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Age crisis arrives at model rail club (From The Oxford Times)
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Age crisis arrives at model rail club
1:00pm Wednesday 20th February 2013 in News By Pete Hughes, Reporter covering Abingdon and Wantage, South Oxford and Kennington. Call me on 01865 425431
ABINGDON has a secret treasure trove worth a small fortune to its creators.
Known only to a few, its location a closely-guarded secret, the artisans of the Abingdon Model Railway Club have been crafting their miniature world for almost 40 years.
But the 60-strong club has an age crisis – 25 years ago half its members were under 30, now just five are.
Members say that they have to compete with computer games, and youngsters are not joining up like they used to.
Club member Ivan Cadge said: "It used to be people would join at 15, then they leave a little later as other interests took precedence, but they would come back."
By day, Mr Cadge, 51, works as a receptionist for Abingdon and Witney College.
But for the last 10 years he has been painstakingly building an exact model replica of Abingdon Railway Station as it was in 1948.
To make it perfect he has trawled through local history archives, looked at hundreds of old photos and even talked to people who remembered the station as it was.
He has amassed so much knowledge in the process that he now gives talks to local history societies.
Mr Cadge, who lives in Abingdon, said: "My layout is the product of 10 years' work by numerous people.
"Materials alone have cost thousands."
Minutely detailed, hand-crafted landscapes feature gardens that have individual cauliflower, cabbages and beans.
Club chairman Andrew McMillan, 65, said: "It is rather like painting, it is a three-dimensional art.
"It is all about something that is moving.
"It is living and breathing – but not human."
His interest was kindled growing up in North Oxford and going to a playground next to the railway line, and he joined the club when it formed in 1974.
When Abingdon Town Council visited the club a few years ago, councillors declared it a town treasure.
Mayor Monica Lovatt said: "As one of the only women, I wasn't sure I would enjoy myself but it was absolutely fascinating."
She added: "Their local history knowledge is such a valuable resource for the town."
The club is hoping to forge some interest among potential new members at its annual exhibition.
Members will display all their layouts, as well as those of invited guests, at the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre in Abingdon, on Saturday, March 2.
Mr Cadge said: "We are open to all age groups and we would love to get some younger members in."
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Shoplifting hits new five year high in Blackburn (From This Is Lancashire)
Shoplifting hits new five year high in Blackburn
9:53am Thursday 9th January 2014 in News By Michael Morrison, Hyndburn reporter
THE number of shoplifting incidents in the run-up to Christmas is at a five-year high in Blackburn, new figures have revealed.
More than 300 incidents of shoplifting in November and December were reported in 2012, compared to 197 in 2007 – an increase of 35 per cent.
Although figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, were not available for 2013, the number of food-related thefts increased in 2013, police said.
Despite luxury items, such as perfumes, digital cameras and designer headphones being taken, there were numerous thefts of every day products, including baby clothes, food, and children's toys. A police spokesman said: "Some areas have seen increases in general shoplifting and, as part of that, we have seen examples of basic food items being stolen, which is a slight change from what we have seen previously.
"Whilst we aren't drawing any specific conclusions from this, it may be possible that social pressures are one of the many potentially contributing factors." The number of food-related thefts increased from just under 25 per cent to 33 per cent between February and July last year.
The police spokesman said officers carried out patrols, provided security advice to stores and dealt with repeat offenders, often through civil orders such as ASBOs or banning orders.
President of Blackburn Chamber of Trade, Tony Duckworth, said offenders seemed to be coming from 'bail hostels'.
He said: "Shoplifting seems to be endemic. It is a problem for people and it's expensive to deter. We have links between shops, and habitual offenders are monitored. It's a matter of whether they are caught."
Loraine Jones, general manager at The Mall, Blackburn, said: "We have a fantastic team of professional, experienced security personnel here and we take part in a campaign called Detect and Deter, aimed at identifying offenders before they enter The Mall."
Executive director at Blackburn with Darwen Council, Andrew Lightfoot, said 'crime and anti-social behaviour in the town centre is a top priority'.
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10:42am Thu 9 Jan 14
shytalk says...
Noiticer wrote:And they won't be bothered if its a prison cell where they are being fed or from what they have stolen from a supermarket.. For many a prison cell is becoming preferable to a park bench. There are a lot of vulnerable people out there and as the food banks will tell you quite often it is through no fault of their own.
A sign of the times. Whereas the rich get away with legal tax avoidance as well as more dodgy but hardly 'policed' tax evasion which costs the country billions of pounds, the poor have only criminal shoplifting to resort to.
The Tory plantation owners though will say different.
11:29am Thu 9 Jan 14
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12:18pm Thu 9 Jan 14
makaveli96 says...
There would be no need for prisons, and the extra money could be spent on the good!
Its like breeding the best race horses.
Eventually you would blood a good decent society!
Or am I just ahead of my time.....
12:24pm Thu 9 Jan 14
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12:33pm Thu 9 Jan 14
zulu_sotv says...
Just a bit too stupid, or perhaps obsessed with Bitain's punishment code in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Mybe you ought to get local lad and Dr Who to 'whizz you back there' in his Tardis perhaps ?
1:33pm Thu 9 Jan 14
makaveli96 says...
zulu_sotv wrote:Next you will telling me that the USA isnt an illegal country that was taken from the British by unapproved force!
Nope Makeveli, NOT 'ahead of your time'. Just a bit too stupid, or perhaps obsessed with Bitain's punishment code in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mybe you ought to get local lad and Dr Who to 'whizz you back there' in his Tardis perhaps ?
2:03pm Thu 9 Jan 14
makaveli96 says...
He said, "You know, you could do better."
"Thanks dad, that means a lot," I replied.
"I was talking to your girlfriend."
2:06pm Thu 9 Jan 14
makaveli96 says...
This leaves National Rail as the last remaining Great Train Robber, with cheese sandwiches for £4.50
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1:59pm Fri 10 Jan 14
makaveli96 says...
zulu_sotv wrote:"To the person who mugged my 67 year old mum and my sister. I hope you get hit by a bus and die. Slowly." - Myleene Klass Vents Fury After Mum And Sister Are Robbed
Nope Makeveli, NOT 'ahead of your time'. Just a bit too stupid, or perhaps obsessed with Bitain's punishment code in the 17th and 18th centuries. Mybe you ought to get local lad and Dr Who to 'whizz you back there' in his Tardis perhaps ?
Its not just me who thinks a hard stance is required!
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These Childhood Faith poems are examples of Faith poems about Childhood. These are the best examples of Childhood Faith poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
Soul progress
back field in motion
The guff
Chose, chose, live grow leave! GO!
Leapt from heaven's gold
Jump started into a human mold
White clapboard poverty with tiger lily blooms,
blueberry rake poverty woolen looms.
Riffs of Emerson, Whitman, Longfellow dawns,
mothers' hazel eyes, father Davidesque form,
chosen to drive twixt a Jew and a screw.
Magnet of lunacy...
Tumbled like an agate into the stream of life
part of the dream lesson
scream lesson
Abuser of power, one who had once roared,
Eve shaped now, weak and mewling
between the weeds of woe.
Care taken by lovers torn.
Watched over by pedophile uncles.
Befriended by lewd Father of sons.
Adult child, searching amongst the Word
for the Word is God and GOD …
There are so many words
Root ripped scenes from beauty to horror
Shiksa* taunts seep in with the smell of borsch.
A pumpkinseed amongst the pricks of Brooklyn
A wild rose planted in the asphalt soil
Doo-wop ditty
Jew's bop to a Dago harmony,
bagels, bialys and the French twisted strands
of great grandma's hair.
Clipped, stripped of family shoved whole
into yet another new mold.
True believers, ah yes, fanatics all.
The struggle to survive whole healthy
dipped in, dripped in, a bath of acid and thorazine.
