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CRESTVIEW � The City Council is sticking to its stance on waiving no fees for public facility use.
CRESTVIEW � The City Council is sticking to its stance on waiving no fees for public facility use.
That extended to Crestview mom Tina Bannon's request to waive a $250 rental fee for a March 8 fundraiser at Old Spanish Trail Park.
The council's plan for fiscal responsibility, and to avoid double standards, has been to deny waiver requests. Following city leaders' Monday-evening decision, three residents donated enough to cover the fee, Bannon said. She didn't want to reveal the donors' names.
That means Parents Together Okaloosa County, the organization Bannon heads, can present Stride into Safety, a March 8 fundraiser benefiting the school district.
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Only 83 of 195 county school buses have cameras installed, and the district needs $200,000 to outfit all buses.
School district officials have earmarked $42,000 for the cameras with donations from the Young Lawyers Association and from board member Cindy Frakes' discretionary fund.
Bannon hopes Stride into Safety will move the district closer to the goal, and provide students with a safer future.
It's a personal issue for Bannon, who alleged her daughter has fallen out of her seat at least twice when the bus driver braked unexpectedly, and once was punched by another student.
More help needed
Bannon seeks vendors and volunteers for the Stride into Safety. Vendors are also encouraged to donate items for a raffle.
"We are trying to keep it as local as possible and make it a family-friendly event," she said.
In addition, Bannon wants more residents to join Parents Together.
"I want this to be a district-wide (Parent Teacher Organization)," she said. "I just need the community to get behind me."
WHAT: Stride into Safety
WHEN: noon to4 p.m. March 8
WHERE: Old Spanish Trail Park, Crestview
CONTACT Tina Bannon, 496-4749 or firstname.lastname@example.com, to volunteer
Email News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown, follow him on Twitter or call 850-682-6524.


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Tim Bartlett '98
Tim Bartlett has been playing with video, light and projectors since age eight. At 16, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, CT, recognized his documentary work with its annual Prize in Film and Video. He studied film, English and music composition at Middlebury College, and received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to spend one year documenting the art of English bell ringing. Afterward, he continued to travel the world as a documentary cameraman, which included working with Ngawang Choephel as cinematographer and editor on Tibet in Song, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. Tim has also edited television shows, including Hell's Kitchen, World of Jenks, and Emmy-winning seasons of The Amazing Race. He collaborates with New York-based rock group Ghost Ghost, directing music videos and creating visual projections for their live performances.
Tim considers film to be the visual side of music: a temporal medium that translates divergent experiences and forms into light and sound, ideas and emotions. This relationship is integral to Lotus Lives. Su Lian Tan began collaborating with Tim before the music was even composed. His visual work on Lotus Lives incorporates everything from traditional Malaysian shadow puppetry to digital technology and lasers in Brooklyn.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011
A Quirky Bunch...
We humans are a quirky bunch, aren't we? Intelligent, yet savage. Yet, we fancy ourselves to be the most intelligent and most complex of all the species on this lovely place we call home. But are we really?
I watch a dance of nature unfolding outside my window. Rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, birds, all enjoying the same food source in peaceful cohabitation. They have learned, even without the benefit of our superior intellect, to coexist for the good of all.
So begs the question…what's up with that?
Think for a moment about your closest relationship; your best friend, spouse, spiritual partner or significant other. I mean REALLY think about them. Can you honestly say you love every unique characteristic of that person? If you can say yes….good for you!!! Personally, I call bullshit! I would be willing to bet there is at least one aspect of that person's character that you are not entirely thrilled with. I would even go as far as saying that there are friends in your inner circle that you may love, but also, may actually, from time to time, irritate you to an "un-friendly" degree. Alternatively, there are those that you find more consistently annoying, but still consider friends. I believe the correct term is "frenemies". Despite this, we still feel blessed to have these people in our lives and we are as content to look past their "imperfections" as they are to look past our own. Given the complexity of our human nature, if we didn't, our species may cease to exist.
But, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, right? You are human, after all. Possessing all the intelligence bestowed on us by the Gods and/or creation?
I'm certain we've all been asked at one time or another, "Why do you still involve yourself with that person?" And if I'm to be honest, I've asked the same question of others. Obviously, not everyone is going to be as enamored with the same people we are and that includes those relationships that are the most significant to us.
Yet, when we truly care for someone, that question may come from a place of concern for their well-being. If the person seems to be caught in an unhealthy pattern of unhappiness based on their relationship, we may be frustrated because they are not seeing things from our perspective. And the fact of the matter is…they may not want to, they don't have to and more importantly, it's not our right to expect them to.
But, that's what we do when we care, isn't it? It's one of our more appealing human attributes…empathy. However, there's a fine line that exists between healthy concern and the desire to control and at times, that line might blur to the point of being indistinguishable.
The true nature of our concern lies in the intention. Why are we concerned and is there true reason for concern? Is the person in question in danger? Do they seem emotionally or physically unwell as a result of this relationship? If the answer is no, then one needs to examine their own motives and intentions, to determine what, if any, benefit will be reaped from the ending of that relationship. If there is any benefit at all, any given advice may be ill advised or divisive.
As humans, I believe we often find ourselves in the eternal quest for the "perfect" in our relationship/s, as well as in ourselves. Occasionally, we are convinced that we've found that perfection. Whether it's a best friend or a soul mate, group dynamic, there's one thing I can guarantee, even if it comes close, it isn't. And if perfection in ourselves is unattainable, what right do we have to criticize the choices someone else makes about theirs?
I began to re-examine some of the more challenging relationships in my life; those that I once believed were over before they began. What I discovered about them and about myself was…enlightening. Those perceived "imperfections" were no more or less significant than my own and I began to see and appreciate the "something beautiful" in all of them.
Now consider the more challenging relationships in your life. Perhaps, you've ended them, finding their imperfections insurmountable. What beauty could you find if you looked past their flaws? If you find none exists….so be it. Personally, I call "bullshit".
Now….shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you?
In Darkness, Light!
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You may hear more noise than normal from the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst today, and here's why.
Members of the G Company 2nd Battalion 25th Marines out of Picatinny Arsenal New Jersey are conducting day and night mortar firing at the joint base ranges.
Training began Friday and will continue today between 7 a.m. - 11 p.m.
The base warns some residents may hear more noise than usual coming from the ranges and may experience possible ground shaking. The noise from the ranges may travel farther during overcast weather conditions.
Contact the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs Office at (609) 754-2104 with any questions or concerns.


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Painted Monasteries
The Painted Monasteries are in the southern Bucovina, in northern Romania. Most of them have been nominated World Heritage site by the UNESCO. They are all in very isolated places surrounded by farms and a nice countryside. If you see a map, most of them will be located next to a town with the same name, but this doesn't always happen. The truth is that several houses were built next to the road leading to these monasteries, but they are all farms and these "towns" have no center, no public transport, so I would hardly call them towns. They are all very beautiful but very small so, if you just want to see the monasteries, it's not worth spending more than one hour in each place. A good choice would be renting a car to wonder around easily: in 1 or 2 days you will be able to enjoy every place properly. On the other hand, if you want to take your time and walk around enjoying the beautiful Romanian countryside, then you might consider spending more time there. Finding a place to sleep will not be a problem: lots of houses rent a room to tourists and, if you go to Gura Humorului or Suceava you can find good quality hotels for very reasonable prices. Getting inside the Monasteries will cost you 4 lei; if you want to take pictures you are supposed to pay an extra fee.
The closest bigger city is Suceava. There would be a bus connecting the Monastery to the city, but it passes only twice a day, in the early morning (about 7:30) and late evening (about 9 pm). It is better to use the taxi; tell the driver to use the taximetru set to 1.5 lei/Km (the standard price there to go outside the city). In Suceava, you find taxis in the center; ask them to leave you their number and, if you are in the Monastery, you can ask the nouns to call it again for the way back. The monastery is very beautiful, even if it is not painted outside like the others. If you want you can remain to sleep at the monastery. They will give you a room in a small building next to the monastery; it will cost you 50 RON/night for a double room with private toilet. You can go to eat inside the monastery, they will offer you this choice if you decide to sleep there. You haven't got so many chances because there is no other place to eat around, but it's worth trying: the breakfast is 15 RON/person and the meal 20 RON/person, but most of what you'll eat is made with the local products by the nuns.
