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Except for white Republicans in Congress opposed to home rule, few people outside of Washington, DC – and even some white liberals who live in the District – bother to pay much attention to Washington's local political battles.
But that changed briefly last month, when Mayor Vincent Gray and six members of the city council were arrested in high-profile protests against a Republican-driven federal budget deal that prevents the city from spending its own funds on abortions for low-income women. Congress has traditionally had authority over the Democratic-run District's budget, but rarely directly interferes in spending. "Why are we the sacrificial lamb?" Gray had asked. Progressive media outlets praised Gray for seeming to stand up to Republicans and their distorted budget priorities.
Yet Mayor Gray and much of the rest of the city council are moving on their own to make the city's disabled, youngest and neediest citizens the sacrificial lambs of the proposed new city budget, with two-thirds of the cuts targeting the poor. It's yet another troubling sign of the rightward shift of state and national Democratic Party leaders. It's a trend that can be seen everywhere, from Democratic legislators in Massachusetts voting to strip public employee unions of the right to bargain collectively to national Democrats meekly accepting GOP messaging on deficit cuts and tax breaks for the rich. Here in Washington, city services are already so strained before the proposed cuts that even families with young children seeking emergency shelter are routinely turned away, and, instead, are often given bus tokens to ride the buses all night with their toddlers and infants. As Eric Sheptock, a literally homeless homeless activist working with a donated laptop and cell phone, described a recent hearing on the crisis:
One mother cried as she explained how, that she, with her 3 children – ages five, three and less than a year old – in tow, was told by an employee of the Virginia Williams Family Intake Center that there were no shelter spaces for them and that she was given bus tokens so she could ride the city bus all night with her children in order to stay warm. Other mothers testified that they also were given bus tokens so that they could use the bus as a de facto shelter. (DC law states that, if there is no shelter space available for a homeless family with small children, then they must be put into a motel room.)
The mayor's proposed budget would essentially close down all shelters for everyone, except when the weather falls below freezing. The mayor's justification? "In some quarters, we have created a culture of dependency that does not encourage residents to take control of their lives," he declared in a speech nonetheless proclaiming a vision of a compassionate "one city" uniting all.
Unlike the original welfare reform plans passed by President Clinton, though, these new meat-ax approaches to social services don't provide any transitional assistance. As activist Kesh Ladduwahetty with the all-volunteer DC for Democracy, a Democracy for America (DFA) affiliate, asks, "How does turning people out into the streets and eliminating child care programs help residents to take control of their lives, educate themselves and become self-reliant?"
Some council members may seek to restore a portion of the $20 million to be cut in homeless services, but they are doing relatively little to fight for $110 million in other vital services on the chopping block, including mental health and other programs for the nearly one-third of district children who are poor. Prospects for protecting these programs are even worse than in the fights over social programs at the national level, because local safety-net advocacy groups are mostly underfunded, poorly coordinated and have no media savvy, making it even easier for the mainstream media to largely ignore the devastation these cuts would cause. Journalists here focus, at best, on council members bickering over taxes. The Washington Post, for instance, doesn't even have a reporter anymore covering the social services beat.
The mayor has asked for a slight raise in taxes for those earning over $200,000, but even that is being resisted by a deadlocked city council, which claims it would discourage businesses and upscale residents. All told, his revenue-raising proposals could add about $127 million, but other ways to boost revenues by as much as $104 million more, including tax increases for the very richest and closing tax exemptions for buying out-of-state bonds, are considered by council insiders to be off the table. Yet, as one progressive, Mary Beth Tinker, a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) pediatric nurse, pointed out on May 9, 2011, in her testimony about the impact of raising taxes modestly on those earning over $100,000, an income level cutoff lower than what the mayor is asking:
For the price of a cup of coffee, you can save children's lives. That is the increased cost in taxes per week – $1.80 – that a DC resident making $125,000 would pay if their tax rate went from 8.5 percent to 9 percent.
For the price of a latte, you can retain essential services to DC's children. That is the cost in taxes per day – $3.60 – that a DC resident making $350,000 would pay if their tax rate went from 8.5 percent to 9.5%.
You can judge a society by how it treats children….
The status of children in DC is a human rights shame by any indicator: infant mortality rates, graduation rates, soaring poverty rates. Amazingly, there are now proposals that would make things even worse: cuts of over $600,000 in programs to high-risk youth, cuts to summer school and grandparents struggling to raise their grandchildren, cuts in substance abuse programs for mothers. And, to put salt on the wound, there is even a proposal to cut $2.5 million in mental health services for traumatized children.
But we do have alternatives. We can raise funds for children by reversing the tax break given to upper income earners in 1999. All for the price of a cup of coffee.
Yet, that perspective gets little attention in the media or among Democratic politicians. Plus, business groups have also opposed plans that would close some loopholes that allow companies to pay lower taxes, and theater groups have opposed a modest 6 percent sales tax on tickets.
Presumably, the extra cost of tickets would somehow deter upscale patrons from attending searing dramas about social injustice. Naturally, the $2.3 million in revenue it could generate would be wasted on sheltering homeless mothers who don't have the good taste to appreciate Strindberg revivals. The clout of the theater crowd seems well on its way to overwhelming any lobbying by liberal advocacy groups, and council staffers say the proposal to tax theater tickets is all but dead.
All these pressures make restoring vital services to the needy even less likely, especially because advocates have to overcome the myth that businesses and residents are overtaxed compared to other jurisdictions. In fact, affluent suburbanites pay higher total taxes than DC residents earning over $150,000, and the city's tax burden is the 25th lowest of major cities. Right-wing leaning reports have also ranked the District as among the least competitive places because of high taxes. But as Natwar Gandhi, the chief financial officer of the city, has observed, "In the District, almost two-thirds of businesses pay only the minimum of $100 a year. When actual business taxes paid are ranked, the District falls in the middle of the pack."
Amazingly enough, the city population is so liberal and Democratic that a new poll by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute found that 90 percent of taxpayers earning over $100,000 favor raising taxes on the wealthy to help pay for social services. You'd be hard pressed to find that many affluent professionals supporting raised taxes outside of an Upper West Side cocktail party hosted by The New York Review of Books in honor of "The Shock Doctrine" author Naomi Klein.
Even so, DC's African-American mayor has proposed a draconian budget attacking the $330 million deficit that apparently borrows its underlying theme from Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wisconsin) GOP budget plan: balance the budget on the backs of the poor. "The similarity of our Democratic politicians with Republicans is that they put a greater emphasis on budget cuts, with the poor bearing the biggest brunt of it – and the safety net is seen as something without value. It's just seen as a cost with no value," said Ladduwahetty. This GOP-leaning tilt has been exacerbated by the vacuum, in recent years, of a strong leadership at the White House and in the Democratic Party that would defend the importance of government and safety-net programs; instead, the ground has been ceded to Republicans on the issue of the deficit and tax cuts for the rich.
A startling two-thirds of all the $187 million in DC cuts are aimed at programs serving the most vulnerable residents of the city: the homeless, poor kids needing mental health services, working adults who need subsidized child care, the disabled and the very poorest families needing emergency cash assistance. Even before these cuts, which could throw nearly 2,400 homeless families and single adults into the street, basic services have already been so shriveled that the city's primary intake center, the Virginia Williams Family Resource Center, is turning away families seeking emergency shelter, instead calling their relatives on their behalf or giving them bus tokens to ride the buses all night as a way to catch some sleep with their babies in tow.
