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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (film)
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Out-of-universe article: Section 5 notice Be aware, while reading this article, that all of its information lies outside the fictional Narnian universe. It is entirely based outside of C. S. Lewis' books and even the Narnia movies and so is not considered canon by any means, but may still be an informatively valid or important article. It is therefore excused for deliberately violating Section 5 of the WikiNarnia Format |
It was released on DVD, and had an Extended Edition version with flubs, etc, which was distributed until January 31, 2007. It added two new characters; Otmin the Minotaur general of the White Witch's army, and Oreius the loyal Centaur general of Aslan's army.
Its sequel, Prince Caspian, was released in theaters on May 16, 2008.
Set in 1940 during the Blitz, the Pevensie children- Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy -were evacuated from their home in Finchley, London after German bombers almost destroyed their house. The children are sent by train into the English countryside where they are picked up at a station by Mrs. Macready. Mrs. Macready then takes them to the country home of Digory Kirke , a professor. One rainy day while they were playing Hide and Seek, Lucy discovered a wardrobe and, through it, entered a world called Narnia. She spent several hours in the home of the faun, Mr. Tumnus, who explained that the White Witch cursed Narnia, and it had been winter for a century. In accordance with her orders, if a human is ever encountered, a Narnian must bring them to her. However, Tumnus liked Lucy and regretted his plan, so he sent her out of the Wardrobe. When she returned, hardly any time had passed in the normal world during her stay. She made the other children check the Wardrobe, but the portal was gone.
Later, Edmund follows Lucy at night into Narnia, and met the White Witch, who offered him Turkish delight, as well as the prospect of becoming king. She asked Edmund to bring his siblings to meet her. After she departed, Edmund and Lucy meet and they returned to tell the others. Edmund did not confirm Narnia's existence to Peter and Susan, saying he was merely playing with Lucy, causing distress in Lucy, who ran out and bumped into Professor Kirke. The Professor has a private talk with Peter and Susan; he did not understand why the others did not believe Lucy's story and presented to them the use of logic (which Susan is very fond of) in the situation: when they are given three choices for an explanation of Lucy's behavior--insanity, dishonesty, and sincerity--the others know she is neither mad nor dishonest, so "logically" she must be telling the truth.
On another day, while hiding from the housekeeper Mrs. Macready in the wardrobe after they broke a window, the four siblings stepped into Narnia. Peter and Susan apologized for their earlier disbelief and Peter threatened Edmund until he apologized to Lucy. The siblings then go to to Mr. Tumnus's home wher they discovered that Mr. Tumnus had been taken by the Witch's secret police, led by captain Maugrim. They then meet two talking beavers that told them about Aslan. According to them, Aslan was on the move to take the control of Narnia from the White Witch. The four siblings had to help Aslan and his followers; it had been prophesied that when two sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve sat in the four thrones, the Witch's reign would come to an end.
Edmund sneaked off and visited the Witch alone. When he arrived at her castle, she was angry that he did not bring her his brother and sisters. Then the White Witch sent a pack of wolves led by Maugrim to hunt down the other children and the beavers, who barely escaped with the aid of a fox.Meanwhile, Edmund was chained in the witch's dungeon were he met Mr. Tumnus in an adjacent cell. The Witch came down and demanded that Edmund tell her where his family was because her police couldn't find them; Edmund told her some information, but hesitated when Tumnus looked at him, warningly (he also tried to tell the witch that Edmund didn't know anything, but was injured by Ginarrbrik).
The witch saw that Tumnus was hindering the information, so she had him "released" and brought over to her. After she told Mr. Tumnus that it was Edmund's fault that she knew about his involvement, Mr. Tumnus was dragged upstairs and turned into stone, as Edmund saw with horror when he was brought up.
While Peter, Lucy, Susan, and the beavers were traveling to the Stone Table, they saw what they believed to be the White Witch in her sleigh chasing after them, so they ran and hid--fortunately, it was really Father Christmas. He gave Lucy a bottle of the juice of the fire-flowers and a dagger; Susan a bow and arrow and a magical horn; and Peter a sword and shield. Father Christmas informed them that winter would soon be over. Unfortunately, this meant that the rivers were thawing, and the arrival of Maugrim and several other wolves made the passage even more perilous. But with their weapons, the group managed to safely cross the river, leaving the Witch no real way to reach them by sleigh.
Arriving at Aslan's army encampment, they encountered Aslan, who was revealed as a huge and noble lion. Aslan promised to help Edmund in any way he could. They were reluctant to participate in a war after fleeing from London. However, they had to save Edmund and Mr. Tumnus. Peter joined Aslan's army.A little later, two wolves ambushed Lucy and Susan while they were frolicking by the river. When Peter intervened, Maugrim attacked him, and Peter killed him with his sword. Some of Aslan's troops followed the other wolf back to the witch's camp and rescued Edmund.
Aslan had a "private talk" with Edmund. When he was done, Aslan told the other children to forget Edmund's previous actions and they reconciled. The White Witch then arrived and claimed that Edmund was her property, based on the "Deep Magic" of Narnia; it said that traitors belonged to her as lawful prey and that she must kill them at the stone table. Aslan "negotiated" with the White Witch, who agreed to leave Edmund alone.In return, Aslan sacrificed himself and surrendered to the witch. As Susan and Lucy watched in hiding, Aslan was humiliated and stabbed to death. However, he was resurrected because "there is a magic deeper still the Witch does not know." Aslan took Susan and Lucy to the Witch's house where he freed the prisoners of the White Witch, forming an army for battle.
