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Al-republika al-Türkiyyah
United States of Türkiye
|Motto: "Let's conquer something!"
|Anthem: Eski Ordu Marşı
|Largest city
|Official language(s)
|Democratic dictatorship
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|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Polat Alemdar, Gheorge Hagi, Barack Obama,Barack Osama Sabri Sarıoğlu, Sacha Baron Cohen,
|Turkish delight, kebab, drugs
Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Al-Jumhuriyyah al-Türkiyyah), offically United States of Türkiye, is America's youngest brother in Middle East and Southeastern Europe, therefore a sibling of Israel. As a country made up by bunch of Anatolian sandniggers, Turkey is known by importing shitloads of
fascist immigrants decent citizens selling kebab and shit who are willing to contribute to the society. Turkey also is the most secular country on earth, as first introduced by Young Turks against the Ottoman sultan. Turkey also is a troll country that stole everything from their neighbours, but stating such facts lies will get you jailed criticized in Turkey. Most of the Turks say they're proud of their Central Asian roots, but infact most of them are just a bunch of Greeks and Armenians in denial. In Turkey, the national hero is Atatürk, who is hated by radical Muslims and shit, he is the usually regarded as deity and worshipped as such in every national holiday.
Historically, Turkey used to be a cool land before the Turks arrived, because Greeks were always pwning Trojans, Anatolians and everything else and eventually Hellenizing them, like a boss. However their party didn't last long as Oghuz Turks arrived to Anatolia and pwned Byzantine Greeks. From this day Turks became the boss of Anatolia and damaged the name of glorious Greek nation. This is how the years-standing Greek-Turkish drama you hear in internet, forums, media and other bullshit started. As Turks became the sole boss of the land, they decided to convert to Islam and became sandniggers. Due to this, the Christendom got butthurt and decided the to
pillage the land punish the Turkish warlord for the decision of becoming sandniggers. After years of war the Turkish warlords understood their mistake when Kaykaus told to his right-hand officer, "Dude wtf we're Turks not sandniggers, let's punish those sandniggers in Middle East instead". The decision of Kaykaus got appreciated by Christendom and the Seljuk Turks allied with Crusaders against Muslims in Fifth Crusade. However, this didn't go well because Muslim sandnigger general Saladin pwned them all. This failure got local lords inside Seljuk Empire mad so they all wanted to create their own sandnigger state. When Mongols attacked and pwned Anatolia, all the Anatolian sandnigger states earned their freedom. However, this time they began butchering each other. Among these, the Ottoman dynasty managed to rape them all and conquer them, and eventually the Byzantine homosexuals, they gave rise to their glorious empire which is later known as Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman dynasty, unlike other Turkish dynasties, were hardcore jihadists. They kept jihadding tirelessly to Europe, Middle East, Arabia (which is ironic because it's Arabs who invented jihad) and Iran. They jihadded, jihadded and jihadded... and reached the maximum size of territory. But unlike other jihadist empires, they respected their minorities... till that day. Like any empire, due to rise of nationalism every nation they conquered kicked them in the butt. Even Turks. Turks got mad at the padishah because he was just sitting on his arse watching how foreign bastards fucking up Anatolia. Contrary to this, padishah got really mad at this and decided to help Allied powers divide Anatolia like a cake. This where things get exciting. As a response, a mythical human being called Atatürk has been fallen from skies to protect the Turkish nation. As a glorious Turkish nationalist, he took the lead of Turkish rebels and began pwning Brits, Frenchmen, Armenians, Greeks and other retards. After defeating Greeks, it's claimed that Atatürk cried that he has avenged Hector and Trojans, which proves the fact that Turks are actually Trojans. As a result got Greeks butthurt and wanted to respond that major defeat. Seeing their Armenian brothers crying "We have been genocided, not defeated!", Greeks also adopted that idea and claimed Turks did not really kill Greek soldiers but innoncent peaceful harmless people instead. Anyway, while Greeks and Armenians were busy with this drama, Atatürk, like a master troll, did not give a fuck about any of these and performed major reforms upon Turkish nation by modernizing and secularizing the whole country. Because he, like Young Turks and Kaykaus, knew that Turkish nation cannot stay as sandnigger anymore because it's too mainstream, fail and backwards.
The original Oghuz Turks were a bunch of nomadic orcs that allied with trolls and loved invading the shit out of everywhere else. They destroyed and burned human strongholds, while also slaughtering, capturing and assimiliating humans, and eventually making humans believe they're actually orcs themselves. However today, not even Turks know whether they're European, Middle Eastern or Central Asian. It is assumed by anthropologists that Turks who look like humans are Europeans, those who look like orcs are Central Asians and those who look like trolls are Middle Easterners.
Today there are 983,764,984,000,000 Turks living on earth. 10% of them live in Anatolia, %80 live in Germany and other parts of world, and the rest lives in seas and oceans of the world but got assimiliated into whale society.
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Akron Police say 22-year-old Dontay Antonio Taylor was taken into custody Friday morning and will be extradited back to Summit County to face charges.
