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What is it?
Trade allows people to buy goods and services that are not produced in their own countries. In addition, the money countries receive from exports helps determine how much they can afford to spend on imports and how much they can borrow from abroad.
Trade can stimulate a country's development and economic growth. This helps create new jobs, raise living standards and gives people an opportunity to take charge of their lives.
People in all countries -- developed and developing alike -- can benefit from international trade that is free of barriers, such as tariffs, quotas and government subsidies.
- As consumers: people could choose from more, better made and less expensive products
- As producers: people could sell their goods in more markets
International trade can be a much more effective way to reduce poverty than outright aid because trade can help a country become self-sufficient, instead of relying on foreign aid. There are, however, many inequalities within the current international trade system that work against poor countries.
International trade is regulated through a set of rules that the world's governments have created over the years. In general, poor countries don't have access to markets in developed countries because of trade barriers and agricultural subsidies. Trade barriers make it difficult for poor countries to sell their products abroad and improve living conditions back home.
Although free trade benefits all people, governments sometimes try to protect their products and markets by providing subsidies to local producers, or erecting barriers, such as tariffs and quotas. This practice is known as protectionism.
When producers receive extra money (subsidies) from their government, they can afford to sell their goods at a much lower price than those goods are worth on the market. This is a particularly big problem in agriculture.
There are two main types of international trade:
Bilateral trade agreements: When two countries create a separate agreement that regulates the terms of trade between them
Regional trade agreements: When several countries enter into special arrangements to trade among themselves under more favorable conditions. Mercosur (Mercado Comun del Cono Sur) between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, are examples of regional trade agreements.
Why should I care?
By placing tariffs and import quotas on foreign products, governments try to make those products more expensive for domestic consumers. This is to encourage consumers to continue buying domestically produced goods, which will continue to be less expensive, though -- in reality -- they may be more expensive to produce than a similarly made foreign product.
Since economies of poor countries aren't well developed or diversified, they often produce only a handful of products that can be sold competitively abroad. It becomes difficult for them to find ways to develop and improve the lives of their people when trade barriers limit or prohibit where or when they can sell these products abroad.
What is the international community doing?
The consequences of trade inequalities are at the core of the criticism about globalization. Many international organizations, from the World Bank to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), work to change the world trading system to make it more fair and equal for all countries, including the poorest ones.
But for all countries to be able to reap the benefits of globalization, the international community must continue working to reduce distortions in international trade (cutting agricultural subsidies and trade barriers) that favor developed countries, to create a fair system.
World Trade Organization
Most countries in the world are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). WTO members meet every few years to discuss how to liberalize international trade.
Liberalizing trade would remove all tariffs and quotas, and allow goods and services to sell only for what they are really worth. This would help poor countries enter new markets and sell their goods. If WTO ministers could agree to slash tariffs in agriculture and manufacturing, the resulting changes in trade could lift more than 140 million people out of poverty.
While the WTO works to update and liberalize the international trade rules, it is difficult to reach agreements that would meet every country's expectations and concerns. Learn more about WTO's negotiations on these issues, known as the Doha Round.
In addition to being WTO members, countries that trade often with one another can create separate rules to regulate the flow of goods and services between them. They give each other's products preferential treatment over products from other countries that aren't part of these agreements.
What can I do?
- Learn about the debates and hot issues in international trade.
- Find out what policies your country advocates and what kind of agreements it is party to.
- Find out with what countries your country trades with and why.
- Take action and write to your government representatives if you think your country should change its policies.
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NASHVILLE — State Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey said today that Gov. Bill Haslam's economic incentive bill won't pass the chamber until officials agree to language that reveals the owners behind companies receiving taxpayer-funded grants.
"I think if you ask for the incentives, the citizens have a right to know who you are," Ramsey said.
Earlier today, Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Bo Watson, R-Hixson, the administration bill's sponsor, referred the measure back to the Senate Commerce Committee so lawmakers can look at the issue more closely.
Haslam and his commissioner of economic development, Bill Hagerty, are pushing the legislation in order to obtain "due diligence" information from companies wanting state tax credits and outright cash grants.
The bill specifies information the state currently does not receive, including business processes, financial statements, budgets, cash flow reports and, originally, corporate structure and ownership. Under the current bill, all of that would be kept off limits from the public.
Critics say they understand the reasoning behind most of that, but one, Sen. Roy Herron, D-Dresden, said refusal to disclose the names of people or entities that own companies getting public money is a recipe for self-dealing and corruption.
Haslam and Hagerty have balked on divulging such ownership information, saying companies will be reluctant to come to Tennessee or expand if it is made public.
This week, the administration unveiled a new amendment to the bill that eliminates mention of ownership or corporate structure from the original bill but includes the other "due diligence" information.
Information about the name of the company or entity receiving state FastTrack grants would remain public as would the amount of public funds received, the number of jobs that would be created and the location of the project.
The bill was delayed in the House. Majority Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, said the delay came because the amendment was filed late.
Andy Sher is a Nashville-based staff writer covering Tennessee state government and politics for the Times Free Press. A Washington correspondent from 1999-2005 for the Times Free Press, Andy previously headed up state Capitol coverage for The Chattanooga Times, worked as a state Capitol reporter for The Nashville Banner and was a contributor to The Tennessee Journal, among other publications. Andy worked for 17 years at The Chattanooga Times covering police, health care, county government, ...


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A Bushel Of Wheat For A Barrel Of Oil
"A bushel of wheat for a barrel of oil!"
The motorist banged his fist on the hood of my car to emphasize his angry declaration.
We had been waiting in a Washington, D.C., gas line for about fifteen minutes. We had about that much more time to wait -- not too bad for midmorning -- for our turn to buy $8 worth of gasoline.
Frustrations of drivers I queried were attributed in about equal degrees to the OPEC cartel, government regulations, and oil companies.
The oft expressed retaliation to foreign oil producers reflects a growing desire of Americans to fight fire with fire.
It is not clear, however, whether the U.S. can effectively counter a smooth working oil monopoly with uncertain wheat production. The views of leaders in the nation's capital are tentative.
The proposal undoubtedly will come up again this week when the major wheat exporting countries meet in London to try. and draw up a "trading agreement." Previous attempts to set prices and quotas -- in Geneva last year and Toronto last month -- collapsed when the word "cartel" was set to their efforts.
Representatives of the American Agricultural Movement and the National Farmer's Organization think the current gasoline shortages have created an atmosphere for militant action.
Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland supports an international trade agreement for wheat but oppones an OPEC-type cartel.
"A cartel will not work," he says. "There are too many people producing wheat and too many substitutes for it." The Australians, for example, are adamant in refusing even to discuss the subject.