It is 6 Km away from Gura Humorului. You could consider going there walking from there, it will take about 1 hour and half, but it is not really worth it because the view is not very nice. There is a maxitaxi leaving from the Best Western hotel to Humor and back very often, and it will cost you only 1 leu.
There is no public transport going to Voronet, so you have to take a taxi, rent a car or go around with a planned trip. A possibility to be considered is to go walking from Gura Humorului: the landscape is very nice and the street is about 4 km, so it will take about 1 hour to get there.


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Plasmoids that use the QML (aka QtQuick) declarative language to describe their user interface while having the logic of the applet, in JavaScript (QML is essentially a forge between CSS and JavaScript).
This is now the recommended method of creating plasmoids, where possible. The plasmoid, or applet serves as the visualization for the data which a Plasma::DataEngine contains.
It allows easily the declaring of an interface and to easily create things like ListViews with native Plasma theming. It is what Plasma is leaning the most towards, especially in the Mobile, MediaCenter shells.
Plasma has built-in JavaScript (also known as ECMAScript, and often referred to as QtScript in the context of Qt) scripting support without requiring any external dependencies.
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'Arrow' Preview: Watch Oliver Get "Vertigo" Meeting The Count!
Tonight's all-new 'Arrow' episode "Vertigo" will mark an important turning point for the series, as Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell)'s war on crime finally has the 'Batman Begins'-style effect of creating more outlandish criminals, first seen with 'Fringe' star Seth Gabel's "The Count." we've heard all about how the Count Vertigo-inspired character borrows a page or two from Heath Ledger's iconic Joker, but how would you like to see the character in action? Get a first look at 'Arrow's creepy new villain from tonight's "Vertigo" inside!
The Starling City vigilante has faced a number of deadly criminals, but perhaps none so theatrical and deadly as Seth Gabel's "The Count." The character makes his first appearance in tonight's Vertigo, following a mention in last week's "Trust But Verity," but how would you like to see for yourself with an all-new clip from The Hollywood Reporter? From The CW's official press release of tonight's all-new hour:
Thea is in trouble with the police after she gets caught using a drug called "Vertigo." Oliver thinks the only way to keep her out of jail is to find the dealer, a man who goes by the name of "The Count." Oliver turns to McKenna Hall (guest star Janina Gavankar), an old flame and current Vice cop, for help. Meanwhile, Laurel steps in to defend Thea, and Felicity gives Oliver some disturbing news about Moira.
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Plenty of pluses in fall gardening
Lots of us don't think about planting a garden in the fall, but it's the perfect time for cool season veggie growing. We probably won't have to worry about frost until mid November or later, so that gives weeks and weeks of "grow time."
Fall is a great time for planting because the plants get plenty of sun but not as much heat. Spinach, lettuce and radishes are some options for your garden as they like the cooler nights of early fall. Another advantage of fall gardening is that there are usually fewer insect pests as the temperature goes down. Even weeds grow a little slower, which gives the plants a little less competition. You might need less water in a fall garden, and you certainly will enjoy pulling weeds more with the slightly cooler temperatures
Spinach grown from seed is a great plant for your fall garden. You should sow a little more thickly than a spring crop because the warm soil will keep some seeds from germinating. Keep the soil moist by watering regularly and topping with organic mulch as soon as you see little seedlings. You can start pinching and eating little leaves in a few weeks. Spinach takes about a month to mature fully.
Leaf lettuce is good to grow when the temperatures fall below the 80s. You can start clipping little lettuce leaves to make a salad in about a month. If we have an occasional extra hot fall day just give the baby plants a little shade with a temporary sheet or canopy propped up on sticks.
Radishes grow fast. Look for round classic radish shapes or the fancy French oval shaped seed pack. They are ready to pick in three to four weeks. Keep the soil moist, and the radishes will taste better.
Beets are another favorite choice for fall gardens. Experts suggest soaking the seeds for a few hours or overnight before planting. You can even use the young sprouts in a tasty salad while the beets continue to mature. Keep the beets watered well and wait about a month for the greens and 50 days for the beets.
This is the time to clean up the summer mess in your garden. Add organic matter to your soil and loosen the garden area if it has gotten compacted. For your treat after these tasks, you can start to peruse garden seed catalogs and local garden centers for your fall plants.


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International Women's DayMar 8, 2013
This year, International Women's Day focuses on fighting violence against women and girls.
Violence affects the lives of millions of women worldwide, in all socio-economic and educational classes. It cuts across cultural and religious barriers, impeding the right of women to participate fully in society.
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WebP is a great file format, but it's basically supported only by Chrome. For WebP files with transparency it's necessary to have PNG fallback for other browsers (otherwise it won't work in iOS, Firefox, IE, etc.).
Regular truecolor PNG with alpha gives pretty large files, but there's a special smaller PNG file variant that can be created by pngquant - a command line utility.
If you have pngquant 1.8 on your server (just get package from official pngquant website), then you can create small fallback images (with quality better than from PHP's libgd):
* Optimizes PNG file with pngquant 1.8 or later (reduces file size of 24-bit/32-bit PNG images).
* You need to install pngquant 1.8.x on the server (ancient version 1.0 won't work).
* There's package for Debian/Ubuntu and RPM for other distributions on http://pngquant.org
* @param $path_to_png_file string - path to any PNG file, e.g. $_FILE['file']['tmp_name']
* @param $max_quality int - conversion quality, useful values from 60 to 100 (smaller number = smaller file)
* @return string - content of PNG file after conversion
function compress_png($path_to_png_file, $max_quality = 90)
if (!file_exists($path_to_png_file)) {
throw new Exception("File does not exist: $path_to_png_file");
// guarantee that quality won't be worse than that.
$min_quality = 60;
// '-' makes it use stdout, required to save to $compressed_png_content variable
// '<' makes it read from the given file path
// escapeshellarg() makes this safe to use with any path
$compressed_png_content = shell_exec("pngquant --quality=$min_quality-$max_quality - < ".escapeshellarg( $path_to_png_file));
if (!$compressed_png_content) {
throw new Exception("Conversion to compressed PNG failed. Is pngquant 1.8+ installed on the server?");
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So for example when user is uploading a PNG file:
$read_from_path = $_FILE['file']['tmp_name'];
$save_to_path = "uploads/compressed_file.png";
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I feel like Colin Firth today, but not because I've won any awards. In his acceptance speech at the Oscars recently, Firth admitted to "stirrings" which could, at any moment, set his legs to dancing.
For my entire life, the road to New Orleans has made me want to second line all the way, so I know those stirrings. I'll be dancing down the river this week to visit with gardeners and photograph their gardens, and, yes, do a little parading.
Local flavor
Some say we talk funny down South, where "ya'll" and "whodat" prevail. Our English vernacular can be colorful and extends to the common names we give to plants. Usually the names come from a place or way the plants are used, and as long as we all know what we're talking about, it hardly matters.
For example, one of the first photographs I took in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina shows a clump of Ruellia blooming wildly at streetside. Its blue trumpet flowers give rise to the name Mexican petunia, but around here, it's known as "dooryard plant" because it so quickly fills the space beside the back door steps.
Clerodendrum bungei, a bully of a plant with large, dark leaves and a big pink flowerhead, has fans and detractors. Those who appreciate the nectar-filled flowers call it Mexican hydrangea, although it is neither. But those who find its habits and odor offensive have ironically named it Cashmere Bouquet or, more descriptively, Kashmir Bouquet. It definitely does not smell like the popular sweet soap of the first reference, but those who know say its aroma is more like the wet goats of Asia.
I'm convinced that more people would grow Euonymus americanus if they could figure out what to call it. The woody shrub is native to the South, angular in form, and ideal for shady spots. Its small flowers soon give way to precious seed capsules that pop open to reveal bright red berries in fall.
Each of those features gives rise to a common name: Strawberry bush, hearts a bustin' and wahoo are all synonyms for this plant!
A New Orleans tale
Sometimes common names are entirely singular and make discussion difficult.
