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- Be active in your troop and patrol for at least six months as a Star Scout.
- Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath (Promise) and Scout Law in your everyday life.
- Earn five more merit badges (so that you have 11 in all), including any three more from the required list for Eagle.
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- While a Star Scout, take part in service projects totaling at least six hours of work. These projects must be approved by your Scoutmaster.
- While a Star Scout, serve actively for six months in one or more of the positions of responsibility listed in requirement 5 for Star Scout (or carry out a Scoutmaster-assigned leadership project to help the troop).
- While a Star Scout, use the EDGE method to teach a younger Scout the skills from ONE of the following six choices, so that he is prepared to pass those requirements to his unit leader's satisfaction.
- a. Second Class - 7a and 7c (first aid)
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- d. First Class - 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d (first aid)
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- Take part in a Scoutmaster conference.
- Complete your board of review.
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Elizabeth has a music box her grandfather gave her. She thinks it is magical. Every night after her bedtime story she winds it up and listens to the lovely sweet melody it plays as she starts to drift off to sleep, dreaming of happy thoughts at the end of a fun day with her friends. Cute bunny rabbits and meadows full of flowers and all things nice as the lullaby works it's magic and sends the little girl off to la la land, away with the faeries
This piece features a tempo slow down at the end to mimic the effect of the mechanism winding down. I include this part as a separate file so you can add it to the loop version to create the desired length of music.
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Our newest MIX Maverick and author of "HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything," argues that the "soft stuff"—leadership, trust, reputation, relationships—is fast becoming the hard currency of advantage. How we behave—as individuals, leaders, and institutions—makes all the difference in the 21st century.
I would like to highlight the "connection" part:
the ability to succeed depends on the ability to have meaningful connections with others: trust, loyalty and mutual support are the keys to be successful (and maybe happier) in the new era.
An amazing message.
I so agree with the points that Dov is making. I love the concept of the 'soft stuff' becoming the only real competitive advantage in our inter-connected world. It chimes with work we are doing within organisations.
We are just about to launch a campaign across the non-profit sector here in the UK - Charities Fit For People - to communicate the message that HOW people work together is just as important as WHAT they do. Rather than following business practices, we will be supporting the sector in leading the way in this area. People join non-profits to change the world. They should be great places to work.
As with sexism and racism in the past, we believe that working relationships driven by a lack of trust, personal power and not truly valuing people are no longer acceptable in the workplace.
Thank you for sharing and for vocalizing what I have held to be true as well as what I struggled with during the MBA program many years ago, having entered and completed the program with a design background.
It's no longer the bottom line or market share; it's about aesthetically pleasing and delighting the marketplace.
So if I understand this correctly an organisation will "win" if it has a greater proportion of its workforce that has depth to their being. They are not shallow personalities.
In the age of reality TV shows that tend to, if not promote, then at least make famous shallow personalities, the pool of personality depth to choose your workforce from may indeed get smaller.
If we can't rely on society to produce individuals who relate to each other at deeper level for business to pick and choose from, then perhaps it is incumbent on business to produce systems that develop that trait in their workforce.
Not just bringing in personal development gurus for the sales conference, but embedded systems that encourage the workforce to introspect when communicating with others.


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Is it safe to say that the "flash sideways" was further in the future, when all the characters had died (and they've just been running amock in the afterlife/purgatory)? They just needed to find each other to reach heaven/nirvana?Meanwhile Hurley and Ben remained to protect shimmering life light?
Those aren't answers."Not important to the plot"?Then don't mention it in the first place.That's just poor writing.
It's kind of funny reading this thread. I've never watched an episode of the show (for no particular reason) and have always thought that it was about people trying to get off an island kind of like Survivor but without the reality TV show aspect of it. Now just reading the last page people are mentioning super powers and monsters. Big ol' wtf from me.Anyways, I'm kind of curious if anyone noticed the excessive commercials that were played during the series finale? Some sites are reporting that it had 107 commercials run during that time which clocked in at a minimum of 45 minutes of commercials. Anyone notice this?


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The driver of this car hit a pole but missed a student Wednesday morning.
An accident at the intersection of State and Kelly streets in Augusta Wednesday morning could have been a lot worse.
The driver veered off the road and into a pole on the northeast corner of the intersection. However, the driver was swerving to miss the student on a bicycle who had disobeyed a traffic device according to reports.
The wreck was cleared and traffic was back to normal quickly after the investigation into the accident was completed.


