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Note: This recall has been reannounced.
August 26, 2009
Release # 09-325
Firm's Recall Hotline: (888) 966-4532
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: MELINA Roman Blinds
Units: About 120,000
Distributor: IKEA Home Furnishings, of Conshohocken, Pa.
Hazard: Strangulations can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck. The Roman blind has a continuous looped bead chain that when not attached to the wall or floor, hangs loosely by the blind, posing a strangulation hazard to children.
Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and IKEA received a report of a 2-year-old boy who suffered a near strangulation. His mother found him hanging from the looped bead chain.
Description: This recall includes all sizes/colors of MELINA Roman blinds. These blinds have a sewn-in label at the top edge of the blind with the IKEA logotype, article name (MELINA), 5-digit supplier number 19395, four digit date stamp (YYWW) and the words "Made in Taiwan". On the bottom edge of the blind there is a sewn-in orange/white safety warning label. The blinds are made from 100% polyester.
Sold at: IKEA stores nationwide from August 2006 through June 2008 for between $20 and $40.
Manufactured in: Taiwan
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Roman blinds and return them to any IKEA store for a full refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact IKEA toll-free at (888) 966-4532 anytime, or visit the firm's Web site at www.ikea-usa.com
Note: CPSC reminds consumers to examine all Roman Blinds and shades in their homes. If looped pull cords are present or exposed inner cords are found on the back of blinds or shades and children are in the home or occasionally visit your home, please consider replacing them with blinds or shades that do not have exposed pull cords or inner cords.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at 301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
Please use the below phone number for all media requests.
Phone: (301) 504-7908
Spanish: (301) 504-7800


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September 11th is a difficult anniversary. "Love" is perhaps the last word we might associate with that day.
On September 11th, 2001, I was fourteen-years-old and ignorant to a lot of what was happening in the world outside of my home of Minnesota. That day was a wake-up call to me, to be more aware of what was happening outside of my own context. To listen more and to learn more. But love was far from my heart.
Nine years later, we are experiencing another wake-up call. The call is the same: we must listen more and learn more. And, with a surge in anti-Muslim sentiment and hate crimes enveloping our nation, love again seems far from our collective hearts.
On Saturday, September 11th, 2010, I participated in a day of prayer and reflection. Granted, I did not pray, but I was glad to be there among those who do. On such a day, little else seems more appropriate than prayer or reflection.
On the ninth anniversary of 9/11, at that day of prayer and reflection, I listened to a woman who was in Lower Manhattan on the day of the attacks reflect on her experience. Through tears, she recounted the horror and fear she experienced that day. But she added that 9/11 was a wake-up call to her: it was a call to love more, not less. She spoke of her God's vision of inclusion and integration for all people; it was a message I carried with me when I hit the road for New York City just an hour later to attend Religious Freedom USA's Liberty Walk: An Interfaith Rally for Religious Freedom.
Yesterday, September 12, 2010, was a rainy day. In spite of the rain, at least 1,000 people came out to march for religious freedom in support of the Cordoba Initiative's Park51. We gathered at St. Peter's, the oldest Catholic church in NYC, to listen to speakers including the Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky, Father Kevin Madigan, Religious Freedom USA founders Joshua Stanton and Frank Fredericks, author and environmentalist Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Auburn Theological Seminary President Rev. Katharine Henderson, and Charles Wolf, who was the husband of a 9/11 victim. After being inspired by their calls for inclusion and interfaith cooperation, we took to the streets.It was a cold and rainy day, but as a diverse group of people of all faiths and none at all walked the streets of NYC arm in arm with flags in hand, it felt like a moment of transformation. It was not "us" supporting "them" — it was all of us, together, walking in hope and mutual loyalty. We were listening. We were learning. We were loving one another.
One man stopped us and asked what we were marching for. When we explained that we were walking for religious freedom, particularly in support of the Cordoba Initiative's Park51, he scoffed and said, "The whole country's against you!"
In one sense, he's right: the road to religious freedom in America has been long and it will continue to be. But he also couldn't be more wrong: pluralism will prevail. Those of us who walked the NYC streets that day proved it.
Our nation will heal from the wounds we sustained on September 11th, 2001, but we must do so together. Let us extend the call to be more than it is. It is not enough to listen more and learn more – we must, as both a survivor of 9/11 and a crowd of people walking in interfaith solidarity taught me, love more.
The Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel once said of his interfaith efforts for the Civil Rights movement: "When I march in Selma, my feet are praying." At the Liberty Walk, a group of people marched for religious freedom. And though I am a Secular Humanist who does not pray, truly it felt like all of our feet joined together in a common call: to listen more, learn more and, above all, to love more.

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Celebrating Burns Night in Sheffield city centre
An annual celebration of the life of Scottish poet Robbie Burns, who penned the New Year's Eve favourite Auld Lang Syne, Burns Night has been recognised south of the border much more in the recent years.
Maybe it's the fantastic food – although it looks unappealing, haggis, neeps and tatties is delicious – the drams of whisky, or the traditional Scottish poetry and songs, that makes Burns Night so appealing. In the Steel City, there are plenty of restaurants and bars celebrating Burns Night, here are a few suggestions.
Trippets Lounge Bar – 25 January
Trippets Lounge Bar on Trippet Lane is celebrating Burns Night with a four course meal, wine and a wee dram from 7:30pm on 25 January.
Expect traditional dishes, including Cock a Leekie soup, haggis, neeps and tatties, and Scottish cheeses. Tickets are priced at £35 per person. Book by calling 0114 276 2930.
Browns – 25 January
Browns on St Paul's Parade is giving diners the opportunity to pair their meals with whiskey this Burns Night, for just £10 extra.
Guests can enjoy three courses – with dishes including Scottish mussels, breast of guinea fowl stuffed with haggis, and haggis, neeps and tatties – for £24.95. For those who want to have a whiskey-fuelled Burns Night, each course will be paired with a different dram of Glenfiddich whiskey. Book by calling 0114 276 6710 and you'll receive a dram of whiskey on arrival.
Sentinel Brewing Co – 25 January
Giving Burns Night a beery twist, Sentinel Brewhouse on Shoreham Street is pairing its five course Burns Night meal with beer. But don't fret traditionalists, there will still be a gram of whiskey included.
On Sentinel's menu for the evening is the usual haggis, neeps and tatties, alongside a vegetarian version of the traditional Scottish dish. Diners can also expect scotched quails egg with black pudding and oatmeal crumb, and partan bree with a Glasgow morning roll. Book by calling 01143 999 888.
Public – 25 January
Public – Sheffield's new bar in the Town Hall's old public toilets – is pulling out all the stops for Burns Night and pairing five courses with drinks for £70 a head.
Although starting the evening traditionally with haggis, neeps and tatties and a dram of whiskey, Public's menu then twists the standard Scottish cuisine to serve dishes including oysters with a whisky gel, whisky glazed langoustine, and even a 'deep fried Mars bar'. To reserve your place email firstname.lastname@example.com
Caffe Leopold – 25 January
The new management team at Caffe Leopold has got something very special planned for Burns Night, and the event marks the beginning of the bar opening later on Thursday evenings.
Three Scottish classics will be added to the menu for one night only, alongside three whisky cocktails on the bar. Caffe Leopold is taking a relaxed approach this Burns Night, with no set menu or need for booking, just pop in and enjoy the evening.
DINA – 26 January
DINA on Cambridge Street is turning Burns Night into a party and celebrating on the 26 January. Expect live music, a three course haggis dinner in traditional, veggie and vegan forms, dancing, and a dram.
DINA's Burns Night supper marks the start of the venue's 2018, so keep an eye out for more exciting events. All proceeds from DINA's Burns Night supper will go to the Cathedral Archer Project, tickets are £10 adults, £6 children and can be booked via firstname.lastname@example.com or through Facebook messenger.
The Wick at Both Ends – 25 January
West Street's The Wick at Both Ends is celebrating Burns Night with a night of haggis, poetry, Scottish themed cocktails, whisky pairings and music.
The kitchen and bar teams have worked together to curate a three course meal featuring Scottish classics and whisky pairings. Bookings are available at £25 per person, call 0114 272 3039.