An extension agent tells the story of a phone call he received from a gardener shortly after he arrived to work in New Orleans. The lady wanted to know what to do about her "Mardi Gras plant," and he didn't want to admit he'd never heard of it.
He got her to describe the problem and the plant, and finally the light bulb went on over his head. She was asking about Mahonia bealei, a rugged understory shrub popular in the South and known as Oregon grape holly.
The plant is not limited to the Northwest and is neither a grape nor a holly, but does have green leaves, yellow flowers, and purple berries. Those are the colors of Mardi Gras, and he thanked her for telling him its local name. "Oh no," she said, "I'm the only one that calls it that!"
The unrelated shrimp and butterfly plants
Other common names are just plain confusing. There are at least three plants called "shrimp plant," a yellow (Pachystacys lutea), a red (Justicia brandegeana) and a blue (Cerinthe major purpurascens). All have a bract structure in their flowers that includes a curved "tail" that gives them their common name.
I treat them as annuals, but the red and blue sorts are able to tolerate temperatures into the upper 20s at least so their pots often survive the winter in my unheated greenhouse.
I don't know for sure, but it seems like more plants have "butterfly" in their common name than any other one word. Asclepias, Buddleia, and Clerodendron, three very distinct plant families, share the moniker butterfly. The first is the host plant for monarch butterflies, aka milkweed. The second is butterfly bush and is a nectar plant for many in the species Lepidoptera. The third, but by no means the last of this group, is butterfly plant, a tropical plant with blue flowers that have large lower petals that rather resemble butterfly wings.
Botanical names are straightforward and logical, if hard to pronounce. They change when plant lineages are explored further and the syntax systems must be tweaked. The resulting confusion comes when the rules from on high take years to circulate among the rest of us.
So we know banana shrub, but whether it is Michelia figo or Magnolia fuscata depends on what decade you discovered it.
We know chrysanthemum, but did you know they changed its name to Leucanthemum a few years back? Still grows the same, but if you don't know, it can be hard to look up detailed information or recognize new varieties that may not carry the old names.
I'm dancing off to Mardi Gras, and maybe I'll see some Mardi Gras plants, too.
Nellie Neal gardens in beds and containers and on windowsills in central Mississippi and south Louisiana. She never met a plant she didn't want to propagate. Her website is GardenMama.com. To read more by Nellie, click here.


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Friday, November 29, 2013
Thought for the Day, #66
To all those people who say that gay people are unable to love, I ask every single husband and wife, who are in love, to just feel what I'm feeling. Even for just ten minutes. I don't wish this on anybody.
From the Linda Bloodworth Thomason documentary Bridegroom, following Thomas Bridegroom's tragic accident in May 2011. This quote is from a video taken by Shane Bitney Crone, Thomas's partner of six years, as he deals with his loss.
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This makes you realize how sacred time is. Also, why we need laws that protect us and enable us to be with who we love.ReplyDeleteReplies
Chela, I could not have said it better.Delete
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Getting to the NBA is not easy, sticking to an NBA team proved to be even harder. But with hard work, faith, dedication and perseverance you might be able to pull it through. Ask Bruce Bowen, after all his journey to the NBA never came easy, he was not drafted and bounced around the league in the early part of his career. But that is up until he played with the San Antonio Spurs.
In San Antonio, Bowen found his niche and has done his best playing great defense. He would have the unenviable tasks of guarding the likes of Allen, Carter, McGrady, Bryant and James among others. Other players even labeled him as a "dirty" player, Phil Jackson even called him Edward "scissor hands" at some point. But you know what? I don't buy that, for me Bowen is just a hard worker that has mastered defensive anticipations which makes him so effective.
He was a key player in Spurs' title run in '03, '05 and '07. An amazing feat for a guy that was "unwanted" in the league early on. With success he remains humble and when asked what advice he can give for aspiring young players this is what he said "Follow your heart. It's different strokes for different folks. What worked for me, may not work for you. You have to find your own path when it comes to things of this nature"
Clearly he found his path, he found his home with the Spurs. But eventually things have changed. An early exit of last years playoffs, forced the Spurs to go in a different direction trading Bowen, Oberto and Thomas to the Bucks for Richard Jefferson.
After the trade, Bowen was asked if he is willing to re-sign with the Spurs if that possibility arises. He answered 'Yes' without hesitating. He was even able to bid goodbye with class. Later on he was waived and is now a Free Agent some Spurs fans (including me) thought of the possibility of bringing him back. But then again Coach Pop would say this "I've given him no such indication, He might come back with the right team in the right situation, but it's probably not going to be San Antonio."
I bet Bowen was hurt deep down, probably even harder compared to the time when he was traded, but we never heard a word from him, no complaints. He might not be the same player he was before, but I still find it hard seeing him playing for another team. For me, he is a Spur by heart and mind. I think he knows this too, so if he ends up hanging his Jersey #12 before the season starts it wouldn't surprise me, but he will certainly be missed (heck even the guys he used to guard might miss him, ask Kobe).
And if he chooses to play? no matter how remote or unpopular (or popular depends on whom you asked) this may seem, I hope it would be for the Spurs. He knows he can't play with the same passion and love for any other team, if only he will follow his heart... So are his playing days over? I can't tell. But when that time comes, I hope the Spurs will give the honor he righfully deserves. I'm wishing him all the best and if he pursues a future endeavor, a trainer or coaching job maybe? I hope it would be with the Spurs...


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Motorcycle lover Brad Pitt takes his motorcycle out for a spin on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood on Tuesday.
Check out the fifth pic where a random driver is checking Brad out!
The 45-year-old Benjamin Button actor will be featured in Quentin Tarantino's new film, Inglourious Basterds. Check out the trailer if you missed it!
Awards season is winding down, but we can't ever get enough of the pretty pair on the red carpet! Earlier in the week, they were seen at the BAFTAs.
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Juan Cortez
|Juan Garcia Cortez
GTA Vice City
GTA Vice City Stories
|Full Name
|Juan Garcia Cortez
Colonel Cortez
|Yacht (previously docked in Ocean Beach/Viceport, Vice City)
Unnamed wife (deceased)
Mercedes Cortez (daughter)
|Main Affiliations
Cortez Crew
Cortez' Maid
Ricardo Diaz
Diaz' Gang
Ken Rosenberg
Lance Vance
Victor Vance
Tommy Vercetti
|Voiced by
|Robert Davi
Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez, also known as Colonel Cortez or simply, Cortez, is a character in the 3D Universe who appears as a main character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (set in 1986) and is mentioned in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (set in 1984). He is the head of the Cortez Crew and is a retired army colonel from an unknown Central American country, and is the father of Mercedes Cortez. He is voiced by Robert Davi.
Character history
Early life
Juan Cortez was born in an unnamed Central American country and during his time in his home country survived thirty coups and nine death sentences, always managing to survive and get promoted. Cortez has a disliking of the French and accuses them of hypocrisy for stealing from poor nations for centuries while they accuse him of being a thief for stealing their missile chips. Cortez also married an unnamed woman before having a daughter, Mercedes. By 1986, his wife had died.
At some point he became heavily involved in the narcotics trade, eventually deciding to move to Vice City. Cortez, however, first sends his right-hand man Gonzalez, who establishes a place for Cortez in the city, although Gonzalez continues to steal some of Cortez' drugs to sell for a side profit. Ricardo Diaz, another newly arrived drug dealer who has plans on becoming the cities drug baron, discovers Gonzalez' treachery and threatens to kill him if he does not begin to tell Diaz about Cortez' future drug deals in the city.
Moving to Vice City
By 1986 Cortez moved to Vice City and established himself in the city, often throwing parties on his yacht, with the cities most prominent people attending, including Congressman Alex Shrub, retired football star BJ Smith, rock star Jezz Torrent, drug baron Ricardo Diaz, and real estate mogul Avery Carrington. Cortez, officially, resides in the city as a cultural attaché and thus has diplomatic immunity, although the Vice City Police Department still bugs his home. He helps Ken Rosenberg to establish a drugs trade between the Liberty City based Forelli Family, represented by Tommy Vercetti, Harry, and Lee; and the Vance Crime Family, represented by both Lance and Victor Vance. The deal, however, is ambushed by Ricardo Diaz' hitmen.