Polish priests pedal platitudes to the sisters of St. Joseph
behind the gilded glory of the Church.
Raped by trust and betrayed by lovers,
a rose married to a prickles thorn,
so empathy is gained, and a healer born.
Metal must be formed in a crucible of fire
A healer can not be born without tasting the pyre.
The warrior lays her weary head,
With heavy heart she cannot bear,
Burning tears stream down her face,
As whispered memories touch the ear.
Her armour tarnished by remorse,
Her battle-cry a wimpered row,
Her wounds, of which bleed solitude,
Will never know forgiveness now.
The song began two score ago,
When two came knocking at her door,
In need of refuge from the world,
Of that, and love, and little more.
Forced to fight for every smile,
Her only solace found in song,
She longed for love to rescue her,
And plant her where she could belong.
Jealous tongues are seldom kind,
Self-seeking hearts know nought of love,
The caged canary only sings,
When coaxed to praise from up above.
For the steely spine that now I own,
Forever shall I grateful be,
A gift from her, and from her own.
Courage mounted inwardly.
I'll not forget how I have loved thee,
And youthful memories I will prize,
Til on the shore of His forgiveness,
Whereto now, we both shall rise.
Daddy will you hold me and
Tell me I'll be okay?
Will you whisper in my ear
All the things you used to say
Will you squeeze me tight,
And call me your little girl?
Daddy will you make me laugh
And still give me the world?
Daddy just hold me close,
Please never let me drop
Keep me under your wing,
And please never ever stop
Daddy please I'm hurt
Don't you see me lying here
Come back and make it all okay
Please come chase away this fear
Daddy hold me close to you
I want to feel your heart
Say you'll never ever let me go
And never say we'll part
Tears streaming down my face
Daddy please come here
I need you more than ever now
Daddy please just hold me near
Hold me tightly in your arms
I'm begging, "please don't let go"
I still need you Daddy
I just thought you'd like to know
Daddy please I want you
Can't you see me cryin'?
Look daddy way down here
Your little girl is dyin'
Daddy please I'm falling now
Wont you hold me tighter?
This monster is pulling me down
Please make this burden lighter
Daddy please come help me
Can't you hear me screaming?
Don't leave me here now
With my tears still falling, streaming
Why don't you look at me?
Daddy please I'm scared
You saved all the other ones
Why wont MY soul be spared
Daddy please come back
In my heart I miss you
Just comfort me Daddy please
With all the things you used too
Daddy please I miss you
And I'm at my last resort
I'm sorry, but I can't go on
This is my sad report
Your little girl is missing
Please tell me that you see.
Why don't you put to rest,
This pain that's running through me
All I want is you Daddy
So please come just take me home
All I want is you Daddy
I'm so tired of being alone
Daddy why won't you look at me
Why don't you care?
Why did you kiss the rest?
But me you did not dare
Daddy hold me close and
Call me your little girl
Tell me it will be okay and
That you'll still give me the world
Tell me that you love me
Just tell me that you do
And whisper in my ear
All the things you used to
Daddy please hold me closer
I'm starting to slip through
Just please don't let me go
I can't do all this without you
Look into my eyes and
Tell me what you see
Tell me that you care and
Still want to set me free
Daddy will you hold me
And catch all of my tears
Daddy will you help me and
Chase all of my fears
To be called ..
~ Grandma is a Honor ~
I have been blessed with 4 Grandchildren
~ one lays in Heaven " Kaleb " He is God's Angel ~
~ His twin brother he will always watch over , and be in his soul~
For he loved his Brother so much in the womb ,
he chose Heaven which gave life to his twin
~ I feel his spirit when I see the other Grandson ~
Time passed another gift to see
we are " Mickes" and Loved
Our Dad held the title in Baseball
~ that's how we roll ~
those children are Grandmas hero's
The Irish they love big and Family is everything
The brothers will protect the beautiful sister
~ as many lads will be calling ~
Every time my Grandson hits a home run
There will be a Angel watching proudly in the stand
It will be as if the Angel lifted him when he runs
~no one runs faster then my Grandson~
either baseball or Art ~ you shall find your gift given
These children have been blessed~
~ a beauty to hard to describe
If you think not ~~ Take a look at the Mom
That girl can stop Traffic
after raising three and still~
"Inspired by the gift and loss of Grandchildren "
May our precious " Kaleb " softly rest where Angels only Dwell
They hate you because your you
They make up lies and call it true
They're fake behind your back
Hoping someday that you'll crack.
They hate you because your real.
no matter what they say you always heal
They're surprised to see you rise,
That you're not affected by all these lies
They hate you because you smile at them
It shows them that your a real gem
You are always true and do your best :)
Sometimes these haters just cant test
They hate you for no reason
Despite it all, you smile
whatever the reason
At the end of the day
All i'm gonna say
All i plan to be
-Sanderline Fleury :)
The sweetest sounds of burning trees
A gentle stroking in the breeze
The calm has lasted past the storm
Cloudy visions, Satan's roar
Too many sights have passed my way
A time found only in the haze
The softest screams are running bare
My aching bones creak as I stare
You walk a distance towards me
The fall's eternal, can't you see?
I'm a memory in your heart
I whisper to you in the dark
The battle's started at the end
No one is coming to repent
The sinners grab their wine from prey
No judgment calling here to stay
The sport is reckless to be told
The one is laughing at his souls
It falters nowhere to be sure
The power grows forevermore
Like a spirit in the wind
I have no say in where you've been
But cross the line to come to me
And pay the price for ecstasy
You walk a distance towards me
The fall's eternal, can't you see?
I'm a memory in your heart
I whisper to you in the dark.
I never did the
''He loves me not....
He loves me'' game
with flowers.
I already knew nobody loved me
so why should I listen
to a stupid flower?
I did make wishes
on dandelions
after the bloom died
and it was tiny spikes of fluff
waiting to blow away
till next year.
I hated wasting my time
but I couldn't resist.
I figured
''If there's even a small hope
that this will work....
I've got to try! ''
I would find a spot
where nobody could see me
and I'd whisper
my one wish
the same wish
every time.
Thousands of dandelions
blown away
by my pleading breath.
I never told a soul
my wishes.
Until now.
I wished to be happy
one day...
with a husband
who loves me
and kids who love me.
I wished so hard...
I never thought
those dandelions
were listening.
A burst of white light
gamma rays, overbearing
a flash of brilliance
burns through to my soul
everything is like hell
the world starts to melt
in the blink of an eye
just the cold blackness
of night
I don't care if I am not again
what I once was, for at this moment
I am greater now
than ever before
I took the path between
teetering, tight roping walking
right up to my right
divined in my unholy state
I thought I told you
I am your king
still you sit there, hesitating
I know you hate me
what does that mean?
I hate just about everything
still I'm chosen
I did not wish before
now bow down to me
refuse me no more
for I shall always be your demon
until you accept me as your King.
I don't even know you
though you say we used to be
best of friends, you and me
the day you ditched me
I remember now
exactly how it played out
back when we were just tiny things
even back then I still was King
you thought me stupid
just a ruse
I would laugh inside, you see?
not one of you single, mean people
ever even knew me
in a world, mostly seen to me
that is why only I can be your true King
and bring forth a new source
of light everlasting.
As two worlds collide slowly aligned
one wrapped in shadows
one bathed in white
evils swirling in the clouds above
I'll always be the king you love
to hate or despise as in your blood
I thought I told you, I am the one
I am the way, the way out shall be shown
breathe in my spirit as it carries you away
breathe in my faith it shall carry your empty space
and deposit you gently on a cloud just enough
higher than you've ever dreamed of
for I am king now, and your in my hell
your in my imagination, I'll just never tell
you'll feel as though dreaming, you'll feel now
if you try and see
you were always found the most
shared in the light cast upon me
the last bright star in heaven.
