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Sourav Ganguly says Harbhajan Singh deserves to play for India in all formats..TRUE ?
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Only the men in business can judge it. In the last two tours abroad Ashwin and Ojha were in the team touring England and Australia and India got a 8-0 drubbing. But when Kumble and Harbhajan were there, the results were different. Now in the home series agaisnt New Zealand, those guys are showing element. The message are clear. Ashwin and Ojha need very helpful come conditions to deliver. But Harbhajan has performed over the years on foreign soil and he is a threat to all overseas players on their home turf. Harbhajan is also no old person, and he just turned 33. If we are to discard aged players we must first discard the captain Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar Doni is 32 and Tendulkar 40. Dhoni is not performing at all. Last one year, Harbhajan was not in the team. He can't be faulted for India's debacle overseas. An owner of 700 international wickets can't be discarded to make room for likes of Progyan Ojha, Ganguly is absolutely right.Answered by soumyen sarkar, 30 Aug '12 06:13 pm
Ashwin and Ojha are the future, Harbhajan is the past. Let us look forward.Answered by kishore malhotra, 30 Aug '12 05:50 pm
I beg to differAnswered by rajnikant raiyarela, 30 Aug '12 05:45 pm
Yes, he has the class but is out of form now. He can join after getting back to form in domestic competitions.Answered by Arakuzha Ramachandran, 30 Aug '12 08:36 am
Both r outdated now so taking each other;s sideAnswered by babu rao, 29 Aug '12 09:36 pm
TrueAnswered by iqbal seth, 29 Aug '12 09:32 pm
Yes, of course, it's true...!Answered by Dil Se, 29 Aug '12 08:47 pm
TrueAnswered by Quest, 29 Aug '12 08:43 pm
Harbhajan Singh, the ace Indian spinner and stan. His batting also is of much use. He comes within best 5 spinners in the world !! >>> all timeAnswered by Mrinalendra Banerjee, 29 Aug '12 08:42 pm
Hats off to bhajji !!
Hats off to bhajji !!
1. As Harbhajan Singh is unable to give results, he does not deserve to b selected, as felt by me.Answered by Sameer Bhagat, 29 Aug '12 08:29 pm
2. He cant dwell in past glory / record only, as he is to deliver to play for India, & that too in all formats! Hah !!!!!!
2. He cant dwell in past glory / record only, as he is to deliver to play for India, & that too in all formats! Hah !!!!!!

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Our raid's been trying to down Blackhorn 10N for a few weeks now with little success. We finally pushed him into P2 tonight--once. Frustration levels are definitely on the rise.:confused:
Here's the log parse from tonight and my armory.
Our strat, basically, was to have both tanks and melee at the front of the boat, ranged spread out near the back (split was 5/5), moving to soak up small swirlies. We two healed it, with the holy pally looking after the tanks and melee, and resto shaman (me) looking after ranged, mainly.
Pretty much every wipe was thanks to the boat blowing up due mainly to Sappers getting through, and most player deaths were due to getting hit by charges, or going into Barrages alone with low health. However, I know there were some deaths (and hence wipes) that could have been avoided by stronger heals, which is why I'm here.
I'm new to end-game resto shaman healing--this was only my 3rd or 4th raid with this toon. Something feels off with this fight, like I'm mainly playing catch-up after each Onslaught. I know some took way too many charges to the face, so there was some preventable damage, but, honestly, I don't think that explains much.
The pally is out-healing me by nearly 50% (EH) and puts out much higher throughput spikes. And, I did do much higher total healing on Try 6 (the first attempt segregating ranged / melee), but then again the other healer was lower on that one.
What's going on, here? Are my gear/enchants too far off the mark? (I just dinged a few weeks ago, so I still have some work to do...) I want to find some big fault with my rotation, because that's by far the easiest to fix, so, please, be brutal. :p My main question is how can I improve my own performance. The raid might be doing n things wrong, but I still want to pull my own weight.