Meanwhile, Edmund persuaded Peter to join battle with the Witch's host. At first quite sucessful, Peter's army soon began to lose the fight, and Edmund was badly injured when he had managed to destroy the White Witch's staff, her most effective weapon. She was doing battle with Peter when Aslan arrived with reinforcements. She took advantage of this distraction and disarmed him. She was about to stab him when Aslan jumped on her, knocking her to the other side of the cliff and killing her. He then returned to Peter and told him that "it is finished". Susan used her bow to kill Ginarrbrik who attempted to finish Edmund off before there was a chance to save him. Lucy revived Edmund and many others with the fire-flower cordial given to her by Father Christmas, while Aslan freed more victims of the White Witch's stone-turning spell.The Pevensies became Kings and Queens and stayed in Narnia for fifteen years. While chasing a white stag to receive wishes, they found the lampost and the wardrobe and returned to England. The Professor then tossed them the ball used to break the window and instructed them to tell him the story.
Later, at the end, Lucy attempted to go back to Narnia, but the Professor told her that she (and the others) will probably get back to Narnia when they least expected it.
- Andrew Adamson
Writing Credits
- Ann Peacock
- Andrew Adamson
- Christopher Markus
- Stephen McFeely
- William Moseley - Peter Pevensie
- Anna Popplewell - Susan Pevensie
- Skandar Keynes - Edmund Pevensie
- Georgie Henley - Lucy Pevensie
- Tilda Swinton - Queen Jadis the White Witch.
- James McAvoy - Mr. Tumnus
- Liam Neeson - the voice of Aslan
- Ray Winstone - the voice of Mr. Beaver
- Dawn French - the voice of Mrs. Beaver
- Jim Broadbent - Professor Digory Kirke
- James Cosmo - Father Christmas
- Patrick Kake - Oreius
- Kiran Shah - Ginarrbrik
- Elizabeth Hawthorne - Mrs. Macready
- Judy McIntosh - Helen Pevensie
- Shane Rangi - Otmin
- Michael Madsen - the voice of Maugrim
- Rupert Everett - the voice of the Fox
- Noah Huntley - the adult Peter Pevensie
- Sophie Winkleman - the adult Susan Pevensie
- Mark Wells - the adult Edmund Pevensie
- Rachael Henley - the adult Lucy Pevensie
- Philip Steuer - voice of Phillip
Differences from Book
- In the book, the bombings of London were mentioned only, while in the movie adaption there is a sequence which shows the Pevensies hiding from death in their shelter.
- In the book, Lucy first enters the Wardrobe while they were exploring the house. In the film, she enters while playing Hide and go seek.
- In the book, Lucy's second time into Narnia and Edmund's first was while playing Hide-and-Go-Seek. In the film, it was in the middle of the night.
- In the book, while playing Hide and go seek, Susan who was "It," not Peter.
- In the film the White Witch has fair skin, brownish-blonde hair and a crown of ice. In the book the Witch is described as "not merely pale, but white like snow or paper or icing-sugar", with black hair and a golden crown.
- In the movie, Edmund and Tumnus share a cell, and Jadis taunts them by telling Tumnus that Edmund turned him in. In the book, Edmund and Tumnus did not share a cell as Tumnus had already been turned to stone when Edmund arrived at Jadis' house.
- The frozen river sequence was not in the book.
- In the movie, the White Witch turns a Fox into stone after Edmund tells her about Aslan. In the book, she turns a party of Narnians into stone after the Fox tells her about Father Christmas.
- In the book, Aslan vaguely tells Peter he will be leading the Narnians alone. In the movie, Lucy sends the Dryads to tell Peter and Edmund that Aslan is dead, leaving Peter to decide what to do.
- In the book, Lucy wants to stay with Edmund to see him recover, but Aslan tells her to go help the others before it is too late for them. In the film, Edmund recovers quickly and Lucy goes to help the others.
- In the book, the focus remains on Susan, Lucy, and Aslan and the battle of Beruna isn't shown until they arrive, at which point it is almost over.
- The characters of Otmin, the White Witch's general, and Oreius, the Narnian's general, did not appear in the book.
- In the book the beavers tunnel wasn't attached to the dam but in the film it was.
- In the book the children and the beavers had already got out before the wolves came but in the film the children had to go through the tunnel to escape.


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Sponsored by Rockford College's Multicultural Club and the Office of International Students and Scholars, the food fair will feature authentic recipes from several different countries such as Serbia, Kyrgyzstan, Africa, Japan, Puerto Rico, Egypt and Italy. This year's event is planned by more than 30 members of the Multicultural Club who each submit traditional ethnic recipes to be shared. Entertainment featuring different cultures is also planned to go along with the all-you-can-eat buffet.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door for adults. Children are $5 in advance, $7 at the door. Tickets will be available beginning March 11 and can be obtained by contacting the International Students and Scholars office at 815-394-5118 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Our judges will then select their favorite image to be declared the winner. The deadline for entries is 23:59 on Thursday April 11. Good luck!
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25 June 2009
Web exclusive: June Industry Newz, 2nd edition
ABB won orders worth $52 million to provide power products and solutions for a super-critical coal-fired power plant in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ABB announced today the latest version of its System 800xA High Integrity safety system (SIL 3 rated) is now operating on StatoilHydro's massive Troll A offshore gas production platform. The system went live earlier this month, on 5 June, and will control emergency shut down applications on the platform, located 70 km off the coast of Norway. ABB won an order worth $28 million from environmental solutions company Hyflux for a turnkey electrical solution to power the world's largest membrane based reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant. The Magtaa desalination plant, being built in the western Oran region of Algeria, will have a capacity of 500,000 cubic meters per day of drinking water to serve about 5 million people. ABB signed an agreement with Sappi to manage maintenance operations at its Kraft Mill in Cape Town, South Africa—an agreement that covers a five-year period and is the first agreement of its kind for ABB in the South African pulp and paper industry.
BP America placed a $1.1 million order for flow meters from GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies. The meters will monitor 36 critical flow points for a new coker unit being built as part of BP Whiting's multi-billion dollar refinery expansion.
Chandler Engineering, designer and manufacturer of high-pressure, high-temperature laboratory instruments and systems, will celebrate 60 years of service this year, and will showcase its product line at the Society of Petroleum Engineers' Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, 4-7 October, in New Orleans.