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Taylor is accused in the late-night shooting at the Embassy Lounge in the 2200 block of Romig Road, which happened July 23, 2012.
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22 U.S. Code § 2194b - Enhancing private political risk insurance industry
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(a) Cooperative programs
In order to encourage greater availability of political risk insurance for eligible investors by enhancing the private political risk insurance industry in the United States, and to the extent consistent with this subpart, the Corporation shall undertake programs of cooperation with such industry, and in connection with such programs may engage in the following activities:
(1) Utilizing its statutory authorities, encourage the development of associations, pools, or consortia of United States private political risk insurers.
(2) Share insurance risks (through coinsurance, contingent insurance, or other means) in a manner that is conducive to the growth and development of the private political risk insurance industry in the United States.
(3) Notwithstanding section 2197 (e) of this title, upon the expiration of insurance provided by the Corporation for an investment, enter into risk-sharing agreements with United States private political risk insurers to insure any such investment; except that, in cooperating in the offering of insurance under this paragraph, the Corporation shall not assume responsibility for more than 50 percent of the insurance being offered in each separate transaction.
(b) Advisory group
(1) Establishment and membership
The Corporation shall establish a group to advise the Corporation on the development and implementation of the cooperative programs under this section. The group shall be appointed by the Board and shall be composed of up to 12 members, including the following:
(A) Up to seven persons from the private political risk insurance industry, of whom no fewer than two shall represent private political risk insurers, one shall represent private political risk reinsurers, and one shall represent insurance or reinsurance brokerage firms.
(2) Functions
The Corporation shall call upon members of the advisory group, either collectively or individually, to advise it regarding the capability of the private political risk insurance industry to meet the political risk insurance needs of United States investors, and regarding the development of cooperative programs to enhance such capability.
(3) Meetings
The advisory group shall meet not later than September 30, 1989, and at least annually thereafter. The Corporation may from time to time convene meetings of selected members of the advisory group to address particular questions requiring their specialized knowledge.
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 234A, as added Pub. L. 99–204, § 9(a),Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1672; amended Pub. L. 100–461, title V, § 555,Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2268–36.)
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The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), is Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–461is based on section 105(a) of title I of H.R. 5263, One Hundredth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives on Sept. 20, 1988, and section 105(a) of title I of S. 2757, One Hundredth Congress, as reported Sept. 7, 1988, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 100–461.
1988—Pub. L. 100–461amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to enhancing private political risk insurance industry for provisions which related to facultative reinsurance program.
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If you're having a hard time finding Twinkies, you're not the only one. Hundreds of people rushed to the stores this morning hoping to find the treat.
11 News checked with every King Soopers, Safeway, and Walmart in Colorado Springs, they tell us they're all out of Twinkies, and aren't sure when, or if, they'll get anymore.
Shawna Burns and her son Kaleb are like so many other families, they heard about the Hostess factories possibly shutting its doors forever, and they rushed over to their local Springs Hostess Bakery Outlet.
"It was a scary thought to me but then it's very disappointing because they're just a big company," Burns said. "And Wonder Bread, who doesn't get Wonder Bread?"
"I mean, when you walk (into the store) they are a couple of shelves that are completely empty," Kaleb added.
A sign on the door says it all. They're doing their best to keep the store shelves stocked. But it seems, the nostalgia, the appetite, and the panic for Twinkies has set in for so many.
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The frenzy for Twinkies is evident on some online shopping sites. Right now some folks are willing to pay more than $124 for three boxes of Twinkies. Although no one has made any bids for it, one person is trying to sell 4 boxes for $8 million dollars.
Hostess Brands says it plans to go out of business, closing plants that make Twinkies and Wonder Bread and laying off all of its 18,500 workers.
Those facing immediate unemployment include employees at a Hostess plant in Adams County, north of Denver. The plant could close as early as Tuesday. 160 employess could be affected.
The Irving, Texas, company says a nationwide worker strike crippled its ability to make and deliver its products at several locations.
Hostess had warned employees that it would file a motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court to unwind its business and sell assets if plant operations didn't return to normal levels by Thursday evening.
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Private donation. Got it.Not most of the proceeds, no. Honestly, all the garbage "cancer awareness" merchandise mostly goes to benefit the companies that mass produce them, not the any sort of research. The whole month of October, for example, is all about profiting off the suffering of breast cancer sufferers. A good portion of the "charities" spend more money paying their employees than they do actually donating anything to research. (I'm looking at you, Susan G. Komen. And by "looking," I mean "side-eyeing the hell out of you.") Funding research is great, but you're much better off making a private donation rather than going through a charity. And in the case of No Shave November, how many people do you think actually donate anything to cancer research? I'm willing to bet it's not a lot.