Oh, as for "rotation" on this fight, I've pretty much been trying to keep Healing Rain up on the ranged, Chain Heal spam after Onslaughts, and (G)HW for spot heals, with as many Riptides as I can muster, although I know I missed a lot of chances for Riptide. Cooldowns didn't get much use, unfortunately. Maybe I need a macro for Spiritwalker's Grace + Ghost Wolf. Spirit Link seems pretty useless on Phase 1, and I didn't have much for mana issues, so Mana Tide would be mainly for others' benefit, but maybe I'm missing something.
This may be much longer than it needed to be, but I expect you knew that by this point.


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- 1 1/2 pounds broccoli, stems removed, tops cut into large florets
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 2 tablespoons Sherry wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 tablespoon water
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Place broccoli on large rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 3 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Roast broccoli until tender and brown in spots, about 25 minutes.
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Besides, the extension works as it should. It has very friendly comparison table layout and useful multilanguage feature. Thanks to template override there's possibility to exclude some VM categories from comparison.
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When management waives, buys out, or trades a player, however important he is to its team, to another team organization, it's called a business decision. When the player opts out of his contract, becomes a free agent, and signs up with another team, it's disloyalty. And if the player is as athletic and skilled as LeBron James, he's vilified, booed and slandered.
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The Los Angeles Lakers would like to re-sign Dwight Howard and build their franchise around him. The team has made that abundantly clear since the end of the season, but Howard has made it equally clear that he would like to explore all of his options first.
If LA is going to lose Howard in free agency, they might be best off working out a sign-and-trade involving the 27-year-old center. That way, Howard could get a max contract and the Lakers would get something in return. But does any team have the resources needed to pull off a deal of that magnitude? The Los Angeles Clippers might.
As talks remain ongoing between the Clippers and Boston Celtics for a potential deal that would send Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett to LA in exchange for DeAndre Jordan and draft picks, the Clippers have been hesitant to include point guard Eric Bledsoe in a trade. That does not mean they would not include Bledsoe and Blake Griffin in a potential swap for Howard.
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Shelburne went on to say that it is "hard to believe" the Clippers would part ways with Griffin, but LA understands that it will have to talk big names if it wants to acquire a player like Howard.
Of course, there's always a possibility that none of this happens and all of the aforementioned stars stay with their current teams. Doc Rivers may even have another career path in mind aside from basketball, so his situation remains up in the air. Still, the thought of Howard in a Clippers uniform and Griffin in a Lakers uniform is one that will make NBA fans' heads spin.
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The projected trade of the Clippers' Blake Griffin to the Lakers for Dwight Howard (or vice-versa)is an illustrative example of the existing reality in the NBA and other sports leagues.
When management waives, buys out, or trades a player, however important he is to its team, to another team organization, it's called a business decision. When the player opts out of his contract, becomes a free agent, and signs up with another team, it's disloyalty. And if the player is as athletic and skilled as LeBron James, he's vilified, booed and slandered.
yes! and your point? business decisions are expected from the office.
but Players are expected to want to play for the home team or the illusion of the game FANS buy into in order to get into a team is ruined
without the illusion fans are shown they are being played. they know it, but its okay because they love the illusion its all they have.
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I know what you're thinking…it looks like a piece of "doo-doo", however, it's not! Leave it to Lionbrand to come up with something where geez, you have to buy two skeins of their yarn to make some piddly little stupid looking case for your glasses! Not to mention it's the expensive yarn too. I'd suggest leftover yarn for this project and it'd only make sense…how much are you going to use anyways? About 2 yards of it? LOL! Brown is just so wrong for this case…soooo wrong in so many ways and then trim it with some lime green fun fur…oh dear! If they didn't put a pair of glasses sticking out of this thing, what would you think it is?
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daenna says:
Nevermind, that wool looks a bit fuzzy. Unless it's lined, it would leave lint all over your glasses, which pretty much defeats the purpose of having a case.Donna says:
The fur will clean your glasses as you put them in and take them out lol
Not to mentions all of the dust and lent it will pick up as you carry it in your purse or lay it on your desk.
It really is multifunctional
Maybe the swiffer people will be interested in this item…librarian pirate says:
wow – total poop. even with the glasses sticking out, I probably would have assumed that they just ate glasses and then pooped them out.