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Canaan Smith and his wife, Christy, had one special gift on Halloween (10/31) as their daughter was born. Virginia Rose Smith was 7 lbs., 10 oz. at birth.
Canaan posted a video fo the baby girl to Instagram saying, "I've tried putting words to this but keep erasing them cause nothing says it. For now, I'll just say thank you Jesus for the precious gift of life and unconditional love. Virginia Rose is perfect inside out. And so is her mom."


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A Walk with the Zeiss 25/2.8 (A Mini Lens Review)
A geeky post today, sorry. If you're not into this stuff, I hope that the images are interesting anyway.
These street images were made while photostrolling with the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm f/2.8 ZF.2. All were shot with a Nikon D800E body. One of the things I wanted to see was how the optics would stack up against the high resolving power of this body. Even wide open, I was blown away by how sharp the thing is. But with a fair amount of chromatic aberration which even my untrained eye could pick out. However, this was easily take care of by Lightroom or, simply by stopping down.
One of the love-it-or-hate-it characteristics about this lens is the heavy vignetting at f/2.8. I mostly shoot with rather clinical Nikkor glass and thus found the romance imparted by the vignetting to be rather enjoyable.
Forest Light
1/20 second at f/8, ISO 800. Nikon D800E + Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4.
On Sunday, the fog that had shrouded the region for days lifted long enough for us to enjoy a couple of hours of clear skies and a pleasant sunset. About an hour after I made this image, we were engulfed again.
1/160 second at f/8, ISO 1600. Nikon D800E + Sigma 50-500 f/4.5-6.3.
Winter Monochromes
Some images that I made while messin' around the other day…
1/100 second at f/4, ISO 800. Nikon D600 + Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4G.
1/1000 second at f/2.2, ISO 800. Nikon D600 + Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4G.
1/250 second at f/2.8, ISO 800. Nikon D600 + Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4G.
1/60 second at f/4, ISO 1600. Nikon D600 + Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4G.
Skagit Bay Twilight
Yesterday, we'd gone out to the Skagit River to see the bald eagles. But the combination of patchy light and freezing weather kept them high in the trees, making for a rather disappointing outing. On the way home, we made a "maybe we can salvage the trip" detour through Fir Island to try to catch some snow geese. No luck either. But nonetheless, mother nature was generous with us.
Thank you, Sai, for accompanying me on my oft-nutty adventures!
2 seconds at f/11, ISO 100. Nikon D800E + Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4.
Through The Trees
I shot this on the hike out to Second Beach with Sai and Ed last year. We were behind schedule and were hustling a bit but when the light from the setting sun cut through the mist and trees, stopping was a no-brainer.
1/3 second at f/8, ISO 800. Nikon D800E + Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/4.
View From The Top
Some friends were passing through town on Thursday evening. It was their first time here so we did some sightseeing. The weather started off okay enough but things quickly went south and by the time we got to the Seattle Center, it was coming down pretty hard. I made this image from the observation deck of the Space Needle. The raindrops were blowing in sideways so I ended up shooting with the 50 mm, a fast lens with a deep hood.
Handheld at 1/15 second at f/2, ISO 1000. Nikon D800E + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G.


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Man shot, seriously hurt in carjack attempt
A man was shot and seriously wounded Friday night in the Anacostia area of Southeast Washington during what appeared to be an attempt to carjack him, D.C. police said.
They said the shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. near 16th Street and Good Hope Road SE. The man was reported conscious and breathing while being taken to a hospital.
Details of the incident remained unclear late Friday.
--Clarence Williams
Terri Rupar
| April 30, 2010; 11:19 PM ET
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Carjackers need to be chained to the bumpers of the cars they tried to steal then taken for a ride.
Posted by: RVZ555 | May 1, 2010 1:08 AM | Report abuse
Since it was DC, the District of Criminals, the only one armed was the thug. Another victory for the criminal and a defeat for the law abiding citizen that us unable to defend himself.
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Today we have a very special guest blogger, Elysha Lenkin. Elysha is a successful New York City stylist and blogger who offers up fashion advice from a very yogic perspective. I asked Elysha if she would mind sharing her fashion advice with us for some spring fitness apparel tips and she gave us some great ideas! All of my readers and clients will enjoy her post as a way to "think spring!" and get out of the dull-drums of winter. (I particularly love the tank!)
Work Your Way Into Spring With Cute And Colorful Activewear
So spring isn't yet in the air, but the fact that the calendar has turned to March is pretty exciting! And although there's still some too-cold days ahead, warmer weather is on the way which means it's time to update your workout wear for the new season.
Here are 5 activewear items to help you welcome spring.
Adidas by Stella McCartney Run Floral Print Jacket
Whether you're a runner or not, this floral number will keep you on track, and in pure style. Think of it as your go-to that gets you where you need to be.
A fitted tank is an absolute must for any type of workout. Choose one with a flattering neckline and multicolored finish to feel fab while getting fit.
Beyond Yoga Essential Gathered Leggings
Don't be afraid to go bold on the bottom with a brightly toned pant. The pop of color will make a standout statement that'll holdup well while working out. Oh, and let's celebrate — it's the season of capris!
Perfect for any on-the-go lifestyle, these top notch trainers are totally fresh and max out in comfort.
Tory Burch For Fitbit Silicone Printed Bracelet
No need to sacrifice style while monitoring fitness. By housing your Fitbit in a super-cute bracelet you'll not only know your stats, but you'll look good keeping track.
Elysha Lenkin is a stylist for the mind, body and soul. As a successful wardrobe stylist, certified yoga teacher, and mindfulness practitioner, Elysha calls on all her experiences to guide her clients towards their real style to look and feel their best. Her blog: Mind, Body Soul Stylist combines lifestyle how-to's with personal narratives for a wealth of information and inspiration on styling from the inside out.
For more life + style tips please visit http://elyshalenkin.com/


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The DB1i is the definitive compact monitor and has a celebrated history with accolades of 'loudspeaker of the year' and swathes of five star reviews from all corners of the world from both hifi & professional press. With the latest series upgrades the DB1i pushes the boundaries of what can be achieved from a small monitor. No other compact has the ability to stun the listener with such deep controlled bass, huge sound staging and dynamics, which would normally be the preserve of a speaker twice its size.
The DB1i is ideal for stereo or surround systems in small and medium sized rooms and integrates perfectly with any of the iseries range, especially in the form of discreet surround channels. A system comprising of iseries models teamed with the TLE1 active subwoofer provides a spectacular hemispherical sound image, where sense of space, clarity and the depth of bass is truly breathtaking.
The proof of the DB1i's ability to relay the true essence of the music is found not only in its hifi awards but also in its various professional guises, where it is s relied upon by leading studios and broadcasters such as the BBC, BSkyB®, Metropolis Studios, Fluid Mastering and many more worldwide.
PMC's unique (Advanced Transmission Line) enclosures have taken loudspeaker design to the highest level, using sophisticated cabinet construction, proprietary drive units, and patented absorption materials and techniques. The benefits are enormous compared to the relatively simple sealed and ported designs currently available elsewhere. Find out more


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An architecture firm with unique concepts
Arkitektbruket is an architect firm based in Stockholm, Sweden. They often describe them self as a firm that is similar to the old craft mills, a place where the raw materials are refined; The site & building materials are sculpted to good and sustainable architecture. The projects are unique & need an individual analysis and careful handling. By formulating a strong concept early on, they can streamline the design. Arkitektbruket is scalable and their project is everything from big commercial buildings down to a charming tree house.
We at Nyton are grateful for the opportunity and look forward to start this year with a great partnership. Be sure to look for some interesting new architecture around the cities in Sweden or just your neighbor's new house.


