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In an era when countries and their populations are increasingly exposed to the opportunities and risks associated with the ever-expanding global movement of people, policymakers are rethinking approaches to border controls and border management. These policies and programs run the gamut—from facilitating the legitimate movement of people and trade to thwarting the unauthorized movement of humans and contraband, the latter a significant preoccupation in the post-9/11 era and as publics have become ever less accepting of illegal immigration. The research offered here examines the management of borders, enforcement policies and initiatives, and technologies used in pursuit of border security.
The exponential growth of international travel since the 1960s has left border management systems worldwide struggling to keep up and has exposed weaknesses in states' abilities to effectively manage their borders, especially regarding terrorist attacks, human trafficking, and illegal migration.
Over the past half century, migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States has been driven in part by regional demographic and human-capital trends. As the U.S. labor force became better educated, fewer native workers accepted certain low-skilled jobs. This report offers a look at the economic changes that have coincided with a Mexican and Central American population boom.
The conference offered law and policy analysis and discussion on cutting-edge immigration issues. Featured panelists included high-ranking government officials, academics, advocates, and other immigration experts.
Noncoercive, pay-to-go, voluntary, assisted voluntary, and nonforced returns generally can offer paid travel and/or other financial incentive to encourage unauthorized immigrants to cooperate with immigration officials and leave host countries. A look at three key rationales for governments to choose pay-to-go and other returns.
Migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries rarely collaborate on migration issues because the structure of global migration systems ensures they often disagree about core policy issues. This report shows that migration collaboration makes sense when states share common goals they cannot achieve on their own.
Doris Meissner, Director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at MPI, offers her knowledge and expertise regarding border security in this testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
This discussion focuses on the MPI report, "Executive Action on Immigration: Six Ways to Make the System Work Better," which outlines administrative actions that can be implemented to improve the immigration system.
In the absence of new U.S. immigration reform legislation, this report examines the opportunities that exist within the executive branch and the administration to refine and strengthen current U.S. immigration laws and policies. The administration can exercise its authority to field policies, programs, and procedures that are effective and fair in advancing the goals of the U.S. immigration system.


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Celebrate our wedding by supporting environmental recovery efforts from the recent Gulf Coast Oil Spill.
Shion and Tina encourage you to consider giving to New Orleans and Gulf Coast charities as an alternative to traditional wedding gifts. We have already been blessed with so much, and the greatest gift is your presence on our special day! We believe that a wedding gift to The Nature Conservancy's "Fund for Gulf Coast Restoration" would be a lasting tribute whose impact will go far beyond our wedding!
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
Your donation will help The Nature Conservancy lead long-term restoration efforts in the Gulf of Mexico that go well beyond simply responding to the oil spill. Your gift will support their work towards efforts like protecting coastal wetlands and marshes, re-establishing critical habitats for threatened species and restoring the Gulf's resiliency.
For more information, check out this link at the Nature Conservancy. Thank you!
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Maryland Criminal Procedure, the recently published three-volume treatise by University of Baltimore School of Law Associate Professor Byron Warnken, J.D. '77, brings together both of these approaches, showcasing a lifetime of this scholar and practitioner's labors in understanding how criminal law has evolved in Maryland, and how it functions in a variety of settings, from enforcement to trial to conviction. The book is gaining positive reviews throughout the state's legal community, and is already finding a home in law firms and courtrooms across Maryland.
Larry Gibson, professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and author of Young Thurgood, said, "Byron Warnken has written the most comprehensive and useful treatise ever published about criminal procedure in Maryland. For many years, Maryland lawyers and judges, legal scholars, and the public will be indebted to Professor Warnken."
Ronald Weich, dean of the UB School of Law, called the collection "Warnken's Magnum Opus."
Retired Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Irma S. Raker said, "The book will become the 'go to' for criminal law practitioners."
Warnken, who has taught at UB for 37 years and specializes in criminal law and constitutional criminal procedure, said he set out to write a treatise that is both easy to understand and applicable in a wide array of legal matters. Indeed, the collection examines more than 10,000 cases, statutes and rule citations. Its 34 different chapters focus on "Arrest & Stop and Frisk," "Fourth Amendment Remedies," "Double Jeopardy," "Victims' Rights," and other key areas of Maryland criminal law.
"My goal is to save an hour a week for lawyers and judges intimately involved in Maryland criminal law," Warnken said.
Warnken said he developed the book over time; shortly after he began teaching at UB he started to supplement his course with his own research and materials. Now, everything he teaches is the result of his own scholarship—an accomplishment perhaps unprecedented in Maryland legal history. The book gathers together this work and organizes it in a way that is useful to everyone from police officers to prosecutors and defense attorneys, to judges and jailers, and to those who assist the victims of crimes.
Maryland Criminal Procedure is available as a three-volume set on Amazon.
