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Fledgling Prime Time Growing Retail Footprint
March 4, 2010 by RVBusiness · 1 Comment
Consistent with widespread projections that the RV industry is poised for a recovery in 2010, many dealers for recently formed Prime Time Manufacturing in Wakarusa, Ind., have enjoyed dramatic increases in retail traffic and sales during the first two months of the new year, according to a news release.
"This year's Indianapolis show was the best I've seen in several years," according to Dave Bane, president of Tom Raper RV in Richmond, Ind. "Customers are starting to feel more comfortable about their finances and seem ready to make the commitment to a new RV."
Tom Raper RV, Prime Time's largest dealer, is focusing on the towable market in 2010 to compliment its existing motorhome sales.
According to Bane, "For years, Tom Raper RV has been one of the nation's largest motorized dealers. But we believe that towable RVs are going to lead the recovery so we are aligning ourselves with aggressive, innovative manufacturers like Prime Time in order to maximize our sales and profits. Prime Time has made a considerable contribution to the direction of our dealership with their product offering."
Colleen Botello, sales manager at Hi-Way Campers in Plainfield, Conn., saw similar action at the recently completed Springfield RV and Camper Show where they sold nine Prime Time units.
"Traffic has been exceptional, retail sales are good, and we are starting to see some daylight. Consumers are taking more time in the buying process and are more cautious with their money, but they tend to be looking forward," noted Botello. Two factors that are more of a priority for consumers, according to Botello, were weight ratings and value. "Prime Time's LaCrosse offers a lot of bang for the buck with its upscale look and features while Tracer has opened up new markets for us with its low weights and towability," Botello said.
Prime Time Regional Sales Manager Jason Gill said that many dealers will benefit from the pent-up demand that has been created the last two years as retail sales have slowed along with the national economy.
"Across the board, we are seeing huge increases in retail traffic and most dealers are selling more than they have the last couple of years," commented Gill. "We are feeling confident about 2010 and Prime Time continues to increase production rates in anticipation of strong retail demand."
Prime Time Manufacturing is a division of Forest River Inc, a Berkshire Hathaway company. Prime Time offers towable RVs under the brand names of LaCrosse and Tracer.


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Thai troops detain gov't minister who blasted coup
BANGKOK (AP) -- Armed troops detained a Thai Cabinet minister who defiantly emerged from hiding on Tuesday to condemn last week's military coup and urge a return to civilian rule, in the first public appearance by any member of the ousted government.
About half a dozen soldiers took Education Minister Chaturon Chaisang into custody in a chaotic scene at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand, where he had just finished giving a surprise news conference.
The junta, which seized power Thursday, is already holding most top members of the Southeast Asian country's elected administration and has ordered the rest to surrender.
Chaturon called for elections and warned that resistance to the army overthrow could grow, which could lead to "a disaster for this country."
When the news conference was finished and Chaturon was being interviewed by a group of Thai journalists, soldiers entered the room, surrounded him, and escorted him out through a crowd of reporters. He was calm and smiling as he was taken away.
Before being hustled into an elevator, Chaturon said: "I'm not afraid. If I was afraid, I wouldn't be here."
The military takeover, Thailand's second in eight years, deposed an elected government that had insisted for months that the nation's fragile democracy was under attack from protesters, the courts, and finally the army.
The country is deeply split between an elite establishment based in Bangkok and the south that cannot win elections, and a poorer majority centered in the north that has begun to realize political and economic power.
A "coup d'etat is not a solution to the problems or conflicts in Thai society, but will make the conflicts even worse," Chaturon said.
Chaturon said he told only a few people in advance of his appearance. He said he would not resist arrest or go underground, but since he does not "accept the coup, I could not report to those who staged it."
"I still insist to use my own rights and liberty to call for returning the country to democracy," he said.
After declaring martial law May 20, the country's army chief, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, invited political rivals and Cabinet ministers for two days of peace talks to resolve the crisis. But those talks lasted just four hours. At the end of the meeting, Prayuth ordered everyone inside detained, and announced the army was seizing power almost immediately afterward.
Prayuth, who was endorsed Monday by the king as the nation's new ruler, warned opponents not to criticize or protest, saying Thailand could revert to the "old days" of turmoil and street violence if they did.
Still, several hundred people gathered Tuesday around Bangkok's Victory Monument to protest the coup.
Despite the political upheaval which has left the nation's elected leadership in tatters, life has continued largely as normal in most of the country, with tourists still relaxing at exotic beach resorts and strolling through stunning Buddhist temples. However, a 10 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew is in place, hotel bookings are being canceled, and on Tuesday, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift canceled a sold-out concert that had been scheduled June 9.
"I'm sending my love to the fans in Thailand," Swift tweeted." I'm so sad about the concert being canceled."
The junta has ordered 258 people to report to the authorities so far. Among them are scholars, journalists and political activists seen as critical of the regime. Prayuth has said they need time "to calm themselves down."
It is unclear how many are in custody, but some have been released, including former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who had already been forced from power by a court ruling before the putsch.
Others are being detained daily. Human rights groups describe a chilling atmosphere with some people in hiding, others fleeing, and soldiers visiting the homes of perceived critics and taking them away in the night.
On Tuesday, the military summoned two Thai newspaper journalists who had asked "inappropriate" questions to Prayuth during a news conference a day earlier.
The reporters, from the Thairath and Bangkok Post dailies, had queried the junta leader about when and whether he would appoint a prime minister and organize elections. Prayuth gave no definitive answers, and abruptly walked away from the podium. The reporters were not detained and left freely.
Prayuth "wanted to tell them that right now, he's no longer merely the army chief, he's the leader who runs the country," said Maj. Gen. Ponlapat Wannapak, the secretary to the Royal Thai Army. "To ask him in such an aggressive, pushy manner is not appropriate."
Chaturon called the detentions "absurd" and said "they are taking people who have done nothing wrong just because they might resist the coup."
"The problem is, we don't know how long they are going to be detained," he said. "We don't know what happened to them. We don't really know."
Chaturon dismissed speculation that members of the ousted government and their allies could form a government-in-exile. But he warned that "from now on there will be more and more resistance. ... It will be a disaster for this country."
He did not elaborate.
The junta has yet to map a way out of the crisis, but Prayuth has said there would be political and administrative reforms. On Monday, he gave the green light for the Finance Ministry to seek billions of dollars in loans to pay debts owed farmers under a disastrous rice scheme instituted by the ousted government.
The junta has given no timetable for restoring civilian rule, and Chaturon said Prayuth "might want to hold onto power for some time."
Prayuth, he said, has "assigned the generals to take care of the jobs at the ministries -- the tasks they know the least."
Just before soldiers arrived to take Chaturon away, he explained why he had not turned himself in earlier. That would be like a student reporting to a teacher, he said, adding, "I should be the one to educate them."
Associated Press writers Kay Johnson and Grant Peck contributed to this report.


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Oh, Shrek, can you sing!
July 20, 2010
Though he wasn't sporting the 45-pound costume or green makeup it takes to become Shrek, Eric Petersen '03 gave the audience at Monday night's Cubs game a sneak peek of what they will hear if they attend Shrek the Musical.
Eric, who stars as the loveable leading-man ogre in the national tour of the popular musical, was invited to sing the national anthem at Wrigley Field.
Shrek the Musical kicked off last week at the Cadillac Palace Theatre and will be in Chicago until September 5.
"I could not be more excited to be playing Shrek, and with such a great cast I am sure the tour is going to really be an awesome production," Eric said.
After its run in Chicago, the tour will stop at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis from September 11 to September 26. It will play in more than 25 U.S. cities before November 2011.
Tickets for Shrek the Musical range from $25 to $90 and are available through Ticketmaster. Visit http://shrekthemusical.co.uk/ for more information and the complete tour schedule.
Read more about Eric and his starring role in the fall issue of Bradley Hilltopics in September.


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This is a devotional someone sent me that really stomped across my mind as I was reading it and I kept thinking, how does this writer know me so well?
"The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too." Genesis 3:6 (NLT)
Eve tends to get a bad rap. Yes, I know she earned it by ushering sin into mankind, but I'm just not so sure I wouldn't have done the same thing. So, I'm leery about throwing stones at Eve.
You see, I too would've been tempted by the serpent's promise. I have a compelling desire to be "in the know." I don't like feeling like I'm missing out. Like Eve, I desire wisdom. And I certainly don't want to be intentionally held out on - especially by a God I'd been trusting to tell me the truth.