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ROCKFORD — If the playoffs began Friday, the Grand Rapids-Rockford meeting would have been a first-round affair.
If the matchup was a preview, then the IceHogs have to feel encouraged by the way they rallied for 5-4 victory in front of a BMO Harris Bank Center turnout of 5,223.
"You'd probably get more of the same," said Rockford defenseman Adam Clendening, who produced two goals. "It wasn't the cleanest hockey game in the world. It's getting to be a bit of a rivalry, I think, more along the lines of Chicago and Milwaukee.
"It'd be an interesting one, to say the least."
If there was a wart on the win, it was a big one — Rockford's last-ranked penalty kill was dented for all four Griffins goals.
And the first two only took five, then four, seconds to stake Grand Rapids to a 2-0 lead less than nine minutes in.
Time out, Rockford.
"They won two face-offs, shot two pucks and scored two goals. I was getting the feeling this could be a long night, so we wanted to slow it down a little bit," Rockford head coach Ted Dent said. "Take a deep breath and go from there."
Which Rockford did, scoring the next five goals.
Brad Mills got his seventh goal at 16:56 of the first to give Rockford (32-25-5-4, 73 points) hope.
Defensemen took care of the offense after that. Clendening (ninth, power play) and Mathieu Brisebois (second) connected on long second-period slap shots. Clendening (10th) and Brian Connelly (seventh, power play) increased the margin at 2:45 and 4:10 of the third.
Grand Rapids got two more power-play goals to cut it to 5-4 with 2:12 yet to play.
"That's definitely not a good thing," Clendening said of giving up four power play goals. "At the same time, you get two points against that team and you run every day.
"It was nice. We came back from 2-0, which is huge. They're one of the best teams in the league with the lead."
Rockford's response to the Griffins' two quick strikes on power plays was to notch its man-advantage goals in 19 and four seconds.
The two teams conclude their 10-game season series tonight in Grand Rapids (41-20-2-4, 88). Rockford returns home to meet Chicago at 4 p.m. for its annual jersey auction.
"They have a good power play, but I thought a couple of penalties late in the game were cheesy," Dent said about the Griffins. "But we can't be taking penalties in the offensive zone, for sure, when you're up a couple goals. You can't take penalties against that team there."
Notes: Rockford now is 18-0-3-0 when leading after two periods. … Rockford has the roughest path down the stretch among Western Conference teams, as its final foes going into the weekend had a combined winning percentage of .598. Grand Rapids had the second easiest slate (.513) behind Texas (.501). … Grand Rapids led the Midwest Division in goals (211) going into Friday's action and was tied with Chicago and Toronto for allowing the second fewest scores (162) among Western Conference teams. … Rockford, which just went a stretch of 19 days with only three games, has 11 games in 23 days starting Friday. … IceHogs defenseman Joe Gleason was recalled Thursday. He began the season with Rockford, recording one assist in seven games. … Of Rockford's seven inactives Friday, six were defensemen — Trevor van Riemsdyk, Joe Gleason, Jared Nightingale, Brett Skinner, Viktor Svedberg and Bobby Shea.
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One thing that can absolutely ruin your day is a broken zipper. You either can't zip you coat, jacket, or dress up or if you are trying to get it off the zipper gets stuck and you're trapped. Outdoor gear and public safety gear also contain a lot of zippers that could potentially break. Who want to be on a hiking trip and have the zipper on your backpack break? No one wants that. An easy solution to all of these problems would be to invest in a zipper repair kit. Harry's offer the McNett Gear Aid Zipper Repair Kit. This kit is inexpensive and has everything you need to fix a zipper. This kit comes with an expert repair guide that gives easy to use instructions, multiple zipper slide coils, and a sewing kit with thread, a seam ripper, and a sewing needle. Having a kit like this may not have crossed your mind before, but trust me this kit could really help with a wardrobe catastrophe or a gear malfunction.
This may not strike a necessary item to have, but you spend time outdoors on a consistent basis a solar power cell phone charger is just what you need. On a camping trip last year, everyone ended up plugging their phones into car chargers. This meant turning the cars on and letting them run. This is highly annoying. A solar charger would have been way more convenient. This particular charger is MOLLE compatible so if you are hiking, biking, or camping it can strap down to a backpack. This is also good for power outages or for anyone looking to go green and conserve energy. The best thing about this solar charger is that it only takes 1-2 hours to fully charge your phone when the charger is in full sunlight.
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A report in South America is claiming Arsenal have completed a pre-contract agreement with Anderlecht striker Matias Suarez.
Respected journalist Javier Perez, who writes for Pasion De Multitudes, is reporting the details of the agreement after holding a phone conversation with the player, who was in Turkey for a winter training camp with his club colleagues.
French publication L'Equipe have also ran the story, claiming a deal is in place for the 23-year-old forward, who can also play on the wing, to join the Gunners at the end of the season.
"The deal will not be officially announced until later on in the season, as there are still a few bits and pieces that need to be ironed out," wrote Perez on his blog.
"Arsenal wanted him to move during the January transfer window, but will be happy to have reached a compromise that sees them securing a player they have admired and watched many times last year."
Perez goes on to claim that the transfer fee is in the region of €7 million, short of Anderlecht's original €10 million valuation they had in place for the player.
Arsene Wenger is thought to be in the market for a long-term striker deal, bringing club-legend Thierry Henry to the Emirates Stadium in January on a two-month loan in an effort to solve their attacking problems in the short-term.
However, Marouane Chamakh and Park Chu-Young have both failed to inspire for Arsenal when given their first team chance, leading to speculation that the Frenchman may look elsewhere at the end of the season.
The arrival of Suarez would be an exciting one, with the Belgian Player of the Year in 2011 already a hot topic for the club's fans on social media websites after news of Arsenal's interest first broke in December.
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Wyden & Udall Block FISA Amendments Act Until US Admits How Many Americans Are Being Spied On
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Wyden and Udall have now put a hold on the new FISA Amendment Acts extension effort, saying that they don't want to hold back the important parts of the law, but are very worried about how it's being abused to spy on tons of Americans, despite that being against the clear intent. It does seem like a fair question to ask: just how many Americans have had their data surveilled under the law?
We are particularly concerned about a loophole in the law that could allow the government to effectively conduct warrantless searches for Americans' communications. Since we do not know how many Americans have had their phone calls and emails collected under this law, we believe that it is particularly important to have strong rules in place to protect the privacy of these Americans. We are disappointed that this bill does not attempt to add these protections.It really is incredible just how much it seems that the federal government is doing everything it can to avoid the basic checks and balances that are supposed to keep excessive behavior in check. Considering the bill is supposed to protect, not expose, Americans, it's scary that the government refuses to even estimate how many Americans are spied upon in this manner. Given the continued efforts and statements of Wyden and Udall, it seems evident that they're aware that the feds are treating this law in a very different manner than the public believes -- but they're held back from saying anything specific, due to much of the info being classified.
The central provision in the FISA Amendments Act added a new section 702 to the original FISA statute. Section 702 was designed to give the government new authorities to collect the communications of people who are reasonably believed to be foreigners outside the United States. Because section 702 does not involve obtaining individual warrants, it contains language specifically intended to limit the government's ability to use these new authorities to deliberately spy on American citizens.
We have concluded, however, that section 702 currently contains a loophole that could be used to circumvent traditional warrant protections and search for the communications of a potentially large number of American citizens. We have sought repeatedly to gain an understanding of how many Americans have had their phone calls or emails collected and reviewed under this statute, but we have not been able to obtain even a rough estimate of this number.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence told the two of us in July 2011 that ``it is not reasonably possible to identify the number of people located in the United States whose communications may have been reviewed'' under the FISA Amendments Act. We are prepared to accept that it might be difficult to come up with an exact count of this number, but it is hard for us to believe that it is impossible to even estimate it.
Even worse, however, is the attitude of Senate colleagues, who seem ready to push this extension through no matter what, so they can declare that they're helping to keep the country secure, without even bothering to understand the massive loopholes and likely abuse by the feds under the law. From what's been said, it appears that many in the Senate seem to take it at face value that the bill is only used for collecting info on foreigners, and thus they're voting from a position of ignorance. At the very least, they should be willing to speak out and demand the same data that Wyden and Udall are asking for: an estimate as to how many Americans have had data exposed under this bill. If it really is supposed to only focus on foreigners, but millions of Americans have had their info accessed, that seems like a problem that should be addressed, rather than one that should be swept under the rug, as most in the Senate seem interested in doing.


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ANDREWS, NETA. Papers, 1919-1922. 2.5 linear inches. 1921 graduate of the Army School of Nursing in Washington D.C. originally from Gliddon, Iowa.
AYDELOTTE, MYRTLE KITCHELL (1917- ). Papers, 1934-1994. 20 linear feet. Professor of nursing (1957-1976) and Dean of the College of Nursing (1949-1957); director of nursing for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (1968-1976).
BACON, EVELYN CRARY (1916-1997). Papers, 1917-2000. 2.3 linear feet. Teacher, decorated veteran nurse and pioneer in the field of nursing education, Bacon served as a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and participated in the invasion of Normandy.
BECKER, RUTH SALZMANN (1922-2007). Papers, 1858-2007 (bulk 1900-1997). 4.75 linear feet. Nurse and community activist in Iowa City who, as a young Jewish woman, fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to the United States.
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CALDERON, BARBARA M. (1915- ). Papers, 1945-1968, 1995. 18 items. Nursing administrator and first African-American public health nurse in Iowa.
CARTER, LUCILLE KETCHUM. Papers, 1936-2003. 1 linear foot. 1936 graduate of the School of Nursing at the State University of Iowa who participated in a correspondence club called the Round Robin.
COUSIN, RUTH HAGER. (1895-1994). Papers, 1914-1985. 5 linear inches. Trained as a nurse between 1917 and 1920, Cousin was employed as a school nurse in Iowa Falls and Marshalltown, Iowa from 1931 to 1965.
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HATA, KAY (1916-2000). Oral history. Japanese-American nurse who was imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during World War II and became the first Asian-American employee at Broadlawns Hospital in Des Moines.
HAUTH, MARY UNGERER (1890-1963). Papers, 1905-1948 and undated. 2.75 linear inches. Nurse in Sioux City during the first half of 20th century.
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IOWA CITIZENS LEAGUE FOR NURSING. See, Iowa League for Nursing.
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UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING. Records, 1887-2005. 5.75 linear feet and artifacts.
WHITLEY, CORA CALL. (1862-1937). Papers, 1917-1937. 1.1 linear feet. Clubwoman and conservationist who was involved in the Council of National Defense Women's Committee during World War I. Papers include two folders on the U. S. Student Nurse Reserve during World War I.


