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An animal rights group is offering to pay outstanding water bills for 10 Detroit residents on the condition they become vegan for one month.
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Between Bookish Time Warp is where Loretta @ Between the Pages & I shamelessly flaunt the other's awesome all over the blogophere, flash any other super awesome posts, giveaways, or random whatever by other bloggers (or authors!) we've come across during the week, and possibly talk about the books we plan on reading in the coming week.
School starts on Monday… (and Wednesday for Lu) PRAISE God and any other heavenly being there is. So I've decided to take a few days to prepare… I'll be back next week! Posts will still be going up- since they're already scheduled and such, but I need to catch up on A LOT of back emails/designs etc… So I won't be available for a few days!
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Walking group holds information evening (From Harrow Times)
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Harrow and Wembley Outdoor Group holds information evening
9:00am Thursday 3rd January 2013 in News By Emma Innes
People hoping to break in a new pair of hike boots this year can find out more about the Harrow and Wembley Outdoor Group.
The organisation, which offers a variety of active breaks, is holding an information evening for prospective members on January 17.
The event, which starts at 8.30pm, will take place at Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church Hall in Roxborough Park.
There is no need to book and tea and biscuits will be served.
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After working with some really brilliant people in the innovation and tech startup space for the past four years I am taking some time to play. In 2013 I am exploring the world.
With Deloitte Australia we applied the innovation program to the entire firm, spreading the idea of crowdsourcing as part of everyday business. At Yammer I built the Australian team to rewire the way that people work in organisations by building personal connections with open communication. We grew these ideas with some great communities like Deloitte, NAB, Westfield, Suncorp and Earth Hour.
Between those two roles I created The Hive networking events for entrepreneurs, started the Melbourne chapter of the Awesome Foundation to spread awesomeness in the universe, and organised a conference called Mindful to discuss mindfulness when everything is connected.
What's next? Plenty of traveling across the earth, constant learning, writing and exploring the edges where the digital and physical worlds meet.
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(Colorado Springs, Colo.) - None of the three members of Team USA that competed on the first day of the Junior World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday advanced out of the first round.
Angela Creutzberger (Ballston, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center / 48kg) was thrown off the grip by Gi-Ppeum Han (KOR) for a yuko (quarter-point) who scored again with a waza-ari (half-point) late in the first minute. With just under two minutes remaining in the four-minute match, Han won the fight by ippon (instant win).
Chrissy Chow (Honolulu, Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri) held her 52kg match against 2008 Warsaw World Cup medalist Natalia Kuzyutina (RUS) scoreless until Kuzyutina pinned Chow for ippon late in the second minute.
The only male competitor for Team USA on Thursday, Colin Robinson (Atlanta, Ga. / Waka Mu Sha) was thrown for ippon in the +100kg division by Panupong Prothien (THA).
Competition continues on Friday with the men's 90kg and 100kg and women's 57kg and 63kg divisions.
U.S. athletes include:
Women's 48kg1. Sarah Menezes (BRA)2. Derya Cibir (TUR)3. Yumi Asaka (JPN)3. Glynis Rojot (NED)5. Alexandra Podryadova (KAZ)5. Violeta Dumitru (ROU)
Also Competed: Angela Creutzberger (Ballston, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center), 0-1 Women's 52kg1. Chiho Kagaya (JPN)2. Shahar Levy (ISR)3. Barbara Maros (HUN)3. Susi Zimmermann (GER)5. Samantha Clark (GBR)5. Marta Ruban (POL)
Also Competed: Chrissy Chow (Honolulu, Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri), 0-1 Men's +100kg1. Teddy Riner (FRA)2. Masaru Momose (JPN)3. Magomed Nazhmudinov (RUS)3. Hao Wang (CHN)5. Sugarjargal Boldpurev (MGL)5. Mykhaylo Blinov (UKR)
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State Senate leaders from the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services recently toured the Oklahoma School for the Blind in Muskogee. The senators included Subcommittee Chair Sen. Kim David (R-Porter), Vice Chair Sen. Greg Treat (R-Oklahoma City) and committee member Sen. Frank Simpson (R-Ardmore).
The School for the Blind is a division of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services and is a statewide resource for the education of blind and visually impaired students in Oklahoma.
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Nando's Peri-Peri chicken restaurant is scheduled to open on Dec. 19 at the Waugh Chapel Towne Centre, and is offering area residents a chance to test out the food in advance for free.
Diners can reserve spots during "mock services" on Dec. 17 and 18 and pay nothing for their meal, the restaurant said in a press release.
To make a reservation, diners must email email@example.com. Reservations are available Monday, Dec. 17 from noon to 6:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec. 18 from noon to 8 p.m.
The 3,500 square-foot restaurant will open full to the public on Dec. 19.
The Portugese-style chicken restaurant is relatively new to the United States, but is expanding in the Washington, DC and Baltimore region. In addition to the Waugh Chapel location, Nando's plans to open spots in downtown Baltimore and in Towson sometime in 2013.


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Drinking and driving is never the answer, but the San Diego County Sheriff's Department wants you to think twice this Labor Day before driving home from the holiday festivities.
The agency is continuing its Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign throughout the holiday weekend.
Deputies and officers from the CHP and 14 other law enforcement agencies will conduct extra patrols and DUI/driver license checkpoints during Labor Day weekend, including one Friday night in Poway. resulted in two drivers arrested for DUI.