Satan convinced Eve that God was indeed holding out on her ... He was holding back some deliciously ripe fruit, and lying to her about the consequences of eating it. She wouldn't die, He just didn't want her to attain His status with the ability to know good and evil. Well, that last part is true. You see what Eve knew up until this point was only Good. Everything she saw, experienced, and knew was Good. What she did not know yet was Evil, at least not until she ran into the serpent and sank her teeth into that fruit. Then she knew it all too well, as feelings of guilt, shame and fear flooded her. Those feelings drove her to hide from God, for she knew there would be consequences. And there were ... including being booted from the garden of goodness.
Sadly, Eve and her husband, in swallowing the fruit, had swallowed traces of evil sinfulness that would somehow fuse themselves into the first couple's spiritual DNA. God wanted to ensure they didn't also eat from the tree of eternal life while they were in this state. In His sweet mercy, God kept Eve (and you and I) from living forever in a spiritual state of sin.
So, its true, God was holding something out on Eve - knowledge of evil. How I wish I didn't know evil. If only Eve could've seen what I see: the only thing God was holding back from her was something not worth tasting, not worth knowing, and not worth possessing.
Do you ever feel like God might be holding good things out on you?
Sometimes I look around and wonder why I don't have this, or why I can't do that. I guess the wise response would be to just trust God that He will provide everything I need and nothing I don't. Why does that feel so hard to settle for? Why does accepting God's ways even feel like settling at all? I suspect it's because I have the same impulse Eve did - to have and know it all.
Do you ever fear that following God's orders fully will cost you too much - more than you care to give up?
In Genesis 3:3, Eve makes God's orders about not eating from the tree even more restrictive than they actually were by claiming that He said she couldn't even touch the tree or its fruit. Don't we do that sometimes too ... make what God calls us to do or not do seem even more restrictive or unreasonable than it really is? While reading of Eve's adventures in the garden, I decided I want to cement in my soul the truth that I can follow God's orders with complete trust that He has my best interests in mind and at heart.
I also decided, in honor of Eve who always gets a bad rap, to make a big bowl of apple salad with celery, walnuts and raisins. As I tasted the crunchy, fruit salad I thought: Oh Eve, how I wish you hadn't eaten that apple! But I also understand why you did. Hopefully, I will learn from your mistakes.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
From a Gal Who Likes to Be "In the Know"
This is a devotional someone sent me that really stomped across my mind as I was reading it and I kept thinking, how does this writer know me so well?
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Labels: Faith
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Weekend With Marie
This weekend one of my favorite people came up to visit. Marie (Baylor Buddy) came up from Houston to catch up, and talk wedding now that she and Travis are heading towards the alter. She brought me the cutest Easter basket, full of all my favorite things:
I took her to a craft fair in town on Friday night, and we both agreed these giraffe print lunch bags with lime green handles were too cute to pass up. We both got one with lots of bling, and then many other goodies.
After Saturday School I took Marie to a wedding to help serve cake, and sample chocolate.
After a breakfast of liquid chocolate, and cake crumbs, we headed to Sprinkles for a lunch of cupcakes.
We spent the afternoon shopping up and down Dallas. I found this cute little art piece for my kitchen. This artist makes 'new hearts, out of old parts'....every piece is old wood carved and cut, with rusted and warn metal parts. I love the idea that the pieces had a life and a story of their own prior to this little art piece. I bought a ton of other fun stuff, but this was my favorite purchase.
We headed to Babe's for dinner. I had heard about this cute restaruant with rave reviews, and Marie agreed to try it out.
We arrived just ahead of the crowd. They have the cutest little area outside that you can choose between truck beds, John Deer tractor seats, and more while waiting. Once seated the food is served family style, it was yummy!
And the final fun thing of the day-a wedding theme! Marie has chosen the peacock feather to work for her color scheme. I love a good wedding theme. I can't wait to watch all the details come together.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 9:01 PM 5 comments
Labels: Dallas Area Activities, Friends
Friday, March 28, 2008
Let Them Eat Cake
I spent most of Thursday evening baking a cake for my friend's parent's vowel renewal ceremony. This is the cake in progress. I head to the reception hall tomorrow for the rest of the prep/cutting/platting/serving. I found I'm not a huge fan of cake baking....but ask me in a month from now and I'm sure I will tell you I like it again.
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51 of 101
....maybe not the most exciting news for anyone, but me...
Over spring break I checked off the 51st thing on my 101 list. Granted, there are some pretty tough things left on there, and I imagine it will be at LEAST another 10 years before I'm finished, but this is one more thing accomplished (and I needed to accomplish this before I can complete some of the other 'travel' related 'to do' items). For the first time, I applied for a passport. I even got a cute little cover (like it's going to get so much wear and tear I'll need one, but it was cute, I couldn't resist). I went and turned in all my paperwork last Friday, and it came in the mail today, a WEEK to the day of the application. I had heard all the expectations about it taking 6-8 weeks, but I'm guessing the postal service was kind to me....considering how much business I've given them over the years. ;o)
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Gorman Grammar
about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, over, past, up, upon, with, within, without, since, through, throughout, to, towards, under, underneath, until
My junior high english teacher made us recite this list of prepositions every day in class. (I bet some of you knew where this was going as soon as you saw the title.) She was a legacy that was talked about years before we actually made it to junior high. She was tough, but I can't TELL you how many times I have pulled this list out of my brain file to use in life. I'm grateful to her. I remember she threw an eraser across the room when I think really hard, but more importantly: I remember my prepositions! I found where I had written these down in an old file of papers from junior high, but I didn't need the file to remember. I ran into her a few years back at a vertical language arts meeting in the district. I very timidly told her I had been her student. She pretended to remember me, as all teacher learn to do, but most importantly.....I remember her lessons! I had to take this trip down memory lane when I saw this list! For those of you who are Gorman graduates, am I missing any? I'd hate to have an incomplete list!
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Easter!
I tried out a recipe, it didn't work out well, it turned out pretty dry.
Just for fun: The dogs went on a treat hunt, they managed to grasp the concept without any support and help from the rest of us watching...and laughing.
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Labels: Holidays
Friday, March 21, 2008
Honey Bunny
This afternoon I walked by a bakery after lunch with my Mom downtown....and I spotted the cutest thing....the bakery was full of all these little bread bunnies. I had to buy one b/c I have to take it home, investigate all it's parts....and then I hope to make some next year for Easter (I already have my project for this year, so hopefully next year-April 12th, 2009-be there if you want a bunny by your plate, I'll probably start my shopping list next week for those of you who know how much I LOVE to plan ahead). It's made of some sort of honey bread....and they had them in all sorts of little displays. The bag doesn't do it justice. When you find yourself talking to the objects in the bakery window in a baby voice, it's time to take one home to a less public atmosphere to finish your conversation with said object regarding how cute it is.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Dallas In Bloom
This morning my cousin Holly and I headed downtown to the Arboretum. Each spring they have a large tulip collection on a display throughout the park, and they call the event 'Dallas In Bloom". It was a gorgeous day.
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Labels: Dallas Area Activities
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Kimbell Art Museum
This morning I headed to Fort Worth with Kelly (amid some torrential rain). They have an exhibit that will be leaving soon called "Picturing the Bible: The Earliest Christian Art." It was art work from the 4th century that demonstrated how the early Christians expressed their beliefs. There were some really neat pieces on loan from the Vatican, the British Museum, The Louvre, and Metropolitan. I learned a few things along the way as well, and it was neat to see how the church has developed, and the stories that early Christian's clung to as their faith and beliefs were tested. I've often seen and heard the traditional fish symbol, or icthus represents Christians, and Jesus who is the fisher of men. There was a section of pieces with this symbol on it, and they went on to explain that it is an acronym. The word meant fish in Greek, but each letter had a word connected as well which I didn't know. "Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter" or in English "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior." One of my favorite pieces on display was this cross from the Vatican that is said to have a piece from the cross Jesus carried in the center of it. When it leaves the Vatican the opened cross in the center where the wood rest has to be covered with black velvet.