Tommy Vercetti later attended one of Cortez' parties under the orders of Ken Rosenberg and Cortez agreed to look into the ambushed drug deal, later informing Vercetti that Gonzalez had been talking about the deal and sends Vercetti to kill him with a chainsaw. He continues to look into the ambushed deal and later confirms his suspicions that Diaz was involved, informing Vercetti. Whilst looking into the ambushed deal, Cortez has Tommy steal missile technology chips from Pierre La Ponce that the French government had wanted and has Tommy protect Diaz in a drug deal with the Cubans while fighting Haitians, allowing Tommy to become friends with Diaz and infiltrate his operation.
Cortez allows Tommy to work for Diaz and openly suggests that he may have been involved in the ambushed deal, but refuses to accuse him because Diaz is a 'dangerous man'. Later, however, Cortez does phone Tommy and asks him to steal a tank from soldiers moving it through the town to an unknown military garage in Viceport. Tommy steals the tank and continues to work for Diaz, eventually killing him and taking over his empire. Cortez, however, would phone Tommy once again to request his help in fleeing Vice City, as French government agents are going to try to get their technology back. Tommy helps Cortez escape to safer waters and is given a boat to go back to shore, with Cortez asking Tommy to take care of his daughter, Mercedes. Cortez phones Tommy from an unknown location, after a major gun battle at the Vercetti Estate to ask about rumors that Mercedes was studying law, which, to his relief, turn out to be rumors. Cortez seems, however, to be unaware of Mercedes role in a film starring Candy Suxxx.
Mission appearances
- GTA Vice City
- The Party
- Riot (post mission phone call)
- Treacherous Swine (Boss)
- Mall Shootout (Boss)
- Guardian Angels (Boss)
- Phnom Penh '86 (post mission phone call)
- Sir, Yes Sir! (Boss)
- Death Row (post mission phone call)
- All Hands on Deck! (Boss, Escaped)
- Keep Your Friends Close... (post mission phone call)
VCBI record
Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez has a record in the Vice City Bureau of Investigation.[1]:
- Believed to facilitate trade in all areas of criminal activity, including, but not limited to, narcotics, firearms, weapons, and military secrets.
- In own country, has been sentenced to death 9 times, but always survives and gets promoted.
- Cultural Attaché.
- Has diplomatic immunity - bear this in mind when bugging his house.
- Has somehow survived up to 30 coups in his native country.
- Likes to eat endangered species. Considers this to be fine living.
- Lives with daughter. Widower.
- Long term dislike for French secret service.
Murder committed
- Gonzales - (sent Tommy Vercetti to kill him for speaking about Cortez' criminal activities.)
- Juan Cortez enjoys eating endangered species, including tapia snout, considering it a hallmark of fine living.
- Juan Cortez is a parody of Manuel Noriega, the former military dictator of Panama, who was also a major drug trafficker during the 1980s. Robert Davi, who voiced Cortez, also parodies Noriega in the James Bond film Licence to Kill.
- A phone conversation between Cortez and Tommy, that was deleted from the final game, states that Cortez has returned to his home country and had been involved in three revolutions, being promoted each time. The canonicity of this, however, is unknown.
- ↑ Vice City Crime Tree. Rockstar Games. official GTA Vice City website


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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; In his nola.com article here: http://www.nola.com/saints/t-p/index...9978177570.xml John DeShazier makes some obvious points about Brooks that I feel should be echoed. But still, let's not get it twisted. These Saints are best with Brooks at the controls. He's their best playmaker, ...
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In his nola.com article here:
John DeShazier makes some obvious points about Brooks that I feel should be echoed.
Brooks now has all of his weapons available. Boo is on the field, as is Stallworth (with M. Lewis and/or Henderson to back him up if his hammies balk again). Duece will be in open space, and Horn is still the #1 receiver of this extermely talented bunch. The interior pocket will be stronger with Bentley and Holland starting.
I predict that Brooks will have his aboslute best season yet, and the best season for a QB in the history of the franchise.
Mark my words, he will hit these numbers:
4000 yards
30+ TDs
15 or less total turnovers (INTs + lost fumbles). BTW even with all the lost fumbles last year his TT was only 18.
90+ passer rating
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DeShazier makes some obvious points about Brooks.
Hope springs eternal.
Given the way Bouman played against the Jets, it seems pretty evident that his signing was a wash.
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I agree with ya SFIAH, but I don\'t think Brook\'s will have 15 total turnovers this season. Last season he showed he can control interceptions, but this season he shows us he can hold onto the ball, and I would say 9 INT\'s and 3 fumbles lost.
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Growing up watching football as a kid, I remember seeing QB\'s like Staubach, Stabler, Bradshaw, etc,.. These guys where all \"white\" and usually of the \"blue collar\" variety. The football fans that I knew could all relate to these QB\'s. In a lot of ways they were just like the fans themselves. Hard working average Joes.
They didn\'t run a lot and were usually \"pocket\" passers. They all had their ups and downs but the fans still pulled for them because they could relate to them. Don\'t get me wrong, they received their fair share of criticism, but most fans didn\'t take the criticism to the level they do today. And QB\'s weren\'t yanked by the coaches they way they are today. I often wonder how many of those great QB\'s from yester-year would have gotten the opportunity in todays game. My gut feeling is some of them wouldn\'t have gone on to do the things they did because of the fans impatience which places a lot of pressure on the coach to make a change. Afterall, coaches don\'t have as much time to turn things around like they used to.
The game starting changing somewhere in the late 80\'s or early 90\'s. Randall Cunningham and Warren Moon were two of the 1st \"black\" starting QB\'s that I remember. I can still remember what a lot of \"white\" fans said about them back then.
They aren\'t smart enough to play the position. They take off running too quick. Lots of things were said. Most of it untrue !! A lot of fans simply couldn\'t relate to Moon or Cunningham. They weren\'t the typical \"blue collar\" guys they were used to. They were a round peg in a square hole!! And of course, they weren\'t white.
Racial prejudice wan\'t unique to football, though. It was wide spread back then and it still is today. Although not as bad.
I really don\'t think \"race\" plays a big role in how a QB is viewed today. Not to the degree it was 15 or 20 years ago. I just think a lot of fans grew up watching a certain kind of QB and that\'s what they grew up loving. And that\'s what they want today.
The game has changed and we have more \"black\" QB\'s than ever. For better or worse, \"black\" QB\'s have changed the game. They\'ve changed the way defenses play. They\'ve changed how offenses play.
Aaron Brooks is not the kind of QB a lot of us grew up pulling for. He\'s not the \"blue collar\" guy you watched with your dad. He doesn\'t scream and yell when things go wrong. He\'s more laid back than some of the ol\' greats. He\'s cocky and just smiles when things aren\'t going the way he wants them to.
Hard to relate to that isn\'t it? Not your kind of guy? Brooks isn\'t the best QB in the NFL. But he is the best the Saints have ever had.
And he\'s good enough to get this team to the playoffs. After that, anything can happen.
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Dont\' care what color, ethnic origin, religion or what his name is for that matter, as long as they can lead us to the promise land and I believe AB will make believers out of all Saint\'s fans this year.
I said promise land, believers and Saint\'s in that paragraph. God is trying to send me a message, it\'s time to go to church Cher.
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Smith hundred steers South Africa
South Africa 2 for 217 (Smith 111*, Petersen 54) trail Australia 550 (Clarke 230, Warner 119, Hussey 103, Morkel 5-146) by 333 runs
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Another day, another captain's innings. Graeme Smith's century on the second afternoon in Adelaide might not have had the elegance of Michael Clarke's double-hundred on day one, but it was no less important for his side. After Australia piled on 550 in less than four sessions, South Africa needed somebody from their top order to anchor a hefty reply. That man was Smith, who finished the day unbeaten on 111, having had support from Alviro Petersen in a 138-run opening stand.
South Africa did not bat with the carefree attitude that the Australians did on Thursday, scoring at 3.23 runs per over. But that was only natural. When the opposition has such an enormous headstart, a certain amount of vigilance is required to ensure the situation does not become diabolical. The boundaries might be expected to flow more freely on the third day, if they again start solidly. They will begin on 2 for 217, with Jacques Rudolph on 25 alongside Smith.