Other checkpoints scheduled this weekend:
- Aug. 31 – 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in Encinitas, Santee
- Sept. 1 – 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in Imperial Beach
- Sept. 2 – 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in Santee
The nationwide crackdown started Aug. 17 and will continue through Sept. 3. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says Labor Day weekend is the second-most-deadly day of the year on our roadways. The Sheriff's department said a report released by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office in July found 242 people were killed in car crashes in the county last year. Nearly half of those killed or 45 percent were under the influence of alcohol.
"By joining this nationwide effort, we will make the county's roadways safer for everyone throughout the Labor Day period," stated Sheriff Bill Gore in a press release. "If you've had too much to drink, don't even think about getting behind the wheel. Driving impaired is simply not worth the risk. Remember, we will be out in force and we will be watching, so 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.' "
The Sheriff's department said funding for this operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.


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If one county official gets his way, there will be an additional stretch of road coming out of Central Industrial Park.
Wayman Newell, District 2 Supervisor for Lauderdale County, announced plans earlier this year to seek $2.8 million to build an outlet at the industrial park to ease traffic flow around Hawkins Crossing.
During a tour of the area on Monday, Newell said Sellers Road has approximately 700 trucks go through it every day. That's about 350 in and 350 out.
The increased traffic flow began after Dunn Roadbuilders and APAC located there, Newell said. There are 10 other businesses in the park as well.
"With these 700 trucks, most of them go to that intersection where 27,000 vehicles either go over it, under it or around it," Newell said.
Sellers Road has to be repaved every couple of years because of the heavy traffic, he said.
The entrance to the park comes off of Hawkins Crossing at Sellers and 23rd Street.
"When you come to Hawkins Crossing, it's not enough room for one 18-wheeler to get to the stop sign and stop without the back of the truck sitting on the railroad track," Newell said.
Under Newell's proposal, a little more than half a mile of road would be constructed on the east end of the park and connect with Jimmie Rodgers Parkway.
The road would go to the railroad and run parallel with it; then cross the railroad track to tie in with Jimmie Rodgers Parkway at the intersection of highways 11 and 80. A new crossing would have to be constructed as well.
This would give drivers more options and keep them out of a lot of the traffic that passes through on the other end.
The trucks could turn and go east on Highway 80, or they could hit Jimmie Rodgers Parkway and connect to highways, 45, 19, 59 or 20, he said.
"That would give them so much more versatility rather than going back down here to this intersection where there are 27,000 cars coming through here every day," Newell said.
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LOOGOOTEE — Tom Bell, 86, died at 8:15 a.m. Saturday at his home. Born May 12, 1926, in Elnora, he was the son of Marion "Buck" and Maude (Saul) Bell. He attended Elnora High School and was a World War II Army veteran. He was the owner and operator of the former Bell's Marathon service station in Loogootee. He was a 50-year member of the Loogootee Fire Department. He enjoyed flowers, working puzzles and spending time with his Shihtzu dogs and his grandchildren. He is survived by one daughter, Nancy and husband Rob Sterling of Loogootee; one son, Bob and wife Susan Bell of Loogootee; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. His wife, Mary Lou (Norris) Bell, whom he married July 7, 1956, preceded him in death. The funeral will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Brocksmith-Blake Funeral Home in Loogootee. Burial will be in St. John Catholic Cemetery in Loogootee, with military graveside rites by the U.S. Army Honor Guard and the Loogootee American Legion and V.F.W. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Martin County Humane Society. Online condolences may be made at www.brocksmithblakefuneralhomes.com


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December 2010 Monthly Visions: Goodbye Mind, Hello Heart
8 comments:
- Queen Of The Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries said...
Hi Dana...have been receiving your Visioning the Dream by email and found your blog today...Wow, this sounds exactly what has been happening to me these last couple of weeks!!! Amazing...Dzintra♥x
- 4:47 pm GMT+11
- Madisen said...
This post is as though you are reading my life!!
Just this week I decided to 'give myself the rest of the year off'... or longer.
I've also decided to experiment with abandoning planning and live by the mantra, "What do I feel like doing now?"
In that moment, I'm glad I chose to read your post :)
- 6:21 pm GMT+11
- Anonymous said...
Wow this is amazing! I was thinking that I was losing my mind, I suddenly just go blank and there's nothing there, but I notice this is only when Im talking about stuff that just doesn't need talking about. If its important for my journey then I remember it. Thanks for shearing this with us all. Susan NZ
- 6:26 pm GMT+11
- Anonymous said...
Hi, I really needed this message. Am in the UK snowed in and it is exactly how I was feeling as well. You have now given me permission to just be and let go of that 'to do' list! Thank you again Dana. Yes it does feel like exciting times. Fi
- 11:27 pm GMT+11
- Karen Mead said...
I too feel like you have been outside the window of my mind, taking notes and making a comprehensive report! I have ben terrified of the lack of business - so completely foreign. And yet I long for it.
Thank you so much for putting it all in this lovely context.
- 4:36 am GMT+11
- Dana Mrkich - Visioning the Dream Awake said...
Thank you for your comments all! It always helps everyone to know that so many others are going through the exact same thing!
- 12:19 pm GMT+11
- meenakshi said...
Dana, I am so happy to read your blog.
I have been feeling that the energies of 12:12 are about the Dream we can dream, and more importantly, become aware of; and your post is so resonant with that.
Mother Earth, Gaia, the heart- connection that both grounds and expands. I have linked a Gaia News and Events blog to yours. Thank you.