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"The Covenant With Black America" is not a fun read. Not unless you're the wonky type who likes to snuggle up with a good policy proposal.
One would assume there aren't nearly enough wonks in the world to put a book like that within shouting distance of the New York Times best-seller list, much less at the top of it. Yet, "The Covenant" went to No. 1 on the paper's nonfiction paperback list on April 23. It is, according to its editor, Tavis Smiley, the first black book to achieve that distinction.
All of which makes Smiley, the multi-hyphenate media figure (radio commentator-TV talk show host-activist-author) understandably proud. None of which is why I bring it to your attention today.
Here's what impressed me about "The Covenant": It is not just another book about problems. It is also, and perhaps primarily, a book about solutions.
The workability of those solutions can and will be furiously debated. I don't propose to enter that debate here. For me, for now, it's enough that the book exists, that it lays out the emotional and statistical dimensions of 10 areas of critical concern for the black community, including health, justice, education and the digital divide. Each chapter begins with an essay by an expert in the field and includes proposed remedies: not simply suggestions for what the muckety-mucks in office can do, but specific, pragmatic things you and I can do.
You know why that's noteworthy? Because when talk turns to the seemingly intractable ills that beset black folk, so many of us are of the curse-the-darkness camp. We can outline the problems all day. We are less voluble about solutions.
Full disclosure: I was once a guest on Smiley's TV talk show. I am scheduled to be one again in June. But if you think that's why I dialed him up after reading "The Covenant," well, as Bugs Bunny used to say, you don't know me too good.
I called the guy because his book, wonky and unlovely as it is, ignited my imagination. Made me think maybe we the people are no longer content to be content. Made me hope folks are coming to understand again, as they did in the '60s, that the power to shake up status quo, the power to make true, lasting and revolutionary change, resides not with the politicians or pundits, but ultimately with the people, assuming they have the will to use it.
As Smiley sees it, the inequities laid bare by Hurricane Katrina have taught every American, "regardless of race, color, creed, party affiliation, ideology … that we do not yet live in a nation that is as good as its promise."
The lesson and legacy of that ordeal, he says, is a realization that people need to command their own destiny. "You see it now with regard to immigration and workers' rights in the Spanish community. Advocacy is cyclical. There's something happening in America now. I can feel it."
Smiley believes – and I agree – that black America has spent the last 38 years waiting for another Martin Luther King. "There are a lot of us," he says, "who believe that a piece of black America died on that balcony at the Lorraine Motel with Dr. King. And since that time, what folk have been looking for is a blueprint, a game plan, a guidebook. The problem is, they have been looking for it in the form of some charismatic leader."
But the capacity for leadership, if only in our individual spheres, lies within each of us. "The Covenant" proposes to tap that capacity, to inspire folks to stop waiting for Dr. King to get back.
So Smiley has been hosting town hall meetings nationwide, encouraging people to discuss, debate, and take action. He's also gotten the Democratic and Republican parties to promise that candidates in the next presidential campaign will address the issues the book raises. (For details: www.covenantwithblackamerica.com)
As my mother used to say, I glory in his spunk.
See, I'm tired of waiting. Apparently I'm not the only one.
Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist for The Miami Herald. His e-mail address is: [email protected]
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John Smith born London abt 1834
Mr. JOHN SMITH was appointed Secretary of the Marlborough Education Board in the year 1890. He was born in March, 1834, in London, England, and was educated at Marlborough, in Wiltshire, and under his brother-in-law, Dr. Badham. In October, 1855, Mr. Smith arrived in Nelson, and during the ensuing nine years was engaged in surveying, teaching, and farming. In 1864, he was appointed headmaster of the Nelson Boys' School, and eleven years later he accepted an appointment as secretary and inspector to the Westland Education Board.
Can anyone help me to find the family connection between John Smith and his brother-in-law Dr Badham please?
WilliamWELSH born abt 1860 Kircudbrightshire
Can anyone help me find the date and place of death for William WELSH.
Should be Cheviot/Kaikoura area but unable to locate.
John McNALLY born abt 1826 IRELAND
John McNally married Margaret Haney/Hinney (unsure of spelling)
in Gateshead Durham.
They had 3 daughters that i know of Isabella, Elizabeth (my great grandmother) and Catherine.
Isabella married Thomas HALL 1873. I think this family stayed in Gateshead.
Catherine married a John HALL 16 Oct 1879 in Newcastle and they had 5 children and then came out to NZ, children Margaret Louisa, Minnie, John,Robert and Willie. (such difficult names to trace!)
Elizabeth my grandmother married Robert ATKINSON and had 11 children (also stayed in England)
I think the Thomas Hall and John Hall could be related.
Anyone know these families at all please?
I would like to find out the parents of Jane Morrison Limond born 1856 Ayrshire
She married in NZ to a William Welsh born abt 1860 who was from Kirkcudbrightshire
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Doris V. (Keroack) Power, age 93, of Lincoln Avenue, Warwick, died at home on February 16, 2013. She was the wife of the late John C. Power.
Born in Staten Island, New York, a daughter of the late Albert and Catherine (Mahoney) Keroack, she lived in Warwick for 60 years. Mrs. Power was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Warwick.
She is survived by two daughters: Sandra K. Rix, of Warwick and Joan D. MacCue, of Long Island, New York; a sister, Audrey A. Keroack of Warwick; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Arthur Keroack and Inez Irving.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, February 19, at 10 a.m. in St. Francis of Assisi Church, 618 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick. Visiting hours are omitted. Burial will be private.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Home & Hospice Care of RI, 1085 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02904. Arrangements by Barrett & Cotter Funeral Home, Warwick.


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T he bank building posing as a federal courthouse at Sixth and Olive streets in downtown Los Angeles, across the street from the back entrance to Pershing Square, was — as usual — full of families consisting of young and middle-aged women joined by sisters, brothers, parents and children, some of them infants and toddlers.
Yes, there are prosecutors and lawyers here, some more sure-footed than others. But no reporters with cameras will get past the contracted uniformed guards manning metal detectors to capture the tears and expressions of emotional anguish painted on many of these faces after their loved one's "day in court." Tape recorders aren't allowed here either. Only handwritten notes will be able to record the cries of anxious family members losing a deported family member, typically a Hispanic father and breadwinner of a family already struggling to make ends meet.
Yes, there are lawyers, but the Constitution's guarantees of legal representation for defendants in criminal matters do not apply here in administrative law court, this one governing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). These defense counselors are all paid, some handsomely, and they all seem to struggle with the requisite and often confusing bureaucratic array of paperwork that needs to be filed before defendants can appear before a judge with any hope of being successful, which most defendants are not.
After six months and as many hearings, Pasadena's Andres Romero joined those ranks Monday morning after Administrative Law Judge David Burke deported Romero to Mexico, despite the fact that Romero left that country with his mother at the age of 2 and has spent 51 of his 53 years in the Pasadena area — only never in all that time becoming a naturalized citizen. Deported, even though he has paid taxes, been through the public school system, has been married to the same woman for 33 years and fathered four children with her.
Undaunted by the ruling, Romero said in a telephone interview Monday night from Adelanto Detention Facility in Victorville that he hasn't given up hope.
"I plan to appeal," he said. "I believe they left room for me to appeal."
It was to Adelanto that Romero, a former Pasadena gang counselor who lost his counseling job, resumed his addiction to crack cocaine and was ultimately convicted of an attempted burglary in 2004, was taken following his release from nearby Norco State Prison, where he had just finished serving 8 ½ years of an 11-year sentence.
Although that's a considerable stretch of time, Romero, who once wrote columns for the Pasadena Weekly, was actually lucky: When he was sentenced for that crime, he already had two drug-related felony convictions on his record, making him eligible for a life sentence under the state's recently modified three-strikes and you're out law.
Instead, after a number of public officials and community figures came forward to call for leniency, the judge imposed a lighter sentence. Romero was set to be released three days before Christmas when he learned that the federal government planned to deport him to Mexico, a place he's only ever visited two times, and both times resulting in him being assaulted.
Although some legal help was available for thousands of dollars that neither he nor his family members had available, Romero represented himself, eventually winning an opportunity to lay out his case in a hearing before Administrative Law Judge Ana Ho.
During the course of the hearing, Romero's mother, Mercedes Hernandez, testified that she had become a legal resident after Romero turned 18, making him ineligible for umbrella protection through her. His wife, Cheryl, also took the stand, telling of how her husband had traveled to Mexico with friends. And Romero told of two visits to that country with friends. During both trips across the border, Romero said he was accosted by men dressed as police officers, one who waved a gun in his face before stealing his money.
Throughout the proceedings, Romero, who does not speak Spanish, maintained that sending him to Mexico would be tantamount to a death sentence. He presented documents from human rights organizations indicating Mexico, although a democracy, is wracked by political corruption and violence driven by the narcotics trade.
"Mexican officials know what's going on because they are part of the problem," Romero said during his last chance to speak at the hearing prior to Monday's proceedings. He also pointed out to Ho that he had spent years as a volunteer in Pasadena and had performed enough good deeds to be recognized for his work by top city officials.
He acknowledged, "I am not an American citizen, but neither am I a Mexican national. I am an American, period, and not only could I lose my life, I would lose my family. I am not and have never been a violent offender. Although my crimes are serious, I have never injured or harmed anyone.
"I am asking, no, I am pleading, please don't take away this last chance that has been given to me," he said.
In her final written decision, Ho did not dispute any of Romero's claims, or those of his family members. However, she could not support one part of his plea because the applicable federal statute prohibits admission of a felon who had served more than a five-year sentence. She also did not question Romero's recollections of being accosted by police, but could not sustain his other contention that it rose to the level of torture under the United Nations' Conventions Against Torture. Finally, Ho also denied his application for political asylum.
Romero points out that Ho "believed my statements, she believed my application, that I was tortured when I had a gun put to my face." However, Romero believes the judge was acting more like a prosecutor than an impartial trier of fact throughout much of the proceedings, saying she was one-sided in her determinations.
"I understand the need for immigration tightening up, but when you start deporting everyone and anyone, you're defeating the purpose," Romero said.
During several of the proceedings, Cheryl Romero and the couple's sons and Andres' sisters appeared in court, as did his mother. At the last two hearings, only Mercedes came to court. The other family members were unable to get away from work and school to attend.
"It is my wife who will suffer," Romero said after Monday's hearing. He has 30 days to appeal the ruling. If the appeal is denied, "It's going to be a life sentence. It was either life in prison or life in a foreign country. I guess I'm going to get life anyway." n


