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Gray v. Novell, Inc. et al
Filing 42
RESPONSE in opposition re 38 MOTION to unseal Confirmation Agreement filed by X/Open Company Limited. (Raynes, Evan)
Gray v. Novell, Inc. et al Doc. 42 Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION WAYNE R. GRAY, Plaintiff, v. NOVELL, INC., THE SCO GROUP, INC., and X/OPEN COMPANY LIMITED, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW X/OPEN'S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO DECLASSIFY THE 1996 SCO-NOVELL-X/OPEN CONFIRMATION AGREEMENT Defendant X/Open Company Limited opposes Plaintiff Wayne R. Gray's motion to declassify the 1996 SCO-Novell-X/Open Confirmation Agreement for the following reasons. I. Introduction and Summary of Argument The 1996 SCO-Novell-X/Open Confirmation Agreement contains confidential commercial information and, therefore, should not be declassified. The Confirmation Agreement is a contract between The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (Defendant The SCO Group, Inc.'s predecessor in interest), Novell, and X/Open concerning, in part, X/Open's ownership of the UNIX trademark--a central issue in this litigation. Among the other issues addressed by the Confirmation Agreement are details about an earlier confidential agreement between Novell and X/Open relating to X/Open's ownership of the UNIX mark, Novell's entitlement to royalty payments, and Novell's and SCO's shareholder and membership status in X/Open.1 That information was confidential when the Confirmation Agreement was signed in 1996 and it is no X/Open, trading as The Open Group, is an international consortium of computer companies, such as Novell, The SCO Group, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Apple Inc., and many others. 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 2 of 11 less so to X/Open today. The Confirmation Agreement bears the legend "SCO-Novell-X/Open Proprietary Not for Disclosure to Third Parties," memorializing the signatories' intent to keep the details of the agreement confidential. Gray contends he had no alternative but to file his motion. Yet, the filing of the motion was unnecessary. Gray sought access to the Confirmation Agreement for purposes of framing discovery in this case. X/Open agreed to that access, provided the Confirmation Agreement was used only for purposes of this litigation and subject to its continued treatment as confidential under terms of an to-be-agreed-upon protective order. X/Open respectfully requests this Court to deny Gray's motion and enter a protective order prohibiting the parties from using confidential information except for the purposes of this litigation. II. Facts Gray's motion is replete with factual error, including about what he "believes" the Confirmation Agreement to say (allegations made notwithstanding Gray's own counsel's possession of that document on an "attorney's eyes only" basis). Further, most of the factual allegations in Gray's motion are irrelevant, as Gray appears foremost to use his motion to advance his position on the merits of the case as opposed to whether the Confirmation Agreement is entitled to confidential treatment. The following are the facts relevant to Gray's motion. A. What is the Confirmation Agreement? The Confirmation Agreement is the document that confirms the chain of title to the UNIX mark and its ownership by X/Open. Gray contends in his motion (and in this suit) that X/Open does not own the UNIX mark, but instead, that the UNIX mark is owned by SCO. Gray's Motion to Declassify Confirmation Agreement at 2-3. Gray's position that SCO, not X/Open, owns the UNIX brand rests on his -2- Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 3 of 11 reading of the 1995 Novell-SCO Asset Purchase Agreement--a document that falls outside the ownership chain of title.2 According to Gray, the Asset Purchase Agreement transferred the UNIX mark from Novell to SCO and the defendants thereafter collectively engaged in a conspiracy to cover up the true ownership of the UNIX brand. Gray's alleged factual allegations notwithstanding, the Asset Purchase Agreement did no such thing, as the transfer of the UNIX mark under that agreement was conditional, being limited by the phrase "as and to the extent held by seller." This phrase refers to an earlier 1994 Novell-X/Open trademark license agreement.3 All this is made clear by the Confirmation Agreement (the document Gray seeks to declassify), as it confirms that the 1994 license required Novell to assign the UNIX mark to X/Open, with all three signatories acknowledging that X/Open in fact owns the mark. B. Confidential Commercial Information is Contained in the Confirmation Agreement The Confirmation Agreement contains confidential commercial information. It contains information about the confidential 1994 Novell-X/Open trademark license agreement; it confirms The following is the chain of title, as recorded in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: � On May 15, 1990, American Telephone and Telegraph Company ("AT&T"), which procured Registration No. 1,392,203 and Registration No. 1,390,593 for the UNIX mark (the "UNIX registrations"), assigned the UNIX mark and registrations to UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. (assignment recorded in the PTO on May 18, 1990). � On April 29, 1994, UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. merged into Novell, Inc. (merger recorded in the PTO on July 27, 1994). � On November 13, 1998, Novell, Inc. assigned the UNIX mark and registrations to X/Open (recorded in the PTO on June 22, 1999). 3 In the 1994 Novell-X/Open agreement, Novell transferred control of the UNIX mark to X/Open, giving X/Open responsibility for sublicensing the mark to third parties whose products meet certain quality-control standards, and agreed to assign the mark to X/Open. The agreement also contains numerous provisions concerning those quality-control standards, royalty payments, and other issues. Given its confidential nature, the 1994 Novell-X/Open license agreement is not attached as an exhibit. However, a copy will be made available for in camera inspection or once a suitable protective order is entered if the Court desires. -3- 2 Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 4 of 11 X/Open's ownership of the UNIX mark; it contains confidential information about Novell's entitlement to royalty payments under the 1994 agreement. It also contains information unrelated to the UNIX brand's ownership, such as Novell's and SCO's shareholder and membership status in X/Open. In sum, the Confirmation Agreement comprises the obligations and rights of the signatories on a wide range of commercial issues, including issues beyond X/Open's ownership of the UNIX mark. Given the sensitive commercial nature of that information, the parties (not surprisingly) specifically included the legend "SCO-Novell-X/Open Proprietary Not for Disclosure to Third Parties" on each and every page of the Confirmation Agreement. C. The Parties' Negotiations on Gray's Access to the Confirmation Agreement Gray claims that the Defendants have improperly classified the Confirmation Agreement "for the purpose of concealing its false representations and to obstruct discovery." Gray's Motion to Declassify Confirmation Agreement at 10. That is simply untrue. Gray well knows the Defendants are not trying to prevent him from seeing the Confirmation Agreement. Gray's counsel has long had the Confirmation Agreement, which was produced years ago on an "attorney eyes only" basis during now-suspended Patent and Trademark Office proceedings between X/Open and Gray. On April 9, 2007, access to the agreement was sought by Gray himself (as opposed to Gray's counsel) to prepare responses to X/Open's discovery requests and, on the next day, X/Open indicated that Gray could see the