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This cute little chap flew onto my fence yesterday and I can't identify it. It looks like the young Thrush but the beak seems to be that of a finch or similar.
Is it a Thrush and why the short beak?
Try again with photo Caveman..have a look here how to post photos www.rspb.org.uk/.../389440.aspx
This is exactly what I did, I checked the preview and the photo was there so don't know where it went???
try again pal the forum has a mind of its own.
Did you click the "post" button ? Sometimes it's below the bottom of your screen.
Well done we can see it now. It's a very, very young Greenfinch. You can still see the down sticking out. I looks a bit startled to be in the big wide world.
Well done..blimey it will be interesting to see what someone says it is..i have no idea.other than a possible Meadow Pipit or Skylark but why it's in your garden i don't know..it will probably turn out to be a Sparrow lol.
Another "blimey" i would never had guessed Greenfinch..well done TJ.
Blimey! I thought I knew my British birds! Never have guessed at a Greenfinch but then I did say the beak is of a finch!
Here's a young Greenfinch more developed than yours with adult above. The massive bill is the giveaway in my opinion plus the stripey breast. I reckon yours is fresh out of the nest with not many proper feathers.
Hope I haven't made a silly mistake.
Good comparison TJ. Thanks.CC


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(WMC-TV) - The Saturday explosion at Kilgore Flares in Toone, Tenn. killed 41-year-old Michael Chism, who was working at the plant.
The father of five died Monday night. About 90 percent of his body was covered in burns from the first explosion that happened at the plant around 10:50 a.m. on February 22.
Michael's father, Arthur, tried to hold back tears as he shared his memories with Action News 5's Justin Hanson.
"Great, great guy, friend, son," said Arthur. "I can't describe it, you know? God knows best."
"He was just a great person," added Michael's cousin, Soprina Jennings. "And he will be truly missed."
Michael's family says he was not only proud of the work he did at the Kilgore plant, but also the work he did throughout the community.
"Charity work, cut grass for free, coached Little League baseball, took time out for the kids to play ball," explained Arthur. "After all his work, he'd coach. I really can't describe him."
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The Chism family is asking for prayers.
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BY Meghan McCaffrey Contributing Writer
Cooperstown Crier
---- — For the first time ever, the Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School Board of Education has an appointed student representative attending their monthly meetings.
Jessica Carson, a senior and the president of Student Council at CV-S, began attending BOE meetings in August. The position is a non-voting one, and is being tried by the BOE this school year. Board members have said they want to see how the project goes before making it a permanent position.
Carson said she likes attending the BOE meetings because she likes to "be aware of what's happening" at CV-S.
The Interim Superintendent of CV-S Central School, Richard Rose said they decided to have a student representative to gain "perspective."
"(The board) welcomes the young student's perspective," Rose said in an interview.
"I think it's a wonderful thing," he continued.
Rose said that it's helpful to have Carson there because the board members aren't in school all day. He also said that it's a great way for students to learn about civic duties and what's happening in the school.
Carson said she is passionate about getting involved in the community and encourages other students to be more cognizant of what is happening locally.
"I think it's important for students to be involved in the community now because eventually they're going to grow up," she said. "It's like a head start."
Carson is taking three Advanced Placement courses this year as well as pre-calculus. She is applying to Herkimer County Community College to study to be a Physical Therapy Assistant. After she graduates she hopes to work and take classes online to become a Physical Therapist.
In addition to her rigorous coursework, Carson said she also enjoys painting and photography. She likes to take photos during long walks in the woods and develop the film in the black and white studio at the school.
Carson is also involved with the Drama Club. She assists with painting the sets and moving the sets during performances.
"I like hanging out with people but I can't sing or dance," Carson said. "I like the social aspect of it."
Carson has been a member of the student council since her freshman year. The CV-S Student Council organizes dances as well as providing gifts to families in need during Christmas time.
"It's important for students to realize that this community needs a lot of help," Carson said. "Student council does a lot for the community and it's important for all of the students to get involved."


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More Christmas tree thefts
More than 800 Christmas trees have been stolen from Borders farms this year.
400 were taken from Shielsknowe Forestry, and a further 420 were taken from a neighbouring farm in Jedburgh.
Just two years ago, 400 trees were stolen from Shielsknowe.
The farm is run by a Dutch company, who grow and distribute Christmas trees across Europe.
Their Scotland manager, Christian Ladefoged says that while one or two trees are cut down and taken each year, it is very unusual for this many to be stolen.


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By Marjorie Nesin
Staff Writer
---- — A fresh strawberry aroma filled the air and gravel stirred under shoes and dog paws as shoppers crunched along the path between tents manned by farmers and artisans at Stage Fort Park Thursday afternoon.