Denounce my name, if you may
One year later, still not afraid
A black sheep, a darkened spade
That's just life, I'm not right
I'm in the wrong, follow along
Like a piper, I'll pitch a song
Mesmerized, the weak wills sing
I thought he told you, he's still our king.
When I was just a little girl, I dreamed I'd meet a knight.
He'd proudly wear his shining armor, and guard me day and night.
I kept on dreaming half my life and searched as I grew.
Until I found my knight one day, I found my knight in you!
Before our paths crossed that day, my struggles had been great.
But when I laid my eyes upon you, I thought it must be fate.
You gently got to know me and embraced me as a friend.
And as our friendship grew in time, we knew it wouldn't end.
As our lives were set in motion, we climbed mountains and sailed seas.
And as we've shared our lives together, we've blended with such ease.
Our friendship grew as years passed by into such an enduring love.
This thing we have together now was blessed from God above!
I know we both have said it. We feel it in our souls.
We've devoted our lives to each other, and together we'll grow old.
The love we share is very rare, and should be held with high esteem.
For some may only find this kind, only in their dreams.
This is what God planned for us, to live here on this land.
To be the best we both can be, walking through it hand in hand.
Even when our roads seem rough, we must have a faith that lasts.
We'll smile as we share many today's, and reflect gladly on our past.
I hope I've touched your life my love, as much as you've touched mine.
For this is the love I've always dreamed of, a love both gentle and kind.
I believe we meet our "soul mate" only once in our lives.
This blessing from God has come to us, I'm proud to be your wife.
With all this said my poem will end.
A poem for my love, who is also my friend!
I want to thank you with all that I am,
For showing me Darling, the true love of a man!
With all my love, Michelle
Merry Christmas – December 2006©
There was once a young girl,
Who wish upon the stars,
Looking so bright in the sky,
She dream and soar up high.
Opportunities knock in front of her,
She think, she decide, with a prayer,
Go on, walk alone and prove to everyone,
That no matter what, she will do her plan.
Roads are not as smooth as she goes,
But strong enough to dream and pursue,
Thinking of the wish she promise to herself,
And she asks God to give her more strength.
To be strong to face challenges in life,
And dedicate her wish to God above,
Now success is within her reach,
With her determination not to be rich,
But to help for those who are need.
A girl who once wish upon the stars,
Is now a woman of example and virtues ,
For she is the already the molders of the youth,
Wish granted and she is now contented,
For God is really good if you believe and have faith
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Pd's "New Poem" Contest
That Young girl was.......me
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SPOKANE, Wash – Nearly 200 pages of newly-unsealed search warrant affidavits show Spokane Police believed Sharlotte McGill's own daughter, Billie McKinney, may have been behind her May murder.
McKinney was among the first to call 9-1-1 from her mother's side in the moments before McGill died of stab wounds May 3rd outside her Spokane apartment.
But these documents McKinney was the sole beneficiary of a $750,000 life insurance policy, and police say she was shopping online for "cars and other items" after the murder, but that the money wouldn't be released until she was cleared as a suspect.
Also in their search warrant affidavits, police chronicle what they call "inappropriate" behavior on McKinney's part; just hours after the murder of her mother, police say she "was reported to have acted in a relieved or giddy mood." They say she later showed "a lack of emotion" and made several calls to claim the insurance money.
They write that McKinney had 6 separate lie detector tests scheduled, but either failed to show up, rescheduled them, or said she was too emotional to take one. She never completed one.
In June, when investigators searched the laptop used both by McGill and McKinney, they report, "a search of the hard drive revealed all data had been deleted from the hard drive approximately two weeks before and after the murder."
Also during that search of McKinney's new home in Spokane, police seized a knife similar in size to the stab wounds found on her mother, as well as phones, marijuana and a hand-written "to do" list noting an Internet search for "blood stains."
Also in the documents, police believed there might have been communication between McKinney and Steven Lewis, the boyfriend of Avondre Graham's mother. Lewis was an original suspect in the case. But we know now, 17-year-old Avondre Graham has been charged with McGill's murder, and according to court documents, confessed to the killing because McGill was making fun of his music and called him a racial slur.
Graham has also been charged with the assault of two other women in the Spokane area dating back to August.
Billie McKinney was never charged with any crime, and her lawyer says police told him she's been cleared as a suspect, but is very upset to have been considered in the first place.
Billie McKinney's lawyer, Jeffry Finer, released this statement to KHQ Wednesday:
"Ms. McKinney is grateful that local law enforcement gave her mother's murder its full attention. A suspect is now in custody for the murder of Sharlotte McGill. As of last week law enforcement advised me that Billie McKinney has been cleared of any involvement.
Ms. McKinney understands that law enforcement must pursue a murder aggressively. She understands that an investigation must go where the evidence leads, and that investigators must be persistent.
While the law permits investigators to mislead suspects, to create ruses and to lie to suspects, the law does not permit misrepresentations to judges in official documents. The contents of this affidavit contain several serious misstatements.
These errors may have been accidental. Sometimes in the pressure of an investigation good work stumbles. Even experienced investigators, trying to go by the book, can make mistakes.
But the errors in the affidavit are unsettling, appear deliberate, and have no legal justification. In the coming days I will demand a formal explanation from the authorities.
In the meantime, Ms. McKinney asks that her family and friends, and the community of Spokane, understand that she is bereaved, that she grieves the loss of her mother deeply, and for her the pain is undiminished."
Avondre Graham's murder trial is expected to begin in mid-November.
SPOKANE, Wash. - Pig Out In The Park brings in thousands to delve into their favorite fair-like foods and put diets on the back burner. But this year is a little bit different, because organizers are calling it the largest pig out yet.


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Home Schooling an Option in Pleasanton?
Original post made by Johanna Weissen on Feb 4, 2013
We see many teachers as bad citizens, and teachers' unions as greedy "takers", and we don't want our children exposed to these types of people. And then there's the suppression of the "evolution" vs. creationism debate, resistance to stem cell research, and their always pushing the dogma about a changing, increasingly "pluralistic" (multi-cultural) society. Just look at how they worship the Gay lifestyle and even create a special month for Black people. We're German Americans, but I don't recall any special holidays for us. In short, we see a "liberal conspiracy" to take our children away from God and all that is good about being a real American.
We're thinking about homeschooling our six children. We can't afford a private school, and the public schools are infected with all kinds of evil. Has anyone in Pleasanton tried homeschooling? How does it work for you? Thank you in advance!
on Feb 4, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Just what we need, children taught by ignorant parents. Before you think about teaching, you should really know which version of 'here' to use in your sentence:
You said, "The people hear are great".
and the right version of there, their, they're
You said, " and their always pushing the dogma "
I know you are posting this just to get people all worked up but you should at least learn how to spell simple works like this. Your spelling looks the same as the scams from Nigeria looking for money. Or maybe those emails did come from you.
on Feb 4, 2013 at 3:05 pm
This post is a joke, right? You have got to be kidding me. Please no one post on this.
on Feb 4, 2013 at 3:08 pm
I am very sorry about my grammer. I have lived in America for twelve years now but I still make very EASY mistakes! My husband usually corrects me. We use dictionary with our children. But you don't think this is a good idea? We are not sure where to turn. Thank you!


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PALMETTO -- Browsers and buyers filled the Bradenton Area Convention Center for Friday's gala opening of the 48th annual Service Club Antique & Collectibles Show, which continues today and Sunday at the convention center, One Haben Blvd., Palmetto.
Near the entrance was Eleanore E. Pagano at The Door Knocker booth. Pagano is one of the 56 vendors set up to sell crystal, jewelry, silver, china, furniture, coins and myriad other wares from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
But she is special. She will turn 90 on Nov. 15.
"I'm the oldest dealer in here," she says with a grin.