- 9:45 am GMT+11
- Dana Mrkich - Visioning the Dream Awake said...
Thank you Meenakshi:) You may particularly enjoy the Sep Monthly Visions: Life is but a Dream and November's We're not in Kansas anymore!
Many thanks for sharing on the Gaia blog.
Blessings, Dana xo
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Flotilla: Real Time Updates From Around The World - UPDATE Hollywood Director Calls Israel 'Racist State'
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03 June 2010
10.00pm Gaza flotilla: How Israel's ministry of foreign affairs fakes photos of seized weapons
18.10pm EDL Are organising a pro Israel counter Demo - proving MPACUK right that they are a Zionist front.
17.30pm Sydney photographer tasered: Eyewitness
17.00pm Israel fights back with cyber warriors
14.22pm Award-winning British film director Ken Loach has described Israel as a "racist state" in an interview with the Turkish daily Vakit newspaper.
13.24pm Peace Activist Destroys the Pro Israeli Media lapdog LIVE ON TV
1:03am MV Rachel Corrie heading for Gaza — with the full support of the Irish government
12.20am Funny's are starting to spread across the internet. This image will have you in stitches.
02 June 2010
11:53pm Israel to begin deportations immediately
11:50pm The Israeli government is hoping YouTube and Twitter can help restore its reputation after a botched raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla 19 people. Don't get your hopes up, Bibi. There's only so much a technological tactic can do after such a big strategic blunder. Besides, the folks on those ships had camera phones, too.
11:40pm Israeli warships threatened to sink ships before commandos boarded and killed.
11:38pm American Israeli peace activist shot in the face whilst demonstrating against her country's murderous actions.
8:18pm Passenger Huwaida Arraf recalls: "We told them, 'We are unarmed ...' And then they started beating people"
8:17pm Gaza Flotilla activists say stun guns used on them
8:16pm Robert Fisk: Western leaders are too cowardly to help save lives.
8:12pm Israelis celebrating attack on Turkish Aid Ship - in front of Turkish Embassy, Tel Aviv
8:10pm The Israeli assault on Gaza continues despite the flotilla attack. Reports of power outages in Gaza. Population braces for attacks.
8:08pm IDF's Mark Regev actually thanked the US for helping "water down" UNSC resolution "behind closed doors"
8:06pm Israel opened Fire Before landing says activists!
5:55pm Israeli Zionists Joy At Attack Caught On Tape As they taunt Turkish Embassy here
5:42pm BREAKING NEWS: Turkey Outraged at American Response.
5:40pm Americans Demonstrate against the attack, watch the vid here
5:30pm American experts say Israeli lobby runs America watch it here
4:00pm Video emerging of what really happened before the aid workers fought back against the armed assassins that illegally entered the flotilla in international waters.
3:55pm What the BBC don't show you:
01 June: The world reacts read timesonline report here
8:27pm Ambassadors from the 27 EU countries condemned Israel's use of violence against the flotilla
8:14pm Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he "regrets" the loss of life.
8:12pm Interesting article asking the question: What if Iran had carried out the Gaza carnage?!
8:11pm More than a thousand people protest against Israeli attacks on Flotilla in Paris and Dublin
7:37pm Guardian Article: Did Twitter Censor Flotilla Hashtag?
7:28pm Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says they had to "defend their lives, or they would have been killed."
7:00pm Our sources tell us that some of the demonstrators at Manchester centre have broken into the BBC lobby.
5.32pm An Israeli Commando claims that civilians on board the ship caught them off-guard.
One must question the quality of the Israel military protection if a few Arabic (conveniently) speaking activists are able to throw them off their game.
5.26pm Russia condemns the attack on the civilians on the Flotilla and calls for an end of Israeli blockades of Gaza.
4.35pm Switzerland calls for investigation into Gaza Flotilla Death.
4.27pm Hanan Ashwari from the Palestinian Legislative Council called on the UN Security Council to punish the Israelis.
She told the BBC: "I think for the first time Israel has to be held accountable; morally accountable, legally accountable, politically accountable and judicially accountable."
"I think the Security Council... has to take serious decisions, has to lift the cover of impunity - particularly that which is provided by the US..."
3.45pm Over a 1000 people have joined the demonstration in London demanding that the Government take action against Israel - demanding that more than just words are now needed.
3.19pm Netanyahu cancels his meeting at the White House despite earlier insisting the meeting would still go ahead.
3.05pm George Galloway to hold a press conference about the attacks on the Flotilla at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Houston, Texas, 10.45am central daylight time
3.01pm UN Security Council to meet at 6pm.
2.51pm William Hague condemns Israel's "unacceptable" blockade of Gaza in wake of flotilla deaths
2.42pm Greece calls off military exercised with Israel.
2.36pm Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair expressed his "deep regret and shock" at the loss of life on the flotilla and called for an investigation.
"Once again I repeat my view that we need a different and better way of helping the people of Gaza and avoiding the hardship and tragedy that is inherent in the present situation," he said.
2.28pm Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak condemns Israel's "excessive and unwarranted use of force" in its raid on the flotilla.
Egypt has summoned the Israeli envoy in Cairo, reports say.
2.23pm The shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband, has issued a statement saying he is "deeply concerned by the incidents overnight."
2:04pm The Jewish Chronicle website is down. Wonder why?
1:15pm VIDEO: The death toll has reached 20!