The occasion was the opening of the Cape Ann Farmers Market for a seventh season and its third at Stage Fort, and the sunny location at the edge of the park created a pristine backdrop for the market and a festive location for kicking off summer's eve, with a live band humming out tunes.
Paul Cohan finished setting up his tent just a few minutes after the market opened at 3 p.m. and soon visitors were already leaning in to check out his packaged smoked fish and nab a sample from a fish shaped tray. This year marks Cohan's first year selling his Sasquatch Smokehouse fish at the farmers market. He will also debut a stand at the Rockport farmers market Saturday.
"I love just getting to talk to people and putting the personal touch on it," Cohan said.
Another vendor with a bipersonality, Alexander Thompson, worked his Ma's Brands pickles stand nearby. He popped the seal on a glass jar of bread and butter pickles, and jiggled the slices into a sample bowl, explaining all the while their merit.
"See the little orange bits?" he asked holding up a jar. "That's the fresh turmeric. It gives it the flavor and the glowing color."
Thompson's great grandmother had passed her pickle recipe down to his grandma, then down to his grandma who raised him. The trick, he says, is using fresh turmeric rather than the dried ingredient mixed into most retail brands. Thompson only set up shop at the farmers market part time last year, but this year he will shell out his pickles each Thursday.
"This year I've bucked up and bought (a vending spot) at every one," Thompson said. "It's selling so well."
Two children, one six and the other seven, ran toward a tent of knitted goods, carrying an oversize disc of bread they had just picked out from the A & J King Artisan Bakers's stand. Their mothers, a pair of sisters, sat at spinning wheels dancing their feet on the pedals to a silent rhythm. The women, Amanda Cook and Elizabeth Grammas, sell goods from their businesses Salty Yarn and Lizzy Knits.
"It's one of the best ways to spend an afternoon," said Cook, as she put the last stitches on a pair of true blue baby booties.
Cook and her sister learned to create mittens, hats, jewelry, bags and more from wool after taking classes as adults. They sell only in person rather than online, usually at markets like the farmers market, and open a pop-up store called Present at different vacant Main Street shops each winter.
"We like the face-to-face contact with customers," Cook said. "But really what we mean is when we sit at the computer, the kids bug us."
By mid-afternoon the path had become comfortable crowded, with people milling around swapping buyers' advice, pointing out the best free samples and munching on guacamole, Lebanese flat breads and baked goods.
Over the hubbub, Rockport's Seaview Farm owner Ken Lane chatted with a customer about the values of grass fed beef and the characteristics of various beef cuts.
Lane, in his first year at the farmers market, began selling the products of his farm last August. His farmers market table offered fresh eggs, jam, cuts of beef, honey and more.
"We're sort of just getting rolling," Lane said. "This market has a great reputation. We've heard that it was good, and it will definitely add to our retail."
Marjorie Nesin can be reached at 978-283-7000, x3451, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Saturday, August 6, 2011
© Copyright 2014 Albany Herald
ALBANY, Ga. -- An officer came under fire from a drunken rifle-wielding man at about 3:15 a.m. Saturday in East Albany, stated an Albany Police Department report.
Officer Dillard Glover was not injured by the shots, said Phyllis Banks, police spokeswoman, nor was anyone else.
Anderson Williams, 29, was arrested at about 3:45 a.m. hiding under an SUV and charged with five counts of aggravated assault and obstruction or hindering a law enforcement officer, all felonies, Banks added.
Williams remains in Dougherty County Jail with no bail set, a jail spokeswoman said.
According Banks, four people stood outside apartments at 1625 Pineview Drive when Williams came looking for a fight. "Williams was intoxicated." A call to dispatch about an "unwanted guest" brought Glover to the address.
The call for police came from a resident at the apartment complex who reported "a black male wearing a white t-shirt and blue-jean shorts came on the property wanting to start a fight."
When Glover arrived, witnesses pointed out the suspect, who cut behind the apartments in the 1500 block of Pineview Drive, the report stated.
Glover headed to his patrol car to follow the suspect, his report stated. Glover wrote, "As I closed my car door I heard a single shot go off from a gun. I then looked toward the 100 block of Marie Road.
"The suspect was holding a rifle out from his body and pointing it toward the people at 1625 Pineview Road. I got out of my vehicle and told everyone to take cover."
Williams began moving toward Glover and fired a second shot as Glover took cover behind a tree, the report continued. Williams dodged behind an apartment building and then headed toward the 100 block of East Road, it added.
As Glover followed, Williams went out of sight. As Williams "was heading into the dark he had his weapon drawn at me," Glover wrote.
Police patrol cars arrived in the area bounded by North West Road on the west and East Broad Avenue on the south. Less than a half-mile away from where he fired the first shot officers found and arrested Williams under a Ford Explorer SUV on the 100 block of East Road, the report stated.