It was a day on which the Australians discovered that the benign Adelaide Oval pitch that had been their friend over the first four sessions could just as easily become an enemy. Morne Morkel found something from the surface in the opening session, completing his first five-wicket haul against Australia to make sure South Africa would not spend another full day in the sun. Australia's bowlers toiled for little reward.
It took a run-out to break the opening partnership. On 54, Petersen pushed the ball to mid-on and set off for a run, but found himself on a collision course with his partner Smith. After taking a wide berth to get around his captain, Petersen compounded the problem by not sliding his bat in his reach for the crease, although it may not have saved him from Michael Hussey's direct hit in any case.
The only breakthrough made by an Australian bowler came through the occasional legspin of David Warner, who lured Hashim Amla (11) out of his crease. Amla played the wrong line and despite the wicketkeeper Matthew Wade struggling to grasp the ball cleanly at first, was so far down the pitch that he couldn't get back in time to avoid being stumped.
It wasn't Wade's first shaky moment. On 46, Smith, who has never been stumped in a Test career spanning 182 innings, advanced down the pitch and tried to flick Michael Clarke through leg and when he missed, Wade, who appeared to have lost sight of the ball, fumbled and lost the chance to take the bails off.
The Australians also thought they had Smith caught behind on 78, when James Pattinson came around the wicket and nipped a ball away off the seam. Smith dabbed at the ball and was given out caught behind, but when he asked for a review, there was no evidence from Hot Spot that his bat had touched the ball and the decision was overturned. They were important moments for Smith, just as Clarke had had some close calls in his innings.
Otherwise, Smith played well, leaving the ball and waiting for those he could dispatch or work through the gaps. He brought up his century from his 198th delivery, with a cut behind point for four off the bowling of Nathan Lyon, and it was typical of his innings - wait for the bad ball. Smith battled what appeared to be cramp during his innings but he should return fresher on the third day, and notably for South Africa, the team has never lost a Test in which Smith has scored a hundred.
They can also take heart from the fact that twice in the past decade, a team has lost having posted a 550-plus total batting first at Adelaide Oval - something that outside Adelaide has only happened once in Test history. South Africa's chances of victory might be slim, and not helped by the fact that Jacques Kallis has a hamstring injury and will struggle when he bats, but they know Adelaide can provide them with as many runs as it did Australia.
The Australians added 68 to their overnight score for the loss of their last five wickets and the majority of their runs came from the No.9, Pattinson, who played some impressive strokes in reaching his best first-class score of 42. He crunched Dale Steyn for a pair of boundaries through the off side and cleared the rope twice off Imran Tahir before he was the last man out, edging Steyn to Smith at slip.
The day had started on a positive note for South Africa when Morkel bowled Clarke, who added only six to his overnight score and was dismissed for 230. The rewards kept coming for the hard-working Morkel when he had Wade caught behind for 6, trying to drive a delivery that angled across him, and his five-wicket haul arrived when Ben Hilfenhaus hooked a short ball and was caught at fine leg for a duck.
Morkel's previous best in an innings against Australia was three wickets, and he finished up with 5 for 146 from 30 overs, his workload having increased significantly due to Kallis being unavailable. There was also a moment of relief and joy for Rory Kleinveldt, who claimed his first Test wicket when he had Peter Siddle caught at slip for 6. The umpire called for a replay to check that Kleinveldt, a serial no-baller, had not over-stepped, and by a matter of millimetres his wicket stood.
It was all part of a much more pleasant day for South Africa than day one.
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The secret relations between Obama and the Mullahs is one of the darkest episode of the US history. The US-Mullah secret relation in the past three years, that was supported by the stupid lefts, is a great scandal, bigger than the Watergate or the Iran-Contra scandal. In 2009. Obama aided the Mullahs in killing and torturing tens of thousand of Iranians, and it's a great tragedy bigger than 9/11. In the recent days, the Washington Post had a week report about Obama's new letter to Khamenei and reported: "Obama has signaled [the Mullahs] that the US would accept a [Mullah] civilian nuclear program if Khamenei can back up his recent public claim that his nation 'will never pursue nuclear weapons'. This message was sent through Turkish Prime Minister, Erdogan, who visited Khamenei last week. A few days before traveling to Iran, Erdogan had held a two-hour meeting with Obama in Seoul, in which they discussed what Erdogan would tell [the Mullahs] about the nuclear issue and Syria. Erdogan was accompanied, both in the meeting with Obama and on the trip to Iran, by Hakan Fidan, the chief of Turkeys intelligence service. Fidan is said to have close relations with Qassem Suleimani, the head of Mullahs Quds Force and Khameneis closest adviser on security issues [, and It's funny to know that the US and the West already knew him as a great terrorist!]". It's Obama's sixth letter to Khamenei. Some media, including Debka.com and the Mullah media, added: "Obama sent a secret message to Khamenei expressing a willingness to accept an Mullah civilian nuclear program, and his message had six points: 1- the Mullahs must come to the talks and show they are open to a 'compromise deal' 2- Obama still can use a back-channel US-Mullah dialogue. Washington was satisfied with the secret talks that has been conducting with the Mullahs. Russia and China are agreed to go along with this position if Khamenei found it acceptable 3- Any deal would require a commitment from Khamenei to freeze all aspects of his nuclear program 4- Obama asked Erdogan to convey a personal message from him to Khamenei: Obama was favorably impressed with the Khameneis comments (green signals) in his recent speeches 5- The Mullahs must change the hostile anti-US tone of their speeches and publications. In place of antipathy, Obama would deeply appreciate a series of helpful comments coming from the Mullahs and their media, especially if they highlighted an improved Mullah attitude towards the US as a result of his administrations polices [!!] [and it's what Mr. shit and the Mullahs do it well !]. The Mullahs should know that the US president is ready to pursue policies agreed between him and Khamenei in the course of their secret dialogue 6- Erdogan also was asked to explain the US policy on Iran and its nuclear program, also on the Syrian crisis". The US-Mullah secret relation in the past three years showed the pro-US Iranians many things, and now in 2012, the 50 million young Iranians who were pro-US, can see the true colors of the US. "Don't Americans know how Iranians think about the US-Mullah relations? The US-Mullah relations is as acceptable as the US-Bin Laden relations, that means it's only acceptable for dead Zombies and stupid Monkeys", many say in these days. But the US politicians are so stupid and desperately try to make a deal with the Mullahs. I don't know how the US politicians, with this level of IQ, can fool the Americans. It's a great tragicomedy. In these days, the stupid US politicians and the Mullahs send many green signals to each other. Rafsanjani and one of his men in the US, Mousavian, that is a high rank Mullah terrorist and as we said before, now he lives in the US and works for the Princeton University, have sent many green signals. We would write more about Mousavian, the Mullah terrorist at the Princeton University, and his recent activities, that is a great embarrassment for the US. But Rafsanjani and Mousavian, and the secret talks between the Mullahs and the US are just part of the current farce. In the recent days, some people media reported: "The online publication of an interview with the U.S. State Department's Persian spokesman by a Mullah website, Alef, is something that has never happened in the past 33 years. The Alef website had a report, that according to some Mullahs, 'in this report, a U.S. intelligence officer had opportunity to respond to questions from the Basiji and the Mullahs (i.e. the killers of Iranians)'. On April 3, the Mullah website, Alef -which has ties to Tavakoli, a high rank member of Larijani clan, who are known as the British puppets- called on its Basiji readers to send in questions for its upcoming interview with the US State Department's Persian-language spokesman, Alan Eyre. But finally, several hours after it went up, Alef removed the webpage advertising the conversation with the US official". Now, many Iranians say: "Obama is really the American Bin Laden. He is really 'Obama Bin Laden'. He is worst than Bush, because Bush was a frank and honest idiot, but Obama is a hypocritical stupid bastard. Bush and Obama both were evil, but Bush was a frank evil that many knew his true colors, while Obama is a hypocritical evil that some idiots still think he is not evil".