Emerson Process Management will install its PlantWeb digital plant architecture with the Ovation expert control system at the Pakistan Engro Qadirpur Energy Power Plant, located in east-central Pakistan. Emerson is increasing the scope of its Electrical Reliability Services partial discharge testing for electrical cables to include switchgear and other electrical assets commonly found in commercial and industrial facilities, including manufacturing and process industries.
ESE, Inc. achieved the Control System Integrators Association certified member status, giving assurance to food and dairy producers when choosing ESE as their system integrator for a factory automation project.
The Fieldbus Foundation signed a copyright agreement with Prolist International to allow Prolist to publish Foundation fieldbus parameter names and definitions in its standardized process control device/system specifications and database.
Honeywell has been selected by Tekfen Construction & Installation Co., Inc. to design, configure, install, and initiate a new fire and gas detection system at the BTC pipeline terminal in Ceyhan, Turkey, a crude oil pipeline running from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Honeywell unveiled its Energy Management Solutions, a customizable portfolio of new and existing hardware, software, and services to help improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
James Loudspeaker, a U.S. manufacturer of audio products, joined system integration software company D-Tools Inc.'s Manufacturer Vantage Point program, making its detailed product specifications available to users of D-Tools system integrator software.
Moore Industries has been granted ISO 9001:2008 certification for their Quality Management System by UL DQS Inc., an ANSI-ASQ Accredited Registrar.
Rockwell Automation expanded its Allen-Bradley Guardmaster GuardShield safety light curtain line with the addition of three cost-effective options—designed to provide end users with improved functionality, configuration flexibility, and installation.
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Bashar Assad's wife,other relatives sanctioned by EU
BRUSSELS (AP) — EU foreign ministers have slapped sanctions on the wife and other close relatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad, freezing their assets and banning them from traveling to the EU in a continuing attempt to stop the violent crackdown on opposition, officials said Friday.
Also Friday, the United Nations said the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, would travel to Russia and China for more talks aimed at peacefully resolving the crisis in Syria.
The U.N. estimates that more than 8,000 people have been killed since an uprising began in Syria a year ago.
Four members of the Assad family and eight government ministers have been targeted by the EU — the blocs 13th round of sanctions so far against the Syrian regime — the officials said. Three officials spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss a decision that will be announced later Friday following the foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.
Asma Assad, 36, the president's wife, was born in London and has British citizenship, and an EU official said that likely meant she could not be banned from travel to the U.K.
Meanwhile, Annan and two aides will go to Moscow and Beijing to press the case for his six-point plan, his spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, said. Western countries have pushed for U.N. Security Council action, but Russia and China have twice vetoed resolutions criticizing Assad's regime.
"Negotiations are at a very delicate stage. He's not going to mediate through the media," Fawzi said. "The crisis on the ground is severe. We have to make progress on the ground soon. Every minute counts."
Fawzi told reporters Friday that Annan's team is "currently studying the Syrian responses carefully and negotiations with Damascus continue."
On Wednesday, the U.N.'s Security Council issued a nonbinding statement calling for a cease-fire and endorsing Annan's plan, which includes continued talks and a daily two-hour halt in the fighting to provide aid.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague, speaking in Brussels, where the EU foreign ministers are meeting, said Friday it was very important to increase pressure on the Syrian regime.
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Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said the sanctions should target "the family of Assad — his wife and his closest relatives. It is necessary."
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In my last blog
entry on this topic, I thought through the different types of files that
I have on my system and the correspondingly different levels of protection they
each need. Now I want to think about the different types of problems I might
experience and how I might recover from each. First however, just three days
ago, on 21 June, I received the following email from an author:
I have experienced a system crash on my computer — thus, I don't know how
much writing I will be doing over the next weekend and (possibly week) as
recover my system. I don't think I have lost any data regarding [book title
omitted], but I need to rebuild my system ASAP.
Wow! What a timely reminder of how vulnerable I am. This is exactly what I
don't ever want to have happen to me. Notice the author believes he may be out
of commission for up to a week. A week! That's much too long for me to be unable
to work. I personally want to be able to resume working in a matter of an hour
or so should anything go awry with any of my equipment. And he only "thinks"
he hasn't lost any data pertaining to the book he's currently writing. I want
to "know" that I haven't lost anything, at least anything important.
With this mind, I want to think through the various disaster scenarios that
I might experience.
Bear in mind while reading these scenarios that I use two computers in my day-to-day
work: one running Windows XP and one running Suse Linux 8.0. The Windows XP
box is where most work happens, and it's the most critical. My Linux box exists
only to run Oracle. I can usually tolerate more downtime on the Linux box than
on the XP box.
I might accidentally delete an important file — I can't remember
the last time this has been an issue for me. Book and article files get traded
around by email so much that if I do delete one by mistake, I can almost always
count on having a copy in my email archive. And there's always the Recycle Bin.
I'm not going to take any specific action to protect myself from this scenario.
My hard-drive could fail — If my XP hard-drive fails, I want to
be able to plug another hard-drive in, restore the files, and go. If I buy into
RAID, which I'll almost certainly do in order to prevent the loss of even an
hour's hard writing work, recovery from the loss of a hard-drive will be trivial.
I should probably keep a spare hard-drive on hand though, because even with
RAID I'll be exposed until I replace the drive that failed.
My Linux box has two drives. I can mirror all the critical Oracle files: control
files, redo logs, and archive logs across those two drives. So long as I periodically
backup my database, I'll be able to recover it in the event of a drive failure.
But such a recovery probably won't be a one-hour affair. I'll have to install
a new drive, possibly reinstall Linux, and only then deal with recovering Oracle.
The spare drive I keep on hand for my XP box can come in handy for this scenario
as well. I could use Suse's software RAID on my Linux box. Maybe someday I will.
For now though, I'm going to use the two drives as separate disks in order to
give me more disk space to play around with. I have a spare Oracle instance
on my XP box that I can use in the event the Linux box is down, so recovering
quickly from the failure of a hard-drive on my Linux box is not a priority.