One of those young women is Denise Gibson, a 26-year-old woman who was holding her month-old newborn in her arms when she testified in March at a hearing before DC Councilman Jim Graham, chair of the human services committee. After surviving as a ward of the state in foster care and via other arrangements until age 21, Gibson has been homeless since 2006. "I've been a nomad," she said about her search for housing. Sometimes, she's able to stays at her mother's one-bedroom apartment, but that only allows her to sleep on the floor with her baby boy, and she soon has to leave. Most of the time, she explained, "Some nights I stay in my storage place, some nights I stay at the Greyhound like I'm waiting for a bus. Since December 2010, when I went to Virginia Williams, they told us we can't stay anywhere [in shelters] unless it's hypothermia; there's no room at the shelter. They didn't bother to find us [temporary] hotels. They just give us bus tokens and send us off."
Earlier, officials at the intake center turned her away when she was pregnant, claiming that they couldn't help her until she was a single mother. After she gave birth, "They can't help me now that my son is here." In his first of month of life, he virtually never slept in a regular crib or bed. Under supportive questioning by Graham, more disturbing details emerged of life for the poor in a city where, as in the White House and in Congress, located a few blocks away, austerity instead of compassion and job creation is accepted as a political fact of life. (You can see the full exchange, following testimony by blogger-activist Sheptock, here.
But Graham, at least, wasn't accepting that philosophy, and asked, "Where have you been living?" Gibson responded, "I sometimes stay in my mother's apartment building."
"Do you go to your mother's apartment?"
"No, there's no security there [ in the building] and it's easy for us to stay there. I go to the stairwell, and I have my bags."
The day before the hearing, Gibson stayed all night at the Greyhound station, even after begging a Virginia Williams staff member she identified as "Miss Croft" for help in finding an overnight spot for her and her baby. A stunned Graham recapped: "You went to Virginia Williams with a baby, and you've been sleeping in a stairwell and a bus station, and you spoke to Miss Croft, and there's nothing they can do?"
He furiously called in front of him the acting director of the Department of Human Services (DHS), the same agency that Mayor Gray once led, and berated her for the agency's inaction. In typical bureaucratese, the interim director, Deborah Carroll, explained, "During hypothermia season, any participant who meets the definition of homeless should get shelter. We'll have to investigate each case." Of course, she left unspoken the reality that, if the weather is above freezing, the DHS officials feel free to ignore requests for shelter from families, let alone individuals. Eventually, after pressure from Graham, a space was found in the city's one family shelter – but it will almost certainly be closed down, except in subfreezing weather, if the mayor's budget proposal becomes law.
Gibson's dramatic case has, so far, been ignored by all major broadcast and print media outlets in the city, except for the dedicated blogging of Sheptock, who is building thousands of Facebook friends and Twitter followers. But his advocacy efforts don't really start until after he walks, or takes a bus, each morning to get a breakfast handout four miles away.
Sheptock has a stark, up-close perspective on the DC government's new war on the poor (as opposed to President Johnson's War on Poverty): "To make a long story short, they want to push the poor out of the city," he said. "They don't want a place where the poor and homeless can come."
He added, "They won't want to wait to end the culture of dependence; they just want poor people to get out of town. They're defunding affordable housing, they're decreasing housing production, they're shutting down shelters, breaking down encampments. You don't prevent homelessness, you don't cure it, you don't want to shelter them."
As a list-ditch effort in the face of political indifference, he's starting to try to organize the homeless themselves.
Sheptock also wondered, "I don't know why Mayor Gray is so callous." (For this story, the mayor's office declined repeated phone and emailed requests for comment.)
Yet, to today's new pro-corporate state and national Democrats, reflecting the winner-take-all political trends that have accelerated during the Obama era, "These people are seen as sort of dispensable, and don't deserve the social safety net. It's part of an increasingly conservative trend in the Democratic Party," said Ladduwahetty.
Janelle Treibitz, the chief campaign organizer for Save Our Safety Net (SOS), adds, "We'd like council members to take a stronger stance opposing cuts." A few council members, especially Graham, have been very outspoken, but most of the efforts to restore some cuts are being done behind closed doors with little effort to rally the public behind them. As with the early months of Obama, some DC political insiders say, progressive groups and liberal council members have been reluctant to strongly attack a brand-new, relatively liberal mayor most of them supported. Advocacy groups, including DC for Democracy and SOS, have a total of a few thousand supporters, and while they've generated hundreds of emails, they haven't been able, so far, to deluge the government with phone calls, reframe the debate or garner extensive media coverage. That could start to change next week, when SOS is organizing with its allies on Wednesday, May 18, what it is calling an "All-Hands-On-Deck-Action Day" inside the DC government's main building, the Wilson building.
But the harsh realities of the new Democratic politics remain, even in this most liberal of cities.
At a hearing on the budget this week, led by the scandal-plagued chairman of the City Council, Kwame Brown, best known for demanding a "fully loaded" $1900-a-month leased sports utility vehicle from city officials, activists challenged Brown's opposition to raising taxes, the deadlocked council's complacency and the council leadership that has ignored public opinion, which favors preserving social programs. "Some members of this Council have stated their opposition to any income tax increase. They owe the public an explanation as to why they would sooner ask a homeless person to live on the street, rather than ask our wealthiest residents to pay taxes in line with their suburban counterparts," Ladduwahetty argued.
Even an otherwise liberal council member, Mary Cheh, a respected law professor who represents the 70 percent-plus white Ward 3, the city's richest ward, opposes raising taxes to save social services. While Cheh declined to be interviewed for this article, she posted on her web site for constituents her GOP-lite opposition to raising taxes, mixed with vague promises to find revenues elsewhere. "It is vital for our continued growth and prosperity that we shed our reputation as a high tax jurisdiction, and we have struggled very hard to do that over the past few years. Increasing the rate on incomes over $200,000 will send precisely the wrong message," she said. "But, rather than support the income tax rate increase, I am looking at other ways to generate revenue or save money that will allow us to avoid the hike in income tax rates and restore some of the human services cuts."
Jeremy Koulish, who chairs DC for Democracy's budget committee, directly questioned Brown and his allies on their allegiance to what used to be Democratic Party values. Noting the poll that showed an 85 percent and above approval for raising taxes, Koulish declared, "Certain politicians and a chunk of the city's establishment are not listening. Who are you listening to? Grover Norquist? The Chamber of Commerce? The Wall Street Journal editorial page? They're all powerful forces, but that goes against the concerns of the people who live here. What we're hearing from you is the kind of rhetoric we hear from Republicans."
And, like the fate of the national budget fight, the ability of local progressive groups to effectively organize will not only determine the outcome of this one local budget, but become a symbol of what's needed to get even Democratic cities and states to serve people in need, not just corporations.


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The capital of Serbia, and one of the biggest cities in south-eastern Europe, Belgrade lies at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers. The 'White City' is the cultural heart of Serbia too, with tonnes of top museums, pretty architecture and exciting annual festivals that make it a top city break destination.
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A quiet man with a hold-up note tried to rob the Publix in Deltona, Volusia County sheriff's officials said.
A quiet man with a hold-up note tried to rob the Publix in Deltona, Volusia County sheriff's officials said.
Investigators believe the same man may have attempted similar hold ups at other Publix stores in St. Augustine, Winter Park and Osceola County, Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said.
The individual walked up to a cashier at the Publix at 2100 Saxon Blvd. on Sunday evening at 6:30 and handed the employee a note, Haught said.