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I can think of other things to put in there, but this is a clean web site, right?empress baggie says:
Come on, people.
You buy two skeins of Lion Brand yarn and make a whole bunch of those, um, those, uh, things. Then you sell them at what will be the most popular craft booth ever at Springtime Tallahassee for $738.44 each and become a bahzillionnaire in just one day and get your picture on the cover of Better Homes & Gardens and Star Magazine. You also are chosen as The Donald's next apprentice, which causes an envious Martha Stewart to race through Kmart with an uzi on a mad murder spree, in which only cans of MS Living paints are riddled with bullets as everyone is shopping at Wal-Mart these days and the Big K doesn't carry Lion Brand yarn.
Does the Queen of The World always have to explain everything to everybody? Gosh!Maryann says:
Totally agree. Glasses cases are for scraps.
Not brand new skeins of chenille, and God knows, fun fur is just dumb. Usually, you want to grab your glasses quickly, sun, reading… any kind, really. Fun fur would just get in the way. For one thing, you're likely to get a fingerful of it when you're trying to pinch your frames to pull them out. For another, how easy would it for the hinges to get caught on that stuff?
It could potentially be made to look nice… but the execution here is just fuh-hugly.
Incidentally, since you asked the question… if the glasses weren't in it, I'd think it was a vibrator cozy, complete with faux pubic hair.IHateToast says:
are you sure it's not a Zanthorrhoea johnsonii (www.grasstree.com) ? i've been looking for one at the local markets. went hiking around the dandenongs of melboune and it seemed the grass trees there were suffering from some fungus. they looked like this crap.laura says:
Hi there, I just came across your site–I don't knit, crochet, or even sew, but oh my gosh your site is hilarious. Thanks for some seriously good laughs–my eyes were watering after reading your posts!Katie says:
It looks like it needs a bikini waxseverina says:
Those Lionbrand folks will do anything to sell their rotten yarn. Icky.
It's a tad too reminiscent of stuff from crochetmycrotch.com. I don't think my glasses would be at all comfortable there!Mellykins says:
oh crap, where did i leave my glasses……….meshaliu says:
Why does lionbrand put fun fur on everything? Yick, at least I know why the patterns are free.Orange Swan says:
Hardshell eyeglass cases are the only kind I'll use.Kat-Z says:
I want to sincerely thank all of you.
You've set my uneasy mind to rest…a little.
When my first impression of this was "how and why did they
make a piece of excrement out of Homespun and Fun Fur,
I truly thought I MUST be losing it, and/or need some new glasses, come to think of it!
Approx $ 5.50 per skein for Homespun….@ $11.00
Another $3.50 per – for Fun Fur (who SAYS you can't buy FUN!
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The look on your "favorite" in-laws'
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more …well, personal. Priceless!Blu says:
I would've actually thought that was a hunk of grass someone dug up! Geez!! I've been crocheting for 26 yeas and I've never seen anything like THAT!!HydraFemme says:
Reminds me of something I tripped over in the backyard recently when I had to let the dog out to powder her nose. . .
Ew-skanky-ew.auntchrissy says:
On the bright side, if you DO wear eyeglasses, you can just take them off, and then everything on your website looks sooo prettttyyy ….CombatGal says:
Oh, that's nice auntchrissy Of course, it I'm self-concsious about wearing glasses, I can use this case! People will be so busy gawking at this butt-ugly case that they won't even notice how geeky I look in my specs!Anne says:
Ohmigod – can you imagine sticking your hand in your purse to fetch your glasses and feeling this creepy fuzzy thing in there. And with that big loopy chenille, your earpiece thingies would get caught in them every time.