Some notes here: I have absolutely no clue how to replace just one hard-drive
on my Linux box with a new one. How would I partition the new drive so that
it matched the drive I was replacing? How would I do the low-level format? The
only way I know of to do these things is to reinstall Linux. I should probably
practice this scenario. Another issue: some article topics that I choose do,
in fact, make me very dependent on my Linux box, albeit only for a short period
of time. When I wrote about enterprise
users for Oracle Magazine, I ran the database on Linux and my LDAP directory
server on XP. While writing that article I needed both boxes to continue functioning.
Some other component could fail, leaving the hard drive intact but the computer
unusable — If my XP box goes down and the hard-drive is left intact,
my plan is to take the hard-drive out, move it to my Linux box, and make that
my new XP box. In essence, my Linux box serves as a spare computer. Both boxes
are the same model of Dell Dimension; the only difference being the NIC and
video cards. XP should auto-detect those cards as new hardware, reconfigure
itself, and I should be in business. Hmmm… I wonder whether XP's product activation
feature would give me grief in this scenario. I'll try and find time to do a
test-run this week.
In the event that my XP box fails and I also need my Linux box up and running,
I do have a company-issued notebook computer that sits on the shelf when I'm
not travelling, and that I can press into service as a spare. The notebook runs
Windows 2000, and has a version of Microsoft Office on it, and also a copy of
my email program. Other apps that I use are not on the notebook, but are less
critical to my day-to-day work (I hope). The problem would be in getting my
current work files off the hard-drive from the XP box that failed and onto the
notebook's hard-drive. At CompUSA last week I saw an external hard-drive enclosure
that provided a USB 2.0 (or was it Firewire) interface. If I put my desktop
hard-drive into such an enclosure, I could access that drive from my USB-enabled
notebook. Maybe. I've had mixed-luck with USB under Windows 2000. My USB scanner
works; my USB camera doesn't.
If my Linux box goes down leaving its hard-drives intact, I'll just order new
parts via overnight deliverey and let it stay down until I can be bothered to
install the new parts.
A peripheral, such as a monitor or a printer, could fail — I have
spare monitors and two printers. Nothing to worry about here that I can think
A housefire, theft, or some other major event could cause me to lose all
my computers, their hard-drives, and any backup media I might have —
This is a scenario I hope I never need to deal with. My current thinking is
that I'll make archival copies of completed book and article projects and store
them in my mother's apartment, which is only four blocks away. I'll do the same
for my photos and web sites; I can tolerate some loss of photo and web site
files in the event of a major disaster such as a fire. Writing files for current
projects are another matter. I'm thinking I can write some sort of script to
copy those to my ISP on a daily basis.
I could get hit by the proverbial truck — This is different. Rather
than lose data, I lose me! This is my least favorite scenario <grin>.
The issue here is that various people depend on my knowledge of my systems:
my wife depends on me to know where our budgeting and money files are, my family
depends on me to know where the photo files are kept, my authors have sent me
their chapters, and my company wishes to ultimately get those chapters. It would
be a nice gesture on my part were I to leave some written documentation of how
I organize book files and such so that in the event of my demise the people
who need to get at those files can.
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I don't think I've covered every base yet with respect to the above scenarios.
There are obviously some things I haven't figured out, and lack of money will
prevent me from covering every possible scenario to the degree that I might
like. For example, I can't afford, or at least don't want to afford, RAID on
both my XP and Linux boxes. And if an expensive component gives out on my Linux
box, I probably won't want to part with the cash to order a new part right away.
Much of my work is deadline-driven. One of my goals in the event a recovery
scenario occurs, is to be able to get on with work quickly. It's ok if the ultimate
resulotion is a week or more in coming, so long as I can quickly and easily
find some other way to get work done in the meantime. For example, if my Linux
box goes down I usually will be able to get by for some time using the spare
database on my XP box.
This is the last of my "thinking it through" blog entries. I'm beginning
the actual implementation of a recovery plan. I took advantage of my recent
trip to Detroit for MacHack to pick up a CD writer. I'll install that soon and
use it to make those offsite copies, and to backup files that don't change often
(photos, old book projects, web sites). And then I need to find even more money
for a RAID card and spare drive for my XP box. I'll probably test the scenario
of my XP box failing sometime in the next week or two, so that I can see what
happens when I install the intact hard-drive into the box that is now running
Linux. I also need to find some software, or write some scripts, to help me
backup files on a regular basis. I need to automate as much of this work as
I can. The more I have to consciously think about making backups, the less likely
they are to get done.
Have I thought through these scenarios well-enough? Let me know. You can leave a talk-back message in this article, or you can email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tunku Abdul Rahman was born February 8, 1903, in Alor Setar, Kedah, in Malaya, a country then under British control. He was the twentieth child of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah and Che Manjalara, the sultan's fourth wife. In 1913, he went to study at Debsurin School in Bangkok, and in 1919, he was awarded a scholarship to further his studies at Cambridge University. After a lengthy trip from Singapore aboard a cargo ship, during which he contracted malaria, Tunku disembarked in the village of Little Stukeley, England. He graduated from Cambridge in 1925 and returned in 1926 for an honors degree in law. He sat for the bar exam in 1930 but failed to complete a section of the test and therefore did not pass on this first try.
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Abdul Rahman became president of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and spearheaded the alliance between the UMNO and the Malayan Chinese Association (1951) and that of the UMNO and the Malayan Indian Congress (1955). His Alliance Party won a sweeping majority in the election of 1955, and Abdul Rahman became the first chief minister of Malaya. In August, he used his first broadcast as chief minister to declare his determination in seeking independence from Britain without bloodshed.
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on Nov 22, 2012 at 11:55 am
No mention of the Shot-Spotter system being involved in alerting the police to these shootings. What gives?
on Nov 25, 2012 at 10:56 am
Hmmm is a registered user.