agreement, provided he did not use it for purposes other than this litigation (including after the conclusion of the litigation). Novell agreed on April 10, 2007, and the SCO Group agreed on April 20, 2007. In an about face, Gray indicated on May 11, 2007 (and after responding to X/Open's discovery requests on May 2, 2007) that it was now Gray's position that there should be no restrictions whatsoever upon the use of the 1996 Confirmation Agreement. -4- Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 5 of 11 On the same day, May 11, 2007, Novell asked Gray whether he was rejecting restrictions on the use of the Confirmation Agreement because he wanted to publish the agreement on the Internet or use it for publicity purposes. On May 12, 2007, Gray indicated that this was not the case. X/Open then asked Gray whether he was rejecting restrictions on the use of the agreement so that he could use it in other proceedings, such as the suspended Patent and Trademark Office proceedings. Gray responded: "As to use in any other forum, we decline to provide our legal strategy to you." Gray then made clear that he seeks to use the Confirmation Agreement in other proceedings, as set forth in his pending motion. SCO has since advised Gray that it will not oppose his motion because it does not believe the issue merits motion practice, but that Gray should not construe this as SCO's taking the position that other parties do not have the right to request reasonable confidentiality provisions for this document.4 III. Argument A. Gray's Motion Should Be Denied Because the Confirmation Agreement Contains Confidential Commercial Information Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, "for good cause shown, the court . . . may make any order which justice requires to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense," including an order that certain information is entitled to confidential treatment if it constitutes "a trade secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial information." Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). The parties' correspondence concerning the declassification of the Confirmation Agreement is contained in Exhibits 1-11 of the Declaration of Evan A. Raynes in Support of X/Open's Opposition to Gray's Motion to Declassify the 1996 SCO-Novell-X/Open Confirmation Agreement. The SCO Group's consent to X/Open's proposal was conditioned on the additional requirement that, upon the entry of a standing protective order, the protective order would govern the use of the agreement. -5- 4 Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 6 of 11 So long as good cause is shown and the information in question is limited to pretrial civil discovery, it "is not subjected to heightened scrutiny" and a protective order will issue. In re Alexander Grant & Co. Litigation, 820 F.2d 352, 355 (11th Cir. 1987). "Good cause" is a "well established legal phrase" that "generally signifies a sound basis or legitimate need to take judicial action." Id. at 356. In addition to a showing of good cause, the Eleventh Circuit conducts a balancing test, weighing, on the one hand, a party's interest in having unrestricted access to the information at issue and, on the other, the adverse party's interest in limiting access to that same information and keeping it confidential. McCarthy v. Barnett Bank of Polk County, 876 F.2d 89, 91 (11th Cir. 1989) (district court properly granted protective order preventing dissemination of discovery material concerning confidential commercial and financial information); Farnsworth v. Procter & Gamble Co., 758 F.2d 1545, 1547 (11th Cir. 1985) (affirming district court's grant of a protective order because the movant's interest in keeping the information confidential outweighed the discovery interests of the other party); Alexander Grant, 820 F.2d at 356 (affirming stipulated protective order prohibiting parties from disseminating confidential information to nonlitigants and holding that "an `umbrella' protective order . . . should be used to protect documents designated in good faith by the producing party as confidential"). The Confirmation Agreement contains confidential commercial information. As a reading of the Confirmation Agreement will show, a wide range of sensitive commercial issues deserving of confidential protection exist. These include information concerning the confidential 1994 Novell-X/Open trademark license, Novell's entitlement to royalty payments, Novell's and SCO's shareholder and membership status in X/Open, and conditions relating to the assignment of X/Open's UNIX mark, among others. -6- Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 7 of 11 Gray urges declassification of the Confirmation Agreement because it is a "stale document purportedly over 10 years old." Gray's Motion to Declassify Confirmation Agreement at 1. Yet, the information contained in the agreement has not lost its confidential nature simply through the passage of time. The information in question was confidential in 1996 and remains confidential to X/Open today because the information is still relevant to X/Open's business relationships with the other signatories. Further, great weight should be accorded the original intent of the signatories. The legend "SCO-Novell-X/Open Proprietary Not for Disclosure to Third Parties" appears on each and every page of the agreement. That intent existed long prior to this dispute and the Defendants' labeling it "confidential" cannot be credibly argued by Gray as having been done to chill his discovery some 20 years later. Thus, the intended confidentiality of the Confirmation Agreement should be given full effect. See, e.g,. Grove Fresh Distribs., Inc. v. John Labatt Ltd., 888 F. Supp. 1427, 1440-41 (N.D. Ill. 1995), aff'd, 134 F.3d 374 (7th Cir. 1998) ("[T]he dissemination of agreements intended by the parties to be confidential carries a `significant potential for abuse' which could `implicate privacy interests of litigants and third parties.'") (internal citations omitted) (emphasis added). In addition, disclosure of the Confirmation Agreement could damage X/Open's current and future relations with its licensees. X/Open is the "caretaker" of the UNIX mark for the computer industry, licensing the mark not only to SCO, but to many other companies who entrust confidential information concerning their UNIX-brand products to X/Open. As such, X/Open owes a duty of confidentially to all of its licensees, and disclosure of third-party confidential information in this case would give X/Open's licensees pause for concern that their own confidential information risks public disclosure. -7- Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 8 of 11 For his part, Gray has not shown a real or legitimate interest in having unrestricted access to the Confirmation Agreement. Whatever interest Gray can muster, it does not outweigh X/Open's interest in restricting use of this confidential document for purposes other than this litigation. Rather, Gray's only "interest" in declassifying the Confirmation Agreement appears to be his desire to use it in other proceedings and for purposes other than this litigation. That desire is improper, meriting no weight. The spate of cases that Gray cites for the proposition that the Confirmation Agreement is undeserving of confidential treatment does not support his motion. In each cited case, the party asserting the confidentiality interest sought to prevent access to the information in question. Here, X/Open does not seek to prevent access to the Confirmation Agreement. X/Open has offered Gray the information he seeks, subject to restrictions on the use of the information, not access to the information. Further, many of Gray's cases are factually inapposite,5 and some uphold the protective order at issue.6 As such, Gray's cases do not stand for the proposition for which they are cited. B. Gray's Motion Should Be Denied Because It is Unjustified and Improper Gray claims that, because he is "an active participant in these proceedings, performing most of the fact research and preparing drafts of almost all of his documents and pleadings," keeping the Confirmation Agreement confidential "will prejudice and irreversibly harm discovery For instance, In re Up North Plastics, 940 F. Supp. 229, 232 (D. Minn. 1996) involves the narrow question of whether a person whose property has been seized pursuant to a search warrant has a Fourth Amendment constitutional right to examine the affidavit upon which the warrant was issued, and both Doe v. District of Columbia, 697 F.2d 1115 (D.C. Cir. 1983) and THK Am., Inc. v. NSK Co., 157 F.R.D. 637 (N.D. Ill. 1993) deal with the right of attorneys to share confidential information with their clients. 