12:56pm Galloway has made a statement in regards to the attack on Gaza.
12:00pm Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Istanbul against Israel's attack. The government has called on the Israeli ambassador and warned of irreparable consequences.
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Arresting a man for parodying a local politician on Twitter sounds incredibly stupid. I'm glad the politician in question did the right thing and resigned after that, and if I were the blogger in question, I'd stop being vindictive and make peace with the politician. Hopefully, he can later help pass a law protecting people similar to him from future abuse while remaining on good terms with his target of criticism.
As a citizen and resident of Israel, I should note that something like that seems highly unlikely to happen here. I have been a humorist, writer/blogger and amateur philosopher for a long time, and my site and other sites and mediums where I've blogged features a lot of positively blasphemous stuff (or stuff that was formerly considered blasphemous) including: jokes about the holocaust, a reflection about holocaust denial, racist or nationalist cliches, sexism, sexualism, critiques of local politicians, critiques of a lot of the constitutional foundation of Israel, an in-your-face Illuminaty/Elders of Zion pan-historical conspiracy theory, and many parodies and criticisms of Judaism (including the Old Testament, the Oral Torah and later additions). I left almost no stone unturned.
And almost nothing happened to me except some people who told me I Was being out-of-line (Often truly) or some threats from non-officials, or getting myself removed or banned from some Internet forums. The USA may wish to consider how much of a free country they are compared to other parts of the civilised world. The 2001 bombings made many Americans paranoid and paranoid people are miserable, and miserable people are insecure and unsafe. So if you want to be safe, be happy and don't be afraid. Israel now has much laxer national security, which makes us safer in the long run. And as opposed to popular belief, most of Israel since 1990 was never really a warzone, and certainly isn't now, and I believe that Jews, Palestinians and non-Jews mostly live in peace and even friendship even in the occupied territories. There's still a long way to go for close-to-100% harmony here, but we're much closer than before.
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When you stroll into the doors of the located at 114 Main Street in Sag Harbor you go back in time, back to the time as a child you first walked into a 5-and-10 store.
The smell of candy, the feel of the wooden floor, the nine aisles of everything from those toys to Tupperware never changes. Lisa Field, the manager and daughter of owners Phil and Roseann Bucking, was kind enough to share the magic of what makes a 5-and-10 store timeless.
With more than 20,000 different items in stock, the inventory is still the same as when her dad in his 30s left the Bulova Watch Company to buy the business. "The bank would only lend him the money to buy the business from Mr. Hanson if he bought the building too," Lisa explained. "That was a great thing to do."
Lisa, who grew up in Sag Harbor, said that as a child she and her brothers were not allowed to just go grab any toy they wanted from the shelves but had to save up and buy the toys. With her own children now, "I am a little more liberal, but they still have to pay for it." At the time of the interview a few years back, her then 13-year-old daughter worked there in the summer. Being open seven days a week 362 days a year (closed Christmas, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Easter Sunday) was taxing on her family but also a service to the community. Even today old friends drop in to buy an odd or end thing that you only find at a 5-and-10.
So one Christmas a few years back with Perry Como singing "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" over the speakers, I went for a walk down all nine aisles. The hola hoops, plastic bags of toys soldiers and cowboys and Indians caught my eye at once as they did when I was 7 years old. Fifty years later they still had the stacks of games like Monopoly, Scrabble, Candy Land, Shoots and Ladders. How about those Tester models of cars and ships? The Fisher Price collection, not to mention Barbie and G.I. Joes, yes they are still selling. Then there on the shelve was the "Silly Putty" right next to the slinkies, and Nerf toy balls. A line up of stick horses, tinker toys, Lincoln Logs, was next to shelves of Play Dough, crayons and plastic tea sets.
Believe or not they have more than 40 different types of contact paper. Laundry baskets woven and plastic, pots, pans, pot holders in different, sizes, colors and shapes. Not to mention the clothes from inexpensive but vital gloves for children to the fleeces and wool caps.
Lipsticks, hair pins of every size, nail polish line up in the same presentation as I first probably saw them 50 years ago. There were even miniature cans of shaving cream for travel.
Do you remember walking in the day after school had started in September to the school supply aisle to see all those notebooks, binders, #2 pencils, ballpoint pens, loose leaf paper and of course the erasers? Being Christmas time the Christmas stuff was up front. Big Santa faces, tree ornaments, wrapping papers, Christmas lights and you name it were all ready for the next few crazy weeks. The Christmas stockings and the stuff to stuff them with were all right there. Everybody also knows that the 5-and-10 is the best place to get fairly priced costumes for Halloween for children in that season too.
Besides tools and glue they even still create copies of car and house keys there. Scissors, tape, candles, everything all in those nine aisles. A lifetime of memories stacked up 10 feet high. The candy is still there too. A local real estate agent who grew up in Sag Harbor now a grandmother went in recently and confessed that as a young school girl she once stole some candy. Lisa Fields scolded her, forgave her and gave her free candy. I may have never done that myself, but I once told my parents I had a dream of going in there and taking everything I wanted for a whole night.
Phil and Rose Bucking have left the 5-cent Pepsi sign up along with the old cigarettes signs from the 1922 era when the store first opened. My favorite was the Hostess Cup Cakes "2 for 5 cents."
Who doesn't remember those 25-cent rides on that horse in front of the store where after the quarter was deposited you became Roy Rogers or Anny Oakley for those precious moments. Amazing how years later as parents you go through it again with your own children. The tradition of the 5- and 10-cent stores is a dying tradition but not in Sag Harbor. The banker who talked the Buckings into buying the building along with the business insured the family no rent increase would kill off another tradition.