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Here i lay at my familiar crossroads of travel… Should i fly home or find a rideshare? There are pluses and minuses to both… Here they are….
positives and negatives of flying…
- The swift amount of time it will take to travel from Las Vegas to San Francisco.
- I flew out on Virgin America and it was the easiest flight post 9/11 i have taken. No lines ANYWHERE! and the flight got in early.
- Virgin America has a Giants Baseball channel on the onboard tv's that you can watch!
- I would get to see the world from above.
- Cost me $250 to get out here when i bought my ticket the day before i had to come. (with 10 day advanced booking it would have been $79 not $211!).
- Transportation home from the airport would have to be arranged.
- Just damn stressful dealing with homeland security at the airports.
The positives and negatives of Ridesharing…
- The ease of not having to go through security and adjust how i have to pack. (this is a big one!)
- Not having to submit my freedoms to some min. wage worker who has control over my future by homeland security. (i just read that the Supreme Court ruled for a case that basically says that anyone can be CAVITY SEARCHED without any charges being pressed on them!)
- SO MUCH CHEAPER!! (although i am not paying for it, i hate wasting other peoples money! Unless it is Corporate America's!!) It would cost me at max $50 to get home as a vehicular passenger.
- Get to meet and talk to a total stranger.
- Easy drive. 9 hours so can be done in a day.
- Get to see the central valley as we drive by.
- Can actually sleep possibly on drive home.
- Can get all the way home to my front door without having to do a change of transportation.
- Do not have a lot of opportunities to be a car rider (or driver for that matter!… I have no car in SF. You dont need one if you are smart!)
- MAY find a driver who is 420 friendly 😉
So, thats the pluses and minuses of my options. I am going to take whatever i can find and hope that it is not the most stressful way possible for me to travel! Fingers crossed!!
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NHMS Legend MacDonald to Drive Cup Race
Eddie MacDonald Set for Sprint Cup Debut
Local racing legend Eddie MacDonald from Rowley, Mass. will drive the #32 Go FAS Racing Ford Fusion owned by fellow New Englanders Archie St. Hilaire from Old Orchard Beach, Maine and long-time NASCAR crew chief Frank Stoddard from No. Haverhill, N.H. Completing the all-NE team is Michael Alden, President and CEO of Blue Vase Marketing based in Beverly, Mass, as the primary sponsor aboard the Go FAS Racing entry in the Camping World Sales 301 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 13.
Archie St. Hilaire is no stranger to New England racing as a long time participant in the old Busch North Series, currently the K&N Pro Series East, before moving on to the Nationwide Series while Stoddard cut his teeth watching and learning from one of the greats in New England, Stub Fadden from his hometown. The #32 on the Go FAS Racing Ford is in honor of Fadden and his car's number for nearly four decades. The duo joined forces this year to compete in the Sprint Cup Series and instantly chose Eddie Mac to drive for them at the "Magic Mile."
"I was talking with Mike (Alden) some time ago and he expressed interest in sponsoring a New England driver for the NHMS race and asked me if I knew of anyone, " chuckled St Hilaire. "I immediately said "I sure do" and gave him Eddie's name. Eddie is a great driver with a lot of successful experience at this track with six wins. I love Eddie, his family, and his entire race team. They are a great bunch of people and I couldn't be happier for Eddie and our team. It will be a lot of fun and with Eddie's experience we hope to have a strong run."
"This is my dream come true," said an elated MacDonald from his race shop in Newburyport, Mass. "I can't thank Archie, Frank, and Mike enough for giving me this opportunity to race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It has always been a goal to drive a Cup car and to do it at my home track with family, friends, and supporters from all over New England is something very special to me. I have been lucky enough to win a number of races here so hopefully my experience will provide me the opportunity to run well for Archie and the team. I have driven for Archie a couple of times in the Nationwide Series and I appreciate all he has done for me. Archie is truly one of the nice guys in racing and has always been supportive of me and is always trying to help me out. Archie, Frank, and Mike are providing a great experience to compete on the big stage and I just hope I can learn quick enough to be competitive. I love racing at Loudon and this is the icing on the cake."
"This is the third race Blue Vase Marketing will be our primary sponsor, "said St. Hilaire. "They were on the hood at Phoenix and Las Vegas and helped us out at Daytona. Mike (Alden) is a great guy and didn't know anything about racing but has become an enormous fan and supporter. Go FAS Racing is pleased to have him aboard. His company represents many products and Androzene (an herbal male enhancement) will be on the hood and Arthri D3 (an all natural joint health supplement) another of the products his company represents will display on the quarter panels. Mike loves this and has made plans to bring a lot of product sponsors to the track and make a great day of it. We are all happy to have Eddie MacDonald drive our car and look forward to having a good, fun day."
While Eddie Mac has raced and won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the K&N Pro Series East and other divisions, he is still in awe of competing at NASCAR' highest level saying, "It hasn't completely sunk in yet because we are so busy getting the K&N car ready for the Friday race at NHMS but I'm sure I'll be speechless when it finally happens and I am in the seat of the #32. I hope all our New England fans come out to support us and enjoy the experience. This is my dream, my goal so I know I am going to love every minute. See you at the track!"