Banks said, "Glover has been with the Albany Police Department less than a year."
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If the scope for your spending is broad, and you make frequent purchases there, then you can consider signing up for a co-branded card.
You're sifting through your credit card bills for the past few months and notice that you spend a lot on a particular category, say airline tickets. You just saw a bank credit card advertisement announcing a tie-up with an airline. Tempted to sign up for this co-branded card?
Before you do, see if you really need the card. By its very nature, a co-branded card needs you to be devoted to that particular brand. Even with this devotion, unless your spends on the brand are significant, there's no real benefit in taking the card. This means the scope of spending should be wide and the frequency of spending should be high.
What they are
First off, a co-branded credit card is born of an association between the issuer of the card and an institution. The institution can be a retail outlet, an airline, a hotel or restaurant and so on. Using the card at these institutions will get you specific offers, rewards and benefits besides regular card benefits.
For instance, using a retail shopping outlet card, say, Westside will help you earn more points on Westside spends than in others such as Shoppers Stop or Lifestyle. Co-branded cards also charge an annual fee, ranging from Rs 200 to as much as Rs 3,000.
Scope of spending
Clearly, a co-branded card encourages spending at particular places only. Gauge the amount of spending you will be doing in that brand in order to understand how you will benefit. Here's illustrating with an example.
SBI's co-branded card with SpiceJet offers 5 per cent cash back on spending at the airline. But you must use only SpiceJet's Web site, call centre or airport ticketing counters for booking. Outside spending on SpiceJet, the reward points system for this card doesn't have much going for it, requiring huge spends for a minimum of benefits from reward points.
Then take HSBC's co-branded card with MakeMyTrip, or SBI's Yatra.com partnership. The cards give you, upon joining, Rs 5,500 and Rs 8,250 worth of discounts on tickets and hotels, besides extra reward points on transactions made on the Web site. You get discounts on crossing a minimum threshold of spending on the sites. The spending-reward ratio is slightly better.
With a SpiceJet-only card, you lose out on benefits if you take alternative airlines. Given that MakeMyTrip offers a lot more airline options, besides hotel, bus and rail bookings, the drumming up points and deriving more benefits is quicker. There are a number of co-branded airline cards, both national and international. SBI has a co-branded card with the Railways which offers cash-backs and other benefits on railway ticket bookings.
Also keep in mind that with airline co-branded cards especially, it may be more beneficial to take a regular credit card that promotes travelling. HDFC Bank's Platinum Edge credit card, for instance, allows points conversion into air miles on Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Air India.
Frequency of spending
Now, while you may be a SpiceJet loyalist, if the number of times you use it is minimal, there is no real benefit in taking a co-branded card. You won't make enough purchases to make it worthwhile.
Take a fuel card. The amounts you spend are hardly as large as tickets or hotel rentals. But the sheer number of times you can swipe at fuel stations is far more than airlines, which will help you rack up amounts.
Even if the tie-up is with a specific company, such as HPCL or Indian Oil, with the number of stations across the country, the hurdles to staying loyal are absent.
Take the Citibank IndianOil credit card. You earn 4 points on spends at Indian Oil stations. These points can be converted into free fuel. So, on a monthly petrol bill of Rs 6,000, you get about 2 litres of petrol. Besides, the fuel surcharge on cards is waived. Quite a sweet deal, isn't it?
When to go for them
What you need to do is assess your spending pattern and reasons for spending. There are not too many co-branded cards on offer, so analysing the benefits of cards should not be too difficult.
In a nutshell, if the scope for spending is broad, and you make frequent purchases there, then go ahead and consider signing up for a co-branded card. If spending is just once-in-a-while, no matter the amount, a co-branded card is on par with a regular card.


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I received a ring for Christmas and after 1 day of wearing it a stone fell out. I contacted Joy jewelers and was issued an RMA. I was told to ship it back to Torrance CA. I called and spoke to BAFOON #1 one week after they received the ring to see what the status was. I was told after they received it they had to ship it back to their manufacturing plant in OHIO and I had to give it time to get there. I asked why I was not informed of this and he stated that they do not inform their customers of every little move they make. I then asked to speak to his supervisor and was told that he was the supervisor. I hung up and called back with a complaint and was then directed to BAFFON #2. BAFFON #2 apologized and said that he would let me know the following week via either a phone call or email what they would be doing to the ring. I did not receive any communication the following week so I called on the following Monday and spoke to BAFFON #3 and was told that the factory closed shortly so he would have to let me know tomorrow. I told him that was unacceptable as BAFFON #2 had said he would contact me and had not. He proceeded to put me on hold for a couple minutes and came back and said that BAFFON #2 said that the ring would ship back to me this week, I asked if a tracking # would be emailed and he confirmed that it would.