What're the police doing about all of these shootings??? There was a scary spate of gunfire last night, it sounded like it was from an automatic, multiple shots. The is The Taliban & the Ville duking it out. Fine, let them all kill each other, but put them on a deserted island first. I'm wondering how much egg is on the face of the police after their big Taliban raid a few years ago & now...they're baaaaack. Maybe that's why they're not being forthcoming about what's gong on, or is their silence part of some overall strategy? C'mon Chief Davis - inform the public.
on Nov 26, 2012 at 4:39 am
rick is a registered user.
Refresher from last year for those with short memory: Web Link
on Nov 26, 2012 at 12:53 pm
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Rick - I don't think that's what this recent series of shootings is about. From what I've read & heard, it's African American gang violence.
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All those bullets sound the same. I'll be more discriminating and go a few years further back: Web Link
Do we need to pass around a collection plate to fund another sweep?
on Nov 26, 2012 at 8:47 pm
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Yeah, if they wiped the Taliban out, why are they a problem again? I think our chief has been to concerned about his own career & not concerned enough about crime. I'm not putting ANYTHING in the collection plate - it's enough to deal w/our jerkoff neighbors & hideous landlord. I'm tired of the same old same old w/the police patter.
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Zoology- (Of a fish, such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea to spawn. The opposite of catadromous.More example sentences
- Pacific salmon are anadromous (sea-run) fish that migrate from freshwater to the ocean and then back to freshwater to spawn.
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Hankins says he told the group — two white males, a black male and a black female, all between the ages of 16 and 20 — that they couldn't follow him.
"I didn't leave. I didn't want them following me, [but] one of the guys hit me in the side of the head," Hankins says. "My glasses flew off. I was dazed for a minute. I tried to find my glasses so I could get their license plate number. One of the kids picked up my glasses and slammed them on the ground. I heard the lenses come out and couldn't find them again. They [the group] pulled off before I could get close enough to get the license on their vehicle."
The vehicle, he says, is a late '90s white Chevy Tahoe or Suburban.
"They didn't try to take any money. They were just out to hurt somebody," Hankins says. "They thought I was gay. They were homophobic and wanted to attack me because of that."
The APD considers the incident — currently simple assault — a hate crime and is investigating. "We do report to the state that this fits the criteria for a hate crime," says APD spokesperson Lt. Wally Welch says. "However, we have no mechanism to provide any enhanced charge in this matter because sexual orientation is not covered in N.C. General Statute."
Hankins went home, but was in such pain that by 4:30 a.m. that he went to the emergency room, where doctors found three fractures in his face.
"Right now they're waiting to see if the fractures will heal or if I need surgery," he says.
Hankins claims that the APD officer that initially responded to his call didn't file a report or interview witnesses, including an older man who helped him find his glasses and, Hankins believes, witnessed part of the attack. He has filed a complaint.
[The officer] "asked me what happened, took my cell number, my license, asked if I wanted him to call me if he found them," Hankins says. "The officer never asked anyone around questions. I was too dazed to think to do that. There was a witness that could've been important."
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An example that I recently observed was a student learning a back handspring. She had been performing prerequisite skills of good handstand work with walls and mats, flybacks onto a soft mat, and jump backs over a barrel with and without a pit, for some time. Yesterday was a good time to see if the repetitions and consistency had paid off. A few warm up reps jumping back over the barrel into the pit, reminded her of the priorities of jumping hard, aiming her body backwards, and stretching that body out, over the barrel. When she seemed ready, I offered a new possible step of taking out the barrel and jumping back from the bottom of our soft Pit Pillow mat into the loose foam. After a little thought as to whether she felt safe and confident to move to this next small step, she threw that first back handspring, with no physical help from me, and with great excitement, which we both enjoyed.
These early attempts were not perfect, but, since safety and confidence were my priorities, they were huge successes to me. While it is always tempting for a teacher or coach to want to add a "now just straighten your legs, keep them together, keep your head in, reach more", and a few other helpful suggestions, I was able to remember those priorities and to offer no other advice than to enjoy that success. Who can remember the joy of those first successes? The big ones come rarely, but the small ones can come often, if you allow them to.
Later, when the confidence is there, as was the case, we moved right on to those soft Pit Pillows on our inclined end of the Tumbl TRAK. There was no doubt or balking, since my advice was to just stand and feel whether her body (really her mind) was ready for that step. Guess what, it was. Again the first Back handsprings were not perfect, but were very safe, nice and long, and extremely successful. Since she had seen others performing back handsprings on the floor her next question was, can I do that now? My response was to enjoy your new success, and not to rush the process.