Glen Tussey, spokesman for the American Farm Bureau, describes the proposal to match wheat against oil as a "no-win" situation.
"Even though Iran consumes a lot of bread, and the Saudis are bread eaters, we're still talking about peanuts," he says., "As a group, these nations only import 10 million tons of wheat, and they get only half of that from the U.S. That's nothing. They can find that much wheat anywhere."
White House officials approach the problem cautiously. They would like very much to have some leverage with the OPEC cartel but fear the consequences of a high wheat price.
The difficulty, they point out, is that challenged oil remains safely stored underground indefinitely at no cost. Wheat, on the other hand, is expensive to store, deteriorates and piles up cost with succeeding harvests.
Oil can wait for the best market. Wheat must come to terms with the market or lose all.
A wheat-state Senator, Henry Bellmon of Oklahoma, speaks for many farmers: "We want to push prices higher but not so high that countries either switch to substitutes like rice or corn; or that others, like Brazil and Australia, begin clearing lands and moving more heavily into the market."
Militant farmers disagree with a timid approach to use of wheat as an international weapon.
Joyce Robinson, a Montana rancher and AAM representatively lobbies for a high price of $5 a bushel for wheat - about $1.50 above the current price. "With 70 percent of the market between them, the U.S. and Canada can control enough to call the shots," she says.
"It could easily be done right now with Mexico. They need grain and we need oil. It doesn't have to be a stand off between a bushel of grain for a barrel of oil. That's a little extreme. The idea of bartering is the thing," states Robinson,
The NFO would like the government to subsidize more grain elevators so wheat could be kept off the market until the oil countries were ready to play ball. This would be a cost factor falling on tax payers but more than compensated by lower priced oil.
Right now American motorists are mad enough to strike back at any likely culprit for the gas shortage. But the real world of international trade is remarkably resistant to restraint.
Our blockade against Cuba a few years ago become largely symbolic because our Canadian friends sold wheat to Castro as readily as did the Russians. Indeed, American wheat traders participated in the traffic by selling wheat to the Canadians who resold it at a markup to Cuba.
Even the vaunted OPEC monopoly is subject to frequent lapses. When the oil market gets soft the Saudis undercut the official price. Arabian oil finds its way into Israeli autos via U.S. purchasers.
The American and Canadian wheat industry is too diversified in ownership to achieve monopoly control. When 300 highly motivated OPEC ministers, representing only 10 oil sources can't quite lock up a market, it is day dreaming to expect united action from 50,000 independent wheat farmers.
The whole concept of cartels is 421 old-world evil contrary to free-enterprise, anti-trust principles. It is a tempting idea under present provocations, but inherently distasteful to Americans.
We may not be able to pit wheat against oil, but we can apply the same defense that neutralizes grain as a political weapon: independence through alternate sources. There are several substitute technologies we can develop for oil energy. There are reserves of petroleum outside the OPEC countries yet untapped.
A free society may be temporarily exploited, but the combined power of thought and action by millions of indignant individuals thumping car hoods is unbeatable.
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The city of Harvey is paying $1.4 million to settle a lawsuit accusing Mayor Eric Kellogg and a police detective of sending a man to prison because they wrongly thought he stole cocaine from them.
The plaintiff, Javon Patterson, agreed to receive $60,000 within the first month of the settlement and the rest within three months of the Feb. 6 deal.
In exchange, Patterson agreed to dismiss Kellogg and the detective, Hollis Dorrough Jr., as defendants in the 2010 federal lawsuit. The city of Harvey was left as the sole defendant on a claim of malicious prosecution.
Patterson and his attorneys, Steven Becker and Robert Stephenson, agreed they would not make any disparaging comments about the city of Harvey or the former defendants, according to a court transcript.
The lawsuit said Willie Lloyd III asked Patterson to help steal cocaine from Dorrough in early 2006, but Patterson refused. Lloyd then stole the cocaine himself in February 2006 and asked Patterson to help process it into crack cocaine, but he again refused, the lawsuit said.
In March 2006, the FBI approached Patterson to wear a wire against Dorrough but he was too afraid to do it, according to the lawsuit.
The following month, Lloyd was killed in a shooting that remains unsolved. A few weeks later, Harvey police arrested Patterson on a false gun charge, the lawsuit said. At the Harvey police station, Kellogg questioned him about the missing drugs, the lawsuit said, then the mayor allegedly became angry, saying "N----, where's my f------ cocaine?"
Patterson was convicted of being an armed habitual offender and served more than two years in prison before prosecutors dismissed the charges against him.
Dorrough was fired after he was convicted of official misconduct in 2009 and sentenced to three years in prison. Prosecutors said Dorrough improperly returned a seized gun to the father of a drug suspect. Dorrough claimed Kellogg ordered him to give the father the gun, but Kellogg was not accused of wrongdoing in the case.
Kellogg remains the mayor of Harvey, but recently announced his retirement as superintendent of Harvey Public School District 152.


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The national license plate recognition database service, which would draw data from readers that scan the tag of every vehicle crossing their paths, would help catch fugitive undocumented immigrants, according to a DHS solicitation.
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33 years old Welsh Winger might move to Cardiff this summer within next few days in his career finale.
Craig Bellamy is highly linked with a move to his hometown club and this is confirmed by Liverpool new boss Rodgers. He accepted the fact that he has been in talk with Cardiff in this matter.
The Welsh Winger has walked away from Manchester City to Liverpool as a free agent after a one year loan at Cardiff city and now it is possible that he might make ending move of his career to his home town club Cardiff city. The deal could be done in recent days as Cardiff are ready to make their Championship start against Huddersfield Town a week later.
Bellamy gained good impression at his presence for Great Britain in Olympics and he had cemented Liverpool with goals as his substitute appearances and now he has another role to bring his home club to Premier league before he ends up his professional career.
Bellamy made 11 assist on goals during his loan spell at Cardiff back in 2010/2011 Championship.
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Sheriff's Senior Patrol volunteers to deliver holiday baskets
Senior Volunteer Patrol (SVP) members are making sure the season is merry and bright for seniors living by themselves.
They will be delivering holiday baskets this month to seniors enrolled in the Sheriff's You Are Not Alone (YANA) program.
The program ensures daily telephone calls and a weekly visit from a Senior Volunteer Patrol team year-round. The gift of a personal visit is heartwarming to many seniors enrolled in the program who appreciate the companionship.
This is a free service. To enroll or to have a loved one, relative or friend who would like to enroll in the YANA program, call 760-738-2466.