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On a brisk day in late October, almost 3 years ago to the day, Rock Band 3 was released into the wild! It remains the most ambitious RB title we ever released, as well as the highest Metacritic ranked music game of all time (even though we couldn't remember that while recording). Join us as we swap stories about our favorite RB3 memories, our harrowing convention trips, Jessa's wedding, and Michael Keaton.
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F-18 pilot returns home to canine friend from Iraqi war zone
By Kristina Davis
5:22 a.m. March 22, 2008
They spent months in an Iraqi war zone cementing a special bond.
But after more than a month of being apart, Marine Maj. Brian Dennis began to worry if Nubs the dog would still remember him, especially in a new place like San Diego.
Their reunion early Saturday at Camp Pendleton clearly showed otherwise.
The 2-year-old dog, named for his two nubby ears, drenched Dennis' face with doggie kisses and said hello with excited whimpers.
You remember that, huh? Dennis said as he rubbed the dog's head.
Dennis, an F-18 pilot stationed at Miramar Marine Corp Air Station, was among several Marines to return home from a seven-month tour in Iraq early Saturday.
Among those who also returned was a group that fell in love with seven puppies and also had them brought back to San Diego. They plan to reunite with their new dogs at 3 p.m. at the Rancho Coastal Humane Society.
Nubs, a German shepherd/border collie mix, came to San Diego a month earlier after friends, family and complete strangers raised $3,500 for the dog's trip out of Iraq.
It's almost like 'Lassie Come Home' in Iraq, said Dennis' mother, Marsha Cargo, who anxiously waited for the unit's arrival in the wee hours of the morning.
Dennis met Nubs in the Al Anbar Province where the dog ran wild at an Iraqi Border Fort. When Nubs was a puppy, an Iraqi sliced off most of his ears in an attempt to make the dog tough and more alert.
Another time, Nubs was stabbed with a screwdriver, and Dennis nursed him back to health.
When Dennis' unit, the Border Transition Team, moved camp 70 miles away, Nubs somehow tracked them to their new location two days later.
It was against the rules to keep the dog in camp, and friends jumped in to bring Nubs to San Diego.
Once he found us there, it seemed like this was supposed to have happened, Dennis said Saturday. After he walked all that distance, it seemed like he was supposed to end up in San Diego.
For the past month, Eric Sjoberg, one of Dennis' Marine buddies, has been caring for Nubs along with Dennis' other dog, Bogey.
Nubs has also been learning new tricks and how to behave in a different environment with some help from a dog trainer.
After running two years out in the desert, he's got a personality on him, Sjoberg said.
Dennis said his first outing with Nubs will be a jog on the beach.
It will consummate the whole journey, going from the sand of Iraq to the sand of San Diego.Molly Weasley makes Chuck Norris eat his vegetables.
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Here is Nub's story
Nubs, the Iraq war dog, arrives at his new home
By Michael Stetz
February 23, 2008
Nubs wasted no time melting hearts.
Big, tough Marines said things like, Oooohhh, and gently stroked his fur as they cradled him. Reporters and camera crews swarmed around him.
The German shepherd/border collie mix was sweet, gentle and a little on the scrawny side when he arrived at Lindbergh Field in San Diego yesterday evening. But he should gain a few pounds now that he'll be fed regularly.
Life in Iraq can be tough on a dog. Count Nubs among the luckiest. He got out thanks to a San Diego-based Marine, Maj. Brian Dennis, who befriended him and then had him flown home.
War brings horror, tragedy, the most heart-wrenching of moments. At least, sometimes, along comes something like this.
It's amazing, he's finally home, said Capt. Eric Sjoberg, who's going to care for Nubs with his wife Chrissy until Dennis, a Marine buddy, returns from Iraq in the spring.
Nubs licked Sjoberg's face. He panted patiently as cameras filmed and snapped pictures. You're seeing first-hand why the guys over there fell in love with him, Sjoberg said.
Nubs is about 2. When young, his ears were slashed off because an Iraqi thought that would make him tough and alert.
That's why Dennis named him Nubs. That's all he had left of his ears.
And that was hardly Nubs' worst moment. Once, he was stabbed with a screwdriver. Dennis patched him up as best he could, but didn't think Nubs would make it. The wound was deep. He slept with him that night to keep him warm as temperatures dipped to 18 degrees.
Dennis fell for the dog hard. The e-mails he sent to friends spoke of his life in Iraq and they always seemed to mention this tough little dog, said Maj. Chris Collins, his roommate in San Diego.
It seemed that something bad would always happen, Collins said. He'd get into a fight or something. Nubs was always in bad shape.
Dennis, who is based at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, is serving along the border between Iraq and Syria, where he is helping to train Iraqis. It's rough terrain. Nubs and other dogs lived in an old Iraqi fort and survived on food scraps.
Nubs ran wild. He had no owner, no home, no collar, nobody to play fetch with, no one to bring a slipper to, no Alpo, nobody to scratch behind his ear. No name, even, until Dennis came along.
But even Dennis didn't think the relationship would last. He's in a war zone, after all. When Dennis and his team were ordered to move 70 miles away, he figured life with Nubs was over.
It wasn't. Nubs somehow tracked the Marines to their new location, showing up two days after they did. Dennis was amazed. How'd he do it? He was convinced then that he couldn't leave this dog behind.