The note instructed the clerk to put money in a bag and not to reach under the counter, Haught said. After he gave the piece of paper to the cashier, the suspect said quietly, "Can you do that for me?"
The employee however, did not comply and told the stranger that he had no money.
At that, the man folded up his note and walked out, Haught said.
He may have done the same thing at another Publix in Osceola on Saturday and at two other Publix stores in St. Augustine and Winter Park on Sunday, as well, Haught said.
The man was described as 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighing between 160 and 180 pounds. He wore a black baseball cap and sunglasses, a black long-sleeve shirt and tan cargo shorts. He was seen heading toward Finland Drive, but then disappeared, Haught said.
However, a moment later, someone in a white pickup — possibly a Ford Ranger or a Chevrolet S-10 — with a white camper top was reported driving erratically on Finland, then onto Saxon, Haught said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff's Office, 386-860-7030. Anyone who prefers to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers, 888-277-TIPS (8477).


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This evening, I had great fun taking part in the WHU (Warcraft Hunter's Union) Guild Event run by Frostheim of Wow.Com and Warcrafthuntersunion.com. I want to give a shout out to him and to Minibella and the other officers and helpers for making a fun and awesome event, and for their patience in herding 250+ level 10 cats (oops I mean dwarves). Unfortunately, I had to leave before the very end of the event, although I did get to die heroically killing a world dragon, but here are my screenshots of a million screaming baby dwarves invading Icecrown Server. Btw my little baby dwarf is a level 10 female with black pigtails by the name of Soupdragon 🙂
1. The dwarf army in Kharanos
2. People went to huge lengths to train rare pets – there were northrend birds, blood elf dragonhawks, rares from Mulgore galore. The rule of the event was also not to level above level 10 – therefore once people got to level 10 they turned off their xp (to do this there is a rogue in sw cathedral to whom you pay 10G for the privilege of ninjaring your xp bar) and then went about twinking their level 10 hunters. I heard of some people getting upwards of 350 agility on a level 10! (To put it into perspective, my non twinked hunter has about 30).
3. There was a long queue for beer in the tavern with all those dwarves.
4. We mobbed a NightElf after someone said he was Taylor Lautner in disguise (but he refused to take his pink mageweave shirt off 😦 )
5. We killed a few horde guards at Splintertree Post because they didn't know who Taylor Lautner was.
6. Then we went to kill a world dragon.
7….. then I died, and left my ghost to jump servers and go raid ICC. Hope you all had a good time, sure that dragon was cat fud and glue by the end of it.


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Re: BFFC in 2010
I love the site, and the t-shirt idea sounds awesome! I think we should do a chat thing where there is a certain time people could chat. I always notice that every time I go to chat, no one is there. Maybe we could find a time that people in all time zones could get together to chat? Perhaps some contests as well? Like best drawings, armor, fan stories. I'm not sure what the winner would get but it sounded cool at the time. Hmm... that's all I can think of for now but the site is amazing how it is. I agree with previous posts about navigating back to message board though.


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INDIAN LAND – A prototype Walmart store is almost ready to open in Indian Land.
Shoppers are getting ready for the new store, located off U.S. 521 just before the state line, to open its doors on Aug. 18. Store manager John Clevenger said Walmart will begin moving into the 180,000-square-foot building on July 12, stocking shelves and readying for the grand opening.
This will be one of Walmart's new prototype stores, which will feature a new logo, a more natural outdoor color and a revamped in-store design.
INDIAN LAND – Frank and Judy Taillon retired just a few years ago to their dream home at Clearwater Beach, Fla., to start a new life of leisure. But what seemed to be a dream come true soon developed into a change of plans.
It started with a move to Indian Land to be closer to their best friends – Judy's sister, Felicia, and her husband, Dana – and their new dream of starting a business together.
Breaking open the small plastic package, Kirsten Blackmon grabs the rubber bracelets inside and clips them to her belt.
Blackmon, 11, has been on the hunt for the bracelets for months, checking out jewelry and specialty stores along with her 7-year-old sisters Alexa and Alysa. The fifth-grader found her latest additions at Maple Street Monograms in Lancaster, adding to her collection of more than 40 bracelets.
Because of the economy, now might not be the best time to start a new business venture, but that isn't stopping Tony Shehane.
Shehane has started an one-hour radio show, "Sunday Bluegrass" from 4 to 5 p.m. on WAGL (1560-AM). And Shehane, 69, isn't intimidated by a risk of failure.
"I figured Columbus took a chance on something, so why can't I?" Shehane said. "It's really no different. You don't know if you can succeed if you don't try."
Fewer categories and a new logo are changes in The Lancaster News' popular Best of the Best contest this year.
The contest, in its 11th year, gives readers a chance to vote for their favorite local businesses and service providers.
A new logo has been created for the contest, and the advertising department has slashed the number of categories by about half, said Katie Harrell, coordinator for the contest.
"Some of them were repetitive, like medical specialist and medical facility, which we condensed into medical specialist," Harrell said.
Construction continues on Lancaster County's first ALDI grocery store, which is set to open shortly after the new year.
In late 2008, news began to spread that the grocery chain was looking to locate in Lancaster. Since that time, site work at Old Charlotte Road and North Park Drive has begun and a structure has been erected – all in preparation for the Jan. 15 open date.
Crews are on the scene daily landscaping the property and building at the store.
Area appliance retailers and contractors hope to see a surge in their businesses beginning March 31.
That's when consumers will be able to take part in a new state appliance rebate program.
Through the program, residents who buy new Energy Star-certified refrigerators, dishwashers, water heaters, air conditioners and other appliances will be eligible for a $50 to $500 rebate.
Energy Star is a federal certification program requiring energy-efficient appliances, which often save between 10 and 50 percent more water and electricity than standard appliances.
With the availability of low interest rates and federal tax credits, now is the time to buy a new home.
That was the advice from Pat Riley, president and COO of Allen Tate Co., who spoke to about 100 people at the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon March 23 at the Lancaster Golf Club.
Riley discussed national, regional and local housing market trends, as well as the future outlook for Lancaster and surrounding counties.
A new high-speed roller coaster could help boost the state's economy, attracting tourists and creating several jobs, said Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer at an unveiling March 26.
Bauer was one of several people to speak last week at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Carowinds' newest roller coaster, the Dale Earnhardt-themed Intimidator. Carowinds is an amusement park located near I-77 on the border of North and South Carolina.
Before Phil Jowers retired from Duracell in 2007, he opened Right Turn Driver Training.
He hoped to retire from his full-time job at the plant, and then teach others the rules of the road during his retirement.
In 2007, his plans changed.
Jowers, 56, discovered that a disease he learned he had in 2004, non-alcoholic septic hepatitis, had progressed. The disease causes the scarring of the liver, known as cirrhosis. Doctors told him that he needed a liver transplant, or else he had six months to a year to live.
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Marvin Lemons
Marvin Lemons, 63, of Peabody died Nov. 20 in Wichita. He was born July 3, 1949, in Columbus. He was a welder.
He married Linda Lemons on April 2, 1971. She survives in Peabody. He is also survived by two sons, James Lemons of Heston and Richard Lemons of Atchison; and a daughter, Kristy Newsome of Newton.
Cremation has taken place, and no services are planned at this time.