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The Power of SUNY: What People Are SayingState & Local Leaders "The SUNY strategic plan represents an unprecedented, new vision of SUNY's role in New York, in addition to a timely recognition of major changes in our economy. This plan has the potential to revitalize New York State for generations, all while ensuring that our students receive a top-quality education that not only enriches their lives, but enriches our society. More than ever before, the future of New York is tied to the future of SUNY." (read more) "With nearly a half-million students, almost 90,000 faculty and staff members, and 64 campuses around the state, SUNY is in a unique position to leverage its vast educational network and transform it into an economic engine that can help drive the state back to fiscal health and economic stability. With families and communities throughout New York teetering on the brink of financial ruin and in desperate need of economic relief, SUNY's innovative economic development plan may be exactly what we need to start renewing the promise of New York." "SUNY and CUNY are in many ways obfuscated and unable to provide the services that they can. This whole Empowerment and Innovation Act is about is liberating them, giving them the opportunity to provide the resources to their students so that we can become a part of global industries and a new global economy." "Certainly ears perked up across the state as SUNY mobilized and conducted discussion after discussion about the potential of our State University to reinvigorate New York state. Chancellor Zimpher gathered hundreds of people at venues spanning the state, and many more -- from students to alumni, faculty to business people -- followed these wide-ranging conversations online. The plan that has resulted from this grassroots effort will help the university be the backbone of New York's economic recovery and help campus leaders make the most of the power of SUNY in our home communities." "SUNY's power as a system lies in the strength, potential and diversity of our 64 campuses. We all know that SUNY is an economic development engine for the whole state—one that will become even more powerful through the vision outlined by Chancellor Zimpher. And an engine needs fuel. What SUNYIT is doing and planning is to provide some of the fuel that will make that engine work. SUNYIT, together with its public and private partners, is already delivering—and is ready to do more. With a shared commitment to quality, accessibility and affordability, we are proud to contribute to the success of SUNY— demonstrating that the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts." "The SUNY strategic plan is a vision that sees institutional excellence as the catalyst for a thriving knowledge economy and greater quality of life for communities throughout New York State. This is a vision for our collective future that UB very much shares. In this uncertain economic climate, the importance of this plan is all the more clear. New York's way forward lies with our ability to compete successfully in the 21st knowledge economy by developing new opportunities based on research and innovation. The University at Buffalo and our fellow SUNY institutions in the region are poised to lead that transformation, and Chancellor Zimpher's strategic plan for SUNY's empowerment as a strong public higher education system provides the framework for us to do just that." "The Power of SUNY" brings both energy and focus to the 64 diverse institutions that together form the State University of New York. This plan unleashes the power of a unified system of public higher education that is committed to making a positive impact on the economic health of our state and the quality of life of the communities we serve. Finger Lakes Community College is proud to support SUNY's strategic direction." "Chancellor Zimpher's new plan is bringing to the forefront the great potential of the 64-campus SUNY System. The themes of the plan are ambitious yet relevant. From economic development to a focus on health sciences and green technology, the Power of SUNY has already helped guide ECC's new strategic plan in the right direction. From our plan to the statewide economy, Chancellor Zimpher's bold new ideas mark a new era for public higher education in New York State." "New York State stands at a crossroad and by tapping into the strengths at each of the 64 campuses, SUNY can harness the collective intellect, creativity and energy to help the state succeed in the knowledge-based economy of the future. The ideas and initiatives presented in the Power of SUNY provide the roadmap for SUNY's contributions and will have significant impact in all regions of the State of New York." "The Power of SUNY challenges a public institution of higher education to lead through strategic, focused innovation in which every participant takes ownership – in short, to become entrepreneurial. The success of this venture can become a model for reinvigorating New York State itself." "The Strategic Plan seeks to unite all the diverse campuses within our system around common goals, thereby strengthening SUNY and enhancing our reputation locally and nationally. New York's current dire economic situation provides an impetus for SUNY to strive even harder to become a major economic engine in the state. The Strategic Plan sets realistic goals that will build on SUNY's strengths and propel the system and the individual campuses forward." "SUNY should be justly proud of this strategic plan that puts bold ideas within everyone's grasp. The plan builds upon the strengths of our campuses to prepare for the future and provides a long-needed vision that reflects the potential and united power of SUNY." "It is always special to be part of something that could be transformative, game-changing, and ground-breaking. The SUNY Strategic Plan is what New York needs right now. This is the blueprint for unleashing the power of our 64 campuses on the two most important issues facing us, the economy and quality of life. Its implementation, fueled by both innovation and strategic investment, will fulfill SUNY's promise and help put New York State back on track. I can't wait to get started." "It was an honor to be a part of the strategic planning process. I am excited about this plan and the commitment embedded in every paragraph. This is not your traditional academic strategic plan - it is bold, exciting, and real, and certainly demands attention. It calls for action, requires commitment, and will aggressively move SUNY and all of New York forward. Every campus and community should be eager to help make this vision a reality!" "Dr. Zimpher has visited our campuses, listened to our needs and through the most inclusive process brought forth a renewed, re-strategized and rebranded SUNY. We were asked to solve impossible problems, dream big and never question our ability as a system to impact the entire state through the most audacious goals, and more importantly through accountable actions. At Herkimer, we look forward to embracing and enhancing the Power of SUNY by joining forces with our partners and our colleagues within SUNY to create regional initiatives. We are proud to be a major player in the plan because what is good for SUNY is good for all of us." "The SUNY plan fits hand and glove with MCC's mission and current initiatives in further preparing high school and college students for 21st-century jobs and in propelling the state economy forward through community partnerships. We appreciate the opportunity to participate in building this plan and commend Chancellor Zimpher for her exemplary leadership in this vision that will serve as a new model of excellence for MCC and all SUNY colleges." "The strengths of SUNY can only be fully realized if the System thrives so that it can, in turn, facilitate realization of the great potential that is inherent in the campuses. Campuses have been thwarted from realizing their potential while laboring under interminable constraints. Chancellor Zimpher's drive to unify the System with this strategic plan and to enlist broad public support has been inspirational and hopeful. Fulfillment of the vision in "The Power of SUNY" will redound to the benefit of New York at a most critical time in our history." "I am excited about the SUNY Strategic Plan and look forward to a re-energized SUNY assisting the State in rebuilding for the 21st Century" "The State University of New York system has never before served as such a critical resource for economic development. Recent efforts toward this end have resulted in new jobs and careers for our citizens. Dr. Zimpher's efforts to expand upon this role are to be commended as the 64 campuses in the SUNY system work together to further drive the economic engine of the state." "As Chancellor Zimpher unleashes 'The Power of SUNY' across the state, we especially look forward to the roll-out of this dynamic strategic plan in Rochester on April 27. Business and community leaders alike will see first-hand how the six big ideas and the central premise that SUNY will revitalize New York's economy will enhance the quality of life for our citizens in the greater Rochester area. Further, SUNY's Strategic Plan and core values starting with student-centeredness resonate well with my own strategic vision for The College at Brockport, State University of New York and our big ideas as well." "This plan sets almost 400 years of American higher ed history on its head by putting New York's economic and social needs at the forefront of the planning process rather than the university's." "The SUNY strategic planning process was a fully inclusive effort, and the resultant ground-breaking document provides a detailed roadmap for economic recovery in this