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- Sheriff's Department needs senior volunteers
- Sheriff's Mounted Patrol volunteers, part of Ramona's safety net
- Volunteers conduct free vacation checks
- Sheriff's Holiday Watch program starts
- Sheriff's Holiday Watch program started Friday
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New York, 1926. "Tiller girls." Arriving from England, 16 chorus girls in the troupe originated by British musical-theater impresario and precision-dancing pioneer John Tiller. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain. View full size.
Tiller Girls, eh? I see Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dead-center of that lineup!
My grandmother was in the Tiller girls, but 25 years earlier than this. She moved from Ireland to London as a teenager and got a job on the stage as a dancer. She met and married an older businessman.
By 1926 her son was 19, and at sea in the merchant navy. My mother was 9 years old. Uncle Thomas died from TB at 21, and Grandmother left her husband for her son's best friend, Uncle Bill.
The ship in the photos is most likely the RMS Berengaria of the Cunard Line. She was originally the German ship Imperator and in 1913 had the distinction of being the first ship larger than the ill-fated Titanic to make her maiden voyage.
One of the reasons Titanic was shy of lifeboats was because they would block the view of the ocean. By 1913 the lesson was learned, and the boats here are stacked so tall they actually form a wall.
[Based on shipping news items in the New York Times, the boat seems to be either of the Cunard liners Carinthia or Samaria. - Dave]
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Lie on a mat and extend the arms straight out behind your head, keeping them next to the ears.
Contract the abs and lift the shoulder blades off the floor.
Keep the arms straight but avoid straining the neck.
Lower and repeat for 2 sets of 10-12 reps.
Muscles Targeted: Rectus Abdominis(Abs), External Oblique, Internal Olique
1. Keep your head and neck in line with the spine. Don't let your chin touch your chest. This takes the focus off the abs and can strain your neck.
2. Most people forget the negative or lowering part of the crunch. Fight gravity on the way down to really get a burn.
3. At the top when you're squeezing, hold your body up and breathe in and out a few times, trying to relax every other muscle except the abs.
• This will intensify the contraction, increasing your results.
• It will also help to tighten the abdominal area.
• While you are contracting the abs continuously, the deeper fibers are relaxing and contracting while you breathe.
• Each time the deep fibers relax, your abs will squeeze them in a little more, making your waist smaller.
• While this is temporary smallness, you are teaching the muscles of your abdominals to tighten up.
4. Never anchor your feet (e.g. have someone hold them down or wedge them under something) when you're doing any kind of ab work. This automatically activates the hip flexors (the muscles that lie just across the hip joint that serve to bring the thighs towards the abs).
5. Some people like to put their feet up on a bench when doing crunch. Be aware that this also activates the hip flexors.
• If you do want to do these, keep your heels about six inches apart and touch your toes together.
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7. Try to crunch with your feet up in the air and your knees bent like you're sitting.
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• Imagine as though you are trying to press your face onto the ceiling.
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• This will help you lead with your shoulders.
• This has a different feel than the typical crunch which focuses on simply bring the ribcage to the pelvis.
8. Try doing crunches lying lengthwise on a bench. Slide yourself down to the end of the bench to that the upper part of your torso is hanging off (the edge should be just below your shoulder blades). This will give you a greater range of motion by allowing you to flex your upper back around the end of the bench. Don't go so far back that you fall off though.
9. To increase the difficulty of a regular crunch, place your feet on a low step (about 6 inches), point your toes and press your heels against the surface of the step as you crunch. This contracts your hamstrings, which relaxes your hip flexors, forcing your abs to work harder.


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So, I'm sort of into letterpress cards. You may have noticed—I mean, it's right there in my bio. And, though I've had as much fun as anyone trying out the small, personal-sized letterpress machines they sell at the Paper Source, I wanted to see how a genuine, for-real letterpress operation went down.
Thankfully, very near to my new apartment is very near Fifteen/Eleven, a stationery shop that also serves as the retail home for SimpleSong designs, a custom letterpress design company run by Suann Song. (She's also a fellow University of Washington grad! Go Huskies!) And Suann offers beginners classes to introduce newbies to the art of letterpress. I signed up for a class earlier this month, and it was so fun!
Behind the lovely retail shop was the SimpleSong office, where the real work is done. Suann showed us this great video about how nutty letterpress enthusiasts can be:
The typography! The care taken to hand-stamp each envelope, card, sign! The weird, obscure terminology that has seeped into everyday discourse and somehow lost the connection to original meaning (being "out of sorts")! It's not hard, really, to see how letterpress as a medium for design can become something of an obsession to nitpicky visual artist types. (My people.)
What's fascinating about letterpress is there are no new machines being made. Every letterpress card that's produced now is done with machines that are antiques—some built as recently as the 1950s, and some from the 19th century. Suann has two letterpress machines: a large Pearl one that was built in the late 1800s, and a smaller one from about five decades ago that she calls "Chip." The machines are huge, and watching Suann operate one felt like living a Steampunk novel.
We watched the video and talked to Suann about how she designs things for her letterpress, what products they make in-house and what things they find other letterpress houses to do. We discussed the elements of design that are trickiest in letterpress, and how to know when you're looking at the work of a master.
(Also, to answer your unasked question, Suann said she got that dress at The Gap. She is so stylish!)
Then we got the chance to elbow-grease up and make some cards of our own! Each letter had to be placed in this wooden holding block individually, backwards and reversed. That was a bit of a mind warp. Then you loaded the block into the machine, placed some cardstock, and cranked the letters right in. I made about 20 cards that say "dirrty south" to send out as new address cards. (We moved to a suburb south of D.C., and I will tell you it feels MUCH more like the south! I'm not quite at the sweet tea stage but I'll keep you posted.)
Anyway, it was a really fun morning, and the girls I met in the class were fantastic. It was awesome to hear how Susan stumbled on something she was passionate about, and how she's making her business work while raising a family. If you enjoy letterpress specifically, or simple, beautiful design work generally, you should definitely check out SimpleSong, and Suann's blog.
What have you been up to?? Done anything fun and creative that's totally separate from writing lately? I recommend it :)
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Seymour Shweky, a U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 radio operator and door gunner, flew 35 missions in Europe, including 19 over France, during World War II.
Shweky, 89, of Hollywood received the French Legion of Honor medal during a recent ceremony at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Last week, in a re-enactment of the award ceremony for family and friends at Temple Sinai in Hollywood, Gael de Maisonneuve, Counsel General of France in Miami, again presented the medal to Shweky.


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Oasis cocoon coat
It's around this time of year that everybody gets bored of summer madness and the trends that go with it. Forget neon playsuits and metallic maxi dresses, you can start thinking about the autumn/winter trends instead. I've got my eyes on this cocoon jacket from Oasis (£90), I don't know if the shape is more evidence of the Poiret influence that wil undoubtedly sweep into the high street but me likey.