She and her husband, Russell, sold all kind of antique items at The Door Knocker at 1410 57th Ave. E. from 1969 until she closed it in 1998 after Russell had a stroke. He died in 1999. Now she sells art pottery, china and sterling silver flatware at the Feed Store Antique Mall on U.S. 301 and at this Service Club benefit.
"We named our business The Door Knocker because a hundred years ago in the Northeast, people would go door to door, offering to buy things from you," Pagano said. "They would buy an old rocker right off your porch and then resell it."
The Service Club of Manatee County is participating with the Vintage Garden booth, which is the first garden-themed booth created by the The Service Club, comprised of 36 local women who work all year to put on this show, which last year raised $95,000 for needy children in Manatee County.
"All the money goes to the children," said Marcia Wallace, president of the club.
This year, the club created a garden made of cast-off items, including vintage furniture, rustic crafts, delectable bird feeders made from tea cups, a wooden credenza with personality, tote bags, luminaries, cookbooks, hand towels, hand-painted pillows, original artwork and more.
Paula Hawkins, booth chairman, said one of her favorite pieces is a colorful bottle tree that has its roots in African culture. All the items are for sale.
The show also features a Community Haven room near the front doors of the convention center.
Marla Doss, director of Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities, was on hand to explain how clients have created vases and floral arrangements that are for sale to furnish equipment the nonprofit needs for severely handicapped persons.
The organization's 32-acre school was once way out in the country at 4405 DeSoto Road, Sarasota, but now it is close to the Target at University Parkway and Honore.
Throughout its 59 years, Community Haven has been assisted by the women of Service Club of Manatee, said Doss. "Without them, children would not be able to receive the critical care they need."
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Mr Kevin Magee Representative, Australian Office, Taipei
Mr Magee is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was most recently the Australian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (2008-11).
Overseas, Mr Magee has served as Consul-General in Guangzhou (2003-06), Deputy Head of Mission in Moscow (2001-03), First Secretary in Singapore (1994-97) and Third Secretary in Beijing (1990-92). He has also served as a United Nations Disarmament Fellow based in Geneva and New York and joined the 47th Australian Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in October 1992.
In Canberra, Mr Magee has also held the positions of Director of the China Political and External Section (2007), Director, China Economic and Trade Section (2001), and Director, China Bilateral Relations Section (2000).
Between 1997 and 1999, Mr Magee worked with the Victorian State Government as a senior advisor.
Educated at Monash University, Mr Magee holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours and a Bachelor of Laws degree. Mr Magee speaks Chinese, French and some Arabic, Russian and German. He is married with two children.


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2010 Hunks on the Right Calendar"
In conjunction with our good friends "Mock" and "Daisy" at www.chicksontheright.com, we have produced a 2010 calendar featuring politically conservative Hoosier men. Proceeds from the sales will benefit the Indianapolis Tea Party.
Why the title "Hunks on the Right"? Because it is FUN...and smart conservative "chicks" like Mock and Daisy know there is more than one way to define a "hunk"! Each of these men, who generously donated their time to this project, exemplify many of the following traits conservatives admire: intelligence, strength, courage, ingenuity, perseverance, good sense of humor, dependability, humility, love of country and the US Constitution...just to name a few! In the calendar, you will enjoy reading Mock's and Daisy's personal reviews of each of the guys...and if you have not been to the Chicks' website, go there today!
Who are these conservative men? For this year's calendar, each person selected is involved politically in some manner: an elected official; staff worker; campaign manager/consultant, activist; party official; etc. Look for Governor Mitch Daniels on the cover! Other conservative "hunks" in the calendar include Lou Quinto, Mark Kindred, Bart Lomont, Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, Jeff Petersen, Eric Holcomb, Sebastian Smelko, Jamal Smith, Brad Rateike, Jason Sondhi, Matt Swiontek,Emery McClendon of Fort Wayne, (www.armad.net); Murray Clark, & Ryan Wotherspoon of Richmond.


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Surprising many improv handicappers, Matt Besser, one of the four original founders of the Upright Citizen's Brigade, gave a master class at the 13th annual Del Close Marathon where he didn't publicly excoriate any of the students. I just found my notes from that lecture in August 2011 and am sharing them here. Most everything is either a quote or very close paraphrase, lightly edited for comprehension.
The problem with a long opening is that you forget stuff.
In character monologues, make sure you're not just repeating, but heightening
It's not just enough to use referents from the opening. Use the best ideas.
The danger in saving the best material/most interesting idea, like until the 3rd line, is the scene can very easily go in different direction — and usually a less interesting one.
Don't use your own initiation from the opening. By using someone elses idea you guarantee that at least two people on stage know what you're talking about.
If you have an initiation with a pro wrestler, and someone eating all the butter, you can either do a scene about pro wrestling, or about eating all the butter. Pick just one unusual thing to play.
The most important thing to get from the opening is FUNNY IDEAS. I don't want a bunch of art I gotta swim through with my goggles on to find the funny. The more non-funny stuff in the opening, the harder it is to remember the funny stuff.
Warmups: do one high energy physical warmup, then get on to doing stuff that makes you think of premises.
Someone says "let's do a sketch about a steel beam." What should go through your head is, "what's my opinion on steel beams?" Not "what's funny about steel beams?"
The suggestion is "manatee." And I say "it's the cow of the sea." And you say, "it's also the princess of the sea," I'm like, fuck this guy, what about my idea?
When you get a big word as a suggestion like "children" or "dating" or "drunk," bring it down to personal experience.
Pitch confident with fingers up and connecting, not hands on hips, forehead angled at ground, or discouraged.
Don't let art or rules get in the way of coming up with premises during opening.
When taking a scene discovered through improv and convert it into a sketch, you clear away a lot of the bullshit.
Exploration makes funny into smart.
The difference between premise and game is that game starts as soon as the second person joins in.
I'd rather be funny than defy expectations.
Don't take a suggestion and then make 100 different suggestions. Do hit the nail on the head and explore and heighten. Don't try to create a zillion different things on it. That just confuses people.
The audience doesn't care about "the rules," they might even laugh at a big denial - blah blah doctors office - no this is a gas station! - laffs!
Use finger pointing when pitching in opening.
Every opening is ok, it's how you do it. At the opposite end of the spectrum, it's worthless to have a really entertaining opening that doesn't help the Harold at all.
"Yes and" stops after the unusual thing has been discovered. Then you heighten with game moves.
2nd beat isn't "raise the stakes" …it's where else would it be funny to see these characters? And when picking different locations…pick the funniest one.
Relationships: it's not totally required that you know everyone in the scene.
You pull a gun, have an emotional reaction to it.
Don't start all your first scenes with guns.
Sometimes people straightman in a scene more than they do in real life. What people actually do when they see weird people is they try to be diplomatic.
Girl Scout Mafia got into DCM13
Just got the good news that my improv group Girl Scout Mafia got accepted to perform at the Del Close Marathon! This is crazy and we are so stoked. Our show is Sunday August 14th 8:45 am at Urban Stages, 259 West 30th St, NY NY.


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High school football is back. Fourteen South Sound teams begin the 2013 season Friday night, while North Thurston, a 3A state quarterfinalist a year ago, will wait one more day before its season opener at home Saturday against Steilacoom.
While those teams are primarily staying local, a few teams will head north and south. W.F. West travels 145 miles northwest to Port Angeles, while Olympia travels 125 miles south to Lake Oswego, Ore., a suburb of Portland, to face a Class 6A (equivalent to Washington's Class 4A) Lakers team that's become one of the elite programs in the state.