The museum is a small one, but it has a lot of great exhibits in their 'every day' collection as well. It has also one some awards for this archetectrual design. www.kimbellart.org
Posted by Christy Robbins at 2:13 PM 2 comments
Labels: Dallas Area Activities
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Palm Sunday Ponderings
Today Pastor Graham talked about building your life on the rock solid foundation of Christ. It was a great message from 1 Peter 2:4-10. He said something that I'm going to concentrate on this week. I've heard it before in many ways, but I always love it presented in any worded form. It comes from the vs.9-11, in a sentence: "God made you who you are, so you can tell the world who He is." Despite life's trials, I feel joy because I have the company of the Holy Spirit in my soul, and I know I need to share this more. Today as I was rushing from one outing to another, which fills my life way too often, I thought-I do not say this enough....I do not share this enough. As Easter approaches, how fortunate I feel for this "mess" I call my life because it is now "my message"! I am so excited each day, but more so each year I celebrate being a Christian! I don't always feel this way-but today I was just treasuring each trial for the opportunities they provide!
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Labels: Faith
Galaxy Drive In
I have had this on my 'to do' list for over a year now. I have always wanted to go to a drive in movie (my Mom claims I have been to one as a child, but I don't remember). I found this drive in via the interent. http://www.galaxydriveintheatre.com It's about an hour from my house, 30 minutes from downtown Dallas, straight down 45 for the Texans that can make the journey. IT WAS FUN! It's one of about 400 drive in theaters left in the country. They show double features every night for VERY affordable prices. There are two mini golf courses to choose from, and play at while you wait for the movie to begin, and a super cheap snack bar. I'll cross it off the list, but I definitely plan to go back sometime. AS a bonus, I spotted two shooting stars while I was watching the films! I snapped a few shots BEFORE the show...but you get the idea!
Posted by Christy Robbins at 12:47 AM 1 comments
Labels: Dallas Area Activities
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Carrot Cake Cupcakes
I had a carrot cake a few years ago that was to die for...I've wanted to find a recipe that taste as good since then...but I'm still on the hunt. In the mean time. I made these today (it's my turn to bring dessert for bible study, so I figured I'd do something seasonal). They are really moist. I turned it into a cupcake instead of a cake recipe....
Preheat oven 325 degrees. Grease and flour a pan.
In a bowl mix:
2 c. all-purpose flour
2 t. baking powder
1 1/2 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
2 1/2 t. cinnamon
In a second bowl mix together:
4 eggs
3/4 c. veg oil
3/4 c. unsweetened applesauce
2 c. white sugar
Beat in flour mixture then add:
2 3/4 c. shredded carrots
8 oz can of crushed pineapple, drained
3/4 c. chopped walnuts
1 c. flaked coconut
Bake 35-40 minutes (25 minutes for cupcakes)
(I halved this recipe when I made it for the cupcakes)
16 oz of cream cheese
2 sticks of butter (1 cup)
8 c. of powdered sugar (2 lbs)
2 T. of milk
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Four Facts on Friday
I get these forwards all the time....probably b/c I'll do them b/c I never want to be the person who doesn't respond...so here are my Friday Facts:
A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Subway 'Sandwich Artist' ;o)
2. Baylor Call Center
3. Insert Office Filing, Phone Call Answering, and Spreadsheet Type Task Here
4. Teacher
B) Four movies I would watch over and over
1. Pride and Prejudice BBC
2. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
3. Bridge Jones' Diary
4. Anne of Green Gables (Childhood favorite....but I still love it).
C) Four places I have lived
1. Dallas, Texas (the first few days of life ;o))
2. Richardson, Texas
3. Waco, Texas
4. Plano, Texas
D) Four TV Shows that I watch:
1. American Idol
2. Survivor
3. Martha
4. The Deadliest Catch (just to represent the million little strange shows I pick up....I love this one!)
E) Four places I have been:
1. Hawaii
2. Savannah, GA
3. New York City
4. Belize
F) People who e-mail me (regularly):
1. Mom
2. Maggie
3. Jodi
4. Insert all those 'work people' here.
G) Four of my favorite foods:
1. Bread
2. Petit Fours
3. Iced Sugar Cookies
4. Pizza
H) Four places I would rather be right now:
1. At the beach
2. In my bed
3. At a spa
4. ....honestly I'm OK with where I'm at.....but I had to fill in all four of these!
I) Things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Upcoming Trips-Florida, Kansas City, California to name a few.
2. Summer
3. LOTS of graduation celebrations with the family....
4. Catching up with old friends,and getting to see their faces in person!
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
30 Something....
This evening I went out with my friend Sonia, we headed to this quilt store she has been telling me about,and I bought fabric for my next quilt. I haven't even started on the quilt I bought fabric for last year (Dick and Jane), I'm never short on projects. I've been eying these thirties patterned fabrics for several years. I told myself my 'next quilt' would look less like colorful bubblegum-I tend to be drawn towards those colors....I guess myself just didn't win out on another argument regarding fabric colors.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 8:37 PM 2 comments
Labels: Crafting
Sunday, March 09, 2008
A Wacky Week
I could fill this page with all the comedy of errors I have encountered, experienced, and created this week. I would....but in the end-some secrets should be saved ;o). Reflecting today, all I could do was laugh about living out a really wild week...and most of it I'm already forgetting. BUT, on Saturday in the midst of a marathon of errands and 'to do' list doing I looked down and I saw I was wearing two different shoes....same style, different colors. I thought...if I had to sum up this week's theme in a single story-this is what I would pick.
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Easter Fact
Did you know that this is the earliest Easter has fallen in over 300 years? I learned this today, I had to share, I think it might be the teacher in me that can't let the opportunity go by...
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Thursday, March 06, 2008
....I know the whole snow thing is a little redundant, but this afternoon when I was driving home in the DRIVING SNOW I thought-only in Texas. It had been raining all afternoon, the temperatures started dropping, and the rain became a 'wintery mix'....the wintery mix became "Thundersnow"....a Thunder Snow Storm-I just loved the name the weather forecasters were using. It looks just like rain with the wet streets from all the afternoon rain (minus the freezing lines of water on my windshield), so you are going to have to take my word for it...I can't remember the last time I saw 'driving snow'....and I can't believe we had the second 'snowstorm' of the season (both) in March! Now the wait begins....will the roads glass over tonight? More pure sleet is expected, but with so much rain, it's a dance with the temperature that will determine driving conditions, and ultimately-tomorrow's school agendas.....
P.s. This is a picture I took the other day when it snowed, I was sitting in my car waiting for it to warm up, and my windows wouldn't go down (and I sure wasn't about to get back out) so I could get a shot of my yard, I just captured the corner I could see through the iced over windows....but I wanted to add some visuals for those of you who think snow is fun any which way you can get a little covering!
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008
School Snow Days
Today, March 4, I woke up and there was snow all over the ground! It was so fun to see. It was one of those rare 'snow days' that we went to school (no ice on the roads, which usually shuts Dallas down-probably thanks to the almost 80 degree weather this past weekend). Sure enough, as I drove up to the school the third graders were having a snowball fight in the front of the school. This afternoon the 6th graders had found what remained of a few chunks of ice and were 'carrying it home.' Snow never seems to last throughout the day....it was such torture when I was little to sit inside and watch it snow...and not stick, or worse yet, to leave for school knowing it would all be gone in the afternoon-another lost opportunity to build a snowman. I used to love it when my Mom woke me up in the middle of the night so I could go play in the snow for a few minutes. There is something so fun to be the first one to walk on snow! I remember one time I went outside in the morning and I collected a small bowl of snow and put it the freezer so I could play when it when I got home from school. I'm still waiting to build another snowman...maybe next winter...
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Sunday, March 02, 2008
The Waco Way
This weekend I headed to Waco with my friend Kelly to see a play one of her friend's was directing. A trip to my alma mater? Count me there! Since I've started this blog, I don't think I've documented this much traveled road South down 35....and so...a few of the highlights for all of you who traveled it with me for so many years....or didn't, here is my Baylor-Road Traveling Experiences:
I have it down to a science, I know where you will at 15 minute intervals (it takes about 2 hours total with weekend traffic). You know you are exactly 45 minutes outside of Waco when you pass 'The Catapillars'....I don't know what this really is, it's a bunch of dome houses along the road where people live, but to me, it's how I timed this road trip back and forth from college and home for 3.5 years.
...travel another 30 minutes down the road (going past the Hillsboro Outlet Centers which is the 15 minute interval between the two) and you will hit a little town called West, Texas. My car broke down here once, but that is only bad experience I have had. This stop is better known at the 'Czech Stop.' There is a festival there in the fall, but really-it's all about a bakery full of kolaches. There are a lot of signs that claim to have good kolaches, but the Shell station is where you are supposed to stop. I didn't capture all the cars, it was PACKED. We parked across the street today and waited in a winding line for about thirty minutes to get our box to go. They serve fruit kolaches, but my favorite is the sausage and cheese. If you haven't been-erase all the ideas of what you think a kolache is, because these are different....