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Police have arrested the son of the man who owns Prestige Limousine, the company that owned the limo involved in a horrific crash that left 20 people dead in upstate New York. Nauman Hussain was running the day-to-day operations of the company while his father, Shahed Hussain, was in Pakistan. According to CNY, the younger Hussain will be charged with criminally negligent homicide.
The limousine involved in the crash had failed two state inspections and was not allowed to be on the road at the time of the accident. The limo driver, Scott Lisinicchi, was pulled over by a state trooper in late August while driving the same vehicle and was cited for operating it without a proper license.
"The trooper also took steps to ensure that the vehicle was taken off the road, returned to its original location and directed the driver not to drive the vehicle," State Police said.
Investigators are still working to figure out what caused the tragic accident. They are trying to determine whether it was driver error, a mechanical issue with the limousine, or a combination of both.


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Koraput: At least one person was killed and two others were critically injured after a dumper hit an SUV Bolero in the premises of NALCO mines at Damanjodi in Koraput district.
The deceased, who died on the spot, has been identified as technician PC Mohanty, however, the injured have been shifted to Vishakhapatnam.
The SUV was a Mahindra Bolero.
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_____________________________________________________________________________I met Bob Baty thanks to my coverage of the fight over the dubious constitutionality of Code Section 107 the parsonage exclusion. He became my most constant commenter and I dubbed him "bane of the basketball minister".Then in 2012, there was the Tax Court decision in the case of Jo Hovind. This was my entry into the world of Hovindology, the study of the trials and tribulations of independent Baptist minister and young earth creationist Kent Hovind, who spent nearly a decade behind bars on tax related charges and was tried on new charges in 2015. Bob has devoted much effort to exposing what he calls Hovind's false legal narrative.Bob Baty is a retired IRS agent who spends a lot of time tending to a few internet sites. Hovindicators - the supporters of Kent Hovind's narrative - tend to believe he is a paid government agent. I don't think so.At any rate, Bob has been intensely following another controversy that has connections, however tenuous to Hovindology. Bob has been after me to cover the Baby Holm controversy, but I have resisted not wanting to dedicate the lifespan necessary to form an opinion. As an alternative I have invited him to do a guest post on the subject.This venue will be open to those with other opinions subject to fairly minimal standards of decorous communications.
It seems there is a nationwide movement, well organized and financed, that specializes in promoting an anti-government, anti-child welfare agenda; characterizing State custody claims as kidnappings and accusing child welfare agencies of baby selling and child trafficking, among other things.
It was October 10, 2016 when the baby was born, October 11, 2016 when the State of Alabama took custody. A required 72 hour hearing was held about 2 days later and the judge determined that the State should retain custody pending a resolution of the issues involving the parents ability to properly provide for the child.
Darkness had fallen over Cleburne County, AL as the parents were able to promote their side of the story and control the narrative. Due to the privacy which surrounds such cases and limits the State's ability to respond, the Cleburne County, Al child welfare agency (DHR), was taking it hard as the attacks upon it and the handling of the case were unrelenting; coming from the parents and those called in to help with promoting an anti-government, anti-child welfare agenda.
The parents use their personal FaceBook page and a FaceBook group to promote their narrative. Those pages can be found at:
A great noise, however, was heard in Cleburne County, AL around the middle of December 2016, and the light began to shine upon what has now become known as the False Holm Narrative.
(Note it is not until after the twenty six minute mark that Baby Holm comes up. I love to listen to Ernie Land and Rudy Davis, but it is an acquired taste not shared by everyone. PJR)


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CloudNine News
CloudNine Highlights Expanding eDiscovery Partnership with Complete Legal Services
Long-term Relationship Continues To Provide Kansas City Community With Nationally Recognized Legal Technology And Services
CloudNine, the eDiscovery Company (cloudnine.com) that empowers legal and business professionals with eDiscovery automation software and professional services that simplify litigation, investigations, and audits, today highlighted the evolution and growth of expanding partnership with Kansas City-based Complete Legal Services.
Initiated in 2014 with the objective of providing Kansas City law firms with immediate access to the best available eDiscovery technology and services, the partnership has contributed to CloudNine's growth into a national legal technology leader and Complete Legal Services' development into one of the region's most proven and trusted litigation support companies. Today Complete Legal Services serves dozens of leading law firms and hundreds of eDiscovery professionals with a complete suite of litigation support and corporate investigative services that leverage CloudNine's Simplified eDiscovery Automation platform.
"Our uncompromising commitment to helping clients solve eDiscovery challenges with the best combination of software, services and support, continually drives us to seek technology partnerships that help us deliver quality service with superior results," shared Jeff Dreiling, co-founder of Complete Legal Services. "Through our long-term collaboration with CloudNine, we have been the beneficiaries of the evolution of their nationally recognized, fully integrated eDiscovery platform. Their technology has allowed us to increase our ability to help clients solve complex discovery challenges and the consistency of the partnership, based on a mutual loyalty to each other and our customers, has allowed us to expand our portfolio of professional services with full confidence in the underlying technology and supporting business relationship."
"Choosing the right partner to provide services and support for legal discovery is one of the most important factors in achieving positive audit, investigation, and litigation outcomes," highlighted Brad Jenkins, CEO of CloudNine. "Complete Legal Services has been that right partner to many Midwestern law firms and corporations for many years, and we are grateful to count them as one of our trusted long-term service partners. Their success has directly contributed to our growth and we look forward to their continued expansion."
About CloudNine, The eDiscovery Company
Founded in 2002 and based in Houston, Texas, CloudNine is a technology company with deep expertise in the analysis, processing, and review of electronically stored information (ESI). Currently used by more than 50 of the top 250 Am Law firms as well as in many of the world's leading corporations, CloudNine has been highlighted in reports and surveys by Gartner, 451 Research, Blue Hill Research, and Corporate Counsel. CloudNine also publishes the eDiscovery Daily Blog, a trusted source of information for the legal industry.
A leader in eDiscovery automation, you can learn more about CloudNine by calling us at 713.462.3885, emailing us at email@example.com, or by visiting us online at cloudnine.com.
About Complete Legal Services, LLC
Complete Legal Services, LLC (http://www.completelegalkc.com), is a Kansas City-based legal support company serving the legal community and redefining litigation support through technology powered solutions. Composed of experienced members of the litigation support industry, Complete Legal delivers superior quality and service to clients. We process electronic discovery, provide online hosting services, scan and photocopy paper documents, provide legal software training and trial consulting services. To learn more about Complete Legal Services, contact us by phone at 913.297.1730 or visit us online at www.completelegalkc.com.
Press inquiries may be made to Chief Marketing Officer, CloudNine, via email@example.com or 512-934-7531.
CloudNine empowers legal, information technology, and business professionals with eDiscovery automation software and professional services that simplify litigation, investigations, and audits for law firms and corporations.