As of Friday, 2/13 I had not received any email so I called back and spoke to BAFFON #3. He said, Oh yes, after I spoke to you on Monday I emailed the factory and was told by them that they are behind 3 weeks. I asked why I was not communicated this and was told by BAFFON #3 that they do not call every customer for everything, I told him this was unacceptable and asked to speak to a supervisor and was told that, BAFFON #1 or BAFFON #2 would be the ones to speak to. I said I have already spoken to all of them and this is ridiculous. I was put on hold and directed to BAFFON #2 whom I told I was very upset and I am being mislead and asked if there was someone higher up that I could speak to.
He told me that he was the president of the company!!! What a joke! He then proceeded to tell me I have 2 choices.... wait the 3 weeks for the repair or stop the repair and get my money back. I do not trust that if I decide to get my money back if he will truly do that.
Obviously there are only 3 people working here, all in the supervisory capacity and all they know how to do is answer the phone! and I don't know why they bother because they never have information regarding THEIR defective merchandise that they sold you.
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Anonymous on 2009-02-15:
I must say, it was a real treat to read this review, such a charming personality. I'm betting you're a real gem to deal with on pretty much any subject matter. Kindness and patience goes a long way, you should try it sometime.
Anonymous on 2009-02-15:
One more thing, the word you were going for is actually spelled b-u-f-f-o-o-n.
Anonymous on 2009-02-15:
The stone on a well-made ring will never fall out (or at least it won't for a very very long time). If the stone falls out one day after receiving it, you can bet that the ring wasn't well-made to begin with and won't be well-made when you get it back. Get your money back and have whomever gave you the ring buy a new one from a reputable jeweler.
Anonymous on 2009-02-15:
If you're going to call people names, you ought to learn how to spell them first, otherwise you'll look like a buffoon.
winter3 on 2009-02-15:
Best answer KenPopcorn :)
DOOZEE on 2009-02-16:
So CJ, which one are you? # 1, 2 or 3?
Anonymous on 2009-02-16:
Talk about a lethal combination!!! THREE 'BAFOONS' and a ring that was manufactured in OHIO!
Anonymous on 2009-02-16:
How did I know that would be your response? ROFL!!
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TORRANCE, LOUISIANA -- I ordered my husbands wedding band from their website. It was the perfect, titanium ring that we were looking for. I had seen it on a few other websites for less, but I paid the extra because they advertised a lifetime warranty. When it came time to register my ring first I got the run around, then I was told the manufacturer will not warranty it because it came from an online retailer and they took down the warranty info on the product.
Not only did they lie about removing the false advertising, (it is still up as of this post), but they removed one of my reviews on their website. The one praising the way the product looked is still there, the one complaining about the warranty mysteriously disappeared.
www.joyjewelers.com is not worth the time, money or hassle. They will not even respect you enough NOT to lie directly to you
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Re-Stocking Fee Scam?
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- My overall experience with Joy Jewelers is poor. They contract with Art Carved who make some of the Military rings they sell. The finished ring is drop shipped from Art Carved direct to the customer. Joy Jewelers never sees the ring only process the paper work and collects their sales commission. They are essentially the "middle man". If a problem arises with the ring, you the customer ships the ring (you pay the freight) directly to Art Carved. Again, Joy Jewelers never sees the ring. Joy Jewelers made a poor assumption that my complaint regarding the illegible text under the POW emblem on the ring, was false. This poor assumption resulted in a restocking fee. A restocking fee for a product that Joy Jewelers never stocked nor did they ever see. Joy Jewelers offered a $50 credit if I where to keep the ring. Does this not imply that they believed there was a problem and made an initial attempt to resolve it? When I refused the credit and returned the ring a restocking fee was charged. A restocking fee for a manufactures design flaw.
For Joy Jewelers to charge a customer an additional fee and refuse to consider what was obviously a manufactures issue and not the customers sends a clear message. We will side with our manufacturer regardless. We don't need to see the product to better understand the customers complaint. Our word is final.. deal with it...
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Anonymous on 2007-06-07:
JoshuaSterling, I agree with you 100% and I will never use Joy Jewelers. Thanks for the information.
heaven17 on 2007-06-07:
I agree with the general idea of a re-stocking fee (retail stores are not rental outlets, folks), but in this case (manufacturer error), it doesn't quite seem fair, especially since it was a custom order (or was it...? Not sure).
Hope you get some sort of response or resolution.
JoshuaSterling on 2007-06-07:
A restocking fee may apply for most returns or exchanges that are "Not Due" to a manufacturer error of some sort.
If a customer is to be charged such a fee the retailer should first examine the product and determine if a complete refund is due. Instead, Joy Jewelers assumed that the ring was as it should be based on their relationship with Art Carved.