And then-there is Baylor. You can see it from the highway. My very favorite building (and there are a lot of pretty ones) is Patt Neff. When Baylor wins a football game they light it up in green, and the chimes play from the bell tower nearby. This is rare, but there were a few good wins while I was there! We beat UT my freshmen year (just 1.5 hours down the same highway),the goal post came down, and was walked home along 35. The tower was lite.
No visit is complete without a stop at the bear pit. Today, one bear was sleeping in a den, I don't know where the other one was. They are cute. Sic' Em Bears!
Even with all that fun, my favorite thing in the world is coming back home, and getting my first glimpse of the Dallas skyline (even on a rainy day).
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Saturday, March 01, 2008
A Life Philosophy
Today, after Saturday School, I went out with my friend Sonia. We headed to a quilt shop, and then a Korean grocery store that just opened in town. I'm not proud to say that I am a super picky eater, but I also try to show manners and attempt to eat whatever tofu, noodles, and dishes that are set before me. Some eating is more about the experience than the feeling of satisfaction! I do have one little life philosophy that has yet to really fail me, and that is that-no matter how unsatisfactory food can be from different countries, cultures etc, I think we can all universally enjoy a dessert. I have no fear in ordering off a dessert menu! And so, I conclude this blog report with a picture of how my afternoon with Sonia ended:
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Since time immemorial, water has had a special appeal for us humans. The vast expanses of the oceans convey a feeling of freedom, lightheartedness and boundlessness. Recreational opportunities on the water are manifold, and even just seeing a yacht invokes a feeling of holiday – whether at the sea, lake or river. But more and more people are also drawn to the water in their everyday lives. Houseboats are in high demand and offer a modern and luxurious alternative to the conventional lifestyle.
A water enthusiast's dream
Living directly by or on the water has many advantages, especially for water sports enthusiasts: Proximity to water allows fans to follow their passion of sailing or rowing spontaneously without needing to wait for the coming weekend or having to drive for hours. A cool dip before work constitutes a fresh start for the day and a round of stand-up paddling in the evenings is a perfect way to balance the stress of everyday life. The time factor and quick practicability play an important role in this regard. Having the option to spontaneously embark on leisure activities dramatically increases quality of life, especially in this day and age of tighter and tighter schedules.
Alternative living and luxury are no longer mutually exclusive
The living concepts on the water are becoming more and more diverse and luxurious. While lack of space was a decisive factor in past decades, spacious apartments now exist on the water which can readily compete with conventional luxury apartments in terms of livable space and usable area. An unbeatable advantage, of course, is the exclusive and calming view of wide open water. If at all possible, yacht owners will not use their yacht as temporary holiday accommodation, but rather as a kind of secondary residence.
Mobile houseboats, too, are becoming increasingly popular. German entrepreneur Karl Sahner, co-founder of a company building houseboats, has been living on a spacious luxury houseboat for nearly ten years and is highly enthusiastic about his "mobile property", which generates its own electricity using photovoltaic systems and provides fresh drinking water by means of hot water collectors.
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Oct. 25 Jim Leyland postgame interview
Q. With Valverde out of the closer's role, obviously Coke has had a little different role lately. How much of that was part of the decision to go with Smyly instead of Coke in the 7th inning?
JIM LEYLAND: That had something to do with it obviously, but Smyly has been doing a good job. If you look at what he did in the Yankees series, he was pretty impressive. Two different times out he got some big outs for us. So that was a no-brainer for me.
Q. With Valverde out of the closer's role, obviously Coke has had a little different role lately. How much of that was part of the decision to go with Smyly instead of Coke in the 7th inning?
JIM LEYLAND: That had something to do with it obviously, but Smyly has been doing a good job. If you look at what he did in the Yankees series, he was pretty impressive. Two different times out he got some big outs for us. So that was a no-brainer for me.
But you're right, probably if Valverde was ready, probably would have had Coke in that situation, but Smyly did fine. He got a little bit wild there, but he got a couple big outs. He got the double play ball and gave us our shot at it.
So we walked a guy later on to give them the add-on run, which was a real close pitch, with Dotel and Posey, but I thought Smyly did fine.
First couple pitches he threw, he was totally out of whack. But he got it himself and ended up throwing the ball pretty good and got the big double play.
Q. In the 7th inning when they had the bases loaded and nobody out, you had a couple choices. Can you run through your thinking on infield and infield back?
JIM LEYLAND: Yeah, we felt like we played double play depth because we felt like we couldn't give them two runs. That's why we did that, and we got the double play.
To be honest with you, we were absolutely thrilled to come out of that inning with one run, absolutely thrilled. I mean, we had to score anyway. You give them two, it makes it a little bit tougher, obviously, but we felt like we didn't want them to open it up. We got the double play ball and we got out of it, and it actually worked out really good for us.
Q. When you got to the mound with the Fister incident, what did he tell you?
JIM LEYLAND: Well, if you'd have been out there, it was something to see, because the trainer was saying, "where are you," "San Francisco;" "what game is it," "game No. 2;" on and on and on with a few of these things. Actually, I don't want to make light of it, but it was kind of comical really because Doug was right on with everything. But I was scared to death when it happened. I didn't really realize exactly how it hit him. It kind of grazed I want to say the side of his head, the back of his head. It was a scary moment, obviously, but he was fine. You know, it's a little scary for a manager because you never know if there's a later reaction with something like that.
Q. Did he say that he didn't feel it?
JIM LEYLAND: No, I don't think he said he didn't feel it. He just was pretty blasé about it, really, and just said that he was fine, and he went on. But you always worry about something like that after it happens, maybe you're all right, and then you come sit in the dugout and all of a sudden you've got a bad headache or something and that puts a different light on things. And he was fine, and he pitched outstanding. Both guys did, Bumgarner and him.
Q. Will Fister get any tests that you know of to make sure he's okay?
JIM LEYLAND: I would assume that -- we have doctors with us, obviously, so I'm sure he's been through the follow my finger and all that stuff.
Q. Sending Fielder home in the second inning, can you talk about that?
JIM LEYLAND: I think Gene just got a little overaggressive. We hadn't been scoring runs other than in the final game against the Yankees, and we wanted to be aggressive, and I think he got just a little overaggressive, and it was a bang-bang play, and by the way, I did go out. I thought with my naked eye, I thought he was out, but when Prince reacted, I thought, well, maybe he might have missed him. But the umpire made a great call. He made an absolute terrific call in a big situation, a tough situation, a tough call, and he made a great call.
Q. You've got a lot going on with your bullpen. What's your level of confidence in the guys you have out there now?
JIM LEYLAND: Terrific. I thought Benoit threw the ball great last night, Coke's been throwing great; Porcello threw the ball good; Alburquerque threw the ball good. I have no problem with it at all. The game tonight was 2 to 1. The bullpen didn't really hurt us a whole lot last night, really Justin just didn't have a very good game, gave up five runs, so that means the bullpen ended up giving up three and some mixes and matches, but the bullpen tonight, they did fine. I have great confidence in our bullpen.
I think the minute you lose a close-unquote true closer or what people think you have, then people begin to question your bullpen a little bit more because there's more conversations; who are you going to use, how are you going to mix and match, so I think that happens.
Q. That late in the game you have six outs to score, do you think it's a debatable situation to you whether or not to bring the infield in or back or is that a no-brainer for you?
JIM LEYLAND: No, it's not debatable to me. Some people might debate that, but I felt we had to take our best shot to come out of it with one run because if we don't score, it doesn't make any difference anyway. We had to get one run and if we come out with one and we get one finally, then the game is tied. So I thought that was a no-brainer, to be honest with you, in my opinion.
I can't let them open the game up. We're obviously struggling, only got two hits. You think you've got a chance with six outs to go to possibly get a run, particularly with part of that order that's going to be the top of the order pretty much.
We ended up close to Cabrera. We were obviously taking it to the last inning to try to get to him. But actually things worked out pretty good. We had Berry there to lead off against the closer and we were pretty happy about it. The extra run was a little bit of a killer.
Q. What's your perspective on the offensive struggles? It's a pitcher's ballpark, I know. San Francisco's pitching has been good. Do you see any rust from the time off?
JIM LEYLAND: Well, what are you going to do about it? I don't have any perspective. We got two hits tonight. I'm certainly not going to sit up here and rip my offense because last night I thought we had some pretty good swings. Cabrera hit a bullet tonight. We had the unfortunate play at the plate early, so no, I think our offense is fine. I tip my hat to them a little bit and we've got to do a little bit better offensively, but no, our offense is fine.