'Obama Bin Laden' is a great evil, not because he is black, socialist, or non-American, as some stupid American racists say. 'Obama Bin Laden' is a great evil because he not only betrayed the ordinary Americans and didn't solve any serious problem in the US, but he betrayed the great anti-Mullah movement in Iran, and he aided the Mullahs in killing and torturing Iranians. We have already written about the tragic story of the American Bin Laden (Obama) and the Iranian 9/11 (2009) and how the American Bin Laden supported the Mullahs and aided them in killing and torturing tens of thousands of Iranians (check Archive). The American Bin Laden (Obama) is worse than the dead Bin Laden, because the dead Bin Laden was honest, but the American Bin Laden (Obama) is hypocrite and pretends that he cares about the freedom and democracy, while he is the number one enemy of the freedom and democracy in Iran and other parts of the world. The American Bin Laden (Obama), also known as Mr. Stupid Monkey, has no shame and clearly says that he doesn't care about Iranians and the freedom and democracy in Iran, and he just wants to make a good deal with the Mullahs. I don't know why some Americans are so stupid or pretend ignorance about Obama and what he does. I don't talk about the American jerks who are racist and selfish and clearly say that they don't care about non-Americans and what happen to non-Americans, including Iranians. These Americans, that unfortunately their number is not small, live like animals and deserve everything they get from their corrupt politicians. These Americans deserve their sick and corrupt system, and the greedy rich and the corrupt politicians should screw them, because they are like their politicians, and don't deserve better. But unfortunately, many Americans who are not like their politicians and their mass media, follow the fake intellectuals and the stupid lefts. They stupidly think everyone that hates Obama, should love Bush or the Republicans, and vice versa. They love choosing between two great evils, even when Obama clearly proved that the Democrats and the Republicans are two sides of the same coin. It's really shameful. The 2012 election is one of most shameful election in the US history, because both parties and their candidates seem like the great evil, but the people are silent and inactive. I hope the wise Americans stop supporting one of the great evils, and instead support a third candidate, a third party, and a real alternative. Instead of the stupid OWS movement, they can have a movement for getting rid of the two great evils and all corrupt politicians. We have already written about the politics, the people power, and a world without politicians. They can have a movement for "direct democracy" and a world without politicians. They can have a movement for "boycotting the election that its candidates are great evils". They can have many acceptable movements for "real change", but unfortunately they just waste their time by stupid things such as the OWS movement. The politicians love the ignorant people and those who follow the media, the fake intellectuals, and the politicians like sheep. But If the people want 'real change', they should be wise and think independently of the mass media and the fake intellectuals. Of course, all Americans are not stupid and ignorant, some of them say: "We and Iranians have figured out what a complete and utter buffoon this moron in the White House is", but they don't organize themselves. Some stupid Mullahs say: "Obamas Love Letter to Khamenei is a clear sign Of U.S. failure", but Obama's Love Letters to Khamenei, and his secret relations with the Mullahs is a clear sign of the American Hypocrisy and shows the world the true colors of the US. The selfish and racist Americans who don't care about non-Americans and what happen to them, should know that Stalin and Hitler killed and suppressed many non-Russians and non-Germans, but first and foremost they were a great disaster for their own people.


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Teaching children - where are all the jobs?! Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Teaching children - where are all the jobs?! Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message lainghJoined: 02 Apr 2003Posts: 4 Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 5:47 pm Post subject: Teaching children - where are all the jobs?! Would be grateful if anyone could give me any advice on finding kids teaching jobs. I just don't think there are ever many posted and was wondering where the best place to look for them is. Also, what kind of training do employers look for when finding teachers for children? A CELTA or TESOL certificate doesn't seem very appropriate/useful to me, but maybe someone could shed some light on this for me - thank you! Back to top GlenskiJoined: 15 Jan 2003Posts: 12844Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 8:06 pm Post subject: Don't know about other countries, but Japan has a glut of jobs for teaching children. What are your qualifications and nationality? Back to top bnixJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 645 Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:01 pm Post subject: Try Korea or Taiwan Glenski is right.In addition,there are LOTS(some people would say too many) schools catering to teaching kids in Taiwan and Korea.Are you sure you would want to go this route, though?Anyway,check out the Korea Jobs Offered Forum on Dave's Cafe and you will find a surfeit of job offers for teaching kids.Good luck...be sure you know what you are getting yourself into...notice I did not say there are lots of GOOD jobs...a lot of the private schools are rip-offs...pure and simple. Back to top SelyerJoined: 04 Feb 2003Posts: 62Location: Poland Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:05 pm Post subject: CELTA and kids I teach a transitional structured english immersion kindergarten in the US (Arizona, to be exact) and I've been teaching kids for 9 years. When I got my CELTA last summer, I was pleased to find that some of that training was, in fact, relevant to my current job--although much of it wasn't. If you don't already have some kind of TESOL certificate and your heart is set on teaching kids, you might want to look into getting a CELTYL. Hope that's helpful. Back to top RogerJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 9138 Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:57 pm Post subject: Chinese kindergartens these days happily hire expats, males very welcome! Lessons normally are 30 minutes, classes number 25 or more kids. An assistant is often provided. Take a few cues from Maria Montessori, and you have the whole kindergarten as a fan club! Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2003 6:18 am Post subject: where the kids are Dear Laingh If I had to choose just one country where the ratio of jobs for teaching kids is the highest, I'd have to go with Korea. In fact, I'd guess that over 90% of ALL job offers in Korea involve teaching kids. All ages, shapes and personalities. These schools are almost always privately owned, and some are better than others, as you will learn by reading the Korean Job Discussion Forum. They are called 'hagwons' or 'hakwons' and you will find hundreds of such job offers on the Korean job-offered board. Regarding qualifications: You'll need at least a BA degree from an accredited 4-year university. Additional certification is helpful but not mandatory for most EFL jobs in Korea; even the higher-paying ones. The other point worth mentioning here is this: In Korea, with a job that pays roughly 2 million Won per month, you can actually save as much as 10K U.S. per year, depending on your lifestyle. So, my advice is simple: Get thee to the Korean Forum ASAP Regards, kENt PS: AS others have already mentioned: Japan, Taiwan, China and Thailand also offer many options for teaching kids. Back to top lainghJoined: 02 Apr 2003Posts: 4 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2003 7:12 am Post subject: Thanks for all the advice - very appreciated. I guess I'd been looking in the wrong place. I'd been interested in teaching in europe, preferably eastern europe, but obviously most of the jobs teaching children are in Asia. Maybe I'll have to look to teaching in Asia - but if anyone knows of any jobs in europe, then I'd love to know about them -thanks. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2003 8:06 am Post subject: the economics of eastern europe Hi Laingh You've raised a very good point. So...why are most of the EFL kids' jobs offered in Asia, while so few are offered in eastern Europe? I have a theory on this, based on quite a few years on both continents. I'm generalising here a little, so please forgive me, but ... most moms and dads in eastern European countries would like to send their kids to the kinds of private language schools that would be interested in hiring us, but ... their lower wages prevent them from doing so. In Asia, where the per-capita incomes are MUCH higher, moms and dads have that money. So ... don't give up hope, Laingh! Just be aware that you'll have far more options teaching kids in Asia. Regards, kENt Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2003 10:11 am Post subject: Eastern Europe Salaries of parents and what they can afford. How much can a family of two adults and two children in Bulgaria buy with the median family income of US$220 ? Of course they would like to send theiur kids to a kindergarten where they could learn a foreign language. But it is not realistic given the economics. And we might want to remember that the next time we hear all the triumphalist cheers about "liberation from dictatorship". 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Q&A: DeShields playing a new tune
Astros' No. 5 prospect busts out with 101 stolen bases in 2012
By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com | December 18, 2012 3:10 PM
Coming off a disappointing full-season debut in '11, DeShields opened '12 repeating the Class A South Atlantic League in Lexington. After a strong start there, batting .298 with 10 homers and 83 stolen bases in 111 games, the Georgia native moved up to the Class A Advanced California League and posted a .718 OPS over his final 24 games with Lancaster.
DeShields, who was a first-round pick like his father, was just getting warmed up. He batted .318 and led the California League with 14 hits and 11 runs in the playoffs, earning MVP honors for the finals.
Overall, the 20-year-old second baseman batted .287 with 101 stolen bases, joining Billy Hamilton in the century club. It was a refreshing season for DeShields, who was more than happy to talk about it.