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2007/3/18: The .ui file isn't working with trunk from svn
I fixed it by using this instead:
<!DOCTYPE kpartgui SYSTEM "kpartgui.dtd"> <kpartgui version="2" name="tutorial3"> <ToolBar name="mainToolBar" >
<text>Main Toolbar</text> <Action name="clear" /> </ToolBar> <MenuBar> <Menu name="file" > <text>&File</text> <Action name="clear" /> </Menu> </MenuBar>
I'm not shure why. Should this be added to the tutorial?
-- Jonarne
Let's wait, to my experience this is repaired quickly --Tstaerk 21:12, 18 March 2007 (CET)
after creating the files i get this error message after starting the tutorial 3 application (through dbus-launch ./tutorial3):
tutorial3: WARNING: KXMLGUIClient::setXMLFile: cannot find .rc file tutorial3ui.rc
but this file exists in the current directory... any hint? thx --Stefon 21:41, 16 April 2007 (CEST)
sorry. you are right. maybe we can stress this difference out a little more?
--Stefon 00:31, 18 April 2007 (CEST)
KAction has no constructor which takes a KActionCollection and a QString as stated in the tutorial. Also, moments later in the "final" code section, this constructor is not used.
A QAction is also being used! :@
--Gavinbeatty 22:50, 19 June 2007 (CEST)
Well it seems that KActionCollection extends QAction, so I doubt it's even possible or sane to use a KAction here. Not to mention that if you use QAction you depend a little less on the kdelibs. The problem is that knowing that, you learn basically nothing about KAction in this Tutorial.
The link on KStandardAction is dead, it should lead to http://api.kde.org/4.0-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdeui/html/namespaceKStandardAction.html but leads to classmapper, which doesn't find it. 12/27/07
Without this tutorial, this revision would not have been possible. Thanks! --Tstaerk 09:03, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
And this. --Tstaerk 11:08, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
The page currently says this: "So in our example, the file is called tutorial3ui.rc, and is located in the build directory."
Shouldn't the ui.rc files go in the source directory?
-- 220.127.116.11 00:21, 24 November 2009 (UTC)


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Randall Holcombe, a confidant of former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris who benefited from his bonus kickback scheme, was sentenced Thursday to 48 months in prison for racketeering and grand theft.
PENSACOLA � Randall Holcombe, a confidant of former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris who benefited from his bonus kickback scheme, was sentenced Thursday to 48 months in prison for racketeering and grand theft.
Escambia County Circuit Court Judge Linda Nobles handed down a sentence identical to the ones she crafted nearly two years ago for fellow defendants Mike Coup, Sandra Norris and David Yacks.
Coup, Morris� chief deputy; Norris, his finance director; and Yacks, an assistant supervisor of information technology; were sentenced March 30, 2011, after they were found guilty of the same charges.
Morris is serving a 71-month federal sentence for fraud, theft and money laundering. Teresa Adams, his administrative director, has completed a 36-month federal sentence and is serving probation for state charges of racketeering and theft.
Nobles referred often to the �Coup group� during Holcombe�s sentencing hearing.
�I am aware that the Coup group got more money than Mr. Holcombe, but testimony indicated they were working their job and that Mr. Holcombe seemed to be spending a substantial amount of time at (estate) sales,� Nobles said. �I am going to impose the exact same sentence I imposed in those cases.�
Holcombe received more than $90,000 in bonuses from Morris and kicked backed $18,000, according to prosecutors.
Nobles asked prosecutor Russ Edgar to compare the aspects of his crimes to those of �the Coup group.�
Edgar said there were similarities, particularly in the huge sums of dollars employees received and kicked back to Morris. However, there also were differences.
He said Coup, Yacks and Norris were working when they received their bonuses, while Holcombe � Morris� assistant director of administrative service � didn�t appear to do much work at all. Edgar also said Holcombe abused an inmate labor force by using prisoners do perform tasks outside of the legal scope of their duties.
Edgar said Holcombe was able to get away without working because he realized Morris was beholden to him as a stakeholder in the scheme.
�Morris felt threatened by the defendant. The defendant had it over on him and he didn�t ever have to come to work,� Edgar said.
Wanda Clapp, Holcombe�s attorney, argued for a probated sentence. She said Holcombe�s health is so bad and his medical bills so high that he would be a burden on the state as a prisoner. She estimated medical bills of $300,000.
Holcombe suffered a heart attack last June, which delayed his trial.
Clapp also argued that Holcombe�s many charitable contributions to the community and the need for restitution to county taxpayers outweighed the need for incarceration.
Lastly, she argued that Holcombe took the bonus money and kicked it back to Morris because he feared retribution if he did not.
Nobles sided with Edgar, saying that evidence indicated Holcombe, not Morris, held the upper hand in their relationship. She said she feared that if he was left free he would be susceptible to not paying restitution so he could pay his medical bills.
She said taxpayers have spoken loudly and clearly that they wanted those involved in the scandal to be punished.
�This is a breach of public trust. It�s not just about money, it�s about public integrity,� Edgar said as he left the courtroom Thursday. �He deserves a prison sentence for these crimes.�
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Hello folks,
At this moment we are planning a big trip in the Dutch/German border area.
Which isnt a very hard Greenlaning event, but it gives you a very nice otherview of the Netherlands and Germany. Driving across the area where in past days smugglers had their doing, and borders still were there, it is a good place to drive.
The event is with Easter and goes from Friday afternoon till Monday afternoon.
Three musicians from Wales, the Glaaswalkers, are coming over to join us and enlight our evenings during BBQ and talks.
We are doing this in a small group, but there are still some places vacant.
Here some links to more info.
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There is a max of 7 cars plus one day joiners of 2.
If you like to come, just contact me.
There are no costs for the organisation, just your camping, food, drinks and such.
Pictures of last year are found here
We would like to have one or two cars from the UK.
Greetings from Robert


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"The recent economic crisis left the top 1% of Americans in 2010 with no more wealth than in the early 1990s, erasing almost two decades of accumulated prosperity, the Federal Reserve Monday.
"A hypothetical family richer than the median net worth of the top 1% of the nation's families had a net worth of $77.3 million in 2010, compared with $126.4 million in 2007, the Fed said. The crash of the stock market, in addition to the collapse of housing prices in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Upper East Side of New York City, Beverly Hills, Highland Park in Dallas and the North Shore of Chicago, directly accounted for three-quarters of the loss."
What do you think the reaction would be to that?
The elite would call for the suspension of habeas corpus, the government would call out the National Guard, invade Honduras and the Supreme Court would announce that it is in session 24/7 to take any action deemed necessary to help their friends.
The Wall Street Journal would have a black border on the newspaper. The Financial Times would go from pink to gray. CNBC would play funeral music for nine months. Steve Schwarzman would compare it to the H-word. Cable networks would roadblock all coverage.
Minimum wage laws would be suspended, the 40-hour work week would be thrown out, perhaps they would even do away with child labor laws to get productivity up so profits could increase to make up for lost revenue.
OK, we know that story did not appear in Wednesday's New York Times, and we would certainly agree that a massive loss of wealth in the top 1% would wreak economic havoc on the country. But there was, if anything, a worse story on that front page with only minor variations from our hypothetical scenario.
The story said that the recent economic crisis left the average American family in 2010 with no more wealth than in the early 1990s, erasing almost two decades of accumulated prosperity, reducing their net worth by almost 40%.
And the response of the national elite, the people Paul Krugman refers to as "very smart people" or I like to call the "chin-scratchers," was a barely audible whimper.
To put it bluntly, the middle class in this country has been screwed, blued and tattooed.