Just discovered your site today and have bookmarked. LOVE IT. Also a great reminder to us crafters not to take ourselves too seriously. We do NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE something. These hilarious posts remind us that sometimes, it's better just to take a nap.severina says:
They could have at least sewed googly eyes on it.Kaye says:
I'd rather not say !!!!rhapsody says:
Troll-doll glasses case?fireweaver says:
ya know, in it's current state, it looks like a furry, unfinished tiki god. just slap some linear, menacing facial features on in tan yarn (to compliment the charming wood-grain produced by the poo-brown yarn) and you're good to go.Jeanene says:
Look at the positive side. You make this for people who keep asking you to make something for them! Unless they are insane, they will never request another hand made gift again!Mary13 says:
eeewww,crazycatlady says:
Willie Warmer. Without the optional 'hammock'.Linda says:
Looks like a turd with fuzz growing on it. I find those in the spring when the snow melts. My dogs do their business, and if I don't find it to clean up before the snow covers it, that is what happens.Elena says:
When in doubt, trim it in Fun Fur…the Lion Brand creed in action.lisalu says:
"If they didn't put a pair of glasses sticking out of this thing, what would you think it is?"
My guess? A wienie warmer.Crafty Nature says:
If it weren't for the glasses popping out of it i would have said what the !@#$$% is that supposed to be.Aykayem says:
OMG … I actually MADE one of those … more than one actually … but it was way before I ever saw this picture or found out that someone had actually written a PATTERN for one!
btw – it the picture didn't have glasses in it, I would not have thought of it as a glasses case … or a sock for "Peter" or "Willie" … I would have called it a phone sock (yes – "phone socks" are another totally useless/tacky item to crochet/knit/whatever – lol) – because I use one to keep my mobile phone in … well … I had to use it for something … LOL
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MIDDLESEX Vermont State Police are looking for information about guns possibly stolen from a home in Middlesex.
State police say Kevin Atwood, 21, of Waitsfield, went into a home and took several firearms. The resident returned home Tuesday morning and saw Atwood leaving his driveway and walking south down Route 100B, according to police. The homeowner told state police his residence was broken into and guns were stolen.
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I am still looking at the Angry blocks. psd image. All I have done so far is to select this top layer 1 TL for top left, and apply the Gaussian Blur filter with a Radius of 16 pixels. Now Gaussian Blur employed a Gaussian bell-shaped curve in order to distribute its blurriness, so it blurs very slowly at the beginning, rapidly in the middle and slowly again at the end. And it's continuous. In other words it's a gentle curving slope of blurriness. So there are no corners in the blur.
Whereas if it did not employ that approach if it just went ahead and blurred everything by the same amount regardless of the luminance level then we would end up with edges after our blur and I'll show you what that looks like. I'm going to switch to the 2 TR layer right there. So second top right and I'll go up to the Filter menu and I'll choose Blur and I'll choose this guy right here Box Blur which is the Linear Blur function inside of Photoshop. Interestingly, Gaussian Blur, the more sophisticated command has been with us forever inside the program. Box Blur just came about a few years ago in Photoshop CS2.
All right, so I'm going to choose the Box Blur command, and right now it looks like just a typical Blur function at this low Radius value, at least it's a low Radius value for me, it might be higher for you by default. And I'm going to crank that up rather than sort of wandering through our Radius values. So notice by the way we have to work with integers, so no decimals here inside of this dialog box. So pressing the Up Arrow key raises the value in even number of pixels right there and whole pixels. I'm going to take this value up to 16, however it might as well just cut to the chase and click OK. So we are matching the same Radius value that we employed with the Gaussian Blur filter, but notice that we get a very different effect with edges inside of it.
So much of the geometry of this original object is still intact. You can make out that sort of cyborg face in the background. And you can see this really distinct edge right in this area, right there. And that would normally be a bad thing. If we were employing a Box Blur for Drop Shadow for example, which you can't do, but if that was the way it worked then we would get these very harsh edges at the end of our drop shadows and that's why other applications that apply drop shadows and have these weird edges on them, that's why they get them is because they don't do the mathematics properly. They just go ahead and blur everything by the same amount. Photoshop gets it right with the Gaussian Blur as you can see.
But if for some reason you want to retain the geometry of an object as you blur it then Box Blur is going to be the better way to go and does end producing a boxy effect as you can see here. You can kind of see this little corner out here that's being described by the blurry corner of that rectangular outline. And notice that it is going ahead in blurring both the image and the transparency mask associated with this layer, just as before if we didn't want to blur the transparency mask, and of course we could lock down our transparency. All right, so that's it. That's Box Blur for you. In the next exercise we are going to move for a moment from blurring to averaging as we take a look at the Median and Dust and Scratches commands.