6 See, e.g., In re Iowa Freedom of Information Council, 724 F.2d 658, 664 (8th Cir. 1983) (where the petitioner media organizations applied for a writ of mandamus challenging the district court's closure of a contempt hearing involving trade secrets, the Eighth Circuit upheld the district court's decision to protect certain trade secrets from disclosure and denied the petition). -8- 5 Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 9 of 11 and fact investigation and Gray's ability to effectively participate in this proceeding." Gray's Motion to Declassify Confirmation Agreement at 2. This claim likewise lacks merit. After Gray requested access to the Confirmation Agreement in order to prepare his discovery responses, X/Open agreed that Gray could see the agreement, provided that he use it only for the purposes of this litigation. X/Open's proposal gave Gray everything he purportedly sought, namely, access to the Confirmation Agreement for the purpose of preparing his discovery response. Instead of accepting X/Open's proposal (and avoiding the need to involve this Court), Gray responded that only complete declassification would satisfy him and that he wanted to be able to file the Confirmation Agreement in any other forum he sees fit, including future forums. Thus, Gray's true motives for seeking declassification of the Confirmation Agreement obviously reach far beyond this litigation. IV. Conclusion Gray's motion should be denied and the Confirmation Agreement should remain "attorney's eyes only" in the absence of an order prohibiting its use for purposes other than this litigation. To prevent piecemeal treatment of confidential documents (and additional unnecessary motion practice), X/Open further respectfully requests that the Court order the parties to enter into a standing protective order governing the treatment of confidential information. Respectfully submitted, Dated: June 4, 2007 s/ Evan A. Raynes Mark Sommers, Esq. Evan A. Raynes, Esq. FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P. 901 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001-4413 Telephone: 202-408-4000 Facsimile: 202-408-4400 -9- Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 10 of 11 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com - andWilliam C. Guerrant, Jr. Florida Bar No. 516058 HILL, WARD & HENDERSON, P.A. Suite 3700 � Bank of America Building 101 East Kennedy Boulevard Post Office Box 2231 Tampa, Florida 33601 Telephone: 813-221-3900 Facsimile: 813-221-2900 E-mail: email@example.com Attorneys for Defendant X/Open Company Limited - 10 - Case 8:06-cv-01950-JSM-TGW Document 42 Filed 06/04/2007 Page 11 of 11 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on June 4, 2007, I electronically filed this document with the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system, which will send a notice of electronic filing to: David L. Partlow, email@example.com; William C. Guerrant, Jr., firstname.lastname@example.com; Karen C. Dyer, firstname.lastname@example.com; Fredrick H. L. McClure, email@example.com; George R. Coe, firstname.lastname@example.com; E. Colin Thompson, email@example.com; Heather M. Sneddon, email@example.com; John P. Mullen, email@example.com; and Thomas R. Karrenberg, email@example.com. s/ Evan A. Raynes - 11 -


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Dáil Éireann - Volume 387 - 23 February, 1989
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I had the great pleasure of representing the EWBC "collective" at the recent TerroirVino event organised by our good friend Filippo Ronco of TigullioVino. Filippo was one of the many new people I met at last year's EWBC event in Rioja and one of the several representatives of the extensive blogging/online wine community in Italy.
Ryan and Gabriella are already planning on flying to the US for the WBC in California and other events in New York, so this was my chance to represent the EWBC in person. I spoke, very briefly and in rather rusty Italian, at Vinix Unplugged about my vision of the EWBC as a way to break one of the major collaboration deadlocks that exists in Europe: the language barrier. There are hundreds of wine blogs, wine networks, online communities and wine sites in Europe. Unfortunately, few of them achieve that level of critical mass that means they challenge the US/English speaking sites in any list of "top sites".
One of the main reasons for this, but by no means the only one, is a lack of collaboration and cooperation across national borders. Even those of us with some understanding of other languages feel unable to read posts and unwilling to write comments in these other languages. There are wonderful voices in many languages, but we may never hear them.
But things change when you meet face to face with a glass of wine in hand. In person, we find ways to make ourselves understood. We relax and share stories, something that wine has helped to promote for thousands of years. If you combine that with an agenda that allows us to talk about things we all have a common experience with, namely wine and social media, then the scene is set for more exciting things to emerge.
I got the sense that many of the bloggers, marketers and wineries present were also looking for ways to engage new audiences around the world, and that the EWBC message resonated with them.
Vinix Unplugged was an opportunity for those who wanted to learn about social media, and share their experiences with others, and attracted a varied and influential audience. It makes you consider that if there are plenty of individuals and businesses in Italy, then there are probably more in Spain, France, Germany, and even places like Poland, Switzerland, Denmark and indeed all other European countries. How can we reach out to them too?
Of course, it wasn't all about social media. In fact, the star attraction was the wonderful range of wines at TerroirVino in the majestic setting of the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa. I didn't have the time to taste all the wines as I was busy talking and learning, but I highly recommend that lovers of Italian wine make it a fixture of their 2010 calendars straight away.
I have to admit that I've been particularly interested in this event since there had been an outside chance that we might try and organise EWBC alongside it for this year. Sadly, it proved to be a little too difficult (and expensive), so we didn't, but I've always felt just a tiny sense of ownership and responsibility for the event since then. I was very glad, therefore, to see not only that friends like Giampiero Nadali, Elisabetta Tosi and Gianpaolo Paglia were there, but that Amy Lillard of La Gramiere came along to represent French wine at the event as well. International cooperation indeed!
I look forward to welcoming the many new Italian bloggers who told me they would attend this year's EWBC in Lisbon, and I hope that this experience might also inspire more groups from other countries to come along.