Q. With Bumgarner, is it more the deception? Is it his stuff? What is it?
JIM LEYLAND: Well, I think he just had a pretty determined look on his face tonight. He made some good pitches when he had to. He probably got pumped up a little bit. I think he had struggled a little bit recently, so I think he was probably pumped up, and he ended up pitching a good game, and we didn't do very much with him. I tip my hat to him, as well.
Zito and him pitched well, but we think we are a good offensive club, so hopefully we'll get our offense going when we get back to Motown. But this was a really, really good World Series game. It just didn't turn out right for us. But I thought it was a very good game, and there was a lot going on.
Q. Could you talk a little bit about Fister's performance tonight?
JIM LEYLAND: Well, I thought Fister was terrific. I was a little worried about him because it had been several days, and we did the best we could, obviously. He pitched two innings the other day against our hitters. That's the best we could do. I was a little worried going in that maybe his control wouldn't be real good. But I thought he pitched terrific. I thought he did a tremendous job, and he just wasn't quite as good as Bumgarner, but he was pretty darned good.
If you give us that performance as a starter all the time throughout a series, you feel pretty good about it.
Q. It seems like right now everything the Giants are doing, they're getting the breaks. You may not be getting the breaks. Do you look at it and say it's that close to just having that thing work their way?
JIM LEYLAND: Well, number one, I don't think they're getting any breaks. I think they've earned everything they've got. You got a freak play that hit the bag yesterday, but that's the game. I don't think they're getting any breaks.
Up to this point they've outplayed us. They did a little bit better than us today. They did quite a bit better than us yesterday. But I always tip my hat. I don't consider we're not getting breaks. I mean, Sandoval made a great catch, the left fielder made a great catch last night, two of them. I mean, they're playing good. They're playing like the Giants play, and we expected that coming in. They're good. They're really good.


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MH17: News release by Malaysia Airports
18 July 2014
Malaysia Airports is deeply saddened over the MH0017 tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the passengers. The Family and Friends Reception Area (FFRC) & Family and Friends Holding Area (FFHA) are located at Viewing Gallery, Level 5 (behind the stage area, near Old Town White Coffee restaurant) at KLIA Main Terminal Building. Next of kin can also call MAS call line 03-78841234 for information on flight MH0017.


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There are many terminal consonants and it is difficult to know what your difficulty is. What's your mother tongue?
Dear all,
My advisor asks me to improve my pronunciation in terminal consonant.
Please tell me where I can learn it.
Thank you very much
There are many terminal consonants and it is difficult to know what your difficulty is. What's your mother tongue?
My mother tongue is Vietnamese
Can you give me some examples of words you find difficult?
Vietnamese doesn't have terminal consonants. I think that is the reason why I am not familiar with terminal consonant pronunciation. My teacher in French say: "manger des mots".
I would love to get your suggestion about that.
Try backchaining- take a multi-syllabic word and instead of starting with the first syllable, start with the last, then add the last but one syllable and so on to the start of the word. Also, try recording yourself and comparing it to native speakers- you can get recordings from www.dictionary.com and www.onelook.com and then you can compare yourself to them. You have to try to hear the word the way a native speaker does in your head. I know this is difficult- I am currently struggling with many sound in Khmer, and am trying to work out how they say them. Try to lose your inhibitions about sounding funny.


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- What I Love About My Small Home:
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- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- With two adults and three children living fully in such a small space, a mindful editing of posessions was necessary, with only the most useful and well loved things making the cut! With forethought and planning, I was able to design a home around our posessions, our tastes, our personalities, and our needs. Careful consideration was given to the function of each space and how it could hold what we would need, and fulfill the 'living' required of it. The result is a home that fits us well and speaks of who we are.
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Thomasville, NC- The Anderson University men's tennis team has been voted the preseason top team in Conference Carolinas by league head coaches. Since joining the league in 1999, the Trojans are 83-5 in league play and have lost just two league matches in the last six years. In those six years they have also collected five out of six conference tournament championships and five out of six regular season championships while winning both titles for the second straight year.
With a young team last spring, the Trojans were 17-8 overall and 9-0 in the conference. "This year, I believe we're more mature," states head coach Rodrigo da Silva. "This is by far the strongest team I've had." While Anderson is ranked No. 21 in the ITA DII Preseason National Poll, da Silva looks to make his team tougher by putting together one of the toughest schedules in the country this spring. Anderson will play three of the top four and 10 of the top 20 in the ITA Division II preseason poll. "If we're going to get better, we have to play the best," da Silva said. "The last couple of years we've played so many matches against tough teams and lost 5-4, 6-3. I felt like we weren't tough enough. The only way to get tougher is to play tough teams more often. We'll see how it goes. The schedule will make us or break us."
Two new players from Hamburg, Germany – Philip Pakebusch and Jan Shiebler – both recorded impressive victories in the fall and will make the Trojans much deeper. Pakebusch is ranked No. 29 in the ITA Division II preseason poll. "I hope they make a huge impact," da Silva said. "We lost just one player and he played No. 6. On paper, we're pretty tough. Hopefully, it pans out."
The Limestone College men's tennis team takes the second spot in this year's preseason poll. The Saints team wrapped up the 2006-07 season with the highest conference finish in program history with an 8-1 league record and 18-13 overall record, finishing just behind Anderson in the regular season.
The Saints also had a successful fall season, competing at the ITA Regional and the Conference Carolinas Individual Tournament. The Saints are ranked in the ITA DII Preseason National Poll coming in at No. 33.
Under the direction of first year head coach Keith Turner, Limestone returns last year's conference Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Conference honoree, Philippe Hogan. Along with Hogan, All-Conference honoree Christian Munn will return, accompanied by four other returnees and four newcomers.
Mount Olive College is ranked No. 40 in the ITA Division II Men's Tennis Preseason Poll and returns its entire starting lineup including last year's conference Player of the Year Guillherme Serra. Serra and fellow senior Vitor Lage are the top-ranked doubles team in the conference and ranked No. 7 in the NCAA II Mid-Atlantic Region. Lage earned All-Conference second team honors last year. Serra is a three-time All-Conference selection, including first team honors last year.
Mount Olive finished fourth in last year's regular season standings and third in the conference tournament with a 13-13 overall and 6-3 league record. All of the Trojans' losses in the last three years have come against Division I opponents or nationally ranked Division II opponents.
Rounding out the men's tennis preseason poll 4-11 is: Lees-McRae, Barton, Erskine, Queens, Coker, Pfeiffer and St. Andrews respectively.
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Pie Bakeoff 2008 Special Mention: Best Story Best Pie Bakeoff 2008
Voting for the best Original and Classic pies in our Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 has finished, but we wanted to also weigh in editorially with three Special Mention awards.
Read on to see why we awarded this Special Mention to Edith and Leonard and their classic, heartwarming pie!
When we first announced this Bakeoff, we invited you to convince us any way you could of the quality of your pie. You could tell a story, sing a song, or share a video. Many of you shared rave reviews from your coworkers and photos of happy pie-eaters.
But this story won our collective heart. Leonard and his mother Edith have been baking this pie for years and years. His story of how his family has taken up baking her pie was heartwarming and just the sort of narrative that belongs to pie.
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"Last season was hard for everyone and we want to get back to what we accomplished in my first two years here," said Smith, who helped lead the Bucs' to back-to-back Southern Conference Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2003 and 2004. "I'm really excited about this year's team and what we can do. We want to make it back to the NCAA Tournament and make a run. We have the ability to do that."
Smith, a multiple all-conference selection the past three years, will enter the Bucs' inaugural season in the Atlantic Sun Conference fifth on the program's all-time scoring list. He is on pace to catch the all-time leading scorer, Greg Dennis, who netted 2,204 points from 1987-1992.
"Doing something like that would be great, but I'm happier when we're winning," Smith said. "That's most important."
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A tool by the name of Brutus has quickly become one of the best password crackers on the internet, along with Unix's Crack, Nt's NTCrack, John the Ripper, and The L0pht Crack Series. But unlike those password crackers this one is complely remote based.
Brutus can remotely crack SMB (netbios), telnet auth, HTTP Basic Auth, HTTP Form, POP3, and FTP sessions via brute force attacks. Brutus also has the ability to you to create more BAD or Brutus Application Definition these are custom attacks on Remote applications.