Art Carved goofed and shipped a product that was flawed. Joy Jewelers being the "middle man" should have requested the ring returned to them for examination and resolved this with Art Carved. Instead they directed me to ship the ring direct to Art Carved, who have failed all together to comment on this issue.
Joy Jewelers wrongly assumed that I was in error and decided to charge me the re-stocking fee. Bad choice...
colleen on 2014-05-02:
I am so glad I checked your review . I wa going to order a ring and now I won't
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Films rushing to meet a release date has almost become a common practice in Hollywood. "X-Men: First Class" will open next week ten months after it started shooting, while "Hunger Games" and ,Tarsem's recently moved Snow White film will operate under the same time constraints to meet their March release dates next year. But it's always a risk to hurry a production, particularly when there are a lot of dollars at stake and with just over a year before "Star Trek 2" is scheduled to land next June, and with no director attached, Paramount may end up pushing back the movie rather than try and crank it out.
Deadline reports that with director J.J. Abrams still not confirmed to direct a rethink is beginning to happen on the film. Yesterday, writer Roberto Orci -- who is writing the script with Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof -- revealed on Trek Movie that though they already have a 70-page treatment, further work is more or less on hold while everyone waits on Abrams to hear what he wants to do.
"Just been waiting for JJ to be free to really decide if he likes the story and hear his suggestions before we finish the script. Once he says go, we'll have it in no time. Meanwhile, our outline is detailed enough (70+ pages!) to do some prep :)," Orci posted to the site. He added in a later email, "In the meetings we've had with JJ, he's already given us amazing input and ideas, and that's been while he's been up to his eyeballs in 'Super 8.'"
But it's not just Abrams' coy attitude regarding the film that is an issue. Apparently, with all three writers busy on various projects (Kurtzman on his directorial debut "Welcome To People"; Orci on "Ender's Game" and Lindelof on "Prometheus") there is a worry that the script won't live up the quality of the first film. A push in the release date would allow time to get it right.
So what will happen next? It's anyone's guess. Deadline suggests that a mix of good news/bad news will be along any day now with Paramount saying that nothing will be determined until Abrams gives a firm answer on if he's directing or not. We have to wonder, if "Super 8" turns out to be a smash hit, will Abrams really want to follow it up with doing a sequel instead of using that leverage to get another original project off the ground? We wonder. And if he bails on directing, we would imagine that will definitely mean the project gets pushed as a search for a new director gets underway. Lots to consider, but for now, "Star Trek 2" is still planned to hit theaters on June 29, 2012.
jeremy | May 25, 2011 6:33 AM
I'd bet most anything that paramount positions world war z (which seems to be progressing quickly) in the soon-to-be vacated slot. Bumping up gi joe 2 is also a possibility.
Rossi | May 25, 2011 4:33 AM
J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman need to surpass Star Trek (2009) and rectify the mistakes that they made because as much as it was a tremendous film, I was still privately disappointed because it could have easily have been so much better. The Orion Syndicate as the villains, larger all-star cast as well as many cameos including by William Shatner and Lady Gaga, more planets, larger space battles with more starships, bringing back and give more screentime to Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Rachel Nichols, Winona Ryder and Diora Baird, Kirk having better fighting skills and several human love interests played by Hollywood's most beautiful young actresses, no cut scenes and the Jerry Goldsmith theme music from the Star Trek Insurrection end credits as well as the album version of 'Where My Heart Will Take Me' used at the end.
TheoC | May 25, 2011 3:55 AM
Where do these commenters come from? why am I commenting with them? How are they so wrong about everything?
yikes | May 25, 2011 1:31 AM
This Star Trek sequel will slaughter Superman. Snyder should commence the flop sweating now.
AerosTwiceChastened | May 25, 2011 1:18 AM
JJ Abrams is a fucking hack for the following reasons:
1. Look at his pre-LOST filmography. As bad as some of the titles are (Gone Fishin'?) Regarding Henry is really probably the worst. (I say pre-LOST because that's when he started to take on this "new Spielberg" kinda mantle that's entirely inaccurate. Sorry Alias fans.)
2. What is the monster in Super 8? What was the monster in Cloverfield? What was the monster on LOST? Does Fringe have a monster? I don't know, cause I don't watch.
3. Are we supposed to be in awe of the Super 8 previews for how Spielbergian they look/sound? It's one thing to take a page out of another director's book, but is aping Close Encounters/ET something to be celebrated?
4. Lenz flarezz
5. If he didn't really care about the Trek film franchise (Yr not Chris Nolan, JJ, tossing off equally good movies in between) why not just let Orci and Kurtzman do it as a series, which is really the way Trek should be.
6. http://www.daemonstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/J-J-Abrams.jpg
Rachel | May 24, 2011 12:14 PM
Really mean, but after reading your site, I feel like I should just read deadline cause that's where all of your stories come anyway.
Mark | May 24, 2011 12:07 PM
"there is a worry that the script won't live up to the quality of the first film."