You also know what "finding a cure" doesn't fix? People who can't fucking afford their treatments. Instead of buying a bunch of tacky decals for your car or harmful "Save the Tatas!" t-shirts, why don't *you do something that actually helps people? Start a fundraiser for someone in your community who can't afford their chemo treatments. Volunteer with your local cancer care center to drive people to and from their treatments (because once someone has sat for hours getting chemo, they literally cannot drive themselves home). Supporting research and raising awareness are all really great, but they don't help the people who are suffering right now. No amount of blue ribbons are going to drive my friend to her chemo treatments for her colon cancer. No amount of "Save Second Base" t-shirts are going help the multiple women I've seen die in the past year of breast cancer because they couldn't afford to keep up with their treatments.
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38 U.S. Code § 2023 - Referral and counseling services: veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions
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(a) Program Authority.— The Secretary and the Secretary of Labor (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretaries") shall carry out a program of referral and counseling services to eligible veterans with respect to benefits and services available to such veterans under this title and under State law.
(b) Location of Program.— The program shall be carried out in at least 12 locations. One location shall be a penal institution under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons.
(c) Scope of Program.—
(1) To the extent practicable, the program shall provide both referral and counseling services, and in the case of counseling services, shall include counseling with respect to job training and placement (including job readiness), housing, health care, and other benefits to assist the eligible veteran in the transition from institutional living.
(A) To the extent that referral or counseling services are provided at a location under the program, referral services shall be provided in person during such period of time that the Secretaries may specify that precedes the date of release or discharge of the eligible veteran, and counseling services shall be furnished after such date.
(3) The Secretaries may make grants to carry out the referral and counseling services required under the program with entities or organizations that meet such requirements as the Secretaries may establish.
(d) Duration.— The authority of the Secretaries to enter into a contract to provide referral and counseling services under the demonstration program shall cease on September 30, 2015.
(e) Definition.— In this section, the term "eligible veteran" means a veteran who—
(1) is a resident of a penal institution or an institution that provides long-term care for mental illness; and
Source(Added Pub. L. 107–95, § 5(a)(1),Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 912; amended Pub. L. 110–28, title V, § 5705,May 25, 2007, 121 Stat. 170; Pub. L. 110–387, title VI, § 602(a)–(d)(2), Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4132; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title V, § 590,Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1769; Pub. L. 113–37, § 2(e)(2),Sept. 30, 2013, 127 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 113–175, title II, § 203,Sept. 26, 2014, 128 Stat. 1904.)
Prior Provisions
Prior sections 2023 to 2027 were renumbered sections 4303 to 4307 of this title, respectively, and subsequently omitted in the general amendment of chapter 43 of this title by Pub. L. 103–353, § 2(a),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3150.
2014—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 113–175, § 203(b), substituted "make grants" for "enter into contracts".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–175, § 203(a), substituted "September 30, 2015" for "September 30, 2014".
2013—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–37inserted "to enter into a contract" before "to provide" and substituted "September 30, 2014" for "September 30, 2013".
Pub. L. 112–239substituted "September 30, 2013" for "September 30, 2012".
2008—Pub. L. 110–387, § 602(d)(2), amended section catchline generally. Prior to amendment, catchline read as follows: "Demonstration program of referral and counseling for veterans transitioning from certain institutions who are at risk for homelessness".
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–387, § 602(a), substituted "a program of" for "a demonstration program for the purpose of determining the costs and benefits of providing".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–387, § 602(b), in heading, struck out "Demonstration" before "Program" and in text, struck out "demonstration" before "program" and substituted "12 locations" for "six locations".
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 110–387, § 602(d)(1), struck out "demonstration" before "program".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–387, § 602(c), substituted "September 30, 2012." for "September 30, 2007."
2007—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–28substituted "shall cease on September 30, 2007" for "shall cease on the date that is four years after the date of the commencement of the program".
Effective Date of 2013 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–37effective Oct. 1, 2013, see section 4(a) ofPub. L. 113–37, set out as a note under section 322 of this title.
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Drake's Dragonite is a Dragon-type Pokémon. It is also Orange League Drake (Gym Leader)'s most powerful Pokémon.
Dragonite was seen by Ash and his friends flying around the island where the battle against Drake would take place. It also easily defeated Team Rocket with Hyper Beam.
When Ash battled Drake, Dragonite was the last Pokémon Drake used and defeated Ash's Charizard, Ash's Tauros and Ash's Squirtle before Team Rocket attempted to capture it. Dragonite effortlessly broke the net and smashed through Team Rockets balloon sending them blasting off. It then battled Ash's Pikachu, but Pikachu managed to defeat it by using Thunder whilst positioned on Dragonite's head.
Known moves
|Hyper Beam
|Hello Pummelo
|Body Slam
|Enter the Dragonite
|Water Gun
|Enter the Dragonite
|Ice Beam
|Enter the Dragonite
|Enter the Dragonite
|Enter the Dragonite
|Dragon Rage
|Enter the Dragonite
|Enter the Dragonite
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
- Dragonite used eight different moves in "Enter the Dragonite", despite the fact that Pokemon are usually limited to using four moves in one episode. However, it is not unheard of for a Pokemon to use more than four moves in a single episode.
- Katsuyuki Konishi voices Drake's Dragonite in both versions of the anime.