To do this you have to Define the Sequence this is done by going into the dropdown bar labled "Type" then clicking "Custom" This will cause a new button to appear in the Authentication area of the program it's labled"Define Sequence". When you Click it a box appears named Brutus - Authentication Definiton Sequence
As you can see it has Many options to create custom BAD files.
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This is the Main Application Window.
Brutus's Wordlist Generator
Brutus's Brute Force Generator
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In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, people across southeastern Massachusetts are looking to help — or find their loved ones. Here is a comprehensive list of ways to donate, information on finding friends and relatives, and local events raising money to help or memorializing the tragedy.
DanceSport Boston's Ballroom, Latin & Swing Dance will hold "A Dance for Haiti" on Saturday, April 3, at the Cardinal Cushing Center, 405 Washington St., Hanover. Professional lessons take place at 7:30 p.m. with an open dance floor from 8 to 11 p.m. Admission is $12 in advance, $14 at the door.LATEST NEWS
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Inquiries concerning U.S. Citizens living or traveling in Haiti should be referred to the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Citizens services, at 1-888-407-4747 or 202-647-5225.
The Department of State has established an e-mail address for people who are trying to contact their U.S. citizen friends and relatives in Haiti: send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com and include the following information:The full name, date of birth and passport information (if known) of the persons in Haiti you are trying to contact. Their contact information in Haiti; telephone numbers, email address, hotel name or address (if known) Your name and contact information, and your relationship to the person in Haiti (parent, spouse, friend etc.) Any special or emergency circumstances.
The State Department Web site states: "Our task force will work with Embassy staff in Haiti to locate and, if needed, provide assistance. We will respond to each message as soon as possible. If you hear from the person you are concerned about, please be sure to send us an email providing the new information about their location or condition."
Several aid groups, based in Massachusetts and beyond, were involved in Haiti well before this week's devastating earthquake. And, for the most part, they're still there – recovering themselves from the disaster, as well as trying to help out those in need. Here are a few of the numerous groups that are asking for donations that can be used in the Caribbean nation.
St. Boniface Haiti Foundation
What is it: This nonprofit, volunteer organization was founded in 1983 by the parishioners of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Quincy. It provides funding for health care, education and community development initiatives in Haiti.
Where is it: While founded in Quincy, the group is now based on Main Street in Randolph.
How to help: Call 781-963-7243 or go to haitihealth.org
American Red Cross
What is it: The Red Cross is an international organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance. That may mean providing flu vaccines, shelter for those left homeless after a fire, help to war refugees or aid to those affected by a natural disaster.
Where is it: Founded in Switzerland, the Red Cross now has branches in at least 75 nations.
How to help: The State Department has suggested people donate $10 via text message. Text the word 'Haiti' to 90999 or go to redcross.org
What is it: After he left office, President Bill Clinton started this non-profit foundation to tackle a host of issues including climate change, HIV/AIDS, obesity and development in Africa and Latin America.
Where is it: The Clinton Foundation is based in Harlem, New York. From 2002 to 2007, it had a Quincy office, with its nearest office now in Boston. Its 1,100 volunteers and staff work in over 40 nations.
How to help: To donate $10 text "Haiti" to 20222 or go to clintonfoundation.org
What is it: This group consists of professionals – engineers, financial analysts, public health experts and more – who help disadvantaged people worldwide address a host of issues to improve their lives.
Where is it: Based in Portland, Oregon, Mercy Corps runs programs from Samoa to Sudan, from Columbia to China.
How to help: Go to mercycorps.org/haiti
Haitian Multi-Service Center/Catholic Charities
What is it: The Haitian Multi-Service Center is the biggest regional agency dedicated to helping Haitians in Massachusetts. Part of Catholic Charities Boston, it's also affiliated with Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, which has already pledged $5 million to the relief effort.
Where is it: The Multi-Service center is in Dorchester, though Catholic Relief Services agencies exist worldwide.
How to help: Call 800-736-3467 or go to ccab.org
What is it: UNICEF, which stands for the United Nations Children's Fund, is one of many U.N. agencies now working in Haiti. It focuses on youth issues, girls' education, anti-poverty measures, HIV-AIDS prevention and immunization programs, among others.
Where is it: UNICEF is based in New York, though it works in at least 190 countries.
How to help: Call 800-367-5437 or go to unicefusa.org/haitiquake
What is it: Oxfam is an international relief and development organization that operates in more than 100 countries,
Where is it: Based in Boston, the agency has a staff of about 200 in Haiti and 15 emergency specialists dealing with public health, water and sanitation.
How to help: Call 800-776-9326 or donate online.
Archdiocese of Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley announced that a second collection in Catholic parishes will benefit Haitian relief efforts. Parishes may choose either this coming weekend, Jan. 16 and 17, or the weekend of Jan. 30 and 31 to take the collection. Funds collected will be sent to Catholic Relief Services to assist in relief efforts in Haiti.
The Archdiocese of Miami suggested sending donations to: Catholic Charities, 1505 NE 26th St., Wilton Manors, FL, 33305, Attention: Earthquake Victims
— Check to see if the charity is registered with the attorney general's charities division. Visit http://www.charities.ago.state.ma.us/ or call 617-727-2200 Ext. 2101.
— Verify the address, phone number, contact information of the charity, and review its Web site and written material, when possible.
— For more information, visit Charitynavigator.org, CharityGuide.org, or BBB.org/charity.
— Be wary of appeals long on emotion. The hard-luck tale is a favorite ploy of a phony operator. A legitimate charity will tell you how it's using your money to address this disaster.
— Pay by check (never in cash) and make it out to the charity, using its full name (no initials), not the fundraising person. Mail the check directly to the charity.
— Never give your credit card number to a fundraiser over the telephone. If the fundraiser directly approaches you, ask to see identification.
— If contributing over the Internet, make sure the Web site belongs to a legitimate, established and registered charity, and that the Web site and charity match. Make sure the site is secure and will offer protection for your credit card number.
— For more information, see www.mass.gov/ago/charities.
Source: Mass. attorney general


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Former Trump adviser Gorka discusses New York City 'act of terror'
A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial on Tuesday, killing at least eight and seriously injuring 11 in what the mayor called "a particularly cowardly act of terror."
Sinclair's Jonathan Elias sat down with a former adviser to President Donald Trump, Sebastian Gorka, to get his take on the violent incident.
Elias: I just want to get your reaction to today's attack. Are you surprised by this, or is this something we should have seen coming?
Gorka: I am not surprised by the methods that we've used because we've seen this so many times before. In this case it wasn't just a vehicular attack; he combined it with weapons. Turns out, it seems they were fake handguns. But we've seen this before numerous times. We've seen this in Israel for years, we've seen this in the U.K., we've seen this in France with more than 80 people killed in one truck attack. What I'm disturbed about is not the fact that they're using classic jihadi methods, but the response from the local authorities, the politicians and even the commissioner. We have reliable reports that the individual shouted "Allahu Akbar," "God is Great" in Arabic, and the commissioner refused to confirm what he shouted. And then secondly I think it was the mayor or maybe the governor said this was a lone wolf attack, there was no connection to any other conspiracy. This was minutes after the attack. There's no way he can know that.
Elias: What do you make of the fact that this guy is from Florida and went up to New York and rented a truck?
Gorka: Because they have said in their publications -- whether it's Al-Qaeda's publication "Aspire" or the ISIS publication -- look for the highest concentration of unarmed civilians. That's of course a place like Manhattan. And secondly this was just blocks away from the World Trade Center. This would be the third instance of an attack against the World Trade Center. Symbolism is very important to terrorists. So all of this adds up as a jihadi attack.
Elias: So where do we go from here?
Gorka: So now we're going to have the feverish work of the FBI and the NYPD Counterterrorism Division looking into this man's connections, who he was emailing, his Internet history, was he in some way connected to a radical cleric, as in Fort Hood. Then there's the question of was there someone who recruited him, was there a talent-spotter that brought him into the movement? Only time will tell how big this potential conspiracy could be.
Elias: Obviously a bike path is a soft target. There is no limit to the amount of soft targets in our country. What can we do?
Gorka: Well, first we have to take the threat seriously. This president does. No more political correctness. We didn't talk about in the White House this being a problem of unemployment, like they did in the last administration. This is about a deadly enemy that wishes to see our whole civilization destroyed. So number one seriousness to the threat. And second a realization that the front-line in this war isn't miles away in the Middle East. The front-line in this war with the jihadis is when you step out of your door in the morning. Everybody has to be aware. You have to be aware of your surroundings. And most important of all, if you can't defend yourself -- I carry a weapon, I'm licensed to do so, I'm trained to do so -- if you don't have the fortitude to do so, that's okay, but report anything suspicious. It could save lives. In San Bernardino, the neighbors of the killers saw suspicious activity more than once and they refused to report it because they didn't want to be deemed Islamophobic or racist, and as a result 14 people died. Those people could be alive today if that suspicious activity had been reported. So see something, say something, isn't just a catchy bumper sticker, we should live by it as Americans.