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I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al
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ORDER ON FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. Signed by District Judge Raymond A. Jackson on 10/15/12. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D)(arou)
FILL:.. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA OCT 15 ?0i? NORFOLK DIVISION CLERK, US DISTRICT COURT NORFOi k, va I/P ENGINE, INC. Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 2:1 l-cv-512 v. AOL, INC., et al, Defendants. ORDER ON FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc. ("Plaintiff) and Defendants AOL Inc., Google Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Gannett Co., Inc., and Target Corporation (collectively, "Defendants") submit the following proposed final pretrial order pursuant to the Court's Order of February 15, 2012, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Local Rules of this Court and the Case Management Orders, previously entered herein. The parties having stipulated as to various matters identified herein and having identified exhibits, witnesses, factual contentions and triable issues, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: I. STIPULATION OF UNDISPUTED FACTS The parties agree that the following facts are undisputed for purposes ofthis litigation: 1. U.S. Patent No. 6,314,420 ("the '420 patent") isentitled "Collaborative/Adaptive Search Engine" and issued on November 6,2001. 2. The application that issued as the '420patent was filed on December 3,1998. 3. Claims 10, 14, 15,25,27, and28 of the '420 patent areasserted. 4. Claims 1, 5, 6,21,22,26, 28 and 38 of the '664 patent are asserted. 5. U.S. Patent No. 6,775,664 ("the '664 patent") is entitled "Information Filter System and Method for Integrated Content-Based and Collaborative/Adaptive Feedback Queries" and issued on August 10,2004.


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SAN DIEGO - The United States and Chilean navies concluded submarine rescue exercises this past week off the waters of Naval Base Point Loma.
The international exercise, called CHILEMAR III, was the third such joint operation between Chile and the US.
"The Chilean submarine, Carerra is up here doing operations with the US Navy," said Cmdr. David Lemly with the US Navy. "What we're doing is simulating a submarine rescue."
While the rescue techniques have not had to be applied in real life yet, officials from both countries say the training exercises will prove invaluable if or when the situation should arise.
The submarine rescue team is part of the US Navy's Deep Submergence Unit. The DSU is the only US military command that conducts deep ocean submarine rescue.
The rescue operation begins with a sailor begin fitted with a pressurized suit. The suit allows the pilot to go more than a thousand feet under water to check the crippled sub.
The pilot of the suit is essentially a scout, checking the sub and it's immediate area for dangerous conditions. If it's all clear, the ship will bring the pilot back up and then send a much larger rescue vessel down called a Pressurized Recovery Module.
This vessel can hold up to 18 people and is remotely controlled by a pilot topside.
"If you're claustrophobic you won't like it," said Diver Chief Cory Hall. "We have enough people to run shifts all night. If this were a real, active rescue it's a nonstop operation."
The plan is to have the recovery module dock with the wounded sub, create a water-tight seal and drain the water to allow the stranded sailors to come aboard 18 at a time.
The Chilean sailors have been training with the US Navy for the past three months.
US, Chilean navies collaborate on sub rescues
Chilean-US navies world on sub rescues (fox5sandiego.com / November 3, 2011)
SAN DIEGO - The United States and Chilean navies concluded submarine rescue exercises this past week off the waters of Naval Base Point Loma.


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Oceania Paris Porte De VersaillesLatest booking: 1 hour ago There are 5 people looking at these apartments.
Within a short distance of 3 metro stations and so 5 lines. And 2 RER stations. Reasonably short walking distance to Opera and Galleries Lafayette. The concierge gave us a mobile phone for emergencies.
Everything was perfect since our arrival , Cyrille , Angela ( speaks portuguese ) and Alice were all very kind , apartment is perfect , could even live there.
Excellent location Friendly staff Very well equipped facility Good Wi-Fi Cleaner coming on the daily basis
Short Stay Paris Apartments should regulate some "in-house" rules with other people living / visiting the same building. I was there with children, my son who is 4 likes running through the apartment, nothing extensive. Yet, we have a guy living in the apartment below coming every day and complaining about the noise. He could hear my son running. That was going on and on.
location was great; near metro, rer line. Our family of five was very comfortable. A clean & well equipped kitchen (a must as one of our kids has food allergies). Highly recommend this for families as a hub to enjoy Paris.
The location is perfect. The flat is in a quiet resident but it only takes 2 minutes to get to the main street with all the restaurants and cafes etc. We love it there. Carl was extremely nice and helpful, answering all the questions and showing us around himself. He also provided us a mobile phone which makes free call locally, which is a big plus. The apartment was cleaned daily so it's great! We had a lovely time there in Paris. :)
Staying at this location made my vacation even more enjoyable. The shopping, the supermarket, metro, bus and the opera house is just across the street. I travelled with 6 other young women and we felt very safe. There was one night that a couple of men followed us and we ran towards our apartment. Luckily, there is a security guard in the property at all times and he scare the men away. The staff is wonderful to work with. They provided us with a binder that included important information like restaurants, public transportation, and very strong wi-fi. They even took us outside and showed us where the best bakeries are located. Having the local cell phone was very handy. I unknowingly called a staff member at 10pm, and they picked up immediately. The beds were comfortable; the AC was strong. The dryer took some time to dry our clothes. I love how the fridge was stocked with soda, water and champagne. The Nespresso was so good that I had to buy a machine as soon as I got home.
It's a bit pricey, but WORTH IT!!!
Easy to find, great staff, amazing location, perfect for our family stay.
- we received a bottle of champagne, some soft drinks and snacks - the appartment was clean and well equiped (iron, hairdryer, towels, ...) - good location close to the big shopping centra and a metro stop in front of the entrance - very nice hosts
Very nice location and very clean!
Cyrill is very friendly, excellent host. The apartment is conveniently located to numerous restaurants and world class shopping.
I wish I had upgraded to the bigger room. The one bedroom apartment is very cramped for a family of four.
The staff was very friendly and approachable. The apartment was clean, new and many household items you need (e.g. Detergent, cooking oil, shampoo, towels) are all available in the apartments. Wifi was also very strong! For those who wants to travel around Paris using the metro, the apartments are also located in a very convenient location, with three different metro stations of walking distance from the apartments. Also, for those who decided to travel out of Paris, I think there was also a train station just around the corner. Plus, those who wants quick bites, could easily find mac Donald's just outside of the apartment. Security was quite good and it is definitely safe to travel with children. Definitely gives a homely feel (Cyrille was a wonderful host, and hot too :* )
1. Location, close to Station St. Lazare, Printemps, Galery Lafayete, excellent Asian Foods. 2. Staff very helpful, attentive and kinds. 3. Excellent housekeeping. All in Perfect, we will come back and recommend to our friends.
the attentiveness of the staff (with special reference to Cyrille) who helped us a lot during our stay in Paris. The availability of a free mobile phone. fully-equiped kitchen with nespresso machine.
This apartment was just amazing - and the welcome and care taken by Cyrille to ensure our stay was successful was just wonderful. This apartment has just everything and I could not receommend it more highly.