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So, I have a Day Z post that I am going to be writing shortly, but first I wanted to get to this.
Last night, one of our group decided that she wanted to heal the Twilight Heroics for the first time on her Paladin. We get a group together of four of us. We end up bringing the 3 dps (plus the heals obviously).
We get the third instance to start, and it goes incredibly well. No problems and everything is a one shot. AWESOME!!!! First instance healed was no problem.
Then the assfuckery began. I really should have brought my tank along and we could have avoided it.
We get End Time for the next instance. We take down Baine with a couple of casualties (including the tank) as our healer is still getting the hang of things (aka healing, moving, cleansing at the same time etc.)
Those who died run back in. Tank pulls the first Sylvanas trash mob. Afterwards, our healer is at less that 1/4 mana and sits down to drink. Tank pulls the next group and we end up wiping. Tank immediately says "WTF". What the fuck do you mean WTF? Your dumb ass pulled the group when the healer had no mana and was drinking. He complains that the healer shouldnt have been out of mana before the second pull, however he pulled the first group without letting her get mana either. AND kicked.
We get the next tank, and clear that trash and then kill Sylvanas.
Then we get more dumbfuckery on Murozond. Tank pulls. Still has the dragon facing the hourglass. Fucking idiot. Then turns him so that the dragons tail is right on the hour glass. Fucking idiot. Then continues turning the boss around in circles, making us not only dodge yellow shit all over the place, but making us dodge breath weapons and tail swipes. Fucking idiot. Then with two hour glasses left, we hit the hourglass. We start pew pewing again, and the tank hits the hourglass about 3 second later. Fucking idiot. Why are you hitting the glass as the tank, and why the fuck are you tanking the boss next to the hour glass.
After the fight, I ask the tank if he had ever tanked that fight. He responds that we are shit DPS....huh?
You are the fucking retard who doesnt know how to position a boss. I then kindly told him that it is quite unfortunate that it is probably too late for his mom to get a late term abortion of him.
By this point, I am fucking sick of these dumb ass pug tanks, but we decide to do one more. Oh how lovely it went.......
We ended up running the third instance two other times. The first of those included a tank who was purposely fucking with us on the second boss getting us silenced constantly. Then the healing cloak dropped, and the dipshit rolled need, won it, and dropped the instance. We finished that instance without any problems.
The third time we got it took the cake though.
We had a pretty decent tank and cleared the first boss no problem. He DCed right on the second boss and we wiped. He came back and we took down the boss.
We ended up wiping on the third trash pack on the way to Benedictus as the tank was tanking with his back down the hill. He got knocked way the fuck down the hill and behind a small fence where he got killed leading us to the wipe. He left the group. Then we got some real lovely fucking idiots.
Next tank comes in and has around 180k healt completely buffed including his 20 percent extra from being in a random. We clear the trash and take to the boss. Our healer is having a bit of trouble with the boss this time, and we end up wiping. Our healer explains that she is new at healing, and the tank was fairly nice....at first.
We end up wiping again at sub 10 percent on the boss, and the tank tells us that are shitty dps. We are all around 13-15k, which is plenty for these instances. I explain that I am also wearing PvP gear and he calls me a scrub.
World War 3 ensues. My wife asks "Dont you notice we are all in the same guild dipshit?"
He replies by saying we are a "Bunch of fags and must be in a guild because we dont know how to play our characters."
Being as classy as I am, I tell him "No, that is why your Dad's anus is so stretched. BYE!!!"
And he is vote kicked. We end up getting another 180k health tank and having a 3 percent wipe before we decide that we have had enough for the evening.
I have gone full on intolerant for pugs. Pug tanks are the fucking worst. We had a couple of decent ones, but for the most part they were absolute dick faces.
So ends my swear word laden rant. We will probably give it another shot today. This time, I will probably bring my tank.
Edit: And with all my anger for this, I forgot to mention that a friend who had not been on since mid Wrath returned to the game. I always really enjoy catching up with people I have talked to in a long time. Good times.
Monday, August 20, 2012
5 comments:
- Arioch said...
If you want something tanked right, you got to tank it yourself. - Ancient proverb
- August 20, 2012 at 11:27 AM
- Darraxus said...
@ Arioch: Aint that the truth. Apparently, our groupd feels spoiled because they usually havent had to deal with this tank douchebaggery since I normally do it.
- August 20, 2012 at 11:30 AM
The stories sound awful. At the same time, it almost makes me want to jump back in WOW just so I could have witnessed the full version of the conversations that took place between the tank and your group. Haha.
- August 20, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Arioch said...
I still haven't run the last of the new 3 dungeons since no one in my guild runs them.
Can you RealID dungeons yet?
- August 20, 2012 at 2:49 PM
- Darraxus said...
@ Arioch: Indeed you can!
You can run cross server if yo have real id.
- August 20, 2012 at 4:02 PM
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The American Family Association's resident knothead, Bryan Fischer, is no stranger to controversy. His claims are so odd and his beliefs so narrow, I can never quite decide if he's a run of the mill crapweasel or an exceptionally smooth manipulator of his flock's built-in fears and prejudices. Either way, he's quite convincing. I guess I'll stick with the former and not the latter. So it's settled, he's a run of the mill crapweasel.
Fischer posits in a recent blog post that, "poverty has won". I'm actually with him on that one. Any random chart about the rapidly growing gap between the haves and have nots is clear on that point – even for a man with the perception of your average tree stump. However, its Fischer's interpretation of those random charts that's so troubling and his prescriptions so off the mark.
In Fischer's eyes, poverty is a wacky sort of socialist plot, "We need more people in public office who think like Christ and fewer people who think like Karl Marx," he advises. I'm with him there too and I'm an atheist!
However, if he's not so hot on Karl, he's even less so on African-Americans in a decidedly less than Christian way.
Suckling the Government Tit
Fischer says welfare has trashed the African-American family with incentives for literally screwing like rabbits to glom onto the juicy, government tit. "It's no wonder we are now awash in the disastrous social consequences of people who rut like rabbits," he said. According to him, the bunnies should be getting married instead.
Fischer knows whence he speaks about marriage. He knows that homosexuals can't do it lest the Republic fall. He knows wives should always obey and submit to their husbands. He knows that BJs do not a good marriage make. And the married darkies? They're just raising Easter bunnies in the hood to steal tax dollars.
But unlike his unparalleled knowledge of marriage, the Assistant Messiah™ doesn't know sh*t from shinola about the rest of the world.
Bryan, just a few notes for your sleeve the next time you take the Holier Than Thou Grad School test. Don't worry, a little cheating is OK as long as it's for Jesus – it's the 11th Commandment, "It be OK for the holy to use crib notes."
Many of those rutters are married rabbits – the straight ones anyway. They went down to the local padre and tied the knot. And wouldn't you know it, the next day their poverty parted like the befouled Red Sea. Go ahead, ask one. He'll tell you all about it.
And it's not just the blacks Bryan. All white people are pious and married and full of the bounty of Christ, if you can call their poverty a bounty. And the brown folk? Why all of them are in the running to helm ConAgra instead of just pick veggies for them. Damn, how that God stuff works! You think blacks are just like all the other poor people except even more so – an impediment to the spread of the gospel and tax cuts.
I'm going out on a limb here, but I'd wager he knows as much about poverty as he does about Jesus, which is to say not much. On the other hand, I know a little something about it.
My grandparents lived in abject poverty. Without exaggeration, their house looked like Snuffy Smith's. The only advantage it had over a cardboard box was a deed somewhere. It left them free to use the back room for kindling, which is exactly what they did one particularly bad winter. Freezing isn't much of an option when you can't get out in hip-deep snow to chop wood. They probably used the deed to start the fire too. Yet my grandparents were married, one grueling day after another for nearly 50 years. And poverty was an unwelcome house guest for every damn one of them.
Controlling Asscakes Like You
Oh BTW, they were white. And they faithfully went to church. And they prayed many times a day, but God must've been busy trying to control asscakes like you.
They didn't take a dime of the government's money – partly because they were too uneducated to figure out how. Yet, they plugged along, rutted some, and ate the rabbit for dinner, because what they hunted wasn't for sport. It was what saved them from starvation – no miraculous 3 loaves and fishes for them, just a gruelish stew of rabbit sans loaves (because they couldn't afford flour) and fishes (because the streams were all toxic from unregulated coal mines).
Do some African-American families choose to let their families go all to hell? Yup, but so do whites and Latinos and even members of churches. However, many of them are married and the problem persists. Just as many aren't married, but somehow manage to do right by their families despite bigger obstacles than the AFA braves over a 3-martini lunch with a grifter politician who prefers to buy votes than work for them. And they do it with a little help from Uncle Sam. That seems like a fair trade for companies working some poor bastard to death at 3 jobs because there isn't anything else. Just a little unexpected, indirect corporate welfare.
Should people who have abandoned their families man-up and take responsibility? YES! Will poverty for most of them stop by following your golden rules, don't bet on it.
See Bryan, poverty knows no color. It's an equal opportunity scourge. Growling bellies know no race. Red or yellow, black or white, poverty is poverty. Perhaps you'd do well to remember the last line of the little ditty:
"Jesus loves the little children of the world."
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Nevard's Prophecy:
"I saw a dark figure, standing atop Cauldron Hill, towering over our city.
The sun set, and he cast a shadow across Parity Lake, stretching northwest,
into the sea, beyond the horizon. He is born in our city, but his ultimate
goal is elsewhere. And also things moved in his shadow—indeed, his
shadow moved before he did, for while he was mighty, he was controlled
by others.
"I saw smoke hiding his face, for he was made mighty by industry.
In my vision, a king chased him out to sea and defeated him by slicing
him free from his shadow. But the cauldron had already shattered, and
many thousands were drowned and devoured in its roil.
"I saw three birds alight on the peak, the first of black silk, the second
of black steel, both weeping blood. But the third was made of stars, and
it sang many songs.
"I tell you this: Cauldron Hill is not safe. Twice will danger arise, and
twice will we be deceived into thinking it is safe to return, but we must
avoid the place and avoid being tricked. I have arranged shelter in the
Cloudwood, where people can be safe until the darkness passes."
The following is the portion he only revealed to you, and not to the general public:
"A woman sat on a leather couch in a waiting room, surrounded by
red curtains. She held a gold coin and rolled it across the back of her
fingers. A pick lay against the side of the couch. He asked her what she
was waiting for, and she answered in a language he didn't know, saying,
'The place I'm going isn't here yet.'
"A trumpeter carried a lantern onto the stage of a darkened theater,
and the people gathered for his performance applauded, then lit
lanterns of their own. The theater never got bright enough for him to
see their faces.
"One man tore himself in two, and his twin selves fought over a woman,
tearing her into three, who ran away. Mice skittered around them, collecting
cheese fallen amid the rails of a trainyard. Then a train roared down the
track past him, but it had no one driving it. In the distance it derailed, and
crushed two of the women, but which of the three survived?
"A man carrying a bronze staff with three keyholes is assailed by
swords and arrows and fire, but nothing kills him. He began to take off
his robes, revealing tiger fur beneath them, while stars fell from the sky
all around him. Then the sky was dark, and when the sun should have
risen, instead a pale glowing cloud floated in the dark.
"Finally, tyrant and murderer languished in prison, hanging from
twelve chains and hooks that pierced her feet, her legs, her thighs, her
shoulders, her arms, and her hands. But the thirteenth hook that sealed
her mouth swung loose, and it fluttered in the breeze as she whispered
a map that led everywhere."