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Want more stress-free holiday shopping? Forget Black Friday. The best day to shop for the holidays appears to be Dec. 4, according to ShopperTrak, a company that tracks shopping trends.
The company's new study aimed to identify the best days for shopping, according to the days that will have the least amount of in-store holiday shopper traffic. Those days will be the best for consumers looking to do their shopping in a less frenzied environment, according to ShopperTrack.
"There's a reason Black Friday and the Saturday before Christmas attract the heaviest crowds - retailers flood consumers with discounts and special offers on those days," says Bill Martin, ShopperTrak founder and executive vice president. "But quieter shopping days also present their fair share of deals for consumers, along with more attentive customer service and a leisurely shopping experience."
Several of the days in this year's Top 10 list are in the week immediately following Black Friday weekend.
Besides Wednesday, Dec. 4, three other days that same week - Dec. 2 (Monday), Dec. 3 (Tuesday) and Dec. 6 (Friday) - also garnered top spots as some of the best days to shop this year.
Given their proximity to Thanksgiving and Black Friday, a good selection of merchandise likely will remain in the stores for retailers working to capture those sales, according to ShopperTrak.
This year's holiday shopping season will be more condensed this year, because there will be four shopping weekend this year, versus five weekends last year.
The following table shows ShopperTrak's forecasted best days to shop, ranked from least-to-most retail shopper traffic:
1. Wednesday, Dec. 4
2. Tuesday, Dec. 3
3. Monday, Dec. 2
4. Wednesday, Dec. 11
5. Monday, Dec. 9
6. Tuesday, Dec. 10
7. Friday, Dec. 6
8. Friday, Dec. 13
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- "We're gonna unite The Families once more, because the Ballas have been pumpin' our guys full of base for too long while we argue amongst ourselves."
- ―Sweet Johnson.
Reuniting the Families is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by brother and Grove Street Families leader Sweet from his home at the Ganton district of Los Santos, San Andreas.
Carl goes to Sweet and finds him along with close friends Ryder and Big Smoke. Once he arrives, Sweet informs them about reuniting all the Grove Street sets once again because the Seville Boulevard and Temple Drive Families have split from the gang and the Ballas have been pushing drugs for too long. All the sets are supposed to meet in Jefferson Motel.
The four get into Sweet's Greenwood outside and make their way to the motel. Upon arriving, Sweet goes inside the motel and after a while a LSPD Police Maverick, Buzzard 1 appears. They break up the meeting and a shoot-out begins. Big Smoke and Ryder escape but Carl enters the motel to rescue his brother. He makes his way through the hotel and eventually finds Sweet. When they arrive on the roof, Buzzard 1 reappears; Carl shoots down the helicopter, and follows Sweet. Just as they reach the street, Big Smoke and Ryder come to pick them up. Ryder hands Carl an AK-47 as many police cars and bikes pursue them. Smoke drives around to escape, while Carl holds off the police, but the AK-47 eventually gets jams and the car, after narrowly escaping a low-flying helicopter, crashes through a billboard advertising Sprunk. The four bail out of the car as it plunges onto the freeway into a Xoomer fuel tanker truck, causing a massive explosion. The police call off the attack, thinking the four are dead, and the mission is completed.
- If you're low on health, there's a Sprunk machine at the entrance of the hotel and there will be hookers that will run into hotel rooms as you move on to each hallway. Go into the rooms where the hookers are and they will kiss you to "thank" Carl and your health will be fully restored.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Get in the car and drive the crew to the meet at the motel
- Drive the crew to the meet at the motel
- Go inside the motel and get Sweet out of there safely
- Protect Sweet and destroy the SWAT helicopter
- Follow Sweet
- Protect the car from the police
The reward upon completing this mission is a gain in respect. The mission The Green Sabre is unlocked.
- During the mission Ryder mentions that the chase shootout is like "World War VIII" (eight), which could be a reference to the scenic name of Ryder's voice actor, MC Eiht.
- Before Carl and the gang crash into the sign it says "A Taste Of Things To Come," a possible reference to how the next mission involves another ambush. Afterwards, it says "A Taste of Come", a crude reference to oral sex.
- In this mission, the SWAT officers use SMGs instead of Micro Uzis.
- In this mission, the Police Maverick uses a scripted spotlight instead of the usual one. It is located in the middle instead of the front and narrower.
- If you shoot down the helicopter while the SWAT are coming down, you will see them being swung and then disappearing as the helicopter crashes.
- Although Sweet's Greenwood is caught in the explosion with the tanker, the car will still occasionally spawn outside Sweet's house, but without the custom vanity plate. If you delete and start a new game, it will still not spawn with a custom plate. Confirmed on Xbox 360 Marketplace download.
- When you enter the motel, you will see a GSF scripted headshot.
- When Carl and Sweet get in the Greenwood to escape, the song in the car is Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man. This song can also be heard on Radio Los Santos.
- During the police chase, you will enter a cinematic cutscene of two police bikes. Both of them drop a half-eaten donut and give chase. This is similar to a scene from the movie Con-Air.