Great apartments, very handily located and Lauren made it easy to arrive and settle in despite our flight being late. Free mobiles to use is a lovely touch as is the nespresso machine
The location is excellent! Very near to the metro line 12 and RER E but the apartment is just average and expensive for its size and category. We are a little cramped and the kitchen has limited utensils. The staff, Cyrill, is really good thou. Wifi is also fast. Toilet is separate from the bathroom and no ventilation and so small. In the kitchen, they only have a very small knife, can't even slice a bread! No cover for pots.
Toilet very small and dark and bathroom will flood when you shower, kitchen doesn't have complete utensils and room orientation and size.
very good to be able to let us into the apartment after arriving on an early morning flight. It is centrallt located to everthing we needed.
something to hang clothes in the bathroom would be good
helpful staff, comprehensively equipped, good location
Excellent location, Cyrille was an incredible host, he went out of his way to assist us with finding spectacular hidden gems of Paris for kids he even let us check out late from the hotel as our flight was late in the evening.
Our stay was short at this awsome place.
The executive apartment was spacious and quite comfortable.
First and foremost, I booked this apartment because it was advertised on Booking.com for a reduced price: I would not have booked it for the full price, which at 420 Euro per night, does not represent value for money, given the facilities and location. When I arrived, I was billed for the full price. I complained to the owner via email but have had no reply. The apartment is dark, with limited natural light, and the building is a modern block which is not very attractive. The location is convenient and central but not that pleasant; we did not find any good restuarants nearby. More like the Tottenham Court Rd. than Mayfair!
Excelent option, perfect location. The staff is so nice and helpful. I would stay again.
The location of the apartment The friendliness and support of the staff, including checking in and checking out The facilities provided in the apartment
The weather, but there is nothing that Short Stay Apartments can do about it
Excellent location, near to metro , supermarkets, major shopping centers and eateries . Staff was very friendly and helpful . Apartment was well equipped, with snacks , coffee pops , soda drinks and even a bottle of champagne ! And they even provide a cell phone for convenience of local calls. This is what I call "good service "!!!
Very good!!
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NEW JESREY: "A new Fairleigh Dickinson University poll in New Jersey finds Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) ahead by double digits over Joe Kyrillos (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 43% to 33%," Political Wire writes.
NEW YORK: "Queens Democrats have chosen state Assemblywoman Grace Meng of Queens to run for retiring Congressman Gary Ackerman's seat, according to two sources close to the party," the New York Daily News reports. "Potential candidates met with party elders Sunday to make their pitch to run in the redrawn 6th Congressional District, which would be more than 37% Asian."
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Omg...I just found out that my Older sis and her whole DAMN family is comin down...im soo damn screwed cuz shes a neat freak!...Well anywayz
O shit..was this weekend interseting well....lets start off wit Thursday...Tadam and Patrick came ova...ok...Friday..that was interesting...We now kno who like who...ya c...cuz...Johnny,Acacia,Alexa,Roy..and a shit load of other ppl were there...and we walked Hell boy...which isnt a bad movie it was pretty good....Well in the movie i look over at my 2 friends..and 1(guy) of them..had there hand on the other 1(girl)s legs...so wen i got out of the movies wit them Alexaa said...So hows ur leg..I just had to start laughing....I laughed all the way home...Ok saturday...I go to Bres' house...Chill there wit her friend Morgan...Well We go to the Mall together and we meet up wit Acacia there...Well we go to Bada Bings...Mike was there...There wasnt that many ppl...Well Johnny showed up...and we all chillin Johnny beats me in Pool alot.. Well we try to call Garrett to come to Badas but he kept stalling and well he didnt show up...Ok..Well these black guyz come in and start hitting on me,Morgan and Bre...Well this 1 went up to Acaica..and she said that she didnt want him..so she said wat about sammy..grrr...and then by that time..bre and morgan are in the car....wit the other guys..and i flip out...cuz i dont trust them for one thing...who would... I dont kno who the fuck they are....Well latter that nite...Bre and I danced on the floor onli 2 out there but we didnt care..music was playing were dancing... So..It wasnt a bad nite..cuz 2 of my friends made me sooooooooooo Damn happy....It turned out to B a not that bad weekend...
Well TODAY...TOTAL BORE! went out to eat wit my mom...Josh R. was there...I always c that damn boy..he was at Badas...now here..its bad enough i c him at home...So yea...
Well there this guy who likes me..but i dont like him the way that he likes me...But i just along wit it...I try not to get close and try not to let him get close to me...But when he did i just totaly Blew him off...Alot of reasons for that is that i still in a lllliiiiittttllleee...way still like my ex....But i havent talk to my ex in awhile...what should i do?
Well there is this chick needs to back the fuck off my man. She needs to quit tellin people that there goin out when there not and im goin out wit him. She needs to fuckin shut her mouth.
People and there damn relationships!!! O my! They need to deal wit there own relationships. They must think i dont have relationship problems!! I do have my own relationship problems!!
Well all i got to say is im goin back out wit Doritoz aka "JOSH". lol lily. Yea lily " JOSHUA" well its bein a few days now that ive bein goin back out with him. lol. thats all i gotta say
I swear guys are so confuzing. They first hang all over you. But once you do something about it they act like nothing happened at all. Its very confuzing for gurls out there. Guys should say something if there gonna do something like that if they do like you or if wre around so im gonna full around with you. Its very confusing.
Also to the Bowling thing-U can get a shit load a candy for 75cents at the candy game machine. Lol,Lol. Great fun, and also Taffy and Ciggz dont go together at all.
Well,Today was boring. Didnt do much, was surpose to go to Joshs house to go to the Ymca. But i didnt cuz i couldnt go down to the Deli. So lily and I dicided that her,Mike, me and Josh would go to the movies all together. There was a down side to that c josh has a P/O so he cant go anywhere after a certint time. So, Lily and mike went, But mike stood her up soo. Well im home bored as hell, When my sis was goin to go bowling wit a friend of hers. So tagged along. Well lily called my cell fone and told me wat had happened. Then she came to the Bowling alley. We bowled a little. Played pool. and play games. Sound real childish for some teenagers. Well as normal we got hit on. Wat was it every guy look but dont talk or touch. Well we talk to some guyz.(Guyz that worked there). There was one guy I think his name was "Earl" but We think he was lieing. Then ther was some hot niggaz up in there damn. But ass normal they were hangin wit some White wanna-bz. So we didnt do anything. well were there from like 5-10. Bored after atleast one hour. Things were up and down all day long. Called Josh when i got home he sounded Depressed. Not normal for him. So everything was a BLahh,Oooo day
Rain,Boredom,Piss Off, Well As u kno black Friday means Shopping! Well do u think im shopping, No im home on the computer waiting for thing to be doin in my house. Waiting for a call saying" Hey sam, wats up" or "Sam go ahead u can go out". No im here bored, Having to clean. BORED LIKE A MOTHER FUCKER! Thats really All I gotta say.