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"One of those most promising [clean energy] industries has been American biofuels," said Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, to attendees of the Renewable Fuels Association's (RFA) Washington Legislative Forum held this week in Washington, D.C.
Domestic biofuel production is at the highest level ever, and monthly production has increased more than 40% in the last three years, Zichal said, adding, "That means that biofuels are already reducing our dependence on oil, cutting pollution and creating jobs across the country."
"A year ago, the president set a goal of breaking ground on at least four commercial-scale cellulosic or advanced biorefineries by 2013. That goal has been accomplished, one year ahead of schedule. Together, these projects will produce nearly 100 million gallons of advanced biofuels per year."
Zichal added that EPA's implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) is critical to promoting future growth in renewable fuels production. "At the same time, we're taking steps to help level the playing field," Zichal said. "Not only has the administration supported repealing subsidies for oil and gas companies, the president announced that we're taking new steps to crack down on manipulation in the oil markets to help protect consumers at the pump."
Zichal also addressed the Obama administration's commitment to infrastructure of renewable fuels and technologies. "Now, as we produce more biofuels, it's also important that we focus on deployment."
Zichal pointed out the millions of dollars that USDA has authorized for the installation of blender pumps capable of offering various ethanol blends.
RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen said, "President Obama and his team appreciate the vital contributions already being made by existing ethanol producers and are committed to ensuring the commercialization of promising new ethanol technologies. The RFA looks forward to working with President Obama, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, and other administration officials like Heather to tackle the challenging issues of reducing our dependency on imported oil and creating American jobs."


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Dan Slott's She-Hulk: The Complete Collection
A lawyer discovering how to balance her personal life, her desire to make a difference in the world, her own public image, while all the time learning to utilize all of her personal strengths instead of just her Gamma-given physical Super Strength. It sounds a bit like Ally McBeal on steroids, but this is exactly the set-up of Dan Slott's amazing run on She-Hulk, which is now being collected in a handy and convenient compilation form. Jennifer Walters, who became The She-Hulk after a blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner (The Incredible Hulk himself), finds herself in a bit of a quandary. Her party-girl antics have gotten her evicted from The Avengers Mansion, her credit line canceled, and left her public image just a smidge tarnished. Yet, when a future of superhero couch surfing seems inevitable, she finds opportunity from the most unlikely of sources: a super-powered law firm looking to put her mind and wit to work, not her massive muscles.
Now before you scoff at the idea of a comic based around courtroom dramedy, let me say that Slott's She-Hulk is a wonderful blend of comedy, action, and personal drama that really brings out those characteristics that make She-Hulk both unique and a wonderfully fleshed out character beyond the normal paper-thing characterizations you can get from superheroes. Whether Jennifer is helping Spider-Man win a courtroom battle against the Daily Bugle for slander, helping the Avengers defeat super villains, or even just figuring out her own dating life, each page is packed with humor and character. This series is one of my all-time favorites, and it's definitely worth checking out.