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Cruz Takes a Brave Stand on Internet Taxes
Sometimes doing the right thing in Washington means calling your allies out when they're in the wrong. It's a brave move for any lawmaker, and one we don't see often enough in the halls of the Capitol.
That's why its important to acknowledge Senator Ted Cruz's brave decision to speak out against shadowy backroom dealings between Democrats and Republicans. This shadow plan would sneak into law Sen. Reid's new internet tax burden, the Marketplace Fairness Act, before the new Republican Senate arrives in January.
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Ain't much left to say about the Vancouver Canucks at this point. We have picked them to lose three rounds in a row and have suffered in the Playoff Preductions Project as a result. Still we would rather be dead last in the pool than correctly predict the Canucks will move on to the next round in the playoffs. We stand by our convictions.
Bruins over Canucks. Believe that.
Top 10 Most Memorable Moments from the Canucks Run to the Finals
Thomas Drance
June 01 2011 01:07PM
Tonight the Canucks will play game one of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Boston Bruins. It will mark only the teams third appearance in the finals in their forty year existence, and their first as the favourite to win. Boston is a big physical team with the best goaltender, and the biggest 1A Dman on the planet, so it should be a tough fought series.
The series has been previewed ad nauseum during the break between the end of the conference finals, and today. So rather than preview what is to come, I enlisted the help of Canucks icon "The Stanchion" to recap the most memorable moments from the run that brought the Canucks to the finals. And what better way to succinctly recap a memorable run (the events of which, we will eventually exaggerate in comic fashion) than with a nerd friendly top-10 list. Fasten your High Fidelity helmet, and come re-live the best moments from the Canucks 2011 run through the Western Conference!
GDR: SCF Gm 1 - Bruins @ Canucks
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June 01 2011 11:25AM
"Hey, Juice! I just scored the tying goal with less than 14 seconds to go!"
"Pssht. Whatevs. I'm gonna send us to the Stanley Cup Final in about 30 minutes."
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Game Day Recon: Stanley Cup Final Game 1 - Bruins @ Canucks
It is June 1st. And it's a Vancouver Canucks game day.
That is effin' spectacular.
The Canucks and the Bruins square off tonight for the opening game of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final. The city of Vancouver, the province of BC and fans around the world are already on the edge of their collective seat.
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June 01 2011 01:40AM
"Manny's eye is looking at you...over there...and over there..."
(Photo by Andy Clark, Reuters)
Manny Malhotra's return has been labelled many things, mostly miraculous; whatever you want to call it, there are still things about his condition which should be pointed out. As someone who has dealt with (and still deals with) a serious vision issue, your esteemed author is in a position to shed some light on Malhotra's future. Whether he is able to play in the coming weeks or just next fall is less important, the long term changes in his reaction speed to events to his left will be. Malhotra has sustained an injury to his eye which will take a long time to heal, no matter how well he has progressed these past few months.
Series Preview: Canucks/Bruins
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May 30 2011 12:34PM
Wow. Raffi Torres is REALLY, REALLY excited that Manny is coming back.
Ok... let's face it. We all are. The Canucks look to win it all with Manny back.
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The Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins both ended some serious droughts by making it to the Stanley Cup Final. Now, one of these two teams will end an even longer drought. Canucks fans are well aware of the fact that the Canucks have not yet won hockey's biggest prize in their 40-year history. However, the Bruins haven't won the Stanley Cup since the year AFTER the Canucks joined the league.
Two long suffering fans bases. Two teams that have some serious itches to scratch. Which team will raise Lord Stanley's Cup after decades of waiting?


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How Taboo Do You Think Toys Are?
- I think most people use them, just don't admit it.
- I think most people would like to give them a try.
- I don't think they're taboo at all anymore.
- I never thought they were considered taboo.
- I think they are gaining more and more acceptance.
- I don't think anyone should consider them taboo!
- I think they are still pretty taboo.
- Taboo enough that I don't want anyone to know I use them.