Well there is this guy. Lily knos who he is. I dont kno if i like him or not. I was wit him for a very long long time. And we still hang like we are goin out. But there is this other guy, Moats(last name). He's really nice and i would like to go back out wit him. But..... Idk cuz im stuck between to guy that i like and it hard to dicide which one i should go wit. One who i've been wit for a long time or one who is nice, whose funni and who knos! Well I do like bein wit both of them but i would date both of them but there is also a problem. There like best friends. I've bein through that once already and it doesnt work cuz the other convinces me to date him and i fall for it, it really hard to deal wit it!
Well as u kno its Turkey day! Well it borin All i can say. Hang out wit Ppl I known almost all my life since i moved to PA. Life is hell! Well i was Feelin like i was the oldest Kid there but there were two older onez. Cuz i was the one who had to watch the kid! My god i feel like im doin that all the time. BUt o wellz. Well GOOBLE GOOBLE!
Well Yesterday i went to my gurl lilyz job to show her my new cell. We chillied for a while then, I left to go to my boi Joshs house. Well when i got that lazy ass was asleep but when he got his ass up. His dad him a bum and said u dont need to get all dressed to see me. I just laughed. We down stairs, Then l called to tell me my dad was at her job to pix me up or something like that. Then Josh asked his dad if we could go to the Ymca well we went but c josh is kicked out of the Y so we walk to the mall and lily called me and again and josh said something and she said "Oh he sounds hot on the fone" I cracked it was too damn funni. Then latter on when it was about time to leave and josh and i were waiting out side for his dad to pic us up to go home. Josh had his arms around me He dad said "Get a room" "My god". It was great.lol.


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Hi Teni, you sould try the DHC oil cleanser, it's made with olive whereas the Shu Uemura's main ingredient is mineral oil which is pretty bad for the skin actually (it clogs pores, accelerates drying, and can even cause cancer on a long term basis…) Plus, it is a very cheap ingredient so it doesnt justify the price of the Shu Uemura. Anw, just so that you know
Hi Teni,
This is unrelated but I have been wanting to ask since I started watching your videos about your teeth! I am starting to investigate getting my teeth professionally whitened and wondered if you have any advice? Yours are amazing!
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I'm using the new (I mean new here,in Belgium) camomile silky cleansing oil by The Body Shop, and it's very nice! Did you tried it already?
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Email from Nash to Delta Council's Morgan included in DHA court file
Published: December 1,2011
Tags: Chip Morgan, Delta Council, Jere Nash, Khayat
According to Democratic strategist Jere Nash, there are two kinds of embarrassment Mississippi public officials can endure – the public kind and the kind that comes from their peer and social groups.
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Nash made that clear in a May 2009 e-mail to Delta Council executive vice president Chip Morgan. In the email, which was included in the court file of James Hahn's lawsuit against the Delta Health Alliance, Nash discusses ways to bring some combination of public and social embarrassment to former Ole Miss Chancellor Robert Khayat.
"Each can be an effective motivator," Nash writes. "As for the public kind, it seems there are three venues: (1) the press; (2) the Legislature; and (3) the College Board. The typical free media is pretty weak in Mississippi (as you know), but that doesn't mean that a juicy story about UMC losing millions of federal dollars because of bureaucratic bumbling wouldn't entice even the laziest reporter."
Nash continues in his email: "But in today's world, there are also blogs, radio talk shows, email blasts, university chat rooms, anonymous mailings, etc. All of which can be put to good use to make a point. And most of these venues feed on themselves; calling one editor to quash a story, like RK could have done in the old days, can't happen today. Once the story gets on the web, it is like a growing organism. I know this from other work – UMC has a less-than-stellar in-house PR/communications operation. They are very weak, and would have no clue about how to counter this kind of frontal assault. They know virtually nothing about message development and message delivery."
Hahn's lawsuit arose from his firing from the DHA after he alleged CEO Karen Fox had misappropriated agency funds. The lawsuit ultimately settled last May, with settlement terms confidential. Fox is now under federal investigation for possible misuse of DHA funds, which come from federal sources. Her attorney, Mike Watts of Oxford, told the Mississippi Business Journal he's confident Fox will be cleared of any wrongdoing.
During a phone interview with the MBJ, Nash was asked why Delta Council, an economic development organization, might want to discredit Khayat. "You'd have to ask Chip about that," Nash answered, referring to Morgan.
Morgan said there was no effort to embarrass Khayat. "I just told (Jere) that we were trying to work through some problems at UMC about the electronic health records systems," Morgan said. "We had contracts and there were things that weren't going right for them and they were wanting to change the contracts, things that obviously Jere didn't have any involvement in and didn't know much about. I just asked him if he had any ideas about how to dislodge it. Of course, he then wrote the email."
"Nothing in the email were the kinds of things that could help us solve the problem," Morgan continued. "I'm not aware of any of the things mentioned ever happening. I know they didn't happen as a result of that email. I can't imagine Robert would even know all that was going on. He had a stellar record of 15 years or more up there. He accomplished many good things. We had no reason to want to do anything to reflect poorly on him."
Nash said in the phone interview that the email was responding to a request from Morgan for information about how to "accomplish some goals he wanted to accomplish."
"He wanted some sort of a campaign perspective," Nash said. "He asked me for some general advice or options or considerations. That email was a result of that, and as far as I know, it went to him, and that was it."
Asked if one of Morgan's goals was discrediting Khayat, Nash said, "I have virtually no memory of the events leading up to (the email being sent). So far as I know, nothing ever happened to it. I think it was just a late-night idea that (Morgan) had. He got it and moved on and never used it for any purpose whatsoever."
Nash said that the Delta Council did not hire him to advise Morgan. The Stoneville-based Delta Health Alliance, which provides healthcare for the poor in the Mississippi Delta, did put him under contract, he said, for $750 per day.
"I was hired to help with some organizational issues and some communications issues," Nash said. "About the time they hired me, they had received a lot of extra money and were going to be able to spend money on a lot of extra programs. The staff and the management of those programs was going to grow exponentially, so they wanted some help in creating an internal organization to manage that kind of growth. That was the chief purpose they originally hired me for. Then out of that I began to do some communications issues just to help them communicate with their partners and communicate with the general public about issues they wanted to advance a general understanding about."
Nash remains under contract with DHA, he said, for the same purpose. The amount of work Nash performs for DHA varies, with the average coming to four to five days per month. "It just depends on what their needs are," he said.
Nash said he was aware that Fox was under investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Mississippi's Northern District.