Coached by Steve Coury, an Oregon State wide receiver in the late 1970s, this will be Lake Oswego's second game of the season; in Week 1, Jesuit, another top program in Oregon, beat the Lakers, 28-21. Here's a look at three area games to see in the season-opening week of high school football:
Timberline (0-0) at River Ridge (0-0), 7 p.m. Friday, South Sound Stadium
The Blazers have owned the series against the Hawks dating back to the teams' first meeting in 1993, the year River Ridge opened. Timberline holds a 15-2 advantage, including an 11-game winning streak over the Hawks, whose wins over Timberline came in 1997 and 1998. The Hawks graduated playmaker Brad Wallace, but sophomore DB Chris Leiba is a highlight film waiting to happen. Timberline QB Gabe Gutierrez, upward of 20 pounds heavier, will take his first snaps since breaking his arm in Week 7 last year against Mount Tahoma. Asan Neil-Evergin, who already has a scholarship offer from Eastern Washington, will be one of the most athletic players on the field, starring on offense, defense, and special teams.
Shelton (0-0) at Tumwater (0-0), 7 p.m. Friday, Tumwater District Stadium
After graduating two UW-bound players (TE David Ajamu, RB Ralph Kinne), eyes will be on who will carry the Highclimbers' offense after the team took apart Tumwater in Week 1 a year ago, 42-21, which was Tumwater's only loss until the 2A state title game. All Shelton had to do was hand off to Kinne (2,389 yards, 30 TDs), and now, it's Jake Henry's turn. Tumwater's Sid Otton, the state's all-time winningest coach whose 346 career wins also top 34 other states, begins his 40th year at Tumwater, while Matt Hinkle, who played for Otton in the late 1970s, starts his 20th with the Highclimbers. Jayden Croft, Otton's grandson, starts his second year as starting QB after completing 51 percent of his passes, as does defensive lineman Nick Foerstel, who had a team-best seven sacks.
Newport (0-0) at Capital (0-0), 7 p.m. Friday, Ingersoll Stadium
An intriguing 4A-against-2A matchup starts the season. For Capital, it's the first of three straight against 4A opponents. The tandem of Conner Kennedy and Ryan Rieta (rushed for a combined 1,102 yards in 2012) will get the bulk of carries as first-string running backs in the Cougars' new wing-T offense. Newport, however, has its own star tailback in Connor Baumann (1,338 yards, 14 TDs), back from a team that made the first round of the 4A state playoffs. The Knights are transitioning from its dual-threat quarterback and four-year starter, Isaac Dotson, now at WSU. The Knights' biggest lineman is Calvin Throckmorten, 6-feet-6, 260 pounds.
-- Meg Wochnick, staff writer
Friday's games
NL = nonleagueOlympia at Lake Oswego (Ore.) (NL)
Highline at Yelm (NL)
Shelton at Tumwater (NL)
River Ridge at Timberline (NL)
Newport at Capital (NL)
Hoquiam at Centralia (NL)
Black Hills at Clover Park (NL)
WF West at Port Angeles (NL)
Naselle at Rainier (NL)
Raymond at Tenino (NL)
Rochester at Ridgefield (NL)
Elma at Hockinson (NL)
Saturday's game
Steilacoom at North Thurston (NL)


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FORT WORTH – An inmate testified in court Wednesday that he saw the man convicted of killing an Arlington pastor strangle a fellow prisoner to death in his jail cell with a blanket –– and a forensics analyst told the jury his DNA was found under the victim's nails.
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 25, was found guilty on Monday of capital murder in the case of Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old reverend at Arlington's NorthPointe Baptist Church who was brutally beaten and choked to death with the plastic liner of a trashcan in March 2011.
Wednesday marked the second full day of testimony in the sentencing phase of Nelson's trial. Prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty and attempting to paint Nelson as a violent threat. Much of the testimony centered around the death of a prisoner, which the prosecution argued Nelson was responsible for.
The prosecution called an inmate to the stand who said he witnessed Nelson strangle another inmate in his jail cell for nearly four minutes until the man stopped breathing. The judge asked reporters not to identify the witness to protect him from retaliation in prison.
Jonathan Holden was found dead in his cell. Guards initially thought the death was a suicide –– Holden was found with a blanket wrapped around his neck, hanging from the cell. His life and death is detailed in length in this Dallas Observer cover story.
Nelson used a broomstick to torment Holden in his cell. Holden appeared to be mentally challenged, the inmate said, and often mumbled under his breath to himself.
The witness testified that Nelson convinced Holden to let him stage a suicide attempt so the guards would arrive and remove him from his cell. The jury was shown a photo of where Holden was found: a room of single cells with bars that face each other with a narrow common area between them.
The witness said Nelson was in the common area and Holden was in his cell. Initially, the witness testified that Holden let Nelson reach his hands through his cell to wrap the blanket around his neck. But then Holden began to struggle –– the witness said Nelson pulled hard enough to lift the inmate off his feet with the blanket.
The witness testified that Nelson choked Holden for four minutes and then checked his eyes to make sure he was dead. Nelson then celebrated with a dance, the witness said, playing the broomstick as if it were a guitar.
None of the inmates in the area triggered a panic button, the witness included. A guard arrived 11 minutes later, the witness said.
Upon his arrival, the guard saw Holden hanging and fell to his knees. The jailer later testified he was called way to relieve a colleague at the time of Holden's death. Defense attorneys later quizzed the jail guard, attempting to raise doubt that Nelson was responsible.
The confinement sergeant also testified that Holden's death appeared to be a suicide and was classified as such. The inmate said he wrote a note that said "MURDER" and attempted to get the attention of the guards.
An autopsy performed by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner later ruled Holden's death a homicide. The case is still under investigation and no charges have been filed. DNA analyst Connie Patton told the court Nelson's DNA was found under Holden's fingernails.
Jurors were shown photographs of Holden's body. His face was bruised.
If Nelson is not sentenced to death, he must serve life in prison without parole.
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Next: Standard Locales, Previous: Locale Categories, Up: Locales
A C program inherits its locale environment variables when it starts up.
This happens automatically. However, these variables do not
automatically control the locale used by the library functions, because
ISO C says that all programs start by default in the standard 'C'
locale. To use the locales specified by the environment, you must call
setlocale. Call it as follows:
setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
to select a locale based on the user choice of the appropriate environment variables.
You can also use
setlocale to specify a particular locale, for
general use or for a specific category.
The symbols in this section are defined in the header file locale.h.
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe const:locale env | AS-Unsafe init lock heap corrupt | AC-Unsafe init corrupt lock mem fd | See POSIX Safety Concepts.
The function
setlocalesets the current locale for category category to locale. A list of all the locales the system provides can be created by runninglocale -a
If category is
LC_ALL, this specifies the locale for all purposes. The other possible values of category specify an single purpose (see Locale Categories).
You can also use this function to find out the current locale by passing a null pointer as the locale argument. In this case,
setlocalereturns a string that is the name of the locale currently selected for category category.
The string returned by
setlocalecan be overwritten by subsequent calls, so you should make a copy of the string (see Copying and Concatenation) if you want to save it past any further calls to
setlocale. (The standard library is guaranteed never to call
You should not modify the string returned by
setlocale. It might be the same string that was passed as an argument in a previous call to
setlocale. One requirement is that the category must be the same in the call the string was returned and the one when the string is passed in as locale parameter.
When you read the current locale for category
LC_ALL, the value encodes the entire combination of selected locales for all categories. In this case, the value is not just a single locale name. In fact, we don't make any promises about what it looks like. But if you specify the same "locale name" with
LC_ALLin a subsequent call to
setlocale, it restores the same combination of locale selections.
To be sure you can use the returned string encoding the currently selected locale at a later time, you must make a copy of the string. It is not guaranteed that the returned pointer remains valid over time.
When the locale argument is not a null pointer, the string returned by
setlocalereflects the newly-modified locale.
If you specify an empty string for locale, this means to read the appropriate environment variable and use its value to select the locale for category.
If a nonempty string is given for locale, then the locale of that name is used if possible.