- You can "save" prostitutes in this mission. If a prostitute makes it through the gunfire to a hotel room that counts as a save. You can go back to the saved prostitutes and receive one kiss. If you have the unlimited health cheat on then your health will be lowered down to a certain level. It is always the same amount each time. Although it will not increase or boost the player's health, it will decrease the prostitute's health from green to orange.
- The police helicopter can easily be shot down before entering the hotel, although it will reappear later in the mission with the same designation: Buzzard 1.
- This is an easy point in the game for the player to master the AK-47 to Hitman Level. Since it has infinite ammunition, the player can shoot every cop chasing on the way until the AK reaches its maximum capabilities.
- The police officers who jump onto and hang from the back of the car may be a reference to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which a T-1000 disguised as a police officer jumps and hangs from the back of a car during a chase scene.
- In the motel, there will be a SWAT officer hanging from a vent and firing at Carl. If you duck and don't move he will not be able to hit you (and even if he does, his shots do little damage, as he mostly fires above Carl's head). Also, if you walk under him, he will die instantly.
- The SWAT officer in the vent has his MP5's muzzle flash taken from the Police Maverick, instead of its normal flash. Also, when fired, it makes the sound of the M4.
- If you don't follow Sweet after shooting down the police helicopter, there will be no pedestrians or cars in the streets.
- The time is predetermined in this mission. For example, if the player waits for morning before being picked up by Big Smoke and Ryder, the time will become night again.
- The music heard on the TV in the opening of the cutscene can also be heard in the Max Heat TV commercial in Max Payne 2, another Rockstar game.
- If you aim the gun at GSF members at the entrance to the motel, they will attack you, unlike each other.
- GSF members inside hotel cannot harm SWAT members and SWAT members cannot harm GSF members and Sweet, it requires the player to kill the SWAT members instead.


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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Commissioner Corey Johnson was asked, "Why are people so hard on you, Mr. Johnson?"
His response: "Because I'm great. I'm going to be honest with you because I'm great."
Those confident words coming from the commissioner on News 12's "The Inside Story" on 96.3. He says he can back that statement up with his record of accomplishments.
And the "powers that be" must agree, because many commissioners say they are expecting the self-proclaimed "great one" to be voted Augusta's next mayor pro tem.
Mayor Deke Copenhaver also says he fully expects Johnson to win the vote in January when the new group of commissioners take office.
"One of my colleagues came to me, and he actually made the motion that he was going to nominate me -- Joe Jackson -- and I said, 'Joe, I really appreciate that. If we can get the votes, I will definitely serve, and I look forward to it,'" Johnson said.
Commissioner Bill Lockett's name has also been thrown around as a possible candidate for the position, but we are told he has withdrawn his name for now.
"I'm up for the challenge, and I think I'll make a great mayor pro tem, and if we can get the votes in January, I'm looking forward to it," Johnson said.
The mayor pro tem fills in when the mayor is absent, and the position also comes with a pay increase. The final decision will come in January.
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Dennis Tito, a multimillionaire who is known as the first space tourist is heading up a project called "Inspiration Mars." The goal is to send a married couple on a slingshot trajectory around the red planet sometime in the next 5 years. Tito will be footing the initial funding for the extraterrestrial journey.
Overall costs are expected to be in the billions and the estimated length of the flight is 16 months.
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Now that I'm here....There are days that I feel overwhelmed. There are days I feel like I'm ready to rip my hair out and I have absolutely no patience left inside me. There are days (ok, lots of days) that I struggle dragging my butt out of bed in the morning. In fact, I believe I could sleep for 24 hours straight if allowed the opportunity, just to get a little ounce of make up time from all the sleep I've missed in the last 7 years...But I've got to say how right I was when I was child. Hands down, being a Mom is the MOST rewarding thing I will ever do in this life. Being a Mom will give me more wisdom and knowledge than anything else I ever do in this life. Being a Mom really is the ULTIMATE!
We've had some pretty cool family time lately, and since my family is the BEST thing in my life, I think that's totally worthy of blogging about. My husband's new found hobby is astronomy. We stayed up late last week to take a peek at Jupiter through our new telescope. It was pretty amazing! Last week we took a trip to the Clark Planetarium with the kiddos. We didn't see any movies, but really, there is so much other free stuff there, why would we need to spend money on seeing a movie that Lila would scream through.
I love these planet displays they have set up. The kids could really get a good understanding of the size comparisons of the planets.
We also took a trip to "This is the Place" in the blistering afternoon heat. The boys had a fun horse ride...
And we learned how deathly afraid Lila is of goats...
Now she's trying to tell him who's boss!
Awww, the 3 handsome guys in my life....
The boys got to measure up to see how big they were compared to different birds.
My kids loved the Flamingos.
The owl was one of my favorites. Those eyes are pretty scary!
This peacock allowed Mark to get up close and personal and I loved this picture he got because the Peacock has such beautiful feathers.
I loved this bird pictured below. It reminded me of a dinosaur and quickly became Luke's favorite because of that.
Those eyelashes are to die for aren't they? This was such a neat bird to see.