Huh? The visuals were cool but the script was an abomination...


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American Dream
Persistent inequality, stubbornly high unemployment, outsourced jobs, skyrocketing college tuition and
stagnant income growth have Americans anxious about the future. Has
the American Dream -- the
belief that anybody who works hard enough can move up the economic ladder -- become
merely a talking point for politicians? How does a nation with increasing
diversity and inequality keep the dream alive? Despite two long economic
booms in the 1980s and 1990s, the dream has been fading for many Americans:
In Pursuing the American Dream: Opportunity
and Exclusion Over Four Centuries (University Press of Kansas,
2004), Southern Methodist University Political
Scientist Cal Jillson explored the origins of this
cherished American ideal and the modern impediments to achieving
it. With up-to-date
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how the dream has changed over time, Jillson recommends ways to keep
it alive in the 21st century, among them:
Jillson is at work on a revised edition of his classic Pursuing the American Dream. The revised edition will appear in late 2016.
Since 2004, the American Dream has slipped further beyond reach for tens of millions of middle class and working class Americans. Jillson says that while his view of the American Dream has darkened over the past dozen years, a clear-eyed view of what the dream has meant historically will help us find a way forward. The goal of the revised Pursuing the American Dream is to help light that path.
Pursuing the American Dream is Jillson's sixth
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text: The Final Rehearsal 1.1 2008/08/07 16:39:10.511 GMT-5 2008/01/01 10:28:30.208 US/Central Gordon H. Lamb firstname.lastname@example.com Jennifer Thornhill email@example.com Gordon H. Lamb firstname.lastname@example.com choral concert final importance music rehearsal This module addresses the issues of the final rehearsal before the concert, including planning the rehearsal, rehearsing the music and preparing for the concert. THE FINAL REHEARSAL The dress rehearsal is the name most often given to the final rehearsal. Some directors like to use it for a nonstop run-through, with everything as it will be in the concert itself. The overall idea is good except that it really is not necessary to adhere completely to that plan. This rehearsal should include all instruments, if there are to be any, and should take place in the hall where the performance will be held. When possible, sing through the pieces in their entirety, but do not hesitate to work on a section that causes difficulty. It is often advisable to begin this rehearsal with the piece that will probably need the most work, although, if this is the first time for the choir in the performance hall, it may be best to sing a piece, or a part of the larger work, that is at the best performance level. Do not let this rehearsal become too long. The singers will become unduly fatigued and it can reduce their effectiveness in the concert. It is always best to end the rehearsal with the best choral sound in a piece that will be performed. The singers should leave with a positive impression that the concert will be a success and they should feel good about the rehearsal and their contribution to it. At this, and the other culminating rehearsals, be careful not to be overly critical of the ensemble. Sharp criticism and cutting comments will not help to improve the group's performance. Usually they will prompt just the opposite response. The singers will also become intimidated and their performance will lack the spark and spontaneity desired. Come conductors believe that a physical expression of displeasure will urge the choir to sing better. Displays of rage and temper will create insecurity among the singers. Approaching a concert is a time when the closest bond between the singers and the conductor should be felt. The ensemble has arrived at its present state of preparedness as a direct result of your teaching. If you wish to be mad at somebody, wait until after the rehearsal and be mad at yourself. It is important to be able to recognize those things that can be resolved and those that cannot. Nothing will be gained, and much lost, by attempting to solve a problem for which there is no solution at this point. For example, if one section still has intonation problems ina part of a work, call attention to it, remind the section of your combined, continued work on this problem, instill in them the urge of performance to coerrect it but do not dwell on it at the detriment of the rest of the rehearsal. At the last rehearsal a director should do all he can to bolster the confidence of the choir. Urge them toward better singing, but do so by leading them toward a higher goal of excellence, not by berating them because they do not sing as well as you want them to. Compliment the choir when it sings well. Encourage the choir. Point out areas that have improved and others for which the choir will have to be very alert in performance. Before the rehearsal ends, give the choir all last minute instructions, reminding them of preconcert warm-up times, etc. Instruct them to get to bed early and conserve their energy on the concert day to ensure maximum concert effectiveness.


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January 24, 2013
Office of College Services Board Room
Richard Allison
Shirley Harr
Dwight Bishop
Maryann Anderson, College Council Chair, called the meeting to order at 2:33 PM.
Audrey Rosenthal moved to approve the minutes of the December 13, 2012 meeting of College Council. Rita Gallegos seconded the motion and the minutes were approved as amended.
Evelyn Kitchens-Stephens reported that the Mandatory Orientation proposal and the Nursing proposal concerning admitting LPN's to the first year, second semester of the Nursing Program will be heard at the next meeting.