MiLB.com: After struggling in 2011, how nice was it to have the success you did in 2012?
Delino DeShields: It was real nice. I mean I know there's a lot of people that doubted me and said that I was this and that and everything, but they didn't know what was going on with me or my organization or with what I was trying to accomplish. This past year I showed everybody the real me, and that I'm for real and I'm not just out there playing. The success was awesome. I wasn't really expecting that kind of success right away because I was still in the process of learning and transitioning from center field to second. Everything just kind of worked out. I've always been able to do the things that I did I just had to put it together, things were just clicking for me this year.
MiLB.com: You mentioned the defensive transition, how is that going?
DeShields: It's good. A lot of people have said that they haven't seen somebody make that kind of transition as fast I did and as well as I did. I put a lot of work into it because I wanted to be the best at it. I did early work, extra work, just everything I could do so I could help my team in the future. It's going really well, I'm still learning a lot, but I've definitely come a long way.
MiLB.com: Both you and your father were selected in the first round, how proud are you of that legacy?
DeShields: Real proud of it. To be able to be a part of that. I don't know if we are the only ones, but regardless that's pretty cool to see me and my dad in that category. I didn't really think much of it at first, but looking at it now it's pretty cool.
MiLB.com: What is it like to have a dad who both played in the Majors and has managed in the Minors?
DeShields: He's definitely helped me along the way. When he was on the road when I was little, he was never there to help me with the mental and physical things. So he taught me at a young age that I needed to make my own adjustments and do stuff on my own. When I was younger, I faced adversity really well. If I was struggling, I would always try to fix it on my own to make it better.
He's definitely a great resource. He's had 13 years experience in the big leagues. I got to be around the clubhouse, I got to experience that and a lot of guys haven't had that. He's been a great help, he's been there since Day 1.
MiLB.com: You must have met a long of interesting players in the clubhouse. Anyone stand out?
DeShields: Mark McGwire, Albert Belle, Sammy Sosa, Fred McGriff, Ron Gant, Marquis Grissom and Cal Ripken. It was fun. When I was little, I didn't pay too much attention to what was going on and who they were. I knew who they were, of course, but I was just happy to be in the clubhouse with any of them -- being a little kid and being with a big league player. It's awesome. Now I'm like, 'Wow, my dad played with so-and-so.' When I was little, it didn't really process who they were. It's pretty cool honestly, there's some Hall of Famers in there and I got the chance to be around them and watch them play. Not a lot of people can say that.
MiLB.com: You and Billy Hamilton both stole over 100 bases this year, the first time that has happened since 1983. Do you feel like maybe there's a change in baseball, moving a bit away from the longball and more toward speedy guys?
DeShields: I don't really know. Honestly, Billy and I and everybody else, we're just blessed to be playing the game. Shoot, we just went out there and did what we do best -- run. I think it's kind of the same, but speed is being more implemented into the game of baseball. People are starting to have that. Instead of just power, they're having both tools. They can run and hit for power.
MiLB.com: Which is more exciting, stealing a base or hitting a home run?
DeShields: Hitting home runs are fun. I hit a lot of homers when I was little and I stole a lot of bases when I was younger. Hitting home runs for me now is a little more challenging, so is stealing bases. I like exciting the crowd. If I get on base whether it's a walk or whatever and have the crowd rise up and cheering, that's exciting for me because they're into the game. Everybody's focused on me, excited for me. It's chaos out there. Anybody would say hitting a home run is awesome. It's hard to do. I like being exciting. I'm going to have to go with stealing bags.
MiLB.com: What do you do to unwind in the offseason?
DeShields: When the season is over with, I come home and I eat some home-cooked meals from Mom and Grandma and just take a break from baseball. I'm learning how to play the guitar so I'm in the process of that. I think it would be good for me during the season, to take my mind off of baseball. I like to learn, it's a great learning thing. I'm working out and getting ready for Spring Training. That's really all my time off consists of. Just hanging out, just sitting down and resting.
Everybody will tell you playing every day for eight, nine months out of the year, yeah, you're ready to go home. But then you sit around for a month or two months, it's kind of boring. I want to go back and play right now. I've been sitting around for a long time. I know I'm getting better and doing what I'm doing working out and stuff. I'm not really rushing it, I'm out here kicking it and relaxing.
MiLB.com: What made you pick up the guitar?
DeShields: I really don't know. My little brother, he taught himself how to play the piano, and he's really good. I came home after my second year and I was in the basement of our house and I was like who's that playing piano and it was my little brother. I was like 'Wow, that's crazy' that he learned it that fast, no lessons or anything. He kind of inspired me a little bit, because I was like if he can do it, I can do it.
I just picked up the guitar. I kind of like country music -- actually I do like country music, I'm not going to say kind of, I'm very well-rounded with my music. I just really like how the guitar sounds. It really got me when I listen to country music. What got me into was mostly my little brother. I didn't know Bernie Williams played, that was pretty cool. If he can do it, I can do it too.
MiLB.com: Do you think you'll bring the guitar when you head back to baseball?
DeShields: Probably. Baseball can be kind of stressful sometimes and having something to get your mind off of it is a pretty good tool. I think everybody should do something or get a video game or something to get your mind off it. Everybody struggles and if you go home and think about it, it's going to be a very long year. If you can get your mind off it, you're good to go. It's part of the reason I started playing.
MiLB.com: You talked about getting ready for the season. What are you doing to prepare?
DeShields: Working on my strength and my flexibility in my legs and my arms. I'm in the cage every day, throwing every day, trying to get my arms stronger, trying to get faster and be a better all-around ballplayer for wherever I go next year. Staying healthy starts in the offseason. Getting your body together and all that stuff. Just a bunch of different stuff. I'm running a lot too and working on my speed and agility. You might be like, 'Why are you working on your speed,' but you've got to maintain it or you do not get better at it. I always try to get better at every aspect of my game.
MiLB.com: Who's the toughest pitcher you've faced?
DeShields: There's been a couple. There's this kid, Jose Fernandez, plays with the Marlins. He was pretty tough to hit. There's this other guy, [Carson Smith], a closer in the California League for the Mariners. He was disgusting. I'll never forget my first at-bat against him. Everybody was like, 'He's tough to hit' and I was like, 'I got this.' And then I struck out. I got back to the dugout and I was like, 'Y'all was right.' We got to him in the second round of the playoffs, which was a good feeling. He was killing us all season, but we finally got a hold of him at the right time. Those two guys they are probably the toughest pitchers I faced all year.
MiLB.com: You were the California League Championship Series MVP, how exciting was that postseason experience?
DeShields: It was awesome. I never won anything like that in my entire life. I won tournaments growing up, but winning on that stage, I never won a state championship in football or baseball. To actually win a league championship, to come that far and win, it feels good, like all of the work paid off. I got called up in August ... [and] when I got up there, we all just all clicked together and made the playoff push.
The last out I didn't know how to react. I was like, 'Wow this is crazy.' We just won a championship. Then MVP on top of that was even more crazy, because I was out there trying to help my team win, and on top of that, I get an MVP trophy. That experience was something I'll never forget.
MiLB.com: You mentioned football, were you a big high school football player?
DeShields: I played from fifth grade until my freshman year and I stopped to focus on playing baseball. I was going to stop playing football in general. My junior year, some of the guys were like, 'We really want you to play this year,' and I was like, 'I don't know, I don't really want to play anymore, I just want to do my baseball thing.' I was beginning to realize how good I was at baseball, I didn't even want to mess with anything else.
They convinced me to go on the football field again. I was on varsity and ... I really liked playing football. I liked it before, but when I played my junior year, I wasn't expecting to get any attention. I wasn't expecting to go to college and play football and then people started coming to the games and making me offers. So I kind of went with it and pursued it. For a minute, I didn't know what I want to do. I didn't want to play in the NFL, but I just wanted to go to college and experience the atmosphere of college football. At the end of the day, I was like why waste my time when I can purse my dream. So I just shut it down and started playing ball.
MiLB.com: Was there ever a time you felt like you should have done that instead?