It has that important quality in a winter coat of being instantly chic, so no need to feel like the Michelin Man! Throw it on to give skinny jeans a chic look or make an impact by teaming it with a simple shift, opaques and patent shoes.


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TOC: 'After: Dystopian and Post-apocalyptic Tales' Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
By John DeNardo | Friday, September 16th, 2011 at 12:18 am
Ellen Datlow has posted the table of contents for her and Terri Windling's upcoming anthology After: Dystopian and Post-apocalyptic Tales:
- "The Segment"" by Genevieve Valentine
- "After the Cure" by Carrie Ryan
- "Valedictorian" by N.K. Jemisin
- "Visiting Nelson" by Katherine Langrish
- "All I Know of Freedom" by Carol Emshwiller
- "The Other Elder" by Beth Revis
- "The Great Game at the End of the World" by Matthew Kressel
- "Reunion" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- "Faint Heart" by Sarah Rees Brennan
- "Blood Drive" by Jeffrey Ford
- "Reality Girl" by Richard Bowes
- "Hw th'Irth Wint Wrong by Hapless Joey @ homeskool.guv" by Gregory Maguire
- "Rust With Wings" by Steven Gould
- "The Easthound" by Nalo Hopkinson
- "Gray" by Jane Yolen
- "Before" by Carolyn Dunn
- "Fake Plastic Trees" by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- "You Won't Feel a Thing" by Garth Nix
- "The Marker" by Cecil Castellucci
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Rap luminaries from Sacha Jenkins to Common have noted 1988 as a pivotal year for hip-hop, as well they should, for 1988 was the debut year for Yo! MTV Raps and Slick Rick's solo entrance to the rap game, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. In fact, the list of seminal rap albums and events is massive—from Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back to the premier issue of Source Magazine to the Tougher Than Leather World Tour—all of which served to bring hip-hop to the masses, for better or for worse. In such a cataclysmic year, it stands to reason that some would-be genre-defining music and media would have to get trampled underfoot and be relegated to bargain bins and lengthy internet diatribes. So is the case with female rap duo L'Trimm's first (and only) longplayer release, Grab It!
To credit this album with having come out in 1988 is a bit of a misnomer, actually: Grab It! was first released on Miami-based Time-X Records in 1987, and after big local success with their single "Cars With the Boom" the album was picked up for distribution by Atlantic a year later. For most of the planet, this was when they would have come into contact with it, so the 1988 birthdate stands as far as I am concerned. L'Trimm, which is French for "The Trimm," consists of Chicago-born Bunny D and New-York born Tigra, though both ladies sound like a couple of giggling valley girls from Los Angeles. In this pre-"Ladies First" era, Bunny and Tigra make no bones about their gold digging, cocktease stratagem. Tigra goes so far as to proclaim: "My name is Tigra/ I'm a funky, fly skeezer/ my smile is big/ but my ego is bigger." Isn't being a skeezer a bad thing? This line comes from the title track, which also serves as a response track to Salt N' Pepa's "Push It," featuring the hook:
"You've got to grab it/ don't let it get away/ because you might not get a chance another day/ So take a lesson/ and I hope you learn/ that if you push it, it might not return."This lame (and as far as I know, unrequited) dis is punctuated by a withering, "Ooh, baby bay-bee!" refrain during the bridge, and the remix features some suspiciously "Push It" sounding scratches that really drive the point home.
Don't go away thinking that L'Trimm were a couple of one-trick ponies, though. No, sir, they had two or three more tricks to turn on this Casio-produced LP, including a rap device that I like to call The Forgotten Art of "Spellbound." Though this track pre-dates K-Solo's seminal verses by a few years, and spelling in rap is a tradition as old as rocking the mic itself, K-Solo's "B-R-I-D in the sky" gaffe summararily ended the ritual as being a remotely cool thing to do. Still, Bunny and Tigra spellbind us deftly as they explain the meanings behind their names in the title track and what is arguably the best track on the LP, "Better Yet L'Trimm" where they expound thusly:
"Spell it with a T because I am Tempting/ I: for the rap you're always Inventing/ G: 'cause there's Guys wherever I go/ R: 'cause I'm always Right as you already know/ A: because I Always get what I want/ Tigra's got it all, so why not flaunt?/ T-I, G-R-A means: 'Try It Girl, then Run Away"Stupidly, 50 Cent did not sample the end of the last line for his song of the same title. I have included the spelling gymnastics from the title song below for your edification (and Bunny D's is a lot better that time around).
"B: 'cause my Body was Born to Be-bop/ U: I Understand but I never stop/ N: because I am and 'cause you're Not/ Again: because I know (Noe?) you want what I got/ Y: 'cause Yes, believe what you see/ D: ya Don't stop lovin' Lady B"
"L: Le Tigra and Bunny D/ T-R: L'Trimm is meant To Rock your body/ I: then stop and you rock again(?)/ Double M: because we're loved by Many Men"
Perhaps to make up for Tigra's misuse of the slang word "skeezer" the first song, L'Trimm tries to introduce a new slang word into the hip-hop vernacular, which apparently didn't take: "mutt" which stands for "male slut." The song (appropriately named "Mutt") is perhaps the most risqué of all: "This song is dedicated to all the little boys/ Who treat girls like second-hand toys/ But uh, we're not with it, that ain't the move/ Word to 'mutha,' this is the groove." Tigra explains the hazards of consorting with a "mutt:"
"He's always on the avenue and girlie shows/ and all the girlies love him 'cause he can throw/ the D. So stay away tomorrow and the next day/ 'cause he might have the disease the begins with an 'A.'"This, before Salt N' Pepa ever asked "Let's Talk About Sex," mind you. As much as they are motivated not to consort with mutts, L'Trimm is just as motivated by money, as described by Bunny on "Don't Come to My House:
"I remember when I met you, I swore you were fine/ but I didn't know I was wasting my time/ Well, I was walking down the street when you said, 'hi'/ So I said to myself, 'Hm, I'm-a get that guy'/ Riding in the Benz, oh looking so sweet/ the kind of boy I would like to meet/ but don't come to my house if you don't have no money/ I don't like poor boys, you can't be my honey."Filthy skeezer, skeezer, skeezer.
Which brings us to the last and most popular track on the album, "Cars With the Boom." The first time I heard this track, I was about thirteen and this kid played it for me on the bus home from school. I was well-versed in the dirty lyrics of Slick Rick, and to me this was more of the same, but even dirtier because they were rhymed by girls! Today, the song is beyond stupid, though it does feature a booming bass hit which comprises the bulk of innovative production on the album (which is handled, incidentally, by Davis Stone Klein, whoever the fuck that is). Believe me, it isn't worth it to type out any lyrics from this song, but suffice to say that L'Trimm likes the cars, the cars that go "boom."