- Absolutely taboo and kinky too!
- Other, please explain ....
You will be able to change your vote.
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I voted "I think they are gaining more and more acceptance." In all honesty, though, I think many of those apply, as I think most people would like to give them a try and I personally never thought they were considered taboo, but at the same time, I wouldn't want family, neighbors, RL friends, pastor, etc., to know I use them. ;)
|Wed, 01-21-2009 - 10:59am
That's what I voted also.
I know when I was younger and first learned that sex toys even existed, the only way to get them was in the back of seedy stores. I think they were pretty taboo then, and I still think they're taboo among some.
I have a SIL who is about 15 years older than I am. We had a general conversation about sex toy parties a while back, and she definitely thinks of toys as taboo. I actually think that the toy parties are helping remove the taboos toward toys.
|Wed, 01-21-2009 - 11:16am
I think not only the toy parties, but also female owned and operated retail outlets like Babeland and GoodVibes have done a lot to remove the taboo, in conjunction with the work done by companies such as Fun Factory and Lelo to produce toys that actually work for women.
I voted "I don't think they're taboo at all anymore", but like Stephanie I thought many of the choices could apply.
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Hi Scooter!
It's great to see you over here :-)
How was Vegas?
(buy any toys, LOL?)
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So by now you've heard that legendary curmudgeon Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol after this season. Good for him. Probably a few years too late if he were hoping to jump ship before the franchise jumped the shark, but whatever. Anyhow, his absence will all but drain Idol's talent pool ... More >>
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Mom hopes to honor 12-year-old daughter killed in crash
Updated On: Aug 18 2014 11:29:03 PM EDT
Four months after her 12-year-old daughter was killed in a horrific car accident, a grieving mother spoke about her loss and her hope to make a difference.
The crash occurred April 4 at the intersection of Merill Road and Townsend Boulevard, in Arlington. Savannah Pfeiffer (pictured below) died one week later.
Stanley Robert Jefson is charged with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide in the crash. Jefson has entered a plea of not guilty to the charges. He's due back in court next month.
Police said Jefson was traveling 120 mph in a 30 mph zone when he slammed into the back of a truck, causing it to hit a car in front of it.
Police said Jefson's blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit. He's also had previous DUI convictions.
Savannah's mother, Patricia Smith, hopes that sharing her daughter's story will save lives in the future. Three other family members, including Smith, were in the truck when the accident happened.
"I think it's horrible," Smith said. "My child has no rights because she's not here now."
Smith said Savannah is dearly missed every day. She said Savannah was a special needs child who would have started seventh grade at Global Charter Outreach on Monday.
"She was one of the great loves of my life," Smith said. "Now I live in a prison that has been created for me."
Smith said she wants the community to see her daughter's face and hear about what kind of person she was. She also wants to show the effects drinking and driving can have on a family.
"I n the end, I am left with what you see," Smith said from her daughter's gravesite. "This is where I will come every birthday, every Christmas, every Halloween, Easter, Fourth of July. This is where I will come."
Smith said Savannah was beautiful and bright, the kind of little girl who made you smile when she entered a room.
Savannah had autism and cerebral palsy, but Smith said Savannah never allowed her disabilities to get in her way. She said she thrived in school and at home. Most importantly, she had a loving heart.
"I used to say, 'I don't like bugs,'" Smith recalled. "She'd say, 'Mommy, God made bugs, and they're OK. They're good things, too.' That's how sweet she was."
As she works through healing, Smith's focus now is sharing her daughter's story and advocating against drunken driving. Her hope is to save lives in honor of Savannah's.
"This is where I come every day to visit with my daughter," Smith said. "I'll never see her have her sweet 16, graduate. If she was to get married, I'll never be able to put a veil on her head."
Smith said she plans to advocate before the Florida Legislature for stricter drunken driving laws. She also wants vendors to be held accountable for overserving alcoholic beverages.
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For those afflicted with cancer, a strong support system can make a world of difference.
Sunday, the Silver Hawks showed their support by letting cancer survivors in for free. It was all part of Michiana Cancer Survivors' Day.