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Car accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers, this is true in North Carolina and all states around the country. This statistic developed before cell phones were a common personal accessory. Today, distracted driving-related accidents caused by texting while driving or talking on a cell while driving only add to the dark statistic.
As the number of distractions teen drivers face increases, the number of accident prevention methods is going up too. Several smartphone apps have been developed to help drivers--some specifically for teen drivers--practice safer driving habits. Our car accident lawyers in Raleigh, Fayetteville and Dunn provide a list of a few smartphone apps below. We hold no affiliation with any of the services and encourage you to investigate them all to learn their specific functions.
In addition to smartphone apps, parents can check with their cell phone provider about parental controls that protect teenagers while driving. Here are a couple of smartphone apps to encourage safe driving habits for teens:
Drive Safely - Wouldn't it be great if a smartphone was smart enough to tell a caller or texter that the phone's owner is busy driving and will get back to them later? That's exactly what this app is capable of doing for your teen. While your teenage driver gives their full attention to the road, the app will respond to anyone who calls or texts with a message that your teen will be in touch when they finish driving. It can also read new emails and texts aloud so the driver doesn't have to fumble with their phone while behind wheel. (Don't be deceived by voice-to-text and hands-free services - studies show these are no less responsible for accidents.) Available on Blackberry, iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile.
DriveScribe – Want to make sure your teen driver can't get a Facebook update, Tweet, make or receive phone calls, or text messages while they're driving? This app detects the vehicle's speed and blocks all activity while the car is moving. Parents can also receive reports about the teenager's speed. Why would teenagers enjoy this app? The more the driver uses the app, the more "rewards" the driver receives. Points accumulate and can be used to make purchases on Amazon, Macy's, and other popular retailers! Available on iPhone and Android systems.


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The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea calling for two DDCA documents in connection with a defamation suit filed against him by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
It was made clear by Justice Manmohan that the court was allowing the plea to summon only two documents – dated February 10, 2003, and April 6, 2003 – with which Jaitley can be confronted during his cross-examination.
Earlier, the Joint Registrar, before whom Jaitley's cross-examination in the case is going on, had directed Kejriwal to wind up the cross-examination on 12 February itself. The high court declined Kejriwal's plea to summon the entire minutes of meetings of the DDCA concerning the period between 1999 and 2013, when Jaitley was the cricket body's president.
The court observed that it could not understand how the minutes of the meetings were relevant to the defamation suit. Besides this, Kejriwal had given no grounds for summoning the details.
The court asked Kejriwal to file a proper application in two days with regard to the documents allowed to be summoned.The high court's ruling came on the plea of Kejriwal filed to challenge the Joint Registrar's order dismissing his plea to summon the minutes of meetings of the DDCA and the other two documents.