This is a pretty crappy album, but for a couple of female rappers at the height of 2 Live Crew's popularity, it makes sense in context. Compared to the X-rated lyrics of Lil' Kim, these girls are pikers, but it was kind of racy for the time. Don't go digging for this particular piece of wax, however; my synopsis, as verbose as it is, is far more entertaining than the music.
More Spelling by L'Trimm from "Grab It":
"T: because I'm Tantalizing/ I: because I am Inviting/ G is for the Girl in me/ R is when I Rock the beat/ A is 'cause I'm simply Awesome (Ahhsome)/ B is Because I know you want some/ U is 'cause you (U) wish you got some/ N because I'm Nice/ it's twice because I'm Nasty/ Y (why): you don't need to know/ D is 'cause I said so"
You're right…your synopsis was far more entertaining than the music. Yes I bought this back in the day but I was young and this was right on time back then. I was dying laughting at the 'more spelling' from Grab It…especially if you could hear their voices in context. Interesting Read
I liked the album. We're talking twenty years ago, ok? This was hot for its time.
I loved the song, Don't Come to My House, the best. Then I liked, He's a Mutt.
I agree the "mutt" term went nowhere in hip-hop history.
Back in 1988, a whole lot of people laughed to the lyrics, danced to the music, and were amazed by two very young girls spinning these beats.
I masturbated to grab it all the time!
I still masturbate while listening to grab it! Its a very teasing and sexy song.


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Friction between Kuwait Airways Corp and Iraqi Airways continue with Kuwait seizing Iraq assets.
May 29, 2011 9:50 by Reuters
Kuwait has seized assets of Iraq's national airline in Jordan, Iraqi officials said on Saturday, the latest step in a row between the neighbouring states over war reparations.
Iraqi Airways has filed an appeal against the decision in Jordan, said Karim al-Nuri, a media adviser to the Iraqi Transportation Ministry.
He said Kuwaiti authorities seized the Iraqi Airways office in the Jordanian capital after obtaining a ruling from a court there.
"Two days ago, the Iraqi Airways' office in Amman has been seized (by Kuwait) and $1.5 million of its assets have been frozen," Nuri told Reuters by telephone.
Kuwaiti officials could not be reached for comment.
Baghdad and Kuwait have been locked in a long-running dispute over billions of dollars in reparations from Iraq, including some $1.2 billion related to aircraft and parts seized during former dictator Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
The dispute is between Kuwait Airways Corp and Iraqi Airways, both of which are state owned.
"This a serious step, and it will legitimise unacceptable mistakes in the future," Nuri said, adding that Iraqi Airways will continue flying to Jordan despite the freeze.
Last year, Kuwait tried to seize one of the Iraqi carrier's planes in London after obtaining a High Court order against Iraqi Airways that including freezing its assets worldwide. The airline has halted flights to Britain and Sweden under threat that its planes would be seized by Kuwait.
"Unfortunately, so far talks with the Kuwaiti authorities have failed to resolve this issue," said Nasir al-Amiri, an advisor for the Iraqi Transportation Ministry. "We cannot see a solution on the horizon."
In May last year, Iraq's government said it would dissolve Iraqi Airways over the next three years and pursue private options to dodge asset claims made by Kuwait over their 1990-91 war. (Reporting by Muhanad Mohammed in Baghdad; additional reporting by Eman Goma in Kuwait; Editing by Rania El Gamal and David Cowell)
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M. Rashad MassoudSenior Vice President for the Quality & Performance InstituteUniversity Research Co. LLC, Betheda, MDandDirector of the USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI)
James R. HeibyMedical Officer and USAID Health Care Improvement Project OfficerOffice of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition, USAID Bureau for Global Health
The USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) is a five-year, $150 million contract being implemented by the University Research Corporation, LLC in 21 countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. The HCI Project goal is to achieve and document measurable improvements in the quality of health care and health workforce management in USAID-assisted countries. In addition to developing the capacity of host country health systems to apply modern quality improvement (QI) approaches to ensure essential services better meet the needs of underserved populations, HCI aims to improve efficiency and reduce the costs of poor quality, and improve health worker capacity, motivation and retention.
HCI builds on the successes of the Quality Assurance Project (1990-2007), which adapted approaches such as continuous quality improvement, improvement collaboratives, accreditation, and pay for performance to the needs of USAID-assisted countries. Guided by the vision that health care quality can be significantly improved by applying proven QI approaches, HCI is currently assisting country programs to apply these methods to scale up evidence-based interventions and improve outcomes in child health, maternal and newborn care, family planning and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases.
The focus of the session will be on improving health care, which will draw upon, but not be limited to, the experience of the USAID HCI Project. The presenters will offer examples from their work and show how collaborative improvement approaches can enable the sustainable implementation and scale up of high impact interventions. There will be ample time for discussion. A short technical brief on HCI's experience with quality improvement for maternal-newborn health services in Niger is attached.
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5 bedroom, 4 full baths, 1 half bath, sleeps 12 - 14
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Recently built luxury vacation home with incredible views of the lake from almost every room! Just steps to beach access for long walks or sunset viewings. Make dinner in the large, fully equipped kitchen and eat in the screened-in porch overlooking the lake. Top of the line appliances and oversized island for hanging out. Master bedroom deck with its own oversized deck overlooking the lake and luxurious master bath. Basement family room with beautiful lake views, big screen TV for movie nights and ping-ping table..
Need time away from the crowd? This rental includes a detached guest house with one bedroom; loft area, full bath and kitchenette. Also has fabulous views.
- Suitability:
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
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About Tripti Kasal
My husband, two sons and I love coming to this area to relax and getaway. The home is perfect when its just the four of us but also when we invite other family and friends.
Tripti Kasal purchased this house in 2009
Why Tripti Kasal chose New Buffalo
We built this new home after owning property in the area for several years. We love the location - directly facing the lake and steps to the beach. The area is peaceful and quiets but still close to restaurants, shopping and the casino.


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Associate Professor of Information Systems
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Personal Web Site: www.mirani.us
Rajesh Mirani is Associate Professor of information systems. His research interests and projects generally revolve around aligning information systems with business goals. He is presently investigating inter-organizational mechanisms that enable IS/IT offshoring clients to effectively manage their geographically distant vendors. His research papers have been published in highly regarded journals such as Decision Sciences, Information & Management, Journal of MIS, and MIS Quarterly. Dr. Mirani has often represented the Merrick School and the University of Baltimore on technology-related committees and boards, at conferences and seminars, and other such events. He has also served as President of the Merrick School Faculty Senate.