The Golden Eagle was also definitely one of our favorites. We have spotted a few out in the wild in Sanpete County and they are such beautiful birds.
We loved the Tracy Aviary so much that we are going to dedicate the next two weeks to learning more about birds at our house. I hope you'll come by to see our fun bird crafts and activities in the next couple weeks!
PS- I'm being Featured over at Here Comes the Sun today for my Space-Themed Crafts. Hope you'll stop by and check out Kelly's fun blog!


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Softball vs. Mt. St. Vincent (DH)
Sage hosts the Dolphins of the College of Mt. St. Vincent in a conference doubleheader at the Robison Softball Field. First pitch in the doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.
Date: Sunday, April 3rd, 2011
Time: 1:00 pm
Duration: 5 hours
Location: Robison Softball Field, Neff Center, Troy, NY
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|Filson Passage Small Dispatch Bag (#73007)
Reviewer: Milo, Location: Deer Island Oregon, Occupation: Family Nurse Practitioner
I love this bag
I have been on a quest to find the perfect bag / purse. This bag fits all my needs and I am ordering a second one. If I find something that is both attractive and functional I will use it until it wears out and then regret not being able to find it again. - First it is sturdy and well made. - The materials are of good quality and for the northwest it is water resistant. -There are plenty of compartments and room. There is a place for everything. There are 3 internal pockets as well as the space inside. -There is a deep outside pocket on the back that I have found useful. It has 2 smaller side pockets as well as a snap pocket up front where it keep my glasses. - The strap is of good quality ,it is long and adjustable as I wear it across my chest. No regrets and for the quality the price is great.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Northern Power, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp., a small business innovation research grant of $750,000 to continue to develop modular construction technologies necessary to build 5 MW to 8 MW wind turbines.
With the development of larger wind turbines, blade lengths of 60 meters or greater and tower heads often weighing more than 450 tons, shipping, installing and maintaining larger turbines are becoming a challenge.
This is why the contract covers manufacturing assembly techniques to improve the life span of large-scale wind turbines – both on and offshore. According to the company, the project's emphasis on modular designs should allow for easier transportation, less weight per component, partial power capabilities and more flexibility in providing on-site service.
'Over the last several years, our wind experts have focused on developing large-scale, direct drive wind turbine generator and power converter systems to address the cost, utility interconnection and equipment implementation issues that are prominent in the multi-megawatt wind market today,' says Darren Jamison, Northern Power's president. 'We look forward to completing those development efforts and putting the fruits of those labors to work, helping to further the cause of technologically advanced, renewable wind energy solutions.'


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May 6, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory's administration has moved quickly to name a new leader of the state's huge Medicaid program.
Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Aldona Wos (vosh) announced Thursday that Carol Steckel with the Louisiana state health and hospitals department is the new director of the Division of Medical Assistance. She's replacing Mike Watson, who retired last week as Gov. Beverly Perdue's administration ended.
Steckel had been Louisiana's lead official for responding to the Affordable Care Act. North Carolina and other states are deciding how to comply with the federal health care overhaul related to health care exchanges and expanding Medicaid coverage to more uninsured. Steckel also previously was Alabama's Medicaid agency commissioner.
The department says Steckel begins Jan. 22 and will make $210,000.
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Daily Happiness Is Already Ours
My 6-year-old cat had been diagnosed with cancer that day, yet there she was, crouched tigress-like behind the shower curtain, uncharacteristically jutting out a Seal Point Siamese paw as I brushed my teeth: feline fusillade aimed at my bare feet. Ivy wanted to play! My heart leapt, so immediate and piercing was my happiness. Her leukemic backstory hardly registered or mattered, so delightful was the gesture.
Ironically (or appropriately, depending how metaphysical we want to get), this amusing scene took place between the "Happy Holidays" heralds of December and the party horns of "Happy New Year." Courting happiness was, at the time, keenly on my radar as seasonally imperative. I had shopped, decorated, baked, gift-wrapped, donned velvet, hugged, air-kissed, worshipped and toasted, and all were perfectly nice. But there I was, in my bathroom of all places, with my cat of all "people," experiencing a sensation that, in its goofy simplicity, rivaled if not exceeded the happiness hype swirling about the calendar. I hadn't sought it, bought it or thought it, but easy, true happiness was mine in that moment. Ivy wanted to play!
Holidays and birthdays ramp up our happiness expectations to often unattainably high levels: to happiness with an uppercase "H" befitting the greeting card stanzas. When the tinsel and streamers come down, it's only understandable that our happiness meters need resetting. (Sometimes -- and you know this is true -- the greatest happiness arrives when the occasions end, but we won't go there now.) Our return to routine is a chance to recommit to everyday happiness and grab it in its lowercase forms; a chance to keep our inner votive candles lit, so to speak, as we stash away the candelabra.
My lingering smile about Ivy's paw swipe left me wondering how many other happiness hits I get on a daily basis but fail to notice, either because they don't rank up there with the biggies -- relationship or job happiness, say -- or because I'm too busy doing what needs to get done. Who has time to check in and ask "Am I happy today?" Are we even inclined to formally designate happiness as such when it's unattached to a major holiday or life event?