Rising health care costs, job insecurity, declining real estate values, massive cuts to public education and public safety (no Mitt, we don't need fewer police officers, we actually need more of them and yes, the federal government has a large hand in this.)
It is a depressing state of affairs when about two-thirds of our fellow citizens are caught in an economic trap that is wrecking their lives financially and emotionally.
And the reaction to all of this has been limp at best.
The Republicans say that if we just give the rich more tax cuts, it will make everyone's life better -- seems as though we've tried this before, doesn't it?
The Democrats have done some things that have been helpful, such as payroll tax cuts and the Affordable Care Act, but there is much more work to be done. As far as other institutions around the country, the response has been pathetic.
There is an entire industry devoted to denying that this is even a problem.
I read a piece written by Andy Kessler in The Wall Street Journal, stating that thanks to "consumption equality," the wealthy work their 60- to 80-hour weeks inventing things for the masses, but there's not much they can buy with their money that the middle class can't afford.
You can only afford a product, because some rich person invented it for the masses, just like they did with smartphones, hard drives and affordable air travel.
Who cares if you can't afford to send your children to college or pay for your health insurance premium or what you owe on your house is more than what it's worth? Hey, you can buy them a cell phone, now that they don't cost $4,000, and talk to them as they stand in line for a job interview at McDonald's.
Where are our nation's institutions that should be raising holy hell about this? Lets start with my own Catholic Church: They are spending all of their time hunting down masturbators and birth-control takers.
Academics: Have you ever heard of the Princeton Center for Middle Class Studies? Not hardly.
The press: There is much more coverage on George Zimmerman's wife than on the destruction of the middle class in this country.
The lobbyists: Give me a break. When was the last time you heard of a lobbyist for the middle class? The point here is that we are reading the most significant economic story of our time and its effect on the psyche of the people who should know better is minimal.
In the words of Warren Buffett, "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."
The big scandal in America is that our middle class is shrinking, and no one seems to care. Maybe someone somewhere somehow should consider doing something else.
~James Carville


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ALAMEDA — Rolando McClain was back on the field and practicing with the Raiders Wednesday, apparently having worked out his issues with coach Dennis Allen.
McClain served a two-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team after being ejected from practice Nov. 28 after a reportedly "heated" argument with Allen.
He then made disparaging remarks about the organization on his Facebook page, but had removed the posts by the middle of the day.
Last Friday, the day after the Raiders lost to the Denver Broncos 26-13, Allen said he would meet with McClain before making a determination on whether he would be reinstated to the roster.
McClain was taken off the reserve/suspended list Monday while Allen was in Texas attending the funeral of his father.
ESPN originally reported McClain would be waived.
How much McClain will play, if at all, remains to be seen over the final three games of the season. Allen will be available to the media following practice.
McClain already had lost his spot in the nickel defense to rookie Miles Burris after the fourth game of the season, at which time he also relinquished play-calling duties to strong side linebacker Philip Wheeler.
Omar Gaither has started as the middle linebacker in the 4-3 defense over the past two weeks.
Before the team broke into team sessions, at which time the media is excused, McClain was going through drills with the linebackers and defensive linemen. At one point, he was carrying the ball as a running back while defenders went through drills positioning themselves in the proper gaps.
Players who were not at practice Wednesday were strong safety Tyvon Branch (neck, ankle) and defensive tackle Christo Bilukidi (illness).
Defensive tackle Richard Seymour was on the field for his second straight practice after missing five games with a hamstring strain. Running back Darren McFadden looks at full strength and has made the last two practices after tweaking his injured right ankle in the fourth quarter against Denver.


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Welcome to The Catholic Gene – a blog dedicated to the faith of our fathers and mothers…and their ancestors. This blog will feature articles by a diverse group of authors who share a strong Catholic identity and a love for genealogy. Join us as we share about genealogy, the Catholic faith, and anything in which those two worlds intersect. Expect to find posts about a variety of topics such as saints, saints-to-be or famous Catholics in genealogy records, profiles of churches, Catholic communities, or archives. We will also write our memories and reflections of growing up Catholic. And naturally, we will share vintage photos of churches, priests, nuns, and more!
We are very excited to begin this project, and we hope our readers find information that is informative, useful, or just plain fun. Visit the Authors Page to learn more about our writers and About Us to learn more about this blog.
The authors of this project sought to find a patron, and while there is no "official" patron saint of genealogy, there are quite a few saints that we can call upon for help as we research our roots. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini is the patron saint of immigrants, whom many of us have in our family trees. Then there is St. Helena, the patron saint of archaeologists – after "digging up" information in piles of dusty books, sometimes she feels like an appropriate intercessor. St. Anne and St. Joachim were the grandparents of Jesus, and St. Matthew wrote his earthly genealogy. In desperate moments, we're likely to call upon St. Anthony to find our lost and missing ancestors or St. Jude for those "hopeless" cases with elusive ancestors. But St. Jerome seems to be the most all-encompassing patron for what genealogists do, for he is the patron of archivists, librarians, and translators. St. Jerome, and all the saints, pray for us!
Thank you for visiting and God Bless! ~ De saeculis saeculorum ~


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Rio de Janeiro is the only city in the world that has a rainforest inside its city limits: the Tijuca National Park. This 'urban rain forest' is a tropical oasis of calm and vast space, gentle murmuring waterfalls and cheerfully chirping birds. Snakes, iguanas, ocelots, sloths, agoutis and howler monkeys – they all live right outside the hustle and bustle of the streets.
Explore the park's 100 square kilometres by (rental) car, accompanied by a guide or on your own initiative. For those on foot, there is also plenty to be seen in the area just behind the entrance gate. Floresta da Tijuca offers many walking trails, picnic areas and waterfalls – small rivers and streams flow up and down the park and the crystal clear waters emerge from springs among the rocks.
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We are preparing the image for our first trial use of iPads at Jakarta World Academy. I have selected a few apps from my own image to test use at the school. Here are just some from my selection. The age range for these apps are K1-Gr 1.
JWA Apps
Monday, 31 January 2011
iPads Apps for Jakarta World Academy
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Monday, 24 January 2011
Weebly Portfolios
The Grade 4 and 5 students at SWA have been trialling the use of Weebly portfolios. Last quarter the Weebly sites were started and the expectation this quarter is for all subjects to have a page for portfolio work.
At SWA the Grade 4 and 5 students are in the 1:1 laptop program. This gives them easy access to be able to create most of their school work in a digital format. It is a natural extension to make the portfolios in digital format.
Originally the students made their portfolios in either Keynote or iWeb on the laptops. This made it difficult to access in that students had to have their laptops in order to see the portfolio. By having the work online, it has allowed parents to keep up to date with their child's work as often as they like.
What's Good About Weebly
Weebly allows the teacher to access the student websites from inside the admin controls for editing. It also allows for a class password to be used which gives extra privacy for younger users. It has an easy drag and drop interface which is simple for even the most tech-challenged to use.
I personally like that students can upload a video directly to their sites without having to host it elsewhere and embed it. Weebly is also integrated with Scribd.com so that Word or Pages documents can be directly uploaded to be embedded in the page. There are many options for photo displays with galleries or simple photo+paragraph choices. For more information - check out the video overview of the site
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LifeSite News - Pittsburgh PA
OTTAWA, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Nearly six thousand people from across Canada took part in the annual March for Life in the national capital Thursday. The perfect weather, a warm day with cloud cover to keep the burning sun at bay, was very much appreciated by the upbeat crowd made up mostly of youth, thousands of whom arrived on buses from high schools in Ontario.