Book Chapters
Mirani, R. (2010). Client-Vendor Relationships in Offshore Applications Development: An Evolutionary Framework. IGI Global. 518-533.
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Mirani, R., & Harpalani, A. D. (2014). The Medicare Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program: First Year Adoption Response from Inpatient Hospitals. Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce/Taylor & Francis. 24(4), 388-401.
Mirani, R. (2014). In Pursuit of Institutional Legitimation: Structuration of an Offshoring Decision. Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research/Taylor & Francis. 16(2), 70-90.
Mirani, R., & Harpalani, A. D. (2013). Business Benefits or Incentive Maximization? Impacts of the Medicare EHR Incentive Program at Acute Care Hospitals. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems. 4(4), 20-38.
Mirani, R. (2013). A Case Study of Morphogenetic Change in Longitudinal Offshoring. International Journal of Information Management. 33(4), 663-673.
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Mirani, R., & Harpalani, A. D. (2013). The Medicare/Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program: Response from Acute Care Hospitals. International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD).
Laric, M. V., Pitta, D. A., & Mirani, R. (2009). President Obama's Drive to Digitize Individuals' Health Records: Issues and Opportunities. The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines.
"An Empirical Assessment of Excel PivotTables and PivotCharts as Effective Marketing Information Literacy Tools." (Writing Results)
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Make no mistake about it. Florida government needs more money to operate if the state is to thrive and prosper. The way Florida lawmakers have gone about raising money, however, is a disgrace.
The recent vote on expanding the sales tax to include many services demonstrated some of the worst characteristics of lawmaking. Secretiveness, vindictiveness, ignorance and greed marked the debate and vote on the tax. Rather than distinguishing themselves for their statesmanship and willingness to make tough decisions on taxation, legislators instead ended up looking like ... well, like politicians.


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Topic: Wookie hunt RPG
Okay, I know most of us know how to do a RPG, but some don't, so here is how....
My rules
1. Make a character sheet:
Rank: (in this case you can only have one if you are part of Cerzak, or mulisha )
Armor: (in this case you can not use armor if you are a wookie)
Ship: (if wanted)
Side:(wookies, Cerzak, and jedi, they run mulisha that is made up of humans,ETC. you can be in that to)
Force powers:(Jedi only, you can make them up as you go)
2.Pay attention! Don't attack a place that has be destroyed
4. DO NOT KEEP MAKING BATTLES GO ON, AND ON. That is boring
5.Only post here if you a character sheet made
6.If some thing is not going to be part of the RPG,put these( like this ).
7.Have fun
This takes place before the evens in KOTOR. The jedi are trying to drive out the Cerzak, so have battles in the under lands. The wookie only trust the Jedi and there followers, and Cerzak is trying to kill wookies for there fur, and tesh for there glands. Wookies fight with Cerzak, jedi help wookies and so do mulisha.
I seek to knowledge to share it.


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Fresh & Easy - New Van Nuys Location
As anyone familiar with Van Nuys willl tell you, this burb is usually not the go-to spot for anything remotely interesting or unique...unless you're in need of a good marble and tile store, in which case, even there, I think North Hollywood has us beat. So color me surprised to find a Fresh and Easy opening up on Sepulveda and Vanowen. It's housed in what used to be the most depressing, sullen, gloomy, and miserable Ralphs known to all of mankind. This is, most decidedly, an improvement. Also, it is an area very much in need of a decent, local grocery store, and, judging by today's grand opening, that need has been met.
The fare is what I expected from what I've read here and elsewhere. There are plenty of pre-made meals, and most of them looked quite appetizing. The Husband sampled the meatloaf and mashed potatoes tonight, and gave it a thumbs up. Interestingly enough, he felt the need to add a sprinkle of salt...salt being the one thing that is usually not lacking from store-bought meals.
We'll see how the turkey dinner goes tomorrow. It does look tasty.
I appreciated the layout of the store, especially the shelves that are less than six feet high, giving the admittedly small space a larger feel. Of course, it was packed today since it was the opening, but even then I was able to negotiate the aisles fairly easily. The meats looked quite good, and I was impressed as well by the bakery, pastries, and dessert selection. I know that some have made an issue out of the fact that the produce (bananas being the exception) is all prepackaged. I suppose if you only need one tomato or one potato, this would be a drawback. But I found that the selection was very fresh and in non-Costco sizes. For instance, I really only needed one beefsteak tomato, but, for the price, I was happy to buy two. I'll find something to do with the other one. Pre-packed fresh herbs are generously proportioned and quite reasonably priced.
There was a plethora of staff, and they were all friendly. Of course, this was the first day. Will they remain happy campers? Time will tell. The self-checkput was a cinch, and quite speedy.
There's no wine or beer at this location yet, and apparently some neighborhood committees want to keep it that way. Again, time will tell. Selection on some items was rather low. I, for instance, would have been happy to see a better choice in pasta, but I can easily get by on what was there.
I can say this with all certainty. The peach-apricot bar cookies are INSANELY good.
Oh, and the parking? Not perfect, but a lot better than any TJs I've been too.
I've been going to this store to take advantage of all the $5 off coupons they give out and I like a lot but it seems they have many identical items as Trader Joes but at a bit higher price. I asked if they were owned by TJs and they said no. Still....
They are owned by Brit supermarket chain Tesco, Cinnamonkitten, not TJ's.
I like the VN store, it's close to me, clean, well run, and easy to use for some good stuff. Can't beat the price on store brand garbanzo's or white beans below 10 cals a serving. I like that. The prepped food is good, they have a better cheese selection than a lot of stores and they sell naan in the read aisle like it ain't no big thing.
Moochia, you underestimate and undervalue Van nuys. LOTS of good chow places and markets. On Sepulveda alone, there is Jons that fresh produce place, a spice/nut wholesaler, Dr Hoggly Woggly's. Pho 99 and the other pho place, 99 Ranch Asian Market, Hong Kong 88, a nearby Kyushu Ramen (right off on SW), Zankou Chicken, Sam Woo BBQ, and more and more!
Around VN you can find Vallarta markets, El Katracho Honduran food, USA Donuts, Valley Hye Armenian Market, My Cakes Bakery, In and Out, Empenadas Place, Armenian Pizza, Lemongrass, Pico Pica Rico (I never get the name right), and tons and tons more.
I have no clue as to why you would say, "this burb is usually not the go-to spot for anything remotely interesting or unique"
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Yeah, I agree. But I do live close by, so it works out.