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DETROIT ( TheStreet) -- Of course, investors are put off by Ford's ( F) exposure to Europe's staggering auto economy, its losses in South America and its continuing costs to expand capacity in China. But it is difficult to ignore the automaker's high level of domestic sales success. In April, Ford's biggest problem, in terms of domestic sales, was that it could not make enough Fusions. Rather, its Fusion inventory was at a bit less than a 40-day supply, compared to its overall inventory supply level of 66 days. At the Hermosillo plant where Fusion is made, "we're doing everything we can to get out as many as we can," said Ford sales analyst Eric Merkle, in an interview. "We would like more inventory, particularly as we get into the summer months." Ford's solution is to expand Fusion production to its Flat Rock, Mich., plant in the fall. "By the time that production capacity comes on line it will be too late to make much of a dent in 2013, although it will certainly help in 2014," said Kelley Blue Book analyst Alec Gutierrez. Fusion had its best April ever, selling 26,722 units on a 24% sales increase, but "they could have had an even stronger showing had they had additional production capacity," Gutierrez said. That basically concludes the list of Ford's problems on the domestic sales front last month, and obviously too few Fusions is in some ways a good problem to have. On the positive side, Ford had strong showings in the top three segments. Pickup trucks, which accounted for 11.5% of industry sales, were up a point from the same month a year earlier; sales of the most popular U.S. vehicle, the F-150 pickup truck, rose 24% to 59,030. In the small utilities segment, which accounts for about 15% of industry sales, up about a point from a year earlier, Escape sales rose 52% to 25,826. Ford announced that starting in the third quarter it will add more than 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City assembly plant to support high demand for the F-150 and for the new Transit family of commercial vehicles. F-150 production will employ about 900 of the new employees, with the rest working on the Transit starting in the fourth quarter. The plant currently employs 2,450 hourly workers. "Customer demand for today's F-150 is strong and continues growing, the truck segment is growing three times faster than the overall industry, the housing market is strengthening, and we are seeing growth in the U.S. economy," said Joe Hinrichs, Ford president of the Americas, in a prepared statement. "We are going to expand operations in Kansas City to ensure we have enough trucks to meet customer demand." Meanwhile, the mid-sized car segment in April shrank to about 16% of industry sales, down two points from its level in the same month a year earlier. While Fusion sales rose 24%, Honda ( HMC) Accord sales fell 5% to 33,538 units, Toyota ( TM) Camry sales fell 14% to 31,710, Chevrolet Malibu sales fell 1% to 21,734 and Nissan ( NSAMY) Altima sales rose 35% to 21,991 On the GM ( GM) call, economist Mustafa Mohatarem said mid-sized cars are losing share to small SUVs. "Fundamentally, both serve the family market," he said. "(As) midsized products have gotten smaller and more expensive, people are switching to crossovers." Added Gutierrez: "A lot of consumers, baby boomers and retirees, are shopping for small SUVs" Ford benefits there too, he said, because Escape is among the top small SUVs. In recent reports, both S&P Capital IQ analyst Efraim Levy and Jefferies analyst Peter Nesvold reiterated buys on Ford after the company beat estimates last week as first-quarter earnings rose 15% to $1.6 billion despite losses of $462 million in Europe and $218 million in South America. Ford continues to expect to lose $2 billion in Europe this year. Levy wrote that he sees see "continued profit pressure in 2013 at Chinese joint ventures as the company invests in sharply increasing its capacity." Also, he wrote, "margins should be penalized by significant losses in Europe, even as Ford restructures there, and by pressure in South American operations. Higher rawmaterial costs and investment expenses should also weigh on margins in coming years." However, Levy said, he expects Ford revenue to rise 10% this year "as expected healthy U.S. and China growth outweighs weakness in Europe and slowing growth in some other regions." He has a $15 price target. Ford shares closed Wednesday down 24 cents at $13.37, while GM shares were down 67 cents to $30.17. Year-to-date, Ford is up 1%, GM is up 2% and the S&P 500is up 11%. Nesvold, who has a $16 price target for Ford, said first-quarter results included "strong profits in North America offset by losses everywhere else with the exception of a small profit in Asia Pacific Africa. "We admit it doesn't feel great when North America is currently the sole source of profitability," Nesvold said, adding, "There may not be an obvious event on the horizon to trade around, but we think the stock will reward the patient investor." Follow @tedreednc -- Written by Ted Reed in Charlotte, N.C. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Ted Reed
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The Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society Research Fund
Background to the Society
Founded in 1846, the Society has a long tradition of supporting research. As early as 1889 it published a volume entitled 'The Streets and Lanes of Norwich', a collection of the observations made by the great Norwich antiquary, John Kirkpatrick, in the 1720s and 1730s.
Throughout the whole of its history the Society has attracted all those interested in the archaeology and history of Norfolk. Membership has included amateur and professional archaeologists, but the vast majority of members are simply those fascinated by the people, buildings and ancient sites in the area in which they live.
The Society has amongst its aims the study of the history, architecture and antiquities of Norfolk so here is plenty for researchers to investigate.
Founded 1846
Patron: Her Majesty the Queen
Registered Charity Number 311 116
Registered Address 64 The Close, Norwich, NR1 4DH
Website: www.nnas.info∞
If you wish to join the Society, write to the Membership Secretary, Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society, 64 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH or go online to www.nnas.info∞.
The Research Fund
The Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society is one of the oldest archaeological societies in the country. Throughout the whole of its history it has attracted all those interested in the archaeology and history of Norfolk.
For the purpose of seeking to help researchers, young and old, to find out more about our county, it has set up a new research fund to offer grants of up to £500 for Norfolk-related research into any archaeological or historical subject.
Applicants must be current members of the Society and grants can be made for all aspects of research, including travel expenses connected directly to research, and printing and publication, but excluding the payment of academic fees.
Members are invited to apply for grants at any time of year, by submitting a project proposal of no more than 500 words to the Council of the Society, c/o Hon. Sec. 30 Brettingham Avenue, Cringleford, Norwich NR4 6XG. Information is also available on the Society's website∞.
Successful applicants will be required to submit a summary report, which should not exceed 250 words, at the end of the year in which the grant is made. The research itself may be published by the Society in its journal Norfolk Archaeology if this is considered appropriate by the Hon. Editor.
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Carl's Jr. is rolling out what may be the most brilliant idea for a dessert ever.
Customers spotted hand-scooped strawberry pop-tart ice cream sandwiches at a Newport Beach location of the fast food chain.
According to Foodbeast, the chain is likely testing out the dessert as the latest in "line with the fast food chain's recent line of ice cream cookie sandwiches, following up on both an Oreo ice cream sandwich and a chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwich."


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Hi everyone,
I have built a personal "webserver box" so I can improve my skills in security and win2k administration. This box will soon be connected to T1 bandwidth. It is running Win2k Server.
The projects I want to work on are: SQL database languages, PHP, IIS 5, Apache Server, and the M$ .NET platforms including, but not limited to, the newly released AspNetForums. I want to build a message board like AO (just for fun ), only using the aforementioned Asp alternitive, and an "auction/classifieds" site in the lines of ebay's popular site.
What I want from anyone who decides to add to this thread are their own opinion's and experiences in web development along these lines, I have all of the resources I need to accomplish this, tutorials, books for reference, etc. Just YOUR ideas , views, experiences, blah, blah, blah....
I am only myself and I don't have any friends, peers, teachers, etc. to call on for advice that can give me any useful incites on this subject...except , of course, all of you here at AO.