He couldn't keep him in Iraq, of course. It's against the rules. So he wrote home, saying he wanted to take Nubs back to the U.S.
We thought he was crazy. We didn't think it was possible, Sjoberg said.
Friends rallied, raising more than $3,500, and the wheels were put in motion.
Yesterday, after a couple stops along the way, Nubs came home.
And soon he'll be frolicking in the sands of a local dog beach, far away from the stark desert sands of Iraq.Molly Weasley makes Chuck Norris eat his vegetables.
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In July 2007, thetrainline acquired Advanced Smartcard Technologies and ECEBS Ltd, signalling a new strategy to enter the smartcard market. Ecebs was subsequently sold to Bell ID in November 2012.[5]
In 2008, thetrainline started supplying Newbury Data ND4020 rail ticket printers and self-service kiosks to its corporate and travel management clients.
Thetrainline.com's main competitor (in train booking software) is Atos's WebTIS product which is used by East Coast, Chiltern, Southern, Southeastern, London Midland and Atos's own site redspottedhanky.com. First Great Western will move from thetrainline based booking engine to Atos's WebTIS product in November 2012.[6]
Partnership with Google Maps[edit]
Thetrainline.com's most recent partnership (January 2012) is with Google to launch its extensive national rail travel information service for mainland Britain on Google Maps. Users of Google Maps will have train route and timetable information for more than 2,500 stations and 170,000 trips nationwide at their fingertips, in addition 8,000 bus stops and over 250 tube stations.
In August 2008, thetrainline.com launched its ticket alert service. Ticket Alert enables customers to sign up for email alerts, via thetrainline.com website, which notify them as soon as advance tickets (typically the cheaper tickets) become available for specific journeys, which the customer pre-selects.
In September 2008, thetrainline.com relaunched its website, adding a feature known as the Best Fare Finder, which allows customers to search for the cheapest fare between selected stations on a given day.[7]
In October 2009, thetrainline.com introduced their iPhone application which allows for journey planning, timetable download and basic station information. The updated version of the application which allows tickets to be purchased via an iPhone is available free from the iTunes Store and was released in October 2010. Free versions of the app also exist for Blackberry, Android and other mobile devices.
In January 2011, thetrainline.com introduced a quick train times tool so that users can find train times for all national rail stations in an instant.
Booking fees[edit]
thetrainline.com charges customers a 2% fee for using a credit card to purchase tickets. A £1.50 booking fee also applies to all transactions. This makes paying some level of booking fee unavoidable.[8] It is possible to buy the same tickets from the websites of the train operating companies, who in many cases do not charge a booking fee.[9]
As of late 2011, users can request a refund and/or a change of journey on thetrainline.com. Across the rail industry a £10 charge is applied for this service.[10]
- ^ "Rail booking firms set to merge". BBC News. 2004-02-09. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ "About thetrainline.com | How to save money on train tickets". Thetrainline.com. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "About thetrainline.com | How to save money on train tickets". Thetrainline.com. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ http://www.thetrainlinejobs.com/departments/
- ^ "Bell ID buys Ecebs". Finextra. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "Twitter / JustinMcAree: @FGW Is it true FGW are moving". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ "thetrainline.com launches unique tool to help consumers easily uncover the cheapest rail fares" (Press release). TheTrainLine. 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ ""Booking and credit card fees" - thetrainline.com". Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- ^ "How to avoid TheTrainLine fees". Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ "Changing and Cancelling tickets". National Rail website. Retrieved 2012-01-30.


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But how much did it ultimately matter where these leaders went to law school? The cover story of the ABA Journal's July issue explores "The Pedigree Problem"—how large law firms' and recruiters' focus on hiring graduates of elite law schools can create career struggles for accomplished law students and lawyers who graduated from less-favored institutions, and how this focus keeps law schools from innovating.
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|2 c
|cooked rice ,cooled
|1/4 c
|16 oz can whole berry cranberry sauce
|20 oz can crushed pineapple or pineapple tidbits, drained
|15 oz can of mandarine oranges, drained
|container of cool whip
|1 c
|chopped walnuts
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This sweet treat is great on a hot day when you're looking for something refreshing but not too heavy. It's so simple to make and you can doctor it up by adding different fruits to it as well.
Imagine serving this salad along with your holiday turkey. A delightful twist on a real classic.
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl... reserving some of the mandarine oranges and chopped nuts as a garnish.
serve chilled over lettuce leaves or just spoon into dessert bowls and enjoy
*optional* can sub pecans or dry roasted cashews in place of walnuts... or can leave the nuts out entirely if you choose.
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Colleen Sowa colleenlucky7 - Jul 17, 2011
Thanks for posting this recipe! It is almost like one I use to have many years ago! : )
Marina Neff Kittiecooks - Jul 17, 2011
I love the mixture of the fruit and the rice... I like that it's sweet but not overly so. it's so refreshing when it's really hot out.
I'm glad you like it!
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Bennie Shaw mamabennie - Jul 19, 2011
Marina, I got ingredients today but just wondering if you drain pineapple and oranges, I would assume you do but want to make sure. I'm anxious to try it.


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Second chances led Richard and I to meet on Catholic Match May 30,
2010. Richard had recently returned from a deployment in Iraq, and
gotten his marriage annulled. I had multiple negative experiences with
online dating, and knew in my heart that I needed to be in a
relationship with a Catholic man, so I came back to Catholic Match.