As for mundane VN, there are plenty of disgusting fast food joints for the boring people. About 10 McD's, a Wendys or Two, El Pollo Loco, Taco Smell, Carls , Subway, KFC, and so on. Plus about a billion really awful Sushi places.
My Brother in Law hits all of these. Last time he and my sister dog sat, they left the stinking trash from almost every one of them in my garbage can for when I got back, and I had left a list of fabulous eating spots! I was ashamed to be seen with the wrappers.
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Where is Moms?
re: boogiebaby
Mom's BBQ is on Vanowen Street at Hazeltine Avenue--the southeast corner. It is tucked into the corner. I have eaten there longer than I can remember, since about 1990. Enjoy.
I another fan of F & E and their $5.00 off coupon. I go once a week and get their sliced pineapple, presliced cooked chicken, shrimp cerviche, tortilla chips and the non fat milk. My girls actually prefer that brand over the other brands.
We tried the butter chicken and the meatloaf both of which we thought were pretty good. The carnitas was okay as there are other places that you can get a much better quality. Overall I do like the produce at F & E and shop there each week along with TJ's.
I finally checked out both this and the Manhattan Bch. locations and picked up just a couple of items. One of my lads, aka BreadBoy, did like the unsliced French bread. Overall the stock did seem 'Fresh' but for me there was way too much 'Easy'. But folks do like that so it is probably a good business plan. Be sure to check prices though. Bean Sprouts were $2.07 for a 10 oz. pre packed bag at F&E. They were 0.59/lb. down the street at 99 Ranch Mkt. Over three times the price!
If only they could keep the peanut butter filled pretzels in stock!
3 weeks in a row and they've been out of PBFPs!!
I've been accused of being a "fan-boy" on this topic, and I happily accept that mantle. Some of my favorite items... the hummus, although I'm not crazy about the roasted garlic flavor the others are great...."Gourmet India" naans and pitas. Especially like the curry flavor. I stock up whenever they're half off and then they toast up great in the toaster oven....Their own-brand greek yogurt is as good as any, .... fresh meats and seafoods (especially diver scallops) are high quality. ... some of the soups are quite good. The mushroom soup works well as a sauce, too....Small size gelatos and sorbets...(sourced out of Berto's in Arizona see article link.) Frozen blueberries (plump, 1# for just over $3.) I am equidistant from TJ's and F&E and at least 90% of the time I go to F&E. I give them props for locating beyond the TJ's yuppie-demographic line.
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Thumbs up: Kalamata olive & Ciabatta breads, flan in desert section, large scallops, rack of lamb, raw chicken breasts, fillet mignon, strawberries, pluots, nectarines, taters, frozen panko coated shrimp & crab cakes, dried apricots, sea salted nuts, brie, large cooked shrimp, fresh soups, peppers, F&E canned lentil soup
So-so: Green beans, pea pods, apples, vine tomatoes, peaches, bay scallops, swordfish & halibut, chicken meals, sandwiches, sushi, fresh salads, mesclun/rocket salad mixes, baguettes
Thumbs down: F&E brand yogurt, marinated cooked chicken strips (soggy), raspberries (no match for Driscoll's), all mexican stuff including burritos, enchiladas & such
So, your faves & downers please.
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Drunken Goat Cheese in cheese aisle
The taste of the donut I had
FE Giant White beans
FE garbanzo beans
FE tuna in the can
FE mustard
By the banana pricing
FE packaged sandwich meats
Downer: I wish the selection were a mite better, and they didn't overpackage the produce so.
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Nice review.
I've been going to the Fresh and Easy Market in La Habra for a while now, and have recently starting going to the new one in Pico Rivera (near my office), and I have a few recommendations. Here are my 2 cents worth:
creamy cilantro dressing (next to the lettuce)
chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate shavings on top (the regular sized ones), the large ones tend to be dried out.
roasted pumpkin seeds
oatmeal orange cranberry cookies (7 in a package)
They also carry a large selection of Soydelicious "ice cream" in bars, fudgesicles, and pints. Not too earth shattering for those who live near a Whole Foods, but if you live in these parts and you have an allergy to milk, you know how difficult it is to find these products. God I love the grapefruit sorbet at WF, but I digress.


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Photos and Description of this 1 bedroom holiday apartment in Plakias - VILLA STELLA apartments
1 or 2 bedrooms- spacious verandas- garden- above to a private hill
'A spacious, for Cretan conditions almost luxurious location... with a fantastic view over Plakias Bay ...' that way Eberhard Fohrer, the famous German travel editor, describes the apartments in his guide 'Kreta' (Michael Mueller Publishing, Ed. 2005). Upside the small village of Mirthios Villa Stella offers you a breathtaking and unforgettable view over the Libyan sea. High above the wild and unspoiled coast - near to the famous Preveli Monastery and the unique palm beach - the individual and modern furnished apartments - all built in traditional Cretan style - give you a guarantee for relaxing days in the origin beauty of the Cretan south. The apartments offer space for up to 4 or 5 persons with separate bedrooms, bathrooms with shower & WC, completely furnished kitchens, living rooms with Sat-TV as well as generous terraces and balconies. We provide central heating (calorifier) and air conditioning, separately to use in each of them. There is also a bed sofa (with proper single bed) in each living room.
About us (from a professional): 'Villa Stella, a spacious, for Cretan conditions almost luxurious location at the slope over the village ... Per apartment a completely equipped kitchen, a living room with sleep couch, a bedroom, a beautiful bath and a large terrace with fantastic view over the bays of Plakias and Damnoni. There are heaters and mosquito nets in the windows too', the German travel journalist Eberhard Fohrer wrote in his travel guide 'Kreta' (Michael Mueller Publishing, 2005).
Bright colours and a decorated floridity: Beside the modern furnished apartments the outside facilities - well shaped by the owners Stella and Michalis Velonakis - are a feast for the eyes. Bright colours and a decorated floridity are forming a delightful contrast to the Mediterranean blue and white of the buildings. Nearly like a blister the houses are placed on the slope above Mirthios. But it's no problem to reach them - afoot as well as by car. A short walk of approximately three minutes leads you down into the pictorial mountain village underneath the impressing Kotsifou ravine. Beside some recommendable taverns with their panorama terraces there are also two Mini markets with a small offer of food and beverages as well as souvenir shops with Cretan arts & crafts. Plakias and the sea with its long and sandy beach can be attained after a short walk of about 15 minutes. The way leads down the mountain by numerous olive groves.