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Welcome to my review of Freshman Forty! Make sure you enter the giveaway below! You can see what other bloggers thought of this title HERE!
Freshman Forty by Christine Duval
Publication date: February 21st 2013
Genre: New Adult Contemporary
My Rating: 4.0/5.0
Tour Hosted by: Xpresso Book Tours
Book Links: Goodreads | Amazon
When eighteen-year-old Laurel Harris discovers she's pregnant four weeks into the start of her freshman year at prestigious Colman College, she has all intentions of telling her father. But being away at school makes it too easy to hide. And while she can't explain to her friends, or to herself even, the reasons why she doesn't want the baby's father to find out about the pregnancy, the rest of her world begins to unravel.
Freshman year is hard enough. Most girls get through by forming close friendships, finding new boys and a phone call from mom or dad on Sunday. Laurel has to navigate all of it while hiding an unplanned pregnancy from a summer fling…
An imperfect heroine plagued by bad choices and haunted by the memory of her deceased mother and grandparents, readers are sure to identify with Laurel as she navigates teen pregnancy, in secret, in a remote college setting.
I have been putting off writing this review for at least a week now! I'm not even sure why, it's just one of those books that you never get round to reviewing…except I have to because it's part of a tour and I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND WANT TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT!
Just to change things up a bit, I'm going to start off this review with what I thought of the ending of Freshman Forty.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT FINISHED LIKE THAT! SO CRUEL! I LOVED IT! The baby's father's NAME was only revealed in the final page! There was so much suspense over who it was, and how he was going to react to having a baby. The ending was fantastic and I may have screamed a little in frustration.
Freshman Forty was a very easy book to read. The writing style just flowed and I couldn't get enough. I read this in a night, it was so good.
I honestly connected with Laurel, although we don't have that much in common, but she was just a lovely person and couldn't bear the thought of having an abortion after she heard the baby's heartbeat. Plus, she was ready to look after the baby on her own terms. I'm totally against abortions anyway, so that put her straight into my good books!
I don't think that Laurel should have waited for so long to tell her family about being pregnant though, it only created confusion and heartache.
Mike, the maybe love interest, was really sweet! I liked him so much. Okay…soooo…I didn't like him when he avoided Laurel but then he was cool. I don't remember that much about him thought because it was a few weeks ago that I read this!
Overall, this was a brilliant read that I would happily read again!
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Hugo Chávez
President of Venezuela (1999-2013)
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his demise in March of 2013.
- Before anything else I would like to say good day to all of the Venezuelan people, and this Boliviarian message is directed to the brave soldiers in the Parachutist Regimen of Aragua and the Armed Brigade of Valencia. Friends: For now, lamentably, the objectives we considered were not achieved in the capital. That is to say, we here in Caracas have not managed to take power. You did very well over there, but now is the time to reflect; new situations will come and the country must definitively get on the path to a better destiny. So hear my word; hear Commander Chávez, who sends you this message so that you may please reflect and put down your weapons, because now, really, the objectives that we have brought to the national level are impossible to achieve. Friends: Hear this message of solidarity. I thank you for your loyalty, your valor, your exuberance, and I, before this country and before you all, assume responsibility for this Boliviarian militant movement. Thank you.
- Hugo Chávez to Venezuelan television reporters just before being arrested for his participation in an attempted coup d'état, February 1992.
- We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world
- Hugo Chávez [1]
- He was an asshole to believe them.
- Remarks about US President George W. Bush during a pro-government rally in Caracas on March 1, 2004, accusing the US of "meddling" in Venezuela's affairs. [2]
- I give you a replica of liberator Simon Bolivar's sword. For you who, like Bolivar, took up arms to liberate your people. For you who, like Bolivar, are and will always be a true freedom fighter. [Mugabe] continues, alongside his people, to confront the pretensions of new imperialists.
- Praising Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a freedom fighter, as quoted in "Chavez's colourful quotations" at BBC News (12 November 2007)
- When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force. The attacks on Venezuela are a sign of weakness, ideological weakness. Nowadays almost nobody defends neoliberalism. Up until three years ago, just Fidel [Castro] and I raised those criticisms at Presidential meetings. We felt lonely, as if we infiltrated those meetings.
- Hugo Chávez during his closing speech at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. January 31, 2005. [3]
- Just look at the internal repression inside the United States, the Patriot Act, which is a repressive law against U.S. citizens. They have put in jail a group of journalists for not revealing their sources. They won't allow them to take pictures of the bodies of the dead soldiers, many of them Latinos, coming from Iraq. Those are signs of Goliath's weaknesses.
- Hugo Chávez during his closing speech at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. January 31, 2005. [4]
- The south also exists... the future of the north depends on the south. If we don't make that better world possible, if we fail, and through the rifles of the U.S. Marines, and through Mr. Bush's murderous bombs, if there is no coincidence and organization necessary in the south to resist the offensive of neo-imperialism, and the Bush doctrine is imposed upon the world, the world will be destroyed.
- Hugo Chávez during his closing speech at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. January 31, 2005. [5]
- Everyday I become more convinced, there is no doubt in my mind, as many intellectuals have said, that it is necessary to transcend capitalism. But capitalism can not be transcended through capitalism itself; it must be done through socialism, true socialism, with equality and justice. I'm also convinced that it is possible to do it under democracy, but not in the type of democracy being imposed by Washington.
- Hugo Chávez during his closing speech at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. January 31, 2005. [6]
- We have to re-invent socialism. It can't be the kind of socialism that we saw in the Soviet Union, but it will emerge as we develop new systems that are built on cooperation, not competition.
- Hugo Chávez during his closing speech at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. January 31, 2005. [7]
- Privatization is a neoliberal and imperialist plan. Health can't be privatized because it is a fundamental human right, nor can education, water, electricity and other public services. They can't be surrendered to private capital that denies the people from their rights.
- Hugo Chávez during his closing speech at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. January 31, 2005. [8]
- If I am assassinated, there is only one person responsible: the president of the United States. If, by the hand of the devil, these perverse plans succeed...forget about Venezuelan oil, Mr Bush. I will not hide, I will walk in the streets with all of you...but I know I am condemned to death.
- Hugo Chávez message to George Bush during his television/radio show ¡Aló Presidente! on February 20, 2005. [9]
- The world should forget about cheap oil. [The price] will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel.
- "I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism."
- Hugo Chávez in March 2005 [10]
- The grand destroyer of the world, and the greatest threat … is represented by U.S. imperialism.
- Hugo Chávez during his television/radio show ¡Aló Presidente! on August 21, 2005. [11]
- But Cuba doesn't have a dictatorship — it's a revolutionary democracy.
- Hugo Chávez during his television/radio show ¡Aló Presidente! on August 21, 2005. [12]
- [Pat Robertson] is expressing the wishes of the US elite. If anything happens to me then the man responsible will be George W. Bush. He will be the assassin. This is pure terrorism.
- Responding to remarks from US TV evangelist Pat Robertson on August 28, 2005. [13]
- That man, the king of vacations... the king of vacations in his ranch said nothing but: "You have to flee." and didn't say how... that cowboy, the cowboy mentality.
- Hugo Chávez criticizes George W. Bush's handling of Hurricane Katrina, during a cabinet meeting broadcast live on television (August 31, 2005). [14]
- Knowing English is important, but for us Venezuelans I think it would also be important to know Portuguese. For that reason, we should evaluate the possibility of it being taught in our schools.
- Hugo Chávez during his television/radio show ¡Aló Presidente! on October 2, 2005.
- The descendants of those who crucified Christ... have taken ownership of the riches of the world, a minority has taken ownership of the gold of the world, the silver, the minerals, water, the good lands, petrol, well, the riches, and they have concentrated the riches in a small number of hands.
- Christmas Speech at a rehabilitation center on December 24th, 2005. [15]
- Let the dogs of the empire bark, that's their job; ours is to battle to achieve the true liberation of our people.
- Hugo Chávez in retort to a comment by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld [16]
- What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture.
- I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.
- Hugo Chávez speaking in October 2005 [18]
- It makes one sad to see the sell-out of President Fox, really it makes one sad. How sad that the president of a people like the Mexicans lets himself become the puppy dog of the empire.
- Statement in reference to Mexican president Vicente Fox's support of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, in Mar de Plata as quoted in "Chavez's colourful quotations" at BBC News (12 November 2007)
- The world has an offer for everybody but it turned out that a few minorities--the descendants of those who crucified Christ, the descendants of those who expelled Bolivar from here and also those who in a certain way crucified him in Santa Marta, there in Colombia--they took possession of the riches of the world, a minority took possession of the planet's gold, the silver, the minerals, the water, the good lands, the oil, and they have concentrated all the riches in the hands of a few; less than 10 percent of the world population owns more than half of the riches of the world.
President Hugo Chavez's Speech at the U.N. General Assembly, Wednesday, September 20, 2006Edit
- They [US officials] say they want to impose a democratic model. But that's their democratic model. It's the false democracy of elites, and, I would say, a very original democracy that's imposed by weapons and bombs and firing weapons. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs?
- [If] we walk in the streets of the Bronx, if we walk around New York, Washington, San Diego, in any city, San Antonio, San Francisco, and we ask individuals, the citizens of the United States, what does this country want? Does it want peace? They'll say yes.
- But the government doesn't want peace. The government of the United States doesn't want peace. It wants to exploit its system of exploitation, of pillage, of hegemony through war... But what's happening in Iraq? What happened in Lebanon? In Palestine? What's happening? What's happened over the last 100 years in Latin America and in the world? And now threatening Venezuela -- new threats against Venezuela, against Iran?
- I think there are reasons to be optimistic...because over and above the wars and the bombs and the aggressive and the preventive war and the destruction of entire peoples, one can see that a new era is dawning... the era is giving birth to a heart. There are alternative ways of thinking. There are young people who think differently. And this has already been seen within the space of a mere decade. It was shown that the end of history was a totally false assumption, and the same was shown about Pax Americana and the establishment of the capitalist neo-liberal world. It has been shown, this system, to generate mere poverty. Who believes in it now?
- What we now have to do is define the future of the world. Dawn is breaking out all over. You can see it in Africa and Europe and Latin America and Oceanea. I want to emphasize that optimistic vision.
- We have to strengthen ourselves, our will to do battle, our awareness. We have to build a new and better world.
- Venezuela joins that struggle, and that's why we are threatened. The U.S. has already planned, financed and set in motion a coup in Venezuela, and it continues to support coup attempts in Venezuela and elsewhere.
- ...reminded us just a moment ago of the horrendous assassination of the former foreign minister, Orlando Letelier. And I would just add one thing: Those who perpetrated this crime are free. And that other event where an American citizen also died were American themselves. They were CIA killers, terrorists.
- In just a few days there will be another anniversary. Thirty years will have passed from this other horrendous terrorist attack on the Cuban plane, where 73 innocents died, a Cubana de Aviacion airliner. And where is the biggest terrorist of this continent who took the responsibility for blowing up the plane? He spent a few years in jail in Venezuela. Thanks to CIA and then government officials, he was allowed to escape, and he lives here in this country, protected by the government. And he was convicted. He has confessed to his crime. But the U.S. government has double standards. It protects terrorism when it wants to.
- Enough already with the imperialist aggression! Down with the U.S. empire! It must be said, in the entire world: Down with the empire!
- Remarks during a meeting with US activist Cindy Sheehan in January 2006.
- Don't be shameless, Mr Blair. Don't be immoral, Mr. Blair. You are one of those who have no morals. You are not one who has the right to criticize anyone about the rules of the international community. You are an imperialist pawn who attempts to curry favor with Danger Bush-Hitler, the number one mass murderer and assassin there is on the planet. Go straight to hell, Mr. Blair.
- Responding to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, which Mr. Blair urged Venezuela to abide by the rules of the international community. (February 2006) 12
- You messed up with me, birdie. No? You don't know much about history. You don't know much about anything, you know? A great ignorance is what you've got. You are ignorant, Mr. Danger. You are an ignorant. You are a donkey, Mr. Danger … By that I mean, you know, to say it with all its letters, to Mr. George W. Bush. You are a donkey, Mr. Bush. I'm going to tell you something, Mr. Danger. You are a coward, you know? You are a coward. Why don't you go to Iraq and command your army? It's so easy to command an army from afar. If you ever come up with the crazy idea of invading Venezuela, I'll be waiting for you in this savanna, Mr. Danger. Come on here, Mr. Danger. Come on here. Come on here, Mr. Danger. Coward, assassin, genocidal... Genocidal, you are a genocidal. You are an alcoholic, a drunk.. A drunk, Mr. Danger. You are immoral, Mr. Danger... You are the worst ever, Mr. Danger … The worst of this planet, the very worst is called George W. Bush. God save the world from this menace. Because he is an assassin. A sick man, a psychologically ill man, I know it. Personally, he is a coward. But he has a lot of power. He has a lot of power. And look at what's happening in Iraq. Yesterday the world marched against the war... 70%, according to the surveys I've seen, of your own people, Mr. Danger, are against you, against the war. You are a liar, Mr. Danger. You are killing children, Mr. Danger, who aren't responsible for your illnesses, of your complexes. Your soldiers in Iraq are bombing cities. Just yesterday we were watching images of five children who were murdered by you soldiers. They're not the murderers. You are the murderer, coward!
- Message to George W. Bush, in a nationally televised speech in March 2006.