Coveleski Stadium was painted pink from the players to Swoop, the mascot.
The event is part of the world's largest cancer survivors event, celebrated by 700 communities around the world.
Survivors say the event is a great way to support one another and celebrate life.
"It is great and we will do this again," said one cancer survivor. "It's just been a good day. It's been a great day. My sons have been with us, my daughter-in-law, my grandson, and my son's girlfriend and it's just been a good day for all of us."
The Silver Hawks also hosted a picnic and for survivors and their families and a special ceremony before the game.


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A person is coached through a conversation of some kind by someone else who feeds them the right lines through an earpiece. This will inevitably lead to a situation where the prompter is distracted by something and says or does something not meant to be heard and repeated, but the person on the other end faithfully mimics it anyway. The Idiot Ball is promptly passed to the person wearing the earpiece as they do as they were instructed, never considering even for a second that screaming out "OH GOD! NOT THE FACE!" might not be the best thing to do while you're trying to impress your dream date in a crowded restaurant. Sometimes a variant occurs where the receiver's connection goes bad, and what would otherwise be the perfect thing to say gets misheard as something else. Often overlaps with Playing Cyrano. If the prompter manages to talk to his buddy on the airwaves AND the people around him at the same time, it's a Multitasked Conversation. Compare Miming the Cues. See also Mission Control, Voice with an Internet Connection.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Veterans who never received a proper "welcome home" want to make sure today's service men and women aren't forgotten.
The group "Warriors Watch Ride" recently formed a chapter in Southwest Florida, made up of Vietnam and cold war veterans, as well as citizens who want to support the troops.
"We have an honor coin that says, never again will an American warrior be scorned or ridiculed," said Warriors Watch Riders SWFL state coordiator Bud Stilwell. "We do not ever want another American to come back to what we got. We never got welcomed home."
Wednesday night, the group helped welcome Lance Corporal Connel Parsons as he returned to Southwest Florida International Airport. The South Fort Myers High School grad has been serving in Afghanistan since October, and returned home on a 30 day leave. His sister asked the group to be present to give her brother a proper homecoming.
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British 'Smart' Beer Coasters Deliver Corny Pickup Lines for You
While letting a coaster deliver lame pickup lines is better than sitting in the corner of the bar and updating your Facebook status, we find it hard to believe anybody would ever make a "connection" this way. A simple hello and a handshake is usually a decent way to start off. It isn't as hard as it sounds.


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I like the pictures of the New Mercedes C220 BlueTec
I liked the look of the last model better. The rear window/boot has an awful looking curve to it. The dash has gaudy, tasteless chrome air vents, and a shiny plastic looking console surround which will end up scratched to hell. With the nice looking designs Merc has been doing lately, I feel they could have done much better.


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2 bedrooms plus twin daybed, 1 full bath, sleeps max 4 adults + 1 child
It's ALL about location! Enjoy your own totally private swimming pool, just 300 yards to the best beach! Unlike properties at Playas Bonita or Coson, NO car is needed as it is a safe 5 minute walk along the beach road to the shops and restaurants in Las Terrenas.
Casa Pura Vida is a romantic 'honeymoon cottage' in a walled, quarter-acre, tropical garden - the perfect alternative to a cramped hotel room. Beautifully yet simply decorated in beach glass colors of turquoise and lime green. Casa Pura Vida was featured on the American television show, House Hunters International on HGTV.
Two bedrooms with queen beds plus twin daybed to sleep five. Comfortable, light-filled living area with cable television, DVD player and WIFI Internet access for your laptop. Equipped kitchen, tiled bathroom with HOT shower. High ceilings with ceiling fans and constant breezes.
We provide a helpful rental guide and free hurricane refund policy. Also see www.HomeAway.com/202925
The 'Sky Terrace,' a second-story apartment located next to Casa Pura Vida,. is available to rent separately or together with Casa Pura Vida. Completed in March, 2012 as the owners' private retreat, the Sky Terrace offers amazing views of palm tree-covered mountains during the day and star-filled skies at night. With sky-lights, glass brick windows, gorgeous bathroom, large equipped kitchen and screened porch in a light-filled open layout, the apartment sleeps up to 3 people. See: www.HomeAway.com/202925 for more info.