If you specify an invalid locale name,
setlocalereturns a null pointer and leaves the current locale unchanged.
The path used for finding locale data can be set using the
LOCPATH environment variable. The default path for finding
locale data is system specific. It is computed from the value given
as the prefix while configuring the C library. This value normally is
/usr or /. For the former the complete path is:
Here is an example showing how you might use
setlocale to
temporarily switch to a new locale.
#include <stddef.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
with_other_locale (char *new_locale,
void (*subroutine) (int),
int argument)
char *old_locale, *saved_locale;
/* Get the name of the current locale. */
old_locale = setlocale (LC_ALL, NULL);
/* Copy the name so it won't be clobbered by
setlocale. */
saved_locale = strdup (old_locale);
if (saved_locale == NULL)
fatal ("Out of memory");
/* Now change the locale and do some stuff with it. */
setlocale (LC_ALL, new_locale);
(*subroutine) (argument);
/* Restore the original locale. */
setlocale (LC_ALL, saved_locale);
free (saved_locale);
Portability Note: Some ISO C systems may define additional locale categories, and future versions of the library will do so. For portability, assume that any symbol beginning with 'LC_' might be defined in locale.h.


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I have made several replies to posts and at the bottom below a line,there is a statement I wrote somewhere when I joined this board.
Question...How do I get that off If it is a quote surely I could do betterthan that. I thought that info. was viewable somewhere else.


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By: SORL Auto Parts, Inc. via PR Newswire
May 15, 2012 at 09:26 AM EDT
/C O R R E C T I O N -- SORL Auto Parts, Inc./
In the news release, SORL Auto Parts Reports Financial Results For the First Quarter of 2012, issued 15-May-2012 by SORL Auto Parts, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first paragraph, first sentence of the Business Outlook section should read "For the fiscal year 2012, management expects net sales to be approximately $225 million and net income to be approximately $14.6 million." rather than "For the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, management expects net sales to be approximately $225 million and net income to be approximately $14.6 million." as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows:SORL Auto Parts Reports Financial Results For the First Quarter of 2012
ZHEJIANG, China, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- SORL Auto Parts, Inc. (NASDAQ: SORL) ("SORL" or the "Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive brake systems as well as other key safety-related auto parts in China, announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.
First Quarter 2012 Financial Highlights
Mr. Xiaoping Zhang, SORL's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, stated, "We experienced severe headwinds from the domestic OEMs to international markets in this quarter. However, we outperformed the heavy duty truck market, as we benefited from our solid performance in our domestic aftermarket segment and through our continued efforts in fostering relations with our distributors and introducing new products to end customers. After the automotive market experienced a weak year in 2011, the sales decline in the Chinese truck OEM market continued to widen during the first quarter of 2012. Higher fuel price and slower construction activities continued to depress downstream customer demand for new trucks. We remain focused to expand our market share with OEMs through our broadened product offerings. As a result, our sales to the bus and construction equipment markets increased. For the first time in many years, our international sales suffered a sequential double-digit decline. While the unstable environment in the Middle East negatively impacted our sales in the region, we see good volume growth in Europe. "
Ms. Jinrui Yu, SORL's Chief Operating Officer, commented, "Our investments in higher- graded production equipment and new product development over the past two years started to generate positive outcomes. In an inflationary environment where labor costs are rising, we are proud to have maintained one of highest gross margins in the industry with our strengthened production efficiency and improved pricing power across all market segments. Our continued positive cash flows resulted from operating activities coupled with reduced capital expenditures, which enabled us to book solid free-cash-flow of nearly $4 million. We have significantly reduced short-term debt with increased receivable collections and expanded customer prepayments. With our improved financial standings, new products and enhanced operational fundamentals, we are well positioned to generate stronger earnings when market regains its growth momentum."
Financial Performance
For the first quarter of 2012, net sales were $44.6 million, compared to $52.0 million for the first quarter of 2011. Revenues from the Company's domestic OEM customers were $25.8 million, compared to $32.0 million for the first quarter of 2011, reflecting a 19.4% year over year decline. Revenues from China's domestic aftermarket were $9.8 million, a 14.0% increase over the previous year's first quarter. Revenues from international markets were $9.0 million, compared to $11.4 million from the same period in 2011.
The sales decrease, which reflected China's macroeconomic climate, was primarily due to the 11.4% decline in production of OEM commercial vehicles and the 32.0% decline of heavy-duty truck production, as compared with the first quarter in 2011. International sales decreased by 21.1% to $9.0 million for the first quarter of 2012. The decrease in international sales is multifold. The ongoing European debt crisis and currency depreciation in certain markets caused some customers lower their inventory levels. The instability in the Middle Eastern countries restricted customer purchases from those countries. Nevertheless, the increased number of vehicles in operation in China, stricter safety measures and the expiration of OEM warranties helped to increase SORL's aftermarket sales. Growing recognition of new products with new features in the OEM market and aftermarket helped our sales during the three months ended March 31, 2012. Additionally, higher sales in the construction equipment market and increased market shares in the bus OEM market partially offset the sales decline in the truck OEM market in the first quarter of 2012.
The gross profit for the first quarter of 2012 was $12.2 million, slightly lower than the gross profit of $14.6 million, for the first quarter of 2011. Gross margin was 27.4%, slightly lower than the 28.1% gross margin in the same period of 2011. The gross margin decrease was primarily the result of higher material and labor expenses, and the appreciation in the value of the Chinese currency against other currencies. The Company believes that its focus on improving production efficiencies and increasing the sales of higher-profit new products will help maintain or improve its gross profit margin.
Operating expenses increased by 4.8% to $8.9 million in the first quarter of 2012 from $8.5 million in the first quarter of 2011. As a percentage of revenue, the operating expense margin increased to 19.9% in the first quarter of 2012 from 16.3% in the same quarter of 2011 mainly due to lower sales.
Selling and distribution expenses were $3.2 million, or 7.1% of quarterly revenue compared with $3.1 million, or 5.9% of revenues in the same quarter of 2011.
General and administrative (G&A) expenses in the first quarter of 2012 were $3.9 million, or 8.7% of revenue compared with $2.9 million, or 5.5% in the first quarter of 2011. The rise in expenses was mainly due to higher labor costs and business expansion expenditures.
Research and development (R&D) expenses were almost $1.3 million, or 2.8% of revenue in the first quarter of 2012 compared with $2.0 million, or 3.8% in the first quarter of 2011. The focus of the R&D program was mainly to develop higher-margin electronically controlled mechatronic products and upgrades to the Company's traditional valve products to capture market share.
Operating income was $3.3 million for the first quarter of 2012 compared to $6.1 million for the same quarter of 2011. The reduced operating income reflects lower sales and gross profit, and primarily higher administrative expenses. The operating margin percentage was 7.5% in the first quarter of 2012, lower than 11.7% in the first quarter of 2011, but higher than 5.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Net income attributable to stockholders for the first quarter of 2012 was $2.3 million, or $0.12 per basic and diluted share, compared with $4.9 million, or $0.25 million per basic and diluted share, in the first quarter of 2011.
As of March 31, 2012, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $15.7 million compared to $17.1 million on December 31, 2011. Bank acceptance notes to vendors decreased to $0.7 million from $5.6 million at December 31, 2011. Total equity increased to $176.9 million at the end of March 2012 compared with $174.1 million at December 31, 2011. Net cash flow from operating activities was $4.3 million. At March 31, 2012, working capital was $118.8 million with a current ratio of 4.2 to 1.
Recent Developments
In January 2012, the Company announced that it expected to generate RMB60 million in sales in 2012 as the exclusive supplier of breathing spring brake chambers to its OEM customers' Shaanxi Auto, JAC and Beiqi Foton for their latest vehicles. The new breathing spring brake chamber is a timely response to the changing requirements of OEM customers' new vehicle models. The Company's new breathing spring brake chambers provide higher performance, reliability and quality than older spring chambers to enhance road safety. The Chinese government is implementing new regulations to improve vehicle and driving safety which will enhance the sales potential of the Company's new spring brake chamber.