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At the dinner, former Liberal MP Pat O'Brien was awarded the Joseph P. Borowski award for his heroism in battling in Parliament for life and family.
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The Rose Dinner was completely sold out and over 900 participants were treated to an address by Priests for Life President Fr. Frank Pavone, which left many pro-life leaders in awe. Reflecting on Fr. Pavone's address, Aidan Reid, National Affairs Director for Campaign Life told LifeSiteNews.com it was "the most incredible talk I've ever heard."
The Youth Conference which took place Friday was also completely booked. Hughes said the youth were very enthusiastic hearing from LifeSiteNews.com editor John-Henry Westen, UN lobbyist Sam Singson, and Conservative Member of Parliament Pierre Lemieux, among others.
Hughes told LifeSiteNews.com that while he has never done so before, the very positive experience of this year's March has led him to set a goal of 10,000 participants for next year's March for Life.
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By Heather Barrett
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about "Five Fantastic Vermont Events In July." The Shelburne Museum Art and Craft Festival was included, and is wrapping up my list of July events. The Art and Craft Festival is this weekend, July 27-29, and after a 6 year hiatus, the festival is returning to the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. This 14th annual event will feature over 150 artists and artisans, who will be showcasing their specialties. Vermont artisans, like the ones who make wood furniture at Vermont Woods Studios, are a large part of Vermont's culture and history. Vermonter's pride themselves on their craftmanship, and the unique items they can handmake. Art items that will be at the festival include hand thrown pottery, fine silver and gold jewelry, photography, paintings, and many more.
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This is a great opportunity to experience Vermont culture, buy local products, and enjoy delicious food and drink.
Heather Barrett is a Marketing Assistant at Vermont Woods StudiosF, an online furniture gallery which showcases Vermont's finest wood furniture. Follow our blog to learn about Vermont fine furniture, Vermont happenings, our mission, and our team.


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Painting Tips
Trim Painting Tips For Smooth and Perfect Results
Our best tips for painting trim perfectly
Shine a Light Across the Woodwork and Circle Flaws
Buy a Sanding Block
The right tool improves the sanding job:
- A folded sheet and finger pressure work great for most areas.
- A rubber sanding block is comfortable to grip, works well with feathering and lets you apply more even pressure in stubborn areas like windowsills.
- A sanding sponge or pad conforms readily to curves and crevices.
Clean Out Tight Areas and Fine Details With a 1-1/2-in. Flexible Putty Knife
For small, tight areas, scrape with a 1-1/2-in. flexible putty knife. Use a pushing motion to go under the paint, working from an area of loose paint to an area where paint is firmly adhered. This bevels the remaining paint layers to make a smooth transition between damaged and undamaged areas, and it renews the details in the wood.
Dust and Vacuum Thoroughly
When the first sanding and scraping step is complete, dust off all areas with an old paint brush and vacuum woodwork with a brush attachment.
Feather Out Filled Areas With 320-Grit Sandpaper
Use 320-grit sandpaper over all filled areas to flatten and feather them out. Dust off the sanded areas with an old paint brush, and vacuum with a brush attachment. Finish by wiping down the wood with a damp cloth if using water-based paint or a tack cloth if using oil-based paint. Spot-prime filled areas, especially if you're using gloss or semigloss paint, or else the paint will be dull in filled areas.
Testing for Lead
If you're concerned about lead-based paint, conduct a dust wipe test using a lead test kit for paint and dust. Most lead-based paint poisoning in children occurs by exposure to lead dust, and testing dust will determine if you have a lead hazard you have to deal with. The test kits, available at home centers and hardware stores, include step-by-step instructions for collecting the samples, bags for the samples, plastic gloves and an envelope to send the samples to an EPA-certified lab for analysis (each lab test costs about $15). Results, mailed back in about two weeks, will tell if the samples contained a potentially harmful level of lead dust. If you have a dust hazard, contact your local health department for remediation guidelines.
However, before remodeling or otherwise disturbing painted surfaces, it's best to have a professional lead inspection and risk assessment done ($500 to $700). This will tell if your home has lead-based paint, where it's located and if it's hazardous. Keep in mind that lead paint itself is not necessarily hazardous, especially if the surface is in good condition and the paint isn't flaking or being worn down (along sliding windows, for example). Find certified inspection firms through your state health department or the Environmental Protection Agency.
Don't be discouraged if you have lead paint. You can handle it safely. Follow the guidelines online at epa.gov/lead or call your local health department.
Let Paint Dry, Then Cut the Tape Loose for a Perfect Edge
Once paint is dry, you can't just pull the tape off the trim. Paint forms a film between the wall and the tape, and removing the tape tears pieces of dried paint off the wall. So before pulling off the tape, cut it loose.
Wait for the paint to completely dry at least 24 hours, then use a sharp utility knife or box cutter knife to slice through the film. Start in an inconspicuous area to make sure the paint is hard enough to slice cleanly. If you cut the paint while it's still gummy, you'll make a mess. As you cut the paint, pull up the tape at a 45-degree angle. Get more secrets of professional painters.
Try these edge sealing tips and painter's tape hints in the video below, too.
Roll Paint Along the Edges for Consistent Texture
Use a 3-in. roller with a nap that's the same thickness that was used for the rest of the wall painting. Roll as close as you can without bumping the opposite wall or slopping paint onto the trim. Finish brushing on the paint and rolling it out in one area before moving on to the next section. Next, check out these 29 painting tool hacks to make your painting projects a breeze.
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Using a metal paint shield often smears the paint. Here's a solution that always works. Place strips of 2-in. wide masking tape on the carpet along the baseboard, with one edge of the tape extended up about 1/2 in. onto the baseboard. Then tuck this extended edge down between the baseboard and the carpeting with a putty knife. Paint the trim in the entire room, and when it's dry, just pull up the tape.
Paint the Trim First, Then the Ceilings and Walls
When painting the trim, you don't have to be neat. Just concentrate on getting a smooth finish on the wood. Don't worry if the door and trim paint gets slopped onto the walls. You'll cover it later when painting walls. Once the trim is completely painted and dry (at least 24 hours), tape it off (using an 'easy release' painter's tape), then paint the ceiling, then continue on to wall painting.
Careful Sanding is the Key to a Perfect Job
If your woodwork is smooth, just give it a once-over with 120-grit sandpaper. But if your trim is in rough shape like ours, start with 80-grit sandpaper. Switch to 100-grit for smoothing and blending in the areas with layered paint. Finally, go over all the wood with 120-grit. Buy sandpaper labeled "no-load." No-load sandpaper won't clog as easily and is better for sanding painted surfaces.
Fix Holes and Dents
To repair large dents or gouges on edges that are vulnerable to abuse, use hardening-type two-part wood filler (Minwax High Performance Wood Filler is one brand). Fill smaller dents and holes with spackling compound. Since spackling compound shrinks as it dries, you'll have to apply a second (and possibly a third) coat after the previous coat dries. Shine a strong light across the woodwork to highlight depressions and ensure that you don't miss any spots as you're applying the filler. Let the filler dry and sand it smooth.