Proposal: Remote COMPASS Placement Test Proctoring
Dwight Bishop presented the proposal which would allow students to take their placement tests at remote ACT testing center locations, rather than requiring students to come to a campus. This will accommodate students who may be out of state or even out of the country. ACT has 550 sites nationwide and 10 international sites. This would greatly broaden our ability to market our online courses.
Students who are at a distance are currently required to come to one of our campuses to take the COMPASS test and to go through the advising process.
Although Council members were generally in favor of the proposal, the proposal lacked clarity in a few areas. It was not entirely clear that students would receive assistance in determining what COMPASS tests to take. Currently students confer with Counselors regarding this. The proposal seemed to indicate that students might lack guidance in making that determination.
There were additional questions regarding what happens if the COMPASS test results in a remote student needing to take developmental courses which are not available online.
There is a proposal that is forthcoming that will deal with how remote students will be advised. Dr. Bishop mentioned that Microsoft Lync Communicator software would be used for this, and the goal was to pilot the software this Spring. Because the proposal on remote advising has not gone through governance, there was further confusion on the part of Council members concerning the testing process.
Carl Francolino moved to accept the proposal. Evelyn Kitchens-Stephens seconded the motion.
After much discussion Donna Imhoff moved to table the proposal. Elizabeth Claytor seconded the motion and the motion passed with 11 votes in favor of tabling the motion and 1 abstention.
Dwight Bishop will pull together a meeting to get more input.
Carl Francolino reported that the Subcommittee did not meet. They are waiting for the online learning annual review.
Mr. Francolino discussed the interest in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC'S) and wants to arrange a presentation. MOOC'S started as very high level online courses in computers and technology, and then branched out to include basic "Sociology 101" type courses. That is when colleges and universities started to become concerned. Mr. Francolino said that he does not want us to become a MOOC victim. There are many questions surrounding MOOCS, such as: how do we accept these courses, and what is the emerging role of community colleges in light of these. Many of our sister colleges are tying MOOC'S with credit by exam. Donna Imhoff mentioned that she attended an AACC conference at which no one would even discuss MOOC'S.
Proposal: General Education Review and General Education Certificate
Carol Yoannone presented the proposal which will provide a student with a general education certificate upon completion of 30 to 32 specific credits. The certificate would allow students who are here for a year to graduate, and to have something specific to present in the workplace or to transfer. Apart from English Composition 1 and 2, the certificate includes electives in math, social science, computer information technology, speech, science, culture and humanities.
The following corrections were made to the proposal:
The first paragraph was revised to read, "This certificate provides college courses to promote competency in English composition, mathematics, analytical reasoning, cultural diversity and computer literacy. The courses cultivate valuable workplace skills and knowledge of the world essential for careers in the 21st century. This certificate also provides a basic building block for many associate degree programs at the College."
Number 6 was deleted
"Composition" was added after "English" for English 1 and 2
Under "CCAC's General Education Learning Goals REVISED," the first sentence was revised to read, "CCAC's Learning Goals embrace the College's vision and definition of an educated person."
Under "Culture, Society and Citizenship," number 1 was revised to read, "Discuss the role of diversity and equity in the context of the United States of America." Number 2 should end the sentence with "contexts."
Rita Gallegos moved to accept the proposal as amended. Carl Francolino seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Mrs. Gallegos mentioned that four proposals are forthcoming.
Steve Wells reported that the Subcommittee met and heard four program reviews which will be presented at the February 14th meeting of College Council.
Dr. Johnson approved the list of recommended hires submitted to him by College Council with one change. In order to maintain IT support at current levels at South campus, he added the ITS Ed. Tech position, listed at #38 on the list, to the 20 slots approved for hire, bringing the total to 21 AFT hires.
After approval of the list, AFT Employees were allowed to request transfer in accordance with Article XVII of our Collective Bargaining Agreement. The deadline for these requests was January 17th. On January 18th, the VP for Student Success and Completion met with Human Resources to review these requests. As a result, there were seven transfers approved as follows identified by their numbers on the original list:
7. Biology—South—ValJean Rossman
8. English—Allegheny—Michael Bennett
10. English—Boyce—John Reynolds
11. Speech/JRN—North—Richard Beighey
12. DVS—Allegheny—Lisa Dimaria
19. English—South—Patsy Williamson
20. Biology—Allegheny—Heather Klenovich
The vacated positions will be backfilled and have been posted. One change of note involves the English Tutor position vacated at North Campus by Richard Beighey who transferred into the Speech/JRN position at that campus. The campus administration indicated that they did not plan to fill the vacant tutor position. As a result, the #21 position, Allegheny—Massage Therapy, will be posted as part of hiring for next year. This keeps the number of anticipated new hires at 21.
There was no unfinished business.
There was no additional new business.
There being no further business, the meeting ended at 4:42 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Thompson
College Council Secretary


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