- [I'm being] compared to the biggest genocide person alive, in the history of humanity, the president of the United States... killer, genocidal, immoral... who should be taken to prison by an international criminal court. I don't know to what you are referring when you compare me to President Bush. Have I invaded any country? Have Venezuelans invaded anything? Have we bombarded a city? Have we had a coup d'etat? Have we used the CIA to kill a president? Have we protected terrorists in Venezuela? That's Bush!
- Hugo Chávez to reporters during a press conference with London mayor Ken Livingstone on May 12, 2006. [22]
- We see here a model social state like the one we are beginning to create.
- I have found yet another friend here. And with such a friend we will together form a team, like a soccer team. This will be a fighting team.
- Hugo Chávez, referring to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, to reporters during a state visit to Minsk, Belarus, on July 25, 2006. [24]
- [I admire] your wisdom and strength. [...] We are with you and with Iran forever. As long as we remain united we will be able to defeat [U.S.] imperialism, but if we are divided they will push us aside.
- Said to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, during a meeting to the country on July 29, 2006.[25]
- Let's save the human race, let's finish off the U.S. empire
- Hugo Chávez on the Islamic Republic Medal ceremony at Tehran University in Iran. July 30th, 2006.[26]
- Israel has gone mad. It's attacking, doing the same thing to the Palestinian and Lebanese people that they have criticised - and with reason - the Holocaust. But this is a new Holocaust.
- In protest of Israel's military offensive in Lebanon.[27]
- The Devil is right at home. The Devil, the Devil himself, is right in the house.
And the Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil came here. Right here. [crosses himself] And it smells of sulphur still today.
Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the Devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world.
- Speech at the U.N. in which he referred to George W. Bush as the Devil, (September 2006), as quoted in "Chavez's colourful quotations" at BBC News (12 November 2007)
- Dr Insulza is quite an idiot, a true idiot. The insipid Dr Insulza should resign from the secretariat of the OAS for daring to play that role.
- Chavez responding to criticism from OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza regarding the governments decision for not renew the license of an opposition-aligned TV station. (January 9, 2007) [28]
- Go to hell, gringos! Go home!...What does the empire want? Condoleezza said it. How are you? You've forgotten me, missy...Condoleezza said it clearly, it's about creating a new geopolitical map in the Middle East...They took out Saddam Hussein and they hung him, for better or worse. It's not up to me to judge any government, but that gentleman was the president of that country.
- Weekly radio address [29] (January 21, 2007)
- The two of them [Bush & Negroponte] are criminals. They should be tried and thrown in prison for the rest of their days. If he had any dignity, the president of the United States would quit. The U.S. president doesn't have the political or moral capacity to govern.
- Responding to remarks by US President Bush, over concerns of Venezuela's democracy being under threat. (February 1, 2007) [30]
- No se trata de estatizar toda la economía (...) No, nuestro socialismo acepta la propiedad privada. Solo que esa propiedad privada debe estar en el marco de una constitución y leyes y de un interés social.
- It's not about nationalize the entire economy, (...) No, our socialism accepts private property. It's only that this private property must be within the framework of a constitution and laws and of a social interest.
- As quoted in Socialismo aceptará propiedad privada (23 July, 2007), La Nación
- Critico, aunque respeto, a mis amigos que sostienen la idea marxista leninista de que no debe haber propiedad privada, porque no la comparto.
- I criticize, although I respect, my friends that hold the Marxist-Leninist idea that there should not be private property, because I do not share it.
- In his talk show Aló Presidente, as quoted in Chavez defiende propiedad privada frente a marxistas leninistas (August 26, 2007), El Universal.
- La propiedad privada es aquella que pertenece a personas naturales o jurídicas y que se reconoce sobre bienes de uso y consumo y medios de producción legítimamente adquiridos.
- Private property is that which belong to natural or legal persons and that it is recognize under legitimately acquired fixed assets and consumer goods and means of production.
- Reading the Article 113 on the Constitution Amendment in his talk show Aló Presidente. As quoted in Chavez defiende propiedad privada frente a marxistas leninistas (26 August, 2007), El Universal.
- Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.
- Referring to Spanish politician José María Aznar as a fascist, November 2007.[31]
- If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could reach $150 or even $200.
- Opening remarks at the OPEC Summit, November 2007.[32]
- A Third World War? With an atom bomb? He said it, with an atom bomb. There would be no more world. The world would end. Humanity would no longer exist. I think he has to be put in an asylum. He has to be put in an mental asylum.
- Responding to President George W. Bush remarks on Iran, November 21, 2007 [33]
- I nationalize strategic companies and get criticized, but when Bush does it, it's OK. … Bush is turning socialist. How are you, comrade Bush?
- Statement of 21 September 2008, as quoted in "Credit Crisis Fools Latin America's Leaders: Alexandre Marinis" at Bloomberg.com (21 October 2008)
- Every factory must be a school to educate, like Che Guevara said, to produce not only briquettes, steel, and aluminum, but also, above all, the new man and woman, the new society, the socialist society.
- Speech to a May 2009 "Socialist Transformation Workshop" in Guayana, as quoted in Venezuela Nationalizes Gas Plant and Steel Companies, Pledges Worker Control: James Suggett at Venezuela Analysis (22 May 2009)
- It doesn't smell of sulphur any more. No, it smells of something else. It smells of hope, and you have to have hope in your heart.
- Speech at the U.N, welcoming the Obama administration. (September 2009) BBC
- I'm not loved by Hillary Clinton... and I don't love her either.
- Chavez trying to make a song about Hillary Clinton on June 2010. 1
- Some games teach you to kill. They once put my face on a game, 'You've got to find Chavez to kill him'.
- Chávez referring to the videogame Mercenaries 2: World in Flames where the player has to kill a Venezuelan general. Quoted in Chavez Sets His Sights On Banks And Barbie
- You should resign. It's the least you can do: Resign, along with those other spies and delinquents working in the State Department.
- Chavez told Hillary Clinton in a televised speech on December 9, 2010 [34]
- Liberator of Libya, He will be remembered as a great fighter, a revolutionary and martyr. They assassinated him. It is another outrage.
- Chavez on Muammar Gaddafi.[35]
- Mr. Obama decided to attack us, Now you want to win votes by attacking Venezuela. Don't be irresponsible. You are a clown, a clown. Leave us in peace … Go after your votes by fulfilling that which you promised your people.
- On Barack Obama after he criticized Venezuela's ties with Iran and Cuba [36].
- I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet
- I extend from here my recognition of all who voted against us, recognition of their democratic weight.
- On his election victory. (08 December 2012) [37]
- El socialismo bolivariano nosotros tenemos que construirlo en el marco de la Constitución Bolivariana. [...] Nosotros no tenemos prevista la eliminación de la propiedad privada, ni la grande ni la pequeña. [...] El socialismo tenemos que construirlo, los sectores de clase media, profesionales, técnicos, nos hacen falta para construir un socialismo productivo. Nosotros necesitamos a la clase media, a los profesionales, a los técnicos, a los empresarios, a los agricultores, a la juventud, que se incorpore a un debate amplio. El socialismo del siglo XXI es democracia. Nosotros no estamos hablando de la dictadura del proletariado. No.
- We have to build the Bolivarian socialism within the framework of the Bolivarian Constitution. [...] We do not envisage the abolition of private property, neither the big nor the little one. [...] Socialism has to be built by us, the sectors of the middle class, professionals, technicians, they are needed to build a productive socialism. We need the middle class, the professionals, the technicians, the entrepreneurs, the farmers, the youth, to join into a broad debate. Socialism of the 21st century is democracy, we are not talking about the dictatorship of the proletariat. No.
- As quoted in Chávez propone constituir un ministerio para el seguimiento de obras y políticas (6 October 2012), Correo del Orinoco.
- We have arrived again to Venezuela, Thank God. Thanks to my beloved country.
- After coming back to Caracas. Chávez was in Cuba receiving treatment for cancer. 18 February, 2013.[38]
- He passed away on 2013/03/06 by cancer.
- After coming back to Caracas. Chávez was in Cuba receiving treatment for cancer. 18 February, 2013.[38]
- I don't want to die. Please don't let me die.
- Last words (mouthed). [39]
Unknown yearEdit
- Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all, I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today - ethics, and moral...[Capitalism is] an infernal machine that produces every minute an impressive amount of poor, 26 million poor in 10 years are 2.6 million per year of new poor, this is the road, well, the road to hell.
- Hugo Chávez [40]
- Democracy is not just turning up to vote every five or four years, it's much more than that, it's a way of life, it's giving power to the people.
Quotes about ChávezEdit
- Mr. Chávez is my brother, he is a friend of the Iranian nation and the people seeking freedom around the world. He works perpetually against the dominant system. He is a worker of God and servant of the people.
- Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad upon decorating Chávez with the "Higher Medal of the Islamic Republic of Iran" (July 28, 2006). [41]
- The stem cell debate was an introduction to a phenomenon I witnessed throughout my presidency: highly personal criticism. Partisan opponents and commentators questioned my legitimacy, my intelligence, and my sincerity. They mocked my appearance, my accent, and my religious beliefs. I was labeled a Nazi, a war criminal, and Satan himself. That last one came from a foreign leader, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
- George W. Bush, Decision Points (2010), p. 121
- It is difficult to fathom the level of economic and social degradation occurring today in Venezuela under chavismo, the movement founded by the late leftist firebrand Hugo Chávez, who died of cancer three years ago. What began as a war against the "squalid" oligarchy in order to build what he called "21st-century socialism" — cheered on as he was by many leftists from abroad — has collapsed into an unprecedented heap of misery and conflict.
Unsurprisingly, Chávez was incapable of reinventing socialism as anything other than a prescription for abject failure. Ultimately, all he wound up bequeathing to his people is this century's longest national train wreck.
- José R. Cárdenas, "In Venezuela, Socialism Is Killing Venezuelans", the National Review, May 18, 2016
- Thanks Hugo Chavez for showing that the poor matter and wealth can be shared. He made massive contributions to Venezuela & a very wide world
- Jeremy Corbyn, in a 2013 tweet. [42]
- He was a great politician for his country and for the world as a whole.
- Vitaly Churkin, 5th March 2013.[43]
- 1.- Luis Miquilena, a political mentor who helped steer Chavez to the presidency in 1998, has done an about-face since leaving the government in 2002. This week, he described it as a "hypocritical authoritarianism that tries to sell the world certain democratic appearances". 2.- He said of him:... he is made for the confrontation... his style of governing was an almost of teenager... he is not a man furnished well mentally... he has not definite ideology... he is incendiary... he is erratic... he is unpunctual... he is disordered... is lover of luxury... he is limited... he is emotive... he was operating with total arbitrariness, as if he was handling a personal ranch... "annotate me there, to give 4 billions to this bank"… he has not rules of control... he does not know of finance... "Fidel had put in his head from a beginning, the idea that he could to be assassinated".
- 1.- Time World Article Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007
- 2.- Andrés Oppenheimer. Cuentos Chinos. 2005. Págs. 252 a 256. Caracas, Venezuela. Random House Mondadori, Editorial Melvin. ISBN 9802933279 CITIZEN FEATHERS
- Chavez is trying to help his people out of endless, traditional, poverty and suffering, using oil money to do it – and, at the same time, fend off the attempts of the US to undermine his work.
- Benjamin Creme in Questions & Answers, Share International magazine (January 2007)
- A tropical Mussolini.
- Carlos Fuentes, describing Chavez, as quoted in The Economist, 19 May 2012, p. 90
- This is the story of Venezuela in black and white, the story not told in The New York Times or the rest of our establishment media. This year's so-called popular uprising is, at its heart, a furious backlash of the whiter (and wealthier) Venezuelans against their replacement by the larger Mestizo (mixed-race) poor... Four centuries of white supremacy in Venezuela by those who identify their ancestors as European came to an end with the 1998 election of Hugo Chavez, who won with the overwhelming support of the Mestizo majority. This turn away from white supremacy continues under Maduro, Chavez's chosen successor.... The putsch in Venezuela is run by the wealthy, internationally connected minority operating by a regime-change plan designed by neocon retread John Bolton, Trump's national security adviser — a plan to control Venezuela and its oil, as Bolton openly proclaims.
- Greg Palast in In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup, Truthout (7 February 2019)
- Hugo Chavez was a leader that understood the needs of the poor. He was committed to empowering the powerless. R.I.P. Mr. President.
- José Serrano, 5th March 2013.[44]
- I liked [Chavez]. He's very warm and very gracious. And he's a bear. I've always said that if he looked like Woody Allen he'd play a lot better with the world press. I think men are threatened by his physicality.
- Oliver Stone speaking to The Observer in July 2010 [45], (paragraph 23)
- Even Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's socialist president, found this a stunning move for a nominally market economy to take. "Bush is to the left of me now," he said. "Comrade Bush announced he will buy shares in private banks."
- Thomas E. Woods, describing Chavez's reaction to the US Troubled Asset Relief Program enacted in 2008; as quoted in Meltdown (2009), Regenery, p. 65
Hugo Chavez's economic miracle, by David Sirota, Salon (6 March 2013)Edit
- Chavez became the bugaboo of American politics because his full-throated advocacy of socialism and redistributionism... delivered some indisputably positive results. Indeed, as shown by some of the most significant indicators, Chavez racked up an economic record that a legacy-obsessed American president could only dream of achieving.
- Chavez's first decade... saw Venezuelan GDP more than double... both infant mortality and unemployment almost halved... under Chavez's brand of socialism, poverty in Venezuela plummeted... its "extreme poverty" rate fell from 23.4 percent in 1999 to 8.5 percent... left the country with the third lowest poverty rate in Latin America... college enrollment... more than doubled, millions of people have access to health care for the first time... the number of people eligible for public pensions has quadrupled.
- When... a country goes socialist and its economy does what Venezuela's did... especially when said country has valuable oil resources... [Venezuela] came to be seen as a serious threat to the global system of corporate capitalism... a high crime prompting a special punishment.
- Are there any lessons to be learned from Venezuela's policies that so rapidly reduced poverty?...Are there any constructive lessons to be learned from Chavez's grand experiment with more aggressive redistribution? Such questions need to be asked. The problem is that...at the moment Chavez's name is invoked, the conversation is inevitably terminated, ending any possibility of discourse. That is by design - it is what the longtime caricaturing and marginalizing of Chavez was always supposed to do. But maybe now [that Hugo Chavez has passed away]...a more constructive, honest and critical economic conversation can finally begin.