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Friday, April 23, 2010
Peonies on Parade - 1
This photo of a Peony bud was taken April 23, 2010. I have a total of four Peony plants on the south side of my house. I transplanted them from my front yard when I moved there nine years ago. I had never dealt with Peonies before and followed the directions for transplanting religiously. I must have done something right, because they not only bloom early, the blooms are huge. I will take a photo every day until they bloom and you can seem them in all their glory! This is a series of post I will create in honor of National Garden Month.
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Michigan State University has dropped disciplinary proceedings against a student it had accused of violating its e-mail policy by sending a message to hundreds of administrators.
Kara Spencer, a junior who is chief of staff of Associated Students of Michigan State University, received an official warning from the university's student-faculty judiciary late last fall after sending about 390 professors an e-mail message seeking their opinions on a university decision to change the academic calendar. The university concluded that Ms. Spencer had violated a policy regarding bulk e-mail which prohibits messages from being sent to more than 30 people. Ms. Spencer argued that the policy was being selectively enforced in violation of her speech rights. The university's complaint against her says she refused to comply with the policy and demanded that charges be filed against her.
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Kristen Stewart: If I Do a Good Scene, I'm Like 'Whoa That's Dope'
Kristen Stewart wears a shirt with some holes in the front as she leaves a meeting on Thursday (February 13) in Hollywood.
The 23-year-old actress was spotted driving to her gym in West Hollywood the day before.
In case you missed it, check out Kristen on the cover of Marie Claire's March 2014 issue. For her interview, Kristen read a love poem that she wrote.
Before reading the poem, Kristen told the mag, "I don't want to sound so f–king utterly pretentious … but after I write something, I go, 'Holy f�", that's crazy.' It's the same thing with acting: If I do a good scene, I'm always like, 'Whoa, that's really dope.'"
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My Heart Is A Wiffle Ball/Freedom Pole
I reared digital moonlight
You read its clock, scrawled neon across that black
Kismetly … ubiquitously crest fallen
Thrown down to strafe your foothills
…I'll suck the bones pretty.
Your nature perforated the abrasive organ pumps
Spray painted everything known to man,
Stream rushed through and all out into
Something Whilst the crackling stare down sun snuck
Through our windows boarded up
He hit your flint face and it sparked.
And I bellowed and you parked
We reached Marfa.
One honest day up on this freedom pole
Devils not done digging
He's speaking in tongues all along the pan handle
And this pining erosion is getting dust in
My eyes
And I'm drunk on your morsels
And so I look down the line
Your every twitch hand drum salute
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Hello, Dog Walk Bloggs thanks for the add to this forum.
I understand that it's a little early but My wife loves Halloween and insists on planning for it nice and early so she is all planned for the holiday she loves. For the past couple of years, she has been going to haunted houses and Halloween parties celebrating this holiday. For Halloween coming up, she has decided she wants to get my 2-year-old Doberman involved by dressing him up as her sidekick/devil dog or something along the lines and then going out to one of the local events.
I suppose the first question would have to be, Do you think it's appropriate to dress a dog up? what are your concerns?
Have any of you guys dressed your dogs up before?
Did you train your dogs to wear outfits?
How did you train your dogs to wear outfits?
And pretty much anything else that you guys think is important.
Example image of something I have found online (I think it looks pretty cool)


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Kimberly Barker (Camden, N.Y.) posted a goal and an assist to lead MIT to a 6-0 victory over the University of New England in a non-conference field hockey game on Thursday night. Barker, who entered the game tied with Kameron Klauber '12 for the MIT career points mark, earned an assist on freshman Siobhan Rigby's (Richmond, Va.) goal in the 49th minute to eclipse the previous total of 145. With the win, the Engineers improved to 14-2 on the year while the Nor'easters saw their ledger lower to 9-8 for the season.
A penalty stroke by junior Maddy Wharton (Swarthmore, Pa.) put MIT on the board after three minutes elapsed in the game. The Engineers then extended their margin courtesy of a solo effort by sophomore Caitlin Mackey (San Diego, Calif.) just over seven minutes later. In an attempt by UNE to clear the ball out of its defensive zone, Mackey intercepted a pass on the far side and sprinted towards the arc where she sent a cross which bounced off a defender and past senior goalie Kaitlyn Warren (Boscawen, N.H.).
MIT maintained the pressure as it was awarded six penalty corners but Warren turned away four shots while senior Laura Egounis (Boscawen, N.H.) registered three defensive saves to keep the Nor'easters within striking distance. The Engineers ended the defensive battle when senior Molly McShane (Lake Bluff, Ill.) stole the ball at midfield and raced down the far sideline before finding junior Molly Duffy (New Providence, N.J.) for the score in the 27th minute. Immediately after play restarted, Wharton dispossessed the Nor'easters offense in the arc and then broke up sophomore Morgan Tornovish's (Nantucket, Mass.) pass in the circle to preserve the 3-0 lead.
Following the intermission, sophomore Beth Sullivan (Cumberland, R.I.) unleashed a dangerous bouncing feed into the arc, but Wharton once again thwarted the attempt on goal. Junior Casey Clark (Bethlehem, N.H.) produced UNE's first shot of the night in the 48th minute; however, junior Michelle Teplensky (Somers, N.Y.) deflected it out of bounds. MIT responded with Barker's record-breaking effort and then she extended the Cardinal and Gray's advantage to 5-0 when she redirected a feed from Wharton in the 51st minute. The Engineers capped the scoring with 4:28 remaining on a tip in by freshman Molly McNamara (Auburn, Mass.) at the far post that was set up by classmate Isabella DiDio (Jenkintown, Pa.).
The Nor'easters' final opportunity to end the shutout occurred when they received their only penalty corner of the game with eight seconds on the clock. Senior Emily Koehler (Pelham, N.H.) put the ball into play but before it could get back into the arc sophomore Sarah Fay (South Hadley, Mass.) disrupted UNE's centering pass to end the game.
In net, sophomore Jenna Klein (Parma, Ohio) and freshman Paige Kennedy (Eastchester, N.Y.) collaborated for the shutout without having to make a save. Kennedy's only threat was a bouncing ball in the arc moments after she entered the game in the 59th minute. Warren finished the night with seven saves in 57 minutes of action while freshman Lauren Cray (Essex Junction, Vt.) posted one save for the Nor'easters.
Both squads close out the regular season on Saturday, Oct. 27 with home games against conference rivals. MIT will host New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference foe Smith College while UNE will square off with Salve Regina University in a Commonwealth Coast Conference tilt.


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This is a pack of three different kind of ''whoosh''. Duration of a sounds: Whoosh a (0:01) | Whoosh b (0:02) | Whoosh c (0:03)
Whoosh sounds, which can be useful to emphasize fast objects that fly on the screen in a movie or a cartoon, or a title in a presentation or a trailer (promo video) and in games.
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Assisted Living Facility Fired Employee Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charges
DALLAS -- Murphy Healthcare III, LLC, which owns and operates the Frankston Healthcare Center, an assisted living facility in Frankston, Texas, violated federal law by discriminating against an employee because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charge in a lawsuit filed today.
The EEOC's suit, Civil Action No. 6:10-cv-00490, filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, asserts that Murphy Healthcare III terminated Myesha Kerr, a housekeeper, soon after she informed the company that she was pregnant. Kerr's supervisor told the EEOC that he never would have hired the housekeeper had he known of her pregnancy, because he believed Kerr might have hurt herself by working. However, federal law provides that it is the employee, not the employer, who is to decide how long to continue working during a pregnancy. The employer's arbitrary judgment does not supplant the determination of the employee who has the benefit of consultation with her own physician, the EEOC asserts.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by Pregnancy Discrimination Act, under which employment discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions constitutes unlawful sex discrimination. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The agency's lawsuit seeks monetary relief in the form of back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and other relief including an injunction against discriminating in the future.
"Ms. Kerr's employer opted to deprive her of her livelihood based on stereotypes about women who are expecting," said Meaghan Shepard, the trial attorney handling the case for the EEOC. "It is simply against the law to decide to fire a woman just because she's pregnant."
Robert A. Canino, regional attorney of the EEOC's Dallas District Office, added, "You would expect that, during difficult economic times, employers would better understand that a woman may hope to contribute as long as possible to the income needs anticipated for her growing family. Cutting short those opportunities because of paternalistic fears is not justified."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the Commission is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Penzion U Kohoutka
Buzice 15, Buzice
(in the distance of 11.1 km from Hospoda NA STATKU)
The picturesque family Pension U Kohoutka offers its services to all fans of hiking and relaxing. It is located near Blatna and provides stylish accommodation, catering services, and conference facilities.
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The Jets are getting good quarterback play from Mark Sanchez, who led a TD drive culminated by a 24-yard scoring pass to Dustin Keller.
The Dolphins?
Chad Henne missed Brian Hartline on a post pattern that might have gone for a TD had he thrown it well. It was overthrown. And the Dolphins have struggled on offense.
So the Jets lead 7-0.
Braylon Edwards, who did not play in the first quarter, will come in the game now.
The live blog continues in the comments section.