarily one you should put in writing.
Don't think posting anonymously changes the case. Crabtree said a subpoena can force websites from Facebook to sometimes even Ripoff Report to hand over your identity.
"Once they find out it's you, that's going to be exhibit A in the trial against you if you go too far online," Crabtree said.
Crabtree warned fans of online reviews to remember even if you think twice and delete your comments, it can still come back to haunt you, whether it was up for five minutes or five days. If a company can prove that post was seen, you can still be in trouble even if you delete it.
On the other side is the man behind the Ripoff Report website, Ed Magedson, who encourages consumers to speak up. Magedson said his website has been sued 50 times. According to him, he's won 50 times.
"It's our First Amendment right to free speech to speak our opinion, even if that speech is less than flattering. If you're not making it a statement of fact, you can't get sued," Magedson said.
After reading over 80 complaints a day at the Houston BBB, Parsons has this advice: Stick with opinions without exaggerating.
Parsons said to watch the adjectives you use to describe the people in your reviews.
"They may be crooks, but you better be able to prove it," Parsons said.
What Parsons means is if you call someone out for being a crook, there better be a criminal record.
"When you get into trouble is when you go in trying to hurt the business with malice. In other words, you say, 'My goal is to put you out of business,'" Parsons said.
If you don't really love whatever you are going to review, then remember to stick to opinions. Don't exaggerate the story and maybe wait to post it until you've cooled off a bit.
Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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For those who heard me on Jen's Dish, and for those who did not, here are the recipes I talked about on her program.
Drink #1 comes from Portland (OR) bartender Jeffrey Morgenthaler. Jeff volunteered this recipe when I asked for bourbon-based drinks involving maple syrup. I tried it at home and loved it. The best thing is, it perfectly bookends the Savoy drink that follows. Jeff demonstrates that you needn't bury your ass in the past and you needn't follow the modern trend of infused vodkas to make an excellent drink.
Whiskey Rebellion
- 2 oz. pecan-infused bourbon (I used Wild Turkey 101)
- 1/2 oz. maple syrup
- 3/4 oz. fig jam
- 1 egg white
- 2 dashes of bitters
Shake over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
The second cocktail is adapted from the Savoy Cocktail Book, by Harry Craddock. Craddock was an American disgusted by Prohibition; he grabbed the first boat out for England, and settled in to the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London.
These proportions are based on Erik Ellestad's, at Underhill Lounge. Erik's working his way through the Savoy book, and he's having a great time with it. Erik found Harry's proportions to be a little sweet, and I agree, so I'm going with Erik's recipe.
The one thing to note is that Erik used the Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy, which I can't find in Rhode Island. I used Laird's Applejack, which is a blend of apple brandy and neutral grain spirits. The Bonded Apple Brandy has nothing in it but the brandy. The blended, since it also has grain spirits, is less appley than the bonded. I'd rather have the bonded, but I'll take the blended when I have to.
Apple Jack Rabbit
- 1-1/2 oz. Laird's Applejack
- 1 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice
- 3/4 oz. fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 oz. maple syrup
- Lemon twist, for garnish
Shake over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Add garnish.


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My package is complete and will be submitted to both the SWO and Intel board - 05Mar and 06Mar. In the event I am chosen for both, I put my chances at 42%, I am looking for more information regarding Intel. SWO offers plenty of information that I have read, videos I have watched and SWOs I have talked to. Intel offers little in comparison.
The main theme for Intel I have read is becoming proficient at Powerpoint. As my signature states, I am a data scientist, so I understand the analysis which goes into making the Powerpoints - the work people don't see when they are being presented to. My team has presented to universities, national conferences, the Federal Reserve, Brookings Institute etc... That aspect of Intel is not new for me - aside from the research being more life and death related.
My questions:
1) How is intel analysis completed? Qualitative? Reading, connecting pieces, knowledge gained from experience?
2) Are quantitative skills useful? Econometric analysis, spatial analysis, natural language processing...?
3) Are technical skills sought after? For example - over the last six months I have written machine learning algorithms to analyze all job postings and resumes in the United States, labor market data which is half a terabyte of text based, JSON formatted data. Is the field open to providing new methodology in seeking reliable intelligence? Would being able to write algorithms from scratch to analyze intelligence data be useful?
I don't want to come off as trying to change or do the work differently as it is a field I know little about. I am aware the Navy will train me to conduct intelligence work the Navy way. However, I want to ensure the decision, if there is a decision, as I said 42%, is the correct decision. I also want to offer the best skill-set I can to the Navy. Lastly, where can I have best career given my interests, skills and long-term goals.