Caulk for a Seamless Look
Here's a step that many beginners don't know about but pros swear by. Caulk every crack or gap, no matter how small. Use latex caulk or a paintable latex/silicone blend. The key is to cut the caulk tube tip very carefully to create a tiny, 1/16-in.-diameter hole. Fill all the small cracks first. Then, if you have wider cracks to fill, recut the caulk tube tip to make a larger hole. Move the caulk gun swiftly along the cracks to avoid an excess buildup of caulk. If necessary, smooth the caulk with your fingertip. Keep a damp rag in your pocket to clean caulk from your finger and to keep the tip of the caulk tube clean. If caulk piles up in the corners, remove the excess with a flexible putty knife.
Spot-Prime to Avoid Blotches
Brush a stain-sealing primer (B-I-N is one brand of shellac-based primer) over the areas that you've patched or filled, and over areas where you've sanded down to bare wood. If you have a lot of patches and bare spots, it'll be faster and easier to just prime the entire surface. Also seal discolored areas or marks left by crayons, pens or markers to prevent them from bleeding through the finish coat of paint.
Add an Extender to Latex Paint
Most pros prefer to use oil-based paint on trim for two reasons: Oil-based paint doesn't dry as fast as water-based paint, leaving more time to brush. And oil-based paint levels out better than most water-based paints, leaving a smoother surface with few visible brush marks. But because water-based paint is more environmentally friendly, less stinky and easier to clean up, it's a better choice for DIYers.
You can make water-based paint perform more like oil paint by adding latex paint conditioner. Floetrol is one brand. Conditioners make the paint flow better and slow down the drying time, allowing you more time to spread the paint without leaving brush marks. Check with the manufacturer of the paint you're using to see if it recommends a particular brand of conditioner.
Slap, Don't Wipe
Slap the brush gently against each side of the bucket to remove the excess paint. This method of brush loading is best for laying on paint because it keeps the bristles fully loaded with paint. To use the brush for cutting-in, follow up by wiping each side of the brush gently on the rim to remove a little more paint.
Cut in Edges Before You Fill the Center
Cutting-in is a skill that takes practice to master, but it's worth the effort. To cut in, first load the brush. Then wipe most of the excess paint off by gently scraping the bristles on the edge of the can. Start by pulling the brush along the edge, but keep the bristles about 1/4 in. away from the wall or ceiling to deposit some paint on the wood. Now return with another brushstroke, this time a little closer. Sneaking up to the line like this is easier than trying to get it perfect on the first try. At the end of the stroke, arc the brush away from the cut-in line. Cut in a few feet and then fill the middle.
Lay On, Lay Off
The biggest mistake beginners make is to work the paint too long after it's applied. Remember, the paint starts to dry as soon as you put it on, and you have to smooth it out before this happens or you'll end up with brushstrokes or worse. So here's the tip. Load your brush. Then quickly unload on the surface with a few back-and-forth brushstrokes. This is called "laying on" the paint. Repeat this until you've covered a few feet of trim with paint. Don't worry about how it looks yet.
Now, without reloading the brush, drag the tips of the bristles over the wet paint in one long stroke to "lay off" the paint. Start in the unpainted area and drag into the previously painted trim. Sweep your brush up off the surface at the end of each stroke. Areas wider than your brush will require several parallel laying-off strokes to finish. When you're done laying off a section, move on and repeat the process, always working quickly to avoid brushing over partially dried paint. Try to complete shorter pieces of trim with a continuous laying-off brushstroke.
Don't Start a Brushstroke on Already-Smoothed Paint
Setting the paintbrush on an area that's already been smoothed out with laying-off strokes will leave an unsightly mark. Try to start laying-off strokes at the end of a trim piece or board, or in an unpainted area. Brush toward the finished area. Then sweep the brush up and off, like an airplane taking off from a runway, to avoid leaving a mark.
Avoid Brushing Across an Edge
Brushing across an edge wipes paint from the bristles and creates a heavy buildup of paint that will run or drip. Avoid this by brushing toward edges whenever possible. If you must start a brushstroke at an edge, align the bristles carefully as if you're cutting-in, instead of wiping them against the edge. If you accidentally get a buildup of paint that could cause a run, spread it out right away with a dry paintbrush or wipe it off with a damp rag or your finger.


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Spotted front row at the Kaufmanfranco show was Jane Krakowski from 30 Rock. The music played included 'Disintegration' by Monarchy and 'If I Could Call Heaven' by Dr. Nancy-Angel Doetzel among others. It was a very fierce collection, all models wore black scarves that tied around their necks while extra fabric flowed behind them.
Color schemes were mostly black, brown, and grey. Sequin's ruled the gown game while leather was dominant in pants and jackets.
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Egypt Falls to Babylon
Idolatrous pride led to Egypt's attempt to thwart God's will in raising up Nebuchadnezzar to discipline Judah, and our own pride can lead to us making decisions that are against the Lord's revealed will. When this happens, we show that ...Read More
Egypt's Judgment and Israel's Salvation
Past faithlessness on our part or the part of our ancestors does not mean that God cannot use us today. When we repent and trust in Him, the Lord can use what is otherwise ugly to create something beautiful and ...Read More
Trouble in Egypt
Matthew Henry comments on today's passage: "God can find his people, with the visits of his grace, wherever they are; and, when his ministers are bound, yet the word of the Lord is not bound. The spirit of prophecy was ...Read More
The Exodus from Egypt
Salvation is a gift wholly from the Lord from beginning to end. He accomplishes our redemption on the cross and gives us the faith to appropriate that redemption for ourselves. It can be easy to forget this truth, but we ...Read More
God's Son Is Called
All of us who were once in sin were in slavery even if we had no earthly masters. Wickedness held sway over our every thought, decision, and action, but in Christ we have been rescued from this power and are ...Read More
Egypt Redeemed
Christ inaugurated the kingdom in His ministry, death, and resurrection, and now He rules to bring people from all nations into His kingdom as these earthly realms belong to Him. Augustine of Hippo comments, "The nations are Christ's inheritance ...Read More
The Land of Egypt
Pharaoh's oppression of Israel did not take God by surprise (Gen. 15:12–16), and so we should understand that the trials we encounter do not take Him by surprise either. The blessings of the Lord upon us may ...Read More


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Bulldogs Seek Second Straight Ivy Win
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The sense of relief could be felt throughout Reese Stadium when Scott Armbrust scored midway through the second half last Saturday against Penn. The Bulldogs had gone five games without a goal and the pressure was starting to mount.
The wait for another goal wasn't nearly as long. Peter Jacobson scored with a little over two minutes left as the Bulldogs came away with a much-needed 2-1 win over the Quakers. Yale will try to keep the offensive momentum rolling when Columbia visits Reese Stadium on Saturday for Youth Day. Kickoff is slated for 4:30 p.m. after the Yale women host Columbia starting at 2 p.m.
Jacobson was named to the Ivy League Honor Roll for his performance against the Quakers. He and Armbrust share the team lead with five points apiece. Jenner Fox, who assisted on both goals against Penn, has a team-high three assists. Goalkeeper Bobby Thalman continues to lead the Ivy League with 64 saves and is second in save percentage (.831) and shutouts (5).
Yale (4-7-3 overall) and Columbia are both 1-2-1 in Ivy League play.
Columbia (3-7-3 overall) is coming off a 2-1 loss to Dartmouth last Saturday. Like Yale, the Lions have played close Ivy games. Both of their losses – to Brown and Dartmouth – came by one goal. In addition, they played a scoreless tie with Princeton and edged Penn 1-0. Kofi Agyapong and Nick Scott share the team lead with five points apiece. Goalkeeper Kyle Jackson is a three-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week selection and has a 1.06 goals against average.