state. Chancellor Zimpher's extraordinary vision of "The Power of SUNY" clearly reflects the ability of the SUNY System to contribute in ways that will ultimately benefit all residents of New York State. As President of SUNY Cortland, I am proud to participate in this important initiative." "This strategic plan clearly shows that SUNY will play a vital part in the economic revitalization of the State of New York and provide a better quality of life for all its citizens. While all six goals will see their imprint on our own campus strategic plan, I have to say ensuring a seamless education pipeline in Ulster County will be our highest priority. I believe our SUNY community colleges are ideally placed throughout the state to work closely and effectively with their local school districts. We need to work together to guarantee that every high school student will graduate – and possess the skills that comprise 'college readiness.' That's the power of SUNY!" "The Power of SUNY has far reaching and positive implications for the entire SUNY system and certainly Niagara County Community College. It is critical during these financially challenged times that SUNY responds with a bold initiative like "The Power of SUNY" that make institutions of higher education like Niagara County Community College more competitive and attractive to perspective students." "Like SUNY, Empire State College has huge potential if it harnesses and aligns all its energy across its complex system toward common goals. Only then will we have real power. A key section in the SUNY strategic plan for me is right up front and states: 'SUNY will be pivotal in generating growth and revitalizing our communities. SUNY is powerful, large and diverse, but can do more if its disparate parts work together.' For me, the chance to do more, collectively, with my colleagues across "'The Power of SUNY' appropriately and concisely describes how SUNY can drive the State of New York to succeed economically, culturally, and educationally. Having all 64 SUNY campuses working collaboratively on various aspects of the same major goals represents a new, strategic, and powerful approach." "Onondaga Community College enthusiastically supports the Chancellor's efforts to advance higher education in New York State, and most importantly, to advance high quality, affordable educational opportunities that will propel the overall economy and workforce. In particular, tens of thousands of community college students seek the crucial benefits of continuing their education at SUNY. The seamless education pipeline – associate's degree to baccalaureate degree and beyond – is tremendously important, and we look forward to working with SUNY and our sister institutions to make this dream a reality for even more New Yorkers." Strategic Plan Steering Committee "The fact that town-hall conversations were held in every corner of the state to ensure that student voices from all campuses were heard is unprecedented. Students can finally say they were instrumental in the creation of a plan which will benefit generations of students to come." "This strategic plan, The Power of SUNY, is distinguished by the breadth of the 200 representatives who met eight times during the past six months to discuss issues that are central to both New York State and its public university. The result is a plan that rewrites the relationship between SUNY and the citizens of the state, with SUNY committing its intellectual and human resources to revitalizing New York's economy and enriching its social and community life." "By focusing on innovation and inclusion SUNY's strategic plan promises to renew New York's economy. At Purchase we are energized by SUNY's vision for the state's creative economy of the 21st century. We welcome this plan that catalyzes our institutional strengths and diversity." "It has been my privilege to represent the New York Community College Trustees organization (NYCCT) and to participate in the deliberations of such an important document that will affect the lives of so many New Yorkers and potentially all parts of the Country. Its impact on the future of education and economic development is immeaasurable. I look forward to the implementation of the Plan and the role that the governing bodies , such as the Trustees, will play in the results ". It is truly a testament to te SUNY story past, present and future.Kudos to the Chancellor and her staff." -- Mary A. Adams President New York Community College Trustees (NYCCT) "What was truly remarkable about this plan was the dedication to include all stakeholders in the strategic planning process. For the first time in my college career, I as able to sit down with administrators, professors, community leaders, and fellow students to collectively discuss cross-cutting issues and develop solutions to problems that many of us thought were unique to our own campus or situation. The inclusive nature of this process has been an instrumental stepping stone in strengthening the identity of SUNY." "Certainly ears perked up across the state as SUNY mobilized and conducted discussion after discussion about the potential of our State University to reinvigorate New York state. Chancellor Zimpher gathered hundreds of people at venues spanning the state, and many more -- from students to alumni, faculty to business people -- followed these wide-ranging conversations online. The plan that has resulted from this grassroots effort will help the university be the backbone of New York's economic recovery and help campus leaders make the most of the power of SUNY in our home communities." "It is always special to be part of something that could be transformative, game-changing, and ground-breaking. The SUNY Strategic Plan is what New York needs right now. This is the blueprint for unleashing the power of our 64 campuses on the two most important issues facing us, the economy and quality of life. Its implementation, fueled by both innovation and strategic investment, will fulfill SUNY's promise and help put New York State back on track. I can't wait to get started." "It was an honor to be a part of the strategic planning process. I am excited about this plan and the commitment embedded in every paragraph. This is not your traditional academic strategic plan - it is bold, exciting, and real, and certainly demands attention. It calls for action, requires commitment, and will aggressively move SUNY and all of New York forward. Every campus and community should be eager to help make this vision a reality!" |


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31 U.S. Code § 3725 - Claims of non-nationals for personal injury or death in a foreign country
The Secretary of State may settle, for not more than $1,500 in any one case, a claim for personal injury or death of an individual not a national of the United States in a foreign country in which the United States exercises privileges of extraterritoriality when the injury or death is caused by an officer, employee, or agent of the United States Government (except of a military department of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard). An officer or employee of the Government may not present a claim. A claim under this section may be allowed only if it is presented to the Secretary within one year after it accrues.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 975.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
3725(a) | 31:224a(words before 21st comma, 1st, 2d provisos). | Feb. 13, 1936, ch. 67, 49 Stat. 1138. |
31:224a(note). | July 3, 1943, ch. 189, § 7, 57 Stat. 374. | |
Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 597, § 1, 59 Stat. 662. | ||
Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 597, 59 Stat. 662, § 5(1st sentence); added Mar. 20, 1946, ch. 104, 60 Stat. 56. | ||
3725(b) | 31:224a(words between 21st comma and 1st proviso). | |
3725(c) | 31:224a(last proviso). |
In subsection (a), the word "settle" is substituted for "consider, adjust, and determine" for consistency. The words "United States currency" are omitted as surplus. The words "after February 13, 1936" are omitted as executed. The words "act of omission of any" are omitted as surplus. The words "(except of a military department of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard)" are substituted for "including all officers, enlisted men, and employees of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps" because of 10:2734, section 7 of the Act of July 3, 1943 (ch. 189, 57 Stat. 374), and sections
1 and
5(1st sentence) of the Act of December 28, 1945 (ch. 597, 59 Stat. 662). The words "An officer or employee of the Government may not present a claim" are substituted for 31:224a(1st proviso) for consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "by the Secretary of State" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b), the word "settlement" is substituted for "amount as may be found to be due to any claimant . . . as a legal claim" for clarity and consistency. The words "by Congress" are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (c), the words "A claim may be paid under this section" are added for clarity. The words "of the settlement" are substituted for "determined under the provisions of this section" for consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words. The word "complete" is substituted for "full" for consistency. The word "satisfaction" is substituted for "settlement" for clarity.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections
(d), and
557 of Title
6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section
542 of Title
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Pinal County authorities say a second suspect now is in custody for allegedly stealing donation jars meant for a 7-year-old girl battling cancer.