In January 2012, the Company announced that its subsidiary, Ruili Group Ruian Auto Parts Co., Ltd., was awarded a "Class A Supplier" designation from Zoomlion Mobile Crane Branch ("Zoomlion") and it will supply approximately 70% of the brake systems and related components to Zoomlion's crane truck fleet in 2012. Zoomlion Mobile Crane Branch is a division of Changsha Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd., China's leading manufacturer of construction machinery equipment. SORL is the only brake system supplier to achieve the Class A Supplier title by Zoomlion. As a Class A Supplier of Zoomlion, SORL expects to receive large volume orders, preferential payment terms, and strategic cooperation. In 2011, SORL started to supply Zoomlion crane trucks with braking air processing unit (APU) technology. As the relationship progressed and evolved, SORL moved to provide Zoomlion's crane trucks with the entire brake system and related components, which would upgrade the braking technology and safety.
In March 2012, Ms. Jinrui Yu replaced Mr. Baojian Tao as the Company's Chief Operating Officer. With more than 15 years of experience in the auto parts industry, Ms. Yu has served as the Company's Production and International Market Vice President since August 2009. From 2004 to 2009, Ms. Yu served as the Company's Export Department Manager. Prior to that, Ms. Yu served as the International Sales Manager of Ruili Group Co., Ltd., which specializes in manufacturing auto parts, and from 1997 to 1999, Ms. Yu worked in the OEM market sales department of Ruili Group Co., Ltd. Ms. Yu holds a Bachelor degree from Fudan University and is fluent in English.
Business Outlook
For the fiscal year 2012, management expects net sales to be approximately $225 million and net income to be approximately $14.6 million. These targets are based on the Company's current views on the operating and market conditions, which are subject to change.
"We will continue to benefit from the opportunities in the Chinese domestic aftermarket where the safety requirement bar has been raised. We are confident to maintain our OEM customer base and market position while penetrating new markets and earning new customers. Internationally, we plan to enhance SORL brand image through attendance of more industry exhibitions. More specifically, we will build a stronger international marketing network focused on exploring high-value foreign markets, and actively marketing to the large automotive chain stores that directly sell to end users," Ms. Yu concluded.
Conference Call
Management will host a conference call on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. EDT / 8:00 p.m. Beijing Time to discuss its 2012 first quarter financial results. Listeners may access the call by dialing U.S. toll free number +1-877-407-0778, or +1-201-689-8565 for international callers. A live web cast of the conference call will also be available at http://www.sorl.cn.
A replay of the call will be available shortly after the conference call through 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 15, 2012. The replay dial-in numbers are: U.S. toll free number +1-877-660-6853, or the international number is +1-201-612-7415; using Account "286" and Conference ID "394057" to access the replay.
About SORL Auto Parts, Inc.
As a global tier one supplier of brake and control systems to the commercial vehicle industry, SORL Auto Parts, Inc. ranked No. 1 for market share in the segment for commercial vehicles brake systems, such as trucks and buses, in China. The Company distributes products both within China and internationally under the SORL trademark. SORL is listed among the top 100 auto component suppliers in China, with a product range that includes 65 categories with over 2000 specifications in brake system and others. The Company has four authorized international sales centers in UAE, India, the United States and Europe. SORL is working to establish a broader global sales network. For more information, please visit http://www.sorl.cn.
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This press release may include certain statements that are not descriptions of historical facts, but are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "will", "believes", "expects" or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements may also include statements about our proposed discussions related to our business or growth strategy, which is subject to change. Such information is based upon expectations of our management that were reasonable when made but may prove to be incorrect. All of such assumptions are inherently subject to uncertainties and contingencies beyond our control and upon assumptions with respect to future business decisions, which are subject to change. We do not undertake to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. For a description of the risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements contained in this press release, see our most recent Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 10-K, and our subsequent SEC filings. Copies of filings made with the SEC are available through the SEC's electronic data gathering analysis retrieval system (EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov.
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Altera Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (ALTR)
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By Craig Pearson
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. —
Larry Bird is not the only small-town Hoosier basketball success story.
But his rise to legendary status makes it the biggest.
Bird's ascension to stardom at Indiana State is the essence of what March Madness is today. He may have come out of nowhere in the minds of basketball fans around the nation, but those native to Southern Indiana's Orange County and the surrounding area (and really any pride-filled Hoosier small town) would disagree.
While he is better known for thriving under pressure in his NCAA Championship battle with Magic Johnson of Michigan State, or the Eastern Conference and NBA Finals showdowns of his pro years, Bird learned to excel on that stage while playing for rabid fans of the Springs Valley Blackhawks in French Lick.
Area filled with talent
Hardwood battles with larger rivals such as Washington and Jasper or tradition-rich Loogootee blended in with county rivals Orleans and Paoli each season. The challenging caliber of play in the area was evident as Bird improved year-to-year.
Facing talent like Orleans' 6-foot-7 Curt Gillstrap and Milltown's Dave Smith, both of whom earned scholarships to play for Louisville, Bird went from one of Springs Valley's key players to the Blackhawks' star who outshone Gillstrap in head-to-head battles as a senior.
And talented basketball players were also in Bird's own family. Three years older than Larry, brother Mark Bird was known as a great shooter at Springs Valley. The oldest of the six Bird children, Mike, also played for coach Jim Jones, who would later coach Terre Haute North Vigo's Patriots.
"That really provided him a tremendous amount of competition. He was very competitive, really had a will to win," Jones said. "Those things just began with the brothers and carried on right through his career."
Injury sparks drive
Like most kids, Bird began playing basketball early in childhood. With each success his passion to improve seemed to grow.
Bird was a junior varsity contributor as a freshman. Then, as a skinny sophomore, Bird broke his ankle in the first game of the junior varsity season.
After he healed and returned to the team in February, he earned a spot on the varsity postseason roster. Gary Holland, who was Springs Valley's assistant coach at the time, said Bird continued to practice shooting while using crutches to prop himself up.
"He hobbled and hobbled, and wanted to play so bad. He had to run what we called a Death Valley suicide in enough time to be able to play, and eventually he did," Holland said. "He came back in the sectional game and hit a couple big free throws. That really sparked him."
It was a moment in his life that Bird would later write about.
"From that point on, basketball was all I thought about, all I wanted to do," Bird recounted in his autobiography 'Drive: The Story of My Life.' I couldn't wait for school to let out for the summer so I could play ball. I would duck into the gym in between classes to get a few shots up and play again after school into the early hours of the next morning, feeling that sleep was a rude intrusion on my practice time."
The hardest worker
Bird is often regarded as one of the few guys who made everyone around him better on the basketball floor. That ability first showed itself in his junior season as he showcased his talent for passing, which he had developed during his time away due to injury.
"His passing, from that sophomore to junior year, just became unbelievable. The vision, seeing the floor was just remarkable," said Tony Clark, a senior at Springs Valley when Bird was a junior.
Clark said Bird must have averaged five assists per game to go with nearly 10 rebounds.
"He was always passing, rebounding, (and was our) second-leading scorer. Of course our scorers were close," Jones said.
Copybreaks:The senior year
Body Copy:Former Sycamore coach Bill Hodges, an assistant at Tennessee Tech at the time, recalls seeing Bird play as a junior when he was recruiting the 6-7 Gilstrap. Hodges was among the majority of programs that weren't interested in Bird's potential — yet.
"He was a good player — he was a 'tweener' — but you don't jump out and start recruiting a 6-3 wing player," Hodges recalled. "I liked their (point guard) Danny King (and) eventually ended up recruiting him to Indiana State (from junior college)."