I'll admit, patience isn't one of my virtues, and my first experience
with CM was negative and caused me to give up. This time I told God
however long it took, wherever God placed him, I was ready to wait for
His timing to bring me the man I needed and wanted.
Ironically, it
was only a week after I began my membership that Richard sent me an
'emotigram.' God must've felt sorry for my little impatient heart.
to Richard was different from anyone I'd ever talked to online. He was
funny and his personality and humor were identical to mine, which
surprised me. I'm definitely quirky (and picky!) We'd bring up the same
random topics at the same time and send emails at the same time without
knowing what the other one had written. It seemed we were online within
minutes of each other, which was special in itself because we both have
extremely fluctuating schedules. We also were very honest and blunt
with each other about our relationship needs, wants and concerns. One
of MY big ones was deployment and what dating a man whose career was
the military would mean for me. Richard was honest about the positives
and the negatives, and I felt completely at ease (no pun intended)
about talking on the phone with him.
After emailing and chatting
for three days, we decided to talk on the phone, and our first call lasted
until almost 3AM! Poor Richard had to be up at 4:00AM for PT and was
late his first day back to base! He must not have minded too much
though, because throughout the day we'd text message each other and
talk every night for hours. Luckily we both had unlimited calling and
texting plans! We made a plan to meet Sunday, June 6 (the day the
Lord has made!) at a halfway point between our towns (we live about 4
hours apart.) Unfortunately, the little town of Corsicana also decided
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around town until we found a park, where we decided 96 degrees was too
hot to sit outside and talk, so we sat in the car with the AC blowing
and talked for three hours. It sounds crazy, but that was the MOST fun I'd
had on a date, ever! We did not kiss that day, too many nerves,
but later on we both found out the other knew that day that we were
meant to be together.
Two weeks later I took a long weekend,
brought work with me (I love my job!) and road-tripped to Ft. Hood for
Richard's Military Ball and a long weekend getting to know him. Again
things didn't go as planned, but we had a wonderful weekend. Richard
hid a special surprise in my car before I left, and I wrote him little
notes and hid them in his house. We laughed and joked and enjoyed every
minute together, including sharing our first (of many!) kisses. That
weekend, we knew we wanted to be together. Since that day, we have
talked every day, sometimes more than once….ok ok, sometimes more
than 5 times! The texts fly fast and furious, and we are planning to
see each other (hopefully) every two weeks. Richard is respectful and
caring, funny, honest and open. He treats me with love and I feel God's
love through him. We talk openly about the future, and what it may hold
good and bad. Talking about God and our common faith is another thing
we enjoy and are building our relationship on! Keep checking for more
Advice for CM Users: Be patient! Pray for God to lead you
to the one HE knows you need. Richard was everything I have ever wanted
and more. He truly is my soulmate. Also, have pictures and a profile
that accurately reflects your personality! Both of us had friends make
sure our profiles were reflective of who we really are. Be honest with
yourself – can you really handle a LDR? What about someone with a job
that is dangerous or time-consuming? By being honest with yourself, you
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thanks for sharing – you keep hope alive – and, yes, I believe the best is yet to be. Best of life to you both – Ron Kozusko+
what a beautiful story…..you do give other's hope, sometimes you get impatient thinking you'll never find the right person, but patience is a virtune, you have to keep trying & praying, and I believe someday with God's help they will show up, this is the website that will bring that answer. erin07822
thanks for sharing! good story, will keep you guys in my prayers!
thank you for sharing you have given me the courage to keep waiting and praying.
Every time I see a really great blog post I do a few things:1.Share it with my relevant contacts.2.keep it in some of the popular social bookmarking sites.3.Make sure to return to the same website where I first read the article.After reading this article I am really concidering doing all of the above.
good advice!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful story i felt the same too i almost give up and impatient. I agree that patience is very important to be honest you really give me the courage to go on and pray hard for the right person.All the best goodluck and God bless!!!
Patience is trusting on God's timing.
Thank you for sharing.
Many blessings to you both.
Yes, God knows the best for his creation, and nothing impossible with Him.
Thanks for the good advise


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For those who believe the phrase "you can't fight city hall," take heart. In Martinez, at least, there are forces that city hall apparently can't fight, either. Though the City Council voted 4-1 Wednesday to keep the Martinez Marina open a little while longer, the city now faces pickle weeds and mice as new adversaries in the quest to restore the marina to its former glory.
The issue is muddy—as muddy as the silt that is filling up the facility on a daily basis, and preventing the boats that dock there from entering or leaving except at high tide. The city desperately needs to dredge the marina, but the cost of doing the entire project is far too expensive, since the state Department of Boating and Waterways has refused any new loans to the city, and in fact demanded payment on old outstanding loans. So the city is going to use a one-time $500,000 donation from Shell to dredge the entrance, a couple of docks and the launch ramp, in the hope of bringing back some of the bigger boats that have moved on to other, more usable facilities.
The latest twist is that the dredging project is going to cost an additional $65,000 in permits because when the city dredges, it dumps the mud into onshore ponds. But those ponds have sat unused for several years, and have become the home to pickle weed. That is the favorite habitat for the salt marsh harvest mouse. And, while no one has actually seen a salt marsh harvest mouse in the particular pickle weed in question, the very presence of pickle weed is enough to require mitigation, better known as money, to state and federal agencies.