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Capital markets focus of new program
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law continued to build on its recent expansion of business law courses and programs in the fall of 2012 with the debut of Law and Capital Markets @ Ohio State. The new program is designed to study global capital markets, including regulation of the internal and external governance of markets, corporations, and financial institutions in the wake of the Great Recession and financial crisis. The program aims to link the knowledge of scholars, industry professionals, and policymakers to stimulate new ideas, encourage knowledge-sharing, support research, and foster networks.
"We have substantial expertise at Ohio State. It is not just the business faculty, but the tax, commercial, international, legislative, administrative, and dispute resolution faculty," said Professor Steven M. Davidoff, executive director of the program. "All these areas in some way influence capital markets."
Law and Capital Markets @ Ohio State draws on the cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary strength of the faculty to provide the ideas, research, and products that will provide critical information and guidance for policymakers, the industry, and academics. The program is designed to support academic research and to engage synergistically with private and public officials.
"The Law and Capital Markets program is a great addition to what is already a strength for the College. Looking in retrospect at our business offerings, the growth has just been incredible," said Paul Rose, a fellow in the program who teaches several business law courses. "We are building on some of the strength we had and taking it to the next level."
The program hosts multiple events throughout the year in Columbus and key financial centers, including New York City and Washington, D.C. These events address the leading problems and issues business lawyers face and are commonly co-sponsored by private organizations.
The Mergers and Acquisitions Roundtable is the program's annual keystone event. The forum brings together academics, attorneys, and industry participants to discuss pressing issues. In 2012, the Mergers and Acquisitions Roundtable was held in New York City and was co-sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP. The event included thought leaders from law firms, investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, academia, and government engaged in an open and vigorous exchange of ideas about the top challenges facing deal-makers today.
Participants included Kirkland & Ellis partner Daniel E. Wolf, Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron T. Steele, Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr., and Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons.
The first session, moderated by Wolf, focused on hot topics in private equity, including conflict-of-interest issues involving lawyers, bankers, and special committees. The second session, moderated by Davidoff, focused on special issues arising from hedge fund activism, including developments in shareholder activism and possible revisions to the Williams Act.
"In today's connected world, location is irrelevant," Davidoff said. "We have the expertise and can apply it. We will use a mix of locations for events, including Columbus. Some events are easier to hold in Chicago or New York because the majority of the speakers are located there."
The next Mergers and Acquisitions Roundtable is planned for April 12 in New York.
The Capital Markets course offered at the College has also been revamped.
"The course has historically been a reading seminar, but now we have changed it to a lecture seminar," Davidoff said. "We have speakers coming in just about every week, and prior to class, students are writing mini-papers on the week's topic."
In the fall of 2012, speakers included Chris Brummer, professor of law, Georgetown University Law Center; David L. Caplan, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP; Samuel Fried, executive vice president, Limited Brands Inc.; Michael J. Segal '83, partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Ezra D. Singer, senior vice president, Limited Brands Inc.; Laura Holleman '92, investment banking general counsel, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.; Robert Jackson Jr., associate professor of law, Columbia University; Claire A. Hill, James L. Krusemark Chair in Law, University of Minnesota; Robert Bartlett, professor of law, University of California, Berkeley; Andrew C.W. Lund, associate professor of law, Pace University; Randall Baron, partner, Robins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP; Michal Barzuza, Caddell & Chapman Professor of Law, University of Virginia; and Kristin N. Johnson, associate professor of law, Seton Hall University.
In addition to the Mergers and Acquisitions Roundtable and the Capital Market Speaker's Series, which is primarily for the course, the program also includes a General Counsel Speaker's Series and the Tax Colloquium. Two tax experts will visit Moritz in the winter of 2013. In February, the program will present a panel discussion on public pension reform.
In the last decade, the business offerings at the College have grown exponentially with new courses added each year. The Ohio State Entrepreneurial Business Law Journal was started in 2006, and the College also fields a business-oriented moot court team each year.
"We have been much more aggressive in the past few years with our business curriculum," said Dale A. Oesterle, the J. Gilbert Reese Chair in Contract Law. "The enthusiasm of the students has really pushed this movement. Most realize they will likely be practicing business or business litigation, and we are offering students a lot more through new seminars, the Distinguished Practitioners in Residence program, and the real estate courses offered by Rick Daley '78 (senior lecturer in law)."
In 2012, Moritz also launched the Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic, which is the College's first business-oriented clinic. The clinic is funded by alumni and private donations. The Law and Capital Markets program mostly has been financed through general funds, but it already has received several private donations from alumni.
"We are training our students to be lawyers and to work in a global market. The students are being exposed to heads of mergers and acquisitions at leading firms and companies as well as leading scholars in the field," said Davidoff.


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We all have that moment. That one second behind the wheel of a vehicle where we thought, "This is it." Perhaps a corner was taken a little too fast, perhaps there was a sudden lack of grip but for that brief moment there was an acceptance that death was near.
There are two ways to respond to surviving this moment. Some embrace the fear, aching never to repeat it again. Others relish in it, skirting on the edge of control and the edge of death, yet coming out victorious. The latter… well those are motorsports fans.
It's a visceral feeling to control something that is seemingly uncontrollable, to push beyond a limit that seems immovable. Race car drivers live to find that limit which borders on lunacy regardless of whatever dangers it may pose. It is a feeling which is as infectious as it is powerful.
Which makes the comments by famed former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb that much more interesting. To him, the physical attributes to throw a semi-spherical object far outweighs the ability to handle a 900 horsepower, self-possessed monster. To him, racecar drivers are not athletes, football players are, baseball players are and anyone else that has to run and jump are.
And he's right.
Race car drivers are not athletes. To be an athlete, according to most definitions, there is no component of fear… because athletes do not regularly face fear. But race car drivers do. The physical and mental qualities required to drive at speeds which would make normal men and women, athletes included, shudder in fear.
They may not admit it, they may not acknowledge it, but in some way that fear must be accounted for. Unlike in football or baseball or soccer, death is always a possibility in motorsports. Sean Edwards, Jason Leffer, Dale Earnhardt, Aryton Senna… these are men who gave their lives doing what they love. Not their mental capacity, not their livelihood, their physical lives. How many athletes, Mr. McNabb included, can lay claim to this?
Some may ask what the interest in NASCAR and Formula 1 is as it is merely grown men driving in circles. In reality those men are teetering on the very edge of that circle, a small movement away from gaining that crucial tenth of a second or an untimely death. Motorsports is perhaps as safe as it ever has been but the inherent danger remains, ever present. A fact that is lurking around every corner, hiding in brake dust and reappearing far too often.
As a motorsports fan I have watched my heroes race, I have watched them win and I have watched them die. As a traditional stick and ball sports fan, I have watched these aforementioned athletes play their sport, I have watched them win and I have watched them grow old and critical of that which is new and different.
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i'm so proud to be a part of cocoa daisy! christine is so kind and encouraging. and she has worked so hard to make cocoa daisy the company she knows it can be. for much of the last year, she's been working on her website remodel, updating nearly everything to make it easily navigable and user friendly. i'm happy to be a part of the blog hop introducing the new site!
Cocoa Daisy has done some remodeling and updating, making our home a place you want to be. Drop in and see how our scrapbook home is your scrapbook home too.
To help celebrate, we are doing a blog hop and giveaway. Just leave a comment on my blog to be entered to win a set of all FOUR of this month's exclusive, sold out, Cocoa Daisy Stamps.
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