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One of the funny things about life after college that they don't tell you in colorful brochures or limited-enrollment seminars is that your entire focus shifts from self-betterment to the betterment of other things. These are things that we honestly don't care about much, because let's admit it: the 22-year-old iterations of ourselves are all fundamentally self-centered creatures who dress up like hipsters must be forgiven for being unable to go ten seconds without perceiving the world as a Hollywood movie in which we ourselves are the cute, ditzy, vivacious protagonist who by the end of 90 minutes gets the guy and the job promotion for which she is fantastically unqualified.
But bills need to be paid, and even the most self-absorbed of us eventually come to realize that what pays the bills is managing other men's affairs, working around other men's clocks, fulfilling other men's dreams. If we don't reach this understanding on our own, then our parents and our student loans and our Facebook friends' status updates are only too happy to elucidate us. And as we experience more of life so we learn, and as we grow older so we dutifully fall into line.
Sometimes though, sooner or later, the questions begin to trickle in. Is this all there is? Am I happy, or am I settling? Is it normal to feel disillusioned after only six months? Am I holding onto something that would be better to let go, simply because I've worked so hard and invested so much time to get to this point and it's all I know? And am I so distracted now, am I so absorbed by the complexity and challenges of my daily life, that I can no longer see the forest for the trees? Have I ceded control of so much self-awareness that I can no longer identify what really matters to me?
Confronted for the first time with the beast of uncertainty snapping at the heels of stark reality, the only way to find answers is to seek out new perspectives. Getting a new job is one way to do this. Relocating to a new place is another. Changing your lifestyle just might do the trick. And if you want to try all three at the same time, you could do something crazy like joining the Peace Corps.
All of the cliches are true. The highs are incredibly high — soul-affirmingly high. I've felt ridiculously, euphorically happy with my life more times in the past year than I did in the previous 25 years combined. The lows are an existential well that has no bottom. And making it even deeper is the knowledge that nobody's dug this well for you but yourself. Helping people is cathartic, but from the short stoop of a two-year service it's pretty much impossible to see far enough to tell if you're actually making a difference thirty feet down the road.
Life is a bit lot less comfortable than it was back in the suburbs. You're going to be a local celebrity, and you're not going to enjoy it as much as you thought you would. In fact, you're probably going to hate it sometimes. You'll probably get some annoying disease you've never heard of before. Your fellow volunteers will end up being some of the best friends you'll ever have, although most could use a haircut and a couple don't bathe as often as they should. You still might find yourself inexplicably attracted to a few of them. And you just might end up marrying one.
So if you get to the point where you don't think you can continue on in the same life track you're in right now without losing your mind or selling a bit of your soul, consider doing something drastic like uprooting your life and moving somewhere radically different. The place doesn't matter so much — although travel agencies and beer distributors would have you believe otherwise, sunsets look about the same everywhere.
But surrounding yourself with thousands of people who come from a completely different background and who value completely different things than you do is an exhilarating and profoundly educational experience. If you want all the time in the world to try to make even the tiniest positive difference in yourself and your community, without the excuse of a full-time job to justify not having the time or motivation to take these steps along the path of self-discovery, then this is where you may want to be.
It took moving to Zambia amidst a cloud of uncertainty for me to find the clarity of inner peace. To discern what I value instead of what others have convinced me I should value. To surround myself with influences that inspire me and help me to constantly learn more instead of with weak affirmations of the path of least resistance. To discover that in the process I have somehow managed to become a more curious and humble and appreciative person.
And the coolest thing is that instead of merely reading about my cultural faux pas and my existential crises and my wacky fish-out-of-water tales on this blog, you can do it too.
Turn that perspective on its head! Go find that inner peace! Drink from the Kool-Aid and forget about the sugar and empty calories for just a moment. (For 27 months, to be precise.) You'll work them off when you're running around scrambling to find a job again afterwards. A new life is out there waiting for you in the place where your comfort zone ends and your uncertainty begins. All you have to do is reach out and grab it.