I decided to devote a day to dialing in and documenting whatever made me happy. Awakening to fresh winter white and stopping, actually stopping, to watch to my enormous hound make a snow dog angel: happy. Licking foam off the inner lid of my decaf latte: happy. Making plans to go ice-skating: happy. Bobbing my head and swiveling my seated hips to funky music while driving: happy. Seeing in my 85-year-old father's facial profile both my grandpa and Abe Lincoln, and appreciating that Dad's still alive: happy.
It wasn't even 10 a.m. Not one thing of significance had occurred, but a whole bunch of pleasurable "nothings" had. Granted, none of them changed Ivy's white blood cell count, but glossing over my fear and sadness was never the intent. Contradictory emotions can coexist. All were just happy occurrences that were happening anyway. By consciously recognizing them and assigning the label "happy," I had myself a sweet buzz going. And I liked it, liked myself, liked the day. I was happy. And it's mine -- ours -- to experience again tomorrow.
To what degree do you consciously think about whether you're happy? Any triggers or inspiration to share?


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Today we are excited to announce our newest location - Honolulu, Hawaii!
The Honolulu chapter is just around the corner, as the 4-month program is slated to start on July 17th. The program is open to existing and prospective technology founders of all kinds - with or without an idea, young or old, and with a full-time job or unemployed.
If you or someone you know could benefit from expert training and feedback to launch a technology startup in Honolulu, click here to apply. If you apply by the Early Application Deadline on Sunday, June 2nd, you get to take the Predictive Admissions Test for free (typically $50), and have the opportunity to receive a discounted Early-Bird course fee as well.
If you would like to learn more, then join a free event we will be hosting in the coming weeks:
- Making the Leap from Employee to Entrepreneur (Wednesday, May 15th: 6:30pm)
- Startup Founder 101 (Wednesday, May 29th: 6:30pm)
- Founder Night Out (Wednesday, May 29th: 9:00pm)
- Startup Founder 101 (Wednesday, June 12th: 6:30pm)
- Startup Pitch Bootcamp (Wednesday, June 26th: 6:30pm)
- Founder Night Out (Wednesday, June 26th: 9:00pm)
The Founder Institute is a part-time, four month training program where aspiring entrepreneurs can launch a company with expert feedback and support from experienced startup CEOs, while not being required to quit their day job. The program aims to launch over 20 meaningful and enduring technology companies per year in Hawaii, and fill the gap between idea formation and starting a company that first-time technology founders currently can experience in Hawaii.
"While it took a little longer than we expected, we were able to garner a large amount of demand for a Honolulu Founder Institute Chapter," says Adeo Ressi, Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute. "ZenBanx and the Better Business Bureau have been very supportive, and I believe that our program will help build a more vibrant ecosystem where local entrepreneurs and mentors can work together to develop great ideas and launch meaningful companies."
The Honolulu Founder Institute will be led by Russel Cheng and Brent Kakesako. Russel is the Founder of StartupHui, the Interim-COO at NoJuice, and has founded six companies (with two successful exits). Brent is COO of the Hawaii Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development (HACBED), and is a Co-Founder of Cultivating Collaboration & Collective Change organizations. Both Co-Directors currently serve as volunteer entrepreneurs in residence at the local universities and at Punahou School.
Expected mentors of the Honolulu program include;
- Adeo Ressi, Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute
- Bob Nakata, CEO of Oahu Group
- Donavan Kealoha, Co-Founder & CEO of Asio Corporation
- Matt Mandell, Serial Entrepreneur
- Roger Yee, Investor at Fortify Ventures
- and many more to be announced
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Documentary & Discussion: Slavery by Another Name
Slavery by Another Name, a Created Equal film, challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. Screening of the 90-minute documentary will be accompanied by a discussion led by Alice Green, Ph.D, executive director of the Center for Law and Justice in Albany.
Date: Monday, February 10th, 2014
Time: 6:00 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Opalka Lecture Hall - Albany Campus
Sponsored by: History & Society Department
Contact: 244-2207, Student Life
For more information, visit: https://www.sage.edu/studentlife/black_history_month_2014/.
The Created Equal film series is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The event is part of The Sage Colleges celebration of Black History Month.


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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- The Frederick County Sheriff's office says a Gaithersburg man died in an early morning crash.
Officials say 20-year-old Daniel Swader died at the scene of the crash in the 8800 block of Gambrill Park Road shortl after 1 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say Swader was driving southbound on the road when his vehicle drove on to the southbound grassy shoulder, came back onto the road and spun into a tree on the northbound side of the road.
Authorities say Swader's body has been taken to the state Medical Examiner's office in Baltimore for an autopsy.