Ideal starting point for daily trips : By car the distance is scarcely 3 kilometres over the asphalted road down to Plakias. There you find all convenience goods, many tourist facilities, in addition a doctor and a pharmacy. Off course we give a hand to you upon renting a car (incl. airport service) at favourable rates. Because of the unique locality nearly in the centre of the island Villa Stella is the ideal starting point for daily trips into all directions and to the many objects of interest on Crete. E.g. the north coast with the beautiful seaport Rethymnon is only about 35 km away. The distance to Chania Airport is about 100 km, to Iraklio Airport nearly ca. 120 km.
Details for holiday apartment Apartment 60-80sq.m, 1-2 bedrooms, 1 Bedroom, Sleeps 2, 1 Bathroom
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Musjack.com – Photo rogue Nikita Mirzani with vocalist Killing Me Inside, Leonardo Onadio that are circulating on the internet is enough to make a scene. Nikita was finally defending themselves when appearing on the show "Show Imah" Trans TV, South Jakarta, Friday, August 2.
Nikita claimed to pose it just for the fun of it and not be categorized as intimate photos. According to Nikita, it's just her fad alone, moreover Onad already has a lover.
"It was not a kiss, the tongue I just go out to the lips Onad. How does photos for the fun of it," said Nikita trying to convince. "Onad already had a boyfriend. Wrote for fun photos. Heck I realize I'm a public figure. Could be a scene I do not know on Twitter."
Nikita also explained, her lover at that time bulenya also were at the scene. He said his girlfriend was jealous because she knew Onadio a friend. "He was not jealous. Rage fit I beaten it. 'Ve known each Onad," said Nikita.


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After three frustrating seasons, Cleveland High School football coach E.K. Slaughter turned in his resignation Monday morning.
Slaughter compiled a 14-18 overall record with the Blue Raiders, including a 5-5 finish this season that ended without a trip to the playoffs.
"I just decided it was in the best interest of Cleveland's football program and myself and my family that I make this move now," Slaughter said. "I don't regret my decision to come to Cleveland. I'm a better person for my time there because of the people I was able to work with and be around.
"God has great plans for Cleveland High School and great plans for me, and we'll see what those are now."
Slaughter was the offensive coordinator for Red Bank and then became the head coach at Soddy-Daisy in 2008, leading the Trojans to an eight-win season -- the program's first winning record in four years. He then was named Cleveland's coach in the spring of 2009.
Cleveland's 3-8 season in 2009 was its first losing record in 31 years.
Slaughter's wide-open style of offense never took off with the Blue Raiders the way it did at Red Bank and Soddy-Daisy. Cleveland was held to two or fewer touchdowns nine times during Slaughter's tenure, including being shut out twice this season.
"We're very thankful for Coach Slaughter's commitment to the Cleveland program and the players," said Doug Moore, director of public relations with the Cleveland city schools central office. "He has been a strong role model and has a bright future. We wish him well in his endeavors."
One of the area's traditionally strongest programs, with three consecutive Class 4A state championships in 1993-95, Cleveland hasn't won a playoff game since 2002.
Former head coach Benny Monroe, who guided the Blue Raiders from 1979 to '96, winning the three state titles and having the stadium named in his honor, is considered a candidate to return to Cleveland. Monroe came out of retirement to lead Ooltewah to two semifinal appearances before retiring again.
Although he declined to comment specifically on his interest, Monroe did say Monday he would help the program in any way.
Contact Stephen Hargis at email@example.com or 423-757-6293.
Stephen has covered local sports in the tri-state area for more than 24 years, having been with the Times Free Press since its inception, and has been an assistant sports editor since 2005. Stephen is among the most decorated writers in the TFP's newsroom, winning numerous state, regional and national writing awards, including seven in 2013 and a combined 12 in the last two years. He was named one of the top 10 sports writers ...


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Mother, 2 Kids Killed Crossing Tracks
Updated On: Jun 14 2010 10:50:39 AM EDT
An Amtrak train struck a car crossing unguarded tracks in southern Putnam County Monday afternoon, killing a woman and two children in the car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Amtrak officials said the northbound Silver Meteor struck a car at the private, Highlands Avenue crossing in Lake Como, south of Palatka, 3:45 p.m. Monday.
"It was one of the older style (crossings). It didn't have any flashing lights or arms, just a railroad crossing sign and a stop sign," FHP Lt. Bill Leeper said.
Melissa Johnson, 34, along with 9-year-old Brandon and 6-year-old Blake were pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers said the family was leaving a house on the private road after visiting relatives.
An Amtrak spokesman said the train did not derail and none of the 259 passengers and crew on board was hurt.
Troopers said the train was going as fast as 70 mph when it struck the car, scattering pieces of the car across a wide area. FHP said the train was apparently going 70 mph -- the speed limit on that stretch of tracks.
"It was a very violent collision," Leeper said. "It was quite a distance before the train was able to stop."
Neighbors said the boys had their last day of school on Friday and have just started their summer vacation. Pennie Henry, who knows the family, said she felt really bad.
"My granddaughter plays with her son, it's a horrible thing. My heart goes out to that family," said Pennie Henry.
The train left Miami Monday morning and was due in Jacksonville by late afternoon. It arrived in Jacksonville around 10:30 p.m. The leading car stayed at the scene after sustaining some damage.
The incident is under investigation.
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Humorous misspelling of the word "penis." Comes from a translation of a Fate/Stay Night parody comic, where the translators kept the Japanese convention of using circles to edit out certain letters of certain words; the self-censored term for "penis" thus appeared as "p•n•s", and conceivably as "ponos," "pOnOs" or "p0n0s" - all variations which have been used on the internet. Usually used in conjunction with another similarly censored term, vagooo.
Put your ponos up to my vagooo and j-JAM IT IN! (Actual usage from the original Fate/Stay Night parody)
Michael Whatsit가 작성 2007년 04월 03일 (화)
Hawaiian word saying, to make the right choices; Righteousness
The students behaved very pono
hawaiianchika가 작성 2009년 06월 01일 (월)
A guy with extremely good social skills and high intellect. Extremely sexy and good at sports and an amazing musician. HAHA SUCK MY GRITS
1. Pono is so talented
2. Pono likes to do people.
2. Pono likes to do people.
jackieieieieie가 작성 2012년 09월 18일 (화)
A word thats describes a friend or calls a friend not by his name
like dude
or bro
like dude
or bro
1.whats up pono
2.hey pono how the surf
3.pono you have a big cock
2.hey pono how the surf
3.pono you have a big cock
alexprieto가 작성 2009년 06월 23일 (화)
A person, who says sexual remarks through an intense and competitive match.
Your such a pono bitch ass hoe! Get the fuck outta here before I beat your ass!
Knights_of_the_round가 작성 2010년 11월 04일 (목)