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"There are a number of factors which have contributed to Winnipeg's return to the NHL. However, none of these factors would matter without Mark Chipman. We have an NHL team today because of the patience, persistence and acumen of Mark."
-- Agent Don Baizley
"It's fitting the organization and city gets a chance for an NHL franchise. The climate and dynamics in Winnipeg have changed. The organization has shown they are successful. I wouldn't discount them. These people know how to achieve success."
-- Moose coach Claude Noel
Congratulations to Mark Chipman and his ownership group. They put a great deal of time and effort into this and now it's up to the people of Manitoba to do their part.
-- Randy Carlyle
"I think revenue-sharing, the salary cap and league television deals allow a place like Winnipeg to not just have a team but be competitive. But I really thought after that (labour) deal in 2005 that places like Winnipeg and Quebec City would be viable again to support an NHL franchise. Because you know in Winnipeg they'll draw 15,000 people a game and that wasn't the case in Atlanta. Winnipeg can count on that."
-- Wayne Gretzky
"For me, I think the old-school jerseys and the name 'Jets' is pretty cool. It would be fun to be a part of that again."
-- Thrashers forward Andrew Ladd
"Hockey in Canada has never been stronger. We get to be back in a place we wish had not left in 1996. The most important thing for any franchise is ownership, and having Mark Chipman and David Thomson is at the top of the list. But if you think back to 1996, (the MTS Centre) didn't exist, we didn't have the same collective bargaining agreement that we have now, and I believe the market from an economic standpoint for Winnipeg and Manitoba is stronger than it was."
-- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman
"They're going to love the fans here."
-- Former Winnipeg Jet and current city councillor Thomas Steen
"Manitoba deserves to have NHL hockey and we have no doubt that the NHL will be successful in its return to Winnipeg. Our sincere thanks go to the Manitoba Moose fans who have supported the American Hockey League loyally and passionately for the past 10 years."
-- AHL President David Andrews
"Who would have imagined such confluence of circumstances? The opportunity makes sense. Mark (Chipman) and I share the same values. We've weathered some storms. When you do things for the right reasons, everything else seems to flow. We felt there might a moment when the team might come back. It's felt right for a few years. You have to be patient."
-- David Thomson
"I've been saying for a number of years that Winnipeg lacked two things -- a National Hockey League team and Ikea. I think Winnipeg now has equal status with Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver as a truly important Canadian city."
-- R.M. Chipman
"Our father and mother taught us we have a responsibility to our city. We're trying to give back to Winnipeg because it's a special place to live."
--Steve Chipman
"The good thing about our team, we're a very young team. We have very few players who have kids. I think we have 13 players under the age of 26, or so.
-- Thrashers president Don Waddell
"And for all the Jets fans I'm on board with keeping the Jets name and logo, just wanted to throw it out there.
-- Thrashers forward Evander Kane
-- Compiled by staff
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