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I have confession to make, and before I do I don't want you to literally read too much into it. My confession is that I am having a midlife crisis. Now that doesn't mean I'm shopping for a new sport's car, and it
doesn't mean I'm looking for another woman. I have a very crappy car, but I have a hottie at home that makes me very happy. However, this isn't a joke and in fact it is painful for me to discuss it. I told my wife Amy last night that this is a first for me. Meaning, I'm usually an "open book" with my thoughts and feelings, but this has been such a difficult time in my life that I haven't been able to share it.
It likely started surfacing a couple of years ago when I turned 40ish, but I began stuffing the emotional baggage away by trying to achieve greatness in many different areas. Side note, when deflated I tend to look for ways to inflate...and I have used dieting, excercise, ministry, radio, and many other things to do so. However, over the last few months that strategy quit working and then
hit me like a ton of aging bricks.
being the anxiety attacks that launched with full force when the dermatologist removed what he thought
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off my lip. And on the very same day they told us that Amy would have two spots removed off of her back, and they believed that they were cancer (she had Melanoma 2 years ago). At that moment it was like a bomb went off in my life. I know how crazy this sounds coming from a guy who is a licensed counselor and pastor, but I'm simply being honest. At that moment I honestly thought I was going to colapse, which freaked the dermatologist and my wife out! I began sweating profusely, felt light headed, and then felt like I would puke! Yes it was a full-blown panic attack that was based not just on what was happening at that moment, but over my entire life.
Yes, I am very thankful that the doctors said we are now fine, but I couldn't get past hearing and seeing that emotional bomb explode in my face. The bomb that represents that life is short, and can become even shorter in the blink of an eye. It was a reminder that life is fragile, and going faster than I would like for it to go. When I fully realized that I hit the midlife mile marker it simply made me slam on the brakes and look backwards and forward. And when someone looks backwards it often leads to depression, and when they look to the future it often leads to anxiety. For me it has lead to a combination of the two despite the many blessings in my life.
Fortunately I found a great counselor who is helping me work through what seems to be the perfect shit storm of anxiety. The storm being a combination of Amy having yet another skin cancer scare, my midlife crisis, and PTSD. And all of this is just the tip of the emotional iceberg...the tip that sticks out of the water. Meaning there are a lot of issues that I have stuffed away for 46 years that I need to deal with to get emotionally healthy.
There is so much more that I can say about this interesting phase of life, and I may do so in the future. The point of the blog is simply for those who may be feeling the same way and think they are alone, or for those who want to lend some advice by posting in the comments below. If nothing else we can all pray for each other that we make this a time of growth, and not allow it to keep us from living the abundant life God intended for us to live. Please feel free to click one of the share buttons above to post this on one of your social media sites...the more advice the better!
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Thank you for sharing. I don't want to say much but my husband and my life has been difficult lately. Great marriage, hard life issues. You helped me in knowing that we are not the only one having struggles. I thank you for that. I believe you are going through what you are to help others at some point in our/their lives. Today you and your struggles have helped me. Our marriages are strong which is really amazing today. The other stuff is out of our control. When I have had huge emotional situations I always tell myself that a year from now things will be better. Surprisingly every year I'm right. I think God probably helped too!
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Thanks for the kind and encouraging words! Tony
Anxiety bites
Tony, It is refreshing to hear of a fellow Christian struggling with the aging process. I too battle anxiety from it. I think we have to remember that the anxiety does not come from God. He wants our joy and faith and He is with us. Yes time passes quickly, but it also teaches that we need to follow our dreams TODAY. So very glad you have found a trusted counselor to help you through. We will pray for you!
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Thanks for sharing Tony! I am 52 . I have had melanoma and continue to battle with skin cancer. My baby boy turns 29 this month and my baby girl turned 24 this past March. Time marches on at a rapid pace. Most of the time I feel like I don't have control over it, but knowing that God does sure makes life easier to deal with. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are not alone. We are in this together and we know where we will be spending eternity. Hang in there and I will be keeping you in my prayers. God Bless!
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Tony: I never had a mid-life crisis. I absolutely expected one, complete with car buying and ogling young women and trying to act like I'm 25 again. But it never happened. And the reason it never happened was that I found that I was busy and productive and I kept taking chances; kept trying new things and accomplishing, frankly, in larger and better ways than I did when I was actually trying to succeed for three decades. A chef buddy of mine and I once had a conversation over beers after we both got off work and it came out that we both fervently believe that you do your best work as a chef when you stop thinking and let your training take over. Don't think. You know how to do this, he said, so just do it. Since then, I've talked to maybe 100 people who are great at what they do and they all agreed: If you just surrender tthe stress of trying so hard and just enjoy each monent of the task, you'll succeed in a far better and more solid way than if you push. I think it works for life too and that little wisdom is all around us, expressed in countless ways: "Don't Worry, Be Happy", "Live Like You Were Dying", etc., etc., etc. I've hit sixty and each day is an adventure. And I honestly don't even think about being sixty. In my head, I'm not really any age. In my head, I'm just Steve and I like Steve better without all the worries. It counts more to make each day as good as it can be, each moment mean something, than it does to fret over the future because you can't do squat about tomorrow but you have complete control over how you roll with every moment. Stop worrying and just Live. I'm convinced that's the big "secret".
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