"It's fair to say that there are a lot of things we do over the course of a career that we don't ever want to become public," he said of the e-mail to Morgan. "I think it's fair to say that if you're going to use e-mail you might as well acknowledge the fact that at some time and some point, there's a possibility it will be made public. That's the danger of e-mail. Chip is a friend of mine. He asked me for some advice. I wrote him an e-mail and that was it. He never followed up with me.
"It's unfortunate that these kinds of things happened, in terms of this lawsuit. It's just got to play itself out."
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One Response to "Email from Nash to Delta Council's Morgan included in DHA court file"
Charlie Stogner Says:
December 1st, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Sweet deal, Jere. How do others learn of these type lucrative consulting opportunities. When I served as chairman of a tri-county poverty agency, working thirty or more hours a week in a management role, I was not paid a penny, it was a civic chore.
Looks to me as if DHA could have gotten a board member able to perform that function and not had to pay for a consultant.
But hey, what the heck, it's only guv'ment money.
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Spokane's economy is recovering, Coeur d'Alene's remains in recession, according to a new analysis of June data released Monday by Moody's Economy.com.
But the Kootenai County city's ranking for cost of doing business and cost of living are slightly better than those for Spokane, as is projected employment growth through 2011, the noted economic research firm concluded.
Offseting Coeur d'Alene's the positives are retreating home prices, which significantly exceeded national levels three years ago, says Moody's, which looked at 392 urban markets.
Spokane was ranked 149th for job growth, compared with 41st for Coeur d'Alene. Cost of business in Spokane was 81 percent of the national average, Coeur d'Alene's was 76 percent.
In cost of living, Spokane was 97 percent of the national average, Coeur d'Alene was 96 percent.


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2010 - International Year of Biodiversity
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Humans are part of nature's rich diversity and have the power to protect or destroy it.
Biodiversity, the variety of life on Earth, is essential to sustaining the living networks and systems that provide us all with health, food, fuel and the vital services our lives depend on.
Human activity is causing the diversity of life on Earth to be lost at a greatly accelerated rate. These losses are irreversible and damage the life support systems we depend on. But we can prevent them.
The UN has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, calling on world leaders and all in a position to help to take action to safeguard life on earth. Throughout the year there will be a focus on the 2010 Biodiversity Target. Adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2002 this Target set out to significantly reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010.
Sadly there is little evidence that the rate of loss of biodiversity has been reduced since 2002. In fact, rates of biodiversity loss are increasing. Perhaps it is time to re-think our approaches to biodiversity conservation? A greater sense of urgency is certainly needed and ways must be found to involve more people in tackling the issues.
For the botanic garden community, 2010 will also be the year that we celebrate the significant achievements of the GSPC, outcomes of which directly support the overall 2010 Target.
Most people know what they can personally do to cut carbon emissions and help (in a small way) to address climate change - not so for stemming the loss of biodiversity. The connections between these two big issues, climate change and biodiversity loss need to be made more explicitly, with of course, plants at the core of the debate. This is something that botanic gardens are uniquely well-placed to do.
BGCI is a partner to the International Year of Biodiversity. Many of our planned 2010 activities will celebrate the importance of biodiversity and showcase the achievements of botanic gardens in protecting it:
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09/09/11 Looking for a new adventure this Fall?  It's not too late to find a new hobby or learn something new in People's University!   Classes beginning the week of September 12 include Watercolors, "Let's Get Shaking" greeting cards, Bible Study, Coffee 101, The Internet, and Circuit Training 101. And that's just one week! There are many more classes, which continue through September and October, including computers, finance, photography, crafts, health, and fitness. Full class schedules are available at the Life Enrichment Center or any of our partner locations, or online at www.marshallcountycouncilonaging.org.  Registrations for classes may be dropped off or mailed to the Life Enrichment Center, 1305 W. Harrison Street, Plymouth.Â
People's University is co-op of education designed to offer Marshall County residents an opportunity to engage in lifelong learning. The class schedule includes all kinds of subjects, from science and technology to the arts, health and fitness. Classes are open to anyone interested, and have very nominal fees, if any. Along with our Partners, Marshall County Council on Aging invites you to challenge yourself this Fall: learn a new skill, revitalize an old one, or simply get out and see what's happening in your community. People's University is brought to you by Ancilla College, Culver-Union Township Library, Earthworks, Encore Performing Arts, Marshall County Council on Aging, Purdue Extension Office, Marshall County Historical Society, Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, Plymouth Parks Department, Plymouth Public Library, and St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.
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 09/04/13 Marshall County's Emergency Management Director, Clyde Avery is encouraging businesses and citizens to take action during September. He said, "The goal for this year's National Preparedness Campaign is to increase the overall number of individuals, families and communities that engage in preparedness action at home, work, schools and place of worship."
Regrettably, a lot of people still have the mindset that; "It won't happen to them or their community." The reality is that a disaster can strike at any time, any place, with little or no warning. Unfortunately some believe; "Whatever I do won't make a difference in the event of a big disaster anyway." The truth is that if a significant event takes place, emergency responders will be overwhelmed; they will not have the capability to reach everyone at once. Mobilizing additional help and resources will take time.
That is why being prepared is so important. Being responsible for knowing what to do before, during and after a disaster enables you to stay safe during the event and allows first responders to assist those in the greatest need.
You can be the hero. Neighbors helping neighbors during a disaster lessens the burden on first response personnel. Data shows 90 percent of disaster survivors are rescued by a neighbor. Talk to your neighbors and plan for how you will work together to ensure everyone stays safe in the event of an emergency.
The Marshall County Emergency Management Agency is encouraging all residents to take steps to prepare for emergencies by taking the following actions:
- Be Informed – Learn more about different threats that could affect your community and appropriate responses to them.
- Make a Plan – Plan in advance what you and your family will do in an emergency. Your plan should include a communications plan and address sheltering-in-place and evacuation.
- Get a Kit – Put together a kit of emergency supplies that will allow you and your family to survive for at least three days in the event an emergency happens. The kit should include basic items like water (1 gallon per day per person), food, battery-powered radio, flashlight, a first aid kit, extra medicine, cash, pet food, and season specific clothing.
- Get Involved – After preparing yourself and your family for possible emergencies, take the next step: get training in first aid and emergency response and get involved in preparing your community.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Western Sahara documentary La Badil will be screening at FiSahara - the most remote and the most remarkable film festival in the world. It is a week-long gala of screenings, parallel activities and concerts deep in the Sahara desert, held in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria from 8-13th October.
Filmed undercover in the Moroccan controlled territories of Western Sahara on the eve of the second anniversary of the 2010 uprisings, La Badil (No Other Choice) provides a insight into the rarely reported plight of the Sahrawi.