Bird transformed himself into one of the state's elite players before his senior year thanks to continued work on his game, some weightlifting and a growth spurt of nearly a half foot.
Jones gave up coaching duties at the start of Bird's senior year but remained at Springs Valley as athletic director and guidance counselor.
Holland, who just a few years prior had been a two-year letterwinner at Louisville, took over as varsity coach.
"He was an above average player with a lot of talent and here I am 25 or 26 years old," Holland said. "Jones' (style) was 20 passes and a layup. I was 'let's get out and go.' It wasn't a coaching miracle or nothing like that, but it fit Larry's style.
"I knew Larry was playing in between his junior and senior year on the outside courts, was growing and getting better, but I had no idea he was going to be the player he would be," recalled Holland.
The main attraction
High school basketball fans all around the area were flocking to see Bird play.
"Our gym holds 2,700 people. Loogootee came here and both were undefeated. I think there was probably 5,000 people in the gym," Weikert said. "They were sitting up by the window ledges. It was the game of the year. I think we got beat. If the fire marshal came, it would have been tough to run 'em out.
They wanted to see a ball game."
Jones had never seen anything like it.
"The night he got 55 points and 38 rebounds. Gary gave him a lot of freedom, allowed him to expand his game, and he just took it to another level," Jones said.
Bird, now the one drawing the top college coaches into the area, took Springs Valley to the sectional crown. The Blackhawks won a first-round regional game but could not fend off the Bedford Stone Cutters in the regional final, falling a game short of the Sweet 16.
Jones, who has returned to live near Springs Valley after climbing Indiana's all-time wins list after many years at Terre Haute North Vigo, said Bird's one-year improvement was his physical tools catching up to a complete understanding of basketball.
"He just became much bigger and stronger. He always had the qualities," Jones said.
Copybreaks:Remembering his roots
Holland had the pleasure of coaching an Indiana All-Star who brought Louisville's Denny Crum and Indiana's Bobby Knight to French Lick. Bird made a popular choice when he chose the Hoosiers, but he left Bloomington after just a few weeks on the IU campus.
Bird worked for the city sanitation department during his year away from school and played AAU basketball — building confidence against many of the current college standouts from IU and other schools.
Bird kept close ties with his hometown, after his ISU career and as he began his professional career with the Celtics, returning home during the off-season and giving back to the people who supported him as a youth. "Larry, when he would sign endorsement contracts, the school was always included for part of it," Weikert said. "Kids had free shoes for many years. Basketballs came thanks to Larry."


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Willie B. Branch, former Co-op checker, dies
Original post made on Nov 15, 2007
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on Nov 15, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Rest in Peace,brother.
You will be missed by many,
and I will always remeber what you told me
"If you dont mind ,it dont matter"
You were my mentor and friend.
Heres to you,8 Ball.
Derek Salas,
Las Vegas,NV
on Feb 20, 2010 at 2:19 pm
It's a snowy day here today, a little west of Denver, Colorado. I was feeling nostalgic and was doing some google searches about my old stomping grounds in Palo Alto. I came across Matt Bowling's Palo Alto History Project website and saw a photo of my old neighbor and friend Willie Branch. We parted ways with Willie when we moved to Colorado in 1997. I was so shocked and saddened to read that he was homeless and having trouble after the Co-op closed, and then I as I searched for more info about Willie, I found the news that he had passed in 2007. My heart sunk. We shared many good times. We would have little friendly competitions to see who could make the best rack of ribs. He always won, but I didn't care, we enjoyed the ribs, the company and the laughs through it all. When my son was turning 6, Willie asked him what he wanted for his birthday, so Willie would know what to get for him. My son told Willie he wanted some of Willie's famous ribs for his birthday party. Willie brought 2 of the best racks of ribs we ever had. Willie always told me his dream for retirement was to have some kind of mobile BBQ rig, and he'd drive up and down the coast, picking a different place to park each day and sell his fantastic ribs to people. This would have given him the chance to spread his infectious smile and build his fan club even bigger. I hope he's in a better place, and I can see all of the people in heaven smiling, enjoying Willie's charms and the best ribs in heaven.
Miss you Willie, sorry I didn't search for you a few years earlier.
I was happy to read of all the people who pitched in to help.
Bill Shearer
Arvada, CO
on May 20, 2013 at 4:03 pm
I moved out of Palo Alto in 1996, but I remember Willie very well. He was a highlight of my weekly shopping trips to the Co-Op. I think he knew every customer and he could remember my grandmother's member number better than I could. I'm so glad the community supported him after the Weekly article and I wish I had known in order to help, also.
Thank you for being there, Willie.


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Baton Rouge, La. - Kentucky's hopes of leaving Baton Rouge with some momentum were shot after just one inning of play Sunday.
After the Wildcats jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, LSU responded with a five run frame and never looked back, winning 11-4.
For the series, the second ranked Tigers outscored seventh ranked Kentucky 31-6 and only trailed for half an inning. Top ranked North Carolina dropped its second game of the year Monday setting LSU up for a move up to the top of the polls.
Individually, freshman shortstop Alex Bregman extended his hitting streak to 20 games, hitting 5-for-11 on the weekend with 7 RBIs and 3 runs scored. His middle-of-the-infield mate JaCoby Jones had a slump breaking performance, hitting 8-for-13 including a monstrous home run Sunday.
LSU's 30-2 record is the best in program history. They will return to action Tuesday against Southern in the rescheduled Wally Pontiff Classic, still set for Zephyr Field in Metairie.
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Arizona Cardinals' Ken Whisenhunt praises Patrick Peterson's standout performance against Lions
Arizona Cardinals' cornerback Patrick Peterson has had his share of ups and downs in his sophomore campaign this season.
But in the Cardinals' much-needed 38-10 win over the Lions on Sunday, Peterson put his exceptional talent on display and showed once again why he is one of the top young corners in the game.
Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt had nothing but praise for Peterson's performance, which included a tremendous effort against arguably the league's top wideout.
"There was a lot said last week about him wanting to compete against Calvin Johnson and that's putting it out there," Whisenhunt told Arizona Sports 620's Doug & Wolf Monday. "Then you gotta back it up and just seeing him respond the way he does. He's a very confident young man, which is something that you like but when you're that way you have to back it up."
Peterson let his actions on the field do the talking against Johnson and the Lions on Sunday. He picked off a Matthew Stafford pass intended for Johnson in the second quarter, which paved the way for a crucial Beanie Wells touchdown.
The 22-year-old now has seven picks on the season, which is tied for second-best in the NFL. He also had a team-high seven tackles in Arizona's win over Detroit.
Whisenhunt said Peterson's success on Sunday stemmed from the impressive work ethic and mentality his young corner abides by week after week.
"He does it not with his words but with his actions, how he studies, how he works on the field, how he reacts with his teammates -- all important qualities some of the best players in the game that I've ever seen [Peterson] has a lot of those qualities," Whisenhunt explained.
The Cardinals knew they had something special in Peterson from the start when he burst on the scene his rookie season, establishing himself as an explosive punt returner and earning a Pro Bowl selection.
Still, for Peterson to solidify his status among the game's elite cornerbacks, he'll have to continue to perform at a high level for many years to come.
"The only thing [Peterson] doesn't have is he doesn't have it over time," Whisenhunt said. "That's something that he's got to prove consistently over time. But, he's off to a great start."
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Ryan Giggs kicked off the scoring from the penalty spot after just three minutes and, but for Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, it could have been many more by half-time.
Sir Alex's men made sure of the victory just after the hour with further strikes from Wayne Rooney and Chicharito, who netted twice in 15 minutes, to put United 4-0 up, before Aaron Hughes headed home a late consolation for the visitors.
Club photographers John and Matt Peters were on hand to capture the best of the action and you can view a gallery of images from the Cup tie by clicking on the main photo above.
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