How to Travel to Las Terrenas: The easiest and cheapest way to reach Las Terrenas is to fly into El Catey airport (Canadian guests) or Santo Domingo--Los Americas Airport (SDQ), hire a rental car (Budget is approx. $240//week) and then make the easy and beautiful 2 hour drive up the brand new highway which starts just outside the airport and travels through palm plantations and rice paddies.
Our manager can pick you up for the same fee as a taxi ($80--$180 US), PLUS he will stop for food or beverages on the way to the villa!
When you make a reservation at Casa Pura Vida, you will receive detailed information on how to travel from SDQ, (or other arrival cities) PLUS you will receive a comprehensive Rental Guide with suggestions for restaurants, nightclubs, where to go, best beaches,etc. Plus: our manager can help you rent a 'quad,' arrange snorkeling, diving or fishing expeditions, zip-line tours... and he can tell you where to find the hottest 'nightclub de jour'!
The helpful advice you will receive when planning your vacation and on-site assistance is one of the reasons why Casa Pura Vida has the MOST bookings and the MOST positive reviews of any Las Terrenas listing! :)
About Las Terrenas: With over 15 miles of deserted, turquoise-water beaches, 'Time' magazine has described Las Terrenas as having one of the last, long stretches of undeveloped beach in the Caribbean.
The balmy climate with its ever-present trade winds and the warm temperature of the sub-tropical Atlantic Ocean combine to provide this part of the island with year-round, delightful weather with only a few degrees difference in temperature between winter and summer.
Las Terrenas is both a small fishing village AND it is also a vibrant cosmopolitan beachtown with over 60 restaurants, many of which are owned and operated by French or Italian permanent residents and located along the beachfront. There is a modern supermarket, two banks, ATM's, ,exciting night clubs and unique gift stores with quality handicrafts, clothing and jewelry.
The French bakery (just a short walk from Casa Pura Vida) is THE place to go for morning coffee and fresh pastries...you will feel like you're in Paris, but with perfect balmy weather!
Walk the never-ending beach and watch the colorful kiteboards or take lessons! Go diving, snorkeling, hiking, mountain biking, or horseback riding on the beach.
About Casa Pura Vida (and the owners): Steve and Susan Miller fell in love with Las Terrenas when they first visited the Samana Peninsula to go whale-watching. The Millers live in Louisville, Kentucky, USA and purchased Casa Pura Vida as a vacation home and as a rental property for travelers looking for an alternative to cramped hotel rooms or impersonal all-inclusive resorts.
Casa Pura Vida is located in a QUIET neighborhood (no motoconchos!) and is decorated in tropical colors of turquoise and green. Guests may buy fresh fish or shrimp right on the beach and prepare in the equipped kitchen or on the outdoor grill. Purchase freshly-baked baguettes and pastries for breakfast at the French bakery, just a 5 minute walk into town. Take a dip in your private pool and watch the sun set over the hills beyond your backyard.
The American television program 'House Hunters International' (on the HGTV network) shot an episode about the Millers and their new vacation home--- the episode has aired several times!
- Suitability:
- Events Allowed
- Singles
- children welcome
- pets considered
- smoking allowed
- suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair accessible


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Leaving Dalton
Perla is the token Hispanic. She is not a journalist- she is a propagandist for the open borders politicians, both Dumocrat and Repub criminal element.
A once great publication, the Times should now be called the "Blunder."
King: America hardly needs a repeat of amnesty fiasco
The facts offered by D.A. King are not in dispute.
jerry_galeo is the head of an Amnesty for illegal, criminal, aliens group (Georgia Associatin of Latino Elected Officials) that receives part of it's funding from the State of Georgia. Jerry has never been elected to any position -- not even dog catcher.
Jerry Gonzales, nor his group, can debate the illegal, crininal, alien issue on the merits; so, like other out of control ethnic hustlers,(like the SPLC) he resorts to character assassination.
Since he, they, can not refute the facts, resort to attacking the messenger.