Elias: What was your initial reaction when you heard what happened in New York City this afternoon?
Gorka: Sad. Realization that we have to redouble our efforts as a nation. We are crushing the jihadists in [inaudible]. If you look at what we've done in just a few weeks as a nation, from Mosul to [inaudible], we are stacking the [inaudible]. But of course, that success militarily places pressure on them to bring that war back here.
Elias: Is there a way to label someone before they start renting this kind of equipment to say you fit this kind of mold and we're not going to rent to you?
Gorka: Trucking is the lifeblood of this country. I don't think that's going to protect us. But there is a very important thing we could do much more of. It's not the individual terrorist who's important at the end of the day, it's the person who provides them with the ideological food that they ingest. THere are people now on Twitter, on Facebook, on Instagram that are spewing jihadi ideology with tens of thousands of followers. They're the center of gravity. We need to be able to -- following First Amendment rules -- to identify them, to stop them from being the epicenter of recruitment, that would be my recommendation to the administration.
Elias: Is that even possible?
Gorka: It's been done in the U.K. If you spew this kind of violent hatred, the ideological product that calls for the death of the infidel, then you can be put in prison for that activity in some countries. We need to reassess how even social media platforms allow this to happen. We've made pedophilia material illegal; you can't post child pornography on the Internet without having the Feds on your doorstep. The same potentially should happen with jihadi ideological material.


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by Mike Masnick
Wed, Sep 22nd 2010 11:28am
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austria, collection societies, hard drives, levies
techflaws.org points us to the news that seven different collection societies in Austria are demanding a private copying levy on all hard drives (Google translation of the original German). Since seven different collection societies are involved, and each needs to get a cut, when you add all their fees up -- it means that all hard drives under 500 GB have 21.60 euros added to the bill, while hard drives over 750 GB get a whopping 43.74 euros added (it's not clear what happens between 500 to 750 GB). There's also some weirdness where hardware vendors who give up their right to sue can have the levy reduced by 2/3 -- which makes the whole thing seem even more sketchy. Apparently, similar plans have been rejected in the past, but the collection societies have claimed "times have changed." And, the response should be: so it's about time you learned to change as well.
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Hard drive licenseSo, I guess that if the levy goes through, Germans will automatically have a license to download those collection societies' music. Right?
Otherwise, what the hell would they be paying for?
Hephaestus (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 11:55am
Re: Hard drive licenseActually it Australia not Germany
Anon, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:04pm
Re: Re: Hard drive licenseActually its Austria, not Germany.
Re: Re: Re: Hard drive licenseOops, you're right, sorry. I'll bet I just angered a lot of Austrians.
The question still remains, though... Since you're not getting any sort of license to the societies' music, why the hell should you pay anything?
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:05pm
Re: Hard drive licenseNo. Think of it like paying for a road tax and speeding - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524
You own a car in the UK, you pay road tax. You speed and get caught you pay a fine, get points on your license, go to prison.
You buy a hard disk, you pay the "content owner" tax. You download copyrighted material without permission, you get fined (sued), lose your internet connection, go to prison.
This is commonly referred to as - having your cake and eating it.
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:07pm
Re: Re: Hard drive licenseRoad tax is not a tax on speeding. Road tax is a tax for maintenance of the infrastructure.
On the other hand, with this proposed hard disk tax, both the tax and the fine would be for the same thing.
Re: Re: Hard drive licenseActually, that's not such a horrible analogy, but it doesn't prove your point.
The road tax pays to support the upgrades and maintenance of the roads. In the case of hard drives, you're already paying for that when you pay for the hard drive itself (without any tax involved).
If you speed you pay a fine - but you don't pay that price if you follow the speed limit. In this analogy, you're paying for a speeding ticket even if you don't speed.
Let's say a user doesn't download any music (e.g. if it's a hard drive for a private corporate server). Yet they still have to pay music collection agencies. How is that in any way justified?
The accurate analogy is: You have to pay a "speeding ticket" - whether you speed or not - no matter if you're a car, a truck, a train, a plane, or simply crossing the border on foot.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Sep 2010 @ 4:30am
Re: Hard drive licenseUmm.. Austria is not in Germany..
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 11:44amIndeed, times have changed: hard disk drives now have even more non-copyright-violation uses than before.
Damian (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 11:44amOkay, so they basically want to tax an information storage device. They've already gotten away with this in Canada, with the blank cd levy.
I wonder how this will work. In the European Union, you have the concept of free movement of goods i.e. you don't have to pay import duty if its from one EU member to another. So, if I live in Austria and order a hard drive from Germany, do I have to pay a tax?
Plus, where will it stop? Are they eventually going to run out of devices to collect on, and then say, "Let's tax paper too! People can write...oh...lemme think here...song lyrics! Yeah, lets go with that!"
Eventually, they will no longer be an entertainment industry. With all these taxes, they will no longer have the incentive to produce new content. They will just point at a device, say you and I owe them money because we might be pirates, and collect it. What would you do in their situation? Write a new song every once in a while, or release one, and collect a tax for it forever, regardless of the fact NO-ONE listens to your song?
Plus, how do these collection agencies determine how to split the money? Oh wait, I forget, they don't. These agencies have been exposed in the past as keeping the money they collect.
The Rust Belt (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 11:55am
Re:"So, if I live in Austria and order a hard drive from Germany, do I have to pay a tax?"
It can be arranged the other way around - every HD sold in Austria (meaning by an Austrian company) will be taxed and the tax will be paid by the seller.
Rikuo (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:03pm
Re: Re:"It can be arranged the other way around - every HD sold in Austria (meaning by an Austrian company) will be taxed and the tax will be paid by the seller."
The cost to the seller of paying this tax will then be tacked on to the selling price of the hard drive...so in the end, Average Austrian Joe still has to pay the tax.
The Rust Belt (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:11pm
Re: Re: Re:Agreed. I do not say that the actual tax incidence will be on the side of the buyer. I have only commented on the way tax collection can work.
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:42pm
Re:Basically, in the case of the CD levy, it was pretty retarded, it applies to "audio recording media", so the CD manufacturing companies made up stupid distinctions saying they sold CDs for copying music and CDs for copying data (that were of course actually the same thing) and if anyone was stupid enough to buy the CD that is advertised as being for music, they have to pay 5 times as much for it.
Hephaestus (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 11:49am"the response should be: so it's about time you learned to change as well."
Old dog ... new tricks ...
Christopher Gizzi (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 11:49am
Sliding Scale?I can't get Google Translate to work but I wonder if the fees increase with the HD size or is it a flat fee for anything over 750GB. If its a flat fee, then you encourage people to purchase a larger hard drive to lower your per GB costs.
So they're driving up the costs of hardware, not solving the "problem" of infringement, saying to the consumer you're a criminal and this fee pays for your infringement which encourages more infringement, and making larger hard drives (to store all of the infringing files you paid for with this fee) more attractive.
This is a brilliant idea!! I'm sure it's going to help them in the long run.
cc (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 11:54amParasites.
PRMan, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:03pm
Imagine the smuggling operation that's about to form...There will be black market hard drives for $40 less than at any store. They'll be armed with automatic weapons and sail across the river on speedboats....
Chris in Utah (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:14pmLet's hear it for taxation without representation!
RD, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:23pm
ENOUGHENOUGH with the car analogies already! CARS ARE NOT DIGITAL MEDIA. Not the same. Not even similar. "its like a car..." DOES NOT EQUATE. ITs a bad analogy no matter what you twist it up as.
:Lobo Santo (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:31pm
Re: ENOUGHMany good teachers throughout history have found parables (analogies) to be good methods of conveying information to a listener to whom the concept being conveyed would be entirely foreign and alien without some sort of linked/anchoring idea which he/she comprehends.
Just sayin'
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:46pm
Re: Re: ENOUGHI don't think he was saying analogies are bad, but that cars are bad analogies for copyright :)
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:53pm
Re: Re: Re: ENOUGH
A car is a good analogy for copyright, except that it is not easily copyable, needs constant maintenance, uses up fuel, and can smash you under several tons of fast-moving metal.