The irony is that city officials saw the pickle weed and, anticipating this very problem, tried to get rid of it. But state officials would not allow it. So it grew, and became a potential mouse paradise, and a place of misery for city officials already fed up with sinking more money into a dying marina.
Opposed to spending any more money on the marina was councilwoman Lara DeLaney, who urged the council to consider closing the facility.
"This is not just a $65,000 commitment, on top of that there is another $75,000 to $200,000 to do the actual mitigation," she said. "The $65,000 just buys us the plan. This is all because they've discovered that someday a mouse may decide to relocate there. We've already dedicated $476,000 of general fund money. In total, over the past decade, we've given the marina over $1 million of our general fund money, to a marina that is supposed to be funded by the marina fund. It's a financial cesspool. We don't have the money to do another dredge unless Shell gives us another $500,000. We're throwing money at a losing situation. I think what the community wants is restaurants, things for people to use. We're subsidizing a losing operation."
"We don't want to spend more money on consultants," said Mayor Rob Schroder. "But we're being forced into this. We have to follow federal state and regional regulations. We've had many problems trying to get to this dredge. If we do not do this dredge, it's my opinion that it's the end of the marina. I think it's a better waterfront because of the marina. We just have to let some of it go. We're not going to get the loans to build the world class marina we were hoping to."
"It's clear that the state and the city formed a partnership, and the city has kept its end of the bargain," said councilman Mike Menesini, who has overseen many years of the marina management as mayor for nearly twenty years, beginning in 1984. "The state has been remiss in helping the city with respect to managing the marina as the original contracts called for. There is some confusion as to what's been invested into the marina and by whom. The city has invested many dollars into the marina enterprise, certainly more than the state has put in."
Councilman Mark Ross, who faces re-election in November, said he favored keeping the marina going, and eventually purchasing the facility from the state, through legislation.
"The time for the marina is not up yet," he said. "Parks are not generally profitable. They're an amenity, a community service. We are buying more time. Yes, we have more federal obligations we have to meet. I don't think the citizens want to see abandoned docks because we walked away. We should be come owners of the marina through legislation Then the moneys we spend are to an asset that we own. It's a very popular destination and we need to keep it that way."


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Rain leaves flooding, and more is possible
High water plagued the city's street
Rain boots, umbrellas and maybe a few extra minutes of travel time in case you ran across water-blocked roads all made the must-have list for Friday, and you'll probably want to keep those things in mind for at least the weekend, as well.
By noon Friday, Wichita Falls had broken the rainfall record for the date set in 1939 at 2.20 inches. By 4 p.m., the city had received 2.92 inches of rain since midnight, said Daryl Williams, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Norman, Okla.
The afternoon saw drier conditions and the sun trying to peek out, but plenty of water remained on the roads, a reminder
of the wet morning that saw flooding in some parts of North Texas.
The Texas Department of Transportation, Wichita County and Wichita Falls all reported some road closures because of high waters. Water collected in many of the usual spots, and the high water created headaches for some drivers during the morning.
Inside Wichita Falls, the city updated news releases throughout the day announcing locations in several parts of town where Street Department personnel had placed barricades to keep traffic out because of high waters.
Flooded streets weren't the only problems.
About 10 a.m. Friday, an overflow from a manhole at 3409 Midwestern Parkway resulted in about 200,000 gallons of wastewater being released into Holliday Creek, according to a city news release. Excessive rainfall from the past few days caused the overflow.
The city notified the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the TCEQ will continue monitoring the city's progress in addressing the issue. There was already water in Holliday Creek, so the wastewater was diluted, and the situation posed no danger to residents, the city or the environment. City crews planned to be at the site monitoring the situation and collecting samples.
Henrietta reported a spill from its wastewater facilities Friday, also related to the wet weather. The North and South Wastewater Plants were listed as the locations of the spill, which involved 100,000 gallons of domestic wastewater. The areas that would potentially be affected are those near creeks, the Country Club area, the 4 C's Golf Course and country areas near the North Wastewater Plant, according to the city. The large rainfall and flooding were listed as the suspected cause of the spill, and the city noted Friday afternoon that as soon as the water receded, cleanup activities would begin.
North Texas saw rain early in the morning Thursday, and again in the evening, and more followed Friday morning and well into the day, with the afternoon offering a few hours' break.
As the city of Wichita Falls dealt with heavy rains that resulted in some flooding in spots, leaders urged residents not to drive into places where water crossed the road. They also encouraged people to take high water precautions very seriously. The news releases noted some residents' normal travel routes might be closed until water recedes from the roadways, so they might want to factor in some extra travel time until those areas become passable.
Wichita County Judge Woody Gossom received an e-mail Friday afternoon updating the road conditions within the county.
The only areas that had road closures were in Precinct 3, and those involved Rogers Lane and Bell Road. Other precincts had barrels and signs out as they dealt with water issues, but they didn't see closures.
John Henderson, emergency preparedness coordinator for the city of Wichita Falls, had talked with several people — particularly in areas that have flooded before — about the situation Friday. They expressed concerns about what was happening. The flooding Wichita Falls was seeing Friday was basically from water falling as rain directly onto the area, Henderson said. It wasn't the same thing that caused flooding in 2007 when the Wichita River came out of its banks and spilled into east Wichita Falls, the Tanglewood area and some parts of Wichita County.
Many people were keeping an eye on river and creek levels throughout the day and will be throughout the weekend, with the likelihood of more precipitation in the forecast.
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