DeShields: Never has there been a time where I felt like that. I always feel like everything happens for a reason and I made the right choice. Do I miss it? Yeah. But I wouldn't trade what I'm doing now for college football. Baseball is what I've been wanting to do, so I don't I regret anything.
MiLB.com: What is something about yourself that would surprise most people?
DeShields: I really like to draw. I was kind of like a little artist when I was growing up. I used to sing a little bit. I was in the choir at school, nothing too serious. I wasn't trying to pursue a music career.
Robert Emrich is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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On a sunny night in Burnaby, BC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (7W-6L-3D) finished their United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL) season in exhilarating fashion by beating Fraser Valley Mariners FC (0W-15L-1D) 2-1.
The victory also gave the 'Caps the inaugural Juan De Fuca Plate. The plate was donated by the supporters of Whitecaps FC and Victoria Highlanders FC and is awarded to the PDL team with the best regular season record in games between each of the three British Columbia-based clubs.
The 'Caps looked to get out to a fast start, but Fraser Valley goalkeeper Mark Village was determined to keep his squad in it. The Blue and White had two glorious scoring chances in the first half, but were denied by Village. Striker Carlos Marquez headed a ball just over the crossbar on a cross from Cam Hundal at 38 minutes.
Vancouver's second chance came at 44 minutes when midfielder Gagandeep Dosanjh sent in fellow midfielder Kianz Froese one-on-one with the Fraser Valley 'keeper, but Village charged out to rob Froese and keep the score level at zero. Village went on stop the 'Caps on numerous more occasions throughout the evening.
Heartbreak was on the cards for Whitecaps FC midway through the second half when Fraser Valley midfielder Justin Isidro fired a cracker from 35 yards out past 'Caps goalkeeper Nolan Wirth to give the Mariners a 1-0 lead.
However, on this night, the 'Caps would prove to be too much. On 81 minutes, Hundal cut into the 18-yard box past the Fraser Valley defender and wired a shot low far post to tie the match at 1-1.
Blue and White captain Dosanjh would then put the final nail in the Fraser Valley coffin after a cross was sent into the box by Hundal. Village could only get a hand on it, as Dosanjh put the loose ball into the back of the net for a 2-1 lead which the U-23 'Caps would not relinquish, ending their PDL season in fine fashion, as they proudly lifted the Juan de Fuca Plate in front of over 200 home fans.
Scoring Summary:
63'- FVM – Justin Isidro
81'- VAN – Katar Hundal
83'- VAN – Gagan Dosanjh
Match Stats:
Shots: Vancouver 21 – Fraser Valley 6
Saves: Vancouver 11 – Fraser Valley 2
Fouls: Vancouver 9 – Fraser Valley 5
Corners: Vancouver 7 – Fraser Valley 2
Offsides: Vancouver 2 – Fraser Valley 5
28' – FVM – Craig Robinson
90' – VAN – Katar Hundal
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
1.Nolan Wirth; 11.Reynold Stewart, 4.Shawn Parkes, 2.James Farenhorst, 9.Alex Marrello; 5.Bobby Jhutty, 16.Gagandeep Dosanjh, 18.Cam Hundal, 17.Coulton Jackson (19.Sangyoon Hwang 69'), 3.Kianz Froese (12.Declan Rodriguez 54'); 6.Carlos Marquez (21.Michael Marousek 38')
Substitutes not used: 30.Raegyn Hall, 20.Tyrin Hutchings
Fraser Valley Mariners FC
1.Mark Village; 10.Grant Fadden (20.Davin Haigh 31'), 5.Koby Byrne, 17.Nolan Moore, 3.Colton O'Neill; 16.Omar Adnani (11.Jevin Hillis 31'), 19.Justin Isidro, 23.Adrian Kekec (14.Matt Rosenlund 45'), 6.Peter Bow; 21.Craig Robinson (4.Spencer MacKinnon 61'), 12.Alex Martinez (18.Dan Molendjik 44')
Substitutes not used: 22.Amraj Lally, 9.Geoff Kosub


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Second-guessing: evaluating a decision after the outcome of that decision is known; being critical of an action with the added advantage of hindsight. "Monday morning quarterbacking" we call it. But this column is not about football.
I am a storyteller. This week I had planned for my column a story about my harvesting of a deer during the 2012 season. Maybe two stories: one about rifle season and one about muzzleloading.


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Carmen Osbahr (b. April 21) did not originally plan to become a puppeteer. Though she was interested more in the television medium, puppetry came into her life when she began working on several television shows in Mexico City for Televisa which included puppets. In 1985, she attended a Muppeteer Workshop in New York City that scouted out young talent for Sesame Street's Mexican co-production, Plaza Sésamo. Kermit Love asked Osbahr not only to work on Plaza Sésamo but also to train other puppeteers at the workshop.
From there, Osbahr got in touch with Jim Henson, and she began visiting the set of Sesame Street in the mid-1980s. Osbahr became an official Muppeteer in 1989. Her best-known character, Rosita, made her first appearance on Sesame Street in Season 23.
Osbahr has since performed in a variety of Muppet projects, including Bear in the Big Blue House and Dog City. She also performed Kiki in the TV series The Puzzle Place.
Osbahr also appears as Lily the Water Sprite in the full half-hour version of Johnny and the Sprites, which premiered in January 2007.
Puppeteer credits
- Sesame Street: Rosita, Ovejita, Mrs. Dogooder, Sophie, Itchy (Dwarf #4) (4114), The Queen of Nacho Picchu
- Bear in the Big Blue House: Ursa
- Panwapa: Baabra Sheep
- City Kids
- Aliens in the Family
- Dog City
- Billy Bunny's Animal Songs: Gopher, Frog
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
- Sing-Along Earth Songs: Fauna
- Sesame Street Stays Up Late
- Telling the Truth: Sheep
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
- MasterCard
- Elmo's World: Happy Holidays: Green Caroler
- Elmo's Potty Time
- Sesame Beginnings
- Abby in Wonderland
- Let's Get Ready!
- Coming Home
- Being Green
- When Families Grieve
- The Muppets Take the Bowl
Non-Henson Credits
- 30 Rock
- Johnny and the Sprites - Lily the Water Sprite
- The Puzzle Place - Kiki Flores
- Between the Lions - Sierra Lion
External links
- Peter Gerstenzang, "Behind the Scenes: Kermit the Frog Turned Me Into a Puppeteer", New York Times, 1 April 2007


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• On Sept. 11, four passenger jets are hijacked. Two crash into the World Trade Center, one crashes into the Pentagon, and one is diverted into an empty field after passengers fight back and take control. Nearly 3,000 people die.
Best Haiku Mocking the Concept of Haiku:
If our area
code changed to five seven five:
—Jeffrey E. Milling, 2001
• Editor-in-Chief Michael Henningsen publishes an editorial after 9/11 titled "America is Not a Blameless Nation." In it, he writes that America's foreign policy is among the problems that spurred the terrorist attacks. "... The question we should all be asking—especially our leaders—is not simply who to retaliate upon and how violently, but how we as a country can avoid playing into such international strife in the future." Issues of the Alibi are torn from stands and dumped into the street. Years later, Henningsen's sensible perspective becomes a common one.
Best Cultural Bargain: Albuquerque Museum
Best Local Substitute For Viagra: Green chile
Best NE Heights Bar: Millennium
Best Actor To Play Don Schrader In The Made-For-TV Movie Of His Life: Brad Pitt
• By October, the U.S. "War on Terror" and a bombing campaign to overthrow the al-Qaida-linked Taliban government in Afghanistan are underway.
• Major local reconstruction efforts begin with the Big I renovation project and the conversion of long-neglected old Albuquerque High School into loft apartments.
• The iPod is released by Apple. The Walkman crawls off into a corner somewhere and dies.
• After months of public speculation, inventor Dean Kaman finally unveils his top-secret project, code named "Ginger," in New York's Bryant Park. It turns out to be a two-wheeled, self-balancing scooter known as the Segway PT. It's kinda cool, we guess, but the machine never lives up to the hyperbolic hype that it will "change the way cities are designed" or be "more important than the Internet."
• The first of Peter Jackson's monumentally successful Lord of the Rings films, The Fellowship of the Rings, tops the box office, taking in $47 million its first weekend.