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 12:54pm
Re: Re: Re: ENOUGHCopyright is like a bad analogy...
Dark Helmet (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 1:29pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: ENOUGHArguing with analogies is like driving a Yugo. It might function for a while, but it eventually breaks down and people are laughing at you the entire time. So don't argue with analogies.
CN, 22 Sep 2010 @ 1:07pm
Where does it end?Why doesn't everyone else do it too?
They should have a Bank tax on guns, because some people use them to rob banks. Some people pretend to have guns in their pockets as well, so the tax should also extend to:
- pens
- pencils
- bananas
- toy guns
- fingers
Don't forget other items such as knives, baseball bats, golf clubs. And a car tax, since getaways are often made in cars.
I'm sure there's more. Convenience stores should also be able to get a cut.
Some people don't pick up after their dogs when they go. Just fine everyone with a dog, much simpler than going after the actual offenders.
I could go on, but I think the point is made.
MAC, 22 Sep 2010 @ 2:00pm
Re: Where does it end?Fine everyone; period. They might get a dog. Just like you might get a song on the hard drive. Notice I said might and that is exactly one of the major things wrong with this proposed FUBAR'd law. It assumes that everyone buying a HD is in violation of copyright laws...
Hotblack, 22 Sep 2010 @ 1:12pmtheft. pure f***ing theft.
Overcast (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 1:22pmGuess people should buy solid state drives then.
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 1:30pmWe already have this stuff in the neighbourhood (Hungary). You have to pay the fee for harddisks, memory cards, optical disks, thumb drives etc. People really like it.
The Rust Belt (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 2:02pm
Re:Which people? The ones that get to receive the money I guess :-)
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 2:43pm
Re: Re: Hungary is a ParadiseAhh, I forgot to mention that you also have to pay for mp3 players and certain cellphones. And if you want to turn on the radio in your shop. The next step is getting a levy on thinking about music.
And who likes it? Those people, who convinced the politicians in the early 1990's that this is necessary, and they get this neat association which has legal power to decide how much you have to pay. The minister for culture is always their puppet. Nobody would pay for their 10 holidays a year otherwise.
ps. There is a single good thing in this mess: you can download music/movies etc. for *private* use. But what is the price? You have to pay the fee for a memory card which you are using in your camera.
MAC, 22 Sep 2010 @ 1:55pm
Hard drive taxSo, lets tax memory sticks, SD cards, where will it all end?
Politicians and bureaucrats will come up with even more creative ways to tax.
Hey, your brain is like a hard drive, so why don't we tax it's storage capacity?
Let's see, 2 trillion billion neurons... Hmmm... It should be a fee of about $500,000. So, let's span that out over say a 75 year lifetime and voila! You pay $6,661 a year because some copyrighted song that you despise might be playing in your head and some idiot thinks you are violating some bozos rights to rip us off as much as they possibly can.
By the way, I work for a label and I believe in giving the devil his due but this is getting downright ridiculous.
WysiWyg (profile), 23 Sep 2010 @ 1:11am
Re: Hard drive taxNow now, don't be like that. OBVIOUSLY they would never ask for $6661 a year, that's crazy! No, $5000 is enough. No need to get greedy. ;-)
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 1:56pmWhere is Bob, I want to point him to the real people that don't pull any weight at all and expect to get paid for nothing.
The industry that trades in imaginary goods, have imaginary threats, keep moaning about imaginary harm and want to get paid for imaginary work.
F'ing unbelievable.
The next Uwe Boll is coming out of Austria for sure.
NullOp, 22 Sep 2010 @ 2:25pm
FOTHIS is why America came to be! Taxation, taxation, taxation. The kings, lords, and GD-near everyone and anyone tried to tax the dog$hit out of everyone else! Keep pushing a-holes and there is gonna be more change than you ever counted on!
Sean T Henry (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 2:28pmI know next tax all processing devices because they can be used to decode digital audio and video, not to mention they can be used to encode the original Pirate copy.
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 3:18pm
Re:"...all processing devices because they can be used to decode digital audio and video, not to mention they can be used to encode the original Pirate copy."
Like a human brain?
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 3:23pmThe same system (with basically the same rates) is already in place in Italy since January 2010. Italian people have started buying hard-drives from Austria and Germany.
There is even a litte black market of non-imported-in-Italy-but-somewhere-in-the-EU disks sold in small shops. This is barely legal but can save you 20 or 30 euro on a disk that costs 80 euro.
And no, you do not get to download what you want.
And to add insult to injury, the levy is given to only one collection society that shares it only with the top-40 musicians of the last year. No video, no independant authors, no one else.
Anonymous Coward, 22 Sep 2010 @ 5:37pmUp next: Germany sues Austria for infringing use of its language. The German Language Copyright Minister had this to say: "They used to speak Hungarian or something, right? Well, they should just go back to that."
NAMELESS.ONE, 22 Sep 2010 @ 5:47pm
talk to Stepehen Harperhe says the gun registry treats people like criminals for registering something THAT CAN KILL people...now maybe if he dont want that he don't want new copyright bill in canada and won't sign ACTA...
up next for real is the copyright law bill c32 in canada even stricter then the DMCA and ACTA treaty....
end of the net and it will mean as people catch on LOADS just dropping it
Laurel L. Russwurm (profile), 22 Sep 2010 @ 7:49pm
The Canadian Levy was badIn Canada most Canadians believe that the Levy means we can copy copyright music onto our CDs. This is not actually stated in our existing law however. As I understand it, the levy money has been collected by copyright collectives, most likely the ones quoted on this GRAMMY article. It's pretty scary when people believe that copyright law is supposed to "to provide a new marketplace for creators."
I've heard that the Canadian Levy is supposed to be paid out under the radio play formula. I've never seen anything definitively saying that creators have gotten paid out of the money that's been collected. The result has been that CD's have become more expensive than DVDs. The justification is that it is supposed to help finance creators, but if it helps anyone outside of the copyright collectives, it's the Top 40 as suggested by Anonymous Coward.
The actual Independent musicians, the ones who it ought to be for, the ones who actually distribute their music online and don't appear on the radio, not only don't get a piece of the action, they have to pay the levy when they are burning CDs to sell (or even promos to give away!)
Many Canadians believe that the Levy means we can copy movies as well.
There was a suggestion by Charlie Angus, the one Canadian politician who seems to understand this stuff, that the CD Levy should be expanded to cover all storage devices. Our Minister of Heritage (who blocks citizens from following his Twitter feed) very emphatically said that this "ipod tax" was not going to happen.
Meanwhile our current government is attempting to put through Bill C-32, a new copyright law (which appears to have been written by the MPAA/RIAA/USTR/CRIA) that will be worse than the DMCA as suggested by NAMELESS.ONE. When they aren't doing that, they keep ACTAing along.
Gjardharr, 22 Sep 2010 @ 9:04pm
In Soviet RussiaI live in Russia and want you to know that we have similar problems here.
Russian Collecting Society (RAO) and Nikita Mikhalkov's Russian Union of Right-holders (RUR) are now in the battle for the Grand-Prix of Copyright -- the right to legally collect the already infamous copyright tax from all importers of blank CDs, HDDs, flash drives, electronic devices (MP3 and DVD players, cell phones, etc.), computers and whatnot. The estimated amount of fees is about $100 million a year. This includes 1% tax on the imported devices and 3% tax on blank drives.
The two contenders claim they're acting in accordance with the Civil Code. They are awaiting a decision by the Rosokhrankultura, Russian government's "culture heritage" protection agency, that has to choose, which organization is to reap the benefits.
Read more here: http://j.mp/9EfJIw (Google Translation).
Ruben Berenguel, 23 Sep 2010 @ 1:14am
SpainThis has been done in Spain for a long while, we pay our RIAA equivalent a small fee of all mp3 players/storage devices/CD/DVD's. The 'good' point?
In a series of cases, Spanish courts have ruled that file sharing for private use is legal. In 2006, the record industry's attempt to criminalize file sharing were disappointed when Judge Paz Aldecoa declared it legal to download indiscriminately in Spain, if done for private use and without any profit purpose.
Taken from this wikipedia entry. The small thought of "well, they deserve some money from what they have produced" is gone, as they are already taking money from me.
Re: SpainIf Austria actually enacted these laws, then I don't think I'd be offended.
I actually think Spain's model is an OK one. Levy the media, but allow all non-commercial use as a condition of that levy.
Obviously, it's a stopgap measure, but at this point I'll take what I can get.


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