County sheriff's officials say 21-year-old Peter Cardinale, of Chandler, was arrested Thursday at his grandmother's home in Apache Junction.
The other suspect — 21-year-old Anthony Stuber, of San Tan Valley — was taken into custody Tuesday.
Authorities say the two men were separately seen in surveillance video taken during the thefts on July 22 and Aug. 9 at Queen Creek-area Walgreens stores.
The two aren't believed to be working together.
Deputies suspect the two men allegedly stole about $300 from both jars.
The donation jars were placed at the stores by the ailing girl's parents, who planned to use the money to cover some family expenses.


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Founder of union city, new jersey-based brokerage firm pleads guilty to role in $1 million kickback conspiracy
March 31, 2011 |
NEWARK, N.J. – The founder and president of the Union City, New Jersey-based brokerage firm Montclair Funding Group, LLC (MFG) admitted today to his role in a wire fraud conspiracy including a secret kickback scheme which defrauded his co-conspirator's former business partners of approximately $1 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
Rory Donadio, a/k/a "James R. Donadio,"41, of New York, entered his guilty plea to an Information charging him with wire fraud conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Dennis M. Cavanaugh in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed and statements made in court at this and related proceedings:
Donadio admitted that he conspired with others between 2005 and 2009 – including Mathew Sheldon, 36, of Brooklyn, N.Y., who was then the part-owner, underwriter, and legal counsel for the New York-based litigation funding company Law Funder, LLP – to commit wire fraud in connection with the business relationship between MFG and Law Funder. Last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office charged Sheldon with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to the scheme, and the Complaint against him remains pending.
Law Funder, which extends loans to plaintiffs in pending civil litigation, would get new clients either directly or through broker services, and would pay fees to the referring brokers. Donadio conspired with Sheldon to design and execute a secret kickback scheme. Donadio admitted that Sheldon agreed to refer clients who had contacted Law Funder directly to Donadio at MFG, and that after Donadio prepared those referrals he would send them back to Sheldon for consideration. In exchange for the referrals, Donadio agreed to pay Sheldon a kickback of half of the broker's fee resulting from any referral that Law Funder approved. The scheme resulted in more than approximately $1 million in fraudulent payments to Sheldon.
Donadio and Sheldon concealed the kickback scheme from the co-conspirator's former business partners, Law Funder, and others by, among other means, using code words, such as "Giants" or the letter "G," in records which referred to related transactions. During the conspiracy, the pair met repeatedly to identify the coded transactions and calculate the amount payable to the co-conspirator pursuant to the kickback scheme, which was paid using wire transfers and other means.
Donadio admitted that he and his co-conspirator used proceeds from the scheme to purchase illegal drugs, engage in illicit gambling, and patronize prostitutes in New York, New Jersey, and elsewhere.
U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward, for the investigation leading to the arrest and charges. He also thanked postal inspectors of the Newark division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Acting Inspector in Charge Thomas E. Boyle.
The count to which Donadio pleaded guilty carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is currently scheduled for July 18, 2011.
As for Sheldon, the charges and allegations contained in the Complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney André M. Espinosa of the U.S. Attorney's Office Economic Crimes Unit in Newark.
This case was brought in coordination with President Barack Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. President Obama established the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated, and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes.
Defense counsel: Anthony J. Fusco, Esq., Passaic, N.J.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of New Jersey.
FEMA is now accepting applications from residents and business owners who sustained losses in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Essex County, Hudson County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County and Union County.
Register online at
www.disasterassistance.gov , by web-enabled mobile device atm.fema.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA(3362) or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY) for the hearing and speech impaired. The toll-free telephone numbers will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. EDT seven days a week until further notice.


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Mixed bag:
Obama, Democrats Plot Out Follow-Through on Jobs SpeechObama pushes Congress to pass transportation billFeds Ready to Drop the Hammer on the Banks to Recover Fannie, Freddie LossesDick Durbin to Chair Hearing Examining Rash of Voter ID LawsCongressmen Skip Out on Town Halls After Facing Voter OppositionTax-dodging CEOs gave big to both parties
More at the Newswire.
Job wars:
U.S. Is Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over MortgagesObama Jobs Plan: 'Innovative Infrastructure Ideas' And Sector-Specific Relief — Trumka and AFL-CIO Release Jobs Plan for Labor DayWhite House Requests More Than $5 Billion in Disaster Relief FundsWikileaked: An horrific wear crime committed by American soldiers in IraqObama calls for clean extensions of transportation fundingMassive oil slick forms near Deepwater Horizon siteGoldman Sachs Orders By Fed to Hire Consultant to Review Mortgage LoansCourt rules that Americans DO have the right to video the cops! (via Mark Crispin Miller)
Obama steps it up:


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