The FiSahara is a joint cultural project born of a shared dream, in 2003, between the Spanish filmmaker community and exiled Saharawi people: bring the film to one of the remotest parts of the world, refugee camps that are in Hammada , "the desert of deserts". Hundreds of people-actors, directors, journalists, donors and civil society travel annually to Dakhla camp to celebrate a week of screenings, workshops, concerts and other cultural activities.
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The reason for my interest in the above is because my Branum ancestral line also has a marriage btw the Burke Co NC Ballews and a Branum. My hope is that there might be a clue in the Gracie Parmer - Wm Brannum ancestry that might connect with my research.
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My 2013 wish list
Forget New Year's resolutions -- here's everything I'm hoping for
In 2013, I resolve to quit smoking, stop eating red meat, avoid drinking red wine, try not to gain 30 excess pounds and eschew false eyelashes and bright blue eyeshadow during the day.
All done. That was easy.
I resolved to stop making New Year's resolutions about 10 years ago, when I realized I was dooming myself to failure. There is no point claiming this is the year I'll work out three times a week. I'm never going to be a fitness enthusiast, even though I make half-hearted, sporadic attempts to get in shape. My über-fit husband calls the people who clutter the gym in January "half-milers," intent on keeping their resolution while lounging on or near the equipment. I stay away just so I don't annoy him.
I quit smoking 26 years ago, when I became pregnant with the young lovely. I resolve every year to quit just to give myself a leg up in the new year. Resolution lists are only effective if you can strike a few things off without much effort, right?
Red meat left my diet about a year ago, along with red wine and other headache-inducing liquids. My weight has remained constant for years, a mystery to those who watch me eat. False eyelashes and blue eyeshadow? I am at that delicate age where I know I am a step away from looking like a slightly crazed old woman wearing her wig askew and leaving bright red lip prints on the good crystal. That resolution will hold.
Instead of resolutions, I have my 2013 hopes. Here they are:
-- I hope kindness becomes fashionable, that the spirit that moved bus driver Kris Doubledee to give away his shoes and drive-thru customers at a Winnipeg Tim's to pay for the coffee of people behind them for three hours (and 228 orders) is contagious.
-- I hope number 229 wakes up and smells the coffee.
-- I hope they start selling cars equipped with turn signals in Manitoba.
-- I hope we can have conversations about our differences without resorting to name-calling and personal attacks.
-- I hope Winnipeggers are able to welcome new retailers without acting like they previously had to buy all their stuff at gas stations.
-- I hope to remain patient when I travel by air, understanding desk agents are human, not super-human; that some people are first-time travellers and don't know they can't bring their giant gym bags as carry-on; and that we all remember the truly lousy food on board was not prepared by the flight attendants.
-- I hope people find a charity or cause they want to support, with money, time or both.
-- I hope we can stop looking askance at the "others" in our city and start seeing what we have in common.
-- I hope people can speak openly about their faith without being mocked or condemned.
-- I hope to read good books, spend a lot of time in our libraries and remember local bookstores sell more than coffee.
-- I hope to make people smile (and open their wallets) with one of my Christmas gifts, a T-shirt that reads "Save A Journalist, Buy a Newspaper."
-- I hope to have a year of good health, both for myself and for those I love. We lost two family members in 2012, and that was a burden that felt unbearable at times.
-- I hope we can all learn from the tragedy of Newtown, that we remember to cherish our families, hold them tight and let them know how much they mean to us.
-- I hope I continue to crawl into bed every night, tell my husband I love him and recite a short list of our many blessings. Especially on the days when it's easier to complain.
-- I hope to remember that all of my problems are First World problems. Having to replace my wrecked car is an annoyance. It could have been a tragedy, but it wasn't.
I hope you have a safe and blessed 2013.
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National Newspaper Award winner Lindor Reynolds began work at the Free Press as a 17-year-old proofreader. It was a rough introduction to the news business.
Many years later, armed with a university education and a portfolio of published work, she was hired as a Free Press columnist. During her 20-plus years on the job she has written for every section in the paper, with the exception of Business. She'll get around to them some day.
Lindor has received considerable recognition for her writing. Her awards include the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' general interest award and the North American Travel Journalists Association top prize.
Her work on Internet luring led to an amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada and her coverage of the child welfare system prompted a change to Manitoba Child and Family Services Act to make the safety of children paramount.
She has earned three citations of merit for the Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service in Journalism and has been awarded a Distinguished Alumni commendation from the University of Winnipeg. Lindor was also named a YMCA/YWCA Woman of Distinction.
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Whether you're a multi-platinum superstar like Hova or a blinged-up newcomer like A$AP Rocky, one thing's for sure: rap stars don't make videos by halves. Here are six things that every self-respecting rap video should have:
01 A cool 'driving with your mates' scene
Usually with the top down in front of a beach, in a car that can bounce or pulling up to a club in a Humvee borrowed from an Arnie movie. Nothing says carefree badass quite like it.
02 Hype-men
One friend that's enthusiastic about everything, the perfect wingman that follows you around bigging up everything and emphasising all of your best jokes with a great big holler. Everyone should have their own hype-man, not just rappers. The perfect example of the best best mate, to keep your chin up when you're down and tell you that you're THE man.
03 Storyline
Generally, rap videos fall into two categories – party videos and hard-hitting narratives about growing up in the school of hard knocks. The former will usually have a comedic intro scene and the latter will involve a chase of some description and shouting (possibly at a wall) at varied points. Prime example is "My Life" by 50 Cent, which features Eminem both shouting and running away from a helicopter.
04 An 'off the hook' house party
If you had a house party, it would invariably consist of you and your mates stepping over spilled bottles of Stella to negotiate a giant bathroom queue whilst praying that nobody urinates in the living room. Rap parties on the other hand give you free reign of a mansion, a live DJ and hundreds of enthusiastic models drinking gin and juice from red cups. Now that's a house party.
05 Overly airbrushed everything
There's a prerequisite in rap videos that everything should always look better than it actually is. From things that are genuinely awesome, like strikingly blue swimming pools, to mundane things like ice-cubes in drinks. Everything should always have an extra level of shine that raises it several notches above everything else in real life. In the world of rap, everything is amazing. No exceptions.
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- Mix cinnamon and sugar in a bowl and melt butter in another bowl.
- Dip a marshmallow into the butter, roll in the cinnamon sugar and cover it with a crescent roll triangle, making sure there are no cracks. Repeat until there are enough.
- Put each ball into a baking cup in a cupcake pan and cook for